Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 92, Number 20, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 7 November 1968 — Page 2
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Dear Don: I wonder if any other readers noticed as I did on reading your last weeH.’s pager that the. same night the polio* were out of town, for some.'time, delivering their- curfew violator to Goshen, two nobbarms occurred op the west side :of town. Apart- from the. fact (shat the police would seem to be completely off-base in this instance, I would doubt the advisability of their both leaving town, together for an extended- period) unless absolutely necessary. This sort of behavior is certainly an, open invitation to anyone up to criminal activities. Have any definite steps been taken to see that the police are told that such acts of apparent harassment are not to happen again? It causes the average citizen to wonder if the Council is in charge of the town or if the police are. As another letter last week brought out the Council has been taking a rather passive interest in their work and it would seem that the police are taking advantage of this fact. A concerned citizen. R. 1, Nappanee, Indiana November 4, 1968 Dear Editor: I was very much interested in a letter in last week’s paper by Very Concerned. Were all facts given? There are a few questions which need to be answered before one could come to an honest conclusion concerning the situation.
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The letter stated that the young people started home after 11 p.m. What was the exact time of the apprehension? Had any of them violated curfew before? Is the letter writer against the intent of the qurllew? Since the curfew is a law does the writer favor law enforcement? Is there only one section in the Goshen jail for all who are apprehended? These are honest questions I would like answered in an attempt to look fairly at the problem. < The majority of citizens are interested in law and order with justice. Policemen need to be commended when they carry out enforcement of law regardless of who the person is. It would make any person angry if two people are treated differently when they have broken the same law. We are not really for law and order if we expect to slip by but insist on the law and order slogan for the others. Very Sincerely, Also Concerned Mr. Editor In your space called letters, here is my reply to Very Concerned. 1 too received a shock when I read about those men on the Apple Patrol, My, what this world is coming to. Nappanee has a curfew law, but why should the Apple Patrol care? Why couldn’t they just turn their heads and not notice? Oh! By the way, to Very Concerned. The kid of today, most of them, have watches and are taught to tell time, and most of the kids know of the curfew law. And as a Very Concerned parent you know that it is your job to see to it that your kids are home. It is also your job to have someone responsible for your job if you are out of town, or out to dinner, at 11:00? I too couldn’t believe that in our small town, soirfeone could tear at the law. It is your job as a Very Concerned parent to see that the law is respected as well as it is, for the law to earn respect, and in order for that to happen whether rich or poor, you must obey the law, and the police must see that it is obeyed. It may not always be as we would like it, or it may not suit our fancy, but it is law.
The Apple patrol, as you called them, ,are hard working men who give of their own personal time to try to make our living safer.. This I know is a fact. Thank You, Mrs. Richard Mikel P. S. I am not ashamed to print my name and I too am Very Concerned. R. R. 2, Box 216 Nappanee, Indiana To the Editor Nappanee Advance-News Dear Sir: I am writing this letter on behalf of a man who is too modest to do so himself. The theatre manager of pur local theatre needs your help. He is being underpaid as your babysitter and is expected to keep control of a hundred and fifty or more youngsters every Friday and Saturday evening for
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a period of two to three hours. These last couple of weeks I have attended this theatre with my children and a few adults. We were shocked at what we heard and saw. Girls fighting each other, boys shoving and slugging each other or anyone who happened to be in their path, talking, necking, and most of all being darn ill respectable of the children who paid v to see the show and are willinl to sit still and watch it. Parents, how do your children act?- If some of you knew, you’d hide your head in shame. Others of you can be proud your children have shownAheir fine upbringing. If the situation is not brought under control, there won’t be a theatre show here. Then who are you going to hire for 25c an hour to babysit for you? In my opinion, I think you who send your children to our town theatre, ought to make it. your business to have your children behave so the manager can continue to give them this pleasure of somewhere to go. Why should the town have another place of recreation and entertainment when they can’t respect the one they have. ' Sincerely, Mrs. Jean Miller
The letter in last week’s paper concerning the “taffy Apple Patrol’s” handling of a curfew violation, needs, in my opinion, even more development. First, because of the comments and discussion about this situation by the young people of this community, who, by the way. are tremendously concerned too —and second, because the adult members of the community tend to close their ears whenever anyone under twentyfive presents an idea, I feel someone should present in more detail their point of view. Let’s get it straight that the police in a community have a job to perform, an obligation to the members of a community to enforce the law equally and fairly. If this means that possibly someone has to spend a amount of time in jail because a specific law was broken, it’s the police’s job to take care of the situation. Most of the young people of our community are sensible, lawabiding citizens who understand the necessity of certain authority in our society and who 'are willing to support that authority. Most of them would agree that the regular .police force and the auxiliary police force have performed many valuable services for our community. However, a problem exists which, if evaluated logically, confuses our young people when we say the laws cover everyone in a society equally and fairly. What can we say when young people know a certain member of the community living within the city limits sits on his front lawn and shoots blackbirds with a rifle? Don’t we have a statute concerning discharging firearms in the city? Or how do we 'answer when a high school student says, “My dad can slip around a corner through a stop sign or go over the speed limit and the police just turn the other direction, but I don’t even
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need to be doing anything and I get stopped.”? In other words, the main problem seems to be a lack of consistency, a double standard, in enforcing the law. Our kids know What laws are for and they understand why laws are enforced. But why aren’t the persons who have been picked up for curfew violation six times taken to Goshen also? If it’s going to happen to one person, why doesn't everybody in the same boat receive the same treatment? Perhaps some honest and equal enforcement of the law would take care of a number of problems in our community. Name Withheld November 2, 1968 Editor, Nappanee Advance-News: I have no connection whatsoever with the police. However, I do know that the police deserve the respect and full cooperation of all citizens in the enforcement of the laws we have provided. And they deserve that respect and cooperation as much from the,young as from the old. Youth is no excuse for stretching the law to the breaking point. Personally, I think the less government, and the less law, the better. However, without law, and its fair and impartial enforcement, even Nappanee could quickly become a jungle, as have so many of our cities. Even here, not too far below the surface, are the ugly elements and moods which, in the absence of conscientious law enforcement, could bring anarchy. It is therefore imperative that all decent citizens back up our police in their enforcement of the law. It is imperative that decent citizens let the police know they have that support that the citizens in fact expect them to enforce the law, fairly and impartially. From law enforcement, no one benefits more than parents, in direct proportion to the number of children they have. They, parents, therefore, should be the last to heap abuse upon the police for enforcing the laws we have provided. Referring now specifically to “Very Concerned” and his or her letter pertaining to curfew violations in last week’s Advance-News; a whole grab bag of questions was left untouched by that writer. Above all, what was the purpose of the abusive letteiy.in. the. first place? “Very Contorted”''liftfilies that the outcome of the incident would have been vastly different had the parents of the one “lad” not been “out of town”. Clearly, therefore, the blame rests completely with the parents, not the police, whose only contribution was the enforcement of a sensible law! “Very Concerned” asks “are you always available to be reached by phone?” The answer should be: Yes! Particularly when parents have youngsters out late at night with automobiles. Suppose for example a youngster were fatally injured in an automobile accident, and the police sought the parents, in vain? What, possibly could salve those parents’ conscience? Other questions that remain un-
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touched upon: was this the first time any of the youngsters had had a problem with the curfew? Or with other violations? Further, if the boys were only a block or two from home as “Very Concerned” points out, what was the necessity for an automobile? (Incidentally, most young people would be better off, if their parents fitted their hands to a rake or snow shovel, rather than a steering wheel. Providing a youngster with an automobile and a pocketful of money is not the best means of knowing where he is, or what he’s doing.) One suggestion for “Very Concerned” if he or she really is: If parents tended their youngsters a bit better, the police would not need to. Also Concerned.
Strictly Personal j D.E.N. Went to a Birch Bayh press conference last week. Having been to several, was particularly impressed with this one. This remarkable young man has a politician's gift for remembering names and faces, especially flattering to a small town editor. He was sharp on the give and take. ★ ★ ★ It's great to have the election over. The low point was the race for Governor of Indiana. Both candidates did a lousy job when they appeared together on television. It seemed a shame to knock Felony Squad off the air for them. ★★★ 1 M Nappanee's new basketball' coach seems like a swell guy and a worthy successor to another swell guy. He will undoubtedly win hands down the annual "crying towel" award, though. His is a sad story at this point. ★ ★ ★ TURKEY CREEK CHURCH The Turkey Creek Church of the Brethren will be holding a weekend meeting starting Fri., November 15 through the 17. Rev. Homer Kiracofe, specialist in understanding children will be speaking on Mental Health and the Christian Life. The community is invited to attend these meetings at 7:30 p.m. each evening.