The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 22 November 1967 — Page 1

INDIANA STATE LTBHAHY

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA In the midst of abundance

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THANKSGIVING

What can we give thanks for at this time? For the blessings of abundance, for the right to freedom, for all the everyday moments of happiness. For this we are thankful. On this one day, let us bow our heads in a sincere prayer of thanksgiving for all we have, for all we are and for all we can hope to be.

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Agricultural leaders to honor John T. Myers

The Daily Banner

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VOLUME SEVENTY-SIX

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1967

UPI News Service

NO. 21

Six DePauw professors awarded GLCA grants

CRAWFORDSVILLE — Several hundred agricultural leaders from throughout the state are expected here Friday night for a bi-partisan dinner honoring Indiana Congressman John Myers. The dinner Is scheduled to begin at 6 p. m. at the Crawfordsville 4-H Building. Tickets for the event are $3 each. North Dakota Congressman Thomas Kleppe, a farm leader in his own state, and veteran Indiana Congressman William G. Bray will be among the special guests on hand to honor Congressman Myers. Johnson sends message to GIs WASHINGTON UPI—President Johnson, in a Thanksgiving message to GIs in Vietnam and elsewhere, said all Americans have cause to be humbly grateful to the men and women who “guard our freedoms and our safety." “The men and women of our armed forces see the duty of this day clearly. They uphold it with a wealth of courage, conviction and compassion," Johnson said. “These are precious gifts you bring us. They deepen the meaning and hope of this Thanksgiving Day. As we thank God for His blessings, we thank Him also for sustaining you. “We pray that He will guard you. as you guard our freedoms and our safety. The struggle is hard and cruel. But we have known hardship and challenge before. “We pray that the shadow will soon pass. We labor with all our strength for lasting peace.” Vermillion sentenced Herschel Vermillion, 23. Fillmore, was sentenced Tuesday to serve 2-5 years in the Indiana State Reformatory at Pendleton. Vermillion was found guilty of second degree burglary by a jury in the Putnam Circuit Court last week in connection with theft at the Roachdale Building & Supply Company last January. Judge Howard Sommer, of Crawfordsville, who presided as special judge during the trial, pronounced the sentence. Annual worship service The sixth annual Thanksgiving Day Worship Service at the Sherwood Christian Church will be held Thursday morning at 10:00 o'clock. This half-hour service has been conducted each year since Sherwood occupied the first unit of its building program in October 1962. This brief and simple service will consist of hymns, meditations, responses and prayers with worshippers participating in the latter as they desire. On this Thanksgiving Day 1967 Sherwood invited members of the community to use this service as a means of expressing their gratefulness for the blessings of Ufa.

More than a dozen farm groups have joined with the individual farmers who organized the dinner to honor Congressman Myers, who is the only member of the Indiana Delegation who is a member of the House Agriculture Committee. Sherman Kessler, Montgomery County farmer who is chairman of the dinner committee, said the evening “will give us all, including those from both political parties, an opportunity to express our appreciation for the fine job John Myers is doing in Congress. We invite everyone to join us in this salute." Congressman Kleppe will be the principal speaker. Like Myfers, he is a member of the House Agriculture Committee. His family has been active in the agricultural conummity in North Dakota since the turn of the century and he Is a former mayor of Bismarck. Several committees have been planning the dinner. Mrs. Richard Ward is chairman of the decoration committee. The dinner will be served by the Whitesville Christian Circle. Mrs. Wayne Kessler is president and co-chairmen are Mrs. Edith Davidson and Mrs. Delores Epperson, all of the Montgomery County community. Warning is issued by safety officials INDIANAPOLIS UPI — The Indiana Office of Traffic Safety warns Hoosier motorists that 20 or more persons probably will be killed on streets and highways over the 102-hour Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Director Floyd A. Kline. Sr., said if only 20 are killed, the toll for the period will be only half what it was over the corresponding period in 1966. Forty persons died in 29 accidents over Thanksgiving last year, from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday, and it was the deadliest holiday of the year. In 1965, only 16 were killed in a comparable period.

Greencastle’s Chamber of Commerce will kick off the Christmas shopping season Friday when they bring that everpopular fellow named Santa Claus to town. Santa will be escorted into town by the fire department, city police, and sheriff’s department personnel in a parade scheduled to start at 1 p. m. As they proceed west on Washington Street they will be joined at Spring Avenue by the high-stepping Greencastle High School marching band who will lead them around the square. There Santa wall hand out goodies to boys and girls. Evervons is Invited ta be on hand

Projects aimed at stimulating Imaginative scholarship and original artistic work have won six DePauw University professors grants from the Great Lakes Colleges Association. The total sum of the six awards amounts to $7,500. They were announced

INDIANAPOLIS UPI—Thursday the most famous American bird, after the bald-headed eagle, will come home to roost on thousands of tables throughout Indiana and the nation. Because of the traditional Thanksgiving popularity of the turkey, stemming from the days of the Pilgrims, thousands of turkeys have come to foul play in their home territories of Minnesota, Missouri, the Virginias, Iowa, California and Indiana since the beginning of July when they became mature enough to kill. The two main gobbler processing centers in Indiana are believed to be Dubois and Daviess Counties. Dubois ranks seventh among the nation’s turkey-produc-ing counties. The Swift & Co. poultry processing plant at Jasper, the Dubois County seat, estimates it processes several hundred thousand pounds of turkeys a week. Total production in the United States this year is a record 125.6 million turkeys. L. A. Riggs, assistant general manager of Swift’s dairy and poultry division in Chicago, said turkeys cost less this year than last because there are 8 per cent more of the birds this year. While the Swift plant operates on a seasonal basis from July until after Christmas, the other day of national

when St. Nick arrives in town. Also, beginning Friday, twenty-eight firms in the business district will have new store hours for the Christmas shopping season. These stores will be open until 8:30 p. m. Friday. The same hours will be in effect Monday, November 27; Friday, December 1; Monday, December 4, and Friday, December 8. Monday, December 11, through Friday, December 22, the stores will be open each night. Evening opening Saturday, December 23. will be decided by the individual stores,

By Rev. Maxwell J. Webb The Psalms of the Old Testament have become a book of praise for the children of God who have read them, sung their words, and listened to their reading. Praise is thanksgiving, gratitude, appreciation. I firmly believe that thanksgiving is also “thanks-living,” for only as I give of myself am I really living! Psalm 138 is a spontaneous lifting up of the heart to God who has become a real, living Person for the writer, and in his words are expressed a true thanksgiving for God’s mercy and continued blessing. Why did the Psalmist compose such a hymn of thanksgiving? What prompted him to write these words? Perhaps it was because there was a community expression after some national deliverance. Or, perhaps it was just an individual proclaiming his thanksgiving after receiving great benefits, and in gladness of heart and with deep appreciation, he gives thanks to God. Maybe it was a combination of these experiences of life, and the Psalm becomes a worship of God. Whatever the reason for the composition, the theme which keeps running through this Psalm is similar to so many of these beloved verses: the goodness of the Lord endures forever. What difference there is when men and nations live the asurance of Divine presence, and fulfillment of their faith in Divine promises. When strong convictions result in faith that can move mountains, climb steep peaks, and even walk “through the valley of the shadow of death.” With a faith that is rooted in the assurance that NOTHING can destroy the presence of God in the life and heart of man, we can face anything! Nations can withstand any turmoil and trouble! We are able to start living life in all of its fullness, and thus realize our lives will become fulfilled. Two things should be especially noted

this week as part of the GLCA’s Program of Awards in the Humanities. The program’s purpose is to encourage the development of new ideas in the areas of the humanities and to discover unconventional but significant subjects for study and fruitful ways of coming at these subjects.

recognition for the turkey, the Armour poultry plant in Washington, the county seat of Daviess, operates on a yearround basis. It makes roasts and slices for institutions and groceries during its slack period. Armour employs 275 persons, about 50 per cent more than during its slow period, between July and January. Both plants use white feathered turkeys because they have a “better appearance.” Riggs said it takes two hours to kill, peel, eviscerate, package, and freeze a turkey. For first-time cooks of Thanksgiving turkeys, Riggs advised that they make sure the oven temperature and the length of time the turkey is in the oven coordinate. Senate set to approve Social Security hike WASHINGTON UPI _ The Senate was set to approve a record $7 billion increase in payments to 23.8 million Social Security beneficiaries today and launch a new approach to the nation’s growing welfare crisis. In a 13-hour session Tuesday, the Senate completed work on President Johnson's Social Security and welfare package and left the measure $2.2 billion larger than originally approved by its finance committee. Final Senate action today will send the package to a House-Senate conference committee where negotiators will work out a compromise bill. The Senate bill contained $4.8 billion in more benefits than voted by the House last summer.

VFW meeting Sunday A Sixth District meeting of Veterans of Foreign Wars, VFW Ladies Auxiliaries and VFW Fathers Auxiliaries will be held Sunday at the Gen. Jesse M. Lee Post 1550 Home. The business sessions of the three units will start at 1:30 p.m. and all members of the organization are urged lo attend.

about Psalm 138: (a) praise is prompted by a deep personal experience; and (b) the Psalm is more than praise — it is an act of anticipation and preparation. When we sing praises to God, we ought to sing them lustily and with real meaning and purpose — as if we believed the words we sing! But so often, we prefer to sing the same tunes and the same words again and again, repeating the magic formula which gives us inward satisfaction and a stuffed feeling of competence and like Jack Horner, vve discover “what a good boy am L” At such times, conventionalism takes over, and vve find we are in a rut. Habits are formed, and these become meaningless. Their purpose and value is no longer real and exciting. Secretly we nurse grievances and magnify misfortunes. Our attention wanders and praise to God is listless, lifeless . . . yes, even dead! Worship is unprofitable and has na meaning. On the contrary, suppose there is a special cause for rejoicing. A special reason for expressing gratitude. A time for Thanksgiving. Then what? Four years ago churches in America were never so filled since World War II ended, and before that, when World War II began. People NEEDED to worship God four years ago, and they did. Not because it was Thanksgiving . . . but because the President of the United States had been assassinated. People were asking such questions as “What has the world come to?” “How could such a thing happen in this country?" “Would you ever believe an act like this would occur in our generation?” People give thanks for various reasons. Sometimes, it occurs when there has been a good harvest and the storehouses are filled for winter. When war is ended, or, our son has returned from the battle and is safe and sound. Calamities, pestilence, fears, dangers . . . these have brought people closer to God in thanksgiving for His presence in their lives.

The grants, awarded for the period from June 1, 1968, to August 31, 1969, have gone to Richard A. Atkins, history, for research in England on the English occupation of Egypt in 1882; To Garrett J. Boone, art, for a project on the inter-relation of science and sculpture, using sculptural models and in which students will participate; To James L. Cooper, history, for a project on quantification in history, involving the use of a computer, faculty members and students;

After the nation recovered from thl shock of losing its President, things r* turned to normal once more, the old ruti were restored, conventional behavior b* came the normal pattern again, and hab its were resurrected for another season How tragic the life that cannot b« challenged. How empty the mind thai cannot be inspired. How poor the hear! that cannot be thrilled. When someom has lived under the shadow of serioui illness for days and weeks, and ju9 when it appears that all hope is lost there comes a resurgence of strength— as if the loved one is literally clutched from the hand of death — how joyous how grateful, how thankful! But the Psalmist does not look back He does not live in the past. He is liki the businessman who takes stock to determine how much he will need for th« future, and then he begins to plan foi that future. The Psalmist is like the student who graduates and receives his degree, and then sets his heart and lifi in the direction which offers challengi and opportunities for the future, and for a continuance of his education. None of us knows what the futun holds, but the Christian knows that h« need not fear, for the goodness of th« Lord endures forever. The confidence ol the writer is not in himself, nor in man, but in God. This is a danger of so many men today! We put our trust in ourselves, our economy, our way of life, even our military might. In the midst of abundance around th« world and even in America, there ar« starving people who will have visions ol us eating the turkey and ham tomorrow, all the while wondering if they will find a scrap of food sometime this week. A few years ago I received this paragraph from a letter sent by friends. Last summer we were able to see for ourselvei the wisdom and truth contained in these words: (Continued on page 2)

To Svend E. Holsoe, African Studies, for collecting oral history among the Gbande people of Liberia; To Robert H. King, philosophy and religion, for continuing study of religion and the philosophy of mind at Oxford University; To William D. Meehan, art, to explore through a workshop of 4-6 students the broad possibilities of art items which have traditionally been used in an inhibited way.

CHRISTMAS LETTERS TO SERVICEMEN—Gene Hinkle, bus driver and ‘Tony Express” mailman for the Greencastle Community Schools, is pictured above with over 2.000 letters written by students to be sent men serving in the armed forces. Most of them are Christmas letters that were sent as a means of helping to make Christmas for Indiana servicemen a little happier than it otherwise might be. Letters were written by students from Kindergarten through grade twelve. Some letters were written at home, others were a part of an English assignment, and some as a result of art classes. Letters from the lower grades were largely pictures with a few notes of explanation inserted by the teacher. Some students included items such as gum, Kool-aid, reading materials, and pictures of themselves. Two Kindergarten classes made a complete project of the letters and the mailman. Students completed the classwork and visited the Greencastle Post Office to personally mail their own letters. Students participating in the Christmas letter project were responsible for their own envelopes and stamps. Congressman John Myers, the Indianapolis Star and News, and other interested persons supplied the names and addresses. Students having friends or relatives in servics could address their letters if they choss.

Santa is coming Friday; new store hours listed