The Mail-Journal, Volume 1, Number 41, Milford, Kosciusko County, 6 December 1962 — Page 4

THE MAIL-JOURNAL Thursday, December 6,1962

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Democratic ARCHIBALD E. BAUMGARTNER, Bdttor and Publither DTCLLA BAUMGARTNER, BujHn»w Manager Entered as Second Class matter at the Post Office at Syracuse, Indiana Subscription: $3.00 per year in Kosciusko County; $3.50 Outside County

New Form Os 'Muzzling' “Muzzling” of the press has taken a 1 new form. These are those who would si- 1 lence the small newspaper through the e- j limination of “legals.” Richard W. Card- 1 wel, general counsel for the Hoosier State 1 Press Association, Indianapolis, and chair- < man of the Public Notice Advertising committee of the National Editorial Associa- < tion, said this week, “Legal advertising is i a part of the basic right of the people to ( know what their government does with 1 tax money under the American system.” 1 “Honest public officials,” Cardwell 1 said, “gladly seize the opportunity to ren- ] der a public statement of their acts to 1 show the efficiency, honesty and good judgement they have exercised.” But < there are public officials who would like i to eliminate the disciplinary effect of the ; publication of budgets and financial re- i ports, as well as other public notices, in < newspaper legals. So far, these efforts are not significant, but the goal is the strangulation of the influential, financially weaker small-town press. While many newspaper publishers find legals unprofitable and an unimportant fraction of revenue, the drive has begun with an appeal to the local taxpayer. According to Cardwell, the publica-

Justice Frankfurter Retires

Felix Frankfurter has retired from active service on the Supreme Court after twenty-three years as an Associate Justice. He had been ill for sometime and, by letter dated in late August addressed to the President, Mr. Frankfurter made the decision to resign from the Court. He first became ill briefly in 1958as a result of mild thrombosis, a blood clot in an artery near his heart. Apparently, he recovered and worked very hard until April fifth of last year. Justcie Frankfurter is seventy-nine years old. His letter of resignation was typical of his character. In it, he stated “The Court should not enter its new term with uncertainty as to whether I might later be able to return to unrestricted duty. To regain my seat on the basis of a diminished work schedule would not comport with my own philosophy or the demands of the business of the Court. I am thus left with no choice but to regard my period of active service to the Court as having run its course.” In this quotation, it is readily seen

By DONALD FRANTZ Agriculture Extension Agent MRS. EDITH UMMEL of Beaver Dam has had a pretty big yean Her family, this year, completed 100 years of 4-H club work. The first big event in connection with this achievement was the program in her honor at the county fair. There was a committee formed to plan this'program and we did not know what to do or how to do it, but we did want to publicly recognize this outstanding record. We decided to hold the program on opening night at the fair and possible have, a gift. We thought a nice, big, soft chair would be suitable? We didn’t realize the affectiop an( i esteem the county held for this lady. — o — HOWARD THOMPSON, Bill Orr, Harold Gawthrop and Mrs. Harry Mishler and those of us in the county agent’s office made up the committee and we started looking for*a chair. Howard and Bill specifically were in charge of securing a gift “ O YOU PROBABLY know the outcome. They presented her with many gifts on the recognition night. Letters of congratulations came in from all over the country and the entire county got nationwide recognition. Mrs. Ummel and director' Diesslin, state extension director, had a TV film made that was distributed by the National 4-H Committee, she has appeared on other TV programs locally and this month’s National 4-H Club News carries a feature article. — o — THE WIND-UP of the story is that last week Mrs. Ummel was honorary “house mother” at the National 4-H Club Congress and spent a week with the top 4-H club

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achievement winners from 50 states. This achievement of 100 years as a 4-H club mother may be the biggest 4-H club story that Kosciusko county will ever have. — o — STEVE YANT of Seward township had the top yield in the fiveacre corn project this year. This was one real field of com. The yield was 170.1 bushels per acre. • This field was in the Loon Lake • area and is a muck field that has J been in mint. Some of the muck in 1 that area is a little wet and Steve 1 and his father, Walter, use extra • nitrogen on wet muck. t I do not believe I have ever checked a field with more consis- ’ tent ear size. They were all the ; same and certainly had the weight, j After getting the official weights . I pretty weU walked the field to t see if there was a chance that the j. check* had come out of unusually s good spots. It was equally good all over.'"-’ The second, third and fourth place yields came out of Jefferson 1 township. I didn’t think they had i. the rainfall to do it. Paul Hollar i was second, Harold Wilson, third, p and Worth Jackson, fourth. It is interesting to notice that jltha top four yields were single .. crosses. Three by DeKalb and one by Cargill. All are rather late varieties for this area but , this year _ it didn’t make any difference. It Pis also interesting-to note that the n top yield in the state by a junior a member was an Indiana certified y hybrid. It made 242 bushels in an _ area of perfect rainfall. d— o — n THE YIELDS in this county t were surprisingly high. We had a J season of well below average rain d and we must admit that we are d lucky to have crops as good as we b have had. Actually, the rainfall this year is only very slightly higher than in some of our severe y drought years in the past but it 3 certainly came at the right times, e— ° — j THE FIRST contributions to 3 CROP have already come into Jim

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tion cost of legal notices is almost negligible. “The publication of a schdol budget, for example,” he said, “of a hundred thousand dollars or more is ordinarily less than one-thousandth of the total budget, even in a small town.” Few readers of newspapers are aware of the many kinds of legals and the ways in which legals protect the citizens’ rights, Cardwell said. Public notices announce traffic laws, public hearings, special elections, taxation rates, financial reports, notices to bank depositors, purchasing and bids, missing persons and many other classifications. Pressure to eliminate legals is not expected to get very far according to editors, if the public is aware of the safeguards built into this traditional American system. Alert to the potential danger of this new action, they point out that attempts to suppress news have been tried for years. “Destructive criticism of the press,” remarked Donald I. Rogers, financial columnist, “has been going on for years. It started, perhaps, with the ‘press’ department in Time magazine, was snapped up by Newsweek, and has been further developed into a science by television pundits.”

that the Justice was a man who had a philosophy and applied that philosophy to every situation, whether personally distasteful to himself or not. Justice Frankfurter has been called a man of contraditions. In his deep knowledge of the Court and its history, he had formed the belief that the Court is a court and not a legislature. In his last major opinion, he expressed the dissent, or the oposing opinion, against the majority opinion, in a six to two decision, holding that the appointment of seats in a state legislature was subject to the scrutiny of federal judges. He also had the ability to withdraw his personal convictions from what he thought should be his legal decisions. In another case, he expressed the opinion: “As judge, we are neither Jew nor Gentile, neither Catholic nor agnostic. . . . As a member of this Court, I am not justified in writing my private notions of policy into the Constitution, no matter how deeply I may cherish them or mischievous I may deem their disregard.”

Turner, the treasurer. The north end of Etna township turned in ?205 just two days after the drive started. YOUR KIDS AND MINE By RAYMOND LETSCH The duties of a guidance director are varied and unique: varied in that they include a good many different capacities and unique in that it is different from the traditional teacher image. Most of the guidance personnel employed by the public schools have had successful teaching experience plus the required course work for state certification in guidance work. Although many guidance workers have teaching responsibilities along with their counseling and guidance, the two positions are not the same. We like to feel ‘ that teachers stress the intellectual pursuits and counselors em- ■ phasize the social, personal, development aspects of education. '■ Naturally, teachers help the guid--1 ance people by referring students * with special problems, and sugges- ■ tions or recommendations are offered by the'guidance department. ■ Co-operation is essential in a > smooth working program. ’ The guidance director usually is ‘ responsible for the group testing 1 program, the educational and occupational information, and helping with any special problem a ’ student may have. The guidance i services in any school are the rel sponsibility of each member of i the faculty. Many of these serv- > ices can be carried on by the class--1 room and homeroom teacher. ■ Some of the students need atten- ! tion that the teacher does not have '• the time or the facilities to give. In these situations the student should be referred to the counsel- ' ors. i Some of the guidance services

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BILLS LEAD'TO 'CHANGE OF HEART’

Dear Amy: I have been going steady with a man for over two years until six months ago. He is 64, a widower, and I am 57 and a widow. Well, we talked a long time ago about getting married. When I thought we were going to finally get married, I put my cards on the table and told him of my expenses (my unemployed son and wife ran up a large bill on my charge account and I have been paying it off). Then, all of a sudden, he sort of changed his mind about marrying. But I still care for him in spite of everything. Do you think perhaps he might have a change of heart? I know we could get along if he would just be like he used to. He calls me on the phone most every night and we chat, but that’s all. Pearl Dear Pearl: No man (no matter how serious his intentions) wants to be saddled with the expenses incurred by a third party. Now if you’re smart, you’ll let your son pull his own little red cart, then the guy will have a “change of heart.” Dear Amy I did not agree with your answer to the “Male Employee” in your column concerning that divorcee and the married man spending time together in the office. You said that you do not condone their actions and still say it’s their business and they’re only hurting themselves. They’re hurting a lot more than themselves. Don’t you know that supervisors or foremen have a right to actually discharge employees who carry on in this manner. A reliable company will not allow it, especially where a married per--1 son is involved, because it creates a family problem and it’s expensive. Not Just because two people stop producing work, but because other employees begin to act as though the office were a gossip factory. Therefore office efficiency suffers. There are too many broken homes because of office and factory temptations that lead to romances and then to serious trouble because supervisors and foremen have ignored the situation. So I feel the “Male Employee” is justified in his actions.

provided by both teachers and counselors are: (1) Analysis: Helping the student get the facts about himself from test results, cumulative records, and other means of identifying potentialities and interests. (2) Information: Giving him the facts about his environment, about educational and occupational opportunities and requirements. (3) Orientation: Helping him to get acquainted with the school program and educational and vocational opportunities and requirements. (4) Counseling: Helping him to develop self-understanding, and to develop his personal, social, educational, and vocational plans. (5) Placement: Helping him to ca?ry out those plans. (6) Follow up: Determining how his plans worked out, and how effectively the educational program served him. (7) Public relations: Promote, inform and encourage participation by parents, teachers, students, school board, and community in the on-going school program. (8) In service education: Help teachers and administrators in curriculum planning and helping them to keep abreast of new techniques and policies in education, based on student needs. (9) Statistics: Develop meanringful comparisons and correlations to ascertain educational effectiveness. (10) Professional associations: Attend meetings of various kinds to promote and develop new ideas for continued school improvement. ’ The position of guidance director includes many varied activities within the school setting. In this capacity he can exert a positive influence on the total school program. He is usually working on several projects simultaneously. In larger school systems there is sufficient need so that additional staff, particularily counselors, can be added. In a small school the position may include teaching, counseling, and serving as guidance director. As a personal note I would like to add that my work is very worthwhile and extremely gratifying. To watch boys and girls develop and help them in some small measure is a satisfying and rewarding occupation. Box 236-A, The Pierceton Press, Pierceton, Ind. Gift Exchange Is Easy Choosing an apparel gift for a man has always been a problem for well-meaning family and friends. Chances are only his wife knows his shirt or sock size. He’s probably not sure himself! And few men know the size of gloves or slippers they wear. To phone and ask takes the surprise element out of the giving. So we tend to avoid choosing an article this is likely not to fit. Too often we settle for the mundane and overdone necktie. Gloves and slippers are always gifts. But the chance of buying an

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We need more individuals like him to look down on these people and maybe the morals of this mixed up world would improve. An Office Employee Who Knows Dear Employee: As far as I know, business establishments do not interfere with the personal lives of their employees. So long as they do the work expected of them, no questions are asked. If I hear otherwise from any company, supervisor or foreman, I’ll let you know through this column. • * * Dear Amy: In your column I read a letter from a girl by the name of Barbara, questioning.you as to whether or not you thought there was anything wrong in going on a blind date. I am a girl, eighteen years of age, and I have been on quite a few blind dates in the past. I feel that there is not a thing wrong with this type of dating. Blind dating is a method of meeting people you haven’t had the opportunity to meet in the past/ Yet, you “veto” the blind date issue, but give no reasons for doing so! MisS:J,< Dear Miss J.: Fifteen-year-olds like Barbara don’t have to “blind” date. Their school and church provide enough boys for them to become acquainted with without .looking for strangers. A girl can’t be too careful whom she dates, and while they have the opportunity to be discriminating about their male friends, they should take every precaution to do so! • * • Dear Amy: Every year before Christmas my husband asks me what I want, and every year I tell him. But he always buys me something else, 1 This infuriates me. Why does he ; do that? Florence t Dear Florence: Maybe he needs a hearing aid! i* * * ; Please address all letters to: 1 AMY ADAMS c/o THIS NEWSPAPER For a personal reply enclose a . stamped, self-addressed envelope.

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O. T. FITZWATER of the board of Thompson Dairy Company. Mr. Fitzwater, who is president of the Indianapolis Poyer and Light Company, has been a member of the chamber board since 1957 and served as vice president in 1959-60. Other officers elected by the chamber include Walter W. Walb of Fort Wayne, vice president of American Hoist and Derrick Company, first vice president, and Otto N. Frenzel of Indianapolis, president of Merchants National Bank and Trust Company, treasurer. Other vice presidents elected are Roy C. Echols of Indianapolis, president of Indiana Bell Telephone Company; Arthur F. Endres of Whiting, general manager of the Whiting Refinery of American Oil Company; John R. Ibach of Evansville, manager of the Warrick Works of Aluminum Company of America; and William J. Johnson of Goshen, president of Goshen Rubber Company. ’ The National Foundation-March • of Dimes, which farks its 25th anniversary in January, was found- ■ 'ed in 1938 by President Franklin ’ D. Roosevelt. Since then, each sucs ceeding President has honored the , Dimes Drive by meeting the r March of Dimes children who symbolize the thousands of patients , being aided.

Young Miss Will Welcome Beauty Gifts A tiny miss tottering in her mother’s shoes—or solemnly natural “powdering” her face—demonstrates that even the very young have the natural feminine interest in beauty. This Christmas delight your pint-size charmer, with “beauty” tools of her very own. Besides being fun to use, they can help establish good grooming habits. For the mite of a miss, Anne Whitfield, beauty consultant for Dial Soap research laboratories, suggests choosing items in gay co-ordinated colors. For girls who like sweet-scent-ed baths (and who doesn’t?) give bubble-type bath salts, a fluffy towel and washcloth, a bath powder mitt and of course a pretty array with a good deodorant soap with germicidal ingredients to help protect young skins against infection. Young hands, soiled by finger painting and clay modeling, need beautifying care with a nail brush, emery boards, a manicure set and colorle'ss nail polish. Even a very young lady should learn the basic of good hair care — with a natural-bristle brush, a small but sturdy comb and, for fun, a frilly sleep cap. And to imitate mother’s beauty routine, give her a “lipstick” (really a pomade for chapped lips) and a light floral cologne. Give your girl a Christmas gift of “beauty” and she’ll get a head start towards grown-up good looks.

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