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ABOVE AND BEYOND—Going above and beyond the call of duty arc devoted Milford elementary school teachers Mrs. Fleda Vhndeveer and Mrs. Bessie Sunthimer. Both are hobbling around the school with casts pn their left legs.

Hoosier Journalist Became Speaker, Then Vice-President

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A Hoosier was the only journalist to preside over both houses of the United States Congress — as Speaker and then as Vice President. Yet a hounding little clique of Washington correspondents helped to impose the political smear which sidetracked him on what seemed to be a sure road to the White House. Today Schuyler Colfax is memorialized in his home city of South Bend by designation of a principal Street with his name, by Colfax elementary school,, and by the Schuyler Colfax auditorium in the South Bend’ public library. His home at 83 Market street in South Bend was razed in 1911. A statue of Colfax/ made by Lorado Taft in 1887, stands in University Park in downtown Indianapolis.

Since Colfax was one of the four Hoosiers to attain the Vice Presidency, it is probable that if his house had survived the two World Wars it would be a local memorial today. The sometimes too-tardy movement to preserve historic and scenic sites is now growing through out Indiana, it is noted by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. A statewide survey of such sites is now being made by the department. The only other Hoosier vice president with a journalistic connection was Charles Warren Fairbanks, U. S. Senator from 1897 to 1905, and vice president from 1’905 to 1909. He wa's at one time owner of The Indianapolis News. Henry Wallace, vice president from 1933 to 1939, was editor of his father’s farm magazine in lowa.

Schuyler Colfax was born March 23, 1823, in New York city. A grandfather had been a Revolutionary soldier from New London, Conn., who fought all the way from Bunker Hill to Yorktown. A grandmother was a cousin of New Jersey’s General Philip Schuyler. The father, who worked for a New York bank, died of tuberculosis at the age of 30 before baby Schuyler was born. He lived with a widowed grandmother, who operated a Manhattan boarding house. He went to work when 10. The next ■ year his mother married George W. Matthews, who in 1836 took his family via the Erie Canal to Buffalo, by steamer to Detroit, and then over the Chicago Road to New Carlisle, a village on the wild prairie just west of the old Indian fur trading post of South Bend. Little Schuyler .clerked in his stepfather’s

Wednesday, January 24, 1968

Mrs. Sunthimer is a first grade teacher while Mrs. Vandeveer teaches the second grade. Mrs. Vandeveer, who has a broken kneecap, hasn’t missed a day of teaching while Mrs. Sunthimer, with a broken bone in her foot, missed four

store, 'where he met and studied the various individuals who also ; frequented the place as the neigh- ( borhood post office. ( Founded in 1823 by trader Alex t Coquillard, South Bend became the t St. Joseph county seat in 1831. In r 1841 Matthews, a Whig was elected i county auditor and moved to c South Bend, which had 1,000 popu- c lation. Thereafter Schuyler Colfax s regarded South Bend as his home v until his death in 1885. o The youth was on the scene as a a great city started its steady devel- I opmcnt. His young contempor- < arics included such newcomers as € Henry and Clement Studebaker, and James Oliver, who later were h world-famous manufacturers. At E the age of 16 Colfax started writing c for newspapers. At 13 he was con- 1' tributing reports and coriimen- n taries to Horace Greeley’s New t York Tribune. In 1842 — age 19 — J Colfax was made secretary of the t new South Bend Total Abstinence r Society. He remained a faithful 1' prohibitionist throughout his life although he was a heavy" cigar smok- p er. This tee-totalling eventually v enraged powerful forces in whis- c ky-drirtking Washington, D. C. f Young Colfax joined the Fresby- ' ‘ terian church at a revival, and then c helped to organize the South Bend Dutch Reformed church. He started studying law halfheartedly but obviously preferred journalism and politics. He covered the 1842-43 Indiana Senate for the Indiana State Journal at Indianapolis. Next year — at the age of 20 — he became editor of the South ( J Bend Free Press, a Whig weekly. In 1846 — age 23 — he bought the 11 Free Press and' renamed it the St. S

Joseph Valley Register. The young publisher was type- P setter, pressman, business manag- n er? staff and editor. He necessarily augmented his income by continu- w ing as deputy county auditor. In 0 1847 he was elected clerk of the 9 Indiana House of Representatives 9 and again covered the Legislature for the Indianapolis Journal. $ In July, 1855, Colfax attended the J Indianapolis convention of Indiana Republicans and he came out solidly for the Republican Party. In Aug- * ust fire destroyed his printing c plant. He promptly rebuilt it and 6 made Alfred! Wheeler editor for the* 1 next 10 crucial years. From 1855 — when he was just 1 32 —- until the end of his term as 1 ■ vice president in March, 1873, Col- ( fax centered his attentions on Wash- ( • ington. .’ ‘

When the powerful Illinois Demo- ' crat Senator Stephan A. Douglas , broke with President James Buch- ’ anan, Colfax took Douglas to see Republican publisher Horace Greeley. He learned rapidly the essential game of floor and cloakroom maneuvers. He was renominated unanimously in 1858 and ran ahead of other Republican candidates in every county to win re-election by 1,931. In 1858 Colfax personally followed the Lincoln-Douglas debate as it proceeded through Illinois towns. Some Lincoln supporters later accused him of being pro-Douglas in his untiring desire to win Democrat converts. But actually he was > convinced of Lincoln’s eventual ■ 1860 victory, and he went to Mis- » souri for Lincoln to sound out Ed- > ward Bates, a conservative former Whig leader.

In October 1859 came John Brown’s raid at Harper’s Ferry. Colfax deplored it as inflammatory. The 1860 Congress session was bitter with uncontrolled language and bitter passion. In 1868 Grant and Colfax were the winning Republican national ticket. Indiana was carried by almost 10,000. The Electoral College vote was 214 to 80. As vice president —a job which Colfax regarded aS a comedown — Colfax tried to unify Republicans and steered clear of patronage fights. Some radicals, fostering the Liberal Republican Party, schemed to dump Grant for Colfax in 1872. To improve relations with the White House, Vice President Colfax announced in September, 1870, that he would not run for any public office again. Jay Cooke offered Colfax a $25,-000-a-year Vice Presidency of his

days. Pictured ' here are Hallie Cripe, Mark Baumgartner, Terina Ryman, Mrs. Vandeveer, Mrs. Sunthimer, Dallas Stevenson and Kim Coy. ~ A Mail-Journal staff photo.

new Northern Pacific Railroad. Although an enthusiastic supporter of western expansion, Colfax declined. Grant offered him the top cabinet post of Secretary of State, fie declined. Colfax continued to refuse to run against Grant or as his 1872 running mate. When he finally recanted just before the National Convention and agreed to go for re-elec-tion it was too late. Grant’s allies mistrusted him. A group of Washington newspaper correspondents called “The Syndicate” was dedicated to ruin him. Former Massachusetts Senator Henry Wilson was nominated for Vice President over Colfax, 364% to 321%. Grant and Wilson carried Indiana, but Democrat Thomas A. Hendricks (later himself vice president) was elected governor. On November 3, 1884, he made his last political address, reluctantly supporting Blaine for President at a South Bend rally. The following January 13 he was in Minnesota to make one of his many travel talks. It was 30 below zero in Mankato, and he carried a suitcase three-fourths of a mile between railway stations. He died of a heart attack. Hendricks and Turpie, former opponents, were among the many who gave funeral orations. He was compared to Henry Clay as the foremost Speaker of the House. He was hailed as South Bend’s No. 1 citizen.

Seward Township Has Balance Os $4,022 As Year Ends

Seward township had a balance of $4,022.24 in all funds as 1967 drew to a close. The figure is found in the trustee’s report of receipts and disbursements which is found week’s paper. The report is signed by Robert L. Hoffman. The township fund began 1967 with $2,039.28 and closed with sl,026.43. They had receipts of $4,929.66 and disbursements of $5,992.41 in the fund. The dog fund began the year with $309 and received $343 during the year. A total of $609 was disbursed, leaving a balance of $43. A balance of $4,249.30 is to be found on January 1, 1967, in the civil bond fund with $7,613.20 received and $9,018.75 disbursed to leave a balance of $2,843.75. There was no beginning balance and no ending balance in the library fund. A total of $2,037.10 was received with the same figure being disbursed. The Mentone library receiving $1,222.25 and the Akron library receiving $814.85. The recreation fund had a $609.06 balance on January 1, 1967, With no receipts during the year. Disbursements amounted to SSOO leaving a I balance of $109.06.

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Mrs. Donna Kay Shelton of Goshen became the bride of Joe Hibschman Friday at 8 p.m. in the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Metzler, at Goshen. The bridegroom’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Hibschman of r 1 Syracuse. Rev. Victor Yeager, grandfather of the bridegroom and a retired minister of the Churches of God of North America, officiated at the double ring ceremony in the presence of the immediate families. The home was decorated with white carnations and red roses. The bride appeared in a street length dress suit of deep pink. Her shoulder veil fell from a crown of seed pearls and she carried a cascade of small pink and white roses. Attending the couple were Mrs. Charles Adcock, sister of the bride, and James Hibschman of Mundelein, 111., brother of the bridegroom. Mrs. THE HOOSIER DAY By FRANK A. WHITt

I have gazed at a crystal ball and consulted tea leaves and here are my predictions for 1968. In predicting unpredictable politics and pending events, I will admit it is a guessing game and you can play it. If you don’t want it to turn out as I predict, get busy in the campaign, on local, state and national levels, and change it. At the end of 1968, I will dig up this column and tell you my score. My prediction^—No. I—None of the eight men in death row of the Indiana State Prison will be executed in 1968. Governor Roger D. Branigin, corrections commissioner Anthony Kuharich, and warden Ward Lane, who pulls the switch to the electric chair, are opposed to capital punishment. 2. I predict the talk of peace in Viet Nam is to soften the people to a “cease fire” on terms less than majority of American people expect and want. Lyndon B. Johnson, the Old Pro, President, in this an election year, will find away to negotiate. People will rejoice .so at the end of the shooting, and public memories, are so short, not much attention will be paid to charges that had it not been for politics, the war might have ended long ago.. 3. I predict in 1968 that there will be confrontations and near confrontations between the Soviet Union and USA in Egypt-Israel, Southeast Asia and Europe, but there will be no nuclear war. The nuclear armed race between the Soviet and United States, the two most powerful nations in the world, is a stalemate. Now my try at predicting politics, the unpredictable, follows: 4. On the Democratic side nationally, Peaceniks McCarthy, Hartke and Segregationist Wallace, will cause some trouble for President Johnson, but not to a big degree. I predict that LBJ will control thp Chicago Democratic National convention. 5. In the fact of bold predictions of U. S. Senator Vance Hartke that Lyndon B. Johnson will not be nominated or elected, I predict the following: Lyndon B. Johnson will be nominated by his party and elected, although the majority will be much less than when he had 82 per cent public approval. 6. I predict LBJ’s running mate will be Hubert Humphrey who will be elected vice president. When I consider the number of federal job holders, raise in Social Security, other benefits for so many people, full employment and disarray in top echelons of the Republican party, I cannot help but believe you can’t “fight Santa Claus successfully”. 7. I predict that the 26 votes of Indiana GOP in the Republican national convention in Florida next summer will be for Richard M. Nixon. Romney continues to de-escalate his chances and Rockefeller will never

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Adcock was attired in a street length light beige lace sheath. Her beige pill box was circled with a small veil and she carried pink and white rosebuds. Mrs. Metzler chose a light brown wool dress for her daughter’s wedding. Mrs. Hibschman wore a blue knit suit. Both wore white orgfiid corsages. \ Reception Follows A reception followed the ceremony with the tiered cake, punch, nuts and mints being served by Miss Georgie Metzler, sister of the bride, and Miss Marge Holdeman. Following a short wedding trip the couple will be at home on r 2 Syracuse. Mrs. Hibschman graduated from Goshen high school and is attending Elkhart Beauty school. Mr. Hibschman is a graduate of Syracuse high school and is engaged in farming. convince the south, middlewest and west in the shift of power taking place. I feel that had it not been for Rockefeller’s role last time and the coolness of Eisenhower, that Nixon would now be President. 8. I predict that U. S. Senator Birch Bayh, Jr., will have a close squawk, but get re-elected for the same reason LBJ will be re-elected. Bayh will defeat either Marion county Senator William D. Ruckels-

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