The Mail-Journal, Volume 9, Number 44, Milford, Kosciusko County, 29 November 1972 — Page 4

Mail 'AJoiirnal PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Milford Mail (EsL 1888) Syracuse-Wawasee Journal (Est 1907) Consolidated Into The Mail-Journal Feb. 15, 1962 DEMOCRATIC ARCHIBALD E. BAUMGARTNER, Editor and Publisher DELLA BAUMGARTNER, Business Manager Box 8 Syracuse, Ind., — 46567

Santo Is Coming ... Santa Claus is on his way to the Lakeland area. As we hear it the Spirit of Christmas is already here — it slipped into the area while we were eating left over turkey last week end and will stay until after the jolly old man makes his rounds on December 24 and the Christmas season ends. Towns in the Lakeland area have or will soon be putting up their decorations to keep the spirit alive as shoppers hurry here and there with their purchases. Stores too have caught the spirit and are beginning to look festive with red and green lights and Christmas trees aglow. Today Sarita is reminding us that there are only 25 days left before he makes his annual visit to homes all over the world. From now on he’ll be on the scene, in person or in spirit, every day until Christmas Day. He is here to extend an invitation to preview the gifts of Christmas, brimming over now in the windows, on counters, racks, shelves and everywhere... in hometown stores. He is inviting you to check your gift list and to remember the local merchants when buying gifts for loved ones this year.

In Good Hands

Family, country, church — these three important cornerstones of society are not dead in the eyes of young people. Indeed, they are very much alive if the survey of high school students attending a group of seminars is any indication. At six recent Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Youth Citizenship Seminars conducted by the American Citizenship Center of Oklahoma Christian College, participating students were asked to list the living persons they respect most. Students could choose a parent, or select from a dozen or so names, representing

A Time To Every Purpose

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:’’ These words from the Book of Ecclesiastes have meaning and ap* plication to a multitude of experiences and circumstances within everyone’s life. They apply certainly to the changing seasons of the year, and to the coming of winter on the 21st day of December. Even if we live in warmer climes, winter brings to the minds of most of us visions of soft, delicate swirls of snow, the delicious smell of freshly baked cookies and hot chocolate after a walk in the brisk wind. And the glow of a child’s face on Christmas morning is never to

Salem Known As A Busy Port

Copley News Service 1772 — Salem was an active seaport at this time. Sixteen miles northeast of Boston, it had been settled since 1626, originally as a Pilgrim and Puritan center. The first Congregationalist Church in America also was established there in 1629. The town earned dubious fame for a witchcraft madness in 1692, with 20 accused “witches” executed and 55 tortured. Salem was a port from which fishermen went out as far as the Grand Banks, off Newfoundland. After 1670 it also was a port active in the trade to China, and Salem privateers were active during the French and Indian War of 1754-63, the Revolution and the War of 1812. Some of the fine homes built by the shipowners remain today, as does “The House of Seven Gables” figuring in the novel of that tittle published in 1851 by Nathaniel

EDITORIALS

Hawthorne, who was born in Salem in 1804 and lived there in his early life. Other buildings of the colonial era remain, as well as museums and historical collections rich in colonial memorabilia. The Massachusetts provincial assembly was to meet in Salem in 1774 to escape a royal ban placed upon such sessions in Boston at that time, and it was to declare for the independence of the colony. In February 1775 British troops sent from Boston to search for cannons reported hidden there were met by armed men of the town on their approach. Proceeding the action at Lexington and Concord in April, this was the first armed encounter of the Revolution. 1822 — “ ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas,” a long poem, was written for his children by Clement Clarke Moore, a teacher at the

Santa is busy making his list... are you? He is urging everyone to shop early and avoid the last minute rush. Christmas is a time for family and friends. It is a time for entertaining, gift giving, for sending and receiving cards and it’s a time for Christ. Christmas is the day we honor the birth of the Christ Child who came to earth to be the Saviour of the world. Even Santa agrees with this. He doesn’t even try to take away from the true meaning of Christmas. He just tries to add to the happiness of the season. Why not shop early at local stores and be free of the worry of what to buy for Uncle Clem and Aunt Liz when you should be attending church services in honor of the Saviour’s birth. This newspaper is responding to Santa’s plea for early action by providing this special gift edition full of suggestions about what to buy and where to buy. It also offers ideas for the coming holidays. • Santa advises you to read the ads in this issue, carefully, make a list and then . . . start your shopping at hometown stores.

a wide range of ideologies. Under the selection point system, the parent was far out in front, with 4,651 points. Second was President Nixon with 2,859 points. In third place was Billy Graham, with 1,970. The others trailed well behind. Perhaps this indicated that family, country, and church are not “old hat” among young people, as some will claim. At any rate, for those on the elder side of the Generation Gap, the loyalties these young people expressed provide evidence that the future of our nation may be in pretty good hands after all.

be forgotten. We think of a sparkling white blanket of purity covering the ground and of the peace and tranquility that lies over the countryside as Mother Nature takes her well-deserved winter slumber. But, the crowning jewel of the winter season is the celebration of Christmas and the continuing miracle of the whole Christian world joining hands to reaffirm its faith and reverence for the Lord whose way we follow.* To everything there is a season, and winter is a time of faith, a time to ponder, a time of exhileration and a time to prepare for the change and opportunities to come during the lengthening days of spring that will so shortly follow.

General Theological Seminary in New York. A year later it was to be printed, without Moore’s advance knowledge, in the Troy (N.Y.) Sentinel. In 1844 it was included in a book of Moore’s poems, retitled “A Visit From Saint Nicholas.” There is no Christmas season advertising, as such, in the New York newspapers at this time, and probably in no others. All newspaper advertising in this period is presented in small compass, what now would be called classified or classified display, in one-column width. Virtually the only seasonal references in advertising in the New York Post are to Christmas cakes available, a shipment of Tyrole toys, some wines “suitable for the approaching festival,” fruits, candles, and possibly some textiles. 1872 — George Catlin, Penn-sylvania-born artist, dies at Jersey City at 76. Giving up a career in law, in Philadelphia, when he was 36, Catlin had lived for many years among the Indians in both North America and South America, learned their languages, customs and ways of life. Robert Desmond

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Know Your Indiana Law _ By JOHN J. DILLON JVflk Attorney at Law This is a public service article explaining provisions of Indiana law in general terms.

'lndiana Driver's Manual'

A most interesting publication, free to any citizen of Indiana is the Indiana Driver’s Manual. This document is published by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles of the State of Indiana and it’s available free at any license branch. It contains very comprehensive information about the operation of motor vehicles of all kinds upon the highways of the State of Indiana, the licensing requirements for various types of vehicles, and the licensing requirements for individuals wLo wish to drive these vehicles. The Driver’s Manual is widely used by motorists in preparation to take the quadrennial

—Special Report from Washington— PROJECT LOST By Jack Anderson 1972 Pulitzer Prize Winner for National Reporting (Copyright, 1972, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.)

WASHINGTON-One of the Nixon Administration’s pet projects for senior citizens, “Project Find,” is now apparently Project Lost. The laudable program was initiated last August to locate older Americans who were not taking advantage of federal food programs. It was a cooperative effort on the part of five government agencies and the Red Cross. Brochures were sent out in Social Security envelopes, public service announcements were provided to radio and television stations, and 7,000 newspapers and magazines received press kits. As a result, thousands of letters poured in from old people around the country. But many of the senior citizens who inquired about the program have so far received only a form letter stating that a Red Cross volunteer “should” visit them soon. As for Project Find itself, its appeals to older Americans abruptly stopped November 15, just a week following President Nixon’s landslide victory. Project Find, obviously, was motivated more by presidential politics than by concern about federal food programs. The project, we have

examination required now for the Indiana Operator’s License. It is also widely used by high school students who are enrolled in driver’s training preparation to obtain an operator’s license, since it makes a perfect textbook fix* this course. If the operator of a motor vehicle is thoroughly conversant with material set out in the driver’s manual, then that operator will have a complete knowledge of the various rules and regulations of the road necessary for the operation of a motor vehicle. For example, the manual sets out both in words and shapes the traffic directional signs that an operator will en-

learned, was only part of the President’s massive campaign blitz —funded in part by the federal government—to woo the nation’s 20 million senior voters. In addition, the Nixon Administration sent notes to 28 million Social Secutiry recipients implying the President was responsible for their bigger checks. The truth, of course, is that Congress passed the Social Security increase over the President’s opposition. Also to court the older voters, six government agencies prepared reports of what President Nixon had done for the aged. The reports were then printed in the form of pamphlets and distributed at a cost to the public of over $250,000. — Nonsense Book — The Congressional Record which costs the taxpayers $3.5 million a year to print, is filled with nonsense. Leafing through its pages daily, we have found an essay on peanuts, a plea for needy bee keepers, a sermon, an obituary and a 35-year-old editorial criticizing the policies of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Frequently, a congressman will submit material for the record that he personally

counter when driving Indiana highways. These signs are of course designed so that they can be recognized by their shape from a distance far greater than the eye’s ability to read a sign, or under conditions of visibility that would make it difficult to read the sign. These signs such as stop signs, railroad crossing signs and warning signs are all set out in the manual and it is pointed out it is mandatory that a person in order to pass the written test to get a driver’s license must be able to identify these signs. The manual also provides complete information on how to park a vehicle properly, how to make a turn properly into both two-way and one-way streets, how to pass another vehicle, when to pass another vehicle and many other items of operation of a motor vehicle that every driver needs to know. The manual also sets out the requirements for accident reports and how they are made and to whom. It also sets out the financial responsibility requirements for persons owning and operating motor vehicles on the highways of Indiana. Because the information contained in the Indiana Driver’s Manual is invaluable for those

knows nothing about. He relies on his staff to make sure the material is worthy of mention. Sometimes there are mix-ups. During the last session of Congress, for example. Sen. Mike Gravel placed a statement in the Record praising a company called Holiday Magic. Gravel lauded the virtues of William Penn Patrick, the founder of Holiday Magic, and said its company employees are “determined that no critics can detract from the enormous success and integrity of Holiday Magic." What Gravel was not told, however, was that the list of the critics include the Federal Trade Commission and nine different state governments, all of which have brought legal actions against Holiday Magic over the last five years. One of the company ’s subsidiaries — Leadership Dynamics Institute—operates a bizarre success course which reportedly abuses people as part of a SI,OOO weekend program. Some taking part in the course have claimed they were forced to strip naked, were beaten and locked in coffins for hours at a time. This supposedly was done to build character and help people overcome fears. Senator Gravel was properly embarrassed when he found out what he had praised. Gravel called the snafu a major error on the part of the staff and fired the man who prepared the statement. Gravel has asked Holiday Magic not to circulate copies of his remarks. Nevertheless, we received a copy from an outraged citizen just last week. — Around the U.S.— AN ANGRY CHAMP—Be-

THE EDITOR

Expressing A Sentiment

Dear Editor, May I beg a spot to express a sentiment, that is, what was a sentiment but now a burning issue? It was sparked by a recent incident in the hunting field — or game field — or whatever the land where hunters stroll. Animosity now items between my sense of sportsmanship and the clods turned'would-be-sportsmen. A The unskilled or half-skilled, the indifferent, the calloused and, yes, the witless, blazon forthwith guns to course the grounds Yer wild game. A trophy at any cosu They lack the knowledge, or* choose to ignore it, that fair play is uppermost in the hunting world. For instance, a bird aground or a duck on water is never shot. In flight is when the aim is fired. Os course, the bird has the odds to remain in flight but it is those odds that constitute

Revenue Sharing

Dear Editor: I would like to relate my feelings on Revenue Sharing. The first day of our new legislative session November 15th, I spoke to the legislature on a point of personal privelege as follows. We are all aware of the 121.6 millions of dollars due the State of Indiana from Revenue Sharing. As elected legislators we have pledged ourselves to hold the line on taxes and give some property tax relief. Now that the new tax rates have been established for our

who operate a motor vehicle on the highways, every person who drives a motor vehicle should avail themselves of this free publication from the State of Indiana by picking one up at a license branch and keeping it in the glove compartment of his car. This way an operator of a motor vehicle can have a constant source of information available when any question comes up regarding operation of a vehicle on Indiana highways.

fore federal • skymarshals stopped routinely riding in airplanes to thwart hijackers, one agent had an embarrassing encounter with Joe Louis, the graying, ex-heavyweight champ who has been suffering from emotional problems. On a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu, an official report states that Louis approached one of the skymarshals in the first-class lounge and slapped him across the face. “You...have been following me all over,” he screamed, according to the report. “Get out of here. If I see you again, I’ll knock your...head off,” Louis was quoted as saying. The report concludes: “No action was taken and (the skymarshal) retained his cover.” FLAG WAVER-When Ken Smith, former deputy director of the Federal Aviation Administration, retired from the FAA last spring, he was awarded flags, administration seals, a brass eagle and three gold-colored flagstands. The total cost of the retirement gift: S3OO. Smith promptly packed up his flags and headed for his new job in Dallas, Texas, as executive vice president of E-Systems Incorporated. Not surprisingly, the company is an FAA contractor. ONE FOR THE ROAD— Some say you can’t take it with you, but in Congress, apparently, you can. Over 60 lame duck congressmen are clearing out their offices this, month and many are indulging in one last gratuity at the public's expense. It seems that each congressman before he leaves office is offered the chance to take his office desk and chair with him. The furniture can run as high as S9OO, but the congressmen are charged only a nominal fee of $25.00 each.

the very rudiments in the timehonoured sport of hunting. “Butter fingers” on a hunting spree lack respect for wildlife as well as respect for fellow hunters. I refer to the four hunters who shot a pheasant on the ground and in so doing nicked an English Pointer, an unknown dog to them, that was dutifully pointing for his master. The master would never have shot a nestled bird, much less, shot so close to his dog’s head. This deplorable act has ruined the dog, a product of eightyears patient training, and dissolved the bond between dog I and master in the field. \ If clods must hunt, let them 'first learn the conduct becoming to a sportsman. Incidentally, who retrieved the game? Who else. Remember. it was the dog that was taught proper conduct, not greed. Virginia Putt

county governments, it is my sincere feeling A if we were to act now and appty the entire amount of 121.6 millions for property tax relief, it would be possible to provide immediate reduction in our 1972 property taxes payable in 1973. This has also been recommended by the \ state budget committee. I am sure immediate and positive property tax relief would have enthusiastic approval from our constituents. Sincerely, Thames L. Mauzy

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