The Mail-Journal, Volume 10, Number 43, Milford, Kosciusko County, 21 November 1973 — Page 9

Ligonier News By ROSE CUNNINGHAM

Report $ 1,600 cash checks,

merchandise taken from Hooks

Hook’s Drug store on US 33 south of Ligonier, was broken into and robbed sometime Saturday night or early Sunday morning. The robbery was discovered by employees when they arrived at work on Sunday morning. The burglars had made entrance by breaking in the back door. Ligonier state police report the loss as around SI,OOO in bills of various denominations, S2OO in loose change, S4OO in coins and currency in a grey canvas bag and an unknown amount of checks and money orders all taken from the safe and cash registers. There were minor drugs, a Timex watch, lighters and pipes stolen from the store’s stock. Investigation by the state

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police revealed that a compact car of some type had been used by burglars. The investigating police are trooper Phillip Leamon and detective Keith Clevenger of the Ligonier post. Ambulance service to continue thru April 1, 1974 Noble county funeral directors have agreed to continue ambulance service in the county up to April 1, 1974, if necessary. However, if enough progress is made for the service to be taken over by the Noble county emergency medical service program at an earlier date, the funeral directors will discontinue

» (heir ambulance service • The decisions were made at a • recent meeting of the Noble ! County Funeral Directors • association in Kendallville. Dale • Cochard, McCray hospital adI ministrator and Dennis Wolford, > emergency medical service co--1 ordinator, met with the • association? i The original time set for the ambulance service change-over will be January 1, 1974.

Schlotterback home Mr. and Mrs. Rex Miller have been staying at the home of Mrs. Mary Schlotterback in Ligonier since their home located on 13A near US 6 burned to the ground on November 7. Ihe fire occurred at about 7:30 p.m. following an explosion presumably from a gas leak. Mrs. Miller had called the gas company to the home earlier that day as she had smelled escaping gas. The explosion was seen by a neighbor, Bob Kit son, as he was returning to his home from Ligonier. Benton and Ligonier fire departments were called to the scene immediately but were unable to save anything.

West Noble school board inspects preliminary plans

West Noble school board members inspected preliminary plans for the proposed Ligonier elementary building addition at their meeting Monday, Nov. 12. The meeting was held at the high school. The board discussed the present fuel shortage. Superintendent of schools, Glen Longenbaugh, reported to the board he would be attending a meeting of superintendents and state officials in Indianapolis the next day. At that time plans were made for the best way to cope with the fuel situation. A hearing was held on additional appropriations of funds for the new vocational building. There were no objections at that time.

Mrs. Maurice Moser heads Women's Society at Ligonier

Mrs. Helen Chaffee and Miss Grace Bickel showed slides of their Alpine tour at the Ligonier United Methodist Women’s Society meeting Tuesday evening, Nov. 13. The meeting was held in the social rooms of the church. Mrs. Max Sperry’s devotions were “The one hundredth Psalm” and “A thought for today.’’ Mrs. Paul Miller, outgoing president, was presented with a past president’s pin. Installation of officers was held for the following officers: President — Mrs. Maurice Moser Big Brother's being formed in tri-county area A tri-county chapter of the national Big Brother’s organization is being developed in the area. Concerned citizens from Noble, Steuben and DeKalb counties are actively working on the project. The purpose of Big Brother’s is to offer fatherless boys hope and opportunity for further growth

4-H grain show set for fairgrounds Dec. 1

By KEITH A. CARRINGTON Extension Agent, Youth The annual 4-H grain show will be held at the 4-H fair office on the fairgrounds on Saturday, Dec. 1. Four-H’ers will take their exhibit to the 4-H fair office from 8-10 a.m. with judging starting at 10 a.m. The exhibit requirements for the projects are: Alfalfa: Turn in completed record and exhibit a 12 inch slice of alfalfa hay. Corn: Turn in completed record plus one gallon of grain prepared for show. Soybeans: Turn in completed record plus one gallon of grain prepared for show. 4-H Beef The 4-H beef committee, sale committee and 4-H board of directors have made provisions fa* identifying 4-H steers for 1974. There are a couple of items 4H’ers and parents will want to know about. 1. Each township will have one contact person for the beef project. This person’s responsibility is to see that each 4-H steer in the township is ear tagged, and that if the steer loses one of it’s tags, to retag the steer. 2. Steers will be tagged in early January. Plans are to hire one or two people to tour the county and tag each 4-H steer. This will give a more uniform job of tagging and eliminate retagging. 3. 4-H’ers with more than two steers will be charged $1 per steer tagged over two, paid at the time tagging. 4. 4-H’ers not having the steers tied and available fa* the tagging people will be charged $1.50 per

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Superintendent Longenbaugh told of a conference with Don Anderson, representative of an Indianapolis law firm. The firm has been hired to represent the school board in future negotiations with the West Noble Classroom Teachers’ association. Bids were received for school bus chassis from Leatherman Brothers, Albion; Silveus Motors, Cromwell; and O. E. Coney of Kendallville. No decisions were made at this time. The board approved a gymnastic program for high school girls. -y Mrs. John (Jean) Loveless, school nurse, met wftlrthe board to discuss salary. She was granted an increase, in pay.

Vice president — Mrs. Lura Staler Secretary — Mrs. William Kitson Treasurer — Miss Lavina Wolf Committees were appointed to obtain Christmas baskets and poinsettias for the church and later distribution to shut-ins. Members voted to donate money to the Bashor boys’ home at Christmas time instead of buying gifts as in forma* years. It was decided to have a guest night at the next meeting on December 11. At that time an auction will be held on all unsold items from the recent bazaar. Refreshments were served by members of Hope circle. and development through friendship with men on a one-boy to one-man basis. There are nearly 800 fatherless boys in the tri-county area. Noble county alone has almost 200. Currently, the Big Brother’s are seeking financial pledges which will be matched in amount by the state organization. Anyone wishing to know more about the project or who would care to donate a little time or finances should contact Joel Ayres in Kendallville or Jim McClellan or Dave Speakman at the West Noble junior high school in Ligonier.

head tagged when the tagging people come back to tag the steers. A schedule will be set up and sent out to each 4-H beef member by Christmas. 5. In 1974 steers not weighing 800 pounds will be unable to sell at the 4-H livestock sale. 6. Two year old cow class — the cow must have been shown as a junior yearling heifer in 1973 4-H fair, and must have a calf in the junior calf class in 1974. This cow to be entered by January 1, 1974 and junior calf by May 1, 1974. 4-H Beef and Dairy January 1 Enrollment Four-H’ers with beef or dairy animals will want to enroll them by January 1. Enrollment cards are available through your 4-H leader or at the county extension office. Those beef and dairy animals not enrolled until May 1 are junior and senior calves in beef and junior, fall senior, and senior calves in dairy. Dates To Remember Nov. 24 — Rural youth Thanksgiving party — women’s building Nov. 27 —4-H and FFA judging contest planning, 6:45 p.m. Hollywood restaurant, Hamlet Nov. 28 — Area X junior leader council — Plymouth REMC Dec. 1. — 4-H grain show, 4-H fair office, fairgrounds, 8-10 a.m. FARMER’S SHARE According to a U.S. Department of Agriculture Bulletin, the farmer received an average of 40 cents out of each dollar you spent at the store on farm-produced food in 1972. — CNS

Society too easy on rapists By AUDREY GELLIS Copley News Service If you’re caught with narcotics in New York state, you can go to jail for life. If you’re caught in the act of rape, you can go scot free. New York state’s tough new drug law carries a mandatory life sentence for drug pushing, with a minimum of 25 years to be served before parole can be even considered. Rape carries a sentence of 0 to 25 years, which means the possibility of immediate probation. The Judge may, if he or she wishes, impose a minimum sentence of 8 and onethird years, but not a day more. Which crime do you think the men who govern New York state wish to eliminate? The district attorney’s office of Bronx County in New York city was recently involved in a furor when three confessed rapist-burglars were allowed to “idea bargain” and were convicted of robbery only (there was no problem of corroboration because the victim’s husband witnessed the rape). Instead of combined sentences of 10 to 30 years, one man got only one to 10, the other two received 8 to 25. Chief Assistant District Attorney for the Bronx Seymour Rotker told me that he considers robbery a more serious crime than rape. “Rape is just a sexual abberation, but robbery is a crime of violence,” he said. This permissiveness toward rape, however, does not emanate from legislators and s prosecutors; they merely implement societal attitudes which are sanctified by scientific authority and disseminated by the media. Ralph Garofalo is a psychologist conducting a study of rapists at the Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Sexually Dangerous Persons in Bridgewater, Mass. In an interview with Newsweek Magazine, published in the Aug. 20,1973, issue, Garofalo maintained tiiat in some cases the rapist’s behavior is merely an extreme manifestation of the normal male sex drive. “I don’t think there’s a man worth his salt,” the psychologist said, “who hasn’t seen some chick walking by and wanted her.” Garofalo sees tlie rapist as different only tiecause he loses all sight of moral or legal constherations in the pursuit of his desires. “In many cases these guys jnd up feeling really sorry. ITiey realize

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they were dealing with some overwhelming impulse,” he said. Some questions for Mr. Garofalo: If a burglar ripped him off, would that mean the miscreant was so tempted by material goods he lost all sight of moral and legal considerations? Suppose some women, outraged by Garofalo’s remarks, beat him up. Should they plead “overwhelming impulse” in court. And how does Garofalo explain sociologist Menachim Amir’s study of forcible rape (University of Chicago Press) in which it was found that 71 per cent of rapes were premeditated? And guess who is to blame for the poor rapist’s muddled state of mind? Why, his mother, of course, who either disappointed him, seduced him, disciplined him too harshly, or was cold and unforgiving. By creating a medical and moral copout for rape, Garofalo is reinforcing the legal climate that allows rape to go unpunished — and unchecked. What can we women do? First, learn to protect ourselves. The best advice I have read to date comes from “Our Bodies, Ourselves,” written by the Boston Women’s Health Collective and published by Simon and Schuster ($2.95). The book deals candidly with all the aspects of a woman’s life in relation to her body, but the chapter on rape is especially significant. It discusses how to deter rapists, self-defense courses, what to do if you are raped, what protection the community can give. (One fantastic

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hint: if attacked in an apartment building, yell “fire” instead of “help.”) Secondly, we must make it clear to every man in public office that unless he’s part of the solution to rape, he’s part of the problem.

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