The Mail-Journal, Volume 14, Number 49, Milford, Kosciusko County, 28 December 1977 — Page 16
THE MAIL-JOURNAL— Wed., December 28,1877
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Lakeland families visit or entertain
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Elam of Syracuse entertained on Christmas day, Mrs. Ethel Hamilton of Syracuse; Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Fermi, Mark and Mike Frazier, all of South Bend; Debbie Frazier of New York; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Yoder and daughter, Debbie, of Goshen; and Joe Elam from Indiana State University. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Zartman and family of Milford went to Kokomo Christmas morning, to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Myer, for a family dinner Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Poe of Milford held a family gathering in their home Christmas day. At the dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Welker and family of Elkhart and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Poe and family of Goshen. Mr and Mrs. Adlai Miller of Illinois were here visiting their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Kenton Grimm of Milford Joe Elam is home for the holidays from Indiana State University. While he is home he is staying with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Marion Elam of Syracuse. While in Kokomo Christmas day, the Ronald Zartman family of Milford, visited Vic Zartman in the evening, before returning home. Mr. and Mrs Robert Jones ci Syracuse, entertained on Christmas day Mr. and Mrs. Clark Jones of Peru and Mr. and Mrs Charles Gauck and family of Roiling Prairie Mr and Mrs Lloyd Johnson and son, Mike, of Milford went to their daughter s Mr. and Mrs Dennis Pinkerton of Milford on Christmas day. Also at the dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Glen Pinkerton of Milford and Mr. and
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Mrs. Newton C. Johnson of Syracuse. Mary Miller of Milford, is home from Bible College in Ohio over the holidays. She will be returning after New Year s. While home she attended a family dinner in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kenton Grimm. Milford. Douglas Rensberger and Mrs. Melba Rensberger both of Milford went to Paul Becher's of Leesburg for Christmas day. Mrs. Roger Layne of Leesburg went to Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Hamman of r 2 Leesburg for a family dinner Christmas day. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith of Milford, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Smith and children of Milford and Mr and Mrs. Dan Smith and son, Andy, of Nappanee were December 26 guests at a Christmas dinner in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Smith and sons of Three Rivers, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hickman and children, Jack, Ronda and Bob, hosted Christmas dinner in their home on r 1 Syracuse. Guests for the dinner included: Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hickman, Bill Martindale and children, Bill and Shellie, all of North Webster; and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hickman and Tim, Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Grisamer, Tony and Tina Searfoss and Lou White, all of Syracuse. A call was also made to the Hickman's oldest son, Joe, who lives in West Hollywood, Calif Mr and Mrs. Cecil Gonzales of Milford held a Christmas dinner in their home Christmas eve. Attending the dinner were: Mr. and Mrs. Larry Kauffman and family, Cecil Gonzales, Jr., and family. Mr and Mrs Raymond Gonzales and family, all of Goshen; Gerald Cripe and son and Manuel Guevara, all of New Paris; Pete Avalos, Milford; Mr. and Mrs. Max Reyes and family,
Elkhart ; and Mr. and Mrs. Andy Ybanez, of Milford. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fisher of Syracuse entertained Mr. and Mrs. Evertt G. Maurer and daughter of North Webster and Mrs. Bertha Mantel of Syracuse for dinner Christmas day. Mr. and Mrs. Jon Dewart and family of Milford had out of town guests for the Christmas holiday. They were: Mr. and Mrs. Randall Dewart of Hickery, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs Glen Stroupe of Bristol, Tenn.; and Sharon Keller and family of Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Dewart and Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Kilmer, all of Milford, were also guests of the Jon Dewart home for the holiday. Mrs. Hazel Kline entertained Saturday, Christmas eve, Dec. 24, in the Sunnyside park pavillion in New Paris at a carryin dinner. The afternoon was spent socially and gifts were exchanged. Attending the dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Kline, Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Kline and daughter Almeda, all from Middlebury; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smoker and Roger of Warsaw; Debbie Smoker, Purdue University; Mrs. Charles Berkeypile and children, Milford; Garldine Kline and children. Sharon. Sandra and Laurie, Mr. and Mrs. Moris Kline. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Veenstra and son Jason, all of Goshen; and Perry Hathaway and family from Claypool. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Berkeypile and family and Mrs. Hazel Kline of Milfad were Monday, Dec. 26, dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smoker of Warsaw. A Christmas party was held Wednesday, Dec. 21, at the Chatter Box in Milford with 10 present Salad, sandwiches, and punch were served. There was a gift exchange. Mrs. Grant Rainey of California was a guest and was presented an Indiana
Plate to remind her of her stay in Indiana. Superstition surrounds New Year's People all over the world will wait and watch for another year, 1978, to enter just after midnight on January 1. And if there is one universal aspect of this celebration, it is in the superstitions and customs, which are kept to this day. Food is a customary item at New Year’s. In the United States many persons serve a traditional meal, thought to bring good luck and prosperity to the household, whether it be cooked cabbage or black-eyed peas. In other countries, special pastries or cakes are baked and given to guests only at New Year’s. New Year’s is a time, which for many decades has been used as a time to look ahead, to foretell the future and review the past. In fact, the ancient Romans named the first month of the year January, to honor the god Janus. And Janus was a two-faced god, having the ability to look both forward and backward. Some ancient customs have been derived from this tradition. "Dipping,” was done by the head of the house, by opening the Bible and without looking, placing a finger on a passage. The message in the passage was to hold the future of the family for that year, as a sort of prediction. Others believed the first person to enter the home, called a “firstfooter,” foretold the future of the home. Depending on the person’s physical characteristics, the visitor meant good or evil. Some villages hired a goodcharacteristiced man to go from house-to-house, so all in the village would be prosperous.
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At this time of the year, it’s appropriate to look back upon our successes and failures during the previous 12 months. In Congress, 1977 was a year of both accomplishment and frustration. We began by quickly enacting a $34 billion, three-year tax cut to stimulate the economy and improve Americans’ buying power. Our year is ending on a less successful note, however. Senators arguing on behalf of big oil are holding the National Energy Act hostage in conference committee, stalling what is certainly the most important piece of legislation considered by Congress this year. For the first time, this nation now has the administrative framework necessary to deal with the energy problem we face. Moe than half dozen separate energy agencies in the federal government were consolidated into a single Department of Energy by an act of Congress this year. Those of us on the Government Operations Committee who worked for this legislation are convinced that the new structure will reduce bureaucratic runaround and eliminate some of the slipshod administration of energy laws which has been so prevalent in the past. Working people and small businessmen won a major victory when the legislation to create a new Agency for Consumer Protection was dropped from the House calendar this fall. As an opponent of this proposed agency, I feel that the voices of millions of citizens across America were heard in Washington, demanding that no new bureaucracy be created to add more government red tape and additional cost for the products we buy. In the House Agriculture Committee, we wrote the new four-year farm act, which improved price support programs
and upgraded our emphasis on agricultural research. This bill also provides federally guaranteed loan funds for construction of four pilot plants around the country to manufacture industrial alcohol from farm commodities — the first real attention given by the federal government to “gasohol** production, which I so strongly support. Our farm act also included the first major overhaul of the food stamp program. It will lead to tighter controls, aimed at reducing food stamp fraud, as well as an income cap which will remove more than a million nonneedy recipients from the food stamp rolls. Regulations will be rewritten to respond to the concern of many of us on the committee, who believe that some work should be required of every able-bodied person who receives assistance from the federal government. That also should be an important aspect of the welfare reform plan which will face the Congress next year. I look back with personal satisfaction on our successful flight against a federal tax on gasoline and against taking the ceiling off gasoline prices at the pump. I also was pleased by the success of our effort to stop the export of Alaskan oil to Japan — one of the silliest ideas I’ve heard in Washington. The house passed a major revision of federal pesticide laws, of which I was the principal author. This should enable farmers to be assured of a steady supply of pesticides at a reasonable cost. We secured $400,000 in planning funds to establish a National Sal Erosion Research Center at Purdue University, and the funds for construction of that facility should be secured in the coming year.
Congress acted to create
203,000 jobs and training positions for young people and unemployed first-time job seekers. For business, we offered a tax credit for new hiring and almost $3 million over two years for small business and disaster loans. President Carter was given
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authority to reorganize the executive branch, a major step toward trimming the top-heavy federal bureaucracy. Legislation to repeal mandatory retirement in federal service and raise the retirement age to 70 in the private sector was approved by the House.