Walkerton Independent, Volume 83, Number 27, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 2 June 1960 — Page 6

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— WALKERTON INDEPENDENT — June 2, 1960

| EDITORIAL WHERE DOES THE BLAME FALL? In the past few months -• \ - eral cases ol shoplil ting tune been rep- rted to the Walkerton Police, and other occasions, the sam e lias happened and been apprehended by the store owners and not leportcd to the police. This shoplifting is not an uncommon thing, but there is one thin? very disturbing about most of the cases recently. These cases involved children from the ages <«f 1<) on up! Thi> certainly is something of alarm. Recently two boys around the age of 12 had been caught and the confessions disclosed that they had hit two different stores. This week carries a story in the police news about two 15 year old girls. Many times it has been ot boys and girls around this age bracket Whore Goes the blame fall? Is it the kids themselves or is it the lack of concern and care by the parents that causes this? Certainly a good percentage cl the blam e must fall at home. As parents, are you doing your job? The old expression about how bad the kids are these days is often heard . . . but still, these kids that are snpjxse<lly so bad. what has been given them at home? Has it been the love and care that should and time and participation in various things with their parents? Or has it been a coup] e of bucks and tell them to go out and enjoy themselves with the parting ncte to be careful when they leave the house ? Os course, kids don’t like to have the parents with them everywhere they go, they like to “get away’’ mote Oy less, but still do they ever have any activity with their folks? Are the records of the < nes who are consistently in trouble the good ones in school 0 Do they attend Sunday School and Church? Do they participate in the activities of the school and community or do they run with tneir own snw? gang, try to find their own entertainment an 1 never go along witn. the activities of the sch ■ >1 and <omn unity. These are generally the ones that have no encouragement from

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home, no cooperation with th- it plans and actually not much of a home to go heme to. Arc the parents willing to spend the time in some worthwhi’c < ausc or are they out every night d-iing entirely as they please? Ask vourself these questions and see what the answers are. Maybe a portion of the blame for some of the many things that go on other than the above mentioned can be placed by doing this. Many parents never know when they stand with the children, sure, they supply the 1 od and gel the meals and furmsL a bed. but so does a boarding and rooming house! Before we condemn me kids too much, lets take that Kok in the mirror parents, and see if you like what you see. A little more time and cooperation with the kids now may be the turning point in their lives. Accidents Occur In Past Week Two accidents last week in the area of Walkerton resulted in considerable property damage and put two persons in the hospital for treatment g? minor injuries On Thursday, May 26, a semi-trailer hit n calf on U. S G at Sage Road, 3’ 2 miles em-’ of Walkerton Walter N. Lewi.;, driver of the semi, from Hammond. was unable to avoid the crash as a gate was open and nine cows were out crossing t’w road. The cows belonged to Keith Rupel, route 1, Walkerton. Dan - ages to the semi amounted to $l5O 00 with the value of the cat not listed. Car Hits Tree At 12:50 a.m Saturday, a car driven by Shannon Hall, of Lorain, Ohio, went out of control on a wet pavement and skidded 1* 5 feet while spinning around and struck a tree. Both the driver and another passenger. Homer Hall, were treated at Holy Family hospital. LoPorte. and released. Damages to the auto amounted to $500.00. The accident occut - ed on U. S 6, 3 miles west of Walkerton. State Trooper C. W. Neary investigated both of these accidents. WAY OF LIFE Live by high principles and there will be little chance of your yielding to pressure.

Voice of the People Another Alumni Banquet and AAer Prom Party have just been held and I am ccjncemcd in mv mind just how successful and what influence these parties have had and will continue to have on our juniors and seniors and the young people of this community We should always remember that what wa do in the way of un example before our y<*mg people speaks much b aider than what we say or advocate. Th? Aftei Prom party is strlcily a school affair and for som • of the adults taking part in conducting this activity to be indulging in alcoholic beverages at this time is utterly ridiciib us and surely defeats the very purpose of the After Prom party. The manner in which some of the cars were driven away from the theatre this year by some of these persons and Ilie informatior that camo to me regarding other actions of some (f the adults leads me to believe that all was net well at this party. The Alumni Banquet was well attended and again we should r< - member this is a school related aA'air and the. presence of alchohe beveiages should certainly be absent, but such was n > the case A good number of cats in th? s< ho d parking lot were rolling bars with plenty of activity thereabouts. This t me is in bad taste and out of place a' a school related affair. It would seem to say to our young people that you cannot have a good time unlelss you drink, wtrlch is certainly not true and a very bad example to display. Surely there could be some regulation of tins practice on school property and grounds and I would recommend to the Alumni Association and school officials that enforcing same’ bo investigated. This is my opinion What is yours ? Wayne Burch SSTH ANNIVERSARY MR. & MRS JOS. QUIBBEMAN A mass Thanksgiving was read in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Quibbeman Monday, May 30th, Father Intko celebrant. Guests in tile Quibbeman heme following the mass were Mr and Mrs. George Quibbeman and children. Mi. and Mrs. Jerome Quibbeman. and Mr. and Mrs Francis Irwin and children, all of Chicago; Mrs. 'Marie Gresh and daughter, Mary Carol, of Stevensv He, Mich.; Mr and Mrs. Everett L. James and Penny, of Evergreen Park, HL; Mr and Mrs Charles Childress, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Stringham, all of Koontz Lake They enjoyed a day of visiting and reminiscing. Read the Classified ads.

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Baseball Team Split 2 Decisions The Walkerton Merchants baseball team split two games in the past week, winning over Plymout 4-2 last Wednesday night and dropping a 1-0 decision to Tippecanoe Monday on their di amond. A game for next Sunday afternoon has been scheduled with the same Tippecanoe team at 1:30 for the Walkerton diamond. Wednesday night Jack Tiedr and Larry Hay pitched the win over Plymouth. Sunday, Bobby Loucks lost the 1-0 battle on an unearned run in the bottom ol the. ninth as he allowed only 1 hits, but didn’t get the batting support necessary from his teammates. The team has been accepted into the South Bend Night League, according to manager Clifford Ward, and the schedule is not complete to date, but the 8 teams play Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday and Friday nights at Bendix Field til' every week. More details will follow later on tim' schedule. Receives Diplomas At Indiana U. St Joseph County has 98 stu dents among the 4,182 listed fvi for the 1960 graduating class of Indiana University. The University’s 131st annual commencement ceremonies, climaxing a week end of alumni activities, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday. Jun -6, in Memorial Stadium. In event of rain, the ceremonies will l»e held in the nearby Field House to which admission will be by tickets provide i to each degree recipient. Baccalaureate services will bo held at 8:30 pin. Sunday, in the University Auditoriu m The speitker will l>e Rev. Arthur L. Miller, native. Hoosier and I. U. graduate who for the past year has been national head cf the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A Included in the list of graduates are: Barbara A. Johnson. A.8., English. Walkerton, Ralph R. Naragon Jr.. Master in Business. North Liberty; Roland Hocket. Master in Art, LaPcrte, formerly of Walkerton. CONTEST WINNER Bill Bowers, local agent for Allstate Insurance Co., won the “Switch the Pitch Contest" for the most sales in northern Indiana during the contest. He sold 176.4'; of auto quota; 106.9% ol pn^perty quota. Bill lives in North Liberty and is well known to the people in Walkerton and North Liberty. wnl

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Dewey Named Ed Os Law Journal James R. Dewey, 608 Adama St., Walkerton, has been named editor-in-chief of the Indiana Uni. versity Law Journal for 1960-61. Holder of an A. B. degree from T. U. in 1958, Dewey will be a senior next year in the School of Law. The Indiana Law’ Journal is edited by the law students, and published quarterly by the Law School. EVENING STAR REBEKAH The Evening Star Rebekah lodge No 405 held its regular! meeting May 25th with 16 parents present. A report was given on the district meeting held in Goshen on May 4th. Twelve sisters from Walkerton went tn Freemont. Ind., last week with District Deputy president, Vera Williams. She inspected ths Freemont lodge. Evening Star put on a memorial at Goshen. It was voted w< make bed pads and bibs for people in tlie Home at Greensburg. We voted our lodge b*‘ dark in July and August. Mn*. Wesley Whitteberry won the doer prize. I wisn to thank all my new friends in Walkerton and the Methodist Church members for their prayers, cards and flow’ers sent during my stay in the hospital. Also to George Pearish Jr., for donating blood. Charles Theobold I ——— — . t Read the classified ads. / \ * \ set of red flares is a most important piece of equipment foi a motorist, advises the Chicago Motor Club. Flares protect drivers from “sitting duck.” actidenu. A failure to pull off the highway creates a hazard not only to yourself, but to oncoming uafiu. Frequently, however, ditches or embankmea's at the side ol the road make it impossible to pull completely off the pavcim-nl When sucli emergencies arise at night, a motorist should turn on the head and tail lights and place Hares some distance up the road in the direction of oncoming traffic.

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