The Bulletin Journal (Newspaper) - February 4, 1966, Independence, Iowa last TO Offer Solution To Amish Dispute You'd Better Believe If So you thought it was cold last early Saturday cheer you are in good Even the army's weather who have made a study of such agree that it was extremely With a temperature reading of 28 degrees below zero and a brisk northerly wind ranging upwards to about 20 miles per Saturday's cold was the equivalent of about 80 degrees below Even a temperature of zero with winds of 20- mile velocity would chill you as much as a reading of minus 39 degrees with no Because of other factors which control it's getting so a person Just can't rely on a thermometer any In the summer time all one hears is isn't the it's the Now they say isn't the temperature but the wind Either way when the mercury slides to the neighborhood of 30 you know it's Wind chill is the impact on a person by the combination of temperature and wind Simply stated it means that the harder the wind is blowing the colder you The army has compiled a wind chill chart showing the equivalent at a given thermometer reading and wind To use the army's wind chill which is reproduced find the wind speed in the column at left and the actual temperature in the top The equivalent temperature is found where the two rows inter- Your first comment after finding the answer is bound to It's colder than I Wind Speed col 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 m ACTUAL THERMOMETER READING Residents Vandalism To to Thaw Out After a 15 day cold wave with temperatures far below zero the weather in Buchanan county this week was almost balmy during the daytime The low temperatures still were cold with lows of 11 below zero on Jan. 31 and an even 0 on the first two nights of But the encouraging weather note for residents was a bright sun which sent in thermometers shooting upward to highs of 19, 21 and 20 degrees above zero on the first three days of this On Thursday the day began with a brief but light snowfall which soon Snow was forecast for the A year ago the county ced 17 and 15 below zero on Feb. 1 and 2 and on the last day of January in 1965 there was a inch Date High Low Jan. 31 19 Feb. 1 21 0 Feb. 2 20 0 Quasqueton Telephone Meeting Is Postponed The annual meeting of the Telephone ally scheduled for Feb. 5, at the American Legion has been The meeting be held Feb. 19, at a time and place to be announced according to officials of the Car Reported Sheriff's officers this week were investigating a case of vandalism last Friday The Volkswagen belonging to was discovered on its side by the The windshield was broken and numerous broken beer bottles were found near the scene on Highway 150 north of Sheriff Fred Beier received a call at a.m. that there had been an accident north of Deputy Terry Christensen was sent to in- and he reported back to Beier that he hadn't seen anyone near the accident Together they conducted a search of the area on the possibility the driver might have been dazed in the accident and be wandering around in the cold temperature of about 26 degrees below After their search was Beier got in touch with mer who is employed at the Mental Health institute and rooms He told them his car had stalled about p.m. as he was driving north on Highway 150. He left his intending to go after it the next morning and got a ride back to town with a passing Damage to the right side and shield of the Volkswagen was mated at according to The only other accident report received in the sheriff's office ing the past week involved a panel truck and mailbox a mile and a half west of Independence on Highway 20 last Friday night at p.m. Leonard 22. of Greene on Page 2) 4-H FAMILY NIGHT Cstela Barbosa of Brazil entertained at the annual Fremont township 4-H family night oyster and chill supper held at the Lamont school Saturday Jan. 29. Miss Barbosa an American Field Service exchange attending Independence High showed slides of her native land and played and sang She is show at left explaining her guitar to Thorn of leader of the and Rodney For JC Ball Being Taken Reservations from the general public for tables at the dence Jaycee Valentine Ball Feb. 12, at the ballroom are now being Interested persons should call Roger 4-3733. for There will be a charge of 25 cents per reservations to be picked up by the night of the ball Tickets for the ball are now being sold by Jaycee Queen of Hearts candidates and will be available so at the Tickets for the evening gown judging program at the Malek theater Feb. 10, will be sold that evening at the theater box Forty-nine candidates will seek the title of 196 G Queen of Hearts with the winner to represent chanan county in the Miss Iowa pageant later this A solution to the long-standing Amish school dispute in Buchanan county was expected to be presented Thursday afternoon by Gov. Harold Hughes to members of the Oelwein Community School Wednesday the governor requested the board along with Supt. Arthur Sensor and Buchanan County Atty. Harlan Lemon to confer with him at Oes Hughes said he has worked on both a and long range to the dispute but didn't say which he would offer Both plans would probably be outlined but the temporary solution seems most likely to be suggested since the governor noted have to have a before you can have a long range It was reported that Dan leader of the handful of Amish fathers who refuse to send their children to schools with told the governor that the Amish would accept the plan as Thursday's meeting was called after the Governor talked Wednesday with William of Cedar advisor for the The attorney had talked with Hughes also Tuesday night Waterloo where the governor was attending a monial They declined to comment on their talk other than to say prospects for solving the dispute were more promising than after roost recent con- versation with Amish representatives In his office last Lemon told the Thursday morning before leaving for Des that he didn't know what Hughes would just has an idea he thinks might The Amish parents were fined repeatedly for violation of school attendance laws until a moratorium was called late last year by the governor In an attempt to work out a compromise Serving Ever-Growing Independence and Buchanan Trade Area VOLUME 101 NO. 5 IOWA FEBRUARY 4, 1966 TWO SECTIONS Men District Tax Levy Boost Is Approved The growing Importance of tourism as an industry was shown Wednesday at Oelwein when 13 northeast Iowa counties Joined gether to form a tourism Name of the new organization is the Northeast Iowa Tourism Representing Independence and Buchanan county at the meeting was Lee Buchanan county tourism and ex- secretary of the Chamber of At the session Roloff was elected to the promotion committee of the new group and Donaldson was named chairman of the committee which will draft the group's charter and Roloff has been on a group planning tourism on a ional basis for this area of the Aim of will be to stress the many scenic and historic at- tractions of northeast Iowa and to promote tourism throughout the en- tire Formation of the council is the result of a January meeting on ism sponsored by the Iowa ment commission at a series of seven meetings held throughout the Will Aid In New Construction Meetings In Area Slated topic for a series of discussion meetings to be sponsored in chanan county by the county ex- tension The informal Ings are to be organized by int- persons and can be togethers of from five to 15 The groups can be made up by persons who are interested in ing more about the foreign policy of the United States or may be sponsored by an A discussion group of businessmen is being organized by Jay county extension Subjects to be discussed during the program 1. Struggle for 2. Israel in the Arab 3. Western Europe and the U.S. 4. Sub-Saharan 5. Russia after 6. Japan 7. Latin America and the U.S. 8. Making Foreign To in the should obtain a Fact Sheet kit prepared by the Foreign Policy The a non-profit has been offering the materials for 12 Co-sponsors for the De- program in Iowa are the cooperative extension the Center for Continuing Education at Drake the Department of Adult Education of the Des Moines public schools and State College of The kits prepared by the Foreign Policy association provide factual background information and serve as discussion guides for groups who wish to learn more about foreign The kits are available at the county extension for In addition to background mation on current trouble spots throughout the the Fact Sheet kit suggests questions tor sion and additional reading material for the various subjects making up the 1966 Additional information on the Decisions 1966" program can be obtained at the county extension office In the houee in By a of 59 idents in the Independence Com- munity school district Monday proved a proposition for a 10- year two and one-half mill tax levy which will be collected from erty owners In the 178 square mile area which comprises the reorganized The vote on the proposition was 306 in favor of the two and one-half mill levy and 211 A break down of the voting at the two polls in Independence and at dence ballots cast with 267- yes and 170-no and one spoiled At Rowley there were 80 ballots cast and the opponents out- numbered those in favor by a margin of two There were 41 ballots cast in opposition to the levy and 39 ballots in The 59 percent margin In the entire district was four votes short of 60 To pass the proposition had only to receive a majority The two and one-half mill levy will be collected for the first time when residents in the district pay their taxes In the spring of 1967. Money raised from the two and one-half mill levy will amount to about each This money will go into a and later will be used by the school district for expenditures of purchasing a school ping a helping defray costs of a new school building or paying for a new The money will be invested by the school district until such time as It Is Among other things the two and one-half mill levy will reduce to some extent the amount of the next bond issue when It is asked In order that the Independence Community school district can proceed with plans for a new school Taking first priority on a new school Is a junior high of the Independence Community dis- school board have been inter- viewing architects In the past month preparatory to selecting one arch- firm and proceeding with plans for a new school For the special election polls were open at the board of education office in Independence and at the Rowley school from noon until 7 p.m. out of voters was light and counting ballots was completed by the board of education shortly before 8 o'clock Monday COMPLETE chairman of the Independence City council's water com- presents certificates from the State Department of Health to three city employes qualifying them even more for their The trio completed schooling recently for the Presented the certificates 1-r are Judd water for operation of any wastewater treatment plant in the state and the local water Clalr disposal plant for operation of the local disposal and Dale assistant water for same qualifications as Objections To Sewer County Moving Equipment Overruled To Building The way has been cleared for construction of a sanitary sewer project in Objections to the proposed project were overruled this week by the State Appeal Bids on the proposed project were received Nov. 16 by the town cil but action on accepting the bids was delayed when objections were filed by 37 residents who objected to the cost of the Contracts for the project were signed late in December before a new town council took Mrs. LaVonne who was one of the was elected as mayor In the November election and took in Work on the sanitary sewer ject in which was proved by the Appeal is ex- to get underway as soon as weather Included in the project is a dis- posal plant at an estimated cost of and for sewer lines and County workmen have been busy during recent days moving into the building east of G. R. county en- said that all machinery has been moved but there are still several items of equipment which will be taken to the new county building in the near Members of the county board of supervisors late in December signed a lease with the Co. of on the large building at the east edge of The building and grounds will be used for storage and maintenance work on all county road machinery and Buchanan county will pay a monthly rental of per Of this can be applied toward the purchase price of for the building and grounds if the chase is approved by voters In an The question of purchasing the property Is expected to be submitted to the voters in the November general Explosion Averted of A costly accident was narrowly averted last week by the ness of Les janitor at the Buchanan county As a result of his attentiveness the only damage was to a furnace when a pilot light failed to Ignite and the accumulating gas in the burner blasting off the furnace One window in the furnace room was blown open by the concussion and the jolt was felt In several courthouse According to Les county re- the furnace was being switched over from fuel oil to gas when the accident He said an automatic switch designed to cut off the intake of gas when the pilot light fails to light didn't function and allowed the accumulation of a quantity of gas In the When the gas reached the flame in the other it Fry Fry said that a major calamity was averted because Davis checking on the operation of the furnace and didn't allow the cumulation of gas to build up to a dangerous A plumber was called Immediately and he replaced the defective switch to prevent a similar mishap in the The courthouse Is on an inter- basis for natural gas fuel and had been requested to switch over to oil during a cold period last It was during the switch back to gas that the blast Continual Testing Assures Purity Of Water Supply Independence Chief Reports 1965 Fire Loss Below Average Three fires accounted for 86 percent of all fire losses in during the year cording to the annual report of the Independence volunteer fire ment compiled by Paul The three fires resulted In loss of Total fire loss during 1965 was in dence and in Washington and Sumner townships which also are served by the Independence volunteer During 1965 the Independence fire department responded to 29 calls In Independence and 15 in the rural In addition local fire men were called to assist on 10 calls In other areas of the The total of 54 fire calls was 26 percent lower than the 75 alarms of 1964. The total loss report was about the same as In 1964 and below the national average for cities of a similar according to The average cost per alarm for 1965 was which was above the national average cost per fire of The three fires which accounted for the major portion of fire loss during 1960 were two residences and one trailer One of these fires was extinguished with three booster and less than 400 lons of but the building and content loss amounted to Soener One new record was established in 1965 when Independence men responded to 21 car Local firemen were called to assist outside the area at Rowley and twice to Jesup and also answered five alarms outside the Of the 29 city calls answered by the volunteer four were one one cantile one two utility four garages or one 13 cars or trucks and two Rural calls included two one mercantile one utility five six eight cars or trucks and two City loss for 1965 was on on contents and on cars and Rural loss was to to to cars and trucks In Washington township on Page 2) Water purity and proper sewage treatment and anti- pollution All matters residents of a modern community expect and take for while the average citizen concerns himself little with water in the wells or what Is being ed Into the troubles are everyday concerns of three Independence city employes whose jobs are to see that troubles don't Recently these men were awarded certificates from the State of Iowa after completion of Department of Health schooling qualifying them even more for their Judd water is now qualified to operate any water treatment plant In the state as well as the local water Dale assistant water is similarly ified and Clair operator of the disposal is certified to operate a wastewater plant in Continuous testing is the key to safe and proper operations at both Among Copeland's duties are ing the fluoride formula and testing it daily at each well and doing a spectrum test each day for water Samples of water are taken at a different point in the city each day as well as at the four Seven location samples are also taken monthly and sent to Iowa City for bacteria Each month Copeland receives bottled water samples from the State Department of Health to analyze as a cross check of the spectrum test. Although Independence water is regarded as pure from the a safety addition of chlorine Is added at the light plant well and pumped Into the Taking running tests and keeping records Is also a busy part of the schedule for who is at the plant seven days a Dally he samples the raw settling tank trickling fil- ter material and water pumped from the final to the A test is also taken dally to determine If the material is has a high acid content or a high alkali A testing Is considered neutral or cor- rect with anything higher an alkali test and anything below an acid test. If this happens corrective sures must be Weather conditions and many other factors In connection with sewage disposal are charted for the State Department of as with more diversified testing planned in the future as The plant manufactures its own gas to heat water which keeps terial warm and allows a better job of Important in the bitter cold weather of All of these operations are over- seen by Holmes who also Is In charge of general Im- and For Special Ed A budget of for the Special Education Service sponsored by boards of education of four ties was approved at a meeting held Jan. 26 at The counties cooperating in the special education program are Delaware and The budget will be shared equally by the four After deduction of state aid which has been estimated at about total cost to the four counties will be about 341.22 for the 196C-67 school This will be for each county's share of the Estimated cost for the 1965-66 school year was tor each of the The Increase In the budget was accounted for in part by the decision to add one and additional clerical help to the The main areas of service to handicapped children provided by the Special Education program are hearing speech programs for the mentally re- and psychological In addition there are and individual programs for other handicapped children on an individual Facilities of the Special Education service are provided free to the lie schools of the four counties and the cost of the program Is paid by the county boards of Coordinator of the Special cation program is den Van Etten of In Buchanan in addition to services to the public the Special Education service vides a school lor those youngsters with mental or physical A program Is provided for older students at the Joan F. Loeck school in Independence and there are special classes and for the younger children In
