Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 1, Number 21, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 29 April 1938 — Page 1

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NUMBER 21

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BEV. YEAGER TALKSTB HIGH SCHOOL GRADS. * ■ BACCALAUREATE SERMON IS DELIVERED TO GRADUATING CLASS SUNDAY EVENING By Judith Burcaw. A baccalaureate service for the graduating seniors was held in the high school auditorium, Sunday evening, April .4. The program opened with a processional. The ,seijioj37'wearing gray caps and gowns, entered and took their places in front. Rev. Victor Yeager of the Church of God, delivered the address. His topic was, “The Race and The God.” He pointed put the necessity of having a worthwhile goal in life and then striving with all possible effort and talent to attain the chosen goal. i. Music was provided by the high school chorus, directed by Mr. Gustafson and accompanied by Katherine Dillen. SYRACUSE H. S. ALUMNI , BANQUET SATURDAY EVG. To Be Held In High School Auditorium; Large Crowd Is Expected To Attend The 51st annual Alumni banquet will be held in the Syracuse high school auditorium, Saturday evening, April 30th. The arrangement committee has arranged every detail to make this banquet the largest and most interesting one yet held. The Alumni association has some 500 active members, and an exceptionally large attendance is expected at this years annual social function. LOCAL EXHIBITOR AWARDED PRIZE AT MENTONE EGG SHOW "Wm. Jarboe attended both days of the Mentone Egg Show and incidently, took sixth prize ($2.00), on his white Leghorn eggs. There were 112 exhibits of eggs at this large show. Mr. Jarboe’s eggs took second prize at the Elkhart County Egg Show last week, and will be taken to the Purdue Egg Show to be exhibited there this week end. This is one of the largest shows of its kind in the country. 5 ; ' LADIES OF THE ROUND TABLE HOLD MEETING The Ladies of the Round Table met Monday evening at the home of Mrs. C. J. Kline. After a short business meeting, Mrs. Milt Wysong gave a selected list of “Favorite Recipes.” “Historical Points of Interest In Indiana” were discussed by Mrs. Roy Darr, followed by “Natural Points of Interest In Indiana,” by Mrs. Ross Osborne. were served by the hostess. DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME IN EFFECT MAY FIRST Beginning May 1, (Sunday night), Syracuse will go on daylight saving time and continue so until September Ist. September 2 the time will change back so as to conform to school time. This is made necessary because many of the rural patrons of our schools do not change , but continue the use of standard time. TAKEN TO ELKHART HOSPITAL C. E. Brady, who suffered a severe stomach hemorage Tuesday, was taken to the Elkhart General hospital on Wednesday. Mr. Brady has been a sufferer from ulcers of the stomach for years and his family physician advised his removal to the hospital for observation.

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LOCAL LINES Roy Darr returned home Friday from a business trip to Hartford City. Mr. Ralph Ganson, of LaFountain, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Zerby. Rev. Travis Purdy is atending Methodist conference at Richmond, this week. Wm. Connolly is lay delegate. Mrs. S. Kinnear and daughter, Helen Mary, of Marion, are at their cottage on Lake Wawasee for several days. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Tuttle of Indianapolis, came Wednesday to spend several days at their cottage on Lake Wawasee. Mrs. Paul Bertram has returned to her home here from Celina, D., where she spent the winter with Mr. Bertram, who is employed there. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bray entertained Dr. and Mrs. C. R. Hoy and Mr. and .Mrs. Ralph Thornburg at dinner Sunday evening, at the Sargent Hotel. Mrs. A. L. Miller and daughter, Mrs. Walter Smith and Mrs. Russell Bertram were in Indianapolis this week, attending Indiana Grand Chapter O. E. S. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Johnson and children, and Mr. Sofus Martinson, all of Chicago, spent Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Owens at Kale Island. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Schmidt, Miss Cora Hartman and Mrs. Betty Woldt, of Indianapolis, came Wednesday to spend several days at the Schmidt cotttage on Lake Wawasee. Walter Rosenberry has purchas'd from the B. & O. railroad company, a home on the south side of Syracuse Lake. Mr. Rosenberry and family will take possession May 10th. THE FORUM DISCONTINUED We are discontinuing the Forum is it was only started to allow both sides of the change of name question to state their “for and against.” The Journal as a newspaper, had assumed a neutral if and, but believed its columns should be open to the citizens for discussion of the question. As some of our readers, both paid subscribers and the borrowing kind, seem to think the Journal was unfair in its conducting of the Forum, so from now on out ‘he Journal will handle as it sees lit, all public questions affecting the welfare of Syracuse and its natural trading area. THANKS TEACHERS Now that school has closed, the committee in charge of free milk fund want to thank the people who so generously donated, which made it possible to raise the $Bl which was used. Especially we want to thank Mrs. Robert Burk and Mrs. Kelly, all of the clubs and the Masonic lodge. The teachers of grade school deserve a lot of credit for their cooperation in serving the children the milk. Junior Jones. Mrs. W. F. Kindig. CELEBRATE 35th ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Ira Landow celebrated their 35th wedding . anniversary Sunday at their home at Lake Wawasee. Their children, grand-children and great-grandchildren were all there, coming from Goshen, Waterford, Elkhart, and Columbus. Ohio. There were also guests present from Gary. A big dinner was enjoyed by all at the noon hour and an enjoyable time was had by all. MUNN. BROS. AT RICHVILLE CHURCH, SUNDAY, MAY Bth On Sunday, May Bth, ~at 2:30 p.m., a program will be given by the Munn Brothers. No admission will be charged but a freewill offering will be taken. .

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The'. Big Ones Don’t Get Away * A Because They Are All Big Here

1 JO tales of the big fish that got away are heard in J.V the vicinity of the Campbell River, Vancouver island, British Columbia because there they are all Ug. It is the home of the Tyee salmon which run large that one weighing less than 30 pounds cant even get into die records. The largest ever caught weighed 70 pounds. A Seattle fisherman, John C. Agnew, got one weighing 64 pounds and fish running ;0 pounds and over are common prizes each year. A 54-pouncsr caught last year is shown in the Jaycut Strict sporting regulations govern the weight of sods, type of equipment and the manner in which these fish are to be caught if the angler is to qualify for any of the coveted buttons that are awarded annually. The “Tyee Man” gold button which goes to the angler landing the biggest fish of the year is sketched in the layout. The Tyee Salmon has many names. A few are- ?Oncorhynchus tschawytscha’ (which nobody tries to pronounce). Km t, Chinook, . Columbia River, Quinnat. Off the Cj; oe*l xu-.-er where it can be caught in shallower vj t. anywhere elre.it is known as the Tyee which is a Coast | Indian we'd equivalent to Chief or King The Camp- ; bell Rivet is situated 176 miles north of Victoria on j the main motor route of the Island which itself is connected with tho mainland sis British Columbia and I

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY CHILDREN TO BE IMMUNIZED AGAINST DIPTHERIA

Through the efforts of the : Country Nursing Committee, the ] Warsaw City Health Officer and , the Kosciusko County Health Offi- . cer in cooperation with the county Medical Association, immuniza’tion against diphtheria is to be < made available for the school 1 children of the county, during the ( first week in May. The need for such a campaign became obvious after a survey of the school children of the county ' was conducted. This survey did not include all of the county schools, but it did include a large percentage of them. The survey 1 was made in twenty-six schools : and covered 2082 students. The 1 results showed that of 2082 grade ; I SEEKS MEMBERSHIP ON BUTLER STUDENT COUNCIL Among the candidates for membership on the Butler University student council is Henry Abts of . Syracuse. The Student Council ( is the student governing body on i the Fairview campus. Mr. Abts seeks one of the posts j “■o be filled by representatives Os ■ the freshman class. He is a mem- ( ber of Phi Delta Theta fraternity j on the Fairview campus. Members ■ elected to the council will hold ■ office for the 1938-1939 school ( year. i SENIOR CLASS ENJOYS j THEATRE AND DINNER . Tuesday evening the ( clsas, with Supt. Cort Slabaugh , in charge, enjoyed a three-course i six o’clock dinner at the Syracuse hotel. Impromptu talks and re- : minences of the past year at Syracuse high were given by Mr. Slabaugh and several of the class | members. After the dinner they repaired.!; to the Pickwick Theatre where they enjoyed the showing of “Beg, Borrow or Steal.” SELLS TWO— BUYS ONE Dr. Stoelting recently purchased the Ed Holman cottage property at Maxwelton Manor. He then sold to Mr. Holman his Kale Island property. Wade Zerbe purchased Mr. Stoelting’s lake front lot on Front street. PUTS NEW DELIVERY TRUCK IN OPERATION Lew Seider put his new delivei* truck in operation Tuesday morning. It is a Dodge Six of the delivery type. Nelson A. Miles, local sign artist, did the lettering.

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students, only 225 or 10.6 percent had been vaccinated for small pox | and 415 or 19.9 percent have been immunized against diphtheria. These figures show that an epidemic of either small pox or diphtheria could readily occur in Kosciusko County. The Kosciusko County show four cases of diphtheria with one death since November,.,l937. In the three preceding years There had been only three cases. The Warsaw records show four case and no deaths for the past winter as compared to no cases of diphtheria in the three preceding years. This increase in the number of cases undoubtedly can b< attributed to*the fact that ther~ has been very little immunization against diphtheria since the coun ty-wide immunization if February 1934. Because of this lack of immunization among the children, a campaign for immunization is to be put on from May 2 to May 7th inclusive. During this week which is designated as “Child Health Week” by the Indiana State Medical Association, the doctors o' Kosciusko county* will immunize all children brought to the respective doctors' offices for fifty cents. The chief aim is to immunize all children from 6 month? of age to .years. The low fee makes this immunization available to practically all children and the fee is made possible because of the fact that the immunizing agent is being purchased by the County Board of Health and given through the cooperation of the Kosciusko County Medical Society. It is because of this compaign that the school children have been given slips briefly explaining this, which the parents were asked to sign, giving permission for the immunization. We are asking the parents to take their children to THEIR family physician, with the exception of families whose doctor lives outside the county. For obvious reasons, we can not ask physicians residing outside the county to do this, so we ask you to cooperate by visiting some physician in our county, if your doctor lives without Kosciusko County. By the end of the first week in May, we hope that 75 percent, rather than 20 percent of the. school children, will be immune to diphtheria. As regards small pox, we can only urge the parents to haxe their children vaccinated during the summer months. Vaccination is neither a dangerous nor expen-

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sive procedure, but for your child’s safety and welfare, it is a very necessary procedure. Kosciusko county officials are interested enough in your children to furnish the necessary material for immunization against diphtheria, the Kocsiusko County Medical Society is interested enough in preventing your child from having diphtheria to administer the toxoid at about one-fifth the usual fee, the County Nurse and her committtee are interested 'ncugh to compile the figures bowing the need of immunization -but. are YOU interested enough in YOUR CHILD’S welfare to take advantage of this opportunity from May 2 to May 7th? THIRD ANNUAL MENTONE EGG SHOW IS A SUCCESS By Bill Jarboe. Over 500 people interested directly or indirectly in poultry raising, attended the banquet Wednesday evening that closed the Third Annual Mentone Egg Show. The banquet was followed by a program introduced by Hobart Creighton, egg show chairman. The toastmaster was Chester Manwaring. Music by Mentone H. S. band, Coffing Sisters of University of Illinois, and a noted ventriloquist, “Leroy the Great,” was very well liked. The address of the evening was given by Col. George Buyers, Ph D. He is a graduate of the U. S. War College, Washington, D. C., Associate Director of Famine Relief of Peiping, China, past Governor of Kiwanis, past District Commander American Legion. His subject was “The Fame Os Mentone.” High spots of his lecture were facts brought out about the chicken industry and Mentone. Five cahloads of eggs were shipped from Mentone last Saturday alone. It was stated that the egg business is one of the quickest turn overs of any, in that a hen in one months time lays her own value in eggs. The banquet was attended by 12 railroad executives, connected with transportation of Mentone’s eggs to New York. Mr. Campbell, of the “World Poultry Congress Committee,” Un event which will be held in Cleveland, Ohio, July 28 to August 7th, 1939, spoke briefly. This event will be the largest agriculture event in the world.

LIBRARY NOTES New Books! Victoria, Four Thirty, by Cecil Roberts. From Victoria Station, London, at four thirty in the afternoon the train leaves to make the connection with the ArlbergOrient Express, and events have drawn to the departure platform a number of men and women with widely different purposes. There is Herr Gollwitzer, the renowned conductor, on his way to the Musical Festival at Salzburg. There are Mr. and Mrs. Blake, who are unconsciously linked with unhappy Mr. Fanning, the famous novelist. A sad-faced little boy. That morning he was happily playing in an English meadow, and now he knows he is a prisoner for life, in perilous prominence and loneliness. Through the night speeds the Orient Express, to Salsburg, Vienna, Budapest, Bucharest and Athens. Here is a pageant of men and customs and countries. People come alive in Mr. Roberts’ hands, and this novel is perhaps his finest achievement, with its vivid characterization of such varied types, its subtlety of design and its dramatic suspense. The Lost King by Rafael Saba■ini. Louis XVII. the Lost Dauphin of France, his tragic youth, his mysterious disappearance, and the bold attempts, after his supposed death, to place an impostor on the French throne, form the subjects of this new and vivid Sabatini tale. Dreams Get You Nowhere by Maysie Gring. Perhaps it was not dreams so much as straight-laced ideals that involved Prue in so many emotional conflicts after she came to New York to live. The challenge to Prue’s faith in things as they should be meant many heartaches and many cruel disillusionments before she found happiness in things as they were. Around Prue and Cyril and Dick Maysie, Grieg has woven one of her most highly exciting and truly romantic stories. Library hours are 12:30 to 5:00 p.m. daily except Sunday. ‘ Also Wednesday and Saturday nights from 7:00 to 9:00 p. m. Coming To Pickwick Theatre May 8-9-10-11 If you’re one of the really appreciative movie fans, don’t miss “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs!’.’ This is the longhearlded Walt Disney picture, produced in Technicolor, in feature length. Its plot is taken from the famous book of Grimms’ folk tales, and never have the fabled beauties of the country of shadows and Little People been revealed in such exquisite lines. The dramatic thrills of the story deal with the murderous pursuit of the lovely Princess, “Snow White,” by her jealous rival, the wicked Queen. Its brilliant comedy interludes are fantastically funny, alive with the spirit of Fairyland, where birds, animals and dwarfs make merrp’/in woodland glades amid scenes of enchanting loveliness. Adult patrons will revel in its alluring drama, its laughter-rousing episodes, and children hail it as the greatest screen-treat of their young lives! ENJOY HIKE AND WEINER ROAST MONDAY EVENING Warm, spring weather finds many people turning to the out-of-doors for social gatherings and forms of recreation. Several girls from the high school hiked to the L. Miller cottage on Syracuse-lake, Monday evening and enjoyed a weiner roast and various sorts of amusement. Those attending were Beverly Walter, Betty Miller, Lois Davis, Mary Francis Culler, Dorothy Held, Elvera Rarick, Helen LeCount, Martha Hibschman, Ruth Rarig, Margaret Gibson and Miss Burcaw. ♦ BUYS LAKE PROPERTY M. E. Rapp bought the C. W. Howard lake property on Front street. Mr. Rapp and wife have occupied the property for some time as renters. ATTENDING CONFERENCE George A. Hire, lay delegate for the New Paris charge, is attending the conference at Richmond this week.

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TOWN BOARD CONSIDERS PETITION MET TUESDAY NIGHT TO GO OVER PETITION ASKING REFERENDUM FOR ELECTION The town board met Tuesday evening in the council room of the grade school building, to go over a petition that had been filed with it at a prior meeting, in which a number of citizens with George Xanders as chairman of the committee, asked for a referendum vote on changing the town name from Syracuse to Wawasee. The board, with President W. G. Connolly as spokesman, went over the petition carefully and found it carried the signature of some 550 persons, 36 more names than was necessary to secure the election, but a counter-petition bearing the names of 150 withdrawals which cut the petition for the election far short of the required number necessary, was presented. After the announcement by the board of the failure, of the original petition to bear sufficient names after the withdrawals, the second or withdrawal petition was questioned by Xanders as to its legality, and it was referred to Town Attorney W. T. Colwell, who within ten days will render to the town board, a ruling on the matter. No further business being brought before the board, the meeting was dismissed. PAST MATRONS MEET IN THE HOME OF MRS. ADAH CROW Thq Past Matrons of Syracuse Chapter No. 283, Order of the Eastern Star, met at the home of Mrs. Adah Crow on Wednesday evening. Mrs. Fannie Hoy acted as chairman of the meeting, and the group was organized into a permanent Past Matrons Club, which will meet once each month. Officers elected were: Fannie C. Hoy, president; Edith Harley, vice-president, and Mary Hoy, secretary-treasurer. After a lengthy discussion as to future plans and a social hour, Mrs. Crow served delicious refreshments to the thirteen Past Matrons, present. NEW UNIFORMS FOR THE WAWASEE POST CORPS The drum cqrp of Wawasee Post No. 223 of the American Legion, will appear in the Decoration Day parade in new uniforms. The new suits are being furnished them by a uniform costume house and will be bright blue coats with white trousers, caps and belts. Upon receipt of the uniforms an inspection parade, open to the public, will be given. NOTICE Beginning May 1, Sunday night, daylight saving time will be in effect and continue until Septem-e ber 1, inclusive, as set forth by town ordinance. September 1 will be the last day of daylight saving time in order to conform to schools which operate on standard time. W. G. CONNOLLY, President, Town Board. DINNER PARTY AT FT. WAYNE The Business and Professional Women’s Club held their April dinner party at the Keenan Hotel in Fort Wayne, Tuesday, April 26. The favors were lovely sweet pea corsages. A very enjoyable time was had. RENTS KALE ISLAND COTTAGE S. J. Snavely has rented his Kale Island cottage to an Indianapolis party for the summer season, The renter contemplates keeping the cottage for next winter, also.