Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 1, Number 24, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 20 May 1938 — Page 1

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NUHSE DIES OF AUTO CRASH FATAL INJURIES THREE OTHERS SERIOUSLY HURT IN SAME ACCIDENT ON STATE ROAD 15 - _ ' L ♦ Mis# Janet Jones, 29, of Convoy, Ohio, a nurse in the Elkhart General hospital, died in the Goshen hospital at 1,1:30 o’clock, Monday morning as a result of injuries suffered in a head-on automobile accident, which occured on State Road Number 15,»tw0 miles south of Goshen, at about 12:30 a.m. Monday morning. She suffered a compound, comminuted fracture of both legs below the knees, a compound fracture of the right arm above the elbow, a crushing injury to the face, almost obliterating the nose, and the loss of three of four up.per teeth. Miss Martha Gandy, 23, of Albion, also an Elkhart General hospital nurse and companion of Miss Jones, suffered facial cuts and the loss of sever upper front teeth. Fred Weirick, 20, of Shipshewana, suffered a compound fracture of the right arm, below the elbow, and cuts above his left eye. His companion, Miss Gertrude Todd, 20, of Waterford, received a compound fracture of the right leg, below the knee, and a six-inch gash on her left leg below the knee. All four of the accident victims were hurried to the Goshen hospital by passing motorists. » Crash Head-On The two automobiles, both Ford V-B’s, one driven north by Miss Jones and the other driven south by Weirick, collided squarely head-on, almost completely demolishing both machines. It was learned at the Elkhart hospital that the two nurses left Elkhart at 8:00 p.m. Sunday to take a student nurse, . Miss Florence Miller to her home in Kimmell. Miss Jones was driving at that time. The girls were riding in a car owned by Russell Lindsay, state highway police patrolman who is stationed at the Ligonier barracks. They had called on him a few hours earlier. St was believed that Weirick and Miss Todd were on their way to the home of lhe latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mel Todd, at Waterford. Miss Todd is a sister of Mrs. Orval Klink of this city, who reports her sister’s condition as much improved as is also that of the other two living victims of the terrible accident. LOCAL 4-H CLUB MET MONDAY The Pollyanna Division of the Syracuse 4-H Club met Monday at the home of Miss Evelyn Bitner. The business meeting was made up largely of discussion of the various projects to be carried out during the summer. There were twenty-one members present. Among those present were Miss Kelly, the county 4-H leader and Mrs. Sherman Deaton, the local leader. After the business meeting games were enjoyed, after which refreshments of popcorn and candy were served. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs?Deaton, on Friday, June 3. Betty Baugher, Club Reporter. MAJOR YOUNG AND FAMILY ARE SUNDAY VISITORS HERE / Major apd Mrs. Adlai C. Young and little son and daughter, of Howe, Indiana, were Syracuse and Wawasee visitors, Sunday. The Major, a regular attache of the United States Army, is at present temporarily serving on the staff of instructors of the Howe Military Academy. NOTICE Owing to my accident, will have a barber in my shop to take care of my business as soon as possible. I WALTER KEGG.

Syracuse-Wawasee Journal

NUMBER 24

LIBRARYNOTES “The Late George Apely” by John P. Marquand has been chosen the Pulitzer Prize Novel of 1937. The novel takes the form of a memoir prepared “at the request of the family” by an old sympathetic friend. At his disposal were placed all of Mr. Apley’s fetters and papers. The “Late George Apley” is much more than just another novel about Boston. Mr. Marquand has created a great character in Apley, and has painted an understnding picture of the short golden age of American security. “Nothing Is Safe” by E. M. Delafield. The effect of modem divorce upon the children involved. The action of the story occupies the summer holidays when Jerry was twelve and Julian ten, and it tells their reactions to their mother’s and father’s re-marriage and the events that transpire. “The Laurels Are Cut Down” by Archie Binns. Two very likeable brothers, George and Alfred Tucker, grew up in the Puget Sound country at the turn of the century, when it was the lost frontier a land of immense premeval forests and small, isolated homesteads, premeated with neighborliness and the democratic tradition. Their close companionship and affection for each other carried through the strains of adolescence, including their love for the same girl, whom Alfred won. When the war broke over their little world, they came home from a prospection trip to Alaska to enlist and were sent off on that curious expedition to Vladivostak to fight, as they fought for their country. The fantastic adventure in Siberia, crommed with tense and moving episodes, form as memorable an experience as anything that has come out of the war, and quite different in character from any previously chronicled. George remained in a Siberian grave, and long after the Arimstice, Alfred returned to the land and the woman he loved, only to find both strangely altered by gigantic forces. The laurels are cut down—. “People In Cages” by Helen Ashton. Almost the entire story of this novel takes place one hot July afternoon in the .London zoo, where, for one reaosn or another, a group of characters are gathered whose lines are intricately entwined. The central character is Captain John Canning, a handsome brute of a man, who has become involved in a major stock fraud, and knows that a warrant has been issued for his arrest. He plans to flee the country tonight; meanwhile he has slipped from his office to spend the intervening hours at the zoo, partly because he thinks it will be a safe hiding place. As he wanders abou tthe zoo, is at first bold and confident, and proud of his cunning. As the broiling afternoon progresses, his nerve begins to break. He sees and hastily avoids several people whom he knows, including his former wife; a press photographer recognizes him; a policeman startles him; even the animals tn their cages begin to oppress him with their perpetual reminder of what imprisonment can mean. Feverish anxiety settles upon him, and he doubles and redoubles in his tracks like ah animal tracked. Hi-* growing terror is skillfully portrayed, and there are dozens of subplots and subtle interlockings of drama. “People in Cages” is novel and provocative. Its tense, mounting suspense makes it perhaps Miss Ashton’s most outstanding novel. NEW REGISTRATION PERIOD OPENED FRIDAY A new registration period for the general election November Bth, opened last Friday. The registration period will continue until October 10. Persons who were not registered for the recent primary election must register. Persons moving from one precinct to another must transfer their registrations before October 10. June 2 is the last day on which candidates can file a statement of expenses incurred in the primary election.

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SPEED SPECTACLE OF 500-MILE RACE CAN’T BE ‘SELLOUT DESPITE CROWDS eJ___ fr f'll nil llll its /i The field coming around a turn a« the infield crowd see* it. Below, a portion of the parked cars at the last race.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.— It’s the boast of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway that there cannot be a sellout, though the 500-mile race May 30th undoubtedly will again attract the largest attendance of any sporting event in America. The secret behind this, as revealed by T. E. Myers, general manager, is that there are thousands of free parking spaces available in the in“Even with 65,000 spectators seated in the nine grandstands and three infield bleacher stands,” he says, “there is a huge surplus of parking space in the infield. Behind the pits along the main- straightaway, there

WACO BALLROOM OPENS SATURDAY, MAY 28th, ON LAKE WAWASEE Many Improvements Have Been Made This Spring; Opening Will Attract Large Crowd Henri Lishon, the brilliant young violinist maestro from the Royale Frolic, Chicago, has been engaged to play for Saturday, Sunday and Monday, May 28, 29 and 30 at the Waco ballroom. The Waco Company, under the supervision of A. W. Johnson, has remodeled and redecorated very extensively this spring, making it the most popular lake ballroom in the state. Waco is located on State Road No. 13, four miles south of Syracuse, Ind., on the south shore of Lake Wawasee. Mr. Johnson is widely known in South Bend, this city having been his home for about sixteen years. •He has been given the entire management of the Waco Company, after having served as its manager for the past several years. FIRE AT GOLF COURSE PUMPING STATION FRIDAY Last Friday the Syracuse fire department was called to the Maxwelton Golf Course, when the pumping station caught fire, but a bucket brigade has extinguished the blaze before Its arrival. Very little damage was done. LOCAL LINES Mr. and Mrs. John Grieger took the latters* mother, Mrs. E. Obereigner, who spent several days here with the mto Joliet, Illinois, Sunday. » Mrs. Millard Hire and children Sasha and Stover and Miss Daisy Stover spent Monday in Elkhart. Mrs. J. L. Kemp and daughter Gloria, left Wednesday to spend a week with relatives in Kendallville, and Toledo, Ohio.

are 4,000 parking spaces for cars which are reserved, all the rest are free. On the north and south turns, and along the back stretch there is a mile and a half of free parking space. It is estimated that 75,000 cars could be accommodated in the infield, though there is never anywhere near that number, and figuring four persons to a car 300,000 could see the race from those points.” That would give Indianapolis 365,000 persons. The attendance last year was nowhere near that figure although the largest crowd in history, and the crowd was easily handled in the 15 motor gates and the 25 foot gates, all of which open at six

FEATURE EXHIBIT AT SPINK-WAWASEE HOTEL During the summer months the Spink-WaWasee Hotel, Lake Wawasee, Indiana, will have a feature exhibit of the work of Mr. Charles Sneed Williams, who was born in Evansville, lived many years in London, spent some time in Paris and at the presnt time is maintaining his residence in Chicago. Mr. Williams has painted celebrities all over the world. Among his most recent portrait commissions is ohe of the late Mrs. Chas. H. Schweppe, daughter of Mr. John Shedd who for so many years was identified with the Marshall Field organization in Chicago. The exhibition will be hung for the opening of the hotel which is scheduled for Saturday, May 28th. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are planning to be at the hotel for several days soon after the opening of the exhibition. They will be accompanied by Mrs. C. B. King, executive chairman of the Hoosier Salon Patrons Association, who is responsible for the assembling of the exhibit. Attention of the art clubs in the vicinity of Syracuse is called to this exhibit. Members of these associations are urged to make a special trip to Wawasee and if possible to meet the artist. Announcement of the exact time when he will arrive at the hotel will be made later. Mr. Williams was recently awarded the Indianapolis Star Prize at the Hoosier Salon of 1938 for his picture “Scottish Piper.” This picture was hung a year ago in the Corcoran Gallery and was used as a feature of the cover design. This will be included in the Wawasee exhibition. SYRACUSE ELIGIBLE FOR NEW FEDERAL BUILDING Syracuse is among 237 towns which have qualified for new postoffice buildings since May, 1937. The chief requirements for eligibility for a new federal building, as a figure in excess of SIO,OOO for gross postal receipts for one year.

THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1938

o’clock the morning of the race. By the time the race starts at 10 o’clock, the crowd has been sped through completely. Those in the infield make Race Day a picnic. They enjoy the prerace ceremonies, the parade, band concert, bomb salutes, and then see the thrilling start. After watching the race until noon, they open their luncheon hampers and enjoy a repast. By the time the most thrilling sport event in the world is approaching its final stages, the vast crowd is in rare good humor, and enjoying every moment of the speed battle. So Indianapolis has been since 1911, and its crowd story will be written as of old on Decoration Day.

NEW SHOTGUNS AND RIFLES PROVIDED FOR STATE POLICE Distribution of 175 sawed-off shotguns and 175 high-calibre automatic rifles to Indiana State Policemen began Friday at Fort Benjamin Harrison, where the officers were trained in use of the arms. “These weapons,” State Police Capt. Walter Eckert said, “will make our force the best-armed state police department in the United States.” Heretofore .38-calibre pistols were standard equipment for the Indiana department. There were only one machine gun and four or five sawed-off shotguns at each barracks. The distribution will be complete in 30 days, Eckert said. 9 POSTMASTERS IN LINE FOR REAPPOINTMENT Reappointment of nine incumbent postmasters in the Fourth Indiana District, whose terms expire soon, was recommended today by Cong. James I. Farley. Recommended for reappointment, subject to qualification by noncompetitive Civil Service examination, are: Fred M. Briggs at Churubusco; Edward V. Myers at Fremont; Arthur G. Houser at Garrett; Mrs. H. L. Widows at Geneva; Glen R. Woods at Grabill; Douglas Blaising at New Haven; Marion H. Rice at Wolcottville; J. J. Hostetler at Shipshewana, and Lewis Fuelling at Woodburn. NOW ON FISHING TRIP IN CANADIAN WATERS C. W. Howard, Jay Rigdon, Marton Lavernier, Herb King, George and Bud Xanders made up a sixpeople fishing party that went up into the streams of the Canadian wilds last Saturday trout fishing. Messrs Howard, Rigdon and Lavernier returned Wednesday and report a fine catch of mountain speckled trout The rest of the party will return this week end.

TO OPEN REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE NEXT SUNDAY The newly formed Merchants baseball team will open the season here next Sunday when they meet the Millersburg Tigers. Syracuse fans should appreciate the Merchants efforts to give our town a good ball team and should be in attendance at all the home games. Practically every merchant has donated Überally to get the team going. The following teams have been booked to date: May 22, MiUersburg, here. May 29, Bremen, here. June 5, Walkerton, here. June> 12, Edwardburg, there. 4 June 19, So. Bend Owls, here. June 26 — open. July 3, So. Bend Montagus, here. July 10 — open. July 17, Ft. Wayne, here. Other games are being booked but exact dates are not as yet known. The local lineup is as follows: Kammer, catcher. Beck, pitcher. Kie Musseman, Ist base. Bud Musselman, 2nd base. Auers or Vanette, shortstop. Roy Sholtz, 3rd base. Harry Sholtz, left field. Ball, center field. Plank or Jones, right field. Searfoss, left field. INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT George Butt took Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kegg to Indianapolis Sunday where they visited with Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Brown untU Wednesday morning. On returning home Wednesday morning 6 miles north of Indianapolis their car was sideswiped by a truck coming out of a side road. Mr. Kegg was the only occupant hurt and received split bones around the' elbow. The car was slightly damaged. WANT REPEAL OF A. A. A. Some 600 Kosciusko County farmers packed the Warsaw circuit court room in a protest meeting one night last week, against the A. A. A. Those attending eagerly signed a protest petition to be sent to President Roosevelt asking immediate repeal of the Agriculture Adjustment Act of 1938. This crop reduction bill Is commonly called the Wallace farm dictatorship act, controlling our local com and potato reduced allotments. TO CELEBRATE 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Msr. Elmer E. Stillson, of Nappanee, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on next Sunday, May 22. Mr. and Mrs. Stillson are former residents of Syracuse, having resided here when Mr. Stillson was a B. & O. track foreman. ARCHER-HALSEY WEDDING Dallas L. Archer, of Cromwell, and Miss Wilma C. Halsey, of near Syracuse, were united in marriage Saturday evening, May 14, at the residence of the officiating minister, Rev. Ralph G. Rarick, in Syracuse. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis J. Halsey. They intend in the near future to locate on the farm belonging to Mr. Archer. JUDGE DONALD VANDERVEER SUSTAINS RESTRAINING ORDER In the divorce action, Gertrude Troup against Frank Troup, the defendant filed a petition showing that under a recent restraining order he is unable to visit with his child. Judge Donald Vanderveer at a hearing Saturday, found that the mother should have the custody of the child and the father is restrained from entering upon the premises of Mrs. Troup and her child, who now reside with her mother, Mrs. Sam Tyler of Syracuse. ORDER OF EASTERN STAR The regular meeting of O. E. 8. will be Wednesday evening, May 25th. There will be initiatory work. A good attendance Is desired.

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LOCAL FIELD USED FOR MAIL PICK-UP THUDS. PLANE PICKS UP FIVE SACKS OF KOSCIUSKO AND NOBLE COUNTY AIR MAIL In special observance of National Air Mail Week, May 15 to 21, all the postoffices of Kosciusko county, as well as several other offices in adjoining counties, sent all air mail on Thursday, May 19, from the Syracuse-Wawasee airport. This special plane took off , at 11:20 a.m. (CST), speeding the mail to the air mail port in Fort Wayne, from where it was rerouted to all points. The plane, a two passenger Taylor-Young type of the InterCity Flying Service of Ft. Wayne, landed at 11 a.m., CST, with Pilot Whitney Gregg at the controls. Five sacks of mail were loaded into the mail compartment, representing the collection of air mail from the postoffices of Kosciusko and Noble county. AU necessary papers were exchanged between Pilot Gregg and Postmaster Whitehead of Syracuse, and the plane took off for Fort Wayne at 11:22 a.m. A mail plane left IndianapoUs at 4 o’clock Thursday afternoon and made its first stop at the Syracuse-Wawasee field at 5:00 o’clock, discharging a sack of mail for the local postoffice. It then took off for Goshen and Elkhart. This is the first time that the residents of Kosciusko county have had an opportunity to send and receive air mail from a plane taking off and landing within the county, and Syracuse-Wawasee airport is the only airport within the county suitable to meet the specifications laid down by the Commerce Department. This wIU be a momentous occasion, and air mail letters sent out Thursday will have rare historic value and will be eagerly sought by stamp collectors. Special cachets will be used during the week on all Air Mail, the local cachet being: “Air Mail Week, May 15-21, 1938, Host City to Lake Wawasee, Syracuse, Indiana”. REORGANIZATION WOULD ABOLISH TRUSTEE’S OFFICE IN THIS STATE Abolition of township government in Indiana was advocated Friday by WiUiam P. Cosgrove, chief examiner of the State Board of Accounts. Mr. Cosgrove said his plan of local government reorganization would eliminate the 1,016 townships and take 5,000 elective officers off governmental pay-roUs. Home rule, Mr. Cosgrove said, would be retained in principle, but counties, rather than townships, would be the unit. He said he had studied his proposal several years. Except for the levying of taxes to retire indebtedness incurred before the change would be effected, township lines would be obliterated under the plan proposed by Mr. Cosgrove and townships would go out of existance as they paid off their indebtedness. Changes proposed by the accounts board chief would include elimination of several county offices, including county commissioners and county assessors who are not constitutiolal officers. Only seven county officials would be retained, all established by the constitution. These would be auditor, treasurer, clerk, recorder, sheriff, coroner and surveyor. The county judicial system would be unchanged. The seven remaining officials would conipose a county administrative board with authority to appoint officers to operate schools administer poor relief, maintain roads, assess property and carry on other governmental functions. Another present unit which would be retained is the county council.