Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 1, Number 44, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 7 October 1938 — Page 1

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FIVE ARE INJURED INAUTOAGGIDEUT ONMILFORDROAD BROKEN STAY-ROD CAUSES CAR «TO TURN OVER AND ROLL OFF PAVEMENT In an auto accident that occurred Sunday morning at 3:00 o’clock on the Syracuse-Milford road near the Alva Ketring and A. W. Geyer farms five people were injured. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Haslett, of Rural Route 2, Elkhart, accompanied by Mrs. Haslett’s two sisters, Raleigh and Fred Hawiey, oi near Ligonier and a Mr. Dosey Harper, were traveling east in a Model A Ford car when a stay underneath the car broke, causing it to turn over and roll off the Pavement. * j Mr. Ketring and Mr. Geyer hastened to the scene of the accident and brought the injured people to the office of Dr. Clark where the five injured people were examined and their wounds dressed. The injured were Floyd Haslett, laceration under iMt eye requiring several stitches to close, Mrs. Haslett, severe scalp wound and badly lacerated right wrist Raleigh Hawley, injury to left eye lid that required several stitches to close, Fred Hawley, badly lacerated right hand and fingers, and Dorsey Harper, fracture of ribs and left upper arm. Mrs. Haslett’s sisters escaped injuries, Mrs. Haslett’s father was called at Elkhart and came to Syracuse and assisted in removing the injured to their homes. EXPIRES SUNDAY AT HOME OF daughter AT WAWASEE Mrs. Bertha Maybelle Babcock, 61, Syracuse, died of heart trouble at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Helen Gray, Lake Wawasee, Sunday at 2 p. m., following illness of a week. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Daniels, and was born Dec. 4, 1877. Surviving besides the husband, Russell Babcock, of Syracuse, are three daughters, Mrs. Helen Gray, Syracuse, Mrs. Donna Eddington, Warsaw, and Mrs. Armilda Macht, South Bend; two brothers, W llUm Daniels, Grand Rapids, Mien., George Daniels, San Francisco, Cal., one sister, Mrs. Ethel Fulmer, San Francisco, Cal., and five grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2:00 o’clock at the funeral homg in Pierceton, burial was made in the cemetery there. Gets His 10-Galloner Dr. M. L. Morris, of New Brunswick, N. X, returning from a western trip stopped at the Louie Grill at Lake Wawasee. The doctor had purchased a 10gallon hat while in the west to keep as a souvenir and upon leaving the grill, forgot the hat. Mr. Solts noticed the doctors oversight but too late to recall him, so laid the hat aside. Dr. Miller recently wrote Mr. Solts to enquire about the hat and Louie forwarded it to the gentleman. In a letter to Mr. Solts, acknowledging receipt of the hat the doctor is profuse in his praise of this act of hospitality. Epicures at New York Fair New York —The bill of fare available at the New York World’s Fair 1939 will provide visitors with a veritable gastronomic trip around the globe. A score of foreign nations will have restaurants in their national pavilions. France, for Instance. wiij'nffer to the gourmet a nantais a I’orange; Belgium is to specialize in Flemish and Walloon dishes, with delicacies cooked in fig leaves; Cuba will have arroz con polio; Mexico,_ tamales, frijoles and baked pig; Rumania, a wide range of game; Russia, blinis and kasha; Brazil, , colorful assemblies of tropical vegetables. Did anyone call the waiter?

Syracuse-Wawasee Journal

NUMBER 44

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MENTONE-Dr. J. E. Saunders of Burket, was arrested by State Officer Walter Edel for reckless driving as a result of an accident which ocurred south of Mentone. DUNLAP —Fire, believed to have started by ashes being placed against a chicken coop, destroyed the home, garage and chicken house of Mr, and Mrs. George Clair near Dunlap. The loss is estimated at slj2oo. GOSHEN —Combining of Elkhart and St. Joseph ounties into one WPA area with the appointment of Ralph Newman of South Bend, as supervisor, has been announced by Harry B. Roach, of South Bend, district WPA director. ALBION — Eugene Byer, Noble County 4-H Club member and leader who is now enrolled as a freshman in Purdue University school of agriculture, has been awarded a Sears Roebuck scholarship of $l5O, states M. A. Nye Noble county agricultural agent. GOSHEN —Roy Hanson, who has been assistant manager of the Elco theater, Eukhart, for the past two years, has been named manager of the Jefferson theater at Goshen. He succeeds Ferd Nessell, manager for the past seven years, who has resigned to become manager of the State theater at Anderson. ELKHART — Unless changed by the state board, taxpayers of Elkhart will pay a total levy of $2.53 in 1939. an increase of 23 cents over the current levy. Increases in the school city township poor relief and county levies account for the boost. BRISTOL — Henry Detwiler, of near Bristol, won 12 ribbons on seven head of pure bred Jersey daiiy cattle exhibited at the recent Centreville Mich., fair. Ribbons included:’ Aged bull, second; bull calf, second; aged cow, third; three-year-old, second; two-year-old, first; yearling heifer, first and grand champion female; heifer class, first and reserve champion; get-of-sire, first; produce-of-dam, first, breeder’s herd, first. SILVER LAKE —Vegetables were scattered widely just south of the Paul Sittier home south of town when a truck from Grand Rapids, Michigan, upset on the pavement. The truck was loaded with a dozen or more kinds of vegetables going south. The driver said the accident was caused when a car and house trailer went around him and cut in too short. The truck turned on its side and skidded several feet down the pavement. A wrecker from here was called, and another truck sent from Grand Rapids for the load. The driver was unhurt except for fingers burned on the metal heated by the skidding on the pavement. MARRIED AT MILFORD A pretty wedding was solomenized Saturday at the manse of the Christian church in Milford Saturday, when Rev. Darrell J. Norwood, pastor, united in marriage Edith L. Stabler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Stabler, of this city, and Mr. Carl H. Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merl Miller, of North Webster. The bride received her education in the Syracuse schools and was a graduate in the class of *3l. The happy couple will take up their residence on the Guy Pinkerton farm south of Milford, where they will be at home to their many friends. Buys Oil Station Zena Ecklebarger of the Texaco company has purchased the Shell oil station, owned by Mr. and Mrs; Dee Stiver. The real estate, building and equipment, were turned over to Mr. Ecklebarger Monday. The station is located on road thirteen on the south side of Main street. Mr. Ecklebarger • will add some needed improvements to the property and ch.ange its from Shell to Texaco. \

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TO HEAD IMPORTANT COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL Mr. Fred W. Braun, vice president and chief engineer of the Employers Mutual Liability Company, has been chosen by the nominating committee of the National Safety Council to head one of the important committees this year. He will head the statistical committee of the pulp and paper section of the National Council, the work of which is well known for its pioneering in the field of safety education. Mr. Braun is known to our readers as the author of the Safetygrams which appear regularly in hundreds of newspapers in the middle west. DIVORCE CASE TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT BY JUDGE In the divorce case of Will RSostheim Kale Island, Lake Wawasee, against Marguerite Warner Sostheim, Chicago, Judge Vanderveer heard evidence on the petition filed by Mrs. Sostheim in which she asks temporary support money pending the hearing of the divorce suit. Judge Vanderveer after hearing the evidence took the petition under advisement. Mrs. Marguerite Warner Sostheim suffered a nervous attack on the witness stand in the Kosciusko circuit court when testifying on her petition for support money. She became hysterical on the stand and court was recessed until Mrs. Sostheim was given medical attention by Dr. Max Garber in one of the consultation rfcoms in the court house. At the time of the attack Mrs. Sostheim was testifying in the divorce action of Will R. Sostheim, a salesman of Kale Island, Lake Wawasee, filed against her. The subject at issue was not the divorce case but Mrs. Sostheim’s petition for support money and an allowance pending the heaving of the divorce suit. They were married Dec. 15, 1926, and separated in June, 1937. Mrs. Sostheim in her petition claims her husband makes SSOO to SI,OOO a month. In the divorce complaint Sostheim charges cruelty and alleged his wife engaged in a fist fight at the Indianapolis athletic club. Child Breaks Collar Bone Master Carl Wilkinson, little 3year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wilkinson, living east of town; had his collar bone broken last week in a fall from bed.

JEFF. WEHNEH DIES OF BULLET WDUNDJTUESDAY AGED VICTIM DIES SHORTLY ALTER FATAL SHOT IS FIRED Jefferson Werner, 92 years of age. and for the past 40 years a resident of Lake Wawasee, died at noon Tuesday in the Epworth hospital in South Bend, as a result of a .32 calibre bullet wound inflicted by William Kreuger, his son-in-law. Mr. Werner had gone to Soutn Bend to live during the coming winter with Mr. and Mrs. William Gaften, in whose home the shooting took place. Krueger went to the Gafken home early Tuesday morning and started a quarrel and drawing a .32 calibre pistol shot and seriously wounded both Mr. and Mrs. Gafken, then turned the pistol on his aged father-in-law, the bullet passing through the upper part of the chest. After shooting the three in their home, Krueger escaped in a waiting taxicab, returned to his restaurant and turned the gun on himself, shooting himself in the right temple. Hospital attendants said he was not in serious condition. Krueger had gone to the home of the other three persons to borrow some money, having been in financial difficulties, police said. When refused the funds, he turned the gun on them. Jefferson Werber was born in Cantop, Ohio, January 1, 1847. He came to Indiana while yet a young man and located at Bremen where he resided for a number of years. He then moved to North Webster where he conducted a business until his retirement, since which he has lived at his cottage near the South Shore Inn on the south side of Lake Wawasee. Funeral services were held today (Friday) at 2:00 o’clock at the Miller-Willis funeral home, in South Bend, Rev. Goffoney, a Lutheran pastor, officiating. Burial was made in the South Bend cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Hilary Bachman returned Friday night from a trip through Michigan and Canada.

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SYRACUSE CAPTURED MANY PRIZES AT COUNTY FAIR EXHIBIT LAST WEEK According to the judges of the Kosciusko county fair, Syracuse and Turkey Creek township did pretty well with their exhibit last week. Following is the list of exhibits that drew awards: DAIRY CATTLE AWARDS Classi)—Holstein-*. Bull, alved Sept. 1, ’36 to Feb. 28, *37; Ist prize—C. hibschman, Syracuse. Bull, calved Sept. 1, ’37 to Feb. 28 ’3B: Ist prize—C. Hibschman. Syracuse. Bull, calved Mar. 1, ’3B to Aug. 31, ’3B: Ist prize—C. Hibschman, Syracuse. Cow, calved before August, 31, ’35: Ist prize—C. Hibschman, Syracuse. Cow, calved before August 31, "36: Ist and 2nd prizes—C. Hibschman, Syracuse. Cow calved Sept. 1, ’36 to Feb. 28, ‘37: Ist prize—C. Hibschman, Syracuse; 2nd prize—Joe Long, Etna Green. Cow, calved March 1, ’37 to August 31, ’37: Ist prize—C. Hibschman, Syracuse; 2nd. prize—Paul Mathews, Milford. » Cow, calved Sept. 1, ’?7 to Feb. 28, ’3B: Ist prize—Bonnie Workman Syracuse; 2nd and 3rd prizes -—C. Hibschman, Syracuse. Cow, calved Mar. 1, ‘3B to Aug. ,31, ’3B: Ist prize—Ray Stiffler., Syracuse. Best 3 females and bull: Ist prize—C. Hibschman, Syracuse. Get of Sire—3 head any age, any sex: Ist prize—C. Hibschman, Syracuse. Best produce of cow, 2 head any age, any sex: Ist prize—C. Hibschman, Syracuse. Grand champion bull—C. Hibschman Syracuse. Grand champion female—C. Hibschman, Syracuse. Cattle. Calf under 1 year—Holstein: Ist prize—Bonnie Workman, 2nd prize—Paul Mathews, Milford; 3rd prize—Roy Stiffler, Syracuse; 4th prize—Martha Hibschman, Syracuse; sth prize—Richard Baumgartner, Syracuse. Heifer over 1 year—Holstein: Ist prize—Martha Hibschman, Syracuse; 2nd prize—Oliver Hibschman, Syracuse; 3rd prize—Joe Long, Mentone. Calf under 1 year—Jersey: Ist prize—Phyllis Hoffer, Claypool; 2nd prize—Emerson Bushong, Syracuse. Cow ’ calved March 1, ’37 to Aug. 31, ’37: Ist prize—Lindsy Buffer, Claypool; 2nd prize—Emerson Bushong, Syracuse. (Continued on Page 4)

Washington Snapshots By JAMES PRESTON Moth balls and bathing suits are easier for the average person to keep track of than figures. In the spring a fur coat is put in moth balls and hung in the closet. At the same time the bathing suit is taken from the closet and made ready for use. That is all quite simple. But it is different with figures. Experts would say statistics. But it matters not. Whichever word is used the problem is the same. All of which means this. About the time the bathing suit is to be put away for winter, government and private figures became available on what was goin on during the summer. It is the same way with the moth ball season. Recently the Labor Department announced employment figures for August. (The late announcement is no reflection on the department. Nobody can hurry the collection or either private or gvernment figures.) These August figures showed that employment in non-agricultural occupations had increased 320,000. That is far from taking care of the millions unemployed. But the trend is in the right direction at last. Many economists think this upward trend has developed none too, soon. They reason that jobs just must be found. Government spenaing cannot continue forever. At the close of September the national debt was roughly 38.5 billions of dollars. This is within 6.5 billions oi the limit congress has placed on the national debt. The legislators have enacted a law prohibiting a public debt in excess of 45 billions. Public opinion is likely to roar against any Increase in that amount —say to 80 billion as some propose. All of which* makes It more important than ever that voters be sure to know how the candidates they will vote for in November view this sit. nation. The Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded this year, as usual. The judges may be perplexed. Certainly, at the outset they can eliminate the statesmen of two continents, Europe and Asia. America, however, has a real candidate —that is, of course, if the judges place a broad interpretation upon the rules governing the award. He is Senator Joseph C. O’Mahoney of Wyoming, chairman of the National Economic (Monopoly) Study. He is trying jo clear up the misunderstandings between government and business. Business men were much pleased with the Senator’s recent statement that he would seek to have representatives of industry invited to sit with the Economic Committee during prospective hearings “so that industry will have first-hand access to every fact we develop.’’ Congressman Dies of Texas, who, as head of a House committee has been developing information about the activity of foreign Isms in the United States, now proposes to organize a League of Americanism. Os the twelve-point program he has outlined for the League, point No. 2 is much talked of today- It I s a vital part of the American form oi government. Dies sets it forth as follows: “To oppose every effort to undermine or weaken our system of checks and balances and the maintenance of the three independent departments of the Government.” The Texas Legislator should have added these words . . . the Legislative, the Executive and the Judicial. The fundamental difference between the American form of representative government and the dictatorships of Europe lies in these words. No dictator can operate unless he has a rubber stamp legislative body and a controlled judiciary . . . And the man all other men are looking for is the one who suggested that all husbands should pay their wives a salary of $1,000.00 a year. Food for 250,000 Daily New York—As many as >250,000 hungry sightseers can be accommodated in comfort for one or more repasts during the day or night at the New York World’s Fair 1939 in 80 restaurants which are to dot the grounds.

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BENE. MILLER DIED SUDDENLY MONDAY A. M. SUFFERS HEART ATTACK WHILE OPERATING CRANE ON HIGHWAY WORK Ben Emerson Miller, 32 years of age, of Warsaw, and oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. William Miller, of near Syracuse, suffered a heart attack while operating a crane at me Swartz farm south of Warsaw Monday morning. He was rushed to the McDonald hospital in Warsaw, where he died at 9:50 a. m. The deceased was born in Syracuse October 21 1906, and received his education in the schools here. Surviving are his widow. Opal Bassett Miller (formerly of South Milford, Ind ); two daughters, Bonnie, 10. and Joan, 6; his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Louis W. Miller, of Syrause; three sisters, Mrs. Lydia Darr, of Syracuse, Mrs. Mary Davis, of Goshen, and Eleanor Miller, at home; and five brothers, Roy. Ralpn and Eugene, of Syracuse, Paul, of Kendallville, and Russell, of Gas City, Ind. A* short service was held in the home at Warsaw followed by services at 10:00 o’clock Thursday forenoon, at the Syracuse Church of God, the Rev. Shroyer officiating. Burial was made in the Syracuse cemetery. LOCAL BOY MARRIED AT FORT WAYNE SATURDAY Miss Winifred Trunck, daughter of Mrs. Lucille Trunck, of Cleveland, and George Peffley, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Peffley, of this city, were married in a pretty ceremony solemnized at 7:30 o clock Saturday night at the First Evangelial church in Fort Wayne, witn Rev. William Mygrant of Auburn, grandfather of the bride, officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Ray MoClintick of Toledo, attended the couple. Baskets of peach colored gladioli and fern decorated the church and preceding the ceremony Miss Elida Ffies sang “Because” and “At Dawning.” Miss Kathleen Dietricn acted as accompanist. The bride’s gown was fashioned of white taffeta made with a shirred bodie having a square neckline edged with narrow lace ruching The sleeves, long and close-fitting, came to a point over the hands and the full skirt ended in a train. Her veil of white illusion was caught to a wreath of orange blossoms and she carried white roses and baby chrysanthemums. Mrs. McClintlck wore orchid chiffon with accessories in gold and carried a bouquet of orhid and white chrysanthemums and Talisman roses. The bride’s mother was attired in a gown royal blue velvet and her corsage was of roses. Ninety guests were entertained at the bride’s home, 2219 South Clinton street, Fort Wayne, following the ceremony and later in the evening Mr. and Mrs. Peffley left for a wedding trip in the east. They will be at home upon their return in Toledo, where the bridegroom is connected with the Babcock dairy. THIRD QUARTER TAX DUE Gross income tax for the third quarter of 1938 must be paid soon, from the first to the fifteenth of October. If the tax amounts to $lO or over for the quarter it must be paid by the quarter, if less than $lO per quarter it can be paid by the year. However, many people whose tax does not amount to $lO for the quarter pay quarterly because of the smaller payments. Retailers are entitled to $750 exemption for the quarter on their retail business, but all others have only $250 exemption for the quarter. Some people have the mistaken impression that the Indiana gross income tax affects only the business man. It affects anyone, wage earners, farmers, business men and all, whose gross income is SI,OOO a year or more.