Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 2, Number 30, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 30 June 1939 — Page 9

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NUMBER 80

VOLUME II

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Paul Swihart and Marion Smith, both of Merriam, narrowly escaped drowning in Lake Wawasce, • Thursday while fishing from a motorboat. •' The men noticed a storm approaching and started for shore when the motor stopped and they were forced to row. The wind and rain caught them and capsized the boat and the two men hung to the * ’ boat until it was washed away. Smith regained his hold on the motor of the boat but Swihart seemed to be in a semi-conscious condition and thrashed around in the water until he. regained consciousness enough that Smith was able to grasp him and help him to the boat- A s they neared the e shore, two people, a man and woman, from Washington, D. C., swam out to help the two men. Swihart and Smith both drive milk trucks for the Kraft Cheese Corporation. MUST HAVE LICENSE TO SEINE MINNOWS # Anglers and commercial bait dealers who seine minnows must have a valid fishing license in their posession or be subject to penalties for violation of the Indiana laws, Virgil M. Simmons, commissioner of the Department of Conservation, said today. A permit issued by the Division of Figh and Game for possession „ of 500 or more minnows or for ® commercial dealing in minnows as bait, does not exempt the holder from provisions of the law requiring all pepsins who seine for minnows to have a fishing license. To date, 891 permits have been Issued by the Division of Fish and Game to bait dealers. These \ permits, required under a 1935 \law, are issued without charge by • the Division of Fish and Game. Persons having more than 500 minnows ip their possession or engaging in the business of taking minnows for selling them for bait, are subject to a $25 fine, unles s they have a permit. LADIES DAY HELD On Tuesday, June 27th, Ladies * Day was held at the Maxwelton Golf Club. The ladies held a tournament in the morning, after which a delightful luncheon was served. First prize was awarded to Mrs. Jane Wilcox, second to Mrs. Melba Leinhart, and third to MrsIsabella Stump. 9 The luncheon consisted of hot > beef sandwiches, spring salid, chocolate cake with whipped cream and iced tea. RUMOR REPORTED FAIRS It has been erroneously reported in this community that Mr. A* L. Tremper of Minn., had passed away. We are happy to be able to correct this statement as he is enjoying good, health and expects to renew his contacts'- around here in the very near

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SCIENTIFIC STUDIES OF LAKES, STREAMS TO IMPROVE FISHING An extensive research program, designed to obtain scientific data aiding in the improvement of fishing in Indiana lakes and streams, was announced today by Vrgil M. Simmons, Commissioner of the Department of Conservation. The program being carried on cooperatively by the Division of Fish and Game and the Biology Department of Indiana University, is in charge of Dr. W. E. Ricker of the University faculty and to some extent will continue projects which had been inaugurated by hi s predecesor, the late Dr. Will Scott. The program will be broadened later as additional funds are available. Included in the program are: (1) A special study of White River above Indianapolis; of Wa« wasee, Winona, Maxinkuckee, Bass, Freeman and Schafer lakes on present food conditions, type of'aquatic vegetation and life; com Dined With qgolttnfary reports on, number, species, length, weight oUfish taken together with scales. (2) Experiments with various types and methods of marking fish to aid in migration studies. (3) Development of a life history of the bass grub which is sometimes found on rock bass and smallmouth bass, to determine when and where found, other hosts and methods of control. (4) Continuation of the studies of lake sedimentation being made by Dr. Ira Wilson to determine rate at which various lakes are being filled up through various methods. • (5) Continuation of the voluntary cooperation of fishermen in all parts of the Mate in stupes of growth rates of fish in both lakes and streams by furnishing series from fish which they take, together with data on the place caught, length and weight. This research program, supplementing the increased propogation of game fish for stocking purposes, is expected to give Indiana even better fishing during coming years.

OPENS ART SCHOOL On Wednesday, June 28th, Mr. H. G. Davidson, of Somerset, Ind-, opened a new art school at the Spink-Wawasee Hotel in the looby. Classe s will meet regularly at the same place, in the study of landscape painting, under the tutelage of Mr. Davidson, who is an accomplished artist. Mr. Davidson has spent several years in study in Europe and the eastern states of V. S. He also has a permanent gallery in Somerset, besides being the head of the Ft. Wayne Art School. Everyone who is interested in the study, and who lives in Syracuse or around the, lake is invited to attend this' sendot ZETA KAPPA’S HOLD OUH.W With a week-end devoted to nothing but fun and frolic, it is but little wonder that members of the Zeta Kappa Sorority of Chicago, who journeyed to the SpuikWawasee Hotel last week, the time of their dear lives. In fact, the windy city “gals” had such a delightful time during their stay here, that they are contemplating holding their next convention at the Spink-Wawasee. : Mrs. Lilian Stuart was in charge of the party. "— 1 "" "" * — OVER TWO HUNDRED CLUBS TO RAISE FISH Two hundred and nineteen Indiana conservation clubs are operating hatchery pond s for the propagation of ..bass, bluegills and other game fish, Virgil M. Simmons, commissioner of the Department of conservation, said today. The club hatcheries have a water area of 309 acres and are diJdded into 507 ponds. This is a material increase in the number of clubs, number of ponds and water area over last year, when . more than seven million game fish were produced in the elub ponds a . and used to stock neighboring d lakes and streams. da a .1 /. i"Ja th ' Mrs. F. A. Bornmann, Gail . Glover and Hugh Johnson spent | Tuesday afternoon in Elkhart.

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AMERICAN HOTELS A The first hotel of any pretensions in the United States was the City Hotel in New York, opened in 1794, but it was naturally a crude affair compared with the magnificent hostelries of the present. There were few '.omforts ‘ in American hotels prior to the Civil War. In 1854, the famous Parker House in Boston had no water faucets above the kitchen floor, and the only bath tubs were in thei basement. Rooms were unheated, with straw mattresses in summer and featherbeds in winter. Each roorh was furnished with .a bowl and pitcher, one towel and;a cake of yellow soap. One of the posted rules warned guests not to wear their boots In bed. The Tremont Hotel, also in Boston, is said to be the first to provide single rooms for buestS. In the £arly dayfe two or more guests also, shared the same bedroom. - But the best old-tjme hotels j supplied a wide variety of food. An early bill of fare of the Mur- ■ ray Hill in New York has been opening dinner at the Maxwell preserved which shows 73 dishes on the. menu for breakfast,. At the House in Nashville in 196&, there were 22 hot entrees, and 14 kinds., of wild game, including boned . wild boar’s head, saddle of venison, Tennesee epon and Kentucky ’possum. . Today the hotel business ig the nation’s seventh, largest industry, employing ipore than half of million persons and serving more than 200 million guests annually. ENTERTAINS AT SOUTH SHORE INN Mrs. Werlie Burk and Mrs. Robert Rifik entertained Tuesday, June 27, <t. the jSouth Shore Inn. A delightfUj-Juncheon was served I to the forty-Wo/guests. Table decorations Vere lit pink and white the tjenteitneiea 1 composed of pink roses' and ded--3 phinium. >.: A

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While walking along the highway, Sunday evening, near the Wacp, Kenneth J, Dinsmore, 28» a salesman of Willmar, Minn., was struck by an automobile driven by Nelson Auer. Mr. Auer was blinded by the lights of oncoming cars and was unable to see Dinsmore in tiipe to avoid the a-jci. dent. Wisely, Mr. Auer refused allow Mr. Dinsmore to be moved until a doctor was summoned. He was taken to the McDonald hospital where X-rays were taken On Tuesday, reports were given out to the effect that Dinsmore would recover despite a broken vertebrae. A special back support splint will be made for him. Nelson Auer made full report to state police, who commended him on not moving the victim from ;lle scene of the accident. CHEVY DEALERS MEET AT SPINK-WAWASEE Driving a Chevrolet motor car is child’s play compared to riding a balky mule or a frisky saddle horse. This was evinced during the horse races featured at the outing held by Chevrolet dealers from the Indianapolis zone on the athletic field of the Spink-Wa-wasee hotel Monday afternoon. The activities on Monday, closed a two-day outing for eighty dealers, who were winners in the new and used car contest, conducted during May. Aside from the horse racing contest, there were other outdoor features on the program to hold the interest of the dealers and their wives. Perhaps toe; most outstanding were the acrobatic acts Put on by Dorothy and Lew Rella, the latter a brother to' the famous Battling Nelson, j world’s ex-middle weight boxing; champion. Mrd. Nelson is the former Dorothy Long of Fort Wayne. These 20 th century marvels held the breathless attention of 200 spectators during their daring featg. Thq hair-raising “deathswing, ” which has placed them in a class by themselves in the acrobatic world, received much applause, while-the automobile pull-; Sng stunt, staged by Nelson was amazing. It is almost unbrliev ible that one man- weighing 175 pound could pull three Chevrolet cars with his teeth. However, such was accomplished by the daredevil Nelson, with .the aid of an inner tube. V . Prizes iat horse-shoe, pitching, baseball, ping pong, golf and bridge tournaments, water sports and the like, were‘awarded by Otto H. Ernberg, who was in charge of the outing. The elaborate banquet, held in the convention hall on Sunday night, was attended by approximately 175 guests. The hall was artistically decorated with flow-, ers, carrying out the sail boat idea. The effect, lent an attractive setting for the mammorh floor show, presented by twenty-five high class entertainers of Chicago. Later a Monte Carlo party was held and dancing closed the day’s activities. A buffet supper f Served in the Convention hall on Monday evening, was a fitting climax to the two-day event.