Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 38, Number 32, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 21 May 1943 — Page 1

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Rains Flctid CONSTAN T RAINS STOP ALL WORK ON FAltafS. With K usciusko c >unty\ and all Indiana streams, a flood stage, lakes out of their bulks, highway bridges endangered and water covering farm ian di, rain continued to fall Wednesday. No relief is in sight. Gravel and bla<k top roads are in very ba d condi ;i< n. Central and sc u’ hern Indiana may undergo oni >f the worst floods in the state’s history. Here in Kosciuik'o county, one of the worst aspect i of the flood condition is the disruption of all spring planting. Farmers now despair oil finishing corn planting until the middle or later part of June, even with f iv'arable weather from now on. Usually this work is w ell along 1 y this time of the year. <» Last v eok-end almost four incfflsMif wa ;e • fell. Here nt Turkey C'eek township all the lowlands ar; flooded. On Ogden Island many cottages are isolated, and watjr covers the road for over a n.ndred yards. Many local residents say that Wawasee lake is hig h;r now than has ever before b?em noted. The dam here in Syracuse, -through which wate* from Wawafefee and Syracuse' k kes pass, was endangered for a ilm e. Tuesday nigilLby the swirli n ( ; torrents, but city workmen hauled in rock and strengthened appr m ches. One of the gat;s on the Syracuse dam has beer : aised for several weeks, allowiig all the water to go down stream that Turkey Creek can carry. Down stream farmers are com pl a! ning that too much water-is ben; let through, while lake citizens are clamoring that additional wator be released to lower the lake levels. City authorities are ;r deavoring to strike a happy* medium. On Morrison island, flood waters are higher thru any local citizens have ever s< en before. On Tippecanoe ake, Dewart, Barbee, a n d all ot county lakes cottages in the low ands are surrounded by water. In Syracuse, wrtjr pumps to pump water from b isements have been in uh® in hui d ’eds of homes. Inundated lowlands in the county are abounding v ith schools of carp, and many §lO tsmen are out in hip boots, spea’ing the fish. A high wind here last Saturday night and Sunday, lid damage to boats, piers, etc., or the lakes. CHANCY COY, 4 I, WORLD WAR VETERAN, 1 IES Chancy Coy, 4' , died at his home here Thursiay, May 20, at 11:30 a.m. Mr. Cry had gone to work that morning at Nappanee, and at about 8 o cl ock suffered a heart attack. A j hysician was called and treatmert given, then he was bought to iis home here, where he soon expiped. Chancy Coy was born April 30, 1896, at Milford, Ind., the son of Sylvester and Ada. Coy. He was united in marriage Oct. 2, 1920, to Zella Bowser. To this union were born three shildren, Pfc. Harry Coy, who : s somewhere in North Africa; a diughter, Mrs. Elaine D»rr, at harne, and a son, Marshall, at home. Besides the children -and wife, he is survived by his mother aic three sisters, Mrs. Cheirter Stifi le r, of Syracuse, Mrs. Harold LeCoint,’ of New Paris, and Mrs. E erett Darr, of Goshen; also two brothers, Till- . man Coy and Dewey Coy, both of Syracuse. Mr. Ccj was n vorld war I veteran and served overseas nine months. He was a member of the American Legion, Wawasee Post No. 223. Funeral arrangement have not been completed. Four (logs that deserve to be saluted as heroes. How the “weakling” of the litter grew up to justify him owner’i faith in him; an aged canine ic'reen star came out of retiremen; io win applause again; and two Pt tiers led rescue parties 1 .<;» their 1 ittle lost masters. Doia’t miss this awMaling article in The Aneriwui weekly, the ma 3 azine distnamm frith next week’s Sunday .Uer-ald-Ameilcan.

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SYRACUSE ART & CRAFT CLUB Mrs. Z. J. Byers was hostess to the Syracuse Art & Crafts Club on Monday evening. Ten members , were present. The lesson for the I evening was the making of gift folders and it was presented by Martha Pryor. Many beautiful folders were created during the evening. Following the evenings lesson, the following officers for the new year were elected: President, Esther Pracht; vice-presi-dent, ,Wanda Howard; Lulu Seider. A delicious salad course was served by the hostess. 16th Birthday Party and Dance Mr. and Mrs. Z. J. Byers entertained with a formal- dance, at the Sargent Hotel, Friday evening, „ May 14th, honoring the 16th birthday of their daughter, Patricia. Invitations rfnd dance programs were extended to thirty guests. The lounge and dining rooms were beautifully decorated with redbud, dogwood, and tulips. Four novelty dances provided variety in the evenings program, the last being the very picturesque Maypole dance. Refreshments of punch and dainty pastries were served throughout the evening. Special guests Os the host and hostess were Mr. and Mrs. Noble C. Blocker. Mrs. Blocker aided the hostess in the serving. Many beautiful gifts were presented tip Patricia, and the best of wishes/ were extended by the many yemng guests. I 4-H CLUB NEWS The club met on May 18, this being the fourth meeting. We began the meeting with the pledge to the American flag and the 4-H flag. Donna Darr gave a demonstration of how to make dropped biscuits. The members all agreed 1 that she gave a very nice demonstration. Doris Frevert gave a demonstration bn how to make a combination salad dessert. Mary Hammer was supposed to be her partner but she was not able to at-' tend, so Eleanor Bishop helped her. Doris also made some butterscotch pudding, which made our mouths water. After Doris’ demonstration was over, we played “Upset the'Fruit Basket,” while the refreshments ’ were prepared. For refreshments we had cookies, biscuits, PepsiCola, and toasted sandwiches. Reporter. Legion Post Push Bond Sale t ’ MAY QUOTA OF STATE IS SET AT TOTAL OF $19,500,000 “Many of us in the American Legion know what it is to go through a battle-—to be tired in every bone and muscle—and then to be sent back to fight some more,”, said C. U. Gremelspacher, state commander, in urging every Legion post to do its utmost to make the May war bond campaign a success. “I believe that" is why the American Legion was chosen to spons sor this May campaign,” said the . state commander. “Indiana and . the nation finished the bffegest , war financing drive in history during April. But war bonds must be sold every month, and, because we ■ in the Legion have learned that : we must still fight after the big battle, and because we are the : only group who knows that lesson > of war, we have been asked to » continue the fight—to do all we : can for final victory.” Nearly 350 Legion posts with t some 40,000 members are in the midst of a campaign to sell $19,500,000 in war bonds during May. i Legionnaires are also spear-head- - ing the attack for increased in- > vestment in U. S. savings bonds (series F and G) through the > Victory Fund committee. > The American Legion is urging > every Hoosier to buy at least one - extra bond this month to keep the ; faith with those who must keep on , fighting every day until the war is i won—-rand to keep faith with those - who have died both in World War I and in this war.

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* — - New books now available at the Syracuse library: “Journey Among Warriors,” by Eve Curie. Vivid and vital this story of Eve Curie’s trip of 40,000 miles to all the major battle fronts of this war. Shortly before Pearl Harbor, she left New York on a trip which was to take her as far as Chungking, during the course of which she was to see fighting first hand on every battle front—the British in Tripoli, the Russians outside Moscow, the British and Chinese defending Burma, not forgetting our American AVG boys in China itself. “The Ship,” by C. S. Forster. This is a heroic tale of a few hours in the life of a British light cruiser in World War 11, and the men on it. “Mr. Lincoln's Wife,” by Anne Colver. Mary Todd was the most gossiped about woman in Washington. She was written about, photographed, interviewed and critized, and through it all she never stopped loving Mr. Lincoln. Anu Colver brings her out of the shadowy background to take her place beside her husband in a dramatic story, filled with the incidents of everyday living. “Chicken every-Sunday: My lj£e with Mother’s Boarders,” by Rosemary Taylor. The hilarious gospel of a woman who ran a bearding house for the fun of it! Strange and wonderful characters were constantly wiping their feet on her welcome door mat. When you read, a copy of this homely, warm and continuously amusing story, you’ll laugh right out loud. “One World,” by Wendell L. Wilkie. Wendell Wilkie tells his fellow Americans what he feels about the war we are fighting, the peace we mu§t win, the world we live in. He reports on his recent trip to Russia, China, Egypt, Turkey, and what he learned from the little people as well as their leaders. “Gideon Planish,” by Sinclair Lewis. Gideon’s career ranges from professor in a mid-western college to lecturer, professional money-raiser, director of philanthropic organizations and toastmaster. Lewis’ first novel in three years takes up a phase of American life as familiar as his “Malm Street.” “South from Yesterday,” tnr Willard Robertson. This is a r»- ' markable strong story of Milo of Nova Scotia, a fugitive with a love

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of blue water a part of his being. Excitement, suspense, humor and horror interlace in this story that is told with the skill ind deep understanding which made the author's “Moon Tide’ - ’ an outstand,ing book and movie. Poppy Day Here May 29 How the memorial which will be worn to honor the war dead on Poppy Day, on Saturday, May 29, will Yelp bring to war's living victims, is explained by Esther Pracht, treasurer of the Wawasee Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary. Mrs. Pracht is one of many volunteer workers who will distribute the poppies on the streets here May 29. She said: “1 hope everyone understands what becomes of tho coins they contribute when they take a poppy from an Auxiliary worker. I wish everyone could know the need for those contributions, especially this year when the war is increasing that need so greatly. “First let me say that every penny of the money ,oaid for poppies goes into rehabilitation and welfare work z Qf he American Legion and Auxilihiy. And because this work is performed by volunteers, it goes a long way. “Disabled veterans and children left fatherless by war are the special concern of the Legion and the Auxiliary. It is for them the poppy dimes and dollars are given, not so much ;’or their material needs as for their human needs. . “Only the millions of the government can bring adequate relief to the nation’s disabled defenders and their families, but there are things which the government with all its money cannot do. It cannot provide the understanding aid and personal attention that so often are such a big factor in a disabled man’s rehabilitation; which so often hold his family together l MkUL he is able to return home. ris the Legion and Auxiliary j »oing with the lelp of the yofi give on loppy Day. By wearing a poppy you aid the disi abled as well as honor the dead.”

CLINE-O JLSON Miss Martha Cl ne, daughter :of Mr. and Mrs. Lh >yd Cline, of Bluffton, Ind., wa: urited in nc;srriage to U. Gorden Colson, arriy officer candidate, ion of Mr. «> id Mrs. U. Rae Colscn, of Paris, : j., on Thursday after looa, May 1« h, at 2:30 o’clock; la tie chapel of the Howard Memirial Church in Cambridge, Mass. Dr. Frank E. Duddy officiated. The bride was giv?n in marriage by her fath€r. She wore in ivory satin gow’n with a veil of tulle falling from a coronet. 11.ar bouquet was of crchids and j’ irdenias. Mrs. W. R. Ar drew®, Jr., of Chicago, sister of the bridegro i n, was the brides only altendaht. Ijscar Daum, Chicago, w is best m i i; Matven Worthy, o Columbus, (IV, and Robert Nelsor, of New Hav (a, Conn., ushered. 1 reception uis held after the ctremony at IHe Copely Plaza hottl. The bride graduate! this spiitg from DePauw University. ’.'ie groom is a gradu; ,te of New Mi Fico Military Insti ute and of IjePauw University. He is completing a special cot rse at the I vard graduate sc tool of Busii ss; Administration fir officer can IK dates in the quai termaster co 1 is. The Cline fami y h is been C), fling to Lake Waw; .see a numbe ■ of years and are w< 11 known he.', 1 . - • , — ■■ ... Local News aMMfr MMWM i Circle No. 2 o’ the Method st church met at tie h>me of Il’s. Henry Grieger T mrsday even g. Mr. and Mrs. J >hn Grieger h I /e as their house guests Mrs. Gr:<ger’s sisters, Mr. R. Thigpin, of Wilmington, Del, ar d Mr. iid Mrs. G. £ords, ot Ebrood, 111. Mrs. E. S. Kirnear, of Mar n, 1 Ind., and Mr. ami Mis. Joe Bis num, of Indianap ilis, are now at their homes on sc uth side of L i se Wawasee, for tho secson. Mrs. Travis Pu dy i.nd daugl er Corine, have left Gost en for Ts. as to join Lt. Purdr, a chaplain at Shepard Field. Mr. and Mrs. j ohn S. Planl?, of Goshen, have lei sed the Xan< ()rs home on Kale Is and for the i ?aL son. Mrs. 0. H. B nnt M Gos im, entertained gues s ala lunct t on ’ and bridge last Friday at ■ ir- * gent's hotel, as t courtesy to It rs. ' Mary Penn, of les k loines, I( <a, * who was a house gueit of Mr. i nd ’ Mrs. M. D. Disoi way in Gosh i u 2 k‘. v I . 1

MRS. KNOX STETLER PASSES AWAY THURSDAY MORNING The entire community was shocked Thursday morning when the news of the death of Mrs. Knox Stetler was announced. Mrs. Stetler, aged 42, had not been HL prior to her death. Apolexy was the cause of her sudden death. Mrs. Stetler was washing dishes Wednesday evening at the home, when she collapsed. She never regained cc&isciousnss and passed away at 2:15 a.m. Thursday. Known here all of her life, the deceased was a happy, cheerspreading person. She loved her chureh, clubs, home and life in general. Her passing while so young ’came as a great shock to all who -knew her. Evalyn Hire Stetler was born Oct. 15, 1900, in Syracuse, Ind., the daughter of Wesley Chloe Hire. All of her life was spent in this community. She graduated from Syracuse high school in 1919. A talent for music made it possible for her to spread sunshine and cheer at the piano and helping in musical entertainment, whenever called upon. She was united in marriage to Knox-Stetler Jan. 6, 1920, and to this union were born two sons, Wesley and Wendel, who survive. Also surviving, besides the husband, are her mother, who resides in Elkhart; four brothers, Millard Hire, ,of Syracuse, Hubert and Louis, of Elkhart, and Carl Hire of Benton Harbor, Mich. She was a member of the Lutheran church and an active member of the Hex Home Economics club.” Funeral services will be held on Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Lutheran church, with Rev. John Schmidt officiating. Burial will be made in the Syracuse cemetery. WILL CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bowld will celebrate quietly (they think) their golden wedding anniversary, oh Tuesday, May 25, 1943. They have resided here in Syracuse all -their married life.' Many, many friends will wish them happiness in the years to come. POPPY DAY - BAKE SALE' Remember the bake sale, doughnut sale and Poppy Day Saturday, May 29, under auspices of the American Legion Auxiliary, at the Pickwick Sandwich shop. Five Syracuse Places Robbed THIEVES GET ONLY VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF CASH. I Thieves late Sunday night or / Monday morning broke into five Syracuse business places, all located near the B. & O. railway depot, but found but little plunder. The robberies were committed, it is thought, during the heavy thunder storms. The B, & O. station office window was broken out, the safe’s I big door battered off, and about $lO in change taken. They were not able to break into an inner compartment. The thieves left $1.51 scattered about on the floor. The Stiefel Grain Co. office was entered by breaking a glass door. Nothing was reported missing. The Rosenberry Mfg. Co. office vras broken into and the combination and safe handle hammered off. Nothing apparently was taken . there. At the Swartz grocery store, a glass front door was found smashed open, but nothing was reported missing. At the Syracuse Lbr. & Coal 1 Co. a front door was broken in. ; The company safe door was open, and apparently nothing was taken. Sheriff Frank Lucas, Deputy Joe ( Rovenstine, and State Policemen Bremendorfer, Rose and Nelson investigated the robberies. Finger prints were taken. ; A B. & O. . railway company detective investi- . gated the robbery there. Mrs. Isabel Robinson, of EL- . wood, is spending a vacation here I with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Howard.

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Memorial Day Service Program WAWASEE POST NO. 223 WWi. SPONSOR EVENT MAY SO. A Memorial Day parade and service, to be held under the auspices of Wawasee Post 223 of the American Legion, will take place here on Sunday, May 30th. The parade will form at the Legion Hall at 1:30 p.m. Following is the lineup for the parade: Colors and Color Guard. Drum and Bugle Corps. Firing squad. Ladles Auxiliary Unit. Junior Auxiliary Unit. High school band. School children. The parade will be formed promptly at 1:30 and will proceed to the cemetery, where the following program will be held: Invocation—Rev. John Pettit. American Legion Memorial service. “In Memoriam”—W, T. Colwell. “America”—H. S. Band and assembly. Address—Rev. John Pettit. Benediction. * After the services at the cemetery, the parade will return to the town square, where the American Legion Drum and Bugle corp and the high school band will give a short concert. LOCKJAW IS FATAL TO MRS. CHARLES TOM, 33 Mrs. Victoria Gregory Tom, aged 33, of Syracuse, died Monday at 2:10 a.m. at-the McDonald hospital, Warsaw, where she had been a patient since April 22, when she was injured in an automobile accident south-west of here. Mrs. Tom’s death was due to lockjaw, resulting from her injuries. The deceased was born at Pana, 111., on April 18, 1925, and had resided here since 1938, having previously resided in Chicago. Surviving relatives include her husband, Charles Tom, who is a patient at the McDonald hospital, suffering from a broken ankle; six sisters, Mrs. Marie Taylor, of Urbana, Ill.; Mrs, Margaret Cook, Mrs. Elizabeth Ottensmeyer, and Mrs. Lillian Chettle, all of St. Louis, Mo.; and Mrs. Zoe Carpenter, of Pana, Ill.; also two brothers, Dale Gregory, of Peoria, 111., and Vernon Gregory, of Elkhart. Funeral services were held at the home in Syracuse at 2 P- m. Wednesday, with Rev. W. W. Deyo, of the Methodist church, officiating. Burial was made in the Syracuse cemetery. Mr. Tom was released from the hospital Wednesday, in order to attend the funeral services. The accident in which Mrs. Tom was injured occurred on a highway southwest of here, the automobile turning over several times after striking loose gravel. Mr. Tom, who was driving the car, suffered cuts, bruises, and a bad leg fracture. He will be returned to the hospital where an operation will be performed to reset the leg bone. LOCAL MAN IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK LAST FRIDAY ' John Ferris, manager of the Pickwick Cocktail Lounge, escaped serious injury last Friday morning, when his car collided with a truck driven by Alva Banghart, of Warsaw, at the Patterson corner, a mile north of the McDonald hospital, at Warsaw. Mr. Ferris’ car was completely demolished and the Banghart truck was badly damaged. Both drivers received only minor cuts and bruises. At the time of the accident, Banghart was coming from the west enroute to North Webster, and Ferris was on his way to Warsaw from Syracuse. The 1 vehicles met at the corner, the truck striking the Ferris car near the rear fender. Th* Ferrfs car continued down the road, rolling over three times, striking a telephone pole and then came to rest upside down. The truck went off the road into a fence. Mr, Ferris was very fortunate in escaping with only a few bruises and shock.