Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 41, Number 10, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 11 January 1946 — Page 1

SyracuseWawasee Journal

VOLUME 41. NO. 10.

Tragic Death Os Local Sailor Edward Whirledge. 22, SAI 1-c son of Mr. and Mrs. EH Whirj ledge, bf route 3. Syracuse, was drowned Sunday, December 16 on a Hawaiian beach when a 20-foot waves swept him and two companions out to sea, it has been r vealed in a letter written by one of his friends to the parents. The navy department had first reported him missing. The body r-s has not been recovered. Petty Officer Whirledge, who was born in Goshen, was walking | along the beach with Jack Lang and Robert Sullivan, navy buddies taking pictures and hunting odd shells for souvenirs. A huge wave i suddenly rolled in, sweeping Lang and Sullivan up the beach but ’ carrying Whiriedge out to sea. | The letter, written December ?T*. said that. Whirledge stayed up about five minutes and then About , • five minutes later he was washed' ashore an I both companions seized Mm but the waves' were too heavy for* thhnt to hold on. Ihe letter. In pj«:t. written b/ I .mg. ’ re* ealed ••On Sunday morning six of us] went to one of the beaches to look for shells and loaf in the f jit. This was Dec. 16 We left about 9 a. in. and at 10 stopped at a small case for sandwiches and nilk. We arrived at the bench about 11:10 Wd were taking some pictures an|d picking vp shells. A big wave swept in and rolled Sullivhn and myself .upon the beach but Ed was washed o n instead When If got up to Y" see he was already going out. f V The w aves were 30 to 30 foot * high and we could * not help him. H.« Stayed up for about five minutes after which he disappeared. "In about five. aiorj» minutes he was washed in towards shore. He was already unconscious. I rushed in and grabbed (him by the waist and Sullivan had him by ti e arm. 1 held him for about a minute or two but the iaves were washing us under all the time and Sullivan had to lej go. By this time I was swept out into the water quite away.- I struggled for about five minutes when I thought I. too. would be lost. f < "I didn’t ’think I would make if back ’ ut a big wave me in away and 1 saw Sullivan He wa- i to tnd v, Ih d 1 p".ll me in - but I couldn't help him. 1 yelled to him to •catch’ a wave and then we were.both hit hard an|l landed on the recks badly cut I thought that Sullivan and 1 were not going t 6 make It. "El's body has not { been recovered so far. We had rescue parties, planes and all .available equipment\Jn a short time but we co uh not do anything " Lang is. a naval Hputenant-Commander. serving as commandant .of the special service force. 5 Edward was born h Goshen on Sept 13’, 19?3. His pi rents movU—ud fropa Goshen whlls .he was about four years old. He graduated from Milford high school and attended South Bend business college. He entered the servlee on June 15, had been oversea-! since March, 1944. as memoer of a submarine crew until recently when he| was transferred to a Hawaiian naval base repairing watches and precision ■lnstruments He was, a member of the Eighth Street Mennonlte church here. .He Is survived by parents, two brothers. William, of Coshen. and Philip, at home; three sisters. Mrs. Lowell (Betty) Bechtel, of Goshen, Ruth, who is to be discharged from the Waves; and Carol at home; and a number of aunts and uncles live in Goshen. * The Good Samaritan class of the U. B. church was entertained , Tuesday evening In the home of Mrs. J. W. Jones. Miss Lucy Bachman returned to So. Orange. N.J., Jan. Ist. She is a teacher in the public schools there and spent the holidays here at the hoine of her father. C. C. Bachman. Mr. and Mrs Itvln Berkey and Glen Beatty of Warsaw, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Babcock.

EDWARD WHIRLEDGE — Courtesy Elkhart Truth S. H. S, WINS FROM NORTH WEBSTER - j Syracuse High’s basketball jug* gernaut kept on the victory path Friday evening to roll to an itn<* pressive victory over a powerful North Webster quintet here, tal.ing a 17-31 decision, to remain stilt at the top of the couritf league standings. >3 Paced• by Workman and. Bell, the Jackets grabbed the lead at outset-and never were heidid. Beil and Workman accounted for all Syracuse’s light points in the initial quarter and continued throughout the play to score the majority of times. Bell really was hitting on his long shOUs. pounding in five out of seven fielders from the middle of the floor while Workman specialized in tip-ins underneath the ring. ’ In the second phase. Bell cored on two more long ones and a tipin; Carr, tallied, dribbling in around the right side and sinking one and Beck sunk a charity throw to hoist the Jacket score ten points. Gordon Griesinger and Alexander all scored in this period, but their efforts fell shOrt by eight points at the half. In about the middle of the third stanza, it almost began to look'as though the game had turned into , a personal scoring battle between two opposing players; Poyser took a pass and looped In ane almost from the center of the floor. The Trojans took the ball and Gordon immediately went in to put one through but Poyser come back again to make another long shot; undaunted Gordon dribbled in to tip in another, setting the score at 28-16 Here Bell Intervened to pour in another one of his long ones. -All this happened within a period of approximately one minute and was one of the most exciiing parts of the fracas. The third quarter ended with Syracuse still in the lead, 33-22. Gordon*and Buckles constituted the Trojan offense in the Inal conto while Bell. Workman. Carr. Traster and Zollinger all scored in that period. Traster had been kept out of most of the gam j by Coach Beck because of a tonsilltis operation a week before. Lineups and scoring North Webster —Gordon. F, 634; Buuse, F, 021; Griesinger. C. 104; Rhodes, G, 201; Buckles. G. 202: Alexander, G. 202. Syracuse—Workman. F.‘ 811; Carr. F, 131; Traster. C. 100; Bell, G, 703; Beck. G. 023; Coy. F, 001; Poyser. C, 204; Ctuser, G. 000; Zollinger, G. 101. “B’s” Win The Yellow Jacket reserve* won their first victory aftur six defeats, downing the North Webster B five 32-20. Bob Dm t was high point man for Syraci se totaling ten points. The sc >re at the end of the first quart* r was 10-5; at the half. 11-18 aid 2818 at the end of the third tansa. Skeletons Tell Tales. ua Old Bones Detective reveals an xut-of-the-past story of the world’s strangest marriage and iti spectacular outcome. A thrillii g true story by Milton Marion Ki agman. University of Chicago Piofessor ad contributor to the FI Pa law enforcement bulletin, in 7 he American Weekly, the magai :ne distributed with next week a SUNDAY CHICAGO HERALD AMERICAN. <■ |

C. OF C. WILL MEET NEXT TUESDAY The Syracuse-Wawasee Community Chamber Os Commerce krill meet next Tuesday evening, 7 o’clock, at the Wawasee restaurant. The various committees for the year’s work will be named at this time. I < P. T. A. MEETS JAN. 1« The P. T.- A. will meet Wednesday evening, Jan. 16, at 8 p. in. in the high school auditorium. The couuty health nurse, Mrs. Dorothy Gottschalk will be the guest speaker and a movie on "Health” will be shown. The public is urged to attend. S. H. S. GOHB TO .MILFORD THIN FRIDAY NIGHT The Syracuse high school basketball teams go to Milford this Friday nigty, to meet the Milford* teams in a return game. Syracuse won the two games played here early in the season.- The Syracuse high school band will also go to Milford and play in a joint concert with the Milford band. CONSERV %TION CLUB MEETS JAN. loth The Wawasee Conservation club is scheduled to meet at The Journal office, Syracuse,. Thursday. Jan. 10th. ANNUAL COUNTY TOUR NEY JAN. 17 Claypool and North Webster high school’s cagesters will open the 1946 county tournament on Jan. the first game scheduled for 7 p. m. Thursday night. Drawings for the tourney were held Saturday morning at County Superintendent Glen Whifehead’s office. Harold Young, principal of Milford high school, presided over the meeting. Three games will be played Thursday night. Seven games will follow starting Friday at 1 p. m. Semi-finals will s(art at 1:30 p. m. Saturday, with the final game scheduled for 8 p. m. Saturday. The drawing placed all the strong teams in the county in the lower bracket. Warsaw plays Etna Green. Syracuse meets Beaver Dam, and. Pierceton engages Atwood. In the npper bracket Leesburg. Mentone and Silver Lake will stage a "dog-eat-dog” battle to meet Syracuse, Pierceton. Etna Green or Warsaw in the final contest. Syracuse Watch Syracuse, defending county champion, is favored to retain its crown. The Yeßowjackets have bowled over all county opposition. Major threat to the Wawasee lads retaining their#crown will some from Pierceton’s veteran-studded quintet. The complete drawing for the first round follows: Thursday Night; 7 p. m.—Claypool vs. North Webster. 8 p. m.—Leesburg vs. ‘Silver Lake. 9 p. m.—Milford vs. Mentone. ?. Friday Afternoon 1 p. m.—Etna Green vs. Warsaw. 2 p. m.—Beaver Dam vs. Syracuse. v 3 p. m,—Pierceton vs. Atwood. 4 p. m.—Burket vs. Sidney. SmitA Tourney Manager Principal Condict Smith, of Pierceton thigh school, is toui%ey manager. Lawrence Hudson, of Leesburg, will aet as official scorer, and Robert Ott, Mentone, will be the official timer. Committees for the tournament are: Glenn Longnecker, Leesburg; Owen M. Frey, Silver Lake, and Doyle G. Swanson. Atwood, officials and properties James W. Riley. Warsaw. Frank Sanders, Claypool, and Dale Kelley. Mentone, housing; Millard Taylor, Etna Green, Duard Conrad. Sidney and Shelby M. Caldwell, North Webster, admissions; Roland Ferverda. Beaver Dam. and Florin Williams, Burket, advertising and printing; Court Slabaugh. Syracuse, and Condict Smith, Pierceton, and Harold yYoung. Milford, finance. First named principal on each committee is its chairman. Claypool high school was awarded concession rights at the tourney on of >l4O.

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VETERAN’S SERVICE PAY EXEMPT FROM STATE TAX Indianapolis, Ind., Jan.—(Special) State treasurer Frank T. Millis acted today to assure returning veterans that Indiana wants no share of their sen ice pay. While more than a million other Hoosiers were preparing to pay the state grooss income tax on their 1945 earnings. Millis issued a statement to clarify the tax situation for men recently discharged from he armed forces. “All military pay to members of the armed forces—including the enlisted and commissioned; personnel of the United States army, navy, marine corps, coast guard and the women's auxiliaries of these branches —is wholly exempt und*yr the provisions of the Indiana Gross Income Tax Law," • Millis said. Also exempted by amendments enacted by the 1943 state legislature are allowasces in lieu of quarters and per diem payments to the enlisted man. government allowances to his dependents, pensions to the veterans or his widow, and veteran’s discharge or “mustering out” pay. Only veterans who will find it necessity to'file a° state tax report this month are those Who received independen income exceeding >I.OOO from cipilian sources such as rests, interest, dividends: and the sale of property or stock. However, Millis also pointed out that veterans who owed gross, income tax at the time they were inducted into the armed forces i have six monhs from the date or their discharge to pay their back taxes without penalty. All other residents of the state j whose income exceeded >I,OOO, must complete payment of the tax on their 1945 earnings by| Jan. 31. Tax blanks now are j available at all automobile 11cense branches and at most banks , and trust companies throughout! the state. i With The Sixth Army in Japan Private First Class George W. i Weikel of Syracuse, Indiana is re-j turning to the United States der the army’s redeployment plan j after serving 8 months ox'erseas' with Battery “B" 63rd Field Artillery Battalion of the 24th Infantry Division, a unit of General Walter Krueger s 6th Army now on occupation duty on the island of Shikoku, Japan. Private Weikel.' after graduation from high school, enlisted in the Regular Army in 1937 and served as a cadreyan at Fort Sill, Oklahoma until he was, shipped overseas to join his unit during the long Mindanao campaign, in the Philippines. His wife. Mrs. Leia Weikel. lives in Syracuse. ; Lieut. . and Mrs. James C. Stucky are residing in the home of her father, C. C. Bachman. Lieut. Stucfcy is here on terminal leave until Jan. 29. He entered the service in May, 1942, • and served i® thp Pacific theatre of war on an A. P. for twenty-eight months and remainder of the time on an A. K. S. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Stucky of Syracuse.

DEATHS ,-0 LEONARD J. NILES. .60, DIES SUDDENLY SUNDAY AT HIS HOME NEAR SYRACUSE Leonard J. Niles, aged 60 years, died suddenly at 8 a. m. Sunday at his home, one and onehalf miles southeast of ’Syracuse on road 13. Mr. Niles suffered a heart attack and passed away before a doctor could arrive. He was born in Noble county, March 6. 1885, the son of Bert and Lilly Niles, and had lived in the-Vicinity of Syracuse and Lake Wawasee all of his life. He was united in marriage May 4, 1938, to Ruth Scanlon, who survives. Also surviving are two brothers, Victor Niles and Melvin Niles, both df Syracuse. Funeral services were seld at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday at the Carr funeral home with Rev. J. •W. Jones, pastor of the United Brethren church ot Syracuse?, in charge. Interment was made in the Syracuse cemetery. Pearl Harbor, T. H.—A. W. Bickel. TMC3c, husband of Mrs. E. M. Bickel, of Syracuse, Ind., is one of 1,277 high-point Navy vetenum whim the Navy is returnig to the States for discharge aboard the I’.S.S. Sibley, on qt. tack transport of the Navy's famed “Magic Carpet” fleet. This ship left Guam, December 22, and .is scheduled to arrive in San Francisco about January 5. The U.S. S. Sibley participated in the inxasions of both Iwo Jima and Okinawa, and was one of the many attack transports which sent troops qshore on these important stepping stones to the Jap home islands. Ensign James Slabaugh left Monday for Port ■ Hueneme, Cal., after a 10-day leave here at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Court Slabaugh. Bell, first string guard on the S.H.S. Yellow Jacket basketball team, cracked a small bone in his elbow during the Webster game, and is carrying the arm in a sling. This may throw him out of the county tourney play.

\. LEARN TO RECOGNIZE and to Honor THIS EMBLEM Worn only by those honorably discharged from U. S. Armed Services. World War 11.

JAP SUBS ARRIVE AT PEAR HARBOR; CREWS AMERICAN Pearl Harbor, Jan. B—-(INS) Three Japanese submarines, two of them the largest submersibles in the world, were tied up today at Pearl Harbor. The mammoth underseas craft, manned by A.merican prize crews, arrived at the Hawaii base Sunday night after a 37-day Voyage from Sasebo Naval Base on Kyushu. Japan’s southernmost home island. The two larger Japanese submarines, three times., the size of the largest American submersible —are capable of launching four airplanes by catapault. American crewftien reported a rough trip from Japan. The gobs said that the awkward construction of the combination hangar and conning tower makes the roll excessively. The three subs were escorted on the Pacific voyage by the U.S.S. Greenalt. a submarine rescue vessel. Final disposition of the subs rests witli the joint allied chiefs of staff. Philip D. Brower, G, M. 2-c, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Brower. Syracuse and Louis Balsey, G. M. 2-c. son of 6 Mr. and Mrs. Leo Balsley, of Bremen, were members of the crew. On receiving favorable reports from viewers, the county commissioners Monday approved petitons fdr two county highways and assigned the projects to the highway department for construction. One was the Elmhurst Park road to Ohapman Lake. The other was the Quaker-Haven road running to Dewart lake, in Van Buren township, as petitioned by Leo B. Whitehead others. Goshen College 2nd Semester The second semester at Goshen College will start Jan. 18th, with the greatest enrollment in the history of the institution, according to E. E ; Miller, president. Announce Engagement sr. Clee Hibschman announces the engagement of his daughter, Martha, to ■William Thomas Franks, son of Mr. Frank Franks, of Wawauke, Ind. No date has been set for the wedding. CHURCH OF BRETHERN Jan. 13th announcements: Rev. Noble Bowman, pastor. Lavon Symensma, supt. Sunday school-9:30 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m. Evening meeting at 7 o’clock. Hon. O. R. Miller, as state administrator and field secretary of the Anti-Liquor association, an ex-membeisof the Oklahoma state, legislature will speak at the Church of the Brethren aJp. 13 at 10:30 a.m. He is one-of God's heroic men and has the courage of his convictions. Anyone in town or community who has something tp give for the sale at Goshen Feb. 1, please call or leave word with Leonard Barnhart and arrangements will be made to get it to Goshen on day ■ of sale. All labor is donated. All I money goes to buy oatmeal to send to the Starving people in Holland. At our Sunday evening: meeting Jan. 6th a otal of >124.50 was collected for this fund. I We thank' the Eby Gospel Quar-1 tette who fqrnished the evening program. About 175 people were present. , TRINITY EVANGELICAL Karl Tauber, pastoir. . I. J. Byland, 8. S. supt. Sunday school 9:45 a.m. Worship service 10:45 a.m. E. Y. F. at 6:30 p m. Evening worship 7:30. There will be an election of three trustees and a class leader at 10:30 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 13. METHODIST C3HWRCH Claude M. Fawns, minister. WoHhip at 10 a.m. Theme\ "Committment for Service.” Music by the choir. Junior church at 11 a.m. Youth Fellowship 11 a.m. Church School at 11 a.m. Group Conference on Visitation at Goshen, First Church, at 2;30 p.m. Sunday. Choir rehearsal each Thursday evening. - t _ I

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State Bank Has Splendid Growth i During the past three years the assets of The State Bank of Syracuse, have more than doubled, it is shown by a comparison of the statement of condition. Assets on Dec. 31, 1941 were >688,005.26 and Dec. 31, 1945, are published as >1,765,814.75. Deposits during the same period have risen from >603,328.24 in 1941, to >1,656,202.11 in 1945. « This great increase in deposits is the more remarkable in view of the fact that the people of this community have at the same time purchased more than two million dollars worth of war bonds. On Dec. 31, 1934, the deposits of this bankL were >114,828.50. ' Deposits were more than doubled the first two-year period, and in 1940 went over the half million mark. * Assets a year ago were >1,448,320.94 and increased during 1945 by more than >300,000.00. The bank purchased U.S. Bonds in 1943, a total of >299,050.00; in 1944, >354,900.00, and in 1945, >147.100.00. Annual Election Tuesday night the stockholders of the bank met in their annual meeting. The stockholders were .presented with a letter of resignation from Stephen Freeman, who has been a director in the present bank since its formation and was president of the fornjer institution. Mr. Freeihan asked to be relieved as a director, due' t<y" the difficulties he experiences in. hearing, and hiq advancing age. Mr. Freeman’s resignation was accepted by the stockholders with regret. He has served the bank with great zeal, attending meetings of directors and giving his time and endeavors. The stockholders, and the public, have always placed great trust in Mr. Freeman’s judgment and officials of the bank have found him cooperative in every respect Officials elected Tuesday night were Charles H. Purdum, president; Noble C. Blocker, cashier; Lois Schleeter, teller; Mary L. Blocker, teller; Esther Nolan, bookkeeper and stenographer, and Jean Collier, bookkeeper. Directorsn amed were: Charles H. ■ Purdum, Donald Vandeveer, Ralph E. Thornburg, Aaron A. Rasor, and Noble C. Blocker was named to take the place of Mr. Freeman, who resigned. CHURCH OF GOD Pastor—Rev. Herman Hedges. S. S.. Supt.—Albert Troup. Sunday school at 10 a.m. Worship services at 11 a. m. and 7:00 p.m. , Everyone is urged to go to Mt. Tabor this Thursday evening. * ' 8. 8. Class Meets The Wide Awake Sunday school class of the Church of God met Tuesday night with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Troup. After a business session and entertainment, the group was served with ice cream and cake 1 at Wayne Grill. Everyone had a very nice time. GRACE EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH Rev. E. A. Slottag, pastor. Sunday. Jan. 6: school 10 a.m. Church service 11:15 a.m. Monday, Jan. 7: Pitch-ln dinner to be followed annual Congregational meeting. GRACE EVANGKMCAL LUTHERAN CHURCH Rev. E. A. Slottag, pastor. Syracuse U. B. Church Pastor, J. W. Jones, Phone 1,52 Supt. S. A. Bauer. Bible School, 9:45 a. m. Worship service at 11:00 a. m. and 7:00 p. m. Prayer service 7:30 p- m - Thursday. z lf you do not attend church elsewhere, you are invited to worship at the U. B. ’ ZION CHAPEL U. B. CHURCH. M. B. Knisel, pastor. Sunday school 10 a.m., SherMorning worship 11 o'clock, man Deaton, supt.