Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 41, Number 31, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 31 May 1946 — Page 1

Syracuse-W awaseeJournal

Volume 41.

To Establish Laboratory Near Here EARLHAM COLLEGE PLANS FOR ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND IN INDIANA. Richmond, Ind—Earlham college will establish a field laboratory this summer for the study of biology and the natural sciences at Dewart Lake, near Syracuse, Ind. Homer J. Coppock, of Chicago, and Aaron Napier, pastor of the Friends Meeting at Winchester, and director of the Quaker Haven conference ground at Dewart Lake, assisted the college in obtaining the land upon which the field station Is w be established. Mr. and Mrs. Coppock and Mr. Napier are former Earlham students. A considerable part of the land was presented to Earlham by Mr. J and Mrs. Coppock. Other land has been made available through the Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends. A small point of land and several acres of submerged land particularly suited to biological studies is being purchased by Earlham. College officials hope that materials will be available to build a laboratory this summer to accommodate some 20 students. There is ample room for the later expansion of the laboratory. As soon as possible, it is expected that dormitory facilities for 30 students will be erected on the ground presented by Mr. and Mrs. Coppock. When established, this field laboratory will be the only one of | its kind in Indiana offering undergraduate courses of study. Indiana University maintains the only other station at Winona Lake, which is being used for research. Plans are under way for two courses in biology to be taught at the laboratory this summer. They are limnology, the study of the biology of lakes, ponds, and streams: and aquatic biology, the identification of the plants and animals of the region. The course will run during the month of July, under the direction of Prof. Murvel R. Garner of the Earlham department, of biology. Prof. Millard S. Markle, professor of biology at Earlham, will direct special work in botany. Professors Markle and Garner state that Dewart Lake is a par-1 ticularly good location for the laboratory, because of its unusu- > ally rich plant and animal life and because it is near the boundary of the Mississippi and St. Lawrence ’watersheds. Also, as the lake has not become a •‘resort” lake, the natural life forms inhabiting it have not been disturbed. This summer, Earlham students who are studying at the laboratory will be housed by the Quaker Haven conference officials. TEN WILL MEET DEATH OVER MEMORIAL DAY, STATE POLICE HEAD PREDICTS TODAY Col. Austin R. Killian, superintendent of state police, today pre- i dieted that at least ten traffic fatalities will climax Memorial holiday motor trips. He warned that crowds enroute to and from the 500-mlle automobile race in Indianapolis, May 30. will heighten highway hazards. The police official requested vaca-tion-bound Hoosiers to observe speed limits and to drive carefully. Indiana enjoyed perfect traffic records on Memorial Day in the past two years, when travel was curtailed by gasoline and tire ra-. Honing. In pre-war years, the holiday death toll averaged ten to 12 victims. Eighty state police troopers will be assigned to aid Indianapolis and Speedway City police in controlling the thousands expected to attend the racing event, Capt. Ivan L. Miller, field operations division director, will be in charge. Other parts of the state will be adequately patrolled by troopers. Colonel Killian said. 1 • Library Open Wednesday Eve The Syracuse Library is now open on Wednesday evenings from 7 to 9 o'clock.

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H. S. BAND MAKES TRIP TO MARION Last Sunday, the Syracuse high school band went to Marion. Ind., with the drum and bugle corps, to take part in the memorial services for the war veterans at the hospitals and homes. • j A picnic lunch was held at the grounds of —the institution at Marion. The parade was made up of about 30 different bands. Girl and Boy Scouts troops, drug and bugle corps. Legion men and other groups. The line of march was about a mie and a guarter j through the grounds. After the parade sandwiches, orangeade and chocolate milk was served. The Grant county band gfve a special concert. This band has over 200 members. VAST SUMS FOR NEW HIGHWAYS IN STATE, NATION PWA Announces Apportionment Os SSOO Million; Indiana Will Receive .$24,000,000 For Roads The Public Works Administration late last week announced apportionment of $500,000,000 in federal funds to the states for highway development during fiscal 1947. The money was the second half-1 billian dollar portion of the $1.500,-1 000.000 authorized by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944. It will be available beginning July 1. this year, and may be allotted to specific projects any time during the next two years. The initial SSOO million authori- | zation under the act.became available last OctobCY when Congress ruled that the war emergency had abated sufficiently to permit the Public Roads Administration and the States to start on post-war highway construction. Philip B. Fleming, Federal Works Administrator, said the third $500,000,000 will become available on or about July 1, 1947. Amounts appropriated to states included; Indiana: Highways .«. $5,403,402.00 Secondary roads. .. 3.623.057.00 Urban ........... 3,065.734.00 Total $12,092,193.00 —J-— . REV. FAWNS RETURNED — REV. PURDY TO VAN BUREN The Rev. Claude M. Fawns was returned as pastor of the Syracuse Methodist church this week, al the annual conference held at Mishawaka. The Rev. Travis Purdy, former pastor here who left the local charge to enter the army as a chaplain, was assigned the Van ■ Buren. Ind., charge. Rev. and Mrs. Purdy and daughter expect I to leave here in about two weeks, i Patient at Veterans Hospital, William Kern is a pattent in the veterans hospital at Indianapolis for observation and treatment.

Syracuse, Indiana, Friday, May 31, 1946.

Holloway - Stummer Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Holloway received word this week of the marriage of their daughter, Marilyn, to S 1-c Herbert Stummer, of Syracuse, N. Y. The ceremony took place May 18th at Jacksonville. Fla. The bride is a graduate of Sy- • racuse high school and has re-! cently been employed in South | Bend. Ind. Seaman Stummer has I served in the Atlantic fleet over [ two years. Mrs. Stummer will remain in Green Cove Springs. Fla., with her husband while he | is stationed there. American Legion Auxiliary Meets The American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 223 met Tuesday evening at the Legion hall. Mrs. •N. H. Blough, treasurer, reported that the unit took in $175.41 from the j sale of poppies last Saturday. Mrs. O. G. Carr, service sales chairman, reported thirty felt j hats had been sent to the veterans hospital at Marion for the patients to use in their hand work. Mrs. Mary E. Lease, district president, of Valparaiso, spoke. Other guests from Valparaiso were Mrs. Iris Ridgeway, district secretary. Mrs. Nellie Long and Mrs. Adda Guillaum. Refreshments were served by the hostesses, Mrs. Melvin Dillen and Mrs. Duane Bauer. « KNIGHTS TEMPLAR WILL ATTEND SYRACUSE CHURCH ON ASCENSION DAY Next Sunday the Warsaw Commandery, Knights Templar, will observe Ascension day by attending morning services at the Syra- j cuse Methodist church and by holding a dinner and program at | the Johnson hotel. Lake Wawasee, ’ for members and their families. Ascension day—the 40th day following Easter—this year coincides with Memorial day. $0 STATE TROOPERS FOR MOTOR SPEEDWAY RACE State Police Superintendent Aus-I tin Killian today urged strict ob- | servance of state driving regula-: tions during the Memorial Day. week end. "Highways will be crowded beyond normal capacity,” he said. Killian said a special detachment of 80 State Troopers and a dosen plain clothesmen will be assigned to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway race. Adequate troopers will patrol highways throughout the state, he informed the public. BIRTHS Mr and Mrs. Robert Haines, of Warsaw, are the parents of a 7pound, 4-ounce son, Steven Robert, born Monday morning at the Murphy medical center. Mrs. Haines was formerly Miss Bette Baugher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Baugher, of Syracuse.

FORMER SYRACUSAN WILL SPEAK AT BACCALAUREATE

Oxford, Ohio, May 30.—The Rev. R. Dale LeCount, former minister for 14 years at the College Hill Presbyterian church in Cincinnati and now minister of the Sixth Avenue Presbyterian church of Birmingham, Ala., will be guest speaker at the Western College Baccalaureate services, to be held Sunday, June 2, at 11 a.m. in the Kumler memorial chapel. Dr. LeCount’s sermon is entitled “Ways of Being Original.” Bom in Syracuse, Indiana, Dr. LeCount received his A. B. degree from Hanover college. He was graduated from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago and received his Doctor of Divinity from Cedarville College in Ohio. He has studied at the famous New College in Edinburgh. Scotland, at the American School of Oriental Research at Jerusalem, and has served as one of the Exchange preachers under the authority of the Federal Council of Churches of Great Britain. Active in the civic life of Birmingham. Dr. LeCount is chaplain for the Shrine Samora Temple and the childrens hospital. President Philip E. Henderson, of Western College, recently announced that Dr. LeCount has become a member of the Board of Trustees of the college.

IN HONOR OF * OUR SOLDIERS ★ (The following appeared in May 23 issue of the Milford Mail, written by Mrs. James Biller, Route 2, Milford, Ind., in honor of our soldiers who are gone, and in memory of her son, Jesse Biller, who is gone but not forgotten.) SLEEP, SOLDIER. SLEEP! The clear notes of the bugle Call thee no more to the heat of the fray; Bright o’er thy resting place, grave of the hero, Blooms the fair wreaths of Memorial Day, Under the sod which thy life’s blood has hallowed, Under the flag you so long fought to save. Sleep. Soldier, Sleep! The Nation pays homage today to the brave. SOLDIER IN BLUE Who gave his life for the Union, Soldier of Southland who fought in the gray: Under one flag you are sleeping today, Garlands of laurel and garlands of willows Strew we today on the graves of the dead. Sleep, Soldier, Sleep Thy welfare is over. Sleep, Soldier, Sleep, Rest thee in peace In thy low narrow bed. SLEEP. SOLDIER. SLEEP! Over the grave in the jungle Love stands guard through the lone hours of the night; Honor stands guard through the heat: Thou has fought for God and the right Millions will kneel in deep prayer for tahee, Giving your lifeblood for humanity's sake. Thou hast died for thy brother. Sleep. Soldier, Sleep. SLEEP, SOLDIER. SLEEP! The bright flag of the Union Still proudly floats o’er the land and the sea. Banner of truth, the flag of the free. Sleep, Soldier, Sleep. 1 Lay we today on the graves of the dead. Sleep, Soldier, Sleep. For the hands of the living Garlands will lay on the Nation's brave dead. On L U. HONOR ROLL Margaret W. Miles, of Syracuse, was on Indiana University’s scholastic honor roll for the first semester of the present school year, it was announced by Registrar T. I A. CooksonThree hundred and fifty-six I. U. students won scholastic honors, with 253 women and 103 men.

A TO A GOLD STAR MOTHER ★ You have given the world ♦he best you had At the call of a country's need. Part of your body and part of your soul, For a cause that is now a creed. Lift high your head in holy pride, In your gift that the world might live. Pity the women who love their land—and had no son to give. —Author Unknown. CIVILIZATION! At last, the Clouds of War Are Broken! , Our Ships The Sunlight of Peace is Smiling its Promises upon the Earth. And while Spring unveils her Eyes. Unlocks her seeds and buds, Unfolds her mystic Flowers; It is very fitting, That we take the Gifts Os her lavished Hand, To lay upon the stilled, The resting Hearts of those we adore, - We unforget tingly love and cherish. And were we to place a wreath, Upon the grave Os of those we love today. This World Would be covered with flowers; As if, by the blossoming souls Os our Comrades, who still lie, Scattered, where they fell; Upon every foreign shore, And fathoms down, in every sea. These are the tokens, We have left, of Heart’s Desire; Our Gifts to Eternity; Our Sons, Young Husbands, Sweethearts, and Brothers; Who were brushed from their dreams, Before they had a chance To see the sunrise, upon the fruits Os their glowing energies. These are the Monuments Os a New Civilization, We now so Graciously Dedicate to the Universe, From the Planet, Glorified with their Renown! And here we stand, To solemnly Pledge; That these Young Hearts Shall not have bled in vain; That their Youthful Dreams Shall not.be torn and swept away For no good reason; That the Love they gave Shall not die, unanswered; The Fires that stirred the emotions Os their Souls, Shall Not Perish; But rekindle in a Flame As loyal for their Kindred, Their Generation, and the Future; ; To which they so Rightfully belong; For which they have so Dearly, so Early, So Valiantly, given us, This Peaceful Day! —Author Unknown. FAULTY MUFFLERS MUST BE REPLACED Motorists who continue to operate their cars with damaged mufflers will be given orders to make repairs Immediately, a member of the state police department announced this week. Motorists are urged to replace their faulty mufflers at once and i avoid the embarrassment of being .ordered so to do by the State POr lice department.

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Memorial Day Service Held Here SYRACUSE LEGION POST IS IN CHARGE OF ELABORATE MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES Syracuse and community will observe Memorial Day this year, and on Thursday, May 30, tae American Legion will conduct the Memorial Day exercises, witu Commander Roscoe C. Howard as master of ceremonies and Ronald Kramer as marshal of the day. Mr. Walter E. Fredericks, of Ft. . Wayne, will deliver the memorial day address. He is a veteran of world war 11, and served in the U. S. Navy. The Rev. Claude M. Fawns, pastor of the Meithodist church, will pronounce the benediction. The program follows: The entire program will be given at the Syracuse cemetery, following the parade, unless the weather is bad. In tihat event the services will be held at the high school auditorium, followed by the parade to the cemetery, and the graveside ceremony. The line of march for the parade (starting at 2 p.m.) is as follows; 1. Colors, guided by the Marshall of the day. 2. Wawasee Drum & Bugle corps. 3. Firing squad. 4. American Legion Commander and staff. y 5. Civil war veterans. 6. Spanish-American war vets. 7. American Legion members. 8. American Legion Auxiliary. 9. Boy Scouts. (There being no Cub Scouts at present, it is urged that all boys of this age group, march in back * of Boy Scouts. Those interested see Charles Kroh.) 10. Girl Scouts. 11. All other organizations, including church, fraternal, civic groups. 12. All other civilians. 13. High School band. 14. School children. All organizations participating will be ready to start parade at 2 p.m. sharp. All children assemble at Grade School building, on Harrison I street, north of Main street. All veterans, auxiliary members, assemble at Legion home. All Scouts assemble at Library building, on Harrison street. AU, other organizations assemble east from intersection of Harrison and Main streets, in order of line of march schedule. ARMY CLOSES NLNE SEPARATION CENTERS INCLUDING CAMP ATTERBURY The War Department Sunday night announced the closing’of 9 of the Army service forces’ separation centers and said six others will be closed by July 31. It said the action was made possible by i the discharge of 7,074,000 troops from V-E Day tihru April 30. Centers already closed include Fort Des Moines, lowa, and Fort Knox, Ky. Centers to be closed toy the end of July include Camp Atterbury, Indiana, and Camp McCoy, Wisconsin. The Army stated that the 18 ASF Separation Centers still in “operation will be able to process all the May and June discharges necessary to bring the strength of the Army on July 1 to the required figure of 1,550,000. GOVERNOR PROCLAIMS SHUT-IN’S DAY, SUNDAY, JUNE 2 Governor Ralph F. Gates has issued a statement proclaiming Sunday, June 2nd, as Shut-In's Day througout Indiana. All citizens ! are urged to observe the occasion by visiting, writing letters, or in ‘ any other manner extending cheer [to our handicapped friends and neighbors. With thousands of our injured veterans already returned and many others return- ' ing, this day takes on a new meaning and reminds us of a new responsibility and opportunity to 3 spread cheer and extend fellowship to the handicapped and shut-in.