Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 42, Number 43, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 1 August 1947 — Page 1

Volume 42

Volunteer Fire Dept Adds 20 New Members

About 25 members and prospective members of Fhe volunteer fire department met at the grade school Tuesday night. The members of the town board and the township trustee were also present. The purpose of the meeting was to get some action at once on the volunteer fire department that would assure a full crew at every fire and to start some training for the volunteers on how to operate the equipment. Considerable discussion was held i as to who would be selected fire chief After .two members refused to allow their names to go before the group. Joe Rapp was continued as the fire chief. Lloyd Disher. Bill Rex and On al Snobarger were selected as assistant chiefs, and Dick Ball as secretary-treasurer The fire chief and assistants were to meet Wednesday with a citizens committee named last week, consisting of Dick Ball. Laucks Xanders and Walter Strader, to formulate'a pianos training and outline equipment needed to be presented to the town board at its next meeting.

SILVER LAKE DEFEATS SYRACUSE BALI. TEAM A Silver Lake softball team of high school boys defeated the Syracuse team here Sunday 3 to 1 Syracuse scored in the third, and Silver lake one in the first and two runs in the fourth inning. Blocker walked six and had five strike o’ ts. Syracuse connected for four hits to one for Silver l«ake. Each team made three error*. (X»MI’I.ETE TRAINING Max L Howard. USN. son of Mr and Mrs Lark Howard of Syracuse. Ind . has completed recruit training at the Naval Training Center, San Diego, Calif., and has been advanced to seaman, second class. Recruit training is the sharp break between civilian and Naval life in which the new Navy man learns the fundamental principles of a sailor’s life In the course of his training, the recruit is taught seamanship. Navy customs and terms, basic ordance and gunnery, signaling and navigation He learns proper diving and swimming, life saving, and shipboard fire fighting. Upon completion of his training the recruit is assigned either to units of the fleet or to a service school for specialized training. PETITION FOR DRAIN Evelyn H. Mier and 33 other land owners have filed a petition in circuit court asking construction of a drain in Turkey Creek township and southern Elkhart county and the petition has been set for docketing Aug 9. The petitioners f seek widening and deepening of the main open drain ||ver the route of Lateral A of the old Fred Hinderer ditch which runs generally northwest from the extreme northeast corner of Turkey Creek township in Elkhart county; an open arm over the course of the present Admiral P. Jones ditch to the main ditch; and a tile arm, to the tiled arm over the course of the present Baker arm of the Admiral P. Jones ditch to empty into the Jones ditch, with replacement of broken tile.

WINS FIRST IN BATON (X*NTKST JVLY 2B Sasha Ann Hire won first in open competition for junior girls in the baton twirling contest held in connection with the music festival at the International Friendship Gardens. Michigan City. Ind., on July 2«th. Gaylord Jones will leave Sunday to attend the Dr. Salsbury' Laboratory school for one week at Columbus. Ohio. 1 MIDKN — RANKIN In a quiet ceremony which took at 11: SO a. m. Saturday at the All Saints chapel at Lake Wawasee. George William Ogden, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Russell Ogden, of Louisville. Ky.. and Uke Wawasee. took as his bride Miss Marilyn Rankin, daughter of Walter Rankin, of Chicago, and Mrs. Donald Ferguson, of Minneapolis. Minn.

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No. 43

Weddings

BRYAN—WILT Miss Betty Lee Wilt, of Syracuse. daughter of Mrs. Fletcher Marsh, and of Joel Wilt, both of i Syracuse, became the bride of John A. Bryan, son of George E. Bryan, and the late Mrs. Bryan, of Ligonier, at 8:30 o'clock Friday evening. July 29. in a single ring ceremony read by the Rev. Claude Fawns in the First Methodist church at Syracuse, in the presence of 200 guests. The church which was lighted uy candles, was decorated with ferns, palms and baskets of white gladioli and the pews had white bows and white gladioli. Mrs. Hilary Bachman, organist, played a group of bridal aires. as the guests were being seated and accompanied Mrs. Fred Cla/k. who sang ‘’Through The Years” and "God Ghve Me You." Miss Doris Davis, of Syracuse, was maid of honor and Susan Wilcox, also of Syracuse, was flower girl. Max Ullery. of Ligonier. was best man and John Gates and Richard Sack, both of Ligoniet. were ushers. ' ■ . ■ The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a white satin gown with a marquisette yoke outlined in seed pearl embroidery with a long fitted bodice and full skirt with a short train. She wore a cap of Chantilly lace, finger-tip veil and carried a bouquet of white gladioli. Her maid of honor wore a powder blue gown, a net hat and mitts and carried pink rebrum lilies. The flower girl wore a floor length pink dotted swiss dress and scattered rose petals. A reception was held in the home of Mr. and Mrs Joel Wilt, for about 80 guests and the Misses Barbara Carwile. Jean Myers. Margaret Marsh, of Syracuse and Mrs. Max Ullery. of Ligonier, served. Mrs. Bryan is a graduate of Syracuse high school arid attended Northwestern University. She is employed in the office of the Wilt Industries. Her husband was graduated from Milford high school and attended Purdue University. He was in the air force three years in the Pacific area. He is now employed at the Ligonier post office. After a short wedding trip they will live in a Syracuse apartment, moving to Ligonier later to make their permanent residence.

( HIU'OTK—TOM In a pretty home wedding which took place at three o'clock Sunday afternoon. Miss, Eueen Tom. daughter of Mrs. George Tom. of Syracuse. Route 3. and the late Mr. Tom. exchanged vows with Jay Chilcote. son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Chilcote. of Elkhart. Ferns and bouquets of pink gladioli banked the improvised • altar before which the bridal party stinni a=> Rev Howard Kreider, pastor of the New Salem church of the Brethren read the double ring service. A suit of white gabardine was worn by the bride Her accessories were in white and her corsage was of yellow roses. Mrs. David Cavanaugh, of Elkhart. sister of the bridegroom, the matron of honor, was attired in a suit of moss green. Her accessories were also in white and pink carnations were used in her corsage. David Cavanaugh attended the bridegroom as best man. Following the reception held immediately after the ceremony. Mr and Mrs. Chilcote left on a two- weeks' motor trip through Wisconsin and Minnesota. Tpon their return they will be at home in their newly furnished house at 113 State street- in Elkhart. Mr. Chilcote is employed al Elkhart. He was graduated from the Elkhart high school. During the late war he served for two years with the armed forces being stationed overseas tn the South Pacific area. Mrs Chilcote. who Is a graduate of the Syracuse high school, is also in Elkhart. Preceding the ceremony a dinner was served at high noon to 30 guests which included the near relatives of the couple. Arrangements of asters decorated . the bride s table which was cen- ■ tered with the large three-tiered I wedding cake.

Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Rex and family, of Elkhart, spent Sunday with the former's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Rex.

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Social News-Local Happenings

Deanna Denton, of Durant. la., is visiting her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Vansickle. Ross Osborn has returned from Climax. Colo., where he visited his son, Voyle Osborn and family. A picnic dinner was served Tuesday in the home of Mr. and. Mrs. Alva Nicolai in honoring the birthdays of Mrs. Nicolai and Mrs. Cora Kyle, of Elkhart and Mrs. Ercie Reed, of Mishawaka. Other guests were Mrs. Hannah Emmons., of Mishawaka and gran’son. RobeFt Rolcie. of South Bend; Mrs. Essa Gertsch and son Owen, of Chicago, and Rev. and Mrs. Canada from Ohio.

Mr. and Mrs. Edison Witmer are the parents of a baby daughter. Cheryl Ann. born July 27. at the Lucky hospital in Wolf Lake. The mother is the former Betty Henwood. Mr. and Mrs. George Henwood from Waterloo. lowa, are spending their vacation at the home of Lee Henwood, this week. Mr. and Mrs. Horton C. Dodds, of Syracuse, are the parents of a son by Caesareai section at the Goshen hospital. Mrs. Hugh Causer was hostess to the in her home Tuesday. A pot luck dinner w»s served. Shirley and Mary Frances Thompson, of Logansport, are spending two weeks with their grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Elkins.

The cottage owners of Rainey’s Court held a pot luck supper on the lawn of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Houser Saturday evening in honor of the Houser s sixteenth wedding anniversary. Those attending included the Housers and daughters. Lois and Ruth. Mr and Mrs Earl Louderback. Mr. and Mrs Russell Cooper, Mrs Emma Cooper. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thornburg, and daughter Barbara. Beverly Berry. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Martin. Ed Shorndorfor. Mrs. Mary Mager and granddaughters. Sally and Barba?. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rainey. Carl Conrad. Mr Vn Meter and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph DeLong and son. David After supper the guests presented Mr and Mrs Houser with an electric clock.

Carrie Beckner of Elkhart spent several days in the home of her cousin. Mrs. Stella Miles. Mr. and Mrs. James Hurlbut and two children, of Chicago, were guests from Friday until Monday of Mr. and Mrs. J A. Pettit and family. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Swickard. of Toledo. O-. were guests of relatives here Sunday. Lloyd Disher and A. J. Thibadeaux left Wednesday for Vermont. Mr. Thibodeaux expects to visit relatives there several weeks and Mr. Disher is delivering a Liberty trailer to a dealer there.

Miss Frances Becknell,, of Chicago. is h house guest Os Mrs. May Kindig as also are Mr. and Mrs. E G. Becknell of Santa Cruz. Calif . who have just returned to Syracuse after a trip through the Eastern states and Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Becknell. who have been visiting Mrs. Kindig for several weeks expect to start on their return to California byway of The Soo. Yellowstone Park and Puget Sound Point, next weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Pfingst spent last weekend at Dayton, 0.. with their son, Colonel W. K. Pfingst. who was leaving on Tuesday morning for Muroc Army Air Base in California. He will have his temporary headquarters at this base for three or four months, while being in charge of a special technical project. Mrs Pfingst. Mrs. A. L. Miller and daughter. Frances, left on Monday for California to deliver Colonel Pfingst's car to him. They expect to visit friends and relatives before their return home. The Syracuse bridge club spon-' sored a lovely luncheon at the South Shore Inn Tuesday noon. Following the luncheon, bridge played at Jen tables with eleven prizes being awarded for high scores. Besides the club members, guests were present from Wakarusa. Maxwelton Manor. Kale Island, Pickwick Park and the south side of Lake Wawasee

Mrs Zella Leacock returned to Chicago after a week's visit in the home of her sister. Mrs. Merle Harkless. Owen Strieby and son. of Chicago, were overnight ! guests in the Harkless home last Friday. Forty-nine attended the Rook-1 stool family reunion held Sunday at the Alva Nicolai home. Mrs Dora Bickel of Elkhart, was elected president for 1348 and Mrs. Paul Culler, secretary-treas-urer. Plans were made to hold the reunion next year at Studebaker Park in Elkhart. The Good Samaritan class of the Lakeside E. V. B. church will have a bake sale Saturday. Aug 2 at the Journal office. Dr Fred Prow, of Bloomington, is spending this week here in the home of her daughter. Mrs. Fred Clark. Mr and Mrs. Wm Fulk spent Thursday in the home of their son. Hugh Fulk and family, in LaOtto. Ind. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Irvine, of Detroit, were weekend guests of Mrs Irvine’s sister. Mrs. Edith ' Harley. i “The young people of the Church of the Brethren gave a 1 surprise party for Ray Darr at , his home last Friday evening. Rav fractured his hip last February and is now abk to walk on > crutches.

lAM AL LIBRARIAN IS GIVEN INTENSIVE TRAINING COURSE Miss Ethel Bowser, local public librarian. has returned home after completing the six weeks Summer Library Training Course at the Indiana State Library’ at Indianapolis. June 9 to July 18. The course of study covered the entire field of public library work, including Library Adminis- I tration and Laws. Book Selection. Cataloguing. Reference, and Children's Work. The program, sponsored by the Indiana Library Association, was given under the direction of Mr. Harold F. Brigham. director, and Miss Hazel B. Warren, chief of the extension division. Twenty-three librarians, who took the course and are in as many libraries in the smaller cities and towns throughout the state, are eligible to become Certified Public librarians, subject to approval by the State Certification Board, and membership in I. L. A. Instructors for the course were the department heads of the State Library, supplemented by lectures, inspirational and informative talks by faculty members of Indiana University and also librarians from the Bloomington. Ind., and Indianapolis Public libraries. While the library course itself provided the technical training needed to perform the routine duties of a librarian, much inspirational information was given as to the possibilities for real public service to the entire community. Miss Bowser reports it to have been a real privilege to have studied at our State library, and to have had the unlimited facili- ’ s to study in all departments, plus the continued use of these facilities in connection with the work as librarian in the service to the people of our community.

Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Moreland and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Moreland, of near Muncie, were visitors in the Crist Darr home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. N J. Smith, of Dalesville. returned home with them, after spending the. past week in the Darr home. Mrs. Lily Hoopingarner is suffering with a fractured rikht wrist. ’ i* Mr. and Mrs. Milton Stininger. of Mount Corey, Ohio, visited Sunday afternoon in the home of the latter's aunt. Mrs. Ada PfingSt. Mr. and Mrs Stininger were enroute to Wisconsin for a vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sloan and daughter. Norma Jean. Mr. and Mrs. John Holloway and daughter Elinor. John Connolly. Harold Kltson. Pel Clayton. Mr. and Mrs. Hallie Holloway and Mrs. Herbert Stummer attended the Noble County Saddle club horse show at Albion. Sunday. John Connolly rode Black Beauty owned by William Sloan and won fourth place and ribbons. John Holloway rode Tony, owned by Hallie Holloway, and won third place and ribbons.

ATTENDING STATE <M>N\ ENTON THIS WEEKEND AT INDIANAPOLIS Many members of Wawasee Post 223 and the Drum and Bugle Corps are attending the State Convention of the American Legion at Indianapolis. August 2. 3 and 4. The Drum and Bugle Corps has been practicing twice weekly under the direction of Merle Smiht. National Champion Baton Twlrler and Drum Major, who will be on the field with the drum corps during the state convention. Twelve drum and bugle corps are expected to take part in the competition. DEER SEEN JUST NORTH OF SYRACUSE Robert Howard, manager of the Ketering store here, last Friday saw a full grown deer cross the road near the Vail farm, north of Syracuse. Mr. Howard said the deer, a doe. bounded off over a fence and through a field. FORMER RESIDENT HERE DIKS WEDNESDAY Mrs. Lena Theis. 94, died at 4:30 p. m. Wednesday at the Haven. Hubbard Home’ near New Carlisle. She was born Nov. 10. 1852 in Germany, the daughter of Jergen and Rebecca Soltau. In 1874 she was married to Jacob Theis in Minnesota, and he died in 1937. Mrs. Theis was a member of the vangelical church for eighty-four yvant and a member of the Trinity- Evangelical U. B. church in Syracuse for ten years. Prior to going to the Haven Hubbard Home in the spring of 1943. she resided with her brother. Peter Soltau at Oakwood Park. Surviving are two brothers. George Soltau, of Minnesota and Peter Soltau, now at the Haven Hubbard Home. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p. nT in the Trinity E. V. B. church here. Rev. Karl Tauber, will officiate and burial will be made in Syracuse cemetery. Friends may call at the Roher Funeral Chapel in New Paris until the hour of the service. 6 MRS. HARVEY tiALL Mrs, Stella Catherine Gall. 62. wife of Harley -Gall, four miles northwest of Syracuse. died Thursday at 10:30 p. m. at their hail been bedfast since June when she underwent an operation for removal of a cancer. Mrs. Gall was born Oct. 27, 1874. in Marshall county, daughter of Daniel and Fannie Lender, and she married Mr. Gall Feb. 7. 1904. They had resided in the same community for many years. Mrs. Gall was a member of the Bethany Church of the Brethren Surviving in addition to Mr. Gall are two sons, Daniel, of NewParis; and Fred, of Syracuse; a daughter Mrs. William Weybrigh.t of New Paris; 10 grandchildren, a sister. Mrs. Kelsey Miller, of Bourbon; and two brothers, Adam Lender, of Bourbon and Noah Lemler. of Nappanee. ' - Funeral services were held Sunday at 2:00 P- m. at the Bethany church, the Rev. Galen Bowman officiating Burial in New Paris cemetery. ,

C HARLES BISHOP. St. LAKE WAWASEE. DIES Charles E. Bishop. 81. proprietor of the Wawasee Marine Supply Company near Sargent’s hotel on the north shore of Lake Wawasee. died at 12:10 a. tp Friday, July 25, at the Alfran Nursing Home near Fierceton. Death was caused by infirmities of age. Born March 3. 1885 >at NewRussia. N. Y„ Mr. Bishop had been a resident of Lake Wawasee most of his life. He operated a boat livery at what was called Bishop's Landing for many years. He was a member of the Methodist church and Masonic lodge at Syracuse. Surviving are a son. Charles Irving Bishop, of Syracuse; two grandchildren, and a sister. Mrs. Viola McGregor, of South Haven. Mieh. Mr. Bishop’s wife died two years ago. Funeral services were held at 2:30 p- m. Sunday at the Carr funeral home in Syracuse. The Rev. Claude M Fawns officiated and burial was made in the Syracuse cemetery. Syracuse Lodge No. 454. F. & A. M.. had charge of services at the grave.

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Police Recover Auto Stolen Here Saturday

Roy Glen Pool, 37, and Gerald Clark. 25. two B. & O. railroad workers, appeared before Judge A. Sloane in Kosciusko circuit court Monday forenoon and entered pleas of guilty to charges of vehicle taking. Pool was sentenced to serve 1 to 10 years at the state prison at Michigan City and Clark was given 1 to 10 years sentence at the state reformatory at Pendleton. The two men were arrested after s».ate police radio' and patrol car facilities had perfectly. About 4 p. m. Saturday Jasper Vansickle discovered that his automobile which he had just parked on the street up town, was missing. He immediately contacted Policeman Bert Cripe. Since the automobile had only been taken about one minute before. Cripe gave chase towaird North Webster with Ralph Method as driver, in the Method car. They flagged down a state police car and gave the alarm and then continued on to Webster. State Policeman Wallace Manrow on road 30. was contacted by radio. Man row drove east on road 30 to road 13. turned north toward Syracuse. He met the stolen car near North Webster, turned in the road and gave chase. Two men. Gerald Robert Clark. 25. and Roy Glen Pool, were in the car. with Clark driving at 80 miles per hour. As the speeding cars approaehthe intersection of roads 30 and 13. Manrow broadcast a report of the chase giving the location of the cars and their direction of travel. Both cars went through the, crossroads at a high rate pf speed Manrow’s car slid sideways as he tried to bring it under control and nearly upset. One mile further toward Pierceton. Manrow was able to pull alongside the stolen car, whiclx had ignored his red light and siren. At gun-point the officer forced the car off the road to a stop. Both men were ordered from the car and searched. Within a few minutes. Officer Nelson Winebrenner, from Columbia City, to assist in bringing the pair to the Kosciusko county jail. Less than one hour after the car was stolen. Mr. Vansickle was driving away from the county jail with his recovered car. Clark and Pool, in a statement made at the county jail Saturdaynight. said that they had been on a drinking spree all day Saturday in the vicinity of Syracuse, had been the subjects of several police calls. Early in the day they had rented a rowboat on Syracuse lake, rowed it through the- canal to Wawasee. and abandoned the boat near the Tavern hotel. Enroute they created a disturbance near the Oakwood Park hotel, but had moved on when officers arrived. It was mid-after-noon when the pair arrived in Syracuse, saw Vansickle's car with the keys in it and attempted the theft.

Mr. and Mrs. Don Foster, of Toledo. Ohio, spent several days this week with the formers mother, Mrs. Lulu Faster. Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Jones, Phillip Strieby and Berald Bitner, attended the International Baby Chick Convention in Cleveland. Ohio, last week. Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Betts and son and Mrs. Elinor Pipp. of Chicago, were guests from Friday until Sunday of Mrs. Estelle Swartz. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pletcher, of Anderson, and Mrs. Man Ellen Pletcher Fisher and three children. of Claypool, visited Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Buchholz and other friends here last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Loren Priest and son. Larry, and Mrs. John C. Shirk, of Brookville, Ind., are spending a mi>nth in the Wm. Fulk cottage near the slip. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Clark and son, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Clark Jr. and daughter, of Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. James Eyer and daughter of Elkhart, were dinner guests Thursday evening of Mr. and Mrs. Loren Eyer and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Eyer.