Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 44, Number 9, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 10 December 1948 — Page 1

GOLD MEDAL WINNER The Journal wa* awarded first place in 1947 among 9.000 Weekly Papers for public service in Fire l*revention.

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P.T.A. Hears Discussion of School Report The Turkey Creek Township P. T.A. met last Thursday evening ' in the high school assembly room with approximately one hundred in attendance. After a short business session, during which various committees reported, the meeting was given over to a discuhsiou of the report of the Indiana School Study Commission. The discussion was led by Supt. Z. R. LeMaster, of the LaGrange schools, who was a member of this Commission The Indiana School Study) Commission was created by a vote of the membership of the Indiana State Teachers Associotion in October 1947. During the past year the Commission made a comprehensive study of education in Indiana, and of certain aspects of the Indiana School System. The purpose of the study was to carefully analyze and summarize the facts needed for evaluating the public schools of Indiana. and to determine ways and) means whereby the schools can achjeve a maximum of economy: and efifciency in providing adequate educational opportunities: for the boys and girls of Indiana. Following are the subjects taken up in lhe study: Pupil-Transportation, the Ele-; mentary School, the High School.! Employed School Personnel < teachers, janitors, etc. ) the Public School Plant. Educational Or-j ganization. both Slate and Local.! Financing the Public School Pro-1 gram. A preliminary report of thei Commission, with recommends-; tions. has Just recently been issued The complete report will; be issued later. This may turn out to making in education in Indiana, for there are re-; commendations for some radical) departures from conventional school practices For Instance the) Commission recommends-that no] adminlstratiFe'ullff (fl •fN»*<'’suaTe > I have fewer than 15’>0 pupils, and) that whenever possible it is de-j I sirable to organize administrative) units having at least 3000 to 500 ti pupil*. It becomes clear that; the county will become tn most) instances the school un.it for ad- i ministration instead of lhe small] 1 town or township. In other words> , the schools of lhe entire county! < would become one unit for school: i administration, as a city system f is organized There would be a < county school board which would be responsible for the organiza-) i lion and operation of the schools:- t of the county ! < In the matter of financing the t school systems there are recom-: mendatlons for radical changes. ■ ; Space does not permit discussion; s of this, but let it suffice to say that the recommendation' is for t shifting more school support from local sources to state sup- < port. The whole study and recoin- | mendatlons are loaded with in-; | terest and importance to parents,j , teachers and taxpayers generally.) j

City B.B.League The second week of play In lhe! Syracuse Independent Basketball i league resulted in the Volunteer; Fire Dept defeating Nicolai Ma-1 chine. 38-18 In the find game] and Sinclair Service beating Sy-* racuse Rubber. 43-31 In the sec-] ond game. Next Tuesday. Dec 1 Ith . the Fire Department meets Sinclair; Service at 7:15 and Nicolai Machine meets Syracuse Rubber at] 8:30 in the high school gymnasium. An admission charge of l>c for] children under 10 years of ag« and 25c for all others is made, each night of league plax. At the end of the season all proceeds, less expenses, will be turned over] as a contribution toward lhe pur-; chase of lighting equipment for a local lighted softball field. If you think this is a worthy project. you can contribute by being in attendance at the next and future contests. Come on out and see your former local prep stars in action and bring along the family. Your patronage will be appreciated and is one more progressive step toward providing this community with the necessary equipment for a lighted athletic field. This Thursday night. Dec. 9. at 7:30. there wifi be a basketball game at the high aehool gymnasium between the Volunteer Fire Dept and a team representing the Catholic school. Theee will be no admission charge and the game is open to the public. Mrs. Bd Unrue and Mrs, Keith Cripe spent Tuesday in Elkhart.

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DEATHS 1 SPENCER L. HEERMAN An embolism suffered while he was dressing before being released to go home resulted in* the sudden death of Spencer Louis Heerman. 34. owner of the Syrai cuse dry cleaning establishment, about 1:00 p.m. Friday. Dec 3. at Goshen hospital. Mr. Heerman made satisfactory recovery from an appendectomy and was preparing to leave ' the hospital for his home in Syracuse when he was stricken. He was the father of a three-week- ■ old son. John Louis, born at Goshen hospital. He was born March 21. 1914. at Syracuse Mr. Heerman was a son of Louis and • Bess Culler Heerman. He married the former Jo Ann Causimano, Dec 24. 1945 \ veteran of World War II Heerman served four years In the army and saw action in the European theater as a captain. He was a member of the Methodist church. Rotary club, the Chamber of Commerce, and Wawaaee Post No. 223, American Legion. He also served as a volunteer member of the Syracuse fire department and was secretary of the county firemen's association. Surviving are his mother, his wife and the infant son. Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. at the Methodist racuse, the Rev. C. M Fawns officiating. Burial was in Syracuse cemetery. GRAHAM TYLER Graham Tyler, aged ?x for many years a resident of the North Webster vicinity, died unexpectedly at about 5 p.m. Monday at his home.- four miles northwest of North Webster. He sustained a heart attack/ which caused his sudden death. Mr Tyler was well known throughout this vicinity having been the long time owner and operator of a threshing machine: and a saw mill. He was born at lowa City. la..i Nox 25. 1870, lhe son .of Henry and Elizabeth Tyler His marriage to Nellie Kauffman took place May 31. 1922. Mrs Tyler and two nieces are the nearest surviving relatives. Funeral services were held, at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Troxel) Funeral Home in North Webster with Rev. Emeral Jones officiating Burial was in the Syracuse cemetery. FRANK A. GIBSON Suffering a heart attack about I" 4.’. pm Monday at his home, in Goshen. Frank Okie Gibson. 66. a painter and decorator, died in lhe Gibson home. Mr. Gibson, a former resident of Syracuse had been in good) health, death being caused byi coronary thrombosis. He was born in Noble County. Ind., May 31. 1882. the son of Mr and Mrs. Isaac Gibson. He was a member of lhe Church of the Brethren. Surviving him are his wife, the former Mary’ Yergln. to whom he was marriext Sept. 1. 1909; three daughters. Mrs. Theron Clemens* of New Paris; Mrs Milton J Brunk, of Goatrnn; a,l<l ' !rs - Thwaits. ol Bristol; a son. Pauli ' Gibson, of Goshen; four grand ] children; two sisters. Mrs. Cora) Marshall, of Goshen; and Mrs.) William Donat, of South Bend. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p m. Wednesday at the Go-1 shen Church of the Brethren.] The Rev. T. E. George officiated i and burial was in the Violetti cemetery. 2 SHOPPING M WEEKS I£FT® OWJTMAJ JtAL}

Veterans Will Discuss Benns Theis., Dec. 16 Mr, Veteran! Are you interested in the Indiana State Bonus? There will be a mass meeting of all Work! War I and II vet-' , erans at the American Legion) | Hall, in Syracuse on Thursday night, Dec. 16. at 7:30 p.m. fori a round table discussion on the, Indiana State Bonus for all war-, time veterans, as voted in at thelast eletcion. This is NOT a meeting of any special group, but for ALL vet-] erans who served in the U. S. | armed services in time of war. The state is requesting their suggestive cooperation. It is impera-; tlve that every veteran attend this meeting and give voice on this very vital and important l question. ■' CONTRIBUTIONS TO XMAS SEAL CAMPAIGN Following is the list of local contributions received in the sec-] ond week of the annual Xmas Seal campaign by the Kosciusko' County Tuberculosis Association. 11.00 contributions —-Sheldon Harkless. Ralph Jeffries. W. Gustafson. Chas. Crow. Leonard! Barnhart. Thos Hayes. Wilma Hire. Earl Darr, Alma Tucherer. Ruth Kern. Mrs. Samjlasor. aid Bushong. Dean Grady, Floyd Disher. Suit’s Grocery, Mrs. Edna Geyer. Wm. Gants. Emory Kindig. E. R Ingles. Greeley Yoder. Theries Doll. Calvin Beck. Sam Searfoss. Edna Hess. Roscoe Howard. Mrs. Effie Emerson. N.; G. Skidgel. Wawasee Res., Rev. i Robert Cox, Mrs. W F. Kindig. C. Hibschinan. Rev. Don Littler. RuMell Htnderer, Vivian Disher. N. C. Insley, Bob luiird, Pilcher! Shoe Co. Carol LeCount. Mrs.! Walter Warner. C. J. ■ , Kline. S. Heerman. Dick Miller, Lillian Hamman. Ralph Hudson. Mattie Jones. Blair Laughlin. Ruth Meredith. J. C. Gordy. John Sudlow. Geo. A Hire. Roy L Phfrff Us rd Hire. Roy Wil- ( klnson. VIrgTT UTingst Mrs. Fanny Hoy. Mary Hoy. Dr. J Latham, Fashion Shop. W. Nusbaum. Gregory Lund. Mrs. Caus- ( er. George Bryan. Donald Davis. f Wayne Tarman. Ray Wilkinson. ( Lewis Immel. King Grocery. Stra- ( ders Service. 15.00 Thomas Christman. - , 12.00 Pel and Ann Clayton.) Mike Pryor. J. H. McCrea, C. C.j Bachman. Vern Brinkman. Mrs Joe Rapp, Event Halliday. Matt;;; Abts. Noble Myers. Horace Gott?) schalk. I . —- p TOWN WILL BUY STREET EQI IP.MENT The town board of Syracuse is advertising for bids on a “road, I maintainer", for-the use of the; street department. Bids will be opened Dec. 21st. This piece of] equipment* is valued near $4,000.-1 00 and the money will be avail-; able after Jan. Ist. ] Mrs. Sadie Hire. Mrs £ Wilma Hire and Mrs. Sarah Ott were guests Thursday of Miss Edna Lower in Warsaw Bert Cripe is confined to his; 1 home by illness. Scrap Strike! MmA sen? metal yarte •«■** ) like this, bat UVau« Band wants to remind yea that the Midwestern Sera* Metal Drive to new en. Indiana, Kentucky, Okie and Went Vtryinia d-B and FFA tiabs are seeortog farms thto meath ter sen* metaL Cash *rtses totalling SMM wfll ge te j elate collecting the greatest tenaages of sera* nsstaL

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CHURCH NEWS 4'HURCH OF <M>D Joseph J. Koble, Pastor. Lewis Firestone. Supt. Church School—10:00 a m. Morning worship—ll:oo a.m. Sermon: "A Faithful Saying.” Evening Service —Youth Fellowship— 6:30 p.m. Song and Praise 7:30. Evangelistic message. Prayer meeting. Thursday at 7.30 p.m. BETHANY CHURCH OF THE BRF7THREN No. West of Syracuse on U.S. 6 Galen Bowman, Minister. Sunday School—9:3o a.m. Worship -10; 30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. • Prayer and Bible study Wednesday’'eWr»’;illK, at 7M30. All donations of food tor bb* Kalkeustein boys’ camp near Stutgart, Germany, should be brought to the church not later than next Sunday. 4 HUR<H OF THE BRETHREN Clayton Mock. Pastor. Lavon Symensma. S. S. Supt. Alta Darr. Elementary S. S. Supt. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Morning worship—lo:3o a.m. Sermon subject: "A Good Soldier of Jesus Christ." Evening service—7:oo p.m. B. Y P. D. — 7:00 p.m. Evening worship—7 : 30. Sermon subject "Losing Out Spiritually." TRINITY E.U.B. UHURUH Robert L. Cox, Pastor. Sunday Church School 9:45 a.m. Lewis Immel. Gen. Supt. Lesson: "Letters in the Bible." Morning Worship Service—lo: 45 a.m. "The Benedictus." Junior League — 6:30 p.m. Anyone wishing transportation t& and from the League may have the same by calling 170. Youth Fellowship-*~6:30 p.m. The annual Y. F. election will be held this evening conducted by the Pastor. Devotions for the service will be in charge of the Y. F. officers Evening Worship Service- 7:m The sermon will be on the important theme. "Suffering" You are invited to attend this and all services in Trinity church. Prayer Service. Thursday—":30 p.m. "Prayer is the contrite sinners breath, uttered or unexpressed". Come ami pray. Choir practice. Thursday. 8:30 p.m. A Christmas program will be given in Trinity Church. Sunday Dec. 19lh. Included in the program besides Christmas songs and recitations by children In the Junior department of the I church, will be the "Life of Christ in Scripture ami Song." ) This is a simple, beautiful and | inspirational portrayal of the i Life of Christ from the birth to • the Great Commission. You are I invited to put this service in your program evening. The : service will start at 7:30 p m. I FIREMEN C ALLED The fire department was called ! to the Fred Campbell home about j eleven o’clock W.-dnesday night. ) A defective stove pipe caused a frinoke scare, but no damage resulted. The Campbell’s occupy ! lhe house on the Claus Bobeck ) farm east of town. • j Mrs. Wayne Blakesley underwent a tonsilectomy Monday in j the office of a local doctor.

BEUK IN FOURTH SEASON AT MANCHESTER Wendell Beck, a 6 ft. 3 in.; center, from Syracuse, will be starting his fourth season with the Manchester team. A member' of last year’s Hoosier Collegiaote Conference all-star selections.) Wefcdell was tied for third place in the individual scoring race against other conference foes with a total of 169 points collected in 11 games. Throughout the season’s play he held an average of over 15 points per game. Wendell Beck will also be remembered for his splendid defensive work, especially against Johnny Wilson. In the two games played against each other Beck held lhe leading conference scorer to a total of 17 points, quite a bit’ lower than Wilson’s game average of 24.6. r Reek scored 24 points. Wed-; nesday night of last week, to lead the Manchester college Spartans to a 86 to 56 triumph over Taylor university. The game, played at North Manchester, was the season opener for the Spartons. ANNUAL XMAS TREAT Old Santa Claus will make hist annual Christmas visit here to! the lighted tree at the Syracuse) grade school at 6:30 p.m., on' Saturday. Dec. 18. This Christmas party for all the kids of the community is an annual event sponsored by the ladies of the; Wednesday Afternobn club. All children of the community are invited. THE JOURNAL USES (X>LOR IN ADS In this issue of The Journal, we present two advertisementswhere two colors, red and black, are used. We believe this is the first use of color in advertisements in 78 years of Syracuse newspaper history. MIS b—<4 M«U.J 4ttS.fe4S «.».•■ WMAQ. yw.. Ml 1"H1S is livestock show time al) over the com try. Lots of farmers come back with newly purchased livestock and perhaps a problem to which they don't pay much attention until it’s too late Then they learn that a new-heifer has come down with a bad case of shipping fever. The infection spreads to other animals, and before long half the milking herd is dead or seriously ill and milk production of lhe others drops to zero. Veterinarians believe that every farmer who brings home livestock should consider several things involving quarantine Remember that the animal may be coming down with a contagious disease and still show no signs of it. It’ll pay . you to find out if the animal has been exposed to infection. Every newly purchased farm animal should be segregated from the home herd for at le*st 30 days to prevent spread of any infectious ailment that might be carried by the newcomer. In the case of a cow. it’s best to keep the quarantined cow entirely out of the regular cow bam. There is always the danger that farm hands moving in and out of the stall would carry infectious material on their clothes to the other animals. Since it’s quite a strain on an animal to make the trip to its new home and get used to new surround--1 Ings, make the trip as comfortable - as possible. Haul the animal in a ■ elean vehicle with good ventilation. Provide it with feed and water at : regular intervals if the trip is a tong one. Then when the animal gets in its new home, don’t force it into service immediately, but ■ give it time to acclimate itself to the new feed and water, the pew surroundings and th* new term schedule.

ROTARY CLUB IN FIRST ANNIVERSARY The Syracuse-Wawasee Rotary elub celebrated its first birthday Monday night, by entertaining the wives and friends of members at a turkey dinner, held at the Pickwick Lounge at 6:30 p. m. About 55 attended the meeting. The program committee as a door prize led in a big Turkey, which was won by Dale Sprague. An entertaining and amusing program was presented by a professional entertainer. The club has scheduled for the night of Dec. 20th, a big Christ-j mas party. Members have invited' the Syracuse Boy Scouts, which' they sponsor, anil also other boys and girls. The affair will be held in the basement rooms of the Methodist church. CHAMBER OF tXWK.MERCE TO MEET DEC. 14 The Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Dec. 14. at the Pickwick Lounge for a turkey dinner. Election of officers tor I 949 will be held. PYTHIAN SISTERS MEET | Loya) Temple No. 130 met at the hall for regular meeting and) election of officers on Wednesday evening. Dec. 1. Officers elected were: Mildred Poyser—M.E.C. Ella Unrue—P. C. Cleo Strieby -E. S. Agnes Causer—E. J. Catherine Babcock Man. Etta Auer—O. G. Mary Pq<penfoose -P. Evelyn Bowser—M. R. C. Elizabeth Pollock—Si. F. Ruth LeCount—Pianist. An auction was held, the pro-; ceeds to buy a gift for the Py-) thian home at Lafayette. Plans were made for a Christmas pro-' gram. Dec. 15 with a supper at] 6:30 pin. Secret pals will be] revealed at this time. <UX>DWILL HOME EC. CLUB The Goodwill Home Econom-I ics club room was the scene of the annual Christmas party oh Wednesday, Dec. 8. Mrs. Adah West, of Warsaw, was in charge of installation services and in her capable and pleasing manner installed the fol-! lowing 1949 officers: President. .Mrs. Lee Henwood. | Vice-Pres. Mrs. Elmer Baugher) Secretary-Treas., Mrs. Everett! Darr. | Membership registration fol-j lowed with all members and) guests of this township signing! membership cards for the follow-; ing year. 1 An afternoon program of singing and contests was given the true Christmas meaning by the Christmas story presented! and illustrated with a chalk drawing by Mrs. Wm. Wood. A gift concluded one) more successful Christmas party for the club. Mrs. Lee Henwood will be the] January hostess at her home on Wednesday. Jan. 12. Guests of the club were Mrs. Adah West. Mrs. Joe Paxton. Miss Marjorie Moore, all of Warsaw; Miss Sarah Moore, of North Carolina and Mrs. Wm. Wood, of Huntington. As the meeting adjourned and members were departing we i heard many congratulations to] our retiring president. Mrs. Roy] Brown, who directed the entire days entertainment. But most of] all we want to express our gratitude to Mrs. Brown for three years of exceptionally fine leadership. Her faithful and diligent i Service has set a priceless ex-| ample for all future officers.— ) Contributed. HEY ll< ME’FI . CLUB Hex Rural Home Ec. club held their Christmas party Tuesday at the Grange Hail. 36 members anil II children and two visitors enjoyeil a pot luck dinner. The president opened the -meeting with ail repeating the creed in unison. The song story. ‘‘Noel’ j was read by Jaunita Grimes. The club bought a $5.00 health bond.) also sent $5.00 to the Christmas' Neighbors club. The club entered] the "True Heat’" electric iron contest. The 1949 officers were installed by Ethel Richards using the lighted candle service to demonstrate the work of each officer. Roll call, reading a favorite Christmas poem. Sunshine sisters revealed names and drew for the coming year. The meeting closed after Ethel Richards showed pictures of their South Dakota vacation trip.—Mrs. Dave Brown, reporter. ■ , ! The Fashion Shop. I ladies’ ready-to-wear Store, has been: sold by Margaret Howard to Mar-! garet Ann Felts and June H. Kistler, who took over the business last week-end. See thvir announcement in this paper. I The Syracuse Dry Cleaning! Company has been sold to -Mel) Rapp and Martha Ruch.

Brethren Leader Gets India Assignment BL- Ww ■ - JtenteniMMk. 'te H. Spenser Minnich, of Elgin. Illinois, well-known to members of the Church of the Brethren in this community, has been appointed acting secretary-treasurer of the church's India missiion program. ' Minnich will sail immediately and is expected to remain in India a year. He has been associated with the national brotherhood board of the church for- the past 30 years. Minnich will be accompanied by iis wife. He will maintain headquarters in Bombay. XFPROAt'HING MARRIAtiE Mr. and Mrs. Guy Rarig announce the approaching marriage) of their daughter. Carol, to; James *A. Hickey, of Chicago.) xvhich will take place Tuesday.) Dee. 28. in thv St. Lawrence' Catholic church in Muncie. OPEN TWO FXrATEs Two estates were opened in circuit court Tuesday with qual-] ification of administrators as fol-) lows: Estate of Spencer Louis Heer-t man. who died Dec. 3; widow. Joi Ann, administratrix; heirs, wld-j ow and son. John Louis Heer- ; man. Syracuse; personal property) valued at SI,OOO and real estate at SI,OOO. Estate of Bertha Buchtel. R 2.1 Syracuse, who died Nov 9.; daughter. Mary B. Gants, admin-: Istratrix; heirs, son. Arthur H.| Buchtel. South Bend, and daughter. Mary B. Gants, R 2. Syracuse; i personal property valued at sl.-] 500 and real estate at SB,OOO. PROBATE BRIAN WILL The will of Charles M. Biran. of Syracuse, who died Nov. 20. has been admitted to probate in circuit court. Made April 12. at Daytona Beach. Fla., lhe will left real estate at Ogden Island. Lake Wawasee. to Mr. and Mrs. Ed-] ward Raffenspeyer and the rest of the prpperty to Mrs. Wilma Hire .of Syracuse, at whose home he died. Speciftcially left to Mrs. Hire were 31 shares di stock in the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. and 500 shares in the Severin hotel.’ She was named as executrix. NEW BARIS HERE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT The New Paris high school basket ball squad will be here) this Friday night, to meet the Yellowjackets on the home floor. New Paris has been playing some) very good ball this year and a •’hot" contest is expected. Mrs. Esther Osborn spent from Wednesday until Sunday in Culver with her parents. Rev. and Mrs. Teidt.

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Work paid off in a pleasure trip! Here are five Kosciusko County, Rural Youth Club members to prove it. The club worked at parking cars at the county fair. On Wednesday Nov. 17. they boarded a chartered bus at 3 a. m. for a day in Chicago—all expenses paid by their own efforts. After enjoying the ABC "Breakfast Club” program, they visited the Board of Trade building and the entire group of twenty-four walked (quite a walk in Chicago) to the Prairie Farmer—WLS studios, where they appeared on the noon "Dinner Bell" program. Shown here around the WLS microphone are. left to right. Annabelle Byrer, of Leesburg, cor-

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Baton Twirling Contest Here Sat. Dec. 18th I . a Syracuse high school is sponsoring an invitational Baton Twirling contest here in the high school gym. Saturday. Dec. 18. The contests will start at 7:30 p. m. Invitations have been sent to 750 twirlers in Indiana. Ohio, Michigan. Illinois and Wisconsin. Medals will be given to winners. A lighted baton twirling contest will be featured, always one of the most v popular spectacles in a baton contest. H. Merl Smith is the contest chairman, anil Willard Gustafson ' and Court Slabadgh are in charge of arrangements. About 250 contestants are expected. O. E. S. NEWS Syracuse Chapter .No. 283. Order of the Eastern Star, met for its regular stated meeting Wednesday. Dec. 8. 1948, at 8:00 p. m. with fifty members and guests present. I Initiation service was held for Mrs. Marilyn Stummer., Mrs. Mildred Miller and Mr. John Swenson. This was an occasion of birthday celebration for the members whose birthdays are in October. November anil December. Os these members seventeen were present to receive the greetings and good wishes of the Worthy Matron and the Chapter. They also added to the enjoyment of the evening by telling interesting hits from their personal histories and their asosciation with th.e Eastern Star. A delicious birthday cake, beautifully decorated for the occasion, was served in the dining room after the meeting. All members are urged to attend lhe next meeting on Dec. 22, 1948 at 8:00 p.m. for two reasons in particular. First, this will be the Christmas meeting and a program is planned lor the celebration of this , season. Second, pictures will be taken of each UU mhers peusent for the Worthy Matron’s album and she would be very happy to have every members picture. The photographer will b« at the Hall from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.. Dec. 22. and any member xx ho prefers to have his picture taketr-early in the evening, please do so. It will take only a minute. Be sure to remember this date and plan to attend.ROUND TABLE CLUB Ladies of the Round Table met Monday evening with Mrs. Hilary Bachman. Twenty-two members answered’ roll call. The program was given by Mrs. Leonard Barnhart and Mrs. Willard Elkins. Mrs. Barnhart presented a number of interesting facts about the customs, and agriculture of our neighbors to the South. Mrs. Elkins described South American music, playing on the piano, several Spanish selections. Both topics were both instructive and entertaining. Plans were announced for the Chirstmas party Dec. 20. The hostess served dainty refreshments.

responding secretary for the club; Arthur C. Page, associate editor of Prairie Farmer and farm program director of WLS. who conducts the farm service program each noon; Dale Mikal. Nappanee, song leader; Russell Park, assistant farm program director of WLS. who interviewed them on the air; June Starner. Claypool, secretary; Dale Cauffman, Claypool, recreation director; and Darrell Phillips, Warsaw, president of the club. After the broadcast the group planned to visit the Museum of Science and Industry and other Chicago spots before returning to Indiana.