Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 44, Number 15, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 28 January 1949 — Page 1

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Four More Days To Pay Indiana Tax >— » . Indianapolis. Ind.. . Jan. 25 (Spl i More than 000.000 Hoosier taxpayers have just /qur more days in which to file their Indiana. Gross Income Tax reports on earnings and receipts realized during the 1948 calendar year. Walter L. Sturdevant, chief deputy of the tax unU. announced here today that leas than half a million of the state's 1.100.000 taxpayers .made the required payments during the first 26 days of January. Thia means that the, Division must prepare for Its usual flood • of last-minute taxpayers before next Monday's deadline, final day of the 30-day grace period established by state law. “Wr’ve been doing everything In our power to let every taxpayer know that Monday midnight is the absolute deadline for payment of the 1948 taxes vant said. “Stiff penalties impos-i ed by state law cannot be avoided on returns mailed after that # date The penalties to which Sturde-j rant referred range from 10 10l 50 per cent of the amount of the! tax and are assessed in addition to interest at one per cent !>• r month. Indiana's law requires that every individual pay throne peri cent tax on that* portion of his in ' come which exceeds 11.000. Onlyexceptions are a few pensions and J payments by the Federal Govern-! ment which are . non-taxabb Re tail merchants, manufacturers. Wholesalers and farmers pay at ai .... - , , Reports from individuals must! Include nil funds derived . from the sale of personal property and real estate as well as receipt# front interest, rentals dhid-uds and pay for personal services, whether it be classed as wages, % salaries, commissions or fe.-s | BIRTHDAY TEA Miss Jeannette Berger, of Goshen, entertained at a.surprise birthday tea party Saturday afternoon. honoring Mrs Merton Meredith, of Syracuse. Mrs Mcredii h not !’• u • :> er# in the Syracuse school at the 'same time Other out-of -town guests were Mrs. Joe Rapp. Mrs. Nelson Mrs Fred Hoopingarn. r Mrs John Grieger. and Mrs Winston Gaijts. all of Syracuse; 1 Mrs Albert VanWanzeele. of Walkerton, and Mrs. Charles of South Whitley. EIIENEZEH LADIES’ AID . Thursday afternoon. Jan 20th, the Ebeneter Ladies' Aid met in the home of Mary Wilkinson., and Mr*. Roy Wilkinson. Twenty-tyo memWr* and five visitors., the Meadamea Dave Brown. Jews Couts. Cora Harper Allie Snyder and 'Clare Archer, responded to rollicall b' answering interesting, questions handed out by the. president Mrs Chas G Heck Mrs Houser had charge of devotions, Mr* Clare Archers name was t added as a new member. After at short business session the re-j mainder of the afternodn was given over to answering a contest . conducted by Mrs. Calvin Beck add visiting among old friend# | and neighbors. , k Delightful refreshments were \ served by the hostess and eo-hos- \ teas. Mrs. Roy Miller and Mrs Fredonna Custer. Several children were present. The .February meeting will be at' the home of Catharine Beck and Mrs Calvin Beck. The fire alarm at the Stiefel Grain Co. here went off shortly after 5 P® Wednesday, bringing both local fire truck* .to the scene in a matter Os second# The building has an alarm which goes off when.the temperature reaches a certain point Inside the building, but evidently some slight defect In the apparatus caused the alarm to go off. for there was no. fire. “That's the kind we like to go to.” say* one fireman. Robert Vansickle, year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Burns Vansickle. ; Is improving from his recent illneas. He was a patient in the Goshen hospital Monday and Tuesday. The condition of Ode Rarig became worse Wednesday evening and he was returned to the City hospital in Indianapolis. Mr. Rarig returned home from the hospital Jan 21. where -h€ had been a patient for a month. (XHMEE! COME! COME! To the Legion Hall. Friday evening. Jan. 28. The Auxiliary is having a party to which the publie is Invited. Proceeds to purchase a hospital bed for community use. (14-2 t

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County Will Pay 8y 2 Million Os Fed. Budget | Indianapolis. Jan Citizens of Kosciusko county will be call ,' | ed upon to pay |5,465,364 as their share of the $41.858.000.000 federal budget 1 proposed by President Truman for the fiscal? year beginning next July 1. the Indiana State Chamber of Comtodax The county'* share would amount to 6.2 times the total of local property taxes levied for support of county, township, city, and town ,-gox. rntuents. and; schools and state government.; Average cost of federal govern-; 1 ment per person in the county) 1 would be 8247.57. or 199-0.28 for ! a family of four ’ Indiana's total share of pro- ' posed federal spending was set at f 1 11.071,565.000 or more than three times the amount of alL 4 taxes collected by Indiana Mate ’ and loewl governments during) the 1948 fiscal year. P “The almost incomprehensible; 1 total federal figures reducetl to a * 'home town* basis," Commented 1 Clafehee A, Jaekson. executive : ’ vice president of the State Cham- 1 ber. “should blast notion ' people may haje that ‘federal j 1 aid' for their communities is fr> < ! v The dollars handed out ano offered to be handed out fey 1 Washington sos federal control of education or any other purpose ' come from the peopb of the 1 states and communities. The 1 money com. s back home, how- ' ever, only after expense of hand- 1 ling it plus the; necessary expense of admlnlsteritig federal controls over expenditure of ’the money Ip-1 cally has been deducted., “Meanwhile the federal" gov-r eminent has tak< n on, mon- step toward federal control and dictatorship.'* added: “This s 4 r--858.000,(100 budget is not the whole story. ! In addition, thenwill be requests for deficiency and supplemental appropriations. Contract authorizations are being asked for work that will run Into) mon- billtons before completion. Still more billions will be added Ultimately to the cost of federal government if new spending proposals are passed." Mrs. Wilma Hamman enter-' tained at dinner Sunday in honor i of her mother. .Mr*. Anna Grubb.; who celebrates! her 93rd birth-) day. Guest* were Mrs. Grubb’s) two sisters, J Mrs. Charles. Nicolai | and Mrs. John .Meek: They are! the obly living members of the) family of eleven children of Mr. and Mrs Jdhn Rookstool In the evening Mrs. Grubb's children came in fog ice cream and cake with her. They were Mr. and Mrs. Dolphus Stabler, Mr*. Verna Hire. Mr. apd Mrs. Byron Grubb, and Mrs. Hamman. Mrs. Grubb received many beautiful cards and lovely gifts. Loyal Temple 130, of the Pythian Sisters will meet next Wednesday at 7:30 P-m. for tegular meeting and a supper will be served for the winning team of > the 1948 attendance and meml bership contest. Mrs. Estelle Swartz and Frank Yoder spent Sunday in Elkhart. > guests of, Mr. and Mrs. Frank . Yoder. Mr*. Yoder is improving - from her recent illness. Mr*. Edward Kleinknight was > hostess to the Pythian dub in - her home Tuesday. A pot luck l dinner was served at noon.

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Birthday Anniversary surprise Mrs. J. C. Bailey, was the hap-1 py victim - ’ of a birthday anniversary surprise on Monday even-j Ing when thirty-five of her neigh-1 bors and friends came in to help! her celebrate her 7 4th birthday.! The group quietly approached the house, and without rapping entered the door singing “Happy Birthday to You." An appropriate program had) been arranged during the progress of which Mrs. Adah Clayton and Mr*. Lucy Roger* sang two duets. "Whispering Hope" an! “Sweeter as the Years Gel Bye" Mrs Clee Weaver and) Mrs. Gwendolyn Williams sang a| duet. “Where Well Never Growl Old." The group sang “AmerJ ica" Prayer was offered by Rev. ' Joseph J. Koble following which: Rev Koble gave an interesting) evaluation of “Christian Fellowship." Mrs. James Druckamiller spoke on “Practical Christianity" and Mrs. L. O. Oyler gave interesting facts regarding the “Work and Purpose of the W.C.T.U." Mrs Bailey‘responded to Mrs. Oyler's remarks with earnest solicitation and appreciation. Rev. ,D. E. Littler gave a few remarks on the "Contribution Old Soldiers of the Cross Make to the Liv» Others." Rev. J. C. Bailey spoke briefly of his and Mrs. Bailey’s ] appreciation of their coming into their home on this occasion and emphathised that “There is much more to married life than simply getting along with each other." Mrs. Lydia Darr closed the program with prayer. Mrs Bailey received a number of Birthday Greeting cards, handkerchiefs, a beautifully decorated birthday cake, a buffet set of an elongated flower bowl and candle holders and candles to match. tj»e floral feature of the buffet set was the gift of Mrs. Violet Oyler, florist, a pair of fancy hand embroidered pillow slips, and some money. Refreshments of cake, coffee, potato chips, pickle s and i sandwiches were served. A recording of the entire program was made and will be pre-s.-r.’ed to Rev and'.Mrs Bailey for their enjoymenf/in the years to come. A phonograph of Rev and Mrs. Bailey was taken and will also be given to them. Those present were: Mrs. Merta Re X , Mrs. H W. Buecholx.j Mr*. Sadie Hire. Mrs. Jennie Stienbarger. Mr*. Ella Unrue. Mrs. Kathryn Hibsehman, Mrs. Catherine Babcock. Mrs. Lydia Darr. Mrs. Georgia Hlbner, Mr*. Leonard Hibsehman, Mrs. Hattie ! Cripe. Mrs. Lydia Deardorff. Rev. and Mrs. Joseph J. Koble, Mrs. ! Alma Druckamiller. Mrs. Clara Colwell Mrs Arthur Brown. Mrs. Phyllis Troup. Mrs Ada Clayton. Mrs. Lucy Rogers. Rev. and Mrs. I D. E Littler, and children. Mrs. Meta Bushong, Mrs. Maude Truster, Mrs. Gwendolyn Williams. .Mrs. L. 0. Oyler, Mrs. J L. Druckamiller. Mrs. Marie LeCount. Mrs. Lueile Wearer, Mr* Pauline Firestone and Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Bailey. Those who made contribution to the success of the occasion "but were not present were Mrs. Edna Niles. Mrs. Maude Geiger, Mrs. Ruby Worth. Mis* Edna Yoder, Mrs. Dennison and Mrs. Oria Vorhls. Mr. and Mrs. Audry Snyder arrived from England last week and are at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stultz tn Buchanan. Mich. Since their arrival Mr. Snyder has been ill in the Stultx home. Mrs. Stultz' sister, Mrs. . Arthur Geelsaon. is also quite ill in thZstulU home. Phillip Worth is confined to his home with a gland infection.

SYRACUSE. INDIANA FRIDAY. JANUARY 28. 1949

tiOSHEN SCHCMMj MAN TO SPEAK HERE “Guidance and Counseling in our Public School Program” will be the topic discussed by Mr. Robert Weaver. Superintendent of the Goshen Public Schools, at the P.T.A. meeting Thursday, Feb. 3. Counseling Is not new in fact, but as an organized part of school and community planning it is a comparatively recent development. Webster defines counseling as “giving advice or instruction" and also as "an interchange of opinion or deliberation together." It is this last definition that should be kept in mind for effective 'Counseling with adolescents. In answer to the frequent question. “Is counseling necessary?” and the added remark, "We never used to have It when we went to school.” consider why it is essential with adolescents today. The need for wise educational counseling is almost self evident. The increased emphasis on education today and the varied courses offered by the schools I often perplex both adolescent and | parent. They become even more bewildered when they epnsider | the many specialized schools and i present crowded conditions in I our colleges. There is universal need for vocational counseling since the number of occupations open to young , people today in so large. Social counseling is highly necessary as well as personal counseling. What about your child? How is he tackling the problem of finding the field of work in which he’ll be happiest, and most successful? Mr. Weaver is well qualified to answer your questions regarding the value and effectiveness of a guidance and counseling program as the course offered in the Goshen high school has proven itself highly successful. Come and hear what Mr. Weaver has to say! NHOCK-MITCHMJL. In a ceremony performed at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, on Jan. 19. by the Rev. B. H. Truman at his home in Warsaw, Mrs. Myrtle Mitchell, of Syracuse, was united in marriage to Will Shock of north of Warsaw. Mr. and Mr*. Noah Shock, of Ligonier, brother and sister-in-law of Mr. Shock, were the attendants. The newly married couple will reside on Mr. Shock's farm on Rl, Warsaw. NOEI EPPERSON ACCEPTS POSITION AT INDIANAPOLIS Noel Epperson, professional at the Wawasee Golf Club here for the past 15 years, has accepted a similar position at the Broadmoor Country Club at Indianapolis. A story concerning his selection follows, written by Al Roche, in the Indianapolis Star: Epperson launched his links career as a caddy at the age of 10. When he was 15 he worked in the pro shop at the old Avalon Country CJub. now Hillcrest, for the late Roy Smith. Subsequently he joined Fred Schopp as assistant professional at Woodstock and retained that, post for seven year*. Noel was apopinted head pro at Wawasee in the spring of 1934 and worked in the interest of members of that club through the. last reason. A quiet, unassuming felloiv, Epperson doesn't go in for competitive golf on a large scale, but he has had hi* moments. For Instance, in 1947 he reigned as Indiana Open champion after outshooting Hooslerdom's best with a six-Under-par. 72-hole) total of 282 strokes at the Dele-1 ware Country Club, Muncie. Last year he was runnerup to Bill Heinlein in the Indiana Professional Golfers' Association’s match play championship tournament at Tippecanoe Country club Leesburg. If 1 know Broadmoor’s new professional" as well as I think I do. he will continue to confine his championship competition to a minimum and give out 100 per cent for the good of his elub. Broadmoor has made a wise selection and Noel’S boat of friends will wish him well in his new undertaking. Tom Reagan, a student at St. Joseph’s college. Rensselaer, Ind.. is spending a week between semesters here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Reagan. He will transfer from St. Joseph’s college to Notre Dame University, South Bend. Feb. 3. Mr. and Mrs. E. Y. Brown and daughter. Betsey, of Indianapolis, > were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kegg. ,

Many Bills Introduced In Legislature ♦ - , Introduction of the Republican ' bonus bill last *#eek set the pace : for what has become the top goal ■ of the General Assembly — payment of a bonus to veterans. It was the most comprehensive bill offered so far. The GOP measure, introduced by Republican Senator William C. Bates, of New. Albany and Milford Anness, of Metamora. wouH pay up to 3600 hn special cases. Introduced after exhaustive ■ study, the Republican bill to carry out the mandate of the 1948 referendum makes special provision for ex-soldiers who were totally or partially disabled in service and provides for beneficiaries of veterans who died or were killed in Otherwise the second week of the legislature produced a relatively light volume of business. The state CIO struck its first major blow of the session with a bill in the lower house which would virtually convert Indiana's unemployment compensation fund into a huge strike fund. Sponsors of the bill succeeded in giving It a bi-partisan flavor byhaving it introduced by a Republican and a Democrat. R, e P Henry Kreft. of LaPorte and Rep. Charles Week, of Muncie. Under the guise of “liberalizing” unemployment compensation payments, the state ClO’s -bill would eliminate all employer incentive for stabilizing employment. It would force all employers to nay the full 2.7 per cent of hi ; to the fund but would enable workers on strike to draw on the huge resulting reserve to the extent of as much as 340 a week for 30 weeks. Bi-partisan measures of a more general interest were house proposals to increase the salaries of Indiana’s teachers, to lower the voting age to 18 instead of 21 years, and to set up a full time state parols .board of three members. The parols board measure was .introduced by Republican Jess C. Andrew ,of West Point, a member of the prison board of trustees for many years, and Demo- ' crat Harry Latham, of Indianapolis. The house also begaq consideration of a bi-partisan bill by Republican Russel Colbert. of Washington and Democrat Julian Bailey, of Anderson, to set a 60-mile-an-hour speed limit on Indiana highways. ’ Method of paying the bonus « still was an . open question but suggestions now include a wide range of cigaret. and other taxes, soft drink taxes, pari-mutuel and other forms of legalized gambling. as well as the long standing proposals for sales tax or increased gross income tax. ' , Most of the studying and , worrying was done by .Democrat- < ic members of the General Assembly. however. So far Republic cans generally continue to take the attitude that the decision was| made by the voters of the state who favored a sales tax more ( strongly than any of four other alternatives offered in the recent referendum. WAWA-KEECH NOTES The L. T. Cresswells returned Friday from a two weeks visit in New Orleans. Virginia Borneman had a# guests, the week-end, her sister, and brother-in-law from Fort Wayne. There was a joint birthday party, at the Forest Galloway: home, for their grandson, Kent J Hare. 7 years old. and Roddy | Borneman. 6 year* of age. Be-; sides the two guests of honor) were Teddy Burson, Sherry Jill Burson, Kathy Rogers. Diana) Lung. Walter and Lexie Brazel, Jimmy Graf. Dick Kowallik, Kay; Bender, Renee Crow and Steve and Pat Borneman. In addition, to the very nice gifts for Kent and Roddy, there was a large box. with a ribbon sticking out. which when pulled, each time brought out a gift for each one. After game* for all. even the grownups, there were little IndP vidual cakes with candle, nut and mint cups and lots of lee cream, all of which gave the youngsters quite a party. Born Mrs. Charles . Weirsch./of Minneapolis, Minn.. * announce the birth of ji daughter, i weighing 8 lbs.. 5 ounces. The . mother to the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Leveraier, of I Syracuse. This to the eleventh . grandchild for Martin and he to I handing out cigars, and can't wear any of his hats this week.

AARON A. RASOR PASSES AWAY, FUNERAL FRIDAY Aaron A. Rasor, aged 83. of Warsaw, known throughout Kosciusko county as a teacher, banker. and former office holder, died shortly before noon Tuesday in St. Joseph hospital, in Fort Wayne, where he had been a patient for about a week. Mr. Rasor.* who was active in business until Jan. 3. underwent a major operation on Saturday which appeared at first to have been successful. Mr. Rasor was born in Elkhart county. March 6, 1865. son of Noah and Elizabeth Rasor. As a young man he taught school first 1 in Van Buren township. Kosciusko, county, and later for about two.years at Syracuse. Altogether ; he was a teacher for 14 years. Mr. Rasor. a Republican, served one term as trustee of Turkey Creek township, being elected to that office in 1910. He served two terms as clerk of the Kosciusko circuit court and later served for nine years as deputy clerk under Conrad Longenecker and Leland Kinsey. In all he was in the county clerk’s office for 17 i years and in his capacity of clerk and deputy, was widely known < throughout the county. 1 In°l9oß he aided in the organi- < zation of the State Bank of Syracuse serving as a director of that < institution until the time of his s death. Since the reorganization : of the bank in 1934. Mr. Rasor had missed only one directors meeting in 14 years. The bank 1 here will be closed during the ■ hours of the funeral service. After his retirement from public office, he became associated with the Lake City Bank of Warsaw, serving actively as a director and later as director and vice president. Mr ’ Ra l° r Was a<lniitte <l to the KosciusktA county bar but never 1 engaged in active practice He was ! a member of the First Methodist church of Warsaw and served for 1 ten years as chairman of the Kos- : ciusko county chapter of the Am- ' erican Red Cross. Mr. Rasor was ' a member of Syracuse lodge No. ' 454, F. & A. M. Surviving are his widow; a ’ son. Everett E. Rasor. Warsaw attorney; two daughters, Blanche s Oborn, wife of Rev. Howard ) Oborn, of Peoria, 111., and Edna C. Thrasher, wife of Rev; Harold * Thrasher, of Sharpsville, Ind. < Funeral services will be held 1 Friday at 2:00 p.m., from the 1 Warsaw Methodist church. t Brown Bombers * To Play Hero I Tues. Feb. B,' The Chicago Brown Bombers E professional basket ball team. t has been' scheduled to meet the f Syracuse Volunteer Fire Depart- . ment team here the night of Tuesday, Feb. 8. The Brown t Bombers team is one of the lead- j ing teams in the mid-west, and { have appeared in several nearby ( cities. | A preliminary game will be j played between another local , team and a county team, to be , announced later. Admission will be 35c and 75c. ' , LOCAL NEWS — < Mrs. C. C. Dlsher feH Tuesday , evening on the steps at the home ; of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Rasor and , broke her right arm. . , Fred Hoopingarner was in Detroit on business, Monday. Mrs. J. C. Bailey, who has ! been ill for several weeks, on ' Tuesday was sent to bed by her ( ! physician for a rest of several f i weeks. » , Raymond Vail, of Syracuse. • has been given the privilege of ; the exclusive use of the name , i “Vail-Dell” as a herd hame in ; registering his purebred Holstein- | Friesian cattle. This prefix name ) is granted and will be recorded . bjx The Holstein-Friesian Association of America. Nearly 1150 prefixes were reserved for breeders in 1948. Ervin Whitehead, of Dearborn. Mich., is spending a few days in the home of his sister, and husband. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Beck. Other guests on Sunday were their children, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E. Beck, South Whitley; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Beck, of Warsaw, and Wendell Beck. Mrs. Nelson Blough was hostess to the Syracuse bridge club in her home Wednesday. A one o’clock luncheon was served. Mrs. John Sparling, Mrs. Dorothy Harris and Mrs. Adah Miller were guests. Mrs. Sparling and Mrs, Miller won prizes.

WAWASEE “SWI9fiMER” This isn’t a picture of a bathing beauty iri Florida—-but it Is a picture of a local resident taken Jan. 9th, at Wawasea Blair Laughlin braved the cold water for this snap shot. The weather was balmy—some people will say Blair was too. That white stuff in the background is ice. Those Syracusaqs now in California and Florida can see what they’re missing back home in Indiana. There has been only a« couple of days of ice fishing and skating so far this winter. The lakes are all open now. Better To Loaf Than Work Is Claimed Indianapolis, Jan. 25;—Unemployment compensation benefits so generous that most workers would find it more profitable to loaf than continue at their jobs, as proposed in H.B. 69. the official CIO bill, .now before the Indiana General Assembly, is attacked in the weekly legislative bulletin of the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce. Claiming that the proposed amendments to the Employment Security Act would convert the jobless pay program into a "pie counter for all comers,” the Chamber cites practical examples proving that a man would be foolish to stay on his job after he has worked enough to establish benefit By increasing maximum weekly benefits to 330 for 30 weeks and establishing supplemental de- . pendents’ benefits of 32.50 each , per week, up to a 340 weekly maximum. H.B. 69 would make it < possible for a person who had been earning 320 a week or less | to draw benefits of 340 per week. < The bill would extend unemployment compensation coverage : to employers of three or more persons; and would eliminate the | present one-week waiting period. The case of a $35.00 per week married man with 3 children has been computed. His “take-home” pay after tax and work expense deductions-would be 331.65 but If he quit work he could draw 338.00. The Chamber points out that this is a “bonus” of 36.35 per week for not working. Other features of the bill which would sabotage the present job insurance program are proposals to pay benefits to strikers (with no waiting period) and to eliminate merit rating under which employers who provide steady work earn the right to lower rate*. The Chamber cites the injustice of paying strike benefits o6t of public funds and reminds that Indiana is in competition with other states for new industries and the flat rate of 2.7% would be objeced to by all prospective employers except those who did not plan to operate with stable employment. Elimination of the 6-week benefit reduction for voluntary quits without good cause, discharges for misconduct on the job and. refusals to accept suitable work along with removal of present benefit in eligibility of people who leave the labor market to marry or for—other domestic obligation along with all other effective safeguards against “chiseling” could throw the unemployment compensation into such disrepute as to lead to its destruction, the Chamber claims in its analysis of the bill now bding considered by the Labor Committee of the House of Representatives. Miss Jackie Wade, of Chicago, was a week-end guest of Miss Joan Rogers. Mr. and Mrs. Burl Rogers and daughter Joan, and guest spent Saturday evening in Garrett.

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Recommends More Taxes For The State Governor Henry F. Schricker’s -Mrst message to the Indiana Assembly covered range of subjects, with chief emphasis upon financial problems. Some specific' recommendations were made, but the Governor will deliver a subsequent message, to the Assembly, dealing exclusively with finances. The economic situation. he said, “is fraught with many uncomfortable possibilities. He added that “the prospect of a balanced budget for the next biennuim. under present revenue, is none too promising at this hour." Because of these uncertainties, some of Governor Schricker’s economic proposals are tentative. He urged, during the campaign, that the state property tax and the cigarette tax be repealed. Now, he says repeal of the • pro- " perty tax does not seem possible as the entire levy is earmarked for definite purposes. He promised. however, to renew his idea of repealing the state’s property tax levy of 15 cents “in the event of a more favorable outlook before the end of the session.” Existing conditions also persuade him to refrain from seeking repeal of the cigarette tax for the time being. The tax may be extended to all forms of tobacco. The Governor continued his opposition to a sales tax to pay the veterans bonus. Instead he prefers what he terms a surtax on Mie gross income tax, to raise an additional 350.000,000 to $60,000,000 a year. As the most recent gross income collections amounted to about $67,000,000 for the calendar year -of 1948, the surtax posed would virtually double this source of income. Governor Schricker riot favor higher gasoline fees, but he does recommend ’ additional charges for trucks that transport heavy freight cargoes. He would extend and expand unemployment compensation from |2O to $25 a ! week. The new Governor was in sub- * stantial agreement with former Governor Ralph FFGates in relation to aid for cities. “If we really believe in home rule,” said Governor Schricker, "we ought - to pass implementing legislation to broaden the rights and powers of cities and towns to support their local needk” In his farewell message. former Governor Gates had urged much the same approach and had declared that no further state aid to cities and towns could be expected. Extension of safety laws to ail ' coal mines employitifc five or more miners advised by Governor • Schricker. He favors rural school consolidation in principle, but prefers to leave such decisions to a referendum whenever a specific consolidation of two or more schools is proposed. Repeal of the so-called compulsory arbitration law for utility employees was urged. Reassessment of property, he explained, should be made on a basis of equalization and listing property not now taxed, rather than from the viewpoint of increasing existing valuations for tax purposes'. Suggesting that state aid for the salaries of teachers is not a partisan question, the Governor assumed that payment of minimum salary schedules from state funds would be con- , tinued. This in the last year has called for about 339.500.004) from income tax allocations. MINISTEKIAL A.MBOCIATION The Syracuse Ministerial Association met in the home of the president. Rev. Don Littler, Tuesday evening for a fish dinner. Present besides Rev K and Mrs. Littler were Rev. and Mrs. Mock, Rev. and Mrs. Cox, Rev. and Mrs. Fawns, Rev. and Mrs. Koble and Rev. J. C. Bailey. After the dinner, a business meeting was held by the president of the Association, Rev. Littler. Several items of Importance were given attention. The next meeting will be on March 7th. — Rev. Robert L. Cox, Sec-treas. WHEN THEY MEET Pythian Sisters—lst and 3rd Wednesday, 7:3® p.m. American Legion Post 223 —Ist Tuesday, 8 p.m. American Legion Auxiliary — 4th Tuesday, 7:30 P-m-F. 4 A. M. No. 454—Each 2nd and 4th Monday. 7:30 P m - R. A M. No. 124—Each lat and 3rd Monday. 7:30 p.m. O. E. S.—Each 2nd and 4th Wednesday, 8 p.m. 1 Rotary Club, every Monday, 6 P.m.. at Dixie Grill. Town Council, Ist and 3rd Tuesday nights. t' *■