Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 45, Number 29, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 5 May 1950 — Page 8

UAKWLWSB FARMERS UV4EUX OF CAMPAIGN INDIANAPOLIS, April 25—In an intensive drive to spark a spring clean-up campaign on Indiana farms, Mrs. Paul Flinn, as head of the department of health and safety of the Indiana Farm Bureau, points an accusing finger at farmers who are careless with their equipment. She focuses attention on remov-

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ing all fire hazards when the premises are cleaned in the spring. Among recommendations for greater safety are: 1. Make sure all flammable liquids are stored properly. Surface gasoline storage tank should be at a safe distance from the nearest building, in the shade, with a trench around it. 2. Clean out ashes, rags, and papers from basements, attics, or

other .sXofage places. 3. Examine lightning rod installations. • 4. Examine roofs and chimneys for defects. 5. Every farmer should arrange for fire protection from a nearby town or by - communitypurchased equipment. Mrs. Flinn also points out that a single rat in a year’s time will eat or damage S2O worth of feed or property; besides the more serious danger of its carrying disease to human beings. The housewife is warned Os the hazards that lurk in the medicine cabinet, which is placed within reach of the small child can cause death or serious illness. Every home has an endless list of deadly, though necessary, poisons such as lye, drain cleaners, furniture polish, and the like. In fact more than 300 2-year-old children died in the U. S. last year as the result of eating or drinking one of these substances. • The farm home’s comparative isolation from immediate help in time of emergency, makes it very essential that every farmer and farm woman check the premises periodically as a safety measure. P. T. A. NOTES The P. T. A., announces the appointment of committee chairmen for next year: Program — Mrs. Leonard Barnhart. Budget and Finance — Hilary Bachman. Publicity — Mrs. Sam Larson. Membership — Mrs. Royal Borton. Hospitality — Rev. and Mrs. Joseph Koble. Parliamentary — Mr. Ralph Hudson. Food — Mrs. Willard Nusbaum. Music — Mr. Willard Gustafson. Publication — Mrs. W. A. Jones, Jr. RECEIVES D. D. DEGREE The Rev. J. W. Jones, of Syracuse, has received from THE LIGHTHOUSE BIBLE SCHOOL, INCORPRATED, Rockford, 111., his Doctor of Divinity degree. Rev. Jones will give his time mostly to the evangelistic field.

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LOCALNEWS Mrs. Pearl Dale and daughter. Miss Dorothy Dale, of Goshen, were Sunday visitors, of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Gants. Mr. and Mrs. William Kerfin and two daughters, of’ Chicago, were guests last week, of Mrs. Kerfin’s mother, Mrs. Carrie Spry. Mrs. Kerfin and daughters and Mrs. Spry spent, Thursday and Friday, in Jackson, Mich., with Mrs. Spry’s other daughter, Mrs. Louis Ahrens and family. CRYSTAL LIGONIER INDIANA TONIGHT THURS. MAY 4TH “EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE” Barbara Stanwyck — Van Heflin Ava Gardner FKI.-SAT. MAY 5-6 DOUBLE FEATURE PROGRAM “ADVENTURES OF GALLANT BESS” Carmeron Mitchell—Audrey Long “PRISON WARDEN” Warner Baxter — Anna Lee SUN. MON. TUES MAY 7-8-0 “BATTLE GROUND” A Masterpiece of adventure, conflict and emotion.. .in your entire screen experience you have never seen its equal. WED. THURS. MAY 10-11 “SOUTH) SEA SINNER” Shelley Winters MacDonald Carey Shelley sure sizzles. . .she’s saucy ... she’s sensational COMING SUN. MON. TUES MAY 14-15-16 “KEY TO THE CITY” Clark Gable — Loretta Young CRYSTAL THEATRE EVENING SHOWS BEGIN AT 7:30 D. S. T. Goshen U.S.HKHWW33 Kkhart FRI.mSAT. — MAY 5-0 “IT AIN’T HAY” Starring Abbott arid Costello SUN.-MON. — MAY 7-8 "FOLLOW THE BOYS” starring George Raft — W. C. Fields Marlene Dietrich TUES.-WED. — MAIY 0-10 “THE BIG STEAL” starring Robert Mitchum —■ Jane Greer William Bendix Two Shows Nitely First Show At Dusk iiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiHinn Thank You!| I wish to thank the Voters | of the five townships for| support at the Primary I election. j Chester Stiffler I

FREE MOVIES Free outdoor movies at the Y Drive In on State Road 13 near North Webster every Tuesday night starting at 8 o’clock. Y-DRIVE-IN iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuuiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniuiiiiiiiiiiiuii I I Thunks To Everyone I For the fine support given me at the May 2 Prii ■ mary. I do appreciate your confidence. Thanks Again: a | CARL L LATTA Republican Candidate for Sheriff Kosciusko County

NORTH WEBSTER PLANS FOR 1950 MERMAID FESTIVAL Plans for the annual Mermaid Festival heralding the resort season throughout northern Indiana’s Lake region are already underway by the North Webster Lions Club, sponsors of this annual event. The Mermaid Festival will be held this year the last week in June, rather than in early June as in years past. The following committees are already at work and have been appointed by North Webster’s Lions Club, President, Lester Kline and General Chairman, Joe Van Camp and Chairman, John C. Herrmann. The Festival was first held five years ago for the purpose of advertising Indiana’s Lake and Resort region and has increased in popularity each year since. Plans are being made for an even better festival this year. Always an interesting feature of the Mermaid Festival is the girl’s bathing beauty contest for the title of “Queen of tne Lakes”. The 1949 queen was Miss Darlene Morrow of La Paz, Indiana, who was selected last year, but she will appear at the Festival to relinquish her crown to the 1950 Queen. This year, the Festival committees, through the theatres, schools and Lions Clubs, is inviting cities and towns in the resort region to select a queen of their own community to compete at the Festival for the 1950 “Queen of the Lakes” title. The following selections are already being planned: at Pierceton, the Pierceton High School will select a Miss Pierceton High School in the near future; -at North Webster, the Lakeland Theatre will select a “Miss North Webster, on May 20th; at Syracuse, the Pickwick Theatre will select a “Miss Syracuse-Wawasee” on Tuesday June 13th; at Warsaw, the Lake Theatre will choose a “Miss Warsaw” on June 15th; at the Crystal Theatre will select a “Miss Ligonier” on June 20th; and other communities have indicated th.ey will soon announce dates for contests. A treasure hunt which last year proved to be so popular will again be held. Each night pennies attached to paper airplanes will be sailed from the school house roof and on Saturday night, July Ist all Treasure Hunt contestants will dig for SIOO (one hundred silver dollars) buried in a treasure chest on the Festival grounds. Last year’s champ, James Stieglitz of Milford will again be on ilitz of Milford will again be on hand for this year’s dig. Another feature event added this year is a Mermaid’s Ball” to be held at Waco dancing pavilion on Lake Whwasee Saturday night June 24th preceding the festival to which the public is invited and where all the “Queen of the Lakes” contestants and their escorts will be guests of the Mermaid Festival. A nationally popular name band will furnish the music. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Grimes and daughter, Virginia, visited Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hallis of Greencastle, at their cottage on Ogden Island, last Firday evening. NOTICE Louie’s Grill is now serving buffet dinners every Wednesday evening.

The Triple Contest A YEAR AGO a brace of outsiders broke in and scrambled up the batting leaderships. They were George Kell of the Tigers and Jackie Robinson of the Dodgers.

You could have gotten any price you wanted against them last April. Ralph Kiner took over the home-run crop but Kiner really belonged. He’s been the best homerun hitter baseball has known in many years. But the three

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who were supposed to lead the double pack barely missed. They were Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio for the American league and Stan Musial for the National. DiMaggio actually led his league but he wasn’t in enough games to draw a count All three look to be in shape now and this should mean that two of the three should take over the top spot again. Here are the 1949 records: DiMaggio, .346; Williams, .343; Musial, ?338. this is a good close finish. Their lifetime marks are Williams, .353; Musial, .348; DiMaggio, .331. DiMaggio is 35 years old; Williams is 31 and Musial is 29. Ted Williams is still the top hitter in baseball for all-around value. But his margin isn’t too far above DiMaggio or Musial. Unless some ragged breaks arrive all* three should have big years—years that rank close to their best. All three are in shape and all three have been hitting well in the Citrus Circuit, which doesn’t mean too much. Musial got away badly In 1948 and 1949. He came from .240 last season to .338 but he admits he needs a faster take off. “I wasn’t too well in 1948, he says. “I just wasn’t hitting in the early part of the 1949 season. Enos Slaughter had the same experience and it was some time before he got going again. I never felt better than I do now so there’ll be no reason for another early slump.” If Ted Williams worries about his hitting, he never shows it. He never shows that he has tightened up. Ted has the finest hand-and-wrist action, the best coordination between eyes and hands, I’ve ever seen. No one else in baseball can wait so long before starting his swing. “Right out of'your glove,” Bill Dickey says. DiMaggio’s 1949 mark was remarkable, considering his late start and his other ills. But Joe, like Ted and Stan, looks physically ready for a big year. This is also serving notice on Kell and Robinson that both have a battle on before taking over the lead again. A young fellow by the name of Country Slaughter might cut in. • • * The Leading Slugger In the way of distance hitting, Ralph Kiner has left the others buried in a snowdrift. His last three seasons with the Pirates have been years that almost matched Babe Ruth. The 27-year-old outfielder hit 51 home runs in 1947, 40 home runs in 1948 and 54 in 1949. “I think Babe’s mark of 60 is pretty safe,” Kiner said in California, a few weeks ago. “You’ve just got to keep hitting home runs all the time. I hit 20 in the last 30 days and still fell six short lest season. You have to get away good to have even a chance to reach 60.” With Johnny Mize not playing too often and Joe DiMaggio getting no younger, the main American league job falls to Ted Williams. Ted blew himself to 43 homers last year, the best big-league mark of his career. Stan Musial had 36 and this Cardinal is another who may make his challenge. But the job of catching Kiner looks to be out of range now. They were rating Luke Easter, the new Indian slugger, as the one to watch. Easter is a long-distance hitter with tremendous power, but his spring hitting hasn’t been any too spectacular. There are more than a few who believe Doby, his teammate,, will get more home runs. Easter Is a slugging giant, when he happens to connect. But swinging at big-league pitching for the first time isn’t quite as simple as lighting a cigarette. For all-around power the Red Sox again should be the best hitting team in either league. • • • Call of the Wild If you want to pick up any real information about ballplayers and their varying ways, you should seek out veteran scouts. I stumbled over a nest, or covey, containing three of these invaluable assets, either located temporarily here or passing through. I had just one question to ask —“Why is it that the modern game has so many wild pitchers who have a planet full of stuff but only a vague idea of where the plate is? Mr. and Mrs. Melvin G<ard, of Cromwell, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Culler were guests last Thursday evening of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hufty. Mrs. Gary Mayfield entertained at a birthday dinner, last Fridayevening honoring her husband. An eleven pound fish which they had brought home with them from Astor, Fla,, was served. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Blanchard of New Paris and Mr. and Mrs. Orval Snobarger were guests.

LAKELAND North Webster, Ind. FRI-SAT MAY 5-6 “C. MAN” Dean Jagger — John Carradine Harry Landers NEWS & CARTOON SUN-MON MAY 7-8 “PINKY” Jeanne Craine - William Lundigan Ethel Barrymore - Ethel Waters NEWS & CARTOON WED-THURS MAY 10-11 “MONTANA” Errol Flynn — Alexis Smith Z. (Cuddles) Sakall D. Kennedy NEWS & CARTOON

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