Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 45, Number 31, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 19 May 1950 — Page 8

MERMAID FESTIVAL PLANS PAGEANT OF FLOATS & BANDS FOR GALA QUEENS PARADE The Mermaid Festival Parade committee have completed plans for a mammouth Queen’s Parade to be held Friday evening, June 30th at the Mermaid Festival in North Webster beginning at 7:30 P. M., immediately preceding the “Queen of the Lakes” bathing beauty contest, it was announced today from North Webster by John Herrmann, Chairman of the Mermaid Festival. With a pageant of bands and advertising floats the committee hopes to dramatize and display the entire recreational facilities which the lake and resort region have to offer the vacationist, resorter, fisherman, sportsman, and tourist. To accomplish this, the

• .‘1 F *• * Herds a Lifetime of Carefree Boatinq! • Made of a material that cannot rust, warp or rot, that never requires painting or caulking. Scientifically designed for high-riding UTTU AS safety. The result is the boat of the century... and SBO a lifetime of carefree boating pleasure. See us for your choice of the six great Aluma Craft models. DOWN Macy's Wawasee Slip LAKE WAWASEE Phone 92 iniiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiyiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuii

-EAT AT— Morgan’s I DRIVE-IN s Wawasee South Shore — Highway 13 s Try Our Delicious FRI/ED CHICKEN with French Fries — Slaw Hot Buttered Rolls SIZZLING HOT Cl 00 5 MINUTES W I I —SERVING—STEAKBURGERS and FRENCH FRIES HAM — BARBECUE — CHEESE SHAKES — MALTS — COFFEE OPEN TILL 2:00 A. M. on Week Ends I • iiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiif

Gala Day May 28,1950 Mission Bazaar Entertainment for A11... Young and Old. BAR-B-Q Served 1 to 6 P.M. OUR LADY OF THE LAKE SEMINARY Lake Wawasee, Indiana Sponsored by The Catholic Students Mission Crasade

committee invites the entire resort region to participate. The Committee invites clubs, lodges, boat companies, sporting good stores, resort hotels, drive-ins and restaurants, golf and country clubs, boat and yacht clubs, conservation clubs, miniature golf courses, amusement parks, racing associations, riding academies, chambers of commerce, theatres, bands, factories, lumber yards, lake lots and real estate developments, merchants and any others interest to enter a float or display in this giant, gala parade. Some 25 northern Indiana communities will be represented in this Queen’s Parade with a chosen girl from their city or town. Each community’s queen in a separate shiny decorated convertible car will ride atop the back seat of her

convertible displaying the name of her town on a ribbon banner across her bathing suit. Bands of surrounding high schools and other bands are being invited to join in the parade. Any firm, business, store, factory, club or lodge in any way interested' in the resort and recreation trade of the area desiring to enter a banner, sign, display or float in this giant pageant and Queen’s Parade may do so. The Queen’s Parade and the “Queen of the Lakes" bathing beauty contest immediately following on Friday evening June 30th, are expected to be two high lights of a full week of Mermaid Festival events running from June 24th to July Ist. Thousands of persons will not only serve to coordinate and dramatize the complete and varied advantages of the Northern Indiana resort region but likewise will dramatize the firms or groups entering floats or displays. Members of the Mermaid parade committee are: Thurlow Stiers, Fred Blosser, Earl Himes, Earl Uhgericht and Paul Royer. For further information, contact any of the above members or John Herrmann, Mermaid Festival chairman or Lester Kline, North Webster Lions Club, President. CARD OIF THANKS I wish to thank my friends and neighbors, for their many acts of kindness, their prayers and for the flowers, and cards, sent to me, while I was in the hospital. Mrs. Stella Juday. Coming Sunday in the HeraldAmerican’s great color magazine, The American Weekly! “Doorbell Swindlers”, a dramatic story of how million-dollar-a-year doorbell swindlers fleece thousands of housewives a day throughout the country. Learn the unscrupulous methods and tricks these doorbell swindlers use to inveigle money from innocent people. Guard yourself against these “Doorbell Swindlers” ... be wise to their tricky tactics . . . read this revealing story Sunday in the CHICAGO HERALD-AMERICAN’S great color magazine. Illllllllilllllltlllllilllllllllilillllllililllllillllllllllllllllllllll lllllllliilllllllllllUlllllillHlllllllllillllililllllllllllllllllllll FOR COURTEOUS . SERVICE CALL THE COURTESY CAB PHONE 97 W RES. PHONE 187 R DIXIE GRIL ■ f . FRED NOLAN '

SYRACUSE-WAWASEE JOURNAL, Syracuse, Ind.

LOCALNEWSg Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Berkey, of Warsaw, spent, Sunday, here with Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Babcock and family. Mrs. Lena Gants, of Warsaw, visited Mrs. Ida Hamman and daughter, Miss Lillian Hamman, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. George .Bloome, of Baltimore, Md., were guests, Wednesday, of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Abts. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Teetor, of Hagerstown and son, Jack Teetor, of Detroit, Mich., spent the weekend at their cottage, on the south shore, of Lake Wawasee. Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Kroh, of Chicago Heights, 111., and Dr and Mrs. S. M. Casey, of Huntington, spent Sunday at the Casey cottage, on the South Shore of Lake Wawasee. Little Charles Casey Kroh spent the time with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kroh, in Syracuse. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Freeman and daughter, Margaret, were also guests in the Kroh home. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Francis, who have spent the winter, in Lake Worth, Fla., plan to return to Syracuse, next week. Mrs. Marie LeCount fell, in the yard at her home south of town, on Wednesday evening of last week, and fractured her leg just above the ankle. She is confined to her bed in her home. Mrs. Reginald Mallett, of South .Bend, was hostess to three ladies, from Welmington, North Carolina in her Lake Wawasee cottage last week. On Thursday evening, Mrs. Matt Abts entertained, Mrs. Mallett and her guests, at dinner. Mr. and Mrs. John Shenbarger, of North Judson, spent Sunday here in the home of their daughter, Mrs. Catharine Connolly. USHKHWMn Presents FRI.-SAT. MAY 19-20 HE’S MY GUY” Joan Davis also GAY RANCHERO” Roy Rogers SUN.-MION. MAY 21-22 “TWO GUYS FROM TEXAS” Dennis Morgan — Jack Carson Dorothy Malone TUES.-WED-THURS. MAY 23-24-25 “TASK FORCE” Gary Cooper — Jane Wyatt Wayne Morris Two Shows Nitely First Show At Dusk Admission 50c Children Under 12 Free niiiiiiiiHiiiuiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiimi

Thank You! 275 Friends —of Syracuse, Lake Wawasee, Dewart lake, and neighboring towns — who attended the opening of The Lamp Light. Your courtesy was greatly appreciated and in the future we will continue to warrant your continued business by showing new merchandise frequently. Feel free to come in and browse around any tijne. STORE HOURS 9 A. M. to 5:30 P. M. Monday thru Saturday Wednesday and Saturday until 9:30 P. M. Sunday 2 to 6 P. M. (Above hours used until June 15) MADGE & PETE HARKLESS MARY & TOM VAN The Lamp Light South Huntington Street Syracuse, Indiana iiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiui I Fanners...Attention! | 47-inch Fann Fence - 6-inch Slav I s = No. 9 Top and Bottom Wires, 11 ga. filler — ? | 4 point Barbed Wire 7 ft. Studded Tie Posts Now In Stock I I Buy Your Fence Now! ' —s We Deliver Syracuse Hardware Co. Phone 6

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kegg spent a few days, in Indianapolis, in the homes of Mr. Kegg’s children. Mrs. Elsie Bowersox and Mrs. Carrie Spry spent Sunday with relatives, in Chicago. Mrs. S. U. Hooper and Mrs. Matt Abts attended a luncheon, Thursday given by the St. Hilda’s Guild of the St. James Episcopal church, in Goshen. Ray R. Frevert was in Indianapolis Monday and Tuesday, attending Grand Lodge of the F. & A. M. Mrs. Wm. J. Curnane, Pittsburgh, Pa., Mrs. H. P. Bauer and children Karen and Johnny from Knox, Pa., are visiting this week with their parents. Rev. and Mrs. F. A. Handley. Cotton slips and petti-coats, plain fancy all kinds, all sizes. Try them. Mrs. Wm. G. Connolly. iiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiinniiHiuiiiHniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiif SODDING YARDS Our Speciality Drywells Built ■ and Repaired Also Black Soil For Sale CALL SYRACUSE 6-F-31 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIH CRYSTAL LIGONIER INDIANA TONIGHT THURS. MAY ISTH “THE JUDGE STEPS OUT” Alexander Knox — Ann Sothern FRI.-SAT. MAY 19-20 ‘‘ROUGHSHOD” Robert Sterling — Gloria Graham Claude Jarman, Jr. Conflict in the high Sierras .... roughshod he lived, fought, and loved SUN.-MON.-TUES. MAY 21-22-23 “RIDING HIGH” Bing Crosby — Coleen Gray You will howl till your sides ache in this mirth provoking comedy about a race horse WED.-THURS. MAY 24-25 “BLACK HAND” Gene Kelly — 5 J. Carrol Naish Here is sharp searing drama . . .. it’s tense, taut, and terrific —- COMING — SUN.-MON.-TI ES. MAY 28-29-30 “NANCY GOES TO RIO” Jane Powell — Ann Sothern Carmen Miranda llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllilllllllllllll

CYNTHIA ANN FREVERT WELL BE “MISS SYRACUSE” AT MERMAID FESTIVAL Announcement has been recceived from the Mermaid Festival Queen Committee that charming, popular Cynthia Ann Frevert has been voted “Miss Syracuse” by her school mates. Cynthia Ann Is 17, a senior at Syracuse high school, and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Frevert of Syracuse. She has light brown hair and sparkling blue eyes. She stands five feet 4-H inches tall and weighs 120 pounds. For the past three years she has been a yell leader for Syracuse high. She is a good singer and has played the bass drum in the band for 4 years. Interest in Syracuse is also centered around the beauty contest for the. Selection of “Miss Wawasee” will likewise be a contestant for the “Queen of the Lakes” title at the Mermaid Festival contest. June 30th. Both “Miss Syracuse” and “Miss Wawasee” will be honored guests of the Mermaid Festival at

SOUTH SHORE INN COCKTAIL LOUNGE ON BEAUTIFUL LAKE WAWASEE WILL OPEN SATURDAY MAY 20 Delightful Meals — Banquets Conventions TELEPHONE 201 SYRACUSE uiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimuuiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiinmiiiiiiiiii | ANTIQUE AUCTION SALE l SATURDAY, MAY 20,10 A. M. COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, GOSHEN =_ . - Inside with seats for all. Large Selection colored = | and pattern glass, China, lamps, set of tea leaf, | clocks, lustre, etc. JOE KRAMER & SON s = Not Responsible For Accidents | TiiiiiiiiiHiimnniiniu!imniiuiii»iiini!niniiiiiiiHnnmiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiniiuiiiniuHiiiiiiiimiiiiiiininiiiiitiiiiimiH! WACO BALLROOM MERCURY RECORDING ARTISTS Tickets Now On Sale. Adv. Sale $1.50 Tax Incl. Pickwick Theatre — Lounge B.E Goodrich * {jmgoodw ’ vMMmMI Don’t let that low price fool you! ® A \.\\ Th’® is no "cheap” tire! It’s got a > \ \ W 1 Wm® deep, hefty tread. And its cord body •; X WWvHBI *s built with "rythmic-flexing cords . y —the same famous construction that gives all B.F. Goodrich tires more al. comfort, safety, and mileage. ’ Savings on All Other Defianto Siros, Tool -KBIIWIk W D TO "ay ’ FREE! 68-PAGE TRAVELOG PREPARED BY RAND McNALLY & CO. STOP IN-GET YOURS TODAY-NOTHING TO BUY-NO OBLIGATION Auer's Service Station SYRACUSE, IND. Phone 64 24 Hour Wrecking Service

the Mermaid’a Ball at. Waco Ballroom on Lake Wawasee the evening of June 24th where all Mermaid Festival Queen contestants from more than 25 northern Indiana cities win be personally introduced and will lead* the Grand March. (CONDITION O’ CHIMTKR MIDDLETON (ULLMD “FAIR” The condition of Chester Middleton, of Syracuse, was reported as “fair” Monday by attendants at the Goshen hospital, where he Is receiving treatment for gunshot wounds. His condition is not believed serious, attendants said. * The charge, which according to police was self-inflicted, entered below his left shoulder. The incident occurred early Saturday morning at his home on East Boston street in (Syracuse after he returned from work. Mr. Middleton was a night watchman at the Wilt Industries, Inc.

FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1950

iiiiiiiHHilllIllllllllllllllllllilllllllllHHIIIUHIIIIIIIIIIIIIH! Coffee served Free All Day June 17th 4-. H ( IATI NBWS The boys 4-H cltib. Community Hands, will meet Friday. May 19, 8:00 P. M , at the High School. State Trooper George Coon of Leesburg will give a talk on safety. LAKELAND ~ North Webster, Ind. Mtl.-HAT. MAY 19-20 “YOUNG .MAN WITH A HORN” Kirk Douglas — Lauren Bacall Doris Day — Hoagy Carmichael News MLN.-MON. MAY 21-22 “THE SUNDOWNERS” Robert Preston — Robert Sterling John Barrymore. Jr. News and Cartoon WEID.-THURS. MAY 24-25 “NANCY GOES TO RIO” Jane Powell — Ann Sothern Barry Sullivan Carmen Miranda • News and Shorts piSSSi ... of course. • iTfl® We. Serve SEA I3OOD well as our F|®|l ■ IMIH steaks Real lniiM>rted , South African ' Lobster Tails | H Dinners Served 5:00 to 12 nk nil Midnight . Moderate Prices! ■ Every Sat. Nite ■ ‘Trib’ Biddinger ( ft On Hammond j K Organ 1 Thurs., Fri., & Sat. I May 18-19-20 I 3-Big Days-3 Bing Crosby Coleen Grey “RIDING HIGH’’ $$ $ Very Profitable f To Attend Thursday ...4,5 Reasons $ $ $ > Sun., Mon. May 21-22 Cont. from 2 p. in., Sun. Clark Gable Loretta Young Marilyn Maxwell “KEY TO THE CITY” Cartoon & News Tues., Wed. May 23-24 Dan Dailey Colleen Townsend “When Willie Comes Marching Home” Plus - Hugh Herbert ■ Comedy I Cartoon & News U Get Your Tickets Now IJ Giant Midnite Show A Sat, May 27, 11:45 P. M.J “DEVILS HARVEST” | and , “ ft “TEEN AGE” 4 Not Recommended ® For Children