Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 46, Number 4, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 9 November 1951 — Page 1

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VOLUME 46

Syracuse Spud Grower Wins State Crown Dean Grady, Syfbcuse, winner of the 1950 state potato crown, will retain his title for a second year, it was announced last Saturday. Grady produced 717.4 bushels of Katahdin potatoes on his winning acre this year and in 1950‘ produced the all-time high receded of 807 bushels of the same variety, according to Roscoe Eraser, vegetable specialist at Purdue University. The potato champion with other royalty of the muck crop land will be crowned as a climaxing feature of the annual Indiana Muck Crop shots- Friday night November 9 ar 7:30 p.m. The Muck Crop show opened Wednesday, Nov. 7 at the Purdue Center, Fort Wayne, and continues through Friday. In addition to retaining the title, Grady will receive a cash award of $25 and a gold medal. High producing potato growers receiving cash awards and gold medals whose yields per top acre are as follows: James Ummell, Elkhart, 596.i5> bushels, sls; Fred Frazer, Rochester, 566.27 bushels, $12.50; R. D. Haynes, LaOtto, 5’51.75 bushels, $10; Max Heffley, 427.6’ bushels, $7.50. The potato contest is sponsored by the 400-Bushel Potato Club, composed of growers who have achieved this yield or better per acre. Tells Os Methods Grady says that he follows a recipe of selecting quality seed and using a generous hand with fertilizer and sprays. Certified Katahdin seed from New Brunswick, Canada, was planted on May 11. Before applying 2-9-27 analysis fertilizer, he mixed l«s*o> pounds of maganese sulfate and 300 pounds of sulfur to the ton of fertilizer. At plowing time the fertilizer was broadcast at the rate of >SOO pounds of 2-9-27 to the acre. The same analysis was applied in the row at 1,000 lbs. to the “acre. Grady’s disease and insect control program included 13 sprayings. The first five sprayings were with Dithane. In these five sprayings he used four pounds of manganese sulfate to 100 gallons of water. Bordeaux was usM for the following eight sprays. RASOR SPECIAL JUDGE Everett E. Rasor has been selected as special judge to hear the circuit court action of Effie Emerson vs. Ruth O. Xanders, both of Syracuse. Mrs. Emerson is seeking judgment of $27,00*0' as the result of injuries sustained when she was struck by an automobile driven by the defendant in an accident at Syracuse on Oct. 3, ’SO. She alleges that Mrs Xanders was driving in a negligent manner. The regular judge, Walter Brubaker, declined jurisdiction in the case after which Rasor, James Snodgrass and John Widatnan were selected as possible judges. The two parties struck out Snodgrass and Widaman, leaving Rasor to assume jurisdiction of the case. OPEN PRYOR ESTATE The estate of the late Michael F. Pryor, of Syracuse, has been opened in circuit court with John E. Grieger qualifying as administrator. Mr. Pryor died on Oct. 14, leaving personal property valued at $4,000. His wife, Martha E. Pryor, is listed as the only heir. Grieger has been given authority to continue the operation of a retail grocery store in Syracuse under management of the widow. DEPUTY JOE BAUER NOW BACK ON THE JOB ” Deputy Sheriff Joe Bauer returned to his duties at' the court house in Warsaw, Monday, after being confined to his Syracuse horde for more than a week due to illness, FAIR ASSOCIATION STOCKHOLDERS WILL MEET NOV. 14 The annual stockholders meeting of the Kosciusko County Fair Assn., will be held on November .14 at 8:00 p.m., In the Women’s Building at the Fairgrounds, in Warsaw. The nominating committee Is: Robert Hall, Warsaw, chairman; Wm. Wedrick, Silver Lake; and Sherman Deaton, Syracuse. The auditing committee is Everett Hanft, Warsaw, chairman; and Joe Korn, Warsaw. J. D. (Jerry) Overmyer is in charge of the election.

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WEDDINGS PUSTI - MUIRHEAD Miss Pauline Rose Pusti, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Pusti, Syracuse, Ind., became the bride of Darrell James Muirhead, in a double ring ceremony at 9:30 o’clock Friday morning, Nov. 2, in the rectory of St. Mary Catholic Church, New London, Conn. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. Chester Muirhead of North Platte, Neb. James Montague, United States Navy, of Heminford, Neb., served as best man. ’J’he bride’s gown of American Beauty Rose satin was fashioned with a full skirt and stand-up duchess collar of rose point lace. Her accessories were white and she chose white bride roses for her corsage. Her matron of honor, Mrs. Virginia Nacjaks, Niantic, Conn., wore a navy blue suit with black accessories and her., corsage was of light pink roses. Following the ceremony a dinner and informal reception was held in the home of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pusti, in Groton, Conn. The couple will reside temporarily at 73 Meredian St., Groton, Connecticut. COMBS-LEACOCK VOWS READ IN SANTA BARBARA, CALIF, ON OCTOBER 6 Announcement has been received of the marriage of Marie Combs and Ralph Leacock, on Sunday afternoon, October 6th, at 1:30 p.m. The ceremony was performed in “The Little Chapel of Santa Barabara” at Santa Barbara, California. They were attended by Mr. and Mrs. John Danskin, sister and brother-in-law of the groom. A wedding dinner for the wedding party, which included relatives and close friends of the couple, was given in the home of Mr. and Mrs. aJck Eaton. After a wedding trip to Escanada, Mexico the couple are at home in Los Angeles, Calif. AMERICAN LEGION NEWS The membership is up to 173 now. We can do better than that, if we try, can’t we fellows? There will be an Armistice Day Service, Sunday, Nov. 11th. All men to take part in this service, be at the Legion Home by 10:30 Sunday morning, Nov. 11th. There will be a District meeting here at the Legion Home on Dec. 2, 1951. Let’s all turn out for this meeting. The Annual Feather Party will be held on Nov. 20, Monday night at 7: 00 p. m. All World War II Veterans who have not applied for their Indiana State Bonus, do so now. You have until Dec. 31st, as it was extended. The bonus law will not be extended again. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILL MEET TUESDAY NIGHT The Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce will hold the nekt monthly meeting Tuesday, November 13, at the Pickwick. On the program will be motion pictures. Two Officials Appointed Two appointments were made Monday afternoon by the county commissioners, Aud. Earl Himes reported today. Fred Nolan was named justice of the peace at Syracuse, and Cletus M. 'Rovenstine, of Atwood, was re-appointed as a member of the alcoholic beverage board, from Dec. 7, I'sl to Dec. 7, 195>2. The commissioners did not meet Tuesday, due to the election, but will be together for another session at the court house on Wednesday. TAKE EXAMINATIONS Among twenty-four men who took physical examinations for military service, Wednesday at Indianapolis were: Thomas Gilbert, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Gilbert and Nelson Hoover, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Hoover. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Beck of Zanesville, Indiana, are the parents of a 7-lb., I>s—oz. daughter, named Wendy Sue who was born to them on Tuesday, November 6th, at the Huntington hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Cal Beck are paternal grandparents of the baby. Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Bailey visited Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Russell Beck at Clunette. Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Sharp and son moved to Warsaw last week 1 end.

Syracuse Pistol Club Is Organized Fourteen local shooters have formed a pistol club and are scheduled to shoot in the St. Joseph Valley Rifle and Pistol Association indoor winter program. All teams in the St. Joseph Valley Association are affiliated with the National Rifle Association and the local club had to elect the necessary officers and apply for a N. R. A. charter. The following officers were elected: President, Rolland Byler; vicepresident, Harry Nicolai; Executive Officer, Verne H. Brinkman; Chief Instructor, Carl Penn; secretary and treas., Velma Penn. Other members are Mrs. Rolland Byler, Mrs. Richard Lockerbie, Richard Lockerbie, Ken Harkless, Roy Butt, Charles Dean, Dale Sprague, Paul Hagerty, George Hire and Roscoe Howard. An indoor range was built upstairs over the recreation hall. Boiler plate for the backstop was obtained and the different members and friends contributed other materials and labor required to build the necessary bullet trap and target supports. The first competitive match on the schedule was held at Goshen Wednesday night. The regular shooting night of the local club is Wednesday night and the first home match will be held on November 28, when the local teah will be host to the Ligonier club. NIPSCO Pays $2,621,151.75 Taxes This Year Checks for the fall tax* payments of Northern Indiana Public Service Company, one of the state’s largest taxpayers, have been sent to the county treasurers of the communities served by the Company, it was announced this week by Dean H. Mitchell, president of the company. The present payments amount to sl,310,532.64 and bring the tax payments for this year to $2,621,151.75, which is an increase of $81,239.48 over last year. Taxes paid by counties, local and surrounding, were: Elkhart, $63,139.37; Huntington. $976.21; Kosciusko, $25,796.43; LaGrange, $10,533.18; Noble, $2,191.27; St. Joseph, $110,811.03; Steuben, $9,769.40; Wabash, ssi,719.67; and Whitley, $2,797.45. INTERMEDIATE MOTHER'S CLUB The Intermediate Mother’s Club met Monday evening in the home of Mrs. Ralph Thornburg Jr., with Mrs. Lionel Bates, Mrs. Bernard Fitzgerald and Mrs. John Holloway as assisting hostesses. Twenty members and three guests, Mrs. Robert Craig, Mrs. Paul McClamrock and Mrs. James Bender, were present. After a short business meeting the auctioneer, Lucille Lung, appeared and many attractive and useful articles 'were very ably autioned off. Betty Kowallik still has a few of the Child Books for sale. They would make marvelous Christmas gifts for those lltlte tots on your list. The social hour started with delicious refreshments being served by the hostess. A grand time was reported by all present. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Paul Lantz and we hear that something special is planned. FILES DAMAGE SUIT The Wolverine Insurance company, of Michigan, has filed a damage action against Joe Hamman, in which judgement of $872.17 is asked. The plaintiff states that it insured a car belonging to Miriam Shupp, and that her car, driven with her consent by Charles Rock, Jr., collided one mile east of Syracuse with an auto driven by the defendant. The plaintiff states that it paid the amount of the Shupp car’s damage, $872.17, to Miriam Shupp, and it now asks judgment in that amount from the defendant, Hamman. RETURNS HOME Mrs. Ralph Method, office clerk at the Syracuse-Wawasee Journal was removed to her home Friday from the Goshen hospital where she underwent major surgery ten days ago. It is hoped that her recovery will be rapid and that she will be back on her Job at the Journal soon. x Mrs. Dial Rogers and her grandson, Jackie Lockwlti, were at the Rogers cottage several days through the P. T. A. Hallowe’en party.

SYRACUSE. INDIANA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1951

>O s. ▲ < W •-■I rnr fflk W F ■■ VW WH. * * U I (AlnnisticeDffl] TODAY, as we pay silent homage to those who gave their lives that we might continue to enjoy Democracy ... let us rededicate ourselves to a continuation of the principles for which they fought. WE HAVE FREEDOM at the polls, freedom to participate in civic activities and, above all, freedom of thought and speech. Let us exercise these privileges of democracy wisely and to the fullest of our abilities —for this is the best way we can prove they did not die in vain.

URGES PURCHASE OF MORE DEFENSE BONDS TO INSURE MEETING COUNTY QUOTA A. I. Nelson, chairman of Kosciusko county Defense Bond committee has received a report from the Federal Reserve Banks stating that the county’s Defense Bond sales from the period of September 1 to October 28 were $111,178 as compared with the county’s quota of $150,000. The campaign was closed officially on October 27 but the Federal Reserve Banks will hold their records open until November 13 to list any sales that may he made in the meantime and to receive reports from banks and post offices of sales already completed. As of October 28, eight Indiana counties had met their quotas, these counties being Cass, Crawford, Decatur, Fountain, Jasper, Orange, Rush and Sullivan. Seven additional counties were so close to their goals that campaign leaders were confident that their quotas would be met when the final figures are compiled. Those counties are Carroll, DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Pike, Steuben and Warrick. There were an additional 20 counties which had made enough progress in their sales efforts to justify the hopes that the final reports would reveal that they had met their quotas while many more counties would miss their goals by only a few thousand dollars. Robert W. Fowler, Director of the Indiana . S. Savings Bonds Division, explained that there will be two additional weekly reports on sales received from Federal Reserve Banks before the campaign is finally brought to a close. He urged bahks, post offices, and other bond issuing agencies to report all sales to the Federal Reserve Banks by November 12 in order that all Indiana counties might receive credit for transactions that had been completed. He explained that careful attention to these details during the closing days of the campaign could have a big Influence on the final reports. "The sale of bonds of the small denominations has been highly satisfactory throughout this campaign,” Mr. Fowler said, "but we have not had sufficient

Silver Lake Man, Carl Dowd, Will Be State’s 1951 Onion King Carl Doud, Silver Lake, today became the 1951 Onion King of Indiana. He out-yielded onion growers in the Hoosier muckland with a crop of 888.8 bushels of South Port White Globe Onions on his winning acre, according to Roscoe Fraser, extenI sion vegetable specialist at Purdue University. The onion contest is an effort of the IfiOO bushel-acre club to I encourage growers to use approved practices. High yields are recognized by the rewarding of medals. Doud will receive $25 and a silver medal. Other medal I winners and their 1951 yields are Martin Blad, South Bend, 744.74 bushels, bronze medal and sls; and Fred Fraser, Rochester, 689.9 bushels, $12.50 and a bronze medal. The medals are awarded by a national chain store. Doud reports that he grew his winning yield on black muck land. The seed was planted on April 27 in 13-inch rows with about 20* seeds per foot. The rate of planting was 6.5 pounds of seed onions to the acre. The crop was grown on a field which last year produced iSO'O bushels of potatoes to the acre. His fertilizer program started with the field sown in rye last winter which was plowed under this spring. He applied 1200 pounds of 3-9-18 analysis to the acre. In addition, 7>5 pounds of copper sulfate per acre was broadcast. Onion production is a costly labor operation as seen by the report of Doud who cultivated ths field six times with a scuffer hoe. This hoe is a home-made device using a cross-cut saw on a rake handle to scoot under the big tops of the onions. The eroy was hand-weeded three times.

, sales of bonds s os the larger denominations to enable some counties to meet their quotas. , Ally 'large purchases of bonds at | this time would be exceedingly helpful, and Individuals and or- ' ganizations that have surplus I funds available are urged to make substantial bond purchases , immediately.” 1

ROUNDTABLE CLUB The Ladies Round Table Club met at the home of Mrs. Joseph Bushong, Monday evening, Nov. 5. Nineteen members responded to roll call with current events. Mrs. Chas. Dietrich was a guest. During the business session the club voted to give $5.9'0 to the Salvation Army and the §ame amount to the Crusade for Freedom. The program for the evening was presented by Mrs. Fred Hoopingarner and Lloyd Pyle, who took us traveling through beautiful Maine and Massachusetts. The remainder of the evening was spent visiting and enjoying a lovely dessert and coffee. WINTER MOTORING TIPS’ If you’re a motorist and you don’t want to exceed the family budget for car repairs this winter, here are some steps which the Chicago Motor Club advises you take at once, if you have not already done so: 1. Drain and flush the cooling system of your car; check all hose connections; tighten clamps and add standard brand antifreeze solution. 2. Check ignition system, distributor points; reset timing; clean or replace spark plugs. 3. Test battery for full charge; clean terminals and tighten cables. 4. Check and adjust fuel system. 5. Apply light weight winter grade oil and grease. 6. Place a shovel and a box of sand, salt, cinders or ashes in your car trunk for use when you get stuck on icy streets, in ruts or at curbsides. Immediate attention to the several points listed above will give you more assurance of secure and comfortable winter driving, than if you should pass up these suggestions as unnecessary. Dorothy Harris returned home Monday after a weeks visit in Chicago in the home of Mrs. Geo. MeElroy. Mr. and Mrs. Max Boyce of Chicago, were week-end guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Gephart.

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Campaign Is “Hitting Reds Where It Hurts/’ Hillis Says Indianapolis, Nov. 6. — Hoosiers still have a chance to rip a wider hole in the' Soviet Iron Curtain and help fence the Communists in their own territory. The Crusade For Freedom, nearing the end of the 1951 campaign for enrollees and funds, is making a plea for support of the campaign which is “hitting the Reds where it hurts.” “General Eisenhower and the American troops in Europe are counting on Radio Free Europe to soften the Commies and make the task easier,” Glen R. Hillis, state Crusade Chairman, said today. “We are almost at the point of gloating over our success in Czechoslovakia. Now we need to concentrate on the new station which is broadcasting to the Hungarians and we need another radio station to broadcast to Poland. Certainly such a program, provided by private American citizens, will keep the Stalin stooges too busy east of the Iron Curtain to bother us in the free world.” “Communism is busy the year around,” Mr. Hillis said in stressing that all Hoosiers still have time to contribute to the program to block the Reds in their avowed design on world conquest. He re-emphasized that Indiana citizens who have not had an opportunity to participate in the campaign can make contributions merely by enclosing them in an envelope addressed to “Crusade For Freedom,” in care of any local post office. In Indiana the Crusade has been sponsored by the American Legion and its Auxiliary. Legionnaires endorsed the Crusade as a special public service program' and have solicited the cooperation of farm, labor, social, business and other Hoosier organizations. Crusade For Freedom supports three radio stations in Western Europe. Success in the 1951 campaign will permit expansion of radio and balloon barrage activities and will open a new campaign in Asia. The Crusade seeks the enrollment of 25,000,000 Americans and voluntary contributions of $3,500,000 to carry on the anti-communist program. In Indiana the goal is $175,000. Many communities already have reported that they have exceeded the goal while others are confident of completing successful campaigns. COUNTER-CLAIM FILED A counter-claim for damages has been filed in circuit court by Fay Sprague against Fred and Bettie Dust. The counter-claim-ant asks judgment of SI,OOO for damage to her car, which was involved in a collision with the Dust car on March 17, 1951, in Syracuse. She alleges negligence on the part of Fred and Bettie Dust. Mr. and Mrs. Dust, in their action filed early this month, had charged Fay Sprague with negligence and asked judgment of $350 for damage to their vehicle. SYRACUSE MAN WINS GUESSING CONTEST ON WEIGHT OF LARGE PUMPKIN Winners guesses on the weight of a huge pumpkin displayed at W. W. Kercher’s market, south of Goshen, were announced Saturday. Dr. K. W. Stoelting. Syracuse, was first; Douglas Shue of Goshen, second; Bill Knapp. Goshen. third; and Paul Christophel of New Paris, fourth. The weight of the pumpkin was 51 pounds, 10 ounces. Mr. Kercher said that 1,0157 persons submitted guesses in the contest. HEX GRANGE MEETS Hex Grange honored six members at a Silver Star Anniversary at their last regular meeting. Those honored were Clarence and Ida Snyder, Ernest Richards. Herbert Blue. Ethel Richards, State Ceres and Ruby Bobeck. After presenting the six certificates, former State Treasurer Mervin Kirkdorfer gave a very appropriate talk. State Lecturer Wiley Stone and Mrs. Stone were also present to participate in the impressive ceremonies arranged by Mrs. Blanche Blue. There were visitors from Vistula, Greencastle, South Prairie, and Lake Granges. Mrs. Manford Mishler personified the “Spirit of the Grange,” and Kathryn Hibschman presented the birthday cake. Corsages were presented to each honored guest. The Pilgrims brought with them the germ.' of a free press.

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Hnntington Executive Is Rotary Speaker At the regular Monday night meeting of Rotary Club held in she Pickwick Grill, the Club was fortunate in having a very close friend of Pau. Levernier’s speak to them. Mr. Jacob Brenn of the Hunt-, ington Laboratories, Huntington, Indiana, held the interest of the Club so thoroughly that an overtime question period brought the meeting to a close, later than usual. a Mr. Brenn started the Huntington Laboratories in 1919 and has developed the Company into the manufacturers of Sanitation Chemicals in the country. He has traveled widely in his business transactions and represented the United States with several other men on a recent tour of 11 European countries. This trip was made in the interest of the Chamber of- Commerce of the United States. The title of his speech was probably. “European Methods of Government,” however, by covering so much territory those who heard him felt that the title hardly covered the subject. His reaction to European methods of government compared to ours was very interesting and left everyone with the profound opinion that there is nothing that can compete nor compare with American incentive. inventiveness, business, and production ability; to say frothing of our democratic way of government regardless of politics. Mr. Brenn cited some examples of entire plants whicly had been in production in the United States and which had been taken to foreign countries, such as England and Russia. These plants were moved in their entirety even to inclusion of key personnel for operation and yet they found that, hard as they might try. the foreign countries were unable to produce more than 2*5 to 40% with the same equipment used in the United States. He seemed to feel that this was probably due to lack nf incentive created by government, and lack of interest by personnel of these foreign countries, and was due to not only government operation of business, but control of individuals. There seemed to be little doubt in the minds of everyone that although we may be critical of the extremes which our government seems to go and the extremes to which our management and labor seem to go in their operation, we still, as Americans, have without a doubt the greatest country on earth. As Mr. Brenn then pointed out there is much to be desired, but in comparison, although we are by far the voungest nation in existence, we do have more than any of our neighbors or our foreign relations. It is seldom that we are privileged to hear men have as complete a knowledge of world situations as did Mr. Brenn and his talk was thoroughly enjoyed by all present. The absence of two prominent local merchants who are members of the Rotary Club was-noticed and the Club looks forward to their return in anticipation of a dinner of wild fowl, deer, or bear meat, or whatever they may have been after, but are more sincerely concerned with the possibility of their return before Christmas. It has been suggested that the present \veather conditions will no doubt offer many convenient excuses for delays enroute. It is our understanding that this route also has a number of convenient motels with social activities included and no doubt our roaming Romeos who sought to entice the wild animals of the West into their snares will find it most convenient under the circumstances to do something_about the length of their stay. The local staff of the Journal is not only laboring under difficulties of extreme weather, illness, the usual breakdown in equipment before publication, pied type, and congealing ink, but lack of editorial assistance. They hope by January Ist to be operating again at normal. While all of this last has nothing to do with Rotary, it does seem proper at this point to comment on recalcitrant members. Next Mondy night meeting of the Rotary will be held at the Pickwick Grill and an excellent program is promised by Paul Levernier, who is chairman of the November program committee. 1