Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 47, Number 44, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 14 August 1953 — Page 1

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Bank Team Wins In Junior League The State Bank junior league baseball team nosed out the Rotary team Wednesday, 9 to 8. on Wednesday evening, to win the championship of the league- with a record of 6 wins and 3 losses. The Rotary team and the Lions club team tied for second place, with 5 wins and 4 losses, while Pilcher’s Shoe team won 2 and lost 7 games. The Rotary team started out strong, with 2 runs in the first and five in the second inning. Rotary was leading 6 as last inning came up. The Bank scored 3 runs in the 6th while holding Rotary scoreless. For Rotary: Thornburg walked 10. struck out 6 and gave up 4 hits. Johnson walked 2. struck out 2. and gave 2 hits. For the Bank: Laird walked 3 and struckout 11. Box scores: STATE BANK AB R H Lantz 3 0 0 Gustafson 3 1 0 Graf 110 Godshalk 4 2 2 Kramer 11 0 Laird 4 12 Duckwall • ’3 2 0 Hare 2 i 0 Spitler 4 0 2 Totals 25 9 6 ROTARY: Clapp 3 2 1 Thornburg 1McCain 2 2 1 Brinkman 3 0 0 Insley 0 0 0 Ketering ■ Johnson 3 0 0 Walker 3 0 0 Bornman 3 11 Disher 210 Totals 23 8 81 Ix*«MUng Hitters Caskey. Lions .450 Godshalk. Bank .413 Mock. Pilchers .400 Hudson, Pilchers .391. Kline. Lions .3 8 4 Hare, Bank .375 Kelly, Lions .”68 Simon, Pilchers .347 Laird, Bank .320 Walker. Rotary .2&5 Last Friday. North Manchester was here for a play day. and the Junior League team lost 9-7. The . Pony League team won 10-3. * The high school team played at Goshen Tuesday and lost 6-5. This Friday night at 6:30 a I group of 12 Junior League boys will play at Warsaw as a preliminary to the finals of the District softball tourney finals. Uons Ikefrat Pilcher’* With both teams suffering I from absence of first string players. the Mons defeated Pilcher’s i Monday night. 16 to 10. In the Junior League baseball game. For the Lions.. Miller walked 8 and struck out 11 For Pllcher« Druckamiller walked 3 and struck out none. Simon walked 8 and struck out eight. Box scores MONS AB R H.j Kline “ 3 2 : Caskey 3 11 Kelly 2 3 Kilmer 4 2 2 Miller 1 4 0 Hursh 3 11 Hibschman 4 11 Baer ' •» . 1 ft j Crow 10ft M. Jones 1 0 ft.: D. Jones 10 ft Felts 1 ft o Yoder ft 0 0 Totals 24 16 7 , PILCHER S AB R H Bitner 2 1 0 Mock 3 11 Druckamiller 4 11 Simon 3 11 Weaver 12 0 LeCount 110 Davis 3 12 Auer 3 11 Schlabach 210 Totals ’22 10 • 6 I JONS 6 2 1 2 5—16 PILCHER S 0 10 9 o—lo i Local Merchants H old Summer Sales In this issue of The Journal - ’ buyers will find that several 10-j cal merchants are holding sum- i mer clearance sales. Money sav- I ing events are in progress—read i the advertisements in this paper and save some “dough*.

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No. 44.

STATE BANK TEAM WINS FINAL GAME ■ B a ■r r K. J A?ROTARY TEAM IS LOSER IN THE LAST GAME M|| '* iMMHi

B & P. W. CLUB MEETS AT W E. LONG GAME HOUSE The Game House on the W. E. Long estate was the scene of a most* enjoyable program for the j w o ft Tuesday nig: Club members dined at 7 p. m. at the South Shore Golf Club. Wawasee. with an ever popular Smorgasbord. Hostesses, Elizabeth Pollock, Mesdames Joe Rapp. Charlotte McSwevney and Ernest Bushong, had arranged pleasing table decor with hibiscus, phlox, petunias, zennlas and daisies in attractive containers. Mrs. J. Barton Cox. president, conducted a short business meeting during which a donation was made in answer to a letter for Golden Age Day. for which August 16th has been proclaimed. The president thanked the B. & P. W; committee for their work on the recent bake sale, the members for their response, and Jean Connell was given enthusiastic recognition for her clever, artistic posters which advertised the sale. Mrs. Cox paid tribute to the deceased Mrs. Ray (Laura) Dur* derar. as a lovely person, and loyal active member of the Club, and Indicated the loss of members bj death was fortunately in the minority and sadly regretted by all members. Mrs. Ernest Bushong announced that the club members were invited ,to Wawasee for a short program, and the large attendance promptly accepted. On arrival it was seen there was evidently to be a movie, and awhile props’ were being arranged, the Long’s wonderful collection of colored glass bottles, steins, many figurines in groups depicting different walks of life, were much admired. Guests. Mesdame> E I. Fosbrink, Nelson Miles, and Lavon Arnberg, a B. w P. W. member of North Manchester, felt they were fortunate in being present as were all the members, for colored movies were shown of scenes in Honolulu and New Mexico. • Mrs.. Long gave a short talk on Japanese homes in Hawaii, and the charming hospitality and customs. and told of the making of Leis and grass skirts. She also showed some Hawaiian dresses for different occasions, made especially for her. The whole program was much enjoyed by all. and doubly so by Mrs. Long’s graciousness tn hospitaiiity and also in answering questions. One question asked, brought the answer “We're always glad to get home. but. yes. we would like to go to Honolulu

again.’’ Mrs. Foabrink had charge of a record player for soft Hawaiian i and Mexican music which en- | hanced the films, and Mrs. Long was the film operator. After a timely refreshment of coca-cola with vari-colored napkins around the bottles, giving a gay holiday air of Honolulu and Mexico ihe crowd in leaving thanked the committee and Mrs. Long for an outstanding entertainment. Township Budget Should Have Sharp Drop Next Year Turkey Creek townships’ budget for this year calls for a tax rate in 1954 of >2.17. Trustee Calvin E. Beck points out that is really an “extra ordinary’’ year -—and that next year the budget should return to normal — with 1 about a 50c reduction over this year. ! I This year there is a 50 cent levy for the new school building cumulative fund. In addition, there is an item in the budget of >42.00'* for the new building, to enable the township to have enj ough money to pay for the proposed building, which item will be eliminated next year. To retire the bond issue, a levy of about 38 cents will be necessary, to raise the >3 7."<X* due each year. Since the levy for the new buildings this year is 50 cents and 42 cents, there will be a reduction of, about 50 cents in { next years’ budget. In anticipation of a reduction , next year in funds to be received from the state of sh.' k ftO. the > township is forced to levy to raise j this Amount. Turkey Creek and Wayne townships are the only ! two in this county to receive a reduction in state funds, next year. s It will be necessary next year to hire one additional teacher. | and to also put on full time a ■ teacher now teaching only two ■ days a week. This adds another >6.o<M> to the budget, which cannot be avoided. I Below is outlined the monies the township expects to have on hand next year to pay, for the new buildings: Bond issue >3*84.000.00 I Cumulative fund ...... 69.120.00 (Invested in govt., bonds) j Interest on above 2.235.00 Balance in cumulative fund after buying bonds 69.0»> 195 T Cumulative fund — 66.472.00 1954 Cumulative fund 50.505.00 From 1954 budget .... 42.000.00 Total >594.401.00 Township officials hope td let the contracts for the new bufld- ' ings this year and the buildings - ready for occupancy by the fall of 1954.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA. FRIDAY — AUGUST 14. 1953

Baseball Tourney Starts Next Monday The Junior League Baseball teams start an end-of-season tournament here next Monday. Games start at 6 p.m. On Monday, Aug. 17, Rotary will meet the Pilcher’s Shoes team. On Wednesday. Aug. 19, the State Bank and the Lions will clash. On Monday, Aug. 24. the winners of the two above games will clash for the championship. All-Star Game On Thursday. Aug.. 27. an AllStar game will be played. Players of all four teams will be divided into two teams—the Whites and the Grays. Members of the teams are: WHITES: Larry McCain. Mickle Brinkman. Ronnie Ketering, Steve Bornman; John Thornburg, Larry Myers. Walker. ' Billy Johnson. Charles Cripe. Fred Godshalk. Larry Laird. Larry Gustafson. Ronald Kramer. Kent Hare. Jim Spitler. Managers are: i John Blocker and John Kroh. GRAYS: Gary Kline. LaMar) Kilmer. Ronald Hibschman. Lan-1 ny Kelly. Dan Caskey. Tom Miller. Bud Hursh. Jerry Davis. Joe Hudson. Tom Auer. Robert Simon. Bob LeCount. Norman Druckamiller. David Weaver. Jim ! Mock. Managers are: Lowell ' Barnhart and Douglas Pilcher. Editorial "30" Ordinarily we have little difficulty in expressing our editorial This is one we have been putting off for a week—until the last possible moment ar- ; rived. It is with mixed emotions that we relinquish control of The Journal. There is some relief in getting out from under the re- ■ sponsibility —- and the work (an editor is working the clock around every day.) However, there has been a great deal of enjoyment connected with the work, too. You are thrown with the finest people on earth, in editing a newspaper, and it a joy to be of service to those organizations who are also working for the betterment of the community. The Journal now occupies the strongest position It has ever occupied in this community. The circulation has more than doubled since we have been here. It is a member of the “Greater Weeklies of America.” one of 14 papers in Indiana who belong to this organization. We have received national recognition for one editorial campaign conducted, and the American Legion saw fit to present the paper with a,certificate expressing appreciation for help in their community projects. On Monday. Aug. 3. the Kosciusko county commissioners broke a 97-year-old tradition, when they instructed the county auditor to make a fair division of legal advertising between the i county seat and Syracuse. Their • efforts at this and along all other county business, an H affects the ' north end. have shown cordiality i and understanding. Our editorial efforts the past 1 years have been to support 100 per cent those things that Syracuse and the north end of | the county need and should have. We have tried to be fair. We have criticized and praised where we felt it was right to do so. We I have tried to be a vital part of I the community. Our community is growing — and will continue to grow. The i,community newspaper will grow I and lead—along with .the community. Our successor. Kenneth C. Wells, is we believe, able to give ' the community a better newspaper. He has served in the U. S. Air Force during World War 11. He was trained as a newspaperman in lowa University. He has had practical experience in the newspaper and printing industryHe is married and the father of two children. He has been active in church work. He has been affiliated with eivic organizations and is a member of the Masonic lodge. (Yes. he may .have a few faults, too.) Those accounts which are owed to us (prior to Aug. 17) can be paid at The Journal office. Proper, receipts will be given. All sub-. scriptions will be carried out. No change in the advertising rate or

DEATHS EARL C. MISHLER Earl C. Mishler. 59, of Culver, a former resident of Syracuse, died at 11:55 a.m. Sunday at the Caylor-Nickel Clinic hospital at Bluffton. His death followed an operation which was performed on Friday. He had been ill for 14 years. Mr. Mishler was born at Tyner. Ind.. July 25. 1894, son of Ben and Olive (Burton) Mishler. On Nov. 1. 1914. he was married to Zazel Wakeley. of Akron, who survives. He attended school in Plymouth and was active in track and baseball. Following the death of his father, he and a brother, Jesse, operated a dredging machine for a number of years. He started work with the Interstate Public Service company, now the Northern Indiana Public Service Company in Sept.. 1918 and was employed by the utility at Milford and Syracuse before moving to Warsaw, where he was employed by the company for 15 years, being transferred to Culver as manager of the Northern Indiana Public Serfice company offices in December, 1934. He retired in 1948 because of ill health. H was a member of the Culver Methodist church, the Culver Masonic lodge, the Culver Chamber of Commerce and was a charter member of the Culver Lions club. He also was a member of the Elks lodge in Warsaw. Surviving besides his wifd/ are a daughter. Mrs. Mary Jane Crump, of Indianapolis; a son. Ben. of Culver; his mother, Mrs. Olive Mishler, of South Bend; a sister. Mrs. Pearl Holfus of Los Angeles. Funeral services were held In i the Culver Methodist Church at 2 p. m. Wednesday with Rev. Ralph Jones, of South Bend, officiating,' and burial was in Oak Hill cemetery. Plymouth. Will Bid On Prize Winning 4-H Animals Prize winning steers, hogs and sheep of the Kosciusko county 4H Fair will be sold at auction at 7:30 p.m. Friday. August 21, at the fairgrounds. The choice animals will be sold to the highest bidder. Anyone may purchase these animals and arrangements can be made before, the sale, for the slaughtering and processing of the meat. A local sale committee to buy animals belonging to Syracuse 4-H Club members, sponsored by the Syracuse Lions club, is contacting interested buyers and sujiporters of 4-H clut> work this week. Members of this committee are: W, A. Jones, jr.. Virgil Bobeck and Harold Curry. This committee will be glad to answer any questions concerning ■ the sale. The Syracuse Lions club and • the Syracuse-Wawasee Journal have ’made arrangements to have photographs taken of all the buyers and 4-H club members and their animals during the sale. Byron Connolly remains a pa tient. in Comer Sanitarium at Mooresville. Ind., where he underwent surgery July 27. He i expects to be there at least another week. Mrs. Connolly and son Timmy spent from Monday until Wednesday with him. Try the Journal Want Ads for immediate results. —i ;— I in prices charged for printing is , contemplated. We would urge our merchants. and those people with news to 1 make a special effort to assist the • new editor, especially the first; few months. He will be at some j disadvantage until he becomes! more acquainted. ■ We wish Mr. Wells, and the community, the best of luck in the years to come. Barton Cox.

Court Action Against Those Who Alter Lake Shoreline Despite repeated warnings lake frontage property owners have filled in and altered shorelines in six instances recently, Director Doxie Moore of the Indiana Department of Conservation said. Director Moore has filed or is preparing action against recent violations at Blackman Lake, LaGrange county; Lima Lake, Steuben County; Bass Lake. Starke county; Winona Lake. Kosciusko county; Silver Lake. Noble county. and Lilly Lake. LaPorte county. “We intend to enforce the 194 7 Acts more vigorously than has been done in the past,” Director Moore added. “The Department wishes to cooperate with the lake property owners as much as possible in making improvements to their places, but three provisions of the law must be observed, because they are harmful to the public interests.” One of the laws prohibits construction of any drainage ditch which has a bottom depth lower than the normal level of a lake of 10 acres or more and within 160 rods (one-half mile) of such lake without written approval of the Department of Conservation. The other two lake protective laws prohibit the alteration of a i bed or shoreline of any lake) without the Department's approv- | al. It also is unlawful to con-j struct a beach, build a boat slip, j sea wall, remove muck or other-1 wise deeped the lake along the shoreline wirhout a permit. These permits must be request-! ed from Charles H. Bechert, Dir-. ector of Water Resources. In- j diana Department of Conserva- i tion. Indianapolis 9. KINARD F. KOLBERG Last rites for Rinard F. Kolberg. 77, longtime resident of this community, who died Tuesday morning at his home 4 miles southeast of Syracuse, were held j at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Troxel ) funeral home in North Webster, i Burial was at North Webster. Born in Stolp, Germany. April 26. 1876. he was the son of Charles and Hulda (Poppenfoose) Kolberg; and came to Indiana when he was four years old. His wife, who was Miss) Maude Steiner before their marriage. died in 1936. A farmer all his life. Mr. Kolberg had been ill with cancer of the stomach the past three years. He leaves two grandchildren. Don Ringler and Mrs. Ray Jones, both of Syracuse, and four great-grandchildren. UM AL SOLDIER IN KOREA SPENDS 5-DAYS IN JAPAN Kokura, Japan.—Pvt. Richard Geaugh, son of John Geaugh, of Syracuse, Ind., recently spent gve days in Japan on a rest and recuperation leave from the 25th Infantry Division in Korea. He was picked up at a forward airbase by a special R. and R plane and whisked from the discomforts and monotony of i war-torn Korea to the bright I lights and gayety of modern Japan in a matter of hours. At one of the Array s Japanese leave centers, he was served a big ! steak dinner and completely out j fitted with clean, freshly pressed i dress uniforms before beginning the rounds of shopping, sight j seeing and enjoying the luxuries ■ riot available In Korea. Private Geaugh is a member of ■ Company D of the 14th Infantry | Regiment. He attended Goshen : high school- and was formerly a I carpenter. ANSWER FIRE ALARM The Syracuse fire department was called to Cedar Point, east ! side Wawasee Thursday at 8 a. | m., by a fire at the Fisher cot- ! tage. An electric refrigerator ■ had become overheated. The I Cromwell fire department was al:so called and reached the scene [ first. No damage was done to i the home. A heavy fog slowed [ the local department. Need money? Well, take a few ' minutes and read the ads tn The | Journal. You find the lowest prices, and the highest quality goods advertised. Read ’em very carefully and compare with what you are paying.

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First Day Os School Is Friday, Aug. 28th

Justice of Peace Hands Out Fines and Suspension ; — In Justice of the Peace Fred Nolands court Tuesday night. Allan E. Baer, of Elkhart, was fined >I.OO and costs, totaling $16.75, on a charge of reckless i driving, on old Road 13, south of) Syracuse. The arrest was made i by Deputy Sheriff Joe Bauer. Last Saturday. Andrew Arm- | bruster. of Syracuse, was fined ■ fined >5.00 and costs, totaling i $19.75. for driving a car with no), drivers' license. Evidence show-1 ed Mr. Armbruster’s drivers’), license had been taken away in ; ( April. 1951. and he had not ap-', plied for one since that time. | ( His driving privileges were sus-: , pended for 90 days by the court. ( and recommendation made to. j the state that his auto license j j plates be taken away. The ar- ■ rest was made by police officer | Jeffries. State Police brought ( Mr. Armbruster to court when he i failed to appear. 1 Two traffic violation cases will 1 be heard in the J. P. court Sat- j day. James R. Barden, of Elk- L hart, will appear on a charge of j improper registration plates, and 1 Norma Jean Miller on a charge ; of Reckless driving. State Police officer Geiger made the arrests. ' COUNTY FINISHES BRIDGE AND ROAD WORK Work on the bridge at the south-west edge of Syracuse, on the Milford road, has been completed by the Kosciusko county highway department. The bridge I has been widened three feet' on each side, and new guard rails Installed. Eight-inch T-beams were used on either side, with a covering of concrete and asphalt. The county highway departhas also completed work of [ black-topping the new road l through the Howard & Lamm addition, and also the 3-4 mile road running west from roed 13 past the Arthur Jones farm. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Penn are ’ entertaining Friday night in I honor of their house guests. Mr.' and Mrs. Joseph B. Schweppe, of St. Louis.

4-H Club Members Exhibit At Co. Fair

Several members of the Syracuse Boys' 4-H Club. Community • Hands, will exhibit their projects at the Kosciusko County Fair r next week. The fair will be held August 17-22.# The 4-H beef steers and sheep will be shown and judged on | Tuesday morning, hogs utid garden Tuesday afternoon, rabbits : Tuesday evening, dairy Wednesday morning and poultry Wednesday afternoon. Other 4-H highlights of the week, will be the dairy showmanship contest to be held on Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. The prize winning sheep, hogs, and steers wiH be sold to the highest bidder at the 4-H livestock auction sale on Friday, at 7:3ft p.m. The following list of projects will be shown by the Syracuse club members: Fat barrows: Walter Brazel 2, Arthur Mabie 2. Emory Stiffler. Larry Mock, Jim Mock and Ron-

Syiwuse Boy Now in Honolulu Word received from Eric Larson. now in Honolulu, Hawaii, staying at the Y.M.C.A.) tells of) the thrilling arrival there by North-West Airlines, non-stop from Chicago to Seattle, and then to Honolulu. Eric writes that flying over the Rockies, they looked just like they do in the “westerns” here at the Pickwick. I Hawaiian hospitality is really true, writes Eric. The people are mostly Chinese and Japanese, but they all get along well together, j Eric found a job quite soon there to keep his finances from dwind-j

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The first day of school for &U Syracuse students will be Friday, August 28, 1953. from the hour 8:29 until approximately 19:3(0 a.m. This is Organization Day and very important that every one attend, as attendance will be counted and book and lesson assignments will be made for the first full day of school attendance. August 31. School attendance is very important to Trirkey Creek Township patrons as the amount of state aid we will receive is determined by attendance. All beginners or first grade students must be six years old by October 1. in order to be eligible for school attendance. Each student must present a birth certificate to his or her teacher in order to enter school this fall. This is a County Board of Education ruling. There will be a second hand book exchange as in former years and it is urged all students attempt to purchase good second hand books. Please bring your book in with your name and the price wanted on the first page. All second hand books presented for sale should be in good condition. Thornburg's Drug Store will handle all new books as in former years. Don't wait. Purchase your books for both semesters. early. New books adopted this year by the State Board of Education are in English 9, 10, 11. and 12; , -J • Literature for grades 9, lt> and I 11; all Social Studies courses; a1 1 High School Mathematic i Courses; Chemistry; Physics and 7th grade Agriculture. A special notice to NEW students entering Syracuse school# this fall in grades 7 to 12, inclusive: Students are asked to pleace go to the High School Principal’s office for pre-enroll-ment. during the week ot August 17-21 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Any student who wishes to talk over his or. her course of studies, deficiencies or other problems, are urged to come in before school begins. August 28. If theee hours are inconvenient you may call for a special appointment. Residence phone 181-W or office 155.

aid Roberts. Gilts: Kenneth Pletcher. David Pletcher and Emory Stiffler. Dairy Heifers: Alden Stuckman. Ronald Kettering. David Pletcher and Emory Stiffler. Beef: Paul Beezley, Fay Gard, and Ronald Roberts. Sheep: Marsha Crow, Charles Crow. Jr. Kern. Kenneth Pletcher. and Arthur Mabie. Poultry: Jane Godshalk. Mark Godshalk. Ronald Roberts, and Arthur Mabie. Garden: Bob Simon. Fred Godshalk, Jane Godshalk, Allen Mock, and Kenneth Pletcher. Potatoes: Walter Brazel. Soybeans: Mark Godshalk. Electric: Richard Curry. Rabbits: Bill Duckwall, Ronald Roberts. Jane Godshalk, Fred Godshalk. and Mark Godshalk. Wildlife and Entomology: Jerry Forrest. Forestry: Jane Godshalk and Walter Brazel.

ling while there. He says he expects to learn a lot of things yet, and that everything has not been a fairy tale of good fortune so far. People along the way have been very kind, and a man at the employment office, part-Japanese was of much help. The New Paris Chamber ot Commerce will hold its first annual flower and ganien show on Saturday and Sunday. Aug. 151 . The event will be held in the community building. Doors will be open to the public from 3 p. m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and from 2 to’ 6 p.m. Styiday.