Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 47, Number 2, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 23 October 1953 — Page 1

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VOLUME 47.

Firm Begins Initial Bldg. Phase Locally Preliminary work on the construction of a new type of home building, the Cristecon. has been started on a plot of ground in the Howard and Lamb Addition In Wawasee Village. The property line the main road to north shore. Wawasee. Laying of the foundation and concrete block is in process Cristecon officials pointed out that they will not begin actual construction of the house immediately. aitho It is planned within the near future. The house will eventually be listed for sale, but its main function for the present, when compete. will serve as a demonstration home for prospective buyers, and the general public who wish to view the unusual type of construction. A laminated process is employed which adds strength to the house, removes noises, reduces fuel costs and presents a more readily built house. J The liwal firm Im- .i n.;:”!>• rX houses of this type under construction in a number of adjacent cities

PTA Plans Annual Hallowe'en Activities; Concession Stand to Operate for Funds

■■'> b Hallowe en will invade Syra-, | cuse Saturday evening. Oct 31.1 when the Parent-Teachers association sponsor their annual H.a.l- - « u parade and celebration. The parade will start .at ’.‘3o p.m.. and will form is usual in front ot the Brethr»-:i church, near the fire station The Syracuse fire department will load the parade, followed by the high school band and the masked drum and bugle corps Children will’ follow and may enter the parade anywhere along the route to the grade school building. A group of judges will be Chosen to judge the following costume groups; best decorated pet. largest dressed family. Indian. pirate. clown. blackface, animal. nurse. nursery rhyme character, comic character cow- >. ■. . ■ ' ... .a- - bride and groom patriotic person histurteaJ character and a number of miscellaneous standouts among the parade participants Mr. Paul McClamroch.! president of the P~ T A statodj that then will be treat.- for all J children during the evening in I addition to the prices sot ‘be I costume winners. Actual ceremonies and award-. > ing of prises will be held in front i of the grade school building with Mr. Ray Frevert acting as mas-! ter-of ceremonies. In conjunction with the Hallowe'en activities and running simultaneously, the P-TA group will operate a refreshment booth in front of the post office building in addition to conducting a bake sole This undertaking will get underway at 6 p. m. Proceeds from this activity represent the sole source of revenue for the P-TA body during their operating year With several new projects being tentatively scheduled for this year, officers of the sponsoring organisation are making an all-out effort to increase their contributions In order to better sponsor their projects. A unique sidelight to the Hallowe'en activities will be the painting of the windows ot a local business firm in color A prise will be awarded the art students whose drawings are duplicated on the store. This practice has grown In popularity, in manv communities .:n recent! v years ROGER DALE SMITH Mr. and Mrs Donald Smith are the parents of a son Roger Dale, weighing ten pounds, born Oct. 15, at the Elkhart General hospital. Mrs, Smith and son were removed to their home here Sunday afternoon. ' Visits Abroad Miss Harriett Bachman of New York City, N. Y., who is on the staff of Time magazine, is spending the month of October vacationing in Scotland and England. She is the daughter of Charles C. Bachmon of Syracuse

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Conservation Department Issues a 'No* To Clean-Out of Turkey Creek Ditch

Joseph Godshalk, 84, Funeral Services Held 1 Joseph H. Godshalk. age 54, died last Friday. Oct. 15, follow1 Inga heart ailment of six weeks. ‘ He was born July 2, 1869 in Ohio! I but had been a resident of this; community most of his life. ■ May 3. 1893 he was married to ‘ Loretta Noel of Leeeburg, who survives with two daughters. Mrs > Pearl Hummel and Mrs. Ruby I Hummel of near Syracuse, six sons. Fred. Charles. Ralph and Ray all of Syracuse vicinity, Ted of Granger, and Henry of Bristol, ’2O grandchildren and three great-1 grandchildren. Funeral services were held ‘ - fijneral /home in Milford, Withl Ret(. Emerald Jones officiating.' ; Burial was in the Milford rente-1 ; ’vry

Mrs. Richard Howard Joins Husband In Germany Mrs Richard Howard is leaving today for New York City where she will embark on her voyage to Mannheim. Germany to j join her husband. Sgt. Richard Howard, who is stationed there as a member of the U. S Army of Occupation Enroute to New York. Mra Howard will visit a few days with her mother, Mrs Esther Pracht of Willoughby. Ohio Mrs, Pracht will accompany her daughter to New York A brother. Richard Pracht. of Cincinnati. Ohio, will also visit with Mrs Howard in New York prior to her departure. Date of her sailing has not been determined. Sergeant Howard left for eC.rmany last January He and Mrs. Howard will reside in the German city of Mannheim approx!-1 n.ately wo years. Surveyors Add 40 Lots In Cemetery Surveyors have completed the laying out of 40 additional ?emelots at the Syracuse cemetery along its southern portion The lots were surveyed along a formerly unused road within the cemetery property. laying out of the lots was completed Monday. In addition, tree trimmers cut and trimmed a number of trees in the cemetery which has added materially to Its beauty. , Although the supervision and maintenance of the cemetery rests with the Town Board, officers ot the former Syracuse Cemetery association continue to act as spokesmen for its upkeep and planning. This committee, appointed by the Town Board, is headed by Mrs. Melville Smith. File Complaint Suit Against Two Lake Residents A complaint for mandatory Injunction against Arthur Wible and Kenneth Forker was filed . | last Thursday in the Circuit Court 1 i at LaGrange by the State of Indiana and the Department of Conservation. The complaint, asking for >lO,000 damages, charges that on June 24 the defendants encroach-j ed upon the lake level of water of I Blackman Lake. Milford township. damaging and destroying the \ natural resources of the lake by; destroying the water, the fish, the! plant life and the natural scenic beauty of the lake The complaint demands that | the shore line be nAtored and that the defendants desist from 1 further dredging of their land. Mr. and Mrs. A W. Francis left this week for Lake Worth. Plato spend the winter.

Members of the state depart-1 ment of conservation released its! I findings in the matter ’of the! Turkey Creek diteh clean-out, I and they refused to approve the [ : clean outs This move was a signal victory' j for the objectors to the clean-out.' who comprise a large number of citizens residing in Syracuse and: its lake area. ' The action of the conservation; i department virtually removed the ■ fire from the kettle on the part of the petitioners, who represent a number of farmers residing in Kosciusko and southern 'Elkhart counties. However, the; department ' offered some sooth- ! ing medication in allowing the ! petitioners to take out logs, sand- 1 bars and other obstructions along ’ the creek way. The resolution j specifically stated that they may do no dredging. The result of Tuesday s ruling made it quite ' clear that the only alternative re-; maining for the petitioners in their efforts to have the ditch; cleaned out is to resort to court action. Resor to court action in this instance is almost a certainty in-’ asmuch as it is already on the docket of the Kosciusko Circuit' ] Byron Kennedy of? the Wabash circuit court held a number of hearings on some 15’ issues pertaining to the Turkey Creek ditch issue. Defeat on any I ; of the issues involved presents ai huge stumbling block In the petitioner's chances of gaining a ■green light.” I Denial on the- part of the con-1 I serration department may prove to be an insurmountable obstacle} In view of the fact tha the court ; has already ruled that this de-( partment must approve any clean j out. A review of the fisdings on ; the part o fthe conservation department will be made by the! court, and they may either uphold ' or reject the department’s findings. The latter is highly unlike-' ly, it has been pointed out by ob- j servers-of the courts' procedure. I Members of the conservation j department involved in Tuesday's findings include James A. Tucker.; the part of the conservation dederland of Muncie; Rollie Bedwell of Brazil; and J. Clifton Hirschman ofTndiaaapolis. Three Local Yachts Place In Columbus Three members of the Wawa-1 see Yacht club Commodore Ed Dodea. Jim Bender and John Call I made their first attempt at big time yacht racing over the week-; end. taking their 19-foot lightning class sailboats to Columbus. 1 Ohio, for the Bth annual Snowball Regatta, held on Buckeye Lake. Thirty-two boats. from all points in the Midwest and also from the East coast, were entered. Bender finished in ninth place in the final results with 67>i points. Joe Steuland of St. Joe. Mich., won the regatta, scoring SD points with third, fourth and 15th places to his credit. p Call finished 12tiffin the final'standings The races were sailed in 80-90 degrees temperature with almost no breeze. Bender won the first race by a big margin in his Hard Tack, with Call tenth. Bender was on top for the first leg of the second race but was blanketed and, pass- [ led by 24 boats, finishing ,29 th j I out of 32. Call was tenth. Ben-; ’ der won a second place on Sunj day.

Toll Commission Reveals Tentative Route of New Expressway . - -.... . —. ■— «

Work is expected to get underway next spring on the Indiana Turnpike superhighway which has been schedued tentatively to span the state along its northern border as indicated on the map.

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7\[ews Briefs JOINS FRATERNITY Ned Glass, route 3. has been pledged to the Sigma Pi social fraternity at Indiana, according to information received from the University. REVISE NAME Officials of the United Telephone Company. Inc., in Warsaw, announced this week a change of their corporation name which will henceforth be known as “United Telephone Company of Indiana. Inc.” This change does not denote any change in ownership, management or policy. It a standardization of the names of subsidiary companies under the United Utilities system which operate in 12 mid-west and eastern states. CHANGE MEETINGS? A question mark hung over a decisive vote to alter the meeting time of the local Rotary club! During the summer months the club meets during the noon hour The remainder of the time they meet each Monday evening. In part, this System was utilized to promote better attendance during the club's infancy District Gov. O'Laverty indicated during his recent visit that the club should choosk- one or »he other tinfe • the year. Members of the board of j directors have taken the vote favoring the noon hour under advisement and will announce their decision in the near future. VISIT ( ALIFORMA A letter postmarked Snohomish, Wash., was received this past week from Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Cox stating that they were enroute tq California where they will continue their western sight-seeing trip. After visiting the San Diego area they will tour in the direction of the Black Hills, returning to Syacuse around the middle of November. VISITS PLANT Co-originator of Volume 1 Issue No. 1 of the old Syracuse Journal in the person of Mr. Garfield Walker visited the Journal office this week as well as a number of friends in Syracuse. A former “all-around’' printer. Mr. Walker has resided in Indianapo-i lis for the past 45 years, retiring several years ago from the printing trade. He has been visiting in' the home of his daughter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs, Leland Clapp. ( <»l l» WE \THI IU IlAn ot Iter victim ot the gradual suspension of summer activities around the lake. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kesselman have announced the closing of the Tavern hotel for the winter season. * IRREBT SPEEDSTER Robert L. Walker, route 3. Syracuse, was arrested on a charN ge of traveling 80 mile an hour in heavy football traffic last Saturday near the Dunlap school onUS 33. Walker and his companion. Louise Shand of Leesburg were to appear in Goshen court Monday. FRACTIItES ANKOE Mrs. Grace Olds fell at her home on October 13 and fractured a bone in her ankle. Mrs. Olds moved last Thursday Into the Logan property a on Front street. Breaks Arm . Charles Warner, age 14. who ! recently moved, to Arlington. Va | had the misfortune to fracture a ’ bone in his arm during football practice just two days before the schools’ first football game.

Various numbers shown along the roadway indicate ingress and egress points for motorists wishing to utilize the expressway. A storm of protest has been voiced from; some quarters of the state due to

FRIDAY. OCTOBER 23. 1953

Blood Donors Exceed Quota ♦ Be* -■

The above phots were taken late s this morning as volunteers treked t to the school house to donate 1 blood during the one-day drive in ; Syracuse. Robert Burkholder is; The Blood mobile came to town j I I today, and from last minute re- j | I ports as the Journal went to press, local citizens • turned out h with unexpected enthusiasm to I make the blood drive of ’53 a crowning ‘success With a goal of 150 pints, some 220 individuals 1 had signed up to give blood in the Red Cross drive to furnish local, county and'national blood demands. This represents a marked increase of donors over a year ago when only 106 pints of blood was obtained. Both Mrs. Orrin Smith, county procurement chairman, and Mrs. S. A. Bauer, local chairman. voiced enthusiasm and happiness over the results of the current drive in Syracuse. Mrs. Bauer pointed out that the local manufacturing firms as well as business firms permitted their employees to donate blood during company time without loss of income. The Bloodmobile will journey to Warsaw Dec. 4>according to Mrs Smith. V Colonial Style Bldg. To House Antiques Construction of a new firm in the Wawasee Village area started this week when Mr and Mrs. I Fred Elstrod announced plans to ‘ operate an antique store just I south of the lot on which the new Cantonnese restaurant is being built. ' Measuring 40 by 69 feet, the new structure will be of cement Sblock construction with an early American colonial front. Ray Buhrt is the contractor, and exj pects to have the .building con> , pleted by January 1. Occupancy of the store will transpire as soon thereafter as possible, and will be operated by Mr. and Mrs. Elstrod on a yearround basis. . They have not designated a proper name for the new business. A general line of antiques will be handled. The firms proprietors nave considerable experience in the merchandising of antiques “We ‘ started it as a hobby a number > of years ago. and it has gradually grown into a business for us." Mr. Elstrod commented. Formerly of Indianapolis, the couple have lived here for the past nine years.

the far northern route of the ’ highway. They contend that the tentative route as shown would not serve the motorists of Indiana justly. Its closest point of contact in relation to Syracue is believed

shown ‘cheeking in' with Mrs. Orrin Smith <x Mrs. J. Whitetieck of Warsaw while the next photo depicts the medical room. . —Photos by Reinbold PTA Hears Talk by German Visitor "Walk together-talk together. Oh Ye Peoples of the Earth — then and only then shall Ye have Peace." the motto of the American Field service, was quoted by Miss Mary Ann Dunbar Tuesdaynight. in her talk before the Parent Teachers association at the high school building. Miss Dunbar, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dunbar of Warsaw, was introduced by Mr. Paul McClamroch. PTA president. The speaker gave a review of tha German family she stayed with in northern Germany. “German families seem to be family folk, doing things together in the home. A favorite pasttime is strolling' in the evenings down the main street enjoying anees. Germans are friendly folk, shaking hands on all occasions." Miss Dunbar spoke for the most part on the school system of Germany. They have many subjects; rise when the instructor enters the room and sit down when instructed; take books home for home, work; apparently having more school work than here. A youth coming to the States at the end of his high school usually has the equivalent of two university years. Apparent lack of church interest seems due to extensive wartime work, and now they feel Sunday is a day of rest. Miss Dunbar’s father showed color films of pictures she had taken of her trip from start to finish, which were well chosen. Mary Ann was commentator for the showing of these films. Ernst Golister. German exchange student, was introduced to the group by Mr. McClamroch. During the business portion of the monthly 1 meeting. President McClamroch told of plans for the PTA sponsored Hallowe’en party Saturday night. Oct. 31; and of the coming national observance of education week early in Novem--4 ber when the school will have special programs. President McClamroch stated that the PTA desired to sponsor two projects this year, the adoption of a safety patrol system at the schools and a school book rental system.

to be in the vicinity of Middlebury. Complementing this eastwest thorofare is a north-south route of similar typer con struct ion which is being planned for the future.

Entered at postoffice at Syracuse, Indiana, as second class matter.

Citizens Group Meets With Town Board To Formulate Curtailment of Auto Risks

Respective heads and representatives of the various clubs and organizations of the city met with members ot the Town Board Tuesday evening to discuss the problem of speeding, reckless driving and other irregular practices reported on the upswing within the city limits over the last two months. A number of driving incidents have arisen recently to cause alarm among the citizens. President Ray Frevert called the special meeting in an effort to curb the reckless driving habits of teen-agers and adults alike. State Patrolman Peters of the Ligonier post attended the session and offered advice on a number of matters in the handling of the problem. An admittedly big problem, respective citizens in attendance considered a wide range of more efficient enforcement measures including a curfew, more stringent school regulations. addition of more Law enforcement officers, stop signs, a radio communications system, a counseling body. a long-range educational program and many other avenues of approach to the problem. 1 Consuming over two hours in the weighing of the various proposals. .’lie approved a plan to purchase four amber ’lasher signals ot the portable type to be used for school children at main intersection cross BE PATIENT—IT'LL CHANGE Lazy? Blame It on The Weather September’s dry, hot weather resulted in serious crop damages, water shortages and numerous forest fires throughout the state of Indiana. * Take the same sentence, insert the month of October, and multiply by even more heat and dryness. and you have an autumn scorcher. Precipitation in the Elkhart area indicated a deficiency or below normal rainfall of; 1.72 inches during September. Latest reports indicate a rainfall of 23.6 inches since January Ist, or 4.52 inches below normal. Governor Allen Craig issued a state of emergency in Indiana this week to combat the hazards of fire due to the extreme period of drouth His proclamation supersedes local ordinances and regulations and will remain in force until such'time as a genera rain in the area alleviates the fire hazard. Outside fires of all descriptions are banned under the proclamation. However, local officials were inclined to cooperate mith establishments where it was a daily routine to burn certain reuse daily Farmers and construction men were caught in the weather squeeze. The ground was too hard for farmers to prepare their soil for future planting, while i the contractor found himself in an even tougher predicament. It ! was fine, weather for building, i but he was afraid it wouldn’t last ' long enough to get started. When I he looked backward on the wea- | ther's unusual summer behavior. ! he kicked himself for not starting before now. And there are a lot iof frustrated builders tn this . area. Along the main arteries of pedestrian traffic, woolen warmenu were quickly replaced by more summerish attire as the temperatures soared to unseasonably highs ranging between the 80’s and 8-s’s. The weather outlook continues to read: “Continuing warm.” Ducks have been sighted on their annual trek to the south, and many are reported in the swamp areas about the Lakes even though many of the swamps are nearly dry. Leaves to fall without the benefit of a frost to aid them. It’s a topsy-turvy autumn which most citizens ap-; pear to enjoy. For the complain-! ing view, it could be a lot worse as a year ago today the weathermans’ report read: “Temperature 41 degrees. with one inch of snowfall in the early morning.”

walk areas. Extending approximately' one block equidistant from the main intersection of Main and Huntington streets, th® dasher signals will be placed in the middle of the street during the time school children are crossing the streets. While not in use, the flashers will be stored in convenient locations near the intersection they ?erve. In their second concrete step, the delegates approved a plan whereby citizens are invited to report a*ny violation of speeding or reckless driving by writing to the Town Board, postpffice box No. 215. Persons reporting such incidents are urged to give a® complete details as are avail&bl®. Assuming the names of the reported individuals or,person is not known, the insertion of the auto’s license number will suffice. This phase of the program, it was' pointed out, will serve as a guide to the Town Board and th® citizens committee as to the irefuency and number of violations as well as to the location of their occurence within the city limits. It will further aid them in determining the degree of cooperation on the part of the citizenry in combatting the irregular driving habits reported. The third and final step, and perhaps the most unique of the three, is the appointment of five deputies in the enforcement ot the law relative to driving. City Attorney Connolly indicated that he would meet with Kosciusko County Sheriff Carl Latta in Warsaw within the next day or two to have five local men deputized for this duty. Council members hav® not indicated their choices for these deputy positions. When sworn in as deputies, these men would have the same authority as a police official and could make arrests for any driving violations which they witnessed. This proposal was adopted after lengthy discussion in whieh . it was pointed out that our existing police department comprising three men was not adequate to police all sections of the city. Being in uniform, teen-agers have been reported as being able to circumvent their tours and patrols about the city without being detected. . With five deputies in plainclothes. the delegates expressed the belief they could b® of considerable assistance to the police department. Sixteen arrests have been recorded in the office of Justice of the Peace Fred Nolan during the past 4 5 days with one arrest recorded as a Syracuse resident, while 15 were arrests of persons residing in adjacent communitle®. Adoption ot a long range educational program as well as consideration of establishing a counseling commission was discussed. Each met with considerable favor but was postponed to a later meeting of the Town Board and the citizens committee when they will meet jointly to review th® effects of their adopted plans and to review the degree of violations during the interim. Joins Journal Staff Harriet Lawrence, sister of Mrs. Kenneth C. Wells, has joined the staff of the Journal. Her duties will comprise general office work and writing for the present. A graduate of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. La., Mrs., Lawrence majored th medical arts and has been residing in Louisiana for the past 12 years. Her parental home is in Battle Creek, Mich. A grandmother of the sisters, Mrs. L. J. Gregory, accompanied Mrs. Lawrence to Syracuse. Mrs. Lawrence’s two children, Greg, 9, and Karen. 6. are attending the local schools. Engagement Announced Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dietrick announce the engagement* of their daughter Sandra Jane, to Marvin J. Shock, grandson of Mrs. and Mrs. Carl O’Haver. Sr. Miss Dietrick is a member of the senior class of Syracuse High School. Mr. Shock recently enlisted in the U .S. Air Foiwe and is stationed at Sampson Air Base at Geneva. N. Y.