Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 47, Number 6, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 20 November 1953 — Page 1

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Plan Third Union Services Sunday The third Union Church Senrice of the fall months will be held this coming Sunday at the local Methodist Church at 7:30 p.m. Thanksgiving provides one of the finest seasons of the whole year for a community to join together and sing the familiar strains, “Come, ye thankful people, come!'” The host church will arrange the order of service, and provide the special music for this occasion. Rev. Kenneth Foulke. pastor of the Calvary Evangelical United Brethren Church, will deliver the message this year. You are cordially invited. Train Demolishes Tractor Passengers Escape Injury Quick thinking on the part of , its engine crew and a swift application of brakes avoided a j more serious accident Wednesday morning when the Wheeling-! Chicago passenger steam train of th* westbound B A 6 collided with a caterpillar at the first lake intersection east of Syracuse. . The train’s engine was damag-i ed considerably in front while *ll of the wheels of the train were flattened out due to the rapid application of brakes The caterpillar. operated by a Mr. Fullingham. was demolished Tracks along the scene of the accident were also damaged, necessitating re-routing of subsequent trains on the eastbound track of the double track system. All trucks wen* repaired prior to noon yesterday, according to rail officials. The caterpillar had been in use In the repair of the right-of-way of the railroad in that area, and was being removed under its own power to Cromwell According to reports by railroad officials, the operator of the caterpillar had bean cautioned not to -use the roadbed as a thorofare in transporting the tractor to the nearest Intersection at which point he planned to leave the roadbed Report* Indicate that he chose to travel on the roadbed , **f the tracks and In so doing the tractor became lodged along the route and the operator was unable to extricate the machine. No one was Injured in the accident. Th* train left the Syracuse station at 8:31. continuing Its trip to Chicago under reduced speed to avoid further damage caused by the flattened wheels of the train. The caterpillar tractor, operator an other personnel employed tn the vicinity of the accident are under contract with the B A O railroad Arm in the Improvement of It* roadbed tn this area. KE- El T OFFICIAuT At their 117th meeting, stockholders of the B A O re-elected their incumbent 11 directors with Roy B White serving as chairman of the board Business for the past year was disclosed as showing a 4.71 percent increase

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Klink’s new super market is rapidly becoming a reality a* workmen are favored by ideal weather conditions in their construction of the 70 by 125 toot structure at the intersection of Chicago and Huntington streets, south of Syracuse. Arthur Baugher. contractor, expects to complete th* project by April 1. The

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Petitioners Renew Turkey Creek Issue Following the pattern antici- I pated by those in close contact i with developments of the Turkey I Creek ditch clean-out controversy, petitioners favoring the cleanout appealed to the circuit court , Tuesday in the form of a com-t plaint and asking the court to | hear evidence relating to the con- : servation department's stand ot opposing the clean-out. The state I agency rendered an opinion last month favoring the opposition to ' the clean-out. stating their opinion that such a clean-out would | effect the water levels of the two adjoining lakes. The original petitioners refute this argument, claiming that the i dams at the Syracuse lake outlet are sufficient to withold the water eight feet above the ditch, ] Filing of the complaint was tn I behalf of Howard McDonald. Vai-! entine Gerber. Jesse Dippon, Fred Schori. Menno Mast and Roy Treesh. who in turn stated that they were petitioning for 200 I other petitioners similarly situated Seminary Adds Music Building Construction of a new music I , building at Our Lady of the Lake i : Semlitfiry was started last week, according to an announcement Is-1 sued by officials of that institution thia week “Th* shack." as it is referred . to by the personnel, will measured 3.5 by 40 feet in sire and will be modern in design, simple and functional. The decorative! scheme include* cement and glass blocks. One decorative element i i that will be prominent is that of twin pylon* flanking the main door and rising 14 feet high Be- | | tween the pylons will be an oak; beam which will support a cross. I, The foof will be pitched] slightly and will project out j < three feet over the main entrance to provide a roof over th* stoop. Comprising four separate class] rooms, the larger of the four will be utilized as the main class room or band and orchestra use. i This room will measure 2 4 by 40 feet in area, and will accomodate F* windows The “Shack” 1* located behind | the existing auditorium j . — — - I Exchange Vows Miriam Wilt and Charles Rock.; Jr., were united in marriage last] Friday evening at seven o'clock • in the Central Christian Church ; in Elkhart. Rev. Glenn Tudor. I pastor of the church, read the I ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Buaaard of Elkhart, attended the couple. I A wedding dinner was served at | th* Bungalow Gardens in Goshen | with Mr*. Helen Overstreet providing the dinner music at the Hammond organ After a few days trip to Ohio Mr and Mrs. Rock will reside with the bride's mother on Front j street. Mrs. Rock operates the Lake-] ] side Knit A Yarn Shop in Syra- j cuse. and Mr. Rock Is a general i contractor.

—Photo by Reinbold southwest portion ot the'building, measuring 20 by 90 feet, will house Bernice’s Beauty shop and will have It* entrance on the west ' side of the building as will the market. An area 135 by 335 feet has been planned adjacent to the store for parking facilities.

Addresses Joint Meeting rV i B 88l K JH Bh MIL LEE FISCHER MR. J. I. TOY. JR. (Chamber President) (Chamber Speaker) —Photo by Reinbold

Joint Meeting Proves Succesful

Former Nasby Retires From Postal Service Roy Sarjent of Benton. has retired from the Railway Postal service on the western division of the New York and Chicago railway system, after 32 years Sarjent was accorded a certificate of honorary recognition for meritorious accomplishuYent and devotion to duty in the course of an honorable career with the U. S. postal service. The citation was issued at Washington. D. C.. and wai sign- 1 ed by Postmaster General Summerfield. A veteran of World Wax I, Sarjent served as postmaster of the Syracuse office from 1928 to 1932. Mr. and Mrs. Sarjent are now building a home on Harwood Lake, Three Rivers. Mich., where they will spend part ot their ‘ time. Dogs Continue to Plague Officials Members of the canine family were placed back in their proverbial role of living a "dog** Ilf**’ Tuesday evening when the city fathers began plotting ways and means of ridding th* city streets and public areas of stray dogs." An habitual occurrence, the city officials expressed the belief that the number of dogs Is on the increase and that something j mut be done to curb the animals. I Their main interest was centered on the possibility of some citizen being bitten by one of the dogs. ; thereby enhancing the risks of a ‘ cabbies infection. A number of ] complaints have stemmed from citizens whose property has become molested by the strays. City President Frevert pointed out that the city has an ordin-, ance covering this item which allows the capture of the dog and j its being stowed in the dog pound for three days. The owner may; then redeem the animal by paying the assessed costs. In th* event the animal is not claimed in this time, the city has the authority to dispose of the dog humanely. A somewhat novel idea of allowing a bounty of one dollar a head for each stray dog turned 1 into the city was proposed. This maneuver, it was pointed out. would attract more dogs than the pound could handle. Although, the plan was not discarded as un-' workable. It was set aside until the first of the year to await the degree of cooperation citizens offer in alleviating the problem of their own accord.

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I Respective members of the ] Chamber of Commerce and the Business and Professional Wo-1 man's organizations reacted favorably to the first joint meeting j of the two 1 groups when they met Tuesday evening for a bouquet at the Pickwick Lounge. Members of the men's group met at an earlier hour to dispose of their business prior to the joint 'tinner affair. During the business portion of this meeting, a motion was entertained to set aside any action on the adoption of the new By-laws of the organ-1 ization. President Lee Fischer stated that the chamber body is now in] the black financially with a sur- ! plus of >171.86. Other item* on i the agenda included the announcement that the map is nowready for the printers: the urg-< ence of members to actively support proposal “B" for the new Indiana Expressway as opposed' to proposal “A.” Approximately ] eight members of the group indicated their desire to attend the state Chamber of Commerce meeting which will be held in ! Indianapolis Nov. 24. During the more formal atmosphere of the joint meeting., j President Fischer introduced the; various officials of the Chamber of Commerce organization as did Mrs. J. B. Cox,'in turn, president' of the Business and Professional Woman's organization. Speaker for the evening. Mr. Toy. former University of In- ’ diana professor, and now engaged in public relations and civic I type intereets in Illinois, chose i the subject of cooperation and getting along together as his » them*. ' Quoting frequently from the ! book ‘‘This I Bellev*.•• by Quen- ; tin Reynolds. Toy elaborated on | the spirit and enthusiasm to be . I gained by a close cooperation i i among merchants and citizens. During th* ensuing year, two , high school boys will attend the meetings of the Chamber of Commerce to gain first-hand informa- . tion on the workings of such a club. Present for th© first meeting was John Hoover and Jim . Plummer. The B. A P W. club remained : s after the dinner to hold a short business meeting with the presi-; d*at, Mrs. J. B. Cox. presiding, j A donation was voted to the Salvation Army drive; purchase of ‘ space in th* Legion Auxiliary birthday calendar, and an enthu- \ siastic decision to award prizes for outstaning outdoor Christmas. decorations. Mrs. Cox was asked to tell of the trip which she and Mr. Cox recently returned. Hostesses for the dinner meeting were Mr*. Orville Knlsely. Mr*. Rolli* Byler. Mr*. Blair. ■ Laughlin and Miss Florence Foster. Please phone your news items ] at the earliest possible moment ] for next, week's Thanksgiving issue.

FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 20. 1953

Briefs DISTRICT BOVND A group of local Rotary club members numbering approximately iB. in company with their wives, will attend ail or portions of the three-day district rally of the Rotary clubs in this district at South Bend this week. Starting on Wednesday, the conclave will last thru Friday. EARLY ISSUE Due to Thanksgiving holiday faHing on Thursday. Nov. 26, the Journal will be printed on Wednesday of next week. Tuesday evening will mark the deadline for news, and advertisements. Cooperation of all is sought in meeting this deadline to assure printing prior to the holiday. NEW APPOINTMENT Mrs. Orrin Smith, who recently headed the Syracuse blood program. has been appointed as a member of the board of directors of the Kosciusko County Red Cross chapter, according to a recent announement by that unit. Mrs. Smith continues to head the blood procurement division of the chapter in the county. RIVALS—FRIENDS Members of the Syracuse basketball team as well as their court rivals, the Pierceton aggregation, were hosts of the local athletic department to a luncheon following last Friday night’s encSuhter which favored the visitors scorewise. VISIT CUIA’ER Principals Longenecker and Young of Syracuse and Milford, respectively. accompanied by Trustees Beck of Syracuse and Augsherger of Milford, attended the formal dedication of the Cult /r grad* school building thru the courtesy of the new* building’s architects. Bradley Architects of Fort Wayne. Milford is in the process of negotiating for a new grade school building along lines similar to those of Syracuse. \ ’thrown from horse Mrs. Charles Searfoss was seriously injured last Sunday when she was thrown from a horse. She suffered a broken vertebrae, and was taken to Elkhart General hospital. She will be in confinement for some time < . T RESIGNS Mrs. " Ralph Method, society editor of the Journal for the past several years, has announced her resignation which became effective yesterday. Mrs. Method hasnot announced her future plans. ALTER DATE Conflict with a home basketball game has necessitated changing the Pack meeting of the Cub Scout* from Tuesday night to next Wednesday night, according to Leo Kowallk. Cub Scout leader. I ' - ... — . ■!-- * I Firemen 'Hop' to Attend Fire Calls Local firemen and their equipment received their share of exercise this week and over the week end in responding to fire* | within close proximity to Syracuse. Sunday afternoon occasioned j the first alarm in response to a i grass fire at an uninhabited residence on the north shore of Lake Syracuse Two fires of a similar nature became out of control at the Mamie Huston residence and a residence back of the old cement plant Firemen were returning from the Huston fire when they were called to extinguish the latter blaze. Again Tuesday evening they were summoned to the Seth Hoover farm north of the city to extinguish a blaze, also of a siml- ; lar nature. Little or no damage was reported at either of the four fire*.

Council Takes Stand On Grain Firm Violation Members of the Town Board reached a point of no returft in their regular meeting Tuesday night when they unanimously voted to take definite action against the Stiefel Grain firm. The iocal firm has been cited on previous occasions by local citizens to have created a nuisance in the form of odors which permeate the area when it engages in the mixing of its molasses, content feeds. According to members of the Town Board, the local firm is in violation of a city ordinance which requires a building permit for such structures, which was not obtained when the unit was built. Currently, the firm is in the process of Constructing a molasses storage unit. It was pointed out that this unit was an addition to the original building and will not require a permit. -After weighing the nuiance charges carefully and the various steps taken to curb the nuisance. Town Board members instructed Mr. R. Leon Connolly, city attorney. to seek an injunction against the firm restraining them from operating the feed mixing unit until such time as the nuisance has been corrected. It was understood that the ci.ty attorney would be notified of this action early Wednesday morning with instructions to carry out the action of the council immediately. I Smith's Continue to Lead In New Telephone Book Kosciusko county mailmen have been busy the past few days, delivering the new issue of the Warsaw area telephone directory to United Telephone Company subscribers in the Cromwell. Leesburg, Milford, North Webster, Pierceton. Syracuse, and Warsaw exchanges. The new telephone directories with a combined weight in excess of tons were mailed directly to telephone subscribers last Friday from the R. R. Donnelley A Sons Printing Company in Craw- • fordsville, the world’s largest publishers of telephone directories. Envelopes for the directories ’ had been addressed previously at ■ the telephone company's general offices in Warsaw. The directory is the largest • Warsaw telephone directory ever published, containing more than 7.000 listings in the alphabetical sectien which is 59 pages long. The classified section adds 72 more pages to the book. As might be expected, there ’ are more Smiths, 88 in all. in the ' new directory than any other ’ name. The Jones family, however, with 32 listings runs a poor fifth behind the Miller* who have 62 listing*, the Browns with 55 listings, and the Johnsons-John-stons who appear 39 time* in the new directory. A study of local J situations often gives rise to interesting observations. For intance. It will come as no surprise to Milford residents to learn that the Beer family with 14 listings outnumbers all others in the Milford exchange. You can also get a Beer in Leesburg or Syracuse. F.L. Shelton, district manager. | for the United Telephone Company of Indiana. Inc., points out that there have been several hundred telephone number changes, additions, and deletions within the past year. For better. faster telephone service with less chance of getting a wrong number. Mr. Shelton urges that his customers destroy their copies of the old 1952 telephone directory. <Y>MPETITION Ertreme dryness has set up a i form of competition among vari- : ous fire departments in the area. . While Syracuse reported four ' fires this past week. Ligonier ! reported five of similar nature

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Class Orator I '■ETw ■. I Ml REV. JOSEPH KORLE —Photo by Reinbold Kosciusko county, with nearly fifty candidates in the fall convocation class of Rite. Valley of Fort Wayne last Tuesday. Wednesday ami was recognized and honored by having two of the seven class officers chosen from this number. Morrison Rockhill. Warsaw attorney. was chosen president of the class of 311 members, and the Rev. Joseph Koble of Syrawas selected as orator of the groupfand gave the oration for the class before the 1800 assembled members Thursday evening in the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Fort Wayne. J IST REWARD Two turkeys prepared by Mrs. Stotts. Mrs. Gustafson, and Mrs. Vance of the home economics department were served members of the junior class who participated in the current magazine drive to meet”expenses for the class. The dinner was held Monday evening in the school building with the expenses being defrayed by the Curtis Publishing company, originators and sponsors of the magazine drive campaigns.

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Local Auto Dealer Attends Preview t Ed Kleinknight, and Ernest ' Rogers, salesman of the SAM Motor Sale*, have just returned from Indianapolis where they attended a private preview of the new 1954 Chevrolet trucks. The exhibit and accompanying business session were sponsered by the company for all retail dealers and salesmen in this area and emphasized the Importance Chevrolet is attaching to its soon-to-be-announced new truck line. !*The meeting was somewhat without precedent in our exper-

Motel Construction Progresses

Early stages of construction of the enlargement of the Wawasee Motel may be seen in the above picture. The new addition to the motel is located on the south portion of the main offices and residence and will comprise five units. Each unit "will measure 12 by 18 feet. The original building

Citizens Group Protests New Postoffice Building Protests on the part of a number of local citizens have been voiced publicly over the present construction of the new postoffio* building located on Huntington street. Avaiable information indicates that the number of citizens expressing displeasure with the type of building is on an increase. in a letter to the editor thi* week, the salient points in their objections was pointed out by Mr. Leßoy E. Riddle, retired railway employee, who resides in Syracuse. In a later conversation with Mr. Riddle, he pointed out that * petition is in the process of formulation for presentation to Congressman Halleck, U. S. Representative from this district. Specific grievances of the petitioners are stated briefly in th* letter as follows: “Letter To The Editor: Th* postoffice building now under construction is certainly a dissappointment to myself and all with whom I have talked about it. We have been looking forward for a number of years for a new P. O. and look what we are getting. It is nothing more than * jaily looking cheap building and think of it—l understand the Gov’t, lease on it is for 20 year*. So we are stuck with it unless w* protest and demand that the Gov’t, tear the thing down and put up a building in or near the center of the site and a building more In keeping with what w* expected and in line with the progress of the town and community. Let’s take this' up at once with our congressman. What do you say Mr. Editor - and fellow citizens’ Leßoy E. Riddle."

ience. because it was devoted exclusively to new truck models,’* said Mr. Kleinknight. “The reason soon- became cleax. The 1954 line contains so many new features that even a review of highspot required considerable time.’* Mr. Kleinknight said he plans to arrange a special showing of the new line in his dealership when the trucks become available for display later this month. It is one of the few times in history that Chevrolet has exhibited new trucks apart from new passenger car models.

has four units and it is planned to add another unit In the future to balance the appearance of the building. The motel was recently purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Willmet Jones. Mr. Jones is doing the majority of the construction work himself and plans to have it completed by the end of May.