Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 47, Number 8, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 4 December 1953 — Page 1

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Who “belong*'’ to this -farin’ This is. our second in a serifs <>f mystery farms located in the Syracuse area waiting to be identified The No. 1 Mystery Farm of last ». ck drew a host of replies as to : s identity and occuj- u A number of people calls'll _the Jours. J ■-"■-■• s '■ ■■• ' ' ■■ •

White Chosen District Postal Mgr. Jr ' # E. EUGENE WHITE Fort Wayne - first District Manager, under the Post Ogice Departm* sit s new Ihcentralita lion Program, will be E. Eugene White a . ar- • employ ee for 40 years and a member of the Post Office Inspection Service Postmaster General Arthur E Summer .'ld announced today. Mr White, a 60 year old native of Cwymaih. New York, will be one of a group of nine District Mhnagera in 4he tri-Btale area of Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio who will report to Regional Headquarters In Cincinnati. 0., under the new plan. He will be tn charge of postal operations in 23 counties, which include Kos clusko county Mr White was sworn in M District Manager by the Postmaster General in ceremonies Tuesday at Taft Auditorium. Cincinnati. before a meeting of ap- j proximately 3.000 postmaster* from the three state area. The new regional plan is a fundamental step in the Post Office Department's program to “break the Washington bottleneck’ 1 and delegate authority tn the field I commensurate with the respon-1 stbllity. According to Post mas-. ter General Sumerfleld it will “make a substantial downpayment on Pfes. Eisenhower's protniaa» to improve the mall service and reduce the postal deficit.” OOUU) BE U R? One of the lores of motoring is to be found in the competition between sign makers and their sponsors in attracting the eye of the passing motorist. , Few. if any. of the various commerce channels of the motorists' livelihood have missed an opportunity to try their luck at enticing his Interest. This applies equally as well to organisations and tn i some instances, churches. Poster in front of a church in an Indiana community is a sign which reads: “This is a ch—ch. What is missing?"

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recognized the farm. but were unable to state the name of the occupants - Mr. and Mr- Philip Lee. Mr. Clifford Walton of route 1 was the first to identify th--farm. Clos-- behind in Identity ire the farm wen- Mr.-. Virgil Bobeck Mrs. Harry Rodgers.

Justice Court Metes Out Traffic Fines corded in the office of Fred Nolan. Justice of the Peace are: G, R. Meek, failure to stop, at stop light. $15.75 total costs;! \V i > Tilt--row . South: B-nd drunken driving charge, $3<t.75; '--ling stop .sigil J ’ 7:7 . R F Graff, route 1 Milford, disre-ua-niivg s’op .-iitti sl7 and Dallas Hann, no operator * lie- n- - sls 7 5 v Buys Gift Shop been purchased by Mr. and Mrs Grayston H. Ruhl, who will operate the shop on a year-round basts in th-' future Located across from the Galloway grocery at Igike Wawasee the new owners have announced their plan to operate the store between the hours of 10 am. and .5 p.rh. daily, including Wednesday and Frilay evenings. The shop will feature a line of unusual Christmas gifts and and will also take orders for Christmas cookies and other delicacies. As in the past, theyi will also feature yard goods.

Provide New Robes for Junior Choir VW L kF 2.U m k. ■ » H

JI'NIOR CHOlß.—Members of the Junior league choir of the Calvary Evangelical Unite d Brethren church of Syracuse are shown here in the new choir bio uses they, have acquired. The choir gave a program Sunday eve nlng at the church and will turn ish music for the Christmas program. The group is newly organ

John J. Emmert, and Judy and Jack Jones. Mr. and Airs. Lee visited the Journal office and rt'ceived a large framed picture of their '.arm. The owner of Mystery Farm No. 2 may likewise receive. - ■ ■ at ' \ picture of his farm by calling at the Journal office.

Plan Election of Officers for Next Chamber Meeting The Syracuse-Wawasee Chamo' C-oiim- re-- will hold their r-.tial meeting of 1b.73 Tuesday. l agoda In-:. I'he president, Lee Fischtr. will giv<- a report of the .u" \ iti-'s One of the main features of the evening will be the election of officers for the coming year. The Chamber of Commerce lias received wonderful cooperation this past y-ar. and urges all members to attend this important meeting. A turkey dinner will be served. A nominating committee under | the chairmanship ot Mr. Chas Kroh will present a slate of of- . sic.-rs for the voting of the mem- ° incumbent President Lee Fischer and Secretary Richard Denzel will be placed in nomination for reelection. Treasurer Robertson has voiced a desire not to hold the office another term. Under the new by-laws, officers of the organization are permitted to hold office for two consecuItive y>-ars. subject to the vote of the membership

tied and is under the direction of the youth sponsors. Mr*. Raymond Newcomer, Mrs, Ruth Le Count and Miss Pat Leckrone. I Shown here, first row, left to right. Buddy Garner, Nell Stum mer. Sue Ann Traster. Linda Ptl cher, Mary Barb Imtnel, Sharon Foulke. Molly Clawson, Judy Stu cky and Robert LeCount Secon

SYRACUSE. INDIANA FRIDAY. DECEMBER 4. 1953

B.P.W. Organization Announces Third Annual Christinas Decoration Contest

I Summer Resident Passes Away Mrs. Edward J. McCarthy ; ass ed away Tuesday, Nov. 2 4 at a Cincinnati, Ohio hospital. She was a summer resident at the Tavern Hotel for many years and spent last summer at the South Shore Hotel. ! l\[ews Briefs SWORN-IN Harry Nicolai, who has been serving unofficially as a member <>t ihe Town Board. wa> • duly sworn in during Tuesday -'vensession. Nicolai is com--1 , • ■■a th-- um-xp.r-’d term of Mr. who resigned his position in October. I’l RSI ES It TION Necessary court action against the Sti-fel Feed Compciny will be ■ pursued, according to city offi- : cials, who have been in communication with the firms' operators who list their legal address Jas Fort Wayne. Al their meetj ing two weeks ago. city officials ; wen? on record in favoring an inI junction against the operation of th- feed company’s feed processing plant which citizens have exl ; r< -sod strong objection on the i basis of its~odpr and discoloring I vapor. The feed firm is a separ- , . entity from the Stiefel Grain Company which is operated by •M: H.iro.-.i Gia-. Oi i.RA I L- OOKE -Mr. and Mrs R. Birkmeyer of ! North Webster, have taken over ' the manag-ment. of King's Grocery on Lake Wawasee for the win er months, and will con:inue ■to be a.-soeiated with the food J store for one year. Mr. and Mrs. ' C. H. King have left for Florida where they will spend the winter months. si SPENDS LICENSE A two year suspension of his driver’s license and a fine of J 114.75 was assessed against Edward Pepple. route 1. Syracuse, after pleading guilty to a charge of driving while under the influence of intoxicants before Judge Frank E. Yoder in Goshen city court, last Saturday, Mrs. Hal Bessmer and infant son returned Saturday from the Elkhart hospital. She will reside: temporarily in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank ! Wiles, and will travel to her home I in Miami sometime in December.

d row. Gregory Stummer, Karen Bey, Sandra Swenson, Linda Rob ertson, Jimmy Stefanskl. JaneSto i elting. Jean Insley. Janice Pilcher. David Cobbum, Benjie Cla wson, Janet Swenson, and Donnie McCulloch. Back row. Michael Disher, Stanley Insley. Robert Sw enson. Shirley Weingart and Bar bara Bitner.—(Timo-Union Foto.)

An incentive to go all-out in decorating the exterior of resi- j deuces in this area during the: Christmas season has been reac- : tivated this year by the Business <k Professional Women s club of ■ ; Sy rucusc. Promotion of this pro-j • .".'ct has lacked a sponsor since! World War 11. Prizes will be awarded respech tive residences for the best decor-i i ations and lighting effects, and] i will carry a cash amount of sls. J lib. and $5 for first, second and I third place winners, respectively. | In addition, five $1 prizes will be : awarded. Three judges, as yet unan1 nounced. will inspect the various Entries on the evening of Moi.'io.. Dec. 21. Citizens wishing to enter, the Christmas decoration invited, to regist-r wi ’ Mrs. Herschel Coil; at he Melody Shoppe, on or before De-c.-mb.-r 21. Citizrtis residing in 'he Papakeechie. Wawasee Lake and Villa-- Syracuse latke and Syracuse ar>- eligible to compete for the prizes. Mrs J. B. Cox. president of the sponsoring organization, staled that the ’contest was being rere wed this year on the basis of popular demand as well as to serve as an impetus to lend more , color and beauty to the various r--il-n’:.:' areas during the Yule . season. . , Judges will be chosen from , A; . y Poyser Declines Sixth Term as City Fire Chief ■ ‘ Fir<- Chief Lee Poyser stated ’ this week that he will not be a Candida-e for re-election as fire chief ot the Syracuse volunteer 1 tire department when that body holds its annual election of officers next Avednesday evening. Poyser has served on the department for the past six years, five, of which he has served as, chief. During this time, consider-; table improvement has been made; in the department and the efficiI ency of combatting fires. Normally the fire department. elects a chief, secretary and a treasurer. The chief in turn ap-J p ints two assistants. Incumbent assistants are Harry Nicolai and Mr. Cripe. Nicolai has been suggested by some department members as the' logical choice to replace Poyser. However, City President Ray Frevert urged that the matter be given careful consideration due to the responsibility of the office The Town Board acts on the vote of the fire department in choosing their chief, which in recent years has been a mere formality. State Lions Clubs Back Cancer Unit He - Clubs are work- ■ ing toward their $17,500 goal in a campaign to provide a new cancer diagnostic unit at the Indiana University Medical Center I in Indianapolis. William A. Morris. of Jeffersonville, president of the .trustees of the Indiana Lions Cancer Control Fund, reported this week to the Medical Center. The new diagnostic unit. Medical Center physicians have advised the Lions Fund, will make possible the taking of X-ray pictures during a flouroscoplc examination and will be especially valuable in the study of possible cancers of the stomach and the; gastrointentlnal tract. The present campaign is the second which Indiana Lions Clubs have undertaken in their crusade against cancer. In the initial campaign the Lions collected $50,000 which was used to equip the expanded radiology department of the Indiana University Medical Center, with the latest X-ray units for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

Feline Seeks Shelter Under Auto Hood The engine of an automobile is 1 1 : hardly the place to seek warmth and comfort during chilly weath-] j er. This fact was learned the hard way by a cat belonging to, ‘ Mrs. Wilmet Jones, Jr., and the eat would be even more emphatic on this point, assuming it could; ! speak for itself. It all happened when Mrs. Jones started her car Igst Thursday She ln>ard a faint sound of ian unusual nature but was unable to determine its origin. The further Mrs. Jones traveled the louder became tht sound. On arriving at her destination ■ j she and a friend began a systematic check of the car to determine the origin of the unusual sound. The interior of the auto J disclosed nothing. On raising 'j ■ the hood of the engine, a some-f , I What Qil-bestuurged cat appeared ■ from the area surrounding the; clutch mechanism. Back home, a good bath,’and a ■ blue ribbon. "Midnight" displayed no ill effets from the unsolicited ride. License Plates Go On Sale January 4 Automobile license plates will rgo on sale locally Monday, Jan. 4 according to county officials wb.o have stared that plates will be obtainabl. in Syracuse at the Melody Shoppe, ■ j the large size and will have a. mar.e'i' background with ivory le: ’er.- 11 is bvliei e.t :h- se plates will remain in use for a : three year period. License purchasers are required to present their paid tax receipts upon making application for new plates. A later news re- ’ lease will set forth the hours'of .! opening for the local license bu- .| reau. i Registration permits required .for the issuance of license plates are now being mailed from In-, • dianaphlis. REFORTED ILL Mr Fred Hock. Auburn, a druggist in Syracuse for 40 years, is i reported to be in ill health at the ; home of a daughter in Auburn. I The exact nature of his illness i is not known. Mrs. Fred Hoopengarner a daughter. left for Auburn Wednesday to be with her father.

The Wonders of Winterland i ESgHMh I ag 1 I ’ r il I \ F

Heavy wet snow and somewhat mild weather cooperated to alford Syracuse children an old-fashion-ed snow manufacturing plant over the week end. Ann Kowallik. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kowallik, shown above, took advantage of the weather's behaviour to record physically and graphically one of the season's first full-grown snowmen, complete with a miniature horse shown standing alongside Ann.

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

Township Accepts Low Bid of Syndicate For Grade School Bond Indebtedness

Former Syrcause Man Appointed Head of Speaker’s Bureau ® NATHANIEL t . I U K Mr. Nathaniel C Fick.'Director of the Meals and Minerals Panel :in the Office of the Assistant > Secretary for R> < >areh and Dehas ft.'-"’ ' named : Speakers* Bu-' reau tor the D:"t Columbia Council of [l:u :.--r.’g and Architectural Societies and the Wash’nz’o" Acad.-mv "f Seionces.' Tho Speakers’ Bunaft serves 3f> engineering 'nd 23 scientific soc t n Mr" Fick indicated that demands for scientific and engineering people i exceed the supply and that the enrollment in the scientific and engineering schools is not keeping pace with the industrial ' and economic gi » if 'Ur country.. Th> re is an increasing need for all types of scientists and! ami as we reach the bottom of the idea barrel we find a particular need for those cahinking • who can conceive and develop the baste and fundamental concepts up-j on which technology will flourish curity forNali people. M: Fick Xa-o-'id.-.i Syracuse i High School a\id graduated from Butler and Purdue Universities.: His mother. Mrs. Martha CrowFick resides at Crows Nest on the: east sidc__oi L ikt- Wawasee.

Monday s semi-warm and wet-a-foot weather was not conducive to the snowman’s longevity, but it brought few gripes from citizens whose memory vividly recalls the long dry spell of the past few months. A matter of minutes after the above photo was snapped the family dog—a large German Police breed—took exception to the snowman's intrusion and leaped into the snowman, leaving it vastly reduced in stature. ,

Township School Trustee Beck and Advisory Board officials met Tuesday evening to receive the se&led bids for the issuance of bonds for the construction of the new grade school building. Although a total of 11 wouldbe bidders were anticipated, only two bidders submLted sealed bids. The two bidders, Merrill ■ Lynch. Pierce, Fenner and Beane and the Cities Securities corporation are Indiana firms. It was I pointed out that the lack of a greater number of bidders had I little if any bearing on th® price of the bonds sold. The bonding house of Merrill Lynch, Pierce. Fenner and Baane submitted a bld of 2 ! -z percenjt, while the Cities Se:ruities corp- ; oration beat their b.d “a country m.i’.v ’ with a bid t* two and three-eights percent. While the two bids represent a spread of i cm!} out-eight percsiit, this is a substantial variance in bond bidding parlance. In dollars aud cents as applied to the local s. m. nne-s; u .mounts to ippruximatiny Tin Cities Seen ities corpora- - tioti is ts- identic;! arm which s’.ieeesst'ully b.d th. water works bonds. Aciu.t.ij. list night's bid on :m- the sncJesstUl bidders ~... re,-.;■.■.sente, a syndicate of bidders composed ot the State . . , • Cites Securiccri . Fletcher Trust v’H’ip.mj. and tile Indi..nn Bond rpori ittoix. A " b>-ti s will e. ia>- 1 lor po Cdy two weeks or . .or- to aliuw printing of the bonds, and necessiry preparations to assure their accuracy. in t ,e manner of comparison, si-,- local school listrict received a • ' zood bond bid. Figures compiled qtJ th if basis of bids ■ covering a large circumference 7 I "manating from Syracuse disclosed that only one other municipality had received as low a bid as did Syracuse. These figures were compiled over a year’s pefI iod aud comprised over 15 simi- ■ lar bonding issues. Bonding authorities "disclosed that the same issue would have demanded an interest rate of 3 percent last June, and in seme instances it has been over that figure. Following the opening and acceptance of the bond bids, school officials met with a representative of the architectural firm of Maurer <k Maurer, South Bend, to make a few changes in the plans for the m w grade school building. The Alterations and will be adopted and presented publicly by the architects within the next two weeks. Totalling $202,000, the bond issue will swell the township's school building assets near the $600,000 mark. Locol school officials expressed some optimism in the belief Hat the costs of construction might not exceed the $550,000 mark. In addition to the grade school building, a new gymnasium will be added, seatinp approximately 2,-500 persons. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith of Cincinnati, spent Thanksgiving Day in the home of Mr. Smith's parents, Mr. am Mrs. Arthur H. Smith.

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