Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 48, Number 1, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 14 October 1954 — Page 1

Table of Comments By the Editor

Thoughtgiving Day The time of year when all good citizens set aside a day to give thanks for what they have, will soon be here; Before this season descends upon us. however, this commentator desires to call attention to an equally important day | which is more conveniently observed. since by proclamation, it , falls upon any day of the week which is hsyidy for you. “Thoughtgiving Day” (we for- , got to say that you have to issue this proclamation yourself ( partly because the President is i ( very busy right now) is the day ( when we give thought to the things we have not. Thus you can see that there is quite a dis- j ference. i - We’ve been scrounging around , trying to gather up some of the . things we haven’t got. in order to give thought to them. One of the first things we noticed was—no . » busses. How come we’re cut off 1 from that vast network of rubber- ' tired transportation which is re- ' puted to connect every city. town, village and hamlet in this great ' country? How are we supposed to ' get to Fort Wayne when Junior ' has the car? Did our town get overlooked? Is it a problem? We don't know. We’re just giving it | some thought. Having a few think units left over, we’re distributing them as follows: Howcum no dances— I j square, round, or elliptical? Howcum no bowling alleys? Howcum no place for teenagers to spend the long hours when ' they probably should but don’t do their homework? Except the I Kumpus Hut —which—from all ■ we can learn appears to be elo- . quent proof of two things (1) The need for a modern, spacious - teenage club, and (t) the fai t that the community seems wil- i ling to let a few devoted and energetic people do a job that be- j longs to everybody. 7 ■ i End of Howcums. Send us some t of yours. We can work them in l> somehow. We have authority to [ ( proclaim another “Thoughtgiving Day" any old time. , • i Rotary Works For International Understanding Rotary Clubs in 89 countries and geographical regions throughout the world are united Ln an endeavor to promote international i understanding, good will and' peace. That was the message of: Dr. Ray Elledge of Hammond, j Governor of District 224 of Rotary International in addressing the October 4. Rotary Club of Syra-cuse-Wawasee. In addition to the adUvites of Rotary' 5 8.300 Clubs within their own communities to promote this objective. Dr. Elledge explained. Rotary International has spent more than $1,500.000 in recent years through its program of student fellowships, which enable ; outstanding college graduates to; study for one year Ln countries other than their own as ambassa- i dors of good will. Since 1947. when j this., program was established I 606 Rotary Fellowships liave been awarded to students in 57 countries. John Haworth. Rotary Founds-1 tioh Fellow from District 224. lias just returned from St. Andrews. Scotland, where he completed a year in advanced study. He is enthusiastic Rotary and will speak before many Clubs in this District, about his experiences and impressions of Scotland and the other countries which he visited. Dr. Elledge stated that the tremendous growth which Rotary has achieved throughout the world has not been due to its fellowship feature, which is vitally a important, not to the fact that it J has avoided the shoals of politics, which is also important—, this growth has been primarily caused bv what the idea -Service Above Self—has been able to do in the lives of responsible men who have embraced it. He continued: "Our challenge then in the Golden Anniversary Year is to kindle a flame within ourselves, a flame of dedication, of responsibility, of desire and action to spread this idea until it becomes a universal law. "Syracuse-Wawasee is one of the younger Clubs in our District. Not only is it among the younger, but has a good reputation in Rotary activities and accomplishments and is known throughout the District as a strong and well organized Club. The Syracuse-Wawasee Club is a name that awakens the aspirations and arouses the ambition of other Clubs in District 224. “No Club can attain such an honorable place in the Rotary Family without work and attain-1 ment of the principles of Rotary. | Syracuse—Wawasee Club is a leader in our District. But with leadership and high standards goes the responsibility to attain even higher goals. Other Clubs look to the Syracuse—Wawasee Club for guidance and assistance .. .. and this has been done efficiently Ln the past, and I know it will be done again this year. .This Is our Golden Year of Opportunity for sendee by achievement. FINE AT HOME The home of Mr. and Mrs. John Runyan, at Rainey’s Court, was damaged by fire Thursday evening caused by an over-heated deep fat frver Considerable damage was done to the kitchen cabinets which were just recently finished and a great deal of smoke damage to the rest of the house. The local Svracuse fire department answered the call and extinguished the blaze.

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County GOP To i Take Busload • Earl Himes/county republican! chairman, said today that a I chartered bus will leave from '1 court house square at 3 pm. to-‘I morrow with room for 37 passen-1 gers to go to Indianapolis to hear | President Eisenhower s address. I The bus will stop in Elwood for! supper, and will arrive in India- I napolis at 7 pm. j Himes said that anyone wishing I to make the trip should contact I himself or Miss Pauline Jorden. I county vice-chairman, at the I court house. Himes said he be- 1 heved it would be safer to make 1 the trip by bus. rather than auto, 1 due to the congested’traffic con- 1 ditions. * ’ " Gifts Galore During Fall Open House Days 1 With only three weeks left be-! for the kick-off. Syracuse-Wawasee ! merchants are rapidly finning up r erstwhile nebulous plans for the'., first annual Fall Open House Days ! scheduled for November 4-5-6. In addition to the various gifts and prizes to be offered by each l individual store, the fall affair will provide for a super-colossal 1 grand prize, to be donated by all merchants, tu be presented Satur- 1 day evening. i A special section of the Journal will be printed and distributed to j 6.000 homes within the Svracuse- i Wawasee trading area. This section will be included also with the j regular issue of the Journal, which will be distributed on Wednesday.' 3 November, instead of the usual. Thursday. Other events planned include a free show for children, nursery care for children, and many other ideas, some of which haven’t been thought of as yet. Heads of local industrial firms i have agreed to open their plants ;for public inspection during Fall Open House Days, and it is believed that this will offer an added inducement to visitors. Information sheets are being distributed to all merchants informing them that Thursday 21 October is the deadline for all advertisements to appear in the special section. Richard Risner Completes Marine Combat Training Marine Pvt. Richard L. Risner, nephew of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Bates of Syracuse. Ind., is scheduled to finish four weeks of individual combat training October 6 at the Marine Corps Base at Camp Pendleton. Calif. The course of instruction at this huge training base includes the latest infantry tactics, first aid. demolitions. field fortification. and advanced schooling on weapons The trainess learn that all Marines are basically infantrymen whether they serve as cooks. I typists , truck drivers or with aviation units. The training is given to Marines scheduled for duty overseas and to all graduates of recruit training before they are assigned to new duty stations. Banquet Speaker 12 ] Hon. George M. Humphery of Ohio. Secretary of the Treasury in the Eisenhower cabinet, will address the annual fall banquet of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association Saturday night, October 23. in Riley Room of the Claypool Hotel. Indianapolis. Tickets win be available from association members and from the Indiana Republican State Central Committee. The banquet will be preceded by a luncheon in the hotel’s Chateau Room honoring state and congressional officials and candidates. Plan your vacation trip so you won’t have to hurry, advises the Chicago Motor Club. Drive no more than 300 miles a day—you’ll arrive safely-

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Robert Klimek Jr., aged 20. grandson of Mrs. Edna Nevins. Wawasee, is finishing his Cadet pilot training in 3505th Pilot Training Wing' Greenville Air, Force Base. Mississippi. He may be remembered as pail of the Ranch-

Bloodmobile At Mentone All Day Today “One pinch of mummy dust, i ground fine, an swallowed with i wine, improves the blood ”. so' ran an ancient legend. An Aus- • tralian physician, following this weird prescription, imported mummies from Egypt, ground, and sold them by the ounce, and made a sizeable fortune. Equally fantastic superstitions about blood have persisted for centuries. Not until the turn of the century, when Dr. Karl Landsteiner discovered blood groups, did blood transfusion become a practice . . ; safe, easy, for the donor, and life-giving to those who need it. Red Cross Bloodmobiles travel 1000 s of miles yearly to obtain the blood so vital in keeping Americans alive and healthy. Mrs. Miles Manwaring. Mrs. Charles Manwaring and Mrs. Vance Johns of Mentone, are those in charge of the Mentone visit of the Bloodmobile Unit, today at the Methodist Church. 4 Mrs. Orrin Smith. Blood Program chairman and Mrs. Frank Brennan, the Blood Recruitment chairman, have spent much time in Mentone, recruiting blood donors. Gl Homebuilders Get One*Year Waranty GI home builders now are required to give veteran-purchasers a one-year warranty that their homes have been constructed in "substantial conformity" with the VA approved plans and specifications. George L. Me Williams of the South Bend VA Office stated the one-year warranty was put into effect October 1, 1954 under the Housing Act of 1954, which stipulates that all new housing purchased with the aid of VA or FHA guaranteed or insured loans must carry the warranty. The warranty does not j apply to existing homes which I have been occupied more than a year. It applies only on new homes 1 for which VA issues a Certificate |of Reasonable Value on or after October 1. 1954. Builders or sellers of new purchaser a warranty in a form 1 which has been prescribed by VA. A copy of the warranty, on which the veteran has acknowledged receipt must be forwarded to VA by the lender before VA will guarantee or insure the loan. Notice of any substantial nonconformance with plans and specifications must be given by the owner of the house to the warrantor within one year from the date the veteran takes title or the house is initally occupied, whichever is earlier. The terms of the warranty will run to successors or transferees in event the property changes hands before the expiration of the warranty. The warranty'terms prescribed by VA and FHA are identical. For homes sold with GI financing where FHA has made compliance inspections, the warranty form prescribed by FHA will be used. Me Williams emphasized that the one-year warranty required by the Housing Act is in addition to any other rights or privileges a purchaser or owner may have under any other law or instrument. It will be up to the purchaser to enforce his rights under the warranty. All lenders and builders in the Indianapolis regional area are being advised direct of details. McWilliams said.

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i house personnel, at Morrison Is- j land Road. Wawasee Lake. Klimek . i gets his commission as Captain, in November. | ,| Mr. and Mrs. Robert Klimek Sr., and son. Thomas, were weekend i guests of Mrs. Nevins.

< Girl Scout Investiture Set For 16 November The Girl Scout Investiture date was set for 16 November, at the Troop Committee meeting held Thursday at the Dixie Restaurant, with Mrs. Hubert Anglemyer, Mrs. Robert Clevenger, Mrs. Stanley Peters, Miss Mary Ann Stieglitz, Mrs. S. V. Larson, and Mrs. (l?rold Kline present. There are 50 girls now in Syra-j case Girl Scouting, and one could j say. as has Olivia Layton, National President, “We could say about Girl Scouting, what Emerson said many years ago, ‘The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops, but the kind of man the country turns out’ “When a girl says for the first time, ‘On my honor . . . she realizes that she possesses honor . . . and tries to live the Girl Scout Promise,’ ” says Dr. Lillian Moller Gilbreth, famous consulting engineer and mother of 12 children, “and as she continues to repeat her promise and as she strives to live it. honor becomes a habit, a way of thinking . . . and if honor becomes away of thinking, then duty to God and country becomes away of living for the Girl Scout. In serving others she is beginning to take on the responsibilities of a good citizen, and a good citizen, is a good person.” Bowling News The Pilcher s Shoes men’s team led by Dory Hummel’s 587 won 4 points from the Syracuse Enterprises team at Warsaw Lanes last Tuesday night. Chris Koher led the Enterprises team with 495. Hummel had games of 167. 191. and 229 in amassing his 587 total, which incidentally was high for the league. Syracuse Enterprises team member totals were Mollenhour 316, Koher 495. Holloway 316. Breading 428, Tatman 413. Picher’s Shoes team member totals were Ted Auer 509. Dory Hummel 587. Bob Treadway 478. j Jack Carr 468 and Roy Schultz 449. Syracuse Enterprises have | won 2 games and lost 18. wh|le Pilcher’s have won 13 games and ■ lost 7. In the Warsaw Ladies Bowling J Leagues last Tuesday night the; Pilcher’s Shoe team won one game from the Warsaw Phillip- ’ son team. Polly Muirhead had the high game with 177. Frances Holloway had a 169 game. Helen Frushour’s total was 359. Peg j Pusti 327. Goldie Pilcher 313. Polly Muirhead 427. Frances Holloway 409. Wednesday night bowling at Warsaw saw the State Bank of Syracuse team upset the highly touted Claypool Lumber team two games out of three. Frank Bates had 425, Cal Beck 459. Noble Blocker 387, Curly Longenbaugh 449. Doug Pilcher 506. The 170 average of Dick Brown should be back in the Bank lineup in the next two weeks. Dick has been out with a broken elbow. State Bank has now won 3 games and lost 12. Dick Denzel Realtors won 2 games from Chase Bag at Goshen Alleys. High scores were Lois Gilbert 204. and Mary Popenfoose 175. Scores: Lola Buhrt. 350: Lois Gilbert. 504: Elly Blakesley. 430; Kate Auer, 326; Mary Popenfoose. 446.

MAKE A MOTE! The Journal for the first week in November will be an enlarged edition with a special section featuring Fall Open House Day’s. In older that this issue . may be distributed prior to the big event, it anil be published on Wednesday instead of Thursday as usual. Correspondents and advertisers are requested to mark up their calendars accordingly. since of course all copy deadlines will be 24 hours earlier' than usual. Thank you. PTA To Hear All About Civil Defense I “Civil Defense—The Effect of Atomic Explosions on Our Life”, wall be the subject of a talk at the Turkey Creek Township P.T-A. , meeting, Tuesday evening, at 8 o'clock, jn the Syracuse High School Assembly Hall. Mr. Paul Levernier. P.T.A. president, will be ; the speaker. Other matters will be discussed, and all parents of school children ■ are urged to attend, also any one interested in children are invited, i Cemetery Board Elects Auer As New Member John Auer was elected president of the Cemetery Board, at the' 61 October meeting in the Grade' School basement. Leon Connolly is president, and: Mrs. Wilma F. Hire is secretarytreasurer. The complete Board of Directors is Mel Smith. Mi's. (Dorothy) M. Smith. Mrs. Effie P. Spencer, Charles Harris and John Auer. The negotiations under way for the town to take over the Cemetery have been abandoned. The Cemetery Association is an Association of Cemetery Lot Owners, is owned by them and will continue thus, unless planned differently at some future time. rpie Birthday Party At Garten Home Mrs. Walter C. Garten, of Indianapolis. celebrated her 85th birthday Sunday at her Ogden Island home. Also celebrating birthdays were her grandson, James W. Sutton, also of Indianapolis, and her great granddaughter. Kathy Marie Jones, of Lake Wawasee. Others present were Mrs. A. W. Sutton, Mr. Frank Garten and Mrs. Gertrude Henry, al’ of Indianapolis. and Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Jones Jr. and Larry Jones. Lake Wawasee. Dinner Speaker 'MI HERBERT I. LAMB Democratic candidate for State Superintendent of Public In- ■ struction. Herbert I. Lamb, will be the speaker at a fried chicken dinner at Eagles Hall, War- ! saw. Tuesday at 6:30 pan. The public is cordially invited to attend. Ligonier Lanes Women's League — Van’s Pure f Oil lost 3. High game and series, I. Stahley. 166 and 439. • Pickwick won 2, lost 1. High game and series. Phyllis Mock. 502 and 184. Weatherhead Mixed League — W L B—Apple Knockers 12 4 3— Fireballs 11 5 1— Five Rebels 9 4 64 5— Crew Cuts 9 7 2— -Five Devils 84 74 4— -King Pins 7 9 6— Chieftains 4 12 7— Eager Beavers 3 13 High game—Women: O. Solomon. 171. High game—Men: V. Schortgen. 230. High team series—7, 2224. Warsaw Lanes Women's League — Foo & Faye won 2, lost 1. High game and series. Pat Cripe. 152 and 428. Pilcher Shoes won 1. lost 2. High game and series, Francis Holloway, 155 and 393. In traffic you are only as safe as your most careless neighbor!

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Local Chamber Plans Brisk Fall Program Fortified by an excellent fried chicken dinner prerared by Howard Shoup, a large group of Syra-cuse-Wawasee business men waded vigorously into their fall schedule as the Chamber of Commerce met* last Tuesday at Howard's Restaurant. Faced by an unusually full agenda, President Lee Ilscher briskly trotted out subject after subject until everything from speeding motorboats to unsightly garbage dumps had been explored, including discussion on the desirability of bringing new inc.ustries to the area, the Fall Open House Days program, participation in the pro-, gram of the State sored discussion groups, and many other subjects. The State Chamber of Commerce invited the ocal chamber to join with South Bend in sponsoring a discussion group to be held at South Bene on 2 November. It was decided that this affair would take tht place of the regular local November meeting, and a large number of members ' indicated that they would go to South Bend. Fischer presentee a report to the members on tie benefits de-rived-by tlie community from the establishment of industries here. He disclosed that nearly $2,500.000 annual payroll s disbursed by five Syracuse industrial plants: Shat 62 per cent of the employees of the two largest plants own their own homes, and that some 60 of these homes have been acquired since the owner ob amed employment at one or the other plant. The chamber is continuing the study on just what type of plant; should be invited 'x> locate here, and what ways and means should' be used iii order to provide inducements to desirable industries. Demo Candidate Brands Toll Road “Frankenstein” Floyd E. Harper. Tipton attorney and Democratic candidate for Secretary of State, branded the Indiana Toll Road commission as “a financial Frankenstein” last night in a major campaign address before a party rally at Shelbyville. Harper lashed out at what he called “the financial Frankenstein" when he charged that the method employed by the commission in financing the road made it possible for the eastern 1 inancial syndicates buying the bonds “to reap a windfall profit of $16,000,000 in the first five months the bonds were out. yet the first shovel full of dirt on the road turned until three months later.” "What kind of business is it,” Harper challenged, "which can make $16,000,000 orofit before it opens the front door?” Harper told the throng that he deplored the enorrious profits being realized by eistem financial syndicates and said the Democratic party believes, as part of its platform, that toll roads have a place in the highway system of Indiana. "But our free highway system should be protected. The huge investment tnat our citizens have in our free state highway system must not b? jeopardized by a toll road system,” he said. The 41-year-old attorney and businessman said that the Craig administration refused to call a special session of the Indiana Legislature to consider the needs of unemployed Hoosi?rs. "The administration," Harper said, “feared that a special session one called would s Iso strike at the toll road and stop the rise of the Craig administration.” He charged that the unemployment compensation was “far too low for Hoosiers to live upon." Harper said that Craig could, if he so desires, hav ? unemployment compensation raised to “a decent standard, since there are millions of dollars lying idle in the state, jobless fund." At the close of his attack upon ; the toll road. Harder charged that ! the Republican s ttomey general; had ruled that the toll road employees were state workers but "the Budget Committee had refused to consider :he toll road salaries subject to review. ” “In effect.” he said, "they gave the commission a blank check.” County Residents Entitled To Blood At Mayo Clinic Arrangements were recently made with May< Clinic for replacement of blocd for Kosciusko County residents aWMia*iAayo Clinic. The praipectivt patient advises the Cliiic thtrt he is eligible to have b ood replaced inasmuch as Kosciusko County cooperates in the Fort Wayne Blood Program.

Discharged • a" '-t li A/1C Gene Kitson was dicharged recently at Camp Kilmer Air Force base after his 1950 enlistment of 4 years, and was met in Chicago by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Raymohd Kitson. Kitson had been in ‘ England, Bentwater Air Force Base, three years. James Fry came home on the same boat as Kitson. and with Mrs. Fry, the former Cynthia Frevert, spent his vacation in a Moser cottage, Papakeechie Lake, with his leave time up last Thursday, when he and Mi’s. Fry left for an Air Force base in Delaware, near Dover. Rotarians Hear Joe McArdle On Collegiate Ball Members of Syracuse-Wawasee Rotary Club learned much about the "inside” of collegiate football ; Monday night at their regular meeting when Joe McArdle, former assistant coach at Notre Dame revealed some of the tricks of the trade. Now manager of Central Manufacturers of windows, McArdle proved to be both an entertaining and informative speaker as he reminisced and then delved into his wealth of experience in order to answer questions from the floor. • / "Times have changed." said (the former coach. “Nowdays football players must maintain a higher grade average than other students at the school. Football ‘greats’ are soon forgotten. They must have the “stuff” if they are to find suitable employment after graduation.” MITCHELL ELECTED Dean H. Mitchell, president of Northern Indiana Public Service Company, today was elected president of the Indiana Electric Association at the organization’s 45th Annual Convention now in progress at French Lick Springs, Indiana. This is the second time Mitchell has held the president’s post. He was first elected president of the Indiana Electric Association in 1943. Since then, he has been a member of the Association’s board of directors and was vice- president of the organization in 1953. Speed on the straightaway: pride in the right of way causes much trouble on the highway!

FALL OPEN HOUSE DAYS Thursday - Friday - Saturday November 4-5-6 Syracuse-Wawasee Merchants Invite you to a Stupendous i . f Soiree of Scintillating Sellegance ! ! PRIZES GALORE! Gifts all over the place! Free Show for the Kiddies REMEMBER LAST SPRING? Well, the Fall Open House Days will be bigger, “bet ter, and even moreso. Join the Parade of Punchy, Pummeling, ‘Panting People Pressing toward our town on the First Weekend-in November

1 Halleck Urges Republicans To Start Swinging Rep. Charles A. Halleck today called on Second District Republicans to roll up impressive majorities in the forthcoming elec-' tion, Nov. 2. Rep. Halleck said citizens should look beyond the local situation, especially where Republican candiates are uncontested, and realize jthe importance of winning the State and National campaigns. Counties which are normally heavy’ Republican strongholds have a job to do in this election, Hallecck said, pointing out that substantial Republican majorities in the Second District could go a long way toward helping the State Republican ticket overcome vote shortages in Democrat-dom-i---nated areas. Rep. Halleck, who served in the Republican 83rd Congress as House Majority Leader, urged Party workers to “fight harder than ever before” in the current campaign. “The National Administration,” he said, “has made .a splendid record during the first two years of its leadership in cleaning up the mess we inherited from the Trumanites.” ' “President Eisenhower deserves the help of another Republican Congress and he must have it if we are going to complete the job Americans asked us to take over in 1952,” Halleck said. The Second District Congressman said the constructive program so well advanced under Republican leadership would be “stalemated by a hostile Democrat Congress bent on making political hay for 1956.” JOBS NOW OPEN FOR CENSUS ENUMERATORS Applications for employment as enumerators for the 1954 Census of Agriculture in Kosciusko County wiltroe accepted beginning October 18, 1954. it was announced today by Field Supervisor A. R. Slack. Persons interested should notify Ralph D. Wrigley at R. 3. Warsaw, Indiana, who is serving as crew leader for this area. Application forms can be obtained also from the agriclture census field office at 103 Plymouth Building, Plymouth. Indiana. Applicants for enumerators jobs must be citizens of the United States, have a high school education or furnish evidence of comparable experience, be in good physical, health and of excellent > character and be between the ages of 18 to 65. They must have 4 sufficient financial resources to sustain themselves for approximately foui* or five weeks from . the date of appointment until they ■ receive their first salary check. ■ Applicants with veteran preference : who meet all requirements will be ‘ given priority over non-veteran ■ applicants. Enumerator job applicants must be licensed to operate and must provide a privately owned automobile in good condition. Pay . rates will provide for the cost of operating cars on official Census business. PYTHIAN SISTERS ELECT Mrs. Maude Geiger was accepted as a new member of Temple No. 130, Pythian Sisters, at meeting of - the group 6 October and will be initiated next Wednesday. Also at next week's meeting Kosciusko . County’s Deputy Grand Chief . Norma Zimmerman of Milford will conduct the annual inspection. Secretary Mrs. Opal Nolan announces that a reception in honor of Grand Chief Betty Zephyr will be held 19 October at the Knights of Pythias Hall in Fort Wayne.