Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 48, Number 7, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 25 November 1954 — Page 3

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HE v;s | Before giving information about division two of the home improvement project I believe, and hope you agree, it might be well if I discussed division one a little more in detail. t Among the required work, which ■ I listed before, was one. “Rearrange a bedroom to best advantage.” Now, if I were to sit with a 4-H girl to discuss possible rearrangement of her bedroom. I’d probably I ask what activities took place there in order to determine needed furniture and the grouping there; of. Obviously enough, a bedroom is used for sleeping, so a bed is ! needed. Generally, too, a girl would change clothing and store ‘ or hang clothing items. This would ■ require a dresser or dressing table , and chest along with either a J wardrobe or a clothes closet. In addition to these activities, a ! girl might do her studying in her 2 room and or writing; and she j might have need for a relaxing or ! resting or reading area when some I of the other family members en- | tertain in the living room. This |! would require a comfortable chair, ('lamp, bookshelves or small table, 1 and so forth. | The next question I would dis2 cuss with this 4-H girl would be to f which furniture piece do you go to } more often when you go into your 2 room? Very often, I believe, the I answer would be to the dresser or | chest of drawers, this gives reason I for placing that piece of furniture } as near the bedroom door and as 2 1 close to the closet door as possible. II If the piece of furniture involved 5 is a dresser, then availability of I light, both from windows and » electric lights, would need to be 5 considered. I In discussing the placing of the I* bed with the 4-H girl, variation or improvement is often limited because of lack of wall space. For ease in making the bed it is best to place the head of the bed flat against the wall (I say flat because large pieces of furniture should be placed straight—not corner-wise) ■ with space on either side enough j to walk around. This placement I will faciliate cleaning too. In a , room with no wall space wide < enough for a double bed it would 2 be better to let it extend a little j.over the'window than to place it I across the comer. Sometimes improvement in placing the bed can be made when 'due consideration of the first question discussed is given. Thus plac- • ing furniture pieces used most often near the bedroom entrance, ,one would not find herself walking ' Jail the way around the be<j>to put {some article in a dresser drawer. Suggestions for improving the closet or clothes storage area may • Ibe found in the home improvement bulletin and in many magazines. Some of these, the 4-H girl Scan do by herself; others will need the help of her father or older brother. Many involve no great; expense, yet help the girl in storing . clothing items properly. Proper and adequate lighting are essential for reading, study. | or writing areas. This I’d like to I discuss at a later date in relation i to the electric project. Suggestions (for these units and for the dressling unit will be discussed in divi- ' sion two of the home improvement project. Girls who are considering taking the home . improvement project! should make plans now. If I can be of further help let me know. "Bye now." “ Ruth R. Snellenberger 4-H Club Agent for Girl's Work 4-H CLUB CHATTER Dear 4-H Members, This is it! The 4-H enrollment contest I’ve mentioned before is being planned. And there is an I

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* ( In The I Northeast (Corner (By Bill Spurgeon) | Readers of this column who are ( just becoming accustomed to Day- < light Saving Time should not mind ; it if we set the clock back about 78 years to 1876 to continue ouf comment upon Syracuse of that day. Source of our material for this week’s column, as it was last week, is an addition of the In- ' diana State Atlas, also known as A Historical Atlas of the State of ■ Indiana. This voluminous book ; was published in 1876, and contains maps of every county in the , state, every town of consequence, and a great deal of other information besides. To the best of our Knowledge, the source of which is widely i variable, Syracuse of the 1870’s i had a population of about 250. The j Baltimore and Ohio railroad had been here about two years, having : been completed through this com- < munity as the B. P. and C. < < presumably Baltimore. Pitts- 1 burgh, and Chicago) in October of ; 1874. Reading up on county history, i we found it of interest that Syra- ; < award for every member enrolling < twelve or more members! When to begin? Now! Here are the rules: (1) 4-H ; member must enroll at least twelve (12) 4-H members, either old or new members. Enrollment cards may be procured from your adult leader or from the county . extension office. (2) Member enrolled may be from any part of the county and may join any existing ‘ club or a new club if one is needed. < <3) A list of names of those enroll- , ed should be turned in to the adult leader in that community. (4) . Both a list of those 4 H members , and the enrollment cards must be ‘ turned in by the enrolling member to the county extension office. (5) Enrolling member must sign his or < her name on the back of the en- , rollment card.. (6) If a member j wishes to join both an agricultural ] and a home economics club, an en- j rollment card should be completed for each club. (7) Enrollments must be made before January 15, j 1955 to qualify for the award. , What is the award? An attract- ; ive 4-H ring will be awarded to : each 4 H member who enrolls 1 twelve (12) or more 4-H members, s Who will be first to receive a 4-H ring? ’ I Wluvt is the purpose of a 4-H ; enrollment contest? To promote ; ; increased 4-H membership in ' Kosciusko County through 4-H members. A suggestion is made to those 1 enrolling 10 and 11-year-old girls ! in home economics projects. It is i recommended that first division ; {baking or food preparation are < i usually easier for these first year < 1 members. j ' November 1,3 is designated this , year as National 4-H Achievanent Day. What could be better than to be able to award a large number of 4-H rings to 4-H members enrolling twelve members each? With more than 4,000 girls and boys of 4-H Club age in Kosciusko {County, there are many to be con- : tacted for enrolling in 4-H work. Come on, 4-H’ers talk to those in your neighborhood, rnd to those in your grade of school. Lets k ’ly boost our county 4-H enrollment over the 1200 mark! Remember, you have only until January 15, 1955 to win this beautiful 4-H ring! “Bye now.” ! Ruth R. Snellberger

case and Goshen w’ere chief competitors in this area for that particular railroad,. It also seems that Syracuse advoates of the rail line frequently tried to influence the location of the line by saying that the ground in the vicinity of Gossen was generally marshy’ and certanly unfit for the construction of a railroad. This business of marshy ground brings to mind a curiosity on our part about the actual construction of the railroad into Syracuse. We consulted Edward Hungerford’s History of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on this point and found virtually nothing about construction in this area. Certainly, though, the area east of Syracuse must have been as marshy and unfit for railroad construction as local citzens claimed the area around Goshen was. Some filling must haVe been necessary around what later was the location of the cement mill. We promise to investigate further along this line some day. Getting back to Syracuse after the coming of the railroad, we find that this town was once considered as the-location for the railroad’s shops and division point—at least in the eyes of local citizens. Reason for this was its situation on the line halfway between Chicago and Tiffin. Ohio. As things turned out, neither Tiffin nor Syracuse made the grade. The railroad's shops were located at Chicago Junction, Ohio, now known as Willard, and at Garrett, Indiana. some thirty-two miles east of here. Also of passing interest is the fact that., although the railroad Pittsburgh, and Chicago,, brought through here years ago was plotted as apparently thb Baltimore, trains did not run through here via Pittsburgh between the terminal cities, but through Grafton, West Virginia. Main line operation over the Baltimore and Ohio via Pittsburgh did not come about until around the turn of the century. Double tracking of the railroad through here came well after 1900—just before the First World War and well within the memory span of many of our local residents. Lest we get carried away, however. we should remember that we were writing about the 1870’s and not the period before the war. We have mentioned the three separate parts of town that existed then in the 70‘s. The main part of town, we add for additional enlightenment, was that located on the lake and consisted of the Orginal Plat, Strombeck and Weaver’s first and second additions, McConnell and Lapes first and second additions, and Mann and Deffrees' addition. The last of the three mentioned was the area now adjoining Washington Street to the North of the present grade school. The other additions were located south of the original plat. The second part of town was Keti-ing's and Ketring’s addition south and west of the first part, as we said last week, just west of South Main Street across the creek. Third part, undoubtedly an offspring of the coming of the railroad, was Hillabold’s addition. This was and is the area south of

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the railroad, to which we once heard the name of “Newburgh” or ‘ sometluag similar attached. Naturally, the names of additions include some quite familiar to us. Ketring, of course, and Mann. Weaver, Strombeck, and McConnell all seem to ring a bell somewhere. Defrees we are not sure about, and are wondering if our atlas might contain a misspelling, in that name. Hillabold, though, seems accurate. Funny how little local names change over a period of so many years, isn’t it? Mon names, about a dozen of ’em, will be included in our next ’column. We are afraid to say “next week” for fear we may again be a “mechanical casualty’ in the composing room. But next appearance we will. name, as far as we can, the men vrho were doing business in Syracuse in 1876 as listed in our atlas, and comment further on recent and less recent history of this area. Comments from readers are invited, as are additional sources of information.

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