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Local Republicans Name Chairman Monday, Set Machinery Rolling for Town Caucus

Following a meeting of local Republican precinct committeemen Monday night, announcement was made that W. W. Pauli had been appointed chairman of the Syracuse Town Central Committee for the Republican party It is the job of the' Town Central Committee to arrange for a’ caucus or convention to be held to choose the party’s candidates for Town Trustees and for Town Clerk-Treasurer. The caucus must be held before the last Saturday in August. Precinct committeemen of any township precinct which includes part of the town are members of the town central committee. Republican conunittemen at Monday’s meeting also chose Miss Florence Foster as vicechairman of the town committee and Ronald Sharp as secretarytreasurer. Chris Koher Named Town chairman Pauli also announced later Monday night that the name of Chris Koher would be submitted to Town Clerk-Treasurer Ernest O. Buchholz for certification as the Republican member of the town election board. This board super-, vises the actual election in November and is composed of Buehholz as Town Clerk-Treasufer and one member from each| party. As of Thursday morning, no Democratic town chairman had been announced nor had any town central committee for that party been appointed. Indiana election laws provide that the members of the town election Jap Jones Speaks „ To Rotary Monday At their regular Monday luncheon ‘meeting in, the Pickwick some thirty-fine local and visiting Rotarians heard Jap Jones, owner of the South Shore Inn and other hotels, speak on the State Highway Commission. I its procedures and accomplishments. Jones was a member of the state legislature which enacted the gas tax and for eight years he was a member of the Highway , Commission. High points of the talk were the facts that the Commission: maintains 36 garages thruout 1 the state. 3000 employees and over 10.000 miles of state highways. In the engineering department. the chief engineer has a | corps of three engineers — one each for Construction. Maintenance and Bridges, and six dis-1 trict engineers; Os the total taxes collected by the existing 4c gas tax. which amounts to about $90,000,000.00. 15% goes to citizens and towns, 22% to counties and 53% to the state Kosciusko County receives $391,000.00. Syracuse $6.975 00. Milford. $4,570.00 and Warsaw $31,802.00. Jones said. Jones recommended a 2c increase in the gas tax which would add half again as much to the amount of revenue now collected. He mentioned that the extension of State Road 8 and Alt. 13 were completed during his tenure of office on the Commission Also. Jones stated that the Kosciusko County Board of Commissioners has been rated as the fifth best in the state and that the Commission should be complimented. particularly for the excellence of and competence with which the Kale Island bridge was constructed and installed this past spring. Pro-Am at South Shore Monday 1 August there will be a Pro-Amateur tournament at the South Shore Country Club and “Amateurs will be welcome to play." said the Club Pro. "Red" Wiley. 3 August there will be the A. A. Miller. A. B. C. D. Flight Tournament. at the South Shore Also. South Shore Ladies will attend the Land O Lakes Tournament. Tuesday 2 August at the Wawaset Course* with Wawasee as hostess and Tippecanoe and Maxwelton members as guests.

Local Drum and Buglers Win at Indianapolis

Wawasee Drum and Bugle Corps Post 223 of Syracuse won first in Class B competition during the three day American Legion Convention last week end in Indianapolis. The 32 member corps, smallest in Indiana, won SSOO prize money. director Millard Hire said, and will now be eligible for the » Class A competition next year. The 195 member Post also has

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board appointed by the political [ parties be submitted to the town Clerk by August 1. Pauli, publisher of the Syra-cuse-Wawasee Journal, has resided in Syracuse since June of 1954. Miss Foster is associated with the Star Clothing Store and’ Sharp is promotional manager for the Warsaw Times-Union. To Announce Caucus Date Date for the Republican caucus has not yet been set but will be announced soon, probably some time next week, according to Pauli. The caucus must be publicly announced and posted three days in advance, heradded | lit will probably be held tjhe latter part of August. At Monday night’s meeting of I the precinct committeemen and women were Walter Koher, committeeman for the first precinct; and Stephen Freeman, of the third precinct. Committeewomen I Mrs. Ernest Bushong, first preI clinct; Mrs. Cy Bauer, second pre|dinct; and Mrs. Effie Emerson, third precinct, were also present. : Ernest Buchholz, committeeman firom the second precinct, was I not present. I ' ‘ Girls' Stater Speaks At Auxiliary Meeting Miss Susan Darr gave a report on her week at Girls’ State to | the American Legion Auxiliary members Tuesday evening. She described governmental procedures., and told about the [ i choir and band which was made . up of Girl Staters. Miss Darr worked as sheriff on I one of the election boards, and served on a committre from her county which entitled her to a | vote at the convention. Mrs Roy Sarjent reported | that all the vanilla had been Isold, and that the two electrical | appliances purchased with the I proceeds will arrive this week. President. Mrs Claude Kistler announced that a bake sale will be Saturday 13 August at the Legion Hall. The next meeting will be Tuesday 23 August when new i officers will be installed. Place Fertilizer In Papakeechie* Sunday I Five tons of fertilizer were j placed tn Lake Papakeechie Sunday. under a program of the Papakeechie Protective Association to rid the lake of excessive weed growth and to generally improve I the condition of the lake. Two boats were fastened to-1 gether and the fertilizer was pumped from a truck into the boats, according to witnesses: The process of covering the lake I started at 9 a. m. and was com-1 pletely finished by 2 p. m. Assisting in the work were Lee I E Miller. Edwin Smith.. Roy McKee, Julian Diemer. Al Burson, i George Wilson, and Frank Rothe. Association officials said that the program had been approved i by the Indiana Department of [ Conservation and the State Board of Health. Some residents I of the lake area had stated, earlier this spring, that they would not approve the fertilizing of the lake. State approval has been obtained by the association since that time, to assure residents that fish would not be harmed nor would any such program be injurious to persons swimming. HOME FOR WEEKERO A. 3c John D. Hoover, son of Mr, and Mrs. Guy Hoover of Syracuse, spent last week end with his parents Hoover- is stationed at Scott Air Force Base in Belleville,; Illinois. While home, he visited his uncle. Mrs. Donald Hoover and family, of Albion. Indiana. A 3c Hoover and Jack Johnston. of Churubusco, returned to Scott Air Force Base Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Auer and children, Margaret and Johnny of South Bend visited his parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Auer Saturday .

the distinction of having the smallest Corps to win a State Championship. Whiting, with an 1100 man post, won second place. Warsaw placed fourth in the color guard contest. The Wawasee Post has 100 per cent legion membership. Non-le-gion members may make up 20% of a Corps in competition, but all the local drum <fc bugle members are Legionnaires.

SYRACUSE. INDIANA, THURSDAY. 28 July 1955

Wawasee Association To Entertain Members Members of the Wawasee Property Owners Association will be feted by the association at a dinner Friday evening, 19 August, at the South Shore Inn. Invitations have already been sent to members and their wives by directors of the group, accordto an announcement given the Journal this week. Speakers for the affair have not yet been named. Establish Weekly Paper at New Paris First, issue of the "New Paris Reporter," a newspaper "published by and for the New Paris Community." was mailed to area postal patrons last week. The paper is a five column tabloid size and is published by the Exchange Publishing Corporation. which also publishes the Farmer’s Exchange," a farm newspaper for a six county area around New Paris. The New Paris paper, unlike the "Farmer’s Exchange.” has been established strictly to serve the New Paris town community, according to a publisher’s statement. South Shore Scene Os Invitational Match r The South Shore Country Club. Tuesday afternoon rang j with sounds of applause and apI probation when 50 Iper cent of the some 100 ladies there for the Invitational match received prizes for the days’ winning golf scores. After short, welcoming speechs by the president of the South Shore Ladies’ Golf Association, Mrs Paul Christine, and Mrs Jay Rigdon. Prize Chairman, winners were announced. First prize for the 18 hole low gross went to Muriel Longbottom, of the Elks Club. Fort Wayne, for a score of 92. Ladies from the Elks Country Club of Fort Wayne, and Rochestr. Plymouth. Kendallville, Huntington, and Orchard Ridge of Ft Wayne, played in 95 decree weather, on the 150 acre course at Wawasee Two oilers from the Elks Club were second and third. Pat Claus had a 94, and Pat Manacke had a 97. The three high on the 18 hole low net were Mildred Letter of the Elks with 70: Virginia Gillard of Orchard Ridge. 74; and Sis Kilgallen 75. Low putt winners were Karlene Johnson. Elks. Doty Melhop. and Evelyn Aldrich both of Kendallville. The 9 hole low gross first prize went to Evelyn Ritzenthalen. Plymouth, with a score of 50; second prize Mildred ‘Meese. Elks, with 51: and third Vivian March. Elks. 55. Low net for nine hole was Betty Keiser. 37; Audrey McLaughlin. 39: and Joy Klopp. 41; all of Plymouth. Low. putt prizes went to Beryle Webster. Elks. Fanny Brenn. Huntington. and Kate Samers of the Elks. The South Shore Association ladies set up breakfast and snack tables on the lawn. Hostesses at the cottte and donut table were Arm Sudlow. Ellie Ruple. Stella Heckman and Dorothy Jones. The punch pretzels, cheese, and chips, table was hostessed by Betty Socks. Margo Felts. Lou Rolf. Isabelle Stockberger, Bee Crews and Mary Ferguson. Other committees were; starting table. Lillian Bartlett, (who was also cm the scoring committee* Louise Stevenson, and Nina King. Dining room Hostesses were Mary Margaret McCoy. Lois Gildersleeve. Carolyn Holden and Doris Kesler. Decoration Committee members were Betty Dalton. Blanche Mason. Betty Budde. and Marge Siebel. Scoring Committee members were Jane Rgthbun. Mary Agnes Hughes. Jean Van Sickle and Ruth Emenck. Billie Rigdon. Lavem Pace, Joan Stoeltipg and Katie Graff were on the committee for tournament prizes. Luncheon tables were decorated with lovely fans from Faye Wong, glamorized tees by Marge Siebel. and flowers brought by Association members. E Patricia Ann Buhri Mr. and Mrs. Robert Buhrt. of Route One. are the parents of a daughter. Patricia Ann. born Wednesday. July 20. at the Goshen General Hospital. Miss Donna McSweeney of South Bend, visited her mother. Mrs Charlotte McSweeney last week end.

Editorial It looks as though Syracuse might h£e an election. A Town Central Committee for the Republican Party has been organized and has announced that it will soon set a date for the town caucus, must be held before the last Saturday in August. Local Democrats have but until this Saturday. 30 July, to likewise form a Town Central Committee and prepare to hold a caucus to choose candidates for the town election this November. Syracuse deserves an election, with candidates competing for positions in the town government. Such an election should be held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, as established by custom and state law. It definitely should not be held at a caucus of one party sometime in August. '

Some Like It Hot- - But They'd Better Be Quiet!

By The Journal Staff The heat was on in Syracuse and Wawasee this week, and few. if any residents of the community seemed able to avoid it. This time, however, the heat cts actual—not the supposed kind—and all business houses in the area with air conditioning have noted an appreciable drop in the customer turnover rate. The customers just didn’t seem to want to leave. To Stay Awhile U. S. News and World Report, in its issue of Monday 25 July placed Northern Indiana in a weather area to have "much warmer weather than usual” through August 15. And. believe us. this is beginning to be a doubtful honor. Relief was .first predicted in the form of thundershowers for Tuesday night—and the thunder show’efs were nowhere to be found. As of Thursday morning, the present combination of high heat plus extremely high humidity was expected to last at least 3 more days without even temporary’ relief—except that kind of relief which might be gained by sitting dirgptly in front of fans, spending 23 of 24 hours a day in the lake, or drinking cooling beverages in cooling •places. One local merchant was thrown into a panic Wednesday morning wtfen he arrived on the scene to find that his air conditioner had quit during the night. He was later relieved when he found it to be a temporary stoppage. but he continued in a state of semi-shock during the day. c Business Brisk Electrio-fans and small air conditioners were selling like • heaven forbid!* hotcakes. Residents from nearby cities who normally commute to and from the lake area during the sumTnerrimp let cobwebs accumulate on their cars and city offices. Postal clerks on trains stopping at Syracuse were - observed wearing Bermuda shorts or bathing suits. Too Much Heat* Mrs. Blair Laughlin was reported to have challenged Eugene Vatet pf Kale Island to a snowball fight on the main corner Wednesday noon. Russell Hmderer. mail carrier out of the Syracuse post office, told a Journal reporter Monday that he was about an hour late on his route because he "got stuck behind a stalled snowplow.” Journal editor Bill Spurgeon disappeared from the office at a crucial hour Wednesday afternoon and was reported fearing for his life when it was learned

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on his return that he had been [water skiing. Swimming and spending time in the water seemed to offer little relief, inasmuch as.no one had yet learned away to stay there. The discomfort of the heat generally returned immediately upon leaving the w’ater. Temperatures Given And. for your information, jusjt where was it hottest? Well, at 5 P. M. Wednesday. Ideal Beach reported 102, as did Louie’s Grill. Galloway’s, near the State Fish Hatchery, reported a cool 96. The Sturm and Dillard Gravel Co. reported an almost equally cool 98 at their plant on the Milford Road .In downtown Syracuse, in the shade, by the Journal’s thermometer, it was just 99 at 5 P- m. Wednesday. A sequel to the weather story occurred about 8:30 this morning in the form of a thunder shower. Temperature at the Journal, a cool 76 degrees. All’s wgll that ends well! Last Chance! Persons interested in water skiing from the spectator standpoint will have their “ast chance” this as Wawasee and other local water skiers will put on their last show of the season in front of the South Shore Inn. Starting time for the event is 7:00 p. m. Next week local skiers are scheduled to take part in the Indiana State meet, to be held this year August 6 and 7 on Center Lake. Warsaw. Funeral at Ligonier For Edward F. Gall Edward Franklin Gall. 78. died in his home two miles north of Ligonier. Monday at 9:30 a. m. of complications following an illness of five years. Gall was born in Kosciusko county Sept. 16. 1876. and was the son <'* Washington and Mary < Weiss* Gall. He had lived in Nappanee until moving to Ligonier nine years ago. He was a member of the Wawaka Church of the Brethren. Surviving are his wife; two daughters. Mrs. Curtis Stump of Goshen, and Mrs. Joseph Bontrager of near Ligonier; two sons. Theodore of Nappanee, and Thurto of Wakarusa; 19 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren: and one brother, Harley of Syracuse. . Funeral services were held in the Union Center Church of the Brethem. northeast of Nappanee. Thursday at 2:30 p. m. Rev. .Buryi Hoover officiated and burial was in Union Center cemetery. FIRESTORE HORORED Lawrence Firestone. Syracuse fireman, was one of four Koscius Iko Cbunty firemen nominated for the presidency of the Kosciusko County Volunteer Firemen’s Association at a meeting at Waubee Lake last week. An election will be held at the August meeting of the association. Second highest vote-getter in the presidency be the new vice-president. Others nomiated besides Firestone include Maurice Noble. Pierceton; E. F. Rydquist, Warsaw: and Chris Kammerer, of Leesburg.

Dutch Elm Malady Reported at Wawasee Dutch Elm disease, generally rare thus far in this community, has been reported this week as killing at least one elm tree. The tree affected was located in the Kale Island area. e A mysterious malady, the disease is so named because of its discovery in Holland. It first was noticed in America less than a decade ago and has since killed complete communities of Elm trees. Indianapolis and Muncie have both lost thousands of elms, as has the University of Illinois campus at Urbana, Illinois. No Remedy Known No completely effective remedy is known for the disease, which strikes with strange suddenness and is always fatal to the tree. The Fort Wayne Park Board reported this week that it was working on a ’cure’’ which might be ready sometime in the fall. Complete and immediate removal is generally advised for trees killed by the disease. Whoops! There are ways, and ways, to stay cool, and an unidentified Elkhart County man chose an unorthodox way to do so last night about 8:30. He backed his car into Syracuse Lake at the end of John St. Nothing serious, though. He was attempting to pull a boat from the lake and in doing so. got in farther than intended. Auer's Service Station did the honors and hauled him out. The Women’s Work of the Church of the Brethren will meet with, Mrs. Clayton Stahley for a picnic dinner and election of officers Wednesday 3 August.

1908 Grade School, Well Built, More Pk, “ r " - ‘ Now Rapidly Deteriorating, Reporter Finds

■ ■* j By Bill Spurgeon Last week we explored the vacant classrooms and corridors of Syracuse’s abandoned grade school. h Cardboard boxes full of trash pl-esent tempting fire hazards in most comers. Oil soaked mops recline on the stairway to the dusty attic. Syracuse’s last school bell, which once called many localcitizens to the classroom, lays idle in the attic on the floor, where it has been stored since the belfry was removed about eight years ago. Calcamine paint, applied judiciously to the walls and ceilings of the corridors a few years ago. has cracked, peeled, and covers the floors in small, dry heaps. What has happened to what.when built, was one of the most modem school buildings in the United States? An account in The Journal for May 7, 1908, says that “the building is modem in every respect and embodies the most advanced thought in schoolhouse construction. It is a monument to the wisdom and progressiveness of our present most effecient board of school trustees—H. W. Buchholz. A. W. Strieby. and Elmer E. Stneby.” Time has happened. School construction has changed. No longer are parents content to send their children to school in ? a high-ceilinged, oily wooden floored, crowded 47 year old building. Our new local grade schqpl attests to that. In 1908. we imagine, local citizens delighted to the polished woodwork (which is still fine woodwork* and fine new slate blackboards. But polished woodwork is expensive to keep, and high ceilings are expensive to heat, and the oily floors soon become a hazard. And the thousands of sums, problems, questions, and answers that were written on the slate blackboards seem even now to show through a bit. It’s quiet over there now. Several upright pianos (which, like the school, have little real value >. stand lonely in the abandoned classrooms. Occasional desk and chair sets, also outmoded with the coming of the new posture seats and scientific desks, occupy at least one classroom. In the cool basement, the Town Board of Syracuse and Justice of the Peace Fred Nolan still hold fourth when the occasion warrants. But on the three hot. closed-up upper floors, just a few American flags and some quickly-left-be-hind Christmas decorations remind one of the thousands of school children who once passed, pushed, or slipped through the corridors. Even George Washington. Father of His Country, looks lonesome as he has apparently even become outdated as a schoolhouse portrait.

Eissman, Wawaski Skiers Take 5-Way Meet Honors

Wawaski Club water skiers, paced by Bob Eisgman whose jump record was 63 ft., won a five-way sM jump meet Saturday on Wawasee with a total of 712 points. . The Hoosier Ski Club, also from Wawasee. had a total of 665 points, and clubs from Tippecanoe, Bass Lake, and Elkhart had 472, 433 and 425 points, respectively, Barbara Berkey, Tom Tuttle, and Eissman represented the Wawaski Club with 197, 246, and 269 points. Skiers are rated on form and distance. Jumpers for the Hoosier Ski Club were Cynthia Haram who had 160 points, Dave Eckrich with 235 and Roger Coil with 270. Tippecanoe jumpers were Ronald Brown with 220, and Steve Miller with 252. Judy Henderson, pick Zieler, and Paul Atkinson skied for the 4-H Boys To Make Tour of Projects The Communit}’ Hands Boys 4-H Club, will conduct a tour of all 4-H projects Tuesday 2 Aug. Group members will meet at the high school at 8 a. m. to begin the tour, and dinner wall be served at the City Park by the Goodwill Home Economics Club. The tour will be resumed after lunch, leader William Stotts said this week. Assistant County Agent Phil Stansfield will assist the members with their final plans before they exhibit their projects at the Kosciusko County Fair. Any interested people in the community may join touring members. Stotts added. Wawasee Resident* ■ Dies in Chicago Mrs. Frank J. Cramsie. of Chicago. Illinois, who with her family spent many summers at Lake Wawasee. died July 20 at Chicago. Surviving are her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Betty Smith; and one son. James F. Cramsie; three grandchildren; and two sisters. Mrs. Grace Fitzpatrick and Vera A. Harrolle.

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Bass Lake Club. Miss Henderson had 200 points and Atkinson had 233. Zieler took a spill during the meet which disqualified him. Sharon Williams and Al Voris of the Elkhart Club had 207 and 218 points. Eddie Weller fell and was disqualified. Miss Williams and Miss Henderson tied for the longest jump in the women’s division with 47 ft., and Roger Ray jumped 60 ft., the longest jump in the Jr. Boys division. Dr Wellington Wins Yacht Club Race Sun. Sailing in light winds and shifty breezes, seven Lightning class sailboats raced Sunday in the Wawasee Yacht Club’s fifth race of the season. Dr. Wellington of Goshen was first to cross the finish line. His sons, Jim and Bob, were crew. Paul Penn, Jr., came in second with his father and his brother Dick, as crewIn third place was Paul Hess. Crewing for him were his wife, Dorothy and his daughter, Barbara. Jim Bender of Papakeechie skippered Marta Bender’s (Goshen* boat and came‘‘in fourth. Bob Bender, brother of Marta, and Dick Boer ger crewed. In fifth place was Jack Shanklin of Goshen with his faithful crew of Keith Swihart and Kohler Champion. Duff Sadler sailed ih sixth with Ed McLaren and Bruce Baiden as crew. And Berkley Duck was seventh. Susan Alane Penrose A daughter, Susan Alane, was born Sunday at 8:15 a. m. to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Penrose of Nappanee in the Osteopathic Hospital in South Bend. She weighed 6 1/4 pounds. Mrs. Penrose is the former Jeanette Causer. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Causer are the maternal grandparents. Eldon Roger Leitch Mr. and Mrs. Bryan W Leitch, Route 3. are the parents of a son, Eldon Roger, bom Sunday at the Goshen General Hospital.