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J. Barton Cox Conducts Open Forum at Rotary

•J Barton Cox presented the program at the regular dinner meeting of Rotarians Monday night. He told first of attending a Rotary meeting at Lorain. Ohio, and then asked for a vote on four questions of importance to the Town Board. His purpose ins requesting a vote, he stated, was to obtain opinions from ciizens on these questions. It proved to be a provocative program with considerable discussion pro and con preceding the vote on each question. 1. Should the town extend town corporate limits to property south of the present south boundary and also to the north side of Syracuse Lake to include the section known as Pottawotomie Park? Eleven members voted for annexation of the areas designated and 'f:fteen avainst. 2. Should the present sewage disposal system be completed with compulsory connection for even’ property owner within the city 'limits? Twenty-four voted in favor and two against. 3. Should the town spend more money for the improvement of the police force? Resulting vote showed twenty for and five against/ 4. Should the town install parking meters as a means of raising badly needed funds and providing better parking facilities for citizens and guests? Rotarians favored this plan nineteen to six. George Channing Speaker at Goshen George Channing will speak on “Christmas Science: Its Constructive Mission.” next Thursday evening. Dec. 1, ini the high j school auditorium at Goshen. Mr. Hanning will discuss the threat of“ destruction which seems to present itself vividly to mankind today as being not in accord with the true teaching of Christianity. Mr. Channing is a graduate of Brown University and studied I law at Yale. He served in World War 1. For ten years he was in newspaper work, which included [ two years as city editor of the Seattle Star. In 1934. he was made a teacher of Christian Science, and was appointed in 1938 to membership on the Board of Lectureship of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston. He was called to Boston in 1940 to serve as First Reader of The Mother Church. In 1951 he was appointed Manager of Committees on Publication. Sell It! with a Journal Classified! Our classified advertis- I ing lineage has Doubled in lest than One Year! Run your ad in a newspaper with Proven Pulling I Power! Phone 191/

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Wins SIO,OOO In Suit on Contract Frank A. Stefanki, was awarded SIO,OOO by a jury in U. S. district court at South Bend last week in his suit against the Orthopedic Equipment Corp, of Syracuse. Stefanski had sought $125,000 for breach of an alleged contract with the company giving him a salarly plus a share of the profits for managing the rubber division of the firm. The four-day trial focused on : the nature of the oral contract Os Sept. 1. 1952. and the extent of the profits of the division. G. Laucks Xanders. Io al attorney, and Milton A. Johnson of South Bend, were counsel for the plaintiff. Record Entries For Chicago Stock Show Record Entries of cattle, hogs and sheep are listed from 38 ; states and two Canadian provinces for the 56th annual International Livestock Exposition. November 25 to December 3. show officials announced today. Illinois leads among the states in number of entries with 65 counties represented. lowa and Indiana each have 41 counties from which entries have j been received. Ohio is third with 33 counties. Over 350 farm youth from 14 'states will take the spotlight on Saturday. November 21, when their prize livestock will be ! judged in the Junior Livestock Feeding Contest open to 4-H and F. F. A. showmen. I Girl Scout Leaders Reorganize Troops I. Leaders and committee women of the Syracuse Girl Scout personnel met Wednesday at the scout cabin in Crosson Park for the purpose of reorganizing the various groups Troop leaders were appointed and approximately 100 girls wire assigned to five troops Mrs. John. Pusti is the new general counselor; Mrs. Robert Clevenger the* over-all finance chairman and Mrs. Samuel Lar--on the general chairman of the i organization. • Brownie Troop 11. composed of fourth grade girls, i’ill oe under the leadership of Mrs. Bud Cripe ana Mrs. George Arden Bushong. Brow pie Troop IV made up of second and third graders, will be led by Mrs. James Stucky. Mrs. Vance Moots. Mrs. Harold Arnold and Mrs. Marshall Coy. The six leaders will serve as committee members for the two troops. The Intermediate Mothers Club sponsors the Browme troops. Mrs. James Bender will be the ! leader for Intermediate Troop 111. assisted by Mrs. Moots. Mrs. Gerold Kime as committee member, Mrs. Jack D. Clark for programs. Mrs. Clevenger, finance and Mrs. Larson, chairman. Richard Miher is leader of Intermediate Troop V, Mrs. Hubert Ang.emyer, assistant, and the following committee members: Mrs. Fred Karesh. chairman; Mrs. Olen Keim, program; Mrs. James Wizson and Mrs. Joe Shew man. Senior Scout Troop I, sponsored by Uie Senior Mothers Club, has Miss Mary Ann Stiegliu as its leader. Mrs. Catharine , Connolly, assistant. Mrs. Frank Eedriek. chairman. Mrs. Paul Lantz, program and Mrs. Hazel Miner. committee member. College Students Home For Holiday Weekend Among the college students home for Thanksg.ving holiday and the week end were Sandra Bchleeter. Marcia Disher, Sasha Hire and Patj Hapner from In jdiana University: and from Purdue. Ann Hilouxt. Jerry Clark. Lee Oyler, James Miner and Tom Kroh; also John Ed Nine ui North Webster. ' Joe Shewmon and Charles Haffner were home from Wa- ’ cash College; Jun Gard and ! Roger Coil from Valparaiso Umvers.ty. | Ball State students Included Kay Powell. Barbara Thornburg I and Patti Anglemyer. Dixie Dorsey and Charlotte I Haffner had a week end vacation from International Business College at Fort Wayne. Jane Kroh and Connie Sudlow ’ from Methodist Hospital at Intdianapolis were home for just ‘ the week end.

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Tuberculosis Has No Age Limit r W I \ ver New License Branch Opens For Business Today

Syracuse’s new auto license branch opened for business at 9 a .in. this morning in the Journal office. As of the time Thomas H. Borges, of Syracuse. Special Agent for Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, became the first customer of the new Syracuse Auto License Branch at 9:45 this morning. when he applied for title to a new car. of going to press, a number of applicants had been served. On hand to assist the local manager was Gene Browand field inspector for • the Motor Vehicle Bureau. Mr. Browand will remain until the new branch is operating smoothly. The political controversy aroused by the appointment of W. W. Pauli. Journal publisher, to head the new branch, was of little concern to those whose neeus cou.d now be met by the locai bureau, and who will no longer have to make the trip to Warsaw to transact their business. A last-ditch effort to block ap-

Adjoining Towns Ready For Waterworks Expansion

Milford's Town Board of Trustees met last Tuesday evening to consider bids to buy >51.000 in waterworks revenue bonds which the town was ottering for sale in order to finance waterworks improvements. according to The Milford Mail. The bonds were sold to the City Security Corporation of Indianapolis. represented at the meeting by Robert H. Springer, whose bid on the bonds carried an in tore. 4 rate of plus a premium of $277.58. 1 I The only other bidder was the firm of Benjamin Lewis and Company of Chicago. Both firms entered their bids in sea.ed envelopes, according to state specifications, and accompameu them wnh a certified checs. of s-.OOV. the bonds were opened and read aloud by town attorney Leon Connohy of Syracuse. Cromwell To Survey Meanwhile, in a special meeting the previous brioay, says The Cromwell Advance, the cromwvu Town Board approved a bid submitted by Boyd Phelps, inc., oi Micmgan City. Indiana for a complete preliminary engmeering survey of the Cromwell Water Woiks. The Board rejected the bid of Clyue Williams & Associates, suumitleu for the same project. x ui pose of the survey will be to obtain expert technical information ana recommendations as to what work will be necessary to bring the local water works up to reqmrea -tanuards. After completion or me survey, which will take several months, decisions must then be maue as to what portions of the recommendeo improvements can be incorporated into our local system. The Boyd Phelps bid for the survey only was >500.00. The rejected oid was >750.00. although on the projected estimated expense for a completed project, the accepted bid was only >50.00 lower. At the meeting in Milford final contracts were signed with the Phend and Brown Construction Co. of Milford lor their bid on the waterworks distribution system and with Layne Northern Co. of Mishawaka for a new well, pumping equipment and connecUtMis. Both these firms proved successful. bidoers when contracts were considered some tune ago. pending approval of the Public Service Commission The Public Service Commission met. reviewed the case, and approveo the saie oi the revenue bonds for the waterworks improvement on 14 October. They

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pointment of Pauli to the job was made Tuesday morning when a delegation of local residents trekked to Warsaw to lodge a protest against the appointment with Earl Himes, County Republican chairman. The group included 3 Joe Bushong, Mrs. Annabelle Coil. Miss Rose Baumgartner, Dick Denzel, Ed Klemknight, R. Leon Connolly. Lee Fischer, Harry Nicolai. Mattie Jones, Ray Frevert and Nelson Felts. Himes explained to the group that Pauli had been recommended by a unanimous vote of those present at a dinner meeting of precinct committeemen and town central committee members, and that his appointment had been approved by officials at Indianapolis several days ago. He said we was “standing behind” Pauli's appointment. Pauli declined ,to comment exeept to say that he would abide by any decision reached by local, county, or state officials of the Republican Party. Requests for special numbers may be made at the office or by telephone. New plates, series, RT-1 to RT-2000 will go on sale on 3 January.

also approved an increase in the water rate in Milford to retire the bonds. Raise Rates The extent of the waterworks improvements and the new wa- | ter rates, to include all the Public Service Commission’s findings. was published in full detail in the 27 October issue of The j Milford Mail. Parker Phend, commenting I for the Phend and Brown Construction Co., said pipe to be i used on the Milford waterworks job is on order and should arrive in a week or ten days. Work can ’ begin as soon as the arrives. The equipment to be used on the job is now at the Phend and Biown grounds in Millord. Mr. Phena also said the job should take aoout 40 days, with weather permitting, but aaded that this time of year the element of weather is highly unpredictable. > OYLER—JENKINS RITES Miss Nell Jenkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jenkins of Centerville. Indiana, became the br;de of Raymond' Oyler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph P. Oyler, in a double ring ceremony at 3:30 P. M. November 26. 1955, in the Centerville Methodist Church. One hundred fifty guests were present. Following a wedding trip the couple will be at home at Richmond. Indiana where the groom is employed at the Delancey Construction Co. A 1955 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University at Delware, Ohio, the bride is teaching m • the Centerville schols Mr. Oyler spent two years at Purdue University and two years in the armed services. He returned from Germany last fall and received his release shortly thereafter.

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Famous Negro Baritone To Appear at H. S. Assembly

Stiefel Says Continuous Effort Being Made Joseph L. Stiefel, president of Stiefel Feed Company.told the Journal Tuesday that his company has sought continuously for a process whereby the odor and sticky residue could be elinated from the gaseous waste product of their feed-making •plant. He said that although considerable money had already been spent on processes which failed to produce results, the company is ready and willing to install an effective process if one can be found at a reasonable cost. The Stiefel concern is the second firm in the United States to perfect the process of dehybrating blackstrap molasses. Others have tried and failed. Since the process is still considered experimental, it is felt that an answer will ultimately’ be found to the local problem it , has produced. Mr. Stiefel stressed the fact that the company is serving i hundreds of thousands of ultiimate consumers in five states, | and that the use of his product i is growing. He indicated that his ' firm would be very glad to talk to anyone, salesman or otherj wise, who has an answer to his problem. B & P's Sponsor Annual Decoration Contest The Business and Professional Women’t Club has announced 19 December as the date for judging homes entered in- their annual Christmas Decoration Project. There will be two first prizes offered, one for the best Christmas theme and one for the best religious theme. The prize for each winner will be SIO.OO. Second prize will be SB.OO, third. $5.00 and fourth. $2.00 The contest is open to all. In order to qualify for prizes, the Club requires that applicants register. This may be done by phoning 212 or 125. Polio Patient Submits To Treatment Margaret Ann Fick, 14 yearold daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Crow Fxck of Crows Nest, Lake Wawasee, entered a New York hospital at 53 East 70th Street on Monday 28 November for special surgery. Present plans are that she will receive about six weeks of correv»„ e treatment before submitti g to a spinal fusion operation for correction of a spinal curvature resulting from polio contracted on Labor Day 1949. Three or four months’ hospitalization may be requireo.. Mrs. Martha Crow Fick, grandmother of Margaret Ann, has been a resident of the east sme of Lake Wawasee since 1875. Fifty-one Attend Beck Family Dinner Mrs. Catherine Beck was hostess to her family for a cooperative Thanksgiving turkey dinner at the Turkey Creek Conservation Club house on Thanksgiving Day. Among the guests were Mrs. Mary Wilkinson, sister of Mrs. Beck, and the following children. grandchildren and great-grandchildren: Mr . and Mrs. Jess Covell, Lyman Covell, Robert Covell who is a student at Ball State, and Catherine Covell who is secretary to Senator Jenner in Washington, D. C.. Also. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Beard and sons Philip, Michael. Kedric and daughter Renee; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sellers and children Lon and Dee, and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Porter and daughters Priscilla. Margaret Rae and Rose Mary, all from Angola and vicinity. And Mr. and Mrs. Covell, Danville: Mr. and Mrs. George Martin andsons, George. I Johnny. Kim and daughter, Reene. of Monroeville. Mr. and Mrs. William Souder and son. Bill, of Macomb, Hl.. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wilson and daughters Brenda and Nancy Jo jof Milford. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E Beck of South Whitley, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Beck of W’arsaw, Wilfred Beck and friend. Lora Mower of Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. John Beck. Mr. and Mrs. MUo Snyder of Cromwell. And Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. | Beck and Mr. and Mrs. Calvin E. Beck of Syracuse. At Veteran’s Hospital Jesse Rentfrow who suffered a heart attack several weeks ago and has been a patient at the Goshen Hospital was transferred to the Veterans Hospital at Fort Wayne, Tuesday morning. He will remain there for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Leatherman of Elkhart. Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Leatherman, Mrs. Ada Zeltinger and James Waltz were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Estelle Swartz.

-.The public has been invited to attend another one of Syracuse High School’s popular musical assembly programs to be given Thursday 8 December. Charles E. King, talented dramatic baritone and songleader, will be featured in a recital which will include selections CHARLES KING from Show Boat. Green Pastures, Porgy and Bess and other musicals which have contributed to his fame as a leading Negro i baritone. « Mr. King also was leader of 1 the famous Wings Over Jordan Choir, NBC production which | successfullly toured the U. S. t and Europe. The assembly starts at 2 | o’clock. Chamber To Meet Wednesday 14 Dec. Annual election of officers will be the main event at the next meeting of the SyracuseWawasee Community Chamber of Commerce, it was announced yesterday by Clem Lisor. secretary. The dinner meeting will be held Wednesday 14 December at Foo and Faye’s Cantonese i Restaurant; Lisor urged all members to make a special effort to be on hand at this important meeting, to insure the selection of best qualified candidates to head up the Chamber’s activities during the coming year. Audience Awards Results Announced Movie preference of high school students seems to be for movies about their own age ' .group, said Kent Nitz, manager of the Pickwick Theatre in commenting on the recent Audience Awards balloting conducied at the theatre. During the balloting 603 votes were cast, a large portion of which were by high school age students. Votes for “best performance by a male actor” went to James Dean (East of Eden) James .Stewart (Strategic Air Command) and Humphrey Bogart (Left Hand of God) in that order. For best performance by a ' female actress, June Allyson received first place for her i erformance in (McConnell Story.) Mariyln Monroe (Seven Year Itch> and Grace Kelly (To Catch a Thief) followed. Most promising new male personality. according to local fans, is Tab Hunter <Battle Cry- an.: Track of the Cat). Next were Jess Parker (Davy Crockett> and John Derek (Run for Cover). Most promising female personality is Sheree North »How to be Vety’Very Popular* followed by Dorothy Malone (Battle Cry and Youna at Heart’ and Kim Noiatk (Phfft.) Best picture was Battle Cry. then Blackboard Jungle and 20. OCO Leagues Under the Sea. Results of the national Audience Awards program will be announced at a later date.

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S. D. Day Is Today This is S-D Day. It is the day on which the efforts of the entire nation are concentrated in an effort to have a 24-hour period free of traffic accidents; to save money, broken bones, suffering, anguish—and lives. “It can be done,” says Carl A. Miller, a Chicago Motor Club director and Illinois chairman of the S-D Day committee, “if we all drive courteously.” / Who are courteous drivers? They are those who will: Pull to thfc right to let another car pass; Give ample warning when making a left turn; Not follow the car in front too closely: Never cut-in in front of another car; Allow cars from side streets to enter moving traffic; Slow down to prevent splashing folks at the curb; Wait for pedestrians to pass before making a right turn; Never rely on the “other fellow” to avoid an accident. ' t I Follow these “courtesy of the road” rules and you’ll find that not only December 1, but also every other day will be Safe Driving Day.

Obituaries TUCHSCHERER Mrs. Anna Tuchscherer, 80, widow of William Tuchscherer. died Friday at the home of a daughter. Mrs. W. D. Ward. Death was caused by a series of strokes. Mrs. Tuchscherer was a native of Appleton, Wis., born 10 May; 11875, a daughter of August and Amelia Neff, and came to Syracuse from Chicago 12 years ago. Her husband died 43 years ago. Mr?. Tuchscherer was a member of the Grace Lutheran Church. Syracuse. Surviving are three daughters, I Mrs. W. D. (Gertrude) Ward, Syracuse: Mrs. L. M. (Adeline) i Benner, Chicago; and Mrs. B.' W. (Alma) Laine. Syracuse. Private funeral services were held Sunday at 2 pan. at the i .Harris Funeral Home here. Thei Rev. Carl Sorenson officated; and burial was in Syracuse ; Cemetery. IBURSON Mrs. Harry (Rea) Burson. 69. of Papakeechie Lake, died Fri-! day morning 25 November at the I home of her sister. Mrs. James Steele in Los Angeles. California. Mrs. Burson had been ill since the death of her husband in January, shortly after the coup’.e had celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Early this fall Mrs. Burson and a son, Edward, went to California with Mrs. i Steele. For a time Mrs. Burson’s I condition seemed to improve. Early in her life Mrs; Burson ! was a famous bowler with the Norman E. Bensinger team in. Chicago. She was a member of i the Wawakeechie Home Demon-1 stratlon. Turkey Creek Conservation and Friendly Neighbors clubs and the Pythian Sisters of Cromwell. She is survived by the sister,' Mrs. Steele and the son. Edward as previously mentioned and three other sons. Albert, of Papakeechie. Ralph of Fort Wayne, and Rev. Henry Burson, of Pittsburgh. ■ Pa., and a number of grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs, Albert Burson 1 left Saturday morning for Calif. Rites will be held in Hawthorne. Calif., and upon the family’s return a memorial service will be held at Wawasee Lakeside Chapel. The body is to be crematep.

TURlfflHr [OS 1 Elementary school pupils in the above poster are warned to watch for turning cars when crossing streets. This safety lesson is especially important during wintry weather when snow, sleet and hail tend to distract pedestrians. This prize-winding safety poster is being distributed by the Chicago Motor Club to more than 44,000 elementary school classrooms in Illinois and Indiana.

SCOTT Mrs. Carolyn M. Scott who had been living at the home of her son, Russell, west of Syracuse the past two years, died there Thursday morning 24 November following an illness of about five months. Mrs. Scott was bom in Coming, p. Y. 24 April 1878. to David and Lucinda (Peck) Kimball. She and her husband, Sherman Scott who died in 1948, were residents of South Bend for many years. Mrs. Scott was a member of the Sunnyside Presbyterian Church, the Eastern Star, Women's Relief Corps and Pals Club all of South Bend and the Newcomers Club of Syracuse. Surviving besides her son are four grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Two brothers preceded her in death. Funeral services were held Saturday 26 November at 2 p.m. at the Sunnyside Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Paul E. Chalfonte officiating. Burial was in the Riverview Cemetery there. KITCHEN Mrs. Hazel B. Kitchen, 61, Route 1. Rome City, mother of Mrs. Mary Mock. Syracuse, died unexpectedly Monday moring in the LaGrang County Hospital, LaGrange, after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage while apparently recovering form surgery which she had undergone Nov. 16. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 P. M. in the Rome City Baptist Church and burial was in Woodland Cemetery, Wolcottville. Surviving Mrs. Kitchen in addition to Mrs. Mock are Mrs. Kitchen’s husband, Jphn, a son, two other daughters, and a brother. Calendar Os Coming Events Friday 2 December Syracuse vs. New Paris, at New Paris High School Gymnasium. Tuesday 6 December Syracuse Board of Town Trusmeets. 7:30 p. m. at Town HalljOld Grade School Building. Saturday. 17 December . American Legion Auxiliary junior Christmas Party. Patronize Journal advertisers.