Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 50, Number 20, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 21 March 1957 — Page 1

Syracuse Wawasee Journal

Volume 5Q* Number 20

Annual County Speech festival Here Friday Philip Fawley, instructor of speech and business education at the Syracuse High School, is general chairman of the annual Kosciusko County Speech Festival which will meet here Friday afternoon in the high school auditorium. “We have the speech festival year for the experience and help that the participants receive and not to eliminate or discourage a student,” said Mr. Fawley. . > There are nine divisions of events: extemporaneous speaking, in which twenty-five are enrolled; original oratory with five sprolled; oratorical declamation with eleven enrolled; poetry reading with twenty-two enrolled; Radio announcing in which fifteen are enrolled; humorous reading with eighty-eight enrolled: dramatic reading, fiftytwo enrolled; one-act play with eighty-eight enrolled; dramatic fifty-two enrobed; oneact play with two schools enrolled and sixteen students; and Bible reading with twenty-seven enrolled. Bible reading is a new this year. The 261 students enrolled in the program are from all county schools and Warsaw. Judges, chosen by Mrs. HerPetrie of Warsaw High School and Mrs. Earl Robinson of Leesburg High School, will come from Grace Seminary at Winona Lake, Manchester Coland Goshen College. There will be a brief general session at 12:30 p. m. Terry McClintic, Syracuse High School student council president, will jrelcome the participants. County Superintendent of Schools Glen Whitehead, will speak briefly to the assembly and Mr. Fawley will make announcements of general interest. The Noble Greene will close the general session with prayer. Other Syracuse faculty members assisting will be Lewis Immel, vocational guidance Sunselor; Mary Alice Witsamen, structor in English; and Betty Kwallik, third grade teacher. Syracuse High School students who will participate or assist are «'anda Coy, Sharon Miller, Suzi link, Landa Lantz, Bill Dorsey, Ed Anglemyer, Patti Dreher, Pat Seiffert, Judy Jones, Terry Frushour, Sharon Byrd, A Janet Riley, Tom Miller, Shirley Levernier, Fred Godshalk, Marilyn Martin, Nancy Stump, Nelson Kistler, Harriett Traster, Bea Bachman, David Rupprecht, iaul Beezley, Jim Caskey, Carol App and Carol Dreher. THEATRE AWARD WINNERS TO RECEIVE PRIZES WED. * Prizes for winning the Academy Award Sweepstakes, sponsored by the Pickwick Theatre, will be awarded Wednesday 26 <March. Contestants who have not submitted their selections have until Tuesday. Completed entry forms must be turned into the Theatre that time. . Free Passes! If you find your name hidden in the classified ads—come into the Jttimal office for your free pass gc< * Battle ' Hymn Pickwick Sunday - Monday March 24 — 25

*7 wholly disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death yotr right to say it”— Voltaire.

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Chamber Encourages Magnolia Program Once again the Chamber of Commerce is encouraging the planting of magnolia trees and has issued a reminder that now is the time to plant this beautiful, spring-flowering tree while it is in a dormant state and may be moved with a minimum of shock. W. E. Long originated the idea of making Syracuse a “Magnolia City” a number of years ago and over a hundred trees were planted during the years that the program flourished. A year ago the Chamber of Commerce voted to revive the tree-planting program and is continuing to stimulate interest in magnolia trees. There are eighteen species available with several varieties in each species. Their colors range from pure white to deep red-violet altho the white and pink are the most common here. Trees bearing pink blossoms are available at the Wawasee Nursery. School Out Friday P.M. For Speech Festival With two hundred and sixty participants entered in the county speech festival to be held in the school auditorium Friday afternoon, and many others attending, regular afternoon classes will be dispensed with, Principal Glen Longenecker announced Monday. Scheduled to begin at 12:30 p. m., the speech festival will take up the remainder of the day. Attend Hair Fashion Clinic In South Bend Mrs. Orval Klink, Mrs. Walter Miller and Mrs. Keith Koble of Berniece’s Beauty Nook, attended a hair fashion clinic in South Bend Sunday. Madam Marguerite Buck of New York, a member of the official Hair Fashion Committee of

Dianne Martin Wins PTA Spelling Bee Second Time

Dianne Martin, 1956 winner of the spelling bee, holds the title for another year by winning the third annual spelling bee at the March meeting of PTA Tuesday night. Dianne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Martin, will represent Syracuse at the v spelling bee in Warsaw 27 April. Larry Roe won second place and Ann Vanderford, third. Mrs. Gladys Morris, fifth grade teacher, was chairman of the committee for the spelling contest. Pupils in grades five to eight were eligible and contests in each grade had been held in February. First and second winners in each grade, and an alter-

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Korean Veterans Have Ten Days To File For Bonus

Gaylord Jones, service officer of the local American Legion Post, has submitted the following notice for the attention of Korean veterans received from William F. O’Neill, state director of rehabiliation of the American Legion: “In its closing day the Indiana Legislature agreed bn a bill that will permit the payment of S2OO Bonus to those veterans who have received the Korean Service Medal and whose service in Korea was during the covered dates. “It is not official, but I believe that the new bill will permit the filing of a claim for the bonus by those who have not previously filed. You should notify Korean Town Board Accepts Street Repair Bids Town Board members voted at a meeting Tuesday night to accept bids for street repair for the Syracuse town streets. /-It was agreed to let a contract io John P. Lewis, Inc., of Fort Wayne, to apply the asphalt and to Don Heiner of Pierceton for hauling gravel. A bid also was let the Standard Oil Company for supplying oil and asphalt materials. Bbard members reported that the bids to apply the materials was slightly higher than last year. The Fort Wayne firm had the contract last year and thtefK bid is 4c per gallon for the 26,500 gallons of materials as compared to three cents in 1956. The bid also called for applying gravel at 50c per ton as compared to 45c last year. Heiner’s bid to haul gravel the United States, conducted the clinic at which more than two hundred beauticians from northern Indiana and southern Michigan were in attendance.

nate, participated in the final contest at the PTA meeting. Words were given from a book published by the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette which sponsors the spelling bee. Sample words were given the twenty-two contestants for two rounds and then ‘he real spelling began. It took 12b rounds to determine a winner. Prono_ -cer was Philip Fawley; timekeeper, Charles Gamer; and judges were Miss Ethel Bowser and Mrs. E. ,L. Fosbrink. Rules that govemjKd the contest were: 1. Pronoun#; word if contestant desired; 2,'Do not change let(Continued On Page 2)

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veterars to file prior to 1 April 1957. The time is short, so the claim must be postmarked prior to mid .ligh t 1 April. “The new law permits the payment all Class 111 claims, including those filed after 30 June 1956. “Those who have filed previously, and have since established entitlement to a serviceconnected disability, should file a new claim and furnish the information necessary to secure V. A. cei tific ation of the serviceconnected rating.” Vet? ran > may contact Gaylord Jones at the Legion Hall on Saturday:; or phone him at home, number 646-W, for information, said Jones. from Stu.m & Dillard to a stock pile ir to\m was 25c a ton. Stanard Oil's bid was 1c higher this year than last year which was 12.9 c per gallon. There was discussion of marked parking spaces and various areas that need changing. Chief Marsi lal Don Enyeart stated that he thought the area in front of he bank where the fire plug is should be cleared of all parking. Also, that a section near the bridge at Jones Avenue and South Huntington street should be free from parking for better crossing vision. The board took these suggestions under advise-

"Float Bill" Passed; New Rules For Indiana Lakes

Officials of the Wawasee Property Owners Association have been ac vised that Senate enrollei Act No. 172 , known as the Boat Bill, has been signed by Governor Handley and is now an Indiana Statute, Jack Vanderford, secretary of the assorts tiox., reported last week. Tl.is new law repeals all existing aws relating to boat traffic regulations and establishes a complete new set of rules to be observer by persons using Indiane lakes and streams for recreadonal purposes. Among other provisions the new law more clearly defines the two hundred foot safety zone adjoin ng he shore line of Indiana lakes ir an effort to separarte boaters and swimmers and thus a vol 3 accidents due to the intermln jlinj of these two groups. Persons towing water skiers Midway Auto Theatre Op en; 1957 Season ' Midway Auto "Theatre on U. S Highway 33 announces opening of the 1957 drive in movie season tonight with the showing of two giant tits in cinemascope and cole r. Fast showing is at dusk.

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Byler Bros. At New Location In Village Byler Bros. Sales, Inc. this week completed their move to the new location and building in Wawasee Village.. Rollie Byler has announced that he and Bob, his brother and partner, have discontinued their new Dodge and Plymouth franchise. The business will continue dealing in Like New Used Cars and new cars of all makes. The new cement block building includes a new service department. Byler added that they will be able to do minor repairs, lubrication and warranty work more efficiently than in the old shop. In making this change Byler Bros, wish to express their deepest appreciation for all the fine new car and used car customers of the past two years and State that they will continue to be of service to their automobile needs in the future. Floyd Disher who has been one of their salesmen for the past years will continue in that capacity. Bob Emmons, their mechanic for a year and a half, will continue in the shop.. .. In replying to comments about the display lights on their new location, Bob Byler said there were 157 bulbs in the string across the 200 foot frontage of their lot. These lights are on until ten at night. Many have spoken of their brilliance lighting the south edge of the Village. ment. i Elmer Stucky appeared before the board to ask about the proper procedure to be followed for cutting the sidewalks back three feet and making new' sidewalks on South Mam Street. The Board advised him that construction expense must be borne by business or property owners but that the town would check with state highway commissioners to see what the procedure would be and ask for an engineer to-come here to establish curb lines. •- Legal notice of application for a cumulative building and sinking fund for the erection of a sewage disposal plant and sewers is published this week and will be submitted to the State Board of Tax Commissioners at the specified time.

must in the future carry a second person in the boat serving as a tow. The responsibility of the second person is that of watching the skier so the driver of the boat can give his undivided attention to the operation of the boat and to the course he is traveling. Other clauses will assign new responsibilities to persons operating boats carrying passengers for hire and require that boats Used for this purpose be annually Inspected and licensed. George W. Davidson, president of the association, in commenting on the bill stated, “This Bill, S.B. 172, is of interest to every lake property owner, fisherman, swimmer, boater in the state of Indiana, and its primary purpose is to establish safety on the water, in comparison to the laws we have promoting safety on our highways. You undoubtedly are aware of the fact that there are ‘Hot Rods’ on the water same as the highways.” It was George M. Davidson, son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Davidson, who introduced HJB. 70 in the state legislature. There was only one dissenting vote in the final passage of this bill known as the. Conservation Officer 81-partison Bill.

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