Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 51, Number 13, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 30 January 1958 — Page 1

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Volume 51; Number 13

Torchlight Parade For March of Dimes Funds Don’t forget the Mothers Torchlight March of Dunes tonight between the hours of 7 and 8 p.m. Fast Time. . Mothers will be canvassing areas in Syreruse. Syracuse Lake and Wawasee Village I for your contribution to the Polio March of Dimes. Turn your -porch light on if you want to help. Identification arm bands will be worn by each volunteer. « Classroom Teachers Re-elect President Miss Mary Ann Stieglitz, was re-elected president of the SyraClassroom Teachers’ Association at the January meeting. Other officers; elected for a , two-year. terms were Charles L. Garner, vice-president; Mrs. Leo _Kowallik, -secretary • treasurer; •and Mrs Beulah Bushong, corresponding secretary Mrs Esther Weaver gave a report on the December Executive Board meeting held in the Sher-aton-Lincoln Hotel. Indianapolis. MH. Marilyn Haas was a guest and gave a reading. “Recipe for a Teacher." Mrs. Haas is a senior in Education at Ball State Teach- ’ er’s College and is at present doing her student teaching in. Miss Stieglitz's room of second grade pupils. f? Bloodmobile Unit To k Visit Winona Friday J] Mrs. Orrin Smith county chairman for'the Red Cross blood program. has announced that the Fort Wayne bloodmobile unit will receive blood donations Friday 31 January st the Grace Theological Seminary in Winona. Hours for the unit are from 10:00 a m. to 4:00 p.m Standard Time Donors are needed to fill the ouota. Anyone wishing to tfrl blood may go directly to the I Seminary in Winona 1

Trustee Asks For Vote Ort Proposed School Board Plan

C. E Beck, township trustee, and the advisory board members, urge every citizen interested in the consideration of the proposed School Board plan of administration for the Turkey Creek township school of Syracuse, to express an oomion The ballot below is prepared for the use of j citizens to indicate “Yes” or "No” for the proposed system. Please mark thejgtaUot. sign and return it to the Trustee's office as sooh as possible Mr. Beck also stated that he would accept phone calls at his office, phone 177. indicating “votes” on the question

To: Trustee and Advisory Board of Turkey Creek Township My vote for the’proposed School Board plan of administration for the schools of Turkey Creek Township in Syracuse, Indiana, is __ - JMO Signed: I.—— ? Address — Return to C. E. Beck, Trustee, Turkey Creek Township, Indiana.

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

Cub Scouts Receive Awards In Ceremony Tuesday Night

. Thirteen •scouts of Cub Pack j 56 received their Webelos badges, the highest award in Cub Scouting. and also attained i.heir Boy Scout Tenderfoot rank in a solemn ceremonv Tuesday night. 28 January’ at the regular meeting of Pack 56. held at the Scout Cabin. They were Larry Jones. Rodney Smifh. Duane Maynard. Greg Smith. Kenny Willard. Russ Buchan. Tom Clayton. Steve Butt, Leonard Kline. Steve Smith. David Jones. Clair McDonald and Brube Crijie. The event, which highlighted one of the most successful evenings ever held at the Cabin, also marked the first time the new addition of the Cabin has been used since construction of the new part began several months ago. Burns Van Sickle, Webelos Scout Leader and Gene Henning, assistant leader, presented the Eastern Star Observes Friends' Night Friend’s night was observed at the last stated meeting of Chapter Order of the Eastern Star Wednesday 22 January. WorthyMatron Miriam Riddings and Worthy Patron Gerald Cramar presided in the East After the close of the meeting. Worthy Matron Min.am acted as moderator of a p.-ogram. “It Could Be You.” U’xrn donning hats of unpredictable age. members and friends participated in clever program as musicians. sinsers(’). a dress designer, a barber shop quartet, and helpful housekeeping hints. Food and decorating committee for the even in? were: Mrs. Mary Hoy., Miss Priscilla Rhode. Mrs. Edith Rhode Mrs. Susan Coy and Mrs. Olive Miller. Next meeting 12 February. Election of officer:,.

* For the past two months, considerable information on the school board plan and its advantages have been published in these columns. At the PT A meeting last week, all but a few of the 125 Attending voted in favor of endorsing the plan and recommendinc to the trustee and advisory •boa rd that necessary steps for instituting the system be taken. There were no opposing votes. ‘Many parents and citizens, however, who could not attend that meeting may want to express an opinion tmd are urged to do so by using this ballot.

’INDIANA Thursday 30 January 1958

awards to the Webelos. and Paul Lantz, assistant Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 28 was present to give each boy his Tenderfoot badge. Miniature Webelos pins were also presented to each mother. A beautiful candlelight ceremony was then held, in which each Webelos repeated part of i the service, after lighting a candle and taking a corner of the • American flag from the hand of a den mother. “God Bless America” was softly sung, and the | flag was folded by Larry Jones and Kenny Willard as taps, played by Bugler Dick Kowallik. 1 sounded in the distance. Leo Kowallik, assistant Scout commissioner, explained the background of the Webelos group, which originated four I (continued on page 10) Marian Anderson Sings At Goshen 6 February Marian Anderson, great American contralto, will appear in concert at the Goshen College Union Auditorium Thursday 6 February at 8:15 pm. CDT.. One of the most celebrated of living artists. Miss Anderson has performed some 1.500 concerts before more than 5.000,000 persons. This is the second time Miss Anderson has appeared at Goshen College on the LectureMus c series. Single admission tickets can be purchased at the Goshen College business office. Tickets will also be sold at the door the night of the concert if seats are still available. ) - Local Boys Attend EUB Youth Conference Dennis Miller and Harold ‘Tuffy) Kit son attended the mid-winter Youth Conc’ave of E.U.B. Indiana Conference North at Fort Wayne Saturday and Sunday. Raymond Kitson took the boys in the morning to Fort Wayne where they joined with some 600 youth. Discussion groups were conducted in the afternoon and following the banquet at the Armory in the evening they all attended the sport show at the Coliseum. E.UB. families opened their h omes to the young people for the night and on Sunday they attended morning service at the First E.U.B. Church. Final senices were held in the afternoon. HONOR TWO MEMBERS OF DIXIE BIRTHDAY CLUB Mrs. "Mary Williams and Mrs. Vera Cooper were honored guests at the Dixie Restaurant Birthday club dinner Thursday night. Fifteen enjoyed the chicken smorgasbord dinner and bingo games that followed. Guests joining the club members were Mrs. WiUiems’ son,. Reginald, and her mother. Mrs. Nettie Thomas, and Mrs Larry Weaver daughter of Mrs. Cooper. Free Passes! If you find your name hidden tn the classified ads—come into the Journal office for your free pass to see Pickwick Sunday — Monday 2-3 February

W.R.C. To Sponsor Essay Contest Here Syracuse John C. Adams chapter of the Women’s Relief Corp held its regular meeting Monday night 20 January at their hall with fifteen members present. During the business meeting an invitation to a Foodless Bake Sale was read. Discussion was held on the W R. c. essay contest in which grades 8 to 12 in the Syracuse school will participate. Subject of the essay is to be “What America Means to Me.” Mrs. Bertha Nicolai has offered a $5.00 prize for the winner of the local con test. The essay is to be no more than 1.000 words. There is a state prize of $lO and a national prize of a $25 saving bond. Aids and committees were announced. Aids are Estelle Swartz. Eula Johnson. Etta Auer, Elva Connell, Lena Brown. Georgia Buster. Ethel Guy. Eva Rarig, Maude Traster and Bertha Nicolai. Auditing comryttee: Myrtle Rex and Thelma Gingrich. . Executive committee: Hazel Frushour. Etta Bunger and Virginia Gilbert. Program committee: Hattie Cripe. Ada Zeltinger and Irma Searfoss. Relief committee: Mary Brown and Etta Unrue. The social hour was spent in playing bingo.

Guests Ask BPW For Another Card Party Guests at the Benefit Card ’■'arty sponsored by the Syracuse Business and Professional Women’s Club last Wednesday at Howard’s enjoyed the evening so much that the requests were numerous for a repeat parly. Ninety people played Seard •Tames at twenty-two tables. Nelson Miles won the door prize and the grand prize went to Mrs. Richard Karr. The club reported a profit of $135. ? Plans are now underway for staging another benefit party at Howard’s early in March. Tickets will be available from all members of the BPW and also at the door. Members of the committee which planned last week’s party were Mrs. R. C. Tytler. Mrs. Lyle Seiffert. Mrs. Rodney Koontz. Mrs. G. S. Herbison. Mrs. Samuel Larson. Mrs. Noble Blocker. Mrs. Howard Shu op. Phyllis Mock and Willodean Traster.

Junior Parade ... i -i 1 ■ Top row. left to right: Jeff. 3. and Julie, 8, children of Mr. and Mrs. James Hughes; Kathy. 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W T. Jones, Jr. Bottom row. left to right: Debbie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hale; Pamela. 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lewallen; and Kerwin, 14 aaou, son of Mrs. Margaret Hunnicutt.

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Bill Dorsey Wins Trip To Washington, D. C. Bill Dorsey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Dorsey. R. R. 3. has been selected as one of four Indiana boys to represent the state at the 4-H Club Council in Washington. D. C. 14-20 June. Announcement was received Tom Harold Taylor. State 4-H Leader and State Supervisor for Agricultural Education. Dorsey, a senior at Syracuse High School, has done outstanding work in his Vo. Ag. and FFA. programs in conjunction with '.-H activities. t Fn e other boys were nominated bv county agents thruout the state. Bill is one of two boys selected. Two girls also were named to represent Indiana at the conference. Among Bill’s achievements in 4-H are beef projects, public speaking, garden demonstrations and poultry demonstration, in which he was a state winner. He was chosen Kosciusko Junior Leader president tn 1957 and is a district vice-president this year. He is the first state delegate to be selected from Kosciusko county since 1952. t In addition. Bill has participated in many school activities and is an outstanding basketball player.

Milbourn Retires From State Police Post David J. Milboum, Indiana State Police detective sergeant, of the Ligonier po§t. turned his guns and badge in to the Indianapolis office Friday and is retiring from the force after twenty years with the department. His retirement is effective 24 Feb. A native of South Milford, Indiana, he and his family have been Goshen residents for many years. AL GRAF BREAKS HIP IN ACCIDENT SUNDAY Al Graf of R. R. 2. Syracuse, is in Elkhart General Hospital, where he was admitted on Monday 27 January suffering from a broken hip. The accident occurred on Sunday afternoon while he was cleaning out gutters at his home. In United States Service New Address James L. Spitler. AA„ 518-55-95. Co. 64. Barracks 63. NJk.T.T. C.. Norman Oklahoma.

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