Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 52, Number 26, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 30 April 1959 — Page 1

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Many comments lauding the excellence of the P.T.A. programs this year have been heard, for which program chairman Charles Garner can take just pride. Bouquets also go to Mrs. Frances Heaton, whose Home Economics, sewing class students out did them selves in the first rate style show presented at the last P.TA. meeting. Particular praise should go to style show narrator Sue Ann Juday, whose poise and calm appearance led many in the audience to “wonder who the new teacher was! • Women aren’t the only ones who like to redecorate when springtune rolls around, for the all-male staff of Joe Bushong’s barber shop has been , busily engaged in re furnishing the interior of the Main Street Shop. Attractive floor tile was laid last Thursday, and further plans call for most handsome new barber chairs m colors to harmonize with the floor, to be installed soon. • Quick work by the Syracuse Fire Department last week prevented the former McClintic home near Bay Shore Beach addition from being completely destroyed by a fire which resulted from an oil tank explosion. Firemen also kept the fire, driven by a strong wind, from carrying to the next door home of Harry and Amy Wingard. • Did you know that Syracuse High School sophomore Carol Bieber, who made the beautiful coffee table shown in the industrial arts exhibit at the school, is reported to be the only girl ever to be enrolled in that department! Carol comes by her wood-making ability naturally, for she is the daughter of boat builders Frank and Eleanor Bieber, who are quite proud of the 2nd prize won by their in the recent exhibit And still speaking us the recent exhibit in both the art and industrial arts department at the school—if you missed seeing the out standing student work displayed, then you really missed something. As one parent remarked “I didn't have any idea there was this much talent in any one school.*’ So a big tip of the hat to industrial arts teacher Francis Richards, and to Mrs. Shirley 'Ray) Tahnadge. whose dedicated work in the art department far exceeds that required of her. • A newly organized _ group of square dance enthusiasts who call themselves the “Hoss Hills Souare Dance Club" met last Friday night at the K. of P hall in North Webster for their first Ret-to-gether. Popular Bob Dues ler of Ligonier is their caller. There are 13 couples now in the gibup. who come from all parts of northern Indiana for the fun. From Syracuse are Mr and Mrs. Glenn A. Baker. Mr. and Mrs. James McCall. Mr. and Mrs., Richard Rondot and Mr and Mrs. Raymond Wilson. Others are former Syracuse residents Mr. and Mrs. Larry Calvert of Howe: Mr. and Mrs. Billy Davis of Claypool, and Mr. and Mrs Ed Ginn of Columbia City. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kiser of Cromwell and Mr and Mrs. Eugene I udlow of Wolcottville. From Peru are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woodward, while Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ravenscroft of Wabash end Mr. and Mrs Dale Martin of Howe round out the group. • This is “moving week*’ for realtor Bill Jones and his family. who have sold their east shore lake Wawasee home to Mr. and Mrs. Burton Yarlot of Atlanta. Georgia. The Joneses (continued on back page)

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I.V. SCHOLARSHIP WINNER. Robert C. Dabagia of Michigan City, (second from right above), newly elev ted. president of next year's Indiana University senior class, is the winner of an unusual scholarship established by the

Chamber Os Commerce To Meet On 12 May The Chamber of Commerce will meet Tuesday 12 May at Howard’s Restaurant. Dinner will be served promptly at 6:30. All members, guests and interested residents of the SyracuseWawasee community are welcome and urged to attend this meeting which will be devoted to a discussion of the program and and goal of the Chamber in meeting the demands of a grow ing community. School Bus Drivers Get Contracts For New Year Contracts for bus drivers for the 1959-1960 school year were completed at a special meeting of the school board Wednesday '2 April. Negotiation for contracts resulted in one year contracts for dirvers of school owned buses and two. year contracts for drivers owning truck or chassis. Max Workman. Ryland Mock. Richard Workman. Sam Bushong and Carl Hadley, driving buses numbered 1, 2. 7. 8 and 9, respectively, received one year contracts. Thurlow Mock. Elmer Baugher. Everett Darr and Ray Cripe for buses 3. 4. 5 and 6. received two year contracts. A new 60 passenger bus is to be purchased for Ryland Mock’s route tor use in the fall. Release Boys Who Took Wawasee Plane Parts James Fick and William Ringwait. who were lodged in the county jail Sunday after allegedly removing several'parts from an airplane late Saturday night at the Wawasee Airport were released Monday on SSOO bonds. . Both from Indianapolis and aged 16. were spending the week end at Wawasee. It is allegded that they hauled the various equipment to a barn near Crows Nest near where they were staying. State Trooper Herschel Harper signed an affidavit charging them with grand larceny. * The boys are to be tried in a juvenile court. SELL IT WfflU MIMU WMT »

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family of C. Edward Blocker. 1954 class president who died two years ago. Dabagia is president of his fraternity, Sigma Nu. just as Blocker was head of his. Sigma Chi. At left is Blocker’s mother, Mrs. Harriett Blocker of Syracuse, and

Here are the new emergency telephone numbers: FIRE DEPT. GL 7-3211 POLICE - Gl 7-3366 Cut out and place next to your phone.

WHZRE'S THE FIRE? By Bud Kline At Robert Adairs Trash and grass fire Thursday afternoon at the Robert Adair home at east end of the Wawasee Lake burned one side of a small 0 building used as a playhouse. Syracuse firemen were called and kept the fire from spreading. Damage was held to a minimum. e A c-ll was answered Saturday afternoon to put out a trash fire near Liberty Coach. Water Safety Meeting At Warsaw Friday Lakeland Boat Club of Warsaw. American National Red Cross and the Indiana Depart ment of Conservation are sponsoring a program designed to acquaint people with a water safety program for Kosciusko County. The meeting is Friday 1 May at 8 p.m. in the Women's Building. County Fairgrounds. Warsaw. There will be talks and films on Water Safety giving elementary forms of rescue, skin-div-ing. resuscitator and boating safety. Questions on any phase of the urogram will be answered after the program. Due to the increased' use of public waters by the people of the county and summer vaca tioners. there Is an acute need for more safety awareness by everyone and the sponsoring organizations will welcome any organization or individual interested in promoting the safety program Miss Leda Connolly, vice-pres-ident of the local Water Safety Council, plans to attend. STAACUSCENf . . . Mrs. Arlie Haffner. Mrs. Llnnie Brown and Miss Lydia Mellinger made a business trip to Warsaw Tuesday

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at right, his widow. Mrs. Janet Blocker, a 1954 graduate and now a school teacher in Indianapolis. With them is Reese Williams, director of scholarships and financial aids.

Syracuse Band Enters Annual Mermaid Show Syracuse High School band has entered the Mermaid Festival Parade to be held in North Webster 27 June. Other school bands registered to date, accord ing to announcement of festival officials, are from Bremen, Middleton. Albany and Cowan. Each band will herald queen contestants to be selected from their respective cities. Miss. Boni Spradlen of Mentone high school and Miss Margaret Elaine Baugher of Beaver Dan high school, are the latest queen entries. Lions Club Will Honor SHS Athletes 6 May Syracuse High School athletes will be the guests of the Lions Club Wednesday evening 6 May at an annual all-sports banquet. Awards for Most Valuable Player will be given for baseball, basketball. volley ball and track: also, the Free. Throw trophy. Robert Ritchie, principal of the North Webster schools, and president of the Kosciusko County Principals Association will present the All-County award to the Syracuse School. Joe Shewmon, local Lion, will be master of ceremonies for the program which will feature John Tatum, football coach at Wabash High School, as principal speaker. Fathers of the high school boys have been invited to attend. Lake Association Plans For Summer Activity Directors of the Syracuse Lake Co-operative Association met at the home of James Stucky Sunday afternoon. Plans, were made for the an nual meeting to be held early m the summer. A committee of Frank Putt. Walter Hagerdon and James Stucky was appointed to place markers off shore around Syracuse Lake as has been done in previous years. Joe Thornburg, president. Jerry Davis. Bud Cripe, and sev eral others from Syracuse will participate in demonstration of life saving and resuscitation. JDURRAL WART ADS BRIM RESULTS

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Spring Band Festival At School Friday Night Two hundred and ten students will participate in the annual spring band festival at the new gym Friday night 1 May. according to announcement of James Lentz, music director of the Syracuse schools. Bands contributing to the program will be 4th grade, sth grade, intermediate including grao'es 6. 7.8: the senior band and the high school chorus. The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. . Admission is 50c for adults and 25c for students. Proceeds will go to the band fund and band uniform fund. Vacation time events include marching in the Memorial Day parade at Syracuse and competing in the marching band parade at the Mermaid Festival in North Webster 27 June, announed Lentz. Former McClintic Home Damaged By Fire Evtensive damage resulted to the former McClintic home at the east end of Wawasee Lake Friday afternoon when fire broke out in the northwest corner of the building which is unoccupied. Paul Hathaway, co-owner of Columbia Realty with Phil Oppenheim 4 of Tippecanoe Lake, present owners of the home, was burning trash at the rear of the house when fire broke out. Hathaway said he was watching the fire when an explosion from the opposite side rocked the area. He told firemen when he ran to the other side of the building it was in flames. With no phone in the building or at the neighbors, he flagged a passing truck to summon fire departments from Syracuse and North Webster. Workmen operating excavating equipment in lots west of the house said the ground around an oil tank caught fire and then the tank exploded. It * contained about ten gallons of fuel and the side of the building was sprayed with the burning oil. Damage was extensive to the northwest side and corner. The home was under going remodeling for sale. Two Hospitalized After Auto Crash Saturday Marilyn Stummer is reported in good condition at Goshen Hospital where she is a patient since receiving injuries Saturday evening in an auto accident three miles south of Syracuse. Also hospitalized was Ronald Pearson. 20. of North Webster, who suffered a broken pelvis. Riding with Melvin Greider, 23. of North Webster, the three were thrown from the convertible when it skidded off the road, struck a large rock "which flipped the car 27 feet in the air before it landed on its top. Greider suffered arm lacerations but was not hospitalized. He was ticketed by State Trooper Herschel Harper for driving at an excessive speed. Mrs. Stummer sustained chest and rib bruises and a possible broken collar bone. Her three children are receiving care in a home under supervision of the county welfare temporarily. LEAVES FOR CALIFORNIA Jack Brown leaves this week for California. His wife and child are staying with Mr. and Mrs. John Darr. R.R. 3. and will follow him the latter part of May. Brown was employed at Liberty Coach and they lived in the Cripe Apartments.