Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 53, Number 59, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 27 October 1960 — Page 1

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FALL FESTIVAL QUEEN. Miss Larrena Laird, high school senior, was crowned Fall Festival Queen Saturday night at the school house. She was presented with a bosquet of red roses and received her crown from Shirley LeVernier who was crowned queen a year a|o. Penny votes determined the election of a queen from a group of four contestants chosen by their classmates in the four upper classes.

WATCH OUT FOR THE GOBLINS AT SCHOOL MONDAY NIGHT!

Halloween ghosts and goblins will appear in a grand finale Monday night at the school house for the annual PTA parade and contest. Everyone planning to be in the parade should be at school house by 7 o’clock. The parade will begin promptly at 7:30. Judging will follow with Terry McCTntic. Mrs Frank Putt and Mrs _J< v Sims on the judging committee. Harry Appenzeller and Gaylord Jones will direct the parade and Bu i Smith will emcee the program Prizes this year will be SI.OO for first prize in each category with a candy bar for each participant.

C OF C PLANS CHRISTMAS PROGRAM: ELECTION AT GENERAL MEETING DEC. 5

A general meeting tor members of the Chamber of Commerce and guests has been set for Monday December 5. The time and "’ace will be announced within the next few weeks. Os 1 leers for 1961 will be elected. A nominating committee of W A. Jones Jr.. Roscoe Howard and George Lamm will present a slate of nominees and nominations will be accepted from the floor.

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>| Grand prize will be SIO.OO for > j first place winner and $5 tor runll ner up. • Categories will include the usual Animals. Black Faces, Bride i and Groom. Clowns, Comic Book I Characters Cowboys. Cowgirls. > Devils, Foreign Personalities. Ghosts. Gypsies. Historical j Figures. Patriotic" Represents r i lives. Hoboes. Indians. Angels. | Mother Goose characters, Nur- • | ses. Pirates. Skeletons. Witches ■ I ive Music For Sock Hop From 8:30 to 10:00 there will be a scok hop for the teen age I crowd with a live band for music. The local police are co-sponsoring the sock hop and are providing the live band.

Christmas season program At recent meetings of the board of directors, plans for the Christmas season were made. Additional street decorations nnvhased. There will be a large Christmas tree placed in the parking lot just north of the post office. On E?cembsr 3 there will be a oarade with Santa Claus leading in the firemen’s new emergency car. There will be music

Syracuse, Indiana, Thursday, October 27. 1960

Syracuse Asks County School Douglas Yoder of the Citizen’s Committee and James Stucky, president of the Metropolitan School Board District of Turkey Creek Township, expressed the decision of their respective organizations favoring Plan VII for reorganization of county schools at a meeting Tuesday night in the Syracuse school auditorium Between 125 and 150 people attended the meeting during its two hour session. Many were from Turkey Creek township and there were a number from other townships in the county. Yoder was spokesman for the local citizens’ committee appoint ’ ed as a consulting group in this township. Other members on the committee are Maurice Crow, j Charles »Jim» Kroh. Robert Srarfoss. and Lewis Immel. Jack Vanderford. a member of the county committee, introduced the other members present who were Kip Sullivan, of North Web- ! ster. Mrs. Dan Urschel of Men-| | tone, Glen Whitehead of Warsaw and county superintendent of

Cars Damaged In Two Traffic Accidents Theodore R. Larrison. R.R. 2. Ligonier, is to appear in the I ’ustice of Peace court Fridaj’ on a charge of wreckless driving. He ■ hit a parked car in front of the j company in the 500 block | of south Hunting ton street Monday causing it to ram the back of a parked truck belonging to John J. Blackport, R.R. 4. Damages to both cars was estimated at SBOO. The accident was investigated by Deputy Fred Personette. Bettv Joyce Graff. 113-E. John St., driving a 1953 Ford, and Harold M. Timm Jr.. RR 3. Argos driving a 1960 Ford, collided at the intersection of Huntington | and Henry streets. Tuesday. No one was injured. The Graff car had a right front fender bent. Estimated damage was $35. The left front fender and head light of the Argos car was damaged, estimated cost S6O. Laundry Theft Still Under Investigation State officers are still invest! gating theft at Lakeside Laundry in Wawasee Village which oc- : curred sometime Sunday night. The robbery was reported at 8:15 Monday morning when $28.70 was missing from the automatic coin changer which had been broken into. W. S. Nusbaum. owner, said cfficers took the coin changer to check finger prints. Another robbery of the same type occurred at Kendallville and one attempted at Ligonier, both on Sunday night, officers said. v Deputy Sheriff Max Ganshorn and State Trooper G. A. Waikel are working on the case.

and carol singers. Ending the parade at the Christmas tree, there will be a candy treat for the kiddies and a ceremony offically opening the Christmas season. Board of directors includes Tom Socks, president: Dr. Wendell Shank, vice president; Christian Koher. secretary; John Kroh. treasurer: and board members Rex Reynolds. Dale Butt. Bob McClintic and R. K. Mills.

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For Plan VII At Kosciusko Reorganization Meeting

schools. John Augsburger. chairman of the committee, Ralph Brubaker of Leesburg, Raymond Gall of Jackson township, and Marcus White of Pierceton. Carl Burt, superintendent of Warsaw community schools, was unable to attend the meeting. An effort was made to explain the purpose of reorganization which essentially is to provide better education at the high school level by uniting forces. Better training facilities, a broader techincal training school and well trained faculties would be possible with finances, pooled to provide few’er but larger schools. Plan VII which is favored by Turkey Creek township committees working on reorganization would combine Syracuse with North Webster. Milford and the east half of Jefferson township. Prairie and Plain townships would go into Warsaw’ and a third until would include the southern half of the county. Plan 111 is also under consid

CHILDREN WILL COLLECT FOR UNICEF SAT. Local children will participate in the annual Unicef collection Saturday afternoon from one to three o’clock. Junior and primary aged children will meet at the Methodist church in costume and will proceed from there on the parade for the collection of pennies "trick or treat” fashion. The Syracuse Church Women are sponsoring the project. Residents will recognize the children participating in the Unicef campaign by the orangearm band and tag worn on the clothing which bear the name ’Unicef.” Milk cartons for collecting coins will also be identified with the proper label. Each group will be accompanied by an adult volunteer worker. Money collected at Halloween time by these children is used for emergency aid of children in stricken areas. Careful plans have been made for Unicef to aid long term plans for world wide eradication of diseases that have been scourges of mankind since biblical times. In addition to the long term program, emergencies arise each year. Unicef aids areas overtaxed in time of disaster with camp beds, drugs and emergency food supplies. In 1959, the Trick or Treat campaigns furnished over one and one-half million dollars to Unicef. The greeting card sale lesulted in a profit of $750,000 for Unicef. • ... _ Post Office Receives Motor Safety Award A certificate award for motor vehicle safety was received last week by Ernest Bushong, postmaster. Issued to the Syracuse Post Office. the certificate reads as follows: ‘Post Office Department Motor Vehicle Safety Award to Syracuse. Indiana for improved performance in accident prevention during the year 1960.” It is] signed G. C. Harris, regional op-| erations director. Call News to GL7-3666

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eration and divides the county into three units with Warsaw schools and Wayne township in a unit by themselves, the south- , era townships a second unit and j the northern township a third. I While the economic advantages ! were explained and transportation problems discussed, questions concerning objections to Plan VII were not completely answered. A letter from the Syracuse school board was read by James Stucky who asked that it be made a part of the minutes. This letter stated that the Metropolitan school board of Turkey Creek township strongly favored Plan VII and that if Plan VII were rejected. then it would support the county unit plan. Yoder s remarks recommended to the county committee that if Plan VII were discarded that Turkey Creek township repreIsentatives then favored the couni ty unit plan. There were no decisions made I and few questions answered.

The SyracuSc€?ne . . . Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Fred Johnson. Mrs. Hazel Veitman and Mrs. Dorothy Smith met at the home of Mrs. Mae Kindig for a visit and coffee with Mrs. D. A. Anderson who left Saturday for Indianapolis where she will spend the winter.

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Jane Stoelting received the Torchbearer’s rank, highest honor in Camp Fire Girls, at the ceremon ial Senday afternoon when advance in rank awarded local Camp Fire girls. Daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Karl Stoelting, Jane is now a member of Horizon Girls. She is the second Syracuse girl to receive the honor- Roberta Stiver achieved the rank last year.