Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 25, Number 3, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 24 August 1961 — Page 1

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•Dribs.... 4 And Dabs One thing for sure. . . something interesting is always happening around here, isn’t it’’. Mfthe Anderson, Ind dolls have returned again for another visit hang dh to your hats'. . ; joan wesner's little .girl tried to buy a pair- of Kocks for her dollie •irt Athe dime store, but didn't get by with it, she said if you want tq see a happy man-golfer, just look at his face when he is presented with a new set <jf woods . . .it seems to me that in the old days. the num who saved : money was a miser nowadays ‘he’s a wonder. . .wonder who . the “smart, 'one" was; that rode A down Hast Shore Road on Syr i " ease Lake, late at night .firing a guiji in the air?. mart} hagerdon was opt in her yard watering her roses ' she • ■■ - that buckwheat hulls make the " cleanest mulch and have you seen those beautiful dahlias on North; Shore. . . and the Gray's formal garden. the real seenhapp.' "or what you receive - but wh? you SHARE and how better can you share than with flowers . . .melba licnhart was a charm mg and helpful gal over at the Wawasee Glof Course when asked the wheereabouts of thelma hattersiey, ruth banta, and mildrcd a denzel say’ why doesn't some " one fix that hole in the road, a? you' turn off road 13,a! the Musn Center towards the Bakery? it’< big < noujh to bury an ele " favor peace, but <fid you ever see anybody escape a tornado by merely favoring good weather’’ And now for a bit of psycholokgy . The human being is born • ignorant, and he will not survive even his infancy unless he < lishes some sort of ‘linkage’’ with the world He can not' mature - psychologically unless that linkage • is strong, and grows stronger We can call a man idimature if he has chosen to bluff instead of learn We can ;•%<■> cal! him so if d he pretends to knowledge hi docs not possess We can call '.him, so. if. lacking a certain type of knowledge. he self-defen siivelj -holds that it is not worth possess- • in? We can i all ■hm •*> if this specific ignorance is but one expression of a . k.nut of t-ot.i] obtuseness j general difference tc. world he inhabits There are certain thing' therefore that other people have a' right to ex pect adults, ot do a< their share lit the common’enterprise Mature involves both a willing participation in the chores of life, and a creative participa tion in the bettering of life A remains immature Whattver hiS age, as lor. ; as he thinks of himstlf a* an exception to the human race And belike me. that's all folks. « ’ t . . .Back To "The children may not like the - idea, but its not too early to think of school." - This was the observation { today ▼'of the Syracuse Police In a few weeks we will have the year’s greatest change in traffic patterns in Indiana One .million school of all ages will revert "from play .tune to school hours That’s quite a change and it need, the help of all adults to make a safe change ' W “We know that many schools will resume classes late in Au gust. About 397.000 students will be riding school busc&_j total of 'J6 million mile' a year A total’ " o f 6.000 school bus drivers will be responsible for the safety of that precious cargo " Motorists, parents and other k adults will be expected to make ” adjustments in the mode of mow ment of the youngsters. Large numbers will be on bicycles and on foot F "We know that schools, police, motor clubs and others are alert ed to the annual challenge. We also urge everyone to get an ear |y start of programming to pre pare for the safety of the young sters., One final warning was issued from the Office of Traffic to par ents and other adults who trans | port children to and from school: "More children are killed and injured as passengers than those hit by vehicles on the street." . Roy Miller, of the police depart- ■ ment. also issued the following r report on school bus travel for 1960-61: Miles traveled last year 37.749.332 Miles Traveled Daily 219.531 Students Riding Daily 397.000 Number of Bus Drivers 6.586 Accidents 89 personal Injury Accidents 24 ( Children Injured 20 Fatalities 1 A REMARKABLE RECORD!

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School Staff Announced By Supt.

The sttaff far the Metropolitan School District of Turkey Creek Township. Syracuse, for the 196162 school year was announced this week by the office of the school superintendent. Lewis S Immel. Syracuse Elementary School: Edgar A Speer, principal; Sixth grade. Gilbert George. Carlie Card well. Jr. Wendell Buntain. Fifth grade. Mrs Gladys Moms. Homer Aften. Miss Joan Myers; Fourth grade. Mr' Mary Gants. Mrs Ursula Richards. Mrs Edna Peebles, Third grade, Mrs Betty Kowallik. Mrs Esther Weaver. Miss Texie Parkinson. Second - grade, Mrs. Ruth Meredith. Mrs. Mary Ann lia.di. Mrs Marie Stevahus; First ra !- Mrs Helen Knapp. Miss Virginia L Conrad. Mrs; Sheila C Wies; Kinderg irten; Miss Karel Hollingsworth Mrs Virginia Dit mer. Elementary Music and Art. Syracuse High School: Sylvester E Amsler, principal. Paul H. Moore, assistant principal-social studies and guidance; Mrs. Jean Koher. secretary. Mrs Janice Baumgartner. ’ home economics: Rollin Cutter, biology’, physical ed ucatiffn. varsity basketball and tra< kj Charles Davies. mathematics and chemistry; Richard Edwards, vocational agriculture and general si once Philip K Fauley. English and commerce Also. David U Howard, social studies and English; James Lentz, music and commerce; Loren Longenbaugh. junior high phyiscal education and ath le t ic s; Gareth Meek, junor high arithmetic, freshman basketball, cross country and golf; Michael Neff, math-, etnatics and physics; Francis Rich-, ards. industrial arts; Mrs J A Rigdon, English , and Latin; Mrs Shirley Talmadge. art and physical <■:i< at ioh ■ Eldi n Ummcl. com i merci*. varsity baseball’B’’ team basket ball il’minel will continue tp a'.sist the principal in coordin From The Police Blotter.... Harold Gladieux of Syracuse reported the theft of his spare wheel and a jack from the* trunk of his car While it was parked in .the city parking lot. according to records if Chief of Police Donald Enyeart ■ John Do'S Peer of Gas City, arrested on Aug 11 for violation of the muffler law, pleaded guilty in J P Doty's court, and paid $18.75 for fine and costs Richard S Hearn was fined $2 on a. city ordinance for parking an .auto a n d trailer at the foot of John Street in a no parking zone and blocking a drive. Vincent J , Adrogna of Milford, arrested Aug 17. for disregarding a stop sigh at Railroad Ave and S Main St pleaded guilty in J P Doty's court, and was assessed fine and costs of $18.75. Richard B Lutz. Dearborn, Mich was fined. $1 on a city ordinance f aking a C turn in the 100 block of W Main St. Terry Eugene Smith of Syracuse was arrested, Aug. 17 for disre garding a stop sign at Chicago and S Huntington Sts and on< at Pittsburg and S Fourth St He was also ticketed for driving a motor vehicle oh a beginners permit without a duly licensed person m the vehicle.. Smith was slated to appear in J P McCui lough s court Tuesday of this week. ’ The Polige department also m vestigated two reports of chil dren bitten by dogs.

Civil Service Jobs Open The U. S. Civil Service Com mission today announced an examination for the position ot Treasury Enforcement Agent (Criminal Inw'ti-iator), $5355 a year. The positions are with the Treasury Department Agencies of Alcohol & Tobacco Tax Division. Internal Revenue Service; Bureau of Narcotics; U. S. Secret Service and Bureau of Customs in the States of Ohio, Indiana. Kentucky, West V.rgmia and Virginia. A written test will be required and applicants will also be rated on the basis of their experience and or education. Full particulars regarding the examination or instructions on where such information may be obtained can be secured at. any Post Office, or from the Executive Secretary Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners. Internal Revenue Service. Room 944, Swift Building. 230 E. Ninth Street, Cin cinnati 2. Ohio, or the 6th U. S. Civil Service Region. Post Office & Courthouse Building. Cincinnati 2, Ohio. Applications will be accepted until the needs of the service have been met.

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ating athletic activities). Mrs. Max Ellen Wagner. French and English; Mrs. Mary Alice Witsaman. junior high English; Robert L Yoder, social studies and Spanish: Mrs. Mary Whiteman, librarian and audio visual coordinator. Mrs. Evelyn Faw ley is secretary to the superintendent. On the Custodial staff are Carl Hadley. Head Custodian: Edvvyn Caskey, Robert Simon and Vivian Kern. On the Cafeteria staff. Mrs Lois Koher, Manager; Mrs. Alina Druckamiller, Mrs. Iness Mock, Mrs. Wanetta Keim, Mrs; Montel Mrs. Isabelle Stahly and Mrs. Vivian Kern. Bus drivers and -their route numbers are: 1 Max Workman, 2. Ryland Mock. 3 Thurlow Mock, 4. Melvin WeaverC 5. Everett Darr, 6 Leon White, 7 Richard Work man. 8 Sam Bushong, 9 Carl Hadley. Supt Immel pointed out there are 42 people, on the professional staff and 20 on the non-teaching staff He also said the position of« secretary to the elementary principal is still vacant. School will open Tuesday, Sept.5. for a half session Wednesday, Sept 6. will be the first full day of school - Elementary School Beginning Monday August 21. the Syracuse Elementary School office is open each day Monday through Friday from 8:30 to 12,00 and 1 30 to 4 00 The principal. Mr. Edgar A. Speer, asks the parents who have moved to the community during the summer to register their children at the school office as soon as possible before school begins so that they may be assigned to classy Children who have attended other schools should bring their report cards with them for the registration. Children who will be attending the first grade must be six years of age on or before October. 1. 1961 and must bring a bnth certificate for the registra tion , Children will attend school for enrollment purposes in the morn ing only (8:10 AM to 11:30 AM.) on Tuesday. September 5 The bookrental fee of SIO.OO for the entire yeaY will be pavable on September 5 No books or supplies will be given to the students until this fee is paid. The book rental ,system was started in the' 1960-61 school year for grades onedhrough six For then rental fee of SlO.Oo the child receives his textbooks, workbooks, a box of crayons, and a theme pad (grades 36) Paper is furnished in grades one and two In addition, paste, sissors. paints, rulers, and art paper are furnished Additional supplies of pencils, crayons, and theme paper epads must be purchased by the children during the school year

Kindergarten Students Mr E-ar A Speer. Syracuse Elemcntarx School principal, announced today plans for the enrollment of kindergarten students. This year, for the, first time, the kindergarten will be operatinc as a purl of the local school system In the past, it has been sponsored privately by the Junior Mother’s Chib Kindergarten students will not begin school on September 5 when the other students attend for en rollment purposes The parents of all kindergarten students will re reive a letter which will contain the class assignment of their child and the date and time for the child to report to school for the first time The kindergarten ses sions will begin on Monday. September 11 Parents who only partially completed the kindergarten registration process for their children last spring should report to the elementary school office so that these children may be added to the class lists. Parents of children who have moved into the community during the summer may register their children for kindergarten at the elementary school office. To be eligible for kindergarten, a child must be five years of age on or before October 1, 1961. A birth certificate must be brought to school for the registration of the child. The total number of kindergarten students will be divided into four groups and each group will attend half day sessions on the basis of three days one week and two days *he next. Parents will receive a complete schedule show ing the dates on which their child will attend kindergarten. The book and supply Tee of SIO.OO for the entire year will be payable on the first day the child enters kindergarten.

Syracuse, Indiana, Thursday, August 24, 1961

Fire Sta. Debentures Sold Out! A drive began Aug. 9 to raise $50,000 by offering SIOO debentures for sale, to finance a new fire sta’ion for Syracuse and Turkey Creek Township, was reported oversold Tuesday night All the bonds were purchased by people in Syracuse and Wawasee at all levels of labor and business. according to members of the Turkey Creek Development Corp, a new non-profit corporation formed for this purpose The Corporation and its directors are most appreciative of the wonderful response from the people in this area. They expect ground will be broken for the new building at 412 S. Huntington St. about Sept 15. Plans are complete now except for final correction' this week, and they will be sent out for quotes from contractors within the next few days. The Corporation and directors anticipate that this new building will be a credit to Syracuse and properly house the fire department. Syracuse Man In UF Drive Ralph Thornburg, owner of Thornburg Drug Store, has assumed the general chairmanship for Turkey Creek Township in the current 1961 United Fund appeal Thornburg is heading up this division for the third consecutive year. He will be responsible for appointing individuals for the industrial, retail and residential solicitations in the township. Thornburg stated he will solicit the cooperation of all active busi ness groups in the township. Arthur C. Marose of Warsaw is general chairman of the 1961 ap. peal. Fire Dept. There was a fire run Saturday, August 19. on the Milford Road when a dump-truck ovvned by Joe Hughes and driven by Tom Hughes overturned. The truck apparently ran off the side of the road, hit a soft shoulder, and overturned. Mr. Hughes was not seriously hurt. /' A car fire sent the Syracuse Fire Department to Klink’s Market. Tuesday. August 19 The fire was extinguished before the firemen arrived. Police Investigate Accident Approximately $425 total damage resulted Sunday morning when autos driven by Mrs. Mary F Broun of Syracuse and John Duy. also of Syracuse, collided at Front and Benton Sts., according to report from the Syracuse Police Department. SAVINGS BONDS SALES Kosciusko County's U.S. Savings Bonds sales for July were $65,180, compared with S7O 422 for the corresponding period of last year, according to a report made to A. I. Nylson. County U. S. Savings Bonds Chairman. . . The state sales failed to ‘equal the volume of July of last year by 1 6 1 ’’ . the sales this year being 510.363.280 and $10,533,537 for July 1960 Thirtyq-eight of Indi ana’s 92 counties reported sales gains for the month. Both industrial and farming communities were included among the counties reporting sales increases.

ROANOKE MAN ELECTROCUTED

A Roanoke man was accidentally electrocuted Tuesday as he used an electric pump to extract water from a boat at Smitty’s Boat Livery . on the east shore of Lake Wawasee. The victim. Revis J. Hall, 28, was pronounced dead at 5:25 p.m. by Dr G. W. Stalter. North Webster. acting coroner of Kosciusko County. He ruled death was due to electric shock. State Trooper Donald Sands said Hall was using an electric pump in an inboard boat. As he stepped from the , boat to the dock carrying the pump, he received a sudden electric shock. The jolt knocked him into the water. A Ligonier physician. Dr. Hooker. and members of the Syracuse Rescue Unit attempted to revive the shock victim, but he never regained consciousness. He was alive only for a short time

3 More New Teachers Mrs. Ursula Richards Sheila C. Wies Mrs Ursula Richards will be teaching one of the fourth grade rooms in the local elementary school this coming school year. She is a 1961 graduate of Goshen College, and a graduate of R. A. Long High School, Longview, Wash. It is planned that Mrs. Richards will continue the convcrsa- ' tional German started by Mrs. Ko wallik last year in the third grade. Another new teacher is Mrs. Sheila C. Wies, who will be teaching one of the first grade rooms in the local'school. She comes to Syracuse from Farmington, Mich., where she had six years of experience in Michigan and Ohio schools, and is a graduate of the Flora Stone Mather College of Western Reserve University and Ashland High School, Ashland, O. The Wies’ have moved into the community here. Charlie Cardwell. Jr., will.teach one of the sixth grade rooms this fall. He is from Brookston, Ind, where he taught in the elementary school last year. A graduate of Franklin College, he has done advanced work at Butler University, and has three years teaching experience. Lions Club e August 16. the Syracuse Lions Club entertained their wives on Ladies Night to a steak dinner at Johnson’s Hotel and the Enchanted Hills Playhouse production of the delightful comedy “A Majority of One.” There were 29 Lions and w ives and tw o guests, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Conn attending. A 12 year old boy in Omaha, Nebraska, recently put his address in a bottle, and tossed it in a neighboring stream. Some 7.300 miles later, it landed on a beach in Germany, and w-as found by a housewife, who recognized the boy as the son of her girlhood chum, with whom she used to play on that same beach, but who had migrated to the States years earlier.

r * *"♦ •♦fa e »-w »■!»..i after the electric jolt, authorities said. Halls body was taken to the Moore Funeral Home at Cromwell, and later to Elzey Home for Funerals, Waynedale, where arrangements are still incomplete. Hall had lived near Roanoke since 1954. and was an electrical installation technician Tor the federal government covering a 12-state regional area. He was home on vacation at the time of the fatal mishap. Surviving are his parents, with whom he resided, Mr. and Mrs. Revis V. Hall; his grandmother, Mrs. Mary Johns, Eastern, Ky.; five brothers. Wendell D., Woodburn. Victor D„ R R 2. Woodbum, Robert C., Decatur. Ned N.» Columbus, and Gary S.. Roanoke; and a sister, Mrs. Robert Martin, Taylorsville.

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Alcoholic Board Grants Delay On Wawasee Bowl

Boating - Traffic Violations For the period ending August 22nd. Rooert S. McCullough. Justice of Peace, reports the following violations: BOATING Philip Kinder, Syracuse, No stern light. SI.OO and costs — Total $19.00. • George Priebe. South Bend. More than 10 MPH after sunset. SI 00 and costs. Total $17.00. Richard Heine. Fort Wayne. Insufficient life preservers for each occupant. SI.OO and costs. Total $17.00. Niclolous Gottwakl. Gas City. Allowing occupants to sit on gun wale . SI.OO and costs. Total $17.00. Charles Vogel. Cincinnati. Allowing occupant to sit on gunwale. Pleaded not guilty. Trial later. James Rassi, life guard, swore out warrant on Don Perry. Knightstown. Court waived juris diction and venued to Circuit Court under recognizance bond. Robert Wagner. Nappanee. Failure to display running lights. SI.OO and costs. Total $17.00. Robert Arnold, Cleveland. O. More than 10 MPH after sunset. SI.OO and costs. Total 517.00. Robert James Arnold. Fort Wayne. More than 10 MPH after sunset. Warrant issued for failure to appear to Indiana State Police. TRAFFIC Terry Eugene Smith. Failure to have another person with valid drivers license in seat beside him, and failure to stop at Chicago St. and State Rd. 13. Earl Galloway, Kimmel. Failure to stop at intersection St. Road 13 and St. Road 8.

PTA Program Released The introduction of 42 teachers will highlight the opening meeting, Sept. 19. of the Syracuse Parent-Teachers Association. Also on the program for the opening meeting will be a talk on the “Idea of the P.T.A.” by a soon-to-be-announced well known speaker. Officers for the local group for the 1961-62 school system are Mrs. Eugene Hall. President; Mrs. William Hess. Vice President, Mrs. Mary Alice Witsaman, Secretary: and Mrs. D. E. McNamara, Treasurer. Standing Committee Chairmen are: Mrs. William Hess, Program; Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Firestone, Ways and Means; Mrs. Lewis Firestone, Membership; Mrs. Richard Ditmer, Music; Mrs. Gerald Hubartt, Publicity; Mrs. Norman Robie, Room Mothers; and Mrs. Foo Wong and Mrs. Carl Hadley Hospitality. Other meetings announced by PTA'officials are as follows: Oct. 21. Halowcen Festival, and Oct. 31. Halloween Parade (both in the old gym); Nov. 7. Open House; Dec. 20. Christmas Program provided by both schools; Jan. 16, 1962, Program to be provided by Elementary Schoo}; Feb. 20. Demonstration Lunch, Recognition of Founders Day. Panel Discussion by School Board members; March 20, Program to be provided by High School: April 17. Program by Elementary School; and May 8, program by High School. .Mrs. Hall, President, said the meetings will begin promptly at 7:30 PM. unless otherwise notified. Announcements will be sent home with the children, about each meeting in advance. The attendance banner and $2.00 prize for the elementary school will again be used this year for the best room attendance per meeting. LADIES' AID MEETS The August meeting of the Ebenezer Ladies’ Aid was held at the home of Mrs. Lurah Sechrist, with Mrs. Fred Harper and Mrs. Alma Archer as assistant hostesses. Mrs. Archer, the President opened the meeting with a song and gave the topic, “God's concern for everyone, lest we forget, we will ail receive God’s Pay,” for her devotions. During the business session, two cards were signed to be sent to sick members.. Mrs. VerrA Lung and Mrs. Roy Wilkerson. Two visitors were present. Mrs. Fred Harper gave two humorous poems. A Bible contest was conducted by Mrs. Archer, and delicious refreshments were served by the hostesses. Family night will be Sept. 21, with visitors welcome.

Nearly 200 people, most of them “protesters”, crowded the courtroom in Warsaw Wednesday morning. to hear the Alcoholic Beverage Board grant a postponement requested by J. C. Morganthaler on a decision with regard to Morganthaler's application for a Beer and Wine License. —. The License is being sought by Morganthaler tavern which he proposes to build in conjunction with the Wawasee Bowl. He requested the postponement in order to check the legal validity of 1328 signatures of register ed voters in Turkey Creek Township. submitted on petitions circulated by a local group headed by Rev. J. Ross Richey. Vice-Presi-dent of the Ministerial Association here. Rev. Riehcy said after the, hearing Wednesday, which postponed the decision until 10 A M. Wednesday. Sept. 13, that the signatures represented 53% of the voters, a figure over the 51% which he said he was told was necessary to stop the granting of the Rev. Richey said many high school students attended the hearing, in fact, he said, the courtroom was so crowded people had to sit in the jury chairs, and many had to stand up. He said the protesters who had been working for the last week in circulating the petitions, made up the majority of those attending the two. and one-half hour .hearing. Most of them were disappointed that no decision was .reached Wednesday, he said. ■ A Rev. Richey, Glen Smith, a Board member, and Morganthaler made plans to meet this morning, Thursday, in the office of the County Clerk in Warsaw to go over the list of signatures. ROTARY Headlines, news items and advertisements front newspapers dat ing back to over 125 years were read by Harold Gray, program chairman, at the weekly Rotary Club luncheon meeting Monday noon at Howard’s Restaurant. The items presented by Mr. Gray

were from his collection, which also includes . first isI sues of what today are leading national magazines.

Attendance at the Monday meet ing was fair, with two visiting Rotarians. Bill Havemann of Middletown. 0., and Dr. Bob Wiseheart of Lebanon, Ind. Harry Van Hemert, President, reported that the July attendance had slipped, and expressed the hope it will begin improving, with the summer season practically over. Next Monday will be the last of the noon meetings. There will be no meeting oh Monday, Sept. 4. because of Labor Day, which means the first Sep tember meeting will be the evening of Sept. 11, with Loren Elliott, district governor, as guest All members are urged, with this advance notice, to reserve that evening now. President Van Hermert also an-, nounced there, will be a Rotary district meeting Sept, 23 at Winona Lake, beginning at 9:30 A M. While this meeting will be for officers. other members are being cordially invited. HIGH SCHOOL BOOKS In high school, (grades 9-12) books will be rented in the following subject areas: home economics, agriculture, shop, and typing. The book store will be open on Monday and Tuesday. Aug. 28 and 29 from 9 A.M. td 7:30 P.M., and on Wednesday, Aug. 30, from 9 AM. to 5 P.M. All students are to make arrangements to purchase books during the hours designated in room 3 of the high school. The following books will be new this year: ENGLISH — 38 Basic. Speech Experiences; SOCIAL STUDIES — Psychology For Living; MATHEMATICS — Plane Geo metry; SCIENCE AND HEALTH — Building Health (8), General Science (8), Biology (9), Modern Physics. Chemistry; COMMERCE — Advanced Business; FOREIGN LANGUAGE — French 11, and Spanish 11. School will officially open at the regular time Tuesday, Sept. 5. W’atch your papers for further information regarding the opening date. Caroline Bonham won Ist place at the Gaston Lions Club Horse Show last Friday night, in Morgan Pleasure Class, on Kane’s Sunny Boy, owned by Henry Fawcett oi Elkhart -

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EARLY WAWASEE DAYS Os special interest to Syracuse and Lake Wawasee residents is a book of folk tales and traditions of early Wawasee, published last year by the Studio Press. Inc., of Indianapolis. The author of “Early Wawasee Days” is Eli Lilly, one of the area’s most'prominent summer residents, who has written a vivid, nostalgic account of stories and memories concerning what he terms “That delectable °spot, LAKE WAWASEE.” i Mr. Lilly even included a geological prologue to Wawasee. beginning about four hundred million years ago when the world was experiencing what is now called the Ordovician age of its existence, down to the last visit of the mighty glaciers, between 10,000 and 15,000 years ago, when about 300 feet of sand, gravel, clay and boulders were left in Kosciusko Gounty. Hilly moraines and kettle holes formed beautiful lakes, including Wawasee and Syracuse Lake. Mr Lilly's book also tells of prehistoric days when the first straggling bands of Indians came to Indiana, having negotiated, through varying numbers o f generations, the long route, from Asia via the Bering Strait. The book brings us down to the 1800’s when the first white summer visitors came to Wawasee-or Turkey Lake, as it was called in the early days. The Journal is happy to reproduce in the next several issues, with the kind permission of the author, some of the folk tales and stories of Lake Wawasee. and Syracuse. quoted in Mr. Lilly’s own words. 7 TfiE ABDUCTION Among the first two or three summer inhabitants of Ogden’s Island, in the earliest days of the 1900’s, was a man named Patterson, a small, dark man with “a lean and hungry look," who operated a gasoline propelled public launch of fair lines and proportions. His wife was a very pretty, black-haired, blue-eyed Irish girl who gradually came to resent her husband's increasing bouts with the demon rum. Mr. and Mrs. J MSargent were friends of the Pattersons and at length became partisans of the wife, befriending herin a perfectly proper and sympathetic manner, although they soon learned that taking sides in a family quarrel is “a free enterprise in one of its most dog-eat-dog manifestations." The infuriated husband’s alco-hol-saturated mind led him to the con'clusion that Mrs. Sargent was to blame, for all their troubles. So in his distempered fancy, he began to lay plans for revenge that would have done credit to a doubledyed penny dreadful. Early one brilliant afternoon, as Mrs." Sargent and a rather old gentleman were on a marketing expedition, jogging, along in a buggy on a road north of the Laki?, one of the few automobiles then in those parts drove up and Mrs. Sargent's horse was stopped. At the point of a gun Patterson made Mrs. Sargent enter the tonneau of the car, covered her with a dirty old canvas, and started up the rpad in a swirl of dust. Posing as a United States marshall who was involved in the arrest of a daingerous counterfeiter, Patterson had rented the car and employed the owner. As the car reached the village of Millersburg, where he was supposed to entrain for Washington with his charge, Patterson had the driver stop in an alley and they left the car for a few minutes, presumably to survey the train schedules. While.they were gone, Mrs. Sargent, always noted for action, escaped from her cramped position and. entering a nearby shed, hid herself under litter of some sort. In the meantime the old gentleman who had been driving the horse and buggy for Mrs. Sargent had given the general alarm by telephone to parts adjacent, and Several posses (not a thousand ships) were launched to capture the perpetrator of the Kosciusko Couto ty version of the abduction of Helen. A little later Patterson and his driver discovered their loss of Mrs. Sargent and started down the main street of Millersburg in the car. Recognizing a group of ,men milling around a street corner as a posse bent upon his capture. Patterson rose up in the open car a*nd, whipping out a big six-gun, opened fire at the group. Whereupon a brother of Mrs. Patterson's, a crack shot, armed with a high-pow' ered Winchester rifle, put a bullet neatly through the head of .the unhappy husband. The incident shattered Mrs. Sargent’s nerves for quite a period but proved a boon as a conversation piece for several years. She also, very thoughtfully, freely circulated newspapers relating the dramatic event among her many relieved friends and admirers.