The Mail-Journal, Volume 26, Number 44, Milford, Kosciusko County, 16 December 1987 — Page 19

It happened ... in Syracuse

10 YEARS AGO, DEC. 7,1977 Members of the Syracuse Town Board approved the purchase of a new International one and onehalf truck from K & K Truck Sales, Inc., of Goshen, for $6,035.62 at a special meeting Tuesday night. Robert B. Harkness, Hendersonville, Tenn., has been selected as the new director of the Lakeland Youth Center in Syracuse, replacing Dan Caskey, who resigned December 1. Harkness will take over his new duties as director January 1, 1978. This announcement came from Robert Knudsen, member of the Lakeland Youth Center Board of Directors. Discrepancies between the former zoning classifications and county zoning classifications for Turkey Creek Township will be one of the matters discussed by the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission tonight (Wednesday). The commission plans to use the December meeting to go over old business and discuss various planning matters. Dick and Barb Meyer of Indianapolis will be moving to the area right after Christmas to complete plans to open their new men’s store in a building in Wawasee Village known as the Lung Custom Built Kitchens building. The building is owned by Roger Fetters. Work is being completed at the building at the present time to make it ready for an early 1978 opening. Merchandise for the opening has already by ordered. Meyer has been an employee with L.S. Ayres for 31 years, and has a background in men’s wear, giving him a leg up on the road to success. NIPSCo man Jan Peffley, East Shore Drive, and his two brothers, Bob and Dale of Goshen, have tickets in their hands to take their dad Bert Peffley to see former President Gerald R. Ford at Goshen tonight (Wednesday). The occasion: It is Bert’s 90th birthday, and Ford was his favorite president. “He’s one president I could understand when he spoke on television,” the aged Ford fan told his attentive sons. Jerry and Donna Johnson, North Shore Drive, quietly observed their 20th wedding anniversary last Wednesday by dining out. The new Syracuse Eagles Lodge, Aerie No. 3760, located on Sycamore Street next to the VFW hall, opened last Wednesday following the issuance of their three-way liquor license, which

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included a dance permit. The officers are: Leßoy Sloan, president; Dave Zartman, vice president; Richard Kerr, secretary; Roger Thompson, treasurer; and I an Avery, chaplain. The Lodge ciaims 102 members and invites prospective members in the community out to see their new hall. 19 YEARS AGO, DEC. 14,1977 Syracuse Town Board {resident James C. Tranter has cautioned violators of the town’s ordinance mandating parallel parking that they will be given warning tickets if the practice continues. Mr. and Mrs. Rick Pinney, of Chalet Realty, in Syracuse, were in Bloomington recently. attending the Graduate Realtor Institute at Indiana University. While there they received instruction on tax and legal updates pertaining to real estate transactions. Members of the Junior Mothers Club of Syracuse held their annual Christmas party recently in the home of Mrs. Jack Stoelting. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Farrell of Syracuse traveled to Biloxi, Miss., New Orleans, and the Smokies for 10 days during the last part of November. Traveling with them were Mr. and Mrs. Warren G. Harding of Oxford, Mich. p Snow, high winds and zercP 7 temperatures brought memories back for many Lakeland residents. Memories of last January’s blizzard. A snow emergency was declared by the Kosciusko County Commissioners on Friday morning. It remained in effect through much of Saturday. Country roads were closed by the drifting snow with state roads being closed or extremely dangerous. Don Bucher, r 3 Syracuse, talked his way to a second place finish in the “Discussion Meet” December 4 through 6, at the Indiana Farm Bureau State Young Farmer Convention. 20 YEARS AGO, DEC. 6,1967 The Syracuse board of zoning appeals met for its November meeting Thursday night with Bill Coburn, president, presiding. A variance was passed in favor of Clem Lisor for permission to store damaged vehicles in the Turtle Bay Marina building. The 1967 Christmas tree lighting ceremony sponsored by the Syracuse Camp Fire Association will be held at 3 o’clock on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 10, on the grounds of the scout cabin. The cub and boy scouts and 4-H club

will participate in the ceremonies. A 25th anniversary party for Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Yoder, Syracuse, was given by their daughter, Mrs. Shirley Lusk, at Daleville. A three-tier anniversary cake was served. Present were Mrs. Yoder’s mother, Mrs. Lillian Lemon, and sister, Mrs. Lillian Leonard, and family of Indianapolis, Mrs. Jean Heintzleman, maid of honor at the wedding, and family of Indianapolis. Also present were Mr. Yoder’s brother, Jack Yoder, and family of Dayton, Ohio, and the immediate family, Doug, Jr., John, Charles and Mrs. Byran (Sally) Galloway and her son, Bob, and Mrs. Robert Lusk and family. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Maggary of Peru were Thanksgiving guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Griffith of Lake Wawasee. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wells and family, former Syracuse residents, have moved back to Syracuse from Lake City, Fla., and are living in the James McCullough property. 20 YEARS AGO, DEC. 13,1967 Members of the Wawasee area Jaycees are currently making final plans for the Christmas decorating contest to be held in that city. Judging will be between Christmas and New Year’s and will include homes inside the town limits and on Syracuse lake. Other persons served by the Syracuse post office who wish to be included in the judging should call 457-4267 between 6 and 8 p.m. Four categories are being judged — religious, non-religious, most original and lake residence — with prizes being donated by other clubs and individuals. Mrs. Arch Baumgartner, wife of The Mail-Journal publisher; Mrs. Jerry Johnson, wife of the president of the Syracuse Lake Property Owners Association; and Mrs. Jay Brouwer, wife of the Wawasee Area Jaycees president; will serve as judges. Harold Kuhn, r 2 Syracuse, who last week was named by the Kosciusko county board of commissioners to fill the vacant chair as Turkey Creek township trustee, plans to make the transition as smooth as possible. Rich Timmons, mechanic at McCormick-Cutter garage won SSOO in cash at the Shell station last Thursday in the Americana sweepstakes, the second SSOO winner there. 30 YEARS AGO, DEC. 19,1957 Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bailey of Indianapolis spent Sunday at the home of his parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Bailey in celebration of Rev. Bailey’s 86th birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Koontz will spend Christmas with their son, Richard, in Lafayette. Mrs. Mina King of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and daughter, Mrs. Bud Adair of Elwood, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Tom Socks of Syracuse Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Connolly of Elkhart were dinner guests of Mrs. Connolly’s brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. John Craw. Mr. and Mrs. Doug Yoder and family leave on 20th December for Corpus Christi, Texas, where they will visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Yoder. They also hope to visit places of interest in Mexico during their stay. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hale and children will leave on Friday to

spend the holidays with Mrs. Hale’s parents at Keystone Heights, Florida 7 ' Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wilkinson will have a family dinner at their home Sunday for their two daughters and families, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Forrest of Nappanee, and Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Britton of South Bend. Mrs. Fred Stagg of Park Ridge will be here to spend the holiday with her son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Gottschalk. Mr. and Mrs. Deloss Weaver and son, David, will be guests at a family dinner Sunday at the home of Mrs. Weaver’s cousin, Bechtel Winger, in Sweetser, Ind. Mrs. Ruth Rapp will spend Christmas week with her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Vic Overman, in Michigan City. 36 YEARS AGO, DEC. 12,1957 Ronald Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Roberts, R.R., a senior F.F.A. and Vo. Ag. student at Syracuse High School, has been selected by Purdue Personnel to attend the Junior Poultry Fact Finding Conference at Kansas City, Missouri, in February. In a follow-up show, Ronnie Hibschman, as the Syracuse F.F.A. and 4-H Grain Show champion exhibitor, won two grand champion ribbons at the County Grain Show Friday with his exhibits of 10 ear corn and oats in the grain class. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Harkless left Sunday for San Francisco where on Tuesday they embarked on a forty-two day cruise to the South Sea Islands, New Zealand and Australia. They sailed on the SS Monterey of the Matson Line. Arrangements have been made for passengers to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Sidney, Australia. The cruise ship will return to San Francisco 22 January. Dr. and Mrs. Fred Clark entertained Sunday evening with a quail dinner. Guests were Mr and Mrs. Ernest Bushong, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Long, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Miles and Rev. and Mrs. Claude Fawns of Akron. Saturday evening callers at the Ted Auer home were Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Blakesly, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. George Auer, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Kie Musselman of Milford. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Juday were supper guests of Mrs. Juday’s sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Harris of Barbee Lake, Saturday night. Guests at the William Geiger home Sunday were the George Glass family of Syracuse, and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Martindale and Larry and Ted of Nappanee 50 YEARS AGO, DEC. 10,1937 The new Syracuse-Wawasee Bakery opened its doors to the public last Monday morning under the management of Floyd Gingerich, a baker with years of practical experience. For the past two or three weeks, new bakery equipment has been araying and installed in the Snavely'building on South Huntington street, where both bake-shop and retail store is located. The new bakery will bake bread and pastry daily, which will be sold at local grocery stores and the bakery retail store. The management of this new enterprise earnestly solicits your patronage and Syracuse people should have their hearty support.

Mr and Mrs. George Xander* and Mr. and Mrs. Herb King spent last Thursday in Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hamman and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brown assisted Wm. Mallon butcher yesterday. Mrs. Wales Macy, Mrs. John Harley, Mrs. Pel Clayton and Mr. and Mrs. Everett Dunn attended inspection of the O.E.S. at Goshen, Monday evening. Mrs. Cora Meyers, Mrs. Donna Dickes and Mary Ellen Sibles of Huntertown, and Mrs. Orpba Farner of Garrett, were guests Thursday of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Dunn. Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Bailey had for recent guests Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Yockey of Claypool, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Williamson of Claypool, and Mrs. Katie Ort of Churubusco. Realizing that Syracuse, after having supported a weekly paper for the past 50 years, would be lost without the weekly visit of a home paper, we have taken the responsibility of this publication upon ourselves, so as to give our people a paper. Just how long the paper will exist depends wholly upon the support of advertisers and readers alike. Our aim is to give Syracuse and vicinity a home weekly paper, purely local in character, with town, country and county news that will be of interest to our people. Trusting we may merit and receive your support in our efforts to produce a home paper for our home folks, we are, kindly, Smith & Howard. 50 YEARS AGO, DEC. 17,1937 A meeting of the SyracuseWawasee Chamber of Commerce was held in the town hall, Wednesday evening. Charles C. Bachman, Sr., was selected chairman for the evening. A report of finances was read and approved. Chairman Bachman appointed a committee of three consisting of Charles V. Kroh, A. L. Miller and Wm. C. Connolly to select and place in nomination, names for officers for the ensuing year, to be voted on at the next meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Kelly of Warsaw spent Sunday with Mrs. Kelly’s mother, Mrs. Wm. Druckmiller. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schleeter of near Goshen, moved last Thursday onto the Wm. Stetler farm, northeast of Syracuse. Last Friday, the Syracuse Electric Co., strung the electric colored lighting effect on Main street for the holiday season lighting. These lights, along with the many business house Neon signs, gives our little city’s main stem a real metropolitan appearance. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Wise and sons, of Chicago, spent the week end with Mrs. Wise’s mother, Mrs. Hanora Miles. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Riddle returned to their home in Toledo, Ohio, Sunday, after spending several weeks here with his mother, Mrs. John Riddle. Don Routson of Chicago, was a guest of Mattie Katzer over the week end. Richard Isbell spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Isbell. Mrs. Everett Dunn spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Pugh, at Montpelier. Accepts Medicare boost House Democratic leaders said they won’t fight a record $6.90 increase in the Medicare Part B monthly premium because they are more interested in long-term solutions to control program costs than in a one-year premium cut.

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ROTARIANS HEAR ABOUT ENGINE — Jim Garvin and Garland McCain of the Cummins Engine Co., Columbus, presented a program to members of the Syracuse-Wawasee Rotary Club Tuesday noon, Dec. 8, on the diesel engine manufacturer. The men gave a short history of the company and showed a film of the 1987 Indy 500. It was this race that race car driver Al Unser, Sr., drove a Cummins engine car to victory. Shown in the photo is Garvin; McCain; Harry Bishop, program chairman; and Jim Evans. Rotary President. (Photo by Lewis Immel)

"Feeding the wren" In Ireland December 26 is celebrated as St. Stephen’s Day. On that day “feeding the wren” is a custom having to do with a legend of St. Stephen, who was the first Christian martyr in the Bible. The legend says that Stephen was hiding in a bush and was betrayed to his enemies by a wren. Irish children observe the Feast of Stephen by placing a wren in a cage and hanging it over a bush. They then collect money for charity as they go from house to house. A Victorian kissing ring For a new Christmas hanging, one might like to make a Victorian kissing ring. Form wire into two rings of the same size and bind packed moss or straw to the wire. Add evergreen sprigs, making sure the foliage is clipped neatly to prevent any contact with the candle. Pack a pad of moss about the size of a tennis ball to wire at the point where the hoops cross. Flatten this pad and wire the candle securely in place by winding a strong piece of wire in a spiral around the candle’s base. Spike the end into the wreath. Choose a candle which will burn down inside the candle's center. Tie a few pieces of mistletoe with a ribbon; attach with wire underneath the decoration. Tie a bow at the top and hang with wire. It will be too heavy to hang to a light fixture. A real candle produces a fire hazard, but if one prefers a real one, use a fire-retardant spray for the evergreens. Holly and ivy lore in early times holly was considered masculine and ivy feminine. People thought they were necessary to ensure the blessings of good luck and fertility People believed that the burning bush from which God spoke to Moses was holly. Holly was also thought to have protective powers against thunder, lightning and witches.

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BESTOWED PAUL HARRIS FELLOW — Richard E. Ditmer, Syracuse, was made a Paul Harris Fellow by the Syracuse-Wawasee Rotary Club Tuesday, Dec. 8, at the club’s regular meeting. Ditmer, who joined the club on December 5,1966, has had 21 years of perfect attendance. z ■ He served a short term as president and was a member of the local Rotary’s board of directors. For many years, he was assistant treasurer, greeting members and guests, making collections and Introducing guests to the club. Shown in the photo is Robert Troutman, Rotarian, presenting the award to Ditmer. (Photo by Lewis Immel) Gift suggestions for residents of nursing homes

Christmas attention is especially welcomed by the residents of nursing homes. While the rest of the world is enjoying the usual Christmas shopping, cooking, etc., these friends are merely doing what they do each day and many times feel left out of the fun enjoyed by families at Christmastime. Some gift suggestions for these Turkey tradition Turkey for Christmas was not known in Europe before 1542. Even then it was not the main entree, only one of many festive dishes. The common people had Christmas pies, beef or goose. In the great houses and castles the Christmas table was laden with more rare treats. There the celebration started with the lord of the manor welcoming people from the countryside to his castle for a Christmas feast. Often a roast peacock, with tail spread and beak gilded, sat on the table with venison, chicken, roast beef, goose, swan, plum pudding, mince pie and many other delicacies that were available.

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special friends might include: • An adult version of a babybunting, a zip-up blanket bag with a hood in which to keep cozy warm • Warm, pile-lined slippers with nonskid soles and bed socks • A tote bag to hang on a wheel chair or walker, with ties sewn on the comers for easy fastening • For someone who’s lost his/her voice or who just likes to doodle —a magic slate • A newsy, rambling letter • To make sitting in bed more comfortable —a padded backrest rather than a stack of pillows • A writing case which may be made from a nice box and equipped with a clipboard top, stocked with stamps, stationery, address labels, ball point pens, pencils, an inexpensive magnifying glass, a small loose-leaf notebook pad with addresses of friends and relatives written in large print • For cancelled checks and notes — an accordion file envelope • Lunch at a restaurant • A trip to see the Christmas lights Sure sign Your daughter is growing up when she starts dressing slower — and dialing faster.