The Syracuse Journal, Volume 16, Number 38, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 17 January 1924 — Page 1

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SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Items of Interest Concerning Our High School Written for The Syracuse Journal. Honor RoH The students listed below received no grade below B on their reports for the second quarter Seniors: Lois Butt, 5 A’s, 1 B. Helen Jeffries, 3 A's, 2 B’s. Olean Snepp, 3 A’s, 2 B’s. Juniors: ' Ruth Blanchard, 4 A’s, 4 B’s. Thelma Eiler, 4 A’si 1 B. Gladys LeCount, 1 A, 5 B's. Elizabeth Rosson, 2 A’s, 5 B’s. Meredith Tom, 2 A'a, 4 B’s. Sophomores: Virginia Bachman, 4 A’s, 3 B’s. Leon Connolly, 4 A’s. 2 B’s. Margaret Freeman, 5 A’a 2 B’s Christine Garriott. 3 A’s, 5 B’s. Paul Lantis. 4 A’s, 2 B's. Phyllis Miller, 2 A’s 6 B’s. Louise Snobarger, 6 A’s, I*B Freshmen: Harold Bobeck, 1 A. 4 B’s. Grace Johnson. 4 A’s, 2 B’s. Elizabeth McClintic, 5 A’s, 1 B. Blanche Mellinger, 3 A’s', 3 B’s. Cecelia Moran, 3 A’s, 3 B’s. Arthur Morris, 2 A’s, 3 B’s. In last week’s list of those neither tardy nor absent the names of George Butt, Leon Connolly, and Wayne Hoekrher were omitted by New numbers added recently to our music memory list are: “By the Waters of Minnetonka" by Thurlow Lieurance, an American composer: “Andante Cantabile” by Tschaikowsky, Russian: and “Serenta" by Moazkow'ski. Polish. Several of the students are becoming very skillful in identifying the different selec- • tions studied. The school board has purchased a number of new ’ records ta be used in this work The Art classes under the direction of Miss Hayward have taken up oil painting. The report of attendance fo’ - the fourth month is as follows: No. en- cases attendRoom rolled tardv ance 7<Miss Graves 32 2 ’ 98 Miss Rapp 31 1 94 Miss Bushong 34 4 95 Miss Bowser 43 6 96.7 Miss Hayward 26 2 93.1 Grade 7 17 0 95 Grade 8 22 0 988 High School 71 21 « 94.3 Chapel exercises were conduct ed this week by the Rev. Mr Cremean who spoke in a very interesting manner cont'cninr • water, its significance >es in the Holy Land. Many . ■Merest ing customs connected with the use of water were mentioned by Rev. Cremean.’ This is <nc phase of the larger subject “Habits and Customs of Bible Lands" which will be treated by Rev Cremean as he comes before the students from time to time. Lois Butt. Louise Snoba r ger Alice Mann, Helen Jeffries, Oral Rodebaugh, Hilary Bachman Paul LeCount, Hany Mann. Wil Earn Master, Columbus Disher. Millard Hire. Miss Harriet Keys Mr. and Mrs. W. Q Gants, and Miss Lillian Hamman were members of a party which motored to Fort Wayne Tuesday evening to see Robert Mantell in the play. “King Lear? SYRACUSE WINS • DOUBLE HEADER The Syracuse High School first and second teams defeated Cromwell last Friday evening in a game played at Syracuse. Hoel cher, Connolly, and Master kept up an almost continual bombardment of the basket and increased the score until at the end of the game it stood' 38 to 6 in favor of the locals. Snavely helped Bach man to keep the opponents score down and on the side dropped one through the ring. TW second team also carried off the honors by taking the visiting team into camp in a scrappy game which ended in a score of 13 to A Next Friday evening North Webster High School will be here with their first and second teams with strong expectations of winning. Come on. fans, help our boys to change their minds by rooting for the locals. - Reported by M, T. EARLIER CUkSING HOUR Beginning Monday, January 21 the Syracuse postoffice will close ( at 6 p. m.

SPEED RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY ACCIDENTS Indianapolis, Ind« Jan. 12.— Speed was responsible for more accidents on state roads in 1923 than any other cause, making it patent that steps must be taken to throttle the running pace of irresponsible drivers in high powered cars or the list of injured and killed will increase as good roads continue to be constructed across the state, according to figures compiled in the state highway denartment. Os a total of 342 accidents reported in 1923 fiscal - year, 145 were for fast driving. The death toll for this period was 42 with 104 persons injured, some serious. Tabulation of accidents on state roads started in March, 1922. and from that time to September of the same year 146 accidents u’ere reported resulting in 26 people killed and 125 injured. - Reports of accidents filed with the department give a variety of causes ranging from the sting of a bee to a tree having fallen across the road during a storm. High on the list of accidents reported is collisions of machines which numbered 119 in 1923. Sixteen drivers tried to beat trains over crossings and lost; 21 failed to see telephone poics close, to the roadway; 16 contested the right of traction cars at crossings; 13 struck, fences and 20 drivers ran into the sides of narrow bridges. A. H. Hinkle, maintenance superintendent, to whose department accidents are reported, declares the failure of horse drawn vehicles to display lights at night causes numerous mindr ac cidents. He advocates passage of a law to compel such vehicles to displav lights when travelling a state highway, both for protec tion of the driver of the horse drawn outfit as well as for the motcrirts. Mr. Hinkle declares that his department does not receive reports on all accidents. He estimates that fatal accidents are reported 100 per cent but that onlv about 25 per cent of the minor ones are reported. While speed seems to be the chief cause for accidents, he does not advocate a snecified speed for all roads, for he declares some roads where traffic is not congested and hca vy are just as safe for 30 miles an hour as othert more heavily traveled are at 15 miles an hour. He is inclined to the belief that the motoring public must be educated to exercise judgment at all times as regards speed. In the meantime the highway department is removing as fast as possible narrow sections of roads, narrow bridges, placing guard rails on fills, extending sight distances, etc., which are the cause of many accidents. WAS FAITHFUL SERVANT Peter Krefting haa accepted a position at the Silica plant of the Sandusky Cement Co., at Sylvania, Ohio. Mr. Krefting. for a score of years has been the faithful and reliable night watchman and superintendent of the sack cleaning department at the cement mill in this city. In this connection we will say Peter Krefting was one of the moss generous friends and donors of our public library. In his time he has given hundreds of dollars worth of fine books and a number of fine, costly bookcases to the library. In his going Syracuse certainly loses a mighty good citizen. o CEMENT MILL SOLD t - - , Frank Herman, general superintendent of the Sandusky Cement Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, was in town on Monday and completed the sale of the defunct factory equipment and buildings at Syracuse. The purchasers are a well known Chicago firm, which deals in second hand machinery and used building materials. o *— JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE The Royal store is going to have one of the most wonderful showings of spring merchandise ever attempted in Syracuse and in order to make room will conduct a January Clearance sale beginning January 19 and ending January 26. Read the ad on page 4 for the many bargains offered. i < ■A . — W. A. CLUB Mrs. A. A. Pfingst entertained the Wednesday Afternoon q«b «t on w acniuuu*

Syracuse’s Slogans “A Welcoming Town With a Beckoning Lake.”

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY FARM BUREAU MEETS A joint meeting of the old and new directors of the Kosciusko County Farm Bureau was held in the circuit court room on Friday afternoon. All the townships except Lake were represented. The meeting was called to order at 1:30 p. m. by County President Russell Norris. After a brief discussion of work accomplished in 1923 and recommendations for 1924 the directors voted to place the working out of a program in the hands of the executive committee. J. E. Scott, of Jackson township, I. W. Johnson, of Etna township and S. B. Knoop, of Clay township were chosen as the executive committee for 1924 The executive committee and county officers in their meeting immediately following the directors meeting voted to promote the following line of work: produce marketing; pooling of purchases of feed, fuel, fertilizer, and twine; marketing *of wool through a county pool; the securing of clover seed, alfalfa seed, and soy beans of known origin; aiding the farm women of the county in developing a program of w»ork; and aiding township units in making more complete organizations. PARENT TEACHER MEETING More than forty parents met with the the firstthree gradesi in an interesting session held in the school building Friday afternoon. Miss Gracetta Graves acted as chairman. Music was furnished by pupils of the first., second and third grades after which Miss Rapp, Miss Bushong and Miss Graves spoke on the subject "Materials Which Can Be Used In The Home That Are Educative.” "The Value Os Regular Habits" was discussed in an able manner by Mrs. George Xanders, Mrs. Leßoy Riddle, and Mrs. C. C. Bachman. Mrs. Dauner, Mrs. Wm. Kindig and Supt. Bachman gave interesting talkk on the subject "Amusements o" Younger Children." This meet- 3 ing which proved very successful will be followed by one for the fourth, fifth and sixth grades plans for which are now on foot. o OBITUARY Wm. Geiger, Jr„ infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Geiger, passed away at the home of his parents Friday afternoon, January 11. of pneumonia, at the age of 2 months and 8 days. He was the youngest of ten children. There was an angel band in heaven, That was not quite complete; So God took William Junior To fill the vacant seat ’ Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Floyd Hedges, assisted by Rev. S. Kahl Dustin, Sunday afternoon at the Church of God. Interment was in the Leesburg cemetery. o WILL LEAVE SYRACUSE Miss Sylvia Hayward expects to leave Syracuse in about two weeks for Irvington, New Jersey where she has accepted a position in the public schools. She will teach the seventh grade and will teach art in the grades. At present Miss Hayward is the sixth grade teacher and the art teacher in the grades in the schools here. One pleasant feature of her new position it that she will teach in the same school with Miss Leotta Packer, who was principal of the schools here last year. o NEW BOOKS AT LIBRARY At the meeting of the library board last week it was decided to put in a number of new volumes of juvenile literature, which is particulary suitable for the district schools. It was also decided to have a central distributing station on the north and south side of Lake Wawasee during the summer while schools are not in session. o - ■ - CHARGED WITH THEFT Wilbur Statlar was taken to Warsaw Monday evening to answer to a charge of petit larceny. He was charged with taking a motormeter, which was found in his garage, from an automobile. Statler was arraigned before Judge L. W, Royse in circuit court Tuesday, pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced to serve from one to eight years. Sentence, however, was suspended during good behavior.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1924.

MASS MEETING Under the auspices of the W. C. T. U. next Sunday afternoon, Jan. 20, at 2:30, at the Church of God there will be a Mass Meeting to celebrate the fourth anniversary of national prohibition. Every citizen, young and old, male and female, is affected by the great law which set aside the rule of the saloon and this is your meeting and affords an opportunity to stand up under the banner of right and justice and to be counted among those who ever stand for law and order. So come to the meeting and bring your friends. The following program will be rendered: Opening sr>ng—“All Hail the Power of Jesus Name.” Ladies Double Trio. Scripture Reading—Rev. S. K. Dustin. Prayer—Rev. W. J. Dauner. Song by M. E. Brotherhood. Address—" Giving the Eighteenth Amendment a Square Deal" Rev. W. L. Eiler. Solo—Mrs. Ella Hedges. Reading—Gordon Geiger. “Our Legislative Work.” —Mrs. Ada Patton. Song—“America’’. Congregation. Benediction—Rev. R. M. Lantis. o 0. E. S. INSTALL OFFICERS The Eastern Star lodge installed the following officers Monday night: Worthy Matron —Mrs. Clara McGarity. Worthy Patron —John W. Me Garity. Associate Matron —Mrs. Mary Hoy. Secretary—Mrs. Fannie Hoy. Treasurer —Mrs. Lih; Watts. Conductress —Mrs. Nettie Isenbarger. Associate Conductress —Mrs. Catherine Klink. Star Points— Ada —Mrs. Elnora Wilcox. Ruth—Mrs. Abbie Buchholz. Elnora Colwell. Wprtha—Mrs. Lelia Greene. - Efeha-MMrs.' Clara O. Buettner Chaplain—Mrs. Ida Knorr. Marshal—Mrs. Blanche McClintic. Pianist —Mrs. Clara Hollowav. Warder —Mrs. Rebecca Searfoss. Sentinel—W. T. Colwell. o ATTENDED INSTALLATION A number of members of the Woman’s Benefit Association w«nt to Elkhart Monday night and attended the ir stallation ceremonies of the Womm’s Benefit Association of that city. Those who went were: Mrs. Frank Klink. Mrs. F. W. Greene. Mrs. Fred Self. Miss Della Otis. Mrs. John Byland, Sr., Mrs. John Byland. Jr., Mrs. Harry DeHart, Mrs. Edgar Rippey, Mrs. R. E. Pletcher, Mrs. Ocal Craft, Miss Ethel Kehr and Miss Ruth Mullen. After the work of the order was finished the committee served refreshments. ART CI AB ENTERTAINED I? Members of the Art Club were entertained at the home of Mrs. L. A- Seider on Tuesday evening. The affair was given for Miss Sylvia Hayward, who was a guest of honor that evening. Miss Hayward is the sixth grade teacher and the teacher of art in the public school here. A pot luck supper wm served. ■' i - - BAND CONCERT POSTPONED The time of the concert by the School Band, which was scheduled for January 18 has been postponed. The date will be announced later in the Journal. o — Valentine Day, we’ll It’s not far away! If you need cards for your score, place Kt table, or postals galore, feel free, to come and see, if there could possibly be, that which you desire, in The Kettle. 38-lt

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BRIDGE ACROSS ELKHART RIVER COLLAPSED The floor of the Hoosier Dixie highway bridge between Waterford and New Paris, four and a half miles south of Goshen, collapsed at about 10:30 Thursday night, last week when C. C. Dukes, Warsaw undertaker, attempted to cross it in his sevennassenger, 1923 model Buick sedan he was driving. Mr. Dukes said he was driving only fair rate of speed, owing to dense fog. When the car reached the middle of the bridge there was a crash and in the next instant the machine dropped 12 feet into the Elkhart river. Recovering from the shock he managed to open a door and climb to the top of the car, getting his feet wet in the movement. Aside from his head being bumped and a slight bruise he was not hurt. Observing an auto coming from the south, he cried an alarm. Th> approaching car stopped at the edge of the open- ; ng. It was driven by John Abshire of the Abshire Oil comoany, Goshen, who was enroute from Warsaw. Mr. Abshire says he was not making good time on account of the fog. He turned his machine around and crossed the river at Baintertown. By the time he reached the north end of the Hoosier Dixie structure several automobiles had stopped there. Rescuers secured timbers and Dukes climbed from the top of his sedan to the’ bridge level The slightly damaged machine was taken from the river bed Friday. Loss is covered by insurance. County Surveyor Charles L. Kinney viewed the wrecked bridge Friday, and stated thrft the bridge was leaning and that the weight was not properly distributed. Belief is expressed that the Dukes automobile struck the bridge in such away that a rod was broken and that this condition weakened it and the collapse followed. The middle part of the structure, iron included, has fallen sh : to the river. The ends remain fastened to abutments. * Tfie bridge has been barricaded and traffic has "been routed via Baintertown until repairs can be made or a new bridge built. The bridge is said to be the oldest in Elkhart county. It was built in 1869—the first iron bridge to be erected in the county. Local authorities said the is under complete control of the Indiana state highway commission and added that body had often been informed that the floor was unsafe, but that it was impossible to get action. Under the statute Mr Dukes cannot recover damages, the law providing the state and county are relieved from such liability. MARSH FIRE Fire which started in the dry marsh grass a short distance north of Brunjes’ Park at Lake Wawasee, Monday night, spread through the marsh to the north. Property in the vicinity of the Elwood George and Stephen Freeman cottages was in immediate danger for several hours. B. 0. Mabie and a number of other volunteer fire fighters battled the flames for several hours and succeeded in beating them out before any damage was done. o REPORT OF TRUSTEE In this issue, on page 8 will be found the report of Bert Whitehead, trustee of Turkey Creek township. Repd it, as it gives you full information how th ( e tax money is expended. —— —o JOINT INSTALLATION The Modem Woodmen and the Women's Benefit Association of Syracuse will hold a joint installation of officers on Friday evening, January 18, to which the public is cordially invited.

THE REG ROWING OF i INDIAN V FORESTS ! The nation’s futirea supply of . hardwood is in the southern ; states now possessed of mere . than 19 per cent of the remaining stand in the United States yet the greatest consumers—the . major wood-using industries—are in the east, so to speak, and to ever mounting timber prices must be added enormous freight charges, W A. Guthrie, c.f Indianapolis, told of Jennings county citizens at North Vernon last week. Mr. Guthrie is chairman of the state conservation commission. For yearsi he engaged in the hard wood lumber business and he spoke with an intimate knowledge of the days Indiana was one of the Jjest timbered states in the Union. Thoroughly familiar with the timber busK nessi for nearly a half century, he said the only remedy for the nation’s fast diminishing stocks must come through intensive reforestation of waste areas, and through private forestry is to be greatly encouraged, Replenishment of our timber stocks is a state and national problem. He pointed to Michigan as an example of timber wealth wasted in a few years. This state, however, is cognizant of its mistake in squandering its timber and has launched an extensive reforestation program on state-ow ; ed lands. Pennsylvania, he said, had purchased 1,100,000 acres ain.e 1908, while New York state has invested in 1,900,000 acres. In the latter commonwealth purchase of waste lands for growing timber Was made possible by a bond issue of $7,500,000 voted by the people. Mr. Guthrie said that two yea r s ago a representative of the U. S. Forest Service made a survey of Jefferson. Jennings, J.ackson, Scott, Clark, Floyd, Garrison, Crawford and a dozen other counties of southern Indiana. «nd reported that in his opinion the best interests of Indiana could be cared for by She purchase for the state of 2,500,000 acres of idle lands, planting the same to timber. At the time this representative was shown an 80-acre tract in Jefferson county that 41-years ago sold for S4OO after all merchantable timber was cut. Today this 80-acre has timber worth , from $40,000 to $50,000. This stand grew, the speaker said, from saplings too small for cut- ] ting when the merchantable timber was removed four decades ago. The decrease annually in forest < lands in Indiana is about 93,456 4 acres. While two or three decades ( ago the state possessed several . million acres in timber there i.~t less than 1,500,000 acres devoted to timber today. Much of ttfis is '

in small woodlots. Mr. Guthrie said that while t ie land area of Jennings county was 245,120 acres, there were 43,122 acresi of waste or idle lands. The county has 14,744 acres in timber, but should trebble this acreage by making waste lands productive of timber. The speaker told how the conservation department is endeavoring to impress on Indiana land owners the vital need of reforesting idle tracts and said that con siderable headway / was being made. The press of the state recognize that a timber famine is in sight unless remedial measures are taken and they are loyally supporting the department ir this campaign for more timber on Waste lands, he declared. “We are not urging that land suited to producing agricultural crons or adapted to grazing be set aside for timber production, but we do claim -there is a million and a half acres along the Ohio water shed now producing huge crops of weeds, briars, etc., that will grow a wealth of timber so badly needed throughout the w’Orld." Mr. Guthrie said the pressure of a tremendous timber shortage is n«w felt sv> keenly by the hardwood industries that many are forced to use inferior woods. He urged support of the state and national legislation for reforestation on a large scale, and predicted a time when federal aid would be extended to reforest the waste acres of the nation. o UNDERWENT OPERATION Mrs. W„ M. Wilt underwent an operation on Tuesday at the McDonald hospital in Warsaw for the removal of her tonsils. . ' — -Or —— - .. After a woman makes up he/ mind to have her own way she isn’t satisfied unless somebody tries to restrain her. * f

SOME THUGS TO : ■ ffll ABOUT 1 Review of Things by the Editor As He Secs TUeun on / , the Surface. 1 I “Where are we going tonight?** Many American homes ore motivated by that inquiry. When father gets through dinnear, he asks, “Where are we going tonight?” Before mother gets through the evening work, she wants to know, “Where are we going tonight,” If son is past 18, he d*>es not ask at home, because he has already asked his boy and girt companions, “Where are we going tonight’” If daughter is beyond 16, she and her escort or her girl friends have all answered to theinown - conclusive satisfaction and without any authority of review by parent or guardian, “Where are we going tonight?” And if this keeps oh, the first speech of the babe after it is weaned will be, “Where are we going tonight?” Any careful observer can tell where that kind of a. home is going—perhaps not tonight, but after a succession of feverish nights. And any student of history can tell where the countryis going -eventually which is made up of that kind of homes. "Where are we going tonight?” Toward the pit, in some cases, we would say. , , It seems strange in this world that when a man buys something bad, worthless, or rotten, he expects to pay cash and rips his trouser pocket to get the money quickly, but when he gets education, moral or social uplift or any thing worth while, he thinks it ought to be given free or if a charge is made he be given un—, tij hjs dying day, to pay for it. It is not too late to start the New Year right by paying up all. old debts and beginning with a clean slate as far as possible. If you can’t make full payment, call on your creditors and make an explanation. . They will appreciate it and your credit will be improved. We were told that the Bushong Hair Restorer, is doing all that is claimed for it, and more. Just recently one of our bald headed * citizens! took one treatment of this wonderful tonic and returned an hour later to have his hair cut. No, it wasn’t the editor.

Church notice in Manchester, England, Guardian: Services at 10:30 a. m. Subject: "The Three Great Failures.” Choir. > , Sermon. . |- Pipe Organ Offertory. Whenever we get a communication which (begins, "Your name has been given to us as one of the prominent citizens of your community/’ we read just that far. There is always a coupon at the bottom. There are twoc kinds “as men in this town, one that can sec their wives overworked without the slightest regret, and the othef who can’t bear the sight, and spend the evening down town with the boys. "Don’t complain to the editor because he does not print all thenews,” comments one paper. “You’ll probably see the time when you will be mighty glad he doesn’t.” We wish to suggest that another way to reduce hunting accidents is to abolish all fences so. the hunters won’t have anything to climb over. A main street business man bought his wife two hot water bottles for a Chriritmas present.’ "She’s got two cold feet,” he said. The mean thing, ' ; it People would have better health if they would remembers that the stomach is a workhouse and not a playhouse. Nb wonder sp many politicians want to be president. They get four years’ free rent. Syracuse ia big l * enough tc. be convenient and small enough to be a pleasant place to live in.

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