The Syracuse Journal, Volume 16, Number 43, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 21 February 1924 — Page 1

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SYRACUSE HIGH • SCHOOL NOTES Items of Interest Concerning Our High School Written for .The Syracuse JouraaL Chapel exercises this week were not conducted on Wednesday morning. Instead, the Rev. Mr. Cremeari will speak to the students Friday morning on the life of George Washington. The eighth grade enjoyed a Valentine party on, Wednesday evening of last week at the home’ of Junior Miller. The Freshmen and Sophomore classes of onr high school have entered a latin contest which will be held in Indiana this year, there are four contests: the local contest, which will be held Friday. February the county contest, held March 22: the district contest on April 5; and the state contest at Bloomington, Indiana on April 25. The two students in each class who receive the highest grades will represent their school at the county contest. The two receiving the highest grade in each class in the county contest will represent their county in the district, while the one in each class who receives the highest grade at the district will represent his district at Bloomington. Go Id. bronze, and silver medals will be awarded to the contestants ranking first, second, and third in each class at the state contest 'e Ten numbers on the music memory list were reviewed Thurrday morning. .Several" ‘/’i dents were very successful in identifying these selections, a number of them making a perfect score. Mrs. Esther Creighton, the county health nurse, spent <» ne time in our school last weeMpn giving physical examinations to the pupils of the lower grades. J The Freshmen bovs have arn- < ed the right to call themselves victors over the eighth grade in < basketball, having won two out of the three games in this series. Thursday evening the scorn was 14 to 5.* Monday evening’s contest was more exciting, the Score -being a tie at the close of the second half. In the overiime period the Freehmen add»»d four points which made the final score 13 to 9. , —^o—- - WINS COUNTY TOURNAMENT IV— Syracuse was welf represented at the County Basketball Tournament held at Leesburg last Friday and Saturday, not only by attendance of the fans, but also by the pupils of our a’hools. Syracuse was matched against Mentone Friday afternoon and won an easy victory by a score of 31 to 8. This entitled them to meet Sidney in the next round Saturday morning, when a game was staged, which, like many others in this tournament, proved to be a real thriller. At the close of the first half Sidney led by a score of 11 tc> 16. The Syracuse boys, however, came back strong in the, second half and won by the Store of 18 to 16. In the afternoon game we lost to Leesburg. 16 to 6. S. H. S. dbes not feel that she came home devoid of honors, as she was given one man on the county team se lected by the referees. Darr was given a place as one of the guards. Svracuse team play’s at Bremen Friday night in the fast game before the district tournament, drawings for which will be made next Saturday. .. ; o AUTO LICENSE REFUND Indianapolis, Feb. 16.—Refund to approximately 150,000 motorists, who paid excess fees for automobile licenses under the act of the 1923 legislature which was held unconstitutional by the state supreme court will be started probably next week, ac cording to Secretary of State E< Jackson. He has not determined whether cheeks for the refund would be mailed to the motor ists, or whether they would b< asjeed to call for the amount due ■MM. -•0 We sell for leas because w< sell for cash. Jet White Groce teria. 43-1

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(POT LUCK SUPPER AND ENTERTAINMENT One of the pleasant social , events of the week past was the program and pot luck supper given by the members of the Woman's Benefit Association on Friday night in their hall. These progressive lodge ladies never say "it can’t be done," and, if you had been a visitor you would agree that "it was done’ and in apple pie order at that. After a goodly crowd had as- • sembled in the hall a pot luck 'signer (never to be forgotten) • was served cafeteria st vie. Folj lowing this the nlay, "Mrs. Jen- ; kin's Bright Idea” was staged bv ' the ladies which nroved a howl- ■ ine fmcress, and there was quite a g-'nd bit of applause from the audience after each scene. The theme of the ptay was that a sum of money had to be raised by a committee for the Woman's Benefit Association. There was much discussion as to what sort nf way thev might make the money, and "Mrs. Jenkin’s Bright Idea" solved the problem by suggesting a rummage sale. The committee brought baskets full of useless and worthless articles that had been given them a® Christmas presents, which .had b«en suggested by the ladies of the eommittee, to the place of sale. And here is where the trouble began. When each one ; appeared at the sale and saw the present she had given her friend for Christmas, well, von might know there was a terrible row among them, and the chairman nf the committee (Mrs. Klink) had a dreadful time trying to pacify her offended friend* and trying not to have any hard feel- J ings among the committee. But , it erded quite disastrously, that the chairman left the room in ’ tears, with her head buried on the shoulder of one of her friends . A number of pretty tableaux were given, representing the 1 American girl, the American Indian, “Maggie and Jigg," etc. * Panor hearts were hung bn a white tree, and on each heart was written a fortune. These were sold, after which each one had to. read the fortune out loud, and a lot of -amßvment for all. - During the evening pop com balls were sold. There were a number of out of town visitors present: Mrs. Ed. Pattison, her son and daughter •nd Mr. Miller of South Bend, Mrs. Gus Carteaux and her son and his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Carteaux and son Max, and Wm. Renier of Warsaw. L r—o ' WEDDING BELLS Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Dolan re- . ceived an announcement a few days ago of the marriage of Mr. Arthur Joseph Little to Miss Lucille Ellenor Quinn, which was solemnised on Saturday, February 16. at Sts. Peter and Paul ehurch at Sandusky, Ohio. The groom is well known in this city, having been a few years ago the chemist at the old Svracuse cement plant. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Rvan Quinn. Mis* Ruth Sloan of this city and Chester Prough. nf Goshen. were united in marriage on Friday. February 15, the ceremony being performed by Rev. I. S. Cain of Goshen. The bride fa the vntingest daughter of M r . ’nd Mrs. John Slnan of Svr»ruso. newlv w«*dded pair will reride in Goshen. LOCAL INVITED Kosciusko Lodge No. 230, K. of P., has received an invitation from Mishawaka Lodge No. 453 to attend the big Pythian meeting to be held at Mishawaka on Friday evening, March 14. This invitation is extended to all lodges. in northern Indiana. Supreme Chancellor Geo. C. Cabell, of Norfolk, Va., has promised to be present. The Grand Lodge officers of Indiana will be present and take part in conferring the Rank of Page. The [ Rathbone Bible will be used in . administering the obligation. This meeting at Mishawaka is ; the fast of a series of five such i meetings to be held in Indians. » Every Knight in.Northem*lndij ana is invited to attend. —— -<>- BIRTHS i ----- i A son was born on Wednesday v of last week. February 13. to Mr. e and Mrs. Roy Miller of this city, e o Our candy is not all gone, we will have homemade fudge from e now on. If you desire any come h soon, test the quality of that t sold in the Tea Rgom. 43-lt

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

90 ATTEND HOW ARD CO. POULTRY SCHOOL A two-day Poultry School was one of the successful accomplishments of County Agent Calvin Perdue recently in Howard County. 11118 school was held as a part of the Egg Record Project in which three townships are -cooperating. The president of these three Township Farm Bureaus agreed to co-operate by taking care of the necessary local expenses of the Poultry School and by each one appointing snme person from his township to serve on a committee whose dutv it was to take care of the details connected with the holding nf the school. This committee decided that any person who cared to, might attend, but that there would be no special effort made tn provide seats for these who did not definitely enroll. Those who enrolled were provided with a card to be fastened to the coat lanel or front of the dress: this card bore the name and chair number, and served to identify each individual and secure a reserved seat. Those who were co-operatipg in the Esg Record Project were accorded special recognition by being assigned the most advantageous •eats and by being furnished badges as such co-oneratnrs. Ninety-six persons enrolled. The attendance for the first day was 90 and on the second 76. At the close of the second day's work, each person was handed a copy of a series of 25 poultry resolutions, each one of which covered some phase of good poultry management. To the left of these resolutions were two vertical columns, one of which was headed “I am" and the other “I will.” Each person was» requested to make a check mark in the “I will" column opposite the pracri®es they were not following but intended to in the future. Thir-ty-three of the 76 present responded to the request. A Purdue University instructor gave the work. o ROUND TABLE CLUB The ladies of the Round Table Club met on Monday evening at the home of Mrs. L. E. Schlot- ’ terback. A musical program was given. The opera, William Tell, : written by Rosini, was given by Mrs. R. N. McMichael. Il Trovatore and Rigoletto, by Verdi, were given by Mrs. Zella Leacock. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. W. G. Connolly on March 3. k In the report of the last meeting of Thp Ladies of the Round Table, a paper prepared by Miss Irene Sprague, was erroneously credited to her sister. This Tudv of ‘‘Selma and a previous gtudv of “Willa Gather” involved much fabor and research *nd the credit should be given where it belongs. HOME TALENT PLAY Leesburg home talent, of the M. E. church, will give a twohour nlay, entitled, "As A Woman Thiniceth,” for the benefit nf the Ladies Aid of the M. E. '•hurch of Svracuse. on Thursday, February 28th, 7:30 p. m. at the ffakfand Theatre. Each the sixteen characters, has a peculiarity which makes the nfav a real comedy. Music between each act. Come and snend an enjoyable evening, and help the progress nf the' church. Adult tickets—3oc. Children under twelve—lsc. 43-pd

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SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1924.

L OF P, BANOUET BIG SOCIAL EVENT Despite the bold. Weather aad Saow the Atte»da»ce Was Geod * The annual Anights of Pythias banquet was held this year on February 19, the sixtieth or the diamond anniversary of the order. It was on February 19, 1864, that the first loßge was organized by J. H. Rathbone, at Washington, D. C., witq a smalt membership. Today the order has approximately 109,000 members with a Grand Lodge in every state of the union. The banquet Tuesday evening was given in the large and spacious hall of the local lodge. The affair has always proved to be one of the outstanding events to Syracuse’s social calendar for the year, and the affair Tuesday night was no exception. A number of members, who reside elsewhere, always make it a point to attend this annual affair to afford them an opportunity to again shake hands with a large number of old friends in the duration of a single evening. The hall was decorated in national colors with large streamers across the hall. S. A. Rowdabaugh, proprietor nf the Grand Hotel, served the three course dinner, the menu being as follows: Entree, cherry olive shrimp cocktail, baked chicken, giblet dressing, mashed •potatoes, gravy, gelatine apple salad, mayonnaise, sweet pickles, nimento stuffed olives, carmel ice cream, home baked cake, coffee. Twelve high school girls acting as> waitresses gave perfect service/ About 175 persons were served. Throughout the dinner music was furnished by the Zerbe orchestra, consisting of four pieces. Social commingling followed the dinner for a time and the remainder of the evening was given over to dancing. £enMderin» -thab evening the attendance was very .good. A speaker had been engaged for the evening, ena-agement was <-ancellM®Wy him on account of the Those who attended very enjoyable evening an/r eommittee in change defervM much credit for the affajp and the success attained. o PURE WATER AT LAKES Indiana summer resorts have a clean bill of health according to the state board of health. More than 80 percent of the sources of water supply for-lake resorts are found to be satisfactory in 1923, according to officials of fthe board. Many lakes have governing associations which take care of the purity for the water supply. These lakes ranked high in the list for pure water. Board of health officials made 1.030 surveys and analyses at northern Indiana resorts last year. Fully equipped laboratories for bacteriological examination nf water were set up and operated in three m*wt centrally located points, Warsaw. Syracuse and Angola. —o A CORRECTION In reporting the Farmer’s Institute last week we stated that Walker White’s Holstein cow on test This particular cow is not a Holstein but a Guernsey. This is a correction and in justice to Mrs. Cow.

I NEW “STAFF OF LIFE" FROM SOYBEAN The white loaf of the present day is not the "staff of life” that bread was when this proverbial phrase was coined. To correct a deficiency of protein in white bread the Linn County Soyl»ean Growers’ Association of Linneust Missouri, recently induced the baker of this County Seat town to use the new soybean flour in his Friday baking. Customers were, at first slow to buy this new cream colored loaf. When put to the “test of taste” it won the admiration of every, customer in the city of Linneus. On Saturday within thirty minutes after the baking of sovbean bread was removed from the oven it was ail sold and customer* stood waiting in line for a serving. The baker asked the County Agricultural Agent, J. Robert Hall, to explain why this bread was so much better, upon analyzing it the protein content was found doubled, ash increased materially and fat content more than twice an high as in white bread. This improved the modem “staff of life” at little or no increase in the cost to the consumer. Its popularity has grown and spread rapidly. This nationally known Association of farmers has had many calls for information as to how this nutritious bread is made and how they obtain the bean flour. Six other places in the state have started using it. At a state meeting recently held it was served as the main courar of a luncheon. It is credited with properties that will revise the health of heavy bread eaters. Much praise is given this .organization, the first of its kind in the United States which has> as its object the production of a superior variety of this new bean, the Morse, for feeding all classes of livestock. —The Bulletin, Linneus, Mo. SAWYER FOUND GUILTY John Sawyer must spend from two to fourteen years in the state prison at Michigan Cits as the result of the verdict of guilreturned 4>y the jury tfi“ the Kosciusko circuit court about 5:20 o’clock on Wednesday afternoon. "We find the defendant guilty of assault and battery with intent to commit first degree murder,” read the jury’s verdict which was delivered after deliberation of slightly more than an hour. The verdict carries with it imprisonment for a period of from two to fourteen years. Sheriff Milo Maloy left Thursday with his prisoner for Michigan Qty to begin his sentence. ©4 AWARDED SILVER MEDAL There are many of the Syracuse people and those living about Dewart Lake who will be pleased to know that Herman Hermansen, formerly superinten dent and engineer for the Cement Company has been signally honored by the King of Norway for having saved the lives of five persons from drowning, at the risk of hisi own life. The king presented Mr. Hermansen with s silver med’l commemorating the event. Other honors from the neople of the village of Tnms berg, Norway, where Mr. Hermansen hv»-s and operates a nev cement mill, added fuither honors because of the brave deed. o NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS This is the time of the year for subscription renewals, and quite a, number of our subscribers have enrolled for the coming year. Yet, again, there are a large number who are in arrears* on subscription, and we kindly ask these to call very qpon and settle their accounts. We must meet our bills every month, and other financial obligations, hence this appeal. Look at the label on vour paper and it will tell you how far you have paid up. --- - ■ ll 1 o ASSESSORS TO MEET County Assessor Robinson has entered all township assessors to report at the court house on February 29 and March 1 to receive their supplies and also to receive instructions from the county assessor and a representative of the State Tax Poard. Immediately after the meeting, the assessors will begin their work. CONFERRED DEGREES The first degree in M»cnnry | was conferred test Friday evening upon Oral Craft, Fred Self > Wm If ’

GEORGE WASHINGTON THE AMERICAN On February 22, the 192 d anniversary of the birth of George Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary army, and the first President of the United States of Aimerica, will be observed in the Senate Mid House at Washington, and in thousands of public schools and colleges all over the land by reading his “Farewell Address.” In these times of patriotic stress and trial and sinister effort to besmirch or belittle the historic value and splendor and patriotism of our revolutionary forefathers who risked life, liberty, property and happiness in the determination to provide for the generations to follow a free and self-governing nation, it is more necessary than ever before that the example and advise of this greatest American statesman, should be kept constantly before usi The man whose birthday we honor on February 22, was in many respects the greatest man this world ever saw, not ’the greatest soldier, not the greatest statesman, but a character as strong as the highest mountain and as pure as the snow that sleeps on its crest; a man, who, when he lay dead at Mt. Vernon, excited such admiration and regret in defeated England that Whe fleet lowered its flag; Napoleon in France issued an order to his armies to honor his memory; and in the British Parliament Charles Fox paid him a'tribute that no monarch of the world ever deserved. Washington lifted himself above party; his mind was as broad as the continent; his wisdom was not only for his day. but for our day and all days. And if we have reached the point in our national development when we discard his advice and his councils, whither does the path lead ? It might be well to ask who are the statesmen, who are the leaders, what are the influences that overcome the teachings of this wise American, who declared time and again that he was a namy American—not a cosmopolitan nor a hyphenate. . Washington has been prdnouficed’by the greatest students of history and of mankind, a pure wd high-minded gentleman of dauntless courage and stainless honor; a great soldier who fought a trying war to a successful end impossible without him; a great statesman who did more than all other men to lay the foundations of a republic which has endured in prosperity for mere than a century, and whose penetrating vision beheld the future of America when it was dim to other eves, a great intellectual force, a will of iron, an unyielding grasp of facts, and an unequaled strength of patriotic purpose. Let every American again read the prophetic words in his “Farewell Address” and dedicate themselves anew to the principles that must stand as fundamental to the perpetuity of this government. 0 r— WILLIAM TULLY’S WILL The will of William Tully of Benton Township, who recently passed away, was filed last week for probate in the Elkhart Circuit Court, Goshen. i The instrument is dated Jan. 21, 1920. The decedent bequeathed $25 to the Solomon Creek Cemetery association for the perpetual upkeep of the Tully cemetery lot and the residue of the estate in equal shares to his children, Melvin and Henry Tully and Zora Bender, Lizzie Hartsough and Hazel Grisomer. The stipulation is made that should any son-in-law or daughter-in-law of the decedent rfter his death file any claim against the estate, such an act shall disinherit that person’s wife or husband and the estate shall then be divided equally among the other children. Melvin Tully is named as executor. o FAIR DATES FIXED Northern Indiana fair seeretar- 1 ies met in South Bend recently and fixed fair dates for this section as follows: Benton Harbor, July 29—Aug. 2. Rochester August 12—16. South Bend, August 19—23. Laporte, August 26—30. Indianapolis, September 2—6. Goshen, September 9—13. « Kendallville, September 16—20. Bourbon, in October. • o Serve yourself and save time and money at Jet White GroceI teria. 43-lt

SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Review of Things by the Editor Ab He Sees Them on the Surface. ,■■ ■ — More homes, at least “dream homes” are built in the winter months than in the actual building season. For winter time is study time; there are fewer picnics, less auto rides and no fishing. In winter months men sit with their wives and plan and dream the homes they actually build later on. We feel sure that if there was any way of finding opt, most of the homes here were built in dreams when the weather was not fit for actual construction work. Now comes a report from the government that with a slight decline in building materials thousands of people are dreaming out the homes they expect to start work on in a few months. There are three actual necessities in life—food, clothing and shelter. Certain conditions, such as money market, prices, sunply and demand. influence the volume of building but after all we must ren-ard shelter as a necessity, for whic> there is a constant aqd .oT'vwino: demand. Ts th*re are among us citizens who have been postponing the building of a home now seems to sn excellent time to start “d-eafaing" one out. Fsneeially is *hfa true since the break in ma*''rifll nrires. As soon an snrfapr arrives and work is started on thousands of residences prior* are apt to again start un. We need more he.-nrs» in <Jyroei’se. There is no aue<ttfan about, that. So why wouldn’t > •t ’ a /rood idea tn <ro*. »n touch ramenters and building matorfal men now and get a lino on hor- mn*-h if fa going to cost to mak« vtmr building dreams come true ? A 14-year-oid boy, - George Black, buijt himself a wagon out of four wheels, an egg crate and some other material, then went to peddling merchandise for eggs among farm folks around the town of Pigeon, Mich. He became known to every farmer for miles around. A few years later he opened a store. The business out rew it and he bought a big factory building. Recently he built, a three-story addition to it. Bl nek now does a business of $350,000 a year in this town of 800 population. People for miles around trade with him. Salesmen in his store work on commiseton; his hardware clerk averages $250 a month and the worn'n at his notion counter makes S3O a week. His business nets about SI,OOO a day. Not long ago a merchant in a larger town took a dav off and went to Pigeon solely te ask George Black if he cared tn divulge’ the secret of hfa success. Black smilingly said he was glar* to tell the world the secret of his success; and he told it in word* we want every merchant in and around Syracuse to read and commit to memory. He ®aid; "T offer nothing but real barga’n«—and I advertise in the newroaners in small towns around Pfaoon. P’<»enn has no newsnanPr nn qe**ret to it—advertising has done it for me.” The proposed concrete road oh the <snnth side of Lake Wawasee fa repllv a neeearity, and those nn-nritpr it aro* throwing a stick in the wheels of progress. Think it over. It is said that no fewer than ten thousand words were added tn the English language by the war. But half of them are not fit to prifit A person isn’t necessarily knocking when he says the roads in any community are in bad condition and need fixing. He may be telling the truth. The nickel-in-the-slot radio has made its appearance and one can “listen in" on a concert without being disturbed. The smaller the town the more important its leading citizen* consider themselves. A mail may build a palace but it take* a woman to convert it into a home. Tt> ho crime to be poor, but l it’s an awful mistake.

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