The Syracuse Journal, Volume 17, Number 7, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 12 June 1924 — Page 1

VOLUME XVII.

TOWNSHIP SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION Oakwood Park Has Been Selected As The Place And July I As The Date. *» At the called meeting of the pastors and superintendents of the Syracuse Sunday schools held last Friday, it was decided to hold the Turkey Creek Township Sunday School Convention on July 4 at Oak wood Park, and to secure the services of Dr. Wenger, President of Manchester College, for the occasion. Rev. W. J. Dauner was selected to secure the grounds and Rev. F. H. Cremean with A. L. Miller were selected to secure the services of Dr. Wenger. - The program committee consists of W. G. Connolly. John Brunjes, Allen Ott, F. W. Greene. S. A. Bauer, H. M. Hire and Mvrtle Shick. The following were selected as the committee on resolutions: Mrs. S. A. Bauer, chairman; Paul Lantis, Mrs. Etta Ott. Mrs. S. C. Ten per. -Mrs Zella Leacock. Miss Helen Bow Id and Geo. W. Col well. Committee on nominations: P. W. Soltan, chairman; Ralph Vail, 0. C. Stoelting, A. H. Blanchard. Mrs. Floyd Hedges and Mrs. F. W./ Kindig. John Brunjes, S. A. Bauer and C. C. Bachman were appointed a committee to secure fireworks and plenty of red lemonade. The committee on music is composed of Mrs. W. T. Colwell, Mrs. Robert Strieby, Mrs. Zella Leacock, Miss DeHart, Mrs. Floyd Hedges, and Mrs. Ada Mock, for the Tippecanoe choir. The committee on program met Sunday and made out a very good program for the day and evening, including games, music, address, and a variety of entertainments. It is v expected that there will be a picnic dinner and supper at the Park for every one and fireworks at eight o’clock on the lake to wind up a big day. LOOKS LIKE A GO For the past eighteen months the Postoffice Department has been laying out a coast-to-foast airplane route, and trying out the plan of carrying mail by fast sky craft. Now conges announcement that the routes have been definitely accepted, schedules have been fixed, planes especially built for carrying mail have been turned over to the department. and a regular service of airplane mail will be started on July Ist The stamps have also been printed, with a minimum fee of about twenty-five cents — a very reasonable rate for those who want to get a message through faster than the trains can carry it and yet much cheaper than it could be telegraphed. Permanent landing fields have been opened, and skilled men are ready to pilot the fast planes through the air, flying both day and night schedule. Pretty soon “airplane mail" will, probably be coming into Syracuse. When it does the recipient of such a letter may sit down and consider what a long step this old nation has taken within the nast fifteen or twenty years. . _ ——o —— BIRTHDAY SURPRISE Mrs. Ira Kehr celebrated her 38th birthday June 6. When she returned from her duties she found a three course dinner awaiting her, prepared by her neighbors and friends. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Charley Nine; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Rasor and granddaughter Evelyn. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wiles and baby. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Weaver and son Earl, Mrs. Sam Tyler and daughter Gertrude. Mrs. Hattie Davis. Miss Mabel McClintic. Miss Ethel Kehr and Ray Kehr. Mrs. Cecil Newby, of South Bend. Mr. anc ’ Mrs. Claude Davis and baby, and Miss Edna Harmon, of Warsaw. Everyone enjoyed the evening and wished Mrs. Kehr many more happy birthdays. HAVE GONE TO OREGON Rev. and Mrs. Billy Sunday left their Winona Lake home Mrflwbtv afternoon for Hood River. Oregon. where they will be during the summer months. Rev. and Mrs. Sunday recently arrived at their Winona Lake home from Rochester. Minn., where Rev. Sunday was a patient at Mayo Brother’:? hoepitaL His condi*

The Syracuse Journal Syracuse’s Slogan: “A Welcoming Town WitK a Beckoning Lake.”

NEW FISH HATCHERY NEARING COMPLETION I Indianapolis. Ind., June 7.— The new fish hatchery being erected by the state ccnservation department at Avoca, LawI rence county, is nearing completion. • A two-story building, 45x30 feet is nearing completion and a six-room dwelling for the hatchiery superintendent will be added this summer. According to | George N. Mannfeld, superintendent of the fish and game division, which is building the hatchery, it will be in operation in 1925 and from that time on many southern Indiana counties will obtain their stock fish from that place. Fish used in planting southern waters now must be transported from the Riverside (Indianapolis) hatchery, and often for hundreds of miles by motor trucks. Mr. Mannfeld today in a bulletin. sent 160 fish, game and bird protective clubs of the state having a membership in excess of 70,000, says his division propagated and planted 6 million baby pike-perch from eggs received from Lake Erie. The department experienced much difficulty this year in obtaining a supply and when it finally arrived the eggs were not as good quality as usual. Due to adverse weather conditions artificial propagation also was not as successful as usual, and only 25 per cent of the eggs under incubation at the Riverside hatchery produced fish. Fifty per cent of the consignment to Tri-Lakes hatchery near Columbia City, hatched. Mannfeld points out that not for many years has May been so unfavorable for hatchery work. Best results are obtained when water in the ponds reaches a temperature of 70 degrees. An unusual* feature is connected with propagation work this year in that black bass spawned at the ndianapolis Hatchery and fry were taken off the nests ten days before the pike-perch eggs hatched. The perch usually spawn at least a month to six weeks earlier than black bass. The department reports 957 applications for stock fish have been received this year against 876 applications last year, indicative that more and more interest is being manifested in making all Indiana streams excellent for fishing and recreation. O~ T—DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET The following candidates were nominated on the State ticket at the Democratic Convention held at Indianapolis last week: Governor—Dr. Carletonß. McCullough of Indianapolis. Lieutenant Governor — Lew O’Bannon of Corydon. Secretary of State —Arthur J. Hamrick of Greencastle. „ Auditor of State—Robert Bracken of FrankfortTreasurer of State—Harry L. Arnold of Gary. Attorney General — Harvey Harmon of Princeton. Reporter of the Supreme and Appellate Courts—John W. Kern of Indianapolis. Superintendent of Public Instruction —-Samuel L. Scott of Jeffersonville. Judge of the Supreme Court. First District—George K. Deaton of Evansville. , Judge of the Appellate Court. Second District—Valentine E. Livengood of Covington. Judge of the Supreme Court. Fourth District —John T. Aiken of Fort Wayne. Judge of the Appellate Court, First District—John C. McNutt of Martinsville. ——o : . BIRTHS A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Cable on Sunday June 8, but the child lived only nine hours. . , x xl Elizabeth Rae arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Causer on Saturday, June 7. She announced that she had come to make her permanent home with I them. I o—- . FISHING SEASON TO OPEN ’ Monday. June 16, the fishing season will open. Local fishermen are beginning to oil up then reels look over their assortments o! baitNnd get their boats ready r So. Mr. Bass and Mr. Bluegill. ; better look out, or one of our . fishermen will get you. I , . o— You have often heard folks say ■“I don’t know where to get drip ? less candles for the birthday. • We now have them in the kettk 9 here, you never tried at this - place before, now isn’t thal queer. 7-lt

: FILMS FOR FAMOUS FOLK!* £ . Even the Presidents have en - joyed moving pictures. During jjthe administration of the late -! President Harding, one of the .; leading producers gave the Pres- - Jdent and Mrs. Harding a special (showing of a famous picture. ) i To do this satisfactorily, a spelicialist in projection, Mr. J. W. -I Wolf burg, was sent from Nev.’ I York to to exhibit j the picture in the East Room of - the White House. This same specialist is manag- - er of projection at Woods Thcai tre. Chicago. r When “The Ten Command--1 ments” photoplay is shown a* : Winona Lake, Indiana, in the Billv Sunday Tabernacle on July i 4. Mr. WoTfberg will be in charge I of the machines. Since "The Ten Com man dments” is the acknowledged greatest film ever produced and because it has only been shown i. in six of the large cities of the world prior to its exhibition at ; Winona Lake, it will probably create more interest than any other attraction on the big pro gram being put on by the Wino na Management this year. The other six places where the film is, being shown are Los Angeles. Chicago, Philadelphia, New York. Boston and London. In these cities it is being witnessed by capacity houses and tickets are selling four weeks ahead of the showing. It has run twice daily in Woods Theatre at Chicago to crowded houses since February Ist. This is an unprecedented run. Winona has been able to secure the film only through the personal efforts of Mr. and Mrs. Sunday with their direct contact with the director, Mr. DeMille and Mr. McCarthy, the distributor. Q FARMER COMMITS SUICIDE Fred Kimmell, aged 67 years, prominent and well known Noble County farmer and for many years a resident near Kimmell, committed suicide Monday morning about nine o’clock when he hung himself in the barn at Crow’s Nest, Lake Wawasee, where he was making his home. Last fall Mr. Kimmell rented a large tract of land near the Crow’s Nest hotel with the intention of raising garden truck for summer visitors at the lake. Early in the spring he planted the entire acreage with vegetables. Cold weather fcoze them and he replanted. Rain drowned the seed and nothing grew. A third time he planted seeds over the big acreage and the heavy rains and cold weather made it evident that his labor was again wasted and he was doomed to failure. Mr. Kimmell was living at the Crow’s Nest hotel. He left the hotel Monday morning about eight-thirty and was seen to enter the barn. At nine o’clock when he did not re-appear relatives became alarmed and, entering the bam found his lifeless form hanging from the hay loft. Evidently he had become so despondent over his ill luck in planting that he thought it best to give up life. A coroner’s inquest held at Crow’s Nest Monday afternoon gave a verdict of "death by suicide.** o ■ UNSIGHTLY SPOTS There are still a number of unsightly spots on vacant lots awund * the city that have not been cleaned up by either the owner or the city. This reflects carelessness on the part of somebody. Besides, it is an injustice to the neighbor, who has mowed his lawn and cleaned his premises all up. Right in the business ‘ section can be seen junk of all kinds lying on the sidewalks and ! adjacent lots. Officials in charge of the city’s cleanliness should * by all means see to it that side- ' walks at feast are kept free of ' obstruction and loose dirt. L«t’s ’ have a clean, neat city, as “clean--1 liness is next to Godliness.” —o MANY FHOPLE ARRIVING Considerable activity is reporter ed at all lake resorts of the coun- " ty. The population at Lake War wasee is increasing rapidly, s —: o ' SYRACUSE-MILFORD LOSES r The Syracuse-Milford baseball team was defeated Sunday afternoon at Ugonier by the Ligoy nier team, the score being 5 to 3 h O ‘ ” NOTICE e s I will do hair bobbing at' my A residence on North Lake Street t. 6-ts VERN BUSHONC

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1924.

S COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION I. ? The fifty-seventh Annual Coun--3 ty Sunday School Convention 3 will be held Thursday and Friday - June 12 and 13, at the North Wi--1 nona Church, four miles east of Warsaw. Extensive preparations) are be- . ing made by the Oak Grove peoz pie for entertaining the convent tion. They are promising a royf al time for visiting Sunday school workers. - v Speakers of the. Convention - will be Dr. C. H. Smith, superintendent, Goshen district M. E. - church: William L. Eiler, grand chaplain of the State J. O. O. F.; “ Elmer Ward Cole, pastor, Chris- ’ tian church, South Bend and 1 president of the State Kiwanis clubs; Miss Nellie C. Young of the State Council. Rev. F. N. I Palmer, of Warsaw, will give a seriss of Bible studies during the convention. Indications are that th> will be the largest convention Kosciusko has had in recent years. The music will be in charge of Don Cochran of Winona Lake. Special numbers will he furnished by Ruth Anglin, Ollie Anglin, Natheta Sloane, Springs Creek. New Salem, Morris Chapel and Oak Grove. Rev. W. L. Eiler, Rev. R. N. McMichael and Frank W. Greene of Syracuse will take part in the program. o BIRD CENSUS Indianapolis, Ind., June 7.— Indiana’s greatest bird sanctuary is Turkey Run State Park. Out of 766 individual birds noted in one day in this park,, sixty-two different species were identified. This data has just been reported to Richard Lieber, state conservation director, by Mrs. Georgia B. Thomas, Indianapolis member of the Indiana Nature Study Club, who with Mrs. Wm. C. Gardner, is making a bird census for the state department. "I was amazed at the abundance of bird life throughout the park," writes Mrs. Thomas. "Bird songs and calls were heard everywhere and the park is a veritable bird haven. Not recently have I visited any wooded section containing so many feathered folk. “In the dense woods one hears many wood-thrushes, vireos, pewees, ovenbirds and woodpeckers. Their presence is realized by song and call even more than by sight because of leaves obstructing one’s view. In the wonderful old-grow’th timber along the new trail many birds are found. Warblers infest the tall trees of the ravines- Many are migrating to the north although some are mating here. Chestnut sided ovenbirds, red start and yellow warblers are on every hand. Chipping sparrows are more abundant in the open spaces around the hotel, while in the open sections bordering the streams are found catbirds, flycatchers, warblers, with w’oodpeckers, pewees, and titmice everywhere, Mrs. Thomas says. Scarlet tanagers also are numerous. Conservation officials recognize that an abundance of bird life is most beneficial to Indiana agriculture and horticulture, Mr. Lieber points out, for without birds—especially the insectivorous and weed-seed eating species it would be practically out of the i question to produce farm and fruit crops. The department is ‘ encouraging bird protection and > sanctuaries all over the state, and is furthering the advance- ‘ ment of ornithology in the school I room because of the great eco- ■ nomic need. i The Nature Study Club repreI sentatives were at this park two I weeks taking the bird census and ‘ acting ks guides. In that* period 1 they instructed hundreds of nat- - ure lovers brought into close conl tact with the bird .life of the s state, and undoubtedly aroused - new interest in this subject. — o TO READERS Have you ever stopped to - think how much it costs you to - buy books to read? Do you ■ know that this paper carries from 4 to 5 and more serial stories each year and by the best authors that are to be had. The price of the Journal is only $2.00 il and you get the stories for that > in connection with the rest of »- the news, thereby saving at least I. 3 or 4 dollars. Think this over and look for our new story “The Lord of Thunder Gate,” which starts in this issue. If you miss y any copies come to this office for t. them. Subscribe today and read 3 our stories at $2.00 per year.

CAMP ROOSEVFxLT J Fifty percent of the total num- . ber of boys registered for attend- - ance at Camp Roosevelt, the edu- • cational training summer camp at Silver Like, Indiana, conducted under the auspices of the Chij cago public school system and the . War Department, have signed up . for the summer school division. . The enrollment includes repre- . sentatives from eleven states. One reason for the growing popularity of the school division I i is due to the fact that boys find that they can make up credits in the camp schools which they need in order to advance in their home schools, and at the same time enjoy all of the camping activities, including athletic sports, drißing, marching, swimming, surf-board riding, turning out for evening parade, and even the nightly entertainment programs. A general reorganization of the summer school faculty is expected to bring about even increased efficiency. Joseph C. Thompson, assistant principal of Morgan Park High School, one of Chicago’s high schools, has been elected principal of the camp school, and his staff will include a few of the former teachers, although several exceptionally good newcomers who have been chosen from various parts of the country will be ready to welcome the students. Seventh and eighth grade subjects will be I taught, in addition to the com-j plete high school courses, and) classes will be held in all subjects for which there is demandThe camp schools appear on the list of accredited schools of the State of Indiana, and are a part! of the Chicago public summer) school system. Major F. L. Beals, well known in connection with his work with boys, is the Commanding Officer of Camp Roosevelt. o RIB FRACTURED B. F. Kitson suffered a broken rib last Thursday, under most unusual circumstances. He was loading his wagon with mail at the depot, and in attempting to reach across the truck suddenly, for a package, his heavy watch, which he was carrying in his shirt pocket, came in contact with the side of the truck, the impact causing a slight fracture of the lower rib. The break, although painful, is not serious. Mr. Kitson wishes to thank the B. & O. employees for their assistance. o SAFE BLOWERS AT WORK Safe blowers were busy in Warsaw early Monday morning but went aw’ay obtaining not to exceed one dollar in change. Safes were blown at the Abshire Oil station and the Ross Grocery. Night officers Jud Pittinger and Earl Burwell heard the explosion about 2:15 Monday morning, and when they reached the Abshire Oil station they noticed a window open and the glass door broken. They investigated and found the room still filled with smoke and the safe door blown off. The yegg-men had disappeared. — _o_ GET LANDING FIELDS In preparation for the transcontinental air mail service which is to start July 1, the postoffice department is establishing emergency landing fields at Ashlev. Wolcottville and Goshen in Indiana. They will be equipped with the same type of illumination now being used on similar fields on the existing airway between Chicago and Cheyenne. The beacons wijl.be revolving and have a visibility on clear nights of thirty miles. GRADUATES FROM PURDIE One student from Kosciusko County, Semeramis Cowen Kutz, of Warsaw, is on the list of grad- ► uates at Purdue University, Lai fayette, this year. Diplomas are being awarded 544 students from 78 counties of the state, 23 <Mitside states and seven foreign countries. Commencement ex- ► ercises are being held June 10, ► with Evans Woolen, president of i the Fletcher Sayings and Trust ; company, of Indianapolis, as the - speaker. t Mr. Kutz is graduating from s the school of Science. ) — t WEDDING BELLS t The marriage of Miss Marian - Olean Snepp, of Syracuse to » Dean Chester Leas, of Goshen, i will take place at the M. E. 5 church on Wednesday, June 18, r at 8 o’clock p. m. j V o A classified ad will sell it 9

IN MEMORY OF PAUL DRESSER Indianapolis, Ind., Jme 6.— ■ The movement tc- honor the i memory cf Paul Dresser, author of the official state song of Indiana, “C’n the Banks of the Wa- :! bash,” has assumed a national scope, it was announced today by William Fortune, chairman of the executive committee in charge of the Dresser Memorial Fund. Through a national organization that will be headed by Will H. Hays, head cf the motion picture industry in America, as chairman of the national executive committee, Hoosiers everywhere in the United States will'be given an opportunity to share in the building of a lasting tribute to Indiana’s most famous song-writer. As secretary of the national committee, Mr. Hays has appointed Robert D. Heinl, of Washington, D. C. Governor Emmett F. Branch is the chairman of the Indiana State Song committee, and in compliance with his proclamation of this week, the entire state of Indiana will observe the period from June 15 to June 30 as “State Song Fortnight.” Thomas R. Marshall, former vicepresident of the United States, is vice-chairman of the Indiana Committee. INCREASES IT’S MEMBERSHIP | The Lake Wawasee Protective (Association reports a very substantial increase in its member? ship during the past few months. This association is now r considered one of the strongest associai tions of its kind in the State and i it has been successful in accomplishing many things of benefit to its members. Efforts of this association to protect Lake Wawasee against undesirable elements have been very effective during the past winter. For the first time in many years no burglaries have been reported, although the Police Department of the Association has made several arrests for trespassing. It is becoming well known that this association is determined to arrest and prosecute anvone who commits acts in violation of the law, and this has a tendency to make Lake Wawasee one of the best protected lakes in the State. Aside from the matter of police work the Association is active in many other things pertaining to the welfare of its members, among whom are some of the most prominent citizens in Indiana. o CHILD HIT BY TROLLEY Robert Walker, eighteen month nld son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Walker, of Milford, was struck by a Winona Interurban car in front of his home on Saturday afternoon. The child walked out from behind an automobile directly into the path of the trolley car which ran over one leg below the knee. It was necessary to take the limb off above the knee. The other leg was cut and slightly bruised. The child was rushed to the Goshen hospital immediately after the ' accident where they found it necessary to remove a little more of the leg of which a part had been cut off. Later reports from the hospital physicians state that the child is getting along as well as can be expected and that it will recover. o VIEWERS NAMED The Kosciusko county board of commissioners named three new viewers to determine the amount of damages asked by property owners whose property is along the Wawasee lake shore proposed concrete road. Property owners asked $9,000. Board of commissioners acting as viewers, refused to allow any damages. The road is known as the Warner road along the south side of Wawasee. FINES GO UP IN SOUTH BEND True to his promise of last week to the weight of fines imposed on speeders by each succeeding week, Judge Ducomb Monday assessed six speeders sls and costs. Next week the fines will be S2O and costs. BAND CONCERTS Arrangements have been made with our band to give public concerts every Wednesday evening. The first concert will be given next Wednesday evening. —o —*— The Crystal Theatre, Ligonier, presents extra fine attractions every Sunday night. See them. 7-1

«SOME THINGS TO I THINK ABOUT I Review of Things by the Editor As He Sees Them on the Surface* I , Our Neiiglil»or< We love this world More than we uster; ’ Our neighbors raised A crowless rooster. ! Bliss supreme reigns At our fireside; Our neighbor’s parrott Grew old and died. Things, too, for us Are well adjusted; Our neighbor’s kiddie’s Drum is busted. We can’t complain About our lot; Our cussin’ neighbor The globe will trot. We also find The world’s improving; Our cornet-playing Neighbor’s moving. Sing, ye stars, .and With us rejoice; Our neighbor’s dog Has lost his voice. • Where is Florence? An old colored woman came up to the ticket window at a big railway station, says a magazine and addressed the agent. “Ah s wants a ticket fo’ Flo’ence,” she said. The ticket agent spent some minutes .turning over railway guides apparently with no success and then asked: “Where is Florence?” “Settin’ over dar on de bench” replied the colored woman. Most Os Us Do. At a little party at c a prominent Bremen home, with a group of young folks in attendance, one of the young ladies asked in a whisper but loud enough for all in the room to hestr: 'i “What do you girls take off last when you go to bed?” The silence was so thick you could cut it till the girl answered her own question. “I take my toes off the floor last,” she said. Medical Advice "Thermometers in summertime • You never ought to buy; They’re lower in the wintertime ’ Says Dr. Ezra Spry. "Memory brings back the time,” remarks the man standing on the corner c-f Main street, “When I stood up in Sunday School and sang, ‘I want to be an Angel’ w’hen what I really want- « ed was to go fishing.” Three popular shades of spring silk hosiery are named in the following order: Peach Nude Blush. “Say, mister,’’ said a youngster who had been taken out to see a herd of cattle, “Do you have to buy chewing gum for all these cows?” When a fool hen takes a notion to set she doesn’t care whether there are any eggs in the nest or not, and some men are built the same way. When a strange woman moves into the neighborhood the first thing the women folk do is to find fault with her clothes. The apple was raw, therefore Adam didn’t get a chance to attribute the result to Eve s cooking. A clock has hands and a face and it knows enough to keep the former busy and the latter quiet. The driver you try to pass is a road hog. The one who tries to pass you is a reckless fool. The trouble with starting a third party is that it always finishes the same way. The world could easily get along without the man who never makes a mistake. Girls should . remember that bobbing the hair was the undoing of Samson. Eventually the excitement of knickers for women will wear off i| Old age is the best reformer J ever known. ■ ■' is,

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