The Syracuse Journal, Volume 17, Number 11, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 10 July 1924 — Page 1

VOLUME XVII.

WARBLINGS FROM UH[ WAWASEE

Weekly Review of Happenings Around Like Wawasee Briefly Told X I ■I ■ - (By Mrs. Amanda I* Xanders) Church Services All Saints Chapel, the only church on the lake, has the following services during the season of 1924. Holy Communion. 7:30 a..m. Sunday School, 9:30 a. m. Morning Prayer and Sermon. 10:30. All the services will be in charge of the Archdeacon of the Diocese, Father White. These services are for the benefit and spiritual uplift cf all. The Fourth On Th? Liku Toe morning of the fourth of July dawned bright and clear and proved to be an ideal day. ’ Such crowds and crowds of people that motored back and forth all day, were never seen before on the lake. One automobile was almost , turned over on the road back of the Jeffrey cottage. The only thing thai prevented, the car from completely turning over was the fence. After quite a time, the car was finally pulled out and the paity were soon on their way. At night all around the lake the shore line glittered with electric .lights, with here and there the glow from red lights. At the Roy Brown cottage a float was anchored in the lake and from there al) kinds of ('reworks were touched off, lighting up tb“ sky with rockets with showers of green and gold and stars that fl ated away to the southeast. Other places around the lake sent up balloons and rockets and showers and it was a ■ most interesting sight. , All the hotels, large and small were crowded to capacity with guests. The large motor boats and launches did a rushing business all day long. The amusement pavilions were packed and jammed with people s to the delight of the owners. How many, think you, remem- ’ bored those strenuous days of • 1776. and later, when the victory , hung in the balance and we so nearly lost our liberty. If flag* s , and bunting and fireworks and amusements count, then truly we have remembered. ■ • ■ Vacation Bible School Father White, who has charg of the services in All Saints Chapel this season, is also conducting a week day Vacation, . Bible .School where the children receive instruction in manual work and the story of the bible is made plain to them. The school is open to* all children, every week day morning from 9:90 to IL3O excepting Saturday. Short Personal Paragraphs Mr. and Mrs. Jim Frazer, of , Warsaw, are in the Dunn cottage this season. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Taylor, of Chicago, are guests of Mrs. Clancy in the Apnerson cottage. W. K. Griffin has purchased the cottage owned by Mrs. Xanders, known as The Poplars. Mr. and Mrs. I. L Xanders, ot Baltimore. Md., are guests this week of Mrs.'A. L. Xanders. House parties were the order f of the fourth and in nearly every instance remained for the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Adams and faifiilv, of Indianapolis, are occupying their cottage on the south shore. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Coulter and two daughters, of Frankfort, are in the Bishop White cottage for the season. Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Kennedv. of Indianapolis, were the fourth of July and week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Jeffreys. Mr. ancTMrs. Charles Marouiss and children returned to their home in Toledo. Ohio, the first of the week, after a few weeks visit with Bishop and Mrs. J. H. White. ' —• y ..-o ■ i — EPWORTH LEAGUE PARK Many people from all over Northern Indiana have visited a Webster Lake to inspect the new Epworth League buildipgs. An auditorium seating 2,000 and a . hotel to accommodate 150 are being built. The auditorium and hotel are expected to be completed within the month. More than 1.000 students ate . expected to attend the institute there in August.

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j SECOND MOCK REUNION I The second annual Mock reunion was held at the Weimer Park, Webster Lake, July 6. 1924 with about three hundred in attendance. Everyone who came in the morning brought a basket well filled with good things to eat, which were spread upon tables at the noon hour. A few words of thanks were offered after which the dinner was greatly enjoyed by all. After dinner a meeting. was called to oid?r for the purpose !of electing officers for the coming year. Also to see if all were in favor of holding an annual reunion of the Mock family, which resulted in the retaining of the same officers, namely: Everett G. Leedy, President: Ephraim J. Gans. Vice, President; Laura Lewalien. Secretary and Treasurer. A committee of two, consisting of George Lewallen anti John McCloughan were appointed to see if the park could be rented, after which it was decided to hold the third reunion at the same place on the first Sunday of July, 192 K ? A short address was" given by Rev. Hartman, which was greatly enjoyed. Also a few words were spoken by Mrs. Julia Joseph, of Culver, Ind. The only cne of the older gen eration of Mock s whose whole family had been untouched by death, and who were all present w?s Ira Mock, of Plymouth. Ind. The oldest Mock living, of which anyone present knew, was George W. Mock. 82 years of age August 6. 1923. The oldest one on the grounds was Hiram Mock, also 82. The oldest lady present was Sarah Mock. 72 years of ago. The youngest child present was Norman Edward, 8 months.old ;on Tff Edward and Grace Leedy. f Warsaw. Ind. 1 A collection of $11.90 was tok--n to cover exnenses for the following vear. also to*pay for the s|S° of the park on this occasion. The rest of the dav was snent m visiting, after which all departed for their manv homes to neet ag«in the followin'’ veir. LAURA LEWALLEN SI IIP KINK Last Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Parsons, a number of friends gathered and gave them an old-fash-ioned belling, upon their return - ,i_- - ■ A verv pleasant evening was spent and later refreshments were served. These present were: Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Parsons and son Robrt. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Coy. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Bushong. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Unrue, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cress. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Priest, Mrs. George Ze’be, Mrs. Vern Lon”. Mrs. Jim Drukamiller. Mrs. Wm. Pjdt._ Mrs. Floyd Hedges. Louise Hedges Esther Long, Christine GarAlien Ott. Holier .Ottland and Rev. S. Kahl Dustin. EXHIBITING CFDIR CHESTS The Cedar Chest Company of Syracuse, which was recently organized. made a shipment of twenty-four chests, each of different design, to be placed on exhibition at the Chicago Furniture Mart, which will last four weeks. This exhibition is held twice every year. P. E. Bertram, the manager of the new company accompanied the shipment which was taken by truck to Chicago bv Insley Bros, last Monday. ) F From this exhibit sales are made and orders taken. One Chicago firm has already ordered a car load of cedar chests. At present the rompanv ha< 'ibout.twelve men at work and the number of workmen will be increased as the orders come in. X - NOTICE All constables of Turkey Creek Township are requested to meet at my office on Saturday, July 14, to receive instructions regarding the enforcement of speed SIM< >N I- BELL Justice of the Peace. NOTICE On account of the Banker’s Picnic to be held at Tinnecanoc Lake, the State Bfnk of Syracuse I will be closed Wednesday, afternoon, July 16. ’ CH- — j BIRTHS ' A son was born on Sunday 1 Julv 6, to Mr. and Mrs. Harold f LeCount. It was nameed John Sylvester. I FOR per crate. Stephen Freeman. 11-5

CHILD HEALTH CONFERENCE 1 The Child Health ConferencZ, • conducted by the Division of Inuant and Child Hygiene of the ; State Board of Health of the State of Indiana, which was held in Syracuse on Monday afternoon and evening was not as well attended as was hoped for by those who had the clinic in charge. Three state workers came with a truck filled with sanitary cloths and all the things that were used around each individual child. Dr. Arthur w»as in charge of the work. With/her wore two assistants, one who examined the eves and ears, and a young man who did the weighing and me«srnng. Dr. O. C. Stoelting of this ~»ty examined the teeth. Dr. Arthy.r hi"d charge nf the peneral nhysical examination, and gave >'‘commendations to the parents fc»- the children. Parents do not realize the oonortunity that was brought to them, free of charge, of having their babies examined and the recommendations given, which might prevent many days of sun ering in after years, by just knowing what to do to correct a small thing while the child is young. There were only fifteen babies examined, but the clinic certainly was worth w’hile if it saved the fifteen babies from future physical defects. Those from this city who assisted in making the clinic the success it was were: Miss Elizabeth Bushong, Mrs. R. E. Pletjher, Mrs. Howard Bcwser and Mrs. Sol Miller. Mrs. Joe Rapp, who was chairman of the work for Syracuse, was called away, Mrs. Miller was asked to fill the place in her absence. HIT BY AN AUTOMOBILE Marion Bushong, Jr., and John Bowser, the 17 year old son of Jake Bowser, residing about 21 miles southwest of Syracuse, were walking along the paved road in South Syracuse, Saturday evening when an automobile approaching from the rear struck voung Bowser. The driver cf the ear did not stop, but went ahead. The injured man was picked up bv another car and taken to the office of Dr. C. R. Hoy for medical aid. He was unconscious, badly bruised and shaken up and suffered a big cut in the face. Young Bitshong escaned injure. Ijiter the Bovrser lad was taken to his home, where he is getting along as well as can be expected. KITSON PARK This is a new addition just opened up by C. J. Kitson on beautiful Lake Wawasee. For some time dredging has been going on and the low marsh places filled in. The park is located about one m'le from Syracuse and will make ideal summer homes fcr lake resorters. Workmen are now busy to clean up the ground and put it in tip-top shape. Already five lots have been sold. Those ready to buy should apnly early in order to get first choice. Mr. Kitson will gladly give all information desired. RO A DNEAKLYFINISH ED McClintic, Colwell & Gordy, road contractors, are making strenuous efforts to complete the Elkhart-Kosciusko county line road. July 3rd they laid 971 feet of pavement, July sth, 931 feet and July Bth, 1032 feet, thus breaking their own record. They have made an average of 894 feet per day for 14 davs. or a total of nearly 13.000 feet. Excluding bad weather or bail luck thev expect to finish the pavement Saturday. EYESIGHT SPECIALIST H. H. Rogers, the eyesight specialist of Fort Wayne, will be here every Monday at Thornburg’s drug store. Read the ad in another column. BAKE SALE The Evangelical Ladies Aid will held a sale of baked goods Saturday, Julv 12. beeinning at 10 o’clock at Strieby’s Seed room s e 11-lt , a > OVER THE TOP Kosciusko county has gone ovei the ton in the campaign to aic the Salvation An-nv. A total ol I. was raised. ATTENTION LADIES ox • L • Dress sale at Robert Stnebv i residence on Thursday, July 17 > from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. Sill 2 dresses from $3.95 to $24,50. U-]

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, Joly 10, 1924.

5 Davis Nominated f, John W. Davis, of West Vir- ? ginia, was nominated for presi--51 dent Wednesday by the demo--1 critic national convention on the i 103rd ballot. o i LAYING PAVEMENT FAR BEHIND SCHEDULE i 51 Indianapolis, Ind., July 7—Dnb 1 mixer outfit laying pavement for Indiana’s state read system F broke previous Hoosier records J > for a day’s run this spring, but ! the net program is far behind s schedule, John D. Williams, state • highway director, announced toLday. At the start of the 1924 conI st ruction season the commission ‘ had under contract— including > uncompleted mileage from last vear —approximately 380 miles. Continuous rains have, figura1 tively speaking, shattered all anticipated progress, and today where there should be several 1 miles of completed product, sofm ready for traffic, the majority of contracts are held in abeyance. The remarkable speed evinced by one outfit on State Road 10 near Attica, lasted but one day wHen. not interrupted by rain, it laid 1137 feet of concrete road. Between six and eight hundred feet is considered an excellent dav’s w’ork. One contractor in southern Indiana working on the same Road No. 10 and near Pierceton has laid 900 feet a day on seveial oc-' ( casions. but no sooner makes an excellent showing than rain retards and even stops the work. This contractor, despite weather conditions, has completed 91 per cent of a six mile contract. At this time, according to Director Williams, work is progressing on twenty-seven paving projects. The most important are on No. 22 between Indianapolis and Martinsville; on No. 6 from the edge of Indianapolis through Lebanon to Lafayette and on the same road between New Bethel and Shelbyville; on No. 1 between Kokomo and Peru: on No. 2 from Fort Wayne to Warsaw, and on No. 10 from Sullivan to Shelburn. Hazleton to Princeton, and from Veedersburg to Attica. Only 30 mjles of pavement were laid during June where under ordinary conditions the same outfits would easily have completed 50 miles. Highway officials say that all contractors on state projects used but 100,000 barrels of this last month in road work, while if working to capacity they would have used at least 200,000 barrels in pavement laid. ‘—o WINS $2.00 CHECK The Syracuse Auto Sales was the solution of last weeks contest and Mrs. F. Mever won the $2.00 offered by the Journal. The ‘matter had to be decided by lot again. . Next week we are going to change the rules somewhat and the time of applying for the check. Just a little different and to create more interest, that’s all. So be sure and read the new rules next week which will appear on the contest page. ' This week the theck will be at another place. It will be given to the first person calling for it after 12 o’clock Saturday noon. ■ —o — PRESIDENTS SON DIES Calvin Coolidge, Jr., youngest ' son of the President, died Monday night at the Walter Reed ‘ hospital in Washington of blood ’ poisoning, after an illness of five days. — The infection developed from 1 a broken blister on the right foot sustained while in a tennis game with his brother John. The deceased was 16 years of age. o 1 CARD OF THANKS j Through the columns of The 1 Journal 1 wish to thank the fire company for their valiant success in extinguishing the fire at my home, also the neighbors, women and children, who did so i much mrs. e. McPherson o. — burglar at work James Rothenberger was robbed of $lO one night last week, r The burglar entered his bedroom d window. Mr. Rothenberger rooms >f with Hi'gh Warstler and what money he had was also missing. o — de P»rhn«ann, the seveaty-five vear old. famous and eccsmtrie ’s Russian Pianist will a-ppear in L recital st Winona Lake. Fridav. k July 18, 8:15 n- m. This is h« p last American tear, H-pd

THE WAYSIDE CHATTER The Unfortunate Buy About three generations agpj ■ not lar away irom Syracuse hveu a mother and seven hoys and in a log can in on a forty acre farm, or wmcxr aoout ten I acres was in orenaru and cultivation. this caom stood on tne oanas oi a pond or marsh where stood many large elm and maple trees. ’Hus mother loved her family of boys and girls and tried to 'teacn them the way they should Early one Sunday morning this mother went seveial miles to church. While there she joined the other church goers in song and the pastor in prayer. After the preaching service, one of her neighbor ladies invited this mother to her home for dinner. While all this was going on, the children were at home, the cabin door stood ajar and through it came the sound of a mechanic at work. This mechanic was cutting his mother’s new wash boiler in pieces. The younger children said to him, “Why are you cutting mother’s new wash boiler in pieces?" He said that he was making a flying machine and was going to fly awa| and,never come nome. While he was finishing his machine, the younger boys were shedding tears, pleading him not to leave them. He put a ladder up beside the cabin to its topmo s t part and got in position. All this time the little brothers and sister were crying and pleading with him not to go. In a loud voice heasidto them “Here I go.” As he jumped from off the cabin his engine or motor failed to start and he came to mother earth again with nearly all the hoops of his body broken loose. It is said such moaning and crying you never heard, but finally he straightened up, hid the flying machine and the little bovs promised they would not tell mother. Everything went smoothly until Thursday morning, when mother was getting ready to wash the family clothing. She searched the place over but could not find her new wash boiler. She got the boys together and asked them if they knew where her new wash boiler was. Os course they hesitated. Finally one of the bovs said the older brother made a flying machine of it. The hoops of his body had about grown fast again but his mother secured a firm hold on him and broke the hoops of hi® body over again, and the last break was more severe than the first one. (To be continued.) L. A. NEFF o DE PACHMANN COMING « _________ Music lovers are planning to hear Vladimir De Pachmann, the most wonderful piano player of Chopin music in the world today, the evepmg of July 18, at Winona Lake, Indiana. His recital will be given in the Billy Sunday Tabernacle, a magnificent building seating eight thousand. Reservations are already being made. People all around realize that thev have the one opportunity of a lifetime, and the management of Winona Lake Assembly has made it possible to hear this great artist. Reservations can* be made by addressing Don Cochran, Winona Lake, Ind. -; GASOLINE TAX REVENUE The state 2-cent gasoline tax has produced $4,554,544.18 of revenue for state and county road work during the first year of its operation, it was announced last week. The gas tax law became effective June 1, 1923. The amount of money obtained through the tax is about $1,000,000 in excess of estimates made at the time the law was passed by the General Assembly. .— -o » —— ROUND TABLE CLUB The Ladies of the Round Table held a picnic on Tuesday afternoon in Bowersox grove. Supper was served at five o’clock and a very pleasant day was spent. —o ORDERED OFF THE FLOOR A young woman, clad in a tight sleeveless dress, as formfitting as a bathing suit, was esi corted off the dance floor at Tiopecanoe lake, one day last week. ~ * o SNYDER REUNION . ’ The fourth annual reunion of i toe Snvder family will be held , at Neff’s Grove. Syracuse, Suni dav. July 13. A picnic dinner I will be served.

WHY MANY FISH HAVE DIED Indianapolis, Ind., Ju’y 7.— ’ Thousands of fish, particularly bluegills, are dying in northern Indiana lakes, and because death is directly due to the unnatural weather o\er which man has no control, state conservation officials admit there is nothing to be done for combatting this, loss of aquatic life. Acting on reports from numerous citizens telling of the death of fish, the department sent George Berg, hatchery superin- ■ tendent, to investigate. He vis- , ited several lakes, concluding his trip at Hudson Lake in St. Joseph Ccunty, where the local version was that fuzz off cottonwood trees bordering the lake dropped ; on the water, got into the gills ' of the fish and smothered them. Conditions are similar at all lah.es visited Berg says, whose ( report, filed with George N. ' Mannfeld. superintendent of fisheries and game, charges the se- . vere winter, late spring preventing waters reaching proper temperature for spawning, and parasites as the cause. Berg found many fish had diseased gills caused by attacks of parasites. Some females were* egg-bound—that is, when the waters failed to warm when it became time for spawning they re- , tained the eggs. This weakened many which became a prey to parasites. Many fish examined were covered with fungus, a disease attacking fish when injured or in a weakened condition. , Mannfeld points out that because most lakes froze last win- , ter preventing the waters being nroperly aerated by wave action, fish were in a bad way when the ice broke this spring and ill-pre-oared to go into a long delayed spawning season, held back by failure of waters to properly warm up. Unfortunately there is no way , to overcome this action of nature Officials have received word that similar conditions prevail in , Michigan. ; MANY LAKE VISITORS On the Fourth of July all records w r ere broken regarding the number of visitors on Lake Wawasee. Ross Franklin, manager t>f the Waco Dancing Pavilion, . reports it was the biggest day in ' the history of Waco. Other amusement places report the attendance was never so large.' It is stated that over 1800 au- ( tomobiles passed a given point ; on Sunday from 9 a. m. to 12 o’clock midnight. From 3 p. m. . to 12 o’clock midnight. Saturday. 925 cars passed a given point. It is estimated that from 2500 to 3000 cars crossed the B. & O. tracks July Fourth. WON ONE; LOST ONE The Syracuse-Milford All-Stars defeated the Fort Wayne Collegians July 4th in a close game, j the final score being 3 to 4. Syracuse made their winning run in the eighth inning. Sunday, however, fate or luck, or w’hatever you want to call it, was against them, for Jimtown trimmed them to the tune of 5 to 0. Sunday, July 13, the All-Stars play the Mishawaka Tigers at Milford. S. S. CONVENTION A splendid program was given at the Turkey Creek Township Sunday School Convention held at Oakwood Park on July Fourth. However, the attendance was small, probably due to other activities in and around the park and lake. In the evening fireworks were touched off much to the delight of young and old America. SHERIFF PROBES THEFTS Sheriff Milo Maloy was called to Lake Wawasee Saturday to investigate a number of petty thefts. The thefts included that of an automobile tire, automobile accessories and personal belongings taken from grips left in cars. No arrests have been made so far. —o— — — A REMINDER This weather reminds us that we need that overdue subscription money. If you can spare it without missing any meals let us hear from you. If you can’t pay all at once slip us a dollar now and then until it is paid. —I —o —— Come here to eat, or if you just want something sweet, our. home-made fudge you will find a real treat At The Sign Os The Kettle.

SOME THUGS TO ■ .WK ABOUT Review of Tilings by the Editor As He Sees Thom on the Surface, Pleasant Dispositions r The ability to “get along” genially with other people is absolutely essential in the battle for success. The longer you watch the careers of people you know, the more you will be impressed with the fact that the man who is hard to get along with labors under a tremendous handicap. Occasionally you find a man with a bad temper, or otherwise objectionable disposition, who has somehow managed to become highly successful. But this man is the exception. And if you wait long enough, you’ll see him destroyed by his inability to get along with others. Such a man has succeeded in spite of his disposition. He would have progressed further if he had been more likable. Life is a pretty hard game. Most people have big natural handicaps—cf ability, lack of •rowerful influence and money. But one of the greatest assets a •nan can have is a pleasant disposition. It costs nothing. It lelps mightily. Pleasantness is not always a natural gift. It can be developed by self-control. A pack of wolves is always led hv the one that can fight and .vhip any of his followers. That originally was the army system —the best fighter led the band 'f warriors. So with kings—the strongest and ’best fighter ruled 'he rest. We are, fortunately, considerilyly advanced from that state. Life is now a cooperative proposDjon. And the man who is unable to subordinate himself on behalf of the mutual endeavor •s doomed to lose out. The individual is never as important the organization. The star nlayer is the man who, primarily, wants the team to win. Pleasant disposition is oil for the machinery. / Unpleasant disposition is sand in the gears. And years grind sand to powder. A paper in a neighboring town nublicly and piously returns thanks because the women of toat burg “are not ashamed to have dough on their hands and flour on their noses.” The girls nf Syracuse powder their noses just as often and just as well as anv girls on earth, and they ( can’t get their hands on enough dbugh, so far as that goes. While the Ten Commondments represent the eternal law of righteousness and wisdom, and ought to be obeyed it is a safe bet that there are people who think they should be repealed because they are not obeyed nor enforced. No town is complete without its chronic grouch, and no grouch can long exist without someone upon whom to inflict his pessimistic dolefulness. Sad, but true —and can’t be helped. Tell a girl that you can’t live without her and she’ll laugh at you. Tag around with another girl for a while and she comes running after you. The children of Syracuse are so much in favor of Sunday ob- - servance, that many of them won’t help their mothers any on that day. One can’t put a bushel of potatoes into a peck measure, but it is possible to get a peck oi trouble out of a pint flask. Just because a man believes that he is better than his neighbor is no sign that his neighbors believe it. —— When the modern woman goes into a store for powder, the clerk is justified in asking: “Face, baking, or gun?” A man would hardly find much interest in a woman who did not have some interest in the styles. Skilled labor is reported scarce but no one in Syracuse has complained of any shortage of bosses. If the tongue could be enlarged by exercise, manv a person would have a mouthful. I There are one thousand wavs ’to spend money and only one ' way to save it. »

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