The Syracuse Journal, Volume 17, Number 19, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 4 September 1924 — Page 1

The Syracuse Journal

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WARBLINGS FROM Utt WAWASEE Weekly Review of Happening* Around Lake Wawasee Briefly Told (By Mrs. Amanda L. Xanderi) Social Kalendar Saturday evening. Aug. 30—Mr. and Mrs. Frank Remy entertained informally. Sunday, Aug. 31—-Mrs. Charles Barley, buffet dinner. Ti’esday, Sept. 2—Mrs. Vaughn, Members of the South Shore Bridge Club still on the Lake. Wednesday, Sept. 3—Mrs. J. H. White, bridge luncheon. Thursday, Sept. 4 —Mrs. Ben Schaefer, luncheon, M-M Inn, for Goshen friends. Friday, Sept. s—Elkhart Club luncheon at M-M Inn. Labor Day Each year people from far and near come to the Lake over Labor Day, in large numbers. This year the hotels and amusement places were taxed away beyond capacity. If one may judge by the number of cars parked in the grounds of private homes, they too were crowded with visitors. In the mad rush after pleasure and amusement too many people lose sight of the underlying idea of Labor Day; it is not only a day set apart for hunfhnity to cease from labor and spend the entire day at play. A part of the day, at least, should be given to the study of industrial conditions and ideals. It is to be regretted that there never has been a Labor Day address, delivered any Where on Lake Wawasee. Among the many distinguished visitors that come to the Lake on that day—could not one of them be persuaded to prepare and deliver an address on industrial conditions for Labor Day, 1925. Waco isj the only place that would be large enough to accommodate the crowds that would attend such a meeting. How far-reaching for good, such a meeting would be, who shall say." Thia year the churches of the nation have set apart September 7 as Labor Sunday and many of the clergy, if not all of them, have been urged to study conditions. so they will be able to acquaint their hearers with the social ideals of the churches.'; Bridge Luncheon Last Saturday Mrs. Amanda L. Xanders entertained at a bridge luncheon in honor of her sister. Miss Irene E. Laucks. < After the luncheon bridge was played at four tables using the Taylor system. There was also one table of mah jongg. Honors were awarded Mrs. Sol Miller, Miss Pierce. Mrs. Riddle, Mrs. Park and Mrs. Oneal. » The visiting guests were Miss Laucks, York, Pa.; Mrs. H. I. Park, Kendallville; Mrs. Chapman, New Mexico; Mrs. Folkner. Anderson; Mrs. James Oneal. Chi- . cago; Miss Madge Pierce, Kokomo; Mrs. Kirwin, Chicago and Mrs. Stolt, Gary. Wedding Belle All Saints Chapel was the scene of a quiet wedding last Monday morning, Sept. 1, when the Rt. Rev. John Hazen White. Bishop of Northern Indiana, united in marriage Miss Jean Morris Smead to Mr. Russell H. Anders, both of South Bend. The bride was attended by Miss Nellie G. Anders, only sister of the groom. The best man was Mr. Edgar Fischer. The guests were the families of the bride and groom and a few of their most intimate friends. The entire party motored over from South Bend. Cottages Closed The Breeses, owned by Mrs. Charles Sudlow and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Bigler of Indianapolis closed the first of the The Fargo Cottage—Mr. and Mrs. Neumeyer returned to their home in the Capital City and Wawasee. closed their cottage for the season Wednesand Mrs. Perrin closed their cottage last week and returned to their home in Lafayette.

Bridge Party On Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Vaughn was hostess to al! mem- ‘ here of the South Shore Bridge ’ Club, who are still on the Lake 'lend a few friends. Bridge was | played at three tables. 1 1 Honors were awarded Mesdames Xanders. Tuttle, and Ross. Dainty refreshments were served. Tuesday, Sept. 9, Mrs. Vawter will be hostess to all Club members who care to play bridge. South Shore Club 4 The hsKjneeting of the South Shore Club was held last Thurs- , day at the fewne of Mrs. Xanders, assistedW Mrs. Griffin and Mrs. Abts. ' Bridge was played at ' five tables. Honors were won by Mrs. Pearson. Xanders. Tuttle, Ross, and Laucks. / • Short Personal Paragraphs Mr. and Mrs. M. L. White nre improving their cottage on the south shore. « Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Ross of Noblesville, are the guests of Mrs. Ross’ sister, Mrs. M. L. < White. ! Mr. and Mrs. Zellers motored up from Indianapolis last Friday and were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Recker. Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Schmidt, of Indianapolis, are returning to their Home after a two month's visit at Lake Wawasee. Carl Tuttle, Irwin Diester and Herman Lieber left Monday for Mackinac to attend the annual convention of the Beta fraternity. Uz McMurtrie had for week end and Labor Day guests Messrs. Elmer Stout, Pres Fletcher. Nat Bank, George Forry, and Ed Von Tress, all of Indianapolis. Joe White, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. White, left the first of the week for Camp Crosby to receive special training in football. Joe is a member of the Noblesville high school team. The last regular Sunday service for this season in All Saints Chapel was held last Sunday morning. Father White, who is Archdeacon of northern Indiana, will resume his work all over the Diocese. Mrs. Rigdon, who has been traveling through the east as far as Boston, Mass., returned to the Lake Wednesday. Mrs. Rigdon was accompanied by her daughter. Mrs. William C. Abbott and son. of Manchester, N. H. Mr. Abbott is expected to arrive Saturday. From here Mr. and Mrs. Abbott will leave for their new home in St. Paul, Minn. Mr. John Folkner, who has spent several weeks on Wawasee. the guest of his daughter. Mrs. Frank Remy, left the latter part of last week for his home in Anderson. Mr. Folkner is on the staff of the Anderson Daily Bulletin, as special correspondent. Recently be devoted a column or more to an interesting write-up of Lake Wawasee and the Anderson people, who annually summer on 4 its shores. It has been said of Mr. Folkner ♦hat he is one of the most popular men of Anderson, politically and socially. 7900 HEAR REV. SUNDAY The Thirtieth Annual Winona Lake Bible Conference closed Sunday with a record breaking attendance at all services. At the 10:30 meeting more than 5000 were present. Dr. George R. Stuart delivered a strong sermon on “The Law and the Go®pel.” At 2:00 p. m. Rev. W. A. Sunday preached to more than 7000. o ARM INJURED John By land. Jr., is nursing a very badly injured left arm, the result of getting struck with a baseball on Sunday when playing with the Wolcottville team. The tendons in the arm are bruised to the extent that he has had to discontinue work for several days. is ADVERTISING MANAGER Preston H. Miles, who a month I ago moved to Kansas City. Kas.. • writes the Journal that he is now ' advertising manager for the Glover Sales Co. ~ . See the photoplay “The Hunchback of Notre Dame" I aVWin«n* Friday and Sat- ; urday night of thia week. Price* 25c and 50c.

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j MAN KILLED BY TRAIN - Sunday morning, August 31, * the crew of the gravel train on » the B. & O. railroad found the i remains of a dead man lying between the main tracks near Le.!land., He was badly mangled . I about the head, and one arm and * leg were broken. The body was taken to the undertaking room * of R. Pletcher and an investiga- . tion as to the identity of the man, who was a passenger on train No. 16, started. From papers in his possession it appears that he was coming i from a soldiers’ home in Los An- . I petes. and was going to New i York. A bank book from the Santa Monica Bank, Santa Monica, Calif., issued to John Doran, showed a deposit of over S3OO. In his pocket was ssl 06 in cash. The presumption is the man fell from the train and was killed. The train had stopped at Milford Junction, and it is thought that possibly he got off at that point, was unable to get back in time before the train started and secured a foothold on the steps, where he rode until I thrown from the train. * Shortly after the body had ibeen found a telegram was received from the conductor of train No. 16, which passes Syracuse at 1:07 a. m., which stated that the man was missed from the train when it reached Defiance, Ohio. He was a soldier of the Civil war and about 75 years of age. Squire Bell conducted the inquest and an effort is being made to find relatives. o, BAILEY REUNION The Bailey family reunion was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Bailey, on Sunday, Aug. 31. A bountiful dinner was served at one o’clock on the lawn, and the afternoon was spent in fellowship and in talking over old times. Eighteen grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Bailey and four greatgrandchildren were present. The guests were: Donavon Strock and family and Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Parker, of Niles, Mich.; Virgil Bailey and family and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bailey, of Ft. Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Bert Bailey, of Kimmel; Donald Bailey and family of Orland; Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bailey, daughter, son-in-law and .grandson, of Scott, Mich.; Mrs. H. M. Noe of Denver, Colo.; Rev. J. C. Bailey and family of South Whitley, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bailey of Lake Wawasee, and Virgil Priest and family, Beryb Bailey and family, Rev. W. L. Eiler and family. Rev. S. Kahl Dustin, Jessie Bailey, and Everett Darr, all of Syracuse. o MASTER FAMILY REUNION Eighty relatives and friends of the Master family met at Redmon Park, Dewart Lake, Sunday, Aug. 31, for their fourth annual reunion. A basket dinner was served at the noon hour, followed by a business session and program. Officers chosen for the coming year are: Edward Smith of Syracuse, president; Martin Long, of Syracuse, vice president; Pearl Master, of New Paris, secretary; Gladys Yoder, of Elkhart, treasurer. The next reunion will be held August 30, 1925, at the home of Mrs. Ada Thornton in Middlebury. DIES Richard C„ the infant son born to Rex and Lena Miller July 21, 1924, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 27, aged five weeks and two days. He is survived by his parents and one brother besides other relatives. Funeral services were conducted at the home, about four miles northeast of Syracuse, Thursday afternoon in change of Rev. W. J. Dauner. A large number of relatives and friends accompanied the remains to the Hire cenjetery where they were laid to resV — (HBIRTHDAY PASTY r Otis Clyde Butt entertained . nine little friends at his home on Saturday afternoon. August 30. The occasion was his ninth birth- , day, and to be sure, the little , folks had a jolly afternoon together. . o Reliable Fire and Tornado In- ’ snnmre written by L. N. Kitson.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1924.

THEL WAYSIDE CHATTER By Auto North East i Myself, Mrs. Neff, son Quinter, • and Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Daniels, . of Denver, Colo., left Syracuse . the latter part of August, going [ in a southeasterly direction un- [ til we came to Kimmel, a small ; hamlet on the B. and O. Railroad, i Before coming to Kimmel we . crossed the dismal; here we saw ( a few fields of very fine growing t corn. All the way there wasi much grain in the shock. j From Kimmel we drove in a southern direction for several miles then turned east until we came directly south of Albion. i We drove north into Albion, the county seat of Noble county. From here we again traveled eastward until we came to Avilla, a small town on the B. and 0. We drove on through and came to Garrett, where night overtook us and we bunked for the night with Mr. Greenwood and family. Garrett is a nice little city; a round house and division point on the railroad is here. Much building and improving is going on. The next day we lingered for a while in tlje city, then dtoVe east to Auburn, the County seat of Dekalb county, and the home of the Auburn automobile and tire companies. Here we turned north, driving otfsr a fine gravel road until we came to Waterloo, one of the oldest towns in Dekalb county. It is located where two lake shore railroads cross. Here once lived a Mr. Booger, the then general agent of the Buckeye Harvesting Machinery Company. From here we drove northeast through a hill country but on a fine gravel road. We next came to Hamilton in Steuben county, built on the banks of Fish Lake. We lingered here for several hours then we drove northwest to Pleasant Lake then on to Angola, the county seat of Steuben County. Here is erected a fine monument in memory of those ; who died in the Civil War. Angola is also noted as a fine seat < or place of learning. From Angola we drove northeast through a hilly or knob country, not fertile. We then came to the town of Freemont. Here we lingered a while < then drove west and north to Lake George, then to Silver Lake over in the state of Michigan. Here we bunked again for the night. In the morning we drove to Lake George for a boat ride. Lake George is a beautiful deep clear water lake, one half lies in the state of Indiana and the balance in the state of Michigan. The time had now come for our homeward trip, we drove south, passing Lake George, ■ turned west through a fertile country, passed some fine fields of growing corn, then came to Orland and next to Brighton. We gave the town of Howe a side-swiper, on into Lagrange, the county seat of Lagrange county. Here we replenished our gas tank then drove south and east through Valentine into Wolcotville, then to Brimfield through Wawaka and side-swip-ed Ligonier, to the railroad station at Lake Wawasee. We arrived home about six p. m., having driven one hundred and sixty miles through a fine country and on a good gravel road. L. A. NEFF SURPRISED THEIR PASTOR On Labor Day, thirty-nine of the Auburn Church of God Sunday school people came to Syracuse to surprise their pastor. Rev. Floyd Hedges. The day was spent in Ward’s woods. They came with well-filled baskets, and at the dinner hour the Church asked the return of the pastor for the third year. Ice cream was served in the afternoon. A most en joyable day was spent together. All decided that it is a beautiful place to hold a picnic, and expect to come again next year. o WINS THREE TIMES Mary Jane Hire was the lucky girl last week. This is the third time she won the hidden check. The prise was at the Vawter Park Grocery and Meat Market. Eight correct solutions were prerented and Mary Jane won in the , draw. It was the last cheek of . the ten weeks series. o Dr. Warner offers the cheapest - natural help on earth in ease of . sickness. Investigate. 214 So. I 5, Godhen. IMt

ANNUAL STRIEBY REUNION The thirteenth annual Strieby reunion was held Thursday /"Aug. 28, 1924, at the Floyd Strieby home. A sumptuous luncheon was served cafeteria style, after which the officers for the coming year were elected. Uncle Joel Strieby, of Clinton, Mo., was elected president for this year, but as he was unable to make the trip, Emory L. Strieby acted as i president pro-tern. | The following officers will serve the coming year: E. E. Strieby, president; Emorv L. Strieby, vice president; Millie Landis, secretary-treasurer. One hundred and forty-five people registered. The following letter was read from Uncle Joel Strieby:— “Clinton, Mo„ Aug. 25. To all my beloved relations, Syracuse, Indiana. It is with great regret that I am unable to be with you this August at our annual reunion. Being in my 85th year and subject to ills that a person of my age is heir to, I am admonished that a trip of such proportions might result in bad effect f<> me, although my health during the past year has been reasonably good. Place a chair and a plate for me and I will be there in spirit, for I will be thinking of you all and hoping for your happiness and good cheer. Minnie’s health is about as usual. None of her children are at home, just she and her husband and myself live together at present. Last winter four generations, comprising six persons, lived together, myself, Minnie and her husband, their daughter, Clayten, and her husband, and their little daughter, Barbara. My cousin, Henry Strieby (son of David Strieby, an uncle who went to lowa some time before the Civil war) moved to Henry county, Mo., this last spring, having traded his farm in Colorado for a farm near Clinton. Henry Strieby has a wife and five children, all married and living in Colorado and lowa. He is sixtyfive years old and has all the ear marks of a Strieby (Streeby as he Spells it). We are having a nice cool summer, lots of rains and the corn crop is good. I will be very much gratified to hear from you after the reunion and have a list of those present. From one who would enjoy the meeting to the utmost, Affectionately. JOEL STRIEBY o MARRIED Mrs. Caroline Helfer Lee and Joseph G. Bfannum, of Indianapolis were united in marriage Monday, Sept 1, at 11 o’clock. The ceremony was performed by Rev. F. H. Cremean, pastor of the local Methodist church, in the presence of a number of friends, among whom were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brown, in a cottage near the South Shore Inn, Lake Wawasee. The wedding March was played on the Victrola. The cottage was beautifully decorated as was also the table, where a big dinner was served immediately following the ceremony. The couple left that day for a short trip to Chicago and northern Michigan. Upon their return they will reside in Indianapolis. <vMr. and Mrs. Brannum are known by a number of people in thia city, especially Mr. Brannum who is well known among the business men here. TO TAKE OVER PLANT The Interstate Public Service Company, which operates water and light utilities in many cities of northern Indiana, has recently closed a deal for the purchase of the light plant at Leesburg. The Interstate will take over the business on October 1. OLD SOLDIERS’ REUMON The fortieth annual reunion of the 74th Regiment, Indiana Veteran Association, will convene at Warsaw in the G. A. R. hall in the courthouse on September 18. All comrades and friends are invited. 1 - An eight pound son was born on Monday, Sept. 1. to Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bertram of this city. See L. N. Kitren for reliable lasurenee. y 17-19 pd. —Q Subscribe for the Journal.

[ OBITUARY Margaret Roe, daughter of , Benjamin and Sarah Roe, was ■ born in Pennsylvania, August 27, i 1849. Here she received her ed- ■ ucation and grew to early wo- ■ manhood. > Later with her parents 9 she ! moved to Illinois and in 1858 , was united in marriage to Sam- • uel Hann. To this union were i bom five children, three boys and two girls, namely; Elizabeth, John, William* Benjamin and Jane. Later they moved to Indiana • where they resided until the death of her companion in 1920. She then made her home with her daughters. She departed this life August 26, 1924, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Hurtig, near Syracuse, following a year of severe sickness, at the age of 74 years, 11 months and 26 days, lacking only a few hours of reaching her seventy-fifth birthdav. She leaves to mourn her departure three sons and two daughters: Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, of Wisconsin; Mrs. John Hurtig and John and William Hann, of Syracuse and Benjamin , Hann, of Michigan; eighteen grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren; one sister; and three brothers; besides a host of other relatives and friends. , Funeral was held at North Webster at the M. E. church, Thursday afternoon, Aug. 28, Rev. Plank officiating. , Card Os Thanks We wish in this way to thank the neighbors and friends who so kindly assisted us in the sickness and death of our mother. THE CHILDREN W. A. CLUB The first meeting of the Wednesday Afternoon Club was held on Wednesday, with a one o’clock luncheon at The Tavern, on Lake Wawasee. After the luncheon the afternoon was spent at the home of the president, Mrs. Stephen Freeman. The entertainment committee for the afternoon was composed of the following members: Mesdames L. T. Heerman, J. H. Bowser, J. M. Rapp, R. E. Thornburg, Frank Greene and C. C. Bachman. The meeting was a social affair. o RECEPTION Rev. and Mrs. R. N. McMichael are giving an “All-College” reception at the Lutheran parsonage, Friday evening, in honor of the dozen or more college and ' university students from the Lutheran churches of Cromwell. Nappanee and Syracuse, who will be leaving within the next few weeks to take up their studies for the year. Os the number, at least seven are planning to enter Wittenberg College at Springfield, Ohio, which is the largest Lutheran college in America. o SNGBARGER—HOLT Mr. and Mrs. Henry Snobarger < received an announcement last i week of the marriage of their son ( Cloyd Delos Snobarger, to Miss Mary Lydia Holt, both of Silver City, N. Mex. i The ceremony was performed < on Friday, Aug. 22, at Silver Ci- < ty. where the couple will reside. A number of other friends also j received announcements. i o W. M. 8. MEETING < The Women’s Missionary Soci- , ety of the Lutheran church met ( Tuesday evening with Mrs. Hoopingamer. Miss Louise Snobarg- ( er was in charge of the meeting which was on the subject ’"Die Migrants.” Miss 1 Helen Jeffries and Mrs. Wm. Kindig were elected delegates to the state convention. which will be held at Au- , bum, In<L, about the middle of October. a SWIM LAKE WAWASEE La Mar Toops, of Nappanee, and Theodore Lehman, of Goshen, swam across Lake Wawasee Labor Day. - o— WANTED- 5,000 people to see the wonderful photoplay “The Hunchhack t of Notre Dame” at the Billy Sunday Tabernaci*, Friday and Saturday night, Sept, i 6 and 6. Adults 50c, children under 15 and over 7, 25 cents.

NO. 19.

SOME THUGS 10 HWT Review of Thiags by the Edltet As He Sees Ttam to th© Quick Pnniehment Due The public has been much absorbed in reading the proceedings in Chicago pertaining to the Leopold-Loeb hearing. As the case proceeded the guilt of the parties who confessed the kidnapping and murder of the Franks boy seems all the more firmly established. There seems no doubt that the accused are guilty, not alone of deliberate and willful murder but.of the heinous crime of kidnapping as well. There was no provocation to the slaying of the child and the only motive back of his seizure was to obtain ransom funds. Either offence is in and of itself sufficient proof that the perpetrators thereof are desperadoes of the first magnitude, yet there is plea a-plenty for leniency in punishment. Seldom, if ever, has such a brazen crime been committed and only occasionally has there been the effort to spare the offenders from the prescribed penalty. Meanwhile the public looks on discouraged and suspicious. Crimes such as Leopold and Ixjeb admit can not be dealt with too quickly nor too severely. The dual turn of their vicious ambitions snake their case exceptionally an occasion for summary punishment. Worth Looking Into One of our preacher friends wants to know if it would be possible to work up a “hidden check nage” in the town where he now lives, and hide the check in one of the churches on Sunday evenmg. In many places around town the sidewalks are in bad condition and deed repairing. Roots from trees have lifted the cement slabs in numerous places, so that they are several inches too high. Should a pedestrian stub his foot and fall and injure himself, what then? Who is to blame? We know. An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. Some of the stairways leading to the second floor in several buildings on Main street evidently have not been swept for years judging from the dirt. Cobwebs probably a decade or more old. in several instances, “decorate" the walls at the entrance and the hallway. Though this is leap year, marriages show general decline in number. The decrease in New York city for the first half of this year was nearly 1,000. High cost of living and expense of maintaining a “flivver” is assigned as the cause. ♦ How does anyone know how much a fish weighs when he is caught? A fisherman, who goes out nearly every day on Lake Wawasee, tells us that all the fish in this lake carry their own scales with them. A little gid, out from Chicago on a visit to her uncle, inquired as she watched the young porkers cavorting about the hog lot: “Do your pigs want to be bacon or sausages when they grow up?” Probably the easiest task a business man is ever called upon to accomplish is to induce an employee to accept an increase in salary. The wedding bells keep ringing tnerrily, but the results thereof depend somewhat on whether the dinner bell ringa regularly thereafter. He married a girl named tember; In a month die became forlorn; He died and now all the fellow* Can wateh September Mourn. Thit is the land of opportunity. Any man with reasonably good health can join the rank* of unskilled labor. In St. Louis, a musician lost - his fortune playing poker, which is much harder to play than a