The Syracuse Journal, Volume 18, Number 21, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 24 September 1925 — Page 1

VOLUME XVIII.

SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Items of Interest Concerning Our High School Written for The Syracuse Journal. • School was dismissed Friday because of the Jubilfee. Last week there was 100 per cent attendance in the fourth, fifth and sixth glades. Ine Sophomores have elected | Junior Bachman, president of their class, 'lheima Geyer, viceptesident and Junior Miller secretary and treasurer. 1 ine otner otheeis of the , Senior Ciass besides Leon Connolly, president are Kuby JueiHnger, vice-president and Frederick Beery, secretary and treusuyer. i,.e basket ball team has been chosen ana has started practising ide iorwaras are o<e-n Lunnoby and Bail Auer; guards, Vvayne noelcher and uaie onocs; | center, Donovan Kiddle. 'lne in st game will be played with xMorth Webster at the Milford i gymnasium October 30. There will be no games played in the vid school building because it has been declared unsaie fur Holding large crowds. lhe second grade has formed I a Friday Alter num Club and elected Mary Louise Stoelting president. Marjorie Siabaugii, vice-president, and Geraldine ; Lung, secretary. Each Frid.:y aiternoon they will give an en- i tertainment for their members and occasionally for visitors Duly those who keep their : names off the biack list dhring vne week can enjoy the club activities the program committee lor this ueek is Laura bachman and billy Hess. Miss Hamman received an in- I foresting letter from Kuth Blanchard, who is attending Manchester College. Hazel Miller and Gerald Geiger are also attending Manchester (dliege. Us tie other memoers of the class j wnich graduated last year, Gladys LeCount and Phyllis Mick are taking nurses training at the Elkhart hospital; Wauneta Leery is training at the Methodist hospital at Indianapolis and Hermione Wifcox is training at bt. Luke’s hospital in Chicago. Janice Rapp has been spending the last few months in North Lakota and Minnesota and Ruth Hedges has gone to Florida; Elizabeth Rosson has a position in the office of the Wawasee Cedar Chest Co.; Thelma Eller and Monroe Kehr are employed at the Wilt box factory; Emery Stetler is working for the Syracuse Dairy Co. and Ralph Godshalk is working on his father’s farm, — " O’ DEATH OF A LITTLE BOA James Oliver Wise, the 14month old son of Mr. and Mrs. lh L. Wise, of Kansas City, Kansas, passed away at the Wesley hospital in Chicago, on Thursday. September 17. Death followed an operation, as the child was not strong enough to withstand the shock. The remains were brought to this city and taken to the home "of its grandmother. Mrs. Hanora Miles, where the funeral services yere held on Saturday afternoon, at 2:30 o’clock, conduted by Reu R. N. McMichael. . Interment was made in the Syracuse cemetery. Those from out of town who - attended the funera’ were: Llau e R. Wise of Kirksville. M»\. and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Smith of Cromwelk MINT CIOP IN THIS cut NTT It is stated that this county will supply the greater portion of peppermint oil to this nation this year. On account of certain protection from winds it is claimed certain fields are producing way above the average, and with prices at $lB and S2O per pound the mint growers will receive a bunch of money. .In some localities the oil is being stored in the banks. PLANT THIS FALL Bridal Wreath, Spirea Van Houten, the popular shrub with snow white mass of bloom in early spring, 6 for $3.00, post naid. Special prices on bulbs for fall planting. Edgewater Nursery Goshen, Indiana 21-ts

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

IS MAKING GOOD C. 0. Kitson, formerly of . Syracuse, now secretary-treasur-er and General Manager of the Blue Ridge Talc Co. Inc., of Henry, Virginia, is personally re- ! sponsible for the present success of the above company having helped organize and finance the corporation in 1920. Has had direct charge of sales as well as construction of present plant and operation of same. All equipment now in use in plant was installed according to his ,layouts and drawings. Addi- | tional crushing machinery is beI ing installed at the prerent time A new office is now being erected. with provision for space for a laboratory where both chemical and physical tests are made, ’Fhe company produces pulverized soapstone, talc, mortar :olors. dry paint pigments. Over forty different pigments being produced at this time. Yellow’, gray and white ochre is also produced, much of which is sold to the large paint companies. The products of the company are marketed over the entire United States and Canada. Some shipments also being made to Cuba. Shipments for Pacific Coast are generally moved through the Panama Canal. Raw materials tor producing paints, etc, are secured from nine different states, Persia and Spain. The company last month, shipped 63 times the volume of products that it did four years ago. Mr. Kitson was employed seven years at the old cement plant at Syracuse and for four years was a field engineer installing machinery in the United States, Canada and Mexico. He is a nephew of L. N. and P, F. Kitson of Syracuse and a brother of C. J. Kitson, who resides about H miles south of Syracuse. • —; —o • FAREWELL PARTY Mr. and Calvin Beck, residing about 34 miles south of Syracuse were completely surprised Wednesday evening of last week when a number of their neighbors and friends and members of the Ebenezer church walked in on them for the purpose of spending the evening in social commingling. Home made ice cream and cake were served. Mr and Mrs. Beck are moving to Milford, where Mn Beck has a position as teacher in the public school. The good wishes of their many friends go with them to their new place of abode. —- o PICNIC BY THE JONES’ The Jones’ bad a picnic at the old Jones homestead at Dewart Lake on Sunday Those present ' Mrs. Jane Jones, and Flo Maswere: Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jones, ters. Mr. and Mrs Floyd Jones, Mr. and MrH> John Willard, of Syracuse; Mr. and Mrs.M. F. Jones and son Ray, Ft< Wayne: Mr. and Mrs A. E. Jones and two sons. Mr and Mrs. Verne Grisamer, Mishawaka; Mr. and Mrs. Staney Dewart and family. Eklonna. Cathryn and Allen, and Elizabeth Dewart. South Bend. — MAY SELL FAIR GROUND Probable sale of the 50 acre tract grounds of the Elkhart County Fair and Agricultural association at Goshen as a result of the financial condition is being discussed among stockholders. It is said the association owes about $19,000 including $13,000 mortgage on, the grounds. — ART CLUB The first meeting of the Art I Club was held Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Alldean Strieby. The first lesson was in reed work, and was very interesting. There was a good attendance and the Art Chib is making progress along the lines of artistic work. ' Q„, a R 8. CHAPTER The Eastern Star Chapter will hold its first meeting of the early fall on Monday evening, 1 September 28. AU officers and 1 members are strongly urged to 1 attend this first opening meetin» . -Wlv-Wh* •' Crystal Theatre, Ligoaier. tot ailbL

j MOVE TO INCORPORATE W tWASEE AS A TOWN 'Hie latest development in the fignt of Lake Wawasee property owners against high valuations given their real estate this year is said to be a move to incorporate as a town that section of the north shore from Johnson’s bay west to Willow Grove, just east <f Pickwick park, incluidng a mile and a half of B. & O. right-of-way. The men behind the idea be-1 lieve that bv forming their own, 1 town, the resortera ana other i residents can either reduce taxes about one-third or else put to better uses the taxes which are now paid. The present Turkey Creek township rate is $2.16, of which 78 cents is for library and school purposes. As there will be no schools or libraries in the proposed town, taxes for them j could be dropped or used for im-1 proved continuous fire protection by own department, bettering policing or other advantages which characterize modem villages. At a meeting held recently, A. G. Hoovcns and Charles E. Gorham, of Goshen; EL Crow. Elkhart; Jess Sargent and Charles Bishop, Wawasee, were named a committee to take steps in the matter with power to ach Investigation of the procedure has been made, it is learned, but no definite steps taken. Under the law’, it will be necessary to hold an election on the proposal. A petition signed by one-third of the property owners and one third of the voters! of the district, as shown by map after a survey has been made will be presented to the Kosciusko county commissioners, who will order the election. Only bona-fide residents, of voting age. can cast ballots. Os these there are said to be about a score, and if a majority favors the plan, the territory must be granted a charter, an act which will divorce the north side from the township and permit that section of the lake residents to conduct their own affairs. Developments in the situation are expected in the near future. PASSENGER ROBBED Two well dressed young stranjrers got off an in’erurban cyr at Wm aw Thursday an-.i wc-c two blocks away before Miss Mabel Buchanan of Rome City, Ind., noticed that her pocketcontaining a valuable ring and SSO vras gone. She reported her loss to a policeman who happened to be standing near the car and gave chase after the two men. However, they could not be found and are believed to have quietly slipped out of the city with the $50.. —o — THAT COMMUNITY BUILDING There w’as a special meeting of the Commercial Club held at the library Tuesday evening for the purpose of indorsing the Community building as proposed by J. Q Abbott. Subscriptions to the bond issue are now being asked. . — o— FREE ADMISSION The Jefferson Treatre at Goshen offers one free admission if any reader of the Journal will clip the coupon contained in the ad on another page and present same at the door. This coupon, however,, is only good for the show’s advertised in this week’s Journal, ;— CHANGE OF VENUE ASKED In the, action of Benjamin F<. Hoy against the Board of Trustees of Syracuse, in which the court is asked to enjoin the board from awarding the contract for street improvement, motion for change of venue has been filed by the plaintiff. _— n- — AUTUMN HERE Tuesdnv was the last day of summer and Wednesday the first day* of autumn. You may now discard the straw hat and think about putting up the stove. O- 11 BIRTHS A son was born on Thursday , i Sept. 17, to Mb and Mrs. Fred Traster. o “Kiss Me Again” a extra fine t comedv drama with Moate Blue • and Marie Prevast at Crystal Theatre, LigjMiier, Swday. -

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY. HEPTEMBER 24, 1925

HOMECOMING i JUBILEE DAY I Was A Decided Success With A Lar.xe Crowd in Attendance Eaeh Day It is all over! j What? The HomeeWning Jui bilee Day. The weather man threatened j to spoil the celebration Friday, as it rained in the forenoon, but during the afternoon the clouds rolled away and Old Sol came into control. The Syracuse band came out pensed pleasing music. Games had been provided for j the boys and girls. First was a i potato race for boys, in which the prizes were won by Spencer Heerman and Robert Searfoss In the potato race for girls Lois Druckamiller and Mary Jensen were the winners. Prizes for the 50 yard dash for girls were awarded to Henrietta Brunjes and Mary Druckamiller. The 100 yard dash for boys was won by Junior Miller and Harry Stetler. The wheelbarrow race was won by Eldon Clayton and Dallas Striebyv Richard Miller and James McClintic were the winners in the bicycle race. The pie-eating contest afforded amusement for the onlookers, but hardly for the contestants, for they certainly had a hard job eating a huckleberry pie about the size of a washtub. By the time they finished every boy had a face that looked like the pie. for they were not allowed to use their hands. The judges awarded the prizes to Louis Xanders and James Connolly as being the best pie-eaters, even though they had enough pie left for lunch. - , . Another event which afforded amusement was the* nail-driving contest for womens (The name of the winner was not given us.) The above is a short account of the amusement provided for the boys, girls and women for both days. The judges did not keen a list of the winners of all contests hence tha| is the reason, why their names do not appear. Oh. yes. we nearly forgot to say something, about the horseshoe pitching contest for men. The winners in Friday’s contest were Don Riddle and A. ESnavely. Emory Stetler and Virgil Bobeck were the winners in Saturday’s game. The scheduled ball games drew a fair crowd to the ball ground! In Friday's game Syracuse defeated Wolf Lake by a close score of 2 to 1. Wolcottville crossed bats with Ligonier, Saturday, the first team winning by a score of 4 to 2. A special feature for Friday evening was the street dance, for which Ross Franklin s Waco Orchestra furnished the music and drew a large crowd. No doubt, the outstanding free attraction was the performance of Mr, Dunn, the premier aerialist of the world, on a wire stretched from the top of the bank building to the top of the Grand Hotel. His acts were wonderful and startling and were viewed by everybody. He performed twice daily. The :ady performer (Mr. Dunn s wife) could not come, as she departed for .St Louis Friday morning upon receipt of a telegram, on account of the serious illness of her mother Chas. Thompson, the rube and clown, amused the kiddies with tricks, magic and other stunts. Os course, there can be no festival of this nature without the usual number of stands and booths, where cold drinks, ice cream, hot dogs, and sandwiches are sold. These were mostly conducted by local people and ladies’ aid societies of the several churches. In addition there were the novelty stands, the pig slide, the merry-go-roun<t the doll baby racks, etc. We make no attempt to estimate the crowd, but the people numbered several thousand, at least. They came from everywhere around- The street dance Friday night brought many people from Warsaw, Goshen, i Milford, Elkhart and other The crowd came fully up to *"'■* ' A* tV X *% ' * - !* J ’

SYRACUSE BOY IS AMONG 109 CANDIDATEI Bloomington, Ind., Sept 21— J. P. Riddle, of Syracuse, is num- ’ bered among 109 candidates for the Indiana University freshman football team this fall. Riddle is seeking a berth in lae Indiana Jr.esaimn line and may be found on the varsity squad within, the next three years. The freiihman tuin-out is the largest in the history of tae Indiana University and although the first year men will not get a chance at such teams as Syracuse or Purdue, the Crimson’s two big home opponents, taey will face the varsity each week. Max Lonber, ex-quareerback at Indiana, is in charge of the yearlings and under, his expert tutelage the | U. team should gain s lot of football knowledge that will fit them for the varsity next season. Not only is the “frosh” squad largo in numbers but it contains some of the best high school plavers of 1924. The candidates hail from seven states. Indiana. Illinois. Wisconsin. Kentucky, New York, Mississippi, and Rhode Island, “Click”, Peterson. Elkhart, is considered one of the best bets. He was named all-state last year by every sports writer. Halfback is Peterson’s favorite position. Steiiner and Randolph teammates of “Click”, are also trying for jobs. Another all-state selection is found in “Chuck” Bennett, of Linton. He has been one of the state’s leading backfield men for the past three years. Austin High, Chicago, is furnishing Indiana one of the good candidates ” for backfield in Vojtech. Hampier Catherton, of Kenosha, WisL featured in four years of high school playing there. ' Lewis Kibling, Ellisburg. N, Y., a graduate of Union Academy, was considered one of the ranking tackles of the east last year. William Moss, Jasonville, was one of the state’s best linemen. Henry Stouby, Central High of Evansville, is said to be one of the smartest centers ever developed along the Ohio River. Other good men are too numerous to mention. Q—ELECTED OFFICERS At a meeting of the officers and teachers of the Lutheran Sunday School on Tuesday evening, the following officers were elected for the coming year: Superintendent, Mrs. Roy Riddle; assistant superintendent, John Brunjes; secretary, Roy Schultz; treasurer, Mrs. Henry Snobarger; organist, Miss Louise Snobarger. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC It has been rumored that artificial ice in Syracuse would be higher next yeah There is no truth in this rumor, as we expect to supply consumers next year at this year’s price. Our plant is being enlarged which enables us to take care of any one wanting ice next summer. Ligonier Artificial Ice Co. 21-4 t o — JEFFERSON’S NEW ORGANIST Robert Minton. Concert Organits formerly at the Palace Theatre, Indianapolis, opens a years engagement as Organist at Jefferson Theatre, staiting Sunday. Septi. 27. - ‘'The Ten .lments" at Crystal Theatre, Ligonier. 5 days, beginning October 19, expectations The young folks were having a good time, middle age and old people seemed to enjoy it and this is an indication of one and all having been satisfied. Saturday night it seemed everybody was here, and all the streets were lined with automobiles for several blocks. The Milford band played all day Saturday and in the evening. Before concluding this article we want to comment on the Syracuse band. They not only played continuously, but gave us also good and the latest music. Since Millard Hire is the director, it seems the band has taken a new lease of life. The band boys have displayed more pep and are eager to play before the public. Therefore three cheers for our Syracuse band and its new director!

OF INTEREST TO HUNTERS j September 16 marked the - open season for shooting wild - duck (except wood duck), wild r: geese,, brant, coot, plover, - yellowlegs, Wilson or Jacksnipe, and Gallinnule, according to i announcement from the office 1 of the fish and game superinr; tendent of the state conserva»|tion department. The lawful ! shooting season on rails opened ‘ i September 1, and closes with -' November 30. The season rei mains open on the other game i herein specified to and Including - December 20, except on duck, > ge-ese and brant which may be I shot until and in-cluding December 31. Conservation officials call attention that the bag limit for wild duck, plover and yellowlogs is 15 of each per day; on coots. Wilson or Jacksnipe and Gallinnules, 25 a day, and on geese and brant, 8 per day. The bag limit on rails is 25 a day, except on Sara rails on which the limit is 50 a day. The open season for shooting woodcock starts October 1 and closes after November 30 with a bag limit of 6 per day, and the open shooting season on prairie chicken begins on October 15, closes with November 1 and the bag limit is 5 per day. Under Indiana laws it is unlawful to pursue waterfowl before sunrise or after sundown (actual time to govern). To pursue waterfowl by means of a naptha, electric or steam launch or boat, or any kind of a power boat or sail boat is a violation. It is also unlawful to transport out of this state any wild duck, brant, wild geese or other waterfowl, except that a non-resident licensee may openly take 45 birds lawfully killed by himself during a three days hunt. It is further unlawful to sell, offer for sale, offer to purchase, ship or transport any migratory birds except as permitted by the act and regulations of the Federal Migratory Treaty Act. This law. conservation afficials explain, make& it unlawful to sell end wild duck, goose, brant or other migratory bird taken in the wild state within the borders of The offsprings only cf birds taken in the wild state and held in captivity under state and federal permits can be lawfully sold. o DID YOU GET ONE? By this we mean a statement of your subscription account. Many were sent out last week to subscribers one year or more in arrears. Do not throw the statement away, but write a check and mail it or call at the office at the first opportunity. We believe that we have served you well, therefore, are worthy of our hire. We have many dollars standing out on subscriptions?. an&, remember, we not only have rent, labor, insurance, paper, taxes, etc., etc, to pay. but we also eat at homo, and occassionally need a new’ suit of clothe?. We thank you in advance for your response f — —-o — GAS CUTS COSTS OF AUTOS Absolute control of heat through the use of gas. in melting metals employed in the manufacture of automobiles, has brought about large economies in production. Thousands of spare parts, formerly rough cast and then machined to size, are now turned out by automatic dies with a degree of accuracy impossible under the old process. This averts the waste due to rejection of imperfect casting and saves the expense of machining to sizer d DON’T MISS IT! Frank Lloyd has produced the most dramatic and artistic success of the year. A mammoth spectacle of sea land fights, harem scenes, galley slaves, at the oars, slave markets in Moorish villages and a thousand and one thrills to stir the blood and fire the spirit of ' love and adventure. See •"The Sea Hawk.” . At the Jefferson Theatre. Goshen, September 27. 28 and 29, o “A Thief in Paradise” the I best gerreous pageant of colorful I entertainment vour eve-- have s ever beheld. It’s at the Crystal s Theatre, Ligonier, next xveek, ; Tnesdoy; Wednesday and. Thursday.

THINGS TO Ck | THINK ABOUT j Review of Things by the ; Ajs He Sees Them on the Surface. I " I Eveo’ybody Can Help 1 Hundreds of Syracuse parents have given their children over to the teachers of the schook Perhaps only a comparative few nave, stopped to think that their, obligation does not end when they see to it that the children are started for the school house. The young men and women who are giving the best years or their lives to the instruction of the children of the country are in a noble calling. Their wrork is important, and their influence will be felt in th^years to comO, when the children of today are in charge of the destinies of the country. They are entitled to ycur courtesy, your respect, and ! your assistance. Every parent can help by seeing to it that the pupils go to school not only properly equipped, Ibut in the right frame of mind to receive the instruction that is there for them. School teachers can tell from the very attitude of the pupil toward his work, and toward the school as an institution, what sort of home training the child has had. The school boy of Shakespeare's seven ages is being replied by an eager,, bright-eyed youngster who likes to go to school —and he likes it because he has had the right sort of thinking at home. Money to Born We sometimes laugh out loud when we think of a woman, who proud of her first checking account said to her husband at the beginning of the second month: “Oh, John, the bank sent me back all the checks I paid the bills with laM month, so I have not spent anything.” The Detroit Free Press says, woman’s dress consists of two armholes bounded on the west by nothing whatever, on the east by the same, on the south by hardly anything, and on the north by less than that. Syracuse certainly has a perfect husband. We are told he even sandpapers the firewood to save her from getting splinters in her hands. “Beauty is but skin deep, Ugly lies the bone; Beauty dies and fades away, But ugly holds its own.” A small boy never gets enough to eat, but we never hear of a married man who didn’t get plenty of food for thought. Many a Syracuse Ynan who feels that he is right doesn’t go ahead because his wife insists that he is wrong. Some people work for a living, and gome devise schemes for separating other people from their money. Some people have skeletons in their closets, which is better than having them in bathing suit. If women were satisfied with nature’s handiwork there would be fewer toilet preparations on the market, 0 We often wonder what has become of the old-fashioned girl who used to carry a button-hook in her shoe. Bobbed hair, is passing, they say—and a good many people are looking out the window to see it go bj|. Paved highways make for ease and comfort, hut they do not train one to overcome difficulties. While the automobile has succeeded in displacing the horse, the nightmare still carries on. Nature is one lawgiver from whose edicts there is no appeal. Nothing wears out more quickly than credit if it is overworked. Silence is a keen weapon if one knows how to use it.

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