The Syracuse Journal, Volume 19, Number 29, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 18 November 1926 — Page 1

VOLUME XIX.

SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Items of Interest Concerning Our High School Written for The Syracuse Journal. Armistice day was celebrated in the high school assembly Thursday morning with an impromptu program. "America, the Beautiful" and “The Star Spangled Banner” were sung under Miss Minardow’s direction. The pledge was given to the flag and the article “Eight years ago" was read by Arthur Morris. Cecilia Moran read the article “The Spirit of Armistice day." The poem, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae’s “In Flanders Field" and Alan Seeger’s "I have ♦ a Rendezvous with Death” wen* read by Elizabet h McClintic and Rebecca Fleming respectively. The Freshman class enjoyed a party at the home of Henriette and Richard Brunjes Saturday evening. Miss Stuckman. the class advisor, was present. From ail reports a good time was evidently enjoyed. t The second game to be played on our home floor is scheduled for Friday evening. Back both the beys and the new gym by being present. Syracuse vs. Albion. On Wednesday morning Rev. Earhart gave the talk on the Life of Christ. His talk covered the year of Opposition and the Crucifixion of Christ. Lawrence Laughlin from the Fairmont high school entered the freshman class Wednesday. Rememl'er sportsmanship on th* 4 side lines will prove we deserved the sportsmanship cup. Have you bought a bond or two? EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT Uurdue University, Lafayette, will stage an educational exhibit of timely interest at the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago. November 27 to December 4. The three different sections of the display will be in tlie charge of Dr. G. N. Hoffer, Lynn Robertson and John Schwab of the Agricultural Extension Department. The University will also exhibit two exact minature reproductions of a southern Indiana fa: in showing its condition in 1920 and how it has be«n improved to date by experts from the Agricultural college. Prof. G. H. Cu’ler of Purdue will serve as a judge of the small grains and seeds classes at the International Grain and Hay Show. John W. Kerlin of Rockfield has been appointed the official representative of Indiana “ at the Grain Show and will have charge of looking after the competitive entries from this state. Prof. A. T. Wiancko of Purdue has been selected as one of the judges of the com exhibits as the International. o JOIN THE NAVY The mininum age for first enlistments in the U. S. Navy will be “17" years of age commencing November 15, 1926. The minimum age has been* “18’ years of age for the past few Jnoivhs and a great many boys between that age, who have applied for enlistment will be interested to know of this change. There are a great many interesting openings now, the Navy Trade Schools Educational courses, and get paid well while learning. Educational travel on modem ships with clean, healthy men. make a cruise in the Navy worth while for any man. Anyone interested call or write. Navy Recruiting office Postoffice Building, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

ANNUAL BAKE SALE The Ladies Aid of the Lutheran church will hold their annual bake sale and bazaar, in the church basement. Wednesday afternoon, November 24, beginning at 2:00 o'clock. Your whole Thanksgiving dinner can he planned here. Phone special orders to 133. 28-21 o “The Unknown Soldier,” an extraordinary story of love, war and peace, fitted with tears, laughs and expectancy, at Crystal, Ligonier, next Sunday and Monday, November 21 and 22.

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SYRACUSE FIRSTS WON; 1 | SYRACUSE SECONDS LOST Z The first games in the new * auditorium were played Friday i night, and both were red hot (ones. About 675 fans turned out to see these games and 674 were ; satisfied, that they got their moneys worth. Milford had two of the fastest and hard working teams we have j seen for sometime and as soon . as they learn to play without ’ fouling so much, will be strong contenders again for district i I honors. The 2 Syracuse teams played well. The outstanding feature i I that showed was the need of j I practice. They had plenty of! shots, but most of "he time there ; wasn’t any basket where they ■ w’ere shooting. The boys have a place to practice now and with a little hard work in pr; cticing will not cause quite so much nervous tension to the fans. The Score Syracuse First Team Plaveis FG IT PI'S D. Shock ........ 4 2 10 Crow 0 0 0 Riddle 5 1 11 Bachman .2 1 5 H. Godshalk 0 • 2 2 Total 11 6 28 Milford First Team Players FG FT PTS Barnes ..4 0 8 Harder <3 0 6 Troupe 0 0 0 Robinson 0 0 0 Smith ; 0 0 0 Mock 1 3 5 Berkyhile 0 0 0 Total 8 3 19 Syracuse Second Team Plavers FG FT PTS. S. Miller 0 0 0 I H. Shock 0 0 0 Klingaman 3 0 6 R. Miller 0 0 0 Robeck 2 1 5 Fisher 0 0 0 Snavely 0 0 0 Total 5 1 11 Milford Second Team Players FG* FT PTS Tones 4 0 8 Helminger 2 0 4 Magnus 0 0 0 Method .......... 0 0 Bushong .;.. 2 1 5 Sechler 2 0 4 Total 10 1 21 Nex‘ Friday night Albion first and second teams will play here. Q READY TO TAKE 4OTION According to reports reaching Dr. Hopper, county veterinarian in charge of cattle testing, untested cattle are being sold in Kosciusko coun*y in open violation of the state law and federal regulations. Dr. Hopper has been informed that about fourteen untested cows were recently sold at a public sale near Claypool and that many untested cow are advertised for a sale in the near future. Mr. Hopper is awaiting instructions from the state veterinarians office. A coming sale of untested cattle, in the meantime. may be stopped. DISTRI(T°M EITTING A district meeting of the Knights of Pythias will be held it Warsaw on Monday. November 22, afternoon and evening. An hborate program has been prepared for the entertainment of the visitors. The Pythian Sisters will serve a chicken dinner in the evening. Several officers of the Supreme Lodge and Grand Lodge will be present. Every Knight of Py‘hias in the district is invited to attend this meeting. o

0. E. S. There will be a regular meeting of the Eastern Star Chapter on Monday night, November 22. There will be the initiation of a candidate at this meeting and a good attendance is desired. This evening (Thursday) at 7:30, the officers are urged to be at the Chapter room for practice work. - P. O.«CIOSING TIME The postoffice will be closed at 10 o’clock a. m. Thanksgiving Day and remain closed for the remainder of the day. There will be no rural delivery that day. STORE CHANGED HANDS John Harley, of Leesburg, and Ray Foster, of Goshen, have purchased the Star Clothing Store, and will be in full charge as soon as the inventory is completed.

SNOBARG ER-J EFFRIES I I - In the beautiful twilight glow of altar candles and the Cross window, and accompanied, by the ; low strains of “To a Wild Rose,” at the altar of Grace Lutheran church Tuesday evening at 8:30, was solemnized one of the pre‘i tiast weddings of the season, when Miss Helen Jeffries became the bride of Orval V. Snobarger. The impressive ring ceremony ■ was performed by Rev. R. N. Mcj Michael, in the presence of about I forty immediate relatives and friends of the bridal party. Preceding the ceremony Mrs. 1 R. N. McMichael gave an organ I recital consisting of “Love’s Old 1 Sweet Song.” “Drink *o Me Only With Thine Eyes,” and “Believe Me if All Those Endearing Young Cha mns,” and Miss Louise Snobarger. sister of tlie groam. sang "I Love You Truly.” The wedding party left the church to the strains erf Mendelssohn’s "Weeding March.’’ The bridal couple was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Rippey. The altar, before 'which, the twilight service was performed was decorated with yellow and white chrysanthemums and pink candles. Ihe bride was attired in a orchid satin dress, with gold over lace, while the bridesmaid wore a dress of rose satin, covered with blue georgette, the bridal party carrying pink and jellow roses and chrysanthemums. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. 0. Jeffries of this city and is a graduate of the Syracuse high school, of the class of ’24. Mr. Snobarger is the son of Mr. anti Mrs. Henry Snobarger j also of this city, and is a very i reliable and industrious young man. He is employed by the Reith & Riley Construction Co., at Goshen as a mechanic. Immediately after the ceremony the bridal party and guests went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Rippey, where a reception was held and where a two-course luncheon was served by Mrs. Ed Umue. The Rippey home was prettily decorated in pink and yellow flowers, the colors scheme of the affair. The rtewly mafried couple were the recipients of many pretty and useful gifi‘s from their many friends, who join with the Journal in wishing for them a life filled with health, wealth and happiness. Mr. and Mrs. Snobarger will reside with Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Rippey for an indefinite length of time. o DEAR MUSKRAT PELTS James Durham, deputy game and fish warden, arrested W. Ruggles a* his home in Starke county for having 26 muskrat skins in his possession, which the warden found concealed in an old mattress in the loft of the Ruggles home. The accused was taken to Hamlet where he entered, a plea of guilty before Justice W. T. Bell and was fined $l9B. Failure to pay the fine he was committed to jail. BASKETBALL The speedy Elkhart Cardinals will play the Syracuse Independents on Saturday. November 20, at the new Auditorium, Syracuse. Elkhart has one of the strongest teams in this vicinity. Come and see your old favorite stars in action again. They need your support. An admission fee of 20 cents for high school students and grades will be charged. Adults 35 cents. —: O TURKEYS TO BE HIGHER Thanksgiving turkey eating will be somewhat more costly this year than in the past two years,. The turkey crop is not as large as it was last year or the year before, and a prediction of 45 to 48 cents a pound for this year’s Thanksgiving turkey is not considered pessimistic. TO ISSUE EARLIER On account Thanksgiving and that the "Journal force may observe the day, the next issue of the Journal%’ill be issued one day earlier—Wednesday Afternoon. All correspondence and news items must be in the office Tuesday. o PLEASE REMIT a .... Last week a statement was [ sent to a number of subscribers . who are in arrears. An early re- , mittance would be appreciated i as we really need the money. Buy an auditorium bond.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 18, 1926

{SUGGESTS CHANGES IN THE TRAFFIC CODE rl » ; j Members of the Board of Di- ; i rectors of the Hoosier S<.ate Auto ’ i Association, in annual meeting at i j Indianapolis last week outlined a . | legislative program ■ i providing* for several changes in . • the motor vehicle regulations, • and gave hearty approx al to .the : association’s plan to wage an energetic campaign for safety ’ among the school children of Indi -na. The suggested changes in the traffic code will be submitted by quesiionaire to the membership of the association and if the program is accepted, the suggested bills will be sponsored by the sia e motor body at the next session of the legislature. Perhaps the most important, regulation, as pointed out by the association officers, is one providing that all officers enforcing motor vehicle regulations shall be in uniform and their cars shall be marked as an officer’s ear. The State of Indiana has received a “Elack eye” as a result | of many cars being stopped by | individuals in ordinary citizens diess and in view of the prevalence oi highwaymen who have robbed and molested motorists, the officers of the association feel that it is time to correct this condition. Another important chapge that has been suggested is that all officers having to do with mojtor regulations shall be on a salary basis instead of a fee basis. 11 is expected that a law of this nature will put an end to “speed traps’’ which have caused a large amount of inconvenience to motorists of Indiana and tourists from other states. The oVfier measures which the association feels are needed as a part of\the mo‘or vehicle regulations aret as follows: 1. That in all towns or villages under 3500 population, no STOP and GO signs shall be allowed on state highways without the consent and supervision of the State Highway Commission. 2. That no vehicle shall at night be allowed on the highways unless, it has a light or lights sufficient to be seen by. are her too accidents and deaths from collisions that could easily be avoided had the vehicles both had lights.) 3. That the State Highway Commission be authorized and require to maintain the devours it establishes and keep in condition fit to be used. Also that bridges up to 50 foot span may be included with contract for the road. 4. That in repainting bridges, culverts, guard posts, etc., the outside paint shall be white (at least on that portion of the bridge or culvert facing the driver.) This bill was ready for passage last session but was caught in a jam and died. 5. We want the auto theft money of $490,000 retained not in tlie general fund where it is now but in the auto theft fund where it belongs. We want some of this surplus used for signs to adequately mark the way in and out’of cities and towns in Indiana. This money, you understand, was paid in by each automobile owner for his own protection. It is not general tax money. 6. Increase the use of our present proxision for suspending the automobile license by temporarily or permanently taking the license from the motorist who causes accidents. In any accident one or both parties are at fault. Whenever a chronic trouble maker is found, deprive him permanently of the privilege of driving. The Hoosier State Auto Association has, since it’s inception taken a prominent part in the consideration of law's that have a direct bearing upon tixe motorists. About eighty bills during each session of the legislature are? introduced that effect road and motoring conditions. The association studies these bills carefully and endeavors to protect or improve the interest of the motorists as occasion requires. The contemplated campaign for safety w r ork among the school children is the result of several conferences between the school authorities, of Indiana and ■ officers of the motorbody. The ■ details of the campaign will be I submitted to the state board of ! education and when final approval is granted, the work will become state-wide on a standardized basis. This is expected tofce one of the most forward steps 5 in safety education that Indiana 5 has ever witnessed. 1 “The Sea Wolf.” . Jack Lomlon story at Crystal. Ligonier, this Friday and Saturday.

ZONING OF COUNTY HOMES J Support of an administration - bill, which it is expected will be > introduced at the next session of ; the Indiana legislature, which i will have for its purpose the i abolition of county homes, and i in the place of zoning these , homes into district homes under state management, will be supported by Representative Forrest Knepper, provided the present Kosciusko county home is designated as a state institution, according to a statement made by Mr. Knepper. 1 This plan is heartily approved by Milo Maloy, present superintendent of thd Kosciusko county I infirmary. This institution, unIder the efficient management of < ! the late superintendent Alva j Rockhill, secured the enviable j reputation of being one of the t best managed, homelike, and • equipped county homes of any in fthe State of Indiana. | Maloy said recently that he I now IhxS 51 persons in the hune and that the capacity of the present home is 66. Under the state plan a much larger building would be erected to care for people presumably from Kosciusko, Whitley, Wabash, Fulton, Marshall and other northern Indiana counties. According to Representative Knepper the operating expense will be greatly lessened by the combining of county homes into *hree or few district homes under state control. Progressive citizens usko county, feel that one of these district homes, if such a bill is passed by the legislature, can be secured for Kosciusko county and that the yfesent splendid Kosciusko county home will make a start for a state home. LUTHERANS IN SESSION Rev. and Mrs. R. N. McMichael, returned early Friday morning from Gary where they attended the annual convention of the Michigan Synod of the Lutheran church. They report a very interesting and splendid convention of the church. Outstanding features of the convention were the reception of ten new ministers into the organization, and also three new congregations. There was an increase of church membership of 1,125 in the Synod. Benevolences increased by about 8 per cent over the previous year. An- i nual congregational expenses increased by over $175,000.00, and church property valuation increased over $300,000.00. Three young men were ordained, two of them being ordained by their own fathers, a ven’ unusual incident. All old officers were re-elected. The 1928 convention of the Synod will be held in Grand Rapids. There will be no convention of the Synod in 1927 due to a change of the .Synodical year. _ SOLD HOLDINGS The Public Service Telephone Company owning and operating exchanges at Leesburg, North Webster and Cromwell, has sold ifs property and holdings to the United Telephone Company of Chicago, the purchase price being $62,000 cash. The United Telephone Company, a holding corporation, is buying a large number of properties in northern Indian, including Nappanee, Milford, Bre•men, Walkerton, Lapaz and North Judson. These properties will ultimately be operated by the Associated Telephone Company, an Indiana corporation. Miss Ethel Anglin has been retained as local manager of the Leesburg, North Webster and Cromwell exchanges. o SEEKS DIVORCE Suit for divorce was filed Friday with Circuit Clerk Russell H. Butler by Clara E. Bdghtel against Philip BeghteL The plaintiff charges cruel and inhuman treatment and also alleges that the defendant had intoxicating liquor about the house and was cross and irritable, and that he neglected to furnish provisions and also would be away from home weeks at a time. Plaintiff also asks $2,000 alimony. The couple were married December 17, 1919, and separated September 10, 1926. o DEATH OF MRS. H. BAUM Mrs. Hannah Baum passed ! away at her home here on Monday morning. November 15, at 6:30, after a prolonged illness. The funeral was held this mom--1 ing (Thursday) at .the home at > 10 (/clock. Interment in the Syracuse cemetery.

I RECIPROCITY MEETING OF FEDERATED CLUBS 1 ! i ■ The group reciprocity meeting f tof the federated clubs of Syra--11 cuse, Milford and Leesburg was j ’ held on Monday evening at the 1; library in Milford. The meeting i i was given by the district chairr man of federation, Mrs. Frances - j Neff, of Milford, t j At 7:30 the meeting opened, : with Mrs. Brittsan of Milford, - president of the Columbian Read- . ing Club, in charge of the pro- • , gr m, which followed immediateI !y and consisted of namely: I ' Piano duet by Mrs. Carson Wise ■ I and Mrs. Carlyle Barnes of Milv/ or dPaper by Mrs. Irvin Hern of Leesbur*. Musical reading. Mrs. Snyder of Milford. Book Review, Mrs. Walter Wal- . lace of Leesburg. Solo, Miss Edna Bowers of Milford. \ Paper written on the subject of “The Trials of Being a Wo- . man,” by Mrs. John Postma of ! Milford. ; Paper, Mrs. William C. Gants of Syracuse. Reading, Mrs. Levina Erick of Milford. Two piano selections, Miss Gladys Minprdow of Syracuse. Paper, Mrs. R. N. McMichael of Syracuse. Eight clubs were represented at the meeting, the three clubs from Syracuse, Art Club. The Ladies of the Round Table Club and the Wednesday Afternoon Club. Three clubs from Milford; one from Leesburg and one from Warsaw were also represented. The program was composed of a wide variety of subjects, and each number was deeply interesting and were rendered in. a masterful way. Mrs. Neff, the district chairman, complimented Mrs. Charles Bowersox, of Syracuse, the county chairman of the Junior work, on her splendid success in organizing *.he Junior Club of this city, and her work with the Juniors* After the close of the progrSfri a social hour followed, when all visitors were given a cordial welcome by the ladies of Milford and those who had charge of’th? meeting in general. Mrs. Duncan of Warsaw, chaii man of the county federation, was present. As a fitting close of the reciprocity meeting dainty refreshments of “punch and wafers were served. MINISTERS MEET Three of the .ministers of Syracuse were in Warsaw, Monday, attending the session of the I County Ministerial Association, which was held in the basement of the Public Library. They report a very fine meeting. Rev. William Fox, pastor of the Baptist church at Warsaw presented a splendid paper on “The Christian Sabbath.” Mr. Fox. with H. EL Swihart, of Etna Green, and 0. P. Givens, of Winona Lake, was appointed a comqiittee to arrange for the monthly programs throughout the remainder of the year. A committee, composed of Capt. Gurber, A. C. Maynard, and Williaim L. Eiler, was appointed to arrange for religious services at the county infirmary. Capt. Gurber, of the Salvation Army at Warsaw, will speak on the work of that organization at the meeting in December, while Rev. B. C. Earhart, of Syracuse!, will have charge<of the devotional period. Those in attendance from Syracuse were McMichael, Earhart, and Eiler. o TO CLOSE THANKSGIVING The following stores and business establishments will be closed all day Thanksgiving Day: Royal Store, J. EL Grieger, Star Clothing Store, State Bank, Jet White Groceteria, Seider & Burgener, Bushong’s Barber Shop, Klink Bros., Osborn & Son, W. Beckman, Gibson’s Variety Store, C. C. Bachman, A. & P. Store. o j MARKET AND BAKE SALE The Leaders Class of the United Brethren Sunday school will hold a market and bake sale on Saturday, November 20, at the I Strieby seed room. There will . be for sale, chicken and noodles ; and pop com. 29-It o Golf has became a billion-dol-t lar game, passing baseball m » capital investment and number of active participants.

! THINGS TO THINK ABOUT i| r \ Review ©flThings by the Editor As He Sees Them on the Surface. Today and Tomorrow Tomorrow is usually a little further oil than yesterday. Both however, have a perspective I which in some way shows them up in nearly their true relation and in other ways distorTs the view and makes them appear in strange ways. Yesterday was just a little while since, today and tomorrow will soon be just one of the present days. There are dreamers who are continually looking, for the better day. for the time when men and women will become almost perfect. Thej’ forever talk about the “good old days” and deplore modern conditions and morals They never tire of comparison particularly of the modern girl with the girl of their youth and always to the disadvantage of the girl of today. So obsessed have they become with the idea that the trend of morals and manners is on *he downward track that acts of slightest indiscretion become degrading and the failure of extreme courtliness shows a decadence in manners. Yesterday was not a whit better than the today in which we live and the morals of the youth today are the equal of those in the “good old days.” Manners of today are better; there may be less gesticulation but there is more gentleness and, unselfishness than was the case yesterday. Prudjshness and snobbery are at a minimurn and the advancement in these two phases of politeness ; alone more than recompense for what may have been lost in the manners of other days. If you will back up those who continually hark on conditions today and forever praise those of other days, in a corner and let him recall specially the customs and manners of the old days, it ' will be easy to convince him that conditions today are as good as a quarter of a century ago. o Victimts of Ho]>e One of the strangest tricks of human nature is the hope which “springs eternal in the human breast.” It is the mysterious little thing which sends the soldier into the thick of the fray confident, that he will come out alive and unscathed. It is the ineffable something which permits man to live happily unmindful of inevitable death. It is the optimistic, omnipresent companion of man through the vicissitudes of life. Without it life would be unbearable to the multitudes. But while hope is indispensable to humanity it not infrequently becomes the author of tragedies. After sowing a full field of happiness hope sometimes harvest a bumper crop of sorrow and misfortune. There is an adage that “man can not live on hope alone.’* Those who try it usually suffer only disillusionment or starvation. Hope is responsible for a great deal of human improvidence. Some of those who over-work are the workmen who, hopeful of continuous employment and high wages, preserves none of his earnings; the husband, and father who, hopeful of dying at an independent old age, fails to give his family and himself the protection of life insurance; the property owner who, hopeful of never having a fire, places no insurance on his property, and; the man who, hopeful of permanent good health, neglects to preserve his health. Fellow crawled into Glenn Walter’s chair Saturday night. “Welt or dry?” Glenn asked him. “Jus[t cut my hair,” the fellow snapped back, "Never mind, my politics.” Aviators have begun to collide with each other. In another year or two we will have skytraffic and tail plates with modem warnings. Scientists have traced the origin of man clear back to the fish. Yes, and a lot of us haven’t got over it to this day. Now that our dreams have been realized —the new auditorium —let us not forget to help finance it. Buy a bond. The ’crowd at the basketball gagne last Friday was estimated at about 700. Not so bad for the beginning. 4

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