The Syracuse Journal, Volume 19, Number 31, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 2 December 1926 — Page 1

VOLUME XIX.

SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

Items of Interest Coneeraing j Our High School Written for ! The Syracuse Journal. 4 i I Culver-Syracuse game Friday J night on the home floor. Don t let one defeat dampen the ardor of your enthusiasm. Also a game at Bremen Saturday nignt. Help Syracuse make a good showing. On Wednesday {morning Rev. J Filer gave the talk on the Life of Christ. His talk covered the J crucifixtion of Christ. He toM * how it was done and where it 1 was done. Last Wednesday morning Rev. Hedges continued the serial talk on "The Life <rf Christ,’’ with a | sketch of the trial and convic- J tion of Christ by Pontius Pilate. * The freshman domestic science 1 girls served Miss Hamman and * Mr. Slabaugh with a delightful 1 dinner Tuesday at noon. The eight grade had a class party in the old gym Friday eve- * ning. Mr. Gants, the class ad- 1 visor, was present. Wonder when the boys who at- c tended the older boys conference r at Logansport will give a resume t of their trip? » f This week begins the fourth school month. Only a few short weeks until the final examina- ( tions! S I Report cards due Wednesday. I One plagued thing after another! ? I Teacher—What is a skipper? Bright boy—A man who skips! As we said before and are repeating; buy a bond! HUNTING IN INDIANA Nothing so appeals to the tired and hungry hunter follow- J ing a day of sport afield than a comfortable room for the night plus plenty of wholesome. wellcooked food. Knowledge that all this is possible in several parts of the state where hunting is good, is attributed to ‘be ever increasing number of week-end ‘ hunting parties. State parks with their excel- 1 lently managed horrtelries pro- - vide all the creature comforts 1 desired, and reports to Richard 1 Lieber, conservation director, I show these instituti ns exceed- ' ingly popular with sportsmen. 4 Mr. Lieber points out that four state parks provide head- ' quarters in splendid hunting re ' gions of Indiana. Chief of these 1 are Muscatatuck and Cliffy. : The fonmer is in 'he locality de- ' scribed as one of the best of the state for birds and rabbits. Mus- ■ catatuck is situated on State Rd* 7. half way between Vernon and North Vernon. Hunting is excellent in the vicinity of Madison and alongßhe Ohio Valley bottoms, so Cliftv Inn is a natural rendcwous. McCormick’s Creek Inn, a short distance from Spencer, is likewise popular as hunting is excellent, according to reports. in Owen and adjoining counties. Turkey Run Inn in northern Parke county, has for years been regular headquarters for a number of local as well as out-state hunters. O •' — .s NEW ESTABLISHMENT Melbern Rapp has leased the Strieby seed room where he will conduct a dry cleaning and pressing business. The room is now being arranged for this business. The necessary equipment and a new ream press has been purchased and he expects to be ready for business in a week or possibly less. In the meantime if anyone has any work in this line Mr. Rapp will call for it if you phone 182 br 186, ~ o ' FIRE The fire department was called out last Thursday afternoon to the home of H. E. Leslie, where a blase had started presumely from defective wiring. Men from nearby started to put out the,fire, but the fire laddies finished the job. The loss is not great. .. O . bazaar and hake sale The Lai des* Aid of the United Brethren church will hold a bazaar and bake sale on Saturday. December < at the plumbing 31-Pd

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SYRACUSE LOSES AND WINS ONE GAME The Syracuse fir.it team lost to New Paris by the score 37-29. The boys were recuperating from the hard North Webster game. Riddle was sick with.a cold and. Shock was crippled with a bruised muscle. Commonly known as a "Charlie Horse?’ New Paris played great ball, bur. two men off of a team makes some difference. Follow the team there for the return game. The Score Syracuse First Team Players FG FT PTS D. Shock 2 3 7 E. Crow i.... 3 3 9 D. Riddle 3 0 6 C. Bachman 3 17 R. Godshalk 0 0 0 H. Godshalk 0 V 0 Total 11 7 29 New Paris First Team Players FG FT I*TS R. Neff 4 1 9 H. Lockwood .... 0 0 0 D. Wounds 2 0 4 H. ONeal 6 1 13 R. Kirkdroffer .... 4 3 11 H. Arnold 0 0 0 D. Swortz : 0 0 0 Total 16 5 37 The Syracuse second team won from New Paris by the score 15-12. E Ketring and M. Bushong have been added to the team again after one month vacation. The second ‘ea.’i played real basketball to w.n from the New Paris seconds. The game was in doubt up to the final whistle. Syracuse Second Team Players FG FT PTS C. Klingaman .... 11 3 S. Miller 0 0 0 E. Ketring 11 3 R. Miller 1 0 2 M. Bushong 0 0 0 H. Bobeck 3 17 Total 6 3 15 New Paris Second Team Players FG FT PTS H. Clem 0 0 0 D. Tarman D 11 M. Boyts /.I 5 7 t Mellinger 1 0 2 >. Arnold 0 0 0 C. R : chards I 0 2 K. Mellinger .... 0 0 0 Total 3 6 12 o WHO MUST HAVE LICENSE Reply'ing to the oft-repeated, question, "who is required to possess a license to hunt lawfully in Indiana”? George N. Mannfeld, supennteiKient of the fish and game division of the state conservation OC* arunenu pointed out ‘bat accord ng u> law every person, regaidiess of age, and whether male or femaie, .nust have a license to hunt oft their own premises. No license can be issued, he san., to a child under 14 years except with consent of parent or gaa.dian. It is only the resident owners of land, heir children living with them and tenants and their children who are exempt on their own land. Residents who served in the Ik S. army. Navy or Marines and have an honorrb e discharge, need no license under Indiana statutes. A person does not need a license to fish lawfully in the county where he is a resident or in counties adjacent thereto, but must have one ‘o follow the sport elsewhere in this state. Children under 18 years need no license to fish anywhere in this state, and the wife of a man holding a license is also granted this privilege. Manifold said. He made it plain, however, this applies to fishing and not hunti * , _ POSTPOX ED The merchants’ fair, which was to have been held December 7-8-9-10. in the new auditorium has of necessity been postponed indefinitely on Account interfering with other events. No da'e has been set, but the fair will probably be held in February. A union revival meeting will be held in the auditorium the entire month of January', excepting the nights for basketball games. — o — MARKET f Tbe Church of God Mission Circle will hold a market on Fn- , day, December M, at the plumb- ( ing shop. There will be for sale, > baked goods, thicken and and dressed chickens. 31-33-34 - . O' . — “Yonwg April,” a screen cock tail begwniwt wth xonarnw and L sparkling with rich and whole - some comedy- You 11 enjoy d , Immensely at Crystrt. Ugmifer •ext Snwday and Monday, Dee eater saarf €>

Formal Opening of Auditorium and Community Building

A Large Crowd Attended The Big Show Staged by Local Talent at the New Auditorium Tuesday Night.

Well, the Syracuse auditorium, or ccanmuriity building, has been dedicated. And. dedicated steairfasZly. if the program carried out on Tuesday evening had anything to do with it. If you were not there you missed a few hours of pleasure and social commingling that were set apart that evening to bring the folks of Syracuse and Turkey Creek township in closer relationship, to promote public interests and to stimulate the spirit of unity. Before we go further, the promoter of the auditorium. J. C. Abbott, whose untiring efforts to "put the proposition across" has been realized, nos only by h';m, but also by a num er of folks w o took the view of the "Doubting Thomas,” has woiked hard, to think and plan to bring a real building into existence from the chaos of an old building that practically seemed an impossible thing to do. He not only carried on the big end of the reconstruc tjon of ,the building, but with as much interest attended to the minor affairs of everything that has been put on in the auditorium since it has been finished. The program prepared for the dedication service began at eight o’clock and lasted until 12:15. It was an interesting program, and every minute was filled with something in the way of entertainment, including the intermissions, which gave the guests of the evening time to get acquainted and look around and view the building 'hey had helped to build. The opening number was America, sung by the audience, which was followed by the invocation by Rev. R. N. McMichael, pastor of the Lutheran church. W. T. Colwell gave the address of welcome, and he made the welcome strong to all. ’’School Interests” was the subject Court Slabaugh. principal of the public schools talked on, and he brought a message worth while, both + o parents and pupils. He urged the parents td*visit the schools, and keep in touch with what tfie teachers were trying *o do, admonishing the public in general that a stronger co-opera-tion is needed if goal in school work is ever attained. The grade puoils gave the story of the "First Thanksgiving." under s he supervision of

SHOOTS HIS WIFE < Angered because his wife, Ed-; na Leedy Norris, 23. had recent- > ly anplied for a divorce in the Kosciusko circuit court. Ersel Norris, 23, Pierceton, at 4 o’clock ■ Friday afternoon shot his wife in the back on 'he main street at Pierceton. Mrs. Norris was hurried to Warsaw for an X-Ray examination and it was ascertained that she was not seriously wounded. According to Mrs. Norris story . she was in the act of entering an | automobile driven by Mrs. James Greer, at whose home she planned to work, when her husband, from whom she had separated, spoke to her. “Where are our children?’’ he asked her. She informed him tha* they were at the home of her parents, Mr. an..> Mrs. Amsv Leedy, three miles south of Herceton. where she had been making her home. Without any further comment, according to Mrs. Norris, her husband drew a revolver and shot her in the back. She then ran across the street and her husband fired two more shots. . one passing through the window of rhe Matchett Bros, office and > finding lodging in the wall. No I one was in the office at the time. , The shooting occurred on main ! street hear 1 the Richert Furni- ■ ture store and the State Bank. ■ Mr. Norris had evidently been 1 waiting in the alley at the side of the bank. . _ , After the shooting Norns fled. He surrendered himself to the sheriff Monday. i oLICENSE PLATES >. An estima'e of 830.000 license 5 plates for Indiana automobiles in * 1928. was made by Frederick E. Schortemeier, secretary of state, who has begun receiving bids for I the new tags. Bids will be h. opened December 20. The new t numerals will be either white r, numbers and letters on a maroon >. background or a black back-

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MX’EMBER 2.

Miss Bernice Wilson, fourth g 4 &de teacher. her songs were given by the pupils of the lower grades. One of the numbers on the proiram ‘ hat gave entertainment for all was the concert given by the city band, under the efficient directorship of Millard Hire, f Syracuse has an organization that it is proud of. it is the city band. Mr. Hire has spent his time and energy in bringing the l and boys .to a point of perfection in playing that their services to play at other places has been in demand at several outside gatherings. Miss Na h 'ta Sloane whistled two solos, which, as always were enjoyed by all. She was accomir nied on the piano by Frederick Beery. The Bro:herhood of the Methodist church, directed by Mrs. England of Goshen, sang several numbers. The songs were humorous and created the ’smile’ that they sang about and urged all to do. Dave Brown ‘‘capped the climax” with his readings. ‘‘Happy Though Married" and "The ’Possum Hunt.” The next thirty minutes were spen* in intermission, while the rest of the performers were preparing for the renvinder of the program, which was as follows: Announcements by C. C. Bachman. Then came the style show. "From Indian Age to Present.” given by the Wednesday Afternoon Club. The style show was under the direction of Mrs. Harriet N esbit - Pbvsical director, of Garrett. The’ periods from the Indian ase to "he present were represented by the club women, who dressed and acted out before the audience the period assigned to them. The periods were: Indian, Puritm. Colonia), 1860. The Awful 90’s. Shirt Waists. Grandma 1860, Grandma 1926, and Modern gifJs. The style show was nothing short of a work of art. so well did the plavers their parts, exactly imitating the subject assigned to them. The costumes were identical of he times when *’ v, nv were in strie. and wh' n compared with the present d'y. one could easily realize how . vich nret'ier, more c .nfortahle 1 nr>.4 attractive *he present day

FATALLY INJURED George Cobb. 54 years old. ! who lives near New Paris, -was i i ! fatally injured Thursday morn- < ; ing last week in an accident j; i while employed with a road ci n-11 ! s ruction force on th° Hunt ng-" ton road about one mile north of 1 Syracuse. He suffered a frac- < ured skull, a fractured upper 1 jaw bone, and the right side <rf < his face was mangled. < Cobb was trying to dump a loaf of gravel on a Ford truck, I but the dumping mechanism fail- ( < ed to work properly. Mr. Cobb was investigating the cause and I, had placed his head under the!, body of the truck, when suddenly the mechanism tripped and Mr. Cobb’s head was caught between the* box and the chassis of hhe truck. Mr. Cobb was held in the trap for sometime until fellow workmen could unload the gravel from the truck. He was then moved to a farmhouse near and Dr. Hoy of Syracuse was called, who ordered the injured man be taken to the Goshen Hospital at once, where death relieved him of his suffering Sunday morning. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon from the Methodist -hurch in New Paris. Iri’erment ; in the West Goshen cemetery. He is survived by his widow' and four children, Mrs. Ralph i Bailey, Charles. Melvin and Ber- ! nice. FOR TIRE USERS 'I Dwight Mock, who has established himself on the south side of Lake Wawasee, has just installed a new vulcanizer for balloon and high pressure tires. ! When in need of his services, 1 Mr. Mock will do the job right. • From now on he will carry an ad • in the Journal every week, r o - Don’t forget to remember how ? soon it will be *he 25th of Dee--5! ember. In looking for somet thing just right in a card, come - to the TEA ROOM and you’ll not find it hard. 31-lt

• styles for women are. than in ‘ those days.” I ‘"I he Tale of the Table” was i a play given by the Round Table t Club, which took thirty minutes. !lhe plot was the scene of a "Wedding University” of an old couple, who had invited a number of their relatives to the "university dinner.” “The Photographer’s Troubles” given by "he Art dub was a scream. Just ask Alice Mann if site had any "extra” trouble with h r camera while she was taking pictures. Anyway, she collected quite a bit of money in advance for her work, but she pr:noised all of her custojmein that they cculd get their pictures the next day. when they would be called vi>on o pay the rest of the amount. Some of the customers who came to have their "pictures took” wanted to look thin, while others who were thin wanted to look stout, so the photographer had a’l kinds erf trouble in making 'he “stout" person look “thin” and t e “thin” person look “stout.” The latter 'the photographer accomplished by putting Wads of paper in the mouth of a customer to "bring out” the cheeks. This was the end of the regular program, but during the'ime between scenes, a ladies’ quartet, composed of Mrs. Tillman Hire, Mrs. W. T. Colwell. Mrs. P. R. Sprague and Mrs. Etta Ott. sang an appropriate song for the occasion. Following this. Goidon Geiger gave tw’o readings As usual w ith Gordon’s readings, he was called back to speak again, and each time received a hearty encore. During the evening ice cream cones, candy and gum were sold through the audience by a committee of boys and during the intermission hamburger sandwiches were also served. The crowd wag estimated at over 500 persons, who enj<A'ed I-the four hours’ show immensely. I The program for the evening was gotten up in short notice and little time was had for thorough practice, but the affair was deemed a success by those present, and judging from the success of 'his dedicatory service, there will be other entertainments given from time to time for the loyal supporters of the Syracuse I auditorium.

Pt ROUE SHORT UOUKSE I An Eight Weeks Short Course in Dairy Manufacturing will be j offered at Purdue University, be- | ginning January 17, and closing | march 15. It is advisable that young men who wish to ’ake this course should be at least eighteen years of age and should have completed a common school education or have had practical experience in a dairy manufacturing plant Instructions will be given in creamery buttermaking, factory management, ice cream making, dairv mechanics, testing of milk and cream, pasteurizing, market milk, and soft cheese making. Approximately one-half of the student's time is spent in the Purdue University Creamery, where butter and ice cream is made daily. All students who complete this course satisfactorily are given a certificate. The cost of the course should not exceed $125.00, including room, board, books and other incidental expenses. Roams will cost $2.50 per week and up; table board in boarding houses, $6.00 to SB.OO per week. Board can also be obtained at restaurants and cafeterias. The Purdue Memorial Union operates an excellent cafeteria. A fee of SIO.OO is charged residents of Indiana to cover the actual cost of materials used in the various laboratories. Non-residents of Indiana are required to pay a tuition fee of SIO.OO in addition to the other expenses. For further information recarding this course, write the Dairy Department, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. o— See “Hare Nqrtm* directed by Rex Ingram, who maxle the “Four Horsemen.’’ and. hailed as one of the most notable pictures of the year, starring AKee Terry and Antouio Moreno. It’s at Crystal, Ligonier, next week, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday December 7, 8 and 9.

INDIIPENDENTS LOST ONE GAME; WON TWO Thursday. Thanksgiving afternoon, the Syracuse Independents pl >yed the Nappanee Independents in the Nappanee High School gymnasium. Taisiwas one of the hardest fought games of the season. It was also one of the finest exhibitions of football on a basketball floor witnessed this season. ♦ The Nappanee boys put up a very hard fight. Syracuse was ahead -all the way through the g«- ne until the last two minutes of play, when the clever forward Pinpin was run in and sunk two long shots from the center of the floor. The gun went off and fl he v; me ended 22 and 24 in Nappanee’s favor. Don’t forget that Nappanee will play here in the near future md our boys will not be overconfident. We will also have an out-of-town referee. Saturday night they played, the Elkhart Moose here in the new gymnasium. The boys bad very little trouble in defeating ! e Moose. Al hough they were quite strong, they were unable to break through the strong Syracuse defense. They were unable to stop the Syracuse s rong offense, fooled time after time by the clever passing and fl or work of Druckajniller and Auer. The game ended 46-19. On Tuesday night, the Syracuse boys journeyed to Wakarusa to play one of the strongest Independent teams in this vicinity. Without a doubt, this was one of tJM? nicest and cleanest games played this year, refereed by Stephenson of Plymouth. In the first two minutes of ,'he game, Wakarusa, mtide three Jield baskets, so quickly that it took our boys off their feet for a little bit, but time was called and Auer w ? as pulled from center o forward and. R. Shultz to cencr. Wakarusa bid a center who was six feet., 4 inches and with this advantage, they got the tipoff most every time. But, the Syracuse boys were just a little hit ’ o fast for them and got the ball from them quite easily. Although they started down the floor, time after time, they failed to break through the strung Syracuse defense. They cried their usual long passing stunt to the big center, under their basket, forgetting he was not an eight footer, but a six feet four man, passing over his head time after time, on account iof the Syracuse boys rushing ! them continually. When he did [ receive one of these passes, our i stone wall Snavely, was there ; the same time he was, making a I held ball and then our grasshop- ! per jumper Auer, was up in the ■air taking the ball away from i him.

Then Druckamiller would start his usual clever dribbling down the floor, with men rushing at him at al! angles, but failed to stop him. Harry Shultz was h’.gh score man, making seven field goals and his brother, Roy, trailing close behind with five, also Auer making five. In the last four minutes of play, two subs, Hammond and Miller were run in, Syracuse having a lead at this time of 23 points. The game ended with the score 53-38. Although the boys were unable to attend all of the services of the dedication of our new’ community building, they, rushed home and arrived in time to show their loyalty and interest in part of this entertainment. Next Monday night, the Syracuse Independents will nhy the strong Bremen five in the new gymnasium. Don’t fail to see this snappy game. o KEEP ON TELLING THEM Mr. Merchant, why not make your appeal for holiday business through the colmuns of the Journal this year? With every issue it carries i's message into practically every home in the community; Ninety-eight percent of our readers are regular readers of the advertising, and as such, they are prospective customers of your store. Christmas is not quite a month away, and our readers will be looking to our columns for holiday suggestions. Tell them about your splendid holiday goods and you will get the business. Merchants, who advertise liberally and extensively, make money by so doing. Keep on telling the people about your store and your goods if you want to keep on selling them. oSOUP SUPPER Hurry! Hurry! Come, come to the K. of P. Hall December 3, for a soup supper from 5:00 to 7:00, served by the Pythian Sisters. 30-2 t

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT

Review of Things by the Editor As Ho<Sees Them on the Surface.

The Attraction of a Fee l People who have had experience in running organizations often remark on the big difference it makes whether or not anything to eat is offered. Women learn their sex turn out much better to a lecture if refreshments are served afterward. The attractions of coffee, doughnuts, etc. to the men are well known. Someone was recently telling how in his home town, a big committee was aoooinfed to put over a project of large public importance. To get the attendance cf this committee,, it proved necessary to serve a supper at conlmittee meetings, and when 1 this was done, the attendance was nearly but if they had- had no feed, he remarked, probably half of them would not have turned out. The philosopher who is bent on serious subjects can’t quite understand, this point of view. He would be just as much interested in the w'ise lecture or the informing address if no luncheon was offered. But the average person feels very powerfully the appeal through his stomach. The churches and fraternal societies havebmade powerful use of this principle in rallying their neople. Church socials have long been noted for their gorgeous hand-outs and it is wonderful how people will crowd into them, and sametimes swamp the committees in charge by the unexpected demand for food. And it would be regretfully admitted, that if there had been no supper, probably the attendance would not have been a quarter of the same number. Probably the reason for this is that eating gives people something to do, so ’hey do not feel awkward and they will then talk freely. Without this feature to make them feel at home, they would sit around like wooden Indians and could think of nothing to say. In spite of the social qualifies of our own people, this principle seems to apply here just as well as elsewhere. A movie actress is asking $25,<XK> damages for the loss of two feet of hair. Most*of the ladies we know are paying all the way from fifty cents to a dollar to get rid of it. Nowadays it doesn’t make much difference to the average girl how the balance of the house looks so long as the front pallor is clean. If one puts poison in a man’s coffee to kill him it is a crime. If one puts noison in himself and kills * another —its reckless driving. As a general thing, a s’oek Exchange is a place where a fellow exchanges a stock of money for a stock of experience. o ‘— A little girl Wants to 4 *wear her Sunday clothes every day in the week. But you can’t find, a • little boy who wants to. Scientists assert that most of us have 12-year-old minds, yet many of these morons manage to get through college. f The new auditorium was none too large for the crowd Tuesday evening. Over 500 persons were in attendance. ‘‘We won’t go home till morning.” And we didn’t —it was Wednesday morning. Don’t be shocked when you hear that a grayhaired lad(y friend has dyed. , Seme men are brilliant talkers in public and others go out with their wives. Those who attended the show Tuesday evening sure got their money’s worth. Let’s have more home talent entertainments. It’s a good drawing card. Nature gives back what she takes—buit man tries to keep all he gets. What will you do when the the last SIOOO bill is gone? AU is well, that ends well.

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