The Syracuse Journal, Volume 19, Number 33, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 16 December 1926 — Page 1

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SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Items of Interest Concerning Our High School Written for The Syracuse Journal. Wednesday morning Rev. Royer gave *he talk on the Life of Christ. His talk was that youni r folks should be Christians and that religion w*s not for older people only and lie said that Christ loved youith. 'And he also told what Christianity had done for the world today. Syracuse-Kendallville game at Kendallville Friday evening. We are expecting Syracuse + o add one more laurel to her already long list. Syracuse has a home game Saturday night, when the Etna Green’s quintet will lx? given another chance to prove their mettle. Dark clou s have appeared on tjhe horizon and to the anxious eyes of the students they appear to be drawing nearer. Nothing can turn them aside, in a little better than a week they will have descended upon us. Exams! Oh! Lady Luck are you with us? A strong desire was prevalent among the citizens for a community building. Now that we have it there seems to be no strong desire to part with ten dollars. Christmas spirit—give as well as receive. The Damestic Science girls again gave a demonstration of their culinary ability Friday noon when they served an appetizing dinner to Mr. Whitehead. Mr. Gants. Mr. Druckamiller and Mr. Beck. The Juniors and Seniors have been planning their second semester course. Frdm all ind.cations a few of the Juniors and Seniors will find the last half of this term ‘‘all work and no play.” Under Miss Mi nan few’s directions the following new songs are being practiced by the high schooL chorus: Trees, Mighty LakMa Rose and the Hunters Songr The girls’ physical ♦raining classes have begun practicing basketball. Watch for big results! (?) Christmas seals are being sold by the presidents of the high school classes and Mr. Gants. Buy five! o

TOWNSHIP COUNCIL OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION j * I The Turkey Creek Township ( Council of Religious Education will hold its annual meeting at the Evangelical church. Sunday. December 19, 1926, afternoon and evening. Following is the program: Afternoon 2 to 5. Opening Hymn. Devotions Rev. R. N. Me- • Michael. Appointment of Committee. Music —Evangelical Quartette. Address-—" The Sower” —0. S Ellis. Solo —Mrs. Floyd Hedges. Offering. Address-Rev. H. G. Rowe. Closing Hymn. Benediction —Rev'. W. L. Eller. Evening 7 to 9. Opening Hymn. Devotions- Rev B. C. Earhart. Report of Committees and action on reports. Election of Officers. Music —Methodist Brotherhood. Offering. Address—Rev. H. G. Rowe. Installation Ceremony. Closing Hymn. Benediction—Rev. J. H. Royer. W. A. CLUB Mrs. C. C. Bachman entertained the Wednesday Afternoon Qub at her home ort Wednesday afternoon. The subject. Dress and Health,” was ted by Mrs. S. C. Lepper, her subject being. How our clothing effects our health. Mrs. E. P. Miles discussed the subject of the part textiles play. The meeting was to have been held with Mrs. Bowk! but was transferred to Mrs. Bachman. —— 0 — MARKET The Church of God Mission Circle will hold a market on Friday, December 24, M the plumbing* shop. There will be for sale, baked goods, chicken and dressed chickens. 31-33-34

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DRUCKAMILEER’S QUINTS DOWNS MILFORD QUINTS Syracuse high took both games ! from Milford high, last Friday mght, at the Milford gym. Both games were hard fought • The first team winning by a score of 24-21, and the seconds by 19-15. The Score Syracuse First Team Plavers FG FT PTS D. Shock 2 2 6 !E. Crow 0 0 0 D. Riddle 3 5 11 C. Bachman 2 1 5 H. Godshalk 1 0 2 R. Godshalk 0 0 0 Totals 8 8 24 Milford First Team Playeis FG FT PTS H. Barnes 2 0 4 E. Troup 0 11 C. Hartler 4 1 9 H. Robinson 0 0 0 D. Mock 2 1 5 W. Smith 0 0 0 P. Schler 1 9 2 Totals 9 3 21 Syracuse Second Team Flayers FG Fl' PTS E. Ketring 3 17 S. Miller 0 11 E. Snavely 0 0 0 H. Bobeck 2 3 7 R. Miller 1 2 4 M. Bushong 0 0 0 Totals 6 7 19 Milford Second Team • Plavers FG IT PTS H. Jones 1 3 5 W. Smith 0 0 0 R. Helminger .... 2 0 4 A. Mangus 0 0 0 R. Method* 0 11 C. Bushong ...... 0 0 0 R. Smith 11 3 J. Biller 1 0 t 2 Totals 5 5 15 —o BASKETBALL This (Thursday) evening the South Bend Gilberts will play the Syracuse Independents at the local auditorium. The Gilberts are the strongest independent team out of South Bend. They also hold the city championship. As the team is made up of entirely former college and high school stars, we may look for a battle royal. Etna Green H. S. will meet Syracuse H. S. Saturday. December 18. The games (firsts and seconds) will be played at Syracuse.

CHICKEN SUPPER The annual chicken supper given by Mr. and Mrs. John W. McGarity on Monday evening proved to be the usual social event for the Eastern Star Gtiapter. There was a good a*tendance and everybody spent a most pleasant time together. The occasion was in the nature of a Christmas affair, which added to the Yuletide spirit for all who attended. After the supper a regular meeting of the Chapter was held. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Beginning Monday, December 20. the stores will be open every evening until Christmas. On Christmas Day the Royal Store, the Star Clothing store and Gibson’s Variety Store will be closed ail day. All other stores will close at noon and remain closed for the balance of the day. The barber shop will close at 6 o’clock Christmas Day. Beginning December 27 the stores will close at 6 o’clock, except Saturday evening, until April 1. ELUTED OFFICERS

The Eastern Star Chapter eleced the following officers Monchy night: Worthy .Matron, Mrs. Catherine Klink; Worthy Patron. John W. McGarity: Associate Matron, Mrs. Ada Crow; Secretary, Mrs. Fanny C. Hoy; Treasurer. Mrs. Ida Hamman; Conductress, Mrs. Carrie Rapp; Associate Conductress, Mrs. Blanche Wingard. —o TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL William Snavely was taken to the Goshen hospital on Wednesday morning where he will receive treatments. Mr. Snavely has been confined to his bed for several weeks in the care of a trained nurse. Robert Ptetcher ( took him over in his invalid coach. - oBIRTHS i Friends here have received an- - nouncement of the birth of a • daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Carl , Habb. of Bremen. Mrs. Habb bej fore her marriage was Miss I Blanche Snobarger, of Syracuse.

Among The Swiss Alps (By Mrs. Amanda L. Xanders.) No. 6.

Geneva, the home of the League of Nations, has been identified with other great events in the history of mankind. It is associated with Calvin, one of the great reformation leaders; w ith j Rousseau, the literary celebrity | who were attractions for such men and women of the world | fame, as Ruskin, Madame de fttael, Voltaire, Byron, Georges Sand and many others who sojourned on the shores of lovely ' Lake Geneva. The house in which the great j author and philosopher, Jean Jacques Rousseau was bom, is | shown with jniueh pride to the i visitor. It is No. 40 on the Grand Rue. The city of Geneva is situated at the western extremity of Lake Geneva and is built on both sides of the River Rhone; it has a population of nearly 50,000 ami is considered the most beautiful city in Switzerland, with Lausanne a close second. The first we know of the city is as far back as 58, B. C., from Julius Caesar in his commentaries on the Gallic war, and has something to do with a bridge he broke down, to stop the on-rush of the Helvetians. The city has a famous University and many institutions of learning, where parents from all over the world, bring their children for the advantages they afford. The Swiss Flag is a white cross on a red field; the Red Cross Society adopted the reverse colors, a red cross on a white field, and ever since its adoption, Geneva has been the home of the internation headquarters, whose great activities, during the recent world war, are without a parallel. The room in which the Alabama Claim was settledlQbetween Great Britain, and the United, States after the Civil War, is called the Alabama Room, and there is a large tablet on the wall in commemoration of that decision; it is dated September 14. 1872. In the same room, is a replica of the Liberty Bell; it was cast in Baltimore, Maryland, and bears this inscription “May this emblem of peace engender the spirit which should reign over the whole world.” In 1919 w nearly half a century later, the president of the United States made a memorable and desperate effort ,to bring to fruition, “that peace which should reign over the whole world.” In 1924, the city of Geneva rechristened Quay Mon.t-Blanc, “Quay President Wilson.” in acknowledgement of his efforts for the world peace. Another shrine irf Geneva is the International Monument of the Reformation, w’hich was unveiled in 1917. It is a mural monument over 300 feet long, on the Promenade des Bastians, where is left a part of the old city wall. It represents the reformation not onlv in Switzerland, the home of the two great reformation leaders—Zwingly and Calvin, but of France, Germany, Scotland, Holland, England and the United States, is represented by Rodger Williams, (all by large statues) as the defender of he freedom of conscience. Eight large, beautiful panels, crowded with figures, are cut in Bas-relief, and the one representing the United States, is the signing of the compact in the cabin of the Mayflower. The central and most prominent group of figures are, Beza, Cal-

vin, who is leaning slightly out from the rest. Farel, and Knox, in the order named. The entire length of the jnonument—steps lead down to it, from the lovely park-like promenade des Bastians. Many American professors visited Geneva this summer, as guests of the Carnegie foundation for international peace. Social affairs were given in their honor and conferences were had almost daily with prominent members of the League oT Nations. and attending meetings of the League. French and English are the mediton of expression in the meetings—every discussion is given first in French, then m English. Hotel Suisse was their headquarters, from the date of their arrival. August 14, until September 10. when they left for Paris. It was the Carnegie Foundation that so beautifully entertained the Press Congress at luncheon at Hotel des Bennies, and not the Rockefeller, which is located in Paris. The final meetings of the Press Congress were held in the Casino Municipal at Lausanne; most of

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the way there from our hotel ! was along a lovely park, full of trees, flower-beds, shrubs and a deep arch, or chapel, decorated with frescoes by the painter, I riieler, telling the story of the ’ adventures of W iiliam fell, who was compelled by Gesler, whom jhe had offended., to prove his wonderful marksmanship by I shooting with his bow and arrow : an apple from the head of his i son, and thereby received pardon, after he had been thrown mto prison. This story has set to music, and is one of the popui lar grand operas. It is the first , grand opera I ever heard, and it was in the magnificent opera house of Paris in J 906. At the meeting Friday morning we heard all about schools of journalism, in large and small institutions, the outgrowth of the one started by Dr. Walter i Williams at the University of j Missouri, now’ number two hun- i dred. Mr. Bell of New Zealand, founded a school of journalism, in his far away land, in memory of his son, who made the supreme sacrifice in the world war. The mayor of Lausanne extended a most cordial welcome to the Congress, since his city has become the center of our work. He spoke in French; it was at once translated into English by the interpreter. •The mayor is a very tall man, over six feet, has sandy colored hajr and fair complexion; he has done .much for the civic improvement of his city. One of the speakers of the day, apropos, of the thrift of the Scotch, said, a Scotchman can make a living off of the head of a statue. Before the close of the morning session, invitations were received from the city of Lausanne to be their guest for a boat ride on Lake Leman (Geneva) Saturday at 2:30 p. on., also an invitation from the (mayor to a garden party at Hotel Royal. At the afternoon meeting, the nominating ccMmmittee made their report. Dr. W. Williams was elected first honorary Mr. Bell of New Zealand, president; Mr. Wallace Odell, of Tarrytown on Hudson, secretary-treas-urer. The retiring president was presented with a gold Swiss watch. The secretary-treasurer. Mr. Brown,, also received a watch, and his wife a tiny Swiss clock. By a blow of the gavel, the third meeting of the Press Congress of the world was declared closed. Saturday morning every one was free to do as they pleased, so I visited one of the numerous open air markets —they have a great attraction for me. to see all the different kinds of vegetables, fruits and flowers spread out along the curb and in the street. I could not resist some lovely ped raspberries and a large bunch of rose buds, mostly pink. Directly after lunch we moved to Hotel Chateau, on the lake front called Ouchy. Here is a magnificent quay, 1000 meters long and forty wide, bordered on the lake side by a long, narrow park full of trees and flower beds and on the other side by the grounds of large private properties and those of Hotel Chateau, where afternoon tea is served, and many people dine. From here one has a fine view of the Castle of Chi Hon, made famous by Byron, through his poem called the Prisoner of Chillon.

and of the Alps. At 2:30 we were waiting on the dock or quay when Temnle Tours conductor came look inc for us. as the partv was leaving from a private dock a few blocks away. Five large niotor boats were filled and the one I was in was always last. Here and there for miles along the shore were large bashing pavilions crowded with bathers, performing all sorts of aquatic stunts. The mayor’s party in the beautiful gardens of the Hotel Royal, was a grand success. Tea was served at small tables-—sand-wiches of all kinds, delicious cakes and wine. The mayor’s daughter was at our table and we improved the occasion so well that she accepted our invitation to tea at our hotel and returned the courtesy in her own home. She is a popular concert singer, and to our delight, favored us with several vocal numbers. She also gave us postal cards and booklets of Lausanne, and last but. not least, took us for a de l lightful motor ride in a Studebaker car. The Press Congress party, conducted by Temple Tours, left

i Lausanne Sunday morning <o” Other points in Switzerland, Italy I and other countries of Europe. We remained one week longer in Lausanne, and took in Montreux by boat. It is noted for its ; many hotels, and particularly for its mineral springs—the water is shipned all over Europe. Montreux is called a citv of hotels. We visited the Castle of Chillcn, built on the edge of the lake in the water. I had no desire to see its awful dungeons, so I sat on a bench along the edge of a very unattractive park across the quay, and gazed at its forbidding walls, while the rest explored its dark dungeons and other parts of the castle. After our lunch, put up by our hotel, we took the tram back tiirough Montreux, along* the lake, to Vevey, where we took the Funicular to go up Mt. Pellen. Half J,he way was a rather steep incline, but the other half was so nearly perpendicular I dared not look down, only way out across space to the Alps, beyond Lake Geneva, and to the I mountains to right and. left of Ijo spußsnoqi oja.w om (Qau sn feet above sea level. There are large, beautiful summer hotels scattered about over the mountains all around, and now and then you see one that look 5 as though it must topple over from its dizzy height on the edge of the mountain, but the view one has from the top, amply repays for the dizzy trip. On the return down, I was compelled to keep my eyes closed half the way, and w'hen I dared open them the wide panoramic view was magnificent. We attended what seemed to us aq. amateur performance of “Anns and the Man.” There was r.o music at all. and everything was so out of the ordinary, that made it most amusing. The theatre is so old fashioned and quaint. What I have written, in regard to the schools of Geneva, applies to Lausanne also. Here, no matter what the peoples class or rank in life may be, seeim to be athirst for knowledge- in this respect the “town shines upon the Canton and the Canton is a faithful mirror of the town.” Every day there is a street market somewhere in Lausanne, but Wednesdays and Sat i days are the great market day v -when the country seems to invade the town, and they arrive with the dawn and come from the four corners of the Canton. The pave•ments, roadways and doorways are taken by storm, ever, the town hall is seized and small carts and flat baskets and. boxes encumber the length and width of the streets and places seized, and un,til noon, the country side apparently reigns in triumph—as Queen.

ELECTED DELEG ATE Miss Mabel Heckaman, of Nappanee, a junior at), Wittenberg College, and well known among local Lutheran people, has been honored by being selected as one of Wittenberger’s delegates to the national Y. W. C. A. conference at Milwaukee, Wis., the week after Christmas. From there she will go to Madison. Wis., to attend the international conference of the Lutheran Students’ Association, composed of Lutheran students from universities and colleges all over the world. Miss Heckaman is also a member of the co-ed debating squad at Wittenberg. o MORE MONEY NEEDED A committee of the Chamber of Commerce will call upon all persons who subscribed towards the community building fund. Although the building is completed more money is needed, and if you have subscribed the money is due and payable. Those who have not subscribed will be called upon to do so. Here is a chance for everybody to do something for Syracuse. Hie money paid will be returned within three years with interest to every subscriber to this fund, and is no' a donation. o WILL FULFILLED On the Bth day of December, 1926, brings the first anniversary of the passing away of my* /tear father, John A. Snavely. His bequest has been fulfilled by presenting to the Ebenezer Orphan Home at Flat Rock. Ohio, the SSOO in memory of my sainted mother, Elizabeth Snavely, who passed to the Great Beyond in the year 1912. Mary Ea McPherson. Administratrix. » For little things, nice, cqjne see our Price. At The Sign of The Kettle. 33-lt

COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS SERVICE “Christmas in Scripture, Song r- nd Pageant,” will be the big 1 ?ature of + he first real community Christmas service to be celebrated in Syracuse. The service which includes a specially arranged, pageant of the Bible story of Christmas, will be given at the Community building on Christmas eve jointly by all the local churches, the public schools and some of the civic clubs.. The commit iee, representative of each of the churches and the schools, which is in charge of 4 he service, consists of Mrs. I’. N. McMichael. Mrs. Fred Self, Mrs. Floyd Hedges, Mrs. Ross Osborne, Mrs. Roy Niles, and Miss Gladys Minardo. The pageant will be given by r. cast selected from annnr the Joe 1 churches and Sunday schools the direction of Mrs. McMichael, and Miss Minardo. The music for the pacreant will consist of the old Christmas carols, and will be sung by the school children., the high school chorus, special soloists, and the congregation. The firs 1 . 4 rehearsal for the pageant was held at the Community buildmg last night with good results. The final rehearsal will be held next Thursday evening. This service bids fair to be one of the finest celebrations of the Christmas season ever held in this section. Following the Christmas service in the Community hall the annual Christmas for *he children of Syracuse will be distributed by the Wednesday Afternoon Club. There will not be any service at the Christmas tree which will be erected on the street. . o CONFIRMATION REFUSED

Members of the Kosciusko county board of education last week, by a vote of 11 to 5, refused to approve the reappointment of Tom A. Parker as Kosciusko county agriculture agent, whidh was presented to the county board of trustees by Harry Lewallen, president of the board, from Purdue university for confirmation. It is said that while ParkePs work’was acceptable to the majority of farmers that a number of leading politicians of both political parties were opposed to him. An interesting feature is, however, that this is the same board which approved his appointment two years ago. The appointment is for two years. The Kosciusko County Farm Bureau/ however, wants Mr. Parker re-op pointed, and has prepared an open letter, which appears elsewhere in this issue.

MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION The Kosciusko County Ministerial Association will hold the regular monthly meeting in the basement room of the Library building at Warsaw, next Monday afternoon at 1:30. Several of the local preachers will attend. Hie special aiddress of the day will be delivered by Captain Eletha Gurber, of the Salvation Army, at Warsaw. Her subject will be. “Salvation Army Activities.” These meetings are not solely for the ministers, but many laymen have found a warm welcome and a great deal of real profit in attending them. A very cordial welcome is extended to the general public. o SHOPPING ECONOMY Early shopping is one of those virtues that many of us talk about and never practice. The loss is ours, as we know when we stop to think about &. It means the difference between easy shopping and hurried, harassed shopping. It means granting yourself the necessary time to pick and choose. And not least of all it is an act of thoughtfulness and kindness to dhe faithful men and women who serve us in stores and shops. WARNING Our readers are warned not to deal with the Acme Farms, Gainesville, Florida, until this firm can be investigated You may and may not receive the oranges. A letter todhem from the Journal has beem returned marked “Refused,*' tv \ the.■ posemaster. It seems this tirm dges not want to nay our advertising bill, hence their ad has beer discontinued —o “See Subway Sadie.” She was only a shop girl—but say she was snappy, and he was only a subway guard But Old Girls! The year’s big joy ride at Crystal, Ligonier, next Sunday and ’ Monday, December 19 and 20.

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Review of Things by the Editor As He Sees Them on Z/". the Surface. / / • Life Is An Isxperitinent Living is an experiment. We don’t have to go back more than a hundred years in our own history to prove this. There always will be new ways, new ideas, new valuds, new attitudes. Some will be good, for most of us; some only for groups and individuals here and there. There is no end; we •shall change always, everywhere, each one cf us. And to demand finality and uniformity is to acknowledge failure and futility. Our ancestors used vastly different less detailed knowledge, and a different view of life. With our new science and our new machines. and our new knowledge of the nature of the world, come also a new expectation of life, new values, new ideals and new plans. All values are human, dependent on the nature of man and his age-old inherited make-up. As he finds life, so he makes-his values, and as he changes, so they will change. The greatest moral obligation is to be true to one’s self and one’s neighbor. Self respect is the basis of respect for others. He who takes the right to think for himself, must yield that same right to others. That is what has made civilization what it is and will make it what it will be in the years to sot:ne s Life is an, experiment.

“White Lies” An age-old and unanswerable question: "What is Truth?” Early in life most of us have discovered thatthere are times and places when a lie is admitted on a social equality with the truth, ami sometimes given preference. This is often true in the life of a physician. It often occurs in sports. These little lies are common among salesmen. The “Good morning, so glad to see you” of the hostess is not the truth, when instontky she feels irritated over the interruption and the visitor is highly unwelcome, if the truth were told. Such conditions are demanded by conventions. Thomas Osborne used to tell of a burgjar serving time in prison. Said he, "The ethics of my profession do not permit me to squeal on a pal.” So he lied like a gentleman.

Sneaking of Christmas presents 1 — would not the home town paper prove a splendid gift to one who has moved away, but still retains an interest in what happens in Syracuse? In olden times a girl wanted to know if he had enough money to start housekeeping with. Nowadays she wants to know if he has enough to pav alimony. Russia and China may be heathen nations, but they shoot bank embezzlers as well as burglars. We don’t know every thing about government. We are now reminded, early and often, that “there are only a few days left.” And it should be noted that the last day is on Friday. A 70-yea.rold citizen 'in an lowa town has entered school to learn to read and write. Watch him. He will be running for congress in a few years, i 1 — You ought to join the diet club. We have a lady friend that’s a merhber and she’s getting fatter and fatter in every “weigh.” There’s only one time when a wife’s tears don’t win an argument. That’s when said tears come from peeling onions. Evolution:^-The man who once hid behind a woman’s skirt was classed as a coward. Today he’s lauded as a magician. Some nation, as well as people,, are too proud to fight—others are too proud to pay. The instalment plan seems to have found a prolific field in our marriage? system. Banks close' Christmas to keep people from overdrawing their accounts. We hear much of the underworld and but listtie of what it !■ is under. A man can run faster than'a woman yet he lets her catch him.

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