The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 14, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 4 August 1927 — Page 1

VOLUME XX

CONDENSED COUNTY NEWS X«pi>eniik£> Throughout The County Briefly Chronicled In this Column. Howard Sparrow and Beryle Gingenpeel. Kosciusko county farmers residing north of Etna Green, had a narrow escape from death or sersous injury during the storm Thursday afternoon at Dewart lake. They had been fishing and had gone ashore, taking refuge from the rain in their Ford sedan, which was parked under a large tree. The tree was blown down, striking the top of their car. wrecking it completely. Mr. Sparrow’ was in the rear seat and was bumped on the head ‘ and his back was injured. Mr. Clingenpeel, in the front seat escaped injury. Missing the two men the tree crashed through with such force that a tool box under the seat w’as crushed. Mrs. Sarah Pound. 77. of Os“wego, who is almost totally blind, while attempting to cross the road in front of the Charles Christman store in Oswego, was struck by an automobile. The left leg was broken in three places and the right in tw’o places. ' As a result she is a patient at , the McDonald hospital, Warsaw. The driver of the car was not 1 to blame. * . Mrs. Grover Huffman was kick- 1 ed in the face by a cow at the Eagle farm south of Sidney. The 1 hoof struck her in the forehead and nose, cutting the skin of 1 her forehead so that it hung 1 over her eyes and also cutting • her nose. Mrs. Huffman was kicked while milking. The cow had never been known to kick ' before but had always been milk- * ed by men. 1 David Overleese. 84. well ' known resident of Milford, died 1 Saturday morning at his home ' following a lingering illness. He I is survived by one daughter. 1 Mrs. George Felkner, and one ’ son, Chester Overleese. both of 1 Milford. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2:30 : o'clock from the home. Milford. Sheep killing dogs are again J causing a severe loss in Kos- ( ciusko county. During the ( month of June, Hazel Breading. f county auditor, has issued warrants totaling $330.65 to reim- ‘ burse farmers who suffered loss- t es due to sheep killing dogs. Silver Lake and vicinity are ] said to be suffering from an epi- ] demic of mumps; —-Many-persons are reported patients. i

/ RED ARROW AUCTION J A large crowd attended—thtr Saturday afternoon. All silent bids were opened and the articles •old to the highest and best bidder. The live baby was also sold. Much guessing was indulged in as to what the baby would look like. The guessing came to an end when at about 1 o’clock the baby—a live baby pig about 2 months old—was exhibited in the show window at the Hollett Motor Sales. M. R Rentfrow bought the pig in open auction for $l2O in Red Arrow money. A bag of SSO in gold was offered to organisations at the close of the open auction. The bidding was lively on this bag of gold by two parties. A. H Blanchar ad was the highest bidder. He came in possession of the SSO bag of gold by planking down $3,200 in Red Arrow money. The next open auction will be conducted on Saturday. August 27. Watch the Journal for announcements each week. The Red Arrow auction is drawing much attention each month. —-— o - - ATTACHMENT SUIT Fl LED An account and attachment suit was filed by the Wawasee Cedar Chest Co. last week with County Clerk Russell H. Butler, against Charles F. Fitzsimons, of Detroit, to satisfy claim of $844.18. FILED DIVORCE SUIT Mrs. Edith Byrket has filed action in Kosciusko Circuit Court for a divorce from her husband. Russell D. Byrket They were ""!***» IT. 1986. She char-

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Syracuse’s Slogans **A Welcoming Town WitK a Beckoning Lake.”

PYTHIAN ORDER TO HOLD DEDICATION | Twenty thousand members of the Pythian Order in Indiana and their families will celebrate ’ the dedication eere’ronv of the Pythian Home at Lafayette, August 10, when Senator James E. Watson and officers of the Supreme Lodge will be principal ■ l speakers. One of the big fca|tures of the ceremony will be a [monster basket picnic dinner on (the grounds at noon. The Pythian Home committee has completed three units of the building program with site and improvements costing approximately $450,000. According to the committee I in charge of the program it will • be one of the most unique cele-! brations ever held by any frater- ; 'nal society in Indiana. Follow- 1 ' ing the dedication a class of candidates coming from every county in the state will be initiated at 4 o’clock. Supreme Lodge officers will confer the rank of Page using the Rathbone Bible, the book used by Founder Rathbone at the founding of the orJder in 1864. at the nation’s capitol. Harry M. Love, Minneapolis. Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal, will obligate the class. Senator Watson will deliver the dedicatory address. Other speakers will be Supreme Chancellor Richard S. Witte .Milwaukee, Wis.; Supreme Vice Chancellor Alva M. Lumpkin. Columbia. S. C.; Grand Chancellor, Louis B. ETmore, Monticello, “ and Mayor Albert R. Ross, who will give the welcome address. President Moses Schultz of the Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ association will speak in behalf of the business men of the city who contributed funds to purchase the site for the home. Harry Wade. Indianapolis, chairman of the Pythian Home committee, will have charge of the opening exercises and will introduce Supreme Lodge officers. The home is located in the city limits on a 150 acre tract of high wooded farm lands. Three units of the home plan are completed and will be open for guests eariv in the fall. The completed buildings are but a part of the general plan which when completed will give Indiana one of the most extensive homes for aged and orphans to he found anywhere in America. Rooms for guests have been furnished by lodges, Pythian Sister, temples and other units of the order, by individual members at a cost of nearly $50,000. The , committee has announced that ( not one dollar of indebtedness is , on the home as it stands and there is an adequate fund for , maintenance accumulated in the j last two years from assessments J levied upon the membership. The Pythian Sisters and the < uniform rank will participate in j the exercises, the women initat- , ing a large class into their own organization during the afterTroon A regimental parade, with General W. B. Gray of Covington, in command, will end the afternoon festivities. <

——, o— 1 EPWORTH LEAGUE SESSION « 1 The third annual session of the Epworth Forest meeting J conducted by the North Indiana < conference of the Methodist « church, opened Sunday at Lake Webster, with the Rev. C. A. Me- < Pheeters, of Nappanee, in charge 1 of the program. The meetings ! will continue until Monday, Au- 1 gust 8. ’ A daily program sunrise pray- 5 er at 6:30. Bible hour at 8:30 preaching at 10, 230 and 7:30 * o’clock, will be followed. Following the Epworth Forest ' camp meeting, the 11th annual J Epworth League institute for the J Nbrth Indiana conference will 1 be held at Lake Webster, August Bto 14. A complete faculty has been arranged by-the Rev. U. S. A. Bridge.i superintendent of the Wabash district. e The Epworth Institute, which i is attended by members of the league from all sections of the i state, will follow a daily pro- < gram. “Ted” Mumby. former Hoosier football star and champion wrestler, will have charge of athletics during the week. He is now director of the Boys’ Christian College, Lucknow, India, and is in Indiana for a summer visit. FAMILY REUNION The fourth annual reunion of the Wogoman family will be held in the town park. Wakarusa, on Sunday, August 7. Basket dinner at noon. Program at 2:30. John Wogoman is president and John Auer, secretary and treas-

ARBAUGH-EVANS ! A pre* y weddir.;* took place f Sunday morning at seven o’clock at St. Peters Lutheran church in 1 Millersburg when Miss Cathe- ! [ vine Evans, daughter cl Mr. and 1| Mrs. John D. Evans of Millersdburg and George B. Arbaugh. . !son of Rev. and Mrs. A. H. Ar- . l>augh. of Syracuse, were united I [jin marriage. . ■ The ceremony was performed : ; in the presence of the immediate! families by Rev. A. H. Arbaugh, ".nth the Rev. William Arbaugh, ■ brother of the groom assisting. | Vernon Beckman, of Syracuse, accompanied by Miss Louise SnoI Larger, pianist, sang “I Love You, ! Truly.” by Carrie Jacobs Bond: land “Beauty.”. Immediately following the ! ceremony, a three course break- ; fast was served in the bride’s home. The newly married couple left on an extended motor tour into Canada and upon their return will reside in Springfield, Ohio, where Mr. Arbaugh will be a student at Hanna Divinty i school. The bride is a graduate ] of Goshen High School and was • a student at Purdue University. The groom is a graduate of Carthage college, Carthage, 111., where he was president, of the Gamma chapter of Pi Kappa Delta. honorary fraternity. Last year he received his master de- ’ gree of Philosophy at lowa university. o_ . DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS Distribution of county funds to the various townships, and town corporations under the June settlement has been completed by Hazel Breading, county auditor. Wayne received the largest distribution to the townships. Harvey McOery received checks totaling $24,417.86 as his share. The city of Warsaw benefitted to the amount of $35,598.01, and the Warsaw school board received a total of $39,240.26.

vu ca ivvci* v* « The distribution under the June settlement to other townships is as follows: Jackson, , $20,698.42; Monroe. $9,838.07; Etna, $10,214.08; Prairie, $5,000; Jefferson, $10,796.23; Scott. $7.- * 596.80: Franklin. $15,611.99; Har- ( rison, 23.503.22; Lake, $12,96320; ( Seward. $22,222.38; Plain. $7,683.04; Clay, $18,074.44; Tippecanoe, $11,484.25; Turkey Creek, , $10,239.43; Van Buren, $22,676.35 and Washington, $28,307.72. Funds received by the various ( township corporations and library boards were: Leesburg, < 996.76; Milford. $4,598.69; Syra- i ruse. $1,554.26; Pierceton. $2.- . 943.22; Etna Green, $1,505.92; J Mentone, $2,006.89; Silver Lake, . $2,495.61; Claypool. $2,904.51; Sidney. $702.15; Winona Lake, . $6,385.60. Library boards of Warsaw, , $10,240.26; Pierceton library t board. $809.70; and Syracuse. $1,954.25. STORM AND RAIN A heavy wind storm passed over Syracuse and sections of

Kosciusko county last Thursday afternoon, accompanied by a heavy rain. ’ A large silo on the barn of John Hibschman. west of Syracuse. was blown over, striking and damaging the bam. Many fields of corn were more or less damaged. Much com about one foot in height was blown down almost even with the ground, but fanners say that most of this eventually will again straighten up. A large barn—an old landmark —on the Miller farm, located about half way between New Paris and Milford, was struck and in spite of all efforts of the New Paris and Foraker companies, it was consumed. MIDNIGHT BLAZE Shortly after midnight Wednesday morning the fire department was called to the Mishler boat factory, where a fire had started, and which was discovered by passersby. The blaze had gotten such a headway when the fire department arrived that ! nothing could be saved. The building and contents were reduced to ashes. Mr. Mishler estimates his loss at $5,000, which is partially covered by insurance. Origin of the fire is unknown, but is believed to have started from an electric light wire. The loss includes six row boats one motor boat worth SSOO, machinery, equipment and materials. caught fire several times, but garden hose and buckets saved it

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 4, 1927

'Motor Boat Races ;j Draw Big Crowd

1 1 Under the management of the • I Wawasee Yacht Cub, the first - i motor boat races were held at ■' Lake Wawasee Sunday. G it was an ideal day. Thoui sands of people lined the shores ;of tht lake at Wawasee Hotel i and Sargent’s Hotel to witness the event. Every available parking space for automobiles was taken. Both hotels extended every possible courtesy to the visitors, t regardless of whether they were regular guests. The races were for amateur owners and drivers. It is estimated over 5.000 people lined the lake shore. The racing started at 10:30 i Sunday morning with the Class B. O. event, outboard motors, won by W. A. Daly, of South Bend, driving “No Foolin’,” | Frank Farley, of Fort Wayne, J driving “Mike” was second. There were eight starters. Time. 12:42. This was a two lap, five mile race. In the Cass C. O. event A. W. Daily, of South Bend was first; “Lucky Lindy” driven by Elmer Korte, an 18-year old Fort Wayne boy. second. Puritan, driven by H. Blackburn, wss third. This was a four lap, 10 mile race, outboard motor event. M. L. White, of Wawasee. owner and driver of Minola, was

first in the class C handicap 16mile event for boats under 20 miles an hour with White Cap, owned by L. J. Novitsky and driven by Byron Novitsky, .of Fort Wayne, second. J. L. O’Neal, of Chicago, driving his own boat Bee Bee won the class B handicap; Blue Boy owned by M. C Honeywell and < driven by G. W. Macey, of Wawasee, was second: Mary Joan, owned and driven by A. W. Zimmer- 1 man, of Fort Wayne, was third. 1 The winner averaged 37 miles 1 per hour. — ( William Noll, of Ft Wayne, student in a preparatory school for Yale, driving Miss Liberty, a boat owned by his father W. b H. Noll, won ithe feature 25-mile < event of the Wawasee regatta, ] defeating Gar Wood, veteran i motorboat builder and driver, J who was at the wheel of the 1 boat Solomino, a Gar Wood creation owned by J. W. Stephenson, of Marion. Miss Goshen, another Gar Wood boat, driven by Haines Eifbert of Goshen, was third. « The race was a handicap affair, i but Noll’s boat showed more I speed than any of the other ' craft entered. Noll’s boat aver- < aged 52 miles an hour. The Saturday racing was only preliminary. * < The first motor boat races 1 were such a pronounced success 1 that in all probabilities races 1

My Old Home Town There are farms, and cities, and towns galore. With plenty of beautiful scenes to see. But the little old town with the open door. Is just a good enough place for me. Where the folks just smi’e. and make life worth while Right here, in my old home town. I once went away to a neighboring town. And went there of course, intending to stay. Why! The world itself, couldn't hold me down, I said, if I live ‘till the very next day. Right back 111 hike, to the place I like. Back to my old home town. , 1 Where the folks are common, and the town is clean. Where all are good neighbors, and crooks are few. With the rich, or the poor, no difference between. As long as they're honest, and the heart is true. I turn my back, to the places that lack. The heart, of my old home town. Where the churches, too, are good places to be, For they serve the very best food for the soul Inviting all strangers to please come and see, And abide, for awhile, in the spirit's control I’ll abide in this town, 'till life's sun goes down, Right here, in my old home town. All strangers who chance to visit our school, Cannot long be in doubt, as to why We bring out the best, through the golden rule. And honor the product of our home town high. Our Journal, too, has a welcome for you. Right here, in my old* home town. You may live in New York, or wherever you be, If you travel this way, you'll make no mistake If the all-around beauties, you fail to see. In a welcoming town, and a beckoning lake, So 11l ask you fiat, please take off your hat As you enter the gates, of my old home town. —-Mrs. Elizabeth Hentzell.

■. will be scheduled for next year. . On account of its great length . J Lake Wawasee is better adapted for motor boat racing than [ any ether lake in the state. ; J On account of this event Lake I ■ Wawasee will receive the best i; possible publicity through the ! movies. Moving pictures of the ; ' races weTe taken by Fox, Para- j j mount, Pathe and Hearst organi- . rations. which will exhibit them I • as news reels all over the coun- -[ try. o TtKEN TO LONGULIFF Charles W. Evans, of Buttermilk Point. Lake Wawasee. who ! was brought to the county jail two weeks ago in demented condition was taken to the insane hospital at logansport last week i by Sheriff Frank McKrill. Fvans, it is said, would "trans-: nlant” sweet corn. He would go I into a neighbor’s garden, pull up i the sweet corn and take it to his plot and replant it. Until he was adjudged insane a charge of petit larceny had been filed against him. which has been dismissed. TO OUR READERS Our column of local news is short this week on account of the illness of the associate edi-

tor. who has not been able to gather the news. However, she is convalescing and hopes to make her usual rounds next week. Q—MAY TRAIN AT WAWASEE Leonard Hicks one of the lessees of the New Wawasee hotel an- < nounced over the week end that it was possible that either Jack Dempsey or Gene Tunney might train at Lake Wawasee if the , bi? fight in September is held at Chicago. , n o SOLD BUSINESS i Meibern Rapp has add his dry cleaning establishment to Miss Edna Morningstar of Nappanee, who took charge Monday. Mr. Rapp has not announced his future plans. o J MARRIED Word has been received here of the marriage of R. W. Alwin ‘ and Miss Margaret Schick at Elk- ' hart about three weeks ago. ’ The groom is employed at the ' Conn factory. •—o Hay Fever C»b be over eome by natural me- ' tb<Mls. Start taking treatments before the season begins. Dr. ] Warner. 214 8. sth St, Goshen.

I KOSCIUSKO COUNTY STUDENTS ENROLLED , Eighteen Koseiuslfe county .‘students have ’been enrolled in [the 38th annual sumn: -r of Indiana University, Bloom;ington. whicn closes Fridav. AuIgust 5. The total enrollment was 1829. Fiiieen hundred and ten students were enrolled in the summer session at khoomington, 94 students at the school of medicine. 141 at the nurses’ training ! school. 24 students in laboratory I work at the school of dentistry, [lndianapolis; and apnroximately 60 students at the Winona Lake bio’ogical station. Following the close of the regular summer term Friday, . a three weeks’ session will be conducted. This session will con-. sist of intensive work especially designed for teachers and graduate students. The law courses [ will not end until August 23.i while work of the biological sta[tion will be finished. August 19. I Practically all departments | have been open this summer and a majority of the department ! heads of the university have been there to carry on the work of the Summer Session. Dr. H. L. Smith, dean of the I. U. school of education, has served as director _of the summer session since 1920. Students from Kosciusko county attending I. U. summer session are as follows: Burket: Respa Van Dorn. Claypool: Gladys Milburn. William Milbum. Leesburg: James Rohrer. Mentone: Leslie Laird and Hugh Auginbatigh. Milford: Marjory Klinger. Geojge Ralston. Pierceton: Clela* WTiite (nurses’ training school, Indianapolis). Sidney; Meriel Smith, Edna Tennant Silver Lake: Estil Franks, (biological station, Winona Lake), Leßoy Scherer, (biological station, Winona Lake). Syracuse: Guy Bushong. William Gants. Warsaw: Thomas Loveday. Frances Jennings (biological station. Winona Lake). Winona Lake: Nettie Downey.

ON TO PARIS The A. E. F. is mobilizing again! But its slogan is not the war cry of "On to Berlin!” but the peace cry of “On to Paris!” For this second A. E. F. is composed of members of the American Legion from all parts of the United States who are already making their plans to attend the Legion convention in the French capital in September and to revisit the scenes of the greatest adventure of their lives. There’s an interesting article in this issue of The Journal by Elmo Scott Watson telling o*“ the plans for that big event It’s "extra illustrated” with some of the familiar scenes which await the coming of the second A. E Fl It will be especially interesting to Legionaires. Don’t miss "On to Paris!”

OPEN SEASON ON SQUIRRELS The open season for lawfully shooting all kinds of squirrels in Indiana started on August 1 and continues to and including October 1. Hunter’s attention is called by Geo. N. Mannfeld, fish and game superintendent that the bag limit is five squirrels per day, except on red or pine squirrels on which there is no bag limit nor closed season. It is unlawful to sell a squirrel except the red species at any time, except for breeding purposes. Possession for any other purpose is unlawful during the closed season. Open season for rabbits in Indiana starts on October 1. o LOSES SIGHT OF EYE Dean Barnhart, publisher of the Goshen Democrat, who injured his eye while playing golf when the ball he struck rebounded from a tree and struck the member, has lost the sight of the eye. The physicians were able to save the eyeball however. It was certainly a most distressing and unfortunate accident : .... -oB. 4 O. REPORT The operating revenues of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad for the. month of June amounted to $21,512,679 and the operating expenses to $15,215,981, leaving a balance of operating revenues of $6,296,698. " o The trouble with too many people Mt that they push in the wrong direction.

> THINGS TO THIN£ABOUT Review of Things by t4ie Editor As He Sees Them on the Surface. Who Stays Home A middle aged couple living in the city decided to take a run down into the country and pay a few visits among their old neighbors of the farm community where they had spent many of their years. They had visions of leisurely chats and old fashioned dinners. They called at nine houses on I one highway and found no one at home, altho it was only about 11 o’clock in the forenoon. The tenth house was the home of an elderly couple. “They’re sure to be at home,” said the city motorist; "we’ll take them out for a |Hde.” But the elderly couple had gone, too; the fresh trail of a car led from the garage to the highway. “Doesn’t anybody stay at home anymore?” asked the disgruntled husband. “Why, no,” replied the wife, smilingly, they’re all doing just what we are doing—taking an automobile ride.” The Sunday visit has passed into memory in most communities. And the Sunday dinner with it. Some sentimentalists may lament the going. But anybody who takes thought of the farmer’s good wife will rejoice. Sunday dinner and Sunday visits may have been fun for the company, but too often they mean drudgery to the hostess. And the farm and small-town housewife learned some time ago .that the automobile complicated their troubles; it increased the number and frequency of Sunday guests. Self-preservatidtr asserted itself. The good housewives decided that the best way to avoid Sunday dinners was to join the parade and go on Sunday outings themselves. It’s a great thing for these housewives, hard as it may be on the would be guests. A drive in the open, a few hours away from the grind, new homes and' new faces—how much better to the woman of the village and the farm than cooking over a hot stove, pouring food into a mob of hungry mouths —and washing a half barrel of dishes after they drive away! City folks, who drive into the rural district expecting a long visit and a big dinner these Sundays may as well prepare to do their talking to each other and dine on hot dogs.

A farmer was showing his dairy herd to some visitors from the city. One of. the young ladies in the party was of the observing kind. “1 see each cow only servess four kinds of drinks,” she sai l. The most beautiful baby and the fattest baby in Peru, was awarded a prize in a contest staged by a Peru theatre. A fat Syracuse woman wants to know why such contests are confined to babies. Why send your money away to a mail order house? Why buy your printing out of town? Why advertise in a magazine not printed in Syracuse? Tky home first. Some of these days crossing the Atlantic by plane is going to be safer than walking down Broadway or crossing the loop in Chicago on foot There’s a vast difference between confidence and conceit One has a quality of strength of character and the other is simply silly. We certainly do progress in some ways. It was only two or three years ago that it didn't matter if silk stockings had lisle tops. There was the Goshen girl who was so dumb she thought the Chamber of Commerce had a handle on it A patent medicine testimonal occasionally thrusts greatness upon a small man.

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