The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 15, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 11 August 1927 — Page 1

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CONDENSED COUNTY NEWS Ha ppeninri Throughout The County Briefly Chronicled In this Column. Announcement was made by Milo Strombeck. trustee of Tippecanoe township, Kosciusko county, that the new $52,000 consolidated township school addition to be erected at North Webster will contain a gymnasium 45 by 76 feet. The frame gymnasium has recently been condemned by the state fire marshal. This gymnasium will also serve as an auditorium with a seating capacity of 500 people. Construction of this two-story, fire proof, six room addition is } assured as the time for filing a protest against the improvement has expired. Plans are now in the hands of architects and are being rushed to completion. Work on the structure will commence next spring, Strombeck said. The frame gymna-< sium will be used this winter. The Milford bank failed more than two years ago when James Shepard, Sunday School teacher and leading citizen embezzled some $200,000 of bank funds. He is now serving a 2 to 14 year prison sentence which has been extended past the minimum time because Shepard was found to have planned and been the ring leader of a plot to escape prison. Shepard is said not to desire his freedom l>ecause he fears certain Milford people who lost their entire fortunes in the bank may do him harm or may bring his conviction on other criminal charges. What. Shepard ever did with the missing money has never been satisfactorily accounted for in full. Kosciusko county will have an agriculture agent before long as Purdue university may mandate the Kosciusko county board of education, township trustees, who ever since the retirement . of T. A. Parker last spring have ( turned down all three proposed candidates for county agriculture i agent. The New Paris Business Men held their annual outing at Oakwood Park. Lake Wawasee, last Monday afternoon. The stores of New Paris were closed at noon Monday and the owners, i employees and their families I enjoyed the afternoon and eve- 1 ning at the lake. — - i Damage amounting to several 1 hundred dollars was caused at < noon Thursday by sparks from t a threshing machine which set 1 fire to the roof of a small barn i on the W. J. Parish farm near | Pierceton. Only the roof bum- i ed. The loss is entirely covered i by insurance. A gang of thieves swooped down on the little town of Claypool Thursday, night, entered the Wharton and Garmon and ■ Son Garages and Burlow and ’ Shumaker drug store and made away with loot valued at SSOO. o ENJOYED SOCIAL TIME Tuesday evening a splendid social occasion was enjoyed by about 100 residents of the community at the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. Brent Koher. on the county line east of Papakeechie Lake. This fine group of people met in honor of a number of men of the community who had just returned from a four week's trip through the South and West. The evening was spent enjoying the fellowship of old friends and making new acquaintances. More than 10 gallons of ice cream was made and consumed, anlong with a number of fine cakes, baked for the occasion by the housewives of the community. Thoee who made the trip from the community of Indian Village were: Jethro Grieder, Augustus Snyder, Robert Bause and “Hod” Galloway. Jacob Hahn, of Warsaw, and John Hahn, of South Bend were also in the party. chickeTsupfer A supper will be served on Wednesday, August 17, in the basement of the Lutheran church from five to seven o'clock. Menu: Roast chicken, dressing, gravy, mashed potatoes, creamed corn, salad, pie. coffee, bread, jelly, butter, and red beet pickles. Plate price 50 cents. Phone 101 or 1352, reservations ... •. . ♦ - A \ \

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Syracuse’s Slogan: "A Welcoming Town With a Beckoning Lake.”

METHODISTS IN SESSION , The Third Annual Meeting of I the Lake Webster Camp Meeting ' of North Indiana Conference. Methodist Episcopal Church, has been in session all the week with * increasing attendance and interest. Drs. Akers of Kentucky and ilargett of Kansas City, Mo., have given the best service possible and have been appreciated to a . greater degree this year than my of the previous meetings. ( There has been in the past some question as to the advisability of holding meetings in the future but the degree of interest manifested both in the sessions and in the annual meeting which was thrown open to all attending has placed the future in a stronger and better position than ever before. At the annual business meet-, ing held Thursday afternoon it was voted that the Constitution i should be amended providing, • that all lay members paying \a | dollar a year or more should have i both voice and vote in the an-} nual meetings, also that begin- j ning with next year’s session the! fourteen directors should be elected in the annual meeting instead of by the Annual Conference as in the past. The following officers and committees were elected by unanimous vote: A. B. Cline. Bluffton, ’ President; F. W. Greene. Syra-| cuse, vice-president; Rev. D. V. j Williams. Leesburg, Secretary; Harry Breading, North Webster, treasurer; Dr. Q H. Smith, manager. Goshen; Rev. C. A. McPheeters, Nappanee, program director; Rev. F. E. Fribley. Elkhart, and Rev. C. A. Hire, Middlebury, publicity committee; Rev. G. H. Myers. Muncie. Rev, P. B. Smith. Windfall, and J. A. Anderson, Bluffton, finance committee; Messrs. McPheeters. Cline and C. H. Smith to make out the program and arrange space daily for part by the Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society to hold a school of Missions. The new Board of Trustees are A. H. Bach us, E. E. Trippeer. J. T. Bean, G. F. Hubbartt, H. A. Davis. B. H. Franklin. J. W. Gibson, Lee Leatherman, George Hamilton, F. W. Greene. C. D. Walters. Leon Reed, Mack Capper, A. B. Cline. It was voted that the meetings next year be held the week preceding the Epworth League Institute as has been held this year. ■ - —

MASS SERVICE The churches of Syracuse are uniting is a mass service to b-* held at the Evangelical Church this coming Sunday evening at 7:30. The meeting will be held under the direction of the Turkey Creek Township Law and Order League, and is in the nature of a protest against the sentence imposed on Dr. E. S. Shumaker, Anti-Saloon League Superintendent, by a recent decision of the Indiana Supreme Court, a majority of which held Dr. Shumaker in contempt of court for criticism made in his annual report of January 10, 1926. Some speaker from outside Syracuse will bring the message of the evening. The committee is endeavoring to secure Dr. Clarence E. Flynn, of Bloomington. Indiana, for the occasion. It is desired that evenjr citizen of Syracuse and vicinity, who believes in the righteousness of the fight against the liquor traffic, not only in our state, but in the world at large, will be at the meeting. — o DE.YTH OF MRS. ALICE McVEY Mrs. Alice McVey Supreme Queen of the Daughters of the Nile, passed away at her home in Spokane, Washington, Sunday afternoon. Death was caused by a large carbuncle on her neck, the poison traveling through her system. She was 62 years old. Mrs. McVey has just finished a tour of the counter establishing temples and just recently visited Honolulu, H. 1., where she did some organization work. Mrs. McVey formerly lived in Chicago and was an aunt of Mrs. EL R. Cable, of Chicago. . o WACO NOTES A broadcasting station has been established at Waco. Over 100 radio fans tuned in Sunday night Wednesday evening. August 17, the Egyptian Serenaders. one of the best orchestras of the country, will appear at Waco. - *’ “$ Bad Me.” It’s the mighti- . ets of all great stories of the , birth of America’s tremendous , Wester, empire. See it at Cryst tai, timigbt.

MILES REUNION f The F .an Miles family ref union x.as held on Sunday, Au- . gust 7. 1927. pn the banks of the 5 Syracuse lake in the C. C. Bachi man grove. A sumptious dm- - ner was a special feature of the I day and all enjoyed a social time ‘ together in the afternoon. Those from out of town were: i Mr. and Mrs. Everette Miles and i 2 children and Mrs. Charlotte Holloway and two children of Ft. Wayne, Ind.; L. R. Miles and mother Mrs. Lizzie Miles, Mrs. 1 ucy Miles and Mr. and Mrs. am Snavely and baby of Lake i Wawasee; Mr. and Mrs. Douglas ; - files, Mr. and Mrs. Jean Felkner. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Felkner, ‘and Mrs. Alice Felkner of Millford; Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Haney land son Edwin F. of Tampa, l Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Stiver of Goshen, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Gil•bert bates of Warsaw. Those I from Syracuse were: Mr. and | Mrs. C. C. Bachman and children. | Mr. and Mrs. Hallie Holloway I I and children, Mrs. Jean Hollo-1 j way, Mrs. Ellen Holloway. Mr. I : and Mrs. Orval Klink and baby, Mr. and Mrs. Wade Zerbe, Mrs. Jane Bachman, Mrs. Katherine Kindig. Warren Ruple and Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan Bachman. o OUR COUNTY BUIMiCT The total budget for 1928 apI proved by the board of county commissioners to be approved by the county council on September 6th is $168,092.57. Items of special interest are operation of county infirmary. $21,970; expense of primary and general election, $12,300: new bridges, $7,500; county fair, $1,200. The commissioners left in the budget the appropriation of $2.500 for a county agricultural agent and $3,500 for testing cattle for tuberculosis. Estimates for the operation of the main county offices are: clerk. $5,800; auditor, $7,850; treasurer, $5,860; sheriffs office, $4,054; recorder, $3,600; county surveyor, $6,420; county superintendent, $4,160: assessor, $1,900. According to Hazel Breading, county auditor, the estimated expenditures are $168,092.57 with a working balance at the end of the year to meet necessary expenditures until receipt of taxes, making a total of $183,092.57. The net taxable property in the county is $57,128,540. The

proposed levy for 1938 is 19 cents on each SIOO. o SWIMMIVJ CONTEST Attempt at new national and world’s swimming records will be made next Saturday and Sunday afternoon on the Hotel Wawasee Beach by a group of Central A. A. U. swimming champions from the Illinois Women’s Athletic Club, Chicago. Thp girls have al! won championships in the Centred A. A. U. competitions. Among these swimmers will be Erma Shemaitis, Mary Shemaitis. Charlotte Bonham, Jane Fauntz and Viola Martin. These girls swim in all styles—free style, back stroke and breast stroke. Miss Martin is a fancy diver. The competitions and exhibitions at Wawasee, besides being an attempt at new records, is in preparation for the Indiana-Ken-tuckv A. A. U # outdoor champions at Indianapolis, August 16. 17 and 18, at which Martha Noreiius, free style world’s champion, who recently smashed world’s records in New York, may appear. o RUR YL CARKIEKS’ PICNIC Members of Kosciusko County Rural Letter Carriers Association and their families, with visitors from Noble. Whitley and Elkhart counties, held their annual picnic in Pottowotamie Park, Syracuse Lake, Sunday. August 7. After a basket dinner a short business session was held. President Delano and Vice-Presi-dent Overleese were’ reelected. Roy Rush of Mentone being the new secretary and treasurer. The remainder of the day was spent with games, swimming and a general good time. All went home with the feeling that this meeting had been the best ever. On invitation of Carrier Popham, it was decided to hold the September meeting at Claypool. The State Convention of this organization for 1928 will be held at Oakwood Park, Lake Wawasee, July 1. 2 and 3. 1 ; 0- . !—< Asthma t Cai be over come by natural mei thods. Call ob Dr. Warner. Go- . Phone 176. Office open eveaißCß.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1927

MOTOR BOAT PICES FOR 1928 - The Wawasee Yacht Club has elaborate and extravagant plans to make Wawasee Lake the scene of the Nationa’ Gold Cud rac«« for 1928. This is the outgrowth of the success of the recent regatta, the first under the auspices of the Wawasee Yacht Club. This major event is being plan- ; ned at the suggestion of Gar • Wood, oetroit motor boat buildL r and race enthusiast, who attended the races. Mr. Woo d ; drove the motor boat owned by IJ. M. Stephenson, of Marion, ! Ind., in the feature event which | was won by William Noll, Jr. of ; Fort Wayne, youthful motor l>oat pilot. Lake Wawasee, according to Wood and the Mississippi Power officials, offer an ideal setting for a Gold Cup Motor Boat race program of three days—water of the right depth, ample space for the two and one-half ! mile course, all in natural beauty (which would appeal to motor .boat enthusiasts. The recent regatta was seen (by 10,(MX) persons, according to estimate. Residents of the Lake Wawasee and motor boat owners, backed by the Wawasee Yacht Club are desirous of staging this major boat event for next summer. Such a gold cup regatta could be held at Lake Wawasee. it is said, at an outlay of $6,500 for purses and incidentals. The Hotel Wawasee. has offered a handsome trophy for the winner of such an event, through Leonard Hicks. Managing Director. and Bernard Cunniff, representing the EL G. Spink Company of Indianapolis. which owns the hotel. - , . SMITH-BEERY Miss Wauneta Beery of this city and William Smith. Jr., of Indianapolis were united in marriage on Friday evening, August 5. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. H. Royer, pastor of the Methodist Church, in the presence of the immediate family of the bride and a few close friends.

The bride is the daughter of. Mrs. Gertrude Beery of this city and is a graduate of the Syracuse hyjh school. Slie .hxis for almost two been tc student nurse at the Methodist hospital in Indianapolis. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Smith of Indianapolis and is in his senior year at the dental college in that city. Mr. Smith returned to his home on Monday to prepare for his entering college this fall, while Mrs. Smith remained here with her mother for an indefinite time. 1716 many friends of the couple, including the Journal, are extending congratulations. M. E. MINISTER DIES Dr. Harry Andrews King, superintendent- of the nldianapolis district of the Methodist Episcopal church, was stricken with apoplexy in the pulpit of the Morris street M. E Church, Indianapolis, Sunday morning. Dr. King succumbed just after making a remark about the frailities of man. “Man is just like a flower; here to day and gone tomorrow,” he said shortly before his death. Dr. King had held prominent pastorates in various parts of the country. Funeral services were held Tuesday. Bishop Frederick E Leete, officiating. The body was taken to Marshall, 111., for burial. | JURY DISAIGREED The trial of Mrs. Earl Hire. Syracuse, charged with assault and battery on Constable B. O. Mabie, resulted in a hung jury before Justice George A. Maggart of Pierceton. Tuesday. It is reported the jury stood 10 to 2 for acquittal. The next trial is set for Tuesday, August 16, before Justice Maggart. LAKE PROPERTY SOLD W. J. Stamp, of Elkhart, sold seven lots and a small farm located near Ideal Beach, at public auction last Saturday. The real estate was the property of Mrs. Clara Beghtel. The farm home and 15 acres of land were sold to J. Rohrer of Ntew Paris for $3,100. The lots brought from $174 to $425. HE.4TROLA CLUB You will get a ton of coal free if you join the Heatrola club new being formed by Osborn A Son. Read the ad on another page.

i NICOLAI REUNION > The third annual reunion of 5 Ao N ; <*olai family was held at ; Pine Grove, Palmer Lake, Mich., s u, unuay August 7. k After a bounteous dinner, the • meeting was called to order by i; the President, W. T. Boocher, as;ter which followed the election • of officers for another year. • ‘ They are as follows: Ernest Har•per, Jackson, Mich., president: ■ j Alva Nicolai. Elkhart, vice-presi-l plent; Roy Mackey. Grass Lake. ; Mich., sec.-treas. The rest of ~ the afternoon was spent with i j music and readings, which were very highly applauded and enjoyed by all. Those present from Indiana were: Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Brown. ; Mrs. Susan Nicolai, Mrs. Fred i Hinderer. Miss Alice Mann, Mrs. I Lucy Butt and sons Otis, Clyde, I Jr. and Jimmie. Mr. and Mrs. Milo Kitson and daughter Lucile and sons Raymond and Dallas, all of Syracuse; Mr. and Mrs. Alva Nicolai and son Louie of Elkhart; Mrs. Mary Herrington of Wakarusa and M. Kegg. of Ligonier. > The next meeting place will be near Angola, the time and place to be announced later. All enjoyed ice cream and cake and as parting time came, all declared it to be the best reunion held and all expressed the desire to meet again next yearp : —o EPWORTH LEAGUERS Young people of the North Indiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church opened their annual six day Epworth League T nstitut.e at Epworth Forest, Webster Lake, Monday. The Rev. William T. Arnold, superintendent of the Muncie district of the Methodist church, is in charge of the institute activities. The Rev. Harley Davis, of Marion, is dean of men, and Miss Pearl Warren, of Saratoga, is dean of women. Officers at the institute includ Manager, Benjamin Kendall, of Kokomo; treasurer, J. G. White, of Tipton; registrar, C. M. Fawns, of Albany; secretary, T. S. Haddock, of Union City; life

work secretary, A. P. Teeter, of Markle, and publicity manager, C. A. Hile of Middlebury. Membeis of the Institute com- , mission will include: the Rev. C. < H. Smith, superintendent of the Goshen district, chairman; the j Rev. R. R. Detweiler, of Fort i Wayne; V. L. Clear. Ralph W. * Graham, C. M. Fawns, True S. Haddock. A. P. Teeter and W. T. < Arnold. , o , TRUCK DRIVER KILLED ( Wells W. Watkins. 55. of New , Paris, was killed at 10:15 Friday ( morning when struck by a south- , bound Big Four passenger train, t one mile north of New Paris. He had been making his rounds j among farmers collecting cream , for the New Paris Cloverdale < Creameries and was homeward < bound. j The engineer stated that he j saw the man approaching in the : truck from the east and that he ; had blown the engine’s whistle ( in warning. The man apparent- , ly did not notice him. Watkins i was traveling at the rate of about < 20 miles, said the engineer. Decedent leaves a widow and < four children. < BIRTHS ] A daughter was born on Wed- ( nesday, August 10, to Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Byland, who reside on the Lincoln highway near Benton. The newcomer was given the name of Phyllis May. < AT WINONA Following are the attractions ’ at Winona next week: Monday, August 15 —Photoplay. Ben Hur. 1 Tuesday, August 16. —Madam Schumann-Heink. o 1 MARRIED J James Reed, of Noble county 1 and Ida May Heltzel, were mar- ( ried by Rev. Floyd Hedges at the ! parsonage Wednesday evening. i The couple will reside near 1 Churubusco. o— 1 BAKE SALE i The M. EL Ladies' Aid Society will hold a bake sale at the Cleaning and Pressing Shop, Saturday, August 13 at 10 o’clock. Bring containers for chicken and noodles. 15-lt DRIVING A STAR Clarence Mock has purchased a Star coach of the Hollett Mo-

STATE LAYV IS VAGUE f The following article is taken t from Saturday’s Warsaw Daily limes; Van Buren, and Turkey Creek j townships have the distinction yi of prov iding themselves with a . | “school board,” but on investiga- >: ton by afficials and word from . | Indianapolis received today these .I. ’school boards” have no schools ; j to administer. . j In the legislative acts of 1927, I page 285. chapter 109, section 1, f : reads as follows: i j “That in cases where schools lof any township have been or ' may here after be consolidated with schools of any incorporated t town or city of the fifth class located within such township, j; that after the first day of August, 11927, such consolidated schools ” i shall be under the control and ’ management of a school board ‘ composed of three school trusi tees, residents of either the said ’ i town or city, or the township in J the territory outside of said town ■lot city, two of whom shall be . | elected in the manner prescribed in the act.” Acting on the assumption that this law appplied to Kosciusko county Bert Dausman, Vanßuren I township trustee, and Bertram Whitehead. Turkey Creek townI ship trustee, and their advisers ‘ with the advice of Milford and Syracuse attorneys, are said to have provided these two townships with “school boards.” Others who were doubtful of the 1927 acts apply to Kosciusko county in this regardLwrote to the state department education at Indianapolis and the following reply was received Saturday morning addressed to j Harry E. Lewallen, county superintendent of schools, in part as . follows: * “This act applies only where the town has a school corporation.” In the heading the act, speaks of cities of the “fifth class.” There are no cities of the : fifth class in the county and the acts does not apply to the towns as they are not incorporated as cities. POINTS OF INTEREST

Thousands of motorists traveling to Indiana’s state parks, scenjc, historic and pleasure places sheufti avail themselves of the state conservation department’s I free road and points of interest ! map, because it describes the way and answers the question, i “where shall we go?” i One side of the phamplet I shows the latest oific’al highway map, tvpes of road surfaces, i ei~. One hundred points of interest are listed as regards their position to tne roads, and a kev < describes in brief the nature of 1 each scenic and historic attrac- 1 tion,. Complete data is given as i to location of state parks so very, very popular this season, rates at same, and full informa- ' tion on varied attractions. Six ] state parks, typify every phase of Indiana from the timber belt ’ and deep canyons of southern Indiana to the beaches, lakes and sand wastes along Lake Michigan 1 and Lake James. State parks, > contends Richard Lieber, conser- 1 ration director, are the common- ] wealth’s show windows pointing out that for tourist pleasures and recreational attraction few 1 states equal or excel our own Indiana. 1 Points of Interest is a free publication obtained by writing the department at Room 126, State- ’ house, Indianapolis.' o ‘ JAILING THE MACHINE A justice of the peace out in * California has hit upon the idea j of jailing the machine for automobile traffic violations—a plan that may eventually prove to be ( the most effective way of hand- ( ling people who violate the auto- ( mobile laws. The average driver is not much troubled by a small fine, and public sentiment has not s arrived at the point where it would have the majority of these violators sent to jail. But ( if the machine were locked up | somewhere so that the owner and his family had to walk, such treatment would have a very powerful deterrent effect Such ; a plan might have beneficial results right here in Kosciusko county. ( SUPPER The Evangelical Ladies* Aid will serve a chicken supper on Wednesday evening, August 24, from 5 to 7. 15-pd ~o—- ■' “Rose of the Tenements” starring Shirley Mason at Crystal, Ligonier this Friday and Saturday, August 12 and IX

(THINGS TO THINKABOUT Review of Things by the Editor As He Sees Them on | the Surface. The Fountain of Y’outh Antiquity was full of fabled fountains. With Columbus on his second voyage was a brave Castilian soldier,, who became Governor of Puerto Rico. After he grew old and lost his job, he started in search of a wonderful fountain, an everlasting spring, a marvelous pool somewhere in the mysterious golden West in which whosoever bathed would renew his lost youth and thereafter life forever with undiminished strength and vigor. But he pursued a pot of gold at the rainbow’s end. for he vainly searched amid the streams and groves and flowers of that beautiful land his efforts brought only disappointments. What the romatic soldier of Spain could not find, we in this modern age have almost discovered. Human life in the past century has been greatly lengthened. The triple monsters of ignorance, vice and disease have been stubbornly fought, and an advance has been made all along the line. The dreaded scourges that rode Pale Horse from the dawn 'of history through the middle ages up to the gates of the present century have been slain. Hygiene and right living, knowledge of the laws of hqalth and medical science are gradually bringing humanity nearer the 'Fountain of Y’outh. Three decades ago a man was (old at 50, a woman faded at 40. There has been a marvelous change. Middle-aged people appear youthful, and the aged look 'to be in the prime of life. You cannot easily guess the age of the man or woman on the street. Grandmothers . are thought to be blooming matrons; matrons lovely young girfs and most men who live sanely and temperately do not begin to grow old until they pass the scriptural three score and ten. The present age is a living age. It is becoming more ,and more in tune with the eternal harmonies of nature. The Fountain of Youth is almost within our grasp.

And now some low-down cuss complains that besides holding vp stockings pretty garters also hold up traffic. Its hard to please some people. One way to stop violation of law is to do away w'ith all laws or make everything legal. Most laws are made to govern the pther fellow. Installment collectors should take new heart. According to geologists this old earth will continue to revolve for 100 millions years. High living will be higher when six course chicken dinners are served on airplanes between Boston and New York. The Methodists of England voted to bar women from the ministry. Has the ministry become a trades union? x Youth does not end at twentyone. According to life-insurance statistics youth does not end until 15 years later. Sundays seems to have become days of death and suicidal orgy instead of a quiet, peaceful day of rest. To be able to laugh at your failures is an indication of strength. Hie man doesn’t live who is disappointed in his obituary notice. . ; And Now In Closing— The Journal remains the best advertising medium in Syracuse. Use its columns for your weekly message to buyers of merchandise. Band Concert 8 Every Wednesday Evening 'eniMWManMPVMMBMasanrasasaMMSBaBaMHS

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