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

VOLUME XX

SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Item* of Interest Concerning Onr High School Written for The Syracuse Journal. Well, another school term nicely started! We believe that almost everyone was glad to get back to old S. H. S. but we never thought the weather man would play such a trick on us as he has the last few days. But outside of that, things are going on high. A few of the usual rules and regulations were laid down during the early part of last week and -alas to the gum chewers the gum prohibition is still in force! The students of the upper grades were entertained Tuesday morning by Mr. and Mrs. Howell, experts in the art of Bohemian glass blowing. Mr. Howell first gave a brief history of glass blowing. He stressed the Bohemian method which is done without use of machinery. They then proceeded to model various objects by blowing through heated glass tubes. One very interesting feature of their program was the spinning of glass. A glass rod was heated and spun into thread as fine and flexible as silk. The only thing about ft the students disliked was the fact that the hour passed entirely too quick.

The class of 1927 is beginning to live up to expectations. Eight members haVe already entered college and some others are planning to enter in the near future. Those entered are Harold Bobeck, Indiana University; Harold Geiger, Manchester College; Blanche Mellinger. Purdue; Cecilia Moran. Indiana University; Arthur Morris. Purdue; Donovan Riddle. State Teachers College. Silver City. N. M.; Willeadean Robison. Manchester Cbllege; Charles Wilcox. Butler University. About 30 boys with hopes (and maybe prayers) for making one of the teams this year have earnestly begun their training. But it will be a few weeks before we will know just who's who and what’s what about the teams. The High School Art Class, under the direction of Mrs. Eby, has been doing some box lettering and is making a study of the various fypes of letters used in printing. Monogram work will be taken up next. There are quite a few in the beginners band this year. Most of those who entered the band last year were far enough advanced to be promoted to the High School Band. The History of the Hebrew Commonwealth, a detailed study of the Old Testament, is a new and interesting subject offered to High School students this year. This Bible course is being conducted by Miss Hamman. Rebecca Fleming, an alumnus of our High School, is taking Bible Study as a post graduate subject. Armond Klingaman entered school Monday, after several weeks of sickness. Marion Bushong and Charles Brown visited school Tuesday afternoon.

LAST BAND CONVERT The last band concert by! the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce Band will be given next Wednesday' evening, September 21. Our band has been engaged to play all three days at Topeka. Ind., September 29, 30 and October 1, for their annual fall festival After this event the band boys will start practicing for a big minstrel show to be put on ' sometime in the near future. Everybody turn out for this last concert and show your appreciation of the efforts the boys have put forth this sum«ner. SEND IT EARLY~ - — We would again remind our rural correspondents to send in their letters so they will reach by Wednesday. Last Thursday we received a correspondence after the paper had gone to press. Such correspondence is too old for the following week, and consequently found a place in the waste basket.

The Syracuse Journal Syracuse’s Slogan: “A Welcoming Town WitH a Beckoning TaKe

INDIANS IN SYRACUSE An extraordinary and distinguished party of original Americans was entertained at Hotel Wawasee. Lake Wawasee, on Sunday. September 11, from 12 o’clock noon until 3 p. m.. through a special arrangement with the Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company, over w’hich route this famous group is traveling to the Baltimore and Ohio Centennial Exhibition to be held at Baltimore. Md.. September 21 to October .8. Among this famous group of Biackfeet Indians were Chiefs Two Guns White Calf, Big Fish, Wolf Robe. Owen Heavy Breast, a full-blooded Piegan Indian, who is the official interpreter, Many Mules, an olu and grizzled warrior, Jim White Grass, Princess Dawn Mist, and several, other chiefs and their squaws and papooses. They were clad in ■ I their picturesque costumes. j The “William Crooks” engine j with the historic combination car, and a coach, the pioneer first en- ( gine and train of the Great Northern Railway, under its own ; steam, will draw this party to, the Centennial. The Indians came direct from their reservation at the Glacier National J Park. Montana. ! The train arrived from Chi-1 cago about 11:45. A stop of a few minutes was . made—long | enough for the engine to take, water. Many of our people and * some kiddies were at the depot! to view the train and for the first time gaze upon a real Indian. There were about 35 in the party, including the papooses. ' Then the train pulled out to Wawasee, where the Indians were entertained at the Hotel Wawasee for several hours. Here they danced and performed other tribal ceremonies. A large crowd* had gathered to see the historic train and the Indians. Dr. Mary Spink, of Indianapolis, was made a princess of the ( Blackfeet Indians. While in Chicago the Indians put on a time honored ballyhoo — the honorary Indian chief ceremony—for Jack Dempsey, christened him Thunder Chief, and presented him with a feathered headpiece and an eagle claw necklace. At about three o’clock the train left Wawasee. The train is due at Baltimore Saturday evening.

MAK EM SON-ELD ER REUNION A very pleasant day was spent at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Grady, four and onehalf miles south of Syracuse. Sunday, September 4. where the eighteenth annual reunion of the Makemson and Elder families was held. There were 51 present and after a delicious dinner that was served cafeteria style, the president, J. M. Elder called the meeting to order. J. M. Elder was elected president for the next year and Mrs. Taliha Oder, secretary. The oldest member present was J. A. Makemson. his age being 91 years. The reunion will be held at Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bussing near Warsaw next year. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Elder and daughter Corinne of Willard, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. CE. Blaine. Mrs. A. E. Snodgrass and daughter, Hasel Blaine. Mrs. M. J. Berwitter, all of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Elder and sons Donald, Glen and Frank, Jr., of Ft. Wayne, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Hughes and son James of Hammond, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Crouch, Larwill. IndMr. and Mrs. Ira Makemson. R S. Crouch. Mrs. Rena Goble, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wright, Mrs. Ora

Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bussing. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Elder and daughter Eba, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Kelly and son John, Mrs. Taletha Elder, all of Warsaw; J. A. Makemson, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Outcelt, Mrs. Sara Blaine, Mr. Jas. Palmer. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Shear and daughter Helen. Mrs. J. M. Snodgrass, all of Pierceton; I Mrs. Mary Byall, Syracuse: Mr. k and Mrs. I. S. Grady, Mrs. U D. t Gallespie of Goshen, Ind.: Mrs. and Mrs. J. C. Grady, and sons, j Glen and Dean. s W. C. T. U. MEETING The W. Q T. V. met on Tues- ■ day with Mrs. Roy Niles with a fair attendance. After the devotions the regularly yearly elecr tion of officers was held, as foli lows: President, Mrs. Emma i Mabie; Secretary. Mrs. Eva ;- Gants; Treasurer. Mrs. Edna e Niles; Assistant secretary. Mrs o Lena Bauer. Mrs. Mabie and s Mrs. Bauer were unanimously :. elected delegates to the state e convention at Princeton, October 13-17.

SAVE CHILDREN FROM HARM "Sch<x's are opening this month and motorists organizations are giving attention along with school authorities to the matter of accident prevention among school children.” says E. R. Baldridge, president of the Hoosier State Automobile Association. “The average child . starts to school at six. the age at which accidents are most prevalent, and every year brings it's hundreds of little ones who have not had the benefit of safety training, and who are alone on the streets every day for the first time. Children are quick to follow- example and in the work of reducing accidents good example has been found to be one of the most important factors in influencing the action of children.” “Our association is supplying school safety posters, safety les-: sons, school warning signs and] helping to organize school boy patrols, all to save some parents • children from harm. But of all j things to do we urge that grown ’ ups and the larger children set a good example and do not dart J out into the streets, or jump on- j to moving automobiles or cross w-ithout looking for oncoming cars.” “Be it to the everlasting ere-’ dit of motoristj that seldom if ever does a driver ignore the signal of the youthful traffic cop! selected from older boys because : of capability, good deportment and attention to studies.”

DISPLAY OF LAMPS On Monday of this week a large van, operated by the Marcher company of Detroit, was seen to park in front of the furniture store. An inspection revealed a room full of beautiful floor lamps, with hand painted shades in many new designs. The van was equipped with electric fan. carpeted floor, and shaded windows so that the full beauty of the lighted lamps could be seen. A number of the lamps were purchased and will be on display at Beckman’s in about a week. • xs.—u o— s —- DEATH OF MRS. LONGAURE Mrs. Will Longacre, 79. died at her home, four and one-half miles south of Syracuse, Sunday morning following a lingering illness, covering a period of nine years. She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Charless Griffin, and one son, Sherley, of Elkhart, and one sister, Mrs. Catherine Strieby, of N<ew Paris. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock from the Church of the Brethren. North Webster, with Rev. Emeral Jones in charge. Interment was made in the North Webster cemetery.

HOT WEATHER Tuesday was the hottest September day on record, the mercury hovering around 95 degrees in the shade. Wednesday the thermometer registered about the same. Cooler weather is promised by the end of the week. Several workmen at the new high school building were overcome by the heat Wednesday. — -0 1 ■ ‘•The Country Doe tor,” is a Alm to be glad for and proud of. See it tonight at Crystal, Ligonier.

Patronizing Ourselves Makes Our Own Prosperity

Most of us, when we huy but ter. or eggs, or other things that are the products of the soil think first of buying them from our farmer neighbors or from stores that sell our farmer nei ghbors’ products. Every time we buy a dollar’s worth of such products we have put into the hands of a member of our own community a dollar which he in turn spends with some other member of our community. That is but an illustration of keeping our money at home where it will work for us. Much of our prosperity as a community lies in this matter of patronizing ourselves just as far as it is possible. We buy the labor of our artisans. They in turn buy the services of our doctors and other professional classes with the money these and other classes have paid them for their labor, and the dollars that are spent in this way are home dollars that keep going from . hand to hand among our home people. 'Hiey the dollars > that make for home prosperity. Our merchants are a part of our home community just as

SYRACUSE, INDIANA. TH! R.>DAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1927

• Syracuse Library J Miss Hazel B. Warren, chief of the Indiana State library extension division plans to visit the ‘Syracuse library in October. Library' hours —From 12 o’clock ' to 5. every day with the excep- | tion of Sunday. Monday-. WednesJ day and Saturday evenings from ■ 7 until 9. • The librarian over heard the following remark, “A good reference librarian would know just j where all the material is located.” (She was right beyond a doubt.) During the month of August one hundred and six more books were circulated than in the; month of July. Warm weathers evidently played no part in the summer patrons reading. The library books are being re-accessioned. Since August the eighth only fifteen hundred and fifty seven books have been gone over. This should prove the fact that the task is long and tire-| some. From August the eighth until five o’clock Monday. September 12 , only one hundred seventy nine of the library patrons had re-registered. The old register shows a record of eight hundred some borrowers. What’s w-rong with seven hundred readers? A rule or two— Magazines in the future will be circulated for one week, only. A fine of two cents for each day over a week that the magazine is kept. No current numbers will be circulated. Fines must be paid before borrowers can take more books. Arrangements have been made for children unable to pay the fines they incur. Lost or damaged books must be paid for.

Opening a new book! Here’s Adventure! What awaits. Beyond these closed, mysterious gates? Whom shall I meet, where shall /Igo? 1 Beyond the lovely land I know? Above the sky? Acrosss the sea? What shall I learn and feel and be’ Open strange doors to good or ill! I hold my breath a moment still Before the magic of your look What will you do to me, 0 Book? —Abbie Farwell Brown When I consider what some books have done for the world and what they are doing, how they keep up our hope, awaken new courage and faith, soothe pain, give an ideal life to those whose hours are cold and hard, hind together distant ages and foreign lands, create new worlds of beauty, bring down truth from heaven; I give eternal blessings for this gift and thank God for books. —James A. Clarke, historian. — o HOCiyWIDNER Edward C. Hoch of Auburn, and Mrs. Edith Widner of Syracuse were married at Warsaw, Wednesday afternoon. Dr. Frank Palmer, of Winona Lake, performing the ceremony. Mrs. Lydia Deardorff and Mrs. C. R. Hollett were the witnesses. Mr. and Mrs. Hoch immediately departed for a motor trip through Michigan.

much as are our artisans, our farmers. or our professional men. When we buy of them a part of each dollar remains here in our own community to continue to work for us. It pays for help the merchants employ, and these employees are our own people; it carries a part of our burden of taxes, a burden that would be much heavier for the rest of us if it were not for what the merchant pays; it is home capital working in the home field. But when we buy outside of the home field, all of the dollar we spend is gone. No part of it remains to work for us; no part of it goes for the employment of home town people, or to pay taxes Such a dollar has no place in increasing our property values or in making for us a better community. All of it has gone to help build and add to the prosperity of other communities. It is only by spending just as much of our money as possible ’among ourselves that we can ; hope to have a better, a more prosperous community, a better ? market place, a better place in M which to live.

MANY DEPEND ON CHARITY The twenty state charitable. , educational and correctional institutions,’under the supervision ;of the board of state charities I have a total enrollment of 19,676 according to the annual report of i the charities board. All of the institutions, except , the Evansville state hospital, re- . port a slight increase in number of inmates. As a general rule, all institutions have all beds filled-and a long waiting list. In the schools for the deaf and blind, the state sanitorium. and the university hospitals, there is little change from year to year. The soldiers’ home ‘at Lafayette has fewer members, but the soldiers and sailors orphans home ■at Knighstown, reports an increase of 69-

The prison, reformatory, and the woman’s prison have altogether 4,000 inmates, an increase of 318 over the same day last year, and the state farm fpr misdemeanants, at Putmanville. with 1.314 prisoners, show an increase of 296 over last year. An encouraging decrease is shown in the reports of the boy’s school at Plainfield and the girl’s school near Clermont. These two schools have 786 inmates, as compared to 811 last year. Figures in the annual report show that there are 2.277 officers and employees caring for the inmates of the various state institutions. This is an average of slightly more than seven inmates to each person on the payroll.

A WORD OF GREETING On leaving Syracuse, after a four years’ residence, I wish to take this opportunity of expressing my appreciation to the citizens of the community for their kindly consideration to self and family during these four years. I wish, especially, to voice my appreciation to the Chamber of Commerce, as an organization and as individuals, for the consideration shown; to the several churches, pastors and people, for the fellowship and splendid cooperation manifested towards us in all our relations. My worthy successor, the Rev. Alonzo Nicodemus, is entitled to all the. consideration, fellowship and fraternal relations that this community is capable of bestowing, and I commend him to you as a faithful minister of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. W. L. Eiler. s o TO HONOR NOBLE RED MEN

Several years ago the state of Illinois added a new holiday to our calendar by designating the fourth Friday in September as American Indian day. Since that time several other states have followed the lead of Illinois and so this year September 23 will see the general observance of the occasion in many parts of the country. American Indian day honour not only “the noble red man.” old style, but the new type of Indian, who is proving himself a useful American citizen as well. There is an interesting article on American Indian day in this issue of The Journal. Be sure to read the illustrated feature article, “The Noble Red Man —Old and New Style,” by Elmo Scott Watson, in this paper.

THE JOURNAL GEIS RESULTS

Again it has been demonstrated that it pays to advertise. Last week’s Journal carried a classified ad that Harry Clemens had lost his Beagle hound. Two hours after the paper had been delivered at the post office the dog was home. The classified ad found the dog. Several weeks ago a party in Nappanee advertised that he wanted to rent a cottage on the lake for two months. He received twelve answers. He found just what he w r anted. No “silent” organ could have produced such results!

TO PRESENT PLAY _ • The American Legion of Milford presents the Musical Comedy. “Sweetheart Town,’’ Monday and Tuesday evenings, September 19 and 20. Tickets on sale at Thornburg Drug Co. The play will be presented at the Milford community building and will rival "Circus Solly" the play of last year. .—-—o Exclusive official motion pictures of the heavy weight boxing contest between Jack Dempsey and Jack Sharkey taken at the ringside at Yankee Stadium. New York. See it at Crystal, Ligonier, next Monday and Tuesday, September 19 and 29.

A BOLT HONEY BEES From 30.000 to 100.000 bees make up a single family. One family or hive is known as a colony. Normally, there is but one ' queen bee to a colony. As a rule, tw-o queens do not get along peaceably in the same hive at the same time. Mother and daughter may, however, live peaceably for some weeks, but mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, never. Worker bees and queens come from fertile eggs, the difference l»eing in the type of food the grub or larvae is fed after it is three days old. Drones come from unfertile eggs, t A drone, or male bee. has no father. but strange to say, he al-w-ays has a grandfather (a maternal grandfather). Queens do not ordinarily sting except in killing rival queens. Drones never sting.

A queen may lay 1500 eggs ; every 24 hours during the busy I season or about her own weight [in eggs daily. Drones never work. They gather no nectar and in the fall are killed or driven out of the hives by the workers. The average flying distance for a bee loaded with nectar is a mile and a half. If one bee could gather enough nectar (four pounds) to make one pound of honey, it would have to make 80,000 trips of miles each, or fly a distance equal to over four times around the globe. There are about 22.000 beekeepers in Indiana owning about 200,000 colonies. There are 205,000 farms in Indiana. There is 1' not a colony of bees for each farm in the state. The annual honey crop of Indiana ranges I from 6 million to 10 million pounds. Extracted honey sells to consumers at prices ranging from 15c to 35c a pound; comb honey 20c to 40c a pound section. Annual production of honey and beeswax in America is valued at about $75,000,000 and there are about 800,000 beekeepers in the United States.

A QUESTION ANSWERED About every third question asked by farmers who crowded the fish and game division’s exhibit at the State Fair was, "how may we obtain stock fish for our ponds,” showing that hundreds of farmers are maintaining or wish to maintain a well-stock-ed private fish pond on their lands. Conservation department officials announce that any Indiana resident is entitled to stock fish free from the state hatcheries and to obtain them, write to the office of George N. Mannfeld, superintendent of the fish and game division, 124 Statehouse, for application forms. Those desiring stock fish will also describe the waters to be stocked in order the department knows if there is sufficient food for certain species, which species are best suited to the individual waters, etc. The five state hatcheries raise only game fishes and plant millions of them each year, chiefly however, in public waters. The division's state fair exhibit this year was by far one of the most popular on the grounds. In excess of 3,000 persons an hour passed through it on the best attendance days. Fiftytwo species of fish native to Indiana waters were shown, and all the game species—l 4in number —on which there are closed seasons and bag limits. For the first time the department exhibited silver bass, which with red-eared sunfish, proved very interesting because these species are not well known and both this year are protected for the first time by closed seasons and bag limits. The display was very educational because it gave the' public opportunity to familarize themselves with species, many of which are not common.

FAREWELL PARTY Mr. and Mrs. Ford Grisssamer who are moving to Sturgis, Michigan, were given a farewell party last Tuesday evening. Those present were: Mrs. Norman Hartsough, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Strock and family, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Nicolai and family, Mr. and Mrs. Victor NSles, Mr. and Mrs. John Bender, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Method, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ott and family, Mrs. Geo. Sargent, Mrs. Lewis Kitchen and son Lewis. Sandwiches and pickles were served and all departed wishing them success in their new home. o Coal is old fashioned and out of date. The Quaker Oil Burning Stove does it.

THINGS TO I THINK ABOUT i t Review of Things by the Editor As He Sees Them on the Surface. Don’t Blame God Earth life is a span—only one of many, for ought we know, the hither end of which we call death, as we call the beginning birth. Beyond either of this span we cannot see, nor can w-e know much of what has been before birth, nor what will be after death. These events, birth and death, are no more wonderful than the birth and death of a flower, an animal, or a bird, nor do they amount to anything more in the economy of nature. Your child dies from good and sufficient cause, which your family physician can fully explain. It may be that you have, in mistaken kindness, or through inexcusable ignorance, fed it wrongly or allow’ed it to grow contrary to the laws, of nature, thereby weakening its pow’er of resistence to disease. Your boy goes wrong, on account of moral preversion, which may be because he was not well born, or because he was not well educated, which means that he was not obedient, well mannered and properly disciplined. Troubles come upon you the same as two and two make four, or that this and that combined produce so and so. Bq, sure there are good and sufficient causes for everything that happens, and if you will take the trouble to go back to the beginning of your mishaps you will, in all probability, discover that you yourself, are to blame, ami that instead of God being in fault His laws would have saved and blessed you had you observed them as closely as you might have done.

One of the Last Ford Jokes An old lady was crossing the street. A (kfiLran into her with such force sha? it knocked her down. Just then a flivver ran over hel. A gentleman witnessing came to her assistance. He said: “Lady did that dog hurt you?” She looked at him a little dazed and replied: “No. the dog didn’t hurt me, it was the tin can tied to its tail.” Get A Hook A little girl at dinner table was given a dish of noodles. The mother noticed she was eating nothing but the' soup, leaving the noodles. She asked her why she did not eat the noodles, too. Unconcernedly she answered, “Can’t catch ’em.” Carried To Extremes Little Pauline was very rough with her pet cat; deaf to all admonishings. Her mother decided to punish the child in the same way that she misused the cat. Pauline slapped the cat, and the mother slapped her. Then she bit the cat, and was promptly bitten in return. She thought a few minutes, put the cat on the floor, and stepped on his tail. “Now, mamma, what y’u goin’ to do?” The laziest man has been discovered again. He is a fat fellow who is so lazy that if he drops a bill on the floor he throws down a five so it will be worth while to stoop down. Like a machine a slow-speed man may wear longer than the high-speed man. The fast turnover involves a grind that has to be accounted for. End of the world prophets have fixed 1934 as the date. War debts may be paid by that time but it won’t relieve us of those installment notes.

Since 1914 motor cars have increased by leaps and bounds. Pedestrians have been forced to adopt the same system. c — When everybody gets to traveling by airplane it’s going to make life a lot easier for the state highway commissions.

IS YOUR BOY OR GIRL GOING TO COLLEGE! The finest thing you could do would be to send that boy or giri your home newspaper—THE S Y R A • | CUSE JOURNAL.

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