The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 23, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 6 October 1927 — Page 1

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SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Items of Interest Concern iag Our High School Written for The Syracuse JournaL On Thursday, October 13, season tickets for the high school basket ball games will go on sale. The strongest schedule ever play-* ed by the Syracuse High School has been arranged, including twelve home games, with such teams as Nappanee, Milford, Bremen, Kendallville, Decatur, etc. Tickets for the twelve games will be sold to students for $2 and to adults for $3. Arrange to enjoy these games, by buying a season ticket to save yourself money and support the team. A new system of grading has been installed this year. These two changes were made: the letter X has been added and the letters A, B. C, etc., are not given the numerical values, as before. This gives the teachers a wider scope from which to grade. The added letter automatically raises the value of the rest of the letters, e. g.a student may ' now receive an E and still be conditioned. Twenty five boys from the Sophomore. Junior and Senior Classes turned out for the Bpys Glee Club. But due to the fact of conflicts in the schedule five of the boys were forced to abondon the idea and not without regrets. The club is under the direction of Mrs. Eby and we know we shall hear favorably from this organization in the near future. The lower grades now’ have chapel services as well as the high school. Last Wednesday afternoon Royer addressed the cMMren*voted twenty minutes to each of the first three grades and half an hour each to ' the fourth, fifth and sixth ' grades. These addresses will prove to be educational as well as very interesting to the little folks. Last Friday morning Mr. Ehmeman and Mr. Ralston, teachers from Milford visited in our High School. The Milford School being closed for the Warsaw Fair. In the afternoon our Milford visitors were the Misses Grace Winger and Alva Coy. Esther Long, member of the Sophomore Class, underwent an operation for appendicitis last Thursday. We are all glad to • hear that Esther i%getting along nicely and hope that she may soon be back in school. The Sophomore Class organized Friday electing the following officers: Velma Fleming, president; Lawrance Schlecht, vice-president; Irene Shock, sec-retary-treasurer. Mrs. Eby was chosen sponsor of the class. It won’t be long now! Tomorrow (Wednesday) we shall see, to our joy or sorrow, the results of the first month’s labors. Shssh’! Report cards! The parents should insist on seeing these cards. Mext Wednesday schedules for high school basket ball games and other entertainments will be out. Be sure and gets yours. Mrs. Nelson Miles substituted for Miss Stuckman Tuesday forenoon. In Civics Class Teacher —Who is the present Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? Senior—John Jay. isn’t it? FREE LECTURE First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Warsaw, Indiana, announces a free lecture on Christian Science by Salem Andrew Hart, C. S. of Cleveland, Ohio, member of the board of lectureship of the Mother Church, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., Sunday afternoon. October 9, 1927, at 3:30 o'clock, in the Centennial Theatre, Warsaw, Ind., You and your friends are cordially invited to attend. “The Angel es Broadway,” a Cecil B. De Mi lie pietaro starring . Leatriee Jey, a picture that b diferont at Crystal, Ligonier, next Sunday and Monday, October land M.

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Syracuse’s Slogan: “A Welcoming Town WitH a Beckoning Lake.”

WILD DUCKS MAY HE HUNTED NOW* The open season for shooting ducks except wood and eider, and on geese, brant, coot, woodcock, jacksnipe and rabbits started on Saturday, October 1. Bag limit on ducks and coot are 15 a day; geese and brant 6 per day; woodcock 4; jacksnipe 20 and rabbits 10 a day. The season for prairie chicken shooting begins with October 15 and ends on October 31 with a bag limit of 5 per day. Reports reaching the office of George N. Mannfeld, superintendent of the fish and game division of the state conservation department, indicate that Indiana will enjoy one of the best shooting seasons. Particularly is this true about rabbits, and likewise on squirrels which are vejy numerous. The season has been on for some time on the latter. Ducks are already making their appearance on northern lakes in goodly numbers, game wardens report. Mr. Mannfeld w'arns the public to exercise care while in the fields and woods with guns in order to hold down hunting accidents to a minimum. He also asks that hunters respect the rights of land owners when they hunt on and cross property. He calls attention that while the state issues a license to hunt, it does not provide shooting grounds which belong to individuals; therefore the decent thing to do is to ask the landowners’ permission before entering upon the premises, and likewise carefully guard his property while there. Refrain from frightening and injuring his stock and poultry; dont’ tear down his fences and likewise be careful of shooting where there is the least danger of causing damage. Watch the hunting dog that he stays away from the poultryflock and does not abondon the rabbit hunt to chase a cow, pig or chicken.

Little complaint as a rule comes from the rural districts about ruthless hunters, but occasionally some unsportsmanlike chap will do a lot of damage which make landowners resentful against all hunters. Most landowners are willing to permit hunting to responsible people, and the true sportsman will want to cooperate with them. o- -—■ IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE Lovers of the outdoors who attend the Indiana State Convention of the Izaak Walton League, to be held in South Bend, October 13, 14, 15th, will participate in the following program, details of which were announced Monday.

Thursday, October 13. Registration in morning at Chamber of Commerce. 1.30 p. m. Opening session, including the following features: Illustrated address on reforestation by L A Walker, of South Bend. Report of Charles Biederwolf, Indianapolis, state secretary of the Izaak Walton League. “What Indiana Has Done,” by State Senator Claude S. Steele, Knox, Indiana. Other convention business. Evening—smoker with the first showing of the Canadian government’s motion pictures, “Tigers of the North” and “Invading Muskie-land.” For the women who attend, a tour of in Studebaker parlor busses i?as been arranged for Thursday afternoon with a theatre party in the evening. Friday, October 14. Morning session, including addrpss on “Pollution of Streams" by H. W. Savage, Saginaw, Mich., president of the Michigan Division Izaak Walton League? Visit to South Bend Bait Company’s plant. Afternoon session—Address by Frank E Hering, South Bend, on “The Great Outdoors.” Address by Dr. S. B. Sims, Frankfort, Ind., on “Cleaning Up Your Stream.” Evening—banquet at Oliver Hotel, with Judge Jacob M. Dickinson, Chicago, National President of the I. W. L and secretary of war in President Taft’s cabinet, as the principal speaker. Saturday, October 15. Bait and fly casting contests, trapshooting and fish-fry at Playland Park. NOTICE There will be a stated meeting of Syracuse Chapter, No. 283, ( Order of the Eastern Star, on , Wednesday evening, October 12. t This being the first meeting after , the summer vacation, all officers ' J“ d members are requested to be present.

FIRE PREVENTION WEEK October 9 —the anniversary of the Chicago Fire of 1871—this year falls on Sunday and therefore it will be necessary to advance the school program to a date. It may, however, be deemed preferable by the teacher to lengthen the exercises to embrace the entire week. Programs will, of course, be arranged according to, the wishes of the teachers and the facilities of the schoolrooms, but Safeguarding America Against Fire, in response to a continuing demand, is following its usual custom of offering a few definite suggestions. • One measure which should be taken without delay by every school system in the United States is to install in its cirriculum regular fire prevention instruction, a study that has already been adopted either by state or municipal action in thousands of progressive cities and towns of the United States. This will constitute no interference with the customary school work, since it has been proved that an average of fifteen minutes each w’eek will accomplish valauble results. In a number of cities the churches habitually make mention of fire prevention upon the Sunday which ushers in Fire Prevention Week. The occasion offers a n opportunity which should not be overlooked to emphasize the needless waste of life and property through preventable fire, to point out that it constitutes a national sin against posterity, with carelessness and ignorance at .its roots, and that conservation of human and material resources should be America’s unflagging effort.

DISTRICT CONFERENCE At the Northern Indiana District Conference of the Church of God held in Auburn last week, the following new appointments were made: Ahron, Ind., Rev. O. O. Tracey; Ari and Collamer, Rev. S. K. Dustin; Auburn and Helmer, Rev. Herman Hedges; Blue River, A. J. Eshel man; Butler and Thorncreek, Rev. Emma Isenberg; Columbia City, Rev. L. A Lukenbill; Ft. Wayne. Raymond Blair; Leesburg and Olive Branch, J. E McColley; Sugar Grove and Oak Grove, J. E. Wahls; Zanesville Circuit, Chas. E. Manes; Syracuse and Mt. Tabor, G. W. Wyatt; Silver Creek and Disko, Rev. Mary E. Wyatt. The District conference will meet in Akron, Ind. next year. 0 W. A. CLUB The Wednesday Afternoon Club was very pleasantly entertained at the home of Mrs. Stephen Freeman on Wednesday, October 5. Two book reviews were given, Mrs. Ashley Miles gave a review of ‘The Plutocrat,” by Booth Tarkington and Mrs. Georgia Miller a review of* “Trail Makers of the Middle Border,” by Hamlin Garland. 1 An interesting talk was also given by Mrs. Leia Harkless on the life of Chas. W. Cadman, followed by a selection on the Victrola.

NEW TRUSTEE Floyd Strieby, of Syracuse, has been appointed by County Auditor Hazel Breading as trustee of Turkey Creek township to succeed Bertram Whitehead, who resigned. Mr. Whitehead’s resignation was due to ill health. He is reported as very seriously ill. Township trustees, meeting Monday as the county board of education, arranged to show their interest in Mr. Whitehead by sending flowers and postcards. CARD OF THANKS We desire to thank the friends and neighbors who kindly assisted during the long illness and at the death of Mrs. Jane Hire. Also we express our thanks for the many beautiful floral offerings. The Hire Family. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE There will be a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and noonday luncheon at the Sign of the Kettle on Tuesday, October 11. — —o— — “The Big Parade” with John Gilbert, Renee Adoree. and Karl Dane. It’s a picture you’ll remember forever. See it as Cry. stal. Ligonier, October 11, 12. 13 MriH,

SYRACUSE, INDIANA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1927.

• Syracuse Library » %<M*Mi**H*M *»»■»«** Wet Weather Talk It hain’t no use to grumble and complain; It’s jest as cheap and easy to rejoice— When God sorts out the weather and sends rain W’y, rain’s my choice. The library book committee held a meeting Monday evening The advisibility of purchasing i few new books was discussed. Mr. Slabaugh, who was also present gave some valuable suggestions and the other teachers of high school sent valuable lists of reference books. These lists will be gone over and a few books purchased. In the Penal Code of Indiana, section 2324 the contents, briefly given herein, can be found: “Who ever defaces a book, plate or any other library material in any way can be fined, not less than ten dollars, not more than a hundred dolors. Mr. George presented to the library’s novelty collection a specimen of the echinoderm family commonly known as a sand dollar. 15 One little boy gravely told the librarian he’d take some liberries. (Occasionally we need interpreters). Miss Warren, chief of the extension division, is due here Tuesday. Tell you more about it next week. Three hundred an 4 fourteen people have re-registered. Have you?

FOUND DEAD IN BED Miss Eisther Krauter, 18. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Krauter, of New Paris, was found dead inbed Thursday morning when her brother, Floyd, went to awaken her at 6 o’clock. Miss Krauter’s death was unexpected as she was only stricken ill Wednesday morning and had only been under the care of the physician for a few hours. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Krauter, were on a motor trip in Illinois and were located late Thursday at the home of Mrs. Krauter’s sister, near Peoria. The parents immediately returned to New Paris. Miss Krauter complained of a sore throat early Wednesday morning and went to a physician. The doctor called at the Krauter home Wednesday evening, and Miss Krauter’s condition was not considered serious. It is believed that she died shortly after midnight. She is survived by five brothers and three sisters, and her parents. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon. Interment in the Milford cemetery.

DIED SUDDENLY Sidney Sloan died suddenly in the office of Dr. O. C. Stoelting this (Thursday) morning at 8 o’clock. Mr. Sloan had gone to the dentist office and upon his arrival found A W. Geyer waiting. Mr. Sloan asked him if he might talk to the dentist a few minutes regarding some work he needed, to which Mr. Geyer gladly consented. While standing close to the chair talking to the dentist he slowly started to sink to the floor and died in a few minutes. Hi s brother Henry arrived before he had passed away. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS Copy for advertising should be brought in early in the week, not later than Wednesday noon, if possible . We must have time to set the ads and Thursday morning is really too late. We can give you better service if ads are brought in early and to get the paper out on time. Please be considerate, as we must have rules as well as any other business man. z ROUND-TABLE The Round Table Club met with Mrs. • Wm. Kindig last Thursday evening. On account of Hie extreme bad night the attendance was not as large as usual. “Tillie, the TrSlerwith Marion Davies. Laughs galore at Crystal tonight.

JUST ONE MINUTE You can read this in one minute. By the time you reach the last line, property worth $1,064 will have been destroyed somewhere in the United States. 3 Minute after minute, day after day, on the average, this appalling pace keeps up to a grand total of $560,000,000 yearly. That, at least, was the record in 1926. What the shovring will be this year, and in the years to come, depends, in large measure, on YOU. Ninety per cent of all fires are preventable, for they are due to carelessness. Take a look in your cellar, yOur attic, that closet. Clear out the rubbish —the old stuff stored away because “maybe some day yqu’ll find a use for it.” Many fires about the house are born in trash piles. While insurance marks the difference between protection and destitution, every American home has its treasured possessions whose worth cannot be computed in terms of money and can never be replaced. A minute’s thought now may save the patient accumulation of a lifetime from the ravages of fire. After all, it’s chiefly a matter of protecting your own dwelling and those whose presence there makes it HOME. Isn’t it worth a minute to you?

TOWNSHIP S. S. CONVENTION The Annual Meeting of Turkey Creek Township Sunday Schools will be held in Lakeside United Brethren Church on Sunday afternoon and evening October 23, 1927. The main speakers will be Dr. A. H. Arbaugh of Grace Lutheran Church, Syracuse, and Dr. M. K. Richardson of the South Wayne United Brethren Church in Fort Wayne. A fine program is being arranged which will appear in the paper later. The following committees are appointed to carry out the plans: Nominations, George Colwell, Mrs. James Dewart, Allen. Ott. Mrs. Roy Riddle, Herschell Grimes.'Sam Searfoss, P. W. Soltau. On Resolutions and memorials John T. Riddle. Mrs. S. A. Bauer, O. C. Stoelting, Anna Buchtell, Mrs. W. F. Kindig, Mrs. Sherman Deaton, Charles Parsons. The first person named on the committees is the chairman. At the County Convention held last spring at Pierceton, Dr. M. K. Richardson gave a series of addresses which was considered as the best given for many years and the topics he will use here are, "Plans that Work in Practice,” and “The Whole Task of Religious Education.” F. W. GREENE, Township President. o WON SILVER CUP Frank Remy sponsored a caddie’s tournament on Saturday and Sunday, October 1 and 2, at the golf grounds on the north side of Lake Wawasee. There were twenty caddies who played in the tournament, all competing for the silver cup to be given by Mr. Remy to the winner. On the second day George Peffley of this city scored 91 strokes and won the cup. George is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Peffley and is fifteen years old. He has been displaying his prize to his friends in town and feels quite proud of his first golf record.

CELEBRATED BIRTHDAY Rowena Insley celebrated her ninth birthday on Monday afternoon after school, by entertaining a number of her little friends. Her teacher, Miss Bernice Wilson, was also a guest. Games and lots of fun playing out of doors was the principal amusement. A large birthday cake with nine candles on it was served with other refreshments. W. B. A. The Woman’s Benefit Association will hold their first meeting this year on Monday evening, October 10. There will be important business transacted at this meeting and every member is urged to attend. —■ —o— If you never see another picture in all your life, go see “The Big Parade” at Crystal. Ligonier, next week beginning Tuesday, October 11 —four days.

NEW AUTOMOBILE LAWS BY 1927 LEGISLATURE “The secretary of state is required to prepare annually, with monthly supplements, list of names, addresses and numbers of all motor vehicle licenses, with description of cars, for county sheriffs and police. He may also sell copies of such lists to the general public at actual cost. It is unlawful for any person to remove or alter the word ‘rental’ attached to any electric storage battery for identification or, for any other battery dealer to receive, retain; or recharge, excepting in case of emergency, such a battery; or, to keep a battery for more than ten days, without written consent of the owner. It is also unlawful to dispose of a rental battery. Excepting soldiers on active duty,. county sheriffs and deputies and game wardens, no peace officer may make arrests for violation of automobile regulations, on public highways, unless he be in uniform and have badge of authority and such officer is not entitled to any fee from person arrested. No justice or peace officer may hear a case involving use of automobile, unless charge in in writing, and the prosecuting attorney or his deputy be present, but he may alone determine such case on a plea of guilty. The secretary of state may suspend license of any person physically or mentally unfit to operate a motor vehicle or who is a reckless driver; or, deny license to operate a motor vehicle for 90 days to 5 years on said grounds, with right to hearing and appeal. Speed limits, in cities, towns, villages, in closely built up business portions, 15 miles per hour; in residence portions, 25 miles per hour; in country, 40 miles; and speed in excess of said limits is prima facie evidence of speed greater than is reasonable. Exception: motor vehicles or bicycles of municipal police, fire departments, hospitals in performance J>f official duty, and private ambulances. ‘Recklesss driving’ means driving on that side of highway which is to left of the operator driving in and out of line of traffic, driving from side to side of highway, driving at such unreasonably slow* speed as to endanger traffic, refusing to give one-half the highway to drivers approaching from the rear at greater speed and desiring to pass, or driving in any manner that is not safe and prudent. Generally speaking, cities and towns cannot regulate use and speed of motor vehicles in different manner than under the state law. As a general rule, every’ motor vehicle shall give the right of way to any other motor vehicle approaching along an intersecting highway from the right, and shall have the right of way over those vehicles approaching from the left. Municipal police, fire department. United States mail and ambulances have the right of way over all other motor vehicles. Cities and state highway commission may designate preferential traffic streets and highways, and one-way streets, and regulate traffic over or into same and at street and highway intersections.

In case of person operating motor vehicle while intoxicated with liquor or narcotics, upon conviction, the court shall enter an order prohibiting such person from driving any motor vehicle for any period not exceeding one year. No person under the age of 17 years shall drive a motor vehicle excepting, that on certain conditions, the secretary of state may issue a permit to any person not less than 16 years old, and under conditions, to a person over 14 years old to drive a motor vehicle to school only. A person may have a lien on a motor vehicle for storage, repairs and labor done thereon, under conditions similar to other liens. At night, all horse-drawn vehicles, foot propelled bicycles and all vehicles other than motor vehicles, whether stationary or moving shall have attached to rear thereof at least one ‘red’ light, or one ‘red* reflector, visible 500 feet from the rear.” UNDERWENT OPERATION Miss Esther Long was operated upon at the Elkhart hospital last Thursday for appendicitis. She is getting along nicely, her friends here are pleased to learn. -o W. C. T. U. The W. a T U. will meet on Tuesday, October IL at the home of Mrs; Alice Dolan.

THINGS TO THINKABOUT Review of Things by the Editor As He Sees Them on the Surface. Forget It There are a lot of things that it would be well to forget, or at least not to mention. You may have had, professedly sympathetic friends who make it a point to resurrect your sorrows, trials, and miseries whenever and wherever you happen "to meet. This they take to be the Christion way to show real sympathy and they really seem to enjoy it, no matter how cruelly it may tear your heart. Os course there are some sufferers who like this sort of thing and really seem to enjoy it when led back over the sad ways. Your real friend comes to you in times of sorrow and distress with a smile and a hearty greeting, and leads you out from the gloom into the sunshine of real life. He doesn’t indulge in levity, nor unseemly jests, make it apparent that he is only jolting you, but he interests you in things more agreeable than those you are gloomily contemplating. Death is the common lot of all, the natural sequence of birth, and there is good reason why the going out of earth life should call for greater sorrow than coming into it. The going forth froin earth life means rest, peace and joyous freedom for every soul that stands the test cheerfully seeks the goal. That the severance 'of heart ties should be accompanied with more or less shock is most natural, 'but it is not necessary, nor is it wholesome to be forever repeating it When you die do you want your friends to make themselves miserable, to live in gloom, and breath the air of sadness indefinitely. Wouldn’t you rather be hidden bon voyage, and ever after live in pleasant memory?

There are probably many wise guys, but the three wisest are Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney and Tex Rickard. And the wisest of these is Mr. Rickard. A man who can extract almost three million dollars from one crowd is no slouch at extracting. This is getting to be a noisy old world. About the only place a man can find rest and quiet nowadays is in the store of a merchant who does not advertise. Petting in an automobile will probably slack up in South Bend. A new traffic ordinance prohibits “necking,” petting and embracing the driver of a car. A pessimist is a man who‘buries the hatchet of enmity but carefully oils it to keep it from getting rusty, and also keeps the spade to dig it up. A Syracuse flapper says she asked her Milford sweetie if he was familiar with the “Barber of Seville.” He answered, “No, I shave myself." We are all factory-made for just so many miles —and then the junk-pile. It can be 40 or TO years according to the care of the engine. The invention that does not make work easier, give more time for play and more happi ness to the world, is worthless. When a man has a birthday he seldom takes a day off, but when a woman has one she usually takes a year off. If the lamb tried to follow Mary today it certainly would have to step on the gas. If a man has a wife who won’t settle down it makes it very difficult for him to settle up. One don’t have to go to college now-a-days to study anatomy. The wise man is he who forgets something each day. Nb cement will ever mend a broken premise. Fire Prevention Week, October 9 to 15. ... .. . a. . ' ....

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