The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 30, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 24 November 1927 — Page 1

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SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Items Interest Concerning OnrHigh School Written for The Syracuse Journal. Everythin? is going along nicely with the operetta, "The Windmills of Holland,’' and if you secure your seats early a real treat awaits you at the Community Building, Friday, December 2, at 7:45 p. m. Seats are on sale by members of the seventh and eighth grades and are reserved at Thornburg Drug Store. The bleacher seats are 25c and reserved seats 35c. Monday' morning the high | school expressed appreciation of, the Syracuse victory over their t old time rival, Milford, by giving a few yells and speeches and Mr. Druckamiller promised the ; team that if they would win over ' Nappanee Friday night that I they would each receive a pair of sweat pants. The Sophomore and Freshmen j basketball teams staged a real| curtain raiser last Saturday } night. The game was hotly contested all the wayjthrough with the lead changing several tunes, | but when the game ended the ; Freshmen were on the short end of a 12 and 15 score. I : 1 r- ■ - ■ A short period Friday morning was given over for a pep session. The High School song was sung, after which the yell leaders lead the school in a few yells followed by a speech by Mr. Slabaugh which aroused a great deal of enthusiasm. Everybody in school is taking subscriptions for the McCall magaxine. We are hoping to get < enough to make a biy payment on a new phonograph and records. Each subscription taken, j nets A profit of fifty cents to the j : school. < ; t The Freshman and Sophomore ] classes held a party at the home of Maguerite Coy last Saturday evening. About twenty five were present and a very delightful evening was spent playing bunco. The school now has on trial a new orthophonic and a number of records which they hope to be 1 able to buy through a generous offer of the McCall’s magazine. The correspondent is pleased ! to announce that school will be ' closed Wednesday for Thanks : 1 giving vacation and will open again Monday, November 28. I ' Eleanor Maclin entered school Monday morning as a member of the Junior Class. Tests have again put in their appearance this week. —o BED ABLAZE Harvey Henwood, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Henwood, of near North Webster, had a narrow escape from fire on Saturday' night. The young man, aged 17. was reading in his bed. with an electric light from a Delco plant over the bed. He fell asleep and in some manner the bedding caught afire from either the bulb or the wires. Henwood awakened at once and after a hard struggle managed to extinguish the flames by smothering them with bedding. He was slightly burned on one arm. —-o LICENSED TO WED A marriage license was issued Saturday by County Clerk Russel! H, Butler to Hase all M. Grissom ' a farmer of Syracuse, and Estella Maurer, of Seattle, Wash. - —- o PENNY SUPPER At U. B. Church. WednesdayNovember 30. Menu includes; chicken, noodles, gravy, potatoes, baked beans, scalloped com, cabbage, fruit salad, cake, pie. and coffee. 30-pd

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

WOODMEN TO MEET AT OAKWOOD PARK < Frank W. Greene has just re- ' ceived instructions from the directors of the Head Camp, Modern Woodmen of America, in I their regular meeting last week I in Rock Island, Illinois, to close a contract with the Oakwood •• Park authorities of the Evangeli- • cal Association for the use of ; their camp grounds on Wawasee ' Lake for the week of July 15 ’ to July 21. 1938. The purpose of the organization is to hold a Modern Woodmen State Camp meeting , and Forester Encampment and school of instruction. The Modern Woodmen have a membership of nearly a million and a quarter and it has been customary to hold the forester encampment in connection j with the triennial meeting of j the Head Camp but the organi-1 zation has grown so large that I lit was deemed necessary to I change the plan and arrange for | the holding of territorial meetj ings. This will bring to Syracuse and Wawasee more than j two thousand Woodmen and j their families for a week next July. The Head Camp will sena i two hundred tents here for the I encampment which will be held ; m ’the usual military camp style ; I for all dhiformed forester teamsl : in the state and such territory as I are ordered here, the hotel and} 1 cottages in the park will be used' I for their families, the officers. and members. An investigation of the lake! . resorts and facilities of the state! ! has recently been completed and Oakwood Park was found to pos- ' sess the required facilities to a( greater degree than any other} place. A letter of instruction will be| sent all camps of the Woodmen , concerned, early in January giving arrangements and instruc-/r tions of travel. The officers <£f the Head Camp, who will have charge are as follows: Hon. A. R. Talbot. Head Consul. Lincoln, Nebraska; J. G. Ray. Head Clerk, Rock Island. 111.; O. E Aleshire. Head Banker, Chicago, 111.; E. J. Bullard, Detroit, Mich.; E. E. I Murphy. Leavenworth, Kan.; R. I R. Smith, Kansas Qty, Mo.; F. R. Korns, Des Moines, Iowa; John D. Volz. Indianapolis. Ind.; N. C. Snerbourae. Newaik, Ohio.

NEAR EAST REIJEF This community will have its share in the observance of International Golden Rule ♦ Sunday, December 4th. Frank W. Greene has accepted the appointment as local Golden Rule Chairman and is busily forming committees. The State Chairman, Dr. William Lowe Bryan, President of Indiana University, in a letter to Mr. Greene states that sixty other nations are co-operating in this movement, which has become an annual observance throughout the world. Coming as it does between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the thoughts ,of the people naturally turn to the Golden Rule and the message “Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you. do ye even so unto them.** This message meets a real need in the life of our commonwealth just at this time. ■ .....W*, ■ NEW BUILDING McClintic. Colwell & Gordy, road contractors, have begun the erection of a large building on their lot near the Huntington street bridge. The building will be used to store their road machinery. 'O—OLD BIBLE Dan Wolf has a bible which is, 114 years old and has been in the family for five generations. The bible was printed in Philadelphia in 1813. . —. O'-" - - CORRESPONDENT WANTED The Journal desires a correspondent at Solomon’s Creek and North Webster. Write the Journal for particulars. o BAZAAR AND BAKE SALE The ladies of the Evangelical Church will hold a bazaar and bake sale at the plumbing shop on Saturday. December IT. 30-It —:—.—o HAS NEW BUICK Harry Clemens was in Indianapolis last week and returned with a new Buick sedan which he sold to A. L. Miller. Mario. Daviei fat The Fair Co-Ed.” a highly am as tag remedy of Americas college Hfe at Crystal. Ligonier. Thanksgiving and Friday* November 35.

LOST ONE; WON ONE [ The Milford High School and - half of Van Buren township came - over Friday night with two red- - hot basketball teams. In fact i the second team proved entirely ;* too good and, walked off with a *; 6-10 victory. The game was seal tured by close guarding and hard -‘ driving and proved to be the : • best second team game played in s years. ► The first teams were just as '; evenly matched as the seconds .| and the lead changed several • times during the game. Mil- , ford’s hard driving was the j strength of the team and gave . them possession of the ball about • two-thirds of the time. Syra- | cuse's strength lay in the sharp i shooting when left open. The score: Second Team I Syracuse FG FT F PTS IS. Miller 1 0 2 2 Connolly 0 0 0 0 Grady 0 0 0 0 Auer 1 0 2 2 Robison 1 0 0 2 Snavely 0 0 0 0 Shock 0. 0 0 0 Mick 0 0 0 0 Kindigo 0 2 0 Totals 3 0 6 6 Milford FG FT F PTS. Jones 2 0 1 4 ' Tromp 0 -0 1 0 } Smith 2 6 0 4 <Bushong 1 0 0 2 Mangus 0 0 2 0 ; Method 0 0 0 0 Totals .. 5 0 4 10 First Team 1 Syracuse FG FT F PTS ! Klingaman .... 6 1 0 13 Ketring 2 5 0 9 R. Miller 0 0 0 0 i Bachman 4 2 1 10 iR. Godshalk ... 2 1 2 5 H. Godshalk ... 0 0 1 0 Totals 14 9 4 37 Milford FG FT F PTS Helminger .... 4 11 9 Harter 2 0 1 4 Buler 1 0 1 2 Tramp 1 0 1 2 Berkeypile .... 4 0 0 8 Setchler 3 0 1 6 Smith 1 0 4 2 Method 0 0 0 0 Totals 16 1 9 33 o BIRTHDAY SURPRISE

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hibner - were very pleasantly surprised on Sunday when automobiles kept coming one at a time, until | ten had arrived. The occasion • Hilmer’s birthday, and alsoto remind both Mr. and Mrs IKbneV/ of their twenty-eigth I wWdtfig anniversary. The usual birthday dinner was screed, and it is needles to say every one present did justice to the viands. T hose present were: Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Sinning, Milford, Mr. and Mrs. Russell A. Warner and son Guy. Mrs. Anretta Warner. j Mr. and Mrs. Paul Buhrt and i family, Mrs. Anna Strieby. Mr. i and Mrs. Lee Henwood and fa-' mily, Eldred Mabie. Miss Phyllis B. Miller. Grandma Strieby and ! Gerald Henwood, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Strieby, Mrs. Irene Strieby and son Robert, Mr. and/Udrs. Calvin Cooper and fannly.xMr. ( and Mrs. Andrew Hibner, Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Hibner and ( Mr. and Mrs. Mart Landis. At the close of this gala day, some suggested that they meet aagin in the near future—and so they will, o HERO MEDAL AWARDED Friday morning Rev. Foust appeared in the assembly before the High School and gave a very unique talk on “Heroism” and in ; the behalf of the Ralston Purina I Hero Commission of St. Louis, Mo., presented a Hero Medal to Maxwell Middleton for his heroic act of saving the lives of two little boys. Junior and Scottie Hollett. on August 12, 1927. The medal is a beautiful bronze with the name Maxwell Middleton and the date 8-12-1927 engraved upon it. The speaker said in part he was glad to have the opportunity to present the medal to Maxwell, not because of the narrow escape of the boys, but because of his heroic act. INDEPEXDEXTSDEITATED The Syracuse Independtxis lost to the Fort Wayne General Electric quintet Saturday evening by a score of 43-46. As the visiting team was composed of several “six-footers” they have nothing to “crow* over their victory. o Don’t Worry Because of ill health. Take my treatments and get well. My treatments are different Dr. Warner, 214 S. 9th St Goshen. Phono 176.

SYRACUSE, INDI ANA. THUD DAY. NOVEMBER 24, 1927.

Thanksgiving i s | Long before the Christian ■' era the Druids, or Sunwor- ' • shipers, observed a day of t Thanksgiving to the sun for bountiful crops, and at the I same time a farewell to the ’ * sun for the winter season.’ 1 This custom like many other Druid festivals was copied in various parts of the world with variations. Israel had a day that corresponds to our Thanksgiving Day, but for several centuries the Christian world was without this fixed religious festival. The first Thanksgiving Day observed on this continent was in November 1621. Just one year previous the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. Fifty-one of the original one hundred had died during the year, yet the governor called for a day of Thanksgiving. From this occassional observance came the custom of an annual national day of Thanksgiving. If one has any memory at all Thanksgiving will awaken it. We live the memories over again, forgetting the unpleasant things. Harvests are over, the haze of Indian Sumj mer is on the horizon, or the hill-sides may be covered with a mantle of first snow. Absent ones come home for this event and frequently guests are present. The table is lengthened for the great dinner mother has prepared, adding materi- j ally to the expression of the Thanksgiving spirit Memory reverently loiters among some of these days that are past, and we face the dawn of another year with a song of our hearts, renewed courage and faith in the wisdom and blessings of God.

o — - eoeeec see * Syracuse Library | Dirty Hand* I have to wash myself at night before I go to bed. An’ wash again when I get up and wash before I’m fed. An’ Ma inspects my neck an’ ears an* Pa my hands and shirt They seem to wonder why it is that I’m so fond of dirt. But Bill—my Chum—an’ I agree that we have never seen A feller doing anything whose hands were white an’ clean. E. A. G. The boys and girls who attended “Story Hour” Saturday were Kathryn and Ruth Nicodemus. James Butt. Burton Niles. Edna Lewis and Teddy Bell, Marie and Mary Jeanne Emerson. Nelson and Robert Hinger.i Norma and Otis Mitchell. Frieda Foust, Mary Ellen Pletcher. Christine and Gerold Kline. Edna Hurtig Clara. Parale and Virginia Harvey. Minnie Leacount, Roland Royer. Marjorie Slabaugh. Betty and Katie Hughes. Edna and Martha Leacock. William Hess. Richard Isbell, Luella Wingard. Edna and Agnes Fleming, Lucy and Laura Bachman. Marjorie and Jaunita Geiger. Margaret Smith. Nblson Auer, Edith and Anna May Stabler, Virginia Culler, Lucille Osborn. Meredith Mench. Duane Bauer. Ralph Mick. Eloise Richhart, Kathryn Fisher. Helen and Betty Jane Gordy. Geneva Rogers. Maxine White, Velma Robison, Helen Garrison and Kenneth Sloane. Luella Wingard, Edna and Agnes Fleming dusted the chairs in the basement that were used and William Hess and Gerald Kline carried them up stairs and down again. Every little thing counts and I appreciated it a lot Have you often wondered what would remove spots made by rosins, oils, grease, etc. A formula can now be found in Hiscox’s “Henley’s Twentieth Century Book of Formulas” under the heading “Garment Cleaning Soap." Monday was a RED LETTER day in the Library. 100 books were circulated. When will it be 150? Let us hope soon. One girl, about ten years old. remarked that “children sure were hard on books.” - -o Subscribe for the Journal.

CORN BORER TOVR The large party of Kosciusko and Elkhart county farmers and business men who went to Canada and Eastern Michigan last week to investigate corn borer conditions there, returned deeply impressed with the seriousness of the situation. “We are scarcely able to realize the damage being done in those sections, except by personal view,” said Senator Leroy Leonard of Warsaw upon his return. “1 was surprised and, a’nrmed at the extent and com ; pleteness of the destruct on. In fields we visited there was practically no corn. It is absolutely necessary that we all cooperate to the fullest extent with the control forces ,to clean up and prevent spread of the borer.” County Agent Blosser of Go shen, a member of the party stated on his return that two minutes in, a Canadian field was enough to convince rs o j the party that the danger had j not been overdrawn. In the fir-t i field visited, that of M. B. Wil t i son near Winsdor, a half-load ol ] I corn in the crib represented all] I Mr. Wilson had picked off a I*'| acre field. This same field yield-1 ed nearly 50 bushels to the acre ; last year. “If every- Indiana farmer could visit Canada and see these fields there would be no further need to talk about the corn borer.” said L. E. Hoffman, extension leader from Purdue University, who accompanied the party. “Every farmer who views the destruction in Canada knows there but is but one thing to do; to fight it to the last ditch.” Frank N1 Wallace, state entomologist and his asseciate, Paul T. Ulman, from the corn borer control headquarters at Auburn, conveyed the Kosciusko county | party, which included State Sena- 1 } tor Leonard. Melvin Huffer. Giles Hoffer, Earl Gross, all of Warasw I and vicinity; J. F. Dickey Akron; C. A. Kriete. Syracuse: C. B. Deaton. Silver Lake; E. E. Heisler, f E. M. Welty, Etna Green; Jacob a Kern, Claypool. s

NEAR E IST RELIEF To the citizens of Syracuse and Turkey Creek Tew’.riiip: At the request of President William Lowe Bryan of Indiana University, President of the Indiana Near East Committee. 1 have appointed the following Vice Residents for the Syracuse. Indiana. organization. Vice Chairmen: For the Churches. John T. Rid die. For the Sunday Schools. S. A. Bauer. For Public Schools, Court Slabaugh. For Women’s Clul s a V Lode Mrs. Sol Miller. For Men’s Clubs and Ixxiges Warren T. Colwell. For Young People’s Clubs and Societies, Helen For Golden Rule Teas and Dinners, Mrs. W. T. Bowld. For Publicity, H. A. Buettner. Secretary. C .C. Bachman. Treasurer Stephen Freeman. It was necessary that the names should go in last Saturday and I was not able to see each one before sending the list in but nearly all accepted the wo’ k as one of necessity. Instructions will be in the hands of each appointee by the middle of the week. From past experience in thi< work we are sure that a reasonable response will be made by our people to aid those in adversity. Golden Rule Sunday is December 4. 1927. Frank W. Greene, Chairman. o WEATHER IN CALIFORNIA Mrs. R. E Tucker, who is spending the winter in Long Beach, Cal., sends us the following newspaper clipping: “When the mercury climbed to 93 degrees at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. (Nov. 17), it struck a new high point in Long Beach for 1927. and registered the third highest temperature mark on record at the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce. “Wednesday’s closest rival this year was 91. registered one day last May. The highest mark was 103. set in May 1922. while second place went to July. 1925, when the thermometer showed 95 degrees. “Wednesday night the temperature dropped to 52 and this noon had climbed back to 85 degrees.” TO CLOSE TH°iNKSGIviiNG The Post office will close at ’0 o’clock Thanksgiving day and will remain closed for the balance of the dacr. « The bank and all the business houses will be closed all day.

APPLICATION FOR BONUS FOR WORLD WAR VETERANS A total of 15,(JOO Indiana veterans of the World War are throwing away a fortune by not making application for adjusted compensation, Paul V. McNutt Commander of the Indiana Department of the American Legion. stated, in an urgent appeal to bring in the stragglers. More than $i0,(:0i).€00 will be lost to veterans of the World War in i the state of Indiana unless' they » make application within the j ne\t few weeks. January Ist. 1928. has been set as the last date upon which ex-service men may apply for adusted compensation. B anks for this applicat on may be obtained .ora local posts of The American Legion from the post office from the United States Veteran bureau or from the federal buildings. The adjusted compensation is a certificate falling due twenty years after issuance. Veterans may borrow upon this bond at any time after it has been in their hands two years. It is pointed out by State Commander McNutt of the Legion that exservice men who do .not now need adjusted compensation may in the years to come suffer reverses and stand in need of help that would be theirs had they applied for the compensation cer-! tificates. Each day the veteran i postpones applying for the cer : t ficate advances the date it wif I fall due and cuts down the interest on the principal that I might be his if the certificate | came payable at an earlier date j In case of death the certificate becomes immediately payable to} the beneficiary. When the adjusted compensa-.L tion certificate is filled out by ' the veteran it should be forward- ■ ed immediately to Washington. o ■ DEATH (IF MRS. L A. BUNKER j Mrs. Lottie Alms Bunker pass- ( ed away at 5:80 o’clock Friday I afternoon at her home' in War- i saw. She had been in ille health • for the past two years suffering

from asthma, heart trouble and dropsy . Her death came rather 1 unexpectedly. She was found dead in a chair at her t home by her brother W. H. Shefi field. She had been alone only -a short time. ?| Mrs. Bunker was 66 years of •! age on September 27. She is ■: survived by One son John Alms jof Valparaiso: three brothers M'eorge S. Sheffield, of Minneapolis, Minnd E. M. Sheffield, of I os Angeles and W. H. Sheffield : of Warsaw of Warsaw two grand jchildren, Helen and Stan'ey i Alms of Valparaiso. Funeral services were hel {Sunday afternoon. Interment in the Oakwood cemetery near Warsaw. , Mrs. Bunker was we n kno I n Syracuse. I i LOCAL STORE HONORED I . At the special request of the ■ Berkey & Gay Furniture Co. of i Grand Rapids Mich., Vernon Beckman has recently been appointed a dealer in Berkey and G«y furniture. Vernon feels that the best is none too good for friends and patrons of Beckman’s and is very proud of the Berkey & ces already received. The special suites and pieces through which the store establishes itself as a Berkey & Gay store will be advertised in a beautiful, four page advertisement in colors, in the December 10th Saturday Evening Post. Seven hundred and thirteen of the finest furniture stores in the United States, including Beckman’s. will feature these suites and odd pieces in their windows beginning December Bth, when i the Post carrying the advertise- | ment will appear. THIEVES AT WORK ; An effort is being made by the ; members of the Concord Church ' and the residents in the vicinity ’ of Redmon Park, to locate the person or persons who have been pilfering in that neighborhood. ‘ Recently the Concord church , was entered for the second time * and two practically new rugs ' were taken from the pulpit bal- ! cony. Residents of Redmon Park and farmers living in that vicinity who have missed petty articles are also interested in locating the person and a reward is offered for information leading to the arrest of the guilty parties. o I TET RPHOXE COMPANY SOLD I Outside parties purchased the Syracuse Telephone system last i week. A-L. Miller will continue to be the manager.

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT ! Review of Things by the Editor ; , As He Sees Them on the Surface. ■ . f “Keep Apluggin’ Away" The one who emphasized the I title of this talk in a most appeal mg way was a negro, born of s'ave parents. His name, was i aul Lawrence Dunbar. Many of you have read this poem. The other evening it was read over the radio and many stopped to sten to it What a simple philosophy. What Wisdom, after all. Just “Keep aphiggin’ Away.” A little sentence -reads: “The l dog barks but the caravan passes i on.” It’s that way with all important things. If you go right •on. you are going to arrive, especially if you have determined and definitely decided just where you want to arrive. The trouble with most people is that they have'no special time or placp in their minds as an objective. If they do. they want to get there either by a shorter route than the ordinary- one pro- ' 1 posed, or they want to eliminate 1 the necessary- pains and labor. *’ j “The Get-rich-quick” artists i line the main thoroughfares and I sidewalks of life, but it is the } Ed’sons. the Lincolns, the WebI sters. the “Stonewall” Jacksons, ' ! and the George Westinghouses I that dot our national and world 4 fabric and make it durable. We al! learned in our mat he- * matics that the “shortest distance between two points is a straight line.” And yet there are those who want to short-cut that straight line. Never mind. Saw away. And “Keep apluggin’l” Lost Flock So many of the flock of a certain Methodist pastor, were staying away from church that he published the following .advertisenient in his local paper:

1 1 “Lost, Strayed or Stolen—A ’ large flock of Methodist sheep. I They have been gone for some • time, when last seen they were browsing along the road of indifference. Any one finding these sheep please bring them home if possible and you will receive ample reward. If they refuse to come home, drive them into the nearest fold and lock the door and report to the pastor. . A god Townsman: Ah. I can remember far back into the distant past—iri those times when a man who was run down used a I tonic instead of an ambulance. A study of married and single men according to an eastern professor shows that married men 'are the smarter. Well, look at the help they have. Nature makes a few mistakes; if she puts a generous amount of bone in one head it’s because there is no other material available. No matter how badly the man turns out the wife has the satisfaction of reflecting that she kept some other woman from getting him. Advertising is to business . what oil is to a lawnmower. It permits faster turnover with the same amount of push. With all the installment collectors knocking at our doors Old Man Opportunity is having a hard road to travel. Did you ever notice that if you carry a bottle, a jug or a chicken » ’along the street that everybody kids‘you. Consider the fish. He seldom gets hooked as long as he keeps his mouth shut. . Question: If the president, vice-presi-dent, and all the members of the cabinet should die, who would officiate? ■asjnoo jo ‘jojpryopun oqj.

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