The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 31, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 1 December 1927 — Page 1

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SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Items Interest Coaeeraiaj Oar High School Written for The Syracuse Journal. Attendance and Enrollment The per cents of attendance of the grades and high school for the third month are: First grade, 94.18; second grade. 96.2; third grade. 98.25; fourth grade, 98.46: fifth grade, 97; sixth grade, 98.6; seventh grade, 98.9; eighth grade, 98.3; high school. 96.9. The enrollment after the changes have been made, is as follow: First grade, 33; second grade, 37; third grade. 39; fourth grade, 44; fifth grade. 38; sixth grade, 34; seventh grade. 39; eighth grade. 29; ninth grade. 21; tenth grade. 28; eleventh grade, 18; twelfth grade, 21. Emory Ketring. Armond Klingaman. Gary Robison. Charles Bachman, Jr., Ralph Miller, Ray Godshalk, Eugene Snavely and Henry Godshalk. members of the basketball team, with Coach Druckamiller and Mr. Slabaugh attended a banquet and basketball clinic in the YMCA building at South Bend Monday evening. The boys of the manual training class have ordered material for various objects such as end tables, waste paper baskets, and book racks. This material will be all ready to assemble into these objects and to be finished in accordance with the pupil's taste and ability. Don't forget that "Windmills of Holland.” will be presented in the Community Building Friday evening. This is a clever little operetta and you can’t afford to miss it. The High School orchestra wall make its lint public appearance. The High School Art Class has been engaged in making a number of original conventional designs. Each pupil chose the moat interesting of her designs, enlarged it and finished it in a black and white scheme. The High School is very proud of the fact that Maxwell Middleton is a member of the Sophomore class and everyone is commending his heroic act in saving the lives of two small children of Syracuse. It will be worth your while to see all of the coming basketball games, not only for the interesting games, but the initial appearance of the boys in their new sweat pants and shirts. Wednesday morning Rev. Arbaugh gave an interesting talk to the High School and seventh and eighth grades about Jeremiah, the Prophet of personal piety and his teachings. Report cards again today (Wednesday). We always have this consolation—that they won’t be handed out for another four weeks! Basketball game at Culver Friday night. Team, we're betting on you. ' — o ■ - RED CROSS MEETING Mrs. W. F. Kindig and Mrs. A. W. Geyer motored to Warsaw on Fridy afuraaott and attended a thimble party given in the home of Mrs. Mac B. Funk, who is county chairman oi the Red Cross Roll call. Mrs. Funk held this meeting for all township chairmen to show her appreciation of the splendid work they had done. The quoU for Turkey Creek township was SIOO, but $125 was raised, for which success the township and everybody should be proud. The county nurse has been employed and she will visit Syracuse in “the near future. ANOTHER OLD BIBLE In the last two issues the Journal has printed “Old Bible Stories.” Nbw comes J. F. Brickel and informs us that he has a Bible 152 years old—that is it was printed in 1775. The Bible has been in the Brickel family for Now*who is next! BAXAAR AND BAKE SALE The Ladies Aid of the Zion U. B. Church will hold a basaar and tomn o© Saturday, Oy 3,

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j FIRSTS WIN TWO GAMES | SECONDS LOST ONE t The high school basket ball 9 teams met some worthy opponents last week in both Wolf Lake and Nappanee. • The second team lost to Wolf Lake 11-16, but won from Nappanee 10-12. The first team won both games but had a ?very little margin. The Wolf Lake game was 14-14 » at the end of the first half and j it was only in the final minutes t that Syracuse gained the lead to ; win 29-36. In the Nappanee game, the i first team led 19-7 at the end of the half. About the middle of j ’ the second half the Syracuse boys were leading 10-25, and . thought it enough to lead to try . something new. The fighting i Nappanee team soon took advan- j tage of the mental depression ' and ran the score to within 2} points of victory. A welcome; gun however ended the game with Syracuse on the long end of a 26-28 score. Following are the scores: Second Team Syracuse FG FT F PTS Auer 2 0 2 4 Connolly 0 0 0 0 Snavely 1 0 0 2 S. Miller 0 1 0 1 Grady 0 1 0 1 Robison 0 1 0 1 Shock 1 0 0 2 Mick 0 0 10 Kindigo 0 3 0 Totals 4 3 6 11 Wolf Lake FG FT F PTS. R. Straus . 1103 Gandy 0 0 3 0 Ridgley 2 0 0 4 Zumbrum3 0 1 6 E Strauso 1 2 1 Tucker 1 0 1 2 Totals ...~7 2 7 16 Syracuse FG FT F PTS. Auer t.. 0 0 2 0 Snavely 0 0 0 0 R. Miller 2 o’2 4 Robison 2 2 1 6 Shock 1 0 0 2 Kindig 0 0 0 0 Totals 5 2 5 12 Nappanee FG FT F PTS, Shauni 0 0 1.0 . Lahman 0 0 0 0 Troup 11 2 3 Shively 0 0 0 0 , Mitchell 13 15 Moore 0 0 0 0 Philipe 0 1 2 1 Umbaugh 0 0 2 0 Frevert /.0 11 1 Totals 2 6 9 10 j First Tram Syracuse FG FT F PTS, ' Klingaman .... 2 5 2 9 Ketring 2 2 0 6 R. Millero 0 1 0 Bachmans 1 0 11 R. Godshalk ... 3 3 19 H. Godshalk .. 0 1 3 1 Totals 12 11 7 36 Wolf Lake FG FT F PTS. Heintselman ~3 14 7 ( Hawks 0 0 1 0 Straus 0 0 1 0 Surfus 3 2 2 8 Zumbram 1 0 0 2 Taggart 2 0 1 4 Ridgley 2 0 T 1 4 Huntsman .... 2 0 1 4 Totals 13 3 11 29 Syracuse FG FT F PTS Klingaman .... 3 3 3 9 Ketring 3 2 1 8 R. Godshalk ...1315 Bachman3 0 1 6 H. Godshalk ... 0 0 0 0 Totals 10 8 6 28 Nappanee FG FT F PTS. Pinkerman .... 0 0 2 0 McCuen 1 0 0 2 Mullett 0 0 0 0 D. Price 2 0 0 4 P. Price 1 0 0 2 Klingerman ... 1 0 0 2 Bumgartner ..3 2 1 8 Best 0 0 3 0 . Sheets 3 2 1 8 ' Totals 11 4 7 26 I —o j FILED SUIT FOR DIVORCE Charging cruel and inhuman treatment Roscoe H. Rex has filed suit for divorce from Mary E. Rex. The couple was married . May 19, 1926. and separated No- . vember 24, 1927. The home and household goods I are valued at $1,600. The peti- » tion says that the home is owned ? jointly and asks that the plains tiff be given the household r foods. TAKE NOTICE We have sent statements to a number of subscribers who are . in arrears with their subscrip--1 tions. As we have heavy finanF eial obligations to meet, we ask t a prompt response. Thank you! •

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NEAR EAST RELIEF * . ■ — During the past week there ; has been distributed a limited i . amount of literature explaining . the work of the Near East Committee. The canvass for subscriptions will be made on Sunday. . December 11. by teams from the various churches. Friends of the ; movement that are not members of any of the churches are gladly welcomed to assist in the solicij tation for the funds. The churches in the country, notably. ■ Ebenezer Zion, Concord and Tip- | »>ecanoe will appoint their own ’ solicitation committees, make j their canvass and turn the collection over to the bank with a list of the donors. Stephen Freeman, the Treasurer, will forward the amount collected to the State Treasurer, at Indianapolis, and : proper acknowledgment will be j made in the Syracuse Journal, j Our Lutheran friends have chosen to do their part as the offer- ‘ ing taken at their Thanksgiving Services last week, is given to the ( cause. If each of the churches will see that at least three adults , j from their congregations will ! meet with the officers of the ‘ Township organization and 1 friends from the Commercial Club and Lodges interested will , meet at the Methodist Church ■ at 2:30 p. nu Sunday.. December ( 11, the work should be completed ,in an hour. ( Sincerely. | F. W. Greene, • j Chairman. , — O

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EX-SENIORS HIVE PARTY Saturday evening, most of the Class of *27, gathered at the home of Kathryn Richhart for a glorious old time event. Efin Fleming. Helen Leacock and Robert Riddle were also present The various contests were interesting and difficult. Cecilia Moran won most of the first prizes while the “booby” prizes were distributed impartially- After a long hard fight Cecilia Moran and Charles Wilcox were awarded the prizes in bunco. A delightful lunch was served at eleven o’clock while later in the evening fudge, peanuts and “kisses” were passed. Every one had a splendid time as Miss Richhart is a delightful hostess. The party ended with promises of several reunions during Christmas vacation. o PLEASANT SURPRISE Mrs. Laura -jiuner was given a pleasant surprise on Thanksgiving morning when cars began driving up in front of her home and her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren got out and came inthe house with well filled baskets to help hed enjoy i Thanksgiving day. Those present ' were: Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Launer and daughter Mary. Mimai. Ind; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stuber and three children of Peru, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Launer and three children of South Bend, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Launer of Elkhart Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Werker and twp daughters of Kimmell and Mrs. Grace Michael and son of Cromwell. o STETLER-SMITH Joe D. Stetler, son of Mr. and! Mrs. William Stetler .residing' near this city, and Miss Dorothy Smith, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. George Smith of Ligonier, were united in marriage on Saturday. November 26, at Bryan Ohio. Mrs. Stetler formerly in Syracuse and moved with her parents to Ligonier several years ago. where she graduated from the Ligonier High School, and was employed as cashier of the electric store there. Joe Stetler is very we U known , in Syracuse and is the solo tenor | in the Syracuse band w’hich heartily joins in extending congratulations. RED ARROW AUCTION A good crowd attended the Red Arrow Auction Wednesday of last week. The next Red Arrow Auction will be held Saturday. December 17. WINDMILLS OF HOLLAND Friday evening, December 2, the operetta “Windmills of Holland” will be given at the Community Building by the seventh and eighth grades. Curtain at 7:45. General admission. 25c. reserved seats 35c. Clara Row in “Bala’’-* vivid daring romance set against the background of the Hawaiian Isles at Crystal, Ligonier, next Sunday and Monday. December 4

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 1, 1927.

• Syracuse Library *1 Love and Light There are many kinds of love, as many kinds of light, And every kind of love makes a glory in the night. There is love that stirs the heart, and loves that gives it rest. But the love that leads life up- * ward is the noblest and the best. H. V. D. I Books as Tools “So to surround the child of today with books that reading for pleasure and profit may become a matter of course to him: that not only wall he read but that he wall like to read and that he will read with pleasure those books which will proi.t him. On the achievement of our purpose depends the reading of citizens of the future and o their reading depends to a great extent the future of our nation.’ Last Saturday many jgquests came to the librarian for otory Hour every Saturday, if the children who are sufficiently interested in the same will write me a note telling me they desire it and enough vote in Story Hour’s favor. I will be very’ glad to set aside an hour for them All notes must be in by Wednesday next week. No Story Hour this coming Saturday, as to the following Saturday, it is up to you, children. o

MILFORD RESIDENT DEAD Isaac McCloud Groves, 84, last survivor of the 10 children of Adam and Sarah E Groves, born in Elkhart counW on February 10. 1843, died 'niursday after a long illness, along with an affliction of blindness, at his home in Milford. In his younger days he followed the profession of school teaching. .In 1865 he drove the stage betw’een Warsaw and Goshen. He was engaged in the grocery business with the late Charles C. Reynolds and later owmed and conducted a grocery store. Mr, Groves? %ras actively enga- ■ ged in the construction of three i railroads. On October 28, 1869, he was united in marriage to Sarah A. Felkner. w’ho died March 27, i 1927. Two children survive, Norman J. Groves, of Milford and Mrs. Maude Lamme, of Arco, i Idaho. Funeral services were held on Saturday at 1:30 p. m. at the home, the Rev. Fred R. Hill, officiating. Interment in Milford cemetery. DEATH OF GEO. PHEBIS George Phebus was born June 17, 1872, in Kosciusko county. August 11, 1914. he was united in marriage to Elnora Bushong He spent his entire life in this community and by the hand of affliction he departed this life November 27, at Longcliff sanitarium near Logansport, whenhe had been since last spring. l e leaves his wife, daughter Mrs. Earl Knepp of Ligonier tw’o granddaughters. Grace and Mary, sisters and brothers as follows: Mrs. Elizabeth Wogoman, Mrs. Maria Bowers Wm. Phebus and Neal Phebus of Toledo. Ohio, and Mrs. Amanda Archer of Elkhart Ind. Funeral services w’ere conducted at the Church of God, Wednesday forenoon, Rev. Floyd Hedges officiating. Burial in Syracuse cemetery. GRANTED DIVORCE On a cross-complaint Philip Beghtel was granted a divorce from Clara E. Beghtel by Judge L. W. Royse in circuit court. The parties to the case live near Syracuse.

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T. B. CATTLE 1 Twenty-three counties in Indiana, including Kosciusko have been placed in the government's modified list as having less than one half of one per cent tubercu- ! lar cattle within their boundaries, according to Dr. F. H. Brown, state veterinarian. DeKalb, Noble. Marshall, Wabash, Whitley Allen, Delaware. Vermillion, Knox. Daviess, Vanderburgh. Fayette, Wayne and Johnson counties are on the list of those which are as nearly as possible free of tubercular cattle. ’Jr. Brown said. ‘“We have had wonderful cooperation from the farmerthroughout the state in this work and with very few exceptions they have welcomed testof their cattU? ” continued Dr Brown. “We nave given the na tests to 23 counties and at p eent are co n s mung the examina tions in 33 others. “Twelve additional countiohave appropriated funds for making the examinations and we are only waiting until we have men availab’e to cooperate with local officials in those districts before starting initial tests Only 24 out of the 92 counties in the state have not yet been registered. The veterinarian added that if the work progresses with the same cooperation from all coun ties as that received from those already completed, Indiana should be free of tubercular cattle by 1930. “When we locate a tubercular animal it is brand ed .and slaughtered under government inspection within 3<» days after discovery,” he said “(Aver half the cattle population of Indiana is now under government supervision.” o _ TRIPLE CELEBRATION Those who enjoyed the triple celebration dinner at the Jacob Click home on Thanksgiving day were: Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Click and son Glenn. Bruce Staples, Mrs. Brooks Archer Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Archer and children, Adrain, Ray. Erma and Claire; William Click, Mr. and Mrs. Rawdey Tw’a’ts and daughter. Jean Marie;* Mr. and Mrs. Merle Click and daughter, Ruby Dempsey: Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Click and daughters, Geraldine and Katherine. Six years ago Mrs. Emanuel Click gave a triple celebration: dinner. Every' six years Thanks- • giving comes on November 24! | which date is Jacob Click's birth day. also Mr. and Airs. Emanuel Click’s wedding anniversary. All. reported a very enjoyable time and wished Jacob Click fifty more happy birthdays and Mr > and Mrs. Finanuel Click twenty’- ! nine more happy wedding anniversaries. - —o~~ DEATH OF M S. W. STARNE" Mrs. Mary B. Starner. wife o p WiPiam Stnrner died afternoon at Goshen hosp’tal following an illness of pneumonia. Mrs. Starner’s home ,- s in Elk hart, where she has resided for several years moving there from a farm south of Syracuse where she was born December 6 1877. She is survived by her husband three soils Harry. Jesse and William., all of Elkhart, four grandchildren one brother Verne Bechtel of Windview. Canada and one half-brother Charles Kendle of Elkhart. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Zion Church three miles south of Syracuse at 2 o’clock. Burial was made in the Cable cemetery. —— / W. A. CLUB Mrs. P. R. Sprague entertained the ladies of the Wednesday Afternoon Club at her home on Wednesday afternoon. A very interesting paper on “Modem Essays” was read by Mrs. B. F. Hoy. Mrs. Bachman gave a talk on “Popular Biographies of the Last Ten Years.” Mrs. Lucy Miles read a well prepared article on "Library Criticism in America * after which Mrs. Lepper gave a short talk on the life of Ethelbert Nevin. —— - O 1 BASKETBALL SCORES Mentone 40: Silver Lake 24. Mentone 24. Silver lake 16. (Seconds.) Milford 47; Sidney 26. Milford 29: Sidney 8 (Seconds.) New Paris 23: Goshen 22. SPECIAL OFFER New paid in advance tions. entered th ; s month wiV be credited to January 1929. Subscribe now!

CHURCH WEDDING AT HIGH NOON SI NDAI J A very pretty wedding took 5 place at twelve o’clock, 1 Sunday, 1 November 27, at the Trinity ■ Evangelical Church of Syracuse, • Indiana when Mrs. Etta Ott be- • came the bride of .Arthur Winans ‘ of this city. • The ceremony took place immediately after the morning service in the presence of a church ! Jled with relatives and friends. ! The bride and groom entere ■ the church and marched to the • a’tar while J ohengrin's “Tri. a Chorus,” v.as played on the piano by Miss Ruth Blanchard. During the ceremony, wa< “ ’■> rfonned by the Rev. R. G. /oust soft music was played as t< r wh ch there was pi yer ~ i ‘he bride and groom left the al- ' »• tn the strains of Me d!'h ' ’ ■■ Mat h.” Th‘ encdielion .vas then pronounced and th< rregation dismissed About thirty close friends an.! relatives of the bride and groom were served a lovely wedding { dinner, in the church parlor after the ceremony. The de. ora tions consisted of pink and whit, crepe paper streamers beautifu pink and white chrysanthemums and tall pink candles. Immediately after the dinner was finished congratulations were given and gifts received, after which the bride and groom left for a short stay with friends in Wabash, Ind, When they return they will be at home at the bride’s former residence o n South Harrison Street. Those present at the weddin_ were: Rev. and Mrs. R. G. Foust and two daughters. Harriet and Freda: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hire Mr. and Mrs. Melvin jWhistler: Mr. and Mrs. Martin Landisf Mrs Sarah Ott; Mrs. Amanda Darr; Mrs. Malinda Whistler; Mr. and Mrs. Tilman Hire; Mr. Henry fully; Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Blan chard and daughter Ruth; Mr. R H. Bray; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Unrue; Mr. and Mrs. James Juday; War ren Ruple; Mrs. Sam Unrue; Miss Elizabeth Bushong and Miss Alice Mann. Mrs. Winans is a well known member of our community having lived here all her life. She is an industrious and generou woman of sterling character, and I is much loved by all who know her. She is a member of the IN’angelical Church and takes an j active part in all church work. Mr. Winans has been employed I i for some time in the nursery i i business and has worked around ' Take Wawasee for the past two j summers. Their many friends join in ■ wishing them a long and happy ■ i wedded life. -— ■ AR’ Y C HRISTMAS SHOPPIN • j T t is not long since Christ na i J shopping was confined to alxu* i two weeks of rush and worry ~ » ’ri’, g which, store-keepers cou’d not do justice to their patrols were disappointed and de’ayed and clerks were worke almost to death This year th -■boomng season is being prolong ed by wise merchants, who reanze that the earlier the Chr’ t mas buyer is accommodated th wider w ; U be the distribution b’ the buying load the greater will be the satisfaction of the purchaser and the easier and better will be the work of the sales people. But a g’ance at the calendar will show that only a c few days remain between now and Christmas eve. o— BRIDGE PARTY Honoring Mrs. Ellwood Bateman. who spent last week visiting her parents, j Mr. and Mrs. John Meek. Miss Nellie Mann entertained at bridge on Tuesday evening of last week. Favors were won by the Misses T ou*se Snobarger and Elizabeth Tl ushong. Mrs. Bateman received a guest prize. Dainty refreshments. were served. BASKETBALL v A basketball game between the Wakarusa-Independents and Syracuse Independents ha’ been scheduled in the Syracuse "ommunity Building for Saturday night, December 3. This game promises to be hotly contested. Music by the Chamber of Commerce band. Doors open st 7:2D game at 8:30. Adults 35r, School Children, 2*k. Tuesday evening the Independents played Oliver and took the short end of a 33 to 46 score. o SUPPER The M. E. Ladies’ A’d Society will serve a supper Monday evening December 5, from 5:30 t 7KX>. Price 50c. 31-lt

/THINGS TO / THINK ABOUT f I —■— ” i Review of Things by the Editor s As He Sees Them on the Surface. . i Children Want To Know : Haven’t you noticed that chil11 dren and young people specially ? j ’ike to hear about the things of which they have some knowledge a rather than about those that are - really strange? And when once s started on the investigation of . s mple things, they keep right n investigating as new phases of gs appear. Te a. ouse this spirit of imesti..at.an is the better part of edui -it ion- -;f is real education, a ' | a,diug out of the spirit; of the“ ndividual. Children want to know and you an’t blainq them, for they come nto the world without the least b’V of knowledge to guide them, and with less instinct than the. average animal. The possibilities of their minds are much greater than.- are the .minds of animals, if these have minds at all. The human mind can be developed rapidly after it is once started, but is must be carefully guided along right lines in order to secure best results. ; So susceptible is the child mind to developing .influences t may be molded to almost ary ;ort of belief, taste or sense of l ight. And the impressions tit st made are deepest and most difil- . ult to change, or efface. if, theieforei the mind is eac’v impressed with the beauty, the richness and the goodness of the earth, it will soon be ready t> accept the goedness of the powi r that made it. and as it loves the earth and the beauties thereof, so will it lespect and love the power that mule and control! it. This is the loundu on of r<;ls that last, ail life. What Price Glory? Quite accidentally, the other evening, we overheard a man trying to explain why’ he had | stayed out so late the night be-< fore. y'He didn’t seem to be doing i a very satisfactory’ job of it—it i recalled, in fact, the old-timer who was relating to his wife at j the breakfast table an incident which occurred at his lodge the j night before. The presiding offiI cer of the order offered a silk hat to the brother who could truthfully say that during his married life he had never kissed another woman. “And would you believe it,” he said, “not a one stood up.” “Why. George.” his wife said, ; ‘why didn’t you stand up?” “Well.” he replied. “I was going to. but you know, dear, I’d ’ook like hell in a silk hat.” A farm hand who had worked very day in the week from dawn until dark finished the hares by lantern light, went to the farmer at the end of the first • week and said, “Mister Brown, I’m going to quit. You promised me a steady job of work.” The farmer was astonished. “Goodness alive haven’t you got one?’,’ “No ” said the hired man. “There are 3or 4 hours every night that I haven’t anything to do. AH I do is 4o fool away my time sleeping. I’m going to go where I can get a steady job.” he finest of arts is true living, *Tis greater than all of the rest, 'nd he is indeed a true artist Who draws from each person his best. A lot of fellows who take pride in the fact that their wrord is as good as their bond will not hesitate to lie to their wives whenever it is absolutely necessary. A woman scolded her husband when he lit his cigar with a five dollar bill.' whereupon he explained that it w’as a bill he couldn’t pay, so he burned it. Shop early. Wrap carefully. • Address plainly. Mail promptly. Remember that thousands of Christmas presents go to the dead letter office evqry year. tt has been said that home is ♦he place where a man is treated the best and where he grumbles the most. “Let your light shine beforemen’’ has come to be the cause of much cussing on crowded highways. ' Question vou know what they do over ip Fran-e when it rains? uivi isnp

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