The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 37, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 12 January 1928 — Page 1

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SYRACUSE HIGH ' SCHOOL NOTES Items of Interest Concerning Our High School Written for The Syracuse Journal. All of the per cents of attendance are smaller in December, except the High School, the sixth grade having the largest The per cents are: First Grade, 91.76; Second Grade, 96.7; Third Grade, 94; Fourth Grade, 96.98; Fifth Grade. 95.4; Sixth Grade, 97.07; Seventh Grade, 96.5; Eighth Grade, 96.87; High School 96.97. Thursday morning Rev. Royer gave the first of a series of talks on “The Minor Prophets.” Daniel was the subject of the address and Rev. Royer gave quite a number of interesting incidents concerning the life of this prophet. He also enumerated some of the trials to which Daniel was subjected. Wednesday morning Rev. Bailey, the minister of the United Brethren Church at Churubusco, gave a short address to the High School and seventh and eighth grades. His talk concerned the value of the aims and ambitions of the High School boy and girl. The County Nurse, Miss Aya Malone, visited the school Friday and Monday. She examined the pupils of the first, third, eighth and eleventh grades. The nurse is to inspect oiir school once every four weeks and follow up the improvements in these grades. • The Honor Roll for the fourth month is: Seniors: Henry Godshalk; Juniors —Mary Geiger, Helen Schroeder; Sophomores— Louise Niles. Lawrence Schlecht; Freshmen —Mamie Wogoman; Eighth Grade —None; Seventh Grade —Joe Freeman, Elizabeth Ward. ,■ The wall at the rear of the Assembly is now adorned by the large blue and , white pennant of the Class of ’29. It is very pretty and many favorable comments have been made about it by the other students. The semester Honor Roll is Seniors—Maxwell Brower; Juniors—Mary Geiger, Helen Schroeder; Sophomores— None; Freshmen —None; Eighth Grade, - None; Seventh Grade —Elizabeth Ward. The Misses Helen and Violet Unrue, who formerly attended the Mishawaka school, have entered the third and seventh grades. Mr. Druckamiller —(In History Class) —“What do we cal) the preservation of -dead bodies?” Bright Sophomore: “Petrifying!” —; o BUILDING COMPLETED The large building erectgd by McClintic, Colwell & Gordy, near the Huntington street bridge, for the storing of their road building machinery, trucks, etc., is completed, and now have their machinery stored therein. The building also contains a spacious office room, which is heated by a furnace.

Looking Forward

January was named for the Roman God Janus, who had,'two faces and looked both ways—forward and backward. So January 1 is the day for looking two ways—backward into the year which has just ended and forward into the year which lies before us. It is well for us, as citizens of this community, to look back, to review the events of the past year. Well may we take pride in such achievements as we have helped accomplish. It is well, -too, for us to consider our mistakes, our our failures to do the things we •should haveklone; but it is not well for us to brood over those failures, nor 1 to dwell too long in regarding with pride our achievements. Etetter it is for us to look forward into the new yfear, to the new opportunities which lie before us and which we, profiting by the mistakes of the past, may do our share in seizing and turning to the advantage of our community. , - '/

o . t— our. q7 u. _ The Syracuse Journal Syracuse’s Slogan: “A Welcoming Town Wit Ha. Beckoning Lake.”

WON'ONE; LOST ONE t The high school basket ball teams won and lost to the Pierceton high school teams Saturday night. After ‘the second team had easily won 16-30, the first team met some high class opposition and was forced to bow to a 46-33 score. The box scores follow: Second Team Syracuse FG FT F PTS Auer 5 2 2* 12 Grady ~ 1 0 0 2 S. Miller.l 2 1 4 Connollyo 0 1 0 Robison 2 2 2 6 Leacock 0 2 0 2 Shock 1 2 0 4 Mick 0 0 1 0 Snavely 0 0 1 0 Kindig 0 0 1 0 Total 10 10 9 30 Pierceton FG FT F PTS. J. Orr 2 2 2 6 H. Wolfeo 1 0 1 Grimes 3 0 3 6 C. Wolfe 1 0 2 2 . Yohn 0 0 2 0 Shenafield .... 0 0 .0 0 Mort 0 0 2 0 Gilbert 0 1 li 1 Leifer 0 0 0 0 Total .6 4 12 16 , First Team Syracuse FG FT F PTS Knngaman .... 5 2 2 12 Bachman 1 2 4 4 Miller 1 0 4 2 Ketring 3 1 0 7 Shock 0 0 1 0 R. Godshalk .. 2 2 2 6 H. Godshalk ... 0 2 0 2 Total ...'l2 9 13 33 Pierceton FG FT F PTS. Earnhart 3 0 4 6 Beebe -. 1 0 0 2 G. Orr ...02 4 2 Andrews 0 0 0 0 Shidler 8 3 2 19 Dill 5 3 2 13 Shenefield 2 0 2 4 Total 19 8 14 46 o ’STANDING OF TEAMS Team W L Pct. Milford 5 1 .833 Leesburg 9 2 .817 Syracuse 4 1 .800 Pierceton 7 2 .778 Mentone 6 2 .750 Claypool 5 4 .556 Sidney . . 4 ...3 5 .375 Atwood 3 5 .375 Etna Green 3 5 .375 Burket 3 6 .333 Silver Lakel 6 .167 North Webster 17 -125 Beaver Dam 0 4 .000 This percentage column incluI des only games played by county l teams with other county teams. MASONS INSTALL OFFICERS Harry Culler, Deputy Worshipful Master, last Monday night installed the following officers of Syracuse Lodge No. 454, F. & A. M.: W. M.—Warren T. Colwell. S. W. —Sam Searfoss. J. W.—James Searfoss. Treasurer —Ernest Buchholz. Secretary—Fred B. Self. Trustee —R. C. Howard. S. D. —Harry Culler. J. D. —H. A. Buettner. S. S. —John McGarity. J. S. —R. C. Howard. Tyler—H. C. Clemens. o Acidosis Can be overcome by natural methods. Call Dr. Warner for an appointment. Office open day | and evening. "Phone 176, Goshen,. | Indiana.

For if there is one New Year's resolution j which w e should make, it is the resolution that we will co-operate during the coming year in making our community better. Modern conditions have substituted cooperative efforts for individualism as the best answer to economic questions and to the philosophical problem of obtaining the greatest good for the greatest number, Rut co-operative effort is composed of individual efforts, and if the greatest good for the greatest number is our community is to be attained, it can only be done by the--individual assuming his share of the co ' operative effort. This community can be made .a better community and 4 stronger community if we resolve to co-operate with each other in making it so. Co-operating means more than just resolving. It means DOING; and if we are to do things upon which we can look back with pride next New Year’s Day, this New Year’s Day is the best day in all the year to begin doing them.

DEATH OF MRS. F. L. HOCH Mrs. F. L. Hoch died Monday morning at her home of a complication of diseases, after a lingering illness of several years’ duration, at the age of 66 years, 11 months and 2 days. The deceased, daughter of Frederick and Katherine Wetzel, was born in Buffalo, N. Y. February 7, 1861. The family later removed to Archibold, Ohio. She was baptized in infancy, and catechized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church at the age of 14 years, and remained a loyal and devoted church member unto the end. On November 3, 1887, she was united in marriage to Frederick L. Hoch. To this union were born three daughters and one son. The son and one daughter preceded their mother in death. She leaves to mourn their loss her husband, Frederick L. Hoch, two daughters, Mrs. Fred Hoopngarner and Gertrude,, four sisters, two brothers and a large lumber of other relatives, and a large circle of friends. Since coming to Syracuse twenty-five years ago Mrs. Hoch, as she was familiarly called has been a most loyal and active member and supporter of Grace Lutheran Church. She has been a deader in every good work, and a charter member of the Ladies’ Aid Society. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at the Grace Lutheran Church, Rev. A. H. A.oaugh, the pastor officiating. Interment in the Syracuse cemetery. Card of Thanks We wish to thank the business men and neighbors for their kindness, and floral offerings, during our bereavement of our devoted wife and mother. F. L. Hoch, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hoopingarnefr Gertrude Hoch. —o DEATH OF MRS. E. AKERS Mrs. Elizabeth Akers passed away at the McDonald Hospital, Warsaw, on Sunday evening, January 8, after a short illness. On Saturday Mrs. Akers was taken to the hospital, where every care was given her, but owing to a recent attack of pneumonia and other complications from which she had suffered for several years; the deceased was unable to rally \and death followed. She was 69 years, 10 months and 2 days old. Elizabeth Joyce Wallis, daughter of William and Margaret Wallis, was born near Kenton, Ohio, March 6, 1858. She came to Syracuse with her parents in October, 1868. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. The deceased was. married to Samuel Akers, Sr., on January 5, 1898, who departed this life January 5, 1917. The funeral was held on Wednesday morning at ten o’clock, at the home, conducted by Rev. J. H. Royer, pastor of the Methodist church. Interment was made in the Syracuse cemetery. oOBITUARY < Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Ei Pope, age 67, who died early Saturday in Clark hospital, following a 10-day illness, were held “at 1:30 o’clock Monday afternoon in the. home of her daughter, Mrs. Merle Dunlap, 202 South Oak Street, Buchanan, Mich. The Rev. Henry Liddicoat, pastor of Buchanan Methodist church, officiated and burial was made in Mishawaka city cemetery. Six women, members of Mrs. Pope’s Sunday School class of the First Methodist Church of Mishawaka, were pallbeargfg. Mrs. Pope had made her home with h?F daughter since the recent death of he r husband. She was born ■in England and had no other near re*latives in this country save her daughter. The family came to Buchanan, recently from Mishawaka..

W. C. T. V. The eighth anniversary of Constitutional Prohibition will be celebrated at the Church of God, Supday, January 15, beginning at 2:36. Song—Congregation: Scripture Reading—Rev, Foyst Prayer—Rev. RoyerSolo —Rev. Nicodemus, Address —Rev. Wyatt. Anthem —Lutheran Ladies. Song—Congregation. Benediction —Rev. Hedges. .. G “London After Midnight” with Lon Chaney, the man of a 1,000 faces, in a great detective thriller at Crystal, Ligonier, next Sunday and Monday, January 15 and 16.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 12, 1928. |

Syracuse Library Notes Give me a book and my cozy chair and a pipe of old perigue Ahd the wind may howl and I shall not care that the night is cold and bleak, For I’M follow my friend of the printed page where he leads me on, I’ll follow him back to a vanished age and the joys of a life that’s gone. —E. A. G. The following twenty six attended story-hour Saturday: Lucy and Laura Bachman, James Butt, Anne and Jeanette Causer, Kathryn and Martha Ellen Fisher, Helen Garrison, Juanita Geiger, Betty and Helen Gordy, Virginia and Clara Harvey, Rowena Insley, Martha Jane and Katherine Kern, Martha and Edna Leacock, Ruby and Minnie L-eacount, Norma Mitchel, Vaja and Ruth Rowdabaugh, Margaret and Robert Smith and Natalie Wolf. Only 42 per cent ol the citizens of Syracuse use the library and of these only 30 per cent (approximately) sare regular borrowers. Os the total number of borrowers 34 per cent are from the toynship. 76 per cent of the borrowers are minors. (Perhaps after all “the younger generation” isn’t so bad. “Culture is the art of life. Its acquisition implies the deliberation shaping of one’s self in order to live greatest possible number of hours of one’s life on the highest and noblest plane of living.” The average circulation of books per day last month was 43. While so far this month the average is 59. Some people evidently made at least one good “Ne v Year’s” resolution. o —_ TO OUR READERS The Journal is late this week on account of A byeak down of ouf typesetting, ibachlne, whi£h occurred Monday afternoon. We had to send to the factory for new parts, which died npt arrive until Thursday morning. The news end is also a little short, but we did the best we could under these conditions.

INDEPENDENTS WON TWO The Syracuse Independent basket ball team defeated the North Webster All Stars, Thursday night at North Webster, 50 to 18. Pete Hall of Pierceton was the referee. This is the first defeat of North Webster on their own floor. Wednesday evpping the {Syracuse Independents journeyed to Bremen where they defeated the Bremen Independents by a 41-34 score. o ARM FRACTURED Mrs. Frank Klink met with a painful accident on Monday when she fell and fractured a bone in the forearm of her left arm. She pepped upon a chair to adjust a clothes line, in the basement of her home, whsn she fell off of it and struck her arm against the cement wall. An X-Ray was taken and the arm given medical attention and Mrs. Klink is improving nicely. CORN HERE The corn borer truck was here Thursday of this week and exhibited specimen of the European corn borer. Several hundred people viewed the exhibit, which consisted of damaged stalks anfl ears qf copn, snd maps and pictures showing the damage done by the borer, and the extent of its spread in Indiana.;

BRIDGE CLUB The members ©f the Bridge Club went to South Bend today (Thursday) and were entertained by Mrs. Isabelle Grieger at a one\>’clock luncheon. In the evening the ladies were entertained at a tea at the home of Mrs. Fay Allward, aftpr wfoiph the party spent tfl e rest of the evening enjoying a theatre, BLDGLABS 0 at work Burglars entered the office of Frank Yoder, the coal dealer, sometime early Saturday' morning, and appropriated an overcoat belonging to Mr. Yoder. Evidently the burglars also looked for money, but finding none in the money drawer they broke the drawer off.

ELMER J. KINSEY DEAD Elmer J. Kinsey, who took office on Monday of last week as clerk of the Kosciusko circuit court, died at 3:45 o’clock Saturday morning at his home'-oa East Center street, Warsaw, of pneumonia. Mr. Kinsey • took sick just a week ago and later pneumonia developed. His condition became alarming on Thursday night and a special nurse was procured Friday morning. Mr. Kinsey and his family moved to Warsaw from their farm east of Claypool about the middle of December. Mr. Kinsey, who was elected county clerk at the last election, took his oath of office about December 1, but because of his illness was unable to assume active charge of his office at the beginning of the new year and his son, Leland, was appointed deputy. Mr. Kinsey was born on a farm near Claypool in March, 52 years ago. He resided all his life in the-neighborhood of Claypool. He was a republican and about seven years ago served a term as trustee of Clay township. He was also active for many years in the affairs of the Kosciusko Farm Bureau and served until the last annual meeting as secretary of that organi..zation, He was a member of the Odd Fellows and Macpabee lodges at Claypool and a life member of the Claypool Methodist church. He was a director of the Farmers Mutual Relief Association. The deceased z is survived by his wife, four children, Edward E. Kinsey, of negr Claypool; Leland Kinsey, of Warsaw; Miss Helen Kinsey, who is a teacher at Claypool; Arthur Kinsey, who is on the home farin; five step children, Samuel Knopp and Mrs. Corda Whittenberger, of near Claypool; Mps. Vera Smith, of Silver Lake; Miss Mary Knopp, of Cincinnati and Russel Knopp, at home. The funeral was held at the Methodist church at Claypool at 2 p. m. on RON FATHER

Members of the board of Kosciusko county commissioners Saturday morning named Leland Kinsey, son of County Clerk, Elmer J, Kinsey, who died Saturday morning, as county clerk, to serve until the general election of November, 1928, when a clerk will be elected to fill out the unexpired term of Elmer J. Kinsey. Under the Indiana law Leland Kinsey will serve until following the election in . November, 1928, when he, if elected, or his successor, will serve out the three years of the unexpired term of Elmer J. Kinsey, which extends to January 1, 1932, Immediately after his appointment as county clerk, Leland Kinsey named Aaron A. Rasor as chief deputy to serve during Kinsey’s appointive term. Rasor was also named deputy when Elmer E. Kinsey assumed office. o_____ W. A. CLUB Mrs. E. P, Miles entertained the Wednesday Afternoon Club at her home on Wednesday afternoon, January 11. Twentyone members responded to roll call with a current event. Mrs. J. H. Bowser read a very interest! ig paper on “The Little Theatre Movement” and Mrs. Sol Miller gave a brief review of “Contempprary American Dra- - Mrs, R. E, Thornburg gave a short talk on the life of Oley Speaks, followed by one of his selections sung by Mrs. Kenneth Harkless. - o NOTICE ELKHART READERS Last week’s package for our subscribers in Elkhart was miscarried in the mails and the papers returned to us Thursday. The papers were remailed this week and we trust that every. Elkhart subscriber will get last week’s paper, —= —= o SALE POSTPONED The sale of real estate belonging to the estates of Wm. McClintic and Abigail Hamman, both deceased, has been postponed from January 18 to February Id, The legal publication governing these sales will be found on page 8 of this issue. O —— — RUMMAGE PARTY There will be a rummage 'Sale held in the basement of the library on Saturday, January 21. Doors will ibe open at twelve o’clock noon. There will be plenty of good wintier wearing apparel for both little and big. ' 37-2 t

INDUSTRIAL CENTER I ■ - Indiana, the population center of the United States, also is the | nation’s, industrial center. North, | south, east and west of a point in Owen county, there live the same number of people, the census bureau has determined. Go to a point fifty miles southeast of Chicago, and the visitor will stand on a spot where, there is an equal capacity of steam engines, steam turbines, water wheels and internal combustion engines installed in manufacting enterprises and public utility plants. Such is the finding of the geological survey. When to these federal findings are added ' the results of surveys within the states, which show an approximate balance in effort and investment as among agriculture, manufacturing and distribution, the economoic significance of Indiana becomes apparent. As it is the population" and industrial crossroads of American life, there flow in and out of this state the varied currents that are shaping American destiny. Thus there is social and political meaning, in the broad and deep definition of the terms, inherent in what Indiana says and Indiana does. We, the residents, have become a national barometer, the product of action and reaction, centrifugal and centripetal forces that shift and swirl the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. If within a limited period of time it were necessary to fathom and appraise the American average in numerous spheres, Indiana would, because of what population and i industrial surveys have estab-| fished, almost certainly be select- [ ed for that study. Ours has be-, come a commonwealth fur fusing i and reflecting pqtsanding char-1 acteristiegv - o BASKETBALL PLAYER FINED Last Saturday night's basketball game at Wakarusa, between the Wakarusa Independents and the State Auto Insurance team from efpecteff climax’ in the closingminute of the fray, when Jewell Clyde Henderson, of the Indian-, apolis team, knocked down B. L. | Pinkerman, guard on the Waka-: rusa quintet. The blow came as the result of a clash between the players, and sent Pinkerman reeling backward to the floor. Christ Wise, town marshal, who was in the auditorium, immediately ordered Henderson off the floor, and, as soon as he had donned his street clothes, placed him under arrest for assult and battery. Justice of the Peace John Wogoman was summoned to his office and at 11:30 p. m. Henderson’s ease was heard and he was fined $14.50, which he paid. o HELP THE BAND All those who have not registered for the band boys, please do so at once and help them with the SSO bag of gold.. Help keep this good band together. What is a town without a good . band such as we have. Money always buys music and that’s what we need. Don’t forget to register and hand your voucher slips to Alice Mann, Helen J. Snobarger or Evelyn Stetler. FANS TAKE NOTICE The high school basketball game scheduled for Friday night at Ligonier will not be played at Ligonier. Instead the game will be played at Syracuse Friday, January 13.

Happy Town I walked a stranger through the town, And as I wandered up and down, The folks with whom' I chanced to meet, • On dusty path or busy street, < Smiled friendly—like as if to say, “We’re glad you’re in our town today:” Then called a glad, “Good-morning!” ’Course ’twasn’t much, but don’t you know That as I traveled to and fro On pavement hard quiet lane, The smiles and greetings came again To drive the loneliness away. And scatter sunshine tlyought the day, ’Cause some-one said “Good-morning!” There isn’t much that we can do As life’s short street we journey through; Not much that folks like us can give For those with whqm we work and live. But should a stranger pass our way It wouldn't cost us much to say, A smiling, glad.—“ Good-morning!” —Charles S. Poling

THINGS TO THINKABOUT Review of Things by the Editor As He Sees Them on the Surface. Executive Ability The business world demands men of executive ability—men with initiative —and salaries a secondary consideration. Initiative is the first stepping stone necessary for an executive in any position. It means using your brain and doing the right things without being told. It means ability to tell the other fellow how and what to do. The next best qualification is to do a thing without being told twice. This class are dependable. but never get very far up.' the ladder. Initiative means doing more than you are told. Men who have to be told twice generally do the right thing only when necessity compels them to. Its like being kicked into position. They ate usually found polishing the bench with, hardluck stories. There is still another class who never do the right thing unless some one goes along to see that they do, and show them how. Unless they have a rich father or an office “pull” they are usually out of jobs. They don’t know the meaning of the word. Do you possess initative ability in any degree? If any doubt talk it over with a half a dozen of your most intimate friends and get a line pn yourself,

The Wet and Dry Question The mother of one of the most inquisitive lads in town told us the other evening about a quick comeback that the husband and father pulled on the talkative eight-year-old. “Pa,” asked the youngster, as a an addition .to a Jong series of questions that had punctured the father’s efforts to read a paper, “pa. am I made of dust?” ‘I think not,” retorted the parent, “if you wuz maybe you’d dry up once in a while.” Gasoline and alcohol make a deadly mixture. A drunken man at the wheel of a car is as great a menace to public safety as a madman at large with a gun. Many a man would be astonished if he really knew what his wife really thinks of him. The devil once lived in Heaven, or until he started knocking. Now see where he is. Students in the University of Hard Knocks are not permitted to send home for money. There’s a vast difference between a great nation and a great people. The girl every man likes to squeeze—is the igirl on a Silver Dollar! A thing of beauty, is as dumb as an oyster, is not a joy forever. An idle brain is advance agent for a busy tongue. This Week’s Puzzle Puller What benefit can one derive from a paper of pins? -poxo noX 9ai3 [ftM 'll

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