The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 46, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 15 March 1928 — Page 1

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SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL NOTES f Items of Interest Concerning Our High School Written for ) The Syracuse Journal. Class Tournament Friday night a class tournament was held at the Community Building. None of the first fourteen men were allowed to play, only those that had to be used to make up a team in the Junior and Senior classes. • The Senior class, bent on winning, came in in a class body just before the first game. They were well decorated in their colors. green and gold. Music was furnished for the procession by Ray McClintic with a tuba horn and Sol Miller with a bass drum. Miss Wyatt brought up the rear leading a small dog wrapped in green and gold ribbons. After marching ar'6und the gym a time or two to assure the people they were there, they sat down in their section and added their voices to the already loud din of noise. Their team, true to their intentions, came out in the finals on the long end of the score. Following are the scores of the games: Juniors, 25; Freshmen, 14. . Finals— Seniors, 19; Juniors, 14. The Senior team will be awarded a pennant for their efforts. The Sophomore Latin Class finished the nine innings of the baseball game Monday morning. The “Children of Hercules” were on the long end of the 246 to 196 score. Instead of thrown baseballs, Latin words are used. The game, being very exciting, was thoroughly enjoyed by the students. It was suggested that the Fighting Eleven serve a Latin lunch to the Children of Hercules. 'Die Public Speaking class have been giving impromptu speeches this week. A number of subjects were put into a box and as each pupil was called upon to speak He went to the box and took out five subjects. He was allowed two minutes to choose the subject he wanted to speak on. .It was really surprising to see how well they were able to think on the spur of the moment

A new rule has been put into use in the upper grades, that any one leaving the assembly or the class rooms during the eight periods will be required to make up the time at the end of the month. This is to eliminate the disturbances caused by a few who are continually running in and out of the rooms. The Seniors received proofs of their pictures Wednesday. Some Were well satisfied, while others seemed to voice much dissatisfactfon, but we hope that after looking at the mirror and then at the pictures they will be able to choose one of the three proofs. The high school musical program, to be given Friday evening, consists of various selections by the band, orchestra and chorus. The admission is 15 and 25 cents. We are sure the program • will be well worth your time and the admission price. Miss Velma Fleming is to entertain the Sophomore class at her home Saturday night. Each member of the class is to bring as his passport a good Irish joke. Here’s hoping that you’ll be able to find Pat and Mike Sophomores.

The weekly educational picture this week was the “Story of a Mexican Oil Gusher,” which showed the method of drilling oil wells. This showing was made possible through the U. S. Bureau of Mines. Each member of the Sophomore English Class memorized Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and recited nt in front of the class last Thursday morning. Rev. Nicodemus talked to the h’<h school on Wednesday morning. His subject was, there is no* power developed without the expenditure of energy. \ In correction of an error in the High School Notes last week, the Seniors have chosen the play “Honor Bright” instead of “A Prince Ifcere Was.”

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W. C. T. V. INSTITUTE Last Friday the W. C. T. U. held their institute at the home of Mrs. Eva Gants in honor of her mother, Mrs. Josephine Woods. The devotional was conducted by Mrs. Foust of the Evangelical church. Mrs. Emma Mabie was present and told the purpose of the meeting, after which the county president Mrs. Adda Patton, took charge. A number of the local directors gave a brief review of their work and found it in a satisfactory condition. A pot-luck dinner had previously been announced, and the ladies did their part well, and so did the rest of the Union. At 1:30 the meeting was called to order and Mrs. J. H. Royer read the first Psalm, and made some very helpful suggestions along the line of reverence that we all’fall short in. Narcotics was discusseed at,some length by Mrs. Maude Geiger in a very satisfactory manner to the institute. Temperance and missions was ably discussed by Mrs. Nicodemus. Money spent by the W. C. T. U. was heeded because it came in a legal way that the natives had learned it was under the laws of their land and country. Mrs. Adda Patton attended the large temperance meeting which was held in Chicago© by those who are much interested in this reform work of this present day. Her report was very good from many standpoints. It made us all feel we could do so much more than we do if we had the great work at heart. This is the crucial year. The Retta Jones Union of Lake Wawasee and Cromwell was well represented. The county institute will be held at Mentone. It will be presided over by Mrs. Elizabeth T. Stanley'.

SINGS IN ITALIAN OPERA €O. The many friends of Mrs. Emory Strieby are as happy as she, to hear the good news of her daughter, Violet, who made her debut on January 27, with the Opera Co., at Milan, Italy, and has been singing with them ever since, under the name of Violetta Flores. She forwarded some of her pictures in the costumes she used as Lucia, in Verdis Lucia de Lammermoor, and as Gilda in his Rigoletto. After the close of the season, she is contemplating a return trip to the United States. That will be some time in June. Being an S. H. S. graduate, the question arises, will any of this year’s class be going abroad to study nearly four years? How would some of the Latin students like to spend from 3 to 5 hours daily on that language and be asked to use no other except in the letter home? Yes, it’s easy (?) to attain a standard wherein you are accepted by a company of standing. Doesn’t it sound easy when you hear some one of advancement sing?

BASKETBALL The regional high school basketball tournament was held at Fort Wayne last Friday and Saturday. our county champs, were defeated by Kirkland Township in the afternoon game by a score of 25 to 23. In the finals, Central of Fort Wayne took the long end of the score. o — DEFORMED BABY IS DEAD Theodore Stump, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Stump, of Nappanee, died Thursday afternoon. The infant was born without arms and legs and reached the age of one month and nineteen days.

INDEPENDENTS VICTORIOUS The Syracuse Independent basketball team defeated Plymouth in the finals of the invitational gold medal tournament at Plymouth on Saturday night. The score was 23 to 21. ' NOTICE The American Laundry of Goshen calls at Syracuse, Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Try the laundry. A trial bundle will convince you. 45-p o The Junior Class are planning a theatre party next Thursday night at Elkhart They expect to see the “Student Prince” at the Lerner Theater. o Chubby Parker from W. L. S. in person at Crystal, Ligonier, tonight

THE MUD HOG Now that the season of thawing, with its slush and mud, is here, we might as well begin making room for a new type of hog. He is the fellow who looks neither to right nor left but drives his car through mud-pud-dles and enjoys watching pedes-] trians hop back in anticipation 1 of what is to come. Pedestrians are quite often stopped while crossing a street before they reach the opposite side. It is then that the new kind of hog gets in his work by splashing them with mud or muddy water instead of driving slowly to avoid such an occurrence. We beiieve Syracuse motorists are as considerate as those to be found elsewhere. And yet some of them become careless and forgetful. Wouldn't it be good idea for everyone who drives a car to make a resolve, no'w that the thawing! season is here, that he or she > will not operate their cars so as to be classed as “mud hogs?” is making" good Donovan Riddle, who is attending college at Silver City, New Mexico, is making good in basketball. In a letter to his parents, he states their team won the All South Western Championship. Don plays center on 'Hie State Normal College team at Silver City, New Mexico. He was high point man, having scored an average of thirteen points for each game played. —————*-o AWARDED CONTRACT McClintic. Colwell & Gordy were the low bidders for constructing road No. 2, Grant ParkLowell road from the Illinois state line to one-fourth mile east of Lowell, Ind., including the streets of Lowell, 6.50 miles, for $153,217. The road was sold on Tuesday. MRS. WM. JONES Mrs. Wm. Jones died Tuesday morning at her residence from hemorrhage of the brain. The funeral services were held at the Church oi God this (Thursday) afternoon. 11AKE SALE

The Church of God Mission Circle will have a bake sale on Saturday, April 7, at the Howard plumbing shop. A list of goods to be on sale will be published later. 46-lt

Auto Clubs Undertake Educational Campaign to Safety-ize Indiana - amiHQ .3j|

A MINUTE AT A CROSSING OR—FOREVER IN A CEMETERY

In these days of speed, safety signs, and boulevards traffic regulations, both children and adults develop a “safety instinct" at KNOWN dangerous points. The result is that, according to Statistics prepared by the Accident Prevention Department of the Hoosier State Automobile Association, the majority of accidents are in UNEXPECTED places. 1 Everyone ought to know how dangerous it is to cross the street in the middle of the block, but it has developed that it is doubly as dangerous to cross between a line of parked cars. The poster shown above, and now being used in hundreds of schools throughout Indiana, shows a danger of which many are unaware; the

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH J 5, 1928.

I Syracuse Library Notes ! , These 29 people attended the story hour Saturday: Frederick and Ralph Mick, Agnes, Gertrude and Edna Fleming, Kathryn and Ruth Nicodemus, Elizabeth Annie and Jeanette Causer, Betty and Helen Gordy, Baja and Ruth Rowdabaugh, Marjorie Slabaugh, Martha Leabock, Norma Mitchell, Suzanne Rapp. Lucile Osborn, Dorothy Lifigofelter, Grace Culler, Katherine and Martha Jane Kern. Mary Ellen Pletcher. Natalie Wolf, Christine Kline Kathryn Fisher, Jaunita Geiger, and Maxine White. < Books by these titles are now available at your library: “Good Wbman,” by BYom field; “Starved Hollow Tragedy,” Croit; "Kitty,” Deeping; "Jalna,” (the SIOOOO Atlantic Monthly prize story) by De La Roche; “Forlorn River,” Grey; “The Aristrocratic Miss Brewster,” Lincoln; “That Island,” Marshall; “Miss Brown of X. Y. 0.,” Oppenheim; “The Mad Carews,” Ostensoy “Lights Up” Richmond; "The Grandmothers,” Wescott.

Because of conflicts over the use of the basement room, reservations must be made with the librarian before any meeting may be held, with these exceptions: Scouts, every Tuesday night; Ministers every Monday morning; Rev. Foust’s Catechism class, every Thursday evening from 4 to 5 o’clock. Mary Wright Plummer declares there are seven joys to reading, namely: the joy of sympathy. the joy of familiarity, the joy of surprise, the joy of appreciation the joy of expansion, the joy of shock, and the joy of revelation. A small pamphlet explaining hejr views may be obtained at the library. For books are more than books, they are the life, The very heart and core of ages past; The reason why men lived, and worked, and died. The essence and quintessence of their liv®s» Lowell

“A library is not a luxury but one of the necessaries of life.” —Henry Ward Beecher. o “Chubby’* Parker, the famous Radio artist from W. L. S. is again at Crystal Ligonier tonight—also extra fine picture program.

danger of getting jammed between two cars. It is not unusual for the driver of the third car to “bump” (and incidentally, bunming one’s way into parking spaces is an abominable habit), the -car ahead or the car behind as the case may be, “pinching” the pedestrian between the second and third cars. Even unintentionally, the driI ver of the third car, ip pulling out from the curb, may hit the car ahead and produce a “pinch’ if caught between the second anc third cars. Many accidents happen this way and some were fatal. It is better to wait a minute at a cros sing than forever in a cemetery and wise pedestrians cross streets at the crossing.

ST. PATRICK March 17, is the anniversary i of the death of St. Patrick 1465 years ago. He was born in Scotland, near Dunbarton, and is said to have been a nephew of Saint Martin of Tours. His baptismal name was Succoth. At the age of 16 he was held captured by Irish pirates and taken to the . Island of Erin where he tended as a slave. Six years later he escaped to France and entered monastic life. He then joumeyea to Rome and was consecrated a Bishop. In 432 he returned to Ireland as a missionary and until his death in 463 he worked zealously m various parts of the Island. * it is said he found Ireland all heathen and left it all Christian, for he founded over 300 churches and personally baptised over 12rOCO people. The Shamrock was used by him as a symbol of the Trinity, and has been dedicated ( to him. Many legends grew up about him, the best known of all being the one which represents him charming the snakes by his music, so they followed him to the seashore where they were driven into the water and drowned. Many relics of this venerable man were held sacred for a thousand years, but most of them were destroyed during the Re- . formation. One, a hand held used to call the people to service is said to be preserved in the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Dublin. For Irishmen in this and other < lands outside of Ireland the political significance of the day has i disappeared. The aim and ends , to which renewed fidelity was pledged upon that day have been . achieved and the coming Saint ( Patrick’s Day, as observed in ( America, will be more like a Robert Burns Day as observed • by Scotchmen—an occasion for renewal of acquaintances and for ■ keeping the history, poetry and traditions of their glorious anci- - ent homeland fresh in mind.

“THE SLIDE” SOLD > v J. W. Krieg, qwner of “the slide”, at Ideal Beach, at Wawasee Lake, has sold his business, and also the farm, to Ed Walters of Kendallville. Mr. and Mrs. ■ Krieg will move this week to Corunna, six miles east of Ken- i dallville, where they will look after the interests of their 260 acre farm, which is located near Kendallville. Mr. Krieg, who is nearly 70 years old, feels the business at the slide is too strenuous for him, and the fact that Mrs. ! Krieg is not in the best of health ' makes the work doubly hard for him. They report a reluctance ; in leaving Wawasee Lake, but say the interests of the farm need their attention. They also own a large home in Wabash, but prefer living at Corunna, which is near the farm. Mr. Walters will move here this week and will continue the business of running the slide during the summer. FELL IN THE LAKE Fishing through the ice is a sport indulged in by many of ous fishermen in winter. Monday a number of our local Izaak Waltonians were .determ- | ined to catch some bass. And they did. C. W. Howard, familiarly known by the nickname as “Beany*,” had several bass, when he broke through the ice—and down went “Beany,” fish, and all. “Beany” was recovered, but the fish were lost. DEATH OF AN INFANT Virginia Lee, the three weeks old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Richhart, passed away at the home of her parents on Saturday night. March 10, her death being caused by pneumonia. The funeral was held at the home on Tuesday morning, Rev. A. H. Arbaugh,, pastor of the Lutheran church, officiating. Interment was made in the Syracuse cemetery. o FOR REPRESENTATIVE Frank W. Greene, of Syracuse, is a candidate for representative of Kosciusko County, subject to the decision of the primary in May. See his announcement in another column. : O ; ; NEW CARS Simon L. Bell is the owner of 5 a new Whippet coach and Owen 5 R. Strieby is driving a new Whip- . pet sedan. o * s Mortgage exemptions—see Geo. L. Xanders. 46-lt

CORRECT NAMES OF STATES AND THEIR MEANINGS l ' Alabama, Indian, “here we rest.” Arizona, Aztec, “silver bearing.” Arkansas, "Kansas,” the Indian name for “smoky water,” with the French prefix “arc,” bow or .bend in the principal river. California, aliente Fornalla, Spanish for "hot furnace” in allu?mn to the climate. Colorado, Spanish, meaning “colored,” from the red color of the Colorado River. Connecticut, Indian, “long river.” Delaware, named in honor of J o’*d Delaware. Florida .named by Ponce de Leon, who discovered it in 1512,1 on Easter Day, the Spanish Pasua de Flores, or “Feast of Flow- 1 ers. Georgia, in honor of George II of England. Idaho, Indian, meaning unknown. Illinois, from the Indian "Illini,” men and the French suffix ‘ois,” together signifying “tribe of men.” Indiana, Indian land. lowa, Indian, “beautiful land.” Kansas Indian, “smoky water.” Kentucky, Indian, for “at the head of the river.” or “the dark and bloody ground.” Louisiana, for Louis IV of France. Maine, from the province 'of Maine, in France. Maryland, for Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I of England. Massachusetts, place of great hills (blue hills southwest of Boston<) Michigan, the Indian name for a fish weir. The lake was so called from the fancied resemblance of the lake to a fish trap. Minnesota, Indian, meaning "sky-tinted water.” Mississippi, Indian, meaning "great father of waters.” Missouri, Indian, meaning "muddy.” Montana, Latin, “mountainous region.” Nebraska, Indian, meaning "water valley.” Nevada, Spanish, meaning “snow covered,” alluding to mountains. New Hampshire, from Hampshire county, England. New Jersey, in honor of Sir George Carteret, one of the original grantees, who had previously been governor of Jersey Island.

New Mexico, from old Mexico. New York, in honor of the , Duke of York. ( North and South Carolina, originally called Carolina, in honor of Charles IX of France. North and South Dakota, Sioux Indian, “Lakota,” “Nakota,” or “Dakota” “allies.” Ohio, Indian, “beautiful river.” Oklahoma, Indian, “red people.’ . .. Oregon from the Spanish “oregano,” wild. marporam, which grows abundantly on .the coast. Pennsylvania, Latin, meaning . Penn’s wooded land. Rhode Island, from a fancied resemblance to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean. Tennessee, Indian, meaning “a river with a great bend.” Texas, origin of this name is Unknown. Utah, Ute Indian, meaning unknown. Vermont, French, green mountain. Virginia, in honor of Elizabeth, the “Virgin Queen.” Washington, from George ‘ Washington. West Virginia, former western part of Virginia. Wisconsin, Indian, “gathering of the waters,” or “wild rushing channel.” Wyoming, Indian, “large plains.” —o »- LADIES, TAKE NOTICE New Price List Starting March 15, 1928:— Any Style Hair Bob 25 Rain Water Shampoo 50 Marcelling 50 Finger Waving *• •. -50 Round Curl 50 Manicuring 50 Hot Oil Treatment 50 Facials SIJOO and $1.50 This work is done by skilled operators. Phone 871 for pointmentVERN BUSHONG 808-R-SHOP Syracuse, Indiana o NEW INDUSTRY W. H. Purfeerst of Chicago has purchased the lot adjoining the Osborn shed, of Osborn & Son k i and has started to build "the • first unit of a plant to manufacture concrete blocks and other concrete products. J. C. j Abbott has received the contract for the building.

THINGS TO ’ THINK ABOUT I . Review of Things by the Editor As He Sees Them on the Surface. Joys of Living Who has not wished that he had lived in some remote and happy time? The magnificence of Rome, the glory of Greece, the golden chariots, the alabaster vases and the ivory chairs of lutankhamen fascinate and enthrall. Looking about upon a sick and weary world, nerve-shatter-ed and hungry, it is not difficult to imagine how pleasant life must have been in an easier, golden day. Yet, if we had been living in the days of the pampered Pharaohs, the vast majority of us would have been digging irrigation ditches, sweating over the great stones that went into the pyramids, or—if we had been particularly clever, perhaps hammering the gold that went into the übiquitous statues of the king. The comforts of life were only at the top in 1500 B. CL, and even the hope for improvement had not percolated to the bottom. There may be some consolation for the dissatisfied man of today in his thought-—that his lot would have been infinitely worse 3,000 or more years ago. It’s easier to live today than ever before. Nearly all the woes from which the world suffers might have been prevented. But when an ancient civilization was overrun by a savage horde, or when plague or famine decimated the population of the fairest cities, the wisest of those peoples couldn’t help themselves. Migratory tribes have since been pretty well billeted and ticketed railroads and steamships have conquered famine, and intelligent sanitation and maginificently brave and curious medicine is less respectful of disease with each passing year.

There’s a dog in our town that has a wag for everybody. All the way up from tehild to old people he knows them all. Every day he is the same, laughing out through two rows of white teeth and wagging his hellos. He seems to argue a philosophy of life. He seems to say, I know I’m a dog, but I’m not a hog, a frog or a log and I don’t live in a bog and stay out of the fog, but I’m square with the rest of the dogs. I believe in being true blue, not yellow. I’m not a yellow dog. I return good for evil when I get kicked. I don’t eat until I’m fed. But don’t any of you wish you were me just be a good dog as you are. ‘Cause it isn’t the fact that I am a dog it’s the kind of a dog I am that counts. Motor sales are said to be showing a very good recovery all over the country and this is also true in Syracuse. From present indications there will be no shortage of cars this spring, but it is going to be hard to get certain wanted models in many well-known lines and the early bird, of course, will get the cars wanted. We have had an epidemic of national special weeks for various purposes—generally for advertising or promoting purposes, “but the “Take a Turkish Bath Week” seems to be particularly directed at the hootch holdover victim. Paris has a law when a man is run over by an automobile, if he is not killed, he is fined 100 francs for not getting out of the way, and the driver goes free. Such a law would be fun for many here. The Journal is the loud speaker for Syracuse and community and it costs but a trifling sum a year to tune in. Every evil in the bud is easily crushed; as it grows older it becomes stronger.—Cicero. Alimony under the guise of chivalry, has become a form of social blackmail. Next to money the hardest thing to keep is a secret. We always like those people who are kind to dogs and horses. This Week’s Puzzle Puller: Question: What characteristics of interest can one find in the . elephant and the skunk? . sp joj jaipo oqi oauaJßjnoiut B%i .ioj paqou sr ai»Q sjb&suy

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