The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 17, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 23 August 1928 — Page 1

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SYRACUSE 11BRARY_NOTES News Notes of Interest Concerning Our Library Especially Written for The Journal According to “The Book of Knowledge”, 'the number of books published since printing was first invented totals 16,500,000. Perhaps the most astonishing fact about these statistics is that 4.400,000 of these titles have been issued in the present century, since 1900. That is to say, in the four centuries and a half following Gutenberg’s invention of printing, only three times as many books were written and sent to the press as in the quarter of a century since 1900. The librarian who has compiled these figures believes that only about 20,000 of all the works are. of real and leasing value. Do you know these facts: — The circulation for the past year, (that is from August 1, 1927 to August 1, 1928) totals 14,102? Eighty five per cent of this circulation has been fiction? The readers have totaled 1,984? Does it seem possible that we have around 3,608 volumes in our library? That 2384 of these are adult and 1224 juvenile? . September the fourth, the library hours will be changed back to the winter schedule, that is, the library will open at twelve and close at five. Naturally the library will be closed Labor Day. Did you tell your mother you were coming to the library?” “Naw, I didn’t have to —she knows where we’re gom’ when we wash our hands.” o PIANO RECITAL The pupils of Retha Ebey and Helen George will give a piano recital at the Evangelical church Tuesday evening, August 28, at 8 o’clock. All interested in music are invited. No admission charged. Following is the program: “Dreaming of School” —Maxine Blue. “Going A Fishing”—Marshall Rowdabaugh. “Angelina”—Mary Jane Neff. “The Wild Flower Waltz”— Jeanette Musselman. “A Child’s Prayer”—Baja Rowdabaugh. “Barbara Waltz”—Mary Louise Gross. “A Bunch of Daisies” —Katy Weddle. “The Pussy” and “The Winter Winds” —Betty Landis. “Floral Parade”—Mary Snyder. “Barcarobli” from Tales of Hoffman —Mary Leathermark “Sweet Violet” —Belva Roach “The Spinning Wheel” —Gordon Heeter. “A Buzzing Bumble Bee”— Elizabeth Davis. “The Slumber Song”—Willodean Mock’ “Minuet in G”, Beethoven — Florence Roach. “Darling Heart” —Lafern George. “The Alpine Hut” —Ruth Rowdabaugh. o 7 BANKER ENDS OWN LIFE Harry Beck, 45, cashier of the Millersburg State bank, committed suicide Thursday afternoon by jumping off the Bollinger bridge into the Elkhart river in Clinton township. In a note addressed to Henry D. Long, of the bank, Mr. Beck stated that he had made'a loan of $2,900 to Roy Sample without knowledge of the loan committee. This matter, as the loan was not repaid, worried him so much, that he decided to end it all. : £ O o ( EIGHTY BUSHELS TO ACRE Lawrence Hoover, of Elnora claims the best yield of oats in Daviess county thus far. Hoover threshed 960 bushels of oats from 12 acres, an average of 80 bushels to the ’"'re. Lem Mize, owner of the threshing machines, declared it was the best yield of oats he had ever seen. • o—- ' L. T. L. The Loyal Temperance Legion will meet on Saturday afternoon August 25, in the basement ol the library, beginning at 2:30 All children are urged to be pre sent Everbody is invited to at tend this meeting. Importanl business will be transacted.

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EDUCATION It is only a few weeks until school begins again. Many who went last year will never return again, more will go back to finish their education offered to them by the public schools. It is necessary for some to quit and assume the responsibility of earning a living for themselves at an early age; some are too mentally lazy to go back and make the best of their opportunities. The old world keeps whirling century after century and even its place in the heaven changes along with the grind of time changes are taking place, new things confront the scientists while life, styles and civilization keeps changing. At one time it was not necessary to have a high school education, but today it is very important. Even a college education is not uncommon today. Big business demands it. There are enough men • seeking work that they do not have to hire unskilled or uneducated labor. Modern machinery has caused this. Day laborers have less opportunity of getting jobs each day. A man that is in business must progress with the rest of the World; he cannot stand still. Every day there is a new invention to cut the cost of labor. A hundred workmen now do the work that a thousand did twenty years ago. One shoe manufacturer in this country can make five pairs of shoes for each per- < son in United States in six , months time. Think of that and compare it with the way they used to make shoes. That is only one example, every manufacturing concern has changed likewise. It is the export business i that keeps the wheels of the machinery in the United States ■ running the year around. What are we going to do in a few years if Germany and France equip themselves with modern machinery and begin their manufacturing on a large scale. Already have these countries established aeroplane ; freight service to South America • and Africa. ] Can you see the outcome when < all the other countries develope j their manufacturing and use the , modern machinery? Everything will be over-produced and at least six months a year there will be no work for the unedu- i cated or unskilled class, and then there will be so many for each job that wages will be a fraction of what they are today. Get all the education you pos- i sibly can, if you don’t you are going to be left along the way i and be one of those that will work six months a year and be < glad to get even that. o THE BOY SCOUT Now many persons in Syracuse : know' of the work of the Boy Scouts and what that work means? The precept of this organization is “Be prepared.” The general definition of “Be Prepared’’ means to be prepared for any old thing. Boy Scout work builds men. Men build communities. Syracuse needs boys, greater than that. It needs men—men who are prepared for any old thing for which community service and community upbuilding calls. If your boy is a scout, you know. If he is not, he should be. If you have no boy you can find one who wants to be a scout and to be prepared. Boy Scout work is deserving of more and better recognition. in the past by only a few adults, recognized but partially by community chests its achievements and good work should enlist the hearty co-operation of every good citizen. o— NOTICE The Turkey Creek Township schools will start the new term Monday, Sept. 3rd. School will take up at 8:30 and will be dismissed at 10:00. The first six grades will go to the grade building and grades seven to twelve will go to the high school building. Most of the high school texts have changed this year so don’t buy second hand books until you are sure of what you need. Children may enter the first grade, if they will be six years old before December 1, 1928. It is very important that all hight school pupils be present the first May. Court Slabaugh, Principal. o . Colleen Moore in “Happiness ; Ahead,” her latest picture, tonight Crystal) Ligonier.

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

| MOORE FAMILY REUNION The second annual reunion of the Moore family was held on Sunday. August 19, at Tourist Park, Ligonier. The day was spent in renewing acquaintances and forming new ones. At noontime a splendid meal was served cafeteria style, to which all did ample justice. About 150 persons were prese. *. After dinner a business meeting was held and the following fficers elected: President—Leßoy Riddle, Syracuse. Vice-President —J. W. Moore, Ligonier. Sec -1 reas. —Mrs. Hazel Eaton, Cromwell. ’lhe following persons from Syracuse were in attendance: Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gants. Josephine Woods, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Riddle and family. Robert, Paul, Donovan, Joanna, Virginia. Joanna Holloway, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bushong, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Bushong and children, Mrs. Elmyra Launer and daughter Esther, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ward and two children. 'lhose from a distance were: Mrs. Sue Richmond, Otsego Mich; Mr. and Mrs. Plum and two sons, Bloomingdale, Mich; Bruce Kirtland. Mr. and Mrs. Bartholomew and two daughters, Ligonier; W. Ringenburg and daughter Eva, Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Sloan and two sons and their wives, Fort Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Launer and daughter Mary, Miaina, Ind; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Launer and three children, South Bend; Mrs. Ruth Powell and son Roger, Indianapolis; Mr. and Mrs. Jbhn Minor and son and family, Argos. Ind.; Mrs. Velma Holler, Sugar City, Colo; Mrs. Maria Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Hary DePew, Mr. and Mrs. Melbern Rapp, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Eagles and two sons, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Launer, of Elkhart 0 RECEIVED PRIZE GLADIOLI Mrs. Calvin Coolidge received a huge box of prize gladioli by air mail Saturday, the gift of A. EL Kunderd, of Goshen, Ind., whose blooms won him a majority of awards at the national gladiolus show at Toledo. At the 1926 exhibition at Hartford, Conn., Kunderd, known as the gladiolus wizard of Goshen, took first prize for the unnamed flower so he named it in honor of the first lady of the land. This year the “Mrs. Calvin Coolidge” blooms carried away first prize in their class and the grower decided to honor Mrs. Coolidge by sending her a box of them. EGG SHIPMENTS The Burket Egg Shippers’ Association is doing a plendid business with strong indications that it will continue during the entire season —until extremely cold weather forces them to quit. The car last Saturday was the twentieth and brought the total number of cases shipped to that date to 9,590 cases and bringing to that community a little more than SIOO,OOO, sold this year. This is considered a splendid business as a beginning. If everything works well next year the business will be greatly increased. —- o NOTICE TO PYTHIAN SISTERS The Pythian Sisters are asked to meet at the hall next Tuesday morning, August 28, at ten o’clock. All conveyances will leave promptly at ten and go to the home of Mrs. Hazel Rowabaugh. A pot luck dinner will be served. o SWIMMING MEET The Indiana-Kentucky A. A. U. swim championship meet will be held at the Wawasee Hotel beach Thursday, Friday and Saturday, August, 23, 24 and 25. The meet will bring together several good long distance swimmers. — o REUNIONS The seventeenth annual Strieby reunion will be held Sunday August 26, at Forest Park, Lake Wawasee. Sunday, August 26, the Stiefel reunion will be held at the home of F. J, Klink. —o FREE COAL OFFER Any of our readers wanting a i ton of coal free should read the . ad of Osborn and Son on another page.

SYRAC ISE, INDIANA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 23, 1928

BRASS BANDS * Every city should have a municipal band. There is nothing like music to stir the soul of humanity and create harmony, satisfaction and good fellowship. Why do they have bands in the army? Why do they have bands in the navy? It is for the express purpose of keeping the morale of those organizations. Very well the same should be true then of keeping up the morale of a town or city. Public band concerts are benei cial in various ways, not only in keeping up the morale but in keeping people out of mischief. Persons who really enjoy music are about the last ones to get into trouble. They are not looking for thrills of the adverturekind. They receive their thrill from the satisfaction they have in interpreting the vibrat ons of others souls —so to speak. There is no denying the fact that music is the poetry of the soul, and every musician is a poet at heart whether he can write a quatrain or not. There is nothing that stirs the sensitive soul of mankind more ♦han music, and that accounts for people whose ears are out of tune to harmony being shocked when a B-flat is played and it should be C-sharp. Frequently, writers in metropolitan cities take a “shot” at the country band. That is just where they show their ignorance. They do not know what music is. All they can do is to grind out. in the vernacular of the sports writer, a bunch of dope.” Municipal bands are a necessity, and every town and city should be proud of its municipal organizations. Therefore, support the Syracuse City Band. o _ BIRTHDAY DINNER A birthday dinner was given at the home of Mr. aiut Mrs. Russell on Sunday August 19, in honor of tseir two little sons, whose birthdays fell a few days apart, Nelson’s on August 18 and Robert’s on August 23. Two large cakes, one bearing five candles and the other seven, were placed on the table, and were surrounded by many other good things to eat. Garden flowers in profusion were used in the decorations. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hindered Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kegg, Mrs. Esten Clayton and daughter Lucy, Lois, George, Otis Clyde and Jimmie Butt, Nellie and Alice Mann, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mann and little son Jack. Grandma Nicolai of this city and Miss Betty Kegg” of Indianapolis were guests. Will Butt was a caller in the afternoon. All departed with the hope of meeting the youngsters again on their birthdays many years to come. o — THE PASSING OF SUMMER Summer is drawing to a close; the first Autumn days are not far distant; the four-footed tribes are preparing the winter’s food supplies; birds are practicing for the great migration soon to come; the appearance of the first autumnal flowers and, above all, a certain indefinable feeling in the air makes man and beast aware of the changing season. The Dog Days, so feared by the ancients, are at an end. The solar orb is dropping back toward the equator, lengthening the noonday shadows and shortening the evenings. Arcturus, burning summer star, shines lower in the western sky on each succeeding night. In the late hours the Pleiades peep above the eastern horizon, heralding the approach of the fall and winter constellations. Since creation the passing of Summer has been accompanied by a feeling of sadness, and a feeling of thankfulness to the great Invisible Intelligence for life, for peace and for happiness. Q_ Billie Dove and Lloyd Hughes in “The Stolen Bride,” a gorgeous production at Crystal, Ligonier, next Sunday and Monday August 26 and 27.

BAND CONCERT Every Wednesday Evening

SCHOOL OPENS SEIT 3 i The Syracuse school will open the fall term Monday, September 3. The finishing touches in the new high school building are nearly completed and the new furniture has been placed. The following teachers have been employed for the coming year: . Court Slabaugh, principal. Mildred Anderson, first grade. Mrs. M. K. Meredith, second grade. Bernice Shannon, third grade Mrs. Mary (Buchtel) Gants fourth grade. Margaret Price, fifth grade. Mrss. Edna Hess, sixth grade. High School: Calvin E. Beck, seventh and eight grade subjects and athletics. Wm. C. Gants, science and woodwork. Louise Stuckman, English and home economics. Leonard Barnhart commercial. Mileham Timberlake, history, band and orchestra. Mrs. Retha Eby, music and art. Lillian Hamman, Latin and English. Court Slabaugh. mathematics Africa district—Pearl Shock. o BARN BURNED Tlie explosion of a water pump engine in a shed located near the huge barn on the Russell Whitehead farm, two miles south of Benton, Sunday evening, resulted in a loss of between $6,000 and $7,000 when the barn and three small sheds were destroyed by fire. There was about $4,000 insurance. Although the pumping shed was 15 feet from the bam the force of the explosion and the wind drove the flames to the larger structure where Mr. Whitehead his brother, Harold, and their wives were milking. The two men and two women drove the 23 milch cows to safety, Stored in the barn were between 40\ and 45 tons jof hay, clover and alfalfa. 800 bushels of new oats, a binder, feed grinder and hay rack, all of which were destroyed. Tools and other equipment were also destroyed. Some damage was done to the furniture in Russell Whitehead’s home, when neighbors carried furnishings to safety as the flames threatened the house. — . o AERIAL MEET AT GOSHEN Goshen’s first air meet will be held Saturday and Sunday, August 25 and 26. at the government air mail landing field south of Goshen. Between 15 and 20 planes are expected to participate in the various contests during the two days. Passengers will be taken up at all times. Ed Voras, Goshen’s licensed air pilot, is in charge of the entry lists. He is being assisted by Jesse Koerner, on whose farm the air mail field is located. A small admission will be charged for the meet in order to meet all expenses for oil, gas and other incidentals. — o UNDERGOING TREATMENT Dr. H. P. Bowser, of Goshen, is a patient in the Epworth hospital at South Bend, where he is undergoing serum treatment and observation for Malta (milk) fever, was reported Tuesday to have had a very good day. He will remain at Epworth until the effects of the serum are fully ascertained, then go elsewhere to take a complete rest of several weeks. o— _ DISLOCATES HIP The joy of an English fox hound at seeing her has placed Mrs. Rebecca Gordy, 75, of Goshen, in the city hospital with a dislocation and slight fracture of one hip. The dog, which Mrs. Gordy had not seen for several weeks, jumped upon her with such force as to knock down the aged women, who possibly may not recover from the mishap. o BAKE SALE The Mission Circle of the Church of God will hold a bake sale Saturday, August, 25, at Klink’s meat market. Baked goods, chicken and noodles. Bring containers. 15-17 o Dancing marathons demonstrate the ability of some people to endure long hours of physical and mental strain. The fad might become of some practical value if it could be applied to productive work.

LOSS OR GAIN? Wonder and admiration at the brave and hardy flyers_ who matched strength with the frozen north, mingles with wonder and amazement as to why their adventures should be necessary. Cur readers are familiar with the story of Captain Nobile and his crew of daring sailors who had for the second time penetrated to the farthest north and had completed their circle of the pole, but with a great loss of ' ‘ fe and property. Soon after the I ole circle they encountered one I if a series of those icy blasts I »vh ch are no where else so ter- ' rifying as in the polar regions, j Their stout dirigible could not I .veather the gales, but was I swept beyond control over the cy crags of the frigid sea. until finally she. scraped one of the projections, tearing loose one ol •ondolas carrying part of the :rew. The big ship swept on and was finally lost to view. The stranded mariners then began one of the most remarkible contests with the elements in the history of arctic explor itions. For weeks they remained unaccounted for, but thanks to nodern means of communication, their signa's could be heard from time to time stirring hope n the hearts of the would-be rescuers, i The story' of The repeated efforts for finding and bringing the men away, form a fascinating and' heroic chronicle. And yet the average man cannot realize just what was to be gained for the human race in the first flight of the Italia and its subsequent series of perils and narrow escapes from death. Ihe answer may be that scientific knowledge was the object of the quest. The net results in new scientific data, is very small but the loss in human life is considerable, for several of the original crew perished in the icy waters of the northern sea. And after all, we wonder if it wsa a gain or a loss? o FOX TROUPERS IN STORM The exteriors on the yacht in Fox Films, “Why Sailors Go Wrong” were taken on a palatial craft off the coast at San Diego about twenty-five miles from shore. To make it more realistic an unscheduled storm arose and the entire company, members of which had not yet acquired their sea legs, was tossed about unmercifully. However, despite the fact that some of them were not the best sailors and suffered from sea sickness, work went on just the same. This made it a truly wild adventure on a tossing vessel. By the time work was finished, however, all members of the cast and crew were hardened sailors. The boat could plunge and roll without bothering anyone much. In fact, when they had to leave it was with many regrets that they had to do it just about the time they began to enjoy their maritime experience. Ted McNamara and Sammy Cohen are the two comedians featured in “Why Sailors Go Wrong,” and the situation of the storm only helped them in their unusual antics even if not under the most pleasant circumstances. Others in the cast are Sally Phipps and Nick Stuart in the romantic leads. Jack Pennick, Carl Miller and E. H. Calvert play important roles in this picture, which is coming to the Community Theatre, Wednesday and Thursday, August 29 and3o. — o BELIEVES IN MIRACLES Every human being who has ever had a bug in his eye will read with interest the story of Eli Amstutz, who resides near Fort Wayne. Unlike the rest of his fellowsufferers, Mr. Amstutz found the experience profitable. He now believes in miracles. He was at work in his garden when a bug flew into his left eye which had been blind since childhood, and bit him. His daughter took the bug out with a handkerchief and Mr. Amstutz found that for the first time in years he could see out of his left eye which had been blinded by scrofula. •— o — BIRTHS AND DEATHS During the month of June there were 37 births and 26 deaths reported in Kosciusko county. o Be sure to hand in your news items each week.

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Review of Things by the Editor As He Sees Them on the Surface. Are You Satisfied? Aren’t you too well satisfied i with yourself? You think you have done . pretty well. Some other men who started when you did may have done better, but you are well above the average in your crowd. Frequently you go over in your own mind the achievements you have to your credit, despite the handicaps with which you started. But for some reason it is always the past you consider, not your future advancement. And that is where you are wrong. For many reasons you think you have worked hard enough and you want to be able to “let down.” You think you have enough to last you until “the call” comes. Rather than make extra effort you are willing to accept the meager allowance which you could eke out if necessary. And you would prefer this to having to bestir yourself. Pretty poor Lne of reasoning rnd it is this line of thought that puts many a man into his dotage before his time. Get out of it. The Difference Some Indiana City dudes went out into-the hills of Hoosierdom. Presently they saw a farmer cutting weeds. They began to make sport of him asking him high sounding questions. Finally one of the boys said scornfully. “Say, old hayseed, it seems to me there is not much difference betweeiri you and a fool”. The farmer stopped cutting weeds, hung on his hoe . handle lazily and looking the young buck squarely in the eye. said: “No, I guess not; I think the distance is about ten feet. Service Cash customer straddled a stool at a local restaurant anti asked for a cup of coffee without cream. “Sorry, we’re just out of cream,” answered the waiter, “but I can give it to you without milk.” t First be sure—that you are right, then go ahead. But be sure that you are right. More than one man has made the mistake of hugging a delusion under the impression that he was embracing an opportunity. While it is natural that every healthy boy should be interested in athletics, fathers contend that schools should first improve their boys from the chin up instead of from the chin down. It is stated that Col. Lindbergh earned over $200,000 during the last six months of 1927 wAhout the assistance of moving pictures or vaudeville stunts. According to a recent legal decision “legs are not immoral” Legs may be all right to navigate with but as eye-charmers they have lost their lure. • Anv time you want to try something difficult, try to locate two men who both interpret a political platform the same way. I The only complaint the average man has with his salary, is there’s only one way to earn it but a hundred ways to spend it. The chap who contends that prohibition is “impossible” belongs to a past generation. Nothing is impossible these days. It’s hard to tell just when civilization began. We don’t know when the first padlock was made. Next to a pretty face and form, the most attractive thing a girl can have is a rich father. If a man knows where he is going, you can tell it by his walk. Goodness and gladness should be teammates. This Week’s Puzzle Puller Question: What is the difference between a camel and an orange? Answer: The camel has the hump, and the orange has the pip.

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