The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 28, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 8 November 1928 — Page 1

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SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Items of Interest Concerning Our High School Written for The Syracuse Journal. The seventh and eighth grade boys have been conducting a series of basketball games dur ing their Gym. period on Friday The standings of the teams are Team Won Lost Percent Wildcats 2 0 WOu Athletes 2 0 WOO Wolverines ... 11 500 Eagles 11 500 Giants ~ 11 500 Lions ........ 0 2 000 Tigers 0 2 00n The schedule of games for Fri day, November 16 is: 2:35 Wildcats vs. Tigers. 2:45 Giants vs. Eagles. 2:55 Athletes vs. Wolverines. 3:05 Wildcats vs. Giants. 3:25 Eagles vs. Wolverines. 3:35 Athletes vs. Lions. This week’s lecture against tobacco is: Col. Chas. A. Lindbergh —Most Universally Honored Young Man is America. This could not be so, were it not for the fact that he does not drink, smoke, chew, or swear. Some high tributes paid him were: President Coolidge, “He has returned unspoiled.” Dr. Woods Hutchinson, M. D., “He does not becloud his exquisite balancing power with smoke.” Physica. Culture Magazine, “Charles Lindberg is to-day the world s great est hero only because he has al ways lived a simple life. A cleai life is not only conducive to re markable acts in flying, but equally in any other pursuit ol life.” Thursday morning an election was held for the purpose ol choosing a boy yell-leader to fill the vacancy left by Johnny Sud low’s withdrawal from school After several boys were nomin ated in the “primary” or pre liminary balloting, the two high est on the list were voted on Harry Stetler proved to be th< favorite, receiving a total of 137 votes. Judging by the cheering Friday evening, we believe th< new leader will prove worthy ol the confidence placed in him, al though he was forced to make his initial appearance on the oc casion of our defeat at the hands of Nappanee. The high school gymnasium was the scene of another defeat for our basketball team last Friday evening. The Nappanee team is exceptionally fast and proved too much for our men. After the first five minutes of play Nappanee went into the lead, and consistently outplayed the Syracuse aggregation during the remainder of the game. The second team deserves considerable praise for its first victory won by hard fighting in a rathei close game. Both teams had the support of a large crowd of their fans. “A Fruitful Life,” was the subject treated by Reverend Arbaugh at chapel exercises last Wednesday. He spoke of the beauty of the flowers and plants and of how they grow from ugly seeds or bulbs, which seem almost unable to produce such fragrance and beauty. This thought gave much consolation to many of us, because no matter what our outer appearance is, we can still produce good thoughts and acts. The Sixth grade organized a literary club last Friday. The club will have three stories reproduced or three original com positions each Friday afternoon from two to two-thirty. Daniel Jones was chosen chairman and Lucy Clayton, secretary of the club, which is to be known as the J. F. C. We hope to increase our vocabulary anck cultivate English. The Syracuse teams will be in action, twice this week-end. On Friday evening they will play at Bremen, and Saturday evening they will meet North Webster on the home floor. The Bremen team is reputed to be fast, and North Webster has always been a “foeman worthy of our steel”, so don’t miss these games. Reverend Royer conducted chapel services on Monday morning, instead of Wednesday as usual, on account of his contemplated absence fron> the city. He gave an interesting and instructive talk on the subject of '“Thoughts,” basing his remarks

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LOST ONE; WON ONE The second team proved ! their ability to win a game Friday night, when they defeated the Nappanee seconds by a score of 21 to 24. 'They also displayed some very good playing, W. Nicodemus scoring the most points for the second team. It seems as though some of our boys are looking forward to a promotion? The first team did not do as good as we expected, although they tried hard enough. Shock scored the highest points for the first team. One reason Nappanee’s first team won was that they were supported by their fans. We have been thinking that our fans have forsaken us. The score: Syracuse Seconds Players FG FT ’• F PTS. Lepper '1 1 4 3 Lung 0 0 2 0 D. Nicodemus. . 0 0 fl 0 Nicodemus .4 2 2 16 vonnolly 1 3 1 5 Bitner 2 0 "1 4 Grady ~ 0 2 0 2 Jones 0 0 3 0 Total 8 8 13 24 • Nappanee Seconds Players FG FT F PTS L. Stahly 4 0 2 8 R. Hepler 0 0 3 0 uehaman 0 0 1 0 N. Eaton 0 11 1 Geyer ... j.... 2 3 3 7 D. Shoun 11 2 3 Frevert 0 2 1 2 Totals 77 13 21 Syracuse Firsts Players FG Fl’ F PTS -hock 6 5 3 17 aobinson 11 2 3 .eaeock 11 3 3 Bitner 11 0 3 Miller ........ 0 2. 2 2 Kitson 0 0 3 0 Snavely 0 2 1 2 Total 9 12 14 3Q Nappanee Firsts Players FG FT F PTS Mitchell 3 2 3 8 fillett 3 5 3 li roup 71 2 15 Moore 0 0 0 0 Phillips 4 2 4 10 C. McChuen ... 1 0 4 2 Stahly 0 O 4 0 umbaugh 0 0 1 0 Total 18 10 21 46 Referee H. E. Warren of South Bend. o SYRAUL SE’S GAYEST TRUCK Neither King Tut nor Solomon in all his glory ever rode forth in anything so striking as the new checkerboard chariot of the Syracuse Feed Mill of this city. Completely covered with red and white checkers, this truck creates as much sensation as a circus every time it 'drives through the streets. Disher Bros., Managers of the Syracuse Feed Mill, on South Huntington street from where the eyearresting truck radiates, state that their’s is only one of several thousand trucks in America that are thus checkerboarded. I'he checkerboard, he said is the trademark of the Purina Mills of St. Louis, manufacturers of Checkerboard Chows, the scientifically balanced feeds for poultry and live stock. The checkerboard is used on all the bags, on the dealers’ stores, in the advertising and even on the trucks. When we asked Mr. Disher to explain the big idea of the checkerboard on the truck he replied that whenever you see the checkerboard, it means your move. The much talked of truck is a 3-ton 6 wheel Chevrolet. The checkerboarding was done by Pret Miles Krafteries. __o j “Sorrell and Son,” one of the finest pictures of the year, tonight. at Crystal, Ligonier. on the Scripture: “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” The Seniors have been doing , some memory work from the poems of Henry ; Wadsworth Longfellow and Edgar Allen Poe. , These two poets have been ( studied in their recent work on the American poets. I ■ ) Marguerite Coy, a former stud- > ent of this school, visited classes j last Friday. Miss Coy intends . soon to take up a nurse’s train- > ing course at the Goshen Hospital. j Kathryn Stetler, Cleo Corey, Anna Rex, and Irene Shock visit- . ed Milford High School during * the vacation on Monday of this 5 week. f The second grade will give a s Thanksgiving program.

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

FARM BUREAU MEETING The regular monthly meeting of the Turkey Creek Township Farm Bureau will be held at the Syracuse High School, Tuesday evening, November 20, at 7 o’clock. The entertainment for the evening will be furnished by the teachers of the school. This will be a splendid opportunity for the farm folks to get acquainted with those who are engaged in I teaching their children and as this meeting is open to all who are interested in the Farm Bureau movement there is no excuse for anyone not being present. If present plans do not. fail there will be a special address for the benefit of the ladies. Business of importance for every farmer in the township will also be discussed. In the face of the most bitter opposition the farmer's position is in better shape today and his cause is farther advanced than it has been in the oast. Yet, we must not slacken our grip. Let us be loyal to our organization and press forward. Come to this meeting and help push on to the goal that we have set. Don’t let the. other fellow carry the load that you should bear. Again we say, come and show your colors. Mr.. Farmer ycur wife, and family are welcome. Come! o DROPPED DEAD Rev. O. L. Richhart. 74. retired United Brethren minister, dropped dead of heart trouble at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at his home in Warsaw. Rev. Richhart who retired only si ice the last United Brethren conference, had Iteen ailing for several years. The family had moved to Warsaw about two months ago. Deceased was born near Syracuse November 5, 1854. He is survived by his wife, one daughter. at home, two sons Ernest R'chhart of Syracuse and Verl S. Richhart of Versailles, Ohio. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at Warsaw. INSTANTLY KILLED G. E. Swan, a restaurant proprietor at Ligonier, was instantly killed Tuesday afternoon, about 3 miles northwest of Syracuse, near the Wagner farm. He was driving down a hill in a Nash car when the car turned over, pinning him beneath. His head was crushed, causing instant death. The condition of the road would indicate the man z must have been driving at a terrific rate of speed and skidded. The car vaulted up a bank before rolling over. — o PROFESSOR OF LAW William Gray Loehr, whose rerm as prosecuting attorney of Kosciusko county is about to expire, accepted a position as professor of law in the college at Valparaiso. He began his duties at Valparaiso Monday morning leaving his office of prosecuting attorney to be filled by George Bowser, prosecuting attorney-elect. Mrs. Loehr and small son plan to remove to Vaparaiso in January. o — SERVICE STATION SOLD The Syracuse Service Station, where Shell gasoline was sold exclusively, has been sold to the Gafill Oil Co., of South Bend. The deal was consumated Tuesday. J. E. Grieger has an interest in the firm and he and his son will conduct the station in the future. — o FILED SUIT ON ACCOUNT Ellwood George has filed suit in the circuit court against Martin E. Crowe, of Elkhart, asking judgment of $1,825 on account. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff was employed by the defendant to sell *a tract of reaj estate, and that it was agreed that he should be paid $1,825. —_o - RUMMAGE SALE The Wednesday Afternoon Club will hold tfieir annual rummage 1 sale in the Library basement 1 Friday and Saturday afternoons, November 23 and 24. Sale will open at one o’clock Friday afternoon. All kinds of good, warm clothing for men, women and > children. 29-2 t o -- “Two Arabian Knights”, 1000 ! and one laughs in the world’s funniest doughboy comedy, at Crystal. Ligonier, next Sunday i and Monday, November 18 and HL J 4

SYRACUSE. INDIANA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15. 1928

LIBRARY NOTES How For do You Walk! e The Des Moines Public Libray ry is always doing something - interesting and extraordinary. The latest thing is a guessing contest among the staff as to the \ number of miles that the refL | erence librarian walked in a week while on duty at the libra- . ry. Answers varied from 8.7 i miles to 789 miles. The actual milage as shown by a pedometer 3 was 15.17 20 miles for one week. ! Watch for the names of those ’ who won the Book Week Contest next week and also for the way , the votes ran on the books. Not all votes will be published but the name of the book and the number of votes will be given ’ on all books with more than three votes. ? Ncthing great is legally won, ’ nothing won is lost. Every good deed, nobly done, will ‘ repay the cost. Leave to heaven, in humble trust, all you will to do, ’ But if you’d succeed, you must ‘ paddle your own canoe. Mrs. S. C. Lepper has been chosen as an assistant for Saturdays during the winter at the library. She succeeds Miss Natheta Sloane who is now a student at the South Bend Business College. Mothers, don’t forget that you are invited to our Story Hour Saturday. Time 1:30 to 2:30. Labor with what zeal we will Something still remains—Unread. Q RO I ND TABLE CLUB I " ,n Mrs. A. W. Geyer entertained the Ladies of the Round Table ; ' lub last Thursday evening, Twel- . ve members of the club answered to roll call. In the absence of the president Mrs. Chas. Bowersox, who is ill at her home, Mrs. Slabaugh, vice-president, was in charge of the meeting. Th® club to sponsor AM Giri Scout movement in Syracuse, with Mrs. Roy Riddle, Mrs. R. G. Foust and Mrs. Zella Leacock, as sponsors. The program was opened by . Mrs. Slabaugh reading an article on the Senate. Mrs. Riddle followed by reading on the subject of Air Forces and Mrs. Geyer finished the program with her subject on the Weather Bureau All were interesting and instructive. Guest Day will be held this evening (Thursday) at the home of Mrs. W. p. Gants. Club members coming are asked to bring a guest. (y. IN PORTO RICO The Rev. Wm. G. Arbaugh and family sailed from New York Thursday, November 8, on the steamship Coamo for San Juan Porto Rico, where they will be engaged in missionary work under the care and direction of the Lutheran Board of American Missions. Rev. Arbaugh was formerly pastor of St .Peter’s Lutheran Church, Millersburg, Indiana. He is a son of Dr. and Mrs 1 A. H. Arbaugh of Grace Luth eran Church of Syracuse. Monday morning Dr. Arbaugh received the following radio message: “Steamship Coamo, November 11 Will land tomorrow morning. AH well. Signed, William.” o GRIMES-BOBECK Joseph J. Grimes and Miss , Carrie Bobeck. both of South , Bend, were united in marriage at the Evangelical parsonage by the Rev. R. G. Foust Thursday November 8. Immediately following the ceremony they left on a . wedding trip to Detroit, Mich. . After November 14 they will be , at home to their friends at 1313 High St., South Bend, Indiana. Q - NOTICE J 1 The ladies of the Evangelical church will hold a bazaar and bake sale on Saturday, December 8. 29-pd o s t BarkeiMdl 5 aS Syracuse will play Bremen at 1 Bremen Friday night, November i 16. We hope to see a lot of fans t there. Support the team while they need it. 9 North Webster will play Syras cuse, Saturday night, November t 17, at the New High School gym. y As our boys have been praticing (I faithfully we hope that they are rewarded far their efforte.

BIRTHDAY DINNER On Sunday. November 11, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred, ' Hinderer, a carry in dinner was’ ? given in honor of Mrs. Susan * Nicolai, who, on Monday, No- ’ vember 12 celebrated her eighty--5 fifth birthday. The dinner was served buffet styje, which all a present enjoyed very much. Z Those who came to help their ‘ mother and grandmother celebrate her birthday were: Mr. and 1 Mrs. Alva Nicolai. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Nicolai of Elkhart; Mr. and Mrs. Gleh Nicolai and daugh- ' ter Mary of Cromwell; Artie Nicolai of Benton; Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Byland and daughter Phyllis of Toledo. Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Nicolai. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Nicolai and children, * Irene, Kenneth and Ruby, Mr. ' and Mrs. Dave Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hinderer and children. Robert, Nelson and Sarah ’ Jane, Mr. and Mrs. »Eston Clayton and daughter Lucy, Mrs. Walter Kegg Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mann and son Jack, Lois, Otis. * Clyde and Jimmie Butt, the Misses Nellie and Alice Mann, Harry Stone, Grandma Nicolai atad Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hinderer of Syracuse. « Mrs. Nicolai received several . nice presents among them being a bouquet of large chrysanth- ’ emums, also a birthday cake, ’ decorated with candles. Mrs. Nicolai enjoyed the homecoming of her children, grandchildren and one great-grandchild, little lackie Mann. The afternoon was spent socially. Upon departing all wished for their “honored guest” many more happy birthdays. —o WORLD-WIDE HONOR ROLL At the Annual Conference of the American College of Surgeons held in October in Boston, it was announced that the Methodist Episcopal Hospital of Fort Wayne, Indiana had been awarded a place on the “approved list” of hospitals. This approved iist is nothing more or less than a world-wide honor roll for hospitals, because reputable' and progressive institutions not only in the United States and Canada, but in other countries eagerly seek this recognition, A pl§ce on the honor roll comes only by sheer merit, because the college is an organization independent of all hospitals. which rates the work of the institution on an entirely impersonal basis. A hospital either deserves recognition, or does not decides the College, and so its name either appears on the list or it is not mentioned. There is no half way course, and a hospital which gains a rating is on the same precise footing as any other so approved, Q DOUBLE BIRTHDAY DINNER Mr. and Mrs. Wm. W. Stetler entertained at Sunday dinner at their country home northeast of Syracuse, the affair being in the nature of a double birthday celebration in honor of Mrs. Chas. Pooley of Goshen, and William Stetler. The table was centered with two large birthday cakes ’ eautifully decorated in pink ind white with the proper number of candles on each. Those present to partake of the chicken dinner were: Mr. and Mrs. 7’ooley of Goshen, George A. Hire, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stetler and Mr. and Mrs. Knox Stetler and son Wesley of Syracuse and vicinity, :— 7 —o ' NOTICE , Street paving assessments, South Main Street, Harrison Street, Huntington Street and Sewer assessment South Main ■ street must be paid before December 1, or penalty will be collected, H. W. Buchholz, Treasurer. 29-3 t — —o — TO THE PUBLIC I have sold my oil station to ‘ the Gafill Oil Co. of South Bend. 1 and herewith want to thank the public for their patronage and good will accorded me during the time I conducted the business. In the future the oil station will , be in charge of J. E. Grieger and Son. t S. J. Stookey. - o > “Constipation” ; Is the real cause of many diseases. It can be overcome by - proper treatment. Call 176 for r an appointment with Dr. Warner, . -Goshen, Ind. " , I o i Job printing—that’s our business.

ELECTORS YOTE IN J ANI ARY ; i Herbert Hoover or Alfred E.Smith will be elected president, ’ but as a matter of fact the eleci tion will not be official until the second Monday in January. At that time a vote will be cast by ; the “electoral college,” a group of representative electors chosen by each state and equal to the combined representation of the state, in the house of representatives and the senate. I The electoral college was estabi fished by Article 2 of the Constitution to be presently approved by the twelfth amendment after the Jefferson-Burr deadlock. The reason behind it was the candid fear on the part of the framers of the Constitution that the people were not able to decide for themselves on the matter of the chief executive. ihe electoral college idea was taken from the Constitution of Maryland and was against the judgment of Benjamin Franklin Robert Morris and James Wilson and was drafted into the federa' document. These three favored direct election. No provision was made for the manner in which these repre sentative electors should be chosen. Neither was there a rule formed which compelled the elec tors of a state to vote in a unit for the candidate who stood highest in their respective states. Thus there have been times when a state’s vote was divided but to the popularity of individual electors. Three elections have gom against the popular vote. In 182. Andrew Jackson had a popular plurality of 50,(MM). The electora college in January gave Jackson 99 votes to 84 for Adams. But the 99 votes didn’t constitute major ity and the election was thrown into the house of representatives whereby a vote of 13 to 7 Adams was declared elected. Tn 1874 Tilden had 250,000 more votes than Hayes yet tin latter was declared the winnei by the electoral college. v ln iBBB ClevelancLpolled 95.000 more votes than Harrison 233 votes to 168 son Cleveland. o RIN-TIN TIN SOON HI RE Manager Newton Cal beck ol the Community Theatre an nounces the coming of Rin-Tin Tin in “A Dog of the Regiment,” a Warner Bros, production, next Friday and Saturday, November 16 and 17. The story is that of a German Red Cross dog in the hottest days of the World War, and of his devotion to a wounded American ace, whom he had known before the days of conflict. In the cast are Tom Gallery Dorothy Gulliver and John Peters. Ross Lederman directed the production, a Charles R. Condon adaptation of the story of Albert S. Howson. Rinty is seen first as a fighting flyer, in “A Dog of the Regiment.” He has never had a part so heroic, and an interesting fact about the picture is, that it deoicts many adventures similar to those experienced by Rinty in real life before he was rescued by Captain Duncan from the wartorn French village which was h s birthplace. This is the novelty you have been waiting for: The Kids will love it! o BOOSTING THE HOME TOWN Every day in every way let the folks of other communities know just how much we appreciate the splendid possibilities of our own home community. As the business men of this town have so aptly said in a full page announcement appearing elsewhere in this issue, let’s “holler our heads off” in telling the world about this, our home towh. Pride in the place of one’s residence is a birthright that every American citizen can express with certainty. This is a splendid town —we admit it, because we believe it. And we want the world at large to know just how happy we are to be living in a town where every man, woman and child is a booster. The more we can tell outsiders about the many benefits to be derived from living in Syracuse, the more folks we will get to come here to live, which means a bigger and better town for all. . o “The Cat and the Canary.” the greatest mystery thriller of stage or screen, at Crystal, Ligonier, next Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday, November 20, 21 and 90 o 1 Advertise in the Journal,

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Review of Things by the Editor As He Sees Them on the Surface. How Can You Help? In a town the size of Syracuse business may be ever so good as j far as retail merchandising goes, j and the community still suffer i from what is known as “poor I collections.” A merchant buys | stock in the expectation of en- , larging it when those goods are i disposed of and he gets the money for them. The wholesaler he bought from and the factories they bought from, make their future figures and base future production on the strength of what, the retailer is going to do. If the retailer had difficulty in making collections, he retards the wholesaler and the producer. So it goes in a circle, when everybody pays, everybody can pay, but when only a few pay only a few can be paid. In this day of liberal credit it is easy for one to assume obligations they cannot meet. And yet + is a blow to business when they do so. Credit is a fine thing unless •t is abused. Then it works a hardship not only on the creditor and debtor, but on others who do business with them. Eventually the whole community feels it in one way or another—and that is. \vhat makes.business “poor.” Try going on the cash-down principle as far as you can. If you must resort to-credit, figure al advance the earliest possible date on which you can pay the uii _th en p a y if she heavens fall. You’ll find yourself better off .i the long run, for your credit will still be good. Yoqr commuty will be better off, because when you pay your bills promptly you help to keep money in circulation here; thus making it easier to get hold of. Clothes M»ke The Man A woman advertised for a man to work in her garden, and two men applied for the job. While she was interviewing them, she noticed that her mother was making signs to her to choose the smaller. When the women were alone, the daughter said: “Why did you signal to me to choose the little man, mother? The other had si much better face.” “Face!” exclaimed the mother. ‘When you pick a man to work in your garden, you want to go by his trousers. If they’re patched on his knees, you want him; if they’re -patched on the seaß, you don’t.” Ten-Word Fish Story Fish, , Flight. Wish, Roam, Bait, Home, Wait, Buy, Bite, Lie. Life is splendid, beautiful game, if we play fair, but if we buck, kick, growl, nag, gouge, sneak, fie, swindle and cheat, they will come back in due time with compound interest on the investment, and all the best of the game of life is lost forever. Gentleness sympathy and kindness will help us over many a hard place and help the other fellow too. When the Pilgrims landed in America they adopted a 11th commandment. It is “Thou Shall Be Better than Thy Father and Mother.” This is the keynote of American educational system. A Syracuse girl tells us they don’t call them flappers any more, but bungalos; because they are painted in front, shingled behind and have no upstairs. That “easy payment” scheme has become a back-breaking burden for many a chap who didn’t balance his income and expense account. Can you remember way back when farm relief meant a gallon jug in the northwest corner of the field during haying and harvest? . Now that we know who will keep the White House lawn mowed for the next four years, let’s do a little boosting for Syracuse. Enjoying what you have beats wishing for what you haven’t. This Weeks Puzzle Puller Question: What is the hardest thing about ice skating, when you are learning? | Answer: The ice.

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