The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 44, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 28 February 1929 — Page 1

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SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Items of Interest Concerning Our High School Written for The Syracuse Journal. Chapel exercises last Wednesday morning were conducted by Rev. 0. 0. Tracy. The subject of his talk was: "The Quality of Service" found in Proverbs, 32:2. "Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity and in whose spirit there is no guile.” He gave a very interesting and practical address and was appreciated by the student body and teachers. The Senior class will present, “Come Out of the Kitchen’ as their class pday. It is a threeact comedy by A. E. Thomas, and is based on a story of the same name by the well-known author, Alice Duer Miller. Included in the cast are six boys and five girls of the Senior class. The play is being directed by Miss Hamman, the sponsor of the class. Grade cards were given out Tuesday. A number of students received “X” in deportment. The — parents of such students should ask their children to see the “deportment record card” which is sent home, in the case of every student receiving "X". These cards indicate the nature of the misconduct of the child. In the last game of the season, Syracuse H. S. basketball team lost to Etna Green last Friday night because of overconfidence. They expected an easy game, and found Etna in top form. Reckless passing and fumbling by every member of our team accounted for our low score. Last Thursday the Teacher’s basketball team defeated the High school Third team with a score of 22 and 13. The Third team played a hard game, but were completely outclassed by the four different referees, who tried to manage the game. The high school and the Junior high school will be dismissed tomorrow (Friday) for the District basketball tournament. The grade school however, will be in session. The Junior class started their rehearsals Tuesday, on the class play, under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. Barnhart, Mr. Barnhart being the sponsor of the class. The Seniors held a meeting Tuesday morning to decide on the number of invitations each member of the Senior class desired. Dallas Grindle entered the school Monday as a student of the Bth grade. * o SUBMITTED REPORT Oliver Teel, Kosciusko county attendance officer, has prepared .the following report for the period from Dec. 31 to Jan. 25: Monroe township ranked first in attendance for the fifth month of school, or the January report with 97.22%. Second place went to Lake township and third to Prairie. The other townships, ranked in order were: Turkey Creek, Jackson, Seward, Van Buren, Franklin, Jefferson, Tippecanoe, Plain, Scott, Etna, Washington, Harrison, Wayne and Clay. Among the high schools, North Webster was -first with 98.7%. Beaver Dam was second and Mentone third. Other high schools ranked in order were; Syracuse, Leesburg, Milford, Burket, Silver Lake, Sidney, Atwood, Pierceton, Etna Green and Claypool. , » The attendance for January was the lowest for the school year being 93.22%. Thq doss due to absence figured on an average daily per capita cost basis was $4,000. The loss due to absence for the fijst semester of school on the same basis was $5,593, making a total of $9,593 loss for the first five months. This means that if the schools established price per day set were run so that there was an for each child at the beginning of school, then this $9,593 was spent and the children lost the education it paid for because of not being present at school. Os this loss $1,085 was due to unexcused absences, such as truancy, visiting, funerals, getting shoes mended, xpissing the hack, ley toads,- fete.

ruoficgLib.-arr Aug2l The Syracuse Journal Syracuse’s Slogan: “A Welcoming Town With a Beckoning Lake.”

SECONDS (WIN, LAST GAME Well, our last game (outside of the district tourney) was won by our Second team. However, we are sure that the first team played hard enough. But if it going to effect the team that much by having some of its players unabCe to play, we don’t want to see any more of them sitting on the bleachers. Don’t forget that the tourney is Friday and Saturday and “We” play Friday afternoon. We are expecting a good sized crowd there, and if we can’t win the tourney, can’t we get the sportsmanship? “Let’s try.” Following is the score: Syracuse Seconds Players FG FT F PTS. Grady 2 2 1 6 Nicodemus .. 0 0 0 0 Sprague 0 0 0 0 Lung 0 0 0 0 Steijer 3 1 0 7 Jones 0 0 0 0 Totals ' 5 3 1 13 Etna Green Seconds Players FG FT F PTS. Poor 0 0 0 0 Spanow 1 0 0 2 White 0 0 1 0 Edler 2 0 1 4 Hall 1 0 2 2 Shively 0 0 0 0 Long .... i... 11 1 3 Zents 0 1 0 1 Totals 5 2 5 12 Syracuse Firsts Players FG FT F PTS. Shock 2 3 0 7 Leacock 1 0 1 2 Miller 0 0 1 0 Lepper 11 1 3 Connolly .... 1 0 2 2 Kitson 0 0 3 0 Totals 5 4 8 14 Etna Green Firsts Players FG FT F PTS. Sponselle .... 2 11 5 Sharkey 2 1 2 5 Shively 1 0 0 2 Kintzel 3 2 2 8 Snider 1 0 0 2 Stackhouse .. 0 0 0 0 Totals 9 4" 5 22ENTERTAINED Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kegg entertained the Past Chief’s club and their husbands at their home last Thursday evening. Twenty-two were present. After the usual bountiful pot luck dinner, the president called to order the members for a short business session. All regretted the absence of Mrs. Clemens, caused by a recent fair she had. During the evening the guests were favored, with several readings by Mrs. Ed Hoch and piano solos by Margaret Smith. Right in the midst of peace and enjoyment ,the hostess demanded of each one to tell of the most embarrassing moment of their lives, which created much merriment. All departed at a reasonable hour,. o SURPRISE PARTY Last Saturday evening a number of neighbors and friends of Mrs. Victor Niles came in to remind her of her birthday, and also help to celebrate Mr. and Mrs. Niles’ sixteenth wedding anniversary. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ringler, R H. Kolberg, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nicolai, Mr. and Mrs. George Sargent, Mrs. Harry Kitchen and Lewis, Herbert Blue, Roy Sargent, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Jones, Mrs. Phoebe Willard, Mrs. Zora Bender, Mr. and Mrs. George Seese and Vern, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Nicolai and Irene, Kenneth and Ruby, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Scott and Helen, Alice and Lois, and Mr. and Mrs. Victor Niles. Lunch was served and the remainder of the evening was spent in playing games and enjoying the music. —o SHOWER On Friday evening at seven o’clock, the girls of the Young Women’s Missionary society of the Lutheran church gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Rapp. It was .a surprise on Mrs. Emery Druckamiiler, who was home from Sylvania, Ohio, where she is teaching, on a short vacation. A delightful evening was spent, during which the girls showered their friend with teatowels for her new home. Mrs. Rapp served refreshments. ■ O' March 5,6, 7,8, is the right time to see “Lilac Time” at the Crystal, larmier;

A GIUVND SUCCESS f ■ The musical comedy, “The Land of the Honeymoon,” given under the auspices of the Wednesday Afternoon Club at the High school auditorium Monday and Tuesday nights, was a grand success in every particular. About forty people, including the chorus girls and chorus boys, were in the cast, and each one performed his or her part well. The play was directed by Miss lone Engels, who also took the part of Mrs. Eugene Maloy, who was confined to her home by Ilness. The large stage is now equipped with all the necessary scenery. The new curtain is also a beauty. Those who were not present missed one of the best musical comedies ever presented in Syracuse. We hope more of this kind of entertainment will be given. At the conclusion of the program on Tuesday evening, the following ladies of the Wednesday Afternoon Club gave a party for the entire cast of characters and the director, Miss lone Engels. The affair was held in the domestic science room, where refreshments were served, and a general social hour spent: Mrs. Sol Miller, Mrs. P. R. Sprague, Mrs. John Mrs. Stephen Freeman, Mrs. Frank Greene, Mrs. W. C. Gants, Mrs. O. C. Stoelting, Mrs. P. H. Miles, and Mrs. S. C. Lepper.. Miss Engles departed on Wednesday for her home in Rock Island, 111. The Ladies of the Wednesday Afternoon Club, wish to thank all who helped in any way to make the play, “The Land of the Honeymoon”, the success it was. To the business men who took part in the play and those who contributed advertising-, they wish to express their thanks and appreciation. A neat sum was realized from the proceeds, which was turned over to the fund to buy seats for the gym.

SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT The sectional basketball tournament will be held at Warsaw in the new armory gymnasium Friday and Saturday, March 1 and 2. The drawings were held Saturday. Fourteen county teams will participate in the tournament. Following'is the schedule: Friday 10 a. m. —Warsaw vs Milford. 11 a. m.—Pierceton vs. North Webster. 2p. m. —Mentone vs. Leesburg, 3 p. m.—Syracuse vs. Silver Lake. 4. p. m.—Sidney vs. Etna Green. 7::30 p. m. —CRaypool vs. Burket. 8:30 p. m.—Beaver Dam vs. Atwood. Saturday 9 a. m.—Winner 10 a. m. Friday vs. winner 11 a. m. Friday. 10 a. m. —Winner 4 p. m. Friday vs. winner 7:30 p. m. Friday. 2 p. m.—Winner 8:30 p. jn. Friday vs. winner 9 a. m. Saturday. 3 p. urday Vs. winner 11 a. m. Saturday. 8 p. m. —Winner 2. p. m. vs. winner 3 p. m. Will Reed of Alexandria, H|trry Coolman of Liberty Center. 0., F. Helvie of Valparaiso, will be the officials o — LANDED ON THE ICE Matt. Jones of Fort Wayne landed his airplane on Lake Syracuse Sunday about noon. Mr. Jones is an aviator and is the son of Wm- Jones pf Syracuse. Soon after he landed, he looked up his father and departed about an hour afterwards. This is the first time ah aviator landed on Syracuse Lake which is still covered with ice. Matt. Jones is connected with the firm, Auto Electric & Radio Equipment Co., at Fort Wayne. This firm conducts a school to teach young nep the science of flying. DIVORCE GIUNTED (Special to Syracuse Journal) NASHVILLE, Ind., Feb. 21.— An absolute divorce on the grounds 'of upn-sppport was granted Anna 8. Morrison from Marion N. Morrison in the Brown county Circuit court. — o ATTENTION F. B. MEMBERS Will order a car of fertilizer about March 10. Phone in your spring requirements. C. A. KRIETE, 44-p Purchasi'ng Agent.

SYRACUSE. INDIANA, THURSDAY. .FEBRUARY 28, 1929.

LIBRARY NOTES Miss Hazel B. Warren, chief of the Extension Division, visited the library Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. Miss Warren is an Advisor and she certainly does help iron out many of the troublesome problems that bother the librarian. Many questions were discussed, and the librarian feels a new lease on life. There is to soon be a change in the shelving of the books on the Juvenile side. The Juvenile fiction will be changed into a new section, The old section of shelves will be used for the non-fiction, while the shelves directly back of the desk, now used for the tiny tots’ books, will be used for new books. March Oh, passing few are those who speak, Wild stormy month in praise of thee; Yet, though thy winds are loud and bleak, Thou art a welcome month to . me. “No man should be too busy to read. This is an age of change, of new discoveries, new thought trends, new standards. Keep abreast of the times...by wise selective reading.” R. E. M. Couri, Pres. Am. Ry. Ex. Do you like the travel books? If so, why not come in and see the books you desire. We will be glad to obtain them for you. o — ROUND TABLE CLUB Monday evening, February 25, Mrs. Leacock was hostess to the Ladies of the Round Table Club, Mrs. Kindig acting as chairman. Collect was read by Mrs. Leacock. After the regular routine of business, the following program was very splendidly given: “The Swallows,” "I Love a Cottage”, vocal solos—Mrs. Royer. “She Mothered Five,” “Jusr Keeg Readings—Mrs. Carr. “Mighty Lak a Rose,” “Break 0’ Day,” vocaJ solosi—Mrs. Hedges. “It Takes a Heap o’ Livin’ in a Place To Call it Home,” reading —Mrs. Royer, “Granny’s come to our House,” reading—Francis Miller. “Over The Hills,” “Mother Machree, ’ vocal sofos—Mrs. Hedges. “Danny Boy,” “The Lilac Tree,” vocal solos—Mrs. Royer. ‘Traumerei,” “The Shepherd Boy,” piano solos—Mrs. cockNext meeting is to be with Miss Hamman in two weeks. —=4 O — THE CEMENT WAS HARD This week the editor and associate editor were better qualified to enter a hospital, than to write news. The associate editor was confined to. her home three days by illness. Then to cap the climax, the editor was the star performer at a ‘'failing match” which took place iin* mediately after the last curtain of “The Land of the Honeymoon” at the H. S. Auditorium, Monday evening. We do not know whether there is a big hole in the floor of the gym or a big corner knocked off the hard cement steps, bpt Dr. Clifford Hoy told us next morning that we had the prettiest map of Germany on our head, besides two fractured ribs. We accepted his verdict. At this writing the editor is on the mend, but in the future will endeavor to come in contact with cement steps with pur feet orfly —standing UP: The editor appreciates the number of inquiries by phonS as to hig condition next day, and wishes to say he is still on top and on the job getting out the Journal. o DISTRICT CONFERENCE The district conference of the Goshen District, North Indiana Conference, of the Methodist church, will be held Thursday and Friday, March 7 and 8, in the M. E. church at Osceola. The first session will begin Thursday afternoon at 1:30. At 8 o’clock Dr. G. Bromley Oxnam, president of DePauw University, will deliver his address, “The Preacher and Present Day Problems.” Friday evening at the closing session, address, “World Service As I Saw It in Operation in the Paris Area,” by Bishop Edgar Blake, Indianapolis.

FATHER AND SON BANQUET Seventy men and boys sat down to a big feast last Thursday night at the Methodist church, given under the auspices of the Methodist Brotherhood. Several who had expected to come were not abie to attend. The following menu was. served by Mrs. Stephen Freeman’s Committee of the Ladies’ Aid society: Roast pork, brown gravy, stuffed baked potatoes, peas in patty shells, Perfection salad, rolls, butter, jellies, piclf.es, cherry pie and coffee. After the banquet, the following program was carried out in the church auditorium:: Invocation —Rev. J. H. Royer. \ Group of Patriotic songs—(a) America. (b) Smiles, (tune, Battle Hymn of the Republic.) (c) Long, Long Trail. Address of Welcome —Harry Cutler, president. Response—Ralph Miller. Song: “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny.” Reading and Encores —J. P. Dolan, Reading, (Musical) —John and Ned Harley. y Washington as a Business Man—Dr. 0. C. Stoelting. Tony’s Idea of Washington— Henry Miles. Instrumental solo —-Frederick Beery. Tenor solo —Prof. Barnhart. Reading, (The Boys)—Eugene Snavely. Message from the Bishop— F. W. Greene. Benediction —W. G. Connolly. A standing vote of thanks was extended to the ladies for the wc«ll prepared and much appreciated banquet and many of the members of the Brotherhood are determined that this will not be the last one given. One of’the “Sons” made the trip to Marion and back that day so as to not miss out. Many were in from the country, and much praise was- given Messrs. Gants and Harley who had prepared the program for the enjoyable evening, *— o — MRS. SHLOTTERBACK DEAD Following ah illness of several months from rheumatism, and complications, Mrs. Marie Schlotterback, wife of Louis E. Schlotterback, died Friday evening, February 22, at her home in Ligonier, at the age of 51 years. She is survived by her husband, one sister, Mrs. Bertha Rickey of Flint, Mich., and one brother, Harry Lavigne, whose address is not known. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the United Brethren church, Ligonier, The body was laid at rest in Oak Park cemetery, at Ligonier. Among those from here who attended the funeral were: Mrs. Charles Crow, Mr. and Mrs. Harve Cory, Mrs. H. W. Buchholz, Mrs. Gertrude Beery, Mr. and Mrs. John McGari|ty, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Osborn, Mr. and Mrs. Eston McClintic, Mrs. Leila Greene, members of the Eastern Star chapter. Others who went were: Mr. and Mrs. Will Kindig, Mrs. Roy Riddle, Mrs. Zella Leacock, and Miss Myrtle Foxford. o • PATRIOTIC PARTY Mrs. Harrj»Hire pleasantly entertained the Evangelical Junior Ladies’ Aid last Thursday evening by giving a Patriotic party at her new home. Following the business session, the ladies were given the name of a state, or the capital of a state. Those matching, becames partners for the evening. They voted for their favorite president, giving five reasons for their preference. Lincoln, of course, received the most votes. Other patriotic contests were held, and prizes were awarded Mrs. Mrs. Slabaugh and Mrs. DiUen. Delicious refreshments were served at a late hour. o B. AND 0. REPORT The operating revenues of the B. & 0. railroad f&r the month of January amounted to $18,767,270, and the operating expenses to $14,765,567, leaving a balance of operating revenue of $4,001,703. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC • * Our citizens are asked not to dump ashes on gravel streets. Govern yourself accordingly. The Town Board. o “The Night Watch,” a thrilling drama of the sea, starring Billie Dove at the Crystal, Ligonier, Sunday and Monday, March 3 Und 4.

THIRD MONTH OF 1929 i March brings breezes loud and shrill, Stirs the dancing daffodill. The month of March, noted almost generaEy for its harsh and severe winds, has something back of its “windy” nature, at best, because with the passing of March, buds and flowers will begin to peep forth to ugher warmer and better weather over the country, where it will be a welcomed guest to thousands. Then, too, with March, the ushering in of spring is recorded, on the 20th; the Lenten season begins; St. Patrick’s birthday is celebrated on the 17th. Palm Sunday is the 21th. Good Friday falls,on the 29th. Easter this year is much earlier than usual, falling on the 31st. Get your bonnet in shape now for the big parade. Historical events taking place in the month of March long ago. reveal, some very interesting reading, especially in this present day of progress and scientific research. March 3, 1847, the first postage stamps were used in the United States. March 4, 1739, Washington was inaugurated president for his second term. The massacre of the Alamo took place on March 6, 1836. Standard time was adopted March 13, 1884. Andrew Jackson was born March 15, 1767. The big German drive took place March 21, 1917. The state of Florida was discovered March 27, 1513. Ether was first used in this country on March 30, 1842. On March 31, 1854 Com. Perry opened Japan. The Alaska purchase is recorded to have been made March 30, 1867. During the 31 days of March, 1929, we find that the moon gets full on the 11th, a new moon beams forth on the 25th, first quarter on the 3rd and last quarter on the 18th. The birthstone for March is the bloodstone or jasper, the former denoting steadfast affection, courage and wisdom, the latter, wisdom and courage. o A NEW. FILM THRILLER “Remember Canton, Ohio,” has become as much a clarion call of the American newspaper as Remember the Maine” was the battle cry of American in 1898. In “Freedom of the Press,” the Universal photoplay coming to the Community Theater on Wednesday and Thursday, March 6 and 7, the exciting days of Canton, Ohio, are presented in a fictitious parallel to the battle to the death between Editor Don Mellett and the underworld, Mellett being slain by orders of gangdom, but his newspaper going on and carrying out his successful battle to break up the local vice ring. Lewis Stone is the star of the picture and plays the role of the underworld leader while Henry B. Walthall enacts the tragic role of the newspaper editor. Every newspaper drive is fraught with danger for the editor and the newspaper. Bombings of newspapers, and slaying of editors are not so uncommon, when the underworld is aroused to battle for its existence. Crimes are a stimulus to the minds of fictionists. Rex Beach wrote “The Goose Woman” based on a famous murder, which Universes! made into a spectacuar photoplay three years ago. Now Peter B. Kyne has written “Freedom of the Press” based on the murder of Don Mellett. Keeping an all-newspaper grpup working on the picture, Carl Laemmle assigned the continuity to J. Grubb Alexander, former reporter on the police beat in Chicago, and along the Barbary Coast in San Francisco. The supporting cast in “Freedom of the Press” includes Marceline Day, Malcolm McGregor, Robert Emmett O’Connor, Thomas Ricketts, Hayden Stevenson, Robert Ellis, Boris Baranoff, Morgan Thorpe and Wilson Benge. George Melford directed the picture. —o BAKE SALE ■ ..LNo. 1 of the Ladies Aid of the U. B, church wiW hold a bake sale at Klink’s meat market on Saturday, March 2, at 10 o’clock. Noodles, cakes, pies, doughnuts and cookies. Bring containers. 44-lt o — PYTHIAN SISTERS Regular meeting of the Pythian Sisters Friday evening, March 1, at 7:30. All officers and members are urged to attend.

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT I I Review of Things by the Editor As He Sees Them on the Surface. A Certain Quiet Fellow I know a certain quiet fellow who about measures up to the term of a “good citizen.” He is very modest and talks but little. You never see him at the head’ of a procession wearing a red sash and swinging a gold sword. You will never find him standing up in a public meeting with a recipe that will cure all ills of the community. He does not waste his time in an effort to regulate the town by sticking his nose into everybody else’s business. If he is appointed on a committee he does not do all the talking and assume that he is the whole works. He does his part quietly and effectively. If there is a case of distress in town he quietly tells his friend the grocer, and an order is delivered that nobody knows anything about. If a subscription paper is handed him, he sets down the amount he can afford and says no more about it. He stays by his friends and talks behind their backs the Same stuff he does to their face. He always does his part and asks no more than he is willing to give. We are failing to appreciate this gentleman now, bet we will miss him when he is gone. Back on the Farm A boy left the farm and got a job in the city. Wanting to .impress his brother with his new life, he wrote: “Thursday, we autoed out to the where we golfed until dark. Then we motored to the beach and week-ended.” But his brother on the farm refused to be impressed, and wrote back: “Yesterday we buggied to town and baseballed all the afternoon. Today we muled out to the corn-field and gee-hawed until sundown. Then we suppered and piped for a while. After that we staircased to our room and bedsteaded till the clock fived.” Too True A little fly flew thru the flue Where all the family had the flu. The fly flew thru the fluey air And took a chew from each one there. All had the flu. He caught it too From Uncle True, Aunt Lou and Sue And once again flew thru the flue To pass it on, as alll flies do. Do You Get It? Bill had a Billboard. Bill also had a board bill. The board bill bored Bill so that Bill sold the Billboard to pay his board bill. 3t> after Bill sold his Billboard to pay his board bill, the board Lili no longer bored Bill. How adaptable is our language; when girls are little it takes dolls to make them happy; when they grow up, dollars. Many a woman who thinks her husband is a king finds it necessary to crown him occasionally with a flat iron. The only reason for doctors and druggists is because we won’t take advice, but we will take medicine. ■- We’ve just about come to the conclusion about seven out of every ten men are on the wrong job. About all the publicity some marriages get comes from the brass band on the bride’s finger. The universal opinion seems to be that economy should begin at somebody else’s home. However, the athletic girl never gets strong enough to do house work. The more you exercise your better self, the better it becomes. For the next new dance we suggest the name of “Lindy Hop.” After Monday it will President Hoover. This Week’s Puzzle Puller Question: Why is the monkey’s tail such a great curiosity? Answer: Because no one «vfe» siW it Estate.

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