The Syracuse Journal, Volume 22, Number 3, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 16 May 1929 — Page 1

VOLUME XXII.

FIFTY-THREE YEARS AGO Doings Os Our City Dads in The Days Gone By The following article, or rather series or, articles will be taken from the official record of our council proceedings at the time of the original platting of the Town of Syracuse. This installment contains the original boundaries of the town and succeeding installments will contain the activities of the city officials at' that time. We beleve this will be of interest to our readers as a historical review and also to refresh the memory of some of our older citizens who took part in these proceedings. Description of the corporation * boundaries, of the Town of Syracuse, Kosciusko County, Indiana, as given by H. S. Bortner, commencing at a stone in the' road, known as the Huntington Road, the same being two hundred and ninety-three (293) feet East, and three hundred and ninety-seven (397) N. 37(X> W. from the North west corner of the East half of the southeast quarter of section six (6) Township thirty-four (34) North, Range seven (7) east, thence south fourty-three degrees and thirty minutes west, (S 430-30 m.) three thousand six hundred and fifty-one (3,651) feet thence south ten hundred and thirteen (1013) feet thence south sixty-six degress (S 66° E) three thousand (3000) ft. thence North seventy-six degrees East (N 76<> E) four thousand seven hundred and forty-nine (4,749) ' feet thence North sixty-two degrees East (N 620 E) five hundred and twenty one (521) feet thence north fourty three degrees east (N 430 E) two hundred and sixteen (216) feet thence North fourty three degrees west (N 430 W) three thousand nine hundred and twenty nine (3929) feet across lake, thence North two hundred and twenty six (226) feet thence South eighty four degrees west (S 840 Wi) two thousand three hundred and seventy six (2,376) set to the place of beginning, containing five hundred and six-ty-one and two twenty-fifths (561 2-25) acres of land. Syracuse,' Lid., Nov. 17, 1876 The people of Syracuse met in Kindig and Stetler’s Hall for the purpose of nominating candidates for corporation officers. Bebedee Widner was appointed Chairman of the meeting. Ed F. Holloway was appointed to act as Secretary of the meeting. Moved and seconded that G. M. Ray act as Marshall carried. Moved and seconded that Wm. F. Young act as Marshall carried. Moved and seconded that Messrs.

Bilderbacks were allowed to vote carried. Moved and seconded that H. F. Lincoln act as Clerk carried. Moved and seconded that Ed F. Holloway act as Clerk carried. Moved and seconded that Jos. Bushong act as Treasurer carried. Moved and seconded that Milton Woods act as Treasurer carried. Moved and seconded that Albert Mann act as Assessor was nominated by acclaimation. Moved and seconded that Amos King act as Trustee in Ward No. 1 carried. Moved arid seconded that Addison Green and John Weaver act as Trustees in Ward No. 2 carried. Moved seconded that Evan Miles act as Trustee in Ward No. 3 carried. Moved and seconded that Charles Johnson act as the Trustee in Ward No. 3 carried. All the above candidates voted for by ballot with the exception of assessor and received the following votes opposite their respective names: For Marshal —G. M. Ray received 31 votes; Wm. F. Young received 22 votes. For Clerk—H. F. Lincoln received 30 votes; Ed F. Holloway received 29 votes. For Treasurer—Jos. Bushong received 32 votes; Milton Woods received 15 votes. For Trustee, Dist No. I—Amos King received 10 votes; F. M. Ihrfg received 9 votes; Dist. No. 2, Addison Green received 13 votes, John Weaver received 4 votes; Dist. No. 3, Evan Miles received 4 votes, Charles Johnson received 7 votes. — ■■ ■ o BAKE SALE Committee No. 1 of the U. B. Ladies Aid will conduct a market and bake sale at Klink’s Meat Market Saturday, May 18th. Hp

The Syracuse Journal Syracuse’s Slogan: ‘*A Welcoming Town WitK a Beckoning Lake.”

ENTERTAINS FOR BRIDE-ELECT On Thursday evening, Miss Rebecca Fleming entertained the members of the Junior Round Table Club at a delightful bridge party in her home at Wawasee Lake. The home was prettily decorated in blue and white, and garden flowers were placed all around through the house. Bridge was played at four tables and the high honors were won by Misses Roberta Crow, Kathryn Richhart, Elizabeth McClintic and Phyllis Mock. A very delicious luncheon was served at the card tables by the hostess, who later announced that a package had arrived for Miss Cecilia Moran, the honored guest. The package contained the shower gifts from the club members. Many useful and beautiful gifts were received by the bride elect, whose marriage is to be an event of this month.

Local Boys Attend Round-Up Three local boys, Ralph Baumgartner, Chris Baumgartner and Leonard Hibshman attended the 4-H Round Up at Purdue University. We will let Ralph, who is an enthusiastic club member, tell about the trip: Among the two thousand boys that attended the 4-H Round Up from Indiana, three were from Syracuse. Their names were Ralph Baumgartner, Chris Baumgartner and Leonard Hibschman. We belong to the New Paris 4-H Club. Ralph Baumgartner won three second premiums. These entitled him to Purdue and Club camps. He is now the O. I. C. Pig Club leader. Chris Baumgartner, brother to Ralph, won a trip by a first premuim with O. I. C. pig. Leonard Hibschman won his trip by first premium in the Holstein calf ciub. He intends to keep club work up as he has lots of pleasure doing club work. Our club had several more who won trips to the Purdue Round Up. Our leader took all of the New Paris boys who’ won except Ralph, who went in the bus with the Goshen boys. We all reached there safe. Had a good time from beginning to end. They have a lot of fine buildings there. Some are just new. Some are not yet competed. They have several farms. They carry on experiments on one. The others are more for farming. They have nice stock there. They use the boys nice in every way. The place where the club members who won the trip, had their meetings, was called Fowler Hall. This building would seat between 1500 to 2,000 people. This was about the average size of the buildings. We went Tuesday and came back Saturday. Purdue put on a special program for the club members. Boys or girls who would like to join the club, talk to Ralph Baumgartner or Leonard Hibschman. We are sure if you think you would like club work, that you would. Girls have special clubs as well as boys,

U. B. General Conference Meets The thirtieth General Conference of the. United Brethren church is being held in Lancaster, Pa. The General conference is the highest legislative body of the U. B. church, and meets every four years, each session lasting ten days. Delegates from the St. Joseph district is as follows: Laymen—Charles L. Raymond, Huntington; Jesse Eschback, Warren; L, L. Huffman, Hammond; A. D. Hamilton, Fort Wayne; L. F. Compton, West Lafayette and E. E. Richards, Roapoke. Ministers —J, W. Lake, South Bend; H. C. Beauchamp, South Bend; J. A. Groves, Logansport; C. A. Sickafoose ,Elkhart; M. S. Livengood, Huntington ,afid D, BKessinger, Huntington. o FARM BUREAU MEETING The regular meeting of the Turkey Creek Twp. Farm Bureau will be held at the new high school Tuesday evening, May 21, at 7:45 o’clock. Anyone who is interested in a better day for agriculture is welcome to this meeting. Sherman Deaton, Chairman.

Car Turns Over; Injures Five Mrs. P. R. Sprague received a slight fracture of the skull and a torn ligament in her side Tuesday when the Studebaker sedan in which she was riding, turned over In a ditch. The other occupants were bruised and wrenched considerably. Mrs. P. R. Sprague and son Dale, and daughter,. Mrs. W. C. Bartels and children were on their way here from Madison, Wisconsin, the home of Mrs. Bartels. Seven miles east of Lafayette, as they came around a sharp turn on a hill, the pavement being wet and slippery, the back wheel slid from the pavement to the soft dirt causing the car to turn over three times down the steep embankment, landing on its top. Dale, who was drivings the car quickly opened the door and helped his mother and sister and her children from the car. The machine caught fire immediately and was completely destroyed. They were taken to a hotel in Lafayette where a doctor was summoned .to attertd them. They later took the train to South Bend where Mr. Wilt and Mr. P. R. Sprague met them in Mr. Wilt’s car, and brought them to this city.

W. A. CLUB The members of the Wednesday Afternoon Club were delightfully entertained at the Self cottage on Papakeechie Lake, Wednesday, May 15. At one o’clock a delicious dinner was served to nineteen members and one guest, Mrs. Shirley. The afternoon was spent in a social manner, boating, hunting wild flowers and having a general good time. The new programs were handed out and some time was spent in talking over the work for next year. The committee in charge of this picnic was Mrs. Freeman, Mrs. Pfingst, Mrs. Lepper, Mrs. Self, Mrs. Seider and Mrs. Colwell. This meeting closed the club year and there will be a vacation until September.

IN MEMORY Os Mrs. Altlnml. by CommHte No. 3, of Lutheran Aid For the first time since Committee No. 3 was organized, Death has entered and taken one of our oldest members, Mrs. N. P. Altland. She was a faithful member and her inspiration was afl inspiration to us. We will miss her but we have the priceless heritage of her frindship and love. After awhile, when the hearts that are broken have been touched by the Healer’s Hand, and we hear the word “Come” softly spoken, we shall understand. The Chairman o RAIN DELAYS PAVING ON BISHOP ROAD The heavy rains the past few days has delayed the work on the Bishop road to the extent of not enabling the road to be completed this week, as had been anticipated. However, if the weather permits continyops wprk the balance of the week and no unforseen obstacles arise, it is expected that the work of laying concrete will be completed by Monday night. At this writing the mixer is across the track and pn the stretch of road past the Mopfp school house and Charley Beck home. No definite date as has yet been given when the road will be opened to the public, but is expected to be opened as far as the Sargent’s Hotel the fore part of next wook. o . - WEEK END PARTIES *AT SARGENT’S HOTEL Mr. Ervin Ruff of Fort Wayne, entertained a party of twelve over the week end, Mr. Guy Fredericks, of the Smith Alsop Co. of Terre Haute, entertained four of his officials at the hotel the past week end. Forty guests were served Sunday dinner. o Job printing—that’s our business.

SYRACUSE. INDIANA, THURSDAY. MAY Hv 1929

LIBRARY NOTES The library hours have been ihanged back to the summer :chedule. The library will be >pen every day from one to fivehirty with the exception of Sunday and holidays. Every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday evening from seven till nine. ‘Yes, you can go out when skies are all blue And see what I’ve seen, And go where I’ve been. sou can have fairies to lead you away, To show you strange sights and to share in your play; And the grown ups may say that your fancies are wild, But fairies are real to an innocent child.” The reading club members have read the following number Baja Rowdabaugh 9; Ruth Rowdabaugh, 11; Margaret Smith, 12; Virginia Riddle, 3; Betty White, 3; Joan Riddle, 2, Elsie Nicodemus, 5; Agnes Fleming, 4; Gertrude Fleming, 7; Ruth Nicodemus, 6; Car ma Parkhurst, 10; Kathryn Nicodemus, 10; Marjorie Slabaugh, 1; Martha Ellen Fisher, 2; Kathryn Armstrong, 1; Jimmy Butt, 3; Helen Gordy, 1. Why not enjoy an hour in the library reading our current magazines and papers? It’s quite cool and peaceful.

That New Calendar? At first it appeared as a joke, but now it looks as if the American people are taking it seriously—this proposition to so change the calendar that we will have 13 months in a year, with an even number of days in each month. Much ado is being made over the proposed change by its advocates, and we feel sure Syracuse residents will soon be joining in the discussion and “taking sides” for or against its adoption, The proposed change would standardize the months and each month Would be like this: M. T. W, & F, S. 8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 \23 24 25 26 27 28 This, however, would leave an extra day at the end of the year, so it is planned to take care pf the 365th day in each year by giving it a special name and celebrating it as a holiday. The dispute over the change resolves itself into a question of whether the advantages would make up for the disadvantages. There are, of course, two sides to the question. But since it now appears that it is actually gping to be up to congress tp pass upon it, it is not too early for our readers to give it a little thought and to form their own opinions as to whether or not -the change, the first one in 200 years if it goes through, would really be beneficial, o FIRST HEIR ARRIVES A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Connelly at the Goshen hospital last Saturday evening at 7:30 o’clock, who will be known as James Williams. The young man can boast of one privilege very few people can claim, that is of having two great-grand-mothers, Mrs. Minerva Eagles, and Mrs. Deeter, both of this city. Mother apd babe are doing fine. NOTICE Payments street assessment — South Main street, Huntington street, Harpspn street and Sewer assessment gouth Main street are due npw ? Penalty fep per eent will be attached after May 20, 1929. H. W. Buchholz, Treasurer. Through an error in the Journal pffice, Harrison street was omitted from the above hotiee which accounts for the extension of time to May 20th. o RED LETTER DAY AT WAWASEE Yesterday, Wednesday, was the day which the people of Wawasee welcomed because of the openof their post office. Beginning bn that date, and throughout the summer season, mail is delivered direct to the post office from the trains. The rural delivery from here will also serve patrons on the route through there as in the winter months.

New Hatchery Destroyed 'The explosion of an incubator was the cause of a fire which completely put J. P. Hughes out of the hatchery business for the time being at least. Mrs. Hughes, who was in charge at the time, had just stepped across the street to her home for a few moments and upon returning, saw the smoke pouring out of the windows. The entire inside was ablaze by the time it was possible to sound the alarm. Mr. Hughes stated that approximately 1200 chicks were in the hatchery, some of which were several week old, and that 16,000 eggs were in the incubators. The chicks and eggs, along with what other equipment was in the establishment were a total loss. The building was very much damaged by fire but is, no doubt, in good enough shape to be repaired. This building was just recently built and occupied by Mr. Hughes and as yet had not taken out any insurance on either the building or the contents.

MRS. MAUDE STETLER DIES Mrs. Maude Stetler, aged 40, died last Thursday night at 10:30 o’clock at her home, after an illness of one week from complications. She is survived by her husband, Fred Stetler, and two sons Harry and Emery, four brothers and four sisters. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2:30. at U. B. church, with burial at Benton, Rev. Nicodemus officiated. Obituary Luetta Maude Hentzell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Hentzell was born in Wellington, Summer county, Kansas, Dec. 23, 1888, and departed from this life Thursday evening, May 9th, at the age of 40 years, 4 months, and 17 days. She came to Indiana at the age pf four months spending the remainder of her life in and around Syracuse, In the year pf 1906 she was united in marriage to Fred Coy Stetler. To this union was born three children, Edna who' died in infancy, Emory and Harry who remain at home. She was converted in her youth uniting with the Evangelical church in later years uniting with the United Brethren church of this city, of which she was faithful to the end. She was a kind and devoted wife and mother. The deceased has been in poor health for several years, but endured her illness in patience. She leaves to mourn her departure, her husband, Fred Stetler, two sons Emory and Harry who remained at home, her mother, Mrs. B, F. Hentzell, of this city; four sisters, Mrs. Guy Simmons of New Paris, Mrs. Goldie Bell of Syracuse, Mrs. R. C. McFarren of Goshen, Mrs. Charles Beal cf Arkansas, and six brothers, Mr. James and Jphp Hentzell pf Kansas, Mr. Arthur Hentzell of Columbia City, Mr. -Millard and Charles Hentzell of Wisconsin, Mr. Hervey Hentzell of Gary and also a host of relatives and friends. We wish to acknowledge with sincere thanks the kind expression of our neighbors’ sympathy and assistance, and beautiful floral offerings. Fred Stetler and ggqs. Q —— LOCAL BOY RECEIVES HONORS Indiana University honored Prentice Kindig,, of Syracuse, at the final regimental review pf ’the R. O. T. C. Kindig, right guide, seepnd platpon of company E, had t.ne distinction of membership in the best drilled company of the regiment. 8 Secretary John W. Cravens, of the university, and a group of students and faculty attended the presentation exercises and the regimental review. The regiment went through its meaneuvers in perfect precision. The I. U. military unit this year has been pronounced the best in recent years by U. S. army inspectors, and the final parade pf the year verified this high estimate of the university soldiers. They are serving ther first year under the command of Cal. 0. P. Robinson. o . The official board of the Methodist church has granted Rev. Armstrong a two weeks leave of absence, to attend officer’s training camp at Ft. Benjamin Harrison.

I STREETS TO BE CLOSED DURING BAND CONCERTS The town council has given permission to close the streets in all directions for a distance of one half block during the band concert hour each Wednesday night this summer. Permission will be given to park within the closed area but parking must be done before the closing of the street and remain there until the concert is over with no starting of motors. The band boys will certainly appreciate this move, because of the annoynance in previous years caused by cars speeding back and forth among the crowd. o ROUND TABLE CLUB The Round Table Club held their last meeting for the year at the A. L. Miller cottage at Pappakeechie Lake last Thursday evening. After the business meeting, the members and their husbands did ample justice to the wonderful picnic supper the ladies had prepared. Three new members were taken into the club, Mrs. Barnhart, Mrs. Armstrong and Mrs. Herman.

Attend Banquet at Auburn . Several members of the Lutheran Church of here attended the Brotherhood banquet at Auburn Tuesday night which was part of the program of the Ninth Annual Convention of the Michigan Synod. The convention has been in session since Monday, the program be£ng as follows. Monday, May 13—7:30 P. M.— Holy Communion with Convention sermon by the President of the Synod. Tuesday, May 14—Afternoon session—Dr. D. Burt Smith of the Parish and Church School Board of the U. L. C. will speak and Dr, L. F. Gruber, President of the Chicago Lutheran ,Theological Seminary, will bring a message on “The Four Hundredth Anniversay of Luther’s- Small Catechism.” At 6:30 P. M. —Brotherhood Banquet followed by program in charge of Synodical Brotherhood, The Hon. John F. Kramer, of Mansfield, Qhm, will be the principal speaker. Wednesday, May 15 —Morningsession—The Rev. A. J. Traver, General secretary of the Luther League.of America, will speak. At 1:15 P. M.—Special Memorial Service in charge of Dr. L. S. Keyser of the Hamma Divinity School. During the afternoon session, the Rev. I. Chantry Hoffman, D. D., General Superintendent of the Board of American Missions, will speak, and the Representative of the Woman’s Missionary Society of the Synod will be heard. At 7:30 P. M. —Ordination service with sermon by the Rev. J. D. Brosy, D. D. Those from here who attended were Jacob Kern, Dan Klink, Dick Brunjes, Vernon Beckman and Clarence J, Kline.

LUTHER LEAGUE CONVENTION HERE Plans are rapidly coming to completion for the convention of the Synodical Luther League to be held here July 14-15. The convention will open with the vesper service on, Sunday evening at 7:30. The sermon will be preached by the president of the Michigan Synod, the Rev. A. H. Keek, D. D. At the banquet on Monday evening the principal speaker will be the Rev. F. W, Otterbein of Chicago. o INSPECTION AND INITIATION The inspecting officer of the Pythian Sisters was here Friday evening to inspect the local lodge. A six o’clock pot luck supper was enjoyed after which a class of six were initiated into the lodge. Q RESERVATIONS AT TAVERN The Ligonier high school have made reservaticns at the Tavern for their reception to be held May 25th. The Alumni Association of the Ligonier High School have made arrangements to hold their banquet at The Tavern on the 29ttv Reservations have been booked for the convention of the Service Club of Indianapolis from May 30th to J 2nd,

THINGS TO ! THINK ABOUT Review of Things by the Editor As He Sees Them on the Surface. Trade 4t Home Communities prosper only in the proportion to the support given them by their residents. 1 You cannot boost your town by I trading elsewhere, or placing 1 business in other localities, that i could be done just as well, per- { haps better, right here at home lin our .own home town, by our * own peoplb. Folks who try to save pennies oftentimes lose dollars by it in the long run, by doing so. The home merchant and business man is generally honest and offers honest merchandise and honest service for your money. He cannot afford to do otherwise. He depends for his living on the continual business dealings of community and must give the community what it asks for at a fair price. When you are tempted to trade elsewhere, and purchase something “just as good” at a lower price, you should consider it seriously before you buy. You would not enjoy living in a community where the “trade elsewhere” spirit had grown to the extent to make it unprofitable for the local merchant to carry a complete line, and you were forced to go out of town for some of the necessities of life, and in that event, add the cost of transportation on to each small individual item, as it was needed-. How To Tell AV hoppers and Get Away With It. As the season of fish stories approaches, perhaps the following pointers may be of assistance to the tellers of fishy tales: 1. Size up youi listener before you begin. If he looks easy, add five pounds; extra easy, ten pounds. 2. Never bring the fish home. They shrink in transit. 3. Work without photographs. Many a man has been hung on circumstantial evidence. 4. Take your wife into your confidence. Bribe her if necessary. If that doesn’t succeed, try another wife. 6. After you’ve made up your story, stick to it. Many a seemingly successful man owes it all to his wife’s father. It is true that we no longer have the good old days. In fact we never did have them. They existed only in the imaginations of those who for some reason or other are sorry that they are alive. As a nation, we are better off now than ever before in history. The only respect in which we have retrograded is that along with more blessings, we have more cynics, knockers and revolutionaries than ever. The editor is glad that the boys are going to wear hats again and we do not mind if they, we mean the hats, are of startling colors. The hat dealers were facing an emergency and had to invent something. Long ago the girls discovered that colors brightened up things a lot but the men always have to tag along behind. They may be able to divide the the calender into 13 months, but so far the moon refuses to go around the earth 13 times in a year. Women used to wear Gobble skirts so tight around the ankles they could hardly step. Now they wear ’em so tight around the hips they can hardly sit. This Week’s Puzzle Puller Question: Why is the word “smiles” the longest word in the English language? Answer: Because, there is a mile between the first and last letter. The inconsistency of -man cannot be better demonstrated than by the fact that he wears a hat until it makes him bald and then he wears one to hide his baldness. V —- FeW things are as expensive as those we try to get for nothing. A woman wouldn’t care to be an invalid if she couldn’t talk of her

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