The Syracuse Journal, Volume 22, Number 32, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 5 December 1929 — Page 1

by Arthur Brisbane Kellogg Peace Fruits To Boom Good Times When A Mau Scribbles Think of Mexico

China says Russia’s attack on her Manchurian possessions, seiz ing the railroads, killing Chin se setting fire to their homes, etc. is a defiance of the Kellogg peace pact. ! Britain and America will talk that over and see I what can be done about it. Henderson, lor eign minister in Britain’s la io cabinet, says Japan will take p :r in the discussion. Russia a k no one’s Advice arid the . o.il; thing that could be done about i< would be to fight Russia. It would be interesting if tin first fruits of the Kellogg peace pact should be the start of another war. If that war came Japan, highly intelligent wouh send a few “observers,” as ir the big war, and do hothing else Britain would be tbo busy with other things, and too “fed up” foi any more fighting. Uncle San would be told: “After all, Kellogg is your man. It isj your peact pact. Have the common decen cy to attend to this matter. Instill of Chicago, Qortelyou o • New York and Owen D. Young; of Europe, New York and every where have seen thg President They and the other' industria stars promise the President tc • co-operate in his admirable un- ‘ dertaking, promotion of new en terprises, wise spending of monej and creation of jobs. I Their promise is no small one for they agree to spend fifteen, hundred million dollars on one program. What the country needs, if if really needs anything beyond common sense, is to spend part of the money we have, and wc have hundreds of billions of it On past occasions thijs country has stood petrified, unable tc move, like a man watching hi: house burn down, unable to use his legs or hands. Business men that know what it means to take an inventory of a good sized store wiil shud der when they hear that Doctoi Shapely of Harvard han a plarfor taking an inventory of the universe, or “an index” as he calls it. Man is very far dowr in that inventory, about as important as a shoesiring in z wholesale dry goods store. In the very thing is tc be listed in its place, from electrons to “super galaxies.” The difference between a super-gal-hxy and ar electron, of which millions might revolve unperceived around their neucleus ir the corner of the eye, is quite a difference. Consider that the molcules in a pint of water, placed side by side, touching, would go around the earth two hundred million times; that our sun is a million times as big as the earth; that here exist other suns, one million times as big (is ours ,and yom can imagine what a cosmic inventory that would be. But men will make it, including every thing within the telescope’s reach. BENTON TOWNSHIP BUREAUWILL MEET The Benton. Township Farm Bureau will hold its. first meeting for the season, in the Benton Community schoolhouse, Friday Dec. 6, at 7p. m. Everyone is urged to be present, by Charles Weybright, chcairman. According to hini, a state speaker has promised to address the meeting, and the Home Talent Players will entertain with a play entitled: “When Mother Pulls the String.” A warm lunch is to be served and each member is urged to ° bring cups for himself and family. o . FIRST PARENT-TEACHER MEETING WELL ATTENDED The first Parent-Teachers’ meeting of this season wss held Nov, 25th, at the Judy Community school house, in Benton. Twp. About 50 were present. Ferrell Ott has been named to lead the community singing for the winter season, according to Chas. Weybright, chairman, and the program committee in charge of the next 1 meeeting is composed of: Sylvester Fisel, Geo. Swinehart and Floyd Kurtz, These men will assist the teachers to plan the entertainment for the next meeting. Friday night, Dee. 20, at 7 o’clock.

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WEATHER IS BLAMED FOR CAR WRECKS Mrs. Rowdabaugh Hurt As Auto Turnrs Over— Machines Damaged Wrecking- cars have been busy Jus last week of wintery weather >nnging. in machines with anyJiing from frozen radiators to uroken axles. , Most of the ac--cidents have resulted in injuries' co machines instead of occupants. . But Mrs. S. E. Rowdabaugh was rn uised and‘shaken up, when the car her husband was driving ■ome from Ann Arbor, last Wednesday, turned over about a mile north of Bristol, following a slide on the ice. According to Mr. Rowdabaugh. .hey were able to reach up ano open the doors and climb out. A Bristol wrecking crew got them under way again within an hour. Having received SIOO from the i .nsurance company and unable co wait for his Ford to be repaired, as he must get back to Ann Yrbor by Monday, Mr. Rowda-i •augh traded in the wrecked car I on a new one. This is his third wreck in the ast nine years, but the first ;ime he has been accompanied, he states. Another accident was that of : lugh Miller, who had been called to Chicago on business, and .vho was driving home Saturday light. A crash on 83rd street n Chicago, removed a wheel, of lis Buick sedan, among other iamage, and he returned home ..o Brunjes Park, by coming as ar as Syracuse by train. Sunday morning, about ten o’clock, a skidding car, thought to oe owned by Wolferman, of Milord, skidded and crashed into a telephone pole on Huntington street near the N. C. Insley residence. According to chance observers, Wolferman’s car seemed about to pass another car, also headed east on Huntington. -vhen it turned down Pearl street. Jutting on his brakes to avoid hitting the other fellow, caused Mr. Wolferman to skid and strike the telephone pole which fell with a crash. Mr. Wolferman seemed to have been unhurt, but his car was damaged. 24 GUESTS ENJOY PARTYSATURDAY Twenty four guests were en.ertained at the dinner-bridge party givin by Mrs. Joe Rapp ind N|rs. L. A. Seider, Saturday. A three course dinner was served at 6:30, at Mrs. Rapp’s lome, yellow candles* and small hrysanthemuips being used as decorations. Then the party vent to Mrs. Seider’s home, .vhere the six tables of bridge vere played. Prizes were given for high scores, second high, third and ourth, as well as for the one to make a grand slam and to first told 100 aces. As Mrs. Hallie Holloway made i grand slam, and also held high score, she chose the prize given lor high, and the other one was *iven to Mrs. George Xanders, ,vhose score for the evening was low. Mrs. Ernest Bushong won second, Miss Alice Mann, third; Miss Vlyrtle Foxford, fourth and Miss Leila Connolly won as holding 100 aces. Guests of Mrs. Rapp and Mrs. Seider, were: Mesdames. Charles Kroh, Byron Connolly, Eugene Maloy, C. W. Howard, Harry Grieger, Ernest Bushong, Irving Bishop, Cecilia Disher, John Klingerman, Harold Kitson, K. Harkless, H. Harkless, H. Halloway, Geo. Xanders, and the Misses Christine Rapp, Lois Butt, Helen Jeffries, Margaret Freeman, Alice and Nellre Mann, Nell Sprague, Leila Connolly, Elizabeth McClintic, Myrtle P'oxford, Gertrude Hoch. . MISSION \TrOLE MEETS The Church of God Mission Circle met Tuesday afternoon at the parsonage with Rev. and Mrs. Chapman, The next meet•ng will be the first Tuesday in January, at the home of Mrs. Sada HowardL z

Syracuse Students A. t Indiana Grow Beards In No Shave Club

Most of the Syracuse young men, attending school at Indiana University, belonged to the club. U‘We Won’t Shave Until Indiana Wins a Football Game.’ this past season. But as far as could be learned, Sol Miller, Jr.’s, beard had the longest life for the home town—about three weeks. This club was organized when ! Indiana had bad luck at the beginning of the football season. Before the club had been in exis- . tense long, 500 to 600 members had joined. Each agreed not to 1 shave until his school would win • a game. The penalty for anylone not living up to the agreemen he had signed, was to be 20 cracks with a paddle. A number of girls swore not 'j to use powder or rouge until j their school won a game, and; still more of the girls announced ‘ I they’d have no dates with shav- i en students, while the school [ team was on the small end of, the football score. When Indiana finished the ’

NO MEN WILL ACT IN PLAY SATURDAY — There are no men in the cast of characters, just announced by the Junior Ladies of the Round Table, who will present the play, Cupid and Calories, in the high school gym Saturday night. The play is being given to pay part of the cost of the new chairs in the gym. One hundred and seventy six more were received last week, and are now in place. With Mrs. William Kindig acting as house mother of the house where the scenes of the play take place, others who have been chosen are: Velma Fleming, Cleo Cory, Marjorie Connolly, Anna Rex, Erin Fleming, Roberta Crow, Kathryn Richhart. Esther I Wyatt, Henrietta Brunjes, Mar-j garet Wolfe and Elizabeth McClintic. Miss Acquilla Wyatt is coaching the cast. G.W. RARIG FUNERAL WAS HELD MONDAY Funeral services for George Washington (Wash) Rarig, were held at the Church of God, Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. Floyd Hedges officiating. Burial was made in the Syracuse cemetery. Mr. Rarig, who was 71, died in the hospital in Warsaw, Saturday morning, from uremic poisoning which was caused by his right hip. which he broke in a fall a few weeks ago. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Lloyd Stewart of Goshen and Mrs. Floyd Reed of Auburn; four sons, Guy Rarig, Irvin and O. Rarig, of this city; one brother William, of Nappanee. Pall bearers at the services were Ed McClintic, Ocal Craft, Henry Lavering and Frank Swihart.

Interesting Personals About Syracuse Folks

Thanksgiving, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Freeman entertained their son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Freeman, Jr., of Wabash; and their daughter, Miss Margaret, w(io is attending school at Beloit, Wise. Mrs. Louisa Johnson, Miss Lillian Johnson, Franklin Johnson and Virgil Cranor of Richmond; and Mrs. Sarah Howard and Roscoe Howard were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Howard, on Thanksgiving. Harry Stone had the misfortune to slip-and fall and severely sprain his ankle on returning to his home from the Thanksgiving dinner at the Hinderer home, Thursday night. He was able to return to school on Monday. Mrs. T. E. Morse, of Toledo, 0., was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Stephen Freeman Friday and Saturday. Their mother, Mrs. Esther Walters, who has been ill at Mrs. Freeman’s home, is reported improved. z Mrs. Jerry Hamman who injured her leg in a fall a fort-

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: game with Ohio State. 0-0. it was i considered enough of a victory to ■ be recorded, and some of the 600 1 shaved one side of their faces; others shaved a patch on their chins, or on their upper lips, giving themselves the appearance of moth-eaten airdales. When Indiana defeated Northwestern, there came the rush to the barber shops. And the rush of newspaper men and movie men who had taken pictures of the bearded wonders, and were hurrying to photograph them in the act of losing their whiskers. One barber shop, according to the students home for Thanksj giving, gave free shaves to the . 10 with the longest beards. And ’ the man with the very worst: beard was given a shaving mug 1 ' free—it measuring about 2 feet i j in heighth. I If, Indiana had finished the 1 , season without a vistory, the No I Shave Club planned to shave two} ’days after the final game. i

SENATOR TO WORK FOR PAVING OF ROUTE In a statement to the Journal. Senator Chas. Stery says: “In further reference to the Hills and Lakes Highway, I will say that I shall devote my time both now and during the next session of the Legislature in the behalf of the paving of this important route which I honestly believe can be put over with the cooperation of the towns along this highway.” SONFINDS MOTHER DEAD INKER CHAIR Fully clothed, with her shawl wrapped about her, and seated before the stove. Mrs. Margaret Strieby was rotund d6ad in her home Saturday morning by her son, Jesse. Although she suffered from heart trouble, she insisted on living alone, but her son went morning and evening to attend the fire for her. Saturday morning no one answered his knock, and it was necessary for him to break in the door to reach his mother. Mrs. Strieby was 75 years old. Her funeral was held Monday morning in her son’s home. Rev. Floyd Hedges officiating. Burial was made in the Zion cemetery. She is survived by two children, her son Jesse and daughter, Mrs. James Mick. FORMER SYRACUSE MAN BURIED HERE TUESDAY News of the death of her uncle, John Meyer, of Mason City, lowa, was received by Mrs. Dan Wolf. Tuesday. Mr. Meyer who died Tuesday morning was chief engineer of the cement plant when it was in operation in Syracuse. He is survived by his wife and son. The body, brought to Syracuse, will be buried this afternoon at 1 o’clock. Mr. Meyer was a Mason.

night ago, accidentally spilled some wat4r which had been boiling on the stove, on the same bruised left leg Friday and has been suffering with burns ever since. Mr. and Mrs. E E. Ellis and children, who had spent Thanksgiving with Mrs. Ellis’ parents, Rev. and IMhs. Geo. L. Chapman, phoned Syracuse that they had reached home safely, in Cleve* land, 0., following their drive there, Sunday. Those who spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Searfoss were: Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Schwan and two sons of Fort Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Strock and family of Garrett, Mr. and Mrs. Donovan Strock and family of Syracuse and Mrs. Hannah Smeltzer of Wakarusa. It only took their flivver fifteen and one-half hours to make the 210 miles home from Bloominton when Charles Bachman, Jr., Prentice Kindig, Sol Miller, Jr., and his guest, John Dallinger of Buffalo, N. Y., drove to Syracuse for Thanksgiving vacation from

HIGH SCHOOL PUTS 20 ON HONOR ROLL Special Mention Given sth Grade Students For Month’s Work Twenty high school students are on the honor roll for the third month of school, none ' of these having missed school during the month, or received below “B’ in either studies or de-1 portment. Seniors are: Arnold Culver, i Velma Fleming and Irene Shock i ■ Juniors none. i Sophomores: Velva Brown I *Mary Jensen and Pauline Shock. | The Freshmen had the most: > Bachman, Alice Coy | *Joe Freeman, Joe Kindig, .Shirley Miles, Elsie" Nicodemus and! Elizabeth Ward. ’ Eighth Grade: *James Free-i man. Leonard Hibschman, Betty ' . White. ; Seventh Grade: *Elbert Groves. Bernice Held. George Mdes 'and Ruth Rowdabuagh. j Those m ’ I*) had all A’s ! in the'" les ?U as in deportr.,’ it. Sti :.?nt. given spec/ ! mention ion ’ h’s. i avis' Fifth Grade honlor .oil are' students receiving 6 I A’s and C or above in deportiment. These are; Kathryn Nico- ! demur, Jaems Butt, Juanita Gei'g< r and 1 ucy Bat hmim. ! Students wort'iy of mention, 1 receiving no grade low n ,han C. are: Alva Sea. be ai y, Evelyn Schroeder, Betty Hugrm Edna Hurtig. Kathryn FisF m Margaret Hutsell. Mcie ’J’ ’'tench, Lucile Osborn. Henry Miles and Malva Scarbeary. $124 RECEIVED IN L RED CROSS DRIVE The Red Cross drive netted ' $124. of which SB2 was the sum p given by Syracuse residents, and; $42 gifts of township residents, [ according to Mrs. Wm. Kiridig. i chairman of the drive. Last ‘ year’s receipts were but SBS, and ; the year before that, $125, only 1 passing this year’s total by sl. “As chairman for the Red Cross ■ Drive in this township, I want to show my appreciation of all the solicitors who have done such good w’ork,” Mrs. Kindig states, “and also to the subscribers for ) their splendid support, in which they gave so generously to the 1 ' amount of $124. Os this amount J1 $42 from the country, and SB2 r from Syracuse. This money has • been turned over to B. Maish, of < Warsaw, county chcairman. _ 1 1 thank you.” Mrs. Kindig con- < eludes. o f W. C. T. U. WILL MEET ;< The W. C. T. U. will meet next 1 ] Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 10, at ( the home of Mrs. Frank Klink. < All members to be : present as this is the last meet-, ing of the year.

Saturday noon, Mrs. Chas. C. Bachman entertained the local boys hofne from school at Indiana State, and Saturday evening Mrs. Sol Miller had dinner for them. In addition to the students from Bloomington, Ralph Miller, attending at North Manchester, was one of the party. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Connolly, and Leila, Leon and James; Mr. and Mrs. Byron Connolly and son Jimmie; Mrs. Angeline Edmonds; Mrs. Sarah Houser and son-in-law, Fred Phillips, and his daughter Gwendolyn, of Millersburg, were Thanksgiving dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Thibodeaux. Mr .and Mrs. E. L. Holman and children of Chicago, with their guests, Mrs. Holman’s aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. John Penson, spent Thanksgiving and last week end at their home in Maxwelton Manor. They closed their summer home Sunday, and returned to Chicago for the winter. Mr. a?d Mrsfl. C. J. Kline entertained 20 at dinner Thanksgiving. They were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Farley and three daughters,

, t Do You Remember---Twentj Years Ago When the firm of Colwell Brothers was dissolved by the I retirement of W. T. Colwell. ❖ Fifteen Year* Ago Rev. E. F. Valbracht came to □e pastor of the Grace Lutheran church. * * * Ten Years Ago Ben Vorhis cracked his rib and had, to have five stitches taken in his head when he fell through an open bridge near Milford i Junction during a storm. 5 Years Ago i i When. John By lard. Jr., shot 110 pound wild goose Thanksgiving day. The Bylands had goose for Thanksgiving dinner. Bank Officals Re-Elected At Annual Meeting All of last years directors were re-elected to office at the annua’ meeting of stockholders of the State Bank of Syracuse, Tuesday. Stephen Freeman will continue as president; A. W. Geyer, south of town, and A. A. Razor, of Warsaw, vice-presidents :and’ J, P. Dolan and Mrs. Sol Miller lirectors, \ : ■ The meeting was addressed by J. E. Ashbaugh, fromer speaker vs tire State House of Representatives. a stockholder of the Syracuse bank, who now lives in Fort 1 Wayne, The newly re-elected directors’, < meeting followed that of the stockholders. At the noon hour ; 20 of the stockholders had lunch- * eon together at the hotel. 1 FARM BUREAU OF INDIANA MEETS; A new and by- ! laws were*dopted at the annual farm bureau state convention in i [ Indianapolis last week. ' " The new articles of incorpora-! tion were filed at the Stat ' i House November 27. anh are | now effective. The convention was pronounced as the most important and the most interesting held by the federation in its eleven years of existence. More than 2,01 M) i delegates and visitors attended i the various sessions of the two- I day meeting. All of the officers yvere re-elected, namely, W. H. i Settle, president; Lewis Taylor. - first vice-president and Mrs. < Chas. C. Sewell, second vicepresident. v > Frank O. Lowden, ex-governor < of Illinois, and Chris L, Christen- ■ sen, secretary of the Federal Farm Board, addressed the con- 1 vention. 1

and J. J. Kaiser, of Elkhart; Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Mick and son Dickie of Goshen; Ernest Richhart, Jr., of South Bend; and Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Richhart and family, of Syracuse. Driving home about 6 o’clock last Friday evening, Mrs. Victor Niles had the unpleasant experience of her car stalling in a drift, about two miles and a half north of td’frn. Mrs. Niles had been taking care of Mrs. Esther Walters who is ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Stephen Freeman. She was forced to walk half a mile to reach home —and Mr. Niles’ truck pulled the stalled car out the next morning. Rev. and Mrs. R. G. Foust report seeing at least 15 deserted cars lying turned over on their sides, along the road to Van Wert, 0., where the Fousts spent Thanksgiving. “One Chrysler ‘sedan turned over right ahead .of us, along about the state line,” Rev. Foust said. “It wasn’t long until a number of cars had stopoed; we got the machine righted with a woman and child still in it, unhurt, and the car not even .scratched.”

REAL CITY . DIRECTORY PUBLISHED Correct Names And Aliases Found After Research For Reference Use A few month.* ago when the editor came to Syracuse, and, in his earnest way. sought information for some news story, it was always: “Ask Duck, or Pills, or Boots or Bow Wow,” or persons ; with such names. In several cases it required much research' to learn a business man’s correct name, for use in a news story. When it came to making out ballots for the ! last election, it -was necessary to jask the nominees, their real names to make the election official: an<l it was almost necessary to print tile .nicknai’.a Iso Voters w ould know for whom they voted. But after much research, and with the assistance of a few of the men, with several oames. the editor has finally been able to compile this real city directory, and is printing it sc he can clip it and hang it on the wall for ’.■eference work? ami you' will do the same. It seems the Big Three, bachelors. namely, Roscoe Howard,. Tim Searfoss and Earnest Buchholz, are named Phrony. Why, t cannot bb learned. ■ George L: is known is Zum; Elmer Miles. Skinner; I. C. Wright, Jack: Admiral Paul ’ones. Dot: C. R. Hollett, Bugs; Preston Miles. Presto Electric; )r. B ; F, Hoy, Chief White Eagle; John Gordy, Smoker: Cassius Gordy, Coon; Vern Bushong, Tip. Fred Sloan is soir . ?s Shad and sometimes Foxy, dependinjr on whether the party addressing him knows his" fishing prowess better than his hunting prowess. Howard Bowser is IF Us; Harold Bowser, Bow'Wow; Phillip Bowser. Butt: Albert Emerson, Doc Yak; Andrew Hibner, Andy Gump: Allan Ott, Boots.* F. M. Ott, is known as Squint; Dr. C. R, Hoy. Deni y; JoeMil!er, Skinny; J. P. Dolan, lyd; Ed nrue, Dick; Warren Reimrow, Peck; Buford IwCount. Dave; Sam Snavely, Nat; Hugh Causer, (Continued on Last Page) LONG’S NEW HOME TO BE READY SOON The new Dutch colonial home, probably the most modern equipped in this vicinity, which W. E. Long started on Kale Island, Oct. 1, is to be ready for occupancy by the middle of December, according to Mr. Campbell, architect. The fence about the property is of French Chestnut, bound by copper wire, and expected t<>' last indefinitely. The new home has a modem heating plknt, which is an automatic oil heater, controlled _in summer by an equastate, and in winter by a pressure-stat and therma-stat. The fTeating plant furnishes hot water, heat, and acts as garbage incinerator. There is a 100 barrel cistern for storing the water supply, and' a pump which will Be used chiefly for sprinkling and fire protection. o — The Sunday school of the Grace Lutheran church will give their Christmas program, a Christmas pageant, on Sunday evening, Dec. 22nd. SGSwof 16 More Shopping Days Until Christmas

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