The Syracuse Journal, Volume 23, Number 28, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 6 November 1930 — Page 1

7WW 6/ Arthur Brisbane STILL A QUEER WORLD. DON’T NEGLECT COLDS. SHAW’S UNIVERSAL BUILDERS ONLY ONE BILLION.

Four banka are to combine in New York city, making a J1,000,000,P0C concern that'will have more branches than any other bank in America. It will not have more dollars, one billion being “small change” among institutions like the Chase, Equitable, National City and other. All things, even staid finance, change. Once a great bank took pride in immobility, remaining on the same spot for a century or more. Now banka are in the chain store business, competing with drug stores, cigar stores and gas stations for the best corners. To hold your place in this day, as Mr'. Murphy said, it is necessary to keep moving. Uncle Sam changes hii views also. A few years ago he was chopping Standard Oil into little pieces because it threatened to become a billion-dol-lar concern, which was more than he could stand. Now, American Telephone & Telegraph alone owns five billion dollars’ . worth of real assets, to say nothing lof good will and franchise value, and tjncle Sam is calm. He has been in the billion-dollar business himself sjnce the big war. George Bernard Shaw revealed a list of the “eight builders of universe” at a dinner in honor of Professor Einstein. His list reads: Aristotle, Pythagoras, Copernicus, Ptolemy, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Einstein. i It is a good list, although the future has still to pass on Einstein's right to a place in it. Shaw might have crowdedjn Archimedes, who did so much for physics that for 1,000 years nothing of importance was added to his work. And fie might well have included Descarbts, one of the six greatest- astron bmers. i Dr. I* Slieglitx of New York, a brilliant physician and scientist, rebuked fan elderly patient for neglecting a cold. The rebuke should be useful to all men past fifty. “Nothing cotlid Jbe more dangerous,” said Doctor Stieglitx. “When you neglect a cold i at fifty or older you deliberately en-i danger your life. A cold in itself may * be easily cured with two or three' days in bed. Neglected, it runs into I j' pneumonia. “Mr. Whitney, who died recently,’ aged fifty-eight, had a cold and went > about for three days neglecting it, I attending to business, and finally! went to bed. Pneumonia developed! and he died in twenty-four hours. He hadn't a chance. If he had gone' to bed at the first signs of a cold, he would probably be alive and well now." Men around sixty are dull beings, usually, but some of them do' useful work, and are important to their families, They should Jieed Doctor Stieglitx* warning. You are living in a world still primitiv'e. Brasil reorganises itself by violence, just at this country did 154 years ago, and the Brazilian mob in Sao Paulo tears down its Cambucy prjson, as the mob of the French revolution tore down .the Bastille. In the Artic German scientists, - traveling peacefully on their dog sleds, were suddenly abandoned by their Greenlander guides, who informed the Germans that there were demons on the ice. They knew it by the sudden change* of the weather. The Germans tried to persuade the Greenlanders that demons live in a hot country and couldn’t stand the , ice, but the Greenlanders know better. Their hell is frozen, not Mussolini Aim definite ideas about supplying employment and giving a , (Continued on Last Page)

ADMISSION TO BE CHARGED AT VEGETABLE GROWERS SHOW

NAPPANEE, Nov. s—The best onions, turnips, cabbage, potatoes and celery grown on the muck lands of northern Indiana will be on display November 13, 14, and 15 in the muck crops show, to be held at Nappanee in the Community Park building. The show is being sponsored by the Nappanee Kiwanis club and held under the auspices of the Indiana Vegetable Growers association, cooperating with Purdue University. C. B. Dickerson, supervisor of federal inspectors of fruits and vegetables will be the official judge. Prises will be awarded on onions, potatoes, cabbage, celery, turnips and carrote from sls firsts down to SI.OO and aggregating nearly $500.00. Educational features will be emphasised, in addition to the competition for which prises are offered by the Vegetable Growers association. Manufacturer's exhibits will occupy a share of space in the holding. Friday, November 14, will be the day of particular interest to the vegetable growers, when a full day’s program of information particularly adapted to northern Indiana muck lands will be presented. Dr. C. T. Gregory, H. K. Riley, and & D. Conner, of Purdue, F. O. Underwood, Cornell univenritjfi and Prof, Paul

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VOLUME XXII

DAN KLINK WINNER BY THREE VOTES

FLAMES BURN ROOF BEFORE DISCOVERED

No One Home As. Fire Breaks Out at Home of Pensinger’s The damage done by fire yesterday afternoon was estimated at SSOO when the house on Lake street, occupied by Dio Pensinger and family, partially burned. The property was formerly owned by Mrs. Nancy Nines, but has since been transferred to her daughter, Mrs. Lilly Juday, with whom she lives, in Sylvania, Ohio. It could not be learned if the damage is covered by insurance. No one was at home when the fire was discovered. Mrs. Sy Bauer, a neighbor, discovered the shingle roof ablaxe about 1:30 Wednesday afternoon, ard turned in the alarm. Both the chemical truck and the pumper were ru.'hed to the scene, many volunteers appearing promptly to fight the blaze. Right at the start, Russell Hinder-' er was injured. He had climbed to the blazing roof, and was struck on the head by a falling chimney. He was rushed to the doctor, where the injury was treated. It was not necessary to use stitches to close the wound. Mrs. Pensinger, at work at Wilt's, learned of her burning home ; and hurried there. With assistance of neighbors she moved her furniture from the upstairs, to save it from damage from fire and water. ft was impossible to get the blaze under control, by use of chemicals only, so the hose was attached to the city main to reach the fire before getting beyond control. The water soon lessened the blaze and chemicals were again used to extinguish flames between partitions inside the house. Various guesses as to the cause of the fire are made. One is defective wiring, another a faulty chimney, and the third sparks blown from bonfires of burning leaves on the street.Fifty minutes of hard work on the part of the volunteers, saw the fire extinguished. POLICE VISIT CITY SEEKING C. M’MANN Police from Ligonier accompanied by business men of Cromwell and South Bend, were in town Tuesday afternoon, looking for Charles McMann. It seems that McMann has been flooding the surrounding towns with bad checks on a Ligonier bank. , The men from South Bend cashed two checks for McMann totalling $22, which were returned to them marked "no funds.” It could not be learned how much the Cromwell business men had paid on similar checks, but it was stated that McMann had flooded Columbia City with checks which were no good. Several years ago McMann worked for C. W. Howard, as a plumber, and it was thought that he might be {found in Syracuse. No trace was | found of him, however.

Harmer, Michigan State college, will be the speakers on the program. Their subjects will cover a range from production costs to insect control. At a banquet on Friday evening, F. C. Gaylord, of Purdue, secretary of the Vegetable Growers association, will present medals to 400 Bushel Potato club members and 1000 Bushel Onion club members. Dean J. K. Skinner, of Purdue, and O. K. Quivey, agriculture agent of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, are also on the banquet program. The show will be open to the public all three days and evenings. No admission will be charged. Rules for Entry. 1. All exhibits are to be in place by 9 A. M. the opening day of the show. 2. Prepay charges on exhibits to be shipped to Superintendent of the Show, Nappanee, Ind. X Exhibits to become property of exhibitors at the close of the show. 4. All exhibits will remain in place until the closing of the show. 5. Exhibits must be grown by the exhibitor. 6. Only prizes worthy of awards will be honored. 7. Enclose name and entry with exhibit.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, 6. 1930.

$115.50 INCOME RESULTING FROM MATTY’S DINNER

Mdtty Katzsr's dinner at the Tavern, Tuesday evening was a success. -One hundred and eighty-eight people were served, and donations were sent in by many more who were unable to attend the dinner, so $115.50 was received, and deposited at the bank, Wednesday morning by Matty. He said that he will ask the Commercial Club of Syracuse to appoint a committee to investigate needy cases and distribute necessities to be bought by this fund. Money taken in from the 50 cent meals served, totalled $107.50. The rest of the $115.50 was money sent in by people who wished to contribute to this fund, but who could not attend the dinner. In some cases, folks who did attend the dinner donated more than 50 cents to the fund. Also $4.50 was obtained from the sale of cakes left after dinner. The list of those who sent in money is as follows: Mr. and Mrs. Emory Kindig and Miss Ethel Johnson; N. G. Skidgell, H. L. Winters, F. L. Hoch, Charles Bowersox, L. H. Brakes, Walker White, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Foster, M. W. Macy, Mrs. Zella Leacock,

BL YS PROPERTY ON NORTH SHORE TO BUILD HOME J N. B. Putman, road eontractorof Fort Wayne, has purchased Trom Gene Fitch, a 325 foot tract of land on the north shore of Lake Wawasee, and plans to start work on a summer home there this fall. The tract is * located between the summer home of , William Noll and the Spink-Wawa- , see hotel, It is expected the home will be ready for, occupancy next spring by Mrs. Putman and her daughter, MaryHelen, who is a student at Ohio University. . . ' o- ■ FRIENDS SURPRISE COUPLE, AGED.7B A birthday dinner was held Sunday at the home of Mr. ap'd Mrs. Henry Kolberg, who live south west of town. It was in celebration of the birthday of Mr. and Mrs. Kolberg, both of whom became 76 years of age within a few days of each other this week. Early in the forenoon Mr. and Mrs. Kolberg had been taken to call on their cousin, Jonas Cripe, who was injured recently. On their return home they found their house full of gueets who had brought gifts and a picnie dfnner. Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Thuryl Clell and family, Mrs. Ethel Lehman and daughter, and Mizs Mildred Wallace of Elkhart, Mr. and Mrs. Fern Bunger and family, Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Rodebaugh, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Simmons and family Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Hess, Huber and Allen Rodebaugh of Goshen, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Swain of Akron, 0., Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kolberg and family, Mr. and Sirs. Ralph Iden and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hyndman, Harold Babcock, Mr. and Mrs. I Jerry Hamman and Lillian Hamman of Syracuse and vicinity. 1 0 — LETTER TELLS OF WTO ARIZONA Mrs. Wlnsor has received a letter from P. E. Winter and son Morris, who left Syracuse, October 19, to spend the winter in Mexico and Arizona on account of Mr. Winsor’s health. The letter says “Times are very hard here. We see hundreds, I mean hundreds of people with their household goods on buggies, wagons, carts and autos, moving east. No work and noting to eat. We saw men hitched up to covered wagons with their goods and families in them, pulling them, going east. “But things are cheap here. I paid > 26 cents for a pound of creamery butter last night on the desert. Chick- > ens 40 cents apiece and vegetables 1 very cheap. I bought bread today, two loaves for 15 cents, and they > bake the best bread out here I ever ate. 1 “I have been breathing real good since noon today, for we are now at 1 an altitude of about 4,000 feet and it does me good. I now have an appetite 1 like a starving man, and can eat 10 meals a day and I sleep like I used to 1 do. I think we will be in Los Cruses, Now Mexico, tomorrow.”

Jim Krch, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Coy. and W. G. Connolly. Those who attended the dinner and gave extra funds were: Dr. and Mrs. C. R. Hoy, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mensenberger, Roy Miles. As guests arrived, they were shown to places at the table in the dining room of the Tavern, where dinner was served by club women of Syracuse. Other club women remained in the kitchen washing dishes and silverware, so that there was no delay in serving new arrivals. The dinner had been donated and prepared by Matty, with the exception of cakes given by various club women in Syracuse, and of a bushel of potatoes given by Mrs. Burton Howe. Those who donated cakes were Mesdames: M. Smith, Sol Miller, John Grieger, Kegg, Thornburg, Joe Rapp, H. Holloway, E. Bushong, H. Harmless, K. Harkless, G. Xanders, Roy Brown, John W’alton, W’ill Mallon, A. W. Emerson, L. A. Seider, and Miss Alice Mann. _ During the dinner hour music was (Continued on Last Page)

HONOR ROLL NAMES GIVENFOR MONTH -Each of the grades in school, and all of the classes in High School have representatives on the houor ’roll for the second month of school, save the Seniors, who are not represented. On the honor roll from the Junior class of High school are: Velva Brown, Elvin Doll, Mary Jensen. Sophomores: Harriett Bachman, Allie Coy, Joe Freeman, Shirley Miles. Freshmen: James Freeman, Leonard Hibschman, Kingsley Pfingst. Elbert Groves represents the Eighth p-ade. For the Seventh are: Pauline Hibschman, Carma Parkhurst, D’Maris Shock, Nancy White, George Bill Smith and Ralph Mick. Juanita Geiger is the only one from the Sixth grade. Jean Emerson, Agnes Fleming, Philip Miles and Donald Tribble represent the Fifth. • Doris Boggs, Katherine Dillen and Burton Niles are on the Fourth grade honor roll. For the Third grade, are: Florence Baugher, Lois Dillen, Katherine Disher, Billie Emerson, Betty Harkless, Lois Kline, Scott Hollett, Curtis LeCount. For the Second grade are: Josephine Gordon, Martha Rose Hibschmann, Betty Miller,, Ruth Rarig, Suzanne Rapp, Opal Scarberry, Emerson Bushong, Nelson Hinderer, Arthur Kolberg, Eugene Wright, Thomas Xanders. , Those who represent the First grade are: Elizabeth Causer, Frances Deardorff, Betty Jean Gordy, Betty Henwood, Wendell Beck and Russell Ritter. 0 Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Miles of Indianapolis, Miss Helen Toay Underwood, Miss Dorothy Martin, and Charles Miles of Fort Wayne, Captain Lewis Stone and Mrs. Stone of Culver, and Carl Tuttle of Indianapolis zpent last week end at the Tuttle cottage on the lake. The party attended the In-diana-Notre Dame game in South Bend, Saturday afternoon. Do You Remember—- . 20 Years Ago. • • • When Mrs. Liza Grisamer, suffering with blood poison in one arm, and erysipalis on her face was taken to the home of her aon Oscar in Goshen, 15 Years Ago Harry Hire, William Watts, John Wingard, Emory Strieby were elected to the town board, and E. W. Hire named town marshall. 1 18 Years Ago • * • Announcement was made of the marriage of Miss Edna Searfoss and Roy Niles at the U. B. parsonage in ; Warsaw.. 5 Years Ago School was dismissed as 11 o'clock > so that pupils and teachers as well I as townspeople could visit the Bet--1 ter-Dairy’Sire Special of the B. and , D. railway, stopped for a few hours ip Syracuse. « s J

HOME TEAMS VICTORIOUS IN 2 GAMES

Syracuse Downs Sidney 36 to 30-41 to 13 Opening Season. 1 Because they broke training, not getting in by 10 o’clock following the Senior party Monday night, five members oi the first team will not play in the games against No. Webster Saturday night. Lung, Grady, Jones, Robison and Lepper will be out of the game, and unless they keep training rules this week, will not play in the following game. By decisively defeating both first and second teams of Sidney Friday night, Syracuse High school basketball teams answered the question of fans as to whether or not this year’s squad would be up to Syracuse standards. The first team won by a score of 36 to 20, and the second team by the score of 41'to 13. The games were played at Syracuse before a crowd that was not as large in number as those which attended games last year. The game between the first teams of Syracuse and Sidney, opened with O. Leaf, right forward for Sidney making the first basket during the first few minutes of play. Lepper, Syracuse’s right forward followed with a field goal for Syracuse, and the home team’s score was increased to 6 with great rapidity. Sidney tied the score then, but Syracuse soon took the lead, and Sidney’s score did not overtake that of the home team again during the game. Syracuse players starting the game were: Lepper, right forward; Bitner, left forward. Robinson, center; Nicodemus, right guard; and Jones, left guai d. Durmg_the first half, Edwin Lung was substituted for Bitner. During the last half, Bitner was back in the game and Grady was substituted for Robison. Scores in the game between first (Continued on Last Page) MRS. JOHNSON, 78 BURIED TUESDAY Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Ellen Johnson were held at her home on Huntington street, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. Foust of the Evangelical church of which Mrs. Johnson was a member, was in charge of the services. Mrs. Johnson was 78 years old, and her death Sunday morning followed a lingering illness. She was born in Elkhart county and lived her life time in this district. Her husband, Charles Winfield Johnson, died three years ago. Mrs. Johnson is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Emory Kindig of Syracuse, Miss Ethel Johnson of Chicago. Mrs. Charles Brady of Syracuse is a sister, and Ben and Francis Ott, brother*. There are five grand children surviving are nine great-grand-children, The grand children who came to attend the funeral are: Prentice Kindig, of Bloomington. Hobart and Harold Stiffler of Elkhart; Hugh Stiffler of Burket, Another grand child is Mrs. A. G. Blows, of Manitoba, Canada. o— ROUND TABLE CLUB HAS REGULAR MEET Fifteen members \f the Ladies of thp Round Table, attended the meeting of the club, held at the home of Mrs. Charles Bowersox, Monday night. All responded to roll call with quotations from the poem, “Hiawatha.” Mrs- Nicodemus told an Indian romance, the story of a white girl, stolen by the Indian, who grew to old age among the tribe before learning of her identity. Mrs. Leonard Barnhardt reviewed “Hiawatha," and although Mrs. Leacock could not attend the meeting, she sent her paper on the-Literary Value of Hiawatha. o [ Q OF G TO MEET. I The Chamber of Commerce will i hold its regular meeting next Tuesday noon at the Sign of the Kettle.

REPUBLICANS WIN REST OF TOWNSHIP OFFICES—- . DEMOCRATS WIN.OTHERS

NUMEROUS PARTIES WIRE HELD DURING HALLOWE’EN WEEK

The Hallowe’en party held at the Guy school house last Thursday night was a great success socially and financially. There were about 75 masked guests as well as 50 or more guests not masked. Prizes were won by Mrs. Estella Swartz, Milo Miller and Corliss LeCount. The building contained three booths for refreshments, which were well patronized. SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS ENJOYS MASKED PARTY. The Young Married People’s class of the Brethren Sunday school entertained the Young People’s class, winners of a recent attendance contest. The party was held Thursday night at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Jarboe. Guests came masked and Harry Fackler was awarded the prize for the <most appropriate costume; he was dressed as an old lady with a broom to sweep cobwebs out of the sky. Mrs. Bert Cripe’s costume won the prize for being the best looking. Mrs. Joe Bushong acting the part of a person suffering with a toothache, won the prize for the most comic. Mr. and Mrs. Barnhart won the prize for couples. Mrs. Burket, Mrs. Forrest and Mrs. Tom were judges. Following the unmasking, the loosers -of the contest invited the winners to the banquet table, where, when seated, one pickle, a glass of water, a cracker and a toothpick Tvere served each one. When some complaints as to this being “some banquet” were whispered Mrs. Jarboe brought in the next course, a string of doughnuts on a broom handle. When’ the winners of the banquet were quite convinced' there was to be no more, they were invited to another table in the summer kitchen where a real meal was spread for their enjoyment. PARTY AT MALOY’S Mrs. Eugene Maloy and Miss Alice Manrt entertained with a combined Hallowe’en party at the Maloy home and a treasurer hunt all Over town, ■Thursday evening. Guests came masked, and Miss Nellie Mann won the prize for guessing the most names correctly. The treasurer hunt followed. When the party returned to the Maloy home other contests and games were enjoyed, and refreshments .were served. Guests W'ere: Mr. and Mrs. Dial Rogers and Miss Mary Alice Kitson of South Bend; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mann, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Porter, the Misses Lois Butt and Nellie Mann; and Monroe Kehr, Ned Harley, Ernest BucKholz, Harry (Continued on Last Page)

FRIENDS HAVE SURPRISE PARTY FOR MRS. VORHEES, AGED 95

Led by Mrs. G. H. Felty, friends and neighbors of Mrs. Elizabeth Vorhees, held a surprise party in honoi of her 95th birthday, at her home on the south shore of Lake Wawasee. Her birthday is on Hallowe’en. Mrs; Merrill of Fort Wayne and Wawasee had baked a cake with 95 candles on it, and Mrs. Felty had baked one with the candles forming the figures 95. Mrs. Vorhees, who has been a resident of Wawasee for the past 40 years, said: “I was sitting here Friday evening playing euchre with Louise, when the guests came. They brought sandwiches as well as the cakes, and many lovely birthday presents.” Mrs. Vorhees is the widow of John Vorhees, and she now makes her home with her daughters, Miss Emily and Miss Louise, in the home Mr. Vorhees built on the south shore 40 years ago last spring. It is right next door to the home of Major Marsh, which burned last winter, The 95 year old little lady remembers when there was no building between the Marsh and Vorhees homes, and the point where the South Shore Inn now- stands—then the Vawter Park hotel. Mrs. Vorhees said there were fewer lake residents then, and everyone

Record Vote of 1032 In Township This Election Day.. Daniel Klink, Democratic candidate for trustee of Turkey Creek Township won the election from Harry Clemens, Republican nominee, by three votes, Tuesday, in one of the hottest election fights ever staged in this township. Republican candidates to all other township offices were for all other township offices were elected. A record number of votes being cpst this year. There were 1032 ballots cast here this year. Eight years ago 911 votes for trustee were cast; four years ago 797 votes were cast. This year only 911 votes were cast for both candidates for the office of trustee, many voters not filling out complete state, county and township ballots. Votes received by candidates according to precincts was as follows: For Trustee. Ist 1 2nd 3rd total Klink 162 146 189 497 Clemens 175 151 168 494 For Assessor. Koher received 590 votes. For Advisory Board. Ist 2nd 3rd total Bushong 178 143 202 523 Stoelting 196 138 193 527 Ward 227 158 216 601 Pfingst 161’ 131 158 450 For Justice of Peace. Ist 2nd 3rd total Galloway 179 135 110 424 Howard 189 164 213 566 Pletcher 189 145 187 521 Grimes 108 92 96 296 Kitson 124 106 117 347 Shock 126 109 120 355 For Constable. Causer, 544 votes. Cory, 544 votes. Sharp, 544 votes. Clemens carried two precincts but the majority in the third precinct won the election for Klink. The constitutional amendment project was defeated in Turkey Creek Township’s voting, by a majority of 18. This vote according to precinct was: Ist 2nd 3rd total Yes 153 111 1.84 448 No I§7 158 151 466 In the county ticket, the most interest of the township was shown in voting on candidates for the offices of prosecutor and sheriff. This was because of raids on the casino at the Spink Wawasee hotel this summer. Turkey Creek township gave a total for Lehman of 619 votes, against Bowser’s 320, ip the race for prosecutor. For sheriff, the township gave Person 610 votes, to Jamison’s 322. Hickey, Congressional representative, received 536 votes from this township, to Pettingill’s 404. Forrest Knepper, county representative ran behind his ticket in this township, receiving only a plurality (Continued on Last Page)

knew everyone else. That after the evening meal they would hurry to the Vawter Park hotel, to dance t» the hotel’s orchestra, a harp and a violin. She said there was no dance floor, but the dining room tables would be stacked in, a corner to make room for the dancers. «- Mrs. Vorhees and .her two daughters have made their home on the lake both winter and summer in recent years. The 95 years- old enthusiastic supporter of Wawasee went swimming every summer, until three years ago when she fell and broke her leg. Since then she has been unable to get about without assistance. When asked if she would go to Syracuse to vote, Tuesday, Mrs. .Vorhees said: * “I cast my first vote when I was 82 years old. But since I broke my leg three years ago, I haven’t voted. I can go riding in an automobile, but it would be necessary to carry me from the car into the voting booth, and I couldn’t stand there, so I shan’t vote.” Mrs. Vorhees’ only son, B. J. Vorhees, and his wife, although unable to reach Lake Wawasee in time fer the birthday party, did drive to the Lake on Saturday from their home in Dayton, O, They returned there Sunday, i

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