The Syracuse Journal, Volume 23, Number 34, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 18 December 1930 — Page 1

THIS WEEK IN SYRACUSE.

Mr. and Nfts. Vern Brown have] gone to Garrett to spend the winter with her father, Mr. and Mrs. Win. Ray and family. The Pythian Sisters’ Christinas party is scheduled for Friday even ing at the lodge rooms. A pot luck dinner will be served at 6:3d. Mrs. Millard Hire, Mrs. Walter Kegg. Miss Daisy Stover and Mis; Nellie Mann spent Thursday in Fort Wayne. •. Ben Schaffer of Gosheij called or Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brown, Sunday Mr. Brown wits sick with lumbago last week. Mr. and Mrs. Torn Warren of De trolt, Mich., spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Will Mallon. Mrs. Warrei is Mr: Mallon’s sister. — Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hamman an< Mis. Dan Klink took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Ira Gants in Warsaw Sul urday. 1 • Mr. and Mrs. Otis Darf and family of Burkett and Mr. Chester Hearer of South Bend spent Sunday wi a Mr. and Mrs. Jess Darr and fam.l.-. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hamman help ed Mr. and Mrs. Kolberg with then butchering Tuesday, and planned t 1 help Mr. and Mrs. Will Mallon with their’s today. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bushong- am Mis. Della Walkei returned hmm Monday after spending two days ir South Bend visiting relatives am friends. Mrs. Nora Wilcox spent last week in Wabash as guest of Mr. and Mis Clinton Lewis. 1 hey brought he home Sunday, and spent the day wit! »Mr. and Mrs S K La ./him ■ - The Art Club met at the home of Mrs. Sol Miller, Monday evening Mrs. Miller and Mrs Joe Rapp weir Liastesses. The lesson was on. the con structn.n vs two colored bath mats Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Whistler am Grandma Whistler planned to go t< : Jackson, 'Mich.. today to s; Christmas holidays, with - Mr. am Mrs. Irvin Bailey. Those who attended the birthday party m honor of Mrs. Melvin WhisL ter. Sunday, were Dr. Clyde Landi- ’ mid wife and daughter, of Chicago Mr. and Mrs. Mart Landis, .Mr. am Mr. and Mrs. Oval Craft entertain cd- as their Sunday guests, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Foster. Miss WAnita l.< Count . and Percy Troyer of Miller* burg. Mrs. Graham Tyler and Mrs. Chas Richcreek called- on Mrs. W E . loore, Tuesday last Week, ' bringing >lrs. .Moore a plate, of home made candy. . Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Sargent am daughter Hazel planned t«> .go t. Terre Haute, thia week end, to spent Christmas holidays with relative; there. JS. B. Rowdahsugh»,and son Earl, who has been attending kindergartei in Ann Arbor, where his father al tends the University of Michigan, will come home Friday for Christ k.ias vacation. M’rs. Melissa Markle of Gaston, am' her son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. J. darkle of Andrews.caine to Syracuse Sunday to visit Mr. and Mr-. Elmei Calvert. Mrs. Markle is r'emainin here for a two weeks visit. “ . _Mr, and Mrs. Homer Davis,- oL Flmt, Mich, former residents o‘ Syracuse, came to visit Lida Davis, last Wednesday. On Monday they were guests, of Mr. and Mrs. Tillmai Hire. They returned home yesterday Mr. and Mrs. L. A Seider, Mr. and Mrs. ’J«-e Rapp, Mr. and Mrs Halin Holloway, Mr and Mrs, Kenneth Hark less, Mr. .and Mrs. H D Harkiess Mr. and Mrs. George Xanders were . not Chicago visitors Sunday Miss Opal Garrison entertained Mru. Meredith, Mrs Mary Gants and Alisa Ruth Tiedt, at a bridge party, jit the Barnhart home Monday even ing. Following the bridge, they went to the, Kettle for refreshments. M. and. Mrs. J. T. Kiddle and daughter; Mrs. Will Bushong visited Mrs. Herman Clouse near Churubusco, Saturday, where Mr. and Mrs. Riddle celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary. , Mrs. May Slinger and Mrs. Bertha fyirridge of South Bend, and Earl of Fort Wayne, were in Syracuse Tuesday. They were guests of Mr and Mrs. U N. Kitson, at dinner, and ihen called dn other relatives and friends here. Members of the congregation of the Church of the. Brethren ga-ve a surprise party in honor of Rev. Jarboe’s birthday and Mrs. Grant Forrest's both of which fell on Tuesday •evening. The party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest. Rowe Green, and Alvin Green of Vernon were guests of Mr. and Mrs Clarke Green last week. On Sunday evening, with Mr*. Green and Mary Jane, the Vernon party werg_supper guests of Mrs. M. M. Smith and fan;- 1 Sly. Mrs. Amanda Xanders, Mrs. Matt Abts and children plan to leave on Saturday, for their future home in York, Pa. Mr. Abts hw? been located there for several weeks, but Mrs. Abts wailed until vacation hefor# faking the children out of schoevfeere. Milt Rentfrow, who has been .in New Carlisle for several weeks, came to Syracuse Saturday, and with Hakve Cwy went to Canton, to the home of Warren Rentfrow, who has been ill for m««th&- Mrs. Amanda Dealer has been there w|th;her sick brother for two months. The Syrecuse party brbuggt Mr. Rentfrow back to his fid home town, Monday nightMra. Milt Rentfrow stayed at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sy Bauer while the others went to Ohio.

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FARM GROUP OFFICERS FOR YEAR NAMED Meeting Hears Talk by Townsend of State Farm Bureau. ■' Officers f<>r the coming year weie ■lected, ami •M. Clifford Townsend, -Jrganization Director .of the State 'arm Bureau, addressed the group, vhen the Turkey Creek Township •arm Bureau met Monday evening, t the High school. 1 Sherman Deaton, who has been I hairman for three years, was unani-l •nously re-elected f<>r a fourth term;! )<>ra Clingerman was chosen' vice! hairman, Clarence Snyder, secretary! reapurer; and Clarke Green and! iesse Grady were elected to vacancies! >n the board of directors A purchas-l ng agent for the organization is to! e elected at next month’s meeting.l Mr. Townsend’s talk was on the! purpose and aims of the farm bureau.! He divided the farm group into! armers of yesterday, farmers of to-j lay, and the farmer of tomorrow. In! •escribing the first group he took asj ■sample his father, who, when he! vanted to purchase an article for hisl w.n use, such as a wagon, dealt di-| ectly with the maker of that wa-1 • on. The two men could bargain to-| iether and decide on a price satis-ji factory to both. • ' ■ Mr. Townsend said in everything! i farmer buys, he deals with an or-s mixed gr--up. He does not reallysell! ns product somebody buys it. 1 Briefly summarizing conditionsJ Mi. Townsend said that nearly every! ‘oiintry has pauperized sericulture! h the past. That tenant Farming has! ncreased 12' in the past 11 years! n this country. . f But, he pointed out, the United j States is the one agricultural country' hat has put the school and church ! within the reach of every boy and girli Young people are being taught to] hink, which will mean that they | s. axalL>w -themselves to be paup-1 prised. in the past 10 years nearly a mil- * ion farmers have become co-workers' n one agricultural organization, he minted out In the past year, Indiana' ■armers have shipped 16,700 carloads (( .mt mm d <>n IMt Pagc| ■• I FORMER RESIDENT DIES IN CANADA I Mr. and Mis. Dfclberl Norris receiv-] ed a telegram Ftiday, stating that his sister. Mis, Bertha Norris Snodgrass had died in a hospital in Saskatche w an, Canad a, last Thu rsd ay. They left' Friday noon for Canada., md planned. t<> remain there Until Saturday of this week. Funeral services for Mrs, Snodgrass' were held Sunday afternoon, and burial made there She is survived by her hu#bapd, Lawrence SnodgrasS, eight children, and her brother. Delbert. During the absence of Mr, and Mrs. Norris. Ms. Thomas Schlecht is] staying at the Norris home. Mrs. Snodgrass is a graduate of the] Syracuse schools, and taught at \ a-1 wter Park school beforg fcpr marri-1 age- ! — —o- , TAKE OVER ROUTE. * WABASH It has been announceed here that the state highway commission took over control of the Hili* apd Lakes route between here and Elwood and m>w is placing route numbers along the road. It will be known as state road No. 13. Next year the northern section of the road from here to Wawasee will be taken over by the state, giving a direct route between Indianapolis and liu' lake regions, it is understood here. OFFICERS ELECTED. Officers for the coming year were lelectud at Monday night’s meeting of the Royal Arch No. 124. Rev. A. J. Armstrong is high priest, Ernest Buchholz, king; Sol Miller, treasurer; W. T. Colwell, recorder and Ross Osborn, scribe. ..; o : and Mrs. J. W. Swenson enteri talned then Sapday school class last • Tuesday evening, A put luck i was served to 40 guest*. i ■ ‘— o * » Mrs. C. J. Stein, and son Jack Shafi fer, and Mrs. William Wooley of ; Chicago were guests of Mrs. Hattie - Kindig last Thursday. F-- - Q M r - an* Charlie Nicolai and . Mrs. Susan Nicolai spent Friday witji r Mr. and Mrs. George Seese. It was a . butchering party.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 18, HSO.

CHILDREN’S ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TREAT SET FOR CHRISTMAS EVE ’ ♦

i The Community Christinas party t which the Wednesday Afternoon Club will be hostesses, will begin promptly at 7 o’clock on Christinas Tve, beneath the Christmas tree in he yard of the grade school house, ccording to tinal plans made by the ’ Itth. ■ * / , ' This annual Christinas treat, for he children has been given by tht jclub for 8 years. This year, the tret . hich will* b# decorated and lighter 1 with colored lights, is the one which was transplanted from te woods to he school yard, last year.. Carol singers and the children will meet in the school hall where they

20 GUESTS ATTEND BIRTHDAY PARTY I A party in honor of Jean Burr’s j twelfth birthday was held at the j home of her grand parents, Mr. and | Mrs. L. H. Brakes, Saturday. Twenty girls attended. A two-couesr birthday dinner wa* served at a long table, decorated in red and green, the i Christmas colors. A huge birthday cake formed the center piece, The guests assembled about 5:30 oclock, and sang “Happy Birthday to You". Dinner was served at 6 o’clock. ' and games followed- . • Prizes' were won by Erva Kline, I Marjorie Slabaugh, Gwendolyn McFarren, Pauline Hibschman, ’Nancy ■White, and Mary Jane Helelius, of Chicago. Mary Jane and her mother had come from Chicago to join in the birthday celebration, M did Mr®. t \Vean and son, of Goshen. — - - -- o ■■ ■' ' ii ■i ■ i—1..1.H TOWN BOARD HOLDS REGULAR MEETING At Tuesday night’s meeting of the town board, it was decided to disI pense with the services of Deal Craft j night watchman, after Jan.. I, 1931. | The reasons given in ■ the motion I were incompetence,, and letting the i standpipe overriuw It was brought out at the meeting of the board, that the test of the drinking water, sent to the state Nov. 24, was satisfactory, but the test made Dec, 1, was unsatisfactory. The feeling is that someone has been careless in using the chlorinator. The rest of the board meeting was spent IP on appropriations for 1931. —o — HAS BIRTHDAY PARTY. Frances Mangus celebrated her eighth birthday Tuesday evening with a party for 10 school mates. r*us gyenjpg was spent in playing games, and refreshments were *erved. Guests were: Betty Hollett, Don- , nabelle Tribble, Louise Byland, Martha Zentz, Paralee Harvey. Clair Harvey, Evelyn Sawyer, Fredonna Reed. Edna Hurtig and Viola Strieby. BUY’ IN SYRACUSE. Mrs. W. G. Connolly said, Monday: “There are locals in the paper about so and so going someplace, out of ] town shopping , but here’s a differpni one this week. We had *U3iw4M;r f fo‘r| W|kype, Bend and Goahen laal weA? 7 TO BROADCAST. The male quartette of the I Brethren church will broadcast over WO WO in Fort Wayne, at k l 5:30 p. m., Dec. 28th-

will stay in out of the cold until the program commences. Then, the plan s, for the guests al the Christma; laity to gather about the tree, ant oin in the singing of carols. Mrs. Lucile Smith, from a position n one of the windows, will lead the i inging. She will be accompaaniec y Millard Hire, who will play hk I ornet. The three carols to be sung are: Silent Night,” “Little Town of Jethlehem,” an d “It came upon the tidnight Clear.” x Santa Claus is scheduled to appear mined lately after the carol singing, and the annual treat for the youngters will be distributed.

r BUYS PROPERTY. ■ Announcement was made Monday, I hat Elihu Scott, of Plymouth, Mrs. Ic. R. Hollett’s father, had bought lots ■?, 10, 11, of the Deardorff property lon Washington street, lying back of ■ Dr. B. F. Hoy's houae. There are ■ two houses on this property. Mr. and ■ Mrs. Hollett plan to live in one of ■these houses, from which Mr. Hol- ■ lett will conduct his business. [CHRISTMAS PARTY [ ENJOYED BY CLUB ■ The Wednesday Afternoon Club ■held its Christmas party Tuesday ■evening at 8 o’clock at the home of ■ Mrs, Perry Sprague. — ■ • The program opened with song, ■ “Trees in the Moonlight,” sung by ■ Mrs. Sprague, Mrs. Preston Miles land Mrs. Joe Rapp.* I Mrs. Rapp then told a Russian ■Christmas story, and Mrs. Kenneth ■ liarkless sang “Mammy’s Lullaby,” ■ and “JerusheyJ’ Mru. John Harley " read a story she had written, “Christmas in the Year 1.” Mrs. Fred Selfs paper was on ! “Christmas in Other Lands.” The (club sang Christmas Carols, at the close of the program. The club members tfcen went to the dining room, where refresh- ' ments were served at small tables ’ set for four, and decorated for the ' Christmas season. Kach guest was given a number at 'this timb, and later when the party returned to the ' M ving room, received Xmas gifts. ' These had been wrapped by club members so the shape would not show what the package contained when the kclub women chose these > ] gifts from the tree , , i "U ■ GREELEY YODER IS NOW IMPROVING AT HOSPITAL. Greeley Yoder is reported as im- • proving, in the hospital in Warsaw. Mr. Y<>der was harried there last 1 Wednesday, with an infected right ‘ ar in. ■ He bad tried to remove a splinter 1 from his right wrist, a fpw days before, according tu Mrs. Yoder, It became infected, and. he suffered with it until Wednesday when the doctor took him to the hospital. It has been 1 necessary to lance his arm in sevI eral places and drain it with tubes. was in a serious condition Fri!.day, Saturday and Sunday, but is ! now improving rapidly. — O- ! — I! • ROUND TABLE HAS CHRISTMAS PARTY - The Ladies of the Round Table 1 entertained the children of club ! | members at a Christmas party, at the ’(Sign of the Kettle Monday evening. Forty-two attended. ’ j Gaines were enjoyed until all of ’ t|ie party gathered. Then the group »a|i H several fcar w b] and Mary Ellen Pletcher gave a reading. The Jack Horner pie for the chili dren was opened, and gifts received. Refreshments were served at a long : table, at which all of the guests were ’ seated. Mary Jane Greep told a : Christmas story at this time Then club member* exchanged gifts with each other — o ———• A. A. KETRING ARRESTED. i ■ ■ ■> Aaron A. Ketripg. of Van township, wa* avreated |a«i week by Sheriff Frank £ Krill on a warrent charging htaajF..h selling intoxicating liquor. Hf gave a bond of a 1 thousand dollwn for his appearance ‘ for trial at circuit! court. ‘ Five of Be<y WphUe'ii friepds were 1 mvited jto’ a * ? dinAer party at her feoiyg ft WH a 4VX- • prtas M y* kee birthday. Guests were ©dna Fleming, Lucille Wingard, Jos* Riddle and Martha and •' Ina Lestoek. Ernest RichKrt, Jr, came home from South Bttd to'spend Sunday with his pareni here ia Syracuse,

LOCAL BOYS ARE LOSERS BY 2 POINTS

Wins Hard Fought Basketball Game Friday. Pierceton’s basketball team defeat •d Syracuse’s team. Friday, at thi Pierceton school gymnasium, by icore of 26 to 24. The Pierceton Cubs, after taking he short end of the score during he first half of the game, came back ‘ull of fight, and overcame Syracuse’s ead of 8 points, in a game that •ometimes resembled a football game ind sometimes a free-for-all. During the second half the Syra■use boys were rolling on the floorind not from their, own choosing. Nine peisonal foulswere called on Pierceton playters in the game, and Syracuse, as a result, had 15 free hrows, making 8 of these good. Syracuse players had six personals called >n them, which gave Pierceton nine ree throws, Pierceton, however, only ■hot two of these for score counts. After Orr, right forward for Pierceton, had made the fist basket >f the game, Syracuse led all during he first half, the score at the end of his first period being 15 to 7, It looked like Syracuse would add mother victory to its Hst, but they reckoned without the fighting spirit j of Pierceton. Orr, of Pierceton, made the first basket in the second half, and start ?d the string of baskets which! brought defeat to Syracuse. Syracuse managed to keep abend until the last quarter of the game when the substitute center for Pierceton pitched a field goa| which tied the score, Pierceton rooters went wild, while the large number of Syracuse supporters begged their men to win. Pierceton hopes ''Were again dashed 0 the ground when Robison, in a burst of speed, tossed one from the floor, putting Syracuse again in the lead by 2 points, and making the score ..<4 to 22. | Pi. on was not to be downed, I how-eve". ..nd .Maggart, substitute guard, made a field goal? tying the score. Then anothe: Pierceton player. Gilbert, is it believed, forward, made r. beautiful throw from beneath the b: sket, and the game was won by Pierceton, During the last half Pierceton, kept Robison and Bitner well guarded so that they could not get free to collect their usual number of baskets. Robison, however, put up a scrappy game, and in spite of being a well marked man, made two baskets; in (Continued on Last Page) - PAST CHIEFS NAME OFFICERS FOR YEAR The Past Chiefs Club of the Pythian Sijtgfs held thiir Christmas party at the home of Mrs. Ed. Unrue. Tuesday. A pot luck dinner was served at noon, and gifts exchanged by the members. ~ “■ Officers for the coming year were elected. These are: Mrs. W, T- £-ylwell, president; Mrs. Kegg, vice prpsidgql, Mr*. Frgd Sglf, secretary irgagmeri Mr*. Kd Unrue, press correspondent. Attending the Christmas party Were; Mesdames Hark less, Rowdi-! baugh, Thibideaux, Kegg, Edmonds, Eagles McGarrity Bowser. Clemens, Colwell, Holloway, Self, and Mps , Rippey of Goshen . . r REVIVAL CLOSES. The revival meeting at the Church of God closed last Sunday evening! with two more conversions and three more accessions to the church. ing 12 converted a::<J eJJed te tht thurth, and the church greatly revived. Rev. Victor Yeager, Rev. Sanford Gaul, and Rev. S. Kohl tin preached one night each the first week: and Rev. Byrd Egoff Rev. Bailey of the U & vgurch in tie*. Nicodemus, Rev. Foust and Rev. Armstrong of Syracuse were visitors and co-work-ers in the meeting, according, to Rev. Chapman. ■ \r. fk U. MEETS. The W. C. T. V. met afternoon wtfK at the home of Mr* Kny Miles. There were 20 present. Mrs. Nicodemus read an interesting paper on Temperance and Missions. Mrs. Tillman Hire and Mrs. A. O. Winans sang a duet. Miss Blanche Tom of Goshen was ! a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tribble, ] Suxxday. t

DO YOU REMEMBER—- - 20 Years Ago. When Clarence Kline, “Peck,” vent to the Philippine Islands wit! he Marine Band? • • • 15 Years Ago J. D. Pfingst bought the Hendrick •ton farm from Mrs. S. P. Redding, vho, with her husband, planned t< nove to California. ♦ • • 10 Years Ago Announcement was made of th< nsrriage of Joe Bushong and Misr Jlive Geyer; and of L. T. Good ant Miss Edith Chrisman -of Topeka. • • • 5 Years Ago • Students coming home from Indi na University for Christmas vaca tion were: J. E. Boyts, Emory Druckuniller, John P. Riddle, and Robert H. Riddle. , ,—.—o MASTODON’S BONES ARE PURCHASED 1 $ BY N.Y. MUSEUM The Buffalo Museum of Scienc< and Natural History has purchaser ’he skeleton of the mastodon, found on the Charles Feldheiser farm neai Cioniwell, according to Mrs. Feldheiser, Tuseday evening. Dr. Charles J. Fish and Mr. Rich I rnond, came from Buffalo, N. Y., las' Saturday to view the tusks and bone And were most enthusiastic abou the find. They feel that it is in ex | ceptionally good condition, and whei ] they left planned to return to Crom well Wednesday to begin excatatioi of the pre-historic monster’s re mains. , - Th? scientist* do dpt want to wai until spring before moving the skele on of the mastodbifi, as freezing an< hawing will tend to check it. The. do not want ihything to damage what they enthusiastically call rare find, *. The spreading of news is demon strated In the story of the finding of the mastodon. Several days be fore last week’s edition of the Syra cuse Journel, Roy Meek told the edi tor he thought there t*a* a gooc story over jp UfMinwell. That he Meek, had just driven through then with his truck, and had stopped at : lunch room in Crdniwell, when everyone was talking about the dis covery of a hiammoth tooth in on« of the field* of Feldheiser’s farm. When the editor went to- Crom well Mr. and Mrs. Feldheiser told ai interesting story of the find of the mastodon’s remains, and the partia uncovering of not onh' me toptl that weighs 8 pounds, but the tusk; the gigantic animal, one of which was 10 feet 9 inches long; Other papers popigd the *»«ry, i‘ was yarripd op the A- F, ■ witl the aHnouiKcmcnt that this find i: unusual because the skeleton is com plete. Usually only a tooth or tusk i: found, but all the bones of the ani mal have been uncovered on Fejd heiser’s farm. Letters from Feldheis er brought scientists to the scene and the Buffalo Museum has bought the skeleton. • MILLIONS OF IN DEAIJ kfcffEß OFFICE WAbHINGtON Into that harboi of so many lost hopes—the dead let ter office—there drift 22,685,940 let ters during the 1930 fiscal year. The annual postoffice report to day estimated 770,445 money. , After every to deliver had failed |\>sttuasi;er General Brow-n the kettey* were opened arid 7f per vent of the 8105,000 found in curcency and 98 per cent of the checks and drafts, totalling §5,286,124 weri returned to the senders. AID HA£ f-fte Lutheran Ladies’ Aid held it* Christmas party at the home of Mrs A. H. Arbaugh, yesterday. A one ac play and program were enjoyeu an< Christmas gifts The apron basket dona HvOe were also counted at this time J o : ON WAY TO Mr. and Mp»- A- J. Rollert, whe wer» married in Niles, Mich were m Syracuse Friday, on theii way to where they will stay until th% bnrf March. Mr. Rollert ftt Lake Wawasea 33 years ago,) apd ha* made his home here and in Niles, for the past 10 years. o . RESORT PROPERTY SOLD. A u-ar Lake Wawasee ( was sold at sheriff’s sale by Deputy H. C. Huffer to Mrs. Nellie P. Brown to satisfy a judgment against her i husband, Frank P. Brown. The j amount was §871.60.

GIRLS HURT AS MACHINE IS WRECKED Car Turns on Side in Ditch Saturday A. M. On Goshen Road. Aside from minor cuts and bruises, occupants of the car escaped injury vhen the sedan driven by Peggy >mith, turned on its side ,in a ditch >n the road about four miles from Joshen, last SaUuday’Wiorning. Miss Smith' had taken the Misses Harriet and Laura Bachman and Miss 8 Jhirley Miles and George Miles, to Joshen, for their weekly, music lessons. they were returning home, through he snow storm, when the accident iccurred. The windshield wiper on he car refused to work, and suddeny, through a snow caked windshield, liss Smith noticed a herd of cows rossing the road in front of her. She tried to stop the sedan quickly,. t skidded, and turned on its side in he ditch. Broken, glass cut Miss Laura fßachman’s elbow, and the others were bruised and shaken. Farmers working nearby righted he-car, and Miss £inith phoned home or her brother, Miles. He started towards the scene of the accident, and jne of the tires on his car had a blow out. He made the trip with Preston Miles in his machine. The girls returned with Mr. Miles and Mr. < Smith drove the damaged automobile d’’ back home. Miss Smith had conie home Friday to stay until Sunday when she returned to school in Chicago. —. — _• SHEEP FUND SHOWS DEFICIT FOR YEAR As a result of last week’s sheep killing dogs, the Turkey Creek Town • ihip treasury contains §6.90 in its sheep fund, and owes $31.50. Last Thursday night dogs killed live sheep ai*d crippled seven. Th iheep belonged to J. E. Kern and ' Jen Coy. Kern had one sheep kill.ed and two crippled, and was allowed $10.5 > apiece for them by the appraisers, who determined their value. Coy, living in Van Buren Tow-t ship will be paid out of that township’s sheep fund. In an interview. Floyd Strieby, trustee, stated that Turkey. Cree.. Township receives between §BOO and §9OO a year from the dog tax, which is put into the sheep fund. He said that if a fair and accurate appraisal of the value of sheep killed was always made, through the year, that instead of an annual deficit, a balance wog|d remain in the funqt each MMX He went on to say that sheep worth from $3 to §5 often- *re appraised at twice that muck which is out of all reason. It would pay all farrneks io hav<j all their sheep killed and the damage paid out of the fund at that rate,'he laughted. o —-—o—• — ZION W. M- A. MEETS. The Z,i<»n W. M. A. met at the Guy school house last Thursday in an all day meeting. The day was spent doing quilting and patch work. MrsAdah Mailon and Mrs. Millie Dtndis; served the delicious pot luck dinner-. In the afternoon a devotional hour was held. Mrs. Edna Niles presided. Four new members were taken in t making total of twenty-four. A fionattap wo* presented to their pastor. - Robert Strieby came WKYh from Gainesville, Ga., Satuvvfa*' where he attends military school. He.will spend three week* vaca f 'on here with his grand parents Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Stneby. P.obert gets an extra week’s vacation because of being on the honor ru || this school. —o — — Mr. and Mrs. Van Cripe of Elkhart and Mr. and Mrs. George Mellinger and daughter Lucille spent. Sjunday evening with Mr. and Mrs;. Roy Brown. —o The Honor Class of Zion Chapef met at the home of Velma Disher last Saturday night. There were ten members jp resent. NOTICE. The Postoffice will be- dosed ! Christmas Day. Only special delivery mail will be delivered. There will be no window service. ROY SARGENT Postmaster.

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