The Syracuse Journal, Volume 23, Number 35, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 24 December 1930 — Page 5

\MAIL /fe WEST END Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh Neff spent Tuesday of last week in Grand Rap ids, Mich., at the Burleson hospital, where their son Emerson, underwent air operation. Emerson’s many friends will, be glad to learn he is doing nicely, although he will .not return home for five weeks. Mr. ant Mrs. Neff and daughter Mary, alst Mr. and Mrs, Geo. Richmond of Go shen will spend Christmas with Mr .Neff. Mr. and Mrs. Charley Coy of St Louis, 111., are spending the wee! with Mr. and Mrs.- Chas, Lutes. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stinmetz of Elkhart spent the week end with .Mr. anc Mrs. E. L. Stinmetz Mrs. Eldon Lutes spent Monday a' the Stinmetz home. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. E. Sheffield re ceived a card from Win. H. Sheffield of Tampa, Fla.,’ stating he was mar ried Dec. 6. Mr- and Mrs, Sheffielc will’rnake their home in the south. Mr. and, Mrs. J. W. Rowd.ahaugl and Mr. Ed. Luton will spent Christ mas at the home of ..Mr. Harvey Walker and daughter Daisy, in Go shen. Mr. and Mrs. Bitton Jyensbergei gave a Christmas dinner ; Thursday for their children,, Mr. O. J. Rens-, berger of-South Bend, Mr. and Mrs Jay Rensberger and children. Those who spent Sunday at the home ’of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd R >wdabaugh were Furlow, of Ann Arbor, Mich., Mr. and Mrs.* A. Douglas and family of South Bend, Mr. and Mrs. Seth Rowdabaugh.and children, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rowdabaugh. A lovely dinner was served and Christmas gifts were exchanged.. Mrs. Charles Price gave a Christ mas dinner at her home in Ligonier, 50 children were present Those from here were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Linderman and children, Mr. ants Mrs, Frank Warble and-children. , Mr. Charles Lutes made a business trip to Kendallville Monday. :Mr, and Mrs. W. Weybright and children spent Sunday at Harley Gall's. Mr. and Mrs.. Bert Neff entertained Mrs. Neff's■ Sunday school class and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey YodeF at Sun day dinner. , Mr. and Mrs. Bert Neff, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Neff, will spend Christmas at the George Fisher home near. Gravelton. MiasOrpha Warstier will spend Christmas at the home of Burdette Firestone of Goshen. Mr. Albert Warstier and daughter Orpha, entertained at Sunday dinner Mr. and, Mrs. Russell . ‘Neff o-f near Milford Jet., M and Mrs. Russell Whitehead and family of Solomons Creek, Miss Opal Morehouse of neat New Paris, Miss Lavetia VCarstler. of South Bend, Mt J hn Cripe, Mr IJurdette Firestone, Mr Fiances McCollough of Goshen. Mrs. Joe Hartsaugh spent Sunday

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with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Weybright. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Richmond of Goshen were Sunday guests of Rev. and Mrs. R. Neff. Miss Phylis Harris is spending the week with Mr. and Mrs. John McGarriety. Mr, and Mrs. Arthur . Brown spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Neff Raymond Vail called on Emmet Weaver Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Ralpha Vail were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ai Hosh'tw. Mr. Hoshaw is on the sick list. DeLoss Weaver of Maritin spent the week end with his father Emmett Weaver. Dale Swartz of North Mancheste College is spending a week with hi. parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Swartz. (Charley Wey bright spent Friday a: North Manchester. His son George returned'home w ith him to spent - Miss Dorthea and Miss Lucile Lute: spent Saturday in South Bend. DISMAL Mrs. Pauline Reed of Ligonier visited in the home of. her sister, Mrs. Irma Lung Friday. Mrs. Nelson Bobeck spent Saturday afternoon in the home* of Claus Bobeck. - ~ Mrs. Pauline Reed of Ligonier’and Mrs.. Vernie Lung and Mrs. Irmr. Lung attended the Christmas enter tainment at Cromwell school Friday afternoon. » Bud Burley and children, of Van Wert, 0., came Tuesday to visit his parents, Lon Burley and family, returning home Thursday. The Ladies Aid was entertained at the home of Mrs. Laura Bobeck Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Mary L. Clingern.ian of Indian. Village is visiting in the home of her. son. and daughter-in-law, Dora Cling-’ erman and wife. «. Mr. and Mrs. Sol Lung f Cromwell spent Monday with Merrit Lung and family. SALEM Arch DeFries and family were Sunday dinner guests at the Frank Shively home. . • • ■ Mrs.- Ruth Reber and Ruby DeFries are spending the holiday with thOir parents, John DeFries and. family. Pauline Klinger of . Chicago is spending her vacation- with her parent-, Edward -Klinger and family. Mrs. Dale Tom' called at the Ed Klinger home Monday. Preston Klinger and family of Elkhart spent Sunday at trap home of his parents.. Mrs. Joe Smith' and daughter Marjorie and Emory Grey and w ife spent Monday in Elkhart. Emory Guy and wife spent Sunday with Joe Smith and family. FOUR CORNERS .Messrs. Buttrick and Callander attended a sale near Ligonier Tuesday. • ■ Mesdarijes, Callander and Butt rick

were Syracuse visitors Tuesday. | Wallie Smith of Syracuse called at the Crist Darr homeTuesday. Mary Ulery returned home after several days absence. Mr. and Mrs. James Callander of Gravelton spent Friday at the home of Clint Callander. Fred Whetten of near Syracuse called at the James Myers home Friday afternoon. Frank Maloy of Syracuse helpec Oscar Graff with butchering Thursday. . Mr. and Mrs. Charles Deithrick of Goshen spent a few days at the home of Artie Geyer.• Mr. add Mrs. Clint Callander were Goshen shoppers Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Pinkerton were Warsaw shoppers Saturday anc in the evening called at the Crist Darr home.

THIS WEEK IN SYRACUSE. 5 Mr, and Mrs. Roy Darr of Detroit. Mich, are spending Christmas with relatives in Syracuse. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kegg and children will spend Christmas day' in Indianapolis at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. Y. Brown. Charles Nicolai had the cast removed from his leg last Monday. He has been wearing one since he broke his leg least July, Keith Cripe spent Monday with Robert Strieby, home on vacation from school in Gainesville, Ga. With Mr . and Mrs. M. W. Macy, Bob was to drive to Converse, t<> spend Christmas' with his grandparents there. First fishers out on the lake after it froze over last week, were Blanche Wingard, Merton. Meredth and Mrs. Walter Kegg. Mrs. Kegg caught two messes-of perch, and entertained Mr. and Mrs. Dave Brown-, at a fish dinner, Sunday. ‘ Miss Virginia Bachman, who teaches in Naparyille, 111., ai d .Miss Alice Kitson, who teaches in South Bend, came home Saturday oft Christmas vacations.’ Mr. ai d Mrs, Herschel . Harkless and daughter, went to Detroit, Mich. ■ Monday, to drive home a-new car, {.Tuesday. They plan to spend Christi mas in Goshen with Mrs. Harkless’s fat her; I. P, Rummel. Mr, and .Mrs. C. W. Howard and Miss Janice Rapp- spent Monday in ■ Fort Wayne. Mrs. Eugene Maloy I worked for Miss Rapp at the office iof the electric company, during her i absence. j Ben Rosen of Chicago was a guest Gif Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maloy, last week, Walker Hardwick an -old friend of the Maloys came to , Syracuse Saturday for a few days visit | with them. i Mr. and Mrs. Sam Rasor, Mr. and i Mrs. Lee Henwood, Mr. and Mrs. John Mellinger,, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hamman, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kol.berg, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brown and William Tooley helped Will Mallon butcher last Thursday. ! Class No, 3 of the Church of the Brethren in North Webster gave a pUrty Saturday evening, in honor of class, No,•• -l. which won a contest over a period of three months. Rev. 0. H. I Warstier teaches class No. 3, and J. L. ; Kline teaches class No. 4; ■ j. George Xanders and son Buddy took Mrs. Amanda Xanders, Mrs. Matt 1 Abts and children to York, Pa., their jfuture home. The party left on their .drive Sunday, and Mr. Xanders and Buddy hoped to get back home to Syracuse before Christmas. C. C. Bachman Jr., and Sol Miller, Jr., returned home from Indiana University, Friday evening. Miss Leila Connoil. earn? home Saturday'evening, and Leon came Sunday evening, He had visited friends V 1 Chicago, Saturday and Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Purdem and son planned to spend the Christmas holidays In New Orleans, but on account of Mm. Purdem’s illness, caused by a heavy cold, the trip was postponed. L. N. Miller us Heiq corners is afraid he will have to kill one , of best cows. The animal broke its leg a week ago, and it is impossible to set It, the break coming in such a fleshy part of the upper leg. They are afraid blood poisoning might set in, instead of the leg healing. Mr»; Grant Furrest entertained the Ladies Aid of the Brethern church at her home last Thursday. A novel way of collecting dues was used. It cost 10 cent# to fish in the fish pond, and “bites" were small objects costing less than 10 cents, so that money for* the Aid could be made in this way. Mr. and Mm. S. O Jefferies have received a radiogram of Christmas greetings from their son L Lieut R N. Jefferies, stationed at Cheefoo, China. The message was sent by radio to the naval station at Los Angeles, Dec. 17, and came from l-os Angele* to Syracuse, by ajr mail. It was received here the evening of the 18th. ' o — In choosing Christmas gifts for children, avoid complicated or fragile {articles that give pleasure only for a shprt time. Select materials os- tools I with which the boy or girl ex a make things. Blocks for the younger ones, paints apd crayons for the next older, with some good pictures to color t are always acceptable. The still older boy will like a few real tools, a hammer, saw, T-square, and plane—while his sister will be overjoyed with a small workbasket, with scissors, thimble, and a good assortment of threads and needles, tape measure, emery* and so on.

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The Extra Christmas Plate By ROBERT J. C. STEAD

N THE fourth Christmas In succession Nellie Martin set an extra plate. On past Christmases her husband and the two boys had pretended not to have noticed it. But this year Fred Martin, walking into the big

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kilning room just as his wife was adding the finishing touches to her Christmas table, stopped when his eye fell on the extra plate. “I think you shouldn't set it.,Nellie." he said, gently. “It only reminds us of—things w'e would be better to forget.” , Mrs. Martin brushed a capable, floury hand quickly across her eyes. Things would go" blurry when - she thought of Lucy. “Let me leave. It just oace more," she almost pleaded "It is more than four years now since tucy went, and every day I am hoping for her back. Particularly at Christmas I like to think that her place is set and waiting for her. Oh, Fred, if we could let her know." , Fred's hand found hers, where it had rested a moment against the table for support' “1 know," he said huskily. "I was wrong in turning her-out as I did. I thought the honor of the family demanded it. I thought per haps’she would write ; that is, V she is still . . He left the sentence Unfinished. Death might not have been unwelcome to Lucy, and fotir years of silence left them to draw their o«‘n Conclusions. • ' "Lucy is too proud to write." his wife asserted. ".And yet, I have always felt that sometime she would come back.. Perhaps at Christmas.' ■PTIW That is the time of year when one just can’t help thinking of home." "If that Blake "boy had been any good,' Fred lamented. “She was just throwing herself ftway ou him. That is why I gave he’r tile choice of giving him up or getting out. I.wanted to save her. And she got oilt.” “I know," ills wife agreed. "You meant it for the best. Arthur Blake was said to be wild and useless, bftt the- Blake's are a good family, and I'vq often noticed that boys of a good family generally straighten up again, even if they do go a little wild for a whily. You know, Fred, when I married you there were people who said you were. well, just a little —” "But, I got a wife like you." her husband answered. "Ttiat makes all the difference.” ■'Yes. and Arthur got • a wife like Lucy—if he married her," Nellie Martin insisted. “Let me leave the plate once more. I'm not giving up hope— At that moment the boys were heard coming in by the kitchen door. There were muffled voices, and a sound as though they were helping some one. George? the elder, appeared In the dining room door, and his face summoned bls mother. "Some one iiere to see you, Mom,” he said, in an awed voice. In the kitchen Mrs. Martin found a woman sitting on a chair, her head turned away, her figure enclosed in a frayed cloth coat Soberly she crossed the kitchen floor aud turned the bead to her eyes. "Lucy I" she cried. *Lucy—" The girl made as though she would speak, but seemed overcome. Her mother dropped to her knees beside her, chaffing her hands, speaking words of endearment, crying for FTed and the boys, ••We found her in the snow, just between the barn and the house," the boys explained, "She seemed to have fallen there." . Rut right then Lucy seeped to come to life. She sprang to her feet. •'Mother—Dad—l can't keep it from you any longer. Please help me off with my coat.” Willing hands drew it from her shoulders- "Why. Lucy!" her mother exclaimed, “you are well dressed.” "Well enough, mother. ¥au see, Arthur wanted to be •-ure how you wouW receive your erring daughter before be would agree to come ln,“ "Arthur'” "Yes. He Is in the cutter with little Nellie, Ju4k beyvnd, the wind-break. Buys, will you run and tell hlmj” The boys dashed off, but Fred Mar tin seemed the most excited of all. T*o extra plates. Mother!" he shouted. "Two extra plates—and a high chair (ft UM. Weatem Ntwnpaper Union.) Whipped cream dressing is espvci ally good with cabbage sa|ad, but it may be used for any salad you like, To make it, beat half a pint of heavy . c .ui, until Stiff. Add 4 5 u tablespoons lemon juice, 2 tablespoons fresh grated horseradish, a grating of onion, a few drops of tabasco, and salt to taste. A dash of cayenne pepper may be used instead of tabasco. If the horseradish is in vinegay use only hhbiesfMMMiA hsusotu

Widow Millie * Filled the Stocking ‘By Wm. L. Gaston

DOW MILLIE lived on a western farm and with the help of a hired man—a slowgoing man named Mike—nobody ever heard his last name—managed to grow good crops and maintain the appearance of thrift.

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Five years before her busband, Wilson Macy, had died and she had been left alone to carry on the work of the ranch. .Mrs. MAcy was an attractive young woman whose age would have been guessed somewhere In ttie thirties. She was plump, goodnatured and' generally liked in the community. Somehow ghe eame called Widow Millie by the neighbors, who used tlie name as much to express their kindly feelings as to distinguish her from other people. Bob Ramsay and Jim Walden were both eligible w idowers and each ow ned a quarter-section of good land, adjoining’Widow Millie's land, qne bn the north and one on the east. Each seemed a~trTfie more than anxious to have everything go right on the w-id-ow's ranch and neither was backward in the proffer of advice or offers to help. To do this properly required a call and neither was averse to calling. Tom Moulton was a bachelor —a timid, basliful bachelor who could blush better than lie could talk, in the presence of ladies. .He owned a good' ranch and xVas ond «'f the .most thrifty farmers in the community, lie/was good looking and very obliging. He was well liked but no one believed th.it he could ever muster the eonragtto propose marriage- to any woman lie often slipped over to-the, widow's I'/rni. to see -Mike, of course. He gave . l.is farm advice to .Mike. Sometimes Ise ex< hanged work w ith Mike ai»l on these occasions there was an extra wl ite cloth oif'the table and th# bis cults had an extra flakiness. Tom liked the biscuits Tom ate the biscuits but he could not think of. a word to say-when the conversation was directed to him. - Op the night .before Christmas both Bob and Jim called and Widow Mlll.le proceeded to entertain both in the parlor. She mm aged conversation and kept it going in the general direction t while the visitors tidueted and sqii'iwed, ea -h hoping that the other world soon leave. Millie was sure that Tom was In the kitchen. Sige could hear the thuftled.conversation of two slow • peaking men, Millie extended an invitation to both her visitors to come over the next day and have Christmas dinner with her. Tills was the signal for both to leave. After their departure Miltie went to tlie kitchen, but Tom had gone and Mike had retired. I*ut hanging on the kftchen wall Just over the stove was h g I a pair of ladies’ slik stockings, looked at them in amaxement. were not hers and how have gotten there. she ’ observed . a piece of note paper protruding from one of them. She pulled it out hastily and excitedly read: "Widow Millie: I have hung these , stocking’s up here sor c you. I want you to fill them and wear them tomorrow. I have hung up a pair for myself at > ’home I will fill them and wear them over here tomorrow goon. The preach er aud his wife will be with .me. 1 fixed up everything else at the court- I house this afternoon. I can farm better i? I do pot have to copk. You can cook better if you do not have to farut. This is ah honest offer, from Tom." It would be hard to describe the thoughts that raced through Millie’s inlpd At first ahe was indignant. She resented it as an Impertinence, "He ■ had Ida nerve," she said almost aloud a dorep limes, but she smiled when she thought that nerve was the very thing that Tom was supposed not to have. She liked Tom, and if he iiad come out boldly and proposed (u the usual way she did not know what she would have done. She’ took up the note again, but she could only see the last line—' this is an honest offer, front Tom." It smote her with its straightforwardness aqd simplicity •*He Is honest,” she said to herself. She resolved first one thing, then another. but always came back to that las| •ffne- i -the honest offer- Tbe last HnCj won. Wjiea Tosa, the preacher and his vvife arrived. Widow Millie had the atockltogs filled and dinner was well on the \ ay. The minister's wife finished it. (Bob and Jim were in fiiu* for the ciremony, and of they stayed ton their Christmas dinner. <£. I>"< Western N«wspa,P»r Unta*A G. CARR FUJERAL DIRECTOR AMJULANCE SERVICE > PAU. CORY, Assistant Syracuse,lnd. Phone 75

ORDINANCE FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE YEAR 1931. Ordinance Number 338. An ordinance appropriating moneys for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the several departments of the town government of the Town ,of Syracuse, Indiana, from the first day of January, 1931 to December 31, 1931, including all outstanding claims, obligations, and fixing the time when same shall become effective. Section 1. Be it ordained by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Syracuse, Indiana; That for the expenses of the Town Government and its, institutions for the period from January 1, 1931 to December 31; 1931, the following sums of money are hereby appropriated and ordered set apart out of the funds, herein named, and tor the such sums herein appropriated shall be held to include all expenditures authorized to be made during this period, unless otherwise expressly stipulated and provided by law. Sectiofi 2. That for the above said period there is hereby’appropriated out of the General Fund of said town, the following: GENERAL FUND. <l. Services personal. - - ■ > No. 11 Salary of trustees ___? $ 150.00 No. 12 Salary of Clerk 75.00 No. 13 Salary of Treasurer 75.00 No. 14 Salary of Marshal 1400.00 . No. 15 Salary of Health Officer 25*00 No. 16 Compensation of Town Attorney No. 17 Compensation of Firemen No. 18 Other compensation '6oo*oo 2-.— -Services Contractual No. 22 Heat, light, power and water 7000.00 « •—— No. 23 Printing and advertising ; ~ 300 AM) Nv- ,24 Repairs of buildings and equipment ZZZZZZ2 No. ,25 Services other contractual 300*00 No. 31’ Office .supplies 1003)0 ■ No. 32 Other supplies — 900.00 No, 42 Street, alley anchrsewer 800*00 ■ No. 51 Insurance and official bon’d, premium 200.00 No. 52 Improvement assessments against the town 200 00 r No. 53 Properties ZZ.ZZZ **503)0 No. 54 Bonds and interest ■ t - ' 1550.00 No. 54A New lire house3ooo3)o And out\|>t the Street Fund the following: No. 55 jSalary Marshal 540.00 No. 56/Wages Street Laborers, *6oo*oo' Repair of Equipment 20000 £ r ;,x cy ,ppl,es —•- —■- — ioo'.oo ’■, Not 59 Material 800.00 \ —Sewitidn 3. That this ordinance shall be effective and in full force\on January 1, 1931. • < *'Fa>>ed by the Board of Town Trustees of the Town of Syracuse, December 16, 1930. ’ Attest; A. ,L. Miller Harry Clemens Town Clerk James M. Searfoss Robert Strieby , Board, of Town Trustees.

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