The Syracuse Journal, Volume 25, Number 37, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 5 January 1933 — Page 3

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Be SYRACUSE JOURNAL |||B REPUBLICAN, fW 7 II \ ItRYTTMIRTEiTj It Editor and Publisher Office Phone 4 — Home Phone $44 THURSDAY, JAN. 5, IW3 WHAT I LIKE (By Wm. Feather) Workers who do their work well without noise or bustle. All the writings of David Thoreau, in spite of his antagonism to modern industry’. Warm spring days and cool ■>summer nights. Fresh buttered popcorni spareribe and sauerkraut, all kinds of stewed .meat with vegetables, and old-fash-ioned strawberry shortcake. A good time, unexpectedly arrived at. Reading beside an open fireplace with feet on footstool. Modernistic furniture and architecture. * Conversation with persons of wide interests and unusual experience. A leisurely dinner —followed 1 y three cups of cotfee and cigars. I '' I A walk in the country just before! sundown, preferably with a log. Life in shipboard on the ocean. Eight hours sleep on a firJ.’ class bed. Helping to build a successful btsiness. '• ■ . ’ ' Almost any play good enough to run six months in New York. Flower gardens . and well-land-scaped trees and shrubbery. Dial telephones, clean taxis, and I Pullman service. x ' , -o ■. AVOID THE COMMON COLD - At this time of the yeas colds are prevalent and every means should be taken' to avoid-this infection, states Miss Aneta Beadle, extension nutritionist, a Purdue University. There are some people who almost never . have colds, others are affected occasionally, while with-others they! become almost a habit. Colds occur more frequently during the winter months when we ■ spend much of , our time in badly I ventilated and over heated rooms, I and when we do not get out in the winter sunshine. Diet also plays an | important part, for during the win-1 ter we may not be using a large; enough amount of fresh fruits and | green vegetables as during the sum- ■ mer, and eat more meat, potatoes, | bread and pastries. The lack of the, "protective foods,” such as minerals and vitamins lowers our resistance to infection. The following are some good rules to follow to help avoid the common cold: 1. Have air 'in rooms moving freely and temperature at 70 degrees. 2. The air should contain enough moisture to preserve the natural moisture of the mucous membranes. 3. Drink two to four glasses of milk a day. ,•■ ’ ' 4. Eat a green vegetable every I day may be cooked or served as salad. * I 6. Eat one citrus fruit every day. Tomatoes (canned or raw) may be substituted. If citrus fruits cannot be obtained, raw carrots or cabbage ground, may also be used. 6. Protect that cough or sneeze. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS The Journal is furnished with the following transfers of real estate by Houton C. Frazer & Son. abstractors, Warsaw: . Communications Realty Corp., to United Telephone Companies, Inc., center 1-3 of lot 81, Syracuse, SI. Owen Hamilton et al to Chauncey E. Young, 31 acres section 2 Van Buren township, S9OO. Vella V. Lott to Grace L. Sanders lot- in block 1 Merrick’s addition, Milford, $1,700. Elizabeth Evans et al to Bertha B. Boettger, 40 acres section. 8. Jefferson township, sl. Philip Straus to David Metzler, 35.44 acres section 6 Jefferson township, sl. Papakeechie Corp, to Carl E. and Lucretia I. Larson, lot 22 subdivision 2 Papakeechie Park, S6OO. Isaac Mellinger to The New Paris - Lumber Co., part lot SW. AM. addition, South Park, $250. Daniel F. Byrer to Homer A. and Millard H Byrer, 40 acres section 7 Prairie township, sl.' John H. Wutherich to Elizabeth | Wuthrich, 138.72 acres sections 13 and 4 Jefferson and Van Buren town- I ships, sl. '. —, . ■ —o I DOMESTIC HARMONY i Many a husband, knowing nothing 1 of music, learns he can produce real < harmony in the home by playing < second fiddle.—Toledo Blade. < - -A 1 Cheer up. In another month the mail carrier will be bringing you seed catalogues again. *

HINDU CEREMONIES COST BILLION YEAR Religious Body Wants Huge Expenses Reduced. Ixmdon.—That the Hindus In India spend something like $1,250,000.000 annually on ceremonial occasions, and that this national budget of the people needs economizing, is the main conclusion and recommendation made in a preliminary report by the Hindu religious committee to bls holiness the ahankarcharza, Doctor Kurtakotl. A small committee was appointed by his holiness, at the end of last year to report on the condition of religious observances In India and their on th A economic condition of the people. The following are the general conclusions drawn up by that committee In a preliminary report: Leaving but the Moslems and the depressed classes for the moment, there are 200.000.000 Hindus in BrltIsb ftHlla. These are grouped Into about 40.000.000 families. There are about 4.000,000 deaths each year in these families. Thirteen Day Ceremonies. Every death means religious cere monies, lasting for 13 days, which are performed by Hindus of all castes. It has been estimated that 50 rupees per death ceremony would be a very modest estimate. Thus 200,000,000 rupees per year is paid out by the Hindus In what the committee calls "death j duties” surrendered to the Hindu soI clety. Part of this is purely for cere | monies. Similarly there are about 5.000,000 births per year among the caste Hindus. The ceremonies In connection with births are much less complicated, as seemingly the passing of man from this life Is of more Im portance than an arrival Into the world, and the committee calculates that the total average cost does not exceed 10 rupees per head, including the ceremonies. This would add 50.000,000 rupees to the bilL During the lifetime, of a caste Hindu there are in all 16 ceremonies. Including birth and death. In the case of the Brahmans, numbering more than 15,000.000. there are two ceremonies, the, death and marriage ceremonies which are the most important Marriage is a ceremony of universal Importance with Hindus of all castes. It has t»een estimated that there are in all about 30.000.000 Hindu families in The number of marriages per year Is estimated at about 3.000.000. But taking - into consideration that two families are concerned In the marriage, about 10,000,000 families are affected by It At the lowest, it is estimated, each of these families spends about 150 rupees on the mari rlage, bringing the Hindu national ! marriage bill up to the huge sum of j 1.500.000.000 rupees. The thread ceremony among the Brahmans Is the most Important, as without It no person has the right to I call himself a Brahman. About 250.i 000 thread ceremonies take place every I year, coating about 30,000,000 rupees. ‘ There are numerous other cere- : monies on all sorts of occasions, like the new year, the the festival jof lights, etc. Added together, all i these ceremonies represent an expend!-, tore es 2.780.000,000 rupees, or $1,050,000,000. Reduction Suggested. • The depressed classes, numbering j about 50.000.000. have their annual i ceremonial which costs them about 10 rupees per bead, adding another 500.000,000 rupees, of $187,500,000 to the huge sum spent on ritual. The committee considers that this is an estimate for very lean years. For the average good year this estimate should be Increased by 50 per cent Taking the present estimate as the best for the purpose of general consideration the committee thinks that at the present moment, when the government dues are being considered as ! excessive, an attempt should be made j to reduce these religious charges. The government of India’s annual revenue ; Is round about $500,000,000. The Hindu I spends more than 25 per cent on his religious rites and ceremonies alone. If the Income of an Indian per head per year is taken at the official figure of $25. then the Hindu is spending more than 25 per cent of his Income on religious ceremonies. After government and other taxes have been paid the Hindu has to live on about 15 cents per week. The committee considers that a broader and more humane outlook must be taken of this problem of life for the Hindu. They feel that the question must be considered as a whole and that heads of the Hindu religion should be consulted through- , out India, and that religious ceremonies should be reduced in costs so as to make it possible to undertake religious ceremonies without having to borrow from a money lender to do so. DEER FOUND. A buck deer was found dead on the farm of John Heinzman, 5 miles northwest of Noblesville in Hamilton County, last week. Residents of the vicinity are at loss .to explain its presence in this section of highly cultivated farm areas. The animal was very thin, yet died .in the midst of plenty of food. There were no gun shot wounds to indicate death from this source. Some one had sawed off the antlers, thus preventing determination of its age. Reports have been current for the past four years that a pair or deer roamed this county, but no evidence heretofore established the fact. Farmers, reporting the dead buck to the fish and game division of the state conservation department, say they have no knowledge how the animal came to be in that locality, and so far no reports have been received that it may have strayed from a private corral. o —_ Once a month every man complains of his f*.naly’s extravagances.

• INDIANA HAS MANY USEFUL • • NATIVE TREES AND SHRUBS ♦ • FOR PLANTING. • “The depression need not interrupt a program of home ground development,” says R. B. Hull, landscape specialist of Purdue. “Indiana has been greatly favored by Nature,” says Hull, “in the abundance of fine native trees and shrubs which flourish here. Both have been very carelessly dealt with in the past. Our hardwood forests are gone, our, native shrubs have been destryoed as so much brush detrimental to the farming operations and too common to possess beauty.” The use of our best native materials is being Urged in the Purdue Landscape Extension program not only as a means of accomplishing steady improvement in the home grounds during the time of financial stress, but also to conserve these excellent trees and shrubs. Long life, vigorous growth, beauty of form, and good foliage should be demanded of all ornamental trees and shrubs, according to Hull. Among the trees which meet these requirements he lists the following: The American Elm or White Elm, (the vase-shaped variety is most useful) Sugar Maple, Sweet or Red Gum, Pin Oaks, Sour Gum, Tulip Tree, Hackberry, Sycamore, Linden or Basswood and Beech, Among smaller trees recommended are: Flowering Dogwood, Redbud, Wild Crab, Sassafras, Hawthorn, Shpdblow, and Blue Beech or Water Beech. These latter types are particularly useful for roadside plantings since they do not reach sufficient height to interfere with utility lines. A scattering of these smaller trees should appear— in all ’ naturalistic shrubbery plantings, and the Hawthorns may be used, as in England, in developing beautiful clipped hedges of any desired height up to eight or even ten feet. . Hull lists the following native shrubs classified as to use: For backgrounds or screen plantings: Black Haw, Witch-hazel, Gray Dogwood, Buttonbush, Red Osier Dogwood, Spicebrush, Bladdernut, Wahoo, Ninebark, Staghorn Sumac, Smooth Sumac, Prairie Rose, Prickly Ash, Winterberry. For lower masses: Hazelnut, Fragrant Sumac, Indian Currant, Shurbby St. John's Wort, Shrubby Cinquefoil, Leatherwood (in deep shade), Swamp Rose, Jersey Tea, Canada Blueberry, Low-bush Blueberry, Native Hydrangia. Not all these shrubs arfe found in each county, yet there are usually a sufficient number of varieties for a great part of the important plantings of the home grounds, and adjacent counties may furnish additional materials. I Most of the leading nurseries are able to furnish a great many of these native plant materials and present prices are greatly reduced. ■'■ -a— - — . NEW TAXES COMING One of the glittering promises in the recent campaign which led to the change of administration was one to reduce taxes and cut down the machinery of government and its interference in business. But now that the smoke of battle is cleared away it is becoming evident that instead of reducing taxes, there will have to be new levies to balance the budget. Not only is this to be done, but there are to be new forms of taxation. One of these proposed is the tax on chain stores Within the District of Columbia,, over which Congress has direct jurisdiction. The bill was introduced in the last House by Representative Cellar of New York and sent to committee for study. It is re ported that an effort is now to be made to get the bill out on the floor of the House without further hearing. It is said that the bill would raise a half million dollars a year revenue from the chain stores in the District of Columbia. Congress of course has nothing to do with stale legislation. Many of the states have already passed laws taxing chain stores and it is reported that others will resort to the same kind of legislation during this winter The above example of special tax legislation is cited without argument as to its merits only to show that the tendency, in Congress as well as the states is still to find new sources of taxation rather than to cut down the expenses of government and so lessen the tax burdens on the real property owner and the consumer who finally pay it all either directly or indirectly. Os course Congress will have to raise money now to balance the budget but we ought never lose sight of the fact in our national and local affairs that what we need to restore prosperity is not the raising of more money to spend through taxation bat in cutting down our public expenditures by a strict system of economy. 0 TOO MUCH TIME A man arrested in Indiana had 20 watches in his possession. Shows how a person can get into trouble when he has too much time on his hands* or in his pockets.—Dayton Daily News. BARGAINS. Kidnappers are not above cutting prices when, after demanding SIOO,000 ransom for a Chicago banker, they settle for $5,000. 0The hardest job of all is trying to look busy when you’re not.

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* | TAX PLANS WORTH A STUDY * John S. Lawrence, former presi- * dent of the New England Council, 1 ; and an authority on taxation, is t quoted as saying at a meeting of the - State Taxpayers Association of Masb sachusetts recently, that “The Tax situation in Massachusetts is particuI j larly serious today because the older . communities have acquired expenj: sive habits that are difficult to change II and have incurred debts appropriate J when industry /prospers but which g| are wholly out A>f proportion when inJ dustry fails, ”/ * - | Continuing/in an explanation as to s how taxes affect the business of a ’ community and the community itself . Mr. Lawrence declared: "Taxes are ; part of the cost of business operating t and the mote there is paid in taxes r J the less there is for labor and mana- » This is trqe of the big and 11 of the small company as well, and it! » is true of the big and the small com- j rnunity. ” What Mr. Lawrence says about tax ! »j burdens in Massachusetts can be ap-1 j . plied to every state in the Union. ' r i Taxes can and must be sliced every-! . where. After all the national and .'state burden is comparatively light,. .'so far as (he average man or the ( average small business is concerned. What we want to do it to get down local expenditures and this can be r done by the people themselves, through tax organizations in their | I own comirjunities. In commenting on? Mr. Lawrence’s address the Spring- ’ field Union says: • | r “First step toward correcting the . present condition, Mr. Lawrence sub 5 mits, is for a city or town to analyze I t its costs <>f operation and to pay for service in proportion to the other , costs, The second is to study artifi- . cial restrictions that check the growth . and development of industries oh-. which the community depends. Th? 1 j third is to study restrictions on the j part of labor which, through cooperation, can be bettered. The , fourth is to create in each community an interest in the good manage- _ ment of corporations on which the > f community depends and an interest j r on the part of stockholders to attend; meetings and ask questions. , “These four points are worthy of . attention as coming from one of Mr. Lawrence’s long and extensive exper- . ience in, industrial ■ affairs. We have . heard a lot about the benefits coming - out of appropriat ions and Joans that > serve to increase taxation. It is im- , portant for all concerned to look . more candidly at the effects produced by high taxes.’ ’ i Here is indeed a program worthy of the study of every progressive r community in the country, and the . progressive communities now are the . ones which want to reduce taxes. . For high taxes now are the greatest barrier to the development of any s community. New industries will not f come tq tex harassed communities . and industries already in such communities cannot grow and prosper as they should. , —o — SETTING A GOOD EXAMPLE , TO YOUNG AMERICA X — —. > Charles Francis Adams, Jr., son of . the Secretary of the Navy and acsen- . ior in Harvard, reported at the ? Charlestown Navy Yard the othei 5 day as an ensign in the Naval Re- . serve and was assigned to the Seconc > Battalion. Each Monday night, from now on, Ensign Adams will repor‘ . for drill. After a period of time, a when he has acquired sufficient i knowledge, he will be accorded at f examination find promoted. Even--5 tually he may attain the rank of lieu . tenant commander dr even comman . der, when, in an emergency, he j might be given the command of i s small Submarine chaser or similai » naval ship. What young Adams is doing everj . red-blooded youth in the countr; | ought to be doing. If there is no roon - in the Naval Reserve for them, then >is plenty of room in the Reserve Corps iof the army. The knowledge > these young men acquire in this waj f will never do them any harm and i i may, some day, prove of the great I est importance to them and theii > country. —Portland Press Herald. j a—, : FISHING LICENSES ARE DISTRIBUTE! . INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — license ' to fish, hunt, and trap in Indian: ( during 1933 to the number pf 172,00 . were placed in the mails this wee) by the fish and game division of th< i state conservation department, con signed to county clerks of the state .In each of the counties the clerk I aid in the distribution of these licens es, assisted in larger counties b} other agents, generally dealers it 1 sporting goods equipment. Forty thousand five hundred licens es were distributed to agents ii Marion County. Approximately 300,000 residen' licenses are sold annually. Licensesell for $1 and are in force during the calendar year. Agents and clerk handling them are allowed ten cent per license sold, while ninety cent on each license goes to the fish an< game division. It .is from this fund, Walter Shirts, division superinten dent explains, that five fish hatcheries, three game reserve and tw< game farms are maintained. Th< division reecives no legislative ap- ] propriation, and is supported entirely from jts own revenue. i ' , o ¥ TAXPAYERS AND SPENDERS Everything would be lovely if citizens could pay their taxes as easily I ias public officials spend the money.

CONCORD Marian Dausman of Michigan spent the holidays with the Guy Fisher family. Norris Mathews of Akron spent Thursday at the Ernest Mathews home. Miss Margaret Wolfe, who has been in Chicago spent her vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Wolf. Mrs. Anna Mathews spent Friday at the Jacob Bucher home. Mr. and Mrs. Button Howe spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Park' Losier of Goshen. Dewey Coy and family spent Suni day with Mr. and Mrs. Raymond ! Ketring of Syracuse. Lester, Dewart spent Monday even- | ing with Mr. and Mrs. James De- > wart. | Chester Stiffler and family and i Jdrs. LaVina Brooks spent Sunday with the Inion Rookstool family in Oswego. Herbert Milter spent his vacation at home with his parents and returned to Indiana University Tuesday. Mrs. Iva Coy called at the Ray LeCount home, Monday. Mrs. Ollie Miles and daughter i Cecil of Chicago spent a few days i here with friends, returning home ! Monday. , Mrs. Hattie Fisher spent Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Violet Tom and • family. Mrs. J. A. Fisher and Mrs. Nt.ma Tom enjoyed Sunday at the Guy Fisher home. Bertram Whitehead and family, Mrs. Miles and Mrs. Gallistel spent JSunday with friends in Goshen. SOLOMON’S CREEK Miss Helen Hillbish spent several | days last week with her grandmather | in Benton. j Miss LaVada Eheley spent several j ■ days of her Christmas vacation with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. j Walter Sheley of Goshen. Ben Zimmerman and family, Ralph l Darr and Mrs. Wilbur Willis and son spent Sunday with Albert Zimmerman and family. ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Chester Firestone spent last Wednesday with his moth- 1 Ler near Howe, who is recovering ( from her recent illness? * Miss Mary Sapen spent Thursday! with her parents., Mrs. Walter Simpson and son George have returned home after spending last week in White county. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cripe spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Etta Seese. The Leaders Class will hold their ! meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Miller of Goshen, Jan. 19. Mr. and Mrsr Ford Overleese of Milford spent Sunday afternoon and evening with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Fisher. Sunday school and preaching Sunlay morning. (From last week.) Mr. and Mrs. James Fisher and Allen Fisher spent Christmas day | with their brother, Ed Wisher and wife. Chester Firestone and family spent Christmas with Harry Coy and 'amily of near Syracuse. The Brotherhood and Ladies Aid •vi 11 meet with Mr. and Mrs. Sailor Darr of Goshen next Tuesday evenng, Jan. 3. Those who attended the Christmas linner held at the home of George Darr Monday were Mr. and Mrs. Omer Darr and son Gene, Mr. and 4rs. Vick Lantz and two sons, Mrs. Dallas Myers and son Billy, Rev. ind Mrs. Eiler of Sugar Grove, Rev. md Mrs. Dobbins of this’place, .Mr. >nd Mrs. John Darr and daughter, Miriam, Mrs. Alice Darr of Goshen, >fr. and Mrs. Albert Zimmerman and children. Mrs. Walter Simpson and son jeorge are visiting relatives in! Whiter county this weelt. Mrs. Sarah Juday of Benton spent Christmas with her daughter, Mrs. Sen Zimmerman and family. Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Whistler and wo daughters spent Sunday w ; ith [ Valter Simpson and family. Willis Rogers and family spent 'hristmas day with his father in l Goshen. Miss Miriam Darr is spending her Christmas vacation with her aunts, drs. Dave Holtzinger of Benton and :' Mrs. Eiler of Sugar Grove. Rev. Dobbins will begin his re-1 rival meetings at Burr Oak Sunday, evening, Jan. Bth. Sunday school Sunday morning and preaching services Sunday evening. | DISMAL Mrs. Cora Thompson and son of Scott, 0., visited last week in the tome of the former’s parei/s, Mr. ind Mrs. Lon Burley. Mrs. Mary Gants was a Ft. Wayne visitor last Thursday. Jay and Jackie Buchtel of Middlebury visited Jas. Buchtel and family last week. Ralph Lung and wife, Orville Shack and wife, Mrs. Virgil Bo beck and Miss Tilda Bo beck have been ill with flu and colds, but are improving. Ed Hire of Albion called at the Virgil Bobeck home, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Estel Moore Syracuse visitors, Thursday. __. Edwin Lang has returned to Fort

Wayne Business College, after spend-’ ing two weeks vacation at home. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Buchtel and Mr. and Mrs. Winston Gants spent New Year’s day with Arthur Buchtel and family of Middlebury. Mrs. Vada Morris and Arthur were callers at the Dora Clingerman home, Saturday evening. ® Howard and Herman Harper of Purdue visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harper and family during the holidays. (From last week.) Harman Harper of Purdue is spending his vacation with his parents, Frank Harper and family. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Avery and Richard of Anderson were guests over the week end of the 4 atter ’ s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lon Burley and Frank. Arthur Morris drove to Lafayette Saturday and spent Christmas with his friend. Miss Frances Reed of Reedersburg. ♦ Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Cole and daughter Norma May of Bloomington came last Tuesday and spent the week end and Christmas with Mrs. Cole’s parents, Lee Lung and family Claus Bobeck and wife and Harold Mrs. Mary Wilkinson and Roy were the guests of Fred Green and family of Cromwell on Christmas day. SOUTH SIDE Mrs. Jane Jones and Flo Masters spent Thursday with Mrs. Warbel and in the afternoon Mrs. Frank Warbel and son of New Paris called. William Trampton and son and his wife visited Mr. and Mrs. Elmer McGarity last week. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Koher and son Harold of Elkhart visited in the home of her sister, Mrs. t Marion Davis, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Davis of Flint Mich., visited his sister over the J week end. Mr. and Mrs. Pat Ritter and and Mrs. Alice Jarrett visited Mr. and Mrs. Trowbridge in Larwill, Sunday. Week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bushong were Mr. and Mrs. Philip Leonard and son Billy of Niles, Mich., and David Brady o£ [ Constantine. Mrs. Estelle Swartz and Frank Yoder were dinner guests, Saturday night of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Metzler | of Wakarusa. Those who called on C. E. Bushong and family, Tuesday evening were Mr. and Mrs. John Bushong and. son Gerald, and daughter Joan, Mrs. Pearl Coy and Almeda and Emerson; Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Lingofelter and Ruth, Lawrence and Charles;'' i ‘

Unlimited Power at Low Cost THAT was the dream of the empire builders—unlimited power at low cost. This community has it now, at the turn of a switch. Once power was a problem. Electric service was inadequate in the early days. But now 7 , with interconnected electric service linking your community w ith the great energy sources of the state and the midlands, . there is unfailing power, waiting to be used. Power is the key to expansion, and so this community is in position to grow’. Size does not matter any more. The first need of industry—cheap power in abundance— is here. Your town can grow industrially, and it should grow if nothing happens that may impair the effectiveness of its power supply. Industries are moving out from the big cities. Some will come inquiring, as many already have done here and in other Indiana towns and cities. The men who plan to build them will ask, “What about power?” , If your answer is: “We have our own municipal plant here,” they will know that means an isolated plant, of limited capacity, which through the years will prove ever* more unreliable and inadequate if your community is to grow industrially. . But so long as interconnected power serves this community, the answer can always be, “Ample, and inexpensive.” The doubts that plant builders always have about small, local electric services will not arise. Industries will locate where there is adequate power at reasonable rates. Northern Indiana Public service company A PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY • ,

Catherine and George Coy. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Bushong entertained Mr. and Mrs. Marian Wyland and family of Elkhart; Frank Yoder and Estelle Swartz, Friday evening. A New Year’s party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clintot Bushong. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Hodson, Miss Loraine Bushong, Miss Bernice Grissamore, Miss Baumgardner, Mrs. Swartz, Mr. Moyer and Mr. Sharp of Niles, Mich.; Robert and David Brady of Constantine, Mich. Mrs. Clinton Bushong accompanied her brother, Mr. Sharp,: home to Niles, Mich. to spend this week there. SOUTH SHORE Ike Mellinger has been sick the past week but is now improving. Mrs. Emma Cummins and son Emerson and Miss Louise Diddier ofElkhart spent Christmas and Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Bert SeSrfoss. Mrs. Martha Jordan and daughter Mrs. Snepp called on Mrs. Retta Warner, who is ill at her daughter’s home in Goshen. Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Kelly and sons Billy and Jack, and Miss Minnie Partridge of South Bend; Mr. and Mrs. James Traster and Ralph Mullen, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Niles and son JjZirton were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Searfoss. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Niles, Mr. and Mrs. Sy Bauer and son Joe, Mrs. Martha Jordan, Freeman Kelly and Gid LeCount helped Bert Searfoss butcher, Monday. Mrs. Forrest Snepp has been suffering with a sprained ankle for several days. Albert Hibner had a tumor removed from his neck at the Goshen hospital, Friday. He “ returned home, Saturday. ZION. Erba Kline spent Sunday afternoon with Martha Brower. Lee Henwood and family entertained guests from Detroit over the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Emory Guy spent ‘Tuesday evening with: Mr. and Mrs. Jay Rensberger. Erba Kline spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Henwood and family. Jesse Miller and family spent Sunday with Melvin Niles and family.? Mr. and Mrs. Harold Myers and daughters of Milford, and Mr. and Mrs. Eston Clayton and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. David Clayton.