The Syracuse Journal, Volume 27, Number 51, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 18 April 1935 — Page 1

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MAN DROWNS IN LAKE AT NO. WEBSTER Boat Overturned; Felt It Wouldn’t Hold Up Himself and Father. When the row boat in which he .and his faiher were hauling wood, 'overturned on North Webster lake Cin the high waves, Tuesday morning, Orvie Line, 27, evidently fearing the boat would not stay up with . both himself and father clinging to it, started to swim towards Weimer’s Landing, for help, although he was weighed down in his heavy clothes, overcoat and boots. t He &as an excellent swimmer, and it is thought he was seized with a cramp but a few yards away from where his father clung to the overturned boat, and he waved his arm in the air, calling for help. He came up twice, and his mother, on the shore, unable to obtain help, and his fathei irf the water, saw’ their son go down for the last time, his hand still above his head. His suiter said that he must have drowned, in about six feet of water. Line's brother Gerald, aged 18," had stripped off his clothes on shore and started out towards his brother, when he suffered a cramp in his foot and leg. and was unable to go further. Pete Black, a neighbor, started out on the lake in his rowboat, and U>wed the overturned boat into shore, with Carl Line, the father, clinging to it. They were unable to locate Orvie's body, and did not obtain grappling hooks until noon. The accident occurred about 10 o'clock in the morning. The body was found in about 10 feet of water, about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Line had moved front Elkhart to North Webster about a year ago. The father said that he and Orvie had joked about high waves when they started towards the east end of the lake after wood, Tuesday morninfy But when the boat was loaded, and turned sidewise towards the wave*, on the return trip, the accident occurred. Orvie Line wastborn on Jan. 18, 1908. In addition to his parents, he. is survived by his, brother Gerald, another brother, LaVerne, and a sister, Mrs. Lois Bruggner of Elkhart. TERRIBLE THUNDER WAS ONLY PRACTICE American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps has First Practise Tuesday Evening Windows Shake. With such a thunder that windows of the library nearly fell out, and the display window at Thornburg’s was shaken, the American Legion held the first practise of their Drum and Bugle corps, in the library, Tuesday evening, under the direction of Millard Hire. There were more people gathered around the coming musicians, listening and covering their ears, than there were playing. When the corps is filled out, there will be eight snare drums, two baas drums, 16 bugles and a pair of cymbals. Those who have said they will play snare drums, so far are: "Pete” Harkiees, Joe Rapp, Jim Connolly ► Nelson Auer, Ralph Disher Jr., and Harry Porter. Bob Searfoss and Mel Dillen will play the bass drums, and O. P. • (Barney) Davis is playing the cymbals. ■ Beanie Howard, Nelson Miles, Ralph Disher Sr., Squire Bachman, Duane Baur. Bill Smith, Marion Culler, Richard Isbell, Bill Hindorer, Byron Connolly, Landis Presaler, Ernest Strock, William Brown and. Bob Strieby are to be the buglers. Millard Hire’s brother Lewis, from Elkhart, is to act as drum major when the corps parades. Dan Klink’s car was damaged but neither Mr. or Mrs. Klink were injured in an automobile collision in Elkhart. Sunday afternoon. They were on their way to the home of Frank Klink in Mishawaka, when Seft hand turn r. Klink’s car r of Elkhart, and by drivwaa able to Syracuse*

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I | COUNTY NEWS | -i 1 Authority to proceed with the construction of a new Oswego bridge across the Tippecanoe river was granted to County Road Supervisor S. R. Laughlin, by the board of county commissioners at its special meeting at the court house last Thursday morning. The board declared' an emergency existed. The steel structure is to be four feet wider than the old bridge. Bids for steel to be used were to be filed by Monday and labor on the bridge will likely be FERA. Mrs. Ada Reber, 67, died last week at the home of her daughter in Warsaw. J. W. Keefer. Warsaw real estate dealer has filed suit in circuit court against Robert T. Gilliam and Jacob W. Mater ns for his commission as their agent in the sale of a farm located in Plain township. Mrs. Floyd Schuder of Milford, who underwent a major abdominal operation last week at the McDonald hospital in Warsaw has been removed to her home. Walter N. Greaves of Fort Wayne has filed suit for SIOO damages against Merlin Long of Warsaw as a result of damage to his automobile in a collision at the junction of US. Road 30 and State Road 13 last Oecember. In addition to placing a few new road signs at dangerous curves on Kosciusko roads, all of the traffic signs have been repainted and reconditioned. Mrs. Mary Miller, of Palestine, died Friday. Funeral services were held Sunday. Funeral services for Mrs. Effie Lightcap, who died suddenly at her home in Silver Lake, were held last Thursday afternoon. A Chevrolet truck belonging to Fred Robbins was practically demolished, Thursday night, when struck by a large semi-trailer truck of the Gold Star Motor Service Co., of Barrington, IU., in front of the Robbins home, 7 ,miles east of Warsaw on Road 30. According to J. Alva Mellott, 117 contract signers on the 1934-corn hog contracts have not received their checks totalling $3,000. These will be mailed to the signers as received. Up to date Kosciusko county has received $343,586.03 for distribution to signers X the contracts. Mrs. Ralph Minert of Warsaw underwent an appendicitis operation in the hospital there, Friday evening. Gene Metzger, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Metzger of Lakeeon, underwent a mastoid operation in the McDonald hospital in Warsaw, Friday. Mrs. Lee Jeffries of Mentone, who suffered a fractured hip in a fail in her home several days ago, is improving. Baccalaureate services were held at Silver Lake, Sunday evening. Mrs. Frank Smith, former Warsaw resident, was found dead in bed, in Goehen, Saturday morning by her husband when he returned home from work. Funeral services for Mrs. Festus Hoot, of near Warsaw, who died Friday, were held Monday aflernqpn. * John Minear of Warsaw underwent a major abdominal operation, Monday. Thirty-two directors and committeemen of the Kosciusko County Com-Hog association met Saturday, and sent a protest against the removal of J. Alva Mellott and other emergency agriculture agents, to the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington. Mrs. Sarah Irvin of Atwood underwent a major abdominal operation in the Warsaw hospital Monday. In circuit court, Ray Faulkner has filed a suit on a note, a mortgage foreclosure, against Mary J. Wyman and others in which a judgment of $3,600 is asked. The property involved is in Scott township. Alva Jones, well-known farmer residing northwest of Mentone, was only slightly shaken up when his automobile ran off the highway, snapped off a thick telephone pole, tore through a heavy wire fence and ran 300 feet into a field where it upset. This is Jones* eighth accident. Judgments againststockholders of the closed Warsaw State Bank and Trust Co., 'were entered Monday by Judge Robert McNagny in WhiUejt circuit court. The suit of Eli N. Smith, Claypool, against P. F. (CwHnwecr m» Last Page)

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CAR MISSES TRAIN BUT SMASHES POLE No One Injured But Telephone Service is Interrupted; Cables Entwine Around B. fit. O. Engine The United Telephone Co. suffered between S2OO and $250 property damage, and the Chrysler car belonging to Miss Grace Rockwell of Goshen, who has a gift shop on the north shore of Wawasee in the summer, suffered about $135 damage in an accident, about 8:13, last Thursday night, in which, fortunately, no one was injured. Miss Grace Rockwell's sisters, one who is librarian in Goshen, and Mrs. Homer Johnson had come to the beauty shop here in Syracuse. They were accompanied by William Neff, Jr., of Goshen, and had driven to Syracuse in Miss Grace Rockwell’s car, a Chrysler coupe. While the women were in the beauty parlor Junior Neff started for a ride. He was accompanied by Tad Ketering. Whether fog that night, or the lights of an oncoming car blinded him is not known, but the 8:13 from Chicago was about to arrive on the B. & O. tracks just as he reached the Huntington street crossing. He forced the car to leap across the tracks ahead of the engine of the train, but the car struck a telephone pole on the left hand side of the road near the tracks. The pole crashed to the ground, bringing with it all the cables which entwined themselves about the en- , gine of the train. The train crew members were at first afraid to touch |he wires, not knowing but what they were high-powered electric wires. Neither young man in the car was hurt, according to those at the scene of the accident, and the property damage to the telephone company has been stated. e Telephone service was cut off on the north side of the lake from Thursday night until Saturday afternoon. A few telephones on the south side were out due t£ the accident. - —u TOWN BOARD ASKED TO MARK OFF ALLEY Board Refuses, Tells Property Owners to Find Description Os Lots. Dr. Garnett Latham and Vernon Beckman appeared before the town board, Tuesday evening, asking that the board have a survey.made of the alley running southeast from John’s street, and southwest from Lake street, because, they stated, the alleys are plowed to be planted and when they had gone over what they thought were alleys, they had been told they were trespassing and to get off. The land in question is on the race bank in the Strom-beck-Weaver addition. Dr. Latham has bought lots 107, 116 and 117 in that addition from Simon Bell, and he aaid that he wishes to clear off the lota and plant these. Vernon ' Beckman also owns a lot tn this addition. They state when using what they had thought was an alley they’d been ordered off by Columbus Disher Sr. They asked the town board to I locate the alleys so they could be sure they were not trespassing on anyone vise's land when they went to their lots. The town board took the position that there were some alleys there, which had never been vacated, and that these men had a right to use the alleys to reach their lots, but the board is not going to survey the alleys to locate some land for Latham and Beckman, the boundaries of which Latham and Beckman did not know. The board claimed that it waa up to the property owners to locate their own property. Latham and Beckman were also told that after they had located their land that they could easily determine where the alleys were and use them, and then if anyone tried to atop them from using the alleys, to come back. The minutes of the previous meeting were read, which stated that a notice had been served on the firm of McClintic, Colwell and Gordy to remove all of the firm’s equipment off the town’s property within 30 days, the 30 days being up on the first day of May. The land in question lies between Huntington street and the power race upon which the firm has much of its contracting equipment stored The board expects to use the land for park purposes and wishes to get it sowed in grass thia spring. — 0 HURT IN ACCIDENT The ears of Emnry Cooper and Lee Henwood, who live near Syracuse, collided near Leesburg, last Thursday. Cooper's en* fhwmh waa almost cut off in the accident.

|ON LAKE WAWASEEJ i ; 1 L. T. Heerman has leased the Turkey Creek Golf course for the summer and he and Mrs. Heerman have moved to the club house on the course. Freeman Moore, owner of the course, will be in charge of skeet shooting there, and Mr. Heerman will be manager of the golf links. Capt. and Mrs. Harry Tetlow went to Fort Benjamin Harrison, yesterday, to obtain equiment for the 81 new enrollees who are to reach the CCC camp, Monday, bringing it to its full capacity of 245 men. Monday’s weather was so wintery that ducks were flyjng by the hundreds in the vicinity of Wawasee. Joe Kaplin of Fort Wayne, furniture manufacturer, has bought the property in which Mr. and Mrs. Ellwood George had been living and plans, with his wife and family, to move to the lake next week. Mr. and Mrs. George moved to their property next the one in which they had made their home, this week. The undivided one-eighth interest In five lots in Pickwick Park was sold Saturday at sheriff’s sale to I. O. Wood of Goshen for $569.55 C. G. Wilbur of Michigan spent the week end at his lake home on Kale Island. ■» Mr. and Mrs. M. L. White of Noblesville were lake visitors, Sunday. Their son Joe and wife came from Kendallville and joined them for the day. Mrs. Zehner of Fort Wayne has rented one of Ellwood George's cottages in Highland View Gardens for the season, and moved there the first of this week. J. Rigdon of Wabash was a lake visitor one day last week. He is on the road, a traveling salesman. Charles Miles, Wapakoneta, 0., visited Carl Tuttle, Sunday evening. Both left on Monday morning for Michigan City. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Fishack and Mrs. Grace Olds opened their cottage. , Sunday and have moved here for the season. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert McMahan of Anderson entertained a party of friends at their cottage over the week end. Walker White is expected to visit Lake Wawasee this week, on business. Dr. W. B. Wallace underwent an operation for prostate glands, in, the Methodist hospital in Indianapolis, Tuesday last week. Mr. and Mrs. (Continued on Last Pave) NEW LAWS APPLY TO SCHOOL BUSES Must Dispense with Bodies of Buses Three Years Oto; Cannot Be Used for '■ — oiilhVa W* The school bus law PWv L <he last legislature, besides wg every driver of a school bus «ae a physical examination, also ms,, s a township or school corporation, beginning with the year 1935, dispense with at least one school bus every year that is more than three yean old. This means that Turkey Creek township will have to buy one this year, although there is no money on hand for this. By the year 1940 every school bus must be equipped with safety glass throughout, and otherwise meet the safety standards prescribed by a committee composed of state superintendent of public instruction, state director of safety, and others. This committee announced its standards this week. They are: AU bus bodies must be of steel or substantial combination of wood and steel; tope must be of sufficient strength to support the body if the bus overturned; emergency exit doors must be installed in the rear of each bus body; vehicles must be painted yellow or orange. Other regulations are: no- school bus shall be used upon any highway "of the state of Indiana for a private purpose; the state director of public safety shall have the authority to inspect school bopes and determine the fitntas of the buses for transportation of children; every school bus shall carry an axe and a fire exThe section dealing with the phynation of drivers sistas that 30 days after a driver is hired be must have a certificate of health from a licensed physician stating that he is free from communicable diseases and physically able to drive a bus. No person fa to be employed ■ liquor to excess wM who does not

SERVICE HELD FOR GRADUATING CLASS Rev. Reidenbach Delivers Address At Baccalaureate Service in School, Sunday Evening. Rev. E. N. Reidebach brought a word of hope, and also of warning, to the graduating class of Syracuse High schoool, 1935, during his sermon at the Baccalaureate service in the High school, Sunday evening. Hfa sermon waa on “The Elements of a Complete Life.” Warning the class that each had reached the most dangerous period in life, for they might be led astray by false notions of success, he said that every young man and every young woman is asking the question: “How may I become successful in life?" Rev. Reiden eh said: “There is away for every single member of the class to succeed in life." He told the class that it is significant that they are entering into the world a at a time like this, on the threshold of a new era, when a new order is coming in, and when new thoughts are coming. He listed the elements of success as intelligence, a warm heart, high ideals, noble character, and religion Intelligence he rated as the great requisite, for he quoted: “Knowledge is power." A wkrm heart fa necessary, he said, because we have hearts as well as heads. He also claimed that education should go far deeper than the intellect and should reach the heart to be of great use. In explaining why one should have ideals, Rev. Reidenbach said: “We are living in a wicked, disillusioned world, a rotten world, and there is no Christian nation in the world today. “He also stated that the most destructive thing in life today fa to be self-satisfied. He quoted from Browning: “The reach should be higher than the grasp." “A set of first class, hard convictions is necessary for a successful life; conviction in God, in Christ, in prayer and in the gospel, in faith in God the great Creator and Sub* sdainor of the Universe,” Rev. Reidenbach said. During the service the High school chorus sang four selections, “A prayer of Consecration," by Protheroe; “My Task," by Ashford; “The Silent Sea," Neidlinger-Marxo; and “Class of 1935”. The Invocation and Benediction were by Rev. J. S. Pritchard. 0 ' JUNIORS ENTERTAIN GRADUATING CLASS Reception for Seniors and Facilty At Sargent's Hotel Last Saturday Evening. One of the festive occassions of the School year, the annual banquet given by the Junior class for the Seniors, was held Saturday night at Sarjent’s hotel. The factulty and their wives, the Seniors and the Juniors were invited, and all but a very few came. The theme was Hawaiian, and was very cleverly carried out in the decorations, menu, and program. A “little grass shack” and a Hawaiian moon were at one end of the long dining room, while palm trees and latieework draped with green vines stood at the entrance. The walls and ceiling carried out the Senior colon, rose and silver, and the Juniors, royal blue and white. Every one donnned brightly colored paper hats and Hawaiian leis and pinned on carnations —the Senior flowers. The guests wondered what was coming when they looked at their menu cards and saw such weird items as Panine Jui and Kukui Royal, but these turned out to be, in plain English, fruit cocktail and chicken a la king. George Bill Smith was the toastmaster. He announced that the crew of the Senior Ship had landed on an Hawaiian island named Junioria, where they were to be entertained by some of the natives, called Juniors. Chief Mushi Waushi of this tribe (in private life Christian Koher, class president) gave the welcome to Juniors, and Captain Voyle Osborn responded. Then the dinner was served. The tablee were decorated with centerpieces of tropical fruits. The favors were lollypop dolls dreasefl in true Hawaiian style in leis and grass skirts. These also served as place cards, the names being written on card board guitars. After dinner the following speeches and tbsate were given: Tropical Fruita—Ll Ha (Miss SIftIXDXBSKD) Big Game Hunters—Mar Bro (Martha Brower) . Orchids to You—Car Par (Carma raruursv The Faithful Pilot—Margaret (Coatimed <m Lart Pace)

I DO YOU I REMEMBER— Syracuse Journal—April 15, 19«9 We wish to call the attention of our town officials that spring is almost here, and automobiles will be very numerous going and coming through our streets. The speed limit provided by our ordinance is 8 miles per hour and anyone driving an automobile faster than that should be arrested. . A marriage license was issued to Charles F. Weybright of Syracuse and Nettie A. Culler of New Paris. Andrew Strieby and son Elmer went to Auburn, Monday, to buy an Auburn automobile. The High School Seniors will present a minstrel show Friday night. 0 COUNTY CLUBS VOTE AGAINST MOSS SALE Cmservation Clubs of County Council Holds Meeting in Warsaw; Also Ask Change in Squirrel Season The Kosciusko County Conservation Council, composed of representatives from each Conservation club in the county,' at its meeting Friday in Warsaw, voted that no moss should be removed from lakes or streams for commercial purposes; also that the opening date of squirrel season be changed from August 1 to September 1. The result of the vote will be sent to the state conservation department and no doubt the department will be governed largely when it makes rulto on the removal of moss and changing of squirrel law, by how the conservation clubs of the state voted on the subjects. The council voted unanimously against the removal of the moss; and but two dissenting votes were cast on changing the opening date of of the squirrel season to Sept. 1 Representatives of the two dissenting clubs stated that their clubs thought that the dense foliage in August was a protection for squirrels and that morq squirrels were shot after Sept. 1, than before, due to the lack of foliage and that therefore they were opposed to the change in the squirrel season. Representatives of other clubs claimed that in August, many squirrels were shot that were still suckling their young, and so should not be shot during this month. They also claimed that due to the method of hunting squirrels, foilage was no protection, for as one person said, a squirrel hunter goes into the woods and waits for the squirrels to come ut, fooilage or no foilage. Liberalization Fails. Some of the clubs represented at the meeting, thought that the spearing rules were too stringent and strict and that many members of clubs were deprived of the privilege to spear, due to the rules. Representatives of these clubs attempted to change these rules but failed to do so. At times the council got into a parlimentary jam which "must have resembled Congress in action for, there were amendments to motions, motions to table and still more motions. The first motion to fail was “that any person, member of a conservation club within the state, could spear on a body of water as long as he was accompanied by a director of a club to which club the body of water had been assigned by the game warden, the person to use that club’s spears." Next the motion was changed to read “a person, a member within the county," and that also failed. Then a motion was made that one club could invite another club to spear on the body of water assigned to it, but that motion was tabled. The present rules give a club a certain territory on which its members may spear, after the club has obtained a spearing permit from the state, and only members of the club may spear on the water assigned to the club. Some clubs are not near any water, so are not given spearing permits. Reasons given by the clubs voting against changes in the rules were that clubs given spear permits are responsible for the action of the club members spearing on the water assigned to them, and that they did not feel like being responsible for the action of strangers; also that spear permits are privileges given by the state to certain clubs for specified purpose, to remove predatory fish, and that any loosening of the rules might result in abuses which would cause the state to remove the privilege. The annual outing of all members of conservation clubs in the county fa to be held at Yellowcreek Lake, Sunday, June 2. n V and Mrs. Howard McSweeney spe- week end with friends in Ch’ • t IgSny XJBjqn ■ I , MM • -.- 3

GRADUATION THIS YEAR “DIFFERENT” Instead of Speaker, on Tuesday, Class Will Present Program. Commencement exercises for the class of 1935 of the Syracuse High school will be held next Tuesday evening, April 23, in the auditorium at 8 o’clock. They will be different than in the past, as instead of a speaker being the- main feature of the evening, the members of the class will furnish the program. This program consists of five speeches and four different musical * | numbers. The general theme of the speeches, which will be discussions, will be the history and development of the secondary schools in the United States. The five speeches have been prepared by committees of Seniors, ‘ each committee being sponsored by ; a High School teacher. Ellen Eckles has been chosen to give the introductory speech. The next speech, by Robert Searfoss, will be: “The High Schools of this country before the Revolutionary War." “The Growth and Development of Secondary Schools," will be given by Karl Stoelting. “The History of the High School in Our Community” will be given by Russel Gawthrop; and “Our Syracuse High School Today,” will be by Voyle Osborn. The musical program consists of a saxophone duet by Miss Willodean Mock and Herman Jensen. There will be a vocal solo by Miss Lucy Clayton, a trombone solo by Richard Isbell; and a sqpg by the sextette of Senior girls; Freida Foust, Lucy Clayton, Julia DeMotto Bernice Held, Velma Disher and Virginia Riddle. The pianist for the program is Margaret Smith. The stage will be decorated Monday, by the graduating clasa members. Friday fa the last day of school but Commencement exercises will not be held until Tuesday evening. NEW RATES WOULD ; AFFECT WAWASEE Northern Indiana's Proposed Rates ■■ For 38 Lakes Heard by Public Service Commission, Tuesday INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—Hearing on a petition of the Northern Indiana Public Service Co., to make voluntary electric rate reductions in the vicinity of 38 Northern Indiana lakes was conducted by the public service commission, Tuesday. The new rates will affect those having permanent or summer homes on Dewart, Silver, Wawasee and Winona Lakes. The proposed residential rate would be 7H cents for the first 30 kilowatt hours; five cents for the next 30; three cents for the next 170; and two and one-half cents for all over 230. The company proposed to reduce the annual minimum from S2O to $lB, and establish a $1.50 monthly minimum. Under the plan, patrons would be required to make an advance payment of the slß' guaranteed before service would be started. * 0 MILK GOES UP 25 PERCENT On Tuesday local milk dealers advanced the price of milk from 8c a quart to 10c a quart. Cream and butter also were advanced a corresponding rate. Milk ‘ prices on the same day advanced in Milford and Ligonier. The reason for the advance, according to the dealers is the scarcity of milk due to lack of cows and feed. They also state that the coat of putting up milk has advanced due to the amount of equipment necessary td put up milk. Taxes and license fees also increase the coat of handling milk. BIRTH AIVMOUNCED . Born to Rev. and Mrs. Emerson Frederick, a son, Donald Paul, on Sunday, April 14. The baby weighed 7 pounds. Mr. and Mrs. Loyal Neff are announcing the birth of a daughter, Marilyn Kay, last Thursday. Rev. William blasters of Lafayette, Col., arrived in Syracuse, Wednesday night last week, called here by the serious iihiesa of hfa sister, Miss Flo Masters.

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