The Syracuse Journal, Volume 28, Number 6, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 6 June 1935 — Page 1

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TOWN BOARD DECIDES ON COLLECTION To Have Charge of Garbage During This Month. How to collect the garbage of the town, was the question which occupied- the town trustees, Tuesday night, at a short meeting of the board. An ordinance had been passed by the -board at its previous meeting, making it unlawful for any one to dispose of garbage within the limits of the town. The ordinance also stated the town would collect the garbage beginning June 4. No garbage was collected on that day because no provisions had been made for the collection. At .the meeting the trustees decided that the town iteelf would collect the garbage this month instead of letting the garbage collection on a contract. The reason for not giving a contract or hiring some one to do it was that the board members uid not know how much garbage there would be or how much time the collection would take. By the town doing the garbage collection for a month some idea of the cost could be determined, was the idea that the board had in mind when it made its decision. The first collection will be made on. Friday and everyone is requested to have the garbage container placed near ah alley so as to be most convenient to those doing the collecting. Also that the container for the garbage be tight and have a lid and a bail on it. No papers, no tin cans and no dishwater are to be in the garbage. Tincans, crockery, glass* and the like are to be put in a separate container and will be hauled away about once a month by the town. Liquor Question Not Up. The ordinance permitting the sale of liquor by the drink, in town, as presented at the last board's meeting. and tabled, wa* not presented at Tuesday night's meeting. It is understood that Fieldon Sharp, who refused to vote one way or another, last meeting when the mattar came up, told Nathan Ins ley, the man who asked for the license, that he would vote against it, if brought up again. Insley has made application for a package dealers* license instead, which license will be decided upon by the county liquor, board. Thia license will cost SSO instead of $750 for the one for sale by . the drink, of which sum the town would have received SSOO. 0 j $440,146 PAID IN TAXES IN COUNTY Os This Spring Payment, $55,361.41 Were Delinquent Taxes; Turkey “Creek Pays $46, 113.46 A total of $440,146.17, including both current and delinquent taxes, has been collected by County Treasurer Vere Kelley for the spring installment of taxes. Os this amount the current taxes totaled $381,844.56 The delinquent collections totaled $58,301.61. .... The following is the list of collections for the townships and towns: Current Delinq’nt Jackson -.513,508.67 $1,089.84 Monroe 5.159.79 1,421.11 Washington — 24,119.16 3,247.27 Tippecanoe — 16,371.25 3,146.28 Turkey Creek. 32,028.97 8,509.80 Van Buren 12,990.64 5,084.51 Plain ..43,074.13 1,777.33 Wayne - —. 23,844.28 2,706.66 Clay — .. 12,387.54 1,181.35 Lake — 9,280.74 1,370.87 Seward 11,379.43 2,340.79 Franklin __ — 14,321.98 1,687.07 Harrison 16.614.29 1,121.64 Prairie 9,020.61 1,151.12 Jefferson .. 6,118.97 1,943.42 Scott - 4,887.16 1,536.61 Etna — — -- 8,378.57 694.84* Syracuse __ „ 10,351.73 3,973.88 Milford - „ 5,698.87 421.77 Leesburg 3,144.19 . 120.72 Claypool 3,601.89 327.62 Silver Lake 4,591.21 376.50 Mentone, Har . 3,699.17 473.44 Mentone, Frank. 2,903.71 553.04 Etna Green - 3.849.72 179.36 Pierceton -.. 7.745.74 1,001.56 Winona Lake - 13,393.27 1,883.38 Sidney 1.491.59 53.09 Burket 1,111.26 238.96 Warsaw 86.676.03 8,696.92 a

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GRAVE OF FOUNDERS OF SYRACUSE FOUND Legion Desires to Know If Community Wishes a Centennial Celebration. The idea that the town of Syracuse commemorate this year, the hundredth anniversary of its founding, was revived at the meeting of the Wawasee Post of the American Legion, Monday night, when the post was told of the finding of the grave in the Syracuse cemetery of Samuel Crossen, one of the founders of the town in 1835. The discovery was made Memorial Day by Dr. Hoy and Roscoe Howard. They told the post that the monument marking the grave of Cfossen and his wife has fallen over and shoqjd be repaired. A suggestion was made that the post have a concrete marker with the old marker placed in it, erected on the grave with suitable ceremony. This suggestion gave rise to the idea that Syracuse should have some sort of a celebration in commemoration of its founding 100 years ago. No definite plans were made excepting that all of .the various clubs and organisations were to be sounded out on the idea. It was thought that if enthusiasm and a desire to cooperate were found then a definite program could be arranged. Some of the ideas suggested for the celebration at the meeting were to have a pageant with a parade, to have an old settlers day with a street carnival, to have an air cir-cus-or boat races, and have the merchants dress their shop windows with relics of the pioneer day. Dr. Hoy and Roscoe Howard wei e placed on the committee to sound out the organisations. The history of the founding of Syrscuse, and development of Lake Wawasee. as compiled by Geo. W. Miles for the Journal in 1909, is 4gmK reprinted in the Journal each week of Syracuse’s hundredth anniversary. —O COUNTY CLUBS HAVE HCNICON SUNDAY 2666 Attend Conservation Clubs Picnic at Silver Lake; Various Entertainments Enjoyed. Approximately 2800 members of the Kosciusko county conservation clubs and their families enjoyed the second annual picnic which was held Sunday at Myrtle-Glenn Park, Silver Lake. The picnic was an allday outing and was filled with entertainment of all varieties. Speakers of the day were Kenneth M. Kunkel, director of fish and game; Milt Wysong. *C. R. Guthemuth, directors of education; Harry Templeton, of the conservation department at Indianapolis, and former Senator Bradley of LaPorte. The entertainment for the day was provided by the CCC camp quartet, a fire eater from the CCC camp, the four Summe children of Silver Lake, the Crystal Lake Club girls trio, the Claypool band, Conwell’s orchestra and a duet by Esther Dugley and Jackie Sandlin. Ted Knox, of Larwill, well known stage , performer and impersonator, acted as master of ceremonies. Prizes for the contests were awarded as follows: first prize for the club member who has sheared the most predatory fish, a rod donated by the Heddon Bait Co., of Dowagiac, Mich. , was won by Stanney Miller, of the Tippecanoe Lake Club; second prize, a Fleuger Summitt reel, donated by the Schrader Co., of Warsaw, was won by John Mauzy of >the Little Chapman Lake club. Miller has speared a total of 416 pounds of predatory fish and Manzy a total of 356 pounds. The Tippecanoe Club reported removing a total of 8,818 pounds at predatory fish. Vern Wysong, of Milford, won the contest for bait casters. He scored a bulles-eye at sixty feet. The contest was in charge of Grover Walter of South Bend, an expert caster. Walter also gave a demonstration of bait casting. . The Silver Lake dub, assisted by the Claypool club, had charge of the arrangements. Game Warden Noah Eaton also assisted with the arrangements for the event . Representatives of conservation councils in four counties were present at the picnic. Bruce Pierce, of Kosciusko county, Bob Myers, of Elkhart county, Clyde Bierard of Fulton and the representative of Huntington county were present. Leon Connolly has returned from Chicago for the summer and ia working for DiSher's.

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ON LAKE WAWASEE 1 Judge Ellis of Anderson spent the week end at his lake home, making plans for improvements on the house, which are to commence at once. ’ Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Johnke and six friends from Chicago spent last week at The Tavern. , These four couples play bridge together all winter, and winners of the bridge games must put the money won in a pool, which total sum is used to pay for their annua] outing on Wawasee Lake. A number of conventions are scheduled to be held at the SpinkWawasee hotel this summer, several during this coming months and the month of August from the Ist to the 17th is engaged by various groups. From Friday until Sunday, 50 from Blyth and Co., of Chicago enjoyed their annual outing at this hotel. Yesterday, 100 representatives of the National Direct Selling Association were expected to arrive for a three days stay. These men were expected from New York and as far west as Seattle, Wash. On June 14, 15 and 16 the Soap factory gang is to hold its annual convention and razzle dazzle golf tournament. The Indiana state druggists' convention is to be held at the Spink Wawasee hotel, June 18, 19 and 20. On June 21st and 22nd comes the air tour of Indiana’s visit to the Spink-Wawasee. On June 25 to 27, the Fire Underwriters’ will meet at the hotel. The Northern Indiana Christian (Disciples of Christ) Church will meet at Oakwood Park from June 16 to June 23. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Druhot of Fort Wayne have rented the Johnson cottage at Waveland Beach for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Book of Huntington and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bow an of Fort Wayne have moved to their summer homes at Cedar Point for the season. Mrs. Zeddis suffered three fractured ribs, and was badly bruised, a week ago, when she was driving home to Fort Wayne from Waveland Beach. She attempted to avoid • car, at Meriam, which was turning on to the main road from a side road, and her machine struck a telephone pole and turned over three times. Mr. and Mrs. Pike from Akron, Ind., have bought the property which belonged to Eugene Holloway, located not far from Ideal Beach, next to the new house being built by Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hogan of Chicago on their lot. Mr. and Mrs. Pike have had construction started this week, on a home on their lake property. Roy Brown’s aunt, Mrs. George Becraft of Tiffin, 0., and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Crasper of Fort Wayne called on Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Decoration Day. Among Sunday callers there were: Jonas Cripe, Mrs. Elizabeth Shock, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hamman, Mitch Hamman, and Mr. and Mrs. Ira Gants of Warsaw. Mr. Brown is not yet able to be out of bed, suffering with sciatic rheumatism. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. White and Mr. and Mrs. Joe White of Noblesville were at the White summer (Continue so Last Page) 8 APPLICATIONS TO BE HEARD JUNE 19 Other Applications for License Coming up Before Co. Liquor Board Have Date of Hearing Set. Eight more applications for liquor licenses have been filed in this county and these applications will be heard by the Alcoholic Beverages Board, on June 19. Six of these applicants are by persons or firms outside of incorporated towns. They seek permission to sell liquor, beer and wine at lake resorts. These applicants are; Dale K. Metz (Metz & Son Restaurant) Leesburg—beer retailer. John W. Grant. Beaver Dam Lake beer retailer. Cart H. Richey A Eldon Jones, Cripple Gate Heights, Tippecanoe lake, beer retailer. South Shore Golf Club, Incorporated. Lake Wawasee, liquor, beer wine retailer. John F. Kline (New Yellow Banks Hotel) Webster Lake, beer, wine retailer. Ralph E. Thornburg and Charles W. Kroh (Thornburg Drag Co.) Syracuse, liquor dealer. The Colonial Club of Oswego, liquor, beer, wine retailer. The Waco Co., Vawter Park, Lake Wawasee, beer retailer.

BOARD ONLY TO ‘CONSIDER’ APPLICATIONS County Liquor Board But Recommends To The State. When the County Alcoholic Beverage board met this morning, .three applications for licenses were considered; that of the Spink-Wawasee to sell beer, wine and liquor; that of Crooke and Crooke, Tippecanoe Lake to sell beer, and that of Harold D. Jenkins, Claypool, application to sell beer. The applications are now “under consideration” as this board seems to have no power to do other than “consider.” As J. J. Littrell of Elkhart, appointed by the state board to head county boards in 10 counties of this district, said: “The decision and recommendations of this board to the state board will not be made public. After we hear the applications, and learn if there are any objections to establishments receiving licenses, we shall visit the places in question and view these establishments first hand. Then we shall send recommendations to the state board. “But until licenses are issued by the state board no one outside corporate towns is permitted to sell beer or liquor in this county,” Littrell stated. The application of Crooke and Crooke* Pottowatomie Gardens, was considered. When Jenkin’s case was considered a petition of objections to a license being granted, was presented the board. Then Mrs. Cunniff appeared before the board, representing the Spink-Wawasee hotel, and made her application and no objections were raised. Must Wait Turns. Louis Solt, whose application for *a beer license is not to be considered until June 13th, naked the liquor board, if when they visited the Spink-Wawasee hotel, they would not save time by visiting., his establishment too, but Mr. jUttrell told him that it would not be legal, the visits must be made after applications were considered at the board meetings. Mr. Littrell also said that other cases could not be advanced for consideration, and those set for June 13, and June 19, would not be considered until then. Mr. Littrell meets with other county boards in his districts and at present has 350 applications under consideration. When Mrs. Cunniff was questioned as to reasons why a license should be granted the Spink-Wawa-see hotel, she said in part: “We are a resort hotel of 150 rooms. We spend about SB,OOO a year advertising Lake Wawasee and this county. We operate for four months of the year at terrific expense. “We have a convention at our hotel now, members of which were surprised at the beautiful lake and our beautiful hotel, and at last night’s meeting voted to come again” Not Selling Drinks. Mr. Littrell asked if the hotel was selling any beer new, and she said they had discontinued selling it when their license for last year ran out. Mrs. Cuniff said that the liquor law seemed to have difficult angles, fCoutteued on. Last Page) THREE FINED FOR FISHING OUT OF SEASON Three men have been assessed fines of $23.50 each for fishing out of xeason in the lakes of Kosciusko bounty. Arthur Haines was arrested by Game Warden Noah Eaton on Wednesday night at Tennant Lake. He had a number of blue gills in his possession. He pleaded guilty when arraigned before Justice of the Peace Stokes in Warsaw and his fine and costa totaled 823.50. Claude Weimer of North Webster, and Ray Garrett, of Rochester were arrested on Decoration Day by Warden Eaton when he saw them casting for baas on Barrel and A Half lake east of North Webster, and caught them as they came off the lake with a baas in their possession. They pleaded guilty when arraigned before Justice Cal Ketrow, in Warsaw, and each was called upon to pay $23.50. Garrett paid his fine and costs immediately. 0 BIRTH ANNOUNCED Mr. and Mrs. Steve Finton are announcing the birth of a son, Patrick David, Saturday evening, at their home. The boy weighed 7 pmindu

| COUNTY NEWS 1 I 1 According to reports compiled by the county assessor there are 6,700 automobiles valued at $534,377 in the county, the average value of each car being $79. A track owned by the Grey Van Line of Chicago, driven by Ted Samborsky of Chicago was wrecked on road 30 east of Warsaw, Decoration Day. An auto driven by Mrs. Guy Vanator of south of Warsaw, accompanied by Mrs. Kelly Anglin attempted to pass the truck, and in returning to the right side of the road hooked the truck. Samborsky said that he feared the other car would crash with an auto approaching from the east so he pulled to the side of the road and into a ditch. He suffered a badly wrenched back. Commencemennt exercises for 87 Seniors were held in the Warsaw Methodist church, last Friday evening. , May of 1935 will go down in history as the wettest in 27 years and the coldest since 1895. Bert Dausman, Democrat, and Charles Goshert, Republican, have been selected to serve as the County Board of Tax Review, it was announced by Judge Vander veer. The board met Monday morning to review reports on personal property. Victor D. Mock, receiver of the Indiana State Bank and Trust Company, was granted authority by Judge Donald Vander veer in circuit court to enter suit on notes and mortgages against twenty parties. A petition for authority to bring suit against the Kosciusko Aerie No. 1339 F. O. E. and M. P. Hodges on a note of $3,000 was granted. The State Highway Commission received bids on four paving projects aggregating $353,407.23. The projects included: 1.363 miles in Kosciusko county on Road 30, from Hickory to McKinley streets on Center street in Warsßr. On this project the low bid of $97,841.50 was submitted by the Gast Construction Company of Warsaw. Marion Longfellow was re-elected county attendance officer by the board of education in regular session in Warsaw, Monday. Dates for hearing objections to assessments made on personal property were set by the Kosciusko County Board of Tax Review. On Tuesday, June 11—Jackson, Monroe, Washington, Tippecanoe and Turkey Creek townships, and the towns of Sidney, Peirceton and Syracuse. On June 12, Van Buren, Clay, Lake and Seward townships and the towns of Milford, Leesburg, Claypool, Silver Lake and Burket. On June 13 Franklin, Harrison, Prairie, Jefferson, Scott and Etna townships and the towns-o£ Mentone and Etna Green. On June 14, Wayne township and the towns of Warsaw and Winona Lake. Mrs. Catherine Hastings, 92, died Sunday morning at the home of her nephew, C. S. Ramsey of Warsaw. Mrs. Mary Norman, 77, died Saturday at her home near Mentone. — 0 CAR OVEETURNS BUT NO SERIOUS INJURY Three Girl# in Machine Which Left Road Near John Todd Home Monday Morning. Miss Ethel Borton of Ligonier, Wilma Jane Shuder and Betty Blue of near Richville, were cut, bruised and shaken, when the car of her father, which Miss Borton was driving failed to make the curve on* the lake road, where the Cedar Point cut-off joins the highway. A tire blew out on the machine, throwing the car over on the side of the road. The accident occurred Monday morning, near the John Todd home, and they rushed to be of assistance to the girls. Mbs Borton had been chewing gum, and her mouth, and the gum, were full of broken glass, according to Mrs. Todd. The other girls ware cut and braised, and Miss Blue, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Blue, was particularly shaken, as she had suffered a broken ankle in an automobile accident just a year ago, when one of the young men in the car, Bus Lepper of Ligonier, was killed. When the men who rushed to the girls’ assistance righted the car, they were able to drive back to their homes. Miss Borton had come from Ligonier that morning and picked up Miss Shuder and Miss Blue, to take them for a ride with her to the Ezra Shock home, where she hoped to purchase a dog. The accident occurred on their return, ss they were driving south on the main lake highway. i .2 . ... *7? ’ ft

I DO YOU REMEMBER—c I Syracuse Journal—June 3, 1969 Major F. E. Marsh presided over the Memorial Day services in the opera house and introduced the orator of the day, Luman K. Babcock of LaGrange, formerly private secretary to Governor Hanley. Milton Juday had a serious runaway this side of Milford. Superintendent C. J. Riley’s big, red automobile frightened the horse, which, turned the buggy over against a tree. Mr. Juday was bruised—and the horse made its way home. Chicago newspapers announce the issuance of a marriage license to Jasper Edgell and Minnie Newman. —l $40.00 RECEIVED AT BENEFIT PARTY Syracuse Bridge Club’s Card Party Supported by Many City Park Enthusiasts. The Syracuse Bridge Club which planned the benefit bridge party which was held in the school house, Tuesday evening, gratefully acknowledges receipt from guests who attended the party and those unable to attend, the price of tickets which totalled $40.00. This money is to be spent to buy sod for use in construction of the sunken garden in the city park, by Henry Beer of Milford. Thirty-three tables bad been prepared for play, Tuesday evening, but it is thought rainy weather may have prevented all of the guests who bought tickets, attending. There were 23 tables in play, guests playing contract and auction bridge, pedro and 500. At the conclusion of the evening’s play high score for the evening in contract, among men and women players was held by Henry Grieger. Prize for high among women players in contract was won by Mrs. Harry Porter. In auction bridge, Mrs, Rafter was high among the women and M. W. Macy, high among the men. Dr. G. Latham won prize for high score in 500, and Mrs. Warren Ruple, high in pedro. Prizes for second high in contract were won by Mrs. Bert Needham and Dr. Fred Clark; second high in auction by Miss Irene Abts and Harry Grieger; third high in contract by Miss Alice Mann and Ernest Bushong; third high in auction by Mrs. M. W. Macy and Nelson Miles; fourth high in . auction by Mrs. Lowell Pefley and C. W. Howard. Guests upon arrival at the door had each received a number, and when duplicate numbers were drawn from a hat by Jimmie Butt, the third number drawn, to which a prize was awarded, was the number held by Noble Blocker. *+- After the play of the evening had concluded, refreshments of coffee and cake were served. These refreshments and prizes had been furnished by members of the bridge club, who sold the tickets, had each bought a ticket, and only played during the evening, when it was necessary to fill in at a table because of a late arrival. n INJURED AT BLUFFTON. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Spragde of Kendallville, who were spending the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Perry Sprague, were called to Bluffton, Sunday morning by news of the accident which had injured Mrs. Dale Sprague’s father, George Morris, about 8:30 that morning. Mr. Morris, president of the Morris Company, owner of a chain of 50 stores, had, with his wife, driven to the Charles Smith residence in Bluffton. Mrs. Morris left the car, and he had opened the door to get out of the machine, not knowing a street car was approaching, and at that instant the traction car handle which passengers grasp in boarding a car struck the door of the machine, hurling it so that Mr. Morris’s head was caught between the door and body of his car with such force that he suffered deep gashes on both sides of his head. He was taken at once to the hospital. o SUFFER INJURIES. When Mrs. Howard McSweeney was catting ham, one day last week the knife slipped, and she cut her finger instead, so badly that it was necessary that five stitches be taken to close the wound. Maxine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Cory was bitten by Bill Ketring’s dog, one day last week. The children were playing, and the dog was jumping at them, and nai«jndged the thickness of the leg of Maxine’s overalls, and his * her fieah. V oqqnj

58TH ANNUAL SERVICE IS HELD HERE Legion in Charge of Memorial Day Services. Speaking at the Memorial Day in the High school, last Thursday afternoon, Samuel Cleland of Fort Wayne, world war veteran, recalled that veterans of all wars ' had fought for the principles on which this country was founded, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and said that the way to stop any uprising of Communism against the principles of the government of this country was “To* Give Every Man a Job.” He said, “Communism is built on hunger and on poverty. Don’t J, worry about the soap box orator who preaches Communism on the corner, but worry about the men who are responsible for the. system which creates unemployment.” Cleland said that in 1917 and 1918 the members of the Legion were then only boys. They were called to & defend the integrity of the United States, to give all they had for a great principle and ideal, for a gov-' eminent which was not to grant rights, but (o protect rights. He said they went into the war with enthusiasm to “make the world safe for democracy,* to fight a “war to and wars.” Safe for Wall Street. They came back home, he said, to discharge their duties in peace—to find that the promises of jobs were forgotten in the hurry of some few to make money. Instead of making the world,: and also America, safe for democracy, while they were fighting they had permitted an economic system of development which made America safe for Wall Street. And Wall street almost rained her. He said the best way to stop Communism was to give men out of work a job. That free speech should never be suppressed. He said if our government is right there is enough integrity in the people to perpetuate that form of government. But, he went on, there are 200,000 veterans now in the bread line. “This great government of ours,” Cleland said, “says that your children may starve but we will not validate our obligation to pay the veterans bonus, until 1945. Against Veto. “Our Chief Executive, to whose party I belong, in giving his speech explaining his veto, did not give a solid answer as to way millions can be spent elsewhere, but cannot be spent on the veterans. * “The Legion is only asking that the disabled veterans be adequately cared for, and the widows and orphans taken care of. The Legion is only asking that these obligations be accelerated. It is not strange 'that there should be bitterness among the men who were overseas, as now < (Continued on page 4) OFFICERS ARREST FORMER RESIDENT . Joe Tribble, Driver of Meat Truck Which Crashed into Bridge, to Be Tried Tomorrow. A new refrigerator meat truck, belonging to Robinson’s of Warsaw, was almost entirely wrecked, about 6 o’clock, last Thursday, when it crashed into a bridge on state road 15 about three miles north of Warsaw. The driver of the track, Joe Tribble of Warsaw, formerly of Syracuse, and Milford, escaped with a few minor, bruises, and was arrested immediately after the accident, charged with driving a vehicle under the influence of liquor. Prosecuting Attorney Rowdabaugh on his way home to Winona from Syracuse, had driven behind Tribble from Milford to Leesburg. He noticed that Tribble drove from one side of the road to the other, narrowly missing other autos. The prosecutor stopped in Leesburg and notified the sheriff’s office. The track, heavily loaded with meat hit one side of the bridge over the Monoquet rjver, turned completely over and 'struck the opposite side of the concrete bridge. The body of the truck was thrown over the guard rail of the bridge and into the river below. On Friday, Tribble entered a plea of not guilty, in the’ Warsaw city court, to a charge of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. His trial was set for Friday, June 7.

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