The Syracuse Journal, Volume 28, Number 37, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 9 January 1936 — Page 1

VOLUME XXVIII

PLAN RACES ON ICE FOR THIS SUNDAY Weather Permitting ! Annual Sports to Commence Ic* boat enthusiast* of Syracuse ; and Lake Wawasee for the past mveral weeks, have been making plan* to bold races oh Syracuse Lake every Sunday, commencing this , coming Sunday at 1 o’clock, proSiding that there is enough wind and the condition of the ice to such ‘ M to permit racing. I From this revival of racing on Syracuae lake, the ice yachtsmen hope to create enough interest that persons having ice bo&ta on other takes will bo attracted and enter their boats In the races. The ice boatmen also believe that once oth* era start entering their boats in the races, that enough interest can bo aroused that an association of ice boaters representing northern Indiana. can be framed. They have an idea that a whole fleet of ice Boats will 1 be recifig onwLake Wawasee next year,. To show how interest in ice boat- - tag to growing, Dan Teetor of Hagerstown, purchased, Saturday, a Palmer “Skeeter.** This boat, made by the same concern which makes Printer sail boats, to of popular sixe and to made of airplane spruce and mahogany. The ‘Skeeter’ carries 75 square feet of sail and to easily transported, it has been reported that on Gull lake there to a fleet of 30 of Teetor bought the boat so ne could participate ’in the races here. Then, Mr. Reike, of the firm of the Reike Sailboat Co., which manufactures sail and ice boats has signified his intention of coming to Syracuse and racing a boat of his design so that people interested in ice boats C4BA tK. Another ngweoraer in the ice boating game to Everett Ellehnan of FL Wayne and Lake Papakeetchie. who has built an ice boat and intends to race on Wawaaeo this year. Besides the newcomers there to the old crowd com nosed of C. W. Kroh, Merle Harßtes, Mereton Meredith, Elmer Strieby, Maxwell Culler and Carl Tuttle, who have raced each other and enjoyed ice boating for several years. . All of these men will have boats in the races, Sunday. C. W. Kroh will have two, one of which will bo manned by his son Jimmy. “Beanie" Howard, one of the old crowd, to at present remodeling his ice boat, and expects to have the work completed shortly. It was reported that officers of I th* CCC camp had ice boats to use this winter, and that Forest Galloway had one. But the night of that east wind last week. R ia claimed that enrollees from the CCC camp tried out the too boatsand now they era s jumble of ice boat “hash". 23 BORN, 16 DIE IN TOWN IN 1935 AH* Youngest Who Died Was 13; Os Eldest, 86; Average Age of Death Wan 64 Years. According to Dr. C. R. Hoy, health officer, there have boon 23 births in Syracuse during the year of IW6. and 16 filed in town, although 20 wore buried here, the other four being brought back to Syracuse for burial The youngest who died was aged 23; the eldest was 86. The average age at death was 64. bast year, 1838, there were 17 births and 15 death" In 1333 th?** S 3 births 18 deathe During the year 1985 there were set cases of contagious diseases -reJJOFWW 1© WWI 9 All Oa WMBAfe £Wl© measles, evrep* two mm* of prion moni* and one <of ehtaben pox. FALLS INTO T-6KIL When Mtas Margaret Miles was ...ad*tetag on th* ice near her home in Wttowatnmie Park, Monday after **Ata*l. Hta went through what she »“ "» on from Syracuse taka She climbed out *f th* water without difficulty but wa* wet ahnnal to th* wafaL somas, sthok* Bybrnd had gon* to Ltma, 0.. to '||*nd the winter at of

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ION LAKE WAWASEE! William Dickson, 19, one of th* five Wabash youths injured in an wntomobile collision as they returned from a basketball game at Rochester ’ Friday night, died in a Peru hospital Sunday. He was the son of Mr. and Mr*. Dickson who recently purchased the former King property in Vawter Park near the South Shore Inn, and remodelled it. A letter from Mrs Marie Horst Schrader, in Indianapolis tells of the death of Mrs. C. E. Miller of Franklin, Ind. She died in St. Louis at the home of her daughter, Edith Miller MacCrea. Mrs Miller was buried in Franklin. She is survived by two eons. Donnell, living in New York, and Mark, living in Indianapolis. The Millers were one of the first families to settle on the South Shore of Lake Wawasee, in fact, they pitched a tent on their present lot. which to the cottage just west of that of Mr. and Mrs. Rusch of Vawter Park, Mrs. Schrader said. ' — r — i ■ Mr. and Mrs. Ed Neumeyer have returned from Indianapolis to their lake home to spend the remainder of the winter there. M. A. Levernier of Huntington spent Saturday and Sunday at the lake, fishing through the ice. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Ingalls of Fort Wayne visited Mr and Mrs. Dwight Mock last week. On Now Year’s Day the two men fished and caught a number of perch. Mr. and Mrs. J. Rigdon to the lake, Thursday, from Michigan, having spent several days at the Vaughn cottage two weeks before, and they enjoyed fishing. Sunday. Mr. Fry of Muncie used Lake Wawasee itself t* an airport. Th* pilot would land hto plane on the nce, coast around a little, go back up into the air and return again and again. Someone put a big power ice boat on the lake, Sunday, but the owner could not be learned. Mr. and Mrs. »11 Gingrich and friends from South Bend used the Gingerich power to* boat on the lake, over New Year’s vacation. 'j Mr. and Mr*. A. W. Emerson spent last Thursday in Marion on business. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Landaw entertained their children and families from Goshen and Waterford, at dinner, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Art Merrill of Goshen were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brown. New Year’s evening. Mr. and Mrs. Brown spent Sunday at the Merrill bom*. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Becker and Mrs. Milton Brown of Elkhart and Maurice Lung were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Mellinger. Mr, and Mrs. Earl Kinnear of Logansport and Lake Wawasee, left Saturday for St Petersburg, Fla. Mr. and Mr*. Harold Gray of Nappanee and Maxwelton Manor are spending their vacation in Miami Fl*. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Clifford and family, who have a cottage on the I southeide of Papnkeetchif, returned to Indianapolis Saturday, after spending the holidays at th* tab*. Word ha* b*en received that Jan* Miller of HicknviUe, brother at Charles E. Miller of Anderson and Wawasee, to dead. Mr. and Mr*. Dan Teator and Mr*. Trautwine of Hagerstown spent Hto week end at th* Teator’s lake home. ji Mbs Irene Abt* returned to C*dar Crest college, Saturday, and Henry Abts returned to How* after th* holiday vacation. Mis* Lucile Itoiitager ha* returned t* North Manchester college after spending th* holiday* at home. H* TO ELECT OFFICERS; TO SPEND 6334 AT MEETING OF CLOT The Vmm* Conservation Club wiU mart a week from today in th* basement of ths Library at 7:30 o’clock. There will b* an election of of- ‘ ficers, plans for th* coming season uui thia wiiyaHiwr Me Ww * M*Ma iw w*a*m * It will be decided how the 8334 received from th* state will b* used. Awarumm. lt ns~»xwn*~n wtfl V* at: tiRMI meteing, for the of ph****. 4 — ’ I county cowMutasloner* . 1 • ' J.. •

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY JANUARY, 9 t 1936

1 GAMBUIG DEVICES 1 ARE ORDERED OUT AH in County Warned to Remove " Slot Machines Punch Boards, etc. Sheriff Makes Rounds. Sheriff Virgil Yeager came to Syracuse, Tuesday, ‘ instructed the town marshal, Charles Rentfrow, to call on all the places of business in this community and tell them that "gambling devices,” punch boards, ball machines, etc., must be removed at once. From Wednesday morning’ on, those in possession of same were to be prosecuted. Possessicn of a slot machine is a misdemeanor punishable by a minimum fine of 625 to 6500, to which a prison sentence of six months may be added. The sheriff's instruction to the town marshal of Syracuse was similar te instructions to all towns in the county, in a drive against slot machines which is being conducted in this county together with the drive of the state police against these machines. Elkhart and Whitley Counties recently banned such machines. There were three or four places in Syracuse where punch boards and ball machines were kept, but there were no slot machines in town when the instructions came. The sheriff said that it was impossible for him to notifiy each one personally, but that hereafter no one will have any excuse as being singled out as a special example. One and ail have been warned, he said. The town marshal said he saw proprietors' where punch boards were kept, Tuesday and all promised that these would be removed. 0 THREE SENTENCED FOR KILLING MAN Kornmann's Case Not Yet Tried Begofe Court in So. Bend; Youths i Tried “Insane” Plea. The throe youth* who “looked ? over” th* Syrkeuds bank, aAd th*n robbed a fitting station in South Bend of 375 and killed the operator, were sentenced to life imprisonment, when tried, Saturday. Danny Valuskus, 17, Alphonse Skusewich, 17, and Nicholas Achtion, 20, heard Special Judge Harry S. Taylor pronounce sentence without any trace of emotion., In addition to life terms for murder and accessory Judge Taylor imposed a sentence totaling 65 year* for each of the defendants on charges of automobile banditry, robbery armed, and conspiracy, dashing hopes of parol*. Th* thro* youths were charged with murdering Roy V. Creery, 57, while holding up his filling station on V. S. highway No. 90, near So. Bend, last fall. Valuskus confessed firing the fatal bullet into the back of the victim. The defense plea that Valuskus wa* of unsound npind when he fired th* shot was crushed beneath an avalanche of expert testimony by phyotciisns who pronounced him normal. Wlmks interviewed after the sentenct , Valuskus said, "If I’m crasy so aro you. I put it on too thick. Whom I told th* doctor* I couldn’t writo my name, that gave m* away. They !tnew I nave been writing tatter* f«om th* jail” Frank Bornmann, who was arrested the day after th* three youths wort, and who confessed that he had been waiting In another car to pick them up, after th* robbery, haa been held in th* South Bend jail to t-Bstify at the trial. At th* time of hi* confession, it was said he wou Id get from 2 to 15 ymn*. H<» has not yet been brought up for trtaL HAVE DUtifKR PARTY. Tirenty members of th* family formed th* dinner party at th* home Mr*. J. T. Riddle, Sunday, at whhth the birthdays of throe of th* party which occur this month were ; cetabratod. Mrs. Herman Clouse and dangter Mary Glass had come from 1 Chcrabusco, Saturday, and Mr. 1 C3o>m* and sons Willis and Ross, 1 and Mr. Glam joined th* party Sunday. Other guests who joined th* pot luck dinner were: Mr. and Mr*. 1 Will Bushong, Mr. and Mr*. Landis Wceater, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Bushong and family, Mr. and Mr*. Jo* Bwihong and family. ’ Four generations were rapreaeßted J at th* party, six of Mr*. Riddle’s 1 grojndchildren. and five great grandchildren being there. i Iwjßveiy, « Hjr*ete*:» w*””**

AAA SIGNERS EXPECTING NEWPROGRAIH AH Money Not Paid to Those Who Signed For This Year. Seventeen farmers attended the meeting called for those of Turkey Creek township, in the library, Monday afternoon, to sign corn-hog contracts for 1936-37. Although the Supreme Court had -declared the whole AAA unconstitutional that morning, the group elected officers to take care of any program which might come up. These are: Russel Warner, chairman; Elmer Baugher, vice-chairman; Merrit Lung and Ezra Shock, committeemen. According to Mr. Warner, it is expected that some way will be found so that . farmers can be organized constitutionally, the same as industry is, so that farmers can be heard as laborers make themselves heard. Loren Eyer said that he thought the Supreme Court decision meant that this AAA set-up is entirely finished, and that a new program will have to be found. Mr. Eyer was one of those in charge of the vote in the continuation of the AAA, several months ago. There are «58 signers of corn-hog contracts in the township. AAA Unconstitutional, So. 1. Farmers in Indiana have not received'ls cents a bushel on corn, and half the hog money on last year’s contracts. This money has not yet been paid. '2. AAA officials have estimated that 6283,250,000 is the amount still owing to farmers in the nation, promised but not paid. To pay this, there is 90 million dollars from a direct appropriation sby Congress and mUlion unp. rece-pts. 3. Nullu'.cation o7 she MAA program affected more than 254,000 Indiana farmers. 4. W. H. Smith, Indiana internal revenue collector, reports that more than 16 million dollars was collected in Indiana in processing taxes for the fiscal *year ending June 1935. 5. Ninety-two federal court cases involving 6 million dollars in processing taxes have been awaiting decision on the AAA in Indiana. Money was being held in escrow awaiting the Supreme Court decision. Smith said the impounded taxes would be returned to the millers, packers, etc., on court order. ” 6. Benefit payments from the AAA to farmers already have amounted to 1 billion 127 million dollars since 1933. 7. In the United States more than 150 million dollars- ta processing levies have been impounded by Courts in litigation, tawmting the Supreme Court’s decision. 8. More than on* billion dollars have been collected ty the government from processing? taxes. 9. Justice Roberts ff*ld that the AAA “invaded the resirved rights of states.” and was “befcond the powers delegated to theJJderal government. ” In vehement dissent, Justice Cordoza, Brand » and Stone declared thrt “court* are not the only agency of go* mment that must be assumed to hi re capacity to govern.” 10. The Louisiana R » millers case before the Supreme < >urt wiU decide whether or not rocessors win be able to sue the g vemment for 979 million dollars paid to the treasury in processini tax. Congress passed amendmei ts to the AAA providing that processors could not recover processing tates unless they proved they had not; as*ed the tax o« to the consumer. ■ <3l. The only hope jvhich farmers have of receiving th<r money on their contracts » bated on a statement from the White House. President Roosevelt hopes that some way may be found to compensate farmer* for complying with existing crop reduction contracts. Compensation, to dote was regarded as a moral obligation. An airplane from Fort Wayne landed in a field belonging to Manford Morris, trouiHe. a irvui Wayne arrived to wo* on the engine, and, according jto reports to i the Journal, when the plane was j m ait-.v El* > T* left there wee ' !<

TWO FREE IWWS WWII GAME Sy Wk ms br Scoring Free Ttaws; WB Pfaiy Mentone Hine Bitner, sinking taro few* teewsos » on a foul eatted «■ Antae off SA ‘ ar j s H h ington, Saturday night, task* th* I tie score of th* two te**s* a* th* { last three minutes of play, and Syracuse won the game ptayod in Huntington by the score of 23 to 21. Syracuse held the Huntington players scoreless, the first 10 minutes of play, but the opponent* managed to tie the score at 13 all at the end of the half. The Huntington team led 19 to 18 at the end of the third quarter, which score shows how close the game was. The score was tied at 21 all, when the foul was called on Paine, and Bitner sank two free throws for the win. Syracuse scored 18 per cent of their tries at field goals, and Huntington made 17 per cent. Beck, Stucky, Coy, Bitner and Doll started the game for Syracuse and there were no substitutions. Scores made by Syracuse players were: FG FT P PTS Beck 2 0 2 4 Stucky 1113 Coy 0 0 6 0 Bitner 4 3 1 11 Doll, 2 11 5 TOTALS 9 5 5 23 Scores made by St. Mary’s players were: FG FT P PTS Butts 10 0 2 Manoski 12 14 Ludwig 0 0 10 Stallings 4 3 2 11 Wall .10 0 2 Paine 1 (J 3 2 TOTALS 8/ 5 7 21 Bollinger of Huntington refereed the game and Yahney of Roanoke, umpire- ' A crowd of fans from Syracuse went to Huntington to see -Coach Holley’s five play. Second Team Loses. The second team from Syracuse lost to St. Mary’s second team by only two .points, 26 to 24. For three quarters Syracuse led, but in the last period Huntington edged out a win. Syracuse will play Mentone here, Friday evening. Mentone has lost four games in the county and the chance of the local boys winning is good. 0 SCHOOLCHILDREN NOW DRINK MILK Money Donated Towards Fund for Pupil* Whore Parents Do Not Furnish Milk for Children, When which had been placed on - ' ••* in Syracuse before C and which had been the school children’s milk fund” were opened Friday, it wa* found that $5.16 had this wag. In- addition to’lhe money donated by the Red Cross to start this fund in Syracuse, Ralph Thornburg has donated 64, and at the first meeting of the Ladies of the Round Table when * fro* will offering was telted, 61 was obtafnod. Parents who i wish to have their children served milk at school during the lunch hour, are asked to send to school, every Friday, 10 cents, the sum to pay for the child's milk during the coming week. Those who cannnot do so, and whose children need the nourishment receive milk paid out of the money donated from other sources. The teachers take care of the dtotribution of th* milk which i* furnished by Jones’ Dairy at coat. There are 90 of the 30 pupils in the First Grade who join the “ipilk circle” each neon; 13 out of th& 37 in the Second grad*; 15 out of th* 40 in the Third Grade; 12 out of the 43 in the Fourth; 12 out of the 39 in th* Fifth; and only thre* out of th* 38 in th* Sixth. Os course many of the children go home at lunch time, and some “just nachally don’t like milk.* 0 OFFICERS ELECTED. Officer* for next year, were elected when the Wednesday Afternoon Cub met lestei day. Mro. Grace Macy was elected president; Mrs. Effie Emerson, vice preelident; and Mrs. Carrie Stone, ■*©- During the program hour, Mr*. Thornburg’s paper was on “Over th* Hill* to Chita”; Mrs. Estella Miles *i*u*i” and m,* Vera Holly read *’4 I men m nuagusa. |

DO YOU REMEMBER— I ; 11 Syracuse Journal—Jan. 6, 1914. Th* foltowing died in Syracuse durtag the past year: William Rentfew*. 44,; John Coy 70; Delia Rook*t*oi, 7 mo.; Virgil Cormican, 4 !*■*.; Eva May Snavely, 1 mo.; . Hassel Cory, 26; Lawrence Schruct, ; 1 z**4 Isaac Banger, 54; Jane Speil- | man, 84; Chloe Unrue, 28; John M. Kehr, 69; Wm. Moore, 84; Ida Catharine Marvel, 41; Christoper Whistler, 60; Mary Bayes, 85 Philip Fancil, 64; Daniel F. Ott, 73; Massiton Haney, 63; Sarah Brady, 64; Henry Blanchard, 72; Rebecca Ott, 77; Sarah Grissom, 72. There -were 26 births in Syracuse during the y?"--Yesterday when the boys and girls were sled riding down Huntington street, which is covered with a glare of ice, the sled on which John Snobarger, Herold Sheffield and Josiah Kline rode, crashed into a bob sled tied at tha'lutcfririg rack. Young Snobarger suffered a dislocated shoulder, and Sheffield a cut on the chin and a gash across his ribs. At the first meeting of the new town board, Dan Searfoss was appointed night marshal. While leading a horse to the blacksmith shop, John Riddle slipped and fell on the icy streets, the horse falling on top of him. He suffered a broken collar bone. o PNEUMONIA CAUSE OF MENCH’S DEATH Ydung Man- 25, brought Home From Gary, Fails to Recover; Funeral Held Sunday. Funeral services for John Richard Mench, 25, who died at the home of his parents Thursday evening, were held Sunday afternoon at the Grace Lutheran church with Rev. John A. Pettit officiating. The deceased had been employed by the Gas Machinery Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, installing furnaces in Gary, and had brought his wife and small daughter home the Sunday before Christmas, planning to come to spend the day here too, if he did not have to work. He had a bad cold at that time. He did not come home on Christmas, and on the Saturday after Christmas, had a telephone message sent to Carr’s, to come to Gary to bring him home in the ambulance as he had pneumonia. His condition grew worse, and he died about 7 o’clock, last Thursday evening. He is survived by his widow and their 2 years old daughter, Dinah Jane; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mench, a brother and sister at home. John Richard Mench was born near Everett, Pa. Sept. 14, 1910, to Lelia and John Mench. When he was a year and a half old, they left Pennsylvania, to go to Montana where they lived 8 years. Later they moved to Syracuse, where the deceased was a member of the graduating class of 1929. On July 29, 1933, he was married to Cleo Cory, who survives with their small daughter. He was w member of the Grace Lutheran church. o ‘ TOURNEY DRAWINGS TO BE MADE SATURDAY The drawing for the County Basket Ball Tournament Schedule will be held in the office of county superintendent Lewallen at Warsaw, Saturday morning at 10 o’clock. Principals of the 14 schools will be present «nd the drawings for positions on the schedule will be from * hat. The elimination games will be played in Warsaw on Thursday evening, January 23; on Friday afternoon and evening January 24; and on Saturday afternoon, January 25. The final game will be played on Saturday evening. Due to an act of the 1935 legislature prohibiting any one High school team from playing more than two game* of basketball in one day during a tournament the schedule for this year’s tournament consist of three days session instead of two, as formerly. On Thursday evening 3 games will be played, on Friday afternoon 4 games, on Friday evening 2 games, on Saturday afternoon 2 games and the final game Saturday evening. BIRTHDAY SURPRISE. Evelyn Bitner was surprised Sunday morning when she returned home from Sunday school to find her class of six girls already there to help her celebrate her birthday. Dinner was served to Katherine and Lois Dillen, Helen LeCount, Lois Davis, Ruth Rarig, Marvis Ott, Tillie Bolneck, Mrs . Carrie Dillen, lite * PitnA* iRPUr* SUCK iNb®ymvfm I Evelyn receded several nice pres-

1936 BOARD HOLDS US IST MEETING Appointments Made; WPA Projects Considered. The new town board, consisting of the old board with the exception of one new member, was sworn in by Warren T. Colwell, at the board’s meeting, Tuesday evening. These - members are: W. G. Connolly, Fielden Sharp and F. M. Grissom. Ernest Buchholz was sworn into ' office as clerk-treasurer, taking over his duties of his former term as clerk, and the duties which had been those of John Harley, treasurer. It will be recalled these offices were ordered combined by the last legislature. W. G. Connolly was re-elected president of the town board, and the new board appointed Mr. Colwell as town attorney, again; W. G. Connolly and Mrs. Will Kindig re-ap-pointed to the Syracuse k Library Board for two years; Dr. C. R. Hoy was re-appointed health office:;. TheActs of the Legislature of 1935 make provisions for a county health officer at the same time doing away with all the town health officers. But when the county does not appoint one, towns must appoint health officer*. Madison McPherson made ah application to serve as night watchman. This application was taken under advisement by the board. Mr. Connolly said that he was working on a plan for dividing the work of the board among the different members of the board, giving each member some specific duties and responsibilities. Fielden Sharp reported the progress of the WPA work at the park and said that bkejy work on the park would be dweontinute l the spring. 'He .exposed 'that ofciy enough money is left in the appropriation to pay forgone more work period, and that when the men went back to the WPA work on Jan 13, that they would be working on a new project which would be repairing of streets, taking care of “the dump” and repair of alleys. This project has been approved by the South Bend office of the WPA, but when he was in South Bend last week, Sharp said, he found that no appropriation had been made for it, but he received * promise that the South Bend office would try to obtain the money of the appropriation. The sidewalk project and comfort station project have been approved and appropriations set aside for these, but work cannot commence on these until there is a change in the weather. If the appropriation money is not received for the street project, the men will have to go back to work on the park. It is hoped this will not happen, as it fa desired to complete the work on the park in the spring, with the money which is left in this fund. O- j WOLFERMAN CO., MILFORD, GETS INJUNCTION AGAINST COLLECTION OF HOG TAX A temporary injunction restraining the federal government from collecting AAA processing taxes from the Wolferman Company, of Milford, has been granted by federal court st Indianapolis. The government recently levied on Wolferman’* auto trucks in es- *. ' fort to force collection of some 61,800 taxes. Wotfermsn’s trucks were released when the injunction was issued last Friday. The United States Supreme Court decided against the legality of collection of sueh t*xes on Monday, Jan. 6. TO PRODUCE PLAY ‘ AT Last Thursday evening at the meeting at the home of Mr*. Geo. Xanders, The Little Theater Club signed a contract with the American Producing Co., to produce a musical comedy entitled: “Listen To Me”. The play will be produced by members of the club on Tuesday evening, Jan. 28, in; the High school. Funds obtained from the production will be used to equip the building which the Little Theater Club , plans to rent for its own use. The will of Clara E. Stookey, who passed away on Dec!. 26th, has been filed for probate with the county clerk. The entire estate fa bequeathed to a son, Glen D. Stookey, of Valparaiso. ... . ’..a'' f.-ld a j...

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