The Syracuse Journal, Volume 28, Number 42, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 13 February 1936 — Page 5

THURSDAY, FEB. 13, 1934

1 HISTORY OF SYRACUSE SETTLED IN 1835 | The following is taken from the history of Syracuse and Lake Wawasee, compiled by George W. Miles, and printed in the Syracuse Journal weekly, in 1909: Abraham Neff had a brother, Samuel, who also lived not far from him, three and a half miles northwest of town, where he settled about 1852 and continued to reside until in the early sixties, when he moved to Kansas? He had a family of eigh* teen children. Simon Boomershine came with his parents about 1840, or possibly earlier. I don’t know whether his son Hiram is living, but he had a son named Daniel, who lives in or near Millersburg, and another named Gabriel, who died about twentyfive years ago. Whether there were any daughters I cannot tell you. Jesse Deardorff, about 1852, acquired a farm softie four miles northwest of town, whereon he died many years ago. His widow, who was Rebecca Boomershine and a sister of Simon, named above, now resides in Syracuse, and with her lives her daughter, Ellen, who never married. William H., the oldest son, married a sister of Alonso W. Banta oC Benton. He died about twenty-five years ago. A daughter, Ida, became the first wife of William Butt, now of Syracuse, and was the mother of Otis Butt, our efficient town clerk. She also died a good many years ago. Another son, Jerome, lives here, and is carrier on route number 2 out of Syracuse post office. James Tully, whose farm was one and a half miles northwest of town, where he and his wife, Catharine, lived and died, came In the early fifties. His sons John and Adam live in Claypool, in this county, and

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Levi and Nathan live in Goshen. There were three daughters, but I can tell you little about them, except that one of the married Elijah LeCount’s son, James. The farm of Robert Watson, whereon still dwells his widow, Sarah, who is nearly 90 years old, lies two miles northwest of town on the Goshen road. There Mr. Watson came about 1850, or possibly in the forties. There were two sons and two daughters. The father died about 1855. Alexander, one of the sons, died when he was about sixteen years old. David still lives with his mother on the old home farm. Nancy a daughter, died unmarried at about the age of 20, and near the time of the death of her brother. Rhoda became the wife of Adoniram Cory and moved with him to Kansas, where she also died a good many years ago. i Samuel Rookstool, ' who was a brother of James, an account of whom 1 have heretofore given, came in the early forties. He and his wife died near together sometime during the war. Shortly after, their death ■ Andrew and Cornelius, two sons, moved to Kansas. William, another son, purchased a farm on the Syracuse and Milford road two and a half miles west of Syracuse, that is still owned by his widow. He died there about thirty years ago. There were three daughters, of whom Jane became the wife of William Gilbert, who now lives in Goshen. . Lovina married Timothy Loehr, who lives somewhere in Michigan, and Sophia became the wife of the late M. J. Rippey, of Syracuse, and is the . mother of J.. Edgar Rippey, of the I Maple Grove dairy farm. Tobias Keim came in the sixties. His farm was two and a half miles (northwest of town, and there he | and his wife, Anna, lived and died. ’His oldest son was Frederick, who died in Goshen a few years ago. John lives in Kansas, Samuel in Ne- < braska, and Adam, who married a 'daughter of George Unrue, lives in South Bend. Elizabeth married Daniel Close and lives in Goshen, Mary married a man named Hammond who lives in Starke county, Indiana, Susan married David Wellbaum, I and, with her sisters Ellen and ' Anna, lives in Goshen. : Benton Marvel, whose farm was ’ three miles northwest of town, came | early in the fifties. His wife’s name j was Sarah. Their only child, I be- , lieve, was a son whose name was I* Stephen. After comparatively few years here they moved to Oswego, and my notes lose track of them there. Cyrus Lente, whose farm was also about three miles northwest of town, came about 1854. His wife was Mary , Whitehead, and she was a sister of 1 the wife of Abraham Neff. After > living there about ten years he mov- ' ed west of New Paris. He died near i the Frog Pond school house about I four years ago. His sons were Albert M. t who lives in Wakarusa, Moses M., who lives in * Milford, and a I younger one whose name I do not j know. There were three daughters. | Dessie married Bert Dubbs and lives j with him west of Waterford, Jennie ! married Charles Hammond, and ; Olive married a man named Groves, i This completes the list of the

IMPROVE 340 HUES OF STATE HIGHWAY Commission Report Shows Much Work Done Lari Year to Make Faster and Safer Travel. Improvement of three hundred and forty miles of state highways during the past year—not including oiling or surface treatment—was carried out by the State Highway Commission, according to James D. Adans, chairman. With the additional mileage which wais surface treatment or made dustless, the total for the year was approximately 2,100 miles. During the past year the Highway Commission completed 166.83 miles of high-type pavement; 19.655 mi led of low-type pavement; 46.271 miles of stone or gravel surfacing; 16.861 miles of grading and structures, and 90.694 miles of shoulder and structure widening. In addition there was 380 miles of roadside improvement completed, which milerge was not included in the toUls. Seventy-seven grade separations and bridges were completed during the year, divided into twelve grade separations and sixty-five bridges. At the close of the yesr fourteen grade separations and fifty bridges were under construction. farmers northwest of town accounts of whom I have. 1 suspect there are • few more families that ought to be included in it; notably that of Noble LeCount, who lived there for a number of years. He had two beautiful daughters, who, as I remember, both died young, and no other children that I know of. And his name brings to mind a story. Mr. Lecount had a habit of loafing in town rather late of nights. Morgan Snyder had been given some sort of an appointment as a special marshal. One night about closing time there being some disturbance in the saloon of Mr. William Bowld, then in the building that stood where is now located Eli Bushong’s barber ship, Mr. Snyder rushed into the place, and without making much inquiry as to who was causing the ruction, struck Mr. LeCount on the head with a heavy cane. There followed a long drawn out suit in the circuit court at Warsaw, in which LeCount attempted to establish that the assault on him was unwarranted and wrongful, and that his health had been permanently injured by it. This lawsuit divided the people of the town into two factioqp and gave them food for discussions and dissensions for a year or so. In the end, as I remember, it cost Mr. Snyder something like a thousand dollars. . Henry Coy, who was born in 1812, rode horseback from Winamac, Ind. entered a farm just north of the Rookstool place on the Milford road and moved there in 1849. He died there at a ripe old age not v.ery many years ago. His widow, who was Mary Grisamer, is still living, and is past 81 years old.' Thomas, their oldest son, lives just north of town where he now owns the farm long the home of the family of the late John Gordy. Benjamin owns and lives on the old Harvey Vennaman farm that 1 have told you about, a mile west of town on the Milford road. Irvin and Marion, the two remaining sons, live in Syracuse or near it, I believe. There were five daughters, Mahala married Seth Meloy, whose farm was also along the Milford road three miles west of town, and who died there some years ago, Hettie married Marion, oldest son of Isaac Kitson, Tillie married Benjamin Vorhis and now lives with her mother, Louisa married William Baird, and Permelia became the wife of Daniel M. Qeeter. n . CHILD WORKERS* CONFERENCE CALLED ' NAPPANEE. Feb. 13-The annual county Sunday school convention of the Elkhart County Council of Christian Education has been planned tentatively for March 24 in Nappanee. A child workers’ conference will be held in Goshen Feb. 14. . 0 It to said now in European dispatches that the League will not enforce any oil sanctions against Italy. It to understood that Mussolini refused to agree to it

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\MAIL AFRICA. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Roberts spent Friday evening with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sim Lewallen. Mrs. Elmo Shock and daughter Doris visited Mrs. Elizbeth Shock Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bowser spent the past week with her parents, Mr. ©nd Mrs. Elmer Baugher. Mrs. Sim Lewallen spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs Elizabeth Shock. $ Mr. and Mrs. Vivian Sharp called at the James Sharp home, Monday. dismal George Dull is improved from his recent illness so that he is able to be up. Mrs. Theodore Voris visited Miss Tilda Bobeck, last Thursday. Lon Burley is visiting relatives in Ohio. Winston Gan s visi ed at the Dora Clingerman home, Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Max Bui ley of Ligonier, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hively and three children of Cromwell; and Mr. and Mrs. Claus Bobeck assisted in butchering at the Virgil Bobeck home, Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Dora Clingerman visited Mrs. Charles Dull Thursday. TIPPECANOE J. L. Kline assisted Royrl Kline Wednesday, with his butchering. Jessie Baugher called at the J. Garber home, Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mock and Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Morehead made a business trip to Warsaw Thursday. J. L. Kline and family were Sunday dinner guests at the home of J. Garber. Callers in the afternoon were Clarence Mock and family, Mrs. James Gilbert and family and Jesse Baugher. Mr. and Mrs. Esten kline and daughter visited the J. Garber home Friday. J. L. Kline was in South Bend Saturday. Miss Eva Kuhn visited Syracuse Friday. Milo Strombeck visited Isaiah Kuhn Friday. Mayzel Kline visited Neva Likens Friday. nevTsalem Junior Pinkerton called at the Ed Klinger home last Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Einory Guy visited at the home of Joseph Smith Friday afternoon. No school today because of drifted roads. Junior Pinkerton visited at the home of Joseph Smith Saturday forenoon. Ted Auer spent Saturday fishing. Miss Agnes Pinkerton of LaPorte spent week ago Saturday and Sunday with her parents, Roy Pinkerton and family. CONCORD George Strieby spent Sunday afternoon at the Dewey Coy home. Mr. and Mrs. Burton Howe went o Sylvania, Ohio, to spend a few days wih the James Hamman family. Mrs. Cora Wyland spent Thursday evening at the Ernest Mathews home. Mrs. Jacob Bowser to ill. Burl Jones visited Sunday afternoon with Cecil Sutherland. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Colwell were visitors at the home of Burton Howe last Friday evening. Mrs. James Dewart and Mrs. Ernest Mathews spent Thursday at the home of Jacob Bucher. Miss Meriam Fisher of Goshen was home over the week end with her parents, Mr and Mrs Guy Fisher. Jacob Bowser called at the Samuel Drake home Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Cora Wyland visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Wyland. Wayne Bucher called at the Ernest Mathews home Friday evening. We would like toread some of the comment of the Moscow newspapers on the Supreme Court’s decision invalidating the AAA.

12,500 ENROLL IN WPA CLASSES IN INDIANA Increase in Number of Enrollments Indicates Desire to Improve Minds and Enrich Lives. INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 6—Approximately 12,500 persons in Indiana are enrolled in the emergency education classes being conducted in the state by the Works Progress Administration it was revealed in the attendance report for the month of December issued at state headquarters today. There are 779 classes for adults, and 33 nursery schools in which 581 children whose parents work all day are given proper care and nourishment and supervised play during the day when they otherwise would have no one to care for them. Operating on the principle that learning is a continuous process and that one is never too old to study, the adult education classes are designed to cover a wide range of subjects and to provide vocational as well as cultural training! General adult education classes, ■ including such subjects as English, literature, short story writing, history, mathematics, and allied subjects have an enrollment of 5,037-. There are 358 of these classes, taught by 44 teachers. Child psychology, he Ith and hygiene instruction are offered to parents in all parts of the state through the 92 parent education classes conducted by WPA teachers. There are 1,586 Indiana parents taking advantage of this opportunity to improve their relations with their children and give them a better start in life through the careful study of scientific methods of procedure. There are 997 persons enrolled in vocations! classes. These include shorthand and typing, shop work, and in cases of physically l\andidapped persons, rehabilitation 7 work. There are 51 cl sses with 39 ’teachers. Also included in this division are classes in safety instruction through which persons are unable to qualify for American Red Cross instructors certificates. Classes in economics, labor legislation, and technical subjects are offered to workmen through the division known as workers’ education. These classes are designed to give the working man a chance to improve his abilities and make himself eligible for more remunerative work. There are 90 classes with an enrollment of 1,745. For the foreign born and the edui cationally handicapped, literacy classes are offered, giving instruction in citizenship and elementary subjects of which a knowledge is required for naturalization. There are 148 such classes with 2,529 students. All the teachers have had some practical experience and also they have had special training courses in the particular field to which they have been assigned. According to state WPA officials, the attendance in the emergency education classes is gradually increasing as more and more persons realize that through them they can enrich their lives and their earning capacity. 1 O WEST END Miss Permia Steinme z of New Paris spent the week-end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Lutes of Bethany. Miss Ruby Eisenhour of Goshen spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Eisenhour of near Bethany. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Burton and son, and Robert Doll of Elkhart were guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Sheffield on Road 6, over the week-end. Mrs. Hazel Rowdabaugh and son spent Friday afternoon with Mrs. Pearl Rarick in Waterford. Mrs. Emma Pierce of near New Paris is seriously ill. Mrs. Carl Lammon is sick. Opal Weybright, who has been suffering the past two weeks with an attack of rheumatism, is improved. Daniel Howk to ill, with throat trouble. Mrs. Susan Weybright, seriously ill the past two months at the home of Rev. and Mrs. John Stout, remains about the seme. All schools in Elkhart county were closed this past wgek, due to the extreme cold weather and drifted roads. Snow plows were called Sunday evening to open the roads to the Lammon and Price homes, where the doctor had been summoned. Members of both families have been ill. ——— Q assessors to get INSTRUCTIONS FEB. 26 All township assessors and their deputies are requested to meet at the office of County Assessor Harvey McCleary on Feb. 26, at which time a representative of the state tax board will be present to give out instructions for the annual assessment. The assessment will get under way on March 1. 4 Some mechanical experts say that automobile engines frequently get “intoxicated” during an accident. But one main trouble to that so many automobile drivers get intoxi- | cated before the accident.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS The Journal is furnished with the following transfers°hf real estate by Houton C. Frazer, abstractor. War saw, Ind. Everett M. Bartholomew , et al to Michael S. Reilley, lot 1 Shipley addition, Claypool, sl. Chas. M. Arnold to Jesse M. and Cora A. Stockman, 20 acres section 9, Jefferson township, sl. Clayton Doutt and Wilbur L. Judd to John L. and Orpha V. Zent, 5> acres section 33 Harrison township, §687. George A. Baker to Russell and Ruby Cauffman, 4 lots Lucas addition, Packerton, sl. Catharine Gebert to John L. Gebert, 9.95 acres section 26 Washington township, sl. Earl T. Foster et al to Joseph L. Foster, 130 acres section 1, Seward township, §4,000. Ben Levy et al to Roy and Lois Schleeter, north one-halif lots 27 and 28 original plat, Syracuse, §BOO. Mabel C." M. Chapman to Idai L. Thompson and Edna B. Deckard, lot 10 Sheffield addition, Warsaw, §l. Clyde Heaton to Elizabeth Person 53-ft front on Prairie St. Leesburg, §450. George M. Albert to Forrest S. and Ruby V. Galloway, lot 1 subdivision 7, Pepakeechie Park, §250. Vern LeCount, guardian, to Rial and Edith H .Troup, tracts in sections 33 and 34, §346. Clee Hibschman and Bert G. Ward to Delbert EJ. and Beatrice V. Barcus, lot 24 Indian Hill, Turkey Lake, §l. Bert G. Ward to Clee and Virgie M. Hibschman, lot 10 Indian Hill, §l. Stephen Freeman to Alvin A. and Emma S. Gustafson, tract adjoining lot 17 Grand View Park, §SOO. Pearl Stevenson to Glen and Zona Deeter, lot 53 ft front on Prairie street, Leesburg, §l. Ursa S. Williams to Carlton T. Olds, part lots 5 and 43 W. & M. addition, South P?rk, Wawasee Lake, §l. John W. Cremens, Jr., to John W. Sr. and Irene Cremens, lot 33 Village of Kale Island, sl. Indiana Poultry Corporation to Warsaw Chamber of Commerce, lots 200 and 201, 7th addition, Winona Park, §4,000. Russell Cauffman and Mary Sebring, to Orly and Blanche D. Faurole, 100 acres sections 1 and 2, Clay township, §l. Victor D. Mock, receiver to Cecil Glenn and Inez G. Grubb, lots 18 and 19 Courtland Park, §2OO. Mary L. Krill to Harry F and Pearl E. Johnson, lot 15 third addition, Winona, §l. 4 Florence E. Swihart to Lloyd and Lola M. Sausamain south part lots 1 and 2 Sell’s addition, Silver Lake, §BIO. ; John A. Heckman to Chas. G. Klotz, 20 acres section 34 Scott township, §I,OOO. Golda F. Polen to Donald J. Van Gilder, east one-half lot 2QB, Mentone, §7OO. Winona Lake Institutions to J. B. Grove, lot 29 First addition, Winona, §l. Jacob J. Weybright to Chas. A. Sparklin, south part lot 5 block 6, Milford, §2,300. Lillie M. Frantz et al to Homer A. and Mildred R. Byrer, 40 acres section 7, Prairie township, $1,365. Harold E. Robinson to Daniel H. and Winifred Fisher, 59 acres section 5, Van Buren township, §l. John L. Yoder to Ervin E. and Ella L. Berger, 80 acres section 4, Jefferson township, sl. Carlton T. Olds to Ursa S. Williams, part lots 5 and 43 Wood ; A Moore addition. South Park, Wawasee Lake, §l. • Edward Weir Cullipher to Lloyd W. Elsie Reid, lot 5 in addition to Kalorama, Tippecanoe Lake, §I2OO. Mildred G. Watkins to William M. Haworth, tract 100x120 feet, adjoining to lot 12, Yellow Banks Park, Webster Lake, §l. Chas. Klotz to Chas. J. and Ruth

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Brock, 80 acres section 19 Jefferson township, sl. Russell W. Cooper to Lurline Morris, 50x175 ft tract in section 16, Turkey Creek township, sl. Mabel S. Fried to Joseph J. and Pearl T. Geringer, 30 acres section 4, Plain township, §l. Elmyra A. Coyle to Geo. T. and Dessie M. Stephens, 12 lots 7th addition, Winona, §l. Louisa M. Doll to Clarence E. and Jennie Dye, lot 18 Coy Flats, Silver Lake, §l. Benjamin R. Prather to ’ Blanche M. Gable, north part lot 4, Boss’ addition, Warsaw, §l. Chas. Thomas to Minnie A. Schooley, lot 26 Graves addition, Warsaw, §l. Minnie A. Schooley et al to Chas, and Alice Thomas, 4 acres on E. South street, §l. Henry C. Kelly to Oscar A. and Princess E. Hugo, southeast part outlet 3, Warsaw, §l. Alice Hill to "Ed and Bertha Wright, 40 acres section 8, Lake township, §1,600. Beulah G. Billings to Willard D. | and Madeline P. Hawley, lot 274, | T. M. & H. addition, Mentone, §4OO Fred A Newby to Cousie Moore, lots 17 and 18 Campus addition, Winona, §l. Oliver Davis to Leonard Walters, one-half acre in Burket, sl.

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