The Syracuse Journal, Volume 28, Number 45, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 5 March 1936 — Page 1

VOLUME XXVIII

HIGH SCHOOL TEAM ENTER TOURNAMENT County Champions to Try for Honors in Sectional Contest. The 193 b sectional basketball tournament opens tonight k 7 o’clock in the Warsaw armory, and will continue through tomorrow and Saturday. Syracuse High School team, the county champions are expce’.ed to win the honors at the tournament, and were fortunate enough to draw ■ bye, and will not play until Frit day. This gives them all their games in two <*ys however, and in each case they must face strong foes. Other favorite* are Milford, Warsaw and North Webster. According to the draw, Syracuse will probably meet Warsaw, whom they have twice defeated, in the semi-finals, while Milford or North Webster should sail’ through to the finals in the lower bracket. The tournament will be held on three days with six session*. The schedule is as follow*. First Round. I— Warsaw vs Beaver Dam. 2 8:00, Silver Lake vs Claypool. 3 9:00, s Atwood vs Mentone Tomorrow Morning. 4—10:00 Pierceton vs burket. 6— Etna Green vs Sidney. Tomorrow Afternoon 6 2:00, Milford vs North Webster. 7— Syracuse vs Leesuurg. 8— Winner game 1 vs winner game 2. Second Round. 9— Winner game 3 v* winner game 4. 10— 8:00, W’inner game & vs winner game 6. Saturday Afternoon. ll— Winner game 7 vs winner game 8. 12— 3:00, Winner game 9vs winner game 10. Saturday Night Final. 13— 8:00, Winner game 11 vs winner game 12. Officials: (1) Charles Bennett, (2) Walter Cook, and (3) Thomas Fields. The winner of this tourmnment will meet the winner at W inner at Kendallville in the regional tournament. Syracuse Official Players. The following player* from Syracuse High School have been registered by officials and will comprise the group to go to Warsaw: Herman Doll, Herschel Bitner, James Stucky, Dewitt Disher, Edward Coy, George Smith, Howard Juday, Earl Held, Ear* Halsey, Richard Beck, Nelson Auer and Burton Nile*. Each team is permitted to list 12 players, but only 10 will be permitted to play in the tournament. . REV. PETTITACCEPTS LAWRENCEBURG CALL Pastor of Grace Lutheran Church Left This Week to Take New Charge. Rev. John A. Petit, pastor of Grace Lutheran church here for the past several years, delivered his farewell sermon Sunday, and moved this week with his family to Lawrenceburg, Indiana, where he has accepted a charge with the Lawrenceburg Lutheran Church. Rev. Petit and Mr*. Petit, who was Miss Margaret Smith of this place left Tuesday, after spending the night at the home of Mr. and Mr*. Hilary Bachman. During the week there were several farewell parties given in th honor of the young minister and his wife. Thursday, local ministers and their wives assembled at the home of Rev. and Mrs. J. S. Prichard where a farewell dinner was served for Rev. and Mrs. Prichard. There were ten persons present. Rev. Jerome Kauffman was intro- . ducer to the group. t Conservation Club Plans Social Session The Syracuse Conservation Club will meet next Thursday night in the Public Library basement at 7:30 o’clock. A program has been arranged including a motion picture show portraying acenes of wildlife and items of interest to sportsmen. Refreshments wilt be served to members and guests

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COMMERCE GROUP 1 WILL MEET TUESDAY , Program Committee Will ReI port on Plan for Progressive Movement. The Syracuse Wawasee Community Chamber of Commerce will meet Tuesday night at the Grand Hotel and Case, Warren Colwell, president announced, and u report will be heard from the Probram Committee of which C. C. Bachman is chairman. The meeting should be one of interest to ever y progressive citizen.; 1 The program committee has met twice since the last Chamber of Com- ‘ merce meeting and developed a progressive plan for the orgoiixatiofl, . which will be offered for the con- , sideratlion and endorsement of all the members. __O SYRACUSE WILL GET SUNDAY MAIL SERVICE Postmaster Bert Whitehead An- ‘ nounces New Policy for Lbcal Post Office. 1 Syracuse is to have better and faster mail service, Bert White1 head?\local postmaster, . announced today. \ Beginning Sunday, mail will be exchanged with Train No. 10, due at Syracuse at 12:36 p. m. Mail will be dispatched to after its arrival each Sunday. Since last October, mail posted after 5:15 p. m. Saturday did not leave Syracuse until Monday at 12:36 p». in. This caused a delay of a day and a half. Under the new arrangement which Mr. Whitehead has m de, the longest delay possible will be about 18 hours. There has been some comment regarding the delay of mail over the wt*ek-end, and the delay seemed unnecessary, in-ss-much as the town is on the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Mentioned to Mr. Whitehead, he immediately took action to speed up the services and has thus fair been sdccessful. Today, he stated, he is going still further, and hopes to have an early announcement that will bring about still faster service. • SCHOOL BAND MAY PLAY UNDER GOLDMAN Hoosier Music Festival Offers ■ Opportunity for Kosciusko County Musicians. Invitations to the Hoosier Music Festival April 16, 17 and 18 at Indiana university have been received by High School music directors and teachers throughout Kosciusko county. Participating musicians will have an opportunity for constructive criticism and playing under some of the noted musical conductors of the United Slates. Among them will be Dr. Edwin Franko Goldman, New York, composer and, since the death of Sousa, regarded as America’s premier bandmaster. Other guest conductor* will be Dr. Frank Simon, i Cincinnati, leader of the Armco radio band, and Scipione Guidi, assistant conductor of the St. Louis Symphony orchestra. Dean B. W. Merrill and other I. U. music faculty members will assist. A massed band and choral concert 1 by 900 musicians selected from bands 1 and glee clubs i-n the festival will be 1 presented the last evening of the festival, with Goldman conducting. A massed orchestra concert, with Guidi wielding the baton, will be given on the second evening, Friday. ’ A concert by marching bands under 1 the floodlights of the I. U. stadium 1 will mark the first evening of the I festival. Solo events for instruments and ‘ voice and auditions for glee clubs are scheduled. Special critiques and 1 certificates of merit signed by guest conductors and judges will be is- * sued. Frederick E. Green, new band di- ! rector at L U. and general chairman r of the festival, conducted the largest ! music festival in the United States last year at Enid, Okla., with about 4,000 school musicians enrolled. A similar attendance b predicted here. Mr* Nora Wilcox, formerly of 1 Syracuse, who has been making her 9 home with Mr*. Lowell Pefley at 1 Churubusco, suffered a heart attack ® early this week, and her condititon is reported critical. 7 1 e ' : 0 e Mary and Wilma Gieger, who are . employed at Wik’s factory, have r moved into the Owen Strieby house, on Front street.

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Each winter, local ice boat enthusiastics bring out their favorite craft I and enjoy the thrill of flying faster, than the wind across the ice of Lake Wawasee and Syracuse Lake. This winter, a number of people have been attracted to the ice covered

LOCAL WOMAN WINS RECIPE ENDORSEMENT Mrs. Nelson A. Miles Awarded . Honors for Method of Cooking Limas. Mrs. Nelson A. Miles, Syracuse, Indiana, has just been awarded a Certificate of Recipe Endorsement by Better Homes & Garden for her recipe, “Barbecued Limas.” This certificate, which brings national recognition to Mrs. Miles, is given by Belter Homes & Gardens only to distinguished recipes which pass its testing kitchen’s tests for dependability, excellence of taste, and family usefulness. In addition to the signed certicate, Mrs. Miles also received six copies of her endorsed recipe, each bearing the Better Homes & Gardens stamp of recipe endorsement, which she can give to her friends. Mrs. Miles’ endorsed recipe follows: Barbecued Limas. 1 pound dried limas 8 frankfurters 2 tablespoons butter cup sliced onion 4 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon mustard ' I tteaspoon celry salt * H teaspoon paprika , 4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce H cup cat&up 4 teaspoons vinegar % cup cold water H teaspoon tobauco sauce Cook the limas in salted boiling water until tender. Slice the frankfurters in 1-inch slices. Melt the butter, add the onion and saute until soft and brown. Add the remaining ingredients and bring to boiling.' Place layers of lima beans and frankfurters in » casserole and pour' over the sauce. Bake in a moderate oven and serve hot from the casserole. Serves 6 to 8.

Operetta Tuesday Was Talented Play

I Several hundred people from Syracuse, Lake Wawasee, North Webster and other neighboring comma nites attended an operetta, entitled, “Around the World”, presented . in the High School Auditorium, Tuesday evening. The opperetta was under | the direction of Miss Lucille Henwood. . The enthusiasm of the children. who participated in the pagant was carried to the audience and evidenc- ' rd by the repeated burst of applause. ' Those who witnessed the praformsnce were liberal with praise, both for the talent portrayed, and the manne* ] > in which the production was staged I and directed. The play, set on the inside of a huge airliner in a cruise * around the world was completed as various countries boarded the ship ■ md brought to the audience an al- » most exact portrayal of every civil- • ised nation. The costumes were 1 beautiful. • Throughout the entire perforfc. mance there was cleverly woven a slight touch of comedy which ini f many cases was put before the large * R . audience by the juveniles in an al-1 t mostt professional manner. One of . the outstanding features was the J “Little German Band". Original Composition Miss Hen wood, the director, I I worked into the opperetta an original , I words and the music to one of the , final numbers she completed a skill- 1 fully written production by adding]

SYRACUSE, INDIANA THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1936

lakes by the boats, and several have i experienced the thrill of a ride for the first time. The sport is growing more in popularity each winter, and new boats are being planned and buih by local fans.

JOHN BOWERS GUEST OE GOSHEN ROTARY Former Leading Man of Screen, Who Resides Here, Tells of Hollywood. John Bowersox, of Syracuse, known to motion picture fans as John Bowers, was a guest at the Goshen Rotary Club last Friday, where he delivered a talk upon the motion picture industry. Ferdinand D. Nessel, Goshen theatre manager, and a> member of the club was in charge of the luncheon program for the day and was scheduled to speak upon the motion picture business. Remembering that John Bowers is a resident of Syracuse, Mr. Nessel surprised his fellow Rotarians by presenting a real live movie actor, and also surprised John by asking him to tell something about the business. Waa Leading Man. Mr. BoweA of (|»rrett, and now wintering in Syracuse, was one of Mary Pickford’s leading men, after a stage career and returned to the stage shortly after sound pictures were first made. His correct name is “It’s not really so much what pictures are,” he said in discussing Mae West, “as what you think they are.” Numerous questions were asked by the members, all of which were ably answered by the speaker. Mr. Nessel said that about two billion dollars is invested in the motion picture industry today in the United States, which alone boasts of 18,000 theaters. In the world, he said there are 87,000 houses which serve more than a billion persons. ; Hollywood, he asserted, regularly employs about 30,000 people, with an annual payroll of $75,000,000.00. Mr. Nessel spoke interestingly of production, of distribution, including “block booking, and explained the exhixition of a sound picture.

Wawasee was finished, members of the cast sang Miss Henwood’s song as a part of the grand finale. At this point the audience which had carefully followed the performance to the climax figuratively sat on the edges of their chairs in silent acclaim and burst into a roar of ap- • plause as the curtain was drawn. The Cast Pilot, Philip Brower; Captian, Wendell Beck; Mrs. Moneybag, Betty Henwood; Sophia Sightseer, Elisabeth Causer; Kuko —an Eskimo, Warren Benson; Patrick O’Dea, giarles Kroh; Lord Mayor of London, Russel Ritter, Sandy Mac Squeeze, Richard Johnson; Olaf Paulsen, Ryland Mock; Christina Johnson, Corel Rarig; Ivan Minin, Raymond Minegar; Hans Heller, James Myres; Katrina Van Hoven, Margaret Miles; Vivienne Trudeau, Sara Jane 1 Hinderer; Don Pedro, Joseph Shock; I Wilhelm Tell, Mjlham Eyer, Rosita Vanotte, Mardeßa Weaver; O-No-Bu San, Elisabeth Miles; Tumbling • and Dancing, Betty Jane Wolf. ' Following are the countries in {who sang songs of the countries 'which thtey represented. Englishmen: Clair Archer, Robert i j Baumgartner, Robert Byrd, Allen -M Culler, CMtordi lEppert, Eugene Gordon, Stanley (Grimes, Philip Kern, Franklin Ringler, James Slabaugh, Kenneth Hal-, !sey, Eugene Trester, Nelson Wogo- | (Continued on Last Page)

SHUES OF MISHAPS. CLAIM FOUR VICTIMS Auto, Skating, Ice Boat and Basketball Cause Nnjuries To Local People. Frank Dempsey was injured about the back and arms, and is suffering from shock, as the result of an auto mishap on Route 13 near Cranberry Hill last evening. While returning from Syracuse to Goshen after visiting his daughter, Mrs. William Ray, his machine left the highway and overturned. The car was badly damaged, and was brought here for repairs. Avan Bushong, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Bushong, was injured about the face arms and hands Saturday when he was struck by the propeller of an ice boat on the lake. The boat, owned by George Hires, was not in motion at the time and the {fropeller was turning at a nominal speed. The boy was with other youngsters skating, and fell through the propellor. The huge blade caught him on the up-stroke, which threw him away from machine. Hires saw the mishap, and stopped the motor in time to prevent a more serious accident. Hires said had the boyhit the propellor on the other side, he would probably have been ground to pieces. Jatnes Stucky sustained a broken finger while playing basketball during thte Beaver Dam game. Lester Clark, proprietor of the Clark Radio Shop here was skating on Syracuse Lake, using a skating sail to provide him. with momentum. He fell and sustained a broken rib. HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS REHEARSING FOR PLAY Contest Planned for Studentts; Enrollment Increases; Attendance Improves. NORTH WEBSTER, Ind., Mar. 5— The Senior Class of North Webster High School will present a three act comedy in the school gymnasium, March 21, The play is entitled “Lookin Lovely” and is being directed by Miss Frances Wallace. Members of the cast are: Sadie Miller, Winnie; Merl Mabie, Buddie; Helen Smith, Susie; Galen Adair, Sheriff Hawkins; Margaret Beezley, Jennie Mathews; Robert Bause, Bill; Cail Bockman, Jim; Hannah Wilkinson, Persimmon; Helen Ramsey, Amarilla; Frances Bakala, Esther Haskings; Robert Gaskill, Choily; and William Metcalf as Moe. Much enthusiasmJis being evidenced by the players, and as rehearsals progress, there is every indication that the entertainment will be an outstanding one. Local Contests The local oratorical contest is be ing planned. The program will be held in the Community Building on the evening of March 27. The interest being displayed by those who are helping in the various numbers, indicated a very good program to come. This contest will be one of the big event in the school program this spring. The winner of the Oratorical section will represent the school in the county contest the following week, while the musical number winning first place will aid in furnishing entertainment for the county, the same night. NEW STUDENTS The Freshman class has welcomed into their number a new member, Donald Locke, who comes from Vevey, Indiana a city located on the Ohio River. Donald's sister Miriam is also a new student here, in the sixth grade. The eight grade welcomes Charles Miller who comes from Goshen, Indr iana. ' Three new students in the grades come from Whitley County. They are Wanda and Garland Myera, in the fourth grade, and their brother Claud, in the first grade. One family, however, is leaving the community. James, Dale, Alice Mae, and Harold Parker will soon be enrolling in the school at Cromwell, Indiana. The enrollment has been bolstered daring the last few weeks by the addition of Zelpha Witmer who had withdrawn for illness, and byGuilford Bennet from Wolf Lake. Two recent were Richard Brown and John Baugher. Ums January N. W. H. S. attendance was slightly below the average for the first four months yet it was as good or better for the same period in other years. In the upper six grades the eighth grade led with a fine record of 99.02 with only 41-2 days absence, all of which was illness. The ranking of thte upper six grades is as follows: Grade 8 99.02% Grade 11 98.06% Grade 10 98.03% Grade 12 96.08% Grade 7 96.08% Grade 9 96.01%

I* | ! Social Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stiffler Observe 60th Anniversary The 60th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stiffler, who have lived five miles south of Syracuse for 50 years, was celebrated j February 23, with a dinner at the I home of their son-in-law and daugh-! ter, Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Booth, | 1802 West Franklin street, Elkhart, j The date also marked the 30th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Booth. ‘Mr. Stiffler is 81 years old and Mrs. Stiffler 78. Both are in good health. They have three children, Mrs. Booth, Lawrence Stiffler of 711 H Middlebury street, Elkhart, and Walter Stiffler of Osborn, Ohio. A pot-luck dinnner was served at noon. In the afternoon Mrs. Bessie Stiffler played the guitar and harmonica and sang severs* solngs. Mrs. Lewis Stiffler danced a jig to “Turkey in the Straw," played by Mrs. Bessie Stiffler. Mr. and Mrs. Stiffler and Mr. and Mrs. Booth received gifts and cards. Those present Were Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Stiffler and son, Charles of Syracuse, Mr. and Mrs. Waiter Stiffler of Osborn, Ohio, Mrs. Marion Wyland and daughters, June and Mae, Mrs. George Adams and daughter, Evelyn, Mr. and Mrs.’ Walter Marshall and children, Jean and Sherwood, Mrs. Della Strieby and sons, Odin and Elmon, Mrs. Maude Richardson and daughter, Audrey, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Stiffler and daughter Zelda of Goshen, Mrs. LeOla Fruchey and daughter, Constance, Miss Violet Booth, Miss Irene Clark Richard Jessup and Elston Booth. • a • Freshmen of S. H. S. Hold Novel Party The Freshmen class of Syracuse High School held a party Saturday evening, February 29, with Mr. Beck as sponser, and Mrs. Beck as guest. It was in the. form of a college party, four colleges competing —Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Amherst. The colleges engaged in an indoor track meet with eight or ten events. At the close of the events, a 'coon hunt was enjoyed. Then, as a vacation, the colleges were invited to a circus, each person using beans as money. After the circus refreshments of ice cream and cake were enjoyed. Howard Hummel, formerly of Milford, entered the Freshman class, Tuesday. Music at Banquet Here Brings Much Praise At the recent Father and Son banquet, sponsored by the Brotherhood of the Methodist Episcopal church, the program of music was provided by Arnold Beckman, Harley Davis and Edward Shea. Much comment has been heard locally, upon the fine program these musicians presented, and Syracuse is regarded as fortunate in being able to claim such outstanding talent. The meeting was addressed by V. M. Hatfield of Winona Lake, and Dr. Garnet Latham, president, was toastmaster. Both of these men have been outspoken in their praise of the musical part of the entertainment. • • • Leap Year Party. Mrs. Josie Snavely gave a Leap Year party, Saturday night, February 29th.- The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Dio Pensinger, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Plank and Harry Stetler of Rockford, Illinois. Miss Thelma Copenhaver of Goshen, Mr. and Mrs Rus-sell Hinderer, Miss Mary Jane Hire, Miss Alice Mann, Charles Fisher of Ligonier, Carlton Richhart Ralph Mullens, and George Hire. ' Events in Brief. The U. B. Ladies Aid is meeting today with Mrs. Blanche McClintic, for an - all-day quilting. • • « The Senior Ladies of the Round Table met at the home of Mrs. Roy Darr. Mrs. Esther Osborn gave a talk on Child Welfare. Mrs. Olive Miller then read a Japanese story. • • * The Methodist Missionary Society met at the home of Mrs. Elmer E. Miles, Monday afternoon. Mrs. Levi Kitson had charge of the lesson. ? ** * Bide-a-wee Club met with Mrs. Harry Clemens, Friday afternoon. • • • The Evangelical Missionary Society met at the home of Mrs. Grant Skidgell, Tuesday. Mrs. Calvin Beck had charge of the lesson. The Past Chief Club met at the home of Mrs. Edward Unrue, Tuesday. *• • ' The Methodist Home Missionary Society has been invited to participate in a meeting at North Webster, March 12. A six o’clock dinner was served at the home of Private R. J." Isabel, Company B, Fort Benjamin Harrison in honor of his 20th birthday.

CEMETERY OFFERED TO TOWN BOARD Association Asks Municipal Body to Assume Responsibility. The Syracuse Cemetary Association appeared beford the Town Board Tuesday night; and requested the Board to take over and assume responsibility for the maintainence and up keep of the burial ground. The matter was discussed to some length, and members of the Association explained that in recent years, mank lots had been sold in the Cemetery that had not been paid for, in addition to this difficulty, some of the funds used as a trust for jperpetial care was in the old bank, and there is not sufficient money in the fund to properly maintain the cemetery. The Association is of the opinoin that of the town takes the responsibility of the cemetery, some work can be done in making necessary improvements by using WPA labor, and the cemetery can then be carried on tthrough a small addition to thtftax rate: ' ?’ The town board did not take final action, and is holding the proposal under advisement until full deiails of the suggested transfer san be obtained. Warren ColweU instructed, by the Board to investigate the matter from a legal standpoint and report back to the Board next meeting night. - - » EIGHT ANNUAL AIR TOUR BEING PLANNED Indiana Fliers Will Visit Airports Throughout the Entire State Soon. INDIANAPOLIS, March s—Plans for the Eighth Annual Indiana Air Tour, which each year takes a. sky caravan of fifty or sixty private owned and piloted planes on a week’s flight to more than a score of Indiana cities, will be made at the annual election meeting of the Indiana Aircraft Trades Association Friday noon in the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Frank E. Ball, Muncie; association president, will be in charge of the session at which proposed legislation affecting aeronautics in Indiana, scheduled for consideration at the expected special session of the legislature will be discussed. According to the program announced by Herbert O. Fisher, ‘ association secretary and director of aeronautics for the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, Major Charles E. Cox Jr., regional airport advisor for the United’States Bueau of Air Commerce, will outline proposals for a state aeronautics commission and current and future developments of the WPA airport and air-making program in Indiana. Other aircraft trades association officers are Walker W. Winslow, Indianapolis, vice president; Captain L. I. Aretx, Lafayette; E. F. Ball, Muncie; Michael Murphy, Kokomo; Robert Shank, Indianapolis, and Mr. Ball, Mr. Winslow, Major Cox and Mr. Fisher, directors. B. & O. WELCOMES LOW FARE ANNOUNCEMENT W. B. Calloway, general passenger traffic manager of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, which has been the proponent among the eastern railroads of the lower passenger fares ordered today by the Interstate Commerce Commission, said today that the B. & O. welcomed the decision because it supports the Baltimore and Ohio policy and action taken during the past three years in endeavoring to bring about the reduction in the eastern territory. He also feels gratified that the basis of fares ordered by the Cohunission is the basis advocated by thp Baltimore and Ohio. He pointed out that the lower fares designated in the Commission’s order, have been in" effect for some time in the western and southern sections of the country, and that the railroads on which they apply have been practically unanimous in pointing to the wholesome effect that they have had on passenger revenues. Paul Gibson of Goshen visited his parents, Mr. and Mis. Frank Gibson Sunday. * _

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