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

THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1*36

I HISTORY OF SYRACUSE I SETTLED IN 1535 j 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: The Story of Gordanier and the Part of the Lake Which Bear* Hi* Name. East of and adjoining. Park lies Gordanier Bay, and back of it the marsh of the same name that in early days was a famous place for duck shooting. I used to wonder how this bay and marsh came by its hafiie, as no settler or resident ever lived near it from whom it could hw.e been taken. But I find by refeience to the county records th t in earliest times a very considerable tract that included much of this marsh did belong to somebody whose name was Cord/nier or Gardanier. As I can finer no trace or memory of him here, 1 take it he must hive been » nonresident pioCrietor. But somebody who knew of is ownership evidently gave his i.ame to the place, and it stuck to it for fifty yesrs or mure. And it is a good enough name, and on account oi its age ought to be continued. Foiming the eist shore of Gordanier Bay, a half mile from Pickwick Park, is Conr.d’s Is end. N w, if you are not n old timer you will not lecugnite it by tnis name, foi i came into the possession of the late Bob Epeit. sometime in the early nineties, and was thereat ter known as “Eperts” or “Bob’s” place, us which it attained a fttne more b oad than enviable. For ‘Bob” convened it into a beer g rden and booze joint whefeat there was much lawlessness and rowdyism, that con- ' imued each s mmer until his untimely death four or five years ago, Mid until the people of the towrship by remonstratioh put all the ialoons out of exist nee. indeed, in the . consumation of this la'ter the in nner in which this resort had been conducted was a potent influence in ' aid of he anti-sslo n people of tie community. Since the death of Mr. j Epert he’pl ce, whi his now the ( propertv of John M Ma 1 or, of Go- > sben, h s practically been without a nmne. I hope Its old time name will be restored to it. for it is ancient j and altogether lonoi able. - Henry Conr-d was on® of the in-j teresting characters among the pioneers about the lake. An old man, he J was,- teways, it seems to me. At any • rate, when 1 was n small toy he; was known as one < f the oldest men ’

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I in the community. And all the children were afraid of him; for no other reason than his reputed great age and his vigor and stength which, associated with his habit, of living all alone on an island out at the lake every season from earliest spring until the waters were covered with ice in the fall, made us look upon him as wizardoUs aid uncanny.. He was altogether harmless; ra her was of a kindly nature to the few that really knew him. And every spring, with the first blue birds and robins he came, it I appeared to us out of the nowhere, back to his beloved island, carrying with him all his belongings, except his old, well rotted boat and the much repaired oars that he had bidden among the trees the last autumn and took up his abode again in the little shack that was unworthy the name of a cabin, there through the summer months to remain, solitary and alone. Rarely did he have a visitor, nor did he seem pleased to haie one, ever. If he sickened, or had need of a doctor or a nurse, nobody learned of it. At intervals he would, appear in the village, probably to sell a few fish and to secure some luxuries or necessities. And when the childien saw him approaching they all scaincered to cover, much as they wood have done h d tie. knew 1 ini to bp the pied piper Returned again; which slw iys gave him jiain, for he really loved’ children. Oree on a da. ; when Hiliabold’s saw mill was quet and deserted, and a half dozen boys, had taken advantage of the absence of the mill hands to play .there.n, ’ he .appeared a< though he h .d dropped out of space, p.cxed up art old! tile, a» d made a noise and pernutted be boys to discove- him pre end- f tending to be filing his teeth pre-, par. tory to devouring them. Ti ere wi s a stampede he was j bwtrless to cheeky tho gh he m de s ren. Ous efforts to do so, :s tie chi ren j tumbled pell mell o\er ea.h other off be h gh c: r track in ti e rear of; . the mill, at great risk of thsir limbs, and necks. And this W*» ten yet rt, Isefore my time, the e b ys being much older than myself. Though Mr. Conrad never ms’e' any cl-im of being the owner of his; beloved island, nd i wns ge erally ' known that be w s not. nobody e e. , I thought of disturbing him in his pos- , ■ session and enjoyment of it. Ard he ! continued to return regularly an * ; ! abide there everv y> i'.‘ until nea i the time when Mr. Eppert acquired; the place. But time in the end won the long battle agains' him. and he J | finally disapre red to return no more. .Nobody knew his rge, bu* | j eveiybody thought him to be upward. > of ninety, snd nobody would have I been sprprised a’ proo f that, he was & hundred or m: re. He mud have _________ —i— 1

been born before thte beginning of the last century, probably while George Washington was president of the United States. His last summer at the lake was sometime in the eighties. And the last time I saw him he looked to me exactly as he did the first time I saw him. How many seasons in all he spent on his island at Wawasee I cannot tell you. Rumor used to have it that he had married in his early life, and that i he had children, then old men, with whom he spent the long tedious hours of the winters. But whether these rumors were true, or where these children lived, I never knew. To me he was like the wild geese' that only t left the Iwke when thte winter drove them away from it, and reappeared suddenly in the early spring time, from I knew not where. Rather under medium height was Mr. Conrad, but strong of build, of weight probably a hundred and j seventy-five pounds, and of athletic step and motion that age seemed not {o' effect Reticent of speech, unassuming of manner, loving solitude, whatever of the history of his life anyone knew he had le rned r.ot from him. I have tried herein to draw a portrait of him as I see him yet, and as he was known about the lake twenty and sixty yests ago. If I had a picture of him 1 would use lit to illiisirw.e ths paper, but 1 doubt if he ever had one taken. As I have said, he was probably the i most -interesting of all the old time chaiacteis about the lake. Certa nly , it is due to his memory that his loved isla.id be forever permitted to retain his name.' The small island in Gordanier Bay : just back of and near Conrad’s IsJ land, that is now the property of Mr. Mager, of Garrett, nd <n which le has a cottage, has time out of mfi.d been known as Calf Isle nd. How it came by this name I cannot tell you, but somehow it always seemed to me to be appro?ri t’ve; probably on account of its rel tive size and locution as to the larger one. CAMP RSVATIONS | MADE AT STATE PARK Boy and Giri Scouts, Campfire Girls, 4-H Clubs and Other Preparing for Summer. ! Eight reservations for group camps located* at Shakomak, McCormick’s | Creek, Dunes and Pokagon state parks have been made and many in- , quiries regarding the camps have been rteceixed duiing the past few } weeks, Virgil M. Simmons, commissioner of the Department of Conserration, amounted today. The group camps have been a j popular feature of the state parks, ■ being used extensively by 4-H clubs, j Cajnpfire Guls, Boy and Girl Scouts and other groups. During the past I year there were over fifteen thous- ; and overnight occupancies in the group camps at Shakamak, McCor- | mick’s Creek and Pokagon state parks. Euch of the camps is a complete unit with dormitories, mess hall, kitchen, toilets and administration building. Camp Near Angola. Among the reservations already made for group camps at the state parks during the summer months are those of the Robinson, Illinois, Campfire Girls; Terre Haute Girl Scouts; the Park, Vermillion and Vigo county 4-H club outing; the Indianapolis Y. W. C. A., the Junior Catholic Daughters of America, of Indianapolis; the Morgan, Monroe and Owen County 4-H club outing; a 4-H Club Mothers organization from the southwestern part of the state; and by Camp Pokagon. Camp Pokagon reserves the group camp at Pokagon state park each '■ summer, providing an outing place for boys. ' A new' group camp at the Dunes park near Chesterton has accommodations for 1“28 persons. The three group camp units at McCormick’s Creek park near Spencer, have ac- ’ commodations for 160 persons in . each of two camps and for 32 in the < third. The group camp at Shakamak park, near Jasonville, has accommodations for 480 persons, and the camp at Pokagon park near Angola, * has accommodations for 60 persons. !

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_ _ j IN on CHURCHES f i_— > ZION CHAPEL. Emerson M. Frederick, Pastor. Sherman Deaton, Supt. Sunday School, 9:30 a. m. Morning worship, 10:30 a. m. Evening worship, 7:00. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Rev. Travis Purdy, Minister. Noble Blocker, S. S. Supt. Church School, 9:45 a. m. Morning Worship, 11:00. Epworth League, Sunday evening at 6 o’clock. GRAGE LUTHERAN CHURCH Rev. John A. Pettit, Pastor. Forest Kerns, Supt. Sunday School. 9:45 a. m. Evening service at 7:00 p. m. You are invited to worship with us CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN EvHtwelisi J. Edwin Jar>w»e. pastm Guy Symensma, S. S. Supt. Sunday School, 10:00 a. m. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Attendance Last Sunday - 181 L dies Aid each Thursday. Choir and Orchestra* practice each Wednesday Evening. The Union Temperance Program, with the Drama “The Deciding Vote” will be given March 22. LAKESIDE IL B. CHURCH Rev. E. C. Keidenbach, Pastor. Syracuse. Sunday School, 9:45 a. m. Morning Worship, 11:00 a. m. Sermon by Rev. Bilby. ’ Evening worship, 7:00 p. m. Sermon by pastor. Special revival services will begin Sunday morning, March 8. The following program is announced for the first week: Monday—Sunday School Night, sermon by pastor. Tuesday—Family Night, Sermon by Gerald Geiger. Wednesday—Neighbor Night, Sermon by pastor. Thursday—Young Peoples Night, Sermon by Rev. Bilby. . - Friday—Grandparents Night, Ser- ; mon, “The Christian Home,” by 1 pastor. Concord. j Morning Worship, 9:45 a. m. i Sunday School, 10:30 a. m. Indiav Village. Sunday School, 9:30 a. m. CHURCH OF GOD Itev. Victor Yeager, pastor. | Cressel Kitson, S. S. Supt. 1 Sunday School, 10:00 a. in. Classes for All Ages. No preaching Service Sunday. Prayer Service Thursday, 7:30 pm at the home of Reta Ruday. You are welcome to each service. EVANGELICAL CHURCH Rev. Samuel Pritchard, Pastor. • Mrs. Wilma Hire, S. S. Supt. Sunday School, 9:45 a. m. Morning worship, 10:45 a. m. Cooperative evening service at the Methodist church. Bible Study and Christian Endeavor Thursday evening at 7:00 p. m. The trustee board will meet at 8 p. m. o FEWER RELIEF CASES REPORTED IN STATE The total number of relief cases : in Indiana during the past twelve months has been reduced by 76,118, ‘ according to statistics compiled by the governor’s commission on unemployment relief. In January 1935 a total of 131,810 cases were registered while in De- ' cember the number had been rei duced to 55,692 cases. During the I first month of the last year 492,197 ’ persona were dependent on relief in Indiana while in December of the same year only 180,834 persons were . dependent on the townships of the ! state.

\MA!LZ£> NEW SALEM Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Geyer of Syracuse, Jesse Metz and Mrs. Doshia Whitehead of Goshen, visited Mrs. Susan Weybright, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Stout of Akron, visited Mr. and Mrs. John Stout Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Grove have moved to the Ulery farm near the Salem church. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dunnick moved to the Grove farm vacated by Gerald Grove. Twenty neighbors and friends went Monday to the home of Alva Crowl and cut wood and prepared feed for his cattle. Mr. Crowl is in the Goshen hospital for an appendicitis operattion. Rev. and Mrs. Howard Kreider and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Roy Meek, Sunday. DISMAL Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Grimes and family have moved from the Lee Lung farm to his farm east of Topeka. Mr. and Mrs. Russel Maggert and Delos Maggert were in Fort Wayne Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Stump and daughter have returned to their home in Ligonier aftpr visiting several weeks with Mrs. Charles Dull. Mr. and Mrs. David Brown visited Mr. and Mrs. Dora Clingerman, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Buchtel and two sons of Middlebury were gueets in the Jasper Buchtel home, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bobeck of Fort Wayne visited Mr. and Mrs. Claus Bobeck, over the week-end. Lon Burley and Frank Burley visited in Ohio, Sunday. Mrs. Norman Cole of Pennsylvania is visiting a few weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Morris. Mrs. Morris is ill. NEW'SALEM Mr. and Mrs. Henry DeFries and family, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Arch DeFries, Max Anglin and Jesse Crowl helped Charles Bowser butcher Thursday. George Mosier rnd Bobby Auers, who have been ill, are improving. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Emory Gug visited Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kuneff and family in Mishawaka. Donald Smi.h of Mishawaka visited George Auer Sunday, and spent Sunday night in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith. Reuben Mock fell on the ice last Monday and threw his shoulder out of place. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith visited Alva Crowl Saturday, who is a patient at Goshen hospital. Jack Wiley of Michigan spent the week-end with his mother at Redmon Park. Agnes Pinkerton, Laporte, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mis. Roy Pinkerton. wesT~end Mr. and Mrs. Roy Niles and son visited with Mr. and Mrs. Claud Niles, Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cooper visited Mr. and Mrs. James Hammond, of Toledo, Ohio, over the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Neff and family, Rev. Raleigh, Rev. and Mrs. Manley Deeter, and Mrs. Neff were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Emory Vorhis, Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Rowdabaugh and family visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Isley of Silver Lake. Those who were dinner guests of Mr. and Mra. William E. Sheffield, Sunday, were Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Sheffield and children, Mrs. Anna Krizer of Mishawaka, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Sheffield and son, of West Lafayette, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ogle and sons of Goshen. Mrs. Katie Arnold is visiting witht Mrs. Neva Niles. Mrs. Charles Lutes is ill. Jesse Metz and Mrs. Dochie Whitebead of Goshen visited Rev. Milo Gever. Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Vorhis will move from the William H. Weybright farm to the Robert Vail farm, next week. SOLOMObTS CREEK Miss Lavetta Fodge of Goshen spent the week-end with her grandmother, Mrs. Anice Hoehaw. Mr. and Mrs. Manford Mishler and son, of New Paris visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Darr. r Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lantz are moving back onto their own farm. Vivian Disher and family expect to move on the Snavely farm, vacated by Joseph Lantzt. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Zimmerman visited Friday in Indianapolis, at the Indiana Central College. Their son, Billy, returned home with them to spend the week-end. Mrs. James Fisher, Mrs. Lottie Berfinger and Larnal Laßue of Elkhart visited Monday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fisher. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Boomershine of Millersburg visited with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mcßride, Sunday. The Leaders Class held their monthly meeting at the Benton Hall last Tuesday evaning with 30 persons

present. Mrs. Albert Longcor is caring for Mrs. Pearman, who is ill. Mr. and Mrs. Art Keefer are moving on the Willard farm, which they have purchased. D. Hummel and family are moving on the farm vacated by Mr. Keefer. Rev. L. G. Bears, former pastor at Salem, fell on the ice at his home in Washington Center and suffered a broken hip. Mrs. Evelyn Smith of Detroit, Michigan, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Rookstool. Mr. and Mrs. Milo Schlotterback are mbving this week onto a farm which they purchased near Rockrun church. Mr. and Mrs. Sailor Darr of Goshen, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Juday and Mr. and Mrs. Dawid Holtzinger of Benton visited with Rev. and Mrs. Brock Sunday. .The Ladies Aid will meet with Mrs. John Darr, Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Waiter Hoshaw and children of New Paris, and Mr. .and Mrs. Willis Blue visited Sunday with Mj. and Mrs. Herbert Blue. The revival meetings are in progress at the Solomon’s Creek church SOUWSIDE Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rosen were Sunday visitors in the Bert Laughlin home. Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Betes and children spent Saturday and Sunday in the Mary Cable home. Mr. and Mrs. George Eppert and family visited Sunday in Nappanee, at the home of Clarence McKibbin. The Scarberry family have moved into the Jesse Cory property. Bub Strieby has moved into the Mary Cable property. Mrs. Lester Sawyer and children spent Sunday in the Burson home. Bill and Orn Cable have moved from the Mary Cable property to their own property. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Pressler and wife from Corunna visited his mother, Mrs. Olla Pressler. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kidwell and son Billie of Chicago were Sunday visitors in the Elmer McGarity home Mrs. Hopple visited Mrs. Warbel Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Held and three children were Sunday visitors in the Warbel home. Mrs. Hovarter and son visited her sister, Lida Davis, who has been in Warsaw, for nearly a year. She is much improved and will soon be back to her home. CONCORD Mr. and Mrs. Guy Fisher and Mr. j and Mra. Robert Mullen spent Friday

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