The Syracuse Journal, Volume 28, Number 48, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 26 March 1936 — Page 3

THURSDAY, MARCH X 1936

| HISTORY OF SYRACUSE SETTLED IN 1835 P. . I 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 1910: The First Summer Hotel and Cluvhouse to Become Prominent Feature at the Lake. 1879 should be set down as the real birth of Wawasee as a summer resort, for in that year was organized the North Lake and River Association, that erected the first building at the lake for the entertainment of summer guests worthy to be called a hotel. The idea of forming a sponi-g club and building a clubhouse at some suitable place in Northern Indiana was born in Wabash, et a time when Theron P. Keator was making somewhat of a stir in that city as editor and proprietor of the Waba h Plaindealer. And when the Association was finally completed most of its members were rcsd.n’g of that place. * George T. Ager wai tlen editor of the Goshen Independent, that was afteiward tr nsfcrmed by Thus A. Starr into the Grahen News and is now tie News-Times. Mr Ager po.nptiy joined the Association, and at the time of the location cf the club house was one of its influentii I members. Whr.t is known as Wawasee Let e then had several names. On the oldest m f-s, mar’e by the U. S, government surveyors it had been set down ta Turkey Like. Later, for no sufficient reason, It had come to be generally known as Nine Mile Lake It was easily decided by the new Norh Laie and River Ass c ation

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that their proposed clubhouse and hotel should be at Turkey, or Nine Mile Lake, but another question, not so easy to decide, was, at what point on the lake it should be located. People of Syracuse, then for the first time realizing the great mistake they hsd made when they permitted the Baltimore & Ohio railroad to close The Channel with its bridge at Buck Island, naturally wished to have it as near the town as possible, and did their utmost to induce the committee appointed to decide the matter, when it visited the lake for that purpose, to favor Conkling Hill. Mr. Ager w. s a member of that committee, and being a neighbor, the business men here counted on his assistance in this, but he gave them sore disappointment, and probably did more than any other member of the committee to have the hovse placed on the opposite side of the lake. The long stretch of beach ex'ending north from the Sand B r to where the Lilly cottage now stands was then known as the-. Yellow Banks, so named on accoyitSpf the h : gh banks there and their decide, ly yellow color, and they v.eje the property of the late William jMooto. There, it was finally decided, the new cubhouse should l»e h eated, ; nd at the north end of the YellowBanks a tract of five sens, fror tit g several hundred feet on the lake, together with a right-of-way one rod wide over the him of Mr. Moore to the highway a mile away wtu purchased for the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars, that being ninety dollars an acre for the ho’el site, not counting the right-of-way. And now, having decided on t his loca ion for a home, and h.v'ng completed the purchase of these grounds, the next du y the commit tee seemed to think incumbent on it

was to change the name of it. It seemed never to occur to them that ; the old name of Yellow Banks was i a good and distinctive one, and | ought not to be thrown awsy. There j were a few small shrubs of red j cedars growing -along the bank end , thene gave Mr. Ager an idea. He proposed that the place should be cailled Cedar Beach. The sugges ion j seemed to please the fancy of the rest of the committee, and the n me was adopted AU this in the late summer or autumn of 1879. During the winter that followed plans were completed and adopted, i and early in the spring of 188 V began the building of the first hotel at Cedar Beach, and at the beginning of the season of that year it was j opened for business. A hotel and clubhouse indeed it wa-, members being kept ihere at special rates and having certain privileges that were denied the general public. Judge John U. Petit, of Wabash, father of Harry Petit, now U. S. marshal at Indknapohs, was the i first president of .he North Lake, and R.ver Assoc>ati< n, and Ed Harter, also of Uabtoh, was its first • ssecretary The judue is long since de„d. Mr. Harder, I am informed by Mr. Edward Dilton, is now in j the livery business in the city of Huntington, li.dima.' I wish I had a complete raster of that old club, it would comprise a j list of ci izens than whch cduld ha.dly h.ve teen madesup a better one of its length in the sta’e. j A most congenial bunch they we’e And tsh and duclcs were plentiful. Oh, lhe pleasant memories, of the first years st Cedar Beech wi 1 continue es long as there remans alive! a single one who was fortunate enough to be permitted to join in he pleasures of those times. The first person instilled ra h st at the new hotel was Dr. Craybill, ■ of Wsbash, wh se first n; me I have forgotten. He was a splendid gen- ; tieman. and popular, but le con-j ducted it but one or two seasons, ! and was followed by Captain Wight- I man, who had ecqiired his title by service in the state militia- some | years before. Mr. Wightmen re ! mained in charge for several yea s, J un il occurred his sudden and ra her trrgic dca.h After hm came Judkin & Draper for a sea on, end hen, JKr. Judk’n retiring, Col. Draper had charge of the piece until his untimely derth occurred sometime in the early nineties. Col. Draper was a most genial i host and a splendid gentleman, and : under his management the place be- 1 came extremely popular. Many old imers cherish ainong their fondest memories the summers spent as his gues s at Cedar Beah. The Club having been organized at Wab-sh, most of its original i members were residents cf that city. There were Alfred Harter, a brother of Ed, the secre'aiy, and Joseph Miliron, who afterward pur- i ch.s ed and for a short time was the owner of Conkling Hill, and Frank Rittig, now deceased, and R. F. Lutz and Hon. Carrie E. Cowgill, who have cottages near Vawter Park and still spend their summers at the lake, and William Ditton, father of Edward, proprietor of the popular fisherman’s haven on the south side of the lake, and eccentric old Dr. J. C. Dupuy, with his sons, and C. M. Saylor and Dr. Thompson, both of whom are de d, and Matt W'hiteside, end Harvey Eikenberry, b che’or, who later beciAne known to all the people of Syracuse, and d ed a few jears ago, and James McNames, and Lewis Hymen, and George King, father of Sherman, who lost his life in the fatal automobile accident a year ago last summer, and W. G Seyre, exsptakcr of the house of representatives, and Judge J. D. Conner and his son Ovid, who now lives in Wabash, and William Stilt and Will Snavely, uid Normrn Beckley, superintendent of the Cincinnati, Waoash & Michigan railroad, now the Michigan branch of the Big Four, and Mr. G rdner, who had been the partner of Mr. A. G. Wells in he construction of the railroad fns«id, :nd m ny others. From Hun ing oh the e were Thad Butler, editor of ope of the Huntington news a..e a. George Whitaker, vVil t m Campbell and Moses Millig;s»; from Alexandria Seth M. Henshaw, who still spends most of his summers here; from Columbus Dr.

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The fire wrecked summer cottage uated on Syracuse Lake in Potawo- been caused by vagrants or treshome of Dr. O. C. Stocking, den- tomie Park, was unoccupied at the passers. Damage was estimated at list, is shown above. The house si.- time and fire is believed to have SB.BH.

UNIVERSITY CENTER OFFERED HIGH SCHOOL Local Institution May Establish Advanced Classes for Graduates. A Syracuse high school is one of a group of high schools in which it is poss.bie for a university study center to be established for s.udents who have graduated from hgh school but who cannot afford to at- ! tend college. The plan offered is a cooperative educational project, nnrunced today by the Indiana (Juiversty Extension Division acid the National Youth Administration. In a letter to the superintendents and principals of Ind'ana schools, the proposal is outlined as follows: ’ •The National Youth Admini trao tion has suggested the possibility cf j encourr-ging some of the c pable young high school gridua es to return to high school for postgraduate courses for which it may be ppssi- j ble to secure University credit. In- i diana University has a definite policy of allowing credit through University examinations for bona fide work done in high schools. Such students could be granted Federal aid to the amount of six dollars a month. Th : s money could be used for the employment of unemployed teachers who could be secured independently of the requirement of relief “Students not eligible for NYA aid might also join the study group and pay a small fee for their courses.”

RICHVILLE Mr. and Mts. Monroe Ott are redecorating ther house. Mrs. R. E. Treadway and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Corl Stettler, Sunday. * Mr. and Mrs. Perry Fisher and family of Fish Lake visited Mr. and Mrs. John Stettler, Sunday. Elmer Rogers of Fish Lake moved on the Kalb farm. Mr. and Mrs. George McDaniel visited Mr. McDaniel’s parents near Diamond Lake, Sunday. Walter Hire was in Goshen, Saturday. Mrs. Carl Stettler visited Mrs. Thomas Hapner, Sunday. Wright, who created the lake vili lage of Wright Place; from Rusht vilJe Ben L. Smith, who uso continues to make Wawtsee his summer home, and from Gcahen besides Mr Ager, General Mio S. Has- | call. Good names, these, every one of them, collected from memory with i the assistance of Mr. Ed. Di.ton, who is entitled to my thanks and yours. And there are many more | like them that should go into the history of the lake if ever it be printed in permanent form. The br/ance » of the history oi i Cedar Beach must be reserved for t future paper.

MAIL BOX SOLOMON’S CKIU.K . Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mcßride and son Robert, of new Ligonier, at. tended Sunday school at the Solomon Creek church. They were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Eamick of near Millersburg. Robert and Perry Hibschman, Harold WaLdel, William Fredric, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lockwood, Miss LaEtta Hillbish, Jaunita Gush-! wa, Mrs. Louise Miller and son Bobby, and Ralph Darr visited the Charley Lockwood sugar camp, Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fisher visited Mr. and Mis. James Fisher in Elkhart, Sunday. Mis. Albert Longcor is caring for Mis. Pearman. Mrs. John Darr is ill. Harold Wzdeil visited his parents, last week-end. KeV. ana Mis. Dobbins attended a group meeting at the Sugar Grove enuroh, Friday. Mrs. Louise Miller and son Bobby, Miss Jaunita Gushwa avid Miss LaEtta Hillbish visited Mr. and Mrs. Grover Hillbish, Sunday. Ralph Darr visited Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sticker Goshen, Sunday. The Young People’s class are honoring their parents with a pot luck Pinner, and progratri at the Bentdn Town Hall, April 3rd. Rev. Dobbins, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Zimmerman and family Mrs. Louise Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Zimmerman and son Junior, Mrs. Dobbins, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Firestone, and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Jones of this community, attended the United Brethren church in Syracuse, Thusday evening.

lOUk CORNERS. Mr. and Mrs. V. B. Darr and J grandchildren of Mentone visited Mr. • and Mrs. Crist Darr, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Pinkerton | J were in Elkhart, Thursday. ; J Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Disher visited < in Syracuse, this week. Mr. and Mrs. Crist Darr were in | J Warsaw, Thursday. ] Mr. and Mrs. Earl Darr of near , Zion visited Mr. and Mrs. A. W. ; ] Geyer, Friday. !' Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Pinker- i . ton visited Mr. and Mrs. Andy Arm- J buster north of Syracuse, Thum-1] day. Dwight Berkey called at the Earl Darr home near Zion. Irene Disher visited the Clint Cal-; lander home. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander of nearh Syracuse visited Mr. and Mrs. Crist Darr, Satuday evening. DISMAL Mrs. Flickinger of near Wawasee entertained the Ladies Aid, Thursday. Mr. afci Mrs. Edward Harper of Ligonier and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harper visited Mr. and Mrs. Cell Buchtel, Sunday. George Dull was in Fort Wayne, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Claus Bobeck and j Mr. and Mrs. Dora CHngerman were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lee I Lung, Friday. Mrs. Minnie Parsons of Cromwell and Miss Barbara Stutzman are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Stutzman. CONCORD I' - I Mr. and Mrs. Harry Strieby of • Chicago visited Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Whitehead, Saturday. Rev. Russel Sherman and family of Garrett attended Sunday School I at Concord Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harold LeCount and son visited Mr. and Mrs. Chester | Stiffler, Sunday. Mrs. James Gilbert visited Mr. !■ • and Mrs. Frank Hummel in South Bend, this week. Mr. and Mrs. George GiUcrist of ; Indianapolis visited George Strieby and Marie LeCount, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Mathews s|

visited Sunday afternoon, in the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Orvil Neff and Mr. and Mrs. John Roop. Those who were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Tom Sunday, were: | Mr. and Mrs. Bert Crandal of Mich- . igan, Mr. and Mrs. Guy, and Mr. j and Mrs. John Fisher. Mrs. Cora Wyland and grand-dau- ■ ghter Patricia Ann visited Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Mathews, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Silas Gilbert visited Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lentz, Wed- | nesday. Mr. and Mrs. Eston Clayton visited the George Strieby home, Tues- ■ day evening. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gilbert visit, ed Mr. and Mrs. Silas Gilbert, Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Wyland visited Mr. and Mrs. Warren Fisher in Goshen, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. James Dewart and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Dewart visited Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bucher, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Whitehead and daughter, Martha Lee, George Strieby and Mrs. Merle LeCount and son Corlyss, visited Mr. and Mrs. James Berry in Goshen, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lentz and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Sila»; Gilbert, Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Lutes and sons, Robert ?nd Cha les Edward, ’ of Nappanee, visited Mr. and Mrs. • Paul Buhrt, last week-end. Mrs. George Strieby, Mrs. Marie LeCount, and Mrs. Hazel Whitehead and daughter, Martha Lee, were in ! Garrett, Monday. TIPPECANOE Mrs. Isaiah Kuhn and daughter.

• Tax lists for Turkey Creek Township and Syracuse cor- ; Z poration are on file at the State Bank of Syracuse, for both • Z the Spring and Fall installments. Monday* May 4, will Z • he the last day to pay taxes before the penalty is added. J : : The State Bank of Syracuse : Z " Syracuse, Indiana. • • MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP. Z

SEIDER’S GROCERY PHONE 82 SYRACUSE, IND. SATURDAY SPECIALS SUGAR, 10 pounds --- (With One Dollar’s worth of Groceries, »ot including Fl-ur) GINGERSNAPS, one pound 10* HELP CLEANER, one pkg., (with one pkg. free) __ 25c NAVY BEANS, four pounds 14c MILK, three large cans 20c CLEAN-QUICK, one large pkg 33c flake WHITE SOAP, ten bars 35c WALTER BAKER PREMIUM CHOCOLATE, i lb._ 16c (With One Cake Pan Free) SALTY CRACKERS, two pound box -18 c GREEN BEANS, three No. 2 cans _— L 27c NOODLES, 17c pkg. for 115 c BOWLENE’ one 25c can for _ 18c LEAF LETTUE, three pounds 25c Head Lettuce, Radishes, Cauliflower, Tomatoe , Cucumbers and Green Peppers will be offered Saturday in our green goods department. ♦ We have also received a supply of new garden seeds, both in packages and bulk, which are being offered at attractive prices.

Eva, visited Mrs. Phoebe Goppert, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Eston Kline visited Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Gsrber, Tues, day. J. Goppert is visiting h's sister, Mrs. Isaiah Kuhn, this week. < Mrs. Royal Kfine visited Mrs. James Gilbert, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Meek and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Eberly, Sunday. Mrs. Isaiah Kuhn and daughter, Eva, were in Ligonier, Frid y. Mr. and Mis. Stanley visited Mr. and Mis. Isaiah Kuhn and Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Kline, Monday. J. L. Kline wes in Syracuse, Monday. Christoffel was the dinner guest of Mrsf Isaiah Kuhn, Monday. Mrs. Allen Gordy visited her daughter in Warsaw, Monday. 1 Charles Nine visited J. L. Kline, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. S. Robison, Mr. and Mrs. Quill Lewallen, and Mrs. Etta Beull and son, Paul, were the dinner guests of Mr. and. Mrs. J. Garber, Sunday. \ SOUTH SHORE j Mrs. Harry Felty and Mrs. Russell Warner attended Women’s Missionary Association meeting at Zion, . Revival- services began st Zion, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. James Traster visited Mr. and Mrs. Bert Searfoss, Sunday evening. v y , Mr. and Mrs. Hummel and ghter, visited Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Coy, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Mock and j Mr. and Mrs. Roy Niles and son, visited Mr. and Mrs. Bert Searfoss, I Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Niles and son visited Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Kelly in South Bend, Sunday.

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