The Syracuse Journal, Volume 29, Number 5, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 28 May 1936 — Page 4

THE SYRACUSE JOURNAL INDEPENDENT Published Every Thursday at Syracuse, Indiana. Entered aa second-class matter on May 4th, 1908, at the poetoffice at Syracuse, Indiana, under the Act of Congress of March 3rd, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Tear, in advance. 82.00 Six Months in advance 81.00 Three Yean, in advance 86.00 Single Copies ———6 c Subscriptions Dropped if Not Renewed When Time Is Out. ( SYRACUSE PUBLISHING COMPANY, ING, PUBLISHERS F. Allan Weatherholt, Editor THURSDAY, MAY 28,1*36 A TASK WELL DONE Lake Wawasee, Syracuse Lake, Papakeechie Lake, Hoss Hills and Syracuse were represented at the International Travel Exposition held in the Palmer House, Chi- . cago, last week. To the progressive citizens and business men who spent their money and gave much of their time to this project, we extend a word of enthusiastic congratulation. The project took courage, patience, initiative and sacrifice. Entering the Travel Show at a late date, with no long- - drawn out plans, and no particular display to set up, those responsible for the project, did a splendid job. The community had the only Indiana booth in the whole show and vied with displays from all over the world. A genuine interest was displayed by the thousands of persons who viewed the display, and stopped at the Wawasee exhibition for information. Many good contacts were made, and countless persons expressed a desire to spend a week-end, or a part of the summer on Lake Wawasee. The interest of these people was genuine and already there have been people here, who were attracted because of the effort put forth at the Travel Show. To those who participated in setting up the boothfto those who had the vision to foresee its possibilities, to those who were on the job during the three days of the show and to the Chicago Daily News which made the display possible, the community is indebted. The romantic and inviting names of Wawasee, Papa* keechie and Syracuse were placed upon the lips of thousands who had never heard them, and from this number * will doubtless come many new vacationers. The Syracuse Wawasee Community Chamber of Commerce can be proud of its action, and should take immediate steps to make the booth at the Travel Show, permanent part of its annual program.

The Purpose of Memorial Day

IT IS well for *ll American! to keep la mind the Ideal* which at Its conception prompted the observance of Memorial day. To emphasize thia spirit la th* many proclamation* of state governor* and city mayors, the Memorial Day committee of the Memorial Extension commission has tn three trenchant sentence* set forth the main purposes of this solemn and hallowed occasion: To visit not only the memorial* and final resting places of national heroes but of their own departed relatives and friend*. To take measures and memorialize permanently local historic sites and the graves of local celebrities in order that their memory may bo kept forever green. To pay homage to the heroes of peace—scientists, educators, philanthropists, statesmen, industrial pioneers, etc.—as well as to the heroes of war. In these times of uncertainty and wavering, the many leading citizens who are promulgating this proclamation have performed a patriotic service la seeking to strengthen ths spiritual observance of our memorial to those who have fought the good fight, have finished the course and kept the faith. Inscription on World War Memorial at Indianapolis THE Inscription above the first-floor entrance facing Vermont street is: “To commemorate the valor and sae- ■« rifle* of tbs land, ssa and air forces of the United States and an who rendered faithful and loyal service at home aad oversea* In the World war; to inculcate a true understanding and appreciation of the privileges of American citizenship; to inspire patriotism and respect for the laws to the end that ponce assy prevail, Justice be administered. public order maintained and liberty perpetuated." Above the ootrance to the main memorial hall on the same side: "To vindicate the principles of peace and justice throughout the world." Above the columns facing Meridian street: “To promote order and Justice." On the main fries* oa the Pennsylvania street side: "To perpetuate peace and liberty." On two ornamental panels between the first floor entrance doors on the north side: “U. B.—lndiana." Below the columns on both the east and west sides: "To ceamMDOtato the nlor and sacrifice of aD who served." The words “Infiana World War Memorial" appear above the first-floor entrance on the east and west elevations. The dates -IM4-1918" ar* on the ornamental paneto ever the entrance doors oa the east and west.

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IN FRANCE TODAY By Andre Vulliet in the Washington Post IN THE peaceful silence of the French countryside, out where grass to growing where death was in the making and restful cemeteries recall infernal battlefields, popple* and flags today ar* waving over 30,000 American grave* Kko a gentle beck flung forth In the wind by those who have not failed "ttolr rendezvous with death." Although Memorial day. or. as they used to call It. Decoration day, seems to be particularly associated with American soil, those grief-stricken parents, sorrowing comrades and friendly compatriots who ar* mourning today In th* six American cemeteries tn France might forget that they were in a foreign land when they see the piety and devotion with which small chlldtth ttQSL thsi

Announcement RMHHHHMHHMBMHIIIiHMMMHI We are pleased to announce the installation of information booth in the lobby of our Hotel for the purpose of providing a new service to vacationers and visitors to Syracuse and Wawasee. The service is offered without charge* for the use of the local and visiting public. We are prepared to provide information *. regarding location of the numerous places around the Lake and Community. We are equipped to suggest where cottages may be rented, where your friends may be located* where boats may be rented, where the best fishing water can be found, where to enjoy a cool exhilarating swim. Miss Pauline Miller has charge of this new service. She is a competent and capable stenographer, and is able and willing to help you in your countless vacation problems. Grand Hotel and Case» JAMES CONNOLLY, Proprietor Syracuse, Ind. Phone 84

wild flowers on £6e American tombs. If th* city dwellers ar* prone to forget the dreadful days of 19 yean ago. those who live in the invaded sections where ths decisive battles were fought and won, the peasants of Thisucourt and Montfaucon. the citizens of Sedan and St Mlhlel keep ever present tn their minds th* seemingly miraculous arrival of thousands upon thousands of strangers from overseas who, like brothers, were prepared to die beside the sons of Franca. The story has been often told of bow. when hope had almost fled, when resources were exhausted. suddenly, the whole face of the situation was altered and, In the place of France’s warworn troop* reduced to th* very skeleton v of their former effectives, the \ ■ ___________ Th* Alan* -Marne Cemetery. youthful soldiers of a youthful nation appeared, reedy to fight for this Strang* land as though it were their own. It has been often told. But It to a pious duty to say It again every year, on Memorial day. Every American who visits the numerous French shrines should be grateful to th* American Overseas Memorial Day association for decorating each of the mor* than 30,000 graves with a poppy, a wreath and small French and American flags on each May 30. This reverential task to performed by official American superintendents. About 40.000 bodies were token back to the United States, on their relatives* request, at the government’s expense. There also are about 70 Isolated graves, the most celebrated of these being that of Quentin Roosevelt. President Theodore Roosevelt’s son, who was buried where his plane feU near Fere-en-Tsrdenoto. These isolated graves are usually decorated by members of the Paris posts of the American Legion or by local French citizens, frequently th* mayor of the locality concerned. The general locations of the most Imposing memorials ar* enduring reminders of the three historic battlefields where the Americas forces mostly contributed to the final victory. These are known as the St Mlhlel battlefield, with Its Montsec monument and Thlacourt cemetery; the MeuseArgonne battlefield, and the Romagne cemetery and th* Aisne-Marne battlefield. with the Chateau-Thlerry memorial and the Belleau wood graves. The St. Mlhlel are* was In Lorraine, that section of eastern France which had been set aside by the French high command as the concentration area for the American army. At Thlacourt, the third largest American military cemetery in France, the 4.152 marble headstones gleam white a* the sun marks the time on a large stone sundial carved in the form of a resting American eagle, with the following inscription. "Time will not dim the glory of their deeds." On ths bill store Chateau-Thienx.

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where Joan of Arc rode by In 1429 and where Jean de La Fontaine wrote many of his immortal fables, now stands a memorial to the glory of the American troops. Commanding a sweeping view of the Marne valley, the monument’s twin rows of majestic columns rise at the right and left of two figures of symbolic size representing France and America. Down in the valley, not far from the memorial, nearly 2.300 American soldiers rest In peace in curving rows around the base of the Belleau Wood hill while 6,000 others sleep in honored glory in the second largest American cemetery abroad, at Fere-en-Tarde-nols. But the foremost chapter in the history of the American participation to written forever In the French sky. above the Argonne forest and the Montfaucon hill, in the form of a colossal rose granite. * Doric shaft which towers the ruins of the wartime Montfaucon village by more than 175 feet There, between the heavily fortified Argonne forest and the strongly defended Meuse Heights, the battle raged from September 26 to November IL with more than 900,000 Americans participating at one time, slowly and gallantly making headway until, on November 7, they held the ’ heights overlooking Sedan. During the battle 123,000 were killed, wounded or missing and a little further down. In the valley, at Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, facing a huge lily pond, a verdant hill and quiet trees, more than 14,200 white marble crosses and stars of David for the Jewish soldiers speak tor those who acted the drama and saw not Its end. There, undoubtedly, the most Impressive of memorial ceremonies abroad to Justly taking place today, as the Meuse-Argonne combat will go down as one of the most glorious pages of American military history. There, among still waves of graves unfurling. In endless wake, a comrade of those heroes, who constantly kept the French high command in touch with their doings, Gen. de Chambrun evoked the glory of their deeds and paid due tribute to those among the dead whose name to "known but to God." "Was it not one of those very heroes whom we glorify today," he said, “fallen somewhere near Varenne or Malencourt, in Belleau wood or In the Bois des Forges, whose obscure action and last drop of blood were the decisive factors in the trend of the war? “1* it then astonishing that each nation. recognizing in the common soldier the veritable victor of the war, should have consecrated to his glory, Ito most Impressive monument!”

Th* Unknown Soldier UNDER the Arc de Trlompbe in Paris, where an eternal flame is kept burning, is the grave of the Unknown Soldier of France. Surrounded by a grille and a roped enclosure In the floor above. Great Britain’s Unknown Soldier' lies at rest, under the nave of Westminster Abbey. Italy’s Unknown Soldier is buried beneath the altar of Victor Emmanuel monument in Rome.

Lift High the Torch K| o ' u Jr-\ a -Rm* | 'XT'/yi * As this striking memorial portrays the constancy of the men who died for God and Country, so we must carry on the task they left behind—the preservation of a nation free and independent It is our duty and our privilege to hold high the torch of American liberty and preserve our principles as they fought tor them. Pray God we may not fait Language Simplifies The grammar of spoken modern Greek is much less complicated than that of the language of Homer or of Demosthenes

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SOUTH SIDE Robert Wiles has returned to Nappanee after visiting several week in the George Eppert home. Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Betes, Chicage, spent the week-end with Mrs. Mary Cable. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Lehman, Kimmel; Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Ringler and Donald Ringler, Milford Junction, visited in the Noble Ringler home, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Landis Pressler, Garrett, visited Mr. and Mrs. William Bushong and Mrs. Olla Hovarter, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Winters and daughter Patricia, and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Brackal and son Ronald all of Chicago, visited Mr. and Mrs. Elmer McGarity, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rex, Avilla; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Snider, Fort Wayne, visited Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Warbel, Sunday. Mr. Warbel re-

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THURSDAY, MAY 28,1936

DO YOU REMEMBER? May 5, 1914 A. B. White, B & O. bill-clerk at the local station was confined to his home with a severe attack of the mumps. M. D. Polk, a former resident of Syracuse, purchased from Henry E. Sloan, the furniture and fixtures of the Hotel LeGrand. The cemetery road w® improved by widening and grading it. A new fence was also installed around the cemetery. Roy Reed moved his family to Mishawaka. The death of Charles W. Knorr was recorded. TIPPECANOE Mrs. Isaiah Kuhn and daughter Eva were in Ligonier, Monday. Neva Likens and Mayzel Kline visited at the Stanley Morehead home Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Kujin visited Mr. and Mrs. Royal Kline Sunday. Mrs. J. Garber, Mrs. Royal Kline and Jessie Baugher, visited Mrs. J. IL. Kline, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. Garber called in | the Allen Gordy home, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Royal Kline visited Mr. and Mrs. James Gilbert, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah Kuhn and family were the dinner guests of Mrs. Phoebe Gobbert and daughter Minnie, Sunday. turned to Avilla with Mr. and Mrs. Rex to visit for » week. Delores Ringler is visiting relatives in Milford, this week. Mrs. Jane Jones was the dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Warbel, Sunday.