The Syracuse Journal, Volume 29, Number 9, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 25 June 1936 — Page 1

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RIGHT OF WAY PURCHASED FOR STATE ROUTE NO. 13 Property Owners and State Officials Reach Agreement For Land Transfer To Assure Improvement of Road Near Syracuse An agreement has been reached between property owners and officials of the State Highway Commission regarding the purchase of of way for Route 13 along the South Shore of Wawasee. according to announcement made today. . ./

Some months ago. a delegation of local and lake business men and representative citizens went to Indianapolis and appeared before the chairman of the Road Commission, James D. Adams, and urged the improvement and* re-location of Route 13. along this point. Since that time, the state officials have been negotiating with property owners for the purchase of right of way. but no agreement was reached until early this week. Properties damaged by the re-lo-cation of the highway include those owned by Roy Brown, South Shore Golf Club, Laura Wertz, Richard Shaft. Jacob Kreig, Bert SearfoM, Mrs. Felty and Everett Ketering, all of whom have agreed to the right of way offers. The improvement is intended to eliminate hazardous curves along the route between here and North Webster, and the portion of the present road that will be changed will probably be used as a lake shore drive for vacationers, while through traffic will go over the new section. OPERATION PROVES FATAL TO SMALL BOV Zeno Hollis Mock, North Webster, Often Grandparents Here Following an operation for a ruptured appendix, Zeno Hollis Mock, five-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mock, of North Webster, died early Friday morning at the McDonald Hospital in Warsaw. He was admitted to the hospital Thursday morning for an emergency operation. The child was a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Klink of this place and Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Ebberly of Wawaka. Besides his parents and grandparents, he is survived by two brothers Thurlow and Ryland Mock and a great-grandtnother, Mrs. Rebecca Miller of Elk Mound, Wisconsin. Born in Turkey Creek Township, June 23, 1931, the youth attended the Church of the Brethren in North Webster. Plans were being made by his grandparent* here, when he was taken ill Sunday, for a birthday anniversary party this week. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist Church in North Webster. Rev. Jonas of the North Webster Church of the Brethren, and Rev. Jarboe of the Syracuse Church of the Brethren officiated. Interment was made at North Webster, by Haworth and Bilby Funeral Home. The little boy was known here and often visited at the home of his grandparents.

Lake Shore Players Please Hundreds at Tent Theatre

"Three Live Ghosts”, a comedy mystery play in three acta, will be presented in the Tent Theatre, Route IS, next week, beginning Tuesday night, by The Lake Shore Players. Opening a ten-weeks engagement here, Monday night, the Lake Shore Players presented "The Drunkard?, old-time melodrama. Playing to a forge audience on the opening night, the drama was offered in truly oldtime fashion. The audience entered into the spirit of the play, bonded the villain, cheered the hero and sighed with the heroine. Presented every night this week, several hundred "people have witnessed the performance, and have heartily praised the show. Almost every one has inquired when the bill will be ehanged, so that they can return for another evening of good entertainment.

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FIREWORKS DISPLAY ON JULY FOURTH Pyrotechnic Exhibition Will be Shown Opposite Pickwick Park Through the cooperation of a number of local business men and residents, The Syracuse Journal is sponsoring a huge fireworks exhibit, to be given opposite Pickwick Park, the night of July 4th. Suggested by W. E. Long, who has contributed toward the affair, several other local people have pedged various amounts to help finance the display. Among the contributors are Ralph Thornburg, Matty Katzer, Roscoe Howard, Wallace Howard, Pell H. Clayton, Herb King, Mrs. Edith M. Stepheeon and F- Allan Weatherholt. Beginning promptly at 10 p. m. Saturday night, July 4th the display will follow an exhibition drill and concert by Wawasee Post American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps. During the afternoon of July 4th there will be spectacular boat and yacht races on Lake Wawasee. At j 8 p. m. the drum corps will march from the school house to The Tent Theatre, where they will be guests of the Lakeshore Players, who will present a comedy mystery entitled, “Three Live Ghosts”. Following the performance, the drum corps will proceed to Pickwick Park where the fireworks display will be held. A platform will be constructed along the roadway, where large set pieces can be lighted, and mortars will be arranged for the firing of aerial bombs. The display will be shot over the marsh, so no property will be endangered. The display will be open to the public, and there is ample parking space for several hundred autos. FATHER AND SON KILLED ON RAILROAD CROSSING Indianapolis, June 23—A father and son were killed here last night when their automobile was struck by .a Pennsylvania freight train. The dead are Henry Zipp, 56, and his son, Victor Zipp, 26. The men had waited at the tracks for one train to pass and then drove in the path of the other.

"The Drunkard" will be played again tonight, tomorrow and Saturday and Sunday nights. There will be no performance on Monday night, as changes must be made in the sotting and the actors will rest before offering next week's show, "Three Live Ghosts.** "Three Live Ghosts”, is a show that will entertain, thrill and please all who see it. If you want to laugh, if you want the feeling of real pleasuse that goes with trying to solve a mystery, the Lake Shore Players will provide all this and more in their exhibition of "Three Live Ghosts.” In the meantime, if you haven’t seen "The Drunkard”, do so before the bill is ehanged. The play is highly entertaining, the specialty numbers are the best of their kind, and you will agree after seeing the show, that the evening was well spent.

W. F. TYLER RETURNS TO WAWASEE AIRPORT Passenger Service Instituted For Short or Long Cruises W. F. Tyler of Cleveland, Ohio, who was manager of the SyracuseWawasee Airport last season has returned this year, and is again in charge of the field. Special service is offered this year ■ for passengers or sight-seers, who | desire airplane tranportation. Tyler, ' a licensed transport pilot has a new Waco cabin ship, that is equipped j for night flying and has radio equipment installed. The ship is available for long or short cruises and can be chartered upon short notice. It has a cruising speed of 120 miles per hour and a top speed of 150 miles per hour. Located three miles from Syracuse and within a half mile of the SpinkWawasee Hotel, the airport is in excellent condition and offers to residents and vacationers a medium of fast transportation. INDIANA AIR ! CIRCUS HERE TOMORROW Fifty Planes in Hoosier Tour Will Give Exhibition at Wawasee Tomorrow at 9:30 a. m. more than 50 airplanes will arrive at Wawasee Airport, where an exhibition in stunt flying will be given, and a complete air circus and aerial demonstration will take place. These planes are a part of the Indiana Aircraft Trades Association, and represent the eighth annual Indiana Air Tour. Leaving Indianapolis early Monday, the planes departed from Hoosier Airport about 30 seconds apart, and soon arrived in Muncie where they stayed for two hours. During the early part of the week, they visited Columbus, French Lick, Sulli- \ van, Terre Haute, Fowler, Michigan I • City, South Bend, Rensselaer, Roch- 1 ester, and Winamac. Arriving here from Culver tomorrow morning, the. ; tour will then go to Goshen, Findlay, Portland, Farmland, Fort Wayne j and Kokomo, returning to Indiana* ‘ polis at the Municipal Airport Sunday afternoon. On their tour, it is expected that a quarter of a million people will vta- • it the airports to see the huge fleet of ships. The aerial circus that will |>e presented here will include every form of exhibition flying, and the public is invited to witness the exhibition. CCC ENROLLMENT WILL BE MADE IN COUNTY A CCC enrollment will be held July 1 to 15, according to an announcement made by Mias Mabel Coffin, of the Governor's Commission of : : Unemployment Relief. Miss Coffin | will take applications on Friday morning June 26th, from 9 until 11 o'clock at the city hall in Warsaw. . The‘eligibility rules followed at i other enlistments will again prevail. ; Only young men between the ages of : 17 and 28, unmarried, unemployed, < physically fit, and from families receiving relief or working on WPA are eligible. Boys honorably discharged who have served a minimum of four consecutive months are eligible for reenrollment if they- meet other requirements. LAKE RESIDENT DEAD Herbert McMann, Anderson, and well known at Lake Wawasee, died Saturday. He is survived by his wife, one daughter and three sons. Mr. McMann owned a cottage and spent his summer vacations at Lake Wawasee.* | BIRTHS | Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Clayton »rt announcing the birth of a son, Dawid Duane, June 18th. Mr. and Mrs. Orval Lockwood are announcing the birth of a son, Phillip Dene, Saturday.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 25. 1936

On LakeWawasee Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Day, and Mrs. Harry Reed, Elkhart visited Mr. and Mrs. George Wandel at Kale Island, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fisher, Fort Wayne, have purchased a lot at Waveland Beach and are erecting a new cottage. Babe Huber, Cincinnati, Ohio, is spending this week at one of the Mock cottages near Waco. Mr. and Mrs. Bradford, Pasadena California, is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reagen on Ogden Island. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Willis, Indianapolis, have rented the Perrin lake home, for this week. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Morman, Oak Park, Illinois, are moving into their lake residence on Nattie Crow Beach this week. Mildred Me Farren and Mrs. John Sheire and son Louis, were in Indi«iapolis, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Schmedes and daughter Anita Marie, Austin, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frich and daughter Jane, and Richard Frich, Miami, Florida; were the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Long. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Bloombergs Terre Haute, will arrive at Lake Wawasee this week for the summer. Margaret Kinnear returned to Washington, D. C., after visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Kinnear the past month. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Tuttle returned to Indianapolis, Sunday, after spending the week at their lake house. Dr. and Mrs. Otto Lehn berg, Columbia City, and Robert Cooper and friend, Albion, visited Mr. and Mrs. John Walton, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. William Dale and daughter Dorothy entertained a group of friends from Goshen at their oettage, Monday evening, with a picnic dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Crapser, Ft. Wayne, visited Mr. and Mrs. P.oy Brown, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mauch returned to their home in Lafayette, after visiting at Lake Wawasee the past week. Mrs. Anna Warren and daughter Lida Mrs. Ralph Priebe and Mrs. Mabel Neeley, all of Chicago, visited Thursday with Mrs. W. E. Long. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Daltner, Detroit, have rented the Homer Clemmer summer home on Cedar Point for four months. O. Hurdrick, Indianapolis, has purchased the McDonald cottage on Nattie Crow Beach, and is remodel- ■ ing it. Mr. *and Mrs. Delbert Turney, and > Mr. and Mrs. King Meyers, South Bend, visited Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Mock, Sunday. Dora Ann Day, Long Island, New York, had as her week-end guest at Pickwick Park, William Markle, of j Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Perrin and son Bernard, Ell wood, spent the weekend at their Wawasee residence. Mrs. Anna Fonda, Chicago, is visiting Mrs. Charles Bishop. Clyde Shockley, Muncie, flew an Aeronca monoplane to Lake Wawasee Sunday. Mrs. William Wolf, Austin, Texas, and Mrs. Cecil Head, Chicago, were the house guests of Mrs. W. E. Long the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Patten, Hagerstown, will occupy the Ralph Teetor cottage the next two weeks. J. F. Vaughn, Wabash, are at their lake house for the summer season. Mr. and Mrs. J. Everett Jones and family, Anderson, are at their cot<tage on Wawasee Lake. Mrs. Ruly Adams, Indianapolis, is .spending the season at her cottage, j Mrs. Eleanor Johnson, of Ohio, is also at the Adams cottage. I Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Troy, Koko- | mo, and Mary Troy, Indianapolis, i have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Horace G. Casady at their lake home on Ogden Island. James Vanderford, Ogden Island, caught two five pound bass in Lake Wawasee. Tuesday. Mrs. George Southworth, Chicago, ta visiting Mrs. Brace Gollan, this week. Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Laughlin, Chicago, have opened their lake home on Ogden Point. Mrs. Laughlin will remain here during the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Gary G. Mayfield entertained Mr. and Mrs. Merl Lower and children of Ligonier, at the Mayfield cottage. x Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Comisar, owners of the La Normadie Case in Cincinnati have rented the Hoffman lake -house for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Bray M. Jones and son Calvin, and A. R. Monroe, all of Indianapolis, have opened their summer home in Pickwick Park and will remain hero for the summer MMMk-

TWO LOCAL GIRLS GET , SCHOLARSHIPS AT L U. I Cannon Parkhurat and Harriet Bachman Will Represent Koscisuko County i — Two local girla have been named county scholarship winners to Indi- ’ ana University for the coming year, according to announcement made today by Dean David A. Rothrock of the I. U. college of arts and sciences. Harriet Bachman, daughter of C. C. Bachman and Carman Pafkhurst, both of Syracuse, and graduates of Syracuse High School, were named the two Kosciusko county winners. Mary Arnold of 422 South Detroit street, Warsaw, was named first alternate. These students were named as two of 197 winners throughout the state, for these particular scholarships. Os this number, 139 will enter the university for the first time this fall. The scholarships are equivalent to the cancellation of contingent fees for one year. SNIPEFLEET WILL APPEAR IN REGATTA Score of Small Yachts to Race on Wawasee July 4 and 5 A fleet of nearly a score of Snipes will compete in the Independence Day Regatta, to be held at Lake Wawasee, July 4 and 5, according to announcement made by the Wawasee Yacht Club officials this week. In addition to the local boats, entries will be made from Tippecanoe, Fort Wayne, Angola, and other points will compete in a series of events, for which several prizes will be offered. Following the yacht races, there will be a series of motor boat races, over a seven mile course, with a number of entries already listed. Two new Snipes have been added to the fleet of small yachts on Lake Wawasee. There two boats have been | measured and have the offical sanction to race in authorized races. Frank Lsvinson, jr., of Indianapolis will enter his boat, No. 1829 in the races to be held here July 4 and 5. Jerry and John Doswell, Fort Wayne, will also have their numbers in time to race on the holiday. Several boats of the local fleet will leave next week for the Tribune Regatta at Chicago. Gordon Graham left with his No. 1790 Sunday evening for the regatta, and his boat is moored in Jackson Park Harbor, awaiting the event. AU of the boats who will go from here to Chicago will return in time for the races scheduled for the holidays. BEYER CHURCH BEGINS ACTIVITY FOR SUMMER The Beyer Church, located a mile and • half northeast of Waveland Beach will open for the summer season next Sunday with Sunday School services for vacationers and lake residents. The church, an old institution near Lake Wawasee has a large summer membership, and provides a place of worship for more than 100 vacationers. Inter-denominational in scope, people of all sects come here to worship. In addition to regular Sunday ser- ’ vices picnics, swimming parties, out- | ings, socials and other events are planned for the season. Perry Dull, Lake Wawasee and Homer Gettle of Fort Wayne are in charge. - ■ ■ — TO PRESENT SHORT PLAY „ AT CHURCH SERVICE The Intermediate Giris of the Evangelical Church will present a short play entitled “The Truth For a Day,” at the regular service hour, Sunday evening, June 28th at 7:30 o’clock. The setting of the play is in a girls boarding school The free-will offering taken, will be used to send several of the girls to camp this sumIMF* , The cast includes: Lota Dillen, Lota Davis, Evelyn Bitner, Helen LeCount, Ruth Rarig, and Marvta Oft.

HOOSIER ART EXHIBIT OPEN SATURDAY NIGHT TO PUBLIC Over Hundred Highest Quality Paintings On Display in Newly Completed Convention Hall Judging Completed This Week. Beginning Saturday evening the Hoosier Art Salon will be open at the Spink-Wawasee Hotel, and more than a hundred paintings will be on exhibit in the newly completed convention hall. The display is open to the public and residents of Syracuse and the entire community are invited to see the display.

YACHT RACE SUNDAY WAS SENSATIONAL Close Finish Features Snipe Competition On Wawasee In a sensational finish, the third of a series of yacht races was held on Lake Wawasee Sunday afternoon, over a threemile triangular course. Several hundred persons stopped their afternoon’s activities to witness the race and enjoy the spectacle. The finish of the race was unusual in that the first three boats tocross the line were within about 50 seconds of each other, despite early leads established) by some of the entries. The course, with a run, a broad reach, and a beat to windward to the finish Line, was marked by new bouys, and was dotted by spectators in canoes, motor boats and other craft, out to see the fun. E. C. Dodez, fleet captain of the Fort Wayne’division of the Wawasee Yacht Club, sailing No. 670, led the entire fleet of Snipes by a large margin until rounding the second buoy, where he made a long tack and was caught in a wind pocket. By some j beautiful sailing and much better luck, Joseph Plasket, sailing the “Gloria”, was able to cross the finish line a half minute ahead of the ! fleet. He pulled up from fourth po- ! sition which he held early in the I race. Dodez finished second. Byron McCammon, sailing No. j 1191, the “Neva”, finished third; Gordon Graham, sailing the “Sally”, No. 1790, finished fourth and L. L. Hotchkiss, sailing No. 1189, the i “Bob Nancy” finished fifth. The race started with tacks in opposite directions, which is difficult for some people to understand, but as the race progresses, they soon realize that there is really a close race going on. Much interest was evidenced, and more people saw this race than had witnessed previous events. WEBSTER YOUTH ARRESTED FOR TAKING AUTOMOBILE Lorraine Steinke, aged 16, of North Webster, was arrested about 11 o’clock Monday evening by State Policemen George Everett and Alton Bodey. He is charged with driving a car without the owner’s consent. The Webster youth is alleged to have taken the car on a previous occasion.

Will Announce Approaching Marriage at Party Tonight

Announcement will be made at a party tonight at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Claud C. Mason, Lake Wawasee, of the approaching marriage of: their daughter, Velma Mason, to Carl Tuttle of Lake Wawasee and Indianapolis. The wedding will be held September 26. Miss Mason, one of the most attractive young women residents here, is a popular member of the young social set. She is a graduate of the Ned Wayburn Dancing School in • New York City, and also attended Saint Mary’s of Notre Dame and In- ■ diana University. She has conducted private dancing classes here for children in recent months. Mr. Tuttle, who is associated with the South Shore Golf Club, is a grad- i uate of Indiana University and a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fra-. ternity. He is well known both here j and in Indianapolis, and is regarded

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Several private dinner parties are being arranged for Saturday evening, and the Artists dinner will be held with special entertainment provided. Miss Strieby of this place will sing as will also Madame Violetta Flores, soprano of the San Carlos Opera Company, Chicago. Arnold Beckman, of Syracuse will be accompanist. Prizes will be announced to the artists having the best paintings. Prizes total sllsO and range from SSO to $l5O each. Paintings have been judged by Elmer Taflinger an artist of Indianapolis; L A. Griffith ofßrown county; and Emil Jaques of the art department of Notre Dame. ‘ The exhibit is being arranged by Warren Williams, a sculptor of Chicago. Mrs. C. B. King is executive secretary of the Association, and has been here during the judging. AU of the pictures were received and registered by Mrs. Ann Repass, hostess at the hotel. The exhibit will continue in the art department of the new convention hall until September 30. Included among the paintings are a large number of landscapes, scenes showing the lakes and surrounding country, portraits of highest quality, and several interrating character studies. The management of the Spink-Wa-vasee stated today that the exhibit is open for the inspection of residents of Syracuse, Lake Wawasee and vicinity. MISS LEILA CONNOLLY RETURNS FROM SCHOOL Completed Swimming Course At Culver —Is Assigned as Life Guard !'’. . . . Miss Leila Connolly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Connolly, has returned from the Red Cross Aquatic School at Culver Military Academy, Culver, Indiana, where she represented Kosciusko county Chapter American Red Cross, and completed the training course. She was assigned Tuesday of this * week, for the Young 'Peoples Conference of the United Brethren Church, St. Joseph Conference. The convention will be held until June 28. Miss Connolly completed her first aid course and swimming course, and is considered one of the brat trained life-guards and swimming instructors in Northern Indiana. Commenting upon her experience at the school, she stated the course was well balanced,- and the instruction was ably ; offered and highly educational, even to those who has had experience with similar study. There were 200 students at the school.

| as one of the most progressive young executives around Lake Wawasee. At the party tonight, bridge will feature the entertainment, and luncheon will be served. The color scheme , will be carried out in green and yellow with daisies used as floral decorations. The guest list is: Mrs. Lester Clark, Mrs. Ernest Bushong, Mrs. James Connolly, and Leila Connolly, Syracuse; Mrs. Gilbert Newhart and Rena Cliff, Terre Haute; Norma , Hornback, Indianapolis; Kitty Vernnon, Jean Vernon and Margaret Young, Goshen; Hazel Harvey, Garj rett; Mrs. Gary Mayfield, Ligonier; Mrs. Bruce Gollan and Mrs. George Southworth, Chicago; Mrs. Charles Yerrick, Mrs. Floyd Flagg, Ruth ; Nobles, Virginia Bruick, Fort Wayne; and Mrs. Nina King, Kale Island, Lake Wawasee.

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