The Syracuse Journal, Volume 29, Number 25, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 8 October 1936 — Page 1

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BISHOP WADE WILL SPEAK HERE OCT. 18 Swedish Clergyman To Jlave Part In Methodist Fiftieth Anniversary Bishop Ray mond J. Wade of Stockholm, Sweden, who landed in New York a week ago, will be the principal speaker during the semi-centennial home coming celebration of the Methodist Episcopal Church here, Sunday, October 18, according to an announcement issued today. The entire day will be filled with activity and meetings at the church,, and invitations have been extended to all former members and pastors that can be reached as well as all • who care to participate. At 9:45 a. rn - Church School will be held.Lwith special features that should appeal to former members. Mrs. Madge Hark less will be in charge of the musical program. Noble C. Blocker and Mrs. Fanny Hoy are assisUng in arrangements for this service. \ At 11 a. m. the worship service will be.addressed by Dr. O. T. Martin, and a batismal service will be held. A full choir is being selected • and Car field Walker will sing a so-; 10. At the close of the morning worship service a photograph will boj taken of those present. At 12:30 noon] • pot. luck dinner will be served, in charge of the Brotherhood and Lad-! ies Aid of the Church. ] At 2 p. m. a reminiscence service will be held, featured by solos and! special musical numbers by former j members who will be here for the day. An outstanding feature is the reunion of the B 4 O Quartet, which is being arranged. Parts in the pro-j gram will be filled by.Rev. A. L. j Weaver, the first pastor when the church became a charge-and Rev. A. A. Turner the last pastor when the church was on the circuit with Milford. It is at the afternoon service that Bishop Wade will speak. At the noontime dinner, a special j table will be set for old time members of the church. Mrs. Susan Bowser and Mrs. Elnora Colwell are the only charter members of the Ladies Aid Living. Rev. Travis Purdy is pastor of the church and is in charge of the program. THREE MEN INJURED I WHILE AT WORK All Sustain Hurts To Their Hands In Different Manners Three men sustained injuries to their hands this week while at work. Otis Rang of Syracuse, suffered a broken finger when struck with a heavy hammer in the hands of a fellow worker, late last wfek while at work on the business block on Main street. Lawrence Held sustained a broken thumb Monday while helping Clee Hibschman load cattle to exhibit at the county fair. One of the animals was being loaded on to a truck, and was being led by Held, who bad a rope or halter wrapped around his thumb. The animal jumped, jerking Held’s hand against the side of the truck, injurying his thumb. He was t attended by Dr. Fred O. Clark. Orville Sage employed' at the Syracuse Journal plant sustained a lacerated thumb Wednesday while cutting metal on an automatic saw. He 'returned to work after being attended by Dr. Clark, LOCAL MEN PAY VISIT TO LINCOLN MEMORIALS Lloyd Disbar and Huston L. Winters made a trip to Springfield, 111. ‘ several days ago, stopping at New Salem and Petersburg where they saw the construction of the reproduction of the town of Salem where Abraham Lincoln once kept a store, in Petersburg they saw the grave of Ann Ruthiedge and in Springfield they saw the Lincoln Memorial and visited the old home of the Civil Was President. On the return journey they stopped at Lincoln named in honor of the Great Emancipator where he practiced law. Henry Ford has purchased the Court House at Lincoln and moved it to Fort Deerbora, Mica, aw borne.

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| Senior Class Play Takes Form As Rehearsals Keep Cast Busy

I Reserved seats have been placed on I sale for the three act comedy production, “New Fires", to be pre- > sented Friday night, October 16, al 1 7:45 p. m. in the High School Auditorium. Daily rehearsals are being ’ held by members of the Senior Class, comprising the cast. The play is set in the combination ■ living-dining room of the old Santry homestead in the Missouri Ozarks. ' The time is the present. Act one be- , gins with the stage time of five o*- • clock on a January afternoon. Scene , one of act two is at dawn the next morning, while scene two of the same act finds the players on a Sat- > urday afternoon two weeks later. ' Act thre scene one, is set at ten . o’clock on a morning about three weeks later, white scene two is shown at six o’clock on a June evening sev--1 eral months later. The complete cast of the play in- | etudes Celia Belle Disber as Lucinda Andrews, the housekeeper at the LOCAL MEN WIN PRIZES AT KOSCIUSKO CO. FAIR Clee Hibschmann And Oliver Hibschman Receives Livestock Awards Kosciusko County Fair closed Saturday night at Warsaw, after a week of successful activity, including entertainment of various kinds, ex- > hibits and prize awarding. Several thousand persons from all parts of | the county and Northern Indiana ati tended. Several exhibits from Syracuse, re* | ceived prizes and awards. Clee Hibschman received first prize for the best two-year old registered Class B Belgian mare and third prize for the Ciass E mare under rt wo years old. Oliver Hibschman was awarded I second prize for Barrows in the single class, and first prize for the best pen of three Barrows. Exhibits this year were among the best and largest shown for several ! seasons. Syracuse and vicinity did not have as many exhibits as communities much smaller, and consequently received fewer awards. Announcement was made that the fair will be held again in Warsaw next fall. 4-H CLUB MEMBERS GET PRIZES AT FAIR j Receive Awards in Livestock And Agriculture Exhibits At Warsaw — Vocational agriculture and 4-H Club members won their share of prizes on exhibits entered in the club j and open classes at the County Fair last week. In the corn class of 15 entries, Harold Kline received I third award on a ten ear exhibit. In the livestock class, Oliver Hibschman placed first in both the single and pen of three class for fat barrows. i j V In the open class blue ribbon awards were made to James Eyer for ) f turnips and pop corn. Sherman Coy for the best 10 pound bundle of al- , I salsa hay; James Miller, for best exI j hibit of three muskmelons; Charles k Miller, for plate of 5 best peppers; t Oliver Hibschman tor best single , ear and also for 10 ear exhibit ol J Woodburn’s Yellow Dent corn. Tbia j 10 ear exhibit of Woodburn’a Yellow Dent corn also won the sweep- . stakes award over all corn entered .| in the open class. Second place a- , wards were made to Charles Miller . on Mangoes and peppers. Other club I members who exhibited were David LeCount, Junior Traster and Howj ard Hummel. Ten club members also took part j in the livestock judging contest held at the Fair on Friday. In the group of 60 contestants, Philiy Lash oi Beaver Dam rated highest with t ' score of 349 pointy out of a possible r SOU points. B DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL MEETING AT WARSAW a 1 Mrs. A. T. Flynn, ftfdi regions i director, will address a meeting ol r men and women voters at the count] y Court House, Warsaw, October H a *t 7:36 p. iq. Mrs. Flynn is regard r ed as one of the most prominent d Democratic women workers in In t di«n» and B an excellent speaker.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, OCT. 8, 1936

n s Santry Homestead; Wyvonna Grei- „ der as Suzanne Toler, her assistant in the housework; Kenneth Nicolai as Sid Sperry, a farm hand at SanI try’s; his son Victor Sawallesh as Al- * | len Bickel as Stephen Santry, a Chig | cago author who recently inherited the Santry farm; James Butt as Billy, t Stephens young brother, Martha 1 Jane Kern as his young • daughter; n Lucille Osborn as Anne, his wife; Lucy Bachman as Olive, the older ‘ daughter; Lavon lnsley as Dick, the! ;* older son; Geneva Rogers, as Eve, j Diek’s wife; Howard Juday as Doc-1 e tor Lynn Gray, a country physician; * Kdyth Stabler as Mafy Marshall, a e . young neighbor girl; Ruth Wiggs as ’, Mrs. Marshall, Mary’s mother and j * Meredith Mench as Angie .Sperry, II Sid’s wife. The rehearsals for the play show . that each character is well cast and i the production should be one of the - best yet attempted at the high school. %, Miss Hanunon is directing the pro--8 duction. i B & 0. REHABILITATE t 100 FREIGHT ENGINES — r Increase In Business Causes Need For More Heavy Locomotives * A locomotive repair job will be j i started this week in four of the prin- I * cipal shops of the Baltimore and - Ohio Railroad. * * j 1 The reconditioning and repair of | f 100 freight locomotives are included - in the program which will call back to work a total of 725 shopmen al ' Baltimore (Mt. Clare), Cumberland,, Pittsburg (Glenw'ood) and Dußois, j j Pa. »j To perform the highly specialized work of locomotive rehabilitation re- * quires the return of 250 workmen '■ at Mt. , Clare, 150 at Cumberland, j 150 at Glenwood and 175 at Dußois. The steady increases in 'freight i traffic during the past several months 1 on the Baltimore and Ohio, compared l with a year ago, has caused the big " locomotive repair job, so that re- ’ placements of locomotives in regular ! service will be available and at the i same time the road will be prepart ed to take care of further increases in freight traffic. , .4 l -■ --44 ■ ■ j CLUB WOMEN ATTEND - DISTRICT CONVENTION — , Wednesday Afternoon and j Round Table Groups at Plymouth, Tuesday — j Members of the Round Table Club f and the Wednesday Afternoon Club 3 attended the 26th annual convention r of the Thirteenth District Indiana t Federation of Clubs at the Methodist 1 Episcopal Church, Plymouth, Indi--9 ana, Tuesday. The group from Syracuse included Mrs. Wales Macy, 6 Mrs. A. W. Emerson, Mrs. Fanny * Hoy, Mrs. William Bow Id, Mrs. A. A. Pfingst, Mrs. Otto C. Stoelting * and Mrs. Sol Miller of the Wednesr day afternoon club and Mrs. Charles V Crow, Mrs. Roy Darr and Mrs. * Garnett Latham representing the * Round Table Club. K The president of the district, Mrs. * \ Lee R. KeLlum of Culver presided at! * the meeting, and the state presaident * Mrs. Frederick G. Bals spoke on the * subject, “Make Good Thy Standing * Place and Move The World.” i R*P°ri* given by department [ chairmen. Then musical numbers and r luncheon was served at noon. County k presidents attended as follows; Mrs. f E. A. Carpenter, Goshen, Elkhart county. Mrs. Faye Emmons, Rochester, Fulton county; Mrs. C. M. Bridenthrall, Leesburg, Kosciusko 1 county; Mrs. Robert Bain, Union j Mills, LaPorte county; Mis. Neil* P Thompson, Argos, Marshall county; Mrs. Perry Hartman, Soa;h Bend, a St. Joseph county. Mrs. A. L. Jones, * F Starke county. l’he following officers were elected: Mrs. Lee R. Kellum, Culver, president; Mrs; George Baum, AkY ron, vice-president; Mrs. Charles Klingel, Warsaw, secretary; Mrs. d Arden Hoy, Hanna, treasurer. >f The committee chairman appointy ed include two local women, Mrs. 4 Otto C. Stoelting chiarman of lh« || committe and Mrs. Sol

DAM LOWERS LAKE WATER IN SYRACUSE Construction This Week j To Make Bathing Beach Possible • A small impounding dam was ; constructed Sunday, between ■ Lake Wawasee and Syracuse Lake, for the purpose of lowerS ing Syracuse Lake about three | feet, so that it may be cleaned j out, the shore line improved land a bathing beach construct--1 ed. Water in Syracuse Lake has dropped nearly a foot since the dam was built. Much of the lake bottom in town is exposed and the water has moved back several feet. Within about two weeks, it is believed by the committe in charge of the project, A. L. Miller, Dr. Fred O. Clark and A. J. Thibedeaux, the water will be lowered to a sufficient level to permit the project to be : completed. It is urged that every i property owner along Syracuse lake take the opportunity to remove rub- | bish, cans and glass as well as all { other removable matter from the lake i bed. Muck and mud can also be removed to establish more desirable | bathing beach conditions all along j the shoreline. The work is being financed by popular suhscription and just what the cost will be is not definitely known, although the estimate is less than SSOO. This does not include the work to be done by property owners along the lake, however. It is believed the work can be completed before cold weather if every- i one cooperates and cleans out his portion. When the dam is removed, the water in Lake Wawase will ;ush through the channel washing muck and dirt that is filling in there, out to deep water, making this waterway a more desirable passage. The channel between the two lakes was cleaned out a few weeks ago, but unless it is j flushed clean occasionally, it will soon fill in again, experts say. REPORTS GOOD ATEND OF ONE MONTH SCHOOL Grades Above Normal and At- | tendance Shows High Averages • | The first month of School, which ended this week here brought the first report cards to sudents and attendance has been very good. In various studies, there were few failures for the first month. By grades, attendance records son the first month are as follows: First, 98.4%. Second 99.3%; Third 98%; Fourth’9B per cent; Fifth 97 per cent Sixth 98.8 per cent; Seventh 99.1 per cent; Eighth, 96.9 per cent. The high school attendance showed an average of 96.5 percent. Most absences were excused, due to illness or some other lawful excuse. CAPACITY AUDIENCE AT DEMOCRATIC RALLY — Voters Hear Outstanding Party Candidates Tuesday Night | A capacity audience attended the Democratic Rally held here Tuesday evening, when Hugh Barnhart ; of Rochester, candidate for Congress * and Henry Schricber of Knox, candidate for lieutenant governor de- j * Hvered addresses. County chairman, George Myers; presided at the meeting and introduced the speakers. He was presented by Maurice Crow of the Young Peoples Democratic Club. The rally here was the final stage of an all-day tour of the county by members of the Democratic party. There were a number of candidates and party workers fom ail sections | of the state in the raoto caravan that arrived at about 7 p. m. The tour started at Mentone, with stops at Burkett, Silver Lake, Sidney, Leesburg and Milford. **!*?*•?*— F * - j

LOCAL YOUTH WITH NAVY ON SPAINFS COAST - ! George Hen wood Writes To Parents About War Torn Country Mr. and Mrs. Lee Henwood have received an interesting letter from ; their son George Henwood, who is serving an enlistment in the United States Navy. George Henwood has been in the Navy about two and a half years. At present he is aboard the Quincy stationed with the temporary Europeon Squadron in Spanish waters. He graduated from Syracuse High School. The letter which was written at Alicante, Sphin, September 17 follow's; i At Alicante, Spain, Saturday, 17 Sept., 1936 Dear Folks: “When we wrote last week we were expecting to go to Palma and were actually underway for that harbor, but things will happen in this man’s Navy to undo the best laid plans. Late last Friday night we received definite orders to “leave ' Spanish waters immediately so we changed our destination from Palma to Villefranche. It seems that fohile American warships are cruising around in Spanish waters our citizens are not afraid and will not leave. Yet to have them in Spain is a danger to them and to the country. It seemed as though the only way to entice them to leave, for their own good, was to go away ourselves. Actually the situation in Spain is more serious than the strict censorship of the news in Spain will allow either side to know. “Late Saturday we arrived in Villefranche, this time with no refugees aboard. While underway in the morning we had a rigorous inspec- ; tion which showed us plainly how v/e had neglected certain of the smaller details of ship upkeep in the face of the strain placed upon us by the type of service we’ve had assigned us. The result was that all this past week while we’ve been at ancho-, at Villefranche we've been doing ’come concernrs*ed cleaning up. At times it’s been so concentrated that w e’ve been al r.ost unable to get a- , round the ship because of the passages and ladders blocked off. We were thinking of organizing our own “A. A. A." i utfit and putting out load guides an 4 detoup maps daily. However the results are worth it and •be ship is now 100 per cent cleaner uhd is really onco more shipshape. “Payday was so long past that there was little of any real excitement going or. in Villefranche. What we’d allowed ourselves to spend was all gone, and our savings mailed away. Hence, swimming was more popular than ever, and liberties fewer. Swimming. parties out in motor launches gave some of us our first experience at aquaplaning, which we found to be mighty interesting. The weather, however, has become much cooler, necessitating a change from white to blue uniform. “The end of our duty here is now in sight, and bets are being lad as to the date of our arrival in the good old U. S. A. The U. S. S. Raleigh, light cruiser, is relieving us some time at the end of this month, to assume command of what is called a “temporary European Squadron” and we at last will get our well earned Navy Yard overhaul. The best odds are now on our arriving sometime I between the fifth and tenth of.Octjober. “At present we are underway from ; Villefranche and arriving in Alicante, Spain, where we will do our last bit of “evacuating refugees.” There ; is a party coming down from the Emj bassy in Madrid to meet us to be | taken for good away from “blood- | red, war-town” Spain. We will proI bably leave here sometime tonight |or early tomorrow for Marseilles | where we expect to disembark our Wish you were coming aboard with us, but we will not see ou again until we bid goodbye to .the “land of the upraised left arm J with clenched fist”, sign of the government troops used in lieu of a salute.” As ever, only more so, George Henwood. Art Club Entertained At North Webster The Art Club held its first meeting of the fall season, Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Robert Haworth, North Webster. A supper was served by the hostess, following which Mrs. Elsea Grieger, president, presided daring the business meeting. There was no art lesson this time. There were twelve members present and one guest, Mrs. L. A. Laird, of North Webster

, SYRACUSE MOVES FORWARD , AS BUSINESS CHANGES BRING MUCH NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS e

s PLANS FORMULATED TO WIDEN MAIN ST. The Town Board is forming e plans to widen Main street, by narrowing sidewalks. y For many years, sidewalks in the community have been irregular, broken and inadequate. For e several months a crew of WPA j workmen have laid many new con*l Crete walks and improved numt j erous others. The project will he extended to the widening of Main j street by improving the sidewalks , and moving curbs back two feet g on each side. This will increase , the appearance of the town, it is believed, and will prvide wider e ; and safer lanes for traffic on Main * | street. ' ] Some citizens believe the work s should be done immediately while * some members of the Town Board e want to wait until Spring, just beB ; fore the vacation season opens. e j ' : GOVERNOR WILL SPEAK AT GOSHEN TUESDAY t j ——~ 3 . Democratic Rally To Be Held i In High School Auditorium S ; ' I Governor Paul V. McNutt of In--1 diana, will deliver an address October 13, at 8 p. m. in the Goshen . High School auditorium, according i j to an announcement made by Mrs. ' ; Anna Gardner of Goshen, Third DisT j trict Democratic vice-chairman and > 1 vice-chairman of Elkhart county. t ; Governor McNutt will be met at - the city limits and escorted to the s auditorium by a group of party work- - ers, the Goshen Legion Band, and a ; guard of honor. Plans for his ent tertainment while in Northern Indit ana are being rapidly completed. Several other speakers will take -! part in the program, including Same uel Pettingill, representative to Coni gress from the Third District. The t Goshen Legion Band will also give a concert. 1 The Democratic party at Goshen r expect a large attendance at the rally, with visiting party workers, vot ters and supporters from neighbor- - ing communities attending. •;FOUR AUTOS DAMAGED ; IN ACCIDENT TUESDAY - j 4 ;;- ’ I Drunken Driver Crashes Three Parked Machines At ij School House ' t An unusual auto accident in front s of the high school building Tuesday I night during the Democratic rally, ’ damaged four autos, three of which ' had ben parked by persons attendj ing the meeting. 1 The mishap occurred when an 1 5 Oldsmobile coupe owned by W. A. s Jones of Columbia City and operated by Vernon Mabie of Louisville crashed into thre other machines. The car after rounding a corner caught the bumper of a Terraplane owned by t | William N. Osbon of Wanatah, Ind. [ The Terraplane was dragged into a " car parked next to it, a Ford Sedan j owned by Earl Condon of Warsaw. [ This machine was piled into a Ford * | coupe owned by Eugene Seltner, ! postmaster of Milford. All machines involved were damB aged considerably, and several new r | fenders will be required to replace ’; those damaged. * State Police officers were summonyl ed and an investigation conducted 1 Officers stated that Jones and Mabie admitted theyh ad ben drinking, and were unable to account for the cause of the accident. No charges were placed against them by any of the auto owners, when Jones agreed io pay for all damages done. r DEMOCRATIC DANCE NEXT WEEK AT NORTH WEBSTER ; ’ | The Young Peoples Democratic f Club of this section will sponsor a .! dance, entertainment and public i meeting at the Yellow Bank Hotel, 5 North Wehster, October 16 at 7:30 ,; p. m. The principal speaker will be >, Pat Smith, Clerk of the Supreme .' Court Law Library after which there i will be a free dance and entertain-

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REMODELING PAVES WAY OF PROGRESS Town Faces New Era as Merchants Begin Forward Movement The roar of automatic drills and machines, the pounding of hammers, the sound of falling timbers and bricks, the scrape of the trowel on masonry, the buzz of busy men at work, all go to make up a constant clatter of activity that marks the beginning of an improvement era in Syracuse. Main street is undergoing a change. Many business enterprises are changing locations, property t values are being increased by improvements and remodeling. The merchant that is keeping pace with this movement is regarded as a wise business man. The new theatre is progressing rapidly, while work on other sections of the same business block is moving forward. Quarters for the Syracuse Journal office are being rushed so that machinery can be moved to make way for the completion of the theatre building. The Journal expects to move to its new home within 45 days. C. C. Bachman, proprietor, of the Big Store has announced that he will hold a mammoth clearance sale beginning next Thursday, which will pave the way for his new place of business. Bachman has acquired tlfe business property next door to The State Bank of Syracuse, which is now • occupied by Foster and Harley, operators of & retail men’s clothing store. Ray Foster stated this week that they plan to continue in business, and will move to make way for Bachman when they find suitable quarters. They have two sites on Main street under consideration, and expect to reach a decision within a few days. The Grand Hotel on the corner of Main and Huntington street has been closed. James Connolly who operated it for more than a year, has discontinued the business, and no announcement has been made as to who will occupy it. The property is owned by Seth Rowdabaugh of Warsaw who states it is for rent or sale. Roscoe Howard, proprietor of the Syracuse Electric Company, plans to construct a new building for his business. At present he has moved in with his brother, Wallace Howard, Huntington street. Four other business places in Syracuse are planning drastic Changes and will doubtless remodel or move to new and modern quartets. These business men have asked that their names be withheld from publication for a time until their plans are completed. Syracuse is on the eve of a new era. In the next five years there will be thany new faces and many changes made in the business section. Rumors are flying thick and fast about this building or that, but just what new places will appear is not yet known by anyone. It is known however that when the block now being remodeled is finished, there will be five store rooms, the most modern in the town, open for new and progressive enterprises. These mean attractions to more potential customers for all businesses, and more business for the community. Syracuse is moving forward, a move in the right direction. Those who keep pace will also move forward and will profit and grow. Those who merely look on, comment and criticize, will be left standing where they are now, —in empty aisles or sitting on their doorsteps waiting for customers. Situated as it is, Syracuse is the natural trading center of a huge vacation and rural area. But Syracuse will not get its share of the business it needs and deseves so long as it refuses to move forward. Syracuse is a good town. But there is room for improvement. The shopping centers of towns within a radius of 15 miles of Syracuse have made constant changes and improvements. They are busy places, all the time. Anyone who questions that Syracuse has less business than Milford, Goshen, Ligonier, Nappanee, Cromjftontiiwetf on Last Pagt)