The Syracuse and Lake Wawasee Journal, Volume 13, Number 18, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 2 September 1920 — Page 1

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NEWS ITEMS FROM OUR SURROUNDINGS • Contributed Notes on the Happenings in Nearby Communities. SOLOMON’S CREEK Remember the union Sunday schools next Sunday, September 5, at the Anderson Juday’s woods near Benton. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Come with well filled baskets of good things to eat for a basket dinner. A welcome is extended to all. Mrs. Tom Prickett of Ligonier visited at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Shannon, and family for a few days last week. Grandma Darr, who is staying with her son, George Darr and wife, spent Thursday with her brother, Henry Juday who is quite poorly. Jesse Juday and son Hugh and John C. Juday spent Thursday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rex. Mrs. Chas Shannon and her mother, Mrs. Tom Prickett of Ligonier: spent Tuesday with Mrs. Vicie Hapner. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Moats, son Dean and daughter Lenna of New Paris, and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Juday spent Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Juday. Mrs. Geo. Darr and Mrs. Nora Gushaw called in the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rex and daughter Mildred of Avilla and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rex were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Warble of Syracuse.’ Benj. Zimmerman and family took Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Darr. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Slabaugh, Miss Lucille Stewart and Mr. and Mrs. Dill, all of Ligonier, called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Abert Darr Sunday afternoon. Ed Holtzinger and family and Mr. and Mrs. Adams called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Ott Sunday afternoon. Ray Smith, who spent a few t months with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. D. Smith, has returned to his home in Anderson. Henry Juday and James Wortinger, who have been very ill for a few weeks, are no better at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smaltz and son Robert of near Warsaw were Sunday guests of Mrs. Smaltz’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Darr. Leonard Rex and son William of Milford spent Tuesday with Henry Rex and wife. o CEDAR SQUARE The Charter Oak company held a picnic at Lake Wawasee Friday. About 80 were present for dinner although more people came in the afternoon. The Misses Viola and Helen Kauffman spent the week at Warsaw, attending the Teachers Institute. Rev. Baumgartner called at various homes in this community Thursday and Friday. Mrs. I. J. Grimes who has been ill for some time is improving slowly. Those who spent Sunday at the Jasper Grimes home were, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Grimes and sons and Mrs. J. Wilkinson and family. ' Mr. and Mrs. John Kauffman and daughters spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Swenson. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Grimes spent. Sunday at the home of Frank Gutherie of near Albion. Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Newman of Ft. Wayne spent Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Kauffman. The, Dull Reunion was held Thursday at Buttermilk Point with 150 present for. dinner. Many relatives from Ohio were

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here and a fine time was enjoyed by all. Those who assisted Miss Grimes in cooking for threshers Wednesday were Mrs. E. Grimes, Mrs. John Kauffman, Mrs. Dale Grimes and her mother Mrs. Gutherie of Albion. Mrs. C. Method and son Ralph spent Monday forenoon with Mr. and Mrs. Manford Morris. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Dull entertained friends and relatives of Ohio Sunday. Albert Dull spent Saturday night at the home of his aunt Mrs. Mrs. C. Dull returning home Sunday. Miss Nellie Kauffman assisted Mrs. Perry Dull in cooking for thrashers Wednesday. Miss Mildred Rarick came home Tuesday evening from Chicago where she has been visiting for some time. Mrs. Wilmette Jones visited with Mrs. Fred Harper Tuesday. Mrs. John Swenson and son Russell visited Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. J. Swenson of Vawter Park. o HECK’S Sunday school every Sunday at 9:30 everybody is cordially invited to attend. The Union Sunday school picnic of Benton township is to be held in Anderson Juday’s woods near Benton September sth. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ott Saturday evening August 28th. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Moats and daughter Mary and Mr. and Mrs. Latone Jensen spent Sunday with 6. A. McDaniel. Mr. and Mrs. John Meek and family spent Sunday near Leesburg. Miss Hellen Jefferies and Opal jClelland spent Sunday evening with Myrtle Bushong. Those who spent Sunday with Albert Millers were, Mrs. Jake Green and daughter Edna and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bushong and children. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Juday spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Alva Ketring. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Juday spent Sunday afternoon with the •formers father Henry J. Juday who is in very poor health. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Ott and son Forrest spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ott in Syracuse. o NORTH WEBSTER Dr. and Mrs. W. S. Hontz entertained relatives from Michigan Saturday for dinner. The local band have been giving concerts in the band stand the last few Wednesday evenings. They also played on the big boat “Dixie" on Webster Lake Sunday. Rev. Clear and family spent last week visiting in Detroit. The Strombecks who live in this vicinity attended the Weber reunion which was held in Nappanee Saturday. The Tippecanoe schools including the North Webster school open next Monday morning. Septembr 11 has been chosen for the home-coming day here Plans are well under way to make this event even more successful than usual. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Adams, son Wilson and daughter Virginia of Warsaw were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Rodibaugh. o WHITE OAK Chester Stiffler and wife spent Sunday with the latters parents Sylvester Coy and family. Miss Florence Clayton spent Sunday with Miss Florence Honsauer. Elsworth Davis and family spent Sunday at the Irvin Wogoman home in Syracuse. Jacob Bucher and family spent Sunday at the James Dewart (Continued on Page Four)

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SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1920

i — | GOING THE ROUNDS I I * i— * His Order Trade was bad with the timber merchant, and he was sitting in his office musing gloomily over the outlook, when there entered a well dressed man with a quiet, thoughtful face. “Do you sell beech wood?” he asked bluntly. “I do, sir,” replied the merchant, rising with alacrity from his seat, and hoping devoutly for a large order. “We can supply it on the shortest notice, either in the log or in the plank.” He began to rummage through the papers on his desk for a price list; but the quiet man stopped him: “Oh, I don’t want as much as that,” he said. “I only, need a bit to make a fiddle bridge.”—(Peru Ind., Sentinel. Busting a Brone We spent more than two days looking for a typewriter, and when we finally found one we didn’t “savvy” how to crank the durned thing. But we have it halter broke now, and some Sunday we’ll “wride” it if we never live to tell thetale. —(Absarokee, Mont., Headlight o DEARDORFF-McCLINTIC Miss Margery Deardorff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome W. Deardorff, was married at 2:30 o’clock last Friday afternoon at St. Joe, Mich., to Harry McClintic, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eston E. McClintic. The ceremony was performed by Rev. F. W. Fisher, pastor of the Methodist church of that city, . The bride is one of the popular young women of Syracuse, active in church and social affairs, and as saleslady at the A. W. Strieby store has increased her acquaintances and widened her circle of friends. The groom also has a wide circle of friends; he is at present employed with the firm of McClintic, Colwell & Gordy in the road building business. The Journal joins with the many friends of these newlyweds in wishing them uninterrupted hapiness. o LEAVES OFFICE A WHILE William Gray Loehr, attorney of Warsaw, has accepted a U. S. government proposition for certain discharged soldiers, which will necessitate his absence from his office more or less continuously for some months, beginning September 20. Those contemplating of having uncompleted business of legal matters in his hands should see him before the above date. He wil continue to keep his office and practice in Warsaw, but during the. fall and winter, for the reason given, he will be unable to give his attention to the same. 921 o SUNDAY SCHOOL OUTING Members of the Evangelical Sunday school enjoyed an outing last Tuesday in Oakwood park. The weather as well as all other conditions combined to make it a very happy time. The affair was the culmination of a contest in the school which began some weeks ago, when F. W. Launer was made captain of a group that proposed to travel by airplane, and G. A. Weisshaar was made captain of the steamship group. o AT THE OAKLAND The management of the Oakland theater announces that additional programs will be offered its patrons, enabling the house to open every night of the week except Tuesday. 921 o TOWNSHIP INSTITUTE TODAY The teachers of Turkey Creek township are holding a joint institute today at Milford with the teachers of Vanßuren, Scott and Jefferson townships.

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,| « * * * ♦ * «*••* ♦ A TREAT FOR YOU! • * ■ ■ • 1 ♦ Just as we are going to * * press we are in receipt of * . ♦ permission to reprint a short * * story from a recent issue of • . * the Atlantic Monthly, en- • * titled “Uncle Sam of Free- * * dom Ridge” and written by * * Margaret Montague. • , * This is a remarkable story • * and has been making a pro- • * found impression througout * * the country during the past * * two or three weeks. It has ♦ * been creating a stir such as * * did Harriet Beecher Stowe’s * * “Uncle Tom’s' Cabin" a few * * generations ago. It is only * * the second piece of fiction * * in the history of American ♦ * literature with such a rec- * * ord. The story will not only * * grip you with its absorbing * * narrative interest, but it will * * change you mentally. * * “Uncle Sam of Freedom * * Ridge” will appear in two * * or three installments, begin- * * ning with an early issue. * * Watch for it! —- * * » * • * «• «**« BIRTHDAY PARTY A birthday party was held at the Crist Darr cottage at Lake Wawasee last Wednesday in celebration for several people whose birthday occurred in August. A fine dinner was served. The day was spent in boating and bathing, and a general good time was enjoyed by all. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Orba Wehrley, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maloy and two children, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Geyer and three daughters, Joe Bushong, Ida Snyder, Earl Darr, Mary Ulery, Edna Jensen, Flo Darr, Lula Maloy, Mrs. Wm. Whetten and Eloise Pinkerton of Milford. Those whose birthday came in August are: Mrs. Wehrley, Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Clara Maloy, Mrs. Jensen, Mrs. Mary Ulery, Earl Darr, Mrs. Flo Darr and Mrs. Lula Maloy. All these people live within one neighborhood. August seems to be a popular birth month at Four Corners. o FAREWELL PARTY A farewell surprise party was held last Thursday evening for Mrs. M. M. Smith and children, who have been visiting here since March. They left Syracuse Saturday night for New York, with plans to board a steamship on Wednesday for Barcelona, Spain. Mr. Smith preceded them a few weeks ago. The party for them was held at the home of Mrs. Smith’s mother, Mrs. Hanora A. Miles. Those who were present are: Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Miles, Elmer P. Miles and family and Miss Margaret Myers of Kansas, Mr. and Mrs. Warren T. Colwell, Mrs. J. J. Connell and. daughter Emma Catherine of Peru, Sam Searfoss and. family, A. H. Smith and family and Ernest C. Smith and family of Cromwell, Mrs. B. F. Kuhn and son Franklin of Elkhart, Mrs. M. A. Benner, Charles Benner and family, O. W. Christie and family of Ligonier, Preston H. Miles and family, and Mrs. Hanora A. Miles and daughters Mary, Ruth and Marjorie. o NORTH WEBSTER’S BIG DAY North Webster will have a big fall celebration on Saturday, September 11. A full day’s program is being arranged, consisting of addresses, contests, exhibits and other features. It is being characterized as a community picnic and home coming day. Potatoes will be worth as much as S2O a bushel in North Webster on that day, as the big advertising posters will announce. o SCHOOL WILL OPEN The Syracuse school will open on Monday, September 13, as announced by Supt. C. C. Bachman. The names of the members

t i I FROM NEARBY TOWNS . i i j A large crop of nuts will be harvested this fall throughout the country, farmers report. EL EL Lehman, 60 years old, a North Manchester road con- ( tractor, was nearly fatally injured on Tuesday of last week when a tractor ran over him near Larwill. The little town of Berne near Fort Wayne, claims to have the champion heavy weight baby of Indiana. Laurese Meyers, less than a year old, weighs 40 pounds. She is 3 feet arid 6 inches high. Mrs. Katherine Kissinger of Elko isjhe mother of 10 children the grandmother of 28 living grandchildren, and the great grandmother of 26 living great grandchildren. She weighs 83 pounds and is 76 years of age. If any one can beat this, Elko people would like to hear about it. Jacob Krauter of south of Milford was injured by a horse recently. He thought his leg was broken, but a physician assured him he was only severely bruised. Ray Coplen, and Russell Swihart of Mentone were severely injured one day last week when the large truck in which they were riding was struck by a Winona Interurban railway car. They were working on the Tucker road south of Mentone. Miss Charlotte Monohan of Logansport, who clerks in a dry goods store in that city, has sued Logansport for $6,000 damages, the result of injuries she received when she fell on a defective side walk. A highwayman has been at work along the road between Ligonier-and Cromwell. A Cromwell young man and a Ligonier business man are two recent cases on whom a holdup was attempted. The highwayman attempts to stop automobile drivers after night. X \ o 1 STORE CHANGES HANDS The L. D. Mann Variety store changed hands last Saturday, possession being given immediately to Mrs. Hanora A. Miles in exchange for lake front real estate. The Variety store was established in the J. H. Miller building a year ago in April. The store has been making steady progress, ind.cating both the need of such a store in Syracuse and the business ability of Mrs. Mann. The stock is of a varied nature, including dishes, knick-knacks, kitchen needs, stationery, some dry goods, and various articles needed in the home. Mrs. C. E. Brady is being retained as saleslady by M* s. Miles. Mrs. Brady has had several years experience in similar stores in Syracuse, and has also been assisting Mrs. Mann in the Variety store. o FISHING “SPEED TRAP” The following article appeared under the above caption in a recent issue of the Chicago Tribune, in the department of “Legal Friend of the People." “The country hold-up artists are getting in some fine work at Lake Wawasee. The writer was invited down over the week end. Yesterday morning he rowed out in front of the cottage in a boat, and as it had a fish pole and bait he thought he would give a worm a bath and see what would happen. Nothing happened and after about a quarter of an hour he; pulled up anchor and started to row in. A little motor boat came along just then. Proved to hold the warden, who passed the time of day. And after finding the boatman was from Chi. and without a license invited him to take a ride to Syracuse—very pretty seven mile ride, but expensive! Justice assessed me the “■minimum,” $19.30. From the

itemized list of charges I judge he and the warden go about 50-50 with the state of Indiana. “2. What could have happened if I had refused to go to Syracuse—‘left’ him? He was fat and I long and skinny.—M. L. B. “1. The minimum fine provided by the statue is $5. ■ “2. He would probably have inquired, found out who you were, and arrested you later, with assistance if necessary.” SEEING DENVER There are a number of strategic points in the United States I favorable to the building of great cities. Such a point Denver occupies. Denver is a beautiful city of about 300,000 inhabitant, a great , financial and commercial center. The area is about 60 square miles; the length 8 miles, the width 9. The altitude above sea level is about 1 mile. It has the purest water in the world, supplied by mountain lakes. The first settlement of the site of Denver was made in 1858 by gold seekers. Ten miles west of Denver the foot hills rise from the plains and back of these ridge after ridge of snow capped peaks of the continental divide 40 miles awayL The atmosphere is light and dry. The sun shines more than 300 days of the year. The ordinary fall weather continues until January. There is seldom sleighing, as the snow melts as soon as it falls. Denver has 29 public parks, containing a total of about 1,100 acres. The scenic center includes the state capitol, the U. S. mint, the public library. The city has 19 public buildings, 5 depots, 34 hospitals, 7 high schools, 63 graded schools, 40 street car lines; the best electric lighted buildings and streets in the United States. —L. A. Neff. • —r o BIRTHDAY PARTY On Tuesday evening of last week Mrs. Wm. F. Kindig entertained the Ladies Aid society and members of the Lutheran church at her home in Lake street in honor of the seventyfifth birthday of her mother, Mrs. Wehrly. The picnic super served on the lawn was enjoyed by the sixty people present. Besides the members and friends of the congregation living in or near Syracuse, there were present Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Sheets of Ligonier and C. S. Wehrly and family of near Leesburg. The guests were delighted with Mrs. Kindig’s entertainment. o REGISTER SATURDAY The first registration day will come on Saturday of this week, September 4. No man or woman in Indiana can vote in the presidential election on next November 2 unless he or she is registered. There are tow ways in which you may register, one by affidavit, and the other by going to your precinct poll and giving your name to the registration clerks. If you are a man or a woman 21 years of age it is your duty to register; failure to do so will disfranchise you for voting next fall. The safest and best way is for you to go to your precinct voting place and register personally, thus avoiding any possibility of an affidavit’s miscarriage. Regardless of what party you may belong to, it is yOur duty to register. The polls will be open at 8 o’clock Saturday morning and will remian open until 9 O’clock at night. o Mrs. Jos. P. Dolan spent Tuesday in Warsaw calling on Mrs. Abbie Ripple, who is seriously ill. - Mrs Rose Tucker of Fort Wayne came Tuesday for an extended stay with her sister, Mrs. Chas Renltfrow.

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: PARAGRAPHIC BITS ! MT HOME FOLKS Notes of the Week on the Coming and Going of People You Know. i Jos. P. Dolan is spending this week in Detroiton business. Thomas and Frank Dempsey of - Goshen were the guests of Harry i Leming over Sunday. p ■ Harry M._ Riddle will leave Tuesday for LaFayette, to f resume his course in electrical engineering at Purdue univer- ' sity. , Miss Theora Benner returned home Monday morning from t Ligonier where she spent her , vacation of ten days from The Journal office with her aunt, Mrs. O. W. Christie. i Mr. and Mrs. Harry Beazle of r Indianapolis, Mrs. Arthur Biggs ! and daughter snd Mrs. Graham i Lyons of Ligonier spent Monday s afternoon here with Mr. and I Mrs. H. N. Beardsley. ! Mr. and Mrs. W. Kember of Toledo were here a few days I week visiting with relatives. 1 They drove to Logansport on Saturday to visit with other 5 relatives before returning to 1 Toledo. > Dr. L. W. Ford, the Misses Violet and Vera O'Dell and Mrs. j Jane Bushong spent Tuesday in . Albion at the Lutheran parsonage visiting with Rev. and Mrs. ’ H. W. Thompson and Mrs. Alice I Tripp. j The Busy Bee class of the P Evangelical Sunday ‘school of 1 Nappanee enjoyed a vacation > last week at Vawter Park the supervision of their teacher, Miss BeUlah Weaver. L Eight members of the class made up the party. ' R. L. Simmons of Elkhart, architect employed by the Wawasee Tire & Rubber company 1 to draft the blueprints and 1 specifications for their big factory building to be erected here, spent last Thursday in Syracuse in conference with officials of the company. Those who spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Strock were Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Schwan and son of Fort Wayne, Mr and Mrs. Carl Sorenson and daughter of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Strock of Cleveland, Ohio, Miss Jennie Kemmery of Auburn and Kenneth Strock of Garrett. Ellwood George left Wednesday afternoon for Chipley, Fla., making the trip by automobile. He will spend the winter there, as has been his custom for the past few years . He was accompanied by Mrs. L. D. Mann . as for as Dublin, Ga., where she will spend • about two weeks visiting at the Geo. Hoelcher home. „ SL C. Lepper and Miss Ruth and Russell Lepper drove to Wisconsin last week to bring back Mrs. Lepper, who has been visiting for two weeks with relatives in lowa and Wisconsin. They made a drive of 280 miles on Monday, reaching Syracuse in the evening. Mr. Lepper’s sister and her husband of Wisconsin came along with them to Syracuse and visited here a few days. Mrs. F. P. Abbott was the guest of honor at a birthday dinner for 21 at her cottage at Pickwick park Sunday. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Loomis and their house guests, Mrs. Wm. Ninton of Hamilton, Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Elwood, Mrs. H. A. Ileweg, Mrs. Nettie Hawks and her daughter, Mrs. J.J. Grandale of Goshen, and Mrs. Abbott’s daughters, Mrs. J. R. Hendey and children of Detroit, Mrs. F. R. Kitchell and children of Boston, and Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Kitchell and children of Chicago.

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