The Syracuse and Lake Wawasee Journal, Volume 13, Number 33, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 16 December 1920 — Page 1

This b>me newspaper wi.i not get out a “final edition” for several more years.

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NEWS ITEMS FROM OUR SURROUNDINGS Contributed Notes on the Happenings in Nearby Com- f Humifies. GILBERTS Mr. and Mrs. Jack Eckelberger west of Waterford and Mr. and Mrs. William Hubbier of Milford spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. 0. D. Cooper. Mr and Mrs. Walter Geyer of Goshen are visiting wtih Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mety. Gordon Mellinger, who has been very ill for several weeks, is able to be about in the house • now. Henry Barranger, who is 82 years old and has been very ill for several weeks, has not taken any food for fourteen days and is slowly growing weaker. Mrs. Anretta Warner spent the week end with her daughter, .Mrs. Calvin Cooper, and family. last services of the two meetings held at the Bethany church closed Sunday evening. Rev. A. Wright ( and wife, of North Manchester, who held these services, surely did their part well which was appreciated by the growing interest five souls were saved. Everybody welcome to all other meetings. Mrs. George Wagner, who missed her step coming down stairs, fell and received internal injuries, and was confined to her bed for several days, is now able to be out again. William Gilbort of New Paris, former old resident of this neighborhood, received a fractured hip a few weeks ago while up town and is reported about the same. J. C. Mety had his tonsfltis removed at the Warsaw hospital. Miss Dorothy Lutes has the la grippe. Mr. and Mrs. John spent Sunday near Bristol with Mrs. Joe Jarvis. o ■ BENTON—SOLOMON’S CREEK Sunday school at 10:00 a. m.; preaching services following. A general invitatoin is given to all. Mr. and Mrs. David Holtzinger and daughter Mary and Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Juday took Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Levi Pearman. Little Miss Miriam Darr called in the afternoon. * Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rex and daughter Mildred Os Avilla attended Sunday school at the U. B. church Sunday,The smallpox patients are all getting along fine and as yet no new cases reported. Mrs. Bertha Hapner and sons, Wayne and Kenneth, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Alvine Hite of Burr Oak. Mr. and Mrs. Merle Darr and son Marion were Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Chester Firestone. Mrs. Dolpha Fodge and daugh-’ ter and Mae Hashaw spent one day last week with their parents Mr, and Mrs. James Hashaw. Remember the box supper and parcel post sale at the Wehrley school house Dec. 23. A welcome is extended to all. Rev. Irvin Neff attended Sunday school at the U. B. church Sunday, Lester Wants, who stayed with his grandparents, Mr, and Mrs. B, F, Juday, since Thanksgiving, returned to his home in Goshen Saturday as the smallpox quarantine has been removed from the home. Mrs. Nora Gushwa and daughter Wanetta were guests Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gushwa of Ligonier. The following gave a surprise to Chales Method last Friday evening and they brought oysters, cake and pickles: Chas.

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Lehman and family, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lehman, Carl O’Haver and family, Gene Method and family, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Bunger, Geo. Darr and family, Mrs. Nora Guswa and daughter Wanetta, and Fern Bunger and lady friend, Miss Opal Cleland. A pleasant evening was spent after which they returned to their homes, after wishing Mr. Method many more birthdays. Lee Good, one of our Sunday school young men and a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Good, stole a march and was quietlv married two weeks ago to Miss Edith Chrisman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Chrisman of Topeka. Congratulations are extended. o HECK’S J? '.j Mr. and Mrs. Dave Brown spent Sunday with Fred Hinderer in Syracuse. Ray Meek spent over Sunday at the Rodibaugh home south of Syracuse. Misses Mary and Thelma and Helen Allison of Middlebury spent Sunday at the Charles Nicolai home. Mr. and Mrs. Rex Miller of Elkhart and Mr. and Mrs. Dave Blue of South Bend spent Saturday night at. the Orley Brown home. Mr. and Mrs. Will Wilkinson and daughter Lydia, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Stabler and son Raymond and Mr. and Mrs. Dolphus Stabler and children spent Sunday at Shipshewana with Mr. and Mrs. Willard Stabler. Mr. and Mrs. Wilmet Jones and sons spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Dave Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Keefer and children of Ligonier spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. G. A. McDaniel. Mr. and Mrs. Knpx Stetler spent Friday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Juday. Mrs. George Long and son Elmer spent Sunday evening at the home of Sam Bushong. A surprise party was given at the Charles Method home in honor of his birthday. A fine oyster supper was enjoyed by all, Those present were Mr. and Mrs, J. W. Method, Mr. and Msr, Geo, Sargent, Mr and Mrs. Perry Bunger, Mrs. Geo. Darr and children, Louise and Ralph, Mrs. Melvin Gushwa and daughter Wanette, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bushong and children, Myrtle, Marjorie and Samuel Edward, Mr, and Mrs, Carl O’Haver and children, Mildred, Eloise, Helen and Pauline, the Misses Golda Method, Belle Juday and Opal Cleland, Forrest Plank, Fern Bunger, Roy Sargent, Albert Bunger, Bill Lavering, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lehman and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Lehman of Goshen. Everyone departed at a late hour wishing Mr, Method many more happy birthdays, — WHERE DO ONIONS GO? Who eats all the onions? This is a question that might be asked when one grower of this section alone raised 80,000 bushels and bought that many mere for ate* ing ’purposes. Frank Ort of Churubusco raised 80,000 bushels of onions this year on a 110 acre tract. During the growing period an army of boys was employed to weed the onions. Mr, Ort ha§ fifty thousand wood crates for harvestings the onions. During the hauling period from the field to the storage as high as twenty-two teams of horses were engaged. The onions are sold in all parts of the United States, principally in the east and south, Many other growers of Noble county also had large crops of onions this year, BAKE SALE Sunday school class No, 4 of the United Brethren church will hold a bake sale at the Colwell & Gordy plumbing shop at 10 o’clock next Saturday, Dec. 13.

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SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1920

CONSOUMTION OF SCHOOLS Proposal Discussed on Wednesday Evening by School Officials. A meeting was held last Wednesday evening in the Guy school house at which time the matter of consolidated schools wap discussed. Speakers from Van Buren and Wayne townships, now operating consolidated schools, explained the many advantages of the new system over the one room school. There are seventeen townships in Kosciusko county; only three are using the one room school system. It is time that every citizen of this township seriously consider the matter of better schools. It was proven beyond any doubt that the consolidated school is not an experiment but a success from every standpoint. There are a few who will claim the old school was good enough for father and should be for the boy, but this is a poor argument. If there is a better system to be had we should lose no time in arranging for it and give our children the best. Mr. Bachman and the local school board attended the meeting and invited the country schools to consolidate with Syracuse. The buildings and equipment here are modern and efficient and there isn’t any reason why we cannot get together on the proposition and make a start toward bettering conditions here. The cost to the township would be based upon the number of pupils enumerated and not upon the taxable property, There may be a few questions arise—there always is—seemingly hard to over come, but when you stop to consider we are one of the three townships riot oprating consolidated schools you will surely realize we are not making proper headway, The main issue is better schools, Let the details be handeld as we go along, There la nothing more important than good schools, We should get busy at once to bring about a school system second to none, WORD FROM CANADA Delbert W, Norris writes us from Preeceville, Sask,, Canada, asking us to advance his subscription for another year. Part of his letter is as follows: “We can not do without The Journal for another year. Friends neglect to write, but The Journal comes every week. “Wp arp welj as usual. I hope this finds.you ip good health. We have been having fine weather for this time of year. jGrops were fair in this district My wheat went 24 per acre 40. It was too hot and dry) for oats.” 7 MONEY IN BEETS The Holland St. Louis Sugar company at Decatur paid farmers of northern Indiana $300,000 for beets grown this year. It was the first pay day of thp cqpir pany. The seppnd pay day will occur December 15, A bonus will also be paid the farmers, being fixed on the average price paid for sugar during the months of December, January and February. In all, the farmers will receive something like $900,000. GIR SHOP SALE Special bargains in shoes, cloth? ing, dishes, books, and other ar? tides will be sold—something that will please everybody, Be sure and visit this sale ey the Wednesday Afternoon duh at Strieby’s seed room on Satur- ’ day, December 18. Proceeds to buy a gift for the Library. I

PEOPLE OF OUR TOWN ! W f . *\\ s i// < v / '■• ■ ll ■ We all looked LikeVThls once, but Blamed Few of us Will Admit It. A Baby is Just Grand until he gets This Way, whereat Friend Father wonders aloud How Far it is to the Orphan Asylum. And then he Will go Down Town and Pester bis Friends to Death. Bragging about what a Bright Child he’s th4 Father of Which. ■ • BOGUS BOND AGENT Playing the clever role of a legitimate stock saleman, and paying disregard to the new-blue sky law recently enacted by the state legislature a stranger came into Kendallville last week and succeeded in disposing of a number of spurious londs and stocks, amounting in all to several thousands of dollars. A number of farmers north of that city suffered the heaviest losses. The young man, a clean-cut fellow with a pleasing personality, courteous polite and a master of the English language has made his getaway, leaving his purchasers of worthless stock holding the bag. In one instance the stranger said he was a representative us the First National and Hamilton bank of Fort Wayne. The person belivered his story and purchasedthe bonds, later consulting a local bank. Local bankers in turn got in communication with the Fort Wayne bankers and learned that no such representative was selling bonds or stocks for them in that community, It was the result of this investigation that the young stranger’s game came o an abrupt ending. Under the new law a stock or bond salesman must have a permit from the state commission before he may legally do business and prospective purchasers of securities should demand to see the license before parting with their money, The safer plan is to consult your local banker bfore invsting in any tocks o bond offered by trangers. o SACRED PROGRAM A . sacred program will be rendered December 24, beginning at 7:30 o'clock, in the United Brethren church. The primary department will render part one, and the elementary and adult departments ’Will render part tw : o, which is: “The Search of Shepherds, ar Holy Night." Tableaux I. The Watching Shepherds. IL The Shepherds and the Angel 111. The Angel’s Song. IV. Departure of the Shepherds. V. Meeting of the Shpphprds and the Wi s P Mop. VI. Thp Wise Men Tell of the Star. ‘ ’ ’j 1 VII. Herod and the Wise Men. VIII. Priest and Scribe. IX. Herod Commands the Slaying of the Children. X. Mary Watching by the Map? ger. XI. The §hpphprds Find the Babe, XII. To Him Every Knee Shall ■" Bow, a. * GOOD-CHRBMAN Lee T. Good of Syracuse and Miss Edith Chrisman of Topeka were married at the LaGrange M. E. Parsonage, Rev. G. T. Hubbart officiating.

i GOING THE ROUNDS I I 'I t ,1 One Way Out i It was Christmas week and the car was crowded to its limit. "Here,- you!” bawled the conductor angrily. “You rang up a fare! Do that again and I’ll put you off the car!” The little man, jammed in the middle of the crowded car, at once rang up another fare. Thereupon the conductor stopped the car, forced his way through the jam, and projected the offender through the crowd and to the edge of the platform. “Thanks,” said the little man; “here’s your dime. I didn’t see any other way to get through that crowd.”—(Everybody’s Magazine. 20 Miles to the Gallon It is said a gentleman’ from town went to the country and saw tacked op a wayside house this legend: “Sider for Sail.” He entered and asked of the rural dispenser: , “Is this hard cider?” “Sure,” was the answer. “How hard is it?” “Well, my hired man, who was never right pert, filled up on the stuff the other day an’ lit down the big road yellin’ ‘Glory hallelujah! I’m still in th’ home of th’ brave an’ th’ land of th’ free!” “Gimme a gallon,” said the Belzonian. —(Belzoni, Miss., Banner. 0 TO HELP STUDENTS 1 Under the auspices of the Syracuse high school, Prof. Elmer Marshall of Indiana Central university, elocutionist and imperionatcfc/ will give -a popular program of miscellaneous stories and songs next Tuesday, Dec. 21, at 8 o’clock in the M. E. church. Prof. Marshall is highly recommended, and will undoubtedly afford a very pleasant and instructive evening. There has been a call to American students for one million dollars to help keep European students in school this winter. Tickets to this entertainment will be sold for twenty-five cents and the proceeds will be used as Syracuse high school’s donation to the million-dollar fund. ——o WORD FROM FLORIDA The following diary is from L. A. Neff, who with his family. started by automobile for Fiori- \ da a few weeks ago where they intend to spend the winter: ! On November 18 we camped 3 miles south ©f Durham, N. C.J ip the pine woods beside the concrete road, Then we broke eamp and started for Augusta, N. C. By this time we had traveled 1,000 miles and still had > 800 to Tampa. A street car hit the rear ©f’ my car in this town. They paid me $8,30 in money and- we went i on to camp. We are all feeling fine. The next day found us breaking camp in the morning at Aberdeen, N. C., and expecting, to reach South Caroline about; noon, We had passed through I the town of Durham, the place where the Confederate Gen. Johnson and the Federate Gen. Sherman met in the Bennett house and made terms of peace on April 25, 1865. We had good roads through North Carolina. Not one ©f U 8 eaught cold and we out all but three nights. We camped 10 miles west of Augusta. We passed through the state capitol of South Carolina yesterday, and through the capitol of Georgia today. They are 85 miles apart South Carolina has the bummest roads of any state we have passed through . Georgia has fine roads so far. The state capitals are, about the size of Goshen or Elk- J hart. We are all feeling fine,

and old Liz is still prancing up and down hills. We are now located at Clearwater, Florida. It is nice and warm here, threatening rain. There are a great number of people drove through in their autos and living in to nts - We have put up our tents on the bank of thp bay in the grove.— (L. A. Neff. 1 o GEYER-BUSHONG The wedding of Joe Bushong, sori of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bushong, and Miss Olive Geyer, the eldest daughter of Mr. Mrs. , A. W. Geyer, was solemnized on Tuesday evening at 6 o’clock at the Methodist parsonage by Rev. F. H. Cremean. • The bride was dressed in white i excepting a black hat and veil, | and carried a beautiful narcissus i and pink and white carnations, ' tied with white tulle. A sister of the bride and of the groom stood with them and the ring ceremony was used. • The Journal and their many other friends wish them untold happiness. __o WALKERTON BIG FIRE Explosion of an electric light bulb which ignited the oil in a filling tank causing it to explode, is said to have been responsible for the destruction of the six I Independent Oil Co. tanks, the | company storage house and tank i wagons at Walkerton. Arthur Sheets, who was filling a tank wagon when the explosion occurred, was the only person injured. The loss was estimated at from $25,000 to $40,000. The fire threatened the town for a time. —o ATWOOD WILL PLAY The Atwood high school will meet the Syracuse high school on the floor of te local gymnasium tomorrow evening in a basket ball game that promises to be one of the fastest of the season. The Atwood earn won the county championship last year, and the champion team, excepting one man, will be the line-up for the game here. o— DECEMBER POSIES Children gathered twelve dandelions last Sunday, December 12, through a distance of two blocks, while they were on their way to Sunday school. That is a remarkable record for this season of the year, and ■ is due to the fact that we have • had such mild weather during the past weeks. There is no ! need of going to Florida when flowers bloom in December in ' Indiana. o—: NEED AN ENGINEER The vital need of adding an engineering division to the state . department of conservation in order that our beautiful lakes and streams be protected, that drainage projects shall only be gone into after it is certain they will benefit many instead of a few, and for the purpose of reducing danger from floods, will be pointed out by Richard Lieber, director of conservation in Indiana, at a conservation meeting to be held at Warsaw on December 17, under the auspices of the Rotary club. o—— WINE OF PEPSIN It has been shown that “Wine of Pepsin,” a patent medicine decoction, has intoxicating qualities and it will be put under the ban the same as Jamaica ginger. Arrests for plain drunks disclose that the nostrums referred to have intoxicating effects. — —o— WILL STAY OPEN * The Star Clothing Store, the Royal Store and the A. W. Strie- j by Store will remain open each evening next week, and until noon on ChrUtnw diy, Satordiy.!

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PARAGRAPHIC BITS ' ABOUT ME FOLKS Notes of the Week on the Coming and Going, of People You Know. Just pretending to be rich is what keeps some people poor. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Masters spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Verd Shaffer of Millersburg. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Walter of Bremen drove through on Thursday and spent the day with her sister, Mrs. C. R. Hoy. Chas. J. Shuder has moved from Leesburg to Churubusco and has asked that The Journal be changed to his new address. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey E. Cory are to be congratulated on the arrival of a son last Friday morning. His name is Carol Edward, and he weighed seven and onehalf pounds. Emmett Kelly writes from South Bend, asking us to advance his subscription for another year. He says, “It sure is some paper and I sure look for it every Friday.” # S. L. Ketring, who left the first of November to spend the winter in California, has requested that The Journal be addressed to him from now on at Oakland instead of Los Angeles. Warren Rentfrow passed our office on Fridey. Before going to press we failed to learn whether 7 he had brought Mrs. Rentfrow with him from Canton, 0.. and if he had come back to stay. Cince ? the snow flurry of yesterday,, the Missus suggests that this is a good time to take down he door and window screens and let the flies out of the house where the poor things have been Cooped up all summer. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Colwell had made plans to leave last Friday for Daytona Beach, Florida, where they will spend the remainder of the winter. Mrs. Colwell, however, became ill and .it was necessary to postpone the trip. Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Hire are planning to leave thii?"week end for Florida where they intnd to spend the winter. Since they sold the Grand hotel to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Mishler they have had their household goods stored. Miss Olga Beckman, who is teaching in the high school at New Washington, Ohio, came home Tuesday evening, to spend about three weeks here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Beckman. She will spend about a week in the Lutheran hospital at Fort Wayne. J. C. Cripe, who recently had a sale of his farming equipment, has rented his farm north of town to Ralph Vail and has moved to the eight-acre tract at the north edge of Goshen which he recently purchased. He will engage in the fruit and truck business at his new location. o RODEHEAVER REQORDS J. W. Rothenberger has just received the first shipment of Rainbow Sacred Records —the ones that were made at Winona Lake this year by the Rodeheavers and Billy Sunday evangelistic party. They are very fine double faced records, and sell for SI.OO each. J. W. Rothenberger is exclusive agent for above records. , — —■—o BAKE SALE The Missionary Society of the Church of God will hold a bake sale on Friday, December 24, at Strieby’s seed room and give you a chance to supply your Christttfo diritftr. 314 p

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