The Syracuse and Lake Wawasee Journal, Volume 15, Number 40, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 1 February 1923 — Page 1

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SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Items of merest (’oßcerning , Oar High School Written for the Syracuse Journal. The following is the report of the Boy’s Corn Judging Contest held at Warsaw, Saturday, Jan. $7, and at which our High School was represented by Earl Stiffler, Monroe Kehr and Everett Darr. In the contest Etna Green Stood first; Milford, second, \and Syracuse, third. The standing of Syracuse in order of grades was as follows: Earl Stiffler, first; Monroe Kehr, second;« Everett Darr, third. Friday morning a series of educational pictures were shown in the Assembly. One. showing historic monuments, entitled “The Blbe and The Gray," another, "The Volcanos of Kilanea,* and a news reel. ’ Howard Thomas of Peru. Indiana, was the school guest of Theodore Harman on Tuesday of this week. ' Some of the members of the Early European History class distinguished themselves in regard to the Epistles of St. Paul as they related his letters to the Babylonians (?) people of Pompeii, etc. We hope this was due to class room excitement rather than biblical ignorance. Rev. Smith conducted the opening exercises Wednesday morning and gave a very interesting account of Ruth, the moabite girl who remained faithful to her husband’s people receiving her reward in restoring the family estate through Boaz and the greater reward of being in the line of which our Lord was born. Rev. Smith brought out the idea of “chums’ and what they mean in life and also the value of observing “Mother and Daughter Day’’ as typifying the spirit of Ruth. We- feel thia series of biog’raphies has been most helpful in holding before us these beautiful characters of the Bible and in being drawn always with the present application emphasized. The class in Physical Geography may be t consulted now on any phase of the weather. As a part of class room work Mr. Bachman is having each keep a weather record for six weeks. Daily observations are made of the thermometer and barometer ' and these are compared with daily reports from the weather bureau at Indianapolis. The question of some means of co-operation between teacher and parent was the subject of discussion at the last teacher’s meeting and as a result Mr. Bachman appointed the following committee to plan such a meeting: Miss Hamman. Miss Hayward and Miss Bushong. The committee has, therefore, planned a meeting of parents and teachers to take place Feb. 9 in the school house from 2:30 p. m. until 4:30, and each parent will receive later an invitation to be present We hope to in this way become better acquainted with the children and their problems through the parent. Both home and school contribute to the training of the child and both should, therefore, co-operate in that training. The teacher has charge of the child about six hours out of twentyfour, and the parents supposedly have charge of him the other eighteen hours. An agreement of these two sets of managers on common policies and common methods would help greatly in bringing about the best results. We hope each parent may take this as a personal invitation and that in this “get together meeting” we may. at least,’come into closer contact through our common interest--the child! ; <►„. CHICKEN SUPPER Me Lutheran Basement February 2nd 5:30 to 7:00 P. M. Creamed Chicken on Biscuits Mashed Potatoes Jelly Pickles Pineapple Pimento Salad on Lettuce * let Cream Cake 39-2 t VNext to a dime the hardest thing to keep h fifteen cento.

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SUBSCRIBERS, TAKE NOTICE J This is to call your attention to the label on the Journal showing the date when your subscription expires. If the label reads “N0v22,” it means your subscription is paid to Nov. 1922, the figures “19" being omitted for convenience. If it reads “Jan 23 you are paid up to January 1923. The same rule applies ‘ to any month in the year. The figures “22” or “23” mean the year and not the day of the month the subscription expires. We have adopted the system that all subscriptions expire the first of the month. We very much desire to have a paid-in-advance subscription list, and we will appreciate it, if those in arrears, will call at the office and settle. Those who do not will receive a statement of their account within a month. Our list is still growing, every new subscribers paying in advance. One of our resolutions for 1923 is to give our people a better home paper than ever beXre. Our friends can assist us in this by reporting to us all the happenings in their neighborhood. ) Every week, we want to make the Journal “ better and better.” o— REVIVAL SERVICES CLOSED The meeting at the U. B. church has closed. The meetings were interestin" ..nJ the chur.n was greatly revived. Twe tyone persons professed faith -Lu - ing the meetings and a number were reclaimed and forwarded in the Christian life. Twentyone were received into church fellowship. The church has taken on new life, and some strangers are attending services that have not been in the church services anywhere. The Sunday school is also increasing in both attendance and interest. A splendid increase is expected in the mid-week prayer services A splendid orchestra has been started with six instruments which adds to the interest of the services. The church choir has taken on new life and attendance. WRITE US A LETTER There are just so many Syracusans sojourning or permanently residing in other states. We would suggest to them that they write us a letter occasionly. for publication, of their doings, their locality or anything of interest to their friends and readers of the Journal. Such letters make mighty interesting reading. We have printed letters from several of our far-away subscribers and hope they will keep it up. Only we wish there would be more. No matter where you live, in California, Oregon, Montana Missouri, Ohio, Florida, New York or any other state, write the Journal a letter for publication, and thus get a reputation. O fa. ZION W. M. A. MEETING The Zion W. M. A. met at the home of Mrs. James Dewart in the country last Thursday. There were nineteen present and a pot luck dinner was served at the noon hour. The day was spent in knotting a comforter and other sewing. A business meeting was held at 2:30 and several short talks were given on how to create a greater interest in church and Sabbath school work. When leaving for home all felt, it had been a day well spent

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I WIVES ENTERTAINED On Wednesday evening, Jan. 24, the following gentlemen entertained their wives at a fish dinner: Sol Miller, George Xanders, L. A. Seider, L. T. Heerman, Stephen Freeman, Nelson Miles, Kenneth Harkless, Hallie Holloj way and Ralph Thornburg. This * was a surprise to the ladies and when they reached the home of Mr. Xanders they found everything in readiness for a big dinner. The gentlemen had gone there and fried the fish, made a delicious salad, coffee, and had all the good things that go with a dinner of that kind, which they prepared and served all by themselves. It was quite refreshing to the invited guests to sit down and nartake of a delicious meal that they had no band in preparing. Ice cream was served, after which a helper came and did up all of the work. o OUR NEWS ITEM BOX For the convenience of our contributors we have placed in the postoffice above the writing desk a box wherein items of news for the Journal may be drooped. Whenever you think of any news when in the postoffice write it on a slip of paper and drop in the box. No stamps are required. This box is for the use of the Journal contributors and mail intended for transit must not be deposited in it. oGROUNDHOG DAY Tomorrow (Friday) is the traditional groundhog day. If Mr. Groundhog comes out of his hole in the morning and sees his shadow, he forthwith retreats and sleeps six weeks more. This means we will have six more weeks of winter weather. If, however, Mr. Groundhog does not see his shadow, he does not return to his winter quarters, and spring will be with us soon. ?f you don't believe this, wait ind see. o BASKETBALL NOTES Syracuse high school won over 4he speedy Milford high school team Friday evening by a narrow margin of two points. The final score was 17 to 15. The game was an exceptionally clean one. This (Thursday) evening the Syracuse Athletics will meet LaGrange N. G. C. at the local gymnasium. Court Slabaugh will referee. % 0 WILL ATTEND BANQUET Dewey McPherson received an invitation to attend a banquet given by the Detroit Association of the Sanitary and Heating Contractors of that city to be held in the auditorium of the board of commerce. Hugh McPherson, who has been in the city for more than two years, will also attend. o CHURCH SUPPER Keep in mind the supper at the Lutheran church basement Friday evening, February 2, from 5:30 to 7:00 p. m. The price is 35c a person and not 50c as erroneously printed in last week’s Journal. Read the menu printed elsewhere. 0 —... BOUGHT FORD Sankey Vorhis is driving a new Ford purchased last week of C. R. Hollett, the Ford dealer.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 1923.

FLORIDA NEWS Belleair, Fla., Jan. 22, 1923. Editor of the Journal: — The 19th of January the Tarpon Springs celebration of the Ephiny by the Greeks brought large crowds and parking space around the bayou was at a premium, and by ten o’clock the parking space along the streets within half a mile of the bayou was taken. Auto license plates .showed that cars from many states in the union were here. The Greek population was greatly enlarged by Greeks from all over the United States coming in early in the week. This is the only celebration of its kind in the United States. The Greeks came until the local population of five hundred looked small. The weather was fine in every way for the occasion and the streets of Tarpon Springs were filled with thousands of people, while the coping around walks and the bayou was literally packed with on-lookers. The services at the church commenced early in the day and continued until noon. Assisting the local priest was the Archbishop Alexander, head of the Greek churches in North and South America. Soon after the close of the service at the church the procession was formed and moved, headed by the Tampa band to the bayou. Down the steps came the procession to the landing of bayou. In front stood a man holding a white dove, the priest took his place and there was a hush all over the crowd. The priest then began to say something in the Greek language in a loud clear voice xfrhich could be heard over the crowd. It is said the words translated are the spirit descended like a dove and lighted upon him. Then the dove was released and flew upward, the white ribbons trailing behind. About the same time the priest tossed something in the water of the bayou, then there was a sudden splash. Some young men, who were waiting in a small boat in (bathing suits, leaped into the water and disappeared from sight. It was Only a few’ seconds until one diver came to the surface with a small shiny object in his hand. It was a cross. As the divers left the water the band played “Star Spangled Banner,” the crowd went away and the pageant for 1923 was over. The Ephiny is in commemoration of the baptism of Christ. The Greeks adhere to the Julian calendar. The event comes on January 19th each year. The only celebration of this kind in America is held each year at Tarpon Springs, Florida. The Belleview hotel is located on the banks of Clearwater, twenty-five or thirty feet above sea level. As you enter the big gate to the grounds you are asked for your credentials. You think this is some mighty king’s palace, it is so wonderful. It doesn’t seem like a commercial hotel where most any one can come if they have the price. Then the view changes, as comfortable looking cottages and good looking stores come into view. You feel like you are in some restricted resi dental district in some great city. The hotel Mansion itself is built after the style of a cottage with many dormer windows in the roof. To give a correct idea of its size is very difficult, but to walk from one end of the main hall to the other end you would walk about one-half mile. The fine furnishings, its sun parlors, spacious dining rbom and the blue room defies description.

The hotel grounds and its two eighteen-hole golf courses cover over one thousand acres. It is said in its grounds can be found every plant and flower that blooms in the sunny south from the palm down. Its guests number men and women successful ih most every known business. Such men as George Crawford of Pittsburgh, who arrived in his private Pullman car and registered at the Belleview for the season. Elisha Lee and family came also in their private Pullman car which is on the switch on the Atlantic Coast line at Belleview to spend the season and will live in their car. during their stay here. Mr. Lee is president of the. Pennsylvania railroads and is one of the prominent men in the railroad world to-day. Mr. Diston, the great saw manufacturer, has a cottage adjoining the lot we are on. They are very sociable people. Mrs. Diston and her maid take a walk of five miles each morning before breakfast. Though their heads are tinged with gray, they make the trip in a very short time. J. M. Studebaker, of South Bend, Ind., is here in his yacht which is ninety-eight feet long. One Sunday morning early in January the Swaunee river i special came rolling down the sea board railroad tracks, pulled on to the siding in front of our home and uncoupled the Pullman car Palm Beach. Its passengers were Edson Ford, family and maids. They were here for about two hours, then the bus and trucks came and they moved to their cottage in Belleview. L. A Neff. FROM CALIFORNIA Los Angeles, Jan. 22. Mr. Editor: — Enclosed find $1 for 6 months more on my subscription. I can’t hardly do without the Journal. We are all well and getting along fine. The weather is warm. In the last 30 days the - tourists have been coming at the rate of 5,000 to 6,000 a day. I never saw so many eastern people. It seems that the eye of the world is on Los Angeles. The Indiana people will have their picnic on February 22. Don’t know when we will start home. Yours truly. Geo. D. Bartholomew. CUSTOMER-OWNERS HIP PLAN The customer-ownership plan of public utilities has been adopted by a number of the more progressive utilities companies throughout the U. S. successfully. Following its adoption by the Middle west Utilities Co. it was tried by the Interstate Public Service Co., a subsidiyy of the former. It has met with such success that, at the present time, the Interstate Company is again conducting a campaign for the sale of its securities in its various properties through its employees. HELD MEETING The Ladies of the Round Table met for their fifth session at "The Sign of The Kettle,” last Thursday. Jan. 25. After hearing the reports of the several committees, Mrs. Riddle favored the ladies with one of her orginal poems, “The Red, White and Blue.” The next two meetings will be held February 8 and February 15 at “The Sign of The Kettle”. All members are urged to be present. Mrs. C. Bowersox, Cor. Sec’y.

FROM FLORIDA St. Petersburg, Jan. 26. H. A. Buettner, Editor Journal, Dear sir:— I have noticed in The Journal every week or so some interesting items from some of the Syracuse, Ind., residents, now sojourning in Florida. I am enclosing an account of a catch I made Wednesday, Jan. 24, in the Gulf of Mexico. It took the assistance of three others to get it into the fishing schooner, and I assure you, I was pretty well done up after the fight it gave. I was accompanied on the trip by E. L. Martin, df Huntington, Ind., and Lake Wawasee (first house south of Lakeview Hotel). I fished through the ice all last winter in good old Wawasee, but none of- the catches at that time came up to this one. We feel quite at home here. Just now many of our neighbors from the lake are here, Dr. and Mrs. A. H. Northrup, Mr. and Mrs. E L. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Brunjes, and a number of others we are not so well acquainted with as the above. The climate here certainly is wonderful, but we are looking forward with great deal of pleasure to our return to our home on Wawasee’s banks. As you know, w'e keep in touch with all the doings of Syracuse and Wawasee through your paper and look forward to its coining every week. With kindest regards to yourself and all friends. I remain, Sincerely, A J. Means. Below’ is the write-up as it appeared in the St. Petersburg Times of Mr. Means’ catch: A. J. Means, Chicago angler, landed a 200-pound man-eating shark from the Yacht Tarpon in the gulf Wednesday. The big fish had three rows of teeth. The boat anchored over the coral beds 30 miles northwest of Johns Pass. Al Harmer of Ardmore, Pa., took first prize with aloa 25pound grouper. The anglers caught 965 pounds of fish in w’hich was included 42 red snapper. Those on board the Tarpon w’ere: R. Begbie, Buffalo, N. Y.; A. Harmer, Ardmore, Pa. E. L. Martin, Huntington. Ind.; W. B. Terrell, Chicago; Robert Wallen, City; John Cooper and R. 0. Watson, Pittsburgh, Pa.; A. J. Means, Chicago, and Mr. and Mrs. A. Hoffer, Clarence, la. 0 LYCEUM COURSE The third number of the Lyceum course will be given at the Oakland Theatre this (Thursday) evening. J. Coates Lockhart and his Scotch Lassies will be the entertainers. This is an especially good musical number and lovers of vocal and instrumental music, should not miss it. oRECEIVED BIRTHDAY GIFT Last Thursday was the birthday anniversary of Rev. T. H< Harman, pastor of the U. B. church, but as Rev. Harman had slipped awray to Marion, Ind., his congregation took advantage of the same last Sunday morning and presented him with an elegant gold-banded fountain pen. oNEW QUARTERS Miller 4 Lepper, the Chevrolet dealers, have rented the room formerly occupied by J. W. Rothenberger to be used as office and show room.

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SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Review of Things by the Editor As He Sees Them on the Surface. If you happened to lose -any buttons in old days, civilization hung on integrity of your suspenders. Buttons were all on clothing and on shoes. Now buttons are so important that they’re thinking of putting forty-eight of ’em in our flag instead of stars. You used to crank up old vehicle with whip. Now you selfcrank your flivver with button. There are more buttons on corporation president’s desk than there are on drum major’s parade coat. 1 *Every time new territory is made State, another button is sewed to Liberty’s torch. What became of that light mother used to hang in window to steer her wayward boy’s rubber heels back to old homestead? Mother won’t live in any place that hasn’t got electric lights. Which makes those romantic old parlor lamps nothing but row of buttons. They milk cows by buttons. President Harding dedicated Panama Canal by pressing button 3,000 miles away. Maybe it was four. What do buttons know about geography? Doors open by mysterious buttons. Bottom button is always bootlegger’s apartment The start trains by buttons. Wreck ’em same way. Elevators are paged by buttons, run by Hotels are operated by buttons. And, if you want to register any squawks, what happens? In old days, manager of hotel would, meet you face to face. Now you’ve got to complain to some button. We’re getting button-faced from living that way. Our eyes are starting to look like button holes. We cook by buttons, eat by buttons and everything tastes like buttons. We sleep on buttons. We’re awakened by buttons. Those pleasant old Sunday morning church chimes are nothing but buttons. Pianos are played by ’em, nations are devastated by some bird pushing wrong button and peace conferences are congested with delegates with skulls like buttons. And when your own button head finally pulls loose from its frail thread of sanity, you wind up in State button house playing “Button, button, whose got that button?” We often hear it said that this or that boy or girl is bad. If that be true, what made them so? Most boys and girls are the result of the capital with which thev entered life, plus the development that has come in response to the influences that have olaved unon their lives since birth. Perhaps they are not wholly to blame for what they are. It mav be that they have been handled by people who do nnt know the simplest laws of child development, who have largelv failed to understand the interests and attitudes .of children. Possibly repression Jias been the rule when it was an impossible process for which guidance should have been substituted. At any rate, if we wish to help rather than criticize, we must try to understand what has made the child or youth what he or she is. One sometimes wonders at the little time spent by parents and oy teachers in our church schools in an effort to know boy life and girl life. Children need not grow up bad. It is not necessary to lose them to the best things. Education is primarily a matter of undeveloped beings and some ’nature personalities who are willing to create environment favorable to wholesome growth. Find time, find time, find time to live and play with boys and girls. - 0 T'-e +»x bnnks are now open at the Syracuse State Bank.

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