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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1923
Page
9
The third Parent-Teachers meeting of the school year will be held this Thursday evening in the Silver Lake high school building. An orchestra of about 50 members will provide music and a noteworthy program is planned for the crowd. Parents and others interested in school work are urged to attend to support pupils and learn about the school.
Walter Homman and Dean Hill with two assistants traveled to Flint Michigan to pick up Chevrolet cars and return them to their Claypool garage for repairs.
Mrs Meliesa Arthur of Warsaw traveled to California for the winter to stay with her brother Rev. F. M. Kempe and family. Her sister Lizzie Isenbarger died during her absence and Mrs Arthur could not attend the funeral being unlocatable at the time.
A Christmas entertainment is planned at the Methodist church this Sunday evening December 23. Local participants have been practicing this week after school and during evenings for the program.
The article urges giving to those in need as the true spirit of Christmas. It emphasizes small donations reflect the holiday’s meaning and support less fortunate children.
Mr and Mrs M M Rager visited Detroit natives then traveled to North Manchester to see Mr and Mrs Dennis Dulany and other relatives before heading to South Bend to check on Mrs Ragers brother James Hill who had an appendectomy two weeks ago They planned a Warsaw stop to see Clyde Hill and family The Ragers planned to drive to California before Christmas but feared the dangerous southwest storm made the trip unsafe
A group from this place traveled to Warsaw Monday night to attend a showing of the film Six Days and reported it very good.
Grandpa Samuel Samme is staying in town with his son John Samme and family after the passing of Grandma Samme two weeks ago. He left the farm seeking a period of living nearby.
Jacob Walburn of Warsaw, well known to many in this area, underwent an operation at a Warsaw hospital on Monday.
The attorney general indicated no reason the automobile license fee law would fail a test. The issue began in South Bend where a company with many machines challenged the law as unconstitutional. Automobiles face multiple taxes, but owners hope revenue funds road improvements.
The Record will not print the next issue on December 27 to prepare for the new year. The paper will resume Thursday January 3 1924 and aims to be on duty daily again. The message extends Christmas wishes to readers correspondents advertisers and friends nationwide.
Mrs Esther Dunlap returned to her Detroit home in the latter part of last week after visiting here for several weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs Sol Leckrone and other relatives.
The article notes that next Tuesday will be Christmas and practically all stores in Silver Lake will close for the day so proprietors and clerks may have a holiday after the busy pre Christmas period.
Mrs. Winona Leonard's latest condition remains practically the same. She is staying at the home of her son Donald Leonard in Elkhart.
The 1822 mobile license fees collected 152,367,023 dollars with under four million in costs, leaving 148,750,000 for highways. Of this, 16,000,000 goes to State highway departments, 34,000,000 to Federal air funds, 32,000,000 for Federal aid road maintenance, 6,140,000 for non Federal aid roads, and 2,540,000 to counties. New Hampshire leads per vehicle at 25.73 dollars while Arizona yields 5.69 dollars per vehicle.
A collage of children writing to Santa Claus about Christmas wishes. Requests include watches, toys, dolls, candy, a bicycle, a flashlight, a wagon, a train set, a sled, and a football. Names appear with friendly signoffs in a nostalgic holiday snippet from the section.
Charles Saidla reports more than 200 chickens stolen from his farm over the past 10 days. Two raids were carried out by thieves who removed birds in two automobile trucks. Of 558 chickens, Saidla now has 355 left as the culprits took the best birds.
December jury members in Warsaw have been excused from listening to trials five times this term due to pretrial compromises. This prevents them from gaining experience, with some members serving their first time.
Meetings at 6:00 Sunday evening invite all to attend services at both churches. Christian Endeavor at U B Church led by Ruth F Hamman on Advent Lessons. Epworth League meets at the M E Church.
There will be preaching services at South Pleasant 9:30 a.m. Disko 10:45 a.m. Silver Lake 7:00 p.m. on next Sunday. All are invited to attend and lend their presence. F. S. Young, Pastor.
A three week series of meetings at Packerton ended last Sunday evening with large attendance. The Gaddy Ensley party aided for two weeks and the meetings resulted in about fifty conversions and accessions to the church benefiting the local community.
Mrs. Mattie Horne, who had stayed at the H. G. Groninger home for weeks to care for her sister, returned to Detroit yesterday. She also visited her sister Mrs. J. M. Amiss and brother Sol Leckrone and families during her stay.
Warsaw sheriff attended to business in the vicinity Monday evening. Center Sunday School had an extra good turnout with 102 present. A grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. William Smith died Monday evening. Roy Carr family moved from the Russell Kerlin place to the Samuel Snake place near their former home. We have had grand weather recently and need not go to California for winter.
A Rexall store in town will display fifteen large dolls in its window on Christmas Day to be given to as many little girls as possible. Mr Rager will tally votes from the public and accept ballots until 9 PM Monday December 24 for counting and an early Christmas morning result.
The open quail season expires today December 20. Farmers report many quail in some sections and favor protection as birds benefit farms in many ways.
A Bureau of Mines study on gasoline hazards recommends tinting all motor gasoline red to prevent confusion with water kerosene or other colorless liquids. Experiments show one ounce can color 1000 gallons of gasoline at about seven cents.
The members will meet in the court room in Warsaw on Saturday December 22 at 1 p m to adopt by laws to comply with Indiana Insurance Department regulations. Emanuel Dubbs president Chas A Williamson secretary.
Visiting in Fort Wayne, Clarence Hamman traveled from Fort Wayne last Friday with his father Noah Hamman and wife. They plan to stay with Clarence, Mont, and Charles Hamman families until after the holidays and may visit relatives in Michigan before returning home.
School children canvassed house to house selling Red Cross Christmas Seals to fund tuberculosis work. Since 1918 these funds reduced Indiana deaths by over 1100 and continue to fight the disease. even small donations bring warmth and help save lives.
A brief note about sending the REcoRD as a Christmas present priced at $1.50. The purchaser anticipates the recipient’s pleasure and shares the value of the small, thoughtful gesture.
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