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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1922
Page
1
The Silver Lake band will perform an open air concert in Silver Lake next Thursday evening, June 22, marking the first public appearance of the season. The group has practiced hard, invested in new music and instruments, and anticipates a large crowd, with weekly concerts each Thursday through the summer.
Two men were arrested last Sunday evening at Lagro after being found inside a large machine bearing an Ohio license. Police recovered nitroglycerine and a full burglar tool set in the car. The suspects were jailed in Wabash.
Purdue University agricultural station warns that a southern seed company plans to sell Johnson grass in Indiana. The weed makes good hay but is extremely noxious and nearly impossible to eradicate.
Miss Mabel Martindale returned to her home here last Saturday after a winter in Southend where she had worked as an instructor in the schools there.
A large crowd estimated near fifteen hundred attended the park opening at Myrtle-Glenn Park last Sunday. The Wabash Gridiron Club provided entertainment in the afternoon with songs solos old time melodies and popular ballads. The club was praised as one of the best seen here and the park shows notable improvements.
Mrs S B Burde, former Silver Lake resident, is in critical condition at her Wabash home after a week of illness believed to be a mild stroke. Daughter Kathleen studied in Fort Wayne and son Roy, Tipton bank cashier, has been traveling home.
A Sunday gathering at the Kissinger cottage on Yellow Creek lake drew over twenty attendees. The picnic featured a noon meal with an elaborate spread and included Mr. Kissinger’s sisters Mrs Lemon Eider Mrs E E Valentine and families Royal Neff and family of Claypool Mrs Minnie Rittenhouse and her guest James Hill of South Bend Mrs Cal Kissinger from Los Angeles and Miss Cecile Meinert from the locality.
Milton Leckrone returned home late last week to spend his summer vacation. He is pursuing a course in medicine and has spent three years at Bloomington. he is undecided whether to complete the program at Indianapolis or Chicago.
Gordon Gresso and his wife visiting from Warsaw are guests this week at the A. S. Sprigg home as Gordon recovers from a several months illness with typhoid fever.
The center notes that the exact date for Children's Day exercises has not been set. It will be announced in the Record in due time.
Mrs. Sidney Black was arrested last week on a country road north of Warsaw by state highway policeman Gordon Otstota for operating an automobile without the certificate of ownership displayed in plain sight. Mrs. White, from Lake Wawasee, was in the machine driven by a colored chauffeur. She appeared in Justice J. S. Cain's Warsaw court and paid a fine totaling 18.50 dollars.
The cottony scales on maple trees in town and surrounding areas have worsened over weeks, giving a white appearance and killing severely affected trees. People report whale oil soap or oil sprays as potential remedies, with Columbia City and North Manchester seeing severe damage and no action yet.
The Excelsior Class of the Sunday School hosts an ice cream social on the church lawn Saturday evening at Center north of town. Proceeds support church activities.
John Foulke aged 70 committed death by own action at his home in Bippus last Saturday. He drank carbolic acid about five in the morning and died about noon. He is survived by his widow and six children.
The annual exercises for Kosciusko County eighth grade graduates take place in Winona on Saturday June 17 in the tabernacle. About two hundred seniors will present a varied program with music from Etna Green Barker and North Webster high schools and an address by Dr. Stewart Long of Sullivan on Reaching the Goal. Lake township graduates include Nada Smith Goldie M Neher Oneida Jamison and Cuba Smith.
Straus Brothers Company announces moving its general offices from Ligonier to Chicago after July 15th and establishing representatives in key midwestern cities. Founded in 1860, it is billed as the country’s largest firm of improved farm merchants with capital and surplus over 4 million dollars and a focus on high quality farm real estate.
Joe Arthur fell ill with sudden paralysis at Winona Lake last Friday morning and was moved to his Warsaw home where he lies unconscious and in doubt of recovery. He is known locally as the brother of J. L. Arthur, former Silver Lake resident.
Road work on Gresso road has progressed rapidly with half the route graded and ready for gravel. In town, grading is delayed due to paving plans, while curbing and cement work will take weeks, leaving Main Street dusty and difficult when wet.
Last week H. E. Maurer removed one of the area’s oldest structures a boat house built about thirty five years ago on Silver Lake shore. The site was cleared as Mr Braude cleans up the resort area and all old buildings were torn down.
The Silver Lake circuit churches announce preaching at South Pleasant 9 30 a m and Silver Lake 10 45 a m with the subject Evolution or Did Man Originate from the regal Evening 7 30 p m Children’s Day exercises in the evening all are invited Pastor J L Sturgell asks for your presence to help.
Mrs Jack Kreamer hosted the Lutheran aid society last Thursday afternoon. Two attendees were Mrs Ralph Kreamer and daughter Madatine. Mrs Russell Kreamer of Akron. Mrs Ray Hively of Claypool. and Wilma Kreamer of Warsaw, who entertained with recitations and songs. Dainty refreshments were served by Mrs Ray Hively and Mrs Russell Kreamer. The society will omit meetings during the hot summer months.
A youth band comprised of forty members ages fourteen to seventeen gathered for an afternoon session. The group features boys ranging from fourteen to seventeen in a large ensemble setting.
The Record notes Myrtle-Glenn park run by Dr A Pearson attracts thousands yearly with nearly 50 cottages and full services. Courtland Park north of Myrtle Glenn plans a June 25 opening with a Scottish band, bath house, boats, and concession, promising a popular summer retreat.
The closed season ends today and fishermen have been preparing gear and buying equipment for the first day of open season. Many aim to start early and some plan to stay up all night to secure prime angling spots tomorrow.
Last Saturday evening 8 Fried man nearly drowned in Center lake Warsaw after going out too far from shore. Local reports warn of rising bathing season hazards as drownings appear in papers nationwide.
Last Friday's strong winds caused no damage locally but a cyclone like gust struck Huna Green at about six o'clock, totally wrecking a large building erected over forty years ago.
Professor J D L Oline presented Decatur high school commencement edition of the monthly paper Ravelings. The 154 page 83 by 11 inch publication is fully illustrated with faculty board students teams and facilities. Five hundred copies issued at a cost of one thousand dollars.
William Wiley arrived home Tuesday from Hudson Michigan where he had stayed several days visiting his wife and their daughter Mrs Lee Bark ness and family who had been there for months. The trip was planned with his wife and daughter for support during their stay.
Large crowd from town and nearby areas attended the sale held at the Tucker place southeast of town last Friday. Nearly all the personal property at the estate was offered at auction.
A Fort Wayne business delegation from the Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce will visit Silver Lake on June 26 for a Get Acquainted tour. About forty automobiles will bring the group, accompanied by the General Electric band from Fort Wayne, to meet local business men and spend a few hours in the city before continuing to North Manchester. The schedule shows arrival shortly after 1 o'clock and a brief stay before departing for Ol.
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