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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1921
Page
1
Mrs. Hazel Jontz Yotter known as Polly died Sunday night in Garrett hospital after illness at Albion home. Funeral held Wednesday at U B Church after remains brought from Albion Monday. Her parents Mr. and Mrs. Greely Jontz live in the community.
Thousands visit the Tippevance river cabin near the Fred Decker home where Leroy Lovett was killed by Virgil Decker. Visitors inspect footprints a bloody door smear and the couch where the crime occurred as autos line the muddy highway and the Decker family watches from the porch.
Mrs. J. W. Watkins of Pittsburg Pennsylvania told police she saw her seventeen year old daughter appear in a motion picture. The report notes the viewing occurred in Pittsburg and involves a minor.
Clarence Swihart and Arthur Grimes sowed a large amount of oats this past week on their farms located southeast of town. The activity reflects a busy period for local grain planting and indicates favorable conditions for the crop this season.
Three foreign born individuals will become United States citizens in Kosciusko circuit court on April 4, an event titled Natural ization Day highlighting the naturalization ceremony.
Mrs. Salsbury is a Silver Lake native and vocalist of note. The couple, recently wed in Chicago on December 11, 1920, will reside in Valparaiso with Ed Salsbury from Valparaiso and Bernice Maggart a valued Silver Luke alumna.
A senior class bazaar and fair at Silver Lake High School drew a large audience Friday night in the school auditorium with visitors from Wabash Urbana North Manchester Akron Sidney Claypool Warsaw Burkett and Mentone. Activities included a zoo fish pond and fortune teller, many dog sandwiches sold, about twenty auction boxes at seventy cents to five dollars, and a popularity contest won by Carrie Snake. The event featured cakes, popcorn, and candy sales, and netted about one hundred dollars to aid commencement expenses.
A letter received Monday reports George Rhodes died at his Wenatchee home Tuesday after a prolonged cancer illness. He was hospitalized over three weeks and had an operation without success. Rhodes, raised southeast of town, moved west about thirty years ago and visited Indiana recently. He leaves wife and five children, and his daughter Lizzie’s husband died eight weeks earlier from the flu. Mrs. Rhodes is sister to Wesley Yates of this locality.
Maynard Young began work Monday as carrier on Route Two filling the vacancy left by Orval Carr last fall. Paul Kerlin had been serving as substitute and had been making the rounds.
Residents from the locality attended a funeral Sunday in North Manchester for Mrs Isabelle Shenefield widow of the late Richard Shenefield. The service took place at the Christ Church in North Manchester.
Last Saturday the eighth grade examination was conducted at the high school in this place. A number of students took the test hoping to earn a passing grade and qualify for high school admission next winter.
A fierce fire at the Losee garage in Elkhart destroyed forty autos and the building. An explosion prior to the blaze blew out the entire front of the garage, with total losses estimated at 75000 dollars.
Lieut. L. D. Merrill an American aviator will visit Winona Lake this summer. He will take hotel guests for flights and offer flying lessons to students at the resort.
Henry Ord of Detroit says the worst of the business depression is over and conditions are steadily improving in Detroit with expectations of similar gains nationwide.
Reports describe pinkeye cases among students in Columbia City. The disease inflames the eyeballs and eyelids, causing redness and discharge as the condition spreads in school settings.
A representative from the International Harvester Co. motor truck department joins Fort Wizype after leaving a position with International Charles E. Baker of War Saw. He is engaged in the automobile and truck business.
Lowman & Son will hold a public sale Saturday afternoon at the W D Lowman home one half mile north of Yellow Creek Lake. Horses cattle hogs chickens farm implements hay ensilage potatoes and other articles to be sold. Detailed descriptions appear on large bills printed by the Record department.
Millard Pence of Whitley County broke Purdue indoor meet high jump record clearing six feet. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Virgil Pence.
The ladies of the U B aid society will serve a penny supper in the church basement on Saturday evening March 26 open to everyone.
W E Moyer and family relocated from Laketon to occupy the Funk property in the town east. Mr Moyer will oversee the Farmers elevator in this place.
George F. Rhodes died at his East Wenatchee home on Tuesday March 15 1921 at age 61. Survived by wife Katherine three daughters Mrs A Henkle Mrs R A Gorsuch and Mrs E L Schmidt two sons Irvin of San Diego California and Owen at home a brother William of Wenatchee and a brother and sister in Indiana.
Rev. E. E. Wright arrived Tuesday from Fort Wayne to lead the funeral service for Mrs. Keith Yotter. Wright and his family lived here about ten years ago when he served as pastor of the local M. E. church.
Arthur Dillman from North Dakota spent several days this week visiting his brother William Dillman and family. He had been in the northwest for several months and plans to return there within a few weeks.
The Hoosier motor club issues a safety first warning urging motorists to obey laws and ordinances, signal turns and stops, yield to pedestrians, slow at crossings and discharging trolley stops, keep right, avoid racing, and value one life over many cars.
In a letter from W E Wood who stayed with his Alliance daughter through winter he reports good health and regular church Sunday school and lodge attendance. He notes the Alliance Sunday school had 1000 attendees on Sunday March 13 with a $46.95 collection while last Sunday rain reduced attendance to 792 and collections to $49.10.
The ruling of former Attorney General Palmer allowing beer wine and whiskey for medical purposes will stand unless the treasury department seeks reconsideration. Regulations for medical use will be issued soon and patients could obtain beer by the case as a tonic. Many large brewers have announced plans to act.
Informant says a brief Easter service will be held at the M E church next Sunday followed by immediate music for worshipers.
A northbound Big Four train struck an automobile about a mile north of Marion Monday forenoon. One man was killed and another fatally injured. The train ran more than an hour late.
Residents felt a light tremor Saturday evening, mistaken for an earthquake. Sunday papers led with headlines about a fierce explosion in Armour grain elevators in Chicago, blamed on spontaneous combustion. The blast wrecked buildings, shattered many windows, and caused about a million dollars in grain losses and widespread property damage.
W F Helser has been in poor health for the past two months and shows little to no improvement, remaining unable to work.
Glen Paulfns traveled to Chicago last Friday after leaving the city about three months ago. He aimed to reclaim his former position in the Windy City and proceeded there promptly after learning he could resume duties.
Mrs. Mary Leonard and her daughter Effie will reside in Warsaw after securing a house and moving their furnishings there soon. They stayed in furnished Warsaw rooms last winter so Miss Addie Leonard could remain at home while employed in the county seat.
The senior class distributed The Spot Light to patrons last Friday and plans a fifth and final issue mid next month. It will include commencement week programs, baccalaureate, class day, class play, commencement and alumni news. The class worked hard to gather material for four issues and deserves credit for their untiring efforts.
Sherman Sausaman of Warsaw has been promoted to mail messenger guiding trips between Grand Rapids Michigan and Richmond Indiana. He recently moved to Warsaw for a letter carrier position and will be assigned to a future permanent route as his family plans to relocate.
Several Eastern Star members from this place attended a banquet in North Manchester on Monday evening.
Virgil Decker's changing stories surface as Grand Jury meets over the Leroy Lovett murder along the Tippecanoe River near Allwood. Decker first denied knowledge, then alleged a friend named Guy fatally wounded Lovett in a cottage, with subsequent inconsistent accounts continuing into the next pages.
Arch Wiltshire and his family near Rochester believe a rousing Macy revival influenced a thief to return $2,000 in Liberty bonds stolen from Wiltshire's home. After the Culver bank robbery Wiltshire briefly kept the bonds, slept, and a burglar took them. An unknown visitor later returned the securities to a kitchen shelf while the family was away.
The plan to build a Star Tool and Manufacturing factory in Mentone collapses as an investigation finds the company’s affairs unstable. A committee reviewing the situation notes the venture is not viable and deems the conditions unsafe for the stock subscribed by local citizens.
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