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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1922
Page
1
Tuesday's primary day featured pleasant weather and steady voting from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Voters faced a turnout not as heavy as expected though the township counts about six hundred voters and the race remained close to the end.
Sunday visitors gather from Anderson Kokomo Wabash Huntington and North Manchester to enjoy the park as Myrtle-Glenn adds cottages this spring with more to come before camping season ends next fall and warm days lure vacationers.
Clarence Sicks found a $140 check from Central Bank of West Lebanon, Indiana, issued to O V Adams and payable to George W Ford. The check drifted from Hedrick during an April windstorm, wrecking the Ford home and ending up on Sicks farm about 150 miles away.
Mrs A F Price of near Ada Ohio recently visited her daughter Mrs C S Bashore at the Silver Lake Egg Farm north of town and is now visiting her sister Mrs Clemence in Athens.
The bank here closed Tuesday to observe the election giving employees a vacation day and temporarily suspending ordinary services.
Trustee Clymer released an enumeration showing 309 children of school age in the township last week. The finding reflects the current size of the local student population and informs upcoming school planning.
Pearl Hatfield of Claypool broke her right arm last Friday evening while cranking a machine at home. The injury caused her significant pain but she was reported to be recovering well in a latest update.
The firm of Henderson and Parker of Warsaw wins the county seat's ornamental street lights contract with a bid of 13981 dollars. Ninety eight posts will be installed through the business section of the city and construction is to be completed by July 1.
The ice cream season has opened in earnest with four local sellers offering cream. A large quantity was sold over Saturday evening, Sunday, and Monday in the town.
Sunday May 4 marks Mothers Day with widespread observances. Citizens are urged to wear carnations in remembrance of mothers, living or dead, and churches plan special programs. The American Legion Auxiliary will mobilize its 3500 units to support nationwide observances.
From the Danville Illinois Soldiers Home W E Wood arrived Tuesday and will stay indefinitely. He reports good health and is glad to return to the old town.
Workmen are installing culverts on the Gresso Highway east of here in preparation for summer construction. Contractor Mr Bolley of Akron expects to begin actual building soon to avoid trench disruptions during grading and gravel hauling.
W. H. Kern has been appointed administrator of the estate of Norman D. Tucker, deceased, of Kosciusko County. See the notice elsewhere in this issue of the Recorp.
Here With Highway Police Charles Shull of near Roanun was in town to study automobile statistics. He watched traffic for violations and may return to this locality at any time.
E A Gast of Warsaw received the county commissioners award Monday for the Strombeck road construction in Tippecanoe township. The bid was 27975 dollars and the road runs through North Webster.
A large group attended the teachers examination in Warsaw last Saturday with about one hundred candidates present. Several individuals from the local area also took part in the exam.
Miss Pearl Sunday traveled to Warsaw to work for the summer, joining local employment there for the upcoming season.
William Lewis of Kokomo engages a gang to build a cottage at Myrtle-Glenn Park the first week of spring. This is the third cottage erected this season with several more likely to follow before summer ends.
A tourist camp will be established just north of Warsaw with the ground donated for the site. A rough stove will be built for cooking, wood supplied, and a well provided to serve visitors.
The season closed for bass and bluegill fishing from Monday through June 16. Very few anglers are expected on state lakes during the period. Last week many fished and reported nice catches in most cases.
George McCoy and his wife and James McCoy with his wife from Cassopolis Michigan visited here several days last week with George’s brother.
A South Bend area state auto police captain reports spring arrests rise for missing containers and certificate cards, single license plates, and transit or non registered cards. Many cases involve second hand cars with old plates kept, and two cars in a family sharing plates.
Sermon services will be held at the M. E. church next Sunday after Sunday School. All members and others are invited to attend.
Postal Bulletin from Washington quotes Postmaster General Work urging all post office buildings to fly the United States flag on Sunday May 14 Mother’s Day to honor mothers and show national pride noting most offices already display flags.
The Commerce Department says national business conditions are improving with higher production and increased export trade. Manufacturing industries are on good schedules, though the data are not yet complete enough to measure how much factory activity reflects public buying.
Funeral services were held at the church west of North Manchester on Tuesday of last week for David Miller aged 81. He lived on a farm southeast of town for about 75 years and came to Indiana from Ohio at age seven with his parents. He is survived by his wife and three children.
A son named Robert Owen Wissler was born to Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Wissler in Fort Wayne early this week. Wissler is known in the community as a son of Mrs. H. E. Jones of Mentone and previously lived with the Jones family here.
Silver business men met at the town hall to form a summer band and select committees to solicit funds and recruit musicians. They aim to call on players and hold a follow up meeting soon, hoping to recreate a crowd-pleasing street concert band like last spring.
Mayor Leader asks the American Legion to urge observance of Memorial Day on Tuesday May 30 as a day of honor for dead veterans and to suspend public sports events and races on that day.
Mr. and Mrs. James Anglin and Mrs. L. W. Myers have returned to their Warsaw home after spending the winter in Florida last Friday.
R H Harris, residing two and a half miles northeast of town, recently sold a team of horses weighing a total 3880 pounds with the largest horse at 2030 pounds.
Farmers benefited from a spell of good weather last week as many worked diligently to sow oats. Some fields remained soggy, delaying planting, but those who started late expect a yield on par with nearby farms despite the lateness.
Mr and Mrs John Summe traveled from Ohio to Huntington last Saturday evening and stayed overnight with Mrs Summe s cousin Ed Woolrey and family. On Sunday they drove to Lima and spent the day with Charles Woolrey and family before returning home Sunday night.
Rev. T. D. Butterbaugh from near North Manchester spent a brief Friday afternoon in town. He appears well and mobile but cannot perform manual labor yet, his first trip here since before the holidays.
The article notes a call by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American War Mothers for all people to wear a copy of the Flanders poppy on Memorial Day May 30. President Harding endorses the request and expresses sympathy with the group’s purpose.
A local crowd gathered Sunday afternoon for a ball game between Mentone and Valparaiso. Valparaiso won the contest 3 to 2.
The Public Service Commission authorized Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Company to issue about 30 million dollars in securities to reorganize finances and fund plant improvements in 37 cities. The proceeds mainly refinance old bonds and mortgages, with substantial spending planned in Wabash Logansport and other communities.
Ford dealer Fred McKown has kept salesmen on the road and his shop busy. In April the Buick? no Ford. He sold twenty six new Fords and disposed of twenty nine old machines plus several tractors, boosting local business.
Francis Rager and family left Wednesday for a week to ten days visiting relatives in Ohio. They will visit the Tommy Rager family at Minster and the Smalley families in ME Vernon, then visit other friends before returning.
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