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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1919
Page
1
Citizens voice strong support for a Silver Lake Commercial Club. A resident says he will join as soon as the club can receive members. The RECORD article sparked broad backing as by laws and regulations are drafted ahead of an organizing meeting.
A large audience gathered Monday evening in the Lyceum room of the high school to enjoy an entertaining program. The event was well received with many attendees in attendance.
Albert Zimmerman of a southwest farm spent several days in Chicago for business matters connected with his holdings after moving to the city in early spring.
Large attendance reported at the Everett Jontz public sale held at his place. The event then shifts to the Wyncupp farm near Columbia City as proceeds continue.
The Record Job Department printed catalogues for O. W. Ford announcing an O I C hog sale to be held on Thursday of next week.
Mrs Mary Jane Hillast hosted a surprise gathering at her north town residence with relatives including Otho Hill and family Esta Gresseland and family Levi Hill and family A J Hill and others from North Manchester and southwest of town.
The opening of school adds interest with 200000 members joining the Lake Division of the Junior Red Cross before the month ends. This will push total Junior auxiliaries to about a million as they aim for more members. Junior Red Cross members will assist in the Roll Call from November 2 to 11.
Steps were taken toward incorporating Larwill with a town government of trustees plus a town clerk and treasurer. The plan envisions electric lights, later paved streets, and potential water works and a fire fighting organization to protect property.
Carter and Ed Wendel visited Chicago last Saturday and purchased a car of cattle. They had the stock shipped to their place southwest of town where it will be fed for several months.
A nationwide move to conserve fuel has led many light and power plants to shut down after 11 PM daily. On Saturdays plants will operate until 12 PM to maintain essential services.
A year ago the county reported over one hundred influenza cases. By this date this year only about twenty cases have been recorded. Officials express hope for no further reports.
A small army of mechanics and laborers are at work preparing mammoth structures for the 1919 International Live Stock Exposition to be held in Chicago from November 29 to December 6.
Local merchants received several shipments of sugar last week and distributed it to customers. The sugar equalization board reports 168 million pounds unloaded at New York and Philadelphia ports and about 13.55 million pounds released to consumers, with expectations of a normal supply by week’s end.
A RECORD interview notes Silver Lake lacks a cinema and a timely opening could attract strong patronage. The idea encourages an operator to invest, create an attractive venue, show quality films, and run a disciplined business to draw crowds.
Mitchell Wayyghand aged 18 president of Warsaw was shot in the breast when a shotgun discharged accidentally while hunting last Wednesday afternoon.
A sale of high grade Shorthorn cattle will be held at the Maple Grove Stock Farm two and a half miles south of Silver Lake on Friday November 27. Large bills will be printed by the RECORD JOB DEPARTMENT for the event.
An ad announces the film Shepherd of the Hills to be shown at the Argonne Theatre in Akron on Monday evening November 17. The production, filmed in California and the Ozarks, involved over a hundred people and numerous livestock and cost thousands of dollars to produce at a nominal Akron price.
Mrs. Earl Cline of Dayton Ohio visited H H Regenus home in Akron on Sunday and planned a several day stay with relatives in Indiana. She traveled to Silver Lake Tuesday with Mrs Regenus who stayed briefly. Cline will spend time at U K and J D Cline home and Rochester relatives. Earl and Mrs Cline once lived in Silver Lake before moving to Lafayette then Ohio.
The H. C. Whitmer family of Atwood visits Macy last Sunday. They join Mrs. Electa Snyder and Mr. and Mrs. Chas Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Join Snyder and Mr. and Mrs. Chas Snyder for a day with Dessie Harding and family.
A large crowd watched the Laketon area game last Saturday as Silver Lake High School beat locals 21 to 18. The schedule ahead includes Laketon at home on Nov 19, at Sidney Friday, and Mentone at home on Nov 26, with hopes to rebound after a season-opening loss. The 7:45 p.m. tipoff was in the big hall and anticipation runs high for the upcoming rivalry games.
The ReEecorp office invites customers to subscribe to magazines from their catalog takeover and promises savings on the purchase.
Residents complain that county business districts were told to close for Armistice Day over a week ago yet many Warsaw stores did not close on the big celebration day. The Barbecue committee had urged countywide closures including Silver Lake businesses, causing confusion among locals.
The Warsaw lodge reports about a dozen applications on file with more in sight, promising extended degree work. Twenty four Warsaw members assisted at last week’s meeting, aided by visiting members including Charles Bartol who helped found the Silver Lake lodge thirty two years ago.
The Silver Lake Co Operative Stock Association shipped a car of stock to the Chicago market last Saturday and another car on Tuesday.
Bernard Votter of Warsaw has accepted a temporary position in a Syracuse drug store, adding to local staffing changes in central New York.
Definitive plans outline a new westward road from Lima Ohio to Chicago. The route will pass through Huntington North Manchester Akron Rochester Culver and connect to Chicago, hitting several other sizable towns along the way.
Prof. Roy L. Jones of Purdue University visited town last Thursday to help C. I. Bashore map out a poultry plant to be built on Bashore’s newly bought property north of town, previously owned by J. A. Ramsey.
Farmers report a large portion have finished husking corn for the fall and prepared fodder and corn for winter. Compared to two years ago many kept corn in the field through winter and husked in barns.
The Postal Service orders all rural mailboxes moved to the right hand side of regularly traveled roads and set at 64 inches above ground. Patrons must comply by November 15. Carriers face safety concerns as they adjust from left to right side driving, amid past accidents from crossing paths with oncoming traffic.
The Stork brings a daughter to Mr. and Mrs Dale Wood at North Manchester on Sunday. Mrs Wood is Florence Gall daughter of Mr and Mrs John Gall. Another daughter arrives for Mr and Mrs Floyd Drudge residing northeast of town last Saturday. The baby Erma Geraldine weighed five pounds.
Members of the Mothers club were entertained last Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. R. R. Henderson. The event featured socializing and companionship among attendees in a friendly gathering.
Victoria residents held a reading club gathering Monday night at Mrs H P Rager home. The previous Friday afternoon the embroidery club was entertained at the E M Funk home.
A large crowd gathered in Warsaw on Armistice Day, about 5000 attending a community feed of barbecued ox, pie, cake, bread, beans and coffee. The parade featured a military band, 86 Civil War veterans with drum corps, and about 300 World War soldiers, followed by school children. Auto caravans arrived from across the county, and after the parade a large tented dinner was served.
Lake township schools were closed Tuesday so teachers and pupils could attend the Soldiers day celebration in Warsaw.
To Repair Sewing Machines Mr Iden an old sewing machine mechanician will be in Silver Lake for a few days this week or next to adjust machines that others can't. He charges nothing unless he puts them right again. He also trues up and sharpens scissors.
Fred McKown, a Big Four agent, resumes work after a three month leave to tend his onion and potato crop. He shipped about seventy five carloads of onions and moved into the L. W. Myers house to begin housekeeping.
The Junior Red Cross plans two education initiatives postwar. Scholarships will aid children of disabled service members to extend schooling and gain vocational training. A second aim fosters international understanding through graded lessons on geography and culture, prepared for teachers to use this fall.
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