The Cedarville Herald, Volume 51, Numbers 1-26

,r~ e -» o m * ’f r - 't * *<# •w ■! * Ji •' * . • H Ev*ery Woman Knew Whst I w f Widow I<eama, E w Eiwfeund Woeld Be Insured With Our Aedkknt JPolicgs, No Business Is Too Bigr to Use Ad­ vertising and None Too Boor to A l­ ford using it. BU TT -F IR ST YEAR NO. 12. mm CEDARVILLE, OHIO, !H 2,1828 PRICE, $1.50A YEAR MEWMR \ * (By Sylv* Lyon) For the first time in tee history of the Annual Greens County Basket Ball Tournament for Olaaa B High ; Schools. Bellbrook High School toy* won the Championship, Bellbrook came to the tourney as the fayorite team and ran true to form by winning their three games by a comparatively wide margin. B^th Township High School giris deci'fively defeated Bellbrook in, the fine* round for girls to the tune o f 2$ to 38. This is. the second successive championship for the Bath lassies. The Cedarville girls defeated Caesar Creek but were defeated in their second game by the Champion* Bath Sextete, The Cedarville lassies i Honaker after playing far below their iisnof iGegg „ Cosier BathTwp. K. Jones --------Boss Twp, Barnett BeBferook Girl* (Second Team) Jooas----------------------- 5to*a -Tw^, Bwrnatt------------ F-------- Bath Tiwp, Fimc--------- -— ,C~ Spring VaRey •Bailey Beavercreek Woiss------------G,_ Yellow Springs Prints „•— „ ------ Cedarville •The matter of eefeeting all*Star Teams has always been, and Will al­ ways be, a. matter of guesswork but nevertheless The Herald’s reptesen- atives have picked.- team* .that .are conouleMdby r»*ny.people to be much stronger both on offensive and de­ fensive playing than the official Alt Star Team. Following are the Herald’s selec­ tions in the boys -derision: First Team Bannfltt Bellbrook Rohm-----—F— Boss Twp. Grower — — C„,— , Bath Twp. W e r — ----- J3rf—----- Bellbrook POrd ,-W W St*» V*M *>V m # an V* tm Bath Twp, Second Team' H---— Bath Twp. F-.,..—* Bellbrook form in the first half came back, in]‘Swain *s*C5j«i . Boss Twp, the second half and played “heeds up" Rupp ’S.--------- „JG.,_ O. S. and S, 0, basket hall but the timers gun put an1 . ' , ' Home end’ to their efforts. ' <j_M. Stewart----- Beavercreek The- biggest Upset of the totirna- ’ Following are the1Herald's selec- ment however. Was ^he.defeat of the tions in the girls division: . Cedarville boys by Boss to the score First Team of 45 to 17* Cedarville bad defeated. Armstrong — ,__F-------- Bath Twp. Boss twice during the past season but E*Peterson----- F .______Bellbrook just Couldn’t get going iijj. the tour- Smith * — ----HD------- Cedarville STOLEN GOLD IS STILL UNCLAIMED So far, effwts pt Sheriff Ohmor Tate to trace the ownership o f be­ tween $400 and jPSfUr worth- of dental geld, which was■found ip the posses­ sion of Paul Sheridan,*ali« Paul Por­ ters, when he and Leroy Reiser were arrested, pea* Wayneayjlle,* Warren county, two wedke age, have1 been unsuccessful. Sheridan and Reiser arid that they had come here from the east and it it suppo*ed that th* gdd was stolen « little alt a time in various■places* Sheridan is held by federal officers (n Barton on a narcotic charge, Reiser Was turned over to Birminghtm, Ala*, authori- tieeaon a murder charge. - Sheridan and Beiser were arrested After they had robbed the office o f J9r. -■A. N. Vandeman at .Spring Valley. 1 Suggested Memorial for First Publisher nament. TOURNAMENT RESULTS - ‘ Friday morning Games (First Record) (Boys)' Spring Valley 18, Bowers- yille 17. Cosier........... „„.C -------- Bath Twp. Barnett — G--------- Bellbrook B. Armstrong _.-,G-------- Bath Twp. Second Team Bennett — ----- f-F ----- Bath Twp. Linton J,—---------- F__»^:' Bowersville (Girls)> Cedarville IS, Caesar Creek Ba iley-----------_C „I__ Beavercreek Twp. 9. „ Swaby — „— -----C- — Cedarville (Boys) Caesar Creek Twp. 27, O* Bringman - L i -—G--,----- Bath Twp* ’ ~ ' iPrints —G l------ . Cedarville S. and S. O, Home 26, Friday Afternoon Games (Second Record) .(Girls) Bellbrook 32, Blavercreek (Boys) Bath’ Twp. 2$, Beavercreek ,18. (Girls) Boss Twp, 32, .Yellow Springs 19.' (Boys) Spring Valley 31, Yellov,. Springs 12, , • . , (Giris) Bath Twp* 34, Cedarville 23. FRIDAY NIGHT GAMES. : (Second Record) .. (Boys) Bellbrook 37, G&esarcreek 29, ‘ ’ ' ' ’ (Giris) Bbwetsvfilte 29, Spring Val- ............ ......... IS lay Games -(Semi-Finals) (Girls) Bellbrook. 33, Boss Twp, is. (Boys) Bath Twp* 28, Spring Valley te, 1 ■ - • . ■ (Girls) Bath Twp. 36, Bowersville 12: (BoyS) Bellbrook 32, Boas Twp, 18, (Finals) (Boys) Bellbrook 29, Bath Twp, 17, ' (Girls) Bath Twp, 26, Bellbrook 18. Following are the all Stars Teams as picked by the referees, E. R.' God­ frey and Sammy Fleet;- Boys (First Team) Basnett ___Bellbrook Honakar — F______ Bath Twp. ’ Swain ____ —C-_,__ _ Boss Twp. Huff — w—- - G __ Spring Valley Spitler _____ G__ ____ Bellbrook Boys (Second Team) Behm _________________ Ross Twp. Noland ______ ,-F~ 0. S. and S. 0. ■ ■ Home Gromdr,----- -— C -— t Bath Twp. Gordon BossTwp. Peters *___ G__________ Cedarville Mrs. G. E. Cecil of, Van Lear, Ky. Girls (First Team) [returned home Thursday, after spertd- Armstrong BathTwp. ing several dhys with her brother-in- E. Peterson__—F^— Bellbrook law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Smith_____— — Cedarville Masters* )eath Tuesday Of Mrs. Huntington After an illness of little more, than two weeks, Mrs. Hannah K. Hunting- ton, died at herresidence SinColumbus, Tuesday. She was 89 years old and -was the•'widow, of the late Hugh R. Huntington, Civil War Veteran. The funeral, service will be held Triday afternoon from, the homo With mrial at Union' Cemetery. The deceased was born in South .Iharieston. She was educated in Earl- mra and Aptii-ch "olfeges. - Nutt,’ Durham, N. G„ Mrs* E. G. Bailey, Easton,, Fa*, and Miss Kather­ ine, at home. The sons are Hugh Huntington, . attorney, ’ Columbus, Arthur, ht Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and William K*, Portland, Oregon." - A brother, Howell Pierce, Toledo also survives. - * ' ■ Mr. W. M* Collins will attend the funeral, being related to the family, that was well known in this country. During the Buckeye Press?Associa­ tion, Pirof, C, B. Galbreitth, Secretary of the Ohip Archaeological arid Hia- toricai* Society, read aft’ interesting paper traajtut the. histcjty .o f -news­ papers in -Ohio,, He stated that the first paper printed in the Northwest territory was- in Cincinnati "in 1793. He- displayed Hie only copy in most- ence of the' first issue which now .be­ longs to the state. * , ' The publisher was Willidm Mafewell of whom there are a number of nsht- tives in thiWcoUnty. Prof. GalbroSith Suggested that the publisher con­ sider a suitable memorial for the al­ most forgotten grave, o f the first editor who was buried in Greene county, near Tributes, President Raymond B. Howard last Weeknamed the members of this com­ mittee as follows: •, , ( Karlh Bull, Cedarville Herald, chairman. C, R, White, Holmes County,Farm­ er-Hub. • - ; , ' i C. R. Callahan, Believed Gazette* Hemy C. Brown, Cincinnati Com­ mercial Tribune; ' PrOf. 6. G. Hooper, Department of Journalism at Ohio State University. WillRetumToday From Ocean Trip Mw Harry Biff o f London was .in term‘Tuesday and.»|MKted to friends p;«Jiictf M*jrr ia^wiw'' >e 'Atlantic, and is expected to dock sometime Friday at [Baltimore. Paul wanted to bee more.bf the world and accepted a place op a'freighter that he might mako the tripl C. C. GIRLS HOLD * O, N. U. TO A TIE RE-APPOINTED Mrs. J. S. -Van Eaton was re-ap­ pointed to her second term as a mem­ ber of the Board of Trustees, Greene County Children’s Home, by the County Commissioners Saturday. The personnel of the board is as follows: Mrs, Van Eaton,' James A* Carper, W. J* Cherry and J. G, Dixon. MrS. Van Eaton’s' term is for four years, ^ ' ■ Songs of PlainFolks i '4 Kt On Ghosty Creeka “ hfunted” houla la crouchingdeep In draw; Prommoeeyroof and tuftingdoom It stare* at thosewho p**e. Ahermit died there longMg Andnow. *ometimee-~atnhlltt-- Tluouah cobwab-curtelnedwindows, Folk#*ay they teaa ll§ht* It’*witched*11thind*within It* reach, IP# tauihf thewind tomoan, IP# taughtthe tanged tree* to rifth* Themd windmlTto*reanj Aehindle to come loot#andrap, Anowl to after eriet, Shutter* ft open, slow, anddoe* LOweyrih* overefe*. Sov*creep tip ft the whau«t4d', feou#i, And, by the “Hermit’* tree,M % w&gkitMiisw*'1: witm ;»fHidow*fatt W«’t be, r-gound*,. H “The pa^ good gor* for hire tei tion or t o . o f for the pr ployer. The outlawed," da or, attorfiey mBeting of club Friday- “Our state but little, if years, It has^n)^ times* Our .sfatt-; trols to a ve government. ■ some, impfoV municipal government 4|-% some) eompUeatT“ “Otir taxat obsolete and We Could raws.-, taxes with i faction to over tinning to breed li* “The utiiiiy ..cbnt not be broken*: -this istate take away from .the*-1 and restore, it to I parties. ■The i captured the ! political -parries kv and dry barrage d 1 lobby has gro^fi '' payer,; and inve«tdr| worst of it,” ' - “I make the ‘that, the AUti-S*dc utility lobbyists candidate for Gov Beau primaries.! “In-the Ps didates .So far factory to iW Sp long as thriv satisfied' you Witt lobby will goalonglcsd will stilt be ab!e'; Wet and dry barrai 9Now don’t g#fct Ureal fight oh in^ ate means vriU be' prilBy-lobby^L The College girls in a. last lminute rush pulled what ICoked like a defeat to a tie when the Ohio.Northeni Girls took thefioor nt Alford Gym, Monday evening; Cedarville trailed hi the count at the-end of the half but came back in good shape holding,the score to a tie, 20 to 29*. This game is reported as the'best yet put up this season by the local team, Northern has lost hut on&'game’ this season ‘and Cedarville three. ( Line up . > , O. N. U* * ‘ Cedarville Connor'.-----„__L.F.-___ Mitchell Kiblinger — —R.F.-J-----Tanner Decker ....___ ..*C.------- Smith Rader_______ R.G._____ *-___ IUffe Battles ___ -_.L.G.--___ Bpwsbier NewtOn 1~ -----C.G.—____ Baisanen Substitutions: 0. N. U.—Clear for Connor. Cedarville—Ciminelli for Mitchell, LeMar for Baisanen. Goals—0. N. U,—Kiblinger-6, Dec* ker-6, Cle. -1; fouls-Riblinger-6. Cedarville—Smith-8, Tanner-2, Mit- cheB-2. The College girls suffered defeat in two games last week. One at Find­ lay by a score of 20 to 16. The other at Ohio Northern When-the score was 33 to 16, The Findlay team is said to be-one of the best In the state. The 'kamea were contested to the end. Four girls brought home marks of the pee* Misses Bifi and Donaldson received eye bruise*. LeMar lost a tooth and Sowahier a sprained ankle. OPEN OFFICE IN BANK BUILDING Biff Brothers have opened an office, in The Exchange Bank building next to that of IV, t* Clematis. ’ Mr. F, K* Harsh of Cincinnati will locate here and be office manager for the firm, which specializes in railroad contract­ ing. Mr* Harsh, wife and daughter, will, take rooms for the present with: Mr. and Mrs. J* G* McCdrkell* - 4 MaN*iMisdaMiHuieiMeieiiitete^ * H ogs sold ' wkll AT FEBNDALE FARM The Hampshire Sow sale held last Thursday by 0. A. Dobbins, eclipsed tM former sale in average* This year the average was $45 Which was $8 over the previous sale average, A large’ number of sows Were sold to distant breeders who were in atten- .dance at the sa le-. i menace ft ■h a man who ’te'stiffe legisla- metemnt there­ of hte oWn em- ►byjst should be Iward 0. Turn addressing i mniy Masonic has made in recent »t up with the iment con- extent'all local lore has been .the form o f , our local le is cumher- f costly. is archaic^ t!y. inefficient, much dr more itico ahd satis- id without con- rand hyprocites. in Ohio’ will the people of leal domination- loon league gularpolicitical >n league ha# power in both ick o f jts Wet it public utility bdtb the rate getting the ,v-*, ‘ -d. |ent .prediction *gue and the back the.'1 same in the Bepub- tugnst, , . ranks, the can* lopa League, loon League is Wt the Utility m£that they behind the », there isn’t ‘.riesper-, I-to-by the their held favor refarte id! dtflity matters*' “CloSely conneried with the paid lobbyist and fraudulent elections is the question, of campaign contribu­ tions. r|*While party, organizations have legitimate expenses which must be -met' by subscription, these ex­ penses should be kept to a minimum so that they may. b€ met from.small contributions mada ftom patrotic in large expsgiditutee ’it ■means the solicitation o f- Jm-ge -amdunts of money,:, and when-this Is d^n« it is inevitable flrntr -those who put up large Sumaodteuttne^ffit-etped: some­ thing in. tetFumV tii^refer. It is no longer a matter, of patriotism but it becomes a -matter- off investment. “Remember this, #>at Just as the stream can rise no higher than its source, So -even you can.not-expect the public official .ft .be any better than-' tito community which creates him. No metemotphoria occurs to an individual ’by jntere /election to office. Lihetently he remote* the name* If the buakieu malt kietead o f shirking his r«*ponribi1iby wifi tebe an-interest in politic* add- -ffierintrge hi* duty the duty be ow&'to&Qdy ifis country, his neighbor and himself), we shall Mo on have to* eaUie for complaint against inefficient government,’’ AUBR?^TOHURTlv^i|| initiate Bill To Zgjggfjt A Columbus contractor, Wm. Smith, escaped with‘ his life Friday night when his Packard car hit the Mc­ Millan bridge east of town. Smith is said to have been travel­ ing about 70 miles an hour when his car hit the cross boards on the floor of the bridge, He of course was una­ ware of the hoard* and the front wheel waa turned in it* Course and tee car hit the heavy bridge work. So great was the impact that a hole was broken in the bridge floor and tee car bounced back into tee ditch. It was taken to Columbus the next day. Smith hired a taxi to continue pn ft Cincinnati where it is said he was tp to married. He escaped unhurt but his car was badly wrecked. Wilmington Won An Easy Game Wilmington College basket ball team met the Yellow Jackets at Al­ ford Memorial, Wednesday night, and walked away ’ with- an easy victory. The score was 52- to 38. - •The local team was greatly handi­ capped with Bob Jacobs in guard posi­ tion and he suffering with a sprained ankle. The visitors took U healthy lead and were able to'defend it. NEWS LETTER FROMSfiTE DEPARTMENTS . Some weeks ago the Herald touched on the utility situation in Ohio and the Pence law which the legislature refused to repeal one year ago. , Charles H. Hubbell, representing C* A. Dyer for the Farm Bureau and Ohio Gragge, has started a movement for an initiated repeal of the Pence law. In ether words the voters wilj be, asked to pass on this law as was doho with the deceased justice of peace bill. The Herald received the following telegram from' Mr, .Hubbell, Tuesday* Cleveland, February 27. Karlh-Bull, - • ' Cedarville Herald, - Cedarville, Ohio. • “Have just seen your recent edi­ torial concerning ’ Dyer and Hubbell and Pence laW and lobbyist, attorney general and legislature and other sub­ jects. You may be interested to know that plans have been made for, and I am now working on, an initiative -to repeal Section six fourteen dash twenty that is the Pence law. Repeal was blocked in last legislature by powerful utilities lqbby. In my opinion no - repeal can be gotten Through any future legislature and the only remedy is to initiate a repeal and take it to a vote of .the people. . Charles ‘H. Hubbell. -The expression of the above tele­ gram is that Mr. Hubbell is convinced the public can expect nothing from any1future' legislature relative to the SOM Who E<iwal<J COLUMBUS, 0.—Secretary of State, Clarence J, Browp and Com­ missioner of Motor Vehicles, Chal­ mers R* Wilson, have announced that the 1929 automobile license tags ,will .ot carry the star series. The D. series, which .has belonged ,to the iehlera will be given a new series .icsignated by the letter X. This fliange ,has been made owing to the (act that -the ‘star series tags were :ard to read, many people not notic­ ing the star when taking dovte license numbers. Ail of the* letter'prefixes i'f the 192 tags will be of the same :'i?e as the figures. Heretofore they bays been smaller teatt-the figures. CEDAItVteEHAS WON TIMES The following- are tea* winning items In th« badkft bail tournament in the county title* te*.count contests were Storied: Year Boys Girls 1916—Xanis l9l6**-Osborn ( 1917—Osborn 1918—CedartiB* *, 1919—Xante Ik 1920—BeaveteM^ 1921—Y. Spring 1922—Janirtfstowh » 1028—CedarVifl* 1924—Y. Sprint)*- : 1926—Bfcth TWpv 1926—Boss Twp. 1927—Cedarvilii 1928—Bellbrook Cedarville Y. Springs Cedarville Cedarville Ross Twp.' Y, Springs Y. Springs Beavercreek Bath Twp. Bath Twp. WILL TRANF b S-LAND . FOR PURPOSES The Green* cation will hold the CHntott consider te* Clinton count#* land will b» township plan of county tee andtee Iftil oeptlt. of Edu- meeting with today to 1604) acres in totmty. The ,-tee Jefferson Under the in Clinton teSftghf best <u« doubt ste­ ward T. Fogo, Deputy Commis­ sioner Of Motor Vehicles in the Office of Secretary o f State Clarence J. Brown, was the honor guest at a ban­ quet tendered'himself and a number of guests' by the Columbiana County Automobile Club, at the River View Hotel In Wellsville Thursday evening, Mr. Fogo being the first president of the club, which now has a member- ,3hip of 1,400. The address of welcome was made by the Deputy’s father, Mayor Wallace L, Fogo, president of the club, County Commissioner J, Howard Sinclair, serving as toast- aiasier. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, Chalmers B. Wilson, State Senator Earl B. Lewis of St. Cl&irs- ville, Speaker of the House, C.’ C. Gray of Cadiz, and the secretary of tee auto chib/E. M. Diehl, together with the guest of honor, Mr. Fogo, were the orators of the occasion. The nine deputy registrars of Columbiana county were also guests at the ban­ quet. . * . m' m . A very successful and satisfactory Mid-Winter Children’s Conference was held in Columbus this‘week under the direction of the Department of Public Welfare. There were large and inter­ esting exhibits of educational mater­ ial for child training in by men and program participated in by men and women of national prominence in child "welfare wotic from various states of the union. The sessions were well attended by delegates from coun­ ties over the state, the Conference closing Thursday evening. . *. • * ■ An evidence that spring is on the way can bo seen ili the activities of the proprietors of auto camps .and tea rooms along the state highways. Many of the camps are being over­ hauled, buildings redecorated and wells drilled to secure fresh Whole­ some water to comply with state re­ quirements. Numerous tea rooms are springing up tike mushroom* and these places are becoming quite pop­ ular with the thousands of tourists who annually traverse Ohio highways. * * * The names of Frahk B, WilHs, Her* bert'Hoover and Ofin J* Ross 'will appear upon tee Republican Presi­ dential Preference Ballot, each having filed a declaration of candidacy. No names wilFappear on the Demaeratic Presidential’ Preference Ballot as At- lee Fomefene did not file* Declara­ tions of candidacy for delegates and alternates to the natioyl conventions have been filed with Secretary of State Clarpnee J. Brown Mrs, Louisa Ewbank, Who recently underwent an operation for go 'm at Cirant hospital, Columbus, has greatly improved and it is expected teat she will be able to return home this week. Repeal Pence Law repeal of the Panes law, It is an admission that more mem­ bers in' the legislature are tinder the influence .or are owned by the utility interests than tojsewho would stand independently in the interest of the hundreds of thousands of telephone, gas and electric consumers in tee state.*' ■/ The Herald has for the past four years endeavored to impress on1 the public the seriousness of the situa­ tion in the Ohio legislature, Men . were going to the legislature and re* ■ turning to private life independent financially. Members were'hiding behind a smoke screen of prohibition and other reforms in order to flatten the. pocket-book at the expense o f tee public back-home. . Attorney General Edward Turner described to the Greene County Masonic Club last Friday, night what has been taking place and he has been, fighting for the repeal of the Pence,, law. . - 1 . • / Once the Pence law gets before the public, as did the justice of peace bill, • its’ doom, is sounded and the Herald - will lend all possible aid in the inter-* est of' consumers of gas, electricity • and the telephone* .' We are'glad to know*that Messrs. Hubbell ’and Dyer have included the Pence law in their'program ’and not' just the electric situation discussed in our editorial.’ County Officials Pace Injunction A second attempt of the. Greene county commissioners to ',start legal proceeding for the purpose of widen­ ing the FairfiSld pike to the regula­ tion 69 feet required for state roads, has been halted by tee Wabash Port­ land Cement company* of Osborn, which brought injunction proceedings in common pleas court. The grounds on. wliich the injunc­ tion Is sought is that th® proposed action by ,tlte ppm. <&' atm•one c sidnefs pre without^jurisdiction, V 1 A.previous attempt to widen the pike also Was stopped by ,an injunc­ tion suit brought by the same firm, with Injunction roceediqgs based on he charge that the proposal was not properly advertised. The comtnis- sloiners later began new roceedings to bring about the widening of the road. SUES ON NOTE Suit, for $427,08, alleged due on a; cognovit note, haa been filed ifi Com­ mon Pleas Court by the Cedarville Farmers Grain Co., against,George Martindale. Marcus Shoup is attor­ ney for the plaintiff. County Banks Have Organized i,Organization of the Greene County Bankers’ association was effected at a meeting last Friday evening in the courthouse;at Xenia. - A. *L*.Fisher, cashier of tee Bow- ■ ersville bank, is president’ of, the organization;,Frank L, Curry, or'the Miami Deposit hank, Yellow Springs^ vice*president and T, P* Kyle, cashier of the Citizens’ National bafik, Xenia, secretary-treasurer,* Farmers and TriideKs, Jamestown; Bowersville bank; Xenia National ,wnd Citizen* National Xenia* ^ , Several other banking -Institutions of the county haVe announced their intention to join the association., The constitution' and by-laws will be- drawn up at the next,meeting March 30 at Jamestown. The organisation will be a branch of the State Banking association* GIVEN JUDGEMENT Ralph Funderburgh has been award­ ed . a judgement in Common Pleas Court against W. Graham, W. B„ and Minnie Graham' Bryson for $668.30, due on a cognovit note. ACALENDAROFOHIOBIRDS-ASTUDY | By Prof. Allen C. Conger, o f Dept, o f Zoology, O. W. U. | Whether a lion or a Jamb ushers in search *of luckless meadow mice, the month of March, we are now cer- Here in the. sky we see circling Bed- tain to witness the prologue pf one of shouldred Hawks, misnamed Hen NatuUe’p most fascinating my$ery (Hawks. The Rusty Grackle stops for plays*-the annual northward-pageant .a few days enroute to a mote north- of migrating birds. For some species his is a jounmey of teousands of miles, beset with many hazards, yet something Which we have vaguely called “instinct” * drives them to undertake this perilous trip, and guides them like weaver’s shuttles back to their proper place ih tee pattern of bird-life of Norte America. Spring arrival dates for Ohio show decided regularity, becoming even more pronounced ,ae tee season ad­ vances. The dates We give here are for Central Ohio and in many case* a correction of a Weak oi more must be made in our most southern counties. Indeed, many individuals of the species in the March list spend the. winter north o f the Ohio River, as has been intimated In our February bird chat To tbo north these over-winter­ ing individuals become less numerous and perhaps an extra three days should be allowed for localities near the lake* During the first fifteen days of March, the Killdeer and the Meadow­ lark' reappear in our open fields.; Robins, Mourning Doves and the traditional harbingers of Spring, the Bluebirds, are again with us in num­ bers. Flocks of noisy Bronzed Grackle* (Crow Blackbirds) wheel in­ to treetops at sunset. Marshes now awaken to the “o-ka-lee" of tee Red- winged Blackbird males, who will be joined a little later by the more tom- bet-clad females. Between March tenth and twenty- fifth eome*Marsh Hawks to beat back and forth above our lowland* in era home. Flickers now appear in numbers and down by the river bridge Phoebe, the earliest of fiy-catehers, calls her name in emphatic accents, Towhees (Chewinks) and Song Spar* rows from the south join their more hardy fellows who wintered here. In Shrubbery and.Undergrowth look for that big, handsome, rusty-eotored Fox Sparrow, another bird o f passage with ohly a stop-over privilege. * March fifteenth to thirtieth brings that master aviator, tee Turkey Vul­ ture, who is really not a buzzard, de­ spite his popular name. Anglers in the form of Belted Kingfishers haunt our streams, unlocked from icy prison walls, The Cowbird, a blackguard who shun* domestic cares, now struts about pasture fields and the rathSr rare Migrant Shrike (Butcher Bird) resumes operations, especially where thorny- bushes, furnish sharp Spike# upon wh|ch to impale his victims* From March twentieth to April fifth w« may expect to find Sap-suck­ ers lapping pine, maple, apple or other trees, one o f the few destructive acts attributed to woodeckers* Th* whistled “fe-o, fe-o, fe-o, few, few, few, few, few” announces the arrival of demure Field Sparrows and the sweet-voiced Vesper Sparrow, gray with its field-mark of white outer toil- feathers, may also be seen before April showers come. Possibly the Chipping Sparrow and the Purple Martin will be with ns be­ fore the month ends, but we had bel­ ter leave them to head eur April list. ' ,n 1 4. ' ->'v wawiF,. *■**&<• ' w * warn