The Cedarville Herald, Volume 52, Numbers 1-26

Mr Advertising" sells three articles where you had only sold one before-* Hewho advertise®—realizes. No Business Is Too Bigrto Vm M * vertising' and None Too Poor to Af­ ford using it FIFTY-SECOND YEAR No. 17. CEDARVILLE, OHIO, )AY, APRIL 5,1929 PRICE, $1.60 A YEAR NEWSLETTER FROMSTATE DEPARTMENTS Columbus, Ohio — The legislative chambers of both branches o f the present General Assembly have been crowded at all sessions the past few days, preparatory to adjournment, the cohsensus o f many legislators being adjournment i f possible on Friday* ' April 18th, As a consequence numer­ ous delegations interested in certain legislation, an well as visitors who wish to see the law-making body of the 'state in operation, are present at all sessions, ■ * * . * The Herbert-M&rtSn bill recodifying 1 the Ohio election laws passed the senate unanimously and every member o f that body who spoke upon the Mil praised Secretary of State Clarence J, Brown and Assistant Secretary John G. Belknap, for their assistance to the committee in redrafting the bill and putting it in proper shape for passage. It has been sent to the House , where it undoubtedly will receive favorable action. It is an administra­ tion measure, eight, o f which have been approved by either Senate or House, The “Bible Bill” is resting peace- ■fully in the Morgue, having been con­ signed there by-the schools committee o f the House by a vote o f 18 to 1 on consideration of the bill which is tan­ tamount to "killing” the measure. | ‘ . Increase in the gasoline tax from three' to four cents per gallon ana establishment o f a state highway police system have been recommend­ ed by the House highway committee. [' They wilj have to be approved how- | ever, by the house calander commit­ tee' before they can be brought up for action. * * ■ * The Marshall anti-salary buying ■. bill after passing the Senate unani­ mously also passed the house by a Vote o f 125 to 0—some record. It now ■goes to the Governor for that official's action. The House has also approved ■ the Morton bill abolishing state high- i. Way' 'assessments against abutting £» - property owners. The Senate has passed a bill providing for the erection - - tion .preferred being Grafton, Lorain county, where the state owns a .large tract o f land. Another bill passed by the Senate would increase the ' 1 membership o f trustees of children’s homes from four to five? another bill removes contributing members of the Ohio National Guard from the list of those exempt from jury duty and one •by Senator Paul M. Herbert prohibits the use o f smoke screen producing apparatus on motor vehicles, f I , State Highway Director Robert N, tVajd will announce the successful bidders in a few days for proposed highway improvements with a total I mileage o f 27& at an estimated cost r . o f $879,759.94, which also includes i bridges and culverts. The work of [ computing the bids o f some seventy- i. ■ five contractors has been some tusk ! but it is now about completed. The i largest contract calls for the comple- I tion of 6.63 .miles of the Upper San- | dusky-Delphos road in Hancock coun- I ty on the Lincoln Highway. It is a i Federal aid project and is to be com­ pleted by November 15th. The cost [ of the improvement has been esti­ mated at $209,818.65. ’ * * * [ Director Hal H. Griswold and his 1 able assistant, Charles E. Sherwood, | of the Department o f Public Welfare, | :J have been two active officials since as­ suming office under the new state ad­ ministration. They ate making a sur­ vey now of the department with the ehd in view of improving conditions | in the twenty-one institutions under their jurisdiction. With a population of 33,000 inmates and property valuation of over $40,000,000, including 16,214 I acres o f land and an annual expendi- 1 tilre of over approximately $9,000,000, I These institutions have 3,500 officers and effiplyees and the two heads of the department are facing one of the busiest times of their career, There is niuoh activity around the Capitol building and grounds now that spring has arrived. Painters, decora* tors and carpenters are having their inning While the landscape gardnCr and assistants are beautifying the Capitol Park. Trees are starting to bud while the shrubbery with lateral shoots is showing much greenery, f h f ' smooth green lawn o f the park con­ tinues to he uprooted by the pesky little squirrels, hunting a place to secrete their goodies# furnished them by out-of-town visitors and hundreds of kiddies who visit the grounds daily . and delight in feeding the pets. A favorite idea o f extension Worit era and others- that younger faritew and homemakers were more ready to adopt new practice# than th* older farm populsUon—has been exploded by a survey o f 1,640 persons. The *«r« vey showed that age had little to do with mdiness to adopt new methods. SCHOOLNEWS Get your ticket# now from any member o f the Junior class fo r the play April 18, Seniors go to Columbus Last Monday in Chapel we were en­ tertained by an account o f the Seniors’ tour through the state capital as told by members o f the Civics class. Ban- kin MacMillan first told o f their ar­ rival in Columhus and the visit to the Juvenile Research ■Bureau; Doris Swaby then described their exciting trip through the insane assylum; Harold Baker told us about the school for the deaf, which they considered one o f the most interesting places ,o f their trip. Begena Smith related an account o f their adventures and the aerial view from the tower of the' A. 1$. U. building. Marjorie Young spoke on the visit to the State Penitentiary where they saw the electric chair but were denied the privelegVof sitting in it. Doris Prints described the State House in­ cluding the Hpuae o f Representatives and Senate in session. Helen Kennon continued the account o f the trip to the state library and Ohio State stadium while Lenore Northup con­ cluded with a description of the huge mastodon in a museum oii the campus. This was unearthed near Springfield, Ohio. This was the annual trip to Ccflumbus which is conducted by Mrs. Wilson for the. benefit o f her Civic ■Class. ■ “ Yes love,” sure we're going to the Junior Play, April J 8 . Baseball Schedule ■ Coach Rolfes_ has announced the first few games of the baseball sched­ ule this spring. _The first games are as follows? -BO Y S Pitchin—there—April 5. Pitchin—here—April 12. GIRLS' Bryan—there—April 9. Be sure to see how “Arnold Goes Into Business" April 18. T. A, Spencer Died ,, Last Thursday T« A. Spencer, 94, one o f the oldest residehts ■of Greene .County, passed away Thursday morning at*, the home of his daughter, Mrs, J. M. Bull, 203 E. Second $t., Xenia. He was bom near Cedarville, De­ cember 17, 1834, -the oldest gOh o f •» .... i .1 ■ ■ ■'I'.iJ - L- Our Little Friends Are Returning % 4 MU 1 o S ee ioo wo you I -r- At: 0 A C K . , « M U 5 r WVfe A m IfME y F he sowh ? ..... A c \IOHBO WINTER i m ( fS 5 b e o o p $ R . ' O e & . u m A 1 0 EAT tffcLM 6LAP1 \V ;:VT. t J Mm *'f at. 'AA COUNCIL TO CHANGE PARKING Council decided Monday evening to adopt the rule of parallel parking for automobiles in order that there would be more room for traffic. Several years ago automobiles were,parked “head in" but latter tp permit greater safety parallel parking was adopted on the west side of Main street. There are a number o f reasons why parallel parking is best. It may not bp as ea‘ y to park but it provides a’; safer method, o f leaving the curb, It removes the long trucks and autpmo biles from the center o f the street. Several accidents have ; happened within the past year due to “head in” parking and most towns are getting away from it. Cedarville enjoys good streets that are well lighted and there is plenty of room for parking; When the streets are marked off Main afid Xenia avenue will have nothing but parallel parking. The public is asked not to park in front of the Opera House for only long enough time to transact what business is necessary in the Post Office. It is the desire of council that that space be left open so that the public can drive' up, get their mail and leave. This is but a request of Post Office patrons. A new gas rate, ordinance was adopted by council for u five year period. The old ordinance provided for two years but the new rates will hold fbr five years. creek in e&rly youth he remained a member o f the United Presbyterian Chutch until his death, serving as elder in the Cedarville congregation a number o f years. Mr. Spencer was united in marriage to Miss Mary Dean, March 25, 1859. After her deathTie was married May 16, 1887 to Mrs. Mary Dodds Geer. Surviving are two children by bis first marriage, W. A, Spencer, Cedar­ ville, and Mrs. J. M. Bull, Xenia; two sisters, Mrs. Nannie Henderson, Ce­ darville, and Mrs. Belle Finney, Free­ port, Pa., one brother, Dr. F. M. Spencer, Sterling, Han,; and three grandchildren, Mrs. R, J. Shultz, Day- ton, the Bey. Fred S. Bull, of Somonauk, 111., and Miss Wilmah Spencer, of Cedarville. Four great grandchildren also survive. One child by the first marriage is dead, ' Funeral ,service#, were conducted at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. M. Bull. Burial took place in Woodland Cemetery. SHERIFF TATE APPOINTS DAVIS ROAD PATROLMAN Sheriff Ohmer Tate ha# announced that Lawrence A. Davis, Xenia, had been appointed road patrolman in Greene county, effective April 1, His selection was made from a list o f twenty or more applicants that de­ sired to succeed O. H. Cornwell, who resigned in January to become head o f military training at the O. 3. & S. O. Home. Davis will not only be a road patrol­ man but also a deputy sheriff for other dqties. • He Was formerly a commissioned officer in Company L, 147th Infantry, Ohio National Guard, serving four years as a member of the local guard unit. He eventually Was elevated to the position of second lieutenant, re­ signing In February, 1927. CommissionersHere To Inspect Bridge >v The Greene County Commissioner# were in town Monday to inspect the Main street bridge. The board came at the solicitation o f a committee of council that reported the present con­ dition of the bridge railing and danger attached to it. The railing has been dangerous the past few years. c o l l e g e v a c a t io n STARTED THURSDAY The annual Spring vacation for Ce- darvilie College started at noon Thurs­ day and continues until Tuesday, April 9th, Most o f the students have returned to their home# for a visit* BUSOWNERSUED FOR$25,000; COURTNEWS Carl E. Pent, Jamestown, who oper­ ates a bus line between Cedarville and Springfield, is named defendant in a personal injury suit for $25,000 dam­ ages, filed in Common Pleas Court by Tate Setz, Cedarville nursp. The damage action is based on an alleged accident which occured April 2 , 1927 while the plaintiff was a pas­ senger in one o f the busses operated by Fent, r The plaintiff seta forth she boarded the bus in Springfield and that she oc- closed by the driver after she had entered. • . ' She charges that without warning to the passengers, the .bus stopped so suddenly that she lurched from her, seat, was thrown against the door and out onto the pavement, the fall render­ ing her unconscious. ■ ■ "The plaintiff asserts she sustained a brain concussion, wrenched shoulder and side, was sick four months, and spent $100 for medical attention. She asserts that she believes her injuries to- be permanent and that she will be unable to* follow her profession as a nurse. administration is value of $7,156. . UPHOLD Judgment' o f been 'affirmed' Court, which found in error filed hyj others in connects Oliver P.Hoffman^ D1SM1S The following missed by thepl| Pleas - Court:' Jo against Helen ,.Ct Page and others Company, EXTENSlOl The Aetna in a suit filed i n j by W. B, W$ leaving a net *MENT #te Court' lias ^Common Pleas sainsf m petition irge' Neth and* 1th thq estate of ceaned. 3ASE . ■ have been dis- fis 3n; Common k Harbine#; Jr., if .aftd Edward i The pure Oii COLLE0ETEAM INNEW LEAGUE THISSEASON defendant Court rranted The" local college base ball team has a schedule of fifteen games for the spring season including six at home. Nine games will be played away in the new C. A.’ W. W. League, comprised of Cedarville, Antioch, Wilmington and Wilberforce. The season will open with Cedat- . ville meeting Wittenberg at Spring- field on April 1 1 . The first league game is with Antioch on the 13th. , Conch Borst is lining Up Ms team for the season games and has Seven o f RICHATHLETIC BANQUETHELD TUESDAYEVENING William J. Currie Commits Suicide William J. Currie, 71, Yellow Springs, well known" in this vicinity, said good-bye to bis wife,' went up stairs and fired a 38 revolver in his mouth Saturday afternoon. Poor health and despondency are given as the reasons for tfie act. He leaves a wife and a sister, Mary Currie, The funeral was held Tuesday with inter­ ment in Yellovy; Springs cemetery. APRIL ONE HAD ITS JOKE There was a rush for telephones in the ^legislature last Monday, Notes on desks reading: “ Call Mr, "Graves, Adams SCSI.” A number made for the phones only to find 1 out they were calling the cemetery’on April first. . The members o f the athletic squad o f ’ Cedarville High School, members o f the faculty^ board o f education and friend# gathered in the United Pres­ byterian Church Parlors at 0:30 Tues­ day evening for the annual athletic banquet. The hall was appropriately decorated in the School colors, red and white. Special table decorations. Were booklets which contained the menu, program and names o f those who had earned letters during the re­ cent football and basketball seasons. The menu was as follows: Veal Croquettes with Tomato Sauce Browned Potatoes Escallopod Corn Cinnamon Apples Rolls Butter Grape Marmalade High School Salad Coffee Mints Superintendent H. D. Fjurst ably acted the part of Toastmaster, The program included: Foot Ball. “Revue” —Rankin McMillan- Boys’ B. B; ‘ ‘Revue” ..Harold Baker Girls' B. B. ^Reyue’v __Regena Smith Address — __C. MacDonald, ’ Assistant Coach. O. S. U, Remarks---------_._..___R , 'M. Borst, Coach .of Cedarville College Rev. Jamieson, Pastor of U. P. church Presentation of Letters Coach Rolfes Each person who received a letter • responded, as, his name was called, with a splendid acceptance speech'. The following received letters: FOOTBALL—Abel, Bates, j)e Hass, Evans, C. Ferguson, Finney, -Flotti r Harbison, ' Huff, MacMillan, Capt., Randall, Walker and Willis. BASKETBALL—Boys:.Abel, Baker, Bates, DeHass, Finney, Harrimac, and' Willis. Girls: Veronica Black, Dorotha. Corry, Doris -Prihtz, ‘Gladys Pullin, Jeanette Ritenour, Virginia Shaw, Regena Smith,- Marjorie Strow- bridge, Doris Swaby, Nina Stevenson, Mgr. Cheer Leaders; Bernese Elias, Ralph Tindall. —The COMMITTEE Mr. Curtis Clitie o f Ashland, Ohio, the guest o f relatives here this week," femur pic* ASK FORECLOSURE Suit for $1,500 and foreclosure of mortgaged property has been filed in Common Pleas Court by The Peoples Building and Savings Co. against Anna Boyd, Ethel Shaffer and Harry D. Shaffer. Samuel Engilman, Nora E. Purtee and Fred Woodson, claim­ ing an interest in the property are named co-defendants. C. W. Whitmer is attorney for the plaintiff. SUES ON NOTE J. F. Paullin is named defendant in a suit for $713.44, alleged due on a promissory note, filed in Common Pleas Court by The Farmers Ferti­ lizer Co. through Attorney E. D, Smith. OWES BACK ALIMONY In the case of Doris H. Little against Davis R. Little in Common Pleas Court, the court has decided the defendant, failing to comply with a former court order, is'ita arrears $288.- 50 in the payment o f alimony, and he has been ordered to pay this amount. WINS JUDGMENT The Home Building and Savingft Co, has recovered a judgment for $1,297.- 26 against Fred £ . Williamson''and Willard R, Criswell in Common Pleas .Court in a foreclosure shit. DIVORCE GRANTED On grounds of willful absence from home for more than three years, F. G, Long has been awarded a . divorce from Willie J. Long in Common Plead Court. . CONFIRM APPOINTMENT Appointment of Miss Louise Hunt as deputy county recorder has been congtmed by Common Pleas Court and the appointee has been duly sworn to office. VALUE ESTATE A gross value o f $9,064.34, com­ posed of personal property worth $ 6 ,- 494,84 and real estate valued at $2,« 670, is placed on the estate o f Stella B. Clark, deceased, In Probate ,Court, Debts total $1^07J34 and the cost o f APPEAL IS FILED • An appeal from, a decision of R. O. Copsey, \Xfeia Twp, justice of the peace, awarding William-J, Johnston a full judgment for $150 in a personal injuries received, damage to his sedan, Und loss of time as a insult Of an auto accident, has been filed in Common Pleas Court by George Stone. " ASK PETITION Partition and sale •of property owned by the late William S’eslar and located in Jefferson Twp. is asked in a suit filed in Common Pleas Court by Nathan Scalar, heir and half-broth­ er o f the decedent. The following heirs are named defendants in the action: James Scalar, Nancy Archer, Katherine Pickering, Stanley Evans, Grace Bowermaster, Oscar Evans, Austin Evans, Ollie Scalar, Dan Ses- lar,. Ada Phillips, Arthur Fields, Cloy Sigler, Esther Armstrong, Lewis Ses- lar, William Scalar, Cloisy Seslar, Frank Seslar, .Nellie Ashton and Bertha Coil. Marshall and Marshall are attorneys for the plaintiff. GIVEN JUDGMENT The People’s Building and Savings Co, has been awarded a judgment for $13,455, due on a contract, against Earl Strickland aiid others in Com­ mon: Pleas Court. Foreclosure and sale o f mortgaged property was ordered.- JUDGMENT RECOVERED H< S. * Bagley has recovered a cognovit note judgment for $163 from J. F. Paulin ih Common Pleas Court. CONFIRM APPRAISAL Appralsiiil of property at $2,000 has been confirmed and sale at public auc­ tion ordered by the court in the case of Frank E. Snypp and others against John P. Confer and others in Common Pleas Court, NAMED ADMINISTRATRIX Nellie N, Alexander has been ap­ pointed administratrix o f the estate o f W« A. Alexander, late of Miami Twp., with bond o f $12,000 in Probate Court. S. A, Rehn, Howard Apple- gate and C /A . ElUs were named ap­ praisers, BRADFUTE ESTATE VALUED AT $47,000 The estate of the late O. E. Brad- fute is placed at $47,000 on applica­ tion of appolntmentfcof David C. Brad- futfe as administrator. Realty is placed at $30,000 and personal -at $17,000. F. B. Tumbull, A. G. Collins and John Collin* have been named ap­ praiser# by th* Probate Court, Mi*# Florence Williamson of Bowl­ ing Green, Ohio, lm# been spending tha Spring vacation at homo* not only shoots ..a fast ball but can cover the bases. Dprt Allen, guards the mat at second but can be called upon for the' pitching staff, . Three places are yet open. . . Following are the dates for thirteen of the fifteen games to be played; April 11—Wittenberg, away. April 13—Antioch at borne (L). April 16—Wilberforce away (L). April 20—Muskingum Away, April 27—Wilberforce away (L). May 1—Dayton at home. May 7—Wilmington away (L). May 14—Antioch away (L). May 18—Dayton away. May 21—Wilmington away (L). May 25—Defiance away. ' May 29—Wilmington home (L), June 7—Antioch at home (L). (L) designates league games. NATUREMONTHBYMONTH-APRIL By Prof, Allen C. Conger, o f the Department o f Zoology# I Ohio Wesleyan University | APRIL is here—a mild-mannered Early in April we welcome the de*j , successor ' to wild and boisterous mure Field Sparrows with their March. The flowers of May are hidden whistled ^‘feo-feo-feo-feo-few-few-few* in her gentle showers and (with her few*’ and the sweet-voiced Vesper soft southerly •breezes she wafts to Sparrow. The white outer tail feathers us a host of feathered traveller# deck- are a distinctive field mark o ffh e la t -. ed in gayest wedding garb. Mother ter species. Nature, who so lately whispered the The little chestnut-capped Chipping secret shyly and Softly, now fairly Sparrow is back in the door-yard shouts aloud that Spring is hero. The-again and late in the month thfe still matin which greets the rising sun and smaller Grasshopper Sparrow sings the even-song o f drowsy birds are but its insect-like trUl from the weed- Promotion To High School The next State-Wide Eighth Grade Examination for promotion to High School will be held Monday, April 18, at 9:00 A. M. In this County jt will bo conducted in the following places: Xenia Central High Building, Yellow Springs Hi^h Building, Cedarville, Ross, Jamestown, Bowersville, Caesarcreek, Spring Val­ ley, Bellbrook, and Beavercreek. Another examination is scheduled to be held about the middle of May for those who have for some reason not been issued Diplomas as a result of the April Examination. These examinations are of the ob­ jective type and ate sent direct from the State Department of Education. tn the above examination, County Superintendent H. C. Aultman will be assisted by the following Superinten­ dents! A. C. Eubank, H. L. Sams, II, D. Furst, R. E. Corrill, C. A, Dcvoe, A. F. Roush, J. W. Whiteside, R. S. Blackburn, and N. S. gilder. Memorial Trial To TouchGreene County A bill hag been introduced in the legislature to establish a Memorial Trial in Ohio in view of the fact that the county was part of the state covered by history o f the Revolution­ ary War and the War of 1812. The general .line of the trial will be from Toledo south with all points of inter­ est marked. Two branches will go north from Cincinnati to meet the Toledo line. One by way of Hamilton and Franklin to Wright Field and the other by Ft. Ancient, Xenia, Old Town and the Piqtia Battlefield near Spring* field, the two routes joining near the National pike. The Golden Rule Class of the M. E. church was entertained last Thursday jetening at Cedar Inn, prelude and postlude to a swelling daily chorus whose strains can not fail to attract the ' attention of nature lovers everywhere. Freely flowing sap marks the time for the spring visit of the Sapsucker, which is our only destructive wood­ pecker. He is often confused with the two resident species. Hairy and Downy, but no careful observer can fail to note the differences in color stalks of our drier fields. A clear whistled “peabody” can mean only that the White-thrdated Sparrow is making its spring stop-over. Other less well known species are here too. The Savannah Sparrow and' the Swamp Sparrow, often pass through unnoticed except by careful Observers. Swallows, now come In numbers. Purple Martin scouts investigate new apartments and make ready to give" pattern, habits and voice. Long be- j battle to .the ubiquitous English Spar fore flying insects can be considered' ; ow, GraccfUi Barn Swallows are common, our familiar friends, the!now back and along oUr streams, Chimney Swifts return to sweep -in i nhere gteep banks or stone bridge swinging arcs across our April sky. abutments offer nesting sites, the dtab Their winter home is Still a mystery, IBank Swallow and. the Rough-winged so complete i# their disappearance during the winter months. The Red-winged Blackbird and the Bronzed Graekle, with its more som­ ber cousin the Rusty Graekle, were March arrivals and the blackguard Cowbird was already here. Now the more decorative, members o f the family appear. The flashing black- orange Baltimore Oriole sings from the top of an elm as he inspects suit­ able nesting sites. His smaller chest- nut-black cousin, the Orchard Oriole is rarer and more shy, but when apple trees arc in bloom look for this hand­ some fellow and' his olive-backed Swallow may be found. The arrival of the vanguard o f the Warbles is a prophecy of importance to the bird student, for these little creatures, many of them brilliant ,in color, are of perennial interest to all who know and love our native birds. The Myrtle Warbler, with its four yellow patches on crown, wing# and rump Is quite the earliest of all, to be followed by the Yellow Warbler which carols from the willows by the river’s, edge. The Blfictyand-White Warbler, a- tree trunk gleaner and the shy J,ouisiaha Water Thrush o f mate. . Out in the open fields where woodlands along stream s- the brilliant yellow vest o f the Mea- P f ? . ! (T Hnhers ? * vept- dowlark already gleams we turn near, ^ ho*t ®f rf latlVe* <**"*• the mouth-end to greet the rollocking I The Catbird, in a smartly tailored Bobolink, whose jingling song an*j*ui* ~ 8 rHy» calls to us from a shrub bery’clump as we pas# and the brown bird which dashes into a roadside tangle can be only its country cousin, the Brown Thrasher, Perhaps they hAVe learned still greater power o f mimicry while they were visiting their southern relative, the Mocking-bird. We shall soon see whether the new Wren Box will do, for the male* are here and soon these busy little bird* will be looking for house-kespiag rooms. What a month April should be for nounces his return from a winter spent on the sunny grass-lands ih far­ away South America. The Sparrow family looms quite im­ portant in the news items o f the month. Tree Saprrows and Juncoes who have been our winter guests are now in flocks preparing for their northward journey which must soon be undertaken. Some Song Sparrows were so bold as to spend the winter here and they have now been joined by their less venturesome brothers] and sisters. The big rusty Fox Spar- ?u« all. Who could be * pessimist whin row has already paid us an early visit every bush and tre* la vemti with th* enroute to a mere northern nesting message that “ air# right with tha ground. *«rid.w ^ -m