The Cedarville Herald, Volume 54, Numbers 1-26

, ' ^ w T ! » pew things are advertised by naarenants first Advertisements keep you abreast o f .the times. Read them! Advertising is news, as much as the headlines on the front page. Often it is o f more significance to you. FTRTY-FOURTF YEAR No. 17. CEDARVILLE, OHIO, F flD A Y , APRIL 3,1931 PRICE, $1.60 A YEAR ■EWSLETTER FROMSTATE DEPARTMENTS SCHOOLNEWS Easter COLUMBUS, O,-—Members o f the Nighty-ninth General Assembly have •Creed to speed up the legislative program and are holding sessions on fWdays with special meetings, in the evenings, as a recess will be taken Friday, April 10 to April 27, with .several hundred bills to be considered before, final adjournment takes place. • • * * o p The Senate has passed the bill legalizing Sunday movies and it now goes to the House o f .action. The Hones bill providing fbr establishment o f a state rural police force has been recommended for passage by the House committee. A bill has passed the Senate, which proposes that canal lands o f the state be turned to high­ way purposes. ~The upper body s I bo Seventh Grade Has Charge o f Chaper A variety program was presented by the seventh grade in Chapel, Mon-! day morning. Florence Ferguson an-! nounced the following program:* Scripture Heading by Juanita Har-j per; Piano Solo by Chas. Whittington! Flaylett, “ Billy's Coming” , by mem­ bers o f the seventh grade; Musical Reading, “ The Usual Way” , by Rebec­ ca Galloway; Human Pyramid by sev­ enth grade boys. At the conclusion of the program Lewis Beair reviewed the trip made by the seniors to Colum­ bus) rpassed a measure providing for the -registration o f firearms and another permitting naval militia members of the National Guard units and reserve officers who are employes o f the state to serve 15 days military service with­ out loss o f pay. The Senate public health committee has killed the chiro­ practors licensing bill: Work has started on the annual spring beautification of State House and executive mansion grounds and garden. The lawns of both places are being given an overhauling and deeded down in the barren spots. -The flower beds’ are also receiving attention and it will not be long until they blossom forth in beautiful and fragrant plants embellished in all -the colors of the ’ rainbow. ♦ * * Prisoners confined in the Ohio Peni­ tentiary must he fe'd good .solid sub­ stantial food, fo r they are called upon to dp a great amount o f manual labor. Following is a part o f this week's menu beginningMonday at breakfast: Fried sausage, gravy, fried potatoes, bread and coffee; luncheon, beef fric- ssaee, hot rolls and butter, string beans, bread and'coffee; supper, Chili non came, cottage podding, breed and .fo r breakfast, French Superintendents Discuss Plans for Teats 1 At a meeting of all the superintend­ ents of the county schools, held Tues­ day afternoon in County Supt. Ault- man’s office, plans for the various scholarship tests to be held this spring were completed. Also several other matters of importance were -dis­ cussed. 'Tuesday. "FttultCtt,* Wdaoy beans, •bread and coffee; supper, fried bacon, gravy, baked potatoes, bread, stewed prunes, -'taa. ' ' -* - -• .■ Secretary o f State Clarence J. Brown has accepted an invitation to deliver an address at .the Spring Con­ ference pf the Ohio Elks Association to be held, at New Philadelphia on Sunday, April' 19. There will be D representation o f flag pole and flag to Schoenbrunn State Park, which was the first White settlement in Ohio, destroyed by heathen Indians in April; 1777. and after a period of 146 years, discovered and rebuilt as a memorial to our'pioneers. The New Philadel­ phia High School band and Toledo Elk' Quartette will participate in the program. Secretary Brown will speak on “ True Elkdom,” and it is expected "that 10,000 visitors will journey to the Park. * * * Legislative broadcasts tookcplace in the House o f Representatives several days ago and another was scheduled for the Senate on Tuesday, March 31. These were arranged by the Crosley station particularly for the Ohio School o f the Air, under supervision o f th« Ohio State Department of Edu­ cation. There is no doubt but that great interest is taken in the process of,government on the part o f voters as well as school children. Pagett To Talk On Orchards Orchard and small fruit problems will be discussed and certain improved practices demonstrated at the D. B. Pagett orchard, south o f Xenia, Wed­ nesday1morning, April 8 from 9:80 to 12:00 o'clock, when F. H. Beaih, Orchard Specialist of Ohio State Uni­ versity will nwpt with Greene County farmers. Pruning, spraying and fer­ tilising o f trees, vines and shrubs and other orchard problems will be taken up at the Pagett Orchard. 3a the afternoon orchardists will meet at'the Assembly Room o f the j 8th Grade Tests, April 6 For the first time, the State Depart ment is sponsoring an eighth grade contest to be held throughout the state, April 6. The examinations will be given to all eighth grade pupils and will be based on the following subjects: Arithmetic, Language, U. S. History, and Elementary Science. It is planned to have ,the tests given at the various Schools, but to secure them at the county superintendent’s office. Awards will be presented to those who rank in high fourth of the county, the high ten per cent o f each district, and the high one per cent of o f the state. -V . j iifeu. you miss jokes i have . NO ‘P arcels , o r f w r V o t e s t o p SOO IN THIS fePECAR kins <30 stop that R -teTM E lO O K AT KT Qft THEUW w t t J O IN E D T O ft M E . W 0 239 m Entertain H. S. Faculty The members of faculty were pleas­ antly entertained, Thursday evening, at the home of Prof, and Mrs. Furst. Contests and. games, directed by Mrs. Furst, who was assisted by Jane West, proved enjoyable during . ‘ the evening. Additional guests were Miss Katherine Hughes and Mr. Paul Ed­ wards.- Delicious "refreshments Were served. { - tawnmEw.xiu SUIT TRANSFERRED 'The $15,000 damage suit filed by Miss Christine Davis, 1058 S. Main St., Dayton, against the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., in which the plaintiff claims to have suffered personal in­ juries when .an auto- in which she was a passenger was struck by a train at the W. Main St. crossing in Xenia November 29, 1929, has been ordered transferred from the Montgomery County common pleas court to the United States District Court, where it will be assigned for trial. Trustees Elect New Officers ANNUALINNER Scholarship Tssta, April 8th A series o f scholarship contests in high Schools is being sponsored again by the State Department o f Educa- A. D. Thomas, president of the New Jasper Township board of trustees, vas elected president of the Greene County organization of boards of township trustees and clerks Friday night at the Court House assembly room. C. W. Mussetter, merpber of the Caesarcreek Twp. board, was elected ' annual dinner and vice-president and Mrs. Xattie Rud-, Greene county chap* duck, Clerk o f the Caesarcreek board, Cross, at the First U) was named Secretary-Treasurer. ian church, Xenia,. Mi The retiring officers, who had, held .talked about Red C: office for the last two years, were E. oral H. Smith, formerly clerk o f the Sil- GRENECOUNTY Judge Harry G.Grain, o f Spring- field, was the chief ipekker at the o f the American Red Presbyter- ly night. He; '^irk^FeH .-! School Examinations ’In Greene County tion. The first o f these testa in which. Cedarville will compete is to be held in Xenia, April 8th. The purpose is fo r the selection o f a team to repre­ sent Greene County in a district con­ test to be held Man 2. Both individ­ ual'and team honors may be won. The winners in the county tests will go to Columbus to compete in the -district, May 2. Those who will represent C. H. S. in the various subjects selected by means o f tests and upon considera­ tion to allow the students the choice, of two or more subjects. The follow­ ing are the pupils who will compete at Xenia and the subjects in which .ach will compete: James Anderson, Janice Dunevant —Algebra I; Frances Hutchison, John Richards--Plane Geometry; Ed­ na Sipe, John Stewart—General Science; John Webster, Ralph Bull— Chemistry; Granville Printz, Carl Ferguson—Physics; Marian Ferry­ man, Rachel Creswell—Latin I ; Har­ riet Ritenour—Latia II; Dorothy An­ derson, Esther Waddle-—French 1; Frances Straley—French II; John Tobias, Julia McCallister—World His tory; Ralph Tindall, Lucile Pitstick— U. S. History; Wendell Murphey, Christina Jones—English I; Mary Margaret MacMiUan, Ruth Kimble— English II; Carma Hostetler, Isadore Owens—English III; Robert Harri- man, Mary Huff—English IV. Court Housa whore Cultural Practices, .............................. c o w crops* fertilisation, insect and kins. LeolTa Griffin; disease problems will be discussed. Determine Cause of Fatal Auto Crash “ The Man Higher Up** The members of the Junior Class ably presented under the direction of Miss Rife the class play at the opera house Wednesday night, April 1. The following is the cast of charac­ ters: Cecil Arlen Lewiston, o f the High School Graduating Glass, Ralph Bull. Johnathan Lewiston, his father, John Webster; Mrs. Johnathan Lewis­ ton, his mother, Wanda Turnbull; Margaret Lewiston, his sister, Isa­ dora Owens; Grandma Arlen, Mrs. Lewiston's mother, Wilma Coffman; George Brock, C«:ils intamite friend, John Tobias, School friends of Cecil: Dolly Per- Kate Winslow, Julia McCallister; Mary Allen, Elea­ nor Coulter; Fanny Davis, Carma Hostetler; Madge .Conner, Frances Finney; Patty Taylor, Helen Retrofit; Betty Duffield, the negro servant, ■— — j Esther Waddle; Miss Jenks, a report- Prosecutor Marcus McAllister-and1er, Nellie Landaker; Col. Alexander L. A. Davis, county road patrolman, Harden, director and president of the report after investigation that Bert,United States Aviation School, Carl ffiajHUrfrufiw. i t , Dayton, was the;Nelson; Mr. Allen, a man about town driver o f ah automobile that crashed jCurtis Hughes. We era sorry that due into a pole on the Dayton-X«mia pike j to the illness o f his father, Delwood end turned over resulting in death and Marshall, was unable to take part in Injury o f four Dayton men. dimmer- the play. man died Monday in a Dayton hospital Special songs were presented by Und the other three are in other Antithetic Rmnpke, Dorothy Harp- ‘ pant, Ruth Luttrel], Regina Seward, Other speakers jm vercreek Twp. board, and R. E. B ry -1national Red Gross son, clerk o f the Xenia Twp. board,' tivc in Ohio, who expl who had been president and secretary- relief work in this treasurer, respectively. , IW. Galloway, pres: Spalding; representa-j the drautfr end Wilso; ; o f the organisation will be held April 24 apt! an interesting program is being ar­ ranged. Services o f a state speaker will be obtained, musical, entertain­ ment provided and a covered dish supper served. Glenna Harris, Freda Smith, Emma Hurston. Music was furnished by the .igh school orchestra. Marble Tournament Only a few more games are yet to be played until the marble champion of the grades will be crowned. Nearly one hundred boys took part in this Mr. Galloway, who* presided at tb<| program, gave a- resume o f the Red Cross work in Xenia and Greene coun­ ty for the last year, Vocal solos were snng by Mrs. James Wilson and J. E. Balmer, of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors’ Orphans' home, Miss Mildred Mason gave a reading. Executive secretaries o f .the follow­ ing negihboring county Red Cross chapters who were guests at the din­ ner are Rev. Donald Elwood, Wilming­ ton; Mrs. Mary Robinson, Washing­ ton C. H.; Mis* Martha Abbott, Springfield, and Miss Mary Newcome, tournament including grades 3-8. Much interest has been taken by the youngsters; some hardly large enough to hold a good size marble to stoot. This tournament is sponsored by the High School Athletic Association. Two trophies will be given, Only .five more lames are yet to be played. The win­ ters will be published next week. Elementary Chapel The elementary chapel last Thurs­ day was in charge of the Fifth Grade. The following program was given: Devotions, Gladys Cooper; America, iy all; Recitation, Betty Jane Judy; Violin Duet, Jeanette Neal and Betty /ane Judy; Song—"The Mower Song” jroup of pupils; Piano Duet, Mary A. >Vhittington and Dorothy Galloway; lecitation, Janette Neal; Violin solo, iVinifrcd Powers; Coronet Solo, Ruth Spahr; Exercise, “ The Drummer Boy” nembers of the class; Recitation, Jay Peterson; Banjo Solo, Charles Hun- er; Recitation, Margaret Daily; Rec- tation Lovett; Song, the entire class; Recitation, Ada Ferryman. The en­ tire program was announced by Neal Hartman. The chapel this week will' be in charge of the Fourth Grade. Saturday Night Fire Did No Damage The local fire department was called out after midnight Saturday to the C. E. Barnhart's residence on West Xenia avenue. The chimney was pour­ ing out a great mass of burning soot and someone fearing damage sent in an alarm. The family bad retired and had to be awakened by the fire­ men. NEW SPRINGFIELD PAPER Springfield has a new weekly paper known as the “ Examiner” , which has published the second issue. Those back o f the enterprise have ordered a mod­ ern press and expect to eventually enter the daily field, probably within the present year. Grievances over local politics and city management evident­ ly form the background for the new paper if we read it correctly. Urbana. There were covers for 100 persons. American Legion Holds Banquet; ■' McNutt Speaker Paul V. McNutt, past national com­ mander of the American Legion, dean of the achool o f law, University Of Indiana, was the speaker -at the an­ nual community banquet, sponsored by Joseph P. Foody post, American Legion, of Xenia, at the O. S. and S. O. home, Wednesday evening. Thera were 600 reservations for the event. Past Commander McNutt has thr distinction of being the youngest Indiana university faculty member to be made a dean, « distinction gained when he was made dean of the school of law in May, 1925. He was a lieu­ tenant colonel in the army at the age of 27. He was elected commander o f the legion at its national convention in San Antonio, Texas, ten years later. McNutt was born in Franklin, lad. and received his A. B. degree from Indiana university in 1918, with honors that included editorship o f the Indiana Dally Student and presidency of .the Indiana Union. He holds the most coveted honor of academic distinction, the Phi Beta Kappa key, and member­ ship in the Order of Golf, interna­ tionally recognised scholastic fraterni­ ties. He received his LL. B. from Har­ vard in 1916, and began the practice of law with his father* Judge John C. McNutt, at Martinsville. He has been active in legion woric In Indiaha and has been civilian aide to the secretary of war for that state since 1927. He is chairman o f the committee on legal education o f the Indiana State Bar association, and connected with other civilian and military groups. Mr. and Mra. Clayton MacMillan have as their guests their nieces, Miss Theresa MacMillan Of Norfolk, Va., and Miss Elizabeth MacMillan o f Mason City, Iowa, who are students at Wooster College. FOR RENT. Oarage, thtsoffioe. Inquire at The annual 8th grade examination will be held this year, Monday, April 6th, beginning at 9 o’clock A. M. The places of holding the examination will be all o f the high school centers, Beav­ ercreek, Caesarcreek, Cedarville, Clif­ ton, Jamestown, Jefferson, Ross, Spring Valley, SugarCreek, and Yellow’ Springs. Xenia Township examina­ tion will be given at Central High School. Each group will be in charge o f some person other thap the regular teacher. A score o f 60 points will be poisjble in each o f four subjects: Arithmetic, English, Science, and His­ tory- All pupils will be requested to use pen and ink, but no extra paper Will be necessary since the tests Will be provided in booklet form, with .triiwwW-'tiwe- Motion fef pc** blenu. For; a number o f years the1 uniform 8th grade examination has been prepared by the State Depart-; ment o f Education. It was originally known as Boxwell Examination, named after .Representative Boxwell, from Warren County, who was the author of the law. A few changes have been made;-Science will include Geography and Hygiene, Current Events will also be a part o f the Science, History and Language teats. The purpose of Eighth Grade Tests, is to place em­ phasis on all-round excellence schol­ arship, an dit is hoped' that it will stimulate all pupils to do a larger quantity and higher quality of work. A general meeting o f teachers and superintendents interested, prill be held in Central Hi Building at 5:30 of April 6th for the purpose of scoring til tests given in the county on that day. LODGE SUED The Grand Lodge o f Knights of Pythias is named defendant in a suit filed in -Comnion Pleas Court by Ellys Elliston who seeks to recover a judg­ ment for $202, alleged due on an ac­ count for labor performed at Thd Home for Aged Pythians in Xenia Twp. Harry D. Smith Is attorney for the plaintiff....... FORECLOSURE SOUGHT Suit for $1,936.95, or foreclosure and sale of mortgaged property, has been instituted in Common Pleas Court by The Home Building and Savings Go. through Attorney H. D. Smith against Albert Weidener and Grace Weidener. L. W. Crandall and William Klingen smith, claiming an' interest in the de fendants’ property, are named co-de­ fendants. GROSS NEGLECT CHARGED • Gross neglect is charged against Mabel Real by William Real to whom he was married August 24,1917, Day- ton. She is charged' with abandoning the home and three children on Janu­ ary 17. Custody of the children is askf: ed and wife barred o f dower interest |ijju|l|*,tea| estate.. , . OHIO STATE SONG The following is the winning poem for a .state song written by Mrs. Lida Keck Wiggans, Spring- field, formerly of this place. The selection was made by three judges from some 1,300 compositions of- ered in the contest for the $500 prize offered by Director of Edu­ cation, John L. Clifton. The poem ie to be set to music. O H I O Ohio, Sdt n-npot where came Brave pioneers, of holjr fame, With letters, husbandry, and law, And faith which for the future saw- Ohld, home of liberty, Where all men ever have been free I 1 love tee paths thy song have trod To story In the fear of Qod- Ohlo, My Ohio. I love thy soil, fresh-turned In tprlhs; Thy colden (rains at harvest!n«} Thy orchards' and thy vineyards’ yield ; They Hewers of garden and Of field- I lore they woodlands and thy rills, The ruined beauty of thy hills, Thy flowing rivers’ regal sweep; Thy valleys where |he sunbeams sleep— Ohio, My Ohio. f love thy temples, schools and marts, Thy Industries, they finer arts; Thy many homes wherein are bom All virtue* that thy name adorn— 1 love the red blood of thy plains; I love the blue blood in thy veins ; I love thy spirit, heaven-blest, The royal heart within thy breast— Ohio, My Ohio, —LIDA UECK-WlOtilNfl, Copyright, MSI, The, State Department” of Bducatlon, APRIL A FOOLER I March marched in on us with the lion in control o f the weather almost continuously throughout the month. Just when everyone anxiously awaited fine spring weather for the approach of Easter, April first arrives with the Hon stiii holding the fori. Snow fell Most o f the 4ay hut melted quickly, adding considerable to the moisture In the ground. HUBBY LEFT WITH AUTO Bertha Thorn wants a divorce from her husband, David G. Thorn. They were married December 26, 1926 and have no children. The wife claims she mortgaged her own property to fur­ nish her husband with $500 to buy an automobile and that he has driven a- ,way and not returned. She asks to be restored to her maiden name, wants the husband barred from dower inter­ est in her property and asks for his property in Clark county as alimony. CASE DISMISSED Cases o f Charles A. Hurley against Raymond Hurley and Eva F. Whitson and The E, C. Denton Co. against G. H. Jones has been settled and ordered dismissed'in Common Pleas Court. Case of the Home Building & Sav­ ings Go. against Vernon F. C obs and others and of Esther M. Simms vs. Waveian J. Simms have also been missed. ' THREESPEAKERS OFNOTE COMING SPORT BANQUET OVERRULE MOTION Motion of the defendant for a new trial has been denied in the case of John A. Middleton against the Indus­ trial Commission of'Ohio in Common Pleas Court. A jury had previously upheld the plaintiff’s right to partici­ pate in the state workmen's compen­ sation. JUDGMENT GIVEN The McDowell and Torrence Lum­ ber Co., has recovered a judgment for $2,866.48 against Wheeler Kiipbro and others in Common Pleas Court. Fore­ closure and sale of mortgaged prop­ erty ordered. WINS JUDGMENT John T. Harbine, Jr., has been a- warded a cognovit note judgment for $162.75 against Alfonso R. Fox and Sadye A. Fox in Common Pleas dourt. FORECLOSURE ASKED Suit for $722.02 and foreclosure and sale of mortgaged property has been filed in Common Pleas Court by the Home Building and Savings Co. a- gainst Maggie B. Wilhite. -Harry D. Smith is attorney. FORECLOSURE SUIT Suit to recover $694.80 or for au­ thority to foreclose and sell mortgag­ ed properv, has been filed in Common ri»as Court by the Home Building & JSuv-ngs Co. against Chester Camp- boll U P. Y. P. C. U. HOLDS ELECTION .FOR OFFICERS The Y. P. C. U. of the United Pres- byetrion church elected the following officers and committee chairmen for the coming year at a recent meeting. President—Genevieve Jamieson. Vice Pres.—Emile Finney." Secretary—Rebecca Galloway. Treasurer—Joseph Waddle.- Chairmen of Committees as follows: Lookout—Martha Waddle. Prayer- Meeting—Lloyd McCamp- bello . Social—Wtlda Auld. Missionary—Ethel McCampbell. Stewardship—Harvey Auld. Citizenship—Harold Dobbins. Publicity—Eleanor Coulter. •Mary Eleanor Bull. Musle- The three notable speaker* booked for the annual banquet o f tins Greene County Fish and Game' Protective Association Friday night, April 10, at 6 o’clock at the Xenia Masonic Temple and thqir subjects are! Governor George White, “Ohio.” Count Alex Lochwitzky, Wright Field, “ Hunting in Siberia and China” Arthur R. Harper, auditor o f The Ohio State Life Insurance Co., and editor of the out-door page in the Sunday Colunqbus Dispatch, “Game Without a Closed Season.” Committees are elated over the latest acquisition to the speaking galaxy—Count Lochwitzky. He is an exile from Russia,-where his. large estates were confiscated by the Soviet government. He was a Lieutenant' Colonel in the Russian Imperial army, has had unusual experiences and is a cosmopolitan. He is a hunting en- , thusiast and years ago established a ,000 acre bird apd -animal preserve near St. Petersburg. Count Loch­ witzky is a scholar and a linkuhtt. He is now a Major in the Cavalry Re­ serves, N. Y. National Guard, wears L. D. after his name ,apd is Techni- chal Foreign Review Editor for the Air Corps at-large. He holds this latter place by virtue o f his 'wide knowledge of foreign languages and literary-skill. Count Lochwitzky re­ cently addressed one thousand Spring- field Masons. In the audience -were several Xenians. They are unstinted their praise o f him as a public - speaker. -:'. Mr. Harper a member o f the Ohio Academy o f Science, the Ohio State Historical’ and Archaeological Society and. the .Wheaton club o f the Ohio State University. Of *Mr. Harper R. . Carpenter, secretary o f The Mt. Sterling Fish and Game Protective Association, writes: “Mr. Harper gave a most interesting talk. Do we recommend him? Sure''we do.” Music for the eyqnt will be furnish­ ed by the O. S. & S. O. Home band" and Home octette, directed by Howard Seall, with a vocal solo ,'by Mrs. Richard McClelland. . The final attraction trill be the show-' fig o f three moving,pii&ririi, by The National Cash Register^ Co.,, . o f Dayton. The^are: "Ride 'Em Cow­ boy,” “With Dog and Gun” .and “With Rod and Fly.” . The dinner will be furnished by Chef Jacob Kany and aides, Covers will be laid for 450 or more. Seats for the following’named will be provided at the speaker’s table. Speakers — Gov. George White, Count Alex Lochwitzky, Arthur Har­ per. Officers—Harry E. Rice, Sam Bone, Arden Sachs, Dales Kyle. Newspapers—J. A. Chew, James­ town Journal, Karlh Bull, J. N. Wol­ ford, Jas. A. McMillan. Committee chairmen—W. B. Mc­ Callister, Ed Faust," L. F. Clevenger, Geo. H, Smith, Public Officials—Judge R. L. Gowdy, Judge E. Dawson Smith, Dr. Frank Chambliss, City Manager Mel Smith, Hon. R. D. Williamson. Guests — The Rev. Willoughby Shank, Hon, George Little, Harry -Hig­ gins, Capt. Harold Hays. Teacher’s Examinations Set For April Fourth The next county teachers’ examina­ tion will be held in the Court House, Saturday, April 4th, beginning at 8:45 A, M. This is the first of the spring examinations, the others being the first Saturdays of May and June; the last examination for the year will be held August 28th. Seeds Distributed Through Red Cross Fifty large cartons ett vegetable seeds, weighing a ton and a half, have been received by the Greene county chapter, American Red Cross for dis­ tribution among drought relief suffer­ ers, according to Miss Emma Lyon, executive secretary. Each carton contains 600 packets o f United States agricultural depart­ ment tested seeds as follows: one and one-half pound beans, half a pound o f corn, carrots, lettuce, beets, two kinds of other greens, tomatoes, onions. The seed is being distributed through the farm bureau, by county Red Cross representatives and by Miss Lyon. WILL CALL REFERENDUM The contest over the electric con­ tract in Xenia still is to continue tn as much as notice has been given that petitions will be circulated calling for an election., _The city . commission granted the franchise to The Dayton Power & Light Company for five years while the Fairbanks Morse Company wanted twenty years. VI -I .