The Cedarville Herald, Volume 56, Numbers 27-51

The new things are advertised by merchants first, Advertisements keep you abreast o f the times. Read them! Advertising is news, as muefi as ifte headlines on the front page. Often it is o f more significance to yon. FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR NO. 27. CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY JUNE 9, 1933 PRICE, $1.50 A YEAR NEWSLETTER FROMSTATE DEPARTMENTS ASKS FORECLOSURE Foreclosure o f mortgaged property and appointment o f a receiver are i sought in a suit filed in Common Pleas : . , . [Court on behalf o f the closed Ex- COLUMBUS.- Several in te re s tin g^ Bank at Cedarville by L j , developments have occurred during P|dton state supermtendent, the past week -with reference to th e ]in ch o f the liquidation. Named police patrol bill dnd the bill to trans- *defendants in the action are Andrew fer the Bureau o f Motor Vehicles to < the Peoples. Building and the Highway Department In*>™a^ s avings Co. and Harold E. Ray. The tion has come to Columbus to t h g r iaintiff is represented by Attorney effect that employes of the Highway] Marcus Sh Department have been visiting c ir -; _______ culators of petitions and by misrep­ resentation and intimidation trying to obtain possession o f the same. These complaints are being investigated by Secretary of State George S. Myers. Whoever is doing this nefarious work perhaps does not know that it is a violation of the election laws of the SUES ON NOTE Setting forth $529 is due on a note, the American Loan and Realty Co. has brought suite in Common Pleas Court against E. J. Kelsey and Nellie Kelsey to recover judgment for this sum. Foreclosure o f a chattel mort- state. A Referendum petition, having gage is asked. George H. Smith is name thereon, is as sacred as a ballot because it contains the “ written vote” of the person for a referendum. It is as reprehensible an offense to destroy a referendum petition as it would be to go into an election booth' and destroy the ballot. If the names of the plaintiff’s attorney. JUDGMENT SOUGHT Judgment fo r $130,40, claimed to be due on an account fo r roofing, is re­ quested in a suit filed in Common the offendtu's'are learned prosecution \ Br° S” , Spr^ ’ will follow. The committee sponsor­ ing the referendum -reports very satisfactory results in obtaining sign­ ers to the petitions. The local and visiting public is showing much cux-iosity as to the variety of "fish recently placed in the large fresh water poo] immediately north of the state office building by the conservation department. The largest representative of the pisca­ torial family in the pool is a German carp, one o f a dozen similar fish. This one weighs 20 pounds, There are •several long-nosed garfish, numerous channel and blue catfish and some dog­ fish. In the southerly section of the pool hundreds o f large goldfish were placed. It is planned to plant some game fish in the pool when cool weather comes in the fall. field, against Mrs. Irene Taylor Mel­ ton, Cedarville. Attorney C. W. Whitmer represents the plaintiff. JUDGMENT AFFIRMED Affirming the Common Pleas Court judgment, a decision favorable to _ - _ . . Joseph and Estella Penewitt, plaintiffs ! C C Q 3 . r V l . l l c S c x iO O i in an injunction suit against J. H. and ; w » .f< ■ - Mary E. Wheelan, has been handed I W ill U p G I l A 'lO H Q 3 .y ' DEATH CALLS RALPH HILL WEDNESDAY Ralph John Hill, 43, native o f; Greene County, died at his home in ; Homestead Park, Pa., Wednesday morning at 6:10 o’clock, according to word received by relatives in Cedar­ ville. His death was caused by pneumonia. t Mr, Hill was bom near New Bur­ lington . and his marriage to Miss Josephine Orr, o f Cedarville, took place in October, 1918. He graduated from Cedarville College in 1910 and received his master’s degree from that school in 1911 and a bachelor of science degree from Carnegie Tech­ nical Institute in 1917. A t the time o f his death he was employed as superintendent o f Open Hearth Shop o f the Mesta Machine Shops at Home­ stead Park. He was a member o f the United Presbyterian Church. [than physical courage to maintain Besides his widow he is survived by 1their station in society, two daughters, Doris and Mary Jean, j Seventeen student degrees and two at home, and his mother, Mrs. Dora ’ honorary degrees were conferred by COLLEGE DEGREES FORSEVENTEEN ONMONDAY The thirty-seventh annual com­ mencement o f Cedarville College was held in the First Presbyterian church,. Monday, when seventeen graduates were given degrees. The orator o f the day was Judge Mason Douglass, Dayton, who point­ ed out to the class that society needs men and women o f idealism to main­ tain the ideals of this great demo­ cracy. He held up no fear o f the future but stressed the challenge’ of the future. The youth o f today must have its place in society but they must also have courage, fortitude, love and kindliness and more moral Hill, Cedarville. The body will arrive in Xenia Fri­ day at 7 p. m. and will be taken to the home o f his mother in Cedarville. Funeral services will, be conducted at the First Presbyterian Church, Cedar­ ville, Saturday morning at 11 o’clock and burial will be made in Massies Creek Cemetery. Dr. W. P. Harri- man, Dayton, former pastor of the Cedarville church, will be in charge of the services. Judge Frank Geiger of - the public utilities commission last week dissent­ ed from the orders o f the commission issued previously granting extensions to Columbus to G. W. Ward, the Marion-Lima transit Co. and the Mansfield Coach. Line, stating that he believes that Buckeye Stages, Inc., had a valid* right to this operation under the order o f the commission of last December, and that the latter company can furnish adequate service. Refusal of the House taxation com­ mittee Wednesday of last week to re­ port out by a vote o f 15 to 9 Gover­ nor White’s sales tax bill greatly in­ creased the uncertainty as to the out­ come o f the administration program fo r raising money for school and re­ lief purposes, and made more in­ definite, than ever the probable date o f acfjuomment o f the general as­ sembly. The same day the . schools committee o f the "House rejected the administration bill providing for state administration of the schools, and voted 11 to 2 to prepare a sub­ stitute measure. Failure o f the taxation committee to vote out the sales tax bill .improved the chances of consideration and final adoption of Senator D. J. Gunsett’s tax measure, which does not carry a sales tax pro vision. The chief features o f the Gunsett bill are an increase o f the tax on intangibles, an earned income tax, a vendor’s tax and a tax on chain stores. Appointment of Hon. James M. Cox to the world economic congress by President Roosevelt recalls to many in and about the State House o f the days twenty years ago when Cox was beginning his first of three terms as governor, and how a vast amount o f legislation was enacted smoothly and expeditiously*within a few months under the forceful direction of the governor and his leaders in the Senate and House. Everything was dorfe ac cording to a pre-arranged pjan, and a record for accomplishment was made seldom achieved in the history o f the state. down by the Greene County Court of Appeals. The ruling, decided a dispute involving erection o f a partition fence along a line, dividing two adjoining farms in Sugarcreek township. NEGLECT IS CHARGED Robert Brown charges gross neglect of duty jn his suit for divorce from Mabel Brown, now residing at New Burlington, filed in common pleas court here. They were married. Sept. 3, .1918, and the plaintiff says his wife deserted him May 29 and. told him she would not return. There are three minor children. DIVORCE IS SOUGHT Robert Brown has brought suit in Common Pleas Court for 'a divorce from Mabel Brdwn, now residing at New Burlington, whom he married September 3, 1918. The husband charges neglect o f duty, declaring his wife deserted him May 29 and told him she would not return. The couple has three minor children. SIX ESTATES VALUED Valuations have been placed in Probate Court on the following six estates: Mary Lambert estate: gross value, $6,465.68; debts and cost o f adminis­ tration, $1,204.66; net value $5,621.02. James P .- Zell estate: gross value, $12,527; debts, $3,577; cost o f admin­ istration, $880; net value, $8,070. John Q. McClain estate: gross value, $1,700; liabilities, $223.50; net Value, $1,475.50. Sarah Spann estate: gross value, $1,030; liabilities, $712; net value, $318. James B. Winn estate: gross value, $920. No liabilities. Euphremia Zeiner estate: gross value, $1,190. No liabilities. With an enrollment of nearly 100 predicted, the annual summer school sponsored by Cedarville college will open Monday, June 12. The school will last six weeks, ending July 21. Professor A. J. Hostetler, registrar and head o f the .department o f educa­ tion at the' college, will be in charge for the second straight year. The school, offering courses to grade, high school and college students, was re­ vived last summer after an interval of 15 years. Three More Up On. Chicken Theft Mrs. Ruth Allen Montgomery, Cedarville, formerly of South Solon, has decided not to serve a prison term alone for the theft of chickens, she and her husband having been found guilty. She notified the Madison County Sheriff, J. A. Maxwell, that others were implicated and named Joseph Allen and his wife, Charlotte, and Edgar Allen all o f Dayton, and all three are now held in the county jail iii that county awaiting a hearing. NAMED EXECUTRIX Sarah Elizabeth Coy has been ap­ pointed executrix o f the estate of William H. Coy, late o f Beavercreek Twp., without bond. Ed Stafford, D. O. Jones and Robert Ferguson were named appraisers. Chas. T. Warner, State Superin­ tendent o f Insurance, and Walter A. Robinson, actuary o f the department, were in Chicago last week attending the national convention o f state in­ surance commissioners. The biggest question before the convention was that of lifting the ban against policy loans by life insurance companies. There was much confusion in the office o f Auditor of State Joseph T. Tracy tho past week, but it was not because of any failure to strike balances. It was all due to the re­ decorating o f the various rooms. After being in disuse since the disastrous fire of Easter Monday, 1930, the penitentiary ball grounds are to be used this summer for recrea­ tional ball fo r the benefit o f the in­ mates. It is planned to " 8™ * “ * six-team league with possibly a team company here, for the bw t lirxee oh apd two from the dormitories. ASKS FOR RECEIVER Daniel A. Reagan, Fairfield, filed suit in Common Pleas Court Monday asking fo r a receiver for the Fairfield Amusement Co., owners o f the dog racing track in that place. Reagan is secretary-treasurer o f the partnership group o f thirty-five stockholders. The capital is $75,000 and the company was organized in 1929 and built a track and grandstand, the latter seat­ ing five thousand people. There was only racipg a few nights when stopped by action o f county officials. New Picture Show Equipment Added Messrs. Lowry and Creswell have been adding new equipment at the opera house for modern sound pic­ tures. The firm expects to have everything complete and ready for opening Saturday night, June 17. Regional Meeting iMrs. Myrtle Northup Of S. S. Workers Died Friday Night TO REDUCE TAX RATE Last year’s regional conventions Mrs. Myrtle Northup, 54, wife of for church school w6rk«r« were so j Clyde Northup, died at her home, largely attended and so amuch appre-: Clifton Pike and Yellow Springs- dated the plan is tube duplicated .this j Cedarville Road, Friday night at 11:25 year with conventions fo r the four |o’clock. She had been ill two years quarters o f Ohio, to:3be held in Fre­ mont Sunday and Monday, June. 4 and 5; PainesviUe Tuesday and Wed­ nesday, June 6 and 7; Newark Thurs­ day and Friday, Junfe 8 and 9; Wil- The House on Wednesday passed the Ward bill which will provide for a change in the constitution fixing ten mills as . the maximum tax rate on real estate instead o f fifteen as at present. The vote was 100 to 4 and the resolution will go to the Senate. The electors will pass on the amend- tbe degrees President W. R. McChesney and Dean C. W. Steele. Degree o f bachelor of arts was’ conferred upon twelve- seniors who were awarded the state provisional high school teaching cer­ tificate. Five other graduates receiv­ ed the degree o f bachelor o f science in education, and o f these two were given the elementary state provisional certificate and three were awarded the state high school certificate. Three others who took postgraduate courses were awarded teaching cer­ tificates but not degrees. Honorary degres of doctor o f div­ inity were conferred upon Rev, Clarence L. Gowdy, pastor of Grace M, E, Church in •Dayton, and .Rev. Maurice P. Stoute, pastor o f the Sec­ ond Presbyterian Church at Ports­ mouth. The ministers were present at the exercises to personally receive suffering from a complication of diseases and her condition had been serious three months. She was born near, Clifton, Sep­ tember 21, 1878, the daughter o f Mr. mington Saturday and Sunday, June Iand Mrs. Samuel Paxton; Mrs. North- ment this fall if given Senate ap­ proval. Jv O. McDORMAN RETURNS TO XENIA; IN BUSINESS J. O. McDorman, who operated a clothing store in Xenia, and later sold out and located in Springfield, has re­ turned to Xenia, and taken over "The Men’s Store,” Green street. Mr. Mc­ Dorman has many friends in this locality. BOND ISSUE CARRIED Lebanon voted Tuesday on a $60,000 bond issue to rebuild the city hall that burned last Christmas morning. The city has insurance of $40,000 and plans have been prepared for a new building to cost about $100,000 fully equipped. The bond issue carried by 34 per cent o f the total vote, the law requiring sixty per cent. SALE OF XENIA BANK EQUIPMENT ORDERED MISS MINNIE SSHAW DIED MONDAY MORNING 10 and 11 This places the convention within easy reach o f all churches. All Sun­ day Schools are entitled to delegates. All delegates will be provided with lodging and breakfast free in the homes o f each city. : . — Among the recognized national and world leaders who will be present in the conventions are Prof. H. August­ ine Smith o f Boston who will lead the music, give instructions in wor­ ship,, direct the pageants and inter­ pret (the best in Christian Art; MisS Hazel A. Lewis o f St. Louis, recently returned from Rio de Janeiro, an au­ thority on Children’s Work, an author of note, a teacher o f skill and an in­ spiring speaker; Mr. Roy A. Burk­ hart o f Chicago, one o f America’s foremost leaders in Young People’s Work. He is well known in Ohio for his rare skill and wisdom. In the Adult field Prof. Frank D. Sutz, a pioneer in education and an authority in Adult Education and an experi­ enced Adult Class teacher will be as­ sociated in' leadership with Dr. Chas. W. Brewbaker o f the Department of, Evangelism o f The United Brethren Church; Dr. Archie L. Ryan o f The World’s Sunday School Association, recently returned from the Philippine Islands, where he Was director of Re­ ligious Education, will present the world outreach. Conferences fo r Superintendents and all administrative officers will be under the direction o f Mr. Raymond McLain, of Cleveland. , up had spent her entire:life in that vicinity. She was a "member o f the M. E. Church, Yellow Springs. > Besides her husband she is survived by five sons: Juston. Lowell, Dwight and Donald, at home, and Lynn North- Up, New Monrefield, O., and a daugh­ ter, Miss Lenore Northup, at home. She also leaves the following brothers and sisters: George Paxton, Xenia; Clarence Paxton, Dayton ;.Kent Pax­ ton, Washington, D. C.,; Mrs. Lena Voorhees and Mrs. Helen Robertson, Liberty, Ind., and Mrs. Elta Todd, Jackson, Miss. Funeral services. were conducted from the home Monday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock and urial was made in Glen Forest Cemetery, Yellow Springs. Dayton Chamber Asks 35 Per Cent Cut The Dayton Chamber o f Commerce has asked the Ohio State Tax Com­ mission for a reduction of at least 35 per cent on all real estate in Mont­ gomery county for tax purposes. The state authorities are also asked to make this cut apply to the 1932 tax duplicate. HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI Sale o f furniture and fixtures of the dosed Comhiercial and Savings Bank company Xenia, for the best price ob­ tainable, has been authorized by Common Pleas Judge R. L. Gowdy, The Xenia institution closed Febru- Miss Minnie Shaw, daughter o f M r.' iry 29, 1932. A statement filed by and Mrs. Finley Shaw, died at the ■liquidating officials estimates that home o f her parents two miles north j forthcoming expenses o f liquidation o f Clifton, Monday morning about 9 for the year ending March 31, 1934, o’clock. iwill amount to $9,500. Besides her parents she is survived ------------------------ by the following brothers and sisters: CEDARVILLE DEFEATS Emerson J.J o f Minnesota; Raymond ] FAST WILBEIIFORCE TEAM B „ and Paul, Columbus; Walter, --------- Brooklyn, N. Y.; Edward Shaw and | Cedarville College baseball team de- Miss Ruth Slmw, Philadelphia; Wil-^feated the Wilbcrforee nine on tho bur, John and Nettie, at home. iloeai college diamond last Thursday j The funeral was held from the home ]by the close score o f 11 to 10. Verncr Wednesday morning and burial took j Garlough pitched for the Yellow- place in Greenlawn Cemetery, Yellow 1Jackets, holding the fort for seven The annual reception and business meeting of the Alumni Association of Cedarville High School was held in the high school auditorium, Friday, May 26. About one hundred members and friends were in attendance. The business meeting was conduct­ ed by the President, Mr. James Stor­ mont, after which this year’s grad­ uating class was initiated and wel­ comed into the association. The following officers for the com­ ing year were elected. President, Mr. Wilbur Conley; Vice President, Mr. Fred Clemans; Record­ ing Secretary, Miss Wilmah Spencer; Corresponding Secretary, Miss Ora Hanna; Treasurer, Mr. Willard Troute. The following executive committee was named: Mrs. Addah Mitchell, Mr. Nelson Creswell, Miss Eleanor Bull, Mrs. Lloyd Confarr, Mrs. Charles Coult* er. Alternates: Mrs. W. A. Turnbull, Mr. Virgil Flatter. Springs. 8*oz.*—49c Week End Special at Brown's Drugs innings. His brother, Preston Gar­ lough, one o f tho best pitchers the local team Has put forth in years, pitched the last two rounds. ELECTION BOARD ASKS FOR AN OPINION The Greene County Board o f Elec­ tion has asked Attorney General John W. Bricker for an opinion as to the proper method o f signing nominating petitions o f prospective candidates fo r theAhrl-'e vacancies on the Xenia City Commission, BOY SCOUT NEWS D r. N . H . Kelsey Is College President Dr. N. H. Kelsey, New. Concord, O., who has been vice president of Muskingum College, has been elected as president o f Sterling College, Ster­ ling, Kansas. _ The college is under the care Of the United Presbyterian denomination. He will assume his new position the first o f July. Dr. Kelsey is a graduate o f the old Xenia Seminary and has been prom­ inent in the denomination. His first charge was in Adams county w ith !Cedarville- other charges in Altoona, Pa., East Sal RVb7t“ Richa7ds7cTdar- Liverpool and Cambridge, O. vi]lfi! r . u T,M President McChesney delivered his farewell address to the graduates and made other announcements o f inter­ est. Organ music for the program was played Sby Dr. Edward Eigen- shenk, organist o f Second Presby­ terian Church at Chicago, 111., who is widely known in music circles and possesses an honorary degree o f doctor o f music from the college..*He performed in the sumo capacity, at the commencement' last year. ; ‘ Candidates fo r' the bachelor o f arts degree were: Charles E. Bost, Spring- field; Edgar Brigner, Cedarville; Joseph M. Free, Englewood; Preston Garlough, Springfield; Willis Grom - 1 ley, Englewood; Viola Harbaugh, Tip­ pecanoe City; Clyde Hutchison, Jr., Florence McLaughlin, He came to Muskingum College in 1919 and has been head o f the Bible Department, Dr. Kelsey is the father o f Mrs. Robert French, Clifton. SOLICITORS TO REPORT S * . . ? - C ^ v i l l , ; who wen, .worded d o ’ national Red Cross field represent^ ative, wants solicitors in the county- wide drive for $8000 to rehabilitate Xenia’s tornado stricken territory to report to him not later than Friday. So far only $616 of the amount has been reported. WILL ATTEND CHICAGO FAIR Prof, and Mrs. H, D, Fursfc and son left Thursday for Mt. Sterling, O., where they will visit ■with relatives land later go to Chicago where they The Camparall patrol o f the local]will take in the Century o f Progress troop went to the area camparall last;Exposition, week-end at Bryan Farm and return- ville; Herman Scott, Xenia; Charles E. Spencer, Springfield; Doris Swaby, Cedarville. (All but Scott were a- warded high school teaching certi­ ficates.. Candidates for bachelor of, science in education degree were: Wilda Auld, Cedarville, and Martha Waddle, ed with a red ribbon signifying that] they were in the second division. In the four campafalls in which they have participated the patrol has won three red ribbons and one blue streamer. The blue one was getten at the state fair in 1931. The membership o f the patrol con­ sists of the following: James Ander­ son, patrol leader; Pierre McCorkell, assistant patrol leader; Dwight Hutchison; * Lawrence Williamson, Charles Whittington, John William­ son, Ned Brown and Justin Hartman. The regional camparall will be held at Piqua on July 26, 27 and 28. In the final check up the local patrol stood tenth in the group o f thirty- seven. COUNTY AGENT IS ILL County Agent E. A. Drake, Xenia, who is a patient in McClellan Hopsi- ta,l suffering from complications fol­ lowing an attack of the grip remains about the same condition, according to late reports. His condition was re­ garded as crilcial for several days. 30 BELOW ZERO WILBERFORCE GRADUATED 300 THURSDAY Three hundred graduates received diplomas and degress Thursday at commencement. Bishop Lester Smith, A. M. E, church, Cincinnati, delivered the baccalaurette sermon Sunday morning opening the seventieth an­ nual commencement exercises. The commencement day address was delivered by Chief Justice Carl V. Weygandt, o f the Ohio Supreme Court. His subject was “ Education’s Challenge." » 50c Dusting Powder .(Talcum) 8-oz Size—29c Week End Special at Brown's Drugs For Sale:—Sweet Potatoe Plants. John Gillaugh, Sleigh bells jingled in the crack­ ling coldness; snow was piled in deep drifts-which were, swept by icy winds. And from cumbersome caps, sharply tinted noses of Indi­ anapolis citizens protruded, the only part o f the anatomy exposed to the bleakness o f the day. Windows were frosted thickly, and from each home curled pillars o f smoke. In other words, the city was a huge refrigerator, with the occupants gasping and shivering as they watched the mercury in thermometers sink to the 30- bclow-zero mark! But—and this is fo r the benefit o f the sweltering reader—it all happened seventy-seven years ago in February, the coldest day in the history o f Indianapolis. Ah—if only one gust o f wind from that frigid day would return to cool the city’s fevered browl If sleigh bells would only replace the jingle of ice cubes—just for a day. —Indianapolis Newt mentary teaching certificates; Edward Irons, Steubenville; Leo Reed, Clifton, and Robert White,* Yellow Springs, who received high School teaching, certificates. Certificates but not degrees were awarded the following who took post­ graduate courses: Esther Hartman, Cedarville, graduate from Wilming­ ton College last year, who receiyed an elementary certificate; Earl Draut, Middletown, graduate o f Miami Uni- Veristy, and Rev. C. A . Hutchison, pastor o f the Cedarville M. E. Church and graduate o f Mt. Union College, both of whom received the high school certificate. ELMER JURKAT ON * TRIP TO NEW YORK Mr. Elmer Jurkat, son o f Prof, and Mrs, F. A. Jurkat, graduated last Friday from Pittsburgh Art Institute, where he has been a student for two years. He won a free trip to New York some months ago as a merit prize for his work and has been in that city this week taking in the sights. FILLING STATION ROBBED O. E, Collins, owner o f a filling sta­ tion on the Cincinnati pike near Spring Valley, was held up near mid­ night Sunday, by an armed bandit. The station had been closed for the night and the man ordered Collins to fill Up his tank with gasoline. Draw­ ing a gun the man ordered Collins to dig up what cash he had and departed with $13.93. Little or no due was obtained for the officers to work on. GRADUATES AT MUSKINGUM Rankin McMillan, son o f Mr. and Mrs, Clayton McMillan was Among the 119 graduates o f Muskingum College at commencement Tuesday, Rankin graduated with the Bachelor o f Arts degree, Prosperity returns first to the merchant who advertises. For signs and show cards, seo M. S. Hostetler. Phono 37,