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 much as the headlines on the front page. Often it is o f more significance to yon. FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR NO. 40 mm CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 1933 NEWSLETTER FROM STATE DEPARTMENTS PRICE, $1.50 A YEAR Greene C oun ty On ' F lood C on tro l Plan! ( In as much as Greene county isj to be in the proposed Ohio Valley Conservation Flood Control District, due to the fact that the Little Miami empties into the Ohio, the cost to be Blasting Former Cedarvillian j LAND TRANSFER D ied In D ayton COLUMBUS. — Tthe Ohio le g is -paid b? taxation on farm and urban lature adjourned Thursday of last =Property, the following report will be week to Tuesday, Sept. 12, without iread interest, making any material progress to-1 The 0hio Valley Conservation and wards enacting school financing legis-1Flood Contro1 Congress was organ- lation. The recess was to enable the i ized in Gallipolis, Ohio, June 7, 1933, special joint tax committee to prepare |ek‘cting Dr- G- E- Holzer as its Presi- a taxation plan this week. This com- jdent- The directorate is composed ’ mittee planned to meet Tuesday o f l of representatives of the principle this week for further hearings, A- cities and towns and organizations in mong the proposals to raise more jtbe 0hio Valley and along its tri money were bills introduced by % a M f Senator Paul P. Yoder of Dayton, Representative floor leader, providing a gross retail sales tax, and Rep­ resentative Jerome N. Curtis of Cleveland to impose a license fee of $25 to $125 on each chain store, de­ pending on the number of stores own­ ed by one company, with a minimum fee of $3 on eaeh retail establishment regardless of ownership. A bill in­ troduced two weeks ago to increase the state utility excise tax three per ■cent not only drew the strong, opposi­ tion of many public utilities but also the protest of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, all of which was express­ ed before the joint taxation commit­ tee. This committee also last week heal'd the plea of representatives of the parochial schools of the state for $2,500,000 for relief until the end of the next school year. !butaries. The objects of the Congress are! flood protection, water conservation,! and prevention of droughts. • j In the past fifty years there have, been sixty-eight floods that have ex- | ceeded the flood danger level at Pitts­ burgh. The following table will show! the number of floods that have ex t ceeded the flood danger level by six feet at Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, and the territory in between these cities suffered proportionately. ‘ ! Owing to the magnitude of the task of moving from the State House to the State Office building and properly placing the books, the /state library was not thrown open this week, as had been planned. Librarian J. R. Clarke announced that he expects to have the library open for public use in the new quarters about Oct. 1. Ex. b y . 6 feet 7 feet' $ feet 9 feet 10 feet At Cin. j 15 floods] 12 floods! 12 floods' 11 floods 8 floods / II At Pitts. 17 floods 11 floods . 7 floods 5 floods , 5 floods The estimated flood damage of the March-April flood of 1913 in the Ohio Valley was $180,873,097 (United! States Geological Survey report 344). the Ohio Valley. This record reveal- iyr •0 l , l m . , l . n , , 1 The Inland Waterway Commission led that a lowering of the water table '^® *S *1 **® J ’T*'*Q** 1/31 V j Rev, John William Duffieldj, 73, former resident of this place died at his home on the Covington Pike, near Dayton, last Thursday, after an ill­ ness o f many months. Rev. Duffield has served as pastor at Eastwood Community Church, Day- ton, for the past three years and previous to that time was pastor of the Concord M. E. Church from 1915 to 1930. When he first located in Dayton he was employed by the-Na­ tional Cash Register Co. and the Barney and Smith Car Works, later entering the ministry. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Ellen Duffleld; a brother, James Duffield, Dayton, and his sister, Mrs. W. W. Troute o f Cedarville. The funeral was held from the home Monday afternoon with burial taking place in Woodland Cemetery, Dayjon. • RAFFLESCOUNTY SCHOOLBOARD CONFIRM SALE Sale of real estate belonging to the estate of George Pennewitt, deceased, to Clara Glasco has been confirmed in Probate Court Trouble in Number of inmates in county homes (once called county infirmaries) in­ creased 968 in 1932 over the previous -year, according to the annual reports published in the last issue of the Ohio Welfare Bulletin. In three years there was an increase of 3096, al­ though very little addition floor space .had been provided. The.reports shows a reduction o f 7*4 per cent in total operating e^psnae* while the daily average enrollment increased 7,3 per­ cent. The average gross per capita Cost was reduced 15.4 peY cent from 1931. Total number of children under financial care in the state increased from 7388 to 8515, or 15.2 per cent, in 1932 over 1931, and the total in­ crease in three years was 3102. Total cost of maintenance, in 1932 was .18 per cent less- than in the previous year, although the total daily average increased 12.7 per cent. The average gross per capita cost of .maintenance decreased 11.4 per cent. Of the total expenditures, 26.9 per cent was used to support children in boarding homes. / . Dedication of Buffington Island Memorial State Park at Portland, Meigs county, has been set for Sun­ day, Oct. 1. The exercises will be directed by the Ohio State Archae­ ological and Historical Society in be­ half of the state. The ceremohy will include also dedication of two monu­ ments, a flag pole and the 23-foot Indian mound in the park. The gov­ ernors o f Ohio and West Virginia have been invited to participate in the exercises. The Ohio Departments of the G. A, R., Sons of Union Veterans, Daughters of thei Union Veterans, Daughters of the Confed­ eracy and the D. A. R. expect to participate also. estimates the damages of the 1907 of 13.8 feet had occurred in the 80 flood at $10,000,000. This flood did years since settlement began in that more damage at up river points and region. This necessitated deepending at Pittsburgh than was done by the!of wells periodically (report prepar-j 1913 flood. As estimated by W. A. |cd by the Forest Service, U. S. Dept.! Julian, of Cincinnati, the Josses by]of Agriculture in response to Senate' flood of 1933 exceeded $10,000,000. If the damages for all winter and The water table that was materially spring floods in the Ohio Valley for,lowered during the 1930 drought has;pasfc_.^®wjfday*t( the. past fifty years could be as-;not been replenished and it is a ques- sembled, it would probably be some-1 tion whether it will ever be refilled where between 500,000,000 and a bil-!without artificial help, lion dollars. The summer floods that ' There are two water tables, one of prevent the early tilling of the land sweet water, and one of salt water and destroy the growing, crops in the' lower in the ground which has rock Ohio Valley will probably cost the‘ pressure from below, Whenever the farmer from five to ten millions of| sweet water table is depleted or ex dollars yearly. (Estimated by Robert, hausted the rock pressure will force M. Salter, head .of department of,the salt Water up to take place, of Squabble Makes C ou rt New s <Mrs. Emma Shane D ied Saturday Mrs. Emma Shane, 80, widow of , James Shane and lifelong Greene “Fjitaburg!” 'among some .Countian, died at her home on N. Resolution 175 of thcTrad”CongTesT)" o£ the colofed hfOthOrn brought busi-,Limestone street, Jamestown, Satur- o t»M. t nf ,„ „ 0 1ness into Mayor Richaids Court the daV ni? ht at 11:30 o’clock. She had days. Trouble has been been ia failing- health six weeks, brewing for weeks it is said over’ Born in Greene County, the daugh- numerous issues, All ofWhich landed ter ° f Minor and Maria Haverstick several in court. ■■■.'--" -'■ j Howard, Mrs. -Shane tad spent her Leigh Taylor Was up on a disorder- entire life in the vicinity of Cedar- ly charge and wga fined $5 and costs, ville and Jamestown, She moved to The charge wan! made ' by Bessie Jamestown from a farm on the HUSBAND ASKS DIVORCE Edward L. Hoffman, Patterson Field, Fairfield, has filed suit against his wife, Ruth Hoffman, Dayton, ask­ ing for divorce. He charges that the wife has refused to live with him for the pqst six years. Cruelty and neg­ lect of duty is ^charged also. They were married ’ January 19, 1918, in St. Louis. ’ WIFE SEEKS DIVORCE Betha Loucile Little, in a suit filed on her behalf by her mother, Bessie Kiger, seeks a divorce from Elmer Little, charging cruelty. They were married in Covington, Ky., January 24, 1929. Agronomy, O. S. U.) The contgoLftf..the .floods w ... tributariesmCtne iWdo"River, will con­ trol the floods in the Ohio Valley, the sweet water, and when that hap­ pens the territory becomes a desert ......... 'STiaiuirar animatT ! f ? ^ “«TC. The building of these reservoir lakes French and her daughter,1Marjorie. Taylor institdjied charges against the two and Marjorie was given a $5 fine and costs while her mother was discharged. | It was TayMfifk turn to y brought charges, intoxication and disorderly which drew a $5 fine; a charge of re­ sisting an officer"! cost him $10 and costs. ... ■ Selma Home Com ing Enjoyed Fine D ay The annual Home Coming at Spimn Labor Day drew a good crowd and with it many ' former citizens that came back to meet' old friends and acquaintances. Music was furnished by the Masonic Former Congressman W. B. Francis, Democrats, Martins Ferry, i8 the new member of the state Civil Service Commission, su ceeding A. P. Sandies of Ottawa. Talks by three governors, White of Ohio, McNutt of Indiana and Kump of West Virginia, will feature the open­ ing day exercises o f the Ohio School of the Air to bo broadcast over sta­ tion WLW, Cincinnati, and WOSU, Columbus, from 2:15 to 3 p< m., Sept. 18, The governors will dine at the Netherlands Plaza hotel at 12 noon previous to the broadcast, which will be heard by several thousand schools in opening the year’s schedule of education by radio. A varied program covering every school day to Dec. 18 has been arranged by B. H. Darrow, director. i State Senator D. J. Gunsett, chair* wan of the special senate committee investigating the cost of school text table. Today Ohio has less than 15 books, is at Atlanta, Ga., this week attending a convention o f represen­ tatives of nine states who are conduct­ ing a similar study. protecting the farmer and making ( elevations o f 600 to 900 feet above farming safer and more profitable.!sea level ’will permanently refsore The safest and simplest flood protec-the sweet water tables'over the great- tioh for the Mississippi River, Ohio er part o f 'the Ohio Valley, allowing River, and their tributaries, would be,tbe water to penetrate all porous rock to hold the water in reservoirs during, and gravel deposits for a great dis- the excessive rain; periods and dis- iance and then come out in streams charge this water from these reser- below. (Wilbur Stour, state Geologist voirs when advisable. |o£ Ohio.) The reservoi -s should be so design- ’ ^be restoration of the sweet water ed that bank stream full of wpter can' table by reservoirs will supply ground be discharged up to the time the water and water in the streams be- flood in the valley below reaches the‘ low the water table, which will be danger point, also for flushing the' worth between 5 and 10 millions of silt deposit from the bottom. Then dollars yearly to the growing crops. Home band of Springfield. The ad- the reservoir,should be closedAnd the, (Estimated, Robert M. Salter, head o f .dress of the day was delivered by water impounded. The United States.Bept. of Agronomy of O. S. U.) The Hon. Clarence J. Brown of Blanches- Geological Survey has stream flow!raising of the water table in wells,,ter, O., Other speakers were Congress- gages in most of the streams of the streams and springs will be worth 5 jman L. T, Marshall and O. A. Dob- country; they have records o f the to 10 millions of dollars yearly to the jbins, the latter being called upon to amount of water that has passed these Janimal and human life. (Estimated explain the government plan of hand- gages every day for a number o f by Oscar Erf, head of Dairy Dept, of ljng the pig problem to stimulate the years. These records show that the |Ohio State University.) flood period on the tributaries of the’ The evaporation from these reser- Ohio River seldom lasts ten days. jvoir lakes will be of great value to Reservoirs should be built on the R ow ing crops, through additional tributaries of the Ohio River that rainfall, fogs and dew, and will make would impound the run-off water of the climate more pleasant to live in. ten days and hold this water until The withdrawal of this overflowed the danger is passed in the valley be-;submarginal lands will assist the low, then the reservoirs should be tfarmer. emptied and be ready to impound A preliminary survey shows that water again if necessary . Through'the flood damages in the Ohio Valley this reservoir system from six to eights from Cincinnati east is 84 per cent feet can he taken off of tjie crest of the flood damages in the entire elevation of all floods in the Ohio!Ohio Valley, and the cost of protect- Valley, east of Cincinnati, and a great-jing the Ohio Valley east of Cincin- er amount on the tributaries. It is a'nati would be but 41 per cent of the peculiar coincidence that the heaviest Icost of the entire Ohio Valley, and ten days run-off of the year, on mostim figuring the losses of 84 per cent of the tributaries of the Ohio River,(over the cost of 41 per cent, the pro- is about the same as the six-months 'ject seems feasible and economical, dry run-off of the year. When the' As a summary we hope that the dry period of the year is approaching,!Ohio Valley and its tributaries from the reservoir should impound two-!Cincinnati east, be considered as one thirds of its capacity to prevent'flood protection and water conserva- droughts. The top third of the res-‘ tion project, and that contracts be ervoir will take care of all summer,let for each part of this program as by Reverend Hutchison of the floods, which seldom last three days, fast as the plans are approved by,Methodist Church, and prayer by The elevation of Lake Erie is 573’ the Board of Army Engineers. This Reverend Guthrie, of the Presby- feet above sea level and the Ohio"plan provides that the flood level of terian Church, River from 400 feet to 600 feet above [ the Ohio River will eventually be re- Following the address, the members sea level. The elevation of the pro-duced from 6 to 8 feet at all points 0f the faculty were presented by posed reservoir lakes rang from 600 from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati. J Supt. H. D, Furst, who presided, and feet to 900 feet above sea level. 1 In conclusion the statement may he each responded with appropriate re- A hundred years ago Ohio was cov- other benefits to be derived from marks. ered with 90 per cent forest, and a mad® with some assurance that the ( More details concerning the open- great many swamps. These ' forests building* source .stream control dams,ing of school and faculty will be given and swamps retained water and al- such as the restoration of ground jn next week’s issue, lowed it to penetrate to the water waters, mitigation of droughts, m-| *n"“— fthin Ip»* than 15 creased humidity and maintainance o f SCHOOL ENROLLMENT Federal Pike, near Cedarville, four­ teen years ago. She was a member of the Church o f Christ, Jamestown. Mrs. Shane, who was the last mem­ ber o f her immediate family, is sur­ vived By the following children: Mrs*. J^ptfcta Bageant, Selma, O.; Joseph Shane, near Springfield; Mrs.' Ida Slouffman, Dayton; Mrs. Florence Ritenour, Cleveland; Calvin Shane, Jamestown, and Howwd Shane, near New Jasper. ' Funeral services were conducted at the home in Jamestown Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock and burial took place in Woodland Cemetery, Xenia. FORECLOSURE SUIT Suit for foreclosure of mortgaged property and a judgment for $1;588.73 has been filed in, Common Pleas Court by The Peoples Building and Sayings Co. against John T. Garvin and others, C, W, Whitmer is the plaintiff’s at­ torney. , ........... .. - ■ hog market. Mr. T. L. Calvert was chairman during the speaking pro­ gram. George Clark had charge of the amusement features. SUPT. HAMMERLE SPEAKS AT OPENING OF LOCAL SCHOOLS Using as a basis for his remarks the story of “The Palace Built by Music” written by Raymond MacDonald Alden, Supt. Louis Hammerle, of the Xenia City Schools, spoke before the high school students and faculty, Tuesday morning, in the auditorium. The speaker spoke of the cornerstones of the palace of Cedarville High School for 1933-1934. These corner­ stones, scholarship, athletic activities, parents’ relationship, and faculty, were presented by the speaker in a charming and interesting way. The devotions for the morning in­ cluded group singing, led by Mrs. Mrs, Helen Jacobs, Scripture reading Y e llow Spring Schools Need State A id According to a statement of Supt. R. E. Corrill, the Yellow Springs schools has only $2,000 on hand and that $7,000 additional is needed to operate the first half of the year, 1933-1934. There are 450 pup!'/i and fifteen teachers. The schools have been receiving from $6,000 to $7,000 from the state but last year only had $3,800.' Milton Shaw, president of the board and County Supt. H. C. Aultman, have conferred with the state depart­ ment of education. The outcome will depend on what additional tax funds are raised by the legislature. WINS JUDGMENT Belden and Co., has recovered a judgment for $57,92 in a suit against Clarence and Mrs. Alberta Washing­ ton, in Common' Pleas Court. . COURT CITATION William Martin, defendant in a suit filed in Common Pleas Court by Ida Martin, has been cited to appear in court at 9 a. m. September 5 to explain why he hasr;not complied with court order directing that he pay $3 weekly alimony to the plaintiff. SCHEDULES CONFIRMED Orders approving schedules of claims, debts and liabilities have been entered in Probate Court in the ad­ ministration of the following estates: John P. Stewart, Laura E. Alexander, !.aura H. Hartley. ADMINISTRATOR NAMED Application of Marcus Shoup to be appointed administrator of the estate, of Catherine Considine, deceased, to administer remaining assets of the estate, has been assigned for a hear­ ing at 9 a. m., September 8, in Pro- TICKET SALES REPORTED * GOOD BY OHIO STATE! bate Court. Alice K. Lackey has been appointed COLUMBUS.—Ohio State Univers­ ity’s football ticket staff started this week to sort out a big accumulation of ticket orders for the season open­ ing Oct, 7. Advance orders give promise of good attendances for all five home games, according to Henry D. Taylor, ticket sales director. The new season ticket book, offered for the first time this year, is proving especially popular, he says. State and federal taxes totaling 20 per cent have been more than ab­ sorbed by the Buckeye athletic de­ partment in the lower prices set for this season. A fan can see all of the five home games at a total cost of $8.40, including tax, through the pur­ chase of a season book. Last year’s total season cost for a reserved seat, tax included, was $10,50. To put Ohio State’s home contests administratrix of the Margaret Lackey estate with $5,000 bond. NAME EXECUTRIXES Appointment o f Jane H. Watt as executrix of the setate,. of James B. Watt, deceased, without bond, has been made in Probate Court. M, L, Wolf, D. W. Cherry and T. D. Kyle were named appraisers. The will was admitted to probate. Dorothy D. McCleary, has been named executrix o f the estate of Martin F. McCleary, deceased, with­ out bond. Warren Morris, Henry Arnold and O. B. Kauffman appoint­ ed appraisers. The will was admitt­ ed to probate* ESTATES VALUED Valuations have been placed on three estates in Probate Court, as follows: within the range of all possible, the J Estate of Margaret I. Lackey: gross athletic department has set its gener-j value, $2,500; debts and adhiinistrat- al admission charges . at a total of ive cost, $778.80; het value, $1,721.24, INTERNALLY INJURED Stanley Tidd, 27, formerly of this place, now a resident of Xenia* suffer­ ed internal injuries when kicked in the abdomen by a horse in his stable, lie will recover* percent fSrerts and no ewamps. A . «H1 n.oi«tare ndded to the nvoided lo»» plowed t o d 1 » , . todp an 0 to « • - W ^ five dollars for the five games, in­ cluding tax. Children can see three of the home TOTALS 522 games for a total o f 45 cents, the Buckeye price schedule shows. CANNOT DISSOLVE inches below the surface packed Dy, ,loss spnn®.^and vviate* doods» The local schools opened Tuesday, the yearly plowing, and the greater these considerations make tills the gCptembe 1 r B, 1938, with ohe of the percentage of the farms are tiled, most worthwhile project everstarted iar^ 9t enrollments in the history of the water runs from tho land as soon in tb’ 8 region. the schools. Two hundred seventy Attorney General John W. Bricker, as possible), and allows very little1 Alan N. Jordan, Exec. Sec. pupils are enrolled In the first six advises Prosecutor McCallister, that penetration. Ohio Valley Conservation and Flood grades, sixteen in the Sight-Saving1a county library district cannot be Dr. W. J. McGee of tho bureau of. Control Congress. Class, and two hundred thirty-six in dissolved until the legislature pi'O- solls o f U. S. over a period o f 22! the high school, With the total of five vldes legislation. Certain townships years made a record of 9507 Wells, I 40c Castoria—Fletchers—27c hundred twenty-tWo. A number of desire to withdraw from tho Greene * great number 6f which were within’ Week End Special at Brown’s Drugs pupils have not yet entered. Jcounty library district. Estate of Amanda M. Garrard; gross value, $5,910, all personal prop­ erty; debts, $1,510; administrative cost, $548; net value, $3,852. Estate of Nannie Shigley; gross value, $5,959.27; debts, $1,195.79; administrative cost, $330; net value, $4,433.48. GASOLINE GOES UP CENT Gasoline went up a cent a gallon Thursday due to increased crude oil price under the N. ft. A., according to the announcement. ’ The County. Board o f Education held « hearing last Frday on the petition of three hundred New Bur­ lington citizens that ask to be releas­ ed from the Spring Valley Twp. school district and added to Clinton county. The division arose over the adoption of the six year high school plan but from the tone of the argument at the Friday meeting the objections concern the transfer of children to Spring Valley schools. When a county board is petitioned by seventy per cent of the taxpayers in a district seeking transfer across a county line it is mandatory that the request be granted. The transfer of 7,000 acres of farm land with improvements from the Spring Valley School District would so reduce the duplicate that probably no school would be possible there. In addition every school district under the county plan would feel the loss from the decreased tax duplicate. New Burlington parents desire to have their children transferred out of the district, largely for two reasons, it was pointed out. (1) Petitioners claim that Spring Valley High School will be over­ crowded by absorption of seventh and eighth grades. (2) Parents in the New Burlington area would prefer to have their seventh and eighth grade pupils at­ tend a school nearer their homes. Under the suggested transfer, school children in the New Burlington area, would attend Kingman High ~ School in Clinton County. It is1esti­ mated sixty-seven pupils would be af­ fected by the territory transfer. Kingman High School also operates on the sixyear high school plan, but the petititioners.1disclosed that they ' have arranged whereby the New Burlington seventh and eighth grad­ ers would continue to attend school ' at the New Bqrlington grade building until they became eligible for the high school. Thus they would not enter the six-year plain at Kingman. G. H. ReaviB, an inspector for the state department o f education, who also appeared before the-hoard to ex­ press his views on the merits o f the transfer, assumed sole responsibility, for the original recommendation made in 1931, advocating a change to the six-year high school plan in the Spring Valley district. “As a disinterested student o f the situation,” the state inspector ex­ pressed the hope that some way could be found to. agree upon a compromise, whereby the petition for the territory transfer would be withdrawn, leaving . the district intact, Mr. fteavis reviewed the entire history of the Spring Valley school situation, declaring his original recom-. mendation, on which the township '' board acted, was motivated by the fact the consolidation would save the - cost of one teacher and that a some­ what, better .high school could be operated for the top six grades. In discussing the relative advan­ tages of school attendance for New Burlington pupils at Spring Valley High School and at Kingman High School, the inspector said the state department has no especial interest in whether the transfer is or iB not granted. “As the state supervisor of high schools, it is my judgment that the transfer would not materially affect either way the educational opportun­ ities. But the change cannot he justi­ fied on the basis of educational ad­ vantages involved,” he declared. Mr. Reavis said that he regretted making his original recommendation because of the “ trouble which has since arisen,” but that lie adhered to his belief the suggestion has merit. In support of his recommendation he pointed to .the admission of New Bur­ lington petitioners that the six-year high school plan is'no longer the real issue. If the transfer of territory is made, Mr. Reavis emphasized the fact the Spring Valley high school should be left in the four-year high school plan with three teachers. School officials hope the situation will be adjusted before September 11, on which date the fall term of school begins at*both the Spring Valley and Kingman High Schools. Greene Co* Federal H ogs Shipped East According to Lawrence Evans, man­ ager of the Greene County Live Stock Cooperative Shipping Association, 3,- 000 sows and pigs, have been listed by Greene County farmers for sale to the government in the plan to stabil­ ize the hog market. The first ship­ ment of 365 head went to Newark, N, L., last Thursday. Tho weight o f the pigs must be not less than twenty- five pounds and not over 100 pounds on arrival at slaughter. •*'V» /