The Cedarvile Herald, Volume 57, Numbers 1-26

♦ The new things are advertised by merchants first. Advertisements keep you abreast of the times. Bead them! Advertising is news, as modi as the headlines on the front page. Often it is of more significance to yon. FIFTY-SEVENTH YEAR NO. 15 CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY MARCH 16,1934 PRICE, $1.50 A YEAR NEWSLETTER FROM STATE COURT NEWS DIVORCES ASKED BY TWO nCDIDTUCUTQ Declaring that before he and his U C r H l t I K l C n I U <W’fe seParatcd in 1926, she would en- ,'tertain men associates in his home _ during his absence, Robert O. Cooke COLUMBUS. The Ohio Tax Lim- bas brought suit in Common Pleas itation League has opened headquart- Court for a divorce from Ella Mae era in the Neil House to carry on a Cooke, 311 Bank St., Dayton, charg- campaign for a reduction of at least gross neglect of duty. They were 35 per cent in the cost of state and married December 25, 1922 at Camp -1 local government, and to advocate re- bellsburg, Ky. j construction of the taxing laws onj Cecil Hudson has filed suit for aj such a basis as will properly finance fdivorce from Margaret Hudson,- an •essential educational isystem and charginb gross neglect of her wifely the necessary functions of government duties. They were married in 1925. in conformity'with the public demand ■ ■«_____ for economy and the ability of pro-1 WANTS JUDGMENT VACATED 1 ductive wealth and the people to pay. | guit to sefc Mide Q jud nt for I “ Less public expense rather than'?1>665 recovered by the defendant in ’ more taxes" is the objective of thejl928 has been filed in Common p]eas! organization. This is the same:Court by c E and LiU|an Hargrave' league except m name that sponsored agaipst; Alonzo. Johnson; The Har. the ten-mill tax limitation a m e n d - clairn they had no knowledge ! ment that was adopted last November. i q£ the judgmeht at the time and only •' Charles E. Haigler, Washington C. H., ,learned of it recentlv. Cancellation is president, George Kirkpatrick,,q£ UenB ig also asked; Utica, vice president, and W. I. Law-; ______ rence, Columbus, secretary-treasurer, j FORECLOSURE ACTION State D ep a r tm en t Health officials I j " 1'1 to ? covf . J^gment for $6,-! report that 50 o f the 110 city health ]523f ’ and askiae foreclosure on districts in the state have failed t o ,mortgaged property.has been filed m file annual reports as required by law 1 eaS <5U.r y e e0^. e '8 - and 26 'have neglected to submit! ? ” f nf and SavmgsCo^. against necessary subsidy vouchers; also, [ 1 ' ' 00 ’ fWm ' that-34 of the 87 general health dis-;^ ° oc?warJ- ™ ,aa ,B' ° * ’e» s nn(i the triets in the state have also failed to| ' s Ulg a e ass ° ‘ forward their annual reports and 11 their subsidy vouchers. : Many health commissioners Have neglected to file! SCHOOL NEWS 1 BRABFUTE HEMS CORN-HOC CONTROL ASSO. Junior Clawr Piny The juniors of Cedarville High School, ably presented the play, “Mother Mine," directed by Miss Rife,, ........ - at the Opera House, Thursday eve- j At an organization meeting of the ning before a large appreciative audi-j board o f directors of the Greene ence. County Corn-Hog Control Association The cast was as follows; jat the Court Housfe Monday evening, Cynthia Whitcomb, the Deacon's David G. Bradfute, Cedarville Twp. wife, Mary Coulter. idirector, was elected president. Miranda Peasley, “Mother Mine,” j w . K. Haines, Sugarcreek Twp. dir Elinor Hughes. , {rector, was named vice president and' Martha Tisdale a neighbor, Eleanor J. B. Mason, Caesarcreek Twp. was Cooley. 'elected secretary-treasurer. ' William Letjtie Holcomb, with a nose for Wilkerson, Bath Twp. director, and H. news, Gretchen Tindall. |W. Eavey, Xenia director, together Lillian Whitcomb, the Deacon’s with, Mr. Bradfute, were named by the daughter, Jane Fram& Iboard to serve on the county allot- Mary Tisdale, Martha’s daughter, ment committee. Cletis Jacobs. | Other members of the board elected John Whitcomb, the Deacon, Justin by the membership of the association Hartman. at the township organization meetings Jack Payson, the Merchant’s son, last week are as follows: ’ Beaver- Stanley Swango. {creek Twp., John Munger; Miami Joe Payson, the Merchant, Wendell .Twp., L. D. Welch; Spring Valley Bobbitt. ITwp., Roy Stoneburner; New Jasper Jerry McConnell, the Newcomer, Twp., Ray Fudge; Ross Twp., Herael Laurence Williamson. {Long; Silvercreek Twp., Carol Glem- Officer Lewis, from Boston, Paul mer; Jefferson Twp., Harry Martin. Stickel. The power and authority o f the' as- Sam Blunt, the Constable, Harold sociation .is vested in the directors Early Assignment O f Snypp?s Case Prosecutor Marcus McCallister will ask for an early assignment of the ;caseiOf. Frank E, Snypp, Osborn, under indictment here for violation of the This delayed letter will be read with, much interest, coming from a former resident. DIVORCES GRANTED On grounds of failure to provide for certified copies o f their appropriation' ber support and wilful absence from resolutions. All of these filings a r e ber home for more than'three years, necessary to obtain the benefits of the,Naola Smith .has been awarded a di- fcoAltTi lows ivorce from Abraham Smith and re- ■ ■.__ stored to her maiden name of Banks, o b , , , o264 Fenton Street Returnine to Columbus last week ’in Common Pleas Court. i dict e t ere for violatio of t o Edgewatcr, Colo, for their sixth session members of* Albert Ward procured a divorce Ohi° securities act in connection with To the Editor, Cedarville Herald. them bills for a permanent tax pro-!na&^ee^ of .duty and cruelty and was gram; One reported by a majority of S*ven custody of a minor child. the special tax commission and plan- --------- ned to raise. $53,500,000 provides for: APPROVE SALE a three per cent tax*on retail sales,! Sale of real estate to the plaintiff **"u *“ *■” * '■■*"*"* '■“ “ J' * -* rnn . • . « . j j j - [recently upheld by the United States statesmen and executives. LETTER TO READERS Luella Wilson came too, I remem- FROM D. S. COLLINS ber. It seems out o f reason, but I can not rid myself of the idea that Jeffries Special music was presented be­ tween acts by the junior girls, the high school male quartette, and the high school orchestra. i Scholarship Ttests Pupils of the local high school will again compete in the annual scholar­ ship tests sponsored by the State De- Belle Wilson (sister of Sol's) also attended, with the other Turner school pupils. Imagine trudging all jpartment of Education. The first o f these teste is the Gen­ eral Scholarship Tests for Seniors, which includes the fields o f mathe- the way over poor roads and cow paths. No school busses then. .My first teacher was Lizzie Collins, [Tim Ed and Wills mother. Then we rari‘maitics* history, science, English,and Here it is February 22nd, birthday throu£h a galaxy of teachers all good {current events. County, district and ! Snypp's appeal from a decision of anniversary of the ^Father of his enou£h perhaps, but some more T", . e awa e upon {Federal Judge R. R. Nevin, refusing country," and where, over this broad Pr^c^ated, no doubt, than others.; ® a 8 ® ea . * his case admission to federal courts land his memory is still cherished as -^ar^on Lawrehce, who afterward! *s e®. ar a.® ilreenu and remanding it for trial here, was chief among-its early day soldiers, ^ecanie a national figure in Sabbath .• , a^{ _ tt! j — < - .......... - ' - - - School work, was high in character/24, at the Central High School Build- a personal mcome tax and an increase for ?l,o00 has been confirmed and dis- cjmiifc court o£ appea,s in Cincinnati This morning, as it brings to us “Lis” Botsford was anoth« good *ng, Xema, Ohm m public utfiity exese taxes, with.re-;tnbution of proceeds ordered m the and h5a on,y appea, wWch cmisid. Cp,0Padan8t the 15 degrees of temp- 0Jle: 80 was John A. Cisco, who was peal o f the cosmetic, admissions and case of the Peoples BuiMing and S a v - . ^ unlike, woul(, be to the United , ratur (s0 £ar the ]t)V¥est £or 1933. later Greene Co’s. Clerk of Courts. soft drinks special taxes, and reduc­ tion in intangible taxes., Other tax relief measures have also been pro­ posed. * Senator D. J. Gu!nsett in the .senate and Representative -W .» -T, Roberts in the house introduced jden- AU seniors who rank in the upper thirty-five per cent of their class are ings Co. against Fern O. Rontzong .............. ................ 34? w h h 'T t^ ^W ffir 'c o v e r in g ^ o f t«a^ers in mind were E m m a 'eligible to enter the contest. Cedar- and others, m Common Pleas Court. ( gnypp ^ ch aw d prejudicc and flcecy white for earth> £ollow. Kirk and most kindly remembered is v ile High School has the following nrc\u<na p a w .claimed he could not obtain a fair ed by a frosty festopning clinging to “ Becky” Hopping. . . . ■ 1 [trial in common pleas court. vegetation’s twigs anAbranches, hids -Teachers of todajr might wpndpr - Case-of Paul Jamos againstAfinat - - " ' ________ - ** ' ~ — M. Harris and others, having been1' T w r „ -VT______ J indoors. with a provision that $23,000,000 of u A * H f P O t n c this sum be provided by the proposed, * " V * o o U t t new taxes. The bond refunder bill in- j tended for the relief of -Cleveland, i representatives: Janies Anderson, Racfiel Creswell, Janice Dunevant, urhoier near '*>**' **«' °* a mix o«r tutors * 1^ ’ 4 faced, then, with pupils whose feet ElmMe Randall, and Edna Sipe. Washington’s birthday radio pro- couId not when seat- ^ Friday* Marck 30 all. members of O n M i l k R n a r H are on the air, and we settle cd* t0 lon» le«eed chaps whose pedal- the eAgjMh grade wiH take an exam- Cin JVI11K I50ara £ armchair attention ers stuek out in a11 directions to a- ,natl0n ^eluding history, arithematic, --------- t h t ,,, U p l e d T t « » hilarity rea„l«n 8 c.r- " - d . ^ h . This f t - w i l l tical bills providing fo r distributing settled, has been ordered dismissed’ J* ^ * L - O l l l l l S N d i l i C Q .Wn.bintrinn’n „n,a„ could not touch the floor when seat- $42,000,000 from state funds to the iin Common Picas Court, school districts o f the state in 1 9 3 5 , ] ------------------------ — , . ^ - - - railed calves .growing crampy in close ( be conducted in each school. Based who; will cooperate with the secretary of agriculture in administering- the com-hog control program in, Greene County, Approximately 90 per cent of the cbm acreage and hog production o f the coimty was reported signed upJn 1829 contracts. Appraisal *of con­ tracted corn acres will.be started; soon and the work will’ be rushed to com- pletion as rapidly as possible in order that the possible benefit payments of approximately a half .million dollars due Greene County farmens may be distributed. s - Cedarville College Excels In English j ■ ■ • Cedarville college freshmen and sophomores ranked higher than the national average collegiate standard in the “ Pressy Diagnostic Test in Eng­ lish Composition/’ , given recently* by Dean Louis T. Heintz, profeasor of Epglish, the .results reveal. The-Cedarville students Tvere high­ er than the 'average iff other colleges in all points covered by the tests, which covered capitalization, punctua­ tion, grammar and sentence structure. confinement. Grades from A. B. C’s,!uP°n the results of this test, awards Akron, Warren and other cities passed Xenia Postmaster Miami Valley Cooperative M, k Pro- ;l0t,0"ur o u t s t o n p a t r i o t ^ d first t0 « ad«r claaaea, took honor will be made. ,.t ^ cers .Assoeiat'on at a meotmg m ; ° UrJ Utstandmff .patrlot ^ their chances of being given their full I In brder to ^lect representatives the Senate late Thursday by a vote o f ' Hf n 'y A- Hlg^ ns’ city auditor, Dayton, Tuesday. Sevenother mem- share of instruction in “ readin’, and the Greene County scholarship 19 to 5. f Xenia, ^has been recommended as act- lers from as many counties were also , tkeia 'ritin and 'rithematic." The t e a c h e r ! ^ , an elimination contest in the ■ 1J1E postmaster in Xenm,.pending out- chosen. The board will meet for or- / an -v me .back W ole Virginny, ^ gh he wanted us to tell various subjects Will be- held, Thurs- who has been come of regular appointment from the ganization on March 20. Tho asso- how much we knew wjuld.call up t o day- April 5, at Jamestown, accord- ’ * announcement made by County Harlow Lindley, curator and Ohio State torical Society was chosen last week to succeed C. B. { Galbreath, deceased, as secretary TAX COMMISSION MUST APPROVE ADMISSION TICKETS For the information of those who may not know it and expect to have some local entertainment, where ad­ mission of more than 11 cents is to be charged, it will be necessary to ” i N e w ^ l i s c s editor and librarian of that organiza- Finds $3 Bill W ith this side of “ Ole Virginby/* and we, smartn<!8s by trapping towards the tion. Mr. Findley came here from! - - _ T ' F o r L o c a l S c h o o l s wafting in the air of Biickeyedom! top end of the line‘ those wh® Earlham College, Richmond, . Ind., Old. N e W S p a p C F S ____ drift in happy memory, to the old sPelled a word. A.little incident we where he was head of the History de- — board of education last Thurs- Corry school yard, through its door remenlbel' Miss Emma Kirk, I think partment. He has a national reputa. ’ ’ ' . . . have the tickets printed far in ad- {Superintendent H. C. Aultman. Win-j vance of the date of the entertain- this contest will take part in,™®*#- and ’taers crow " ■ ourselves along the wall generalTy,la District Contest to be held in Co- Under the Ohio tax law printers and taers grow. , and demonstrated oUr individual lumbus, May 5. now must submit the samples o f Our fare however b.ds us hop off and . demoastrated . our ,ndl.vidual tickets printed, according to state re- Chapel Members of the jfiiysics and chem- quirements, to ,the Ohio State Tax Commission, stating the number of . . , . tickets, and the manager of the en- istry classes, under the direction of . . . . „ ,, , . , , ,j. *'«, , .tertainment. No tickets can be put on „ ^ t Looking over some old newspapers day evening opened bids for two new way and lobby to our old seat along lk Was' at khe be« inninF of a term Mr. Deem, presented a very unusual l . ... • comn,ied with tion as an authority on Northwest which belonged to his father, Sam Me- school buses and let contracts for side o f Frank C„ there to join with a” nounced she would give a prize to programduring the chapel hour, Mon- L j noticed to tha£ effectanDroved Tarritory history and historical li- Chesney found a three dollar bill one each to the Cummings Chevrolet a room full of happy mates singing the PuPU « ainin* moat head marks day morning. A number o f interest-' ^ authorities The law holds the braries. His selection isregardeda s ,which was issued by the Xenia State Agency and to Jean Patton, Ford that rollicking, joyous, thrilling m the sPelbn8 class, to which a good ing experiments were performed. The rintel. rea1M)ngibie a valuable acquisition by thefriends Bank in 1852. The bill is similar to dealer. Both will supply Superior all- melody, so emblematic of Independ- bunch of us b®loriged. Well, as |mostspectacular of theseperform- of the Society. {the old large size bills which were !4teel bodips. The cost of each is to ence day of Washington’s time. “ BabeRuth puts it,” the “breaks" ances included fireworks made by . .discontinued a few years ago. be paid by the state. “ Ring the bell, watchman, Ring, Ring, camc my way‘ Kiln Wilson (Brewer) An aerial mapping survey of the it ig not known whether many of ______________ . Ring, • and ^ started for that prize and entire state of Ohio was planned to Ithe three dollar bills were issued, but CWA OFFICE STAFF WILL Yes, yes,' the good news is now on ne’ tber ° f us wa3 absent a day or get ppder way the past week with the jf ew peopie in this community had ever GET SALARIES FRIDAY the wing, misspelled a word during the term, fipst day of bright, sunshiny weather {beard of one. to permit satisfactory photographing * from the air. The first map to he made will cover the Muskingum Watershed Cpnservapcy district, in* pipping twenty, full counties and parts of three counties, comprising 10,290 square miles; The Federal Civil Works Administration has au­ thorized the Ohio CWA to make the aerial map of Ohio. The southwest­ ern section of the state will be “map* -South Charleston Sentinel, SCHOLASTIC TESTS Yes, yes, they come, and with tidings ^ ‘ break ’ came, in by some hook , The office staff of the CWA in this to tell or crook, secunng the^first head mark, county numbering fifteen persons will Glorious and blessed tidings, Ring, , a tra“ ed me steadily to the final draw their January salary Friday, Ring the bell." :<lny’ » ,th. bcr, ,tle, th* 8C?re’ ------- after waiting some weeks due to Co* Since that’s where we are now, we’li bVen’ dfn'Kaec ke ^ or ack o{ a day* The annual spring scholastic tests lumbus authorities approving bills, just stay a while reminiseen/ over *b® vyiz® awarded me was a lovely in county schools are being planned, Groce’ s,'coal dealers, and others who thatold school, as we recall it in a- , , I[ . Plctture °* a beautiful The eighth grade promotion exams also have had to wait will get payment bout 1875. First, let’s call the roll of fi0,den haired girl. Ellas disappoint* will be held Friday, March 30, cov- at the same time for bills amounting those who ,were scholars those days; n'cnt revcaled itself m a copious flow ering English, science, history and io nearly $6,000. wonder how many could answer the of tearf ‘ Tb,s 8®t under by hide, mathematics. . ________________ call today. Jay Bachelor, Belle and and ch,valry .su»8c3tcd tbat 1 8Ur' The senior scholastic test will be COURT OF APPEALS DID ' Will Gregg; Elvia Will and Albert rcndc*' the P>{ize picture to Ella, for ped" after the Muskingum Valley dis-,conducted gaturday March 24, and the NOT PASS ON SCHOOL CASE Ferguson; Ben Mead, Elmer Fergu- wo11 1 knew !t was through no fault trict, And then the northwestern por- raaauai county elimination test for ——— aon, Riley, Leo, Harry, Frank, Rob, kcrf *;ka*' sbe i°8t* As this syra­ tion. The work will bo under the <11- ;Selecti0n of a county team will be con- The Court of Appeals has delayed Alta and Ida Corry; Clarence Evans, Pathetic proposition was being con- rection o f Capt. Fred L. Smith, state ducted at Jnmestown, April 5. Last hearing argument on the dispute be- Will Ferguson, Till!, Dick and 8Jder8d* the tempter whispered, “What ceru|ieu aa ei ie JW WIHJIIS Director of Aeronautics, who wan re- yenr Greene county ranked fourth in tween the Spring Valley school dis- Eugenia Jobe, .Toe, Charley, Frank, tke Saai Hl“ d° _you want to R,velbut Esterline stood highest among the quested by David C, Warner, Exe* tbc state in the team scholastic com* irlnf nn,i n omnn nf Now TJnrlineton Jim and Howard Adams: Robert, that picture away f o r . don t you know . . . . . . ____on « i„ . chemicals, burning soap bubbles and a homevnade fire-extinguisher. Special features of the program were the making of carbon dioxide snow and the passing of phosphine gas through water. NAME HIGH MEN FOR LIQUOR STORE Raymond Esterline, of Yellow Springs, ranked first on an eligible list for four candidates certified by the state Civil Service commission for appointment to the position of super­ visor of Greene County’s state liquor store, to be opened soon in Xenia. John W. Purdom, M. A, Ross and James Sidders, all of Xenia, were also certified as eligible for appointment. u w m r; - - t ict a d a group o e Burli g ; . cutive Secretary of the State Water petition. ' patrons that have been asked to be Frank, Gnlcs, Ernest, Nellie and Will , a s, ®ot ko do *s ,take a Peak Conservation Board, to make the sur- j —----------— - placed in Clinton county. Judge Grinnell; Maggie Maguff, Bob and in*:0 a nlI^ror and there’s her pretty v eyb ya ir . The plan is a part o f the i TWO BUS DRIVERS FINED Gowdy vast state water conservation plan be- -- ------- ing launched to include source stream Ift)nier gWain and Gilbert Saunders control reservoirs, a ground water 0peratjng school buses in Ross and survey now under way with tb® c°" Silvercreek townships, were given ------------ , ....... , - ....., -------- —............. , , . ,. . ^ operation of Dr. Wilbur Stout, State suspendod fines of $10 each before The name of H. S. Bagley, W. T. Wilson, Anderson and Halo Collins, 8 - 0 book8' »nd trugdged off toward Geologist, and even canals connecting j udge Ernnk L. Johnson, Xenia, for Naragon and R. J. Fredorich have Hattie Lcdworth, Susie Murphy, bome' unmindful of Ella and her Lake Erie and the Ohio river in con* having a chauffer’s license. It been certified by the United States and Willie (Wallace) Collins, Will, keaJ9’ , juction with the federal government. }mg been the impression that school Civil Service commission to Post- Lizzie and CharleyStevenson, Charley '0ne ®amc on ta® school grounds Hearipgs on the canal project were ,)USJ drivcrs d,d no(. havo to havc jj. ma9tct, General James A. Farley for and Will Cottrell, IsaacReed,Ed Con-<sticksfor « oodl Shin" cy WR* tho held Dayton ^nd Columbus last (.onge3i appointment to the poatmastership at ley, Nettie and Albert Wead, Din, tenchev, “ Lis" Botsford, week and another was set for Yqungs-1 ________ ______ Osborn. Mitch and Clark Collins, issued the challenge, that he could tywn Tuesday, 'ASK RECEIVER FOR tARGR ; — ——-------- As occasional visitors, who later beat whole school in this game. — -------— . I SPRINGFIELD STORE CWA PAYROLL WILL RE were pupils, wo remember Morton cnl*cd b®8 And what an ar- VISIT STATE HOUSE | CUT TO 475 MEN SATURDAY Grinnell, Maud Beard, Rob and John- ray of opposition he faded. His goal „ . ! , * «**^_*.„ rdn Wilson. waa the. south board fence, ours the A group o f about sixty pupils from 1 A petition was filed in Clark county , m nil, liH1„ bovs with ROSS find Cedarville townships visited courts Wednesday by H. J. Faheln, The CWA in this county will be cut Occasionally when thO Turner school ™ °no' UDyft£ 8t the state Capitol recently, and Were one of the large stockholders, for the to 475 men on Saturday, following was out of i®Ink fai 8amo reason, we y , ? ! , mved hv % V ointment o f a receiver for the orders' from national headquarters, entertained the McHatton girls, Sally, t,1(! Plucky’ actiyc teacher, loved by eligibles with a grade of 89 plus. Certification of eligibles for the eashier and clerk positions follow: NO EXTENSION FOR PERSONAL TAXES No extension of time from the pre­ sent deadline date, March 31, for filing personal property tax returns will be given Greene County tax payers, ac­ cording to County Auditor Janies j . Curlett. Taxpayers, however, will have the privilege of applying to the county auditor’s office for individual exten­ sions, The customary 5 per cent, penalty for delinquency will be added after the time for filing expires. . SEND OXFORD SHEEP TO EASTERN FARM ribown part o f tho machinery of state appoint ent _ --------- liS . ... „ , government. They also were intro- Homo Store, one o f the large depart-(Ninety-five men will be dropped from Emma, Nettie and possibly Lulu and dweed to Gov. White, ment stores in Springfield. tho pay roll. Allie. (Continued op le«t page) and Charles A. Teeters, o f Jamestown. 50c Colgates After Shave Lotion—39c Week End Special at Brown’s Drugs Come and see the Juniors stage a real tug-of-war, March 22, at the Opera House in their play, “ Blarney Street.” Admission Jfic and 25c. Tax Paid. 25c Colgates Dental Cream—l9e ft for 87e 45c Giant Ske Tube-^SBc Week End Special at Brown’s Drugs J. C. Williamson and son, Fred, breeders of recorded Oxford-Down sheep at their farm west o f James­ town, recently shipped 12 head of last spring’s lambs, 11 ewes and one ram to George C. Wending, Richboro, Pa., 75 miles east of Philadelphia. This Shipment represents tho first recorded Oxfords to be received in the eastern part o f Pennsylvania, accord­ ing to Mr, Williamson. D. A. R. MEETING SATURDAY The D. A. R. will meet Saturday afternoon at 2 p. m., at the home o f Mrs, J. E. Kyle, on the Clifton pike, Mrs. Walter Corry will be assistant hostess. Come and see Art Donaldson and Bob Harriman fight, In “Blarney- Street,” Match 22, Thursday evening at B:16. Music between act*. All for 16c and 25c with tax paid.