The Cedarville Herald, Volume 58, Numbers 1-26

T f c * m m t i b t o f s m m a i m t i i s d b y A d v e r i iw ie n t s k w y m o f t h e t i m e s . R e e d t h e m ! I I P T Y - ^ E V E N T H Y E A R N O . B NEPHEWVlt™ OFHOTELFIRE INLANSING COURT NEWS Xmdd. C E D A B V D j L E , O H I O , , ,r'.. J-.,i,,_ . 1 ; !.u. iM fy^aMrarapajain DECEMBER 21,1984 am hMdiioM m Omfmmt 9*§t* Often i t i s e f m e r e ■ifp>iii(Mii.i» to fife mm hjoa wm aSMESIMIB JUDGMENT^ SOUGHT I Anna Fpmey, a* administratrix o f "the estate o f William C, Forney, de- | ceased, and as an. individual, is Iplaintiff in two auits on Ale in Com. R . Elbert H om ey, 84, D etroit,j mon P?ea» CoMdt against Torrence Mich., nephew o f Mr. and, Mrs. M ay- JE. Forney and William L . Forney, wood H om ey, was one o f the un -[ Equitable relief and judgment fo r fortunate victim s in the Hotel Kerns i$3,000 is sought in one petition, fire recently in Lansing, Mich., when'while in a second action the admin- th irty or more guests lost their lives, jistratrix seeks to recover judgments Mr. H om ey waa a salesman for!*® * $500 against Torrence Forney and the Champion. Spark Plug Co. and was $$00 against William Forney, plus lax Lansing on business fo r his com - interest since 1020. Attorneys F . L. pany. According to late reports h is Johnson and John W, Rachford rep body has not been recovered. The resent the plaintiff, hotel was located along Grand river and it is said a number o f the guests being caught on the upper floors were fofced to jump into the river, 'Hie victim is survived b y a daugh­ ter. W ilda, 7, and a son; Ralph, 8, Detroit, and. h is parents, Mr, and Mrs. Lee Homey, o f Carlton, Mich,', form erly o f Jeffersonville, O. . H is w ife died in November, 1938. ' Mr. and Mrs. Maywood Homey and their son-in-law and daughter, Mir. and Mrs. L . D . Sims, Xenia, returned hom e-Friday from Detroit. 1• ’ THREE ASK DIVORCE Divorces are sought by two hus­ bands and one. w ife in other suits filed in Common Fleas Court. Floyd Jenkins charges gross neg­ lect o f duty in a suit against Orphie Jenkins. The couple ' was married June 15, 1928 in Xenia, They are the parents o f two minor children. Collection of Sales. Tax To Be Delayed County Auditor James J. Curiett has received notice that licenses for all business houses and retailers o f j a ll classes w ill have until Dec. 81 to! get Same, although no blanks are a- vailable as.yet. H ie license is $1, - According to State Treasurer Day Dorothy Wilkenson, 356. Bechtlej Ave., Springfield, O., is charged with gross neglect in a suit brought by A lbert Wilkenson. They have no children, Geneva Kester j in a divorce suit a- gainst A , B. Kester, requests alimony and asks that the defendant be barred o f dower interest in her property. Cruelty is charged. They were mar­ ried April 2, 1914. JUDGMENT AWARDED Elda R . Vanniman, as guardian o f f 1 Virginia Ray Vanniman, has recover-! p, M> Gillilan, after twenty-five ed ' cognovit note judgment am ount-'years in the baking business an- ;»*sl‘?r£,Wedrd*!'!,t-""5rfbe^ " ou”“ “k*hfa“ two months before the machinery fo r ; ______ . - sales tax collection can be started.. DEFENDANTS ENJOINED AH counties must have a t least two . month's supplies ahead. County t r e a s ^ ^ ,^ m^ r**y * ? % ^ i conn,ar 6nd 16 years in CedarviUe *oHtB oat •* P t***tit urers must have ample and safe f f Gilliialn, has operated his bakery have assigned w ork , storage fo r the coupons and the de- P W ^ m ^ K v i 011 Christmas Day' only havin* P*rt vacation, sifter which partment in Columbus must set up a 2 m iof the day w ith his fam ily' year the elimination, new department with about 800 new JT n n ‘ f he Rroperly thinks he ha8 eBrned » It « the ambition appointees, yet to be appointed. Leopard and Walter D. Leopard. H. full day a„<| to get will not have do some scrimmage P ’ y PP D‘ Sm,lh Ia the P o n tiff's attorney.his store opem He w ill bake late last o f .January, ah* WAMW A n w rv iR -rn iT n n u {Monday fo r his Christina* orders season by the midd A U M im p IK A lu B s {which must be called fo r before 10 The team* w ill mak#,i Bertha Ferguson has been appoint- j ^ j|t> that evening. 'H e asks that to North SNYFP ASKS AMENDMENT Attorney* fo r Frank E. Snypp, Osborn indk ted fo r violation o f t b e } ^ R e a r e d , Ohio Securities A ct on fou r counts k s g t f s : S y S J lVlde 3aT ® groups Armentwut were named appraisers, and be tned separately on each group ; Edna Johh has ^ n!J ed admin- when the tr«al opens Dec.. 31. The istratrjx o f tho o f c M cou rt has the request under considers- .J ota ,ate o f Yellow Springs, under tion. . . . . SCHOOL NEWS Chapel Friday A special chapel will be held tide afteraeen, (Friday) in the high school auditorium at 1;30 p. m. at-vwhieh time Rev. C, E. Hill will preeent pic­ tures an the Jife of Chjrist. The Junior cl*## will be -in' charge of the pralimiMNry program. The public ia cordially invited. A new pep song with special ©r- eheetral accompaitiment vriH, he intto- daeed to the high school students, a fter the pep meeting which -is t o he held in the gymnasium; Will Take Christmas Vacation This Year Debate! The 'preparation ! fu ll Christmas Day vacation on debate has begun., Tuesday next. During' h is 10 and Dean C. W ,-S t years in business in Washington ing the squad. T t . Vocational Ltfntheoh Held Tuesday evening, in the high school gymnasium, the student* o f the Vo­ cational Home Economics and. A gri- cttlture Departments. deli^itfuUy en- ertained a t a two*cour*e f luncheon heir parents, wives and members o f he C lifton, X en iaT ow n sh ip , ,■and CedarviUe boards o f education and membera o f the faculty. and a number o f guests. The, h igh school orchestra, under he competent direction o f Mr. Robert leed, pleased the audience with a number o f selections during the hour o f the luncheon. ! Supt, H . D . Furst, acting as toast- maater introduced the various .speak- era. H ie follow ing persons respond­ ed with spleiidid talks on the value o f vocational studies in school: H . Aultman, superintendent o f Greene County Schools, Dr. W . R . McChesney, president 6 f CedarviUe College, and ■ t v * _| » 'M r. O, A , Dobbins, local livestock 1 “ J k W I i a .breeder and farmer, and Mrs. W . W . iCalloway^a member o f the local board services fo r M rs., V iola o f education represented the mothers. The principal speakers o f the eve­ ning were Dr, Ray F ife, state super­ visor o f vocational agriculture; Con­ gressman L. T. Marshall, representa­ tive o f the 6th D istrict; and Miss Houston, assistant state supervisor o f vocational home economics. A hoys* quartet composed o f Her­ man Randall, Sellers Sbaw, Laurence Brewer, and Wayne Andrew sang; and Miss Janette Neai played a violin Columbus; Moody Collett, o f Losjsolo. Mies Mildred Trumbo, who sub- U.MHU1N MEBTNBRStft w ill* I # , * i l l i l f t w p r f l I AFTERSTRSKE James A . McMillan, 87, son o f Hugh atad Raclud McMillan, died a t his heme on Main street, Thursday night, follow ing a third paralytic etrolco. He had been able to he about follow ing previous strokes though was quite feeble.' The deceased waa horn .in New JaSper Township but has been a resi­ dent o f this township most o f Ms life. ■He was one o f the’ o ld school conservative Democrats and served two terms as postmaster o f ’ Cedar- ville during the administrations o f President Grover Cleveland. He was a member o f the F irst Presbyterian ' Church, serving as trustee a t one time. ■ Two sisters, Mrs, E. L . StormOnt, • Ce'dervillo, and Miss SiUie McMillan, at home, and a brother, Hon. C, R. McMillan, Colville, Wash., survive; Nine nephews and nieces also survive. The-funeral was held Saturday’ afternoon from the F irst PreBbytdriaff Church, the service being in charge o f his pastor, Rev. Guthrie, assisted by Rev, Jamieson. Burial took {d a ce' on the fam ily lo t’ in Masses- Creek Cemetery. , - F o r m e r R e s i d e n t ed -administratrix o f the estate o f t0rtjev.s fo r christm as.be placed early, 22, and 23. Other Funeral Haverstkk, 79 ; w ife o f Jbhn Haver- stick, who died at midnight Thurs- W , Ault jday at her home in Xenia, were held engineer- i Sunday at the Jamestown M. E . fourteen. Church, with burial in Jamestown , coaches Icemetery. A®v^ i ^® { Mrs. Hoyerstick, who Was bom in will be jjh)gs township and was a lifelong j Greene County resident, leaves, be- group to j,er husj^n^ four sons .by a the rrel ,^ormer " “ fringe: Warren Collet, o f Reimiary, trip February Ohio Corn-Hog Checks Being Distributed The first installment o f the second 1934 benefit payments to Grtiene County farmers who sighed com -hog contracts ’ was started Wednesday when 244 checks were distributed. The total o f this payment was $17,382.82. The next installment o £ checks is, ex­ pected In a ,few days. The first pay­ ment to contract- farmers amounted to $102,238,98 with 1,025 signers,, MISS RUTH HUbNS •ENTERTAINS FOR BRIDE Angeles; Wilbur Collett, of Port­ land, Ore., and John Collett, .of JaraeS- stituted fo r Mrs. Jacobs, who was ill, was the accompanist fo r these' num- A brother, David Shigley, o f hers, which Were much fcnjdyed b y L. N* Shepherd Be Deputy Co. Clerk L. N. Shepherd, present The work th is year Verr inter­ esting as it is on a subject much be­ fore the Nation. T h e. question is ; ,“ Resolved that a ll nations, should deputy ar^ue ttt prevent the international Jamestown; a sister, Mrs. Loorila c , h .,; m two grandchildren alsd-survlve. ' The deceased formerly resided south o f Cedarvil.j in the Jamestown pike. HANDEL'S “ MESSIAH” B.BX), bond. Appra^s apWl»M,C.«!.‘y s M ^ f e Stewart cou« ty clerk by Earl Short, -------- . ^ elect. Mr. Short succeeds Harirey , Elam, and Dallas Marshall will be* W e hop* to learn much about the^ The outstanding musical and reli- miliigtratoi. o f the e8tate‘ o f F loren ce.1deputy recorder under Ernest Beatty. ’J ? ® gious event o f the current Church N> Arthur, late o f CedarviUe Twp., ’ Shepherd is a World W ar veteran and year was the presentation o f Handel's UIUieit .cnQ Vo-wi jwrae Townalev. past commander o f Joseph, P. Foody understanding o ftheprinciples Of Messiah b y the united choirs o f the Herbert Bailey andGeorge Hammond Poat* Xenia. The change in the ad- P*86* to those Whohear ub . -l— .u -- j - - *i— J: ----- ministration o f the county offices [are Fred Kershner, „R. B. tand A . C. Erbaugh. ’ Howard Arthur was appointed ad- ti- inist t r Under Straw three local churches, under the direc- Were „ am{!a appraisers, tion o f Robert Reed o f the High ESTATE VALUED Estate o f Joshua Holland, deceas­ ed, has a gross value o f $2,550, ac* School Faculty. Accompanied by Mildred Trumbo at the organ, and Gene Corry a t' the piajno, the chorus o f fo rty voices p re -’cording to an estimate filed in Probate sented the choral selections with [cou rt fo r inheritance tax purposes, beautiful harmony that seldom is Debts and administrative cost amount equalled by large professional choirs, j to $589, leaving a net value o f $1961. .A fte r several organ and piano j ^ duets, the oratorio opened with a XENIA GETS NEW SHOE tenor solo by Mr. Robert Reed, thej FACTORY; 200 EMPLOYEES director. Mrs. Robert Jacobs andi - — — Mrs, K . T . Johnstone were the twb.J Xenia w ill have a new manufactur- contralto soloists and then followed .ing concern that Will give employ- takes place January 7th, other than fo r auditor and treasurer. Mrs. Margaret Work w ith two so praho solos. The concluding eol^s were presented by Mr. Robert Harri- man, baritone, and k i l l Eleanor Bull, soprano. Each solo was. interspersed by chorus selections, This second concert o f the Messiah has proved to he one o f the best local musical presentations and is o f such a fine character that many feel it should be made an annual event. ment to about 200 employees to be connected with the Godman interests known as the Xenia Shoe Company. The incorporators are Thomas E. Kavanaugh, vice president o f the Godman Shoe Co., and Webb I. Vorys, both o f Columbus; Harry D. Smith, Columbus, The new company will be connected with the Godman interests that have plants in Lancaster, Logan and Columbus. A lease fo r three In the opinion o f taany each number * * » » ^ the 'g ild in g s waa excellently done, but no single number Was a well done as the final Hallelujah Chorus, For choral beauty the Whole choir sang as a unit and^ th e volume and tone o f the whole; choir waa o f the finest. It was a employees form erly used by the American To bacco Co. The plant is now being prepared fo r installation o f ma­ chinery, ago due Barn Burns With A ll Contents A barn on a farm owned by J. H, Clay on the Columbus pike, west o f the Samuel's hill, burned Friday night about midnight. Ah automobile, team o f mules, some other live stock and feed were burned before help could reach the scene. HOME CULTURE CLUB HOLDS CHRISTMAS PARTY The annual Christmas party given by members o f the Home Culture Club to their husbands and friends was given Tuesday evening at the Whitelaw Reid home. Thirty-tWo members and guests enjoyed a two* course dinner served by Mrs. Wilbur Conley and Mrs. Meryl Jones. Dec­ orations were in .keeping with the oc­ casion. message o f the Christ Child that seldom has such an effect upon those who heard it* Mr, Reed, the director, deserves a Follow ing the dinner Mrs. C, W . Xenia lost a plant a year [Steele gave the address o f welcome to labor trouble that le ft to which Judge S , C. W right re­ sponded. Music was furnished by the CedarviUe College Girls* quartet Under the direction o f Mr*. Margaret L $80,781 IS PAID ) DELAWARE—One o f the year's most unusual stories in being told here by A . P. Carper and Brooks Van Sickle Who swear it is true. It concerns two pigs which vanish­ ed mysteriously from the Carper Y . W . C. A . Miss Eleanor. Bull entertained the fernTlrat^ A ug' o " a fter Carpe7‘h«d girls o f the Y , W. C. A . at a Christ- flnfshed y 8 threshing o f oats, That mas party on Wednesday evening. ^ the la it heard * those porkeyB< . » Van Sickle was removing the Basketball straw from a stack in the field Wed- The boys’ basketball team o f nesday when he came upon two pigs, CedarviUe College played the team He thought they w ere dead sad pte- from the Third Lutheran Church, pared to bury them when one let out Springfield, Ohio, Tuesday evening at a faint “oink, oink!” the A lford Memorial Gymnasium. Presently both pigs recovered from The score was 28-10 in favor o f their stupor and began their char- CedarvUle. acteristic' squealing; It developed The boys' team played W ilberforce that they were ju st a trifle hungry— in Wednesday evening. and thirsty, too. Neither had grown ........... ■ |„ the long incarceration and weigh- SPEAKING OF PIONEERS cd 35 pounds when “ exhumed.” ............ i Meanwhile their brothers and sis- WASHINGTON C. H.—Historians tera had grown, to weigh close to 250 have always figured that only In- pounds, dians and the mound builders lived in ’ ................................ •11. talks w efe given oy Mr. Orval Benedict, president o f C lifton Board o f Education; Mr. Cramton Lott, president o f Xenia Township Board; Mr. Wm. Ferguson, vice- president o f CedarviUe Board; and Miss Carrie M, R ife, principal o f CedarviUe High School. Everyone present agrees that the first annual vocational Home Eco­ nomics and Agriculture Luncheon o f CedarviUe Public Schools was a suc­ cess In every respect. Much credit fo r the splendid program and lunch­ eon is due the two 'instructors o f these departments in the local Schools, Mis* Mildred Albaugh, and Mr. L . J. George, who so ably planned this affair. «. M iss Ruth Burns entertained a large company o f ladies a t her home Saturday evening in compliment to Miss Eleanor Johnson, a t desaert- ‘or bridge and rook, - Christmas ever­ greens were used in the decorating scheme o f the home. Miss Katherine Jacobs, Xenia, and Mrs. George Gor­ don, received prizes fo r 'h igh scores at bridge and Mrs.' A . H. Barlow in robk. Miss Johnson was presented a guest prize. Miss Johnson will become the bride Of Mr. Willard W . Barlow, member o f the Columbus high school faculty, and son o f Mr. and Mrs. A . H /B drlow o f this place, Saturday afternoon at the M. E. Church. One hundred, guests have been invited to the wedding; Ohio in the early part o f the 1700’s . DEATH OF MRS. HARRY SMITH But state highway workers digging SATURDAY; FUNERAL MONDAY in a gravel p it here, uncovered the ......... skeleton o f an Ondian and beside it -r-, „ „ , „ .... . a stone tablet bearing the date 1704. l TMr8‘ Smi th, 54, wtfe o f O f course the Indian did not know the f arry ^ §nU / ^ date and could not have Carved it. °™ ey- di*d ^ turday ^ r n ln g to l. ____lowing a ten day illness in a Xenia hospital. I The death was quite a shock n ot Christmas Seal Sale The sale o f Christmas Seals was concluded Thursday, December 20. The pupils o f grades three to six, under the direction o f M iss Chance, had charge o f this w ort. The receipts o f the local sale to date are $85.33 in contrast to the total receipts fo r last year which were $23AO. DIVIDEND PAYMENTS MADE The third ten per cent dividend Of f » ly W °tf ‘ h® j arn,ly> bot the Exchange Bank was started Wed- £ « * * * o f ****** nesday when depositors called upon a 1f nAf ---------- Work. The quartet is .composed o f Harold Fawcett, local liquidator, to *“ “ "W Payments on tangibles and intsng- Misses Anna Jane Wlham, Georgia their Christmas g ift. There are p . . . . tljiV>. . . . . imeo, aifiuuubiug wr fow ,io» nuu 'skinnell, Dorothy Anderson and Har- still a few dividend checks o f the first word o f rammendation. fo r hi* effort jttM n {illg a gg per cent classified riet Ritcnour. Miss Glenna Basore *nd second issue that have not been *urvivGd by on* m ’ H orw H in producing ^h^a^beautiful oratorio. p r o ^ r t ^ t a x ^ o lle ^ ^ fo r elfierta in ^ with ^ a '^ o ^ * o f reaffine^'1ca lled 'fo r* afc"^this” ' time. ~Mr.' F^w- ls con*fll at Cwrton‘ Chin* ' (Contributed) Buy Christmas Seals jthe last ha lf o f 1934, were announced Friday by Harold Van Pelt, Greene County treasurer. Intangible tax re -j Ceipts totalled $21,234.52 or 98.65 per DOG TAG FEE HOISTED LONDON—In order to secure suffi* cent, and tanglibe tax payments a -[d en t funds to administer the sheep' Three hundred basketball ------ mounted to $50,546.48 or 08.04 per damage law in Madison County dur* were disappointed Saturday night at y* who and a 'e rtt would like to get rid o f ail checks. d*af bter. Miss Mary Carelyn Smith, _______ __________ kindergarten teacher in Hill School, Middleburg, W< Va.; and m brother, John W, Ptugh, Xenia, The funeral fans WAR be'd Mtmday With burial in Wood* LIGHT PLANT FAILS cent. NOTICE ing the com ing year, the commission- Ross Twp, High School when the ers have increased the dog license lights went out ju st a* the game a* _......... cost from the past year as follow s: 'gainst Jeffersonville Hi was ready to For male or spayed fem ale dogs, start, A breakdown In the plant Please leave Pass BoNcs Of The from |1 to $1.60; fo r female dogs, forced calling off o f the game which jjk & w n j Building A Loan A tsocia- Mrs. Bess Galvin, 44, w ife o f W, J .ifrom 3 to $4,50, and fo r kennels, from has been re-scheduled fe r Fed. 6th. 1 “ “ ‘ “ ‘ Galvin, Wilmington publisher of th*!$i0 to $16. MRS. J . W , GALVIN CALLED IN DEATH, TUESDAY Pfflht TuB*rculo»ii News-Journal, also the Greene County j Journal, Jamestown, died at her [ home Tuesday following an illness o f; several months as a result of a stroke 1 of paralysis, MUST FILE-BY JAN. 2 TWO CENTENARIANS Over in Union County reside two old ladies who have passed the hun* have dred-year mark in age. Mrs. Mar- tlon at their office, on o r before jin . 1, 1035, fo r balancing and auditing, t C, DAVIS, Sec'y. (8t) MADISON FOX DRIVE SET World War Veterans must Besides her husband jtheir applications on file by Jam 2 garet Amt Owen of IKaryeriRe eele- she is survived by a brother, Kenneth for adjusted compensation certificates, brated her 101st birthday last week. Kerr, next U, S. Marshal, step-son, Dependents of veterans who have And Mrs. KftxAbrth Oox, who lives in this sectioh ’for many years Wayne Galvin; a sister and another died must also file on or before this. York Township, reached the age o f held Dec, 28,under auspiceswf Itadi- LONDON^-the first fox drive to til Yen will he brother. date, [103 last August. son Prat, American Legion, Lendew. c. c. Mrs. Jacob# III Mrs, Jacobs, who was absent from school Monday and Tuesday, is again suffering from ear trouble, which caused her so much pain last spring. During her absence, she waa in Co­ lumbus, where she took treatment from a specialist She is again able to assume her duties at school. The Springfield Lutheran quintet fe ll victims o f Gedsrville College;. Tuesday evening, when the local boys won by a score o f 28-19. Joe Waddle, forward fo r the local team: captured sixteen o f the points in the Score fo r his team,’ playing a ll round his. opponent, Doughman, fo r the Lutherans, took honors fo r eleven points fo r his team. The score at the first half stood 14 to 12 in favor o f CedarviUe, The C. C, hoys meet Defiance in a Northwest Conference game,on January 12. Christmas Holidays The public Schools dosed Friday afternoon, December 21, for the Christmas holidays. Work will b» re­ sumed Wednesday morning,' January 2, Assistant Director* Appear Jane Frame' and Rebecca Galloway, the assistant directors o f tha high school orchestra, made their first public appearance at tile vocational luncheon Tuesday evening, and a t tha pop meeting Friday. b a s k e t b a l l t e a m DEFEATS SPRINGFIELD WALTER CUMMINGS INSPECTS NEW CHEVROLET MODELS Walter Cummings, local Chevrolet dealer, with other county dealers, Wetit to Detroit, M idi., Wednesday evening to be present at a gathering o f all Chevrolet dealers to inspect the 1985 models. Many new features and improvement* have been provid­ ed the next series o f Chevrolet. Springfield, Mass-., m September. The local chapter elminmtion con­ test Will be held here the first o f January. Two local boy* who ’are planning to compete are Harold Bene­ dict and Howard Finney;, Turkey Dinner Served About two hundred fifty persons en­ joyed a special turkey dinner which ws* served in the gymnesium today at noon by the home economies de­ partment. The event has beceuae * custom o f the school, and grow s more popular every year. F„ F. A. PubUc Speaktog Contest ': The annual National Future Farm­ ers' Public Speaking contest, which will be held in Kansas* City to No­ vember, .1986, will hold the district elimination to January, 19*6, at Day- tom The winner o f the cRstrkrt will compete to the state KWtsxt during Farmers' Week ■in Friwnary. The region*! contest will h* held » . Girls Wto; Boys Lose Mt. Sterling girls' and boys' squad visited CedarviUe's teams, last Fri­ day, December 14. Cedarvilie'a girls carried away a well-earned victory, the score being 274. The Bed and White Boyd lost to the faster Mt. Steriing tram by a score of 18-0. . Wrat League Game Tonight Bellbrook High School comes to CedarviUe, tonight, December 21, for the first league game ef t’w season for CedarviUe giris and boys. Bowera- vilto Her*-~Jan«. 4. ‘ Buth giris’ and boys* teams of Bowsrsrille WQi meet the CedarviUe’s teams here, Friday, January 4 tor the local'* eetond league game. *& t *4 9