The Cedarville Herald, Volume 59, Numbers 1-26

m W THINGS ARE ADVERTISED BY MERCHANTS FIRST. ADVER­ TISEMENTS KEEP YQTTABREAST OF THE TIMES. READ THEM! J ADVERTISING IS WW $*. M MUCH AS THE HEADLINES ON TBM FRONT PAGE. OFTEN IT 18 OF MORE SIGNIFICANCE TO YOU. FIFTY-NINTH YEAR NO. 17 CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY MARCH 27,1936 PKICB, $1.60 A YEAH NEWSLETTER FROMSTATE DEPARTMENTS COLUMBUS. — State civil service examinations for twenty positions 1 will be conducted April 1. 2 and 3 in four Ohio key cities—Columbus, To­ ledo,; Cleveland and Cincinnati—-it was announced by Chairman W. B. Francis of the State Civil Service Commission. The. tests will be given for farm real estate appraisers, as­ sistant superintendent of the soap plant a t the London prison farm, chief nurse a t the Ohio Soldiers’ and Sail­ ors’ Orphans’ Home, legal clerk in the Department of Liquor Control, diet­ itian at the Franklin county tuber­ culosis sanitarium, stationary engineer for Hamilton County, examiner in the division of banks and banking, photo­ stat machine operator in the Depart­ ment of Auditor ol* State, nurse for Hamilton county, office attendant in the Department of Liquor Control, sales clerk a t the Ohio State univers­ ity book store, secretary a t . Kent State university, secretary at Wilber- force university, social worker at county children’* homes, special eye nurse for the. Ohio Commission for the Blind, statistician for the division of minimum wage, statistician grade four for the division of minimum wage, departmental .stenographer, stu- j dent advisor- at Ohio State university,! and superintendent of the power plant, a t Ohio State university, Complete | CANYOUNAMEPUPILSINTfflS SCHOOLPICTURE? | COURT NEWS The above picture is of the Junior his own picture as an insert when ho the building known today as the lo- is Will Frazer, followed by W. H. aid' Senior classes of the High made his print from the negative of cation of the CedarviU&Batery. This Gwens, Charley Peters, John W. Me- detailsconcerning theexaminations School Mfek in 1898—thirty-eight the classes; Only four members have was in 1886 the same year the rooms Lean, J. H. Milburn, II. M. Stormont, may be obtainedfrom the State Cir/il years age, fourteen years after the bpen taken by denth. occupied by the Wright Grocery and Robert Gray, Wilce Walker, J. H- Service Commission here. school picture in our issue of March —-— Cedarville Building Loan were Wolford, George White and Henry ------— — -—---- S13. You will have noticed that most The picture shown-last week may erected. " Grindle. In front of the stairway Ohio’s generalrevenue fond gained of the. school pictures regardless of bring aboutsome debate as' to the The picture shows its.hge by fading door stands Dr. Andrew Winter. $2,437.50 infees paid to Secretary the year have been taken with the year it was taken. We have beenyet many of the citizen? of that^dny' Sitting on the handle bars of “Old by can- east entrance as a background, .unable to fix a definite date but xnow can be pointed out. A few cannolNie, Neptune” is W. P. Townsley. At the Ope feature of this picture is that, .it, must have been previous to 1886 named a t this time. Tlie young mffltrignt C. M. Ct’oase, In front; of tne M at the right on the ladder wagon' is^ tre engine repm d o o r three in fees i t of State George S. Myers didates in the May primaries- There were sixty-one candidates who filed you will find at the top the picture of due to the f a 't that the late. W for office with Secretary Myers. The Supt. J , H. Sayres, who :took the Barber had acquired the Fireman’s Charles Nesbit,Loveland. Jacob youngsters that in thosedayscould be ‘ law requires each candidate to pay a picture, photography being one of his Hall building and later disposed of Siegler on the hose reel is holding a found most anytime around the Crouse fee representing one-half of .one per hobbies. He found a method to print' it to Crouse & Bull, who remodeled large nozzol. Infront]«f, standing- & Bull hardware store, , cent of the annual salary of the office *• he seeks, but not to exceed $50. The DIVORCE SUITS Ten years after his wife left home W alter L. Patterson has instituted ;suit in common pleas court for a di­ vorce from Gertrude Patterson, on grounds of wilful absence since 1926. They were married February 11, 1911 at Portland,-Ind.. Charles lAker, plaintiff in a divorce action ag a in st, Louise A. Baker, charges, neglect. Parents of five chil­ dren, they were married December 26, 1922. in Xenia but have not lived to­ gether since July 27, 1935 a t Van Wert, 0., according to the petition, The htisband requests custody of the children, Divorce, restoration to her former name of Townsley and attorney fees are sought in a suit filed by Jeanette Hoag, R, R. No, 2, Cedarville, against Richard E, Hoagg, Hill street. GrosB neglect is charged- The. couple was married January 27, 1934 a t Rich­ mond, Ind. FORECLOSURE JUDGMENTS Four mortgage ‘ foreclosure 'judg­ ments; authorizing sheriff’s sales of the real estate involved, have been awarded by. the court as follows: The Peoples Building and Savings Co. a- gainst Mary E. Foster and others for $354,17 and against Roy E. Price and others for $1,290.25; title former Home Building and Savings Co., against Marie Fuller and others for $3,- 930.84; .the Home Owners’ Loan Cor­ poration against T. H. Bell and others for $2,993.54. maximum fee is required of candidates Earlham Choir for governor,- congressman a t large and the state supreme court. The f fee fo r all other state offices except lieutenant governor, which is $15, is iLocal Bootlegger To Give Concert Pleads Guilty 4 The Earlham College Choir, Rich- J State liquor inspectors with sheriff’s $32.50. In the 1934primary more mend, Ind., under the direction of deputies made a raid on the home of candidates filed and as aresult the Prof. Dail W. Cox and Maxine Roe,{William Jones, South Main street, state ^received $3,037.50 in .fees, Sec- accompanist and assistant director, where a small amount of liquor was rotary Myers said. will present a program in the Selma'found. Jones pleaded- guilty before!Greene County Department Of Health, *—------; High School auditorium at 8:15 p. m. jJudge R. L. Gowdy andwas fined $100 jPr. Kyle, of Cedarville, and Dr. L s c h o o l N e w s Diphtheria Immunization In cooperation with the Greene County Medical Association and the Registrar Frank West of the stale Friday. The choir is now on its spring l and costs and given bureau of motor vehicles warned concert tour, f ^ t im extenaiq^of time for .the at* Prof. Cox is M < i of. ih of 1935 automobile license tags will Chicago Musical College and a former .be gi-anted aftor the deacUme at mid- , turicnt of Herbert Withcrapoon. M5sst nigbt on March 31. Six hundred and Koe a senioJ. in the EarJham (] t . eighty, deputy registrars throughout menfc of musiC( ig ono of ^ outst<ind. the state are aidmg m the d.stribu- ing c0.edg 0„ the Efl,.lham ca ^ tion of the new blue and white 1936 in_ , ' , ---- ------.................- tags. Registrar West believes that - -----1 ‘ e> dumped part of his !50 William Whitetow, Xenia, was fined of pm w s No definite information as to who'took advan­ tage of this service is available at this Beef Calf Club Enjoys P a rly More than 109 members of the Greene County Beef Club and their parents, leaders and friends attended the Beef Calf Club party a t the Rotary Room, Monday evening. James Hawkins, Chairman of the County Club Committee presided a t the meeting. A report on the activities PARTITION AUTHORIZED . Partition of real estate has been authorized in the case of L. N. Mason against Zella M. Mason and others; W. S. Rogers, A. W, Tresise and C. E. Arbogast were named appraisers. CONSERVATION METIN6SSET The new Soil Conservation Program in Greene County will be initiated a t a series of township meetings to he . held April 1st to 3rd inclusive accord­ ing to E. A. Drake, County Agent. Previous to these meetings a tem­ porary committee composed of David C. Bradfute, J, B. Mason,. Herman W» Eavey and Harry Martin together with Mr- Drake will attend a state­ wide meeting a t Columbus, March 25 and 26 a t which the new program will be presented. At the township meetings general features of the conservation program will be explained and permanent,com­ munity committeemen elected. The new program represents an ef- ■ fort to conserve the soil in the inter­ est of the producer-and consumer and to hold the economic gains made in agriculture during the past two yea rs., Following is the schedule o f Township meeting; ' April 1—8:00 P. M.— Beavercreek High School , New Jasper Township House, Miami High School. .-'V-V. W iK April 2—8:00 P. M.— Ross High School,’ Jefferson High School, Xenia Court House. April 3—8:00 P. M.— Bath High School, Cedarville Farm Laboratory, Caesarcreek School. April 4—8:00 P. M.-— , Spring Valley Town Hall, Sugar- creek Township House, Silvercreek Grange Hall. GRANTED DIVORCE On grounds of cruelty, Anna Arm­ strong has been awarded a divorce from Frank ‘Armstrong and was or­ dered restored to her former name. liquor in . . Association of Women Students, and kitchen sink but the officers tore up the current motor vehicle registration National Collegiate Fmj.:r:> the floor and secured may, reach the 1929 peak of 1,836,000 parl 1_ (A)_ c Almighty £ od» vehicles. Whitehead; (B)—“Prayer,” by Dors- confiscated in the possession -of both days in the Henderson, of Clifton, aided by county [county jail. ihcaltb nurses, administered injections The same officers took in Charles tokiod and Schick Test to local Ellis, Jamestown, who drew $100 and sc^:°ol children, Tuesday. | given and’ plans for the coming year costs and' 90 days in jail- i . i it i ti -t the}<i{wus6wi. Joe llaines of Caesarcreek, and Paul Watkins, Cedarville Tov.vnship ^ W i AM khrtlr, / wm A Itaakk A. ^ for cooperation was very good SALE APPROVED Sale of real estate to the plaintiff f0rf$80flf ha's beeh~toftfifmbd'and 'dtt-*1 tribution of proceeds ordered in the foreclosure case of the Peoples Build­ ing and Savings Co. against Edward Stanton and others. SlOO and costs and 30 days in jail, .. . „ According to the officers Jones the response to toe call r t t . » L ' ' dof, and (C)- Otao’s streams, with one exception, Christiarsen. are m no better condition to carry off - • flood waters -than they were in 1913, Part 2 Selected, according to David C. Warner, exo- PaT*- 3—"The Radiant enough for by proof. A large amount of liquor was “Psalm 50—Part 8,’’ by Ellis and Whitelow. I Morn,” by .iTo Agrain Submit cutive secretary of the State Water Wood.waxd; (B)—“Come Unto Him,” { Conservation board. The sole ex- by Gounod-Shelley* and (C)—“Go ception, Mr. Warner said, is the Miami h>°wn Moses,” by Cain, basin where the 1913 flood took its Part 4—Selected, heaviest toll of life and property for p art 5—(A)—“Sunset,” by Muel- v-hich the Miami conservancy district ior ; (B)—“Carol of The Russian Chii- was created to establish flood control dren,” by Gaul; (C)—“Tile Elder- measure that how give ample pro- Blossoms,” by Kopylow, and (D)— tection to Dayton and other Miami “Spinning Top,” by Rlmsky-Korsak- valley cities. “There would have 0ff, been as disasterous a flood in 1933 in Pari. n the Mfami valley as in 1913 had it p T j * ) ' not been for the five confcervancy c, , J, . „ ,, , /tJ. dams*” Mr. Warner asserted- “The by B g Iode* <BJ * r TTn " fi*Am “ M fitr T lntr/* Cedarville Levy Cullough, Comedian, Commits Suicide Miami ran bank full for eleven days , n* in 1933 2nd systematically carried off and Alm* Mator> the groat volume of excess water at that time.” A similar development is “Psalm 50—Part 2* by Christiansen, being worked out in the Muskingum and “She Is So Dear,” by Jraotorius, Watershed conservancy district, but it ‘— ................... "• will be tVvo or three years before it becomes' operative. Mr. Warner is nationally recognized as an authority on water conservation and flood con­ trol problems. I ------- • __ _____ ____ t Paul McCullough, 52, radio screen Word that young fruit trees should and 9% , c“med|‘\ ni oi be protected this spring from the tef m °.f 's ? seventeen-year locust, which will make g * bf bershop ,n MedfaT<1,’ its appearance late in May or eaily J ed7 sday’ ^ a r f or flnd slasb^ in June* was issued by J. S. Houser, b“ wf i/ ta nnd De,llh entomologist at the Ohio Agricul- fo“° ^ d e«robte ,a bo^ a l , tural ExperimenfStation at Wooster. w® fby Glark. a ^ McCul ough arc Protection may be obtained by wrap- ”ntiVf L ° f{inSp" " fiffie!d' and <”V ping the trunks of the small trees 30 years ago as a team, but with paper and by placing mosquito of latc yftars have bccn on pr0' netting over the foliage during the grIinis‘ •__________ locust invasion, Mr, Houser said. T h e w _ _ _ ^ locusts do little damage save to fru it K f i u L fO S S K f l l l f l l trees, and the young trees are al ways the thief victims, it is claimed. In the hope of getting vote approval for a $5000 bond issue the local board of education has refiled ah applica­ tion for a $6000 grant to help finance construction of n r,v m shop building tor Cedarville high school a: a W’PA project Officials are hoping the request for 'the grant will I k sanctioned in time “With Jockey to the to place the* bond issue for the school —“The Hunt’s district’* chare of the financing on the by MacFarren,{ballot for the May 12 primary. That Up,” from "May Day,1 d Additional selections will include— Attends Banquet Mr- II. AV, Deem was-the guest of Dr. W. R. McChesney at the Father ami Son Banquet, held by the Xenia Riawanis (Tub, Tuesday evening. Secretary 1)1 Miss Dorothy Nelson, office secre­ tary, is confined to her home by sick­ ness. . [ESTATES ARE VALUED For inheritance tax. purposes the following estates have been apprais- of the club during the past year waa\e^ jn probate court: i Estato of. Clifford C. Esterline: gross value, $1,500; obligations, $1,- 196; net value $804, reported on their free trip to Chicago and the International Livestock Show. “Hearts & Stars” a motion picture, Estate of Matilda Adams: gross value; $4,000; net value, same amount. Estate of Reid Pringle: gross value, 83,010; obligations, $7,061.26; net limm Co. Miss Eileen Holmes of! Leesburg gave a number of musical’ Estate Bales: gross value, means the application must be approv­ ed before 30 days prior to the pri­ mary date, The district gave an affirmative majority of 100 to the same bond is­ sue last fall but it lacked the neces­ sary 65 per cent favorable vote for passage. School officials believe the proposal was not thoroughly under­ stood then and that a second election would see ifcg passage. Harrow Will Speak Mr B. 11. Harrow, commonly known on the School of the Air as "Uncle Ben, will be in Cedarville, Thurs­ day afternoon, April 2. Mr. Darrosv, • a ho is the director of the Ohio School of the Air, will speak to the teachers after school, on the beneficial uses of {a school radio. Any patron interested in nearing Mr. Harrow is welcome to attend this meeting to be held at four o'clock nfc the school building. selections on the occordian nnd Leslie Guest, Magician of Cincinnati, enter­ tained the crowd for about an .hour- O. W. Cole presented G. M. Bedall and Harry Lewis of the Ubico Mills who announced that free trips would a- gnin be awarded members to the In­ ternational Livestock Exposition, who exhibited the grand champion steer, heifer and market pig. Following the meeting refreshments were served by the Xenia Farmers Exchange. Appeal B rings $1,200 GEORGE WILSON FARM SOLD TO HOWARD WILDMAN The appeal of the Red Owes £o# flood relief has been answered by Greene countlans contributing more Mr, Howard Wildmatt has purdias- than $1,200 up until Wednesday, Tho pd the Georgs Wilson farm o f 142 fluota Set was $800 hut in as much a s acres adjolning his prOsent farm, The fho financial need was g r a t e r add!- mum * Franklin cmmtv lmttl iU1ld$ Wre $sked' land was under Franklin county Ci0W rendered flnamfial aid in Xenia court order a t public sale fo r $8,000. n -few years ago when a small cyblone The heirs were Maud and Elsie .demolished many homes of poorer Wilson, both of Whom are detained. Jpeople In one section of;ti|at city, Annoiuico Dates For Holding of Fairs F. F. A- Roys to Broadcast The Cedarville F. F. A, boys are scheduled to broadcast from Station WLW from 2:30 to 2:45, Friday after­ noon, April 3. The subject of the broadcast, which is a part of the Ohio School of the Air program, is to be “A Tour of tho Southern States.” Mr. L. J. George, vocational, ngri- disctiRsion by Harold Benedict, Roy Ledbetter, and Howard Finney. Friends of the schools are invited to L-ine in on this very interesting program planned by the local F, F, A. boys. II is planned to take tho forty F- F, A, boys to Cincinnati for the day to visit places of interest. Assembly Monday, March 23, the eighth' grade ' The next Ohio State fair will bo held Aug. 31 to Sept. 5, according to announcement of official fair dates by State Director of Agriculture Earl II. Hahefeld, Montgomery co. fair dates are Sept, 7 to 10., Other dates and l«» tf.nS are: Gr«n» co (Xooio), I w 0Mmbly a L T P- ” 7 i <” rl7 ? ) !»«■». announced 1>y Wolloco Collins: n L T J ' ScW lurc-Eusono Howell 18-21; Darke co, (Greenville), Aug. | * . 28-28; Clinton co. (Wilmington), Sept. I <‘^^ e American Boy—tending 15-18; Preble eo. (Eaton), Sept. 15-1R; l'Io«Th Bakc>r; Shelby co. (Sidney), Sept. 15-18; and Warren bo. (Lebanon), Sept. 22*25. reading — Emma “Opportunity” Kenntm, “You Arc tho Hope, of the World" MANY ARE DELINQUENT j--rending—Dorthcne Squire Oountf' Auditor James J. Curlett I Ijny ti10 ^ aafc Minstrel”— states that out of 3000 personal tax!^,0UP readlng-Pansy Rose, Rosalie returns that should be returned before Ri,cy* Frances Dellaven, Eleanor Lul March 81. something near 1,000 have of the Departmnht of not yetrftled. (Continued m pag t thru) Wfoshv Tho hour is 7:20 o’cleok. School Rcdistricting. $12,610.80; debts, $4,395.74; adminis-< trative cost, $415.70; net value, $7,- 799.36. Estate of Joseph W. Adams: gross value, $5,115; obligations, $1,002; net value, $4,113. Estato of Harry D. Hunter: gross value, $413.68; obligations, $22,465.- .43; net value, nothing. Estate of F. M- Reynolds: gross value, $22,193.47; debts, $6,380.60; administrative cost, $1,177.74; net value, $14,635.13. , Estate of Frank Fisher: gross value, $4,628.23; debts, $1,948.90; ad­ ministrative cost, $450; net value, $2,- Program Is R e jec ted12?-33 . . r 1 Estate of Charles M, By unanimous vote Friday, the Greene County Board of Education rejected a redistricting. plan recom­ mended for the county’s 11 tural school districts by high school nnd financial inspectors of the State De­ partment of Education- Adopting the view that any changes made should first be initiated by :tnx-> payers in the various districts, the county board decided against under* culture instructor, will -W. a i d e d ' . . l a - - a l t e r . . J h f i Tcxiatiiig .district. set-up or disturb the present rural or­ ganization during the 1936-37 school year. The stand taken by the board is contingent upon acceptance by the.| state ,education director and tile mat ter will remain open until June 1. BIBLE READING CONTEST Austin: gross value, $8,629.20; obligations, $3,« $32.42; net value, $6,496.78. - Tlte Annual College Women’s Bible Rending Contest will be held Sabbath evening a t the United Presbyterian Church. The following, winners in the pre­ liminary contest held a t the College, Wednesday, March 18, will read: Misses Bumgarner, Rachel Crcswell, Fisher, Frame, Hagwman, Johnston, McClellan, Margaret Nelson, Porter, Post, Tobias. Thoic young ladies wi ll -bo Very happy to be greeted by a large audi­ ence when they give their chapters Chosen from the “Open Book-” There will be special numbers by APPOINTMENTS MADE Alice M. Downing has been appoint­ ed administratrix of the Carrie M. Hypes estate, under $2,000 bond. Fred M. Ervin end Emily C. Ervin havie been named Ipo-administrattirs of the Charles H. Ervin estate, under $8,000 bond. J, J. Curlett, John Back let and Clwrifts uales were appoint­ ed appraisers.--*.— Warren J. Morris has been des­ ignated administrator of the Mary J. Gorman estate under $1,000 bond. Clinton Rakeetraw lias been ap pointed executor of the Margaret Rakcstraw estate without bond. J. E. Hastings has been named exe­ cutor of the Dora J- Herr estate, under $30,000 bond. C. H. Crouse, R. 9. Townsley and H. H. Cherry were appointed appraisers. Anna M. Beard has been designated administratrix o f the Mary’A. Whit­ tington estate under $2,000 bond .. Mrs. Bertha Corbin To V isit Cedarville ' ' |i l'-f ‘- ' >• . „ Representing The Children’s Heme Society of Ohio, Mrs. Bertha M. Cor­ bin will come to Cedarville and other Greene County towns soon to talk with citizens about child-welfare and to secure financial aid for tins worthy, Child-placing agency-now in- ite ’43rd' ’ year of successful work. public-spirited persons and explain the work done by th is charitable institu­ tion in the 88 counties of Ohio. The Children’s Home Society, which ac­ cepts orphan and dependent children regardless of sect, creed, politics or race and finds good foster homes for them, depends entirely upon voluntary ' gifts for its financial upkeep. The organization does not receive financial assistance from any Community Fund as its activities are state-wide in scope—not limited to any city or, county. . Since the Society was organized in 1893 by a group of philanthropists of Ohio, headed by-Dr. F, H., Darby, ap­ proximately 2550 homeless children have been, cared for—-hundreds of whom have been adopted by foster, parents- Before placement in a foster home, each child is given a complete physical and mental examination and necessary treatment. Children are not accepted without the proper court commitment. The Division of Charities of the State Department of Public Welfare of Ohio certifies The Children’s Home Society of Ohio, witiv offices a t 19 W. Fifth avenue, Columbus, Ohio. The following citizens of Cedarville aro members of the Society: C. E. Barnhart, Cedarville Lumber Co., Ruth Chandler, Prof. H. D. Furst, W. W. Galloway, Ora Hanna, Geo. H. Hartman, Prof. F- A. Jurkat, C. L, McQuinn, Dr. M, 1.’ Marsh, A, E# Richards, Carrie M. Rife, Jean Wolfe, > Supporters are the following: Editii Baker, F* S,, Bird, Cedar Inn,, C. H. Crouse, Vesta Hoisted, Ruth Lewis, McMillan Funeral Director, Mr, and Mrs. S'. W. Ross, C. M. Spencer, Wol­ ford's Garage, Louise Hetntz, Huey v Hardware Store, Dr. W. ft, McChes­ ney, P. M, Brown, Dr, OC P. Elias, H. W. Evans, Dr. R. V, Keenfin, Mrs, J , ............................ Ch« D. Wright, p , Kerr, E Neal, Rigio Pool Room, qs- Smith, Gertrude Stormont, H« ALLEN ChOHS FARM SOLD TO MALCOLM TURNER The Allen Cross farm of 214 acres was sold Saturday to Malcom Turner, son of Mr, and Mrs. Jphn Turner.-1The farm is located on the Columbus pike east of town near the point where the Pennsylvania railroad Crbsees the pike, Mr. Turner gets possession in ten days and according to reports Mr. Crete Witt rstita from Xathttiiff. W. E. Dunham.Will Discuss Bee Problems W, E, Dunham, Extension Special­ ist in Beekeeping, Ohio State Uni­ versity, will speak to the Beekeepers of Greene County •Monday evenipgy March 30th, a t 8:00 o’clock a t the Assembly Room of the Court Hons*. Mr, Dunham Will discuss various angles of spring management proo* lams for 1936, Due to the severe winter, heavy losses have been ex­ perienced by Beekeepers. The prob­ lem of disease control will also be discussed, Everyone interested in btos is asked to attend this meeting, , BIRTHDAY BREAFAST Celebrating h e r eighth btothdsyr Barbara Smtth entertained a number of her little girl friends a t a dumber petto' imd tafrthday breakfast to r