The Cedarville Herald, Volume 60, Numbers 1-26

CKDAJMUE I'JUDAT, M. 1ML MM STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF AUD ITOR OF STATE BUREAU OF, INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF PUBLIC OFFICES i ^ ANNUAL REPORT O f fcka Clark o f the V illage o f Cedmrvillc, Greene County, Ohio, fo rh a T u c a l Year Ending December 31 , 1936 Population, 1930 Census, 960 • I hereby certify' the following report to be correct. ; JOHN G . McCORKELL, V illage Clerk W H A T Y O U WEE A N D HEAR (Continued from' first page) SUMMARY OF FUND BALANCES, RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES S a i f L _________ 379.50 $ 2701.93$2257.24 $ 82449 Auto License Street Repair Fund — - 87.18 Gasoline Tax Street Repair Fund — 110.43 Totals General Village Funds — 557,12 Wat«p*. W o ikn lFund ---------------------------- Electric Light F u n d ----------------.----- Bond Retirement Fund .------ 208424 826.54 1438.00 4966.47 244325 1606.76 0806.19 707.03 1207,15 4172.42 2359.29 1427.40 8486.30 186.00 341.28 1351.47 110.72 1559.38 3404.13 4084.14 18822.67 16445.11 6425.70 Grand Totals o f All Funds (Clerk) TRANSFERS BETWEEN FUNDS: General, Water Fund ....------— --------------— -■— "— ......... ......... MEMORANDUM: Tax Valuation, 1935— $707,280. Tax Rate for village porpooes, 1935—-Total 16*40 Mills. Total salaries and warts paid in 1936—$2636.95. e stJMhfXRt OF RECEIPTS Property Taxes—General Fund ------- -------------------------- $ 1607.47 Bond Retirement and Sinking F u n d s --------------------- 8869.43 Total Property Taxes' — --------------------------------------------- Cigarette‘ TaX -------------------------------------------------------------- State .Motor Vehicle T a x ---------------------------------------------- Gasolipe T a x ------------------- A ---------------------------------------▼ Sales T a x ------------------------ i— --------------------------------------- Local Licenses and Perm its---------------------------------■--------- 21.50 154.32 98.78 -Exch. Bank 936.76 Total Licenses and Perm its------------------- Special Assessment—5th dividend 10% Total Special Assessments-------------------------------------------- Fines and C o s t s ---- -------------------------- ----------------------------- Rents and Interest—Gen. Village Funds—Int. Deposits 14.21 Total Rents and Interest -------------------- ----------------------- Mies. Fees, Sales and Charges—Gen’l Vil & Other Funds 5.00 $10396.92 53.88 826.54 1423X10 831.08 21.50 936.76 114.74 Total Miscellaneous Fees, Sales and Cha rges------------- Public Service Enterprises—Water Rentals, e t c ----------- 2190.15 Electricity Sales, etc. -------------------------------------------- 1606.7C Total Public Service Enterprises 14.21 5.00 3796.91 Transfers from Other Funds ------------------------------------- Receipts o f Trust Fund s--------------------------------------- -------- Grand Total Receipts (Includes Total R evenue)------ SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES General Government—Legislative (Council) ----------- 253.10 169.30 18822.67 Buildings (Town Hall, etc.) .. Total General Government_____________________________ Protection to Person and Property—P o lic e ------------------ Fire _____________________________________ ________ "Total Protection to Person and Property—— Health — T o ta l____________ Sanitation—General Village Total Sanitation_____________ i ----------^------------------.------ Charity, Etc.—Poor Relief and Hospital C a r e ________ Total Charity and Hospitals ----------------------------------- Highways—General Village Funds --------------------------- - Total Highways -,i__ ____________ a ......_________________ Public Sendee Enterprises—‘Water Works. —__________ Electric L ig h t ______________________ ______ — ____ 136.00 604.84 48.47 *a 789.31 333.55 140.22 220.00 473.77- 220:00 67.16 191.75 191.75 2.00 2.00 1707.09 110.00 1707.09 j 2359.29 1429.40 B. Ferguson,' deceased, late o f Cedar- ville Township, Greene County, Ohio. Dated this 6th- day o f February, 1937. &. C. WRIGHT, Judge o f the Probate Court, Greene County, Ohio day Evening Post and Ladies’ Home N O T IC E O F A P P O IN T M E N T j Journal, Few know the cost, but —• those who can appreciate what wealth Estate o f William B. Ferguson, can do, pay honor and respect to one Defamed. that, were he living today would be Notice is. hereby given that? Bertha I Beared with' the brand o f “ rugged in- s . Ferguson has been duly appointed dividualisrt," and enemy o f society. His as Executrix o f the estate o f William long life ended when he saw his dream fully realized and well it waB that sleep enveloped about him before the resurrection 'of the New Deal mom. About this tower o f Florida coquina stone and Georgia pink marble is a sanctuary, where all that is native to Florida can be found to interest thos<. who love landscaping, flowers am. birds. In the tower, which we.ghv, 5500 tons, and required more that; . years to build, is the largest and fim.. Carillon in the world. It contains il bells, the smallest weighing i . . and the largest 12 tons, The imp. tion fop the sanctuary and the to A'e. came as a dream to the donor whost grandfather, a hundred years before, turned a desert island in the North Sea, ton miles from the Netherlands mainland, into a bower o f groen verdue and trees to which came the Year’ s Best Show At Springfield 110.00 Total Public Service Enterprises_______~ r_—____ ____ , 3786.69 Miscellaneous—General Village Funds .L------------------ 180.24 Burial ............................................................................... 78.00 Total Miscellaneous _____________ _________ ________ ___ 258.24 Interest—Bond Retirement and Sinking Fund s_______L 2586.30 Total Interest 2586.30 are 60 miles away in the heart o f the garden and strawberry belt. The first crop o f berries haa not been what was expected due to excess rain. The second crop will be pn in a few days and will be o f a better quality. To get some idea o f what a strawberry crop here is we are informed that 12,- 000,000 pint boxes o f berries have ah ready been shipped to northern and eastern markets. Even at the end o f the firat crop we are told and have it confirmed by market reports that 20 car loads o f strawberries were shipped from Plant City, Monday night. The price Tuesday to growers was 10 cents a box, but last week the price was seven and three-fourths cents The Wednesday shipment was esti­ mated to be' 12 cor loads, and to a non-berry producer, only an ordinary consumer, it offered to the undersign­ ed that the market was still going strong. As we» reached Plant City great truck loads o f berries were headed for market and then we see Roosevelt’s really “ forgotten man” ;!birds to make their home, the aged and poor colored citizen, { The location o f the tiwer on Iron trudging along with a crate on an old mountain, was once the headquarters wheelbarrow, walking and pushing his of- the Indians o f Central Florida, berries two op three miles to get less Each spring the tribes worshipped' than $1.92 a crate, pay commission here the rising sun as a rebirth with charges and furnish crate and baskets, the budded trees and flowers. In them And yet we hear the “ Great White they fqund nature’s great cathedral, Mind” down in Washington talking It was from such a back ground that about- social justice. A form o f Mr. Bok developed his , dream, a slavery still , exists, in the South fla sanctuary where the inner soul o f man it does in some quarters in the North, could come and rest, meditate and ap- and yet union labor at $7 to $10 a day predate nature as God evidently in* is preferred to the poor devil that is tended we should. Quiet and peace still on his hands and knees. God prevail here. at. all times for there is grant that ere long it will be “ Gone nothing that leads to levity or sug- With the .Wind,” and the atheists car- gests the humor or laughter to be ried out o f Washington in a cylclone found, in a public park. What an im- of righteous indignation, (The end pressive setting for a sunrise on of the sermon inspired by what you Eastpy morning! witness with those less fortunate). Iron Mountain comprise? $3 agrqs Garden produce o f all kinds in full and is 324 feet above sea level. It is growth, is well on its way, including the highest point o f land within Sixty sweet corn, lined.the roads in sections miles o f the ocean and the Rio Grand- as we move toward Lakeland, a beau- From ita crest you can see fourteen tiful little city in the heart o f another lakes and thirty-six from the top of citrus region. The streets are lined the tower. There are over 1000 live with hustling stores and shops and the oaks and 100 Sabal pines, 300 mag- skyline broken here and there with a nolias, 500 gordonias, 10,000 azaleas, ten or twelve story building, probably and 10,000 Sword and Boston ferns a hotel or, a bank and office structure, with hundred? o f native dpcqrgtivp as Mfs7'Jeanette—Cooley "of_Cedaryille is, well as blooming-vines.- Two Sabal wintering in this city. With plenty in palms in the Glade by the northesat this section to please the eye and sat- corner o f the pool around the tower isfy mere man the journey continues were planted by Mr. and Mrs. Calvin cn to what we regard the most beauti- Coolidge, when as President o f the ful spot on the ■American continent. United States, MrL Coolidge dedicated You can get sunset views in the the sanctuary, February 31,1939. We mountains, across the bay, witness the take the following from a marble slab rising sun from, some object of. height, which was the gift o f Mr. Bok's yet no trip south could be complete neighbors as a ,token o f appreciation without ai journey to Lake Wales, a and which we think aptly typifieB the small city inland, that is .said o f the donor and must have beep the highest point in the state. . A s the answer to his dream in verse: the name implies a large lake lies atqp uT]l. of far nardon in what might have been, in pre-his- tone times, the crater o f an erupting Q J ■Q^ tg a mountain. Going a bit higher than aarden the city through groves o f qrangp aW ,l0r0 else otl eartll >, and grapefruit; we see in the dlstanc* * LEGAL NOTICE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Greene County, Ohio M Total Expenditures and Outlay j ----- — —--------------------- 10192.01 Outlay—Total Of Column 2 carried to'Column 1 330,00 Bonds and Loan Paid—General Village Funds _____ 100.00 Bond Retirement and Sinking F u n d s___ _________ 5900.00 Total Bonds and Loans P a id __________________________ 6000.00 Transfer to Other Fund s_____________ ______ __________ 253.10 Grand Total Expenditures -------------------„ --------;_____ 16445.11 GENERAL V ILLAGE FUNDS Including General, Auto License, Gasoline Tax, Cemetery, Etc. \ RECE IPTS Property Taxes—General Property T a x _________ ______ 1471.99 Classified Property Tax ________ _____ ____________ 36.60 the most beautiful tower ever erected by mortal man. The Bokar or “ Singing Tower”— The culmination of a dream is this shrine erected by the late Edward W. Bok, formerly, head o f the Curtis Publishing Co., publishers o f Satur- St. Petersburg next. -The Editor. ■Total Property T a x ______ '___ Cigarette T a x _________ ____ State Motor Vehicle License . State Gasoline Tax __________ Sales Tax — ______________ Licenses and Permits—Mayor Total Licenses and Perm its____________ ______ Fines and Costs (Mayor and Police C t .) ______ Total Rents and In te r e st____—______ _______ Misc. Fees, Sales and Charges—Street Repair Total Miscellaneous _______ _____. . . _____ ______ 6th dividend 10% Exchange B ank ____________ _ Total Receipts — _____. . . . ___________ ... .J .____ EXPEND ITURES Council—Salaries, Incidentals, e t c . ___,__________ Mayor—Salary, office expense, e t c . _______ ______ Clerk—Saldrjr, 'office expense, etc. ___ . . . . . . Total General- RkecntiV -0 Offices . . . . . ________ _ Ihthlic Buildings—Rqnt, Maint. and Repair . . . Police Protection-—Marsha! and Police Salaries Total Police Protection Total Fire Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F ire Department Const, and New Equip. Health—Expense ................... Sanitation—Street Cleaning Garbage Remova' Total Sanitation. . Charity—Potfr Relief *hd Hospital Care Total Highways Street Const, and. New Equip. Miscellaneous—Leghl Adtoftisi Total Miscellaneous ial paid nsfers Total Expenditures W ATER WORKS FUND , RECEIPTS - - - - - ...................2i8>- Total Receipts from Service Transfers DA*! Receipts 21.50 1507.49 53.88 826.54 1423.00 831.08 ” Z 14.21 21.60 114.47 5.00 14.21 5.00 169.30 4066.47 161.80 136.00 j 300.00 604.84, 48.47 53.00 333.55 — 139.00 — 140.2& 220.00 6746 191.75 2.00 1707.09 110.00 ■ 180.24 78.00 100.00 25340 4172.42 1 8100.15 253.10 \ " \ ' 2443^25 ' (* 1606.76 EXPENDITURES Office Expenses__________________________________ _____ 66,16 Wages o f Em p loyes_________ _________________ ______ _ 743.00 Fuel and L ig h t _________ ______ . . . . . . _____ _______ 440.74 Repairs to Buildings, Machinery & P ip es____ . . . ______ 242.69 Otljer Operating Expenses . . . _________________________ 291.33 Total E xp en se--------- . . . ____ . . . _______ ______ _— . . . . . Lan 's, Buildings and New Equipment . . . __ . . . . . . . . . . 471.00 New Meters — ------ . . . _____. . . . . . ------------------- . . . . . . . . 104.48 Total Const, and Improvement Total Expenditures ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND I RECEIPTS Received from County for Intan. and Tan. Taxes ______ Total Receipts from Service . Total Receipts EXPENDITURES Other Operating Expenses . . . . . . . . ______ ,. l . 1 ------------ -- 1427.40 Total Expenses . . . . . _____. . . — ---------------------------------- Total Expenditures . . . . . . . . . ------------ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BOND RETIREMENT AND SINKINQ FUNDS RECEIPTS Property Taxes—General Property T a x ________________ 8816,16. Classified Property Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . ___ . . . . . . . . . . . 53.27 Total Property Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special Assessments—-5th dividend 10% Exchange Bank Total R eceip ts___. . . . . ------ . I . . . . . . . . . . _____ _____ . . . . ( EXPENDITURES Bonds and Notes Paid _______________. . . . . ____ Interest on Honds antTTTotes _1______________ ______ Grand Total Assets, Dec. 31, -J936 _____. . . . _______ _____________ _ 50,425.70 L IAB IL IT IE S f OU TSTAN D IN G GEN ERAL BONDS (Payable by General Taxation) Sewer (Village Portion) - ______________ . . . . . . . . . . . _____ . . . . . . . . 1600.00 Public Utilities: Water W o rk s ---------------------. . . . . . ____ . . . . . . . . . . . 5^00jj)b total General Bonded Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ________ _ Sewer . . . . . ___________. . . . . ___. . . . . . . . . _____________ Water . . . . ----- . . . . . . . . . . . . . — ___ Eulah Yeager, Plaintiff, vs. Leslie Yeagerr Defendant! Defendant whose place o f residence is unknown w ill«take notice that he has been sued for divorce on ground o f willful absence for more.than three years last past, and that unless he answers said suit within six (6 ) weeks from the first publication o f this no­ tice, judgment- may be taken against him. Case No. 21360. F. W. DUNKLE, 2-19—4-6 Atty for Piaifitlff. MINSTREL AT CLIFTON More than 3f) residents o f the Clif­ ton community participated ip a homo talent Minstrel Revue at the ClIftori Opera House op Wednesday evening. N O T IC E O F P U B L IC S A L E PROBATE COURT Greene County, Ohio * No. 2887 B. E. McFsrfauid, Adnr. of the EaUte of Alice Ford McLeaa,' Deceued, Plaintiff, TS. Sally Foot.- et al., ^ Defendants. 1 In 'purauance ’ to an order of the Prebate Court, Greene County, :Oblo, I trill offer for aale at Public Sale at tho Wear Door of the Courtbouae, Xenia, Ohio, on Saturday, March SO. I t 37 aT is 0 'ei,oei< a . m ., the followlnr deierih*d',re*T estate, to-rrlt:— Situated tn the Vlllace of Cedarvllle, County of Greens, and 8tate of Ohio, and known at s— FIRST TRACT;—Situate In tho Village of Cedarrille, In 'laid County and State, and being all of Lot Number Fire <5) In Neihltt'a Addi­ tion to the Town of Cedanrllle, Greene County j Ohio, a* designated on-the- recorded plat of said Addition. , SECOND TRACT :—Also in said Village of Cedarrille; in laid County and State, and being part ofillllltary Surrey No. 3745 eqtarei) In tho name of Wipiatp TnfflbUna. WtnihnB! at a gtftkp easterly.'edmar to-Lot.Number One* (1) tn the Town 'of Cedarrille and running : tbcncar'With one of the atreeta of laid Town 8. 14%* W. IS potaa to an alley; ‘tliehce with' aald alley N. 14%* E. 55 feet to a stake; thence N. 73% • E. 10 poles, to the beginning, containing 33% perches. ) Excepting howerer about 176 feot off ttjp! east end of aald ■last shore descgltjql parg$j so!d «n<! cw *y fd l>y iofcn W- Mchcan and' wife to yin p, qtqwitlHey by deed dated April. IS, 1831, recorded In Deed Reoords,' Green*' County, Ohio, Volume 63, page 506. Said re­ maining tract being about 31 feet east, and west by 3> feet north and south and lying south of the first tract berelnabore described; The; shore premises are sltuated'on the south side of ChllUcothe■Street; Cdarrttle, Ohio, and bare heed appraised at $I.5M.60,->and cannot sell for ten than two-third (3-3) of tt^a ap­ praised ralue thereof. Bald property pr|ll offend for sale at PnbUn Aucbw toi-th*- Mchvrt biadsr. T<trtSardf 'S4Ie: CASfl. Sucessaful Mddor to deposit ten (IQ) percent of the purchase price with thf Admflilitrator thOday 'of the salo, and to p§y to said Administrator, the balance of the purchase price, and receive deed for premises purchased, w|tfti%.t(ro weeks after Rate>Of sale. odffllntstratgr wll( pay taxes on 0|«o premises Including nrOMf'due and payable |uno U3T, and the purphSacr, -or ‘purchasers, wll( hare no taxes to pay on aald premises until DOrtnbor'iosT. B. E. SttiMRDAND, Attaw- Of Rgtdte o f ARW-FWa Ifeceasod- gARRV It. 8HITH. Attorney fer AdMr. 3-10-26—B-#-|S-13 Thousands of theatergoers from throughout this territory will' go to Springfield, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 26— 27, to enjoy. Count Bern! Viol’s celebrated stage revue, “ $pjces of 1937,” , which will be presented on (he stage at the Fairbanks theatre. Stage shows Will po offered both Friday, and Saturday at 2, 4:30, 7:15 and 9:30 P, M. A first-run screen program, The Jones Family in a new comedy hit, “ Off to the Races,” will be presented in conjunction, “perform­ ances both' days being continuous from noon till midnight. “ Spices of 1937” is the biggest and finest production of the cur­ rent stage oeason. It is a million- dollar show, produced in 25 lavish and spectacular scenes. Among the scenes are the three most sen­ sational creations of the year, “ The Docking of the 90,000 ton Queen Mary," “ A Jewel Box Nudity” and “The Danse dc Poudre Pouffe," featuring Mile, Dore (Paris* Sally Rand), with a bevy of 10 beautiful chorines. The show is provided a con­ tinuous musical background by Count Bern! Viol’s internaro-'ul famous all girls orchestra, T he S ’v 'e 'n S w > tc UC8. whi:h ‘ plays on a- portable o rek .ara stagb Dr* H. N. Williams which is electrically controlled and rolls at times out beyond the footlights.' The famous orchestra, which ahs - been in many movies, features Aleece Graves, Broad­ way’s .celebrated “ swing harpist.” “ Spices of 1937" also presents an unusual musical feature— an electric Hammond organ, with beautiful Lee Broyde at the con­ sole. The show is presented from three giant stages— the theater stage, a double-deck portable stage and a revolving parade stage. Featured among the big com­ pany of 50 performers are Brown and Ames, one of . the foremost comedy-dancing-song teams in: America: Bobby Plnkus, long- famous New York and Hollywood- comedian; Taras and Masters, figure dance teaift; Isabelle Dwan* the -aijx-foot blonde rough-house nugen of- eccentric, dancing; Doris of } Dupont, 193(1 Babby Wampus tap- dancing star; Tony Angelo, radia tenor and others. “ Spices of 1937” is the, biggest of a!! tho shows touring American rtr.go circuits this season and -tita Springfield engagement' will'afftfrd lovers of fino entertainment sin ‘ hie section a sol endid opportunity 'o enjoy this big -New -York pro- ducl'en at popu'ar low prices^ DENTIST X -R A Y EQUIPMENT. Yellow Springs, Ohio TRUST FUNDS WEMAKI at the very low Interest rate, of 4%%. If yon are., paying more yon PAY TOO MUCH. Call On Or Write U b At One* wracD&co. 8PRINGFIELI), OHIO ' A$K FOR YOUR COUPON WHEN TRADING WITH 1783.31 575.48 8359.29 1600.76 1606.76 1427.40 1427.40 8860.43 036.78 980649 5900.00 8586,30 8486,30 Total Expenditures _________ . BONDED DEBT December 31 , 1936 SINK ING FUND TRUSTEES or VILLAGE TREASURER ASSETS Balance Bond Retirement and Sinking Funds _______ ____________ „$ 340443 Special Assessments levied and uncollected (Construction) _______ 44000.00 Total Sinking Fund Assets 4740443 Balance Operating and Const, Funds — 3021, 57 YpiiiirDifivited to be in town at 8 P. M. next i p i p ^ D A Y NIGHT When ft special attjractiort has been planned. Bring the family and ajsq invite your neighbor. Cedarvitle Merchants extend a special invitatioii to be in town each Wednesday night until further libUcei » STORES AFFILIATING P ipk ffrtn# E J ictr lp S h o p W rt«h r» WhU« Villft Grocery C n U r v i l l t B u k t r y B r ow n 'd D r u g S to r e C h e v r o le t A g e n c y Total. Special Assessment Debt —------------ ---------------- ----- Total Bonded Debt — -----------—_____ ________ . . . ______ 8000.00 Grand Total Debt, pee, 31, 1930 —— -------------- ----------- - , $50,009.00 C u m m in g f CUtRPililigi St C re ffw e ll H t a k M m V D a ir y P a u l E d w a r d * ', D od g e -P lynO ou th C um m in g * St C r e ow e ll, b y L . T . D u k e s , H a r d w a r e R o b e r t H u ffm a n B lu e B ir d T e a R o om ^ i n u R e s ta u r a n t T & a f f i g * ' - ' ' ' ' h » l t Marion Allen, leg Patton Ford Agency Parker Pool Room Rigie Pool Room Cozy Theatre Shane Barbershop Old Mill Camp CetlhvVille Grain Co, Oscar Everhart Alien Barber Shop Cednfvillfe Herald C, L. McGuinn, Coal, Feed Cedarvllle Lumber Co. C. H. Gordon ][f. jlL BROWN , President WRINGS, Secretary, Ifvf r OOLUMBU Araries in Oh need will aga the result of derson bill, a measure, by sembly. The Governor Ma become effecti for an approp revenue fund > administered the state libr brarian Paul as secretary ol : measure, whic reaentative Sa -Newark, a “ v most worthwh5 -.heard, under will adopt rul eming partici tion of, the f for operating chase and rep -wicals and for Director M. StSate Depart nounced that t department is division o f ac will be availa latter part o port is a pu spread inter pointed out, partments of as well as by in the study o revenue. Di veloped a n* teresting ch sources o f re o f disbursem ‘ throughout t' The estima estate forecl was 1^81, crease o f si with the p cssasc o f 15 <P e<4inthag to State W il- piled b y the Home Prot co-operation' ity. The sta aeventy-five covering 1,1 o f 114 sales and populat' ported coun •aid. Farm •veraged 65. Pisnt,- *nd praised valu . Hes 78.68 and 71.04 Ohio’s me fall’s Red will be 880, MiOQO. Thi made by J chief o f th assistance, the 1987 drive witt November 1 Thanksgivin He reveal: • t r k t and c p ill be c . Lima, Da Athens, Tiffin and ' Offgani . od i in O , good remfi . dent Tho < vision o f . Industrial Sttperinte' ,:optnkm on cident da .-r,years, 19 - ment inde 4 1929, indi :-i year emp ? cent short r; resents t ’ “But after ^ figurss fo Injury i : was *8^7 Mitks wtds i indicate 1 ; in aoelds ; gradually htUnaivt, i methods/’ > JMayor’ :r1Rls wor dp f this 4 t o m b JtihiUi. V