The Cedarville Herald, Volume 60, Numbers 1-26

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O F T E N I T IS O F M ORE S IGN IF ICAN C E TO YOU - mbm SIXTIETH YEAR NO. 21 HEWSLETTER FROM STATE DEPARTMENTS CEDARYUXE OHIO, FRIDAY, APRIL 23,1987 * > PRICE, $1.50 A YEAR COURT NEWS il> o Men Held On ; j “Numbers” Charge FORECLOSURE SUIT I Xenia police arrested two Dayton , . : men Friday in connection with rnn- AHoging'non-payment of loans and; ning a “numbers" game, m e n interest, t i o Home Owners' loan^Hlenry Siams, 30, alias “Broadway ____ :Corp.t has instituted two more most-r Melody,” were stopped in their auto- .“Ohioans are r a p i d l y | p £ e o S t ° SSre ^ “ e3l!5iaon=mobn° fo r * red ligh t, museum-minded, and a- - - COLUMBUS, becoming museum should be established in every county if not in every city and town in the state." This was the assertion of Director Henry C. Shetrdne of the Ohio State Archaeological and His­ torical Society museum in comment­ ing on the proposed Wood county museum which will he located in. the court house a t Bowling Green. The! project is backed by WPA, supple-[ me-nted with an appropriation author’' ; police found in their possession ap- Judgment fo r $4,4C3.31 is sought inj proximately $1,750 and between 2,500 a suit directed against Leslie Fannin* and 3,000 numbers tickets. and others HGLO seeks judgment others. In a second action, the The men were released under $300 to recover a .gainst Alfred Leach $2,400.20 and t bond each fo r Appearance! in the Municipal Court here Wednesday. ,They will be prosecuted under the* 1state law covering policy games. DIVORCE SOUGHT I The Xenia police made three other Request tha t his wife be haired of arrests in two gambling raids Fri- Kin o p K¥. RAMSEY WEDNESDAY dower interest in certain property is ized by the county'commissioners. The! WilJ ar ? * Tofce*' against Jane nucleus will be a collection of liiora than 700 Indian, arrowheads, cooking utensils and ornaments offered by Professor W. P. Holt of Bowling Green State university. Historically inclined Wood county citizens said that as soon as the quarters are pre­ pared descendants of pioneer families will offer many valuable relics, such as spinning wheels, hand mills, guns, farm implements, chinaware, pewter, furniture, newspapers— in fact any­ thing that will depict the bygone day Wood county. ' "This type of G. Tobey, charging cruelty ar.d gross <lay. Fred J . Helser, 52, was released contained in a petition for divorce without bond for appearance in court neglect. 28, 1929. They were married October! Detroit Monday on a probable charge of operating a room for gambling on S. Race horse forms and ‘betting slips, will be presented as -------- - ‘evidence. Police also arrested for in- JUDGMENT TSKEQ t.vestigation James Hurley, 40, an em- Judgment fo r $272,50 is sought inlploye of Helser. Hurley has not been a suit brought by Stanley Nicley a-[charged yet. gainst C. L. Maxwell and Thurman! In the second raid George Sheets, Kayes. Judge F. L. Johnson is at-; 51, was arrested and released with- corncy for the plaintiff. Lout bond. He probably will be charged twith running a poker game on E. Main st. in museum should confine itself to its own limited territory and should be DIVORCES GRANTED Three divorce decrees have been a-1 * “ — warded by the I court as follows; | Death Claimed Mrs. Laurence G. Plank from Lucille M.f Plank, on grounds of cruelty and r.eg-; ^ Ada C. Baker careful not to duplicate the service! met, with the defendant barred of' _____ c provided by other sources," Director ;dower in property; Audrey Sams from! Mrg Ada’ C Baker 72 , wife of Shetrone said. “The local museum [xiennoth Sams, on grounds of cruelty,! m Baker CivYl War veteran, winch accumulates a hodgepodge of! .vhh the wife restored to her maiden;” ’t n ^ t us, that and the other, from here,(name; Ruth Reed Dudley fromEverett;TuesdavmornillK at 10 o'clock, follow- theze and everywhere, is no^ung; Dudley on grounds of neglect, with the! more than an ‘Old Curiosity Shoppe’Iplaintiff restored to her maiden name.: Rev. Samuel M. Ramsey, 94, former! resident of this place, died at his home in Sierra Madre, Calif., Wednesday, according to -advice received by his brother, N. L, Ramsey of this place. Rev, Ramsey was a native of Morn-; ing Sun, Preble county, Ohio. His Iwife, who preeeeded him in death, was a daughter of the late Samuel and Martha McMillan Dallas. The deceased was bora in May 1838. For mote than sixty years he was. an active minister in the Reformed Presbyterian Church, holding charges in a number of congregations. A brief vacation from the pulpit was his own­ ership of “The Herald” for eighteen months, disposing of bis interests in April 1899 to Robert Harper and Earlh.BulI. Leaving here he .located ja Cali­ fornia where he has residedjfor thirty- eight years. The deceased is survived by one daughter, Martha, who made her home with her father; a brother, George Ramsey, Santa, Ana, Calif., and N. L. Ramsey of this place. The remains will be shipped Monday and are expected to reach here in time for the funeral Friday,’April 28, more definite information in our next issue. The funeral will be held from the Mc­ Millan Funeral Home. and will not survive." He promised the fullest co-operation of his organ­ ization to other counties and to cities and towns who wish to establish such museums. ing an illness of several weeks from a complication of disease. I The deceased was the daughter of ;the late Mr. and Mrs. Amos Czeswell, soring a May “health day" program was made by Dr. Waiter H. Hartung, director of the State Department of Health. Miss Catherine M. Forrest, health educator in the bureau.of child hygiene, has been appointed state chairman for the events and aha is prepared to assist health commission­ ers and schools in the programs. The request w*3 made by Dr. Hartung following a suggestion for such action by the children’s bureau of the United States Department of Labor a t Wash­ ington* RECEIVER NAMED The Schmidt Realty and Insurance and lived in this community hex en- Co. hps been designated receiver to; tire life. The graduated from Cedar- assume charge of real estate involved; viile high school in 1886 and later in a foreclosure action of the Home!from Ohio Wesleyan University, Dela- commis-J Owners’ Loan Corp. against Ira Wil- ware. She was a member of the F irst Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Baker was >* the last member of her immediate [family and is survived only by her Sale of property to pay debts of the!husband, estate has been ordered in the case: The funeral will be held from the of David C. Bradfute, executor against [lute home'Friday afternoon a t twq, the Xenia National Bank and others., o’clock. Burial will take place in C. E. Arbogust, J . J . Curlott and B.| Massies Creek. Cemetery. Request to local health sioners throughout Ohio to co-operate i .;ams and other with superintendents of schools and t * _____ Parent-Teachers’ associations in spon-1 SALE AUTHORIZED The dawn of a new day beckoned the blind persons in Ohio's state hospitals and correctional institutions with the announcement by Mrs. Margaret All- man, director of the State Department! of Welfare, that a program of instruc­ tion in Braille, handicraft and other work will he inaugurated. The blind constitute about one per cent of the population of the state institutions, Mrs. Allman said, and special activ­ ities and social service work for them has been neglected. F. Thomas were named appraisers. 't ESTATES VALUED \ To ascertain whether inheritance* taxes should be paid, four estates, have been appraised under probate, court direction as follows: i i. Estate of Robert Eeasley: vvalue, $5,496.70; obligations, net value, $4,760.70. Estate of Edwin M. Bressler: value, $3,537; debts, $1,991.56; Clarence X B iw n v - - ■. Heads S. Rite Class The 85th annual reunion of the [Scottish Rite, Valley of Cincinnati, gross; held last week from Tuesday until $73!'; i Saturday night, when a banquet was \ served to more than 500 guests, gross; Clarence J. Brown, former .secretary nd-jof state, Blanchester, O., was named ministrative cost, $692.15; net value,! president of the class numbering 64, $854. | and Dr. C. J. Fairo, Cincinnati, former Estate of Mabel Greenlease: gross Codarvillfan, was elected class orator, value, $2,250; net value, same amount.! Col. Frank Knox, Chicago, publish- Estate of Laurence D. Huston;! er 0f the Daily News, th a t city, de­ gross value, $465; net value, same; ]5yered the address of the evening fol- amount. jlowing the banquet. Daily and weekly newspaper pub­ lishers, editors and desk men were in­ vited to the tenth annual meeting of the Blue Pencil club of Ohio a t the Faculty club of Ohio State university on Sunday, May 2. The keynote speaker will be Philip W. Porter, news editor and former legislative cor­ respondent of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, who will discuss “New Trends in News Editing.” The club was formed ten years ago and tradi­ tionally meets early in Hay for a prac­ tical program designed to he of help to the newspaper profession. A news photography clinic, sponsored jointly by the school of journalism and the Columbus Dispatch, will be staged in connection with the 1937 event. There are no dues connected with the or­ ganization and any publisher, editor, py do?k man who attends automatic­ ally becomes a member for the ensu­ ing yeyar. Based on April 1 conditions Ohio’s winter wheat crop will total 44,415,- 000 bushels, according to an estimate by the federal-state crop reporting service. The figure represents an in crease of 2,009,000 bushels in com­ parison with the 1938 total but is 2,000,000 bushels less than the 1935 wheat crop.. Wheat, corn and oats stocks on Ohio farm April 1 were*esti­ mated to be slightly more than onn- h&K the size of the stocks a t the same rime last year. RELEASE RACCOONS APPOINTMENTS MADE Minnie Faulkner has been named executrix of the estate of Thomas H. Faulkner, late of Caesarcreek Two., I without bond, j B. E. McFarland has been appointed; , . . TT e executor of the estate of Mary P. Har- ^ drawn for jury duty m the b . S. ris, late of Cedarvillo, under $2,000;Distoct court ta bond. Neal W. Hunter has been desig­ nated executor of the estate of John. . „ . . , H. Hart, late of Ross Twp., without; Canmng, Xenia; William Hopping of bond. th“ *Ia“ \ . f George S. Houser has been named Twenty-two indictments were re­ executor of the estate of Gertrude! turned by the federal grand jury last Jurors Drawn For Dayton Court & Four Greene county residents have a the U. S. They must report a t 3 p. m., May 3. i Those drawn are: T. J. Kennedy, IHarold J, Fawcett and Timothy A. Houser, late of Fairfield without bond. SALE AUTHORIZED Administrator’s sale of real Estate belonging to the Julia H. Hopping estate has been authorized by the court. Milk Products week. i COLLEGE NEWS h County Gets Final Relief Allotment An allocation of $1,672.91 out of the remaining $500,000 available in state funds for direct relief Was made to IGreene County by the slate relief Brought §42,000 [commission Thursday. The stop-gap relief appropriation made by the state legislature expired Thursday, and no additional state funds for relief purposes are in sight for Ohio counties unless additional financing is provided. Miss Dorothy Anderson was chosen by the student body as Cedar Day: Queen for this year. Mr. John Rich­ ards shared honors by being selected Cedar Day Orator. These Selections are made from the senior class by the popular vote of the student body. The Cedar Day program will be held Wed­ nesday morning, June 2, on the col­ lege campus. The Junior Class h*!^ a cavored dish ■upper Wednesday ejgpmg a t the Sins* o f .Betty §h*w S ls r Springfield. The College Boys* Quartet, with Miss Basoiis and Miss Bickett, ac­ companied Dr. McChesjley Monday evening to the Jamestown Parent Teachers’ Meeting. Dr. McChesney addressed the group on educational problems that are facing Ohio. The quartet sang and Miss Basore gave several numbers a stlie first part of the program. The College Quartet also sang last Friday evening a t the Ross High School Athletic Banquet. Miss Dorothy Anderson was the piano accompanist. On Thursday evening, April 22, a group of Cedarvillo College entertain­ ers presented a variety program in the Presbyterian Church at Carlisle. James Anderson, Mary Johnston, and Roy Linton were members of the cast presenting the one-act play “The Wedding Present." The College Quartet furnished the major pa rt of the entertainment. They were accom­ panied by Miss Bickett, who also played a group of piano solos. Miss Beatrice McClellan sang several num­ bers and Miss Basore gave a group of readings. Dr. Frederick N. McMillin, presi­ dent of the Gedarville College Board of Trustees, is seriously ill in a Cin­ cinnati hospital. Students and faculty join in wishing Dr. McMillin a speedy recovery.' Mrs. Samuel Baker, member of the Women’s. Advisory Board, died Tues­ day morning a t her home in Cedar- viile. The sympathy g£ faculty and student body is extended to the be reuved husband. S H U F u n i s € f% T 6 ' • \ P a y - S d k m i M u t e s - -. _ ... I An allscsrion of $16^445.23 ip. state. puHfe school funds, made Saiturdey to ^Greene County’s 11 ru ra l1school districts and the County Board of Education, is to be used for retire­ ment of notes issued by district school boards against the May, 1836, rtufimr- ization of state funds. Distributive sharps of the districts were as follows: Be&vercreek, $1,- 991.97; Caesarcreek, $397.55; Cedar* viile, $2,681.96; Clifton, 3467.36; Jef­ ferson, £1,445.53; Miami, $1,094.34} Ro^s, $876,13; Silvercreek, $1,328.91; Spring Valley, $1,208.75; Sugarcreek, $1,503.69; Xenia Twp., 4909.64; county school board, $2,635. Will Draw Juries For Court April 28 i * - - -— -;— Grand and'petit jury venires for the May term of common please court will be drawn froin the jury wheel in the county clerk of courts office April 28, according to announcement' by Judge R. L. Gowdy. Names of thirty-five persons will be drawn for common pleas jury service, including twenty for the petit venire and fifteen for the grand jury panel, i GROUP FILES PETITIONS IN SCHOOL SHIFT Cattle Feeders Will Tour Friday College Bing Fest Thursday, April 29th One of the newly-inaugurated; events on the College calendar is the Sing Feat to be held in the gym,' April 29th, a t 8 p. m., to which ali: friends of the College are invited. This will he an evening of musical comedy, hilarity and fun in which the four organizations of the Music, De­ partment will take part, The pro­ gram will open with a clever new stunt hy the College Quartet, whose camp fire scene of last year is well remembered. The Girls' Glee club in costumes will give a group of delightful and pretty springtime songs, and an Italian sketch to the music of Nevin’s “beneria” suite. ' The College Harmonizers with their latest nonsense in song will entertain their rapidly growing admirers-^ “Trial by Jury" a Gilbert and Sullivan opera rendered by the Colleg Mixed chorus will dimax the evening of fun and frolic with clever lines being sung in solo part by Margaret Nelson, James Anderson, John Fox, Donald Fonlkes, Raymond Sigsion and John Peterson. The Sing Fest is -open to the public and an admission fee o f ten cents, will be charged. The evening’s program is in charge of lylildred "Watt Bickett, Director of Music a t Cedarville Col­ lege* . . . . :i Greene County farms sold approxit mately $42,000 worth of milk, ex­ clusive of cream, to the Borden As­ sociated companies during the first three months c£ 1937, according to a statement issued today by the com­ panies' divisional office in Columbus, Ohio. A total of 1,791,852 pounds of milk was purchased from 227 farms, ac­ cording to the report. This milk was pasteurised ar.d bottled fer home use, or manufactured into such products as dry and evaporated milk, cheese, butter, and ice cream. The Dairy Products Corporation of Dayton Hybrid Seed Com For Orleton Farms G. W. Putman, resident manager of Orleton Farms, north of London, will plant 1,400 acres to Iowa 929 hybrid seed corn this season. The te st of hybrid seed com last season was so satisfactory no other seed will be used raccoons, reared a t-th e Milan bought 1,455,779 pounds of milk from [this year. Manchu soy beans will be 188 farms for $34,327. The Purity* planted on 480 acres. Last year more Dairy Company of Springfield pur-Uhan 14,000 bushels of soy beans were state game farm, full grown and hard-! chased 84,064 pound.? from 9 farms!'harvested from 280 acres. On the ened against the rigors of nature, $2£98. Red Wing Purity Dairy ;s„m* farm 800 acres was seeded last wars liberated recently in as many |of Xorua-bcught 242,900 pounds from 5 October to wheat and it wintered fine different townships in Greene County. 30 producers for $5,332. 32. D. Stroup, county game pgptecter, urged the cooperation o f all sportsmen in reporting the capture? of any of the cocas after the open season begins &«c& Nov. 15, The freed coons werei tagged fm idesttiSeatios purposes. ibut 200 acres sown in November suf- Borden officials explained thafcifered from winter frearing. records o f butter fa t purchases arejj ---------------------- - not kept by counties, but that during! Lost—Brown calf skin pprsa coe< the first quarter Green* County shared | taining money. Finder p hm » return Mn sour m am purchases of the Parity! to Mary Johnson, CadarviKft College, | Dairy totalling $21,796, , and m e iv a reward. Mr. C. W. Steel? and Mr. John L. Dorst attended a meeting of the Com­ mittee on Christian Education of Day- ten Presbytery in Dayton on Monday of this week, On Tuesday they at­ tended the regular spring meeting of Dayton Presbytery held in the Oak­ land Presbyterian Church of Spring- field. The ordination service for Walter S. Kilpatrick, *34, took place a t this meeting. Mr. Franklin L. Trubee, '35, was examined by Pres bytery and licensed to preach. ' Bfargatet Nelson and Bertha Oleyar tied for first place in the Bible Read ing Contest. Genevieve Jesson re­ ceived third place, Grace Bickett, fourth, Wilma Grimes and Catherine Harhaugh tied for fifth place. The Girls” Glee Club and the College Hatmonisers furnished the musical program. Do not forget the song-fest to be held in the college gymnasium on Thursday, April 23, at 8 p. m. The main feature of the program will be the comic opera, “Trial by Jury” by Gilbert; and BsIUvan. Thk opera is. a satire on JSnglwh. Court System .and p«eeee* to b« very a»teriahd^$. Report On High - + School Inspection Board of Education Cedarville High School care Mr. P. M. Gillilan, Pres. Cedarville, Ohio. Gentlemen: In a .routine inspection of the high schools of the Greene County System, the Ce'darville High Schoolw as visited March 19, 1937, by L, H. Munzenmay- er,* high school supervisor- of this De­ partment and, following our usual custom of reporting such inspections to the board of'education, we are writ­ ing you chiefly on the; basis of his report. Considering the extremely crowded conditions, the organization and ad­ ministration of your school -are com­ mendable. . Improvement made since the last inspection include: the addition of radio equipment and visual aids, the expanding of the' commercial work, the addition of courses in Vocational Agriculture and Home Economics, the new Vocational building, the installa­ tion of considerable equipment for Science, seven new school buses, ad­ ditional library facilities,' and the de­ velopment of a filing and record sys­ tem. Modern equipment should be pro­ vided for Home Economics and the offerings expanded. The new shop building should bo equipped for modem general shop program. The huiiding should be redecorated to brighten up the lighting. An adequate', annual appropriation to build up the library should be made. The school is well organized and ad­ ministered; The management de serves the continued confidence and support of the community. The Gedarville Hi^h School is con­ tinued on the approved list as a high school of the first grade. Sincerely yours, E. L. BOWSHER, - Director of Education The annual Madison County Cattle Feeders tour will be held Friday, April 23, and five stops will be made. The first will. be Charles Ackerman, 10 miles northwest of London, where 66 head of Herefovds are being fed. The next stop is Horace Wilson, where 50 head of heavy Herefords are on full feed.' ‘ (! | The third is with Joe Bullard, just! north of Rosedale, and 54 head ofj finished cattle tha t are sold will be I shown. He also has another lot off 126 head under full feed. The fourth stop is with Pearl King,, , , , j south of Rosedale, and he has 29"SC 00 °a'"C home-raised Angus calves on feed. The last stop is a t Orleton Farms where| three lots, of cattle can be seen. Twof lots of 60 head each have been on 5 feed five months. The third lot of 59! head of Herefords were shown a t the State Fair in the carload division A large crowd of central Ohio feed­ ers are expected and buyers and feed­ ers from over the state are expected to attend. Dissolution of the Xenia, Township rural' school district was brought nearer, when petitions requesting transfer of the entire school terri­ tory to the Xenia city district were | filed with County Superitendent H. C. | Aultman, as clerk of the county board •of education, Saturday, by a citizens’ committee of the township district. Sponsors of the petitions said they bore the signature of 740 persons, con­ stituting n t least 75 per cent of the electors in the township district. City Solicitor W. A. Miller, in a written opinion which had the ap­ proval of Prosecutor Marcus Shoup, ruled that if the petitions are found sufficient as to 75 per cent of the electors, it will be the mandatory duty of the county school board to make the requested transer. Solicitor Miller is legal advisor to the city board, which favors the }.merger, and Prosecutor Shoup acts in j the same capacity for the county 4« SCHOOL NEWS j Schick Testing Greene County authorities will be a t the public schools, Tuesday, April 27, to administer Schick Tests to any children who desire to take advantage of this service. Each child received a slip to be signed by the parents, giv­ ing permission for the child to be Schick Tested. Of course, parents desire-may take the child to iho family physician. i The Greene County Board of Edu­ cation in session Monday, had a new I iproblem to solve when a petition con- ' taining some 421 names protesting the Xenia Twp. school district merger with ■the Xenia city district. The petition ; was filed by Crampion Lott, member i-of the township hoard. I t was re­ ported that 300 additional names could have been secured had there been suffi­ cient time. Many cf the signers of the second petition, requested with­ drawal of their names from the ori­ ginal. The county board will meet next Monday to give consideration to the petitions and what action will be taken on a third petition. Rev. J. ELBergen Chosen Moderator Seniors Visit State Capitol * The seniors, accompanied by Miss Hanna, teacher of civics, enjoyed a visit to Columbus, Wednesday, April 14. Their tour included the follow­ ing places of interest: Institution for the Feeble-Minded, ■School for the Deab and Dumb, State Office build­ ing, Penitentiary, and State Capitol Building. During their stay in the Capitol, the local seniors were privileged to hear the Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. The day was filled \ i t h thought-provoking sights and talks and will be long remembered by every seniors. Senior Assembly Monday, April 19, the senior class was in charge of assembly. They pi-e- sented a series of talks and musical numbers based on observation which they' made on their tour of Columbus. Justin Northup, president of the class, presided during the following pro­ gram.: Devotions—Frances William­ son; Institution for the Feeble-Mind­ ed—Dorothy Kennon; Saxaphone Solo ■—Ned Brown; School for* the Deaf and Dumb—-Mary .Jean Townsley; State Office Building—Charlotte Tum- ner; Ohio Penitentiary — William Aiken; Duet, “Prisoners Dream” M'artha Jane Martindal aand Betty Swango; Piano Solo, “Hlusions”- Dorothy Stover; State Capitol—Betty Swango. Group singing was led by Mr. Reed at the Close of the program. The music used by Misses Martha Jane M'artindale, Betty Swango, and Dorothy Stover was composed by prisoners in -the Ohio Penitentiary, Supt. Furst In Columbus Friday Supt. H. D. Furst Was in Columbus Friday to attend a special meeting of the State Advisory Board on the Ohio School of the Air. The meeting was called by Mr. E. L. Bowsher, State Director of Education# Clark County Suit - Against ^ Armstrong Helen Johnson, 371 Sherman aye,, Springfield, has filed suit in "the Clark Cbtnmcn Pleas Court against Frank Armstrong, this place, asking $15,000 damages, due to an auto accident when she was injured June 28,1936. The plaintiff sa^s she was a pas­ senger in ah automobile ■driven 'by Ralph Robison, Springfield, when , it roipmed into the Armstrong trjjck parked on Route' 72. south of Spring- field. She claims! th he permanently drtefigated. by a skull injury and tha t life* will'nut bp ibie to get empEjiy- 3 giaiB$, . ° s j _ J,,V Senior Operetta Very Satisfactory progress is being made in the preparation o f the Operetta, “ Bulbul/’ to be given in the Opera House - on May 13, 14. The seniors are working hard under the musical direction of Mr. Reed, while Miss Rife is directing' the members of the cast in the speaking parts, and has general charge of business- ar­ rangements, , Mrs. Warner and girls of the Home Economics Department are hard a% work on the costumes. Mr. Deem'Will have charge of the stage and lighting effects, ’ AU of "the 5 various committees selected from the senior ’'class ate Dayton Presbytery elected Rev. John H. Bergen, for six years paster o f the Osborn and New Carlisle Pres- terian cksrehasr ixodcrator a t if? an­ nual spring meeting’ la &t- Oakland Presbyterian church, Springfield, Tuesday, April 2d; am Rev. Byixn D. Hughes, Dayton, Touth Castor of Westminster d&areli, temperary clerk. -Rev. Benjamin N. Adams accepted the call to the pastorate of the Ce­ darville church; Charkes *B. Hanna was* received, examined, and accepted calls to the Bradford and'Gettysburg churches and will be ordained a t Gettysburg next Tuesday evening, April 27; Walter S. Kilpatrick was ordained and enrolled. He will grad­ uate this month from Western Theo­ logical seminary in Pittsburgh and study abroad next year. Rev. James J. Mentzer accepted the call of the Clifton church; and Dr. Ross Miller tha t of the Covenant of Cincinnati. Rev. C. Eugene Conover, University pastor a t Oxford, was received. Rev. W. Wood Duff, for three years pastor of the Yellow Springs church, presided as Moderator during the day, and will resign from his church and transfer to the Lima Presbytery next week that he may accept a call to the pastorate of the F irst Presbyterian church, Sidney. Two ministers and two elders were elected as commissioners to the na­ tional meeting of the General As­ sembly, to be held for a week in Co­ lumbus, beginning May 27th. They include Dr. Guy Cheek, Carlisle; Dr. C. L. Plymate, Dayton, and Elders G. C. Eckman, Clifton and Floyd E, Careins, Dayton. The sixteen delegates elected to represent the Presbytery a t the Pres­ byterian Synod of Ohio, meeting in Wooster, beginning June 21st, in :lud- ed; Ministers, George Brewer, Piqxia; Daniel Brownlee, Dayton, Wm. J, Hannum,. Franklin; W. P. Hardman, Dayton; Ralph H. Johnson, Middle- town; D. E. McKinney/ Springfield; and C. L, Plymate, Dayton. Elders, Glenn Hodson, Beiltrook; Charles Fink, Braddord; W. L. Wilson, Clif­ ton; B. L. Gillespie, Collinsville; Miss Charles Finlay, Somerville; Louis W. H. Carolin McKee, Gettysburg; Sheering, Springfield; and Robert Elder, South Charleston. More than 100 delegates were guests of the women of Oakland church a t luncheon including most of t h e ‘"fifty ministers enrolled and lay delegates from the foriy-two Preshy- , terian churches of the district. m ■$>&&&fou r) Mrs. Jas. Hu Cieswell, Mr. and Mrs, C, W. Steele, John Fox and Albert 3rabe attended the Spring Meeting at Dayton Presbytery held in Oakland Presbyterian church, Springfield, 0-, Tuesday last. Walter $. Kilpatrick. was. ordained as a minister of ttar gospel and Franklin L. Trtt&M was censed to. preach. Both are fibrnrigeo students and graduates of Ce College. church* Both are members