The Cedarville Herald, Volume 60, Numbers 27-52

I NEW THINGS ABE ADVERTISED BY MERCHANTS FIRST, ADVER­ TISEMENTS KEEP YOU ABREAST OF THE TIMES, READ THEM! ffhe HedarwUe Jte ra ld . ADVERTISING^ IS NEWS, M H ® AS THE HEADLINES ON TSOI FRONT PAGE. OFTEN IT IS O ? MORE SIGNIFICANCE TO YO t£ SIXTIETH YEAR NO, 27 CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FR£)AY, JUNE 4,1937 NEWS LETTER FROM STATE DEPARTMENTS COLUMBUS.—Indications are that 1937 will be marked down in history as one of the banner years for visitors to Ohio’s historic Capitol building, according to Mrs. Julia Cussins, who is the' State House information clerk with headquarters in the rotunda. Large school groups from virtually all sections of the state have Appeared almost daily for the past three months, and they have been augment­ ed by an unusually large number of other Ohioans, by tourists from the forty-seven other states and by several guests from foreign countries, Mrs. Cussins said. The official reg­ ister which was placed in the rotunda March 4 already contains nearly 5,000 signatures and, as a general rule, numerous Columbus summer conven­ tions in the offing, the big Ohio State fair and five home football games for Ohio State university, we may an- . ticipate a record visiting year,” Mrs. Cussions asserted. Preparations are completed for the dedication Sunday afternoon, June 13, of the home in Westerville, near here, where it was announced by Dr. Har- COMMENCEMENT ORATOR Cedarville Col ege Graduating Class ’37 DR. FRANK D. SLUTZ DIVORCE GRANTED On grounds of gross 'neglect and cruelty, Mary Barkowski has been a- warded a divorce from from Wallace Barkowski, awarded $500 alimony and restored to her maiden name of Mary the r i low Lindley, secretary of State Archaeological and Historical society. The home has been restored as a WPA project and converted into Ohio!Porter. ACCOUNT APPROVED A final accounting made by J. R. a museum, The campaign to save the j Fudge, as trustee for the late Jacob structure, which stood for years in a le . LeVaUey, plaintiff in a suit run-down condition, was sponsored by!against Myrtle Truboo and otheils, has the Hanby Memorial association, an jbeen, approved by the court and the organization of prominent Westerville|trustee was “ordered discorged. business and civic leaders, which ob- -------- tained ..the WPA backing. Spinning! CITATION DISMISSED wheels and other furniture of the Civil* A citation issued against Blanch war era, relics of the same period, Lynch,, defendant in a suit brought and the desk where Hanby wrote his iLy Neai W. Hunter, as guardian of ‘.song have been collected for the A. M. Spain-, was ordered dismissed 'museum which wilj- be administered!when she appeared in court and com- Under the direction of the . archaeo--plied with. a former court order to logical and historical society. Hanby< transfer •an automobile, through bill composed “Darling Nellie Gray” ini of s'nle, to the plaintiff. . v 1855 when he was 22 years of age. —!—— He was born in Rushville, Fairfield! APPOINTMENT MADE county;'and: died in 1867 a t the age, of 34. , . - .Appointments of administrators and executors have been made’by. probate ' v court' ha follows: Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy,! ‘Horace Anderson .as executor of the in an opinion rendered a t the request‘estate of (da M. Adams, late of Spring of the state division of building and j Valley, without bond. Walter Coyl, loans, ruled-that the constitutional! Henry Nogle and J. J. Curlett were abolishing stockholders’ double liabil-framed appraisers, ity, effective July 1, will’Have no of- ■ f'loisy Anderson as administrator feet upon stockholders in institutions of the- estate of John, O’Conner, late now closed and in liquidation. At- of Xenia, under 10,000 bond, torney General Duffy pointed out that, S. G. Wright as administrator of j the double liability in the closed in- ‘lie v 'in lr of'Jacob Clark, late of Co-j stitutions was in effect a contract and darville under $2,000 bond. j that contracts cannot be impaired --------- j under the constitution, SALE ORDERED —^— • Sale of real estate belonging to the The forty-third annual commence­ ment of Cedarville College will be held Friday morning when 50 seniors will graduate. Tho speaker on this occasion will be Dr. Frank D. Slutz of Dayton. The following are the graduates in the picture: - Front row, left to right: Gale Ross, Joe Waddle, Harry Wallace, Ruth Kimble, Mildred Beard, Mary Helen Crcstvell and Esther.paddle. Second .roW-LDoris JWatkinS,Vern^M3arlough, Jolm Tobias, Robert Thompson, Betty Fisher, ■: Dorothy Anderson, Paul Angell, John Richards and Julia Hol­ land.1 Third row: Margaret Nelson, Emily Michael, Helen Seamon, Ruth Flnry and Kathleen Ehmnn. Fourth row: Mary Perce, Lois Waddle, Eleanor Cooley and Helen Fletcher. Fifth row: Gretehen Tindall, Wilma Grimes, Robinette Williams and Cletis .Jadobs, Sixth row: Evelyn Tipton, Blutehcr Gibson, Jane Kcndig, Betty Tobias and Elinor Hughey. Seventh row: Charles Ford, Eugene Reed, A slight preference for girls wusjMary J. Hagan estate has been au- shown in adoption statistics compiled> thorized by the court. W, H. Shields,' by Miss T. Gertrude Fortune, super-! IL J. Watkins, and G. W, Miles werej intendent o f th e state division of appointed appraisers. [ charities. Of the total children adopt- — —• j ed last year, 673 were girls and 622, ESTATE APPRAISED j were boys. A ten per cent increase Estate of Mary A. Cosley, deceased.j in Ohio adoptions was recorded in 1936 has a gross value of $21,461, all per-! as compared to the 1935 total, Miss sonal property, according to an esti- Fortune said. Cuyahoga led all other rtmte on file. Debts total $5,433,22 counties with 250 adoptions, while :md the administrative cost Is placed none was reported for either High-’at $1,479.56, leaving- a $14,548.97 net land or Wyandot counties. ;value. JOHN TOBIAS, CLASS PRESIDENT y s fj * * ^1® Courtesy Springfield News-Sun Jean Kendig, Marjory Graves, Eliza­ beth Richards and Lucille Lott. Eighth row: Elden Foulk, Loren -Tomlinson* Pauline Long, Eurydice Collins, Vir­ ginia Wilson, Jean Stoddard and Esther Shump'. 20.2 PER CENT DIVIDEND T 6 BANK DEPOSITORS • * SPY - • The. finaj dividend to depositors of the Exchange Bank will b ep a id a t a future date* the entry for a dividend of 20.2 per cent having bean approved by Common Pleas Court. The dividend will amount to about $29,000. The last dividend paid was on Sept. 20, 1930. There have been five dividends of 10 per cent each paid since the bank was taken over by the State Banking Department, which with the dividend of 20.2 will make a total of 70.2 per cent. The announcement of the date of payment will i e made a t a later date. Dr. F. R. Troute, Physician,’Is Dead The Ohio Conservation council, in ; session here, decided against any: changes in the season for taking pheasants and rabbits which attract; most of Ohio nimrods, Conservation Commissioner Lawrence Wooddell re-! ported. However, tho council estab­ lished the squirrel season for Sep­ tember 25 to October 10. Previously the date was October 1 to 15. The action was taken on the basis of the' returns of 2,200 questionnaires from sportsmen throughout the state and following a supplementary public hearing. The pheasant season witl open a t noon November 15 and will Continue for ten days. Rabbits may be taken from noon November 15 through January 1. SALE APPROVED Sale of property belonging to the Samuel Cowan estate to Della Cowan for $700 has been confirmed by the court. CLAIM ALLLOWED Claim of Julia Lackey, executrix, against the Julia Hopping estate, has been allowed by the court as valid. “GRANDPA” McMILLAN BUSY WITH HIS HAND-SHAKE Meet “Grandpa” Clayton McMillan and you will get a warm hand-shake and a broader smile than ever, Sat­ urday a grandson, John Frederick* arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rankin McMillan. Mrs. McMillan and son are in Springfield City Hos­ pital and both are doing fine. PROF. FURST PURCHASES KUEHRMANN RESIDENCE Prof, H. C, Furst has purchased the residence on Chillicothe street belong­ ing to Prof. O, W. Kuchrmnnn and mrill get possession this fall. Mr. O. A. Dobbins who owned the residence occupied by Prof. Furst expects to move to town soon and occupy the yrOfNMtyi Lowry Sproul Drops Into Town Tuesday Lowry Sproul, former Cedarville boy that left these parts many years ago, gave his friends a surprise Tues­ day when he dropped into town on a short visit, enroute to Pittsburgh, and Grcensbui'g, Pn. Mr. Sproul will bo remembered by older citizens ns ho is the eldest son of Rev. A. C. Sproul, aged 97, Pittsburgh, Pa., who was the Reformed Presbyterian minister, (O. S.) here for many years. Lowry is located in Atlanta, Ga., and is super­ intendent of Car Service for the Southern Railroad. He will be eligible to retirement in three years. Mr. Sproul left St, Petersburgh Fla., Sunday noon driving a car through that belonged to an uncle who suffered a paralytic stroke in that city some months ngo. Mrs. Sproul accompanied the uncle home by train. Lowry says there are many people in St. Petersburgh at this time on their summer vacation* the weather beihg much more delightful than the hot dqys we have been having. He is a strong booster for Floridn weather* winter or summer, and says that he expects to make his final home in that state, Dr. Foyo It, Troute, 46, of 1200 South High street, a practicing phy­ sician in Denver, Colo., since 1919, died Thursday at the Swedish Na­ tional sanitarium. He had been ill since last December, ■ i Dr. Troute was born in Hillsboro, O., and was graduated from the med­ ical school of Ohio State university in 1917. He enlisted in the army medical corps after his graduation and moved to Denver at the close of the World war. During his early days in Donver he was associated with Fitzslmons Gen­ eral hospital and maintained a general practice. Later he specialized in treat­ ment of tuberculosis, He was a mem­ ber of the Shrine and was active in the affairs of the Highlander boys. He Is survived by his wife, Mrs. Catherine Truote, and three children, Foye R, Jr., Dorothy and Bobby, all living in Denver. A fourth child* Ralph succumbed to blood poisoning last August. Dr. Troute was a former Cedarvil- Han, a brother of the late Willard Troute, and also of Mrs. Wayne Rohl er, near Xenia, Summer Music Courses At College LUMBER COMPANY TOUCHED BY ROBBERS Robbers cracked a safe ip the Yel­ low Springs Lumber office Tuesday night and took $45 a radio* typewriter nnd table. The robbery was discover­ ed Wednesday morning and investiga­ tion was made by Sheriff Henkel and deputies, The combination was knocked off, ’ Cemetery Entrance Dedicated Monday Memorial exercises were observed During the first six weeks only, Monday at two of the local cem- Miss Bickett, College Director of, eteries, the summer weather bringing!Music, will give a limited number of out a good crowd for the events. The private lessons in Piano, Voice and graves in all cemeteries were decorat- Pipe Organ. Although in the piano cd previous to the services. 1course.she will■ specialize in children’s The service honoring veterans of all work, yet students of all grades will wars was conducted this year a t Mas- be accepted in so far as time permits. sies Creek Cemetery, the American' Legion accepting the invitation of the Board of Trustees of that cemetery, j Demonstration recitals will be held a t the end of the term; The fee for tho six weeks term will be five dol- Dr. W. It. McOhosney was the lars which includes two lessons per speaker of the day and gave a fine week in any of the above subjects, address hacked with a historical re- ‘College credit will be granted if de­ view that lead up to the event of the sired. day. Concluding he dedicated-the new Will those interested in enrolling entrance to the cemetery in a very in this special music work please con- impressive service. Mr, J. E. Kyle, suit Miss Bickett within the next few chairman of tho improvement commit- days, a t the music studio in the tee presided and gave a short history Library building. of the cemetery thnt covered a period —.. ■■ .......— »- of 127 years, Mr. Fred 'Townslcy rep- COLLEGE YELLOW JACKETS resented the American Legion on the program. The invoentidn was pre­ sented by Rev. R, A. Jamieson. At a recent meeting of the Board of Trustees the treasurer was authorized to present Dr, McChesney a deed to a DEFEAT WILMINGTON TEAM Cedarville College Yellow Jackets defeated the Wilmington College base­ ball team on the former's diamond* Wednesday afternoon by a score of 7 lot adjoining that of hirfathm-in-lnw; to 3. Cedarville has won three vic- Dr. James F. Morton, in recognition tories and ties for the Northwest Con- of his service in so many ways. Following this service the Cedar Cliff Chapter Daughters of the Ameri- ferenoe honors with Bluffton with the same record Melvin Thompson* Cedarville pitch- can Revolution had charge of the or, held the Quakers to four hits and service at the Massies Creek or jfanned ten batters. In the eighth Stevenson Cemetery near Wilberforce. j Inning CodarVillc broke a 3-3 tie with School Districts Receive $42,602 Greene County’s eleven rural school districts and the county board of education have been allocated $42,- 602.19 in the second quarterly 1937 distribution of state public school funds under Ohio’s school foundation law, County Supt. H, C. Aultman an­ nounces. Distributive shares of the rural dis­ tricts and county board were as fol­ lows: Beavercreek, $5,520.33; Caesar* creek, $923.60; Cedarville, $7,162.31; Clifton, $1,001.20; Jefferson, $4,542.70; Miami, $3,243.26; Ross, $2,363.68; Sil- vercreek, $3,544.60; Spring . -Valley, $3,567.68; S u g a r c r e e k , $4,452:66; Xenia Twp., $3,656.17; county board $2,635. 11 11 w m m m m m m m m rn m * PRICE, $1.60 A' YEAR 41ST ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT OPERA HOUSE The opening service for the forty- first commencement o f Cedsrviilf College was the baccalaureate sermon delivered by President W, R. if f y Chesney in the First Presbyterian Church, Sabbath evening. The subject was, “Your Opportun­ ities and Your Opposition,” the. sun- mon being based on what the Agef$I? ?aul experienced in his missiotpnjrcF ourneys. The opportunities of todfy and the obstacles the young Ipce fucef much the same as in that day. Proceeding the sermon thereWS*.^ thirty-minute program of .organ rauijn followed by the processional in which the fifty-two graduates* faculty mom- bers and members of the bogrd o f trustees took part. The invocation was delivered!- by Rev. C, E. Hill; Ur. D. R. Gutf^rif*. Springfield, read the scripture and the benediction was by Rev. R. A. Jamie* son. The musical program wasunderthe direction ef Miss Mildred Watt Bickett of the Department of Music. MUSICAL RECITAL The musical recital o f the Depart­ ment of Music under the direction of Miss Mildred Watt Bickett was. held in the College Chapel, Monday a fter­ noon. The following program mw rendered: Voice—I ’ See a Tree—Hodges; Memories of Love and You—O’Hara— Wayne Andrew. Voice—Dedication—Franz; Out- of My Soul’s . Sadness—Franz; . §U£h • LiP Fellow—Didmwnt—Lois,.EWwV Piano—Wood: Nymph’s H a ^ r f ie u s Music Box from “The Enctifq$Q4 Flute”—Mozart—Martha Jane Cres- well. Voice—Sing Me. to Sleep—Gro^pe; God Touched the Rose—Brpwti— Rachel Creswell,; violin obligato by Junia Creawell, - , Voice—My Mother Bids M e ; |i |d My Hair — Haydn; Rainr-Curron; Tommy Lad—Margetson—Jan Voie^~lM V6*i *Garden Wood; The Green- Eyed Dragon-r^- Charles—Ruth Flory, ■ ’ . Piano—Shadows on Lake Cemps* Cooke; Russion Romance—Elizabeth Anderson. • Voice—Now Sleeps the 1 Crimson Petal—Quitter; Hark, Hark the la n k —Schubert; My Peace Thou A rt— Schubert—Beatrice, McClellan, Voice—In the Luxembourg Gardena - Manning; Homing—Del' Riego; Mammy’s Sang — Ware — Elizabeth Richards. Duet—Sing, Sing Birds on the Wing —Nutting—Ruth Flory and -Elizabeth Richards. George Galloway, Banker, Died Tues. George Galloway, 77* retired Xenia druggist and banker* died Tuesday in the Espy Hospital from pneumonia following an accident when his motor car left the road last Friday. He is survived by a daughter* Miss Grace, and a sister* Miss Anna Galloway* Xenia. The funeral was held Thurs­ day afternoon* Dr. Fields* First M. E. Church having charge of the service and Horace L, Stephens* Dayton* com ducted the Scottish Rite service. Burial took place in Woodland Cem­ etery. . FACULTY RECEPTION More than 160 guests were receive^ a t the annual" reception given by fiw. Cedarville College faculty for fttu- dents* trustees and friends in Alford Memorial Gymnasium, Cedarville, Monday evening. The affair was staged In a pretty; setting of blue and gold, the college, colors. The room was decorated with blue and gold streamers and fejtoony while the same color effect *vaa cat* ried out in baskets of summer fipvrMs placed about the room. In the receiving line to greet the guests were Dr. W. R. McChesney, college president, and Mrs. Mc­ Chesney; Dean Cv W. Steele* Mis* Helen Santmyer, dean of women; Mrs, J. W. Ault and Miss Emma Force. A program was presented; including, a vocal duet by Misses Ruth Flory* and Elizeth Richards; vocal solo, Miss! Rachel Creawell* with violin .accom­ paniment by Miss Juriia Creswell, arid a one act playlet, “The Wedding. Present,” in which Miss Mary John-* ston* Mr. James Anderson and Mr. Roy Linton took part. Light refreshments were saved during the evening. The speakers were W. W. Galloway and Fred Townsley, A. I. U. TOWER SOLD COMMISSIONERS PURCHASE POWER ROAD SHOVEL HONOR ROLL NEXT WEEK The county commissioners have pur- {since it was erected some years ago, chased a power shovel for county road Work a t a cost of $4*250. Power is furnished by n gasoline motor. A set of trailer trucks for transporting the shovel have also been purchased. The shovel will be used for loading gravel as well as road work, The A. I. U. Tower* highest office building in Columbus, was sold on Tuesday a t public auction to the bond 'holders for $1,600*000, The building ihas never been a financial success* Mr. George Watson, Cleveland* four runs. For tho season Cedarville won five games and lost three. The school should have a successful team next year as but two of the team graduate, Joe Waddle and Harry Wal­ lace. The batteries were* Lucas and Wcarley for Wilmington and Thomp­ son and Jackson for Cedarville. formerly a resident of this place, call­ ed on friends here last Sunday. Jesse Upshaw and Junia Hickeh- The public school honor roll with bottom, ” colored, Springfield, faced other school news will be published charges in mayor’s court Monday and next week in as much as copy did drew fines of $8.60 each, Both wera not reach us in time for this issue, (taken up by Marshal Marshall. ONLY THREE CIVIL WAR VETERANS NOW SURVIVE Greene county can boast of but six Civil Wfir Veterans at this time re­ gardless of the fact the county stood first for enrollment on a basis of population. Cedarville township held first honors of all townships vor the number of enlistments and but one one veteran of the Civil War remains, SamuM T. Baker, ’ Only three veterans took part in the Memorial Day observance in Xenia, Monday, they being* W. I. Smith, 88, Albert Burrell, 90, both near Xenia, and Col. I. T. Cummings* 90, jfamestown, CEDAR DAY EXERCISES ; Several hundred friends and sttt-. dents witnessed the annual Cedar Day celebration on the campus Wednes­ day morning. The feature of the pro­ gram was the coronation of Miss Dorothy Anderson, Senior* a* queen. Escorted by eight girls as attendants*t the flower giris, crown bearer and train bearers* Miss Anderson was conducted to the beautifully decorated ' throne from where she “reigned” over a colorful Greek pageant fa which more than forty students took ’ part The pageant was based on the Greek myth of Dimeter and Pent- phone; ... oc®**ion*i to the p t* vious to the pageSnt where Mfes An­ derson received the crown from Mkw» Anna Jane Whom* Oartter* HI., who ( & * % * ! # » * » # «***$ - JWSw I a*