The Cedarville Herald, Volume 62, Numbers 1-26

NBW THINGS A E S ADVERTISED BY MBRCHANTS F IRST . ADVER­ TISEMENTS K E E P YOU ABREAST O F JH IE TIMES. READ THEM ! c m v u f t g y 2 “7 ADVERTISING IS NEWS, AS MUCH AS THE HEADL INES ON THE FRONT PAGE. OFTEN IT IS OF MORE SIGNIFICANCE TO YOU, gIXTYrSECOND YEAR NO, 12 CONGRESSIONAL HAPPENINGSIN ' WASHINGTON Co-Operative Club Will Sponsor Benefit Picture Show Soon CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY, -FEBRUARY-24; 1939 The Cedrus Staiff-Cedarville College Y< to be Issued iti May - ..— i f The Co-Operative Club Mondays j evening voted to sponsor a benefit j picture show a t the school auditorium! i for the support off the fund for feed-1 ing under-nourished children. Differ-j cnt organizations have made contri-' _____ <hutions to this fund which will be- Congress more or less marked time ^ k'ted before sfho°> closes. Popular, during the past week. In the house a 'Pncesw .ll preva.l. Th club will give, five prizes to the five boys or girls, By CLARENCE J. BROWN Member of Congress, Seventh Ohio District 'Deficiency Appropriation Bill to care for New England's storm damage, grasshoppers and other pests in the West, Wages and Hours administra­ tion, and census matters, was de­ bated ami then permitted to rest over until the first of the week. Again the House of Representatives demon- •strated its desire for economy' by ma­ terially reducing, 'through amend­ ments, some of the Administration re­ quests, In the Senate most of tile week was taken, up in debating the* 'confirmation of • Supreme Court Justice Frankfurter; Attorney Gen selling the largest number of tickets,' Particulars as to date will be an­ nounced later. The benefit will btr k’ven some night when the .Cozy, Theatre will he dark. County School Boards Organized Completion of 1980 re-organization meetings by boards of education in the 11 rural school districts of Greene , „ . _ V County was announced Tuesday at the eral Murphy; and Director of Com- „ . .. , , rr * Tr; , . office of H. C. Aultman, county super- merce Harry L. Hopkins. All were confirmed but Mr. Hopkins did not have an easy time of it—for his ears still must be burning from that which was said concerning him and politics in relief. int<ndent. Elections of officers result- : ed in selection of the following board, presidents: . ' Beavercreek, Edward . Stafford;: Caesarcreek, Ralph Haines; Cedar-! ville; Fred Clemens; Clifton, J. Mae “ " Harris: Jefferson, Charles llollings- The Ohio delegation in Congress worth; Miami, Milton Shaw; Ross, C. fared well in official committee ns-’R. Reid; Silverereek Russell Spahr; signments. Both Senator Taft and Spring Valley, Curl Morgan; Sugar- Senator Donahey are on. a number of* creek, Henry B. Weller; Xenia town- the most important committees of the !ah ip, Stanley Hetzler, Senate.. On the House side, Ohio has *------ - , at least one representative on every' Reorganization of hoards of eduea- • important committee, and no Ohio tnm in Greene County’s eleven rural ; member failed to receive real recogni- school districts has been completed tion when the-committee plums were ■ t ‘<r ,tlie new year, according to reports, passed around. to 0- C. Aultman, county superin- * _____ ; tendon t. School board officers elected for 1939, and other board members' follows: ’ Beavercreek ,—' Edward Stafford, president; Dan W. Wolf, vice presd- vdent; Guy Coy, clerk; H. H. Warner, ■‘.flower Cosier and Fred Hawker, i Catsale reek—Ralph Hainrs, presi­ dent; F. M. Buck-waiter, vice pvest- >■ dent; Mbs Mary Jones, clerk; Wilbur j Nell, Charles Atkinson, Howard ICE, $1.50 A YEAR FORMER DOCTOR DSUNDAY DAYTON Taylor R. Baldridge, 79, a prac- g physician here more than forty rs ago, died a t his home in Dayton, dlhSO a, m„ following a stroke more than a year ago, deceased practiced medicine here for five years and the same time in California. • Returning to Dayton iced in that city for forty penalizing in the treatment of tism and blood poisoning. • Baldridge was twice married, irst wife by death. Ill's second iage was to Nora Barber, daugh- late James Barber, who ■vith two sons by the last union, Ernest B. Baldridge, Dayton, t and E. Russell Baldridge, Cleveland^ I and two grand children. The deceased was a member of Wesclminislor Presbyterian Church, lodge of Masons, Knights" Templar, Commandery and Shrine. A Scottish Rite service was held Monday eve­ ning, while the funeral was held Tues­ day afternoon. Dr. Daniel Brownlee, executive secretary of the' Dayton CtJuncil of Churches, having charge. Burial took place in North Cem­ etery, Cedarville. heft to rigin; R uhrv II Roberts, Belle CenUn; Fred Lott, Avon Lake; Clayton Wiseman. Cedarville: Mary Jean Townsley, Cedarville; Beatrice McClellan, Xenia; John Peterson, Cedar-, ville; Cecil Thoma*, Washington C. H.; Pauline Ferguson, Codnv- villt*; Elizabeth Anderson, Cedarville; Jane Frame, Cedarville; Marie Collins, Cedarville; Clyde Walker, Dayton; and Bennett McNeal, Plattshurg. Cedarville-—Fred Clemens, presi- A special committee from the Ohio legislature spent several- days in Washington this past week interview­ ing the Social Security Board . a’nd members of the Ohio Congressional delegation relative to the unpaid Federal aid for Ohio Old Age pensions due the Buckeye State for the. October settlement. It will be remembered that in October the. Federal Social: ,. ... Security Board refused to make its, monthlycontribution to the State of 5 . . .• . . • _. „. .. ,, . •, , . .. .dent John Collins, vice president; A. Ohio because of the claim that thoi _ n . . - , . , _ , ,, ,A , . . . . . . , ! E. Richards, clerk; Paul Ramsey, P. State Aid for the Aged Division of the, ,, ,, « , . .. , , , , . l M. Gilman, F. F. McFarland. State government had not been prop- ,, . , . “ f Iifton—J, Mac Hams, president; crly set up and administered, . f - _ .. , _ _ * henueth Lose, vice president; E. Ct. “ ~ ' , Ralston, clerk; Philip Gerliardt, Wal- A. group of forty Senators and lace Rife. Congressmen interested in farm prob-' Jefferson -• Charles Hollingsworth, lems were special guests at the Cos-}president;' Gilbert 1Ream, vice presi- .mos Club last Thursday evening,"dent; 'll. M. Smith, clerk; Marlin R. where they heard Dr. Hale, world Heinz, Traverse Pendry • : authority on Chemistry, discuss the Miami —Milton Shaw, president; future of American agriculture. Dr. Mrs. Glenna Fink, vice president; D,- Hale predicted that recent advances A. Alagruder, clerk; Mrs. Sarah in chemical science would permit the Adams. Henry Federighi. farms of America to produce many Ross-C .'It. Reid, president; E. L. materials that would bring prosperity Ritenour. vice president; Carl McDor- for-both agriculture and industry in. man. clerk;,. Ario Cummings. ,J. America and throughout the world.!Taylor, Paullin Harper. Among Ohioans present were Senator '• Si1vercreek—Russell Spahr, presi- Robert A. Taft and Congressmen1dent; Rodney Roberts, vice president; Thomas A. Jenkins, Cliff Clevenger,; Frank* Shigley, clerk; Grover Tobin, Earl Lewis and Clarence J. Brmvh. >Mrs. Esther Taylor. -------- ! Spring Valley—Carl Morgan, presi- Senator Robert A. Taft was thc=!<l<’nt; R*R MeClol,amJ*vice-president; guest 1of honor and principle speaker Lawrence Soward, clerk; J. C. Elliott, a t the National Press Club last T liurs-'Amks b* CoTnPton- , SEEKS JUDGMENT Elmer'M-dhon ha.- brought >suit in commtin plea ■: court to recover a $19l/.70 judgment. | Tlie petition was filed 10 his capac­ ity as guardian of Roheit Bledsoe, incompetent, against' William S. Roge.s nod R J. Watkins, bondsmen for the late Henry Bledsoe, former guardian. Million asserts bis predecessor as guardian was supposed t« have on hand $ 199 . 70 . due the account of hi# ward, but that a diligent scafxh fail­ ed to locate the h ik in g money John V. Gibncy is the plaintiff’s attorney. Armless Youth Gets License To Drive Auto DIVORCE I t ‘ESTBI) Suit for divorce, an alimony award 11 -«torai!OTi to her -maiden name, an injunction and forfncuri by the de­ fendant of uiti-tct in Its property, lias been instituted- by Evelyn G. Nieiey against Stanley J..N idey, Fp- j.-et He11brook Pike .They were mart ted September :i, 1927. The plaintiff chatgis giotjt negUo-t and rtueltv, asst t-ring tie* defendorff hu« * V- lived off h er e a r (lings <Vei since th e ir Oinrrn . Adnmteilly ‘'inipreesed” by the driving skill of the 21-year-old nrm- • i«ss youth with whom he took a dem- • nitration ride two months ago, Com­ mon Pleas Judge' George JL Smith 1tiled Friday that Paul E. Lyton, of near Osborn, is entitled to a driver’s license w bpvrate-an-GUtomobile. His decision upbidd young LaytonV appeal' from the refusal of Frank West, former state lAigistrar bf-motor ve­ hicles, to grant the driving permit. Citing evidence from ‘'responsible per,'«>!’«” that the youth i» a “ capable and prudent and skillful driver," the court 'expressed conviction I^iyton had overcome his natural handicaps “ by 1ultivalmg an adeptness .with his feet and body that enables him to use !he*e members and supplant the deft- vi'-ney <».casiont-d bv bin lack of arms," 9. I.:nton, who props himself in the ;.t and steer* with bis feet, said he '.id drivt n for six years without an - '’odent, day noon, which was widely attended! S i.frcreek • - Henry. B. Weller, by newspaper men and governmental P re s e n t; W.Wo Elliott vice pres,- leaders. Comment heard on evpry, ‘hull: M. L Gibbons clerk; G L. Hod- hand was indicative that the Senator ™"’ *rc.l kenn«ly. Herbert Meredith, had made a most favorable impression: , .X‘*nm Twp.--Stanley Hetzler. presi- hardboiled” ‘ pnt; ' Valtcr Hartman, vice presi- I’ORECI.OSI RE ACTION Emeelosure! of a mortgage on a 125 HH»acre tract of land in Greene and Clinton Counties i« sought in a suit filed by the Xenia National Bank against Alton Hurley- anil others,' requesting $7,000 judgment and appointment of a receiver to take charge of the real y-'tate. Miller and Finney are attorneys for the hank. on his distinguished but audieiice. . dent; Ersle Hutchison, clerk; Charles j Kinsey, Cratnpton Lott, If Seventh District farmers could ! sell their products at Washington, D.| C. prices the “farm question” would 1 be solved ns fa r as- they might be, concerned. Just now strictly fresh eggs are selling for 57c a dozen in THREE SUITS SETTLED Three damages suits, aggregating $21,700, resulting from an automobile j collision July 18, 1937, east of Cedar-! Washington; four percent milk brings ville, have been settled out of court, 14c a quart; butter from 42c to 48c! and dismissed, according to common! a pound; beef steak from 35c to 55c' pleas court records. ’ ' ; a pound; pork chops from 25c to "35c! Four suits were filed as aftermaths'1 n pound; calves’ liver 85c a of the accident, but only one was pound. I brought to trial. A jury last No- ...... - j vember 29 awarded Miss Dorothea Matters scheduled to come before. Powers, Cincinnati, a $6,000 damage Congress this week are: In tho' verdict in her $20,760 personal in- 1 Senate: WPA Deficiency Appropria-' Jul,y action against Glenn B. Piatt,; tion Bill passed last week in the?South Solon. The judgment was paid.) House, after the President’s request j was reduced by a hundred and fifty j million dollars; and the Military and National Defense deficiency approp­ riations will be brought up in the House, That there will be consider­ able debate and discussion on both issues seems apparent aqd just what the final result will be does not yet appear certain. DIVORCES GRANTED Three divm ex have been awarded by the court as- follow-: Jennnie Fiste from Harold Fiste, Chicago, on grounds of gross neglect, the wife being restored in. her maiden name; on grounds of enmity, with the plain­ tiff granted her maiden name; Eliza­ beth Curry from Ronald Curry, on grounds of gross neglect and cruelty, with the plaintiff given cuktody of a minor child and the defendant ordered to pay $4 weekly alimony, for the child's support. MORE BOYS ENROLLED Boys outnumber girls by 105 in ani enrollment of 3,453 pupils in the 111 districts comprising the fereeno county! rural school system, as shown in pre­ liminary reports tabulated at the office of H. C. Aultman, county superin­ tendent, The data revealed 1,779 1 boys and 1,674 girls, Beavercreek ' ESTATES VALUED Four estates have been appraised under probate court direction as fol­ lows:* Estate of E. Lawson ITagler: gross value, $6,522.54; obligations not list­ ed. Estate of Louelln Hagler: gross value, $6,760.24; obligations, $3,- 400.22; net value, $3,360.02. Estate of Lee E,-Rife: gross vnlue, $3,927.68; obligations, $900, net value, $3,027.68. REQUEST DENIED Congress has taken another hitch in its collective belt and is preparing; PRP^5- to make another attempt to solve the j farm problem. Numerous measures; relative to. agriculture have been In-; -------- - troduced in botli Houses. Most of the! A petition filed by Della Bovcy suggested legislation seems to favol-iand Joseph Sears, seeking to reopen thcr establishment of base prices for the ease of Richard A. Sackett and all American farm products .oqual others against Ruth McClure and ■to a t least the cost of production on others, has been dismissed by the the average American fanb. court. has the largest studeht body with 594! Ask Kail Watchman Be Retained The (Vdnrville Township Board of Education at a recent meeting voted unanimously endorsing the re­ taining of watchmen at -the Main street crossing of the Pennsylvania 'nilr. ad. The Co-Operative Club on .Monday evening gave a similar en- doi sem. nt. Village council has asked fur pn expression for the people on the co.inpany plan to do away with watchmen at the Main street crossing with bell signals at Miller street for v.hat, is known ns the electric flasher system at both crossings. The school b'-aid gave as its reason for endorse­ ment that a watchman was preferred for .mall children who might not deny - know the importance of the flash signal. APPOINTMENTS MADE ' S. C. Wright has been named executor of the estate of George A, Shrodes, late of Cedarville, under $14,000 bond, William A. Miller, has been appoint­ ed administrator of the estate of Wil­ liam Owehs, late of Satsumn, Fla., under $3,000 bond. C. S. Merrick has been named ad­ ministrator of the estate of Rose Ann Schug, late of Beavercreek Twp. under $200 bond, District O. E. S. Meets In Xenia Representing 19 chapters in the 1. th Ohio district, Order of Eastern .Star, more than 250 persons attended the annual district meeting Wednes­ day at the Masonic Temple, Xenia. A business meeting was conduced at the morning session, followod by lunch­ eon at the Temple at noon. A school of instruction, in which officers of the Grand Lodge of Ohio took part, was held in the afternoon. Aldora Chapter of Xenia conducted the exemplification of the ritualistic work, A number of members of the local chapter attended the meeting. GRAND JURY REPORTS13 TRUEBILLS Three secret indictments were among, 13 true bills reported by the Gov. Bricker Sets Example By Using His Own Automobile Gov. John W. Bricker, -has estab­ lished a new custom for future gov­ ernors, While Gov. Davcy left the state owned $5,000 car, .Gov. Bricker will use it only on state occasions. A number of other state officials are doing the same thing. - Grceim County grand Jurv Tuesday;111' US0K 1,is own P|ivate Ciu' io drive afternoon, climaxing a two-day in-j baek fln(l forth tho-atate mansion vestigaiion of twenty case's on tb e jto t,u‘ oa!,ito1 nntl driven it himself, criminal docket. The jury examined; ^ us •MHVln^ tl,e Mate the salary of a 73 witnesses, ignored five eases and; chauffeur. John ,T. Brown, Director contihued two others to the next court' Agriculture, ..-1a. using his o\Vh term. rather than n state owned'automobile. Cases ignored included. those of Donald Bailey, 10, Yellow- Springs, charged with manslaughter, and David T. Htlderhraii, 46, Ross town­ ship farmer, accused of shooting with intent to kill. The fallowing “open" indictments wtuv icturned; Samuel Downs, aband­ onment; James A. 'Pulley, fraudulent checkE; Lilther Vance, forgery; Law­ rence Hunt, forgery; James Shelly, attempted bnrglary; George Conners, burglary and larceny; Archie Graham, forgery; William Bruce, burglary and bueeny; William Duncan, breaking and entering; William Dudley, break­ ing and entering. Dr. Ralph Atkinson Speaks In Xenia «r Dr. Ralph Atkinson, Los Angeles, Calif,, moderator of the United Pres- bvteiian General Assembly, spoke at an afternoon meeting in the First W P. Chm;eh, and in the evening at the Second U. P. Church, Xenia, in behalf of the work of the different boards of the church. Ho was accompanied by Di. W. Bruce Wilson, Pittsburgh, sieretnty of the board of American missions; Dr. R. W, Galdwcli, Phil­ adelphia, Pa,, associate secretary of the board of foreign missions, and Dr. R. N, Montgomery, New Concord, president of Muskingum College. The various U. P. churches in Springfield, C l i f t o n , Cedarville, Jamestown, Sogai creek and Xenia, were invited to join 11 for the conference. Dr. Atkinson 30 years ago con- dueled evangelistic services in the local church, which older citizens will ucall. Fire Destroys Farm Home No Analysis For Present Time ■Because, laboratory facilities, housed in the old Health Building on the Ohio State University campus are no long­ er available and new quarters have not yet been made available, Stnnley E. Laybounic, chief, of tlje division of feeds, seeds and fertilizers in the State Department of Agriculture, today notified all county farm agents that the division has been forced to -uspend, until further notice, furnish­ ing of analysis reports on. special samples of feeds and fertilizers. Provision iins been made, however, to provide laboratory analysis of offi­ cial samples taken by the division’s Inspectors who will continue to pick up emergency samples, Mr, Lay- boruno said. Razing of the health building, oit the University- campus to make room for a new structure has mnde homeless the division’s laboratory until 'i t can be relocated.. Until that time emer­ gency laboratory arrangements will be available only for analysis of the seasonal rush of official samples now pouring into the division, according to Mr. Layboume. Henry W. Walsh Assistant Engineer Henry W. Walsh, of Xenia, who was dismissed as resident state highway engineer for Greene county, follow­ ing the change in state administra­ tions, became assistant county engi­ neer Monday under a temporary ap­ pointment announced by county com­ missioners. ■ The engineer’s office, which has supervision over a county-wide WPA road improvement program, entailing extra engineering duties, has been short-handled, owing to the absence of County Engineer W. J. Davis, off. duty because of ill health since last September. The temporary engineer had been suggested by Davis recent­ ly in a letter to commissioners from hTTformer home Th’1tfalIip6Ha: Commissioners revealed that 393* WPA workers are now employed on the extensive road program, started late in December, Three projects are now in operation and a fourth is ex­ pected to be opened this week, : Co. Auditor Pays Last Road Bond , Last reminder of a once common method of financing road building, a $9,000,000 bond .redeemed recently has erased Greene"County’s bonded road debt. • Liquidations of the bond, completed.- payment of principal and interest on a $91,i89.59 bond issue made in 1928 to provide the county’s portion. of the cost of paving the Osborn pike from Old Town to Crowfoot, according to records at the county auditor’s office. The issue was sold to the' Detroit Trust and Security Co. and bore 4% per cent interest. Officials said this was the last inter­ county highway bond issue made by the county. Highway contraction has since financed through state and: federal, channels following a change in the law .' Tax Collection Starts February 20th,fflove furi,,8hln*8 Fire believed to have started from defects in wiring destroyed the two* story frame dwelling of Mr, and Mrs. B, G. Paris on the Indian Ripple road, southwest of Alpha. Mrs. Faris and Miss Naomi Ingram, Beavercreek high school teacher who lives there, were at home when the blaze started be- [ tween the roof and ceiling on the 1second floor. Neighbors helped re- WILL WE HAVE 23 SNOWS? State Home Council Meeting Monday Monday, January 30, is the State Home Council Meeting in connection with Farmer’s Week. This is a Very beneficial as well as enjoyable pro­ gram for Home Council members throughout Ohio. Greene County is proud to have a member of their own Retired Home Council on the pro­ gram this ytear. Mrs, Arthur Bahns will give a short presentation on the subject, “What Home Council may do to Encourage World Peace.” ThCse * who ate planning on gding to Colum­ bus, January 30, will please call Ruth Radford. Bloom, Home Demon­ stration Agent (Phone 1094) by Fri­ day, January 27, so that proper ar­ rangements may be made. Treasurer Fawcett announces that the collection of the first half of 1938 real estate taxes will start Feb. 20 m as much as the first sn< of the and the books open until March; 15. winter fell on Nov. 23rd will the old afternoon at 2 p. m., the service fee* The collection was held up due to the saying prove true that we will have ing in charge of his pastor, Dr. & A. utility valuations not being received snow fall “that many times before the Jamiesoii of tiio United Presbyterian from the State Tax Commission. | advetit of sprifeg? I Church. Burial in North Cemetery. Charles F. Dean' Died Wednesday Charles F, Dean, 77, well known contractor, a resident of this com­ munity since he was 21 years of age, died at the Springfield City Hospital, Wednesday, at 10:55 a. m., o f ’pneu monia, after an illness of ten days, The deceased was born in New Jasper Twp,, the son of John and Louisa Haglar Dean, His first mar­ riage was to Miss Lydia Barber, a daughter of David Barber. Her death look place in 1901. His second marriage was to Miss Clara Ellis, who survives with three daughters, Mrs, C. M, Antrim and Miss Bertha Dean, by the first union, and Mrs, Arthur Cultice, by th e second union, all of Springfield, A son, C. F.’ Dean, of the second union also survives, with Members of the local Masonic five grandchildren.^ Three f e v e r s Lodge organized a dinner club to be n_i_L. T-,- j composed of members ’at a masting last Thursday evening. The Hfst meeting will be cn fuesdsy, Pcfe, 21 , at the Masonic Temple. The following, officers were elected: Paul Orr, presidefit*, Hebert W. Ilae* Gregor, Vice President; Greer McCal- Ijster, secretary; Ralph Wolford, wr- geant-at-arms. , Masonic Dinner Club Organized Thursday and a sister, Ralph, John and David and Miss May Dean, Xenia, also survive. The funeral will be held from the McMillan Funeral Home, Friday .mmmmmrnmmsm