The Cedarville Herald, Volume 63, Numbers 1-26

m w T H IN G S A lt® A D V E R T IS E D B T M E R C H A N T S T O S T . A D V E R - T IS E H E N T S O T P Y O U A B R E A S T O F T H E T IN E S . R E A D T H E N l SIXTY-THIRD YEAR NO. 20 IHMFMflffl HtPPFHUifiS IN lli ■*»Ilf h I 3 w II- WftSfltNGTBN By CLARENCE J, BROWN Member o f Congrese, Seventh Ohio District It fa Cherry Blossom time in Wash­ ington again—o r -will be by the time this column appears in print. Already the budding Japanese, cherry trees around the Tidal Basin are beginning to show a bloom here, and there, and the capital city is preparing to greet and care fo r the hundreds o f thou­ sands o f visitors who make the an­ nual pilgrimage to view o n e 'd f na­ ture’s most beautiful sights. The warm weather o f the last two weeks has al­ ready brought many tourists to the Capital, and during Easter vacation week thousands o f children visited the historic ahd inspiring structures that make Washington the most beautiful city in America. East week the Senate devoted its full time to debating the bill extend­ ing, fo r three years the power o f the Secretary o f 'State to enter into re­ ciprocal trade treaties with foreign nations. Amendments attempting to restrict: the authority o f the Secretary o f State so as to require that trade pacts he approved by Congress,-or by the Seriate, were fought off by the Administration forces. The Pittman amendment, requiring Senate con­ firmation, lost by the narrow margin o f three votes, As this is written the Senate is preparing to vote on the final passage o f £he bill and it is pre­ dicted the measure will be approved by ,a small margin in the upper body o f Congress. In the House several days wore given last week to debating the War Department Appropriation Bill. More than sixty million dollars was strick­ en from the •bill as a result o f the House returning to its orginal econ­ omy program following its speeding spree o f the week before. The ■ cuts. ' in" the appropriation were made as a result o f the recent policy announced b y the Administration in connection: ■with the sale o f the' latest war planes to England and France, under the coil- _ tention that the. development o f the American aviation' industry# as a re­ sult o f foreign sales o f planes now ‘makes possible the rapid production o f planes fo r the 'Ajmerican armed -forces in case o f need. • A terrific struggle, both parlimen- COURT NEWS PETITION FOR SALE Trustees o f the Church o f Christ at Osborn have filed a petition In com­ mon pleas court, requesting, confirma­ tion o f recent sales o f two parcels o f church-owned real estate to William H. and Grace E. Dumbaugh and Ruth­ erford E. and Lula M. Clark. Through an oversight, the trustees failed to obtain advance court consent to make the sales, according to the application. The sales were authorized after jt was deemed impossible to un­ dertake construction o f a church build­ ing, purchase prices have been paid arid the Clarks have begun erection o f a dwelling on the lot they bought, the petition points out Albert G. Laton, F. E. McClellan and Bernard Peterson aro the church trustees. They are rep­ resented by Attorney George E’. Pfau, Jr,. . TO MARSHAL LIENS Two petitions, requesting that liens be' marshaled and real estate sold, have been filed. J, W. Stephens, in a suit against Myrtle Lucas, J. A. Lucas and Laura A. Bone, declared $417.57 remains un­ paid on a .$492.12 note judgment re­ covered last September 19 against Myrtle and J. A- Lucas. He asks that priority o f liens be determined on Caesarcreek Twp. real estate. Smith, McCallister and Gibney are the plain­ tiff’s attorneys. The second petition was filed against the Peoples Building and Savings Co. and others by William A. Miller, as assignee fo r the benefit o f creditors o f Huston and Reid o f Jamestown. Miller and Finney are attorneys for the peti­ tioner. ; tary and otherwise, has been going •on in the House over just what sort •of a bill will be presented to the Floor to provide for the revamping o f the National Labor Relations Board Act. ,rQje Smith Committee—the special group named by the House to inyesti- ;gate the N.L.R.B.—-has made its re­ port recommending complete reorgani­ sation o f the Board and many import- ,ant changes in the basic law. The regular Labor Committee, under the 'leadership o f Mrs. Mary Norton o f !New Jersey, ardent New Dealer, is en­ deavoring to prevent tho Smith pro­ posals from reaching the Floor,'and l o head off any drastic .action by Con­ g r e s s through the presentation o f a more mild Administration kill calling . f o r only minor changes in the present Board and law. It is believed, that the issue will finally reach the Floor with­ in the next two or three weeks. DIVORCE SUITS Charging ncn-suppor.t for the last •five years, Lulu Martin has brought suit for divorce from E. C, Martin, on grounds of. gross neglect and cruelty. They were married Dec. 18, 1926. The plaintiff seeks custody of two minor children and approval o f a separation agreement. Lawrence Weaver, Xenia, R.. R. 4, in a divorce action against Mary Wea­ ver, charges gross neglect o f duty. They were married Sept; 25, 1937, at Liberty, Ind. Restoration to her piaidcn name is sought by Vivian Eichar In a divorce suit against Cari Eiehatv Whosfe resi­ dence is unknown to her. They were married Sept. 23, 1933 in Kentucky. Wilful absence from home for more than three years is charged , by the plaintiff, NOTE SUIT FILED The Citizens National Bank, Xenia, has filed suit against C. M- Preston and J. B. Prepton, to recover a judg­ ment for $1,950, claimed due on a note. The law firm o f Smith, McCal­ lister and Gibney.represents the plain­ tiff. DIVORCE DECREES Louise Huff lias been awarded a divorce from Jojm H. Huff on the grounds of her husband’s confinement in Ohio penitentiary, under sentence from Champaign County, and was giv­ en custody of a minor child. Ashaid A. Anton? has been granted a divorce from Virgiree Antoni on a charge of-wilful absence from homo fo r more than three yearB, Xerald. A D V E R T IS IN G 13 N EW S . A S S H O T A S T H E H E A D L IN E S O N M M F R O N T P A G E . O F T E N I T 13 O F M O R E S IG N IF IC A N C E T O YOU * CEDARVILLE, OHIO, B llD A Y , APRIL 12, 1940 Dr. Sheppard Watson To Be New Head Of Wilmington College The Board o f Trustees o f Wilming­ ton College announces the appoint­ ment o f Dr, Sheppard Arthur Watson, of. Whittier, California, as president o f the Institution, to succeed Dr. Wal­ ter L. Collins recently resigned to ac­ cept a position with the State Depart­ ment o f Education at Columbus. He' will move to Wilmington this summer and assume charge in September. Dr. Watson is at present dean o f VJlhittier College, a Quaker school in southern California- Kansas-born president-elect Watson did his public school work in that state and was graduated with a bache­ lor’s degree from Friends University at Wichita. He received his master’s degree at Kansas Agricultural College and, in 1927, while a member o f the faculty at Wilmington College, on leave o f absence for study received a degree o f doctor o f philosophy from Ohio State University. He is forty- four years old arid married. He and Mrs. Watson have no children. Dr. Watson came to* Wilmington College in 1920 and taught for eight years in the department o f biology. He accepted a call to Whittier College twelve years ago and has been a mem­ ber o f that faculty continuously. For the past three years he has been dean o f the college. Whittier College Is a thriving institution o f .about seven hundred students and is recognized universally for its collegiate, stan­ dards. Wilmington College's new president is a man’s man both in appearance and personality. He has a genial manner and a winning smile. A prodigious worker# he confesses to some hobbies: golf,’ nature study, and farming. He owns a farm in bis native state and finds time every summer to spend a few weeks on it. Dr, Watson has traveled extensively throughout the United States and Canada and has written for publication several trea­ tises on his experiences and-observa­ tions. W. P. A, I m p r o v e Of Coi orkers 22 Miles Highway Greene Counts s WPA workers, carrying out pla s o f county com­ missioners, in 198£ placed their should­ ers to the wheel- instance—and >r shovels, in this proved more than New Road Marking Program Is Adopted On April Gth, 1917, United States entered the World War. In recent years the Anniversary has been set aside as. Army Day. The celebration in Washington this years was espe­ cially’'^ impressive. Great bombing planes and fast pursuit ships, roared . overhead while rumbling tanks and artillery and marching men, swung by tho thousands who lined the streets o f the Capitol City to watch the demonstration. Temporary s t a n d s were erected along Constitution Ave­ nue for the, trie o f officialdom in view­ ing the display o f America’s military might. VALUE ESTATES Four estates have been appraised under probate court direction as fol­ lows: Estate of.Clark N, Piper, gross val­ ue, $1499.19: obligations, $190; net value $1309.19. Estate of Clark N* Piper: gross Val­ ue, $30,359.64; debts, $4,187.86; ad­ ministrative cost, $977,19; net value, $25,194.59. Estate o f Della M., Berry: gross Value, $2361.86; obligations, not listed. Estate o f Rosa A. Spahr: gross val­ ue, $2529.05; obligations, $575; net value, $1954.05, Between April-15 and May, 1 high­ way department’s road marking crews will spread out over the 18,000,. miles o f the state road system, putting down the continuous white or black lines, and the yellow stripes at the non-pass­ ing zones. Those zones are being es­ tablished now by district traffic en­ gineers. “ Hereafter whenever the driver o f ah automobile finds himself in an area with n yellow stripe paralleling the white„or black stripe, and On the driv­ er’s side o f the roadway^ that driver should make no attempt to swing out o f the lane o f traffic and go around other cars,” Mr. Neal pointed out. The surveys which the bureau o f traffic and safety conducted showed that drivers generally slowed- down automatically whenever they came up­ on the yellow; stripe. The white or black stripe will be four inches in width, and the yellow stripes at all no-pasSing zones will be three inches in width, There will be a three-inch,space between the white or black and yellow stripes. The department will erect informa­ tion signs along the roadways o f the state, pointing out the meaning o f the road marking so drivers will not cross the yellow stripes when they arc On the motorist’s'side o f the highway.* twenty-two miles roads, this being approximately fiOtper cent o f all the highways, roads, latrects and alleys they have built oryeconstructed in the four and one-half years since the fed­ eral agency was!launched in July, 1935. I The total for all such work rose to 37.37 miles, o f whfch 30.29 miles is in rural roads, mostly o f the farm,-to- market type facilitating movement of school busses and fnnil carriers it was stated Monday by&L L. Kelly, o f Co­ lumbus, manager Qf the Central Ohio district of.W PA ip Ohio, in the first o f a series o f reports to the public. The rest o f the wo^k consisted of-5.56‘ miles o f urban streets and alleys. Mr. Kelly said ithe surge o f con­ struction is explained by the county’s sponsorship o f a iriore comprehensive WPA program and w ider use o f coun­ ty road equipment, complementing hand labor, under present regulations requiring that the sponsor pledge one- fourth o f the cost in terms o f en­ gineering services materials, equip­ ment cash, etc. , The longest improvements last year .were the Ankeney Mill Rd., in Beaver­ creek Twp., northwest o f Xenia, and tho Indian Riffle Rd., seven miles west o f Xenia, both six miles long. The lat­ ter required almost complete recon­ struction, including construction or widening o f one bridge and three con­ crete culverts, widening o f forty-seven metal culverts, a,nd installation Jbf eight metal culverts. The four and one-half year record also shows 1.52 miles o f roads built in parks, school or institution grounds, seventeen bridges built or improved; eighiy-fivc culverts built or improved; almost twenty-one miles o f roadside drainage work; 1.23 miles of side­ walks built or improved; 4.G8 miles of curbs built or rebuilt, and 3.62 miles o f old railroad track removed. Accident Victim Dies In Springfield Hospital Mrs; Marjan Grace T$inzo, 20, o f Cleveland Heights, O., who was wid­ owed the’ same day she became a bride, died in Springfield City Hospital o f injuries suffered in an auto-train collision which claimed her husband’s life last March 12 at a railroad cross­ ing on Route 42, east o f Ccdnrvillc. The husband was killed instantly, Mrs. Trunzo suffered a skull fracture. The couple, married earlier in the day at Covington, Ky., was enroutc to Cleveland when the auto in which they were riding was struck by a pas­ senger train. ENUMERATORS STARTEDWORK HERETOESDAY The township and corporation enu mcrators J. Lloyd .Confarr and Mar- cellus Townsley started the work of asking questions in the big quiz Tues­ day morning. Carrying large portfolios o f census sheets enumerators ask thirty-two questions at each household fo r the population schedule, thirty-one for the occupied dwelling schedule, and 232 more at all farm homes. As usual, the answers will be confidential. Enumerators are paid at the rate o f four cents a person, including two cents for each infant ^under four months o f age. For each vacant dwell­ ing counted they receive five cents, and for each occupiecLdwelHng eight cents. Those covering farms earn twenty- five cents a person inside municipal limits and thirty cents outside corpora­ tion lines. You may have wondered who takes the personal census o f the census-tak­ ers. Well, the enumerators^ themselves will be questioned in their own homes by others assigned to the particular districts where they reside. Enumerators are required to report daily to the district office the total number of names listed during the day. Nose-counters are also expected to make numerous night calls to con­ tact persons not at home when day­ time visits are made. Although the first federal census in 1790 was. a simple task, made to de­ termine congressional representation, the 1940 version will be the biggest research project ever undertaken. The first half o f the census, cover­ ing information on tho nation’s busi­ ness, manufacturing concerns^ mines and quarries, was started Jan. 2—in Greene County .by two enumerators— and now. is well advanced. The second half o f the census ob­ tains detailed information, some of which has never before been sought, on people dwelling units and farms. Data to be tabulated include not only age, sex and locations o f every person but such other items as in­ dividual income from wages up to $5000, location five years ago, educa­ tion, 'citizenship, employment status, marital status and occupation. Persons opposed to giving census- takers the amount o f their 1939 in­ come in answer to question thirty-two o f the population schedule are per­ mitted, under a new riding to write the information on a special form for direct mailing to the "census bureau in Washington, D. C., with postage paid. It is the only one o f all the questions which may legally be answered-in this way. Refusal to answer a census ques­ tion will be at the risk o f a fine and jail sentence, hut census-takers report here courteous receptions and coopera­ tion. ' PRICE, SL50 A YEAR Teacher’s Banquet On Thursday evening, April 11, cur teachers attended the banquet o f the Greene County Teacher’s Association given in First Presbyterian Church, Xenia, in honor o f Mr. H. C. Aultman, the retiring county superintendent and Mr. Harry B. Pickering, the newly- elected superintendent. The Associa­ tion presented Mr. Aultman with a life-time membership in the National Education Association in recognition Of his, services to the Greene County Schools, Home Economics Demonstration Representatives from the Singer Sewing Machine Company gave girls o f the third-year home economics class a very helpful demonstration on how to make slip covers for chairs last Thursday, April 4. Snake Exhibit - * The auditorium was filled to capacity Monday morning when, pupils from all grades gathered to see the snake demonstration given by a representa­ tive from the United States Society o f Zoology. Assembly Program Our school was very fortunate to have Rev. Walter S, Kilpatrick re­ turn to speak to us again last Friday about schools and colleges in Europe, _At this assembly pupils who 'had participated in the Greene County Hobby Fair showed their exhibits and told what’ each had won. Senior Class Play Don’t miss seeing Richard and Em­ ily and all o f their family at the Opera House April 25 and 26. New Ruling For Township Trustees County Ministers Hold Meet Monday Rev. Albert L, Scherry, o f the the First Reformed Church, Xenia, spoke to the members o f the Greene County Ministerial Association on “ The Min­ ister, His Weddings and Funerals" at the monthly meeting at Geyer’s Res­ taurant, Xenia, Monday. Rev. A. C. Renoll, o f Beaver Re­ formed Church, conducted the devo­ tional service. Rev. E. O. Ralston, Clifton* is presi­ dent o f the county association and Rev. C. A. Arthur, Bowersvillc, is secre­ tary. Spring Conference Of American Legion Unseasonable cold mixed with balmy Spring weather has brought a recur­ rence o f the flu or grippe epidemic that swept the Capitol City earlier in the year. President Roosevelt and Speaker Bankhead have been victims, as have many Members o f Congress, a n d . others engaged in the off' :al work o f the government, with the re shit that legislative activity and pub­ lic service generally'have been ser­ iously handicapped during the past two or three weeks, ■ ‘r ** ' , During the past few Weeks there has been t msiderable agitation both in and out o f Congress, fo r a slowing up o f W.P*A.—or the Works Progress Administration-activity and the sub­ stituting therefore greater efforts through the P.W.A. — « r the Public Works Administration. Many students ,©f the present relief program contend that the labor relief jobs are given (O oMm ro iti o » Vtm) APPOINTMENTS MADE Ethel F. Irwin as administratrix of the estate o f John H. Irwin, late of Jamestown under $5,090 bond. Pearl Seslar as administratrix of the estate o f . Harvey R, Whitmore, late o f Jamestown, under 100 bond. C. D, Bernard, as administrator of the estates o f Charles Hurley and Em­ ma J.- Hurley, late o f Sugarcreck Twp, under $500 bonds, Carrie Bebb as administratrix o f the estate Of Maurice Bebb, lnte of .Xenia, under $2,000 bond, Thomas A. Spahr as executor o f 'the estate o f Rosa A, Spahr late o f Jamestown, Without bond. Boards of township trustees must purchase material used in construction or resurfacing highways by competi­ tive bidding after proper advertising, Attorney General Thomas J. Herbert ruled this week in an opinion to Ward C, Cross, Ashtabula county prosecutor, In requesting an opinion Mr. Cross said that several Ashtabula county townships were cooperating with coun-. ty commissioners in sponsoring. WPA road building projects on the basis o f the townships furnishing material and WPA the labor. It is necessary for the trustees to determine how much material will be needed in their town­ ship and buy it on compctit'vo bids rather than by force, attorn y Mr, Herbert said. Trout Season Opens In Ohio April 15 MARRIAGE LICENSES (Granted) John W, Thompson, 132 Grange St., old age pensioner, and Emma Olive Scramling, Orange St. Robert N. Coulter, Cedarviife, R. R, 2, laborer, and Carrie Elizabeth Pow­ ers, CedarVilie, R> R, 2. "* Reuben W, Holcomb, 205 N« Nigh St„ Columbus, manager o f Isley’s and Margaret Efeanor Tindall, 223 W. Church St, Registrar Has Power To Revoke Rights The registrar o f motor vehicles may revoke motorists rights to drive' on conviction from a mayors court in cases where the defendant hi not by law .guaranteed a jury trial by the constitution, Attorney General Thornes J, Herbert ruled this week in an opin ion to Cylon Wallace, registrar, The mayors jurisdiction covers the entire county in which his village is located, Mr. Herbert chid. * Trout fishing in Ohio will officially open April 15 and extend until Sep­ tember 15. Mad River above and below Urbana and several o f its tributaries offer good trout fishing, Lni-ge numbers of anglers have been Using the stream since the State Con­ servation Division began its trout stocking and fishing-casement pro­ gram several years ago. Brown trout o f nine pounds ahd rainbows o f five pounds have been netted there by lucky fishermen, according to reports. Mad River and its tributaries offer the only free trout Waters in the state. Conservation Division field men re­ port an increase in the number o f .fish­ ermen out ovor the Week end. Several arrests have been reported f o r failure to have new licenses, Grapples art the favorite fish dur ing early April while perch also ate voracious spring biters. A folder listing a digest o f fishing laws corrected to March 15, 1040, is now available from Division o f Con­ servation sources. There are some Changes over last year oh which fish­ ermen should check dp, The new metal, lapel badge, issued free with the Bite licenses, is tu be re­ quired for the khtt* this year. On Sunday, April 21st, 1940, Cam­ den, Ohio will be privileged to Serve as Host City to Legionnaires, Mem­ bers o f the Auxiliary, and friends o f Tho American Legion p f the Third District, Department o f Ohio, on the the occasion'of’its Annual Spring Con’ fercnce. Among things planned is a com­ bined Church service in the morning; a special noonday luncheon; an open air band concert under auspices o f the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home Boys Band; and will conclude the day’s events wit,h a mammoth street parade for which additional awards will be made to musical or­ ganizations participating. Hobby Fair Exhibits Cedarville students took great in­ terest in the Greene County Hobby Fair and won their share o f the prizes. r , John Bradfute won first prize and and the departmental prize with his Indian head-dress. Mary Lott's <j*in collection also won the first and the departmental prize. Other first .prize winner's were Paul Whittington’s wood burning; Bill Irvine’s soap carving; Carrol Spurgeon’s kitchen stool; Ken­ neth Bull and Joanna Bryant match cover collection; Flora Creswell’s ray­ on dress; and Howard Frame’s motor­ cycle belt; and Junior. Judy’s Lincoln head casting. Second prize winners were: Kent Clemant’s table; Dorothea Bobbitt’s wool dress; Jeanette Spahr’s shells, Wendell Newsome’s carved * wooden horse. Third prize winners , were Leslie Stormont’s lamps and Margaret An­ derson’s rayon dress. Other students participating in the Hobby Fair and their exhibits are as follows: Gail Shaw, candle holder; Robert Spahr, lamps; Wayne Corry, lamp; James Adams, stamp collection; Jeanette Spahr, rayon dress; Mary Louise Stormont# caned chair; Claire Stormont, wrought iron lamp; Ruth Ramsey, copper dish and apron; Nan­ cy Ferguson, collection ot buttons; Wendell Ferryman, book ends; Fran­ ces Jolley, rayon dress; Barbara Mar­ tin rayon firess; .Louise Brown, free­ hand pencil sketches; Arthur Hill, smoking stand; the Girl Scduts, pup­ pets; and Elaine Sharpe, pencil draw­ ings. March Record Is Set By Recorder A greater number o f deeds, mort­ gages and “ right o f ways” was re­ corded in Greene COurfty in Match than in any one month in the last four years, it was disclosed Saturday by County Recorder Ernest D. Beatty, A total o f 757 instruments was re corded last month, surpassing the “ peak" month o f 1939 which was July, when 691 instruments were filed. Ev ery paper recorded is referred to as an instrument and the monthly aver> age is approximately 550, according to Mr. Beatty, U„P. YEARLYMEETING The United Presbyterian Church held the annual Congregational Meet- ting Wednesday everting with a din nor. Officers for the ensuing year are Arthur Evans; Vice Chairman, W. W, Galloway; Secretary, Mrs. Donah Kyle; Treasurer, Harvey Auld; TrUs tee, FredDobbin*. Junior Play Be sure to see “ Lena Rivers, the Junior Class Play, Friday evening, April 12, if you want an evening filled with rollicking fun and lively enter­ tainment. Tickets are being sold by the Juniors. ’ Tickets on Sale Tickets for the Senior Class play will he on Sale from Tuesday, April 16, to April 25 and 26, The plat will be opened Tuesday, April 23, at 12 o’clock. Baseball Our beys have made an excellent beginning in the spring baseball sea son, Friday evening our boys defeat ed Selma Id to 5 and they were again successful in overcoming the Trenton (C ontinued O n P age T hree ) WILL BROADCAST SUNDAY The Music Department o f the local school, will broadcast from station WHIG, Dayton, .Sunday, Al>ril 14, from 1:00 to 1:80 P, M» BUSINESS MEN AREWARNEDflF TAX MNfflft Pay -as -y ou - go— that rock-hound' counsel o f prudence and horse-semw^—> has been neglected so consistently dua- ing the last decade that the taxpayer must awaken to the danger, or all his earnings will go to the government,. George J, O’Brien pf the Ohio Cham­ ber o f Commerce, told the Greens; County District Council a t a ; dinner- meeting Thursday night, April 4 , .in-. Xenia. Mr, O’Brien who is director, o f dis- , trict councils o f the Ohio Chamber,, and Dr, Arch Q. Schultz, director o f the state organization’s research da-', partment, addressed the group, in Aha interests o f the Ohio Chamber, which is attempting to arouse Ohio citizen* to the necessity o f lowering taxes .and reducing public expenditures that are- consistent with economic and1efficient government. The district councils represent sev­ eral thousand outstanding citizens in Ohio who form a ’‘ back home’’ move­ ment to. assist the Ohio Chamber o f Commerce in moulding public opinion and carrying out sound programs o f- public policy: Their immediate job is the setting up o f county committees on taxation ’ and public expenditures in a militant ■, demand for economy in the manage- ' ment o f their own local government.. Attorney C. L. Darlington, Xenia, , president o f the Hooven-and Allison' Co., and district councilman# presided' at the meeting, attended by more than forty business and professional mep and manufacturers from Xenia and other sections o f the county. • Dr. Shultz, who presented data on the relative costs o f Xenia and.Greene County government, described local government costs as about “normal” in the state. He mentioned also that relief costs in Ohio had mounted from $3,000,000 in 1929 to $230,000,009 in . 1938. - ' / , ^ Taxes are necessary, Mr. O’Brien pointed o.ut, .because of-the-multitude, o f functions that government must perform. But, when government, be it federal, state o r local, is run along wast'efulrinefficient lines,-with a defi­ cit at the end o f each- year, notwith- ‘ standing mounting taxes,,then it ,is * time the taxpayers tpok the situation in hand, he said .. , “ Taxes are higher than they ever . have been before,” Mr. O’Brien said. “ In*1938 federal, state and local taxes were almost double those o f 1923, having increased in fifteen years, from approximately $7,200,000#000 to mere than $14,000,000,000. Taxes per 'person in 1923. averaged about $65 and in 1938 about $103. If there are five peo­ ple in your family (and yourself in an average American family) you paid* more than $500. in taxes in 1988— . most o f it perhaps indirect or hidden, hut real taxes nevertheless. Last year put o f every $100 o f income in the . United Slates—yours and everybody elSes—$20 was paid out in taxes; , “ These higher taxes mean less money remaining for each person! to use ih mying food, clothing, shelter and oth­ er comforts. They are a brake on re­ covery; they dry up capital expendi­ tures and discourage ventures into' new fields o f business that, would pro­ vide more jobs.” - . : ' - This increasingly heavy tax burden, said the speaker, hits every person in 3 the country whether, he be a wage earner, a salaried worker, a profes­ sional man or woman or a housewife, in three ways: (1) taxes increase yoUr cost o f living, (2) they act as a bar­ rier to savings and dividend increases and (3) they make less secure the economic system under which you live. Mr. O’Brien gave simple, concrete examples,’; illustrative o f the marmot in which mounting taxes affect the' Individual’s standard o f living. - The answer to the problem, accord­ ing to the speaker is in reduction e f government costs. - “ There hds to be a stopping place somewhere,” he concluded, “We be-, lieve that place is here n6w,” i A group o f business, professional and agricultural leaders from nine counties in the Miami Valley will meet in Dayton# April 17# in the Van Cleve hotel to further, the organization o f district council No. 8 o f the Ohio Chamber o f Commerce. . Counties-to* he repCrsented include Montgomery, Champaign, C l a r k , Darke, Greette, Lbgah, Miami, Preble and Shelby, « * * .* * * * SLIGHT HANDICAP * One woman applicant for a * census-taking post in Greene Co., * * Who attended two session* o f a * * preliminary school o f instruction * * last week, reluctantly admitted at * * the third and final test period * * on Friday that she had not learn* * * to write, a rather important qualb * * fleation for enumerators. P. S^-* * She didn’t get the job. e e # « Sales Tax Shews Gate In March Sales o f prepaid tax receipts in Greene County continued to ineft**ev in comparison with 1939 figures, ac­ cording to the weekly report o f Den. H, Ebright, state treasurer fo r the Week ending March 28. Collections during that week were $3,968,87 while Oneyea r ago they Were $2,280.86. The I960 total la $$*,6*&.8«, compared with $28,78441 soReci ed he 1989 to d*ti# * .1 1 J " 1