The Cedarville Herald, Volume 66, Numbers 1-26

f l Pl * Fit ) u y* c . L877 llltlllllllllllllllllM III* 3ALE I 12.50 ) Office | n Evenings | >, 0 . j itiHiiiiiimiiiiftimtip IND | IM LOANS I * ■ 5 rms for sale \ make farm | or 15 years, g no apprais- | □ire 3I London O. f Mgr. | ’iMiiiiiHitmmtmmf inmiiimifimmimm ’’ittings for I . Hand and H purpuras, », Plumbing Minwimiminmim nnimniKiimimii 3 D IK » 94.00 00 conditio i 1272R 0-7981 17S, INC, ) Hog* pp Bt Reliable wo- home while i) Everything i room and 6-1841. Americans F<*r America mica For Americans ^ SKTY-SIXTH YEAK|NO. 15 CEDARVILLE, OHIO, BfSIDAY, March 12 ,1943 . B y CLARENCE J, BROWN .Member o f Congress, . Seventh Ohio District DIVORCE SUITS Rosie F , Bonh'aus charge* cruelty and negiect in* seeking her freedom from Harry, A. Bophaus, Dayton, R. R, 2, whonh ahf married in Cincinnati, October 24. 1915. She asks to be re­ stored to her maiden name o f Landis. , ‘ Helen Wells, asking "for a- divorce from Herman Well*, charges, cruelty and requests custody o f a minor child. ■ (President Rooseve}t has riot Hes­ itated to take care o f the N ew Deal , legislative Warriors defeated for re- election to the House or Senate last November because o f their support o f Presidential policies, In the past two months the following -.well known "N ew Deal Congressmen, who" went out o f office on January 3rd, have been put hack on the ■public payroll: Senator Prentiss Brown of, Michigan, Price Administrator at tWelye thou­ sand dollars per year; Senator Wall Doxey o f ^Mississippi, Sergeant at -A rm s o f the Senate, at eight thou- . sand per year; Senator Josh Lee of Oklahoma, member o f the Civil Aer- onaptics Board, at ten thousand dol­ lars, Senator Clyde,Herring o f .Iowa, ■Assistant Price Administrator, at an annual salary said to be ten thousand dollars;, Senator Harry Schwartz o f Wyoming, National Mediation Board, a t ten thousand dollars;Represent­ ative Thomas .H ..Eliot o f Massachu­ setts, Chief o f British Division in „ the Office o f War ,foformationr-sal- ary unknown; Representative- Ray­ mond S, McKeough, candidate fo r the Senate from Illin'ois hist November; Mid-West Regional Director OPA, at eight thousand dollars; Represent­ ative Will Rogers o f .Oklahoma, In-, vestigator in Personnel Practices,-six thousand • dollars; Representative James M. Barnes, Illinois, Presi­ dential Assistant, salary ten thou­ sand dollars. A ll o f the above named gentlemen,-with the,exception o f Mc­ Keough and Rogers were defeated for re-electicn last1 November. Other- lame /ducks who received appoint­ ments from the President, 'following their defeat for reelection, during the past 'fo u r years include: Senators Ashurat o f Arizona, Brownvo f New Hampshire, Duffy o f .Wisconsin, Min­ ton o f Indiana, Pope o f Idaho, and Representatives Amlie o f Wisconsin, Better o f New York, Dempsey o f New- Mexfco, Igoe o f Illinois, Kelly o f New York, Lehr o f Michigan, Lewis of Maryland, .McGrath o f California, Maverick o f Texas, Parsons o f Illinois and Utterbach o f Maine, In addition, the President has appointed to,high, office a number o f gentlemen who were New Deal candidates for the House or -Senate and failed o f elec­ tion. The latest instance was the' President's appointment o f James Allred o f Texas, Administrations can­ didate fo r the Senate .against Mc­ Daniel, to the U. S, Court o f Appeals, whose confirmation is being opposed by a number o f Southern Democratic BeMtor*. ' ** ' Katherine B. Stroup is plaintiff in a divorce suit against Charles C. Btrpup. They were ‘ married Sept, 26, 1935. In the first two months o f its life v., the 78th Congress has demonstrated ;They w e r e^ rrM ^M a y * 2971924.' to th e . country tts independence o f the Chief Executive and its deter- minaticn to exert its rights and pre­ rogatives o f the legislative branch of the government. The new Congress .is also-making a name; fo r itself by i{* demands fo r economy, which are ■hacked hip by Seep slashes in the ap­ propriations thus fa r voted ’for norti military purposes, The number o f 'Congressional, investigations thus far started apeak; strongly of the effort* being made by Congressinal leader* to eliminate the bureauatic bungling, social experimentation, extravagance and inefficiency, now ' interfering so- muqh with the war effort. While the ^8th Congress mgy have its faults, it Certainly canpot .he called a “ rub­ ber stamp” ^Congress. ' Seemingly those days are' gone forever, * MONEY SUIT FILED A suit fo r $211,90 has been filed by White-Alien Chevrolet, Inc., Day- trfp, against Delwood Marshall, Alpha, as.’ the amount alleged due on an ac­ count for repairs to a truck owned .by the defendant. CONTRACT CANCELED A land, sale contract, involving two lots and a tract in Bath Twp., has Been ordered canceled and the prem­ ises restored to the plaintiffs in the suit o f Ed and Belle Bennett against Helen T. and Thomas G. Highfield, Wright View Heights, Bath Twp, The defendants are enjoined from in- erfering with the plaintiffs in own­ ership o f the land. DIVORCE GRANTED ^ Mary' Storey was awarded a di­ vorce from Raymond Storer and re­ stored to her former name o f Neville. APPRAISE ESTATES The following estates were ap­ praised in probate court this week; ‘ Francis M, Ziegler; gross, less than $5,000; debts and costs o f admin- stration, paid; net, $475. Luella James: .gross, $200; de- Juctions not listed; net, $200. Lawrence Miller; gross, $200; de- lucticnsj not listed; net, $200. B. B. Stackhouse: gross, $150; de­ ductions, none; net, $150. Ralph Dean; gross, $150; deduc­ tions, not listed;, net, $150, John ,W., Smith: gross, .$757.46; de­ ductions, $410; net, $347.46. Dr, Max Habicht Is 'SecondSpeaker iMaximiun Re Pork Pri<£&»Set By New Dealers maximum jn Cla*a the 26 most er celling pril 1, independent * * - RELIEVE ESTATES - Estates o f Francis M. Ziegler, Luella James, Lawrence Miller, B. B; Stackhouse and Ralph Dean were re* fayed from administration, a p p o in t m e n t s The following appointments, were uade*. Elizabeth L. Weber, executrix *f "estate o f Rudolph Weber, late o f ■Xenia, without- bond; Ethel Blair, ixecutrix of estate of-Edith Miller, ate o f Xenia, without bond; Ollie Inderson, executrix o f estate pf Er- lest Dutton, late o f Xenia, without /end. MAX HABITCH ' ‘ y Dr, -Max Habicht,.-New York City; is to he .the second speaker fo r the Xenia Rotary Institute o f Inter national Understanding in the Xenia Central : High School Auditorium! Thursday evening March-18, at. 8:15 m. Dr. Habieht, who for ten years ser­ ved as a member o f the League o f Nations Secretariat in Geheya, was especially tra-'ned for this typ.e of international activity. He Was born and educated in Switzerland and con­ tinued his studies in Berlin, London, and “Harvard Universities. , Acting President Ira D. Vayhingcr o f Cedarville College pointed outthat during Dr. Habichtis service for the League o f Nations he was a legal expert in the Opium and Social Ques­ tions Sections and since 1934 on^- o f the assistants to the Chief Legal. Adviser, He attended all o f the as-; aemblies e l the League o f Nations during the last decade and acted *8 legal adviser to other intergovern-/ mental conferences charged with the elaboration of international conven­ tions. He' represented the Secrtary-j General o f the League- o f Nations’; at the International Penal and Pen-: itentiary ‘Congress at Prague, Czecho­ slovakia. 1 * * In 1934 he served as professor at; the Academy o f International Law! at the Hague. He has written a, num-1 her o f authoritative books in French,; German and, English on ' various: phases o f international affair*. At- present he is European council fo r a; New York Law firm. ,He has traveled* extensively in Europe and is well; acquainted with its political and; social problems. The OPA announci prices which may he 1 and 2 stores fa Ohio f< popular cuts prices become ef: Stores affected merchants doing less fban $250,000 business annually, and db*ta Stores*— o f four or more storei-f-doing -under '$500,000 business a yearjf These maximum prices, will be effective: - Smoked skinned hamk, hone i n - whole or shank, half, 0 cents per pound; butt or round h ^ f, 4 l, center slices, 60 cents. * Ready-ta-eaV hams, ikfaned, hone in—whole or shank half, .44, butt or round half, *45, center s^ces, 66 cents. Fresh skinned ham£r hene ,in— whole, 40, shank half,; 89, butt or round half, 41, center. Slices, 45. Fresh picnics or cali |riiole hams— 45 cents. * i Smoked picnics" or call whole hams- 35. Fresh pork Join—-whole or half loin roast, 38, shoulder chop* or rib roast, 34,- loin chops or loin, j$ast, 38, cen­ ter chdps or center round;- 42. Sliced Boston butts-r^S. - Smoked Canadian -bacon4—piece, 62, store sliced, 70.' :•[ Sliced boiled hams—$1, Sliced baked hams-L$t,00i Grade A sliced bacon—47. Grade B alfaed baco%—42. Grade C sliced bacon—40. Slab bacon, rind oh—piece, sliced, 41. Dry salt cured belly—25. Fresh spare ribs-*-28, Ceiling Prices To Be Placed On Hogs and Farm Price Drops With hogs aroqnd $1(5 a hundred and high protein feed selling at $72 a hundred, the New Deal announced tills week that hog price* will be pegged at $15 a hundred, Chicago, This moans a range o f farm prices jn the $14 bracket. -Retail. prices have been-fixed that would warrant $20 hogs, Chicago, A large percent o f the present pig crop-ha* been lost the past few weeks due to the lack o f protein feeds,and loss b y zero weather. Reports are general. One o f the Iargettr feeders o f hogs who resides on the Jameafawn pike reports he lost the drop from5T2 sows along with a low average over former years fo r 35’ 0thpr sows. The ceiling price on Rye hogs will be no incentive for breeders- to expand for fa ll pigs with protein feed selling at the present prices. m iMIMm m MHWIHMIHM|H,|WHIIIIW,llll|ll/«INIMII,,M lllWH BOYLAND TRAIL 'By- Fred. Marshall 26, No Meat Tuesday; In Dayton Arcade We took a stroll Tifasday after­ noon through the D«yton -Arcade Market Customers - thronged. the meat stands asking fo r beef steak and pork cuts-. The display cases were empty other than fo r a few Scraps o f fresh meats.. One .woman asked the man. behind, the counter when he would have some beef steak, He replied he did not know as he only -could g e t his-shawrpjf^fiit the-p*ckr ing plant put out-each-day ..of the Week, The packet- can only kill 70 per cent o f his output o f a certain menth last year, City' folks will soon learn to place the -blame where it belongs-on the OPA. — ; - f State Prepares , , Poultry Ration Ohio poultrymen are concerned a- bout their-hens'-daily diet. Protein in sufficient.quantities tormaintajn peak egg production, is not -available in the corn, oats and, wheat.alone Which -hens- eat, according- to C, M* Ferguson, poultry husbandry special­ ist at .Ohio State university, and the Usual additional sources are not now available. In ordinary times, Ferguson ,says, the protein shortage is corrected b y adding meat scraps, dried milk, al­ falfa meal, or other camders4o f pro­ tein to .the ration. Most o f these food now, however, are very high in price or cannot-be purchased at all. * Soybean meal upon which many poultrymen have long relied also baa become increasingly hard to obtain. Recommended poultry rations ’ to make up the protein, deficiency have been.prepared by poultry, specialists at Ohio State university. Upon re­ quest these will be made available to pantrymen by county •agricultural agents, AUTHORIZE SALES . Cora M, Brown, as administratrix j.f estate o f W. F- Brown, and Roy S. .Jones, as administrator o f estate :£ Stella Shane, were authorized to ;ell personal property. TO APPRAISE ESTATE The county auditor has been 'db ■ected to appraise the estate o f Er- lest Dutton. Governmental bureaucrats have been taking such a pounding at the hands o f the Congress lately that they have decided to figh t back. Their plans f o r counter attack call fo r charging their opponent with interfering 'with the war effort. ‘ Frhm novr tn any Member o f Con- greeg finding fault with afty o f the activities "or orders o f the bungling bureaucrat* may expect' to be im­ mediately accused o f Ibck o f patriot* j»m helping America's Chornies, des­ troying national unity, injuring pub­ lic morale, and about everything else abort o f tr«*»<m, Watch for the fire Works. The Ruml Plan, to forgive one , year** taxes and to place tak ccllec *tions on a Pay As Ypn Go basis, has been growing ini favor within the Congress during the .past few week* despite the frenxied efforts o f Trees* ttry officials and the Democratic , membership o f the Ways arid Mean* (km ttptec to prevent I t I t n o w a p p «a ri Certain the Mouse will be given an opportunity to vote on the Burnt phut when the IN # Revenue A c t is before it. A solid iUpubttcan mejot | k favor e f eetieetiaf Federal in- oot f * I mm M n current basi*. It - MARRIAGE LICENSES (Issud) -Charles Alphonso Reed, Spring- 'ield, farmer, and Mrs. Alvina Bald­ win, Jamestown, R. R. 1. Rev. G. A. 'ersinger, . Frank Allen Ross, Xenia,, R. R. 5, janitor, and Jeanette Harding, Xenia, R, R, 6. Rev. G. G. Wright, Wijber- orce* . Roscoe Riley Braham, Jr., Xenia, joldier, and Mary Ann Moll, Xenia, I. R. 1, Dr. R. B. Wilson, Xenia. Clarence Franklki Hudson, Patter- on Field, soldier, and Pearl Aileen 4ichols, Jamestown. Edward' Kirk Coate, Patterson 7eld, soldier,, dnd Nancy Verna VIorris, Xenia, R. R. 2. (Applied For) John Matthew Ziegler, Osborn, air* raft mechanic, and Mary Whitt, Fair- ield. Estel Norman Boles, Yellow Springs, foundry Worker, and Edith Anh F5nk, Yellow Springs, ReV. Harold Bremer, Yellow Springs, Ollan Ernest Pittman, Osborn, tool grinder, and. Mrs, Grace Anna Mae Walters, Osborn. Rev. Carey Miner, James Junior Osborne, Spring Valley, soldier, and Frances Clara McClure, New Burlington. Rev, f . E. Kinnison, Spring Valley. Cannot Sell Canned > Goods To Neighbors ........... 4. It is illegal for a Homemaker to sell home canned foods to ‘ a neighbor or friend under the point rationing system, unless the home canner ist licensed to do that, Senator Gillette (Dem., Ia.) was advised today. - He said that* he had been asked by a farm woman i f she could sell her; home-canned foods, “ to my friends in town that they are not able to can .anything for themselves and don’t know how to can, anyway,” Gillette got this ruling from OPA’Sl legal <department, " “ When home - canned processed foods are sold they cease to be con* sidered as home-canned processed foods. Points must be given Up for the transfer, .Jinless the person Who has produced the hbme-canfted pro* cessed food is registered as 'a pro­ cessor, - he has ho authority to sell them or to receive point* for such a sale.” - Greene Co. Gunner Is Missing In Actioii Word, from .the navy department to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Bailey, Clifton pike, informed them that their son, Thomas E. Bailey, gunners mate, Was missing ini action, This is the •first message o f so serious a nature regarding any o f the men in service from Yellow'Springs or Miami twp., areas. ■ ■ Thomas Bailey had his grade schooling in Yellow Springs and .later attended high school in YeUow Spring and Cedarville. He .enlisted n the navy several years before the entrance o f the United States in the present war, and had seen action in various parts o f the globe, in­ cluding the Australian waters o f the Pacific. During the past Winter he served a t a submarine chaser In the Atlantic.. The father, Stanley Bailey, is an engineer at the Antioch power plant, ¥elloW Springs. Says Mercury Falls To Fifty Below Ezekiel Masters o f Saskatchewan, Canada, is here on a visit with his brother, C. E , Masters. The two have not Seen each other for thirty-five years. Both were born near Wells5* ton, Ohio. ■ . Mr. Masters says-it is nothing for the mercury to drop to fifty below ?ero in- midwinter, in fact it has been that cold there this winter, He says Canada ha* a,labor prob­ lem just like we have here, if “not? Worse in his country. He says there ate thousands o f acre* o f wheat standing in the fields that could not be harvested last fall due to labor shortage, Much o f the 1942 crop is still to be loaded on the care as soon as the snow, leaves, His farm is , not far., from the Montana state line With White Tail, as the postoffice. LENTEN service p BY LOCAL CHURCHES The Rev. Paul fl. Elliott, president o f the Cedarville Ministerial Assoc­ iation announced plan* today for the union Lenten services in the village, Curing Lent there will be six Wed­ nesday evening union meetings pre­ ceding Easter and beginning next Wednesday March 17. The Wednes­ day evening* o f Match 17, and 24, are set for the First Presbyterian Church; at the Methodist ChufCh for March 31 and April 7; and the United Presbyterian Church April 14, and Si There will he a three, hour union service Good Friday 12:00-3:00 p, m* The Cedarville Progressive Club has voted 1$ t the closing o f all bus­ iness .establishment* during the Good Friday service. Solicitors Named For CrossWar. ' CampaigoFund The following are solicitors fo r the Cedarville Township and village Red Cross who are now at work, on the project: . , Mrs, Leo Anderson—N. o f Cols, Pk. E. o f Clifton Pk. Fishworm, Rift and; Jean1Roads. Mrs.. Aden Barlow—E. side o f N. Wing, N. Walnut, E . Church, and .E., Eby. 1 Mrs, J. O. Conner—Columbus Pk. | and Ev Barber Rd. r Mrs.- Mary Harris, Miss Mildred; Jackson—Negro folk. . : . Mrs. Joe Gordon—Cedar, Bridge St., Yellow Springs Pike. Mrs, "Vincent Rigio—Xenia Avenue., Mrs- Sam Stoner, Mrs, Collins Wil- liamscn— Wilm. Pk „ Murdock Rd,,; Route 42. Mrs. -John Davis, Mrs. Arthur, Evans-Jamestown pike. * '\ Mrs. Carl Pflaumer—Clifton Pike and W. to Yellow Springs Pike, ; Mrs. John Shirley*-Miller St.,, Vine, School, Railroad. ^ Mrs. Pearl Huffman—Chillicothe and North St. ■ Mrs, Harry Hamraan——S, Main and Maple, * ; Miss Ora Hanna—Public Schol. - Mrs. Lecn Kling-Cedarvljlt College! Mr*. Paul Smith-Cem.'Hd.. Yellow Springs Rd., and darks Run, , Mrs. Amos Frame-W . Federal Ffe.' north to Barber Road S* ■ Mrs, Amos Fram e- W. Federalj Pike on Hopping Road, .■j Mrs. Raymond Williamson— JS. Federal Pike north to: Barber Rd. Si Mrs, Harry D, Wright—N. Main-E| end o f College, Elm end Church. REUNION FOR BROTHERS GETS PEN SENTENCE DIRECTORS RE-ELECTED 'p i i w» w i l m m * At the 17th anmial meeting of the Miami Valley Milk Producers Asso­ ciation, held In Baytcn, Tuesday, C. D, Roberts, Lewisburg; Harry Little John, Urbanfj and John Collinsj pi this place -were re-elected directors. The hoard will reorganise on March B. B. SQUAD PETTED Dr R...V. Kcrinon rewarded the High School Basketball squad and cheer leaders With a steak dinner Wednes­ day evening at the Blue Bird Tea Room. The affair was in recognition of the team Winning over Yellow Springs in the County touraaent. .Nineten member* enjoyed the steak dinner; Herbert Johnson, Xenia, Indicted on k breaking Sad entering charge, was given a one to 16 year sentence In the pen by Judge F, t>. Johnson upon a plea Of guilty. Woodrow Vance; convicted on a aimlliar charge, wa* glvdi the same sentence, Clar­ ence Abling, arrested with the other two In connection with a Spring Val­ ley beer gardep robbery, who pleadm guilty had tti* MKtttAc delerrid* Platts arp made fo r a reunion o f three brothers, Lieut, John G,- Peter­ sen, Tech, Sgt, Robert E>. Fetersonj and Boatswain's Mate Jay Peterson, junior petty officer, at the home o f the}r parents, Mr. and Mrs, J, L, Peterson, o f this place, The latef 4s expected the last o f the week Whll<i the other brothers have been her* several days,- Lieutenant John Peter* son was commissioned .Saturday aftey completing his training at Fort Bern rting, Ga. His wife accompanied him here, Sgt* Robert has been in Pan- aa three years and two months and reports for officers candidate school at Aberdeen, Maryland. Petty officer Peterson «aw action at Midway. It will he the first tim* in three year* the brothers have been tor gather. FOR SALE -Muslc box, real art tique, formerly owned by the lAlit Jamea 1 4 Htthum. Jaek In my home in suburban Dayton have two rustic fireplace* construct®*' o f. stone gleaned from the .sills o f Jhe old iXenla .Avenge ScJiooL I t ,is S im p c e r ta in that I pounded clean, jmany dusty hjlafkbpard .ejabeca a gainst tpoee aelfsgme stones hack at fhe old school. . , * I-shouldn't have .to rekindle mem p ries.o f this spot f o r home people, 4>ut what story .concerning it .can" ho fits.-repeating. It -would sqem gi.to- ^jade ; .the .less interesting through ,gether strange to me to -have any- jotto from the home.town inquire p f jita site, but already there are parents who -do pot recall it. -To anyone, who jWould ask o l me, I would- pay, the {village school stood b y Ervin's wood (rick,in a.grpve p f y.enerahle ash and joak. It was a two story, brick, rec­ tangular structure with eight robrns, ifour to the,f lo o r .. ,The "rooms were .numerlcajty identified. Number I, ,mpthered; fo r almost, a .half century -by:Rosa Stormont, was at the‘ north ground floor corner, . It housed’ the. “chart class*’ and, the First Reader.' When I entered, school it required a lot o f fortitude for- the hoy, freshly torn from his parental' apron string, to stand jip under the .schoolyard rib-, bing accorded chart class fledglings. “ Yah,-Yah, Chart Class, Chart Class, 111", met you.af every-turn.and phys­ ical . mayhem was .threatened by scores, o f .grimacing, .ruffians, The .common initiation or hazing for'hew kids was, what. we(termed the “ Corn­ ish” . First the victims skull. was given a terrific burriUg^ by tbard knuckles, being briskly scruffed across it. Then the youngster was thrown to the ground and, spread, out like a spider. >With legs and arms as handles, jthe, Unfortunate newcomer was then lifted,* bodily by a group, of. whooping savages and transported to a tree trunk. - ’ The next .thing he, knevf he yras being .swept to, and fro through the air in ever lengthening arcs, and then —rue the dayj h is teeth rattled, his whole frame shuttered, and brilliant pyrotechnics split th e . zenith, as his seat came inty violent, and repetitious contact with.the tree trunk, .Years afterwardswhen called, upon to mem­ orize th la x iom .of,Ph»ue£, pejji^ning to a ..moying object meeting arl. im- moVable force, . thi*. phart. Cidss in­ itiation, wou ld. be conjured, up as* a most graphic example o f its infal­ libility. The Chart "Class was "taught, from large placards on an easel with the ABC’s, as the first- step in the; cur­ riculum.- From these the first words were formed. There were"accompany­ ing illustrations ’ to ' provide, ready mental- association. It ' was much after the fashion o f a beet garden Schnitzfelbank Singing Chart. The class, repeated ■in ' chant/ after the teafiher with pointer, pretty much as the beer garden.habitue* dq in “ 1st dot nicK.eih schuitzelbank*’. * Hence there, was B-O-Y ,boy, D-O-G dog, C-A-T cat; R-A-H .ran, BOY RAN; DOG RAN,' DOG. RAN CAT and so on.through to the macrons, breves, and cidilas. . It .was CJara Jackson who saw me ihrough-.the second reader and ad­ ministered ^my *first switching. I lave, forgotten the, misdemeanor re­ sponsible for the ttjeapure taken to correct it, but it mqst have been^.no minor bit p f mischief if thq cOrrective can he taken as a ci^terion. A flour­ ishing Willow sapling was sacrificed, in administering the antidote. Mabel Owens and Effie Duffield shared the ordeal o f my presence in Number S, . .J aiR sura, Mable.had me definitely classified among the incor­ rigible* and dullards. Scarcely -a week passed without ia.visit with her the cloakroom with the hickory paddle. Effie approached me on a different tack ghd kept me doing numerous little tasks for her- in pref­ erence to other hoys. To have the teacher delegate, you ftor special- er­ rands or in giving assistance In school room decoration wa* a privilege every school pupil coveted. I wa* always chosen to take the Thanksgiving or Christmas s{&n$L. drawings on the blackboard in colored crayons,, and offer thp Arbor Day recitation. I'd be used in her physiology class a* a sort o f a Bernard MoFadden specimen 10 demonstrate the benefits o f out­ door exercise, I would be called to the front and made to draw ttp my arm muscles while the, rest o f tht class Would file by with “ aahsH and “ oohs” from the girls and snicker* from the hoys, But the process had it* effect and from then on I felt ashamed to do anything bnWorthy o f her estimation o f me, Number 4 room at the south ground floor corner was reserved to PMGE, $1*50 A YEAR DUBM AN 'William Marshall is to head the local Civilian Defense Group, ac* cording to an announcement jmade this week,. He states he has already ’ diveded the town Into tire zona* and will shortly name a captain in each zone., .s . - ' - 1 A number o f other civilians fa each' ' zone will, bp. necessary to plan and educate the citizens so that the’ vtt- ®ge can get one hundred per cent" rating,when the county is to go under * “ black out”, The teBt alarm will be the tire hell and the whistle at the Ohio Tubular Plant, but instructions will n6t be made public until more deflnite plans are worked, out, ’ ‘ The headquarter^ fop the, organ­ ization will bo at the mayor’s office, More details trill be announced'at future date. The organization /a -re- ■ quired and. all citizens are urged to comply and accept Orders from the captain in, their respective zones/1 Flier Says He Bombed Japs At Celebration . Of Thanksgiving Day “ I celebrated ‘ Thanksgivinig> D a y last Nov.- 26 by bombing the Japs a t * Attu,” Lieut. Robert Thompson told- an assembly o f Cedarville College^ students^ . „ • The ariatoy, who has been sta- . tiohed in Alaska since Pearl-Harbor . attack, told, the story o f the, assault' on the Japs fa that area and how his plane barely zoomed -abWe -the 'deck pf an enemy cargo, ship, Iettirig((go " with the “ eggs” Jo make.it a sipking and burning ‘ wreck. The' 4three bombers and their fighting escoHfre- •’ turned without casualty. The greatest enemy o f the United States'Air Force is'th e weather and not the Japs, the flier- said. He ‘ - pictured the weather as .changeable,' a great-deal o f fog,'(with winds that, ' , blow constantly at high velocity.,-' - The surprise attack o f the Japs on Btjtch Hatibor last Juhe B turned u iit ‘ to be a surprise party fofc the enemy, he declared. ,They were bewildered when land planes; roared out tos-meet them which drove o ff the enemy"and.- completely repulsed the effort. I f they, had succeeded at Dutch ■ Harbqr, it would have been a s^riohs ; situation, the "flier declared]. He pictured their holding Kiska and Attu, With probalbly -about q0,0()0' troops' as not too fa r aWay to'be. o f military significance.' , ' ■ ' Lieut. Thompson was home on ive^ and will soon, return to . a . Florida air, base. He is ’the son o f Mrs. C. M. Thompson, a teacher fa- the Jamestown school., The flier is, graduate o f Jamestown High School: and Cedarville College, 1937. Victory Bpok Campaign A Beal Necessity The 1943 Victory Book Campaign sponsored by the American Library Association, the American Red Cro*s and the American Women's Voluntary Service*, will begin Monday March 8th and contihue through March’ 18th; Because of gas rationing, hooks can hot he catted for as last year; people wishing to donate books are isked to bring them to the Cedarville Library or. to any branch of the County Li­ brary. ' The-officials o f our Army* Navy', and - Marine Corps concerned with library services to the armed forces were satisfied With the general re­ sults o f the ,1942 book campaign. They have pointed out, however, that certain hooks are Unsuitable and that other' desirable material had not been received fa sufficient quantity to be effective. 4 Conferences held with the Army and Navy Special Service* officer* respohsibfa fo r library aervee a* asking fo r several kind* o f books: 1. Recent Action published since 1930, 2. Adventure and westerns, detec­ tive and mystery fiction. 3. Technical hooks since 1985. 4. numerous hooks, 5. Pocket books and other small sized editions of popular title*. The Victory B<fck Campaign will cest you nothing. Merely take a hook that you would like to keep to the library so that some one fa our aimed ft tees' will have a good book to read. colored pupils. It was administered by Foster Alexander, a strict dis­ ciplinarian and titter. One Of the most, brilliant pupil* fa our school W«* Burt.Gaines who at the kgi of eight could name,all the Mate o*p^ Itol*, all the principle battle* of the Roger Wildman, Selma, be* pur­ chased the McDorman ffam o f JW4*’ acres, Columbus pike, owned by F sr- rest R ipl^t Bprfagtield. The fatter - parahaeed tiie fatfa from Marita Me Dorman two months previou*. The. *Me k reported to fatw neted Itipfay wound fci. - .4 . . 1 ‘r-