The Cedarville Herald, Volume 66, Numbers 27-52

Americans For America. ^America For Americans 9m s aXTY-SEXTH YBAB No. 43 ■jw-HJitfi-si. CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FfigDAY, SEPTEMBER 24,1948 SfSSSKK gasemiaeipppa By CLARENCE J. BROWN Member o f Congress, Seventh Ohio District Now that the Congressional recess ■ht over and the National Legislature is once more back at work, your hum­ ble Representative finds it a pleasure to resume the Weekly news letter— *With A. Buckeye in Congress’—and hopes that its readers will find it both ■interesting and’ informative. v *. .. The Congress convened, bn Tuesday, September 14, following a two months * recess* The House met only on Tues­ day and Friday o f last week in infor­ mal sessions in which no legislative business was transacted, although several House Committees held daily hearings on important measures, On the- Senate side of' the Capitol, most, o f the past Week Was taken up With hearings on proposed ‘ legislation to fear the drafting o f fathers, TJgh o f. 1 ficials o f the War and Navy Depart­ ments testified that it will be abso­ lutely necessary to. conscript some­ thing like a balf million fathers -be­ tween now and January first in order to meet needs o f .the armed services for soldiers and‘ sailors. Such testi­ mony was expected, as it is seldom that War .and Navy Department offi­ cials puhlitsally disagree with .the ;plans and policies o f their Commander -in-Chief .and his Administration. Oth- er testimony was Submitted t o indi­ cate that heeded ftianpow r for. mili­ tary service can be obtained, without . the necessity pf drafting fathers by carefully combing and rechecking al’ the-lists o f those deferred for occupa. tional reasons, including the yqung ''men now holding civil positions in the ' Government. The' House severs' months ago passed, the Kilday Bil 1 , which Would prohibit thg" drafting of Vfathers until after all eligible? in the higher classifications had first beer . called. The Friday Bill is now pend- ' ittg before the Senate where Adminis-, tretion opposition has- preyented it from .consideration. . , DIVORCE s e r f s Marking the third time divorce pro­ ceedings have involved the couple, since June, 1042, Irma A , Mason is plaintiff in a suit against Cleophas Mason, Xenia, in one o f five divorce actions on file jn common pleas court, Charging neglect and cruelty, the plaintiff seeks custody o f two minor 1 children and asks restoration to her |former name o f Free, The couple was married in Newport, Ky,, April 11,1929. The two previous suits were dismissed, i ' 1 Ruth Conley, seeking a divorce from Wilbur Conley, charges neglect which made it necessary fo r her to support herself- and two minor child, ren, according to the petition. They Were'married October 11, 1922. Mary Alice Embrey is plaintiff in a divorce action against Thomas Marshall Embrey, on grounds o f neg­ lect, And asks that the defendant be restrained from interfering with her personal property. They were mar­ led in Dayton, Jnne 26, 1928. Charging' neglect and cruelty, Bar­ bara E:. Milhurn asks a divorce from Albert E, Milhurn, Xenia, and re­ quest? temporary and permanent ali­ mony. Their marriage took place in Xetiia, November 28,1922. Marvin Staton, in an action against Bessie Staton, Dayton, charges neg­ lect. The couple was married m Day- ton Juhe 14,1922,and has four c h i l ­ dren. Three o f them are. minors 'and are now in the custody o f the -de­ fendant, according to the petition. - Treasurer H. Fawcett Is Best Delinquent Tax Collector The Ways and Means Committee o f >fhe‘ House, which is chargedjwith the -responsibility o f Writing a new tex b ill to bring, ip home twelve to sixteen billion dollars in increased Annual revenues, as requested by the President and the Treasury, will- not begin Immediate hearings oh the ta? . measure as originally planned. It i; :rumored that the "powers .that-be *1 „•are requesting that such hearings bt postponed until after the present bond .selling campaign is Over. The Treqs- n ry ha 0 .submitted - no definite pro- gfajn for raising the huge-amount o i increased revenues requested. Legis­ lative leaders in, the tax field are openly questioning the wisdom, as well as the’possibility o f increasing * tax revenues as much as has been re­ quested: Many, are o f the opinion th a t‘individual income taxes are al­ ready as high as people can stand; and that corporation taxes can be ln- . creased only slightly, at all, with- f put being destructive o f business. There is some talk o f a general sales tax, bpt the Administration is bitter­ ly opposed thereto. So most observers predict that when the new tax bilHs finally written the increase in tax rev­ enues will be. nearer three to flve bil­ lion dollars a year than to the twelve to sixteen billion dollars requested by the President,and the Secretary of the Treasury. House and Senate Members return­ ing from Several weeks o f Visiting with their constituents, are aliqpsfc U- nanimous in their interpretation as to how the people back home, are feel- big on public questions. First o f ali. ‘they report, Americans everywhere are Wanting to get on with the Win­ ning o f the war, and are ready and Willing to make any sacrifices neces- arry therefore. However, most eiti- sens have reached the place where they are beginning to ask the reasons Why far many governmental actions, and want to know that any sacrifice? they are asked to make are necessary and essential. Secondly, the people are fed-up and disgusted With bureau­ cratic bungling on the home .front. They are opposed to further regimen­ tation and are determined to protect hare at home the individual rights and liberties for which their sons and brothers are fighting overseas. Small business men are especially critical o f the bureaucratic rules, regulations and edicts that are making ft so difficult fo r them to remain In business. The farmers are insisting, i f they are . to meet the demand for Increased food Reduction, that agriculture be given * fair price for its products, which will make possible the obtaining o f (C ontinuko O k B ag * F our ) ,, SEEKS JUDGMENT Judgment for $275 is sought in a" suit filed by Lloyd Littler against May and Co„ Dayton, .based on an automobile, accident on the Daytoni Xenia pike, near. Trebein. According tp the petition an auto­ mobile driven by the plaintiff was in­ volved in an accident. With a truck belonging to the defendant company and driven by Clarence Jefferies. * The plaintiff claims his car was dam­ aged to the extent qf $300 and after, the collision’ it 0 market value was only $25. MONEY SUIT FILED Charles I. Beaver, real estate brek­ ker, doing, business as the Charles I, Beaver Realty Co., has brought suit against W. P. and Tillie M. Fink, fo r $505, saying it represents hjs com­ mission in the sale o f real estate in Beavercreek Twp., according to terms o f a contract entered into with the defendants. ASKS FOR (756 Vesta' Dudley is plaintiff in a suit against Earl Wheelart, Xenia, R. R. 1 for .$756, including $565 as the p- mount alleged due for room and board furnished the defendant and $191 for laundry services furnished him fo r 101 weeks. AWARD DIVORCES Divorce decrees were granted Dessie Moore from -Roy David Moore; John BucnOcore from Mary Buonocore,and Alice B, Brother from Henry H. PrCther. APPRAISALS The following estates were ap­ praised in probate court: George Lee, Sr.: gross, $3,260; de­ ductions, $350.80; net, $2*,90920. Clista Sanders: gross, $25,631.44; deductions', hot listed; net, $25,631.44. William C, AshbaUgh, gross, $5,» 700; deductions, $3,223.67,* net $2,- 476.33, Nathan L.- Ramsey: gross, $16,382- 08; deductions hot listed; net, $16,- 382.08. Mary Cunningham: gross, $2,694.- 40; deductions, not listed; net, $2,- 594.40, APPOINTMENTS Eva Gray was appointed adminis­ tratrix o f the estate o f Virgil Gray, late o f Spring Valley Twp., under $2,100 bond, and Albert Pearson was named administrator o f the estate of Mary Alice Pearson, late o f Yellow Springs, R, R. 1, under $200 bond. SALES ORDERED Addle Warden, as administratrix of the estate o f Maude Shoemaker, was authorised to sell real estate at pub­ lic sale, and Albert Pearson, as admin istrator of the state of Mary Alice Pearson, was ordered to sell personal property at private sa le ,. ' t r a n s f e r s d ir e c t e d _ Sylvester Lee, as administrator o f the estate o f George Lee, Sr,, and Ralph MtlTer, as executor o f the es­ tate o f William C, Ashbaugh, were authorised to transfer real estate. ORDER APPRAISALS Tfye county auditor was directed to appraise the estates o f Anna Johnson and D a M. Bertyhill. . County Treasurer Harold -Fawcett announces the 1942 tax collection was exceptionally good and the county now has the lowest delinquent list since 1917. Total charge on real estate and special assessments was $659,000 o f which $624,000 was on real estate, including $580,00 the current change, and $44,000 due in hack taxes. Curt-rat on Special- assessments was $19,000 with delinquents amounting to $15,000 .making a total o f $35,000 due in special taxes. Cash collections amounted to $631r . 000 leaving a 1 balance o f $27,000 which is still unpaid. Unpaid real estate tax was $18,000 a reduction o f 68.8 per cent in delinquency and' unpaid special assessments total $9,000 a re­ duction o f 40.2 per cent The combined unpaid balance o f $27,000 is being paid by taxpayers under the Whittemore act, or ten year contract plan. •W4N ?**- ALONGFA IM FRONT E. A, Drake, Co. A^rkntltoral Agent Greene Go. Ministers Meet Monday Dr. H. H. Abels, the new president o f the Greene County Ministerial As­ sociation, will preside over a meeting' o f the group Monday, Sept, 27 at the First' Reformed Church, Xenia,*at 10 ojeleok a. m. . The program'will be reports by three members who attended -summer .rural conferences. Rev, Harold Hess will speak on summer school held^fn July at the Universiftrof-WiScoimin; ReV. F, P. Chant’ s report will be on "Camp Ohio", and .Rev, E. O. Ralston will summarize the first national rur­ al conference in Columbus, Sept, 6 to 8 th. • . , . * Devotions will be led by Rev. W. H. Lee, Yellow Springs, and an execu­ tive meeting will be held at 9:30 a. m. PurebredCattle Bring High Price * * r- ' ' ' *. •* . Forty-fi^purebrcd polled Hereford beef cattle were sold at auction Mon­ day in Wilmington for an eyerage o f $448 per head. Buyers from seven states attended the sale at which a 5-year old cqv sold went to the Circle M ranch, Se: atobia, Mis?., for the. top. price o f $1,- 000 . C. C. Beam o f Melvin and Sabina, formerly o f Cedarville, was the lar­ gest Clinton county purchaser buying a foundation fo r his herd. In his list' was Clinton Domino 7th, as his herd bull. . . . The top 10 cattle at the 1 sale sold fo r an average o f $693.60 and the top 25 HerefordB’ brought an average o f $533, The sale included IQ bulls -and 35 females; OwnerMissed Out On Wood For Fuel - . . . . » »»■m«■» w >» . » « !. t I -MORE JAMAICAN ! ARRIVE TO CUT CORN Twenty-five Jamjficiarus arrived at the Farm Labor Can p at*Bryan State Park this. week. T1 is makes a total o f 190 men in this eapp who are work ing on farms ip G none and Clark, counties. These 1 s t « t arrivals were secured by the Grce is County Labor Committee and farm re are urged to call .the labor camp t r the county a- gents office to. secur s these men. The men work lo r . fOcents per hpur and board theqmelyex They return to camp each night and fake their noon day meal with them.' Since it ia nec- essary to employ thgm fu ll time, re ­ quests for this help'should be made well in advance 46 provide them steady employment'. STEEL AT WAR DISCUSSED AT FORUM MEETING - The part-that iron pud steel isplpy- ipg in winning the war'was described by Bcnnett-Chappel,:assistant to the president o f ‘ The American. Rolling Mill Company p f Middletown at the Farm Forum, Monday evening at Gey- ers Banquet Hall. H f stated that this is a sheet metal war^.and 1 that within, a years time the steefmills o f this na­ tion had capght up P^th and fa r sur­ passed the ten years bead start o f the axis nations in steel production. The efforts o f the county salvage committee was praised in providing scrap metal to the Middletown mill last spring when it Was so badly need­ ed, The Sugarcreek' Twp. .committee headed by Joe White, Jr. arranged 1 the program. Vocal numbers were given by Mary Jane White accompanied by Linda Lott Haines, The October meeting o f the ;Foruth will be under the direction o f the Miami Twp. com­ mittee, with Ciark Meredith, chair­ man. STATE WHEAT COMMITTEE PLEADS FOR MORE WHEAT The..Ohio Soft Winter Wheat Pro­ duction committee composed o f rep­ resentative grain dealers, millers, farm organization representatives and others’ o f the trade aqd allied interests met in ,Columbus recejflly and .drafted a prpgram to increase the acerage o f Ohio wheat. They reported that there is an acute shortage o f short'winter yrheat and recommended that all pos­ sible .assistance and encouragement be given the Ohio farmer to plant a normal acerage of wheat this fall. CHECK SEED WHEAT GERMINATION Reports from a number o f farmers who have made the germination tests .on their seed wheat indicate that it might be well to run this test before seeding. The state seed laboratory reported germination o f 67 to 70 per cent on two samples submitted from the county. Wheat testing less than 52 or 53 pounds will not likely give strong seedHng plants and should not be used, , Twenfy-Oire Men Rejected Qut Of Fifty-One Sent Of tbs fifty-one sent to Ft. Thomas Ia?t Saturday by Greene county Dr^ffc Board 2 , 21 were .rejected; 16 copied fo r the army and 9. fo r tjie navy. Three were held over for a^n other examination. The following were, accepted; JameH Albert Todd, Jamestown^ Ralph E, Esterlipe, Osborn; Frederick Leon Griffith, Dayton; Charles C, Mcjt Cornick, Dearborn, Mich.; Wjlliqm C. Liston, Xenia, Raymond Edward Hiebel, f Zanesville; James Clifton Wylie, Cedarville. ' Franklin Oscor Carroll, Wright Field; Paul Edward Matson, Yellgw Springs; William Howard Ward, Xenia; Oral Crabtree, Jr., Dayton; Jamjas praper Tallman, Yelljw Springs; Marvin Eugene Boase, Cedarville; Kenneth Robert Haines, Xenia; Dunwopd W! Bolner, Xenial For the pavy Were: Roy Doherjty Dill, Osborn; Ralph Webster Palmar, Dayton; Herbert Edward Meyer, Day- ton; Robert Thompson Blair, Spring Vqlley; Hoiper Leroy .Long, Xenja; Frank Burdette Mooreman, Jr., Jamestown; Robert Therald Kirk, Bowersville; Delmer "Eugene O’Dpll, Yellpw Springs; Keith Wisecup, <pe- darville. Warren County Takes First Bond Honors While. Greene County was leadjng other counties in this district on per cent .of quota bond - sales, Dayton, which had been down the list stepped up when one corporation’ subscribed for bonds or tax notes to the amount o f five million'' dollar^. Tax’ n^te '3 can be used to pay the corporation-in­ come taxes. . Monday Warren. County reported it had exceeded its quota o f $1,250^000 thus taking first honors.- The sale? in tliis county now amount td $1,516,439.94 against a quota of $1,830,000; - Judge Frank L. "Johnson,, states only 1740 persons in the couqty have Subscribed or purchased bopdc; I n ,ibis campaign outside o f those on payroll deduction plans and business insti­ tutions. Based on the county popu­ lation this is a low percentage. Many - misunderstand the purpose o f the bond campaign and have failed to subscribe or purchase the additional bond in addition to what is now; b<£ ing paid for. ” , Solicitors are urged to continue the campaign to aid in placing Greene County over' the top on our qpota. Industry and the financial institutions 'have done their part, now it is Up to individuals to meet the quota, Greene County cannot afford to lag behind in the Third War Loan drive. ^ yctrrrr'M “OLD CEDABTLLET F* M. FOSTER I Harry Hammon made use o f a large tree that had blown down across the highway east o f town by having it cut in furiHice lenghts to suppliment a shortage in fuel. The wood Was corded alongside the road fence and measured xround ten cords,- He expected to get it hauled to town but- before a truck arrived a few.days later, someone bad evidently set fire to the wood and it was con­ sumed without damage to any other property. There was no evidence o f fire from any other quarter as the grass was not burned only around the spot where the wood was burned, YellowSpringsOrders » Sewerage Connections Following a threat of the govern­ ment to take 400 soldier students from Antioch College if Yellow-Springs did not enforce sanitary regulations, the council on Tuesday at a special ses­ sion took drastic means to enforce immediate sewerage connections for property where trunk lines are laid. More protection must be provided fo r property not on trunk lines. The government order was said to be man­ datory and requires Immediate fulfil­ ment or the soldier students Will he sent elsewhere. South Charlestson Ox-Roast-Picpic The Booth Charleston Community Club announces an ox-roast and picnic for Sunday, October 3, .beginning at 2 P. M. at the .Wilt Farm, 8 miles south o i South Charleston on State Route 70, Entertainment is promised fo r the entire family. EARLY HOG MARKETING URGED Since the price Ceiling on live hogs removes any advantage in holding hogs for an upturn in pripes, farmers are urged to. market their hogs as soon as they attain adequate finish rather than to feed them f o r addition­ al weight and finish, This appeal is made fo r the two-fold purpose o f Con­ serving feed grains and to bring a- bout more uniform distribution of marketing- With the spring pig crop 22 percent larger than last year and in view of the existing facilities'for slaughtering and processing and the manpower shortage,- packipg houses may be overtaxed unless, marketings are kept orderly and Uniform from week to week, * HOG BASE PRICE The present base supporting hog price as announced by the WFA is $13.76, This base is effective until September 30, 1944, The weight range protected by this price is from 200 to 27,0 pounds, however with growing feed shortages, producers are urged to market animals at weights ■from 200 to 240 pounds. On October 1, 1944/ a base Of $12.50 cwt oft weights from 100 to 880 will go into effect. U. 8. FEED GRAINS Based on recent crop reports, it appears that the national supply of feed grains fo r the 1043-44 Will be 9 percent less than was available for the 1942-43 feeding season. This es timate includes corn, oats, barley, grain fiprghums, carryover grain, and probable imports ‘from Canada, and a slight Increase In'rye ahd wheat for feed. Grain consuming animals will he about 10 percent more numerous, so feed per unit may be 18 percent less than a year before. I f the usual CatherineFerguson Deputy Co. Recorder ..Miss Catherine Ferguson, Clifton pike, who has been secretary-treas- uere o f the Greene County Agricultur­ al Adjustment Administration for the past two years, has been appointed chief deputy, county recorder by E» D. Beatty and will begin her dut(es in that office Oct. 1 . The place has been vacant since the resignation o f C, B. Lawson, who had served two months. Miss Ferguson is the daugh­ ter o f Mrs!.William Ferguson, and is a graduate o f Cedarville College. To Seek $31,000 - For War Campaign For Greene Co, A toipl o f $31,000 is to he the. goal in Greene county for the National War Fund campaign in October, ac­ cording to president Ira D, VayhingCf as county chairman o f the campaign. Greene county 1 b given a quota of $25,335 for the War Fund with ah ad­ ditional $2,090 for the Bey Scouts, and $2265 fo r the Soldiers Service Club o f Xenia, and $1,500 for future emergencies, ‘ A single campaign will take care o f both- national and local needs, A house to house solicitation wilt be made Oct. 10-35, A "kickoff* dinner has been arrang­ ed at the Masonic temple, Xenia, on Oct, 4 at 6:80 p. m, c.w.t, when final instructions Will be given to all and papers o f solicitation. The personnel o f county workers Will be announetd in a few days, (CtoNTMintt O k ? a « x M * ) &UY Al* EXTRA BOND BE­ FORE YOTJR ' “SOrt" GOES DOWN. About 55 years before the writer was born, there was not a cabin in what we knew as Cedarvfiie Township, There were Indians and Wigwams and panthers and bears and wolves and turkeys and long black snakes and coons and here and there an Iqdian, trail. Four or five yearn after the close p f the Revolutionary War a Company' bought a tract o f land known as the Symmea Purchase. It lay between the B ig Miami and the Little Miami Rivers, from the Ohio riyer/ and running north probably a hqndred, and twenty five miles. Cin­ cinnati, founded 1788, is just w est'of the mouth o f the Little Miami. As! this river runs through-Clifton, Cedar­ ville Township finds itself in the Virginia Military .Tract. This was a very large tract, running from the mouth , o f the Little Miami to the mouth of the Scioto and. nearly., two- thirds o f the way to. the Michigan line. The Government sold this land at abopt $125 an acre, ’ When Cin­ cinnati was founded there was prob­ ably not another settlement in .the Symmes Purchase or ’ the V|fr 8 Pnia Military Tract, Those interested in these early days will-find “ The‘ Buck­ eye Country’,’ fey Professor Harlan Hatcher (Ohio State University) a most illuminating history. Who settled in Cedarville Township first?A hundred or more years ago there were a number o f family neigh­ borhoods, as the Barbers; Kyles, Me Millans and the Jacksons'! But who 'nought his team 'and wagonload, first? It was Thomas Townsley. He bought 1000 acres about a mile and a half up what became the Columbus Pike. His wheels probably laid out in.general the road which became the Columbus Pike. H is 1000 acres lay on Massie’s -Creek. The large brick house is likely near the place where the original log house stood. The writer recalls. Enos ’ Townsley' very Well. He was, I think, a son' o f the pioneer. In the late 60,s Enos built frame house about a hundred and fifty yards above where the Crawford road-leads o ff and ptohkhly within <;he original' thousand acres. As I knbwohim .he-was’ strongly built,.and bad a head of bushy white hair. In his old days he had a strong clear, voice. How I kn'dvir-I was' wi(h Uncle Roily Kyle who was .bringing a load o f ^sand from a pit about one third o f a mile back. .He .had bought a new horse. When within about two hundred feet o f the pike, she set. all four feet down and 'would not move, not one little bit, Petting and coax­ ing,and calling- endearing names had not the least effect: Mr. Townsley chanced to be in his side yard and called - Give her-the hickory!- The Kyles hardly’knew ' Which end o f a whip to get hold of. A ll small boys know what ails them when too many green apples cause them to go arquiid carrying their stomach in both hands. When horses balk.you Wonder what! they would say if they could ta lk ? .Any way,- after about twenty minutes the horse started just as if nothing had. happened. The incident, with Mr. Townsley. standing amid bloorqmg roses, is clearly recalled, though more than seventy-five years ago. , Whether there was a stir among Kentucky neighbors before Thomas Townsley loaded his wagon is' not known, T f not, the word that.wdnfc back caused hurrying here and there. Pull up stakes and come to Ohio and to Greene County, and don’t stop ing until you are in thd garden spot- Cedarville Township. Get away from slavery! And it isn’ t so far, only about two hundred miles! Who got on the read first-The McMillans, Kyles, Jackson, Barbers, etc. Neigh­ bors in -Kentucky (this is a supposi­ tion) they settled in .Cedarville Town ship. If not mistaken the Barbers Settled just ,above Uncle Henry KyleS farm. They came with household stuff, plows and Sharp axes. Some settled on 1000 acre farms. In those days one did not talk to his neighbor over the back fence. They took- a day o ff and visited all day. Thus the news o f the settlers would get around Very .few now know the borders o f those big farms; and soon they will be in the County Records only, The character o f those hardy pioneers is seen In this - They came to woods and woods and more WOods, miles and miles in every direction, and b ig timber. They built a bit o f a cabin, and then cut away trees for a patch o f ground for a garden Of potatoes, corn and wheat. A mill to saw lumber Was necessary. Massie’s creek which ran through about the center o f the t'>wnahip,»and what became Cedar, v die, had unusually fine sites fo r saw­ m ills.. Suddenly at Main street the cliffs rise to thirty or more Seet, and as i f split open at almost uniform width and depth for Over a mile down. This is a remarkable phenomenon. ^ Dr, W, R. McCheeney, president emeritus, has started! his Gftiath’year o f association with CedarvRl* College when he delivers the sermon fo r the convocation e x c i s e s o f the college Sunday at 8 p, m. in the Presbyterian Church, Churches o f the village wilt join in the union service to honor the 'golden jubilee” o f the Institution, The cpllege is also starting its fif­ tieth year as an institution o f learn­ ing.' Dp. McChesney began his teaching career at Franklin (O.) College in 1890, He served as president 'o f Ce- darville College from- 1915 to 1940, He now is head o f the department' o f Greek and philosophy and dean o f the seminary, During his teaching career he- has taught more than 4,000 stu -' dents from twenty-twp states. -He( has had five calls to standard Col­ leges and one seminary but preferred to remain in Greene County. *Me was licensed to preacb in 1895, a n d ' or­ dained the following year! As a youth he worked his ".way through college in a cooper shop in the manufacture o f naiL, and •sugar; kegs. He is a graduate .of' Greers- burg Academy, Dariingtonr Pa.^which once had as a student William' Holmes McGuffey. ' ’ - 'V ' Dr. McChesney holds the degrees o f A.B., M.A, and Ph.D, from Franklin College (now merged with,Musking­ um) the D.D. from, Tarkiq, Mb., and the L.L.D. from Cedarville. Hayes A, McCJean Is > Granted Parole For Nov. 1 Hayes A. McLean,*'74, former* vH? lage 'marshal, who. was sentenced', to * serve one to twenty years in Ohio penitentiary October 3,1941 after fee­ ing"found guilty o f manslaughter b y ' a, common pleas jury -in the county,, was~among the thirty-three prisoners granted paroles! by the state parole ‘ board in Columbus, -Tuesday. His pa­ role is effective Noyember 1 . * V ' The former maAhal’ was. charged with the fatal shooting of Wallace' Collins, son-of Mr, and Mrs. John W* Collins, on July 3,1941..’ , .Miss Vera Mae Fields ; PresidentW. A, A. (T o b* Vera Mae Fields, .daughter o f Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Fields, this place, has been elected president 6 f the Wo­ men’s Athletic Association fo r the coming year at Capital University, Columbus. Miss Fields is a Senior in Commercial Educatio n will com­ plete her Course in January: GasRations Cut For Speeders The gasoline panel o f the Greene County War price and ration board at a bearing Tuesday night, lifted the "A ” books-of two speeders.for thirty days and supplitnental rations were suspended fo r the same length o f time for two more. Manu Chitterjse, fellow Springs' and Edwarel Yeater/ Cedarville, were lifted. Supplemental gas for Rexford P, Byrd, Fairfield, and Phillip R, Moore, Xenia were suspended. > -i ChickenOwners Now Protected By Law The new' state law identifying own­ ers o f chickens, turkeys, and other fowl killed fey rlogs was in effect last Friday/ The law previously has protected owners o f sheep, battle and horses killed fey dogs, ♦ Loss o f all such stock destroyed by dogs must be reported within 48 hours and must be viewed by the dog war­ den. Owners are theft given 60 'days in which to file their claims with the county commissioners fur damages. The damage claim Under the Itrir can -' not exceed $10 to any one pereoh. It is expected that the new law vtifl cause an increase in the cost Of dog tags in every county to create a fund to meet damage claims, «A‘» GAS SIGN UP EARLY IN CN M IiR Motor oar owners will fee ealled up* oft eerlyin Ooteber to Bhrnupf^r*A* ration books, The distribution WiU fee made front the eehool building te* cording te ttpeste, , * ^