The Cedarville Herald, Volume 67, Numbers 1-26

m d kW T L lt .HIRALD FRIDAY MAY 19, 1S44 50 Years o f College Life .BY ELMER-JURKAT . (Continued from first page )- arose to find the house empty. The boys bad silently climed out the front window. But in spite o f their pranks she loved them all, and the J?9ye had ' great respect for Aunt Mary" and her good counsel. " , . There were other clubs as the- years went by, Dallas's had one, and Mrs. Stewart: Townsley ran one for a while up on Cedar Street. The . summer school crpwd ate at Mrs. Crouse’s in the J. D. Williamson house, and you may recall one at Maggie Alexand­ er’s. The class of 1910 was the largest ever graduated up to that, time. It al- so contained some large individuals, Ed Shaw was a six-footer plus as* was Ralph Hill, the footballer and ]a- 'te r Mesta steel engineer. Bill Ritter was a boxer and an amateur angler, and Frank “ Arch” Creswell managed the ball team and still has enough stories about them to fill a sizeable volume. , / - / In 19Q6 camp th«5 first issue o f a since discarded publication, the GAV< ELYTE, First/there was the Gavel Wore 'em too. The Gavelyte enterprise eliminated in the publication in 1911 o f a third Annual by the same name. One item in it described a Washington’s birth- Club, a psepdo/literary society, which - f ^ banquet tendered the varsity like all such pamphleteers,; felt the basketball team. The guests appear, need of g m/gazirie, • • / i Clarence/Ware was and Mr. Joe Finney managed .. _________ ^ jn c0stumcv an(i b sumptuous five the first^editor' course^ dinner was served. The event It was would not be especially worth men, 1tioning except that this spring lias a rather (pretentious paper for a small school, but it is a doubtful honor ‘to mention anyone in connection with it, fo^ a long . time string o f-o fftoers cante and departed, and the publica­ tion “ fell on evil days.” ' Mi*. S. C. Wright, a graduate of 1903, was in the printing business at the time in a building up on the hill­ top,. Here, sandwiched in between Weekly issues o f a town paper, the Record, was other job printing, one item o f which was the Gavelyte. Ever so often it became-Mr. Wright’s distasteful chore'to take over the magazine-and make the rounds o f col­ lection from, advertisers, On at least one occasion' a merchant said hd couldn’t pay but offered instead, a pair of pants. Mr.‘ -Wright took them. Notice to thePotions of the ■ ; 1 y ', •“V- CedarvilleFedorol Savings andLoanAssociation The Board of/Directors of Cedarville FederaJ, Savings and Loan As­ sociation, authorize the announcement of a .reduction in the rate of dividend to % per annum, beginning with the 1period ending June 30, 1944. Conditions over which we have no control, make it necessary •to make this reduction, to keep this Association in a sound and. healthy condition, and to build up our reserves for the protection '• o f the Shareholders. ■^The assets o f the Association are . tne highest in its history, and it is the duty o f the Directors to provide adequate protection fo r its investors. • ' Your accounts .are insured up to $5000.00 by an instrumental- ’ ' ity o f our government, and we are obliged to pay for this protec-- tion, and also pay a State Intangible Tax on your investments. .A ■ Taking everything into consideration, we believe that the Ce- dai-ville Federal Savings and Loah Association offers you as sound i (and safe investment as can be found. 1 . This Association, by January 17, 1945, will have paid you diyi- . depds on your savings and loaned you money with which to purchase homes, for -50 years, i. This is a community institution'that helps to improve-its well •being and financial independence. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. / Cedarville Federal Savings and Loan Association. -•- . I; C. DAVIS, Secretary MAY 15, 1944 - 1 WAR BONDS®!® GIFTS FOR BRIDES . . . 5 GRADUATES AND MOTHER'S DAY!! Other Diamonds *12.50 to *1,2*0.00'1 . GIVETHEMA FAMOUSWATCH THE FAMOUS SHOCKPROOF WATCH Right fn itylt *ni right fit timV taping accuracy , , . with IS 1«w*l Banrui Shockproof mova* manti, In tho charm and color of natural yallow gold, Favorlfai with folia who want a fin* watch. Fin# IS jaw.) Banrui Shockproof movemanfi . imaat eaiai in natural yallow gold color. Shockproof Benrus Watches $24.75 and up ■w s r o / F f m . L I M E S T O N E ST. ■AMT WAR BOmSm SPRINGFIELD, OHIO seen the passing of two of the per­ sons present. Dr. DeWitt S. Morgan, late superintendent o f the Indianap--. olis schools, was a member of .the ball team, and the hostess o f the evening was Mrs. J. W. Dixon, wife o f the lo­ cal dentist, who for years has beep living far away in Oklahoma. The seniors of 1911 numbered only six, but at that they were only the fourth smallest class ever graduated. More rerharkable is the fact that al­ though- no two had the same name all were related. Josephine Orr, Woodbridge Ustick, Lydia Turnbull, John Stewart, Bertha Stormont, Flor­ ence Williamson, All offshoots the MacMillan Clan but not a Mac Millan among them. Names sometimes serve to recall a period in history better than dates or places. Remember the faculty of 1911 Doctors McKinney, McChesney, and Jurkat, of course: then LeRoy Al­ len. Agnes Jean Smith, P. Schuyler Morgan, Roy banning, Jesisie Russell, Alberta Creswell, Katherine Ankeney Mary; Ervin, the, town’s three minis­ ters, the Revs. Taylor, McMichael, and Putt, Florence Forbes, librarian, and Vince Iliff, janitor. The first Cedar Day came in 1911, and it/staged a long line of spring­ time holidays full of oratory, pagean­ try, comedy, tree planting, box lunch­ es, and ball games. This was the year that the girl’s basketball team was mythical state champion, They edged out .the Miami- “ U” girls, undefeated for nine years, and holders of the title. .Wilhelmina Mitray, ■Bertha Sto'rmont, Florence; William­ son, Mary Ellen Lownes, Bertha An­ derson, and Grace Morton .made up, the team.1They wore voluminous navy blue middies and bloomers, and had floor restrictions, but they managed to toss the ball around just the same The moving spirit of many a college enterprise .of this period was the lo­ cal dentist's eldest son, Phil Dixon, more widely known as “ P-Dix". He was an aggressive.extrovert who had a finger in many a pie. He managed the -Gavelyte, and along with-Elwood Howell, DeWitt Morgan, and,Fred .Marshall',' worked on the college an­ nual, He was active in the Y, M. C-. A., a member of the. varsity basket- ball team and in partnership ’with a Vermont Bov Walter Harriman, ran a . haberdashery and novelty shop where the entrance .to . the Thrift Market now stands, i These two also took- a leave o f absence from college to solicit funds for- a dorirfitory, but it didn’t pan out. Years lately by the 'time the college finally achieved-a dormitory, Mr. .Harriman was dead and P-Dix far away in Texas. By an odd coincidence the building is named; you guessed it, Harriman Hall.1 By 1915 Gedarville ,Gol.lege had got­ ten past its growing pains. The once barren enmpus was-covered now with trees. ..Birches and evergreens lined the walk that led out to the new front gate. The class of 1915 .had taken .a- •way the old w.ooden arch ,and inserted t,wo large concrete posts as the new gateway. This came, naturally to Koscoe McCorkoll, already in^the ce­ ment, business, but the other hoys helped out: Cam Ross, Dwight Ster- rett, Cecil Burns, Harry Bird, and Clarence LLoyd. Aside from .the nus- ic pUpils there was only one (girl, Wil- .mnh Spencer, which made her queen, in a way, of a home-grown class. ,It whs in 191G that'Mr. S. C. Wright organized the first summer school. Tjiis was a novelty to both the col­ lege'and the town, and a good lively time was had by all. The enlarged summer faculty of 25 included Logan Waits, Supt- Parker, Hazel Lowry Rosa Stormont, Libby Blair, George Siegler. F. P. Foster, the-trumpet player, and the late Fred Bird- These all behaved, but the pupils -led come just for the ride. There was tumult every night; chicken roasts, recep­ tions, spreads, water *melon rollings, generally investigated by a pair nam­ ed Lytle and "Jqsh” Billings. And every evening saw several dozen trouping to the railroad station just' to greet the G:20 and the G:49, 1915 had also produced the best Ce- May Day ,vctnVffldr«T Oorry, the queen* was attended by a large court includ­ ing Mar.y Bird, the retiring queen; and-the Freshmen presented a huge pipe organ built of people and card hoard.' High spot o f, the day was a cannibal dance, Dwight. Stcrfott re­ clined calmly in an iron kettle munch­ ing peanuts and reading the Enquirer while burnt-corn- savages in grass skirts whooped around the campfire and brandished machets. ' / By 1915-16 the boys had developed a, pretty nifty basketball team. True, they won only half of their games,, hut the* team was made up of heavy­ weights who always put on ,h good show, and the. gym was packed'. Ken­ neth Williamson coached'them. Frank Creswell . refereed, and a newcomer named Earl ’ Richards was official score-keeper, He was to see a lot of the college in the years to come, There was a summer school again in 191G, but- the students were o f a different typo, and had the peculiar idea that one went to college to study. The town’ people too had their hands full that year, pn land facing the college they put up..its new neighbor, |the High School building, while down­ town the Uiff’s hurtled to get Mai * Street paved in time for that great event, -the Cedarville Centennial. It was just a hundred years since Jesse Newport had cut through the woods to lay o ff Chilllcothe -Street, and the villigers took time o ff to cele­ brate with a homecoming program, antique displays, and a rousing pa­ rade. Most o f the floats were pulled by^horses, but the college inserted a mild np£e of progress, They, trans­ formed George Creswell’s Reo into a huge orange and blue yatch and fill­ ed it with caps and gowns, and the faculty. • * During the winter o f 1916-17 the boys essembled one of the' school’s best ball teams. To start with they were snowed under with ,talent. Tom Kennon was captain, the lanky Oilie Cornwell center, and there was the usual sprinkling o f Collinses: John, the steam roller, Roger; the point-get­ ter, and Bill, the foul shooter. 4 If didn’t moW ’em down, there were xtribn Creswell, “ Chadwick” Mc- lofe, and a peppy little scrapper named Cliff Horton. There were more, but this group 'managed to take on Muskingum, Ashland,, and a. dozen others and win eight out o f fourteen. One was the Indiana-Mutes'which the Xenia paper spelled “ Mules” to everyone’s delight. These middle years o f the college saw a change in , the student body. Young people were coming now from' Presbyterian settlements-/in other states; Kansas, Illinois;'and Pennsyl­ vania.' These were the days o f the' Elders, the Duncans, and the Cole­ mans; of I Bob Hutchison, Harold Hammond, and .Paul Elwood, o f Freda Trumbull and Eleanor Holliday,' and Dave Doherty, the' cartoonist. Economists mi^y label the “ teen” years as normal .in American life but things weren’t always normal at Ce­ darville. Even Cedarville o f 19.16 had Sts'horse and gunplay when the Jun­ iors burlesqued General Pershing’s ill-fated excursion into Mexico to capture Villa. The maids who sur­ rounded Dorothy Collins, ' the queen, wore long, grass-sweeping dresses and hats as big as ’ dishpans. James Chesnut, Jr.,'was orator, and the class forewent the usual evergreen (to plant an appropriate but- punful chesnut (tree.. ' ■, . - . *■' When the ball teams played away they took “ train trips”, and boys all wore -caps. The chapel got “ stacked” occasionally, and once John Wright ind Jim fchesnjjt proved by their pa­ rents that they had retired early but failed to mention that classmates had brought a ladder around to .their windows. - Clarence Lloyd and'Lizzie Dallas got married,- miller Sullenbcr- •ger came to chapel to sing “ The Ivy Green” , and jonce when the piano de­ veloped a Hawaiian wheeze ' Prof. Wright opened it to remove an entire- newspaper. George Siegler - directed one o f his top-flight minstrel shows, Jim Cox- was elected governor and; Woodrow Wilson president, and a few days later Ralph-, Atkinson.came to town to start three-weeks o f evangel­ istic services. At the same time -serial, movies were getting under way and Douglass- Fairbanks and Fatty Arbuckle were leading stars in the foatdres.’ The book, “ Pollyanna” , became a play, and folks- all whistled air from Mr. Kern’s musical show, “ Very Good Ed­ die.” , The German U-Boat Deutsch­ land was sneaking goods over to us,. •Ruth Law was our most famous flyer, and out in San Francisco police had just arrested a man named Torn Mooney for the bombing o f'a pre- liaTeTTness parade/ 1910 ~murkezl~tbr end of a historical period, fo r the next spring had not yet come when Amer­ ica plunged headlong into the little mixup which we now choose to file away as World War No. I. The world, and Cedarville, haven’t quite been the vshme since. c (To Be Continued) NOTICE! / I will taka care of ray custo­ mers as usual who want the Roush Iowa 939 Hybrid Seed Corn. Wiil have the seed in a few days at my farm west of 'Cedarville on Reid Road. ARTHUR HANNA FOR SALE-— Slabwood cut for the stove or furnace by the cord. Can deliver. Dial. 6-2201 Arthur Hanna Private individual will buy several low priced country tfnd town proper­ ties. In answering, give price, size, complete description -and what it will rent for, All inforn&iipn will be held strictly confidential. Address “ Indi­ vidual Buyer, cart this paper.' . Estate o f Max Barnard, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that C, D, * Barnard has been duly appointed as Administrator €t the estate o f Max Barnard, deceased, late o f Spring Val­ ley, Greene County, Qhip, Dated this*2rqj day of May, 1944. WILLIAM B, McCALLISTER, Judge pf the Probate Court, Greene County, Ohio. , ; V To those needing^ blacksmithing and farm repair work r ' . -.. - - ’ ' • I have taken over the "blacksmithing shop o f the late Ralph Wolford and have rented the building and am How ready to do gen­ eral blacksmithing and grinding. I have spe- cial grinding equipment for Lawn Mowers. I will be .open for business each evening and all day on Saturdays. - • • • . ^ - NO HORSE SHOEING FISHER CEDARVILLE, OHIO PRINTING . . and Full Value for Ytour Dollar! i_! (Continued from first page) will mature early enough to precede wheat and is expected to eventually replace Dunfieid, Illini, Mftndell and Scioto. Definite orders for seed can- .not be eccejited by any grower until liis recleaned crop has been tested for puritV and. germination and found to meet certification requirements* N io -S ol PROTECT Poultry Health from Day-Old On Just Add to Drinking Wafer Tonic and Internal Antiseptic Given them bright red combs and • wattles. Recommended an tonic and preventive oi disorder*, given at intervals. Promotes uniform growth and health, pops up lay­ ing henK Internal antiseptic capa­ ble of coping with worms, germst users report cures of coecidiosis, and Cther flock-ravaging intestinal diseases, Gallon makes 400 gal. .ndlutlon. Easy to use. Inexpensive '’ insurance. Money (refunded if asked after 30-day use. Try Neo- Set—u « why 9 out of 10 re-order, ' why hundreds of poultry raisers use Neo-Sql year after yean . , PT. 65c; QT. $1; GAL. $3 J DEALER'S NAME ’ II. II. BROWN, Druggist O U R PRINT S H O P IS A T Y O U R S E R V iG E . . . There’s a commonly used ex* pression: “You get jiist what you pay for.” This applies to PRINTING just the same as most, anything else you buy. Good PRINTING can’t be produced at a poor price. Poor Printing even at a low price is expensive, because it gives the prospective custo­ mer the impression that your services or products are not up to standard. W e give full value for every dollar you * spend with us for PRINTING — and our prices are always FAIR . « i .> We Solicit Your Next Printing Order f 1 - & ' ' The Cedarville Herald , . . * ' . ,|-| * ■ PHONE 6 -4 7 1 1 PRINTING and PUBLISHING SINCE 1877 ii w m By CLAR Memb Late last w day of debate, tatives passed its .version of benefit of war pendents. Th from a purlim ,' ment t-o the/ the same subje completely -tie" ate has -refus amendments, ence contmitte out the differe- and Senate' Bil nal com'promi, turn, must be House and Se President, bef law, Regardless of thq-G. I. Bil does appear c can veterans c greater lienefi '■ from their go .-fore afforded- nation. Vetera mustering-out -but also will i . tion, hospitiliz ment at any t: employment . are unable to tunity to cont . to take a spe the expense o the -right to o chase of hom • at low interes The House heavy major] sions to wido World War deaths were i military serv pensions. The by the House ■and children terans eligibl ■of cause of tains hut on ment that th ried the vete final enactm ate is expect fore the Jun siderable co circles over d'ent-iai veto, most exnctl'y Congress by be vetoed by he may folio nection with Many rep gressionnl o being unahli because of plants and s ■, led to'over- / .iifting_Qfjcc it came too while benef . ers already If meat rat oral- montli Congress f urging OP .the present avoided an ing of hogs the old-fas law' of sup A simil* fecting.po F ooc T Adn a .floor pr for eggs, been fnr-h lyeeks and . country f as low ns per dozen calities tl market t • in Washi Grade A from for dozen in Adnjihist .ment bi the egg purchiise exist, bu not broii Trice has nnn ' reguiftti large- V so as to ■sized bo very tilt more h lions w ot hors *=>The -Ho ^ bill fog Control of PH Rome ti three t