The Cedarville Herald, Volume 67, Numbers 1-26

P i SACKrueATTACK f* «r .* 2 Americans For America — America For Americans SIXTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 17. CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY, MARCH 24,1944. PRICE, 51.50 A YEAR CONGRESSIONAL. HAPENINGS IN WASHINGTON By CLARENCE J. BROWN Member of Congress, As predicted in our last news letter J COLLEGE NEWS 7 j Biggest news item to arrive at this office this week is the announcement that Williams County, Ohio, Larger Parish, Presbyterian Church, U. S.A., has an assistant pastor. He is Rollo, Eldon Thrubee. Eldon arrived at the home of his parents, Rev, and Mrs, Edward Q. Payne .Died In Dayton Hos­ pital, Wednesday Marlin Wood Escapes After Close Call, Marlin Wood, 27, a farm hand on the Corliss Cluster farm near Selma, Edward Charles Payne, 51, farmer came as near losing his • life Mon­ residing on" the Wilberforce and Clif­ ton pike, died in Miami .Valley Hospi­ tal, Tuesday morning at 8 o’clock. He had not been in good health for more than a year but was able to be.about until Monday. By Tuesday his con­ dition became, alarming and he was Franklin L. Trubee, March 16, 1944, the Congress has adopted the con- j via the Stork Route, for an extended cenference report, and the compro- ] stay. Rev. and Mrs, Trubee, the for- x . Tr „ Tr .. , mise contained therein, on the .aol-Lmer Miss Viola Harbaugh, are alum-: -T®. „ a ._e/ ___ dier’s vote bill. The measure is now ! ni of Cedarville College. Post office at the White House. Opinion is about i address, Box 185, West Unity, Ohio, evenly divided as to whether the! ’ - — — ... ., , , President will sign or veto'.the. bill.). A coming event of interest to all ; — K t o ave een ma ignan , cou His condition. grew worse rapidly af- |ter entering the hospital and the’ end j came before an operation for what is thought to have Soon after Congressional action was.[friends of the College is the Fiftieth ’’’ Vei 0lme1' . _ , completed the President wired the 1Anniversary- Dinner to be tendered , e c ecease: was ornm . .^ es" Governors of the forty-eight states j President Emeritus, Dr. W. R. Me ' n^ 7 ’ inquiring as to whether the state o f , Chesney, Tuestlay evening, April 1 8 ,1 l ®- aj" la . a,S-a uyne, an a each would accept the Federal ballot j in commemorating ■ of fifty years of| ^___v , x v l ] ^ as legal. As was expected, the ans-! service with Cedarville College. The wers received to varied, but most their replies, have-indicated they are >given to but few men to give such a not at all enamored of the Federal j long period useful service to one ballot idea and expect to supply its j community. ' . -soldier voters from their, own 'Com- J - ' ---------- .monwealths with state, ballots, thus ! College was closed Monday due to The funeral will be held from . , “ ‘ b sMcMillan Funeral Home Saturday at ■•the quer have been; dinner is sponsored by the College: * , • . , 1 ..... ,, . . . _v . , ... , •■ternoon at 2 o clock, with burial i : of the Governors, by ; and the -Xenia Kiwanis Club. It is . ^ • giving them the opportunity to .vote,'the inclement! weather. It'puts one to for all candidates—national, state and it to know what is best under such local in the usual way. ' j.conditions but h perusal o f the list, of —----- *, . |wrecks in our own vicinity and else-. The House of Representatives, be- where in - the. newspapers reminds lieves in practicing. _\yhat it preaches. • that, “ It is better to be safe than sor- It has been .preaching economy in the . ry." . civilian functions o f the government-. | —,------- and reducing appropriations-therefor..' To help meet the growing, need for the f- n Massies Creek Cemetery, .He was a telegraph operator for a number of years in Yellow Springs, tA member of the Y. S. Masonic Lodge and the Cedarville Methodist Church. Massies,. Creek-. Cemetery. Dr. W. R.* McChesney and Dr. H. H. Abels will officiate-at the service. , : Farmers Complain Of AAA Coercion day as one would want, His auto was hit by a Pennslyvariia passenger train eastbound at the Selma crossing. He is now confined in Springfield City Hospital for treatment of injuries The train hit the rear of his car and it was wrecked. Those who saw the wreck do not understand how he es­ caped with his life, Last week a Pennsylvania train hit an automobile in West Jefferson and. took the lives o f eight occupants.. Some, one has kept a record of recent auto fatalities on •the Pennsylvania lines between Dayton and Columbus. With the eight at West Jefferson, there -were two at London. Two -at Selma and two at Trebines west of Xenia,.and two at Dayton. OPA Rules Closed Co-Op Creamery After 34 H ars It is reported' from ’Washington .that members of Congress from Ohio, legislative two summer sessions o f 30-days each. ■IndittnIl and Oklahoma, as well as Last week it passed the bill making teachers Cedarville. College will hold approvriations ' for the branch o f government, and applying'First term will begin June 12; the the same rule that it, imposed upon second,. July 17. other Federal agencies, it.reduced the --------- 'appropriations'for the House of Rep-' Among those who attended the re- resentativefs by nearly one-half mil- eital given by .the Southernnairs at lion dollars below, the amount recom- .Wilberforce: University,.. •March 21st, mended by the President and approv- were, Dr. and Mrs. W, R. McChesney, ed by the Bureau of the Budget*- . .«Miss Ire’ne Turner, Dean and -Mrs. C. i——— -W. Steele and'.Mrs. L. E. Johnson. • 1 ❖ •I*•£'*?*$**2#*’**5*'5 m 5 m J m 5**I**5*•*M3**5**5*'?M5*t#*5*5*£*^f SCHOOL NEWS SENIOR PLAY The seniors- are planning their play on April 14. Be •' During the past two weeks Capitol Hill has been flooded by letters from farmers throughout the nation in which they complain that when .th'ey go to the local Agricultural War Board or- AAA Committee for ap­ proval of their applications for gaso­ line and oil allotments for farm use, they are’ required, or “ high pressur­ ed’, to sign up for the AAA Farm , kecP this open Program. . Officials of the Office of moots latei. Price Administration, who say they . .have received many similar comp- plaints, last week advised- Members o f Congress that while farmers are. required to furnish information as to their proposed farm operations, suf­ ficient to justify the allotment of ad- lotment of additional gasoline and oil requested, no farmer is required to join any organization, or to agree to i participate in any government farm program, in order to obtain the gas­ oline and oil supplies ho needs for ag- -riculture production. Late Thursday, evening the Office of Price Adminis­ tration, issued special orders to all district and division OPA officials to immediately put a stop to the prac­ tices complained of in connection with farm allotments of gasoline and oil. some . mid-west states, have been flooded -with letters: protesting the threat of AAA committees refusing to grant tractor gasoline unless the farmers, signed up with the AAA. 1 Cong. Clarence J, Brown took up the complaint last week - with the OPA and Richard Harrison, chief o f the oil and gasoline division issued a state­ ment that no farmer is required .to a agree or Sign anythingj|for the AAA ** membership to get tractor gasoline. - Wednesday -following hundreds, of ' complaints from Indiana and Oklaho- j ma farmers, the -AAA dispatched |word to all county organizations .to ‘ discontinue such practice at once, j One congressman pointed- out all. -AAA members practicing this form i of deception stop or face prosecution. BASKETBALL GAME j / ^ .■ — -— • Tuesday night, March 21, the final! A congressional investigation of o f the intramural basketball tounia-! the gasoline situation in .general and ment. was played. The championship 1the black market- in particular was was won -by the Silver Bullets who promised Monday after the OPA is- defeated the Wildcats 38 to 29. In the sued orders reducing the “ A” coupons preliminary the Red Devils crushed from three to two gallons a week, the Droopy Drips 60-30. A. fine crowd ’ Congressman Clarence J. Brown, was on hand to enjoy the tournament. R., Ohio, Seventh District, said it vjill to give sure to More announce- Richard Acton Gassed Monday In Antioch Foundry Richard Acton (Dick),. 35, o f this place, an employee at Antioch Found­ ry, Yellow Springs, Was “ gassed” at the plant when leaking poison-gas es­ caped from a heat-treating furnace. .Acton and three other employees in the room were affected, the worst her ing Acton. His. condition was- such that he was moved to the-McClellan Hospital, Xenia, for treatment. • Acton has just gone through a mis­ fortune of his wife and fourteen months’old son, Jesse Earl, being burned, to death when a coal-oil can exploded when Mrs. Acton was start-i ing a fire in the kitchen. Both mem­ bers of the family and the home were burned. • Late reports from the hospital are that Acton is not in a serious condi­ tion unless complications develope. The fruits o f OPA have been mark­ eted in Caledonia, Mich., where the crack-pot rules o f the OPA has closed the doors o f a co-operative creamery owned by 200 farmers since 1911. The company could .not purchase cream to continue business under the ceiling set by OPA. Saturday the di­ rectors met and voted to close-the in­ stitution and liquidate the plant. At the last day fpr taking in cream only farmers sold cream, other, dairy far­ mers in the community either discon­ tinuing the dairy business or selling whole milk. ■ , The ceiling price| on butter is 45,13 per pound in cartons, an3 the price the creapiery had to pay farmers is fixed at 54 cents a pound. It takes four pounds of butterfat to make five pounds of butfer. The farmers quit selling cream due to the low cost of butterfat and the high price of feed. The whole milk in that territory brought $2.70 per hundred pounds so the farmer received 91 cqnts per hun­ dred pounds more for his milk than separating for cream. • , Dairy farmers contend the New 'Dealers are conducting an open fight over, the nation against creamery but­ ter and favoring'-the oleo manufac­ turers. It is known the administra­ tion-tried to have congresp remove all federal taxes, on oleo and permit its sale as a,substitute for butter. ‘ fuiiiiuuumiiiiimiuttswt ALONG FARM FRONT E. A. Drake, Co. Agricultural Agent SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT REFERENDUM, MARCH 30— Every farm" owner is urged to vote on the proposed Soil Conservation District referendum March 30. Poll­ ing places will be open from 10 a.m, to 4:00 p. m. at the Township Trus­ tees office in Jamestown and at the county agent’s office in Xenia. Ab­ sentee ballots may also be secured now from members o f the county and township sponsoring committee. The proposed district will be organized uiider the state enabling law passed in 1941 which provides for a selfhelp program of soil and water conserva­ tion. The business of the district will be conducted by a board of five land- owner directors who serve without Pay. 1be made by a special petroleum com Q; S. U. INTELLIGENCE TEST ! mittce of the House.,' -pfobably after Wednesday (was a real day for the! the Easter holiday. The group will Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and) look into the rationing, distribution Seniors as they all participated in the! and .the black market he said-, adding: O. S.U. Intelligence Test No.; 21. | “ When the Office of Price Admin- — :---- ■istration says it is necessary to rc- COUNTY BANQUET ,, i duce the “ A ” card ration to decent The faculty enjoyed the Greene |nnd law abiding citizens because of In Districts, Two, Three and Four, which includes the thirty-two states west of the Applachains, the gasoline by Mr. Don P. Hawkins of Bowers- Ask All Red Cross Solicitors To Report On Campaign At Once All Red Cross . solicitors o f Ce­ darville and the township are .urged to complete their canvas at once,' and*to turn in their report to the chairman, Dr. H. H. Abels. The first reports that have come in indicate a good re­ sponse. A number of inquiries have. £ome in from folks who as yet have not been canvassed. Solicitors and givers are asked to literally “ double” their efforts and their giving to- help with the war emergency that is upon us. This is our opportunity to do our part. ‘ , rations for .A card holders have been v>Uc. reduced from three gallons to two ga l-; Ions a week effective March 22nd,' thus putting all of the nation’s A 1 card holders on the same basis. The order was issued by the Office of Price Administration, based upon j recommendations o f the Petroleum County Teachers’ Banquet at Bowers- the large amount going to the black ville, Wednesday,,evening. After a d e -! market,- which in effect is an admis- Js not operating effi.- Speeinl Music and an excellent1Speech , ciently, it is time Congress finds out why.” “ A ” card rations for the entire na­ tion were lowered to two gallons a JUNIOR CLASS PLAY week, starting Wednesday. OPA has The Juniors showed a great deal of announced-because of imminent criti- dramatic ability in their perform-L cal demands and a gigantic black ances on last Thursday and Friday; gas market is draining 2,500,000 evenings. i gallons daily from the restricted ci- They wish to thank all of their jvilian supply, This means a one- 128 Veterans Filed Discharge Papers Since entry of the United States into the war 129 veterans released -from—the-armed .services 'hay.e_.had their discharge papers recorded at his office, Greene County Recorder E. D. Beatty reported Tuesday. Beatty’s records show only seven Forest Ripley Sells Another Large Farm , Forest R. Ripley, Springfield, auto dealer and extensive farmejw'has sold his 903 acre farm on the^old Colum­ bus rd., north o f South vleiina to Geo. H. Allen, vice president of the Allen Tool and -Manufacturing Go., Spring- field. . ‘ • In the transaction Ripley was paid $50,000 in cash for 439 acres, and ac­ cepted in trade'Allen’s 375-acre farm on Pretty Prairie in Champaign Co., s6utheast of Urbana for the remain­ ing 464 acres, v Ripley will .lioljct one o f the largest public sales on -April 10 on the tract known as the 'Jasper Olinger Farm, on the Old Columbus road, 12 miles east of Springfield^ In the sale will be 90 head-of dairy cattle, 1,000 hogs, 20 horses three tractors and 125 in­ dividual hog bdSces. , . Ripley sold the Bookwalter farm o f 170 acres on the,National road to J. Robert Groff of Springfield, for $34,- ,000. He held a big public sale on. that farm two weeks ago. Ripley still retains one farm in Clark county of 240, acres known as the Yeazell Farm op, the Old Houston rd. north of South Vienna; In addition to his newly acquired 375 acres in Champaign county, and his remain­ ing farm in Clark-co., he owrts a 270- acre farm cast of Xenia known.as the Conklin or Perrill land. • LINCOLN QUEST SPEAKER AT FARM FORUM MONDAY— Murray D. Lincoln, president o f the Cooperative League of the U . S. A. and executive-secretary o f the Ohio Farm Bureau will be guest speaker at the Farm Forum, Monday evening, March 27, at 7:30 o’clock. The meet­ ing will be held at Geyer’s and will be the annual Father and Son ban­ quet. • Mr. Lincoln is one of the- outstand­ ing farm leaders, o f the nation and served as .the only farm representa­ tive at the World’s Food Conference at Hojt Springs, Virginia. The Jef­ ferson Twp. committee is arranging the program.- Wilbur Beard, is chair­ man and Vaughn Lewis will lead the group singing. Reservations should be- made at the county agent’s office by Saturday noon. PICKERING^AGAIN HEADS COUNTY BEEKEEPERS— ’ Carl Pickering of Jamestown was re-elected president: of the Greene County Beekeepers association at the annual meeting' last week. Otheroffi- cers •re-elected were Joe Hamer of Osborn, vice president and S. K. Sim- ison, Spring ^Valley, secretary-treas­ urer. W. E. Dunham, extension apiar­ ist of the Ohio State University and Chas. A: Reese, in charge of the Ohio Bee Inspection service o f the State Department of Agriculture discussed Spring Management problems. Mr. Simison reported that 224 apiaries in the county were inspected for Amer-- icain Foul Brood last year. • ■ BROWN SWISS BREEDERS TO MEET, MARCH 2 4 - Brown Swiss Dairy cattlemen in Canton five, consisting ..of- twelve counties in this area are planning a 'district meeting at Eaton, in confer­ ence with - R. W. Jjtumbo of Beloit, Wisconsin, national fieldman o f the Brown Swiss breed. The meeting will be held in the Court House Auditor­ ium at 1:00 o’clock Friday, March-24. C..L. Blackman of Ohio State Univer­ sity .will also speak to the assembly. SEIZUREFARM CORNINCRIB NOW POSSIBILITY The New Deal wanted 650,000 bushels o f corn about a week ago for lend lease. Grain men in the big mar­ ket in Chicago did not have that much corn in storage for immediate delivery. The New Deal waited sev­ eral days and the commission men could not find the corn even in country elevators that was for sale. There soon arose a smoke over Washington from the blasphemy, let loose against the hoard by farmers. When the die- • tutors under the New Deal do not get what they want, when they .want it, they resort to Hitler and Stalin methods. Ch.c.ago grain men were called to Washington, for a conference -between the war food administration, Com­ modity Credit corporation,-represen­ tatives o f farm groups, and indus­ trial users o f com. * The New Dealers were mad,-mad at the ,American farmer for. not giving , _ away his corn at a ceiling o f $1.11 * cent price, about .production cost. Some New Dealers suggested that the government seize the corn in all farm cribs and place it. under con* trol. The -big grain dealers admitted they were helpless as farmers would not sell corn at the ceiling price. The grain men endorsed the seizure idea if the government had to have com immediately, A few government agents being po­ litically minded suggested that now , was not the time to even suggest r seizure (due to the .November elec- 1 tion). Others suggested farmers be required to register the corn through the. AAA and have a certain part es­ timated for bushels and subject to seizure at ceiling price when needed. In answer to many like' suggestions the experienced grain men argued ; a proposal of forcing all country elevators to set aside 20 to 25 per cent o f all corn now in storage and a like amount o f future corn that far- tners might store, did not aid in sol­ ving the1immediate need for corn, Representatives of com processors present reported plants were shutting down due a serious shortage o f corn. The amount of corn in storage in the-* elevators of the nation is said to be the smallest since March 1937, The New Dealers refused to even consider a request for increasing the ceiling price o f com to- draw from farm cribs. Chicago, grain operators p r e -, diet.if the government gets com at ceiling prices il will.have to^be com-, mandered under war. time powers of the President. This was not regarded . possible until after, the November election. If this was an o ff election year the prediction was made that all corn in the nation would be. placed under government control within a week’s time. PROLIFIC PORKER FARROWS WHEAT PROSPECTS GOOD- 27 PIGS IN RECORD LITTER AKRON— A Duroc Jersey brood sow hit* a possible record high in pork discharges were filed in 1942, but the pro(luction when she-farrowed 27 pigs number jumped to 64 in 1943 and 48 flt fche John F fiee8e farm< gwine Administration for War. w M * rla im l? »«1 * “ ' » » * • “ d « * « , ' * ■ * Z have been recorded to-date this year, including 51 in February. The recent increase in number of papers filed is attributed to exservice experts said the litter was the largest of which they had heard. The event was clouded, however, because 11 of the pigs were injured fatally when i interest. APRIL 14 Be sure to keep this date in mind for the Seniors. * • • such action is necessary to conserve, dwihgling gasoline supplies. Mid-1 West crude oil and gasoline reserves) have been dropping in recent months, since th'e openings of the pipe lines to the Ejast,' which carry the valuable i . : X oil and gasoline right through the cen- j S e l e c t i v e p e r V lC C l O tral part of the .nation tor delivery to, gpee(j x)p Draft Calls the Eastern sdaboard. . As a result-! “ - - , tion for all the country except the easterp seaboard where the “ A” ra­ tion had been cut to two gallons weekly. men- applying for mustering-out pay. i pr0]jfjc porker rolled on them. Mr. and Mrs. Beese reported all ap­ parently were healthy at birth. many-Mid-West refineries are closed or running part time, and gasoline production in that area has dropped o ff better than two hundred thousand ^ ‘ between thc rot3-iatrrtnt’s barrels per day. Last week the ben -, State selective headquarters has announced a new plan, effective at. oiicd, to eliminate the four o f fivedny prein- ,, . !<!i!ction physical examination and no- ate voted to hold an investigation of | the entire oil and gasoline situation, j The "ced.up af f ects' Ohio only. It The Petroleum Committee ° f ,^1Ciwas worked Out by the Fifth service House will meet this week to consuleiv nl Ft, Hayes an() state se_ a resumption of its hearings on the ]c,ctiw s>ervice headquarters so the , production, distribuUanjjnc]I .vntigninj^.1.0Kistranl,.wouid ]<now almost immed-_ of oil and gasoline, ity both committees will make an endeavor to ascertain how necessary this latest cut in gasoline rations may be. Ohio’s senior Senator, Robert A. Taft, has long been considered one of the most able members of thc United States Senate, His ability and lead­ ership were recognized last week when his colleagues selected him to serve as chairman of thc all-important Steering Committee o f the Republican Senate grouii. This Committee will fix party policy and map out- party strategy on all legislation coming (C ontinued O n P age F our ) t it \ ..ciiMisCBistrant--' In all pro in - iatolv jf ]ie wcre acccptcd and also to make accepted men available for ser­ vice sooner, Assistant State Director Gol. II. E. Boucher states. Heretofore the-draft .Status notifi­ cation was held up at the induction station until the blood analysis was received, usually four or five days: Under thc new plan, Boucher said. the registrant's medical report will bo sent to his draft board ns soon as the examination is completed and the registrant will receive his notifi­ cation within 24 hours after his ex­ amination. Results of thc blood test will be forwarded later. Registrants will continue to hatte a minimum of 21 days between mailing o f their notification and induction. Lt. Galloway Now . At Arlington, Va. Lt, Dorothy Anne Galloway, who has been stationed at Fort.Desmoines Jowa, with, the Women’s Army Corps, a daughter of Mr. an if Mrs. W. W Galloway of this place, has entered upon her new duties as a member of a WAC unit assigned to the Army Signal Corps at Arlington, Va. A teacher at the Mad River Twp, School, Dayton, O., prior to her enlist­ ment in thc Corps in October, 1942 Lt. Galloway has been on recruiting duty nhd also was an- instructor at tlic former Second WAC Training Center, Daytona *Beaoh, Fla. For the past two months she has been on tern porary duty at First WAC Training. Center, Fort Des Moines, la, Her father, Mr. Wilson W, Gallp Way Of this place, was a captain in the Ordnance Division during the first World War- and served over seas in Stance and for a time with thc Army of Occupation in Germany. Her uncle, Major Charles E. Galloway, is in the Medical Corps at Fort Oglethorpe, Gn. • ' - To become eligible they are required to submit their original discharge pa­ pers, so they record them first as a precautionary measure in case the originals arc not"returned to them. BUY AND HOLD “ E” BONDS I K The wheat crop continues to improve frm reports over the county. Sub- stnntinl improvement from •previous condition^ created by lack of moisture heavy _snows and the plentiful sup­ ply of ruins have restored the mois­ ture, Winter injury has not been grunt In uny area. Got rid of the roosters in the poul­ try flock unless the eggs are for hatch- ng. Roosters eat feed that could bet­ ter go to the laying hens. The- feed situation is tighter. The best use of feed is ,to convert it into eggs. Cull out the old hens too, the birds that are over two years old and not earning their keep, B6th roosters and' old hens are more valuable in the soup kettle and salad bowl than they are as non-paying boarders in the poul­ try flock, . , To lay well the hens need a, good quality laying mash fed in the right quantity; It is better to feed 75 hens well than it is to divide .the same quantity of,feed among 150 birds. A full fed hen has the extra energy to keep her egg manufacturing plant go­ ing. R. B. Howard Joins — BrickerPress Forces Raymond B. .Howard, Second As­ sistant Conservation Commissioner .of Ohio and President of tlje Ohio News­ paper Association, joined the Bricker- for- President publicity department, Monday. He was granted a leave of absence by Don Waters, Conserva­ tion Commissioner. Mr. Howard has served as Public Relations Director of the Ohio Divi­ sion of Conservation and Natural Re­ sources and two years ago was pro­ moted to Second Assistant Commis­ sioner. Oliver Hartley,, for many years editor o f the Ohio Conservation Bulletin, will sc'rve as Acting Public Relations Director during the absence of Mr. Howard. Mr. Howard is pub­ lisher of the Madison Press at Lon­ don, Ohio, and is a former President * of the National Editorial Association. mm —BUY WAfc BONDS TODAY. Your REDCROSS isathisside MORE FARM SUPPLIES ARE NOW AVAILABLE-, Supplies needed tor agricultural production are more pldfftiful than a year ago, however greater amounts of fertilizer, lime and spray materials will mean little- unless farmers re member thnt the goods have to-be or­ dered early enough to get through thc transportation bottle neck. More new tractors will be sold than in 1043, but the supply will not meet the demand. More hay and harvest­ ing equipment will be on thc market.; Wire fonbing supplies will be back to almost prewar quantities with the ex­ ception o f poultry netting. Dairy and ( C o n t in u e d O n P age F our ) State Highway Kept Highways Open The month of March has given this section of the country a variety o f ■ weather, Older citizens say they can­ not recall an equinoctial period of ice, rain and snow a t ; the some time, Sunday was one of the worst days of the winter and traveling was just as dangerous duo to sleet and icy roads: There was no school or college Mon­ day due to dangetous travel. By the evening the temperature had risen to a point where much of the ice dis­ appeared from the roads. Several months ago the State High­ way department took over the streets in.villages connecting Routes 42 and 72 and agreed to keep them clear o f ice and snow for through, traffic. The roads were cleared o f ice and snow by Monday afternoon as were &gnia ave. and Main streets* V.