The Cedarville Herald, Volume 67, Numbers 27-52

m , -JLJ* ■V mm m M p 4 / «" & Americans For America — America For Americans •wwmfm-' Tm*m tm *m t t* ■ W m m . M m J u m r k m * * * • XTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 29. Z err=5$m#B5a * ta C E D A R V I L L B , O H I O , F R I D A Y , J U N E I d , 1 9 4 4 PRICE, ?1.50 A YEAR CONGRESSIONAL HAPPENINGS IN WASHINGTON By CLARENCE J. BROWN - Member^of-Gongress, A L q j t fG F A R M F R O N T E, A, Drake, Co. Agricultural Agent SOIL SAMPLES TESTER FREE Farmers interested in having soil samples tested are urged to bring them to the State Soils Testing Lab- atory which will visit Xenia,’ Friday; June 10. Dr. F J. Salter and E. P. Reed o f Ohio State University will accompany the laboratory to make soils and •crops recommendations. Laboratory technicians will deter­ mine the active calcium, acidity, avail­ able phosphorus and available potash in each soil sample and from this an­ alysis specific fertilizers and liming practices ■for ■various crops can be made. The laboratory was secured by the Agricultural Extension Service nnd will he set up in the rear of the AAA office and all testing nnd re- "omnjending is made without charge. TAMACIAN LABORERS ARRIVE THURSDAY— One hundred seventy five .Tamacian "arm laborers are scheduled to arrive (t-the Farm Labor camp at Bryan ■itate. Park, Thursday, June 15. The non will board themselves anti return o the camp each night. A wage rate D Day brought mingled and varied reactions on Capitol Hill. Members if Congress listened to the radio an­ nouncements and read the short and i terse press dispatches on the bulletin boards with avid interest. The House convened at 11:00 A. M on- D. Day, at which time Chaplain James Shorn Montgomery lead the national legisla­ tors in a program of prayer for the gallent young Americans and their allies who were at that moment fight­ ing their way onto the soil of Europe, The Congress tlfin took up its legis­ lative work where it had left o ff the- day before. There was nothing else, to do on the-home front but to carry on. More than half o f the Members of Congress have sons in America's fight ing forces; ^Irqady a dozen or more have made the supreme sa crifice - killed in action.. Many are serving with the invasion forces, while others are now fightingt in Italy or in the South Pacific. Consequently many Members o f the Congress have a deep personal' interest, as well as a patriot­ ic onej in the exploits of our fig'hting •men. Out in-the lobbies o ff the House and Senate chambers huge war maps are set up, and bulletins from the War and Navy Departments and press associations are posted at frequent in­ tervales: for it is by this means that Members keep in constant touch with the latest, war developments while carrying on their legislative work. As predicted last week, Adminis­ trative forces were able to forestall and prevent the adoption of legisla­ tion that would make mandatory im­ mediate court martial proceedings’ a- gainst, Admiral ■Kimmel nnd General Short', who were in command in Ha­ waii at the time of Pearl Harbor. In­ stead, the time for holding such court martial would prove a great part of of the responsibility for the ■ Pearl Harbor tragedy of December 7, 1941 rested with high government officials I other than Adbiral Kimmel and Gen-j ALABAMA WORKERS eral Short. One thing does-seem evi-J AVAILABLE-— dent—the public has not yet been to ld , the whole truth, about Pearl Harbor. ; Experienced farm workers Martin H. Bartels Will Leave Here For Cincinnati School Post •MARTIN If. BARTELS • Supt. M, .H. -Bartels of the public •schools is to leave his work hero and has accepted a position with the Cin- j cinnati Board of Education.’ Supt. Bartels notified the •local board two weeks ago of his offer but no official ,f 50c per hour has been set for these announcement could be made until the vorkers. from the time of arrival t o , n.cl',nna*'* Board • took -official action, 'caving the farm. Farmers interested , w’1’ c’5 'vas c’one Monday of this week. ;n using these men are asked to notify ' Mr, Bartels will be research assist- lie county agent's office, since orders Sant on the administration staff of the will be given preference as received. 4-II CAMP FACULTY SCIIOOl Camp Clifton faculty members who will assist with the various 4-II _cluh • ■-amp to he held at this camp during j July and August will meet air the , 1Springfield YMCA, Friday, June- 16, ( 'or their h-aining meeting. The meet-j |',ng opens with registration at 10:00' | \. M. and closes at 3:30 P. M. ■ Instructors include C. C. Lang and 1Eva Kinsey, Asst, state club leaders, [ ind R. Br.uee Tom, recreation leader, i ill of Ohio State University; Pauline ; Mills, home demonstration agent . of j Ahampaipn county-; It. It. Starhuck. (county agent o f Logan county; and Mrs. Severn! Peterson of Clinton Co. Cincinnati schools, effective July 1. Ilis work will be administrative. Mr, Bartels came to Cedarville two years ago from the Adanisville school in Muskingum County, where he was I located seven years. With his wife and two sons, Robert and Richard, they will be located shortly in the Queen City. - A'ernon 0. Juillerat, head of the i physical education department for-the last year has Offered his resignation to accept a similar one with the Jef- j Person township 'school near Dayton. ' He is. a native of Hillsboro and has I •been in school work for 21 years. He ■is a meinbgr of the LePetite French • ' Society in Washington, D. C. j I A third resignation is that of Mrs. Lucile Tanner Coliins, head of the high school commercial department for the past three years. She has- ‘de­ cided to enter war work. Her place has not been filled by the board. - Mr. Harry Wallace, coach of the ! Postwar Plan Group Is Organized For Greene County At a meeting o f the Greene County Postwar Planning Commission Tues­ day evening in Xenia, Ralph 0 . Spain- chairman of the board of county com­ missioners, was chosen chairman of the group. The plan is to provide a program o f projects and improvements so as to provide employment for workers in the readjustment period following the war. Similar commissions are be­ ing set up in other Ohio counties 'un­ der the Ohio Postwar Program Com­ mission, appointed by Qov. John W. Bricker, with Lt. Gov. Paul M. Her­ bert as chairman. . The county commission is composed of Commissioners Spahr, Charles F. Greer and Hugh Turnbull, with W.C. Iliff, Cedarville; Charles Beaver, of Beavercreek Twp., arid J. H. Horner, Yellow Springs, named for three years; Earl Ritejjour, Ross Twp.; Thurman Middleton, Caesarcreek Twp. and James Byrd, Xenia Twp,, two-year terms; and J. R. Penewit, Bellbrook, and George E. Warren, Osborn, one-y,ear terms. Mr. Horner was named secretary of the group. The. commission is empowered to employ engineers and others to for­ mulate its program And any expenses incurred will be paid from appropria- tions set aside for this purpose by the county -commissioners. No projects ha.ve.been. outlined as yet hut will be taken up probably at the next meeting, of -the group. W . B . M c C R E S N E Y TDEDUCATOR ANDCITIZEN WILBERT RENWICK McCHESNEY fr.om |Alabama will be available for work j Ross Twp. Sc hools- has been elected to ! By the time this column appears in 1on Greene Count- farms from July V i head the physical education depart- print the House will have finished , to September I. The workers are j nient of the local schools. consideration of the bill to extend the ' white and can live either in camps, or | — — ;— ------- — life o f the Price Control Act, under 1farm- homes and are to be paid 40c- i « f t A which the Office of Price Administra- ; per hour plus board and room Trarls- , K eC l l/F O S S W a n t S I,Ul|U tion functions.'- However,-before th e , portation, health examination arid f * 4 • bill can finally be sent to the Presi- i medical care will be supplied at no t 1 3 1 0 0 U U O I lO r S 111" A l l g . dent for his consideration, differences j expense to the fartjner. A contract : —------- between the House and Senate ver- j must be signed by. the employer be­ fore workers are delivered. Contracts Cedarville Soldier Gets Purple Heart _ : __ » • „ • Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Swaney, o f the Columbus pike, have been inform­ ed that thelr^son, Tech. Fifth Grade, Clifton E. Swaney, was injured over seas and that the Purple Heart is be­ ing, sent to the parents. It is said Swaney was recently in­ jured on the left arm and head by a charge of sharpnel from a bursting shell, but forty-eight hours later he was again on duty. He is said to have been at the Anzio Beachhead He has been overseas two yenrj* and was shot in the knee while in North African service by anptlier Ajnerican soldier. He has been in the a¥my the past four years. LIFE REVIEW OF DR. W. R. McCHESNEY By DR. F. A. JURKAT sions o f the new law must be in con­ ference committee^ and it will be at least another week, before the country will know just what new limitations or restrictions, if any have been plac­ ed upon bureaucratic activities of the OPA as a result o f the new legisla­ tion. A mobile unit of the Cincinnati IHamilton County Red Cross blood must cover at .least a 30 day period, .donor service will make its eighth However, if Workers' are unable to ad- j visit to the county at -Xenia for a five- just themselves to the work assigned, j day period, Aug. 15 to’ Aug. 19. The they will be returned to Alabama, af- .visit had been scheduled for Aug 1-5 ter three trials with different employ-J (>ut the dates were changed in order ees in the county. MAXIMUM POULTRY PRICES the county fair not to conflict with that week. ' The quotn for the visit is 1,000 do- Hho-Rod-Crossmfficmls-Kaid this number of volunteers must be Along the political front it is re­ ported Eleanor Roosevelt will spend FOR JUNE the Slimmer Vacation and Autumn The maximum prices which farmers signed up within the next six weeks quietly at,her home* in Hyde Park, may charge on retail sales to ultimate lo r the unit will not visit the county. New York, where she will keep out consumers for the month of June have ! The last vis it of the unit was far o f the public eye as much as possible! been issued by the O f A. The live- j *>om satisfactory as only 550 donors all as a result o f the growing revolt j weight price for broilers and friers! of the requested' 1 .000 appeared. The in the South against the Fourth term, i is 306 cents per pound and the table |appeal is a worthy one, in fact ncces- Howcver, many of those who have dressed price is 58.2c. ■ The roasters 1nary to support the injured in army watched the activities of the First and light capon fiveweight pri-e is [ service. Register right Away. :16.6c and the table dressed price is i ---------- --------------- 558c per pound. Hens are 32.4c and Farmer Takes Life With His Own Rifle .Sitting on a bed in1the farm home which he shared with his brother, Charles Real, 71, placed a .22 rifle to his mouth and shot himself Monday afternoon'., Investigation'was made by Sheriff Walton Spahr and Dr. H. C, Schick, the latter holding suicide as the motive. The deceased was a bachelor and had teen ill for several months. The brother, William, entered the home after henring the shot. The farm is in Sugarcreek Twp. Besides the brother a sister survives. Wilbert Renwick McChesney, was born on a farm near Rose Point, Lawrence County, Pa.,, on July 7, 1871. In 1884 thq family removed to New Galilee, Pn„ where be finished his elementary schooling. In 1887 he entered Greensburg Acadamy, Dar­ lington, Pa.-, famohs as the institution where William H. McGiiffey received his secondary education: Here Dr. McChesney attended two years, en­ abling him to enter the Sophomore year at Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio, from which he was graduated- in 18.02 with second honors, in a class of scholastic giants. During his sen­ ior year -he also taught Latin and Greek, and upon graduation was im­ mediately elected professor of that chair, which he occupied the next two yjears. ' • On the inauguration o f Cedarville College in 1804; he was elected senior professor atvthat institution,, continu­ ing to teach Latin and Greek, and add­ ing thereto .Philosophy and kjpdred Subjects. His powers and responsi­ bilities amounted to that of dean,, without the Specific title, From that moment on. Cedarville College was the, center of his existence, and “its pros­ perity his chief aim in life. For fifty years he continued to teach in Cedar­ ville College, the culmination being the banquet in his ; honor given at ;Herwas-e- Lady during the past years insist it will take more thna a political revolu- K rn m iui M.V 01 U- ..................C hA u rri C /v f tion to keep her at home—and espoe- [50.4c while roosters are 27.6 and 43,2 j V a r l e i y o f lO W O p t tally to keep her quiet, Another po-j cents respectively, litical report current here is that the j — President will make no direct cam For June 29 paign for re-election, but will, instead spend much time in England and lib­ erated France prior to the election;, perhaps with the thought that his presence there will impress the Amer­ ican people with the idea his continu­ ation in office is necessary during the War emergency nnd the peace nego­ tiations that will follow—or, at least that is what his political advisors are hoping. It is also reported that the President plans on becoming more na­ tionalistic in his talk and actions ns the weeks go by, and that such a bourse would undoubtedly aid his can­ didacy in the great Mid-West. BERRY CROP TO BE EARLY From reports wc get we are to have one of the biggest blackberry crops eral years. The crop will be ten days this year that has been know for sev- earlier than usual and the hushes are now in fill! bloom and with the early varieties the berries are now formed. Blackberry pie! One of the- few kinds the modern cooks have never found a way to spoil. RESEARCH c l u b p ic n ic , FRIDAY EVENING. JUNE 30 ' • V The annual Research Club picnic will be held Friday evening at 7:30, prompt, on the lawn at the home of Mr. arid Mrs. W. W. Galloway, Xenia •ire. CATTLE FEEDING COSTS U P f- ■ The result of the4 cattle feeding tests at Madison County Experiment Farm show that the. average cost per 100 pounds of grain when corn silage Was fed was $13.05. In a similar lot if cattle where corgo silage was fed, the cost was $15.58. When no silage was used and corn and cob meal was fed, the- cost was $17,83 per hundred pounds. The-cost of gain on these cattle was’ much higher than a year ago due to higher feed costs The gain on the corn silage fed cattle was $3.51 per cwt. .more than last year while the sorgo silage fed cattle cost $2.73 per c-wt. more. This is one of the reasons why the number of cattle In feedlots is extremely, small, BEAN BI3TTLES PLENTIFUL— Indications arc that the Mexican bean beetle will be more injurious to victory garden beans this year than in 1043. The insect is appearing ear­ lier and in larger numbers than last years. The best insecticide is a 0.5 percent otenone applied evenly on the under side of the leaves with a duster. Two ounces of dust, will cover from 50 to 75 feet of n ws of hush beans, depend­ ing on their size. Applications need not be made when dew is on Rotenone with a sulfur carrier is preferable for beans. A Variety Show, sponsored by the High Jinks Club and directed by Mrs. Ann Collins Smith, is to be presented June 20 at 8:30 at the opera house, The show will high-light two one- nrt. plays, “ The Antics o f Spring’’, and “ Blue Teapot." The cast for the first play includes William Hall, Mar­ tin Weimer, Barbara Smith, Clara Galloway, Jean Bradfute, George Abels. For the second play the fol­ lowing, William Ferguson, Janet Wil­ liamson, Helen Williamson, William Trvine, Paul Strewing. There will.be n soda i fountain net with Roger Ulsh in the lead, A Frank Sinatra-Ring Crosby contest; a co'rn- cdy jitterbug with Kenny Huffman as the star; patriotic scene nnd cow­ boy quintette. FRED DOBBINS PATIENT IN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Mr. Fred Dobbins, prominent far­ mer, underwent a major operation at University Hospital, Columbus, Tues­ day. He is reported as being in good condition. Mrs. Dobbins has boon with him for several days, TAMES HOWARD FINNEY NOW FIRST LIEUTENANT ^ ______ - Word has been received here by Mrs. E. E. Finney thnt her son, James Howard Finney/ has been given the rank of First Lieutenant in the 330th Bomb Group, now stationed near Del hart, Texas. 'r' groups as groups. Hence ,his appeal to the individual man. He did not have to be told that a man that hath friends must show himself friendly. That was a native part o f his mental endowment, and came forth as spon­ taneously as water from a spring. Constraint and formality had no part in his* mental makeup. People who met him for the first time felt as com­ pletely at ease in his presence as if they had known him for years. He was affable without; being-, fa ­ miliar, courteous without being ob- sequois, and obliging without having an ax to grind. Born and raised in plain home, his head was not turned when success came to him. His friends in youth were his friends in old age, and his new -young friends of later days f<*It that he was young with them. ’ He was constantly trying new things, and exploring new fields of thought and action, but at the same time re­ taining what was worth while in the old. He believed in proving all things and holding fast to . that which is good. This golden mean between conservatism and radicalism enabled his mind to be firmly, rooted in the e- ternal verities; but at the. same time offered unlimited room for expansion into the upper reaches o f human ac­ tivity. - -—Dg._McChesnev was a natural-born orator. From his earliest childhood this tendency manifested itself and could not be repressed. As he grew Xenia a few nicnths ago. lected Vice-President in 1909 -Dean in 1013, nnd President in 1015, succeed­ ing upon the retirement of Dr. David McKinney. For the next twenty-fiveJ older, formal training gave accurate years he directed the fortunes of that institution, retiring at his The death of Wilbert Renwick Me Chesney, D, D., at University Hospi­ tal, Columbus, early Tuesday morn­ ing, brought a pall o f gloom over the community realizing a "First Citizen” had been taken not only from the community, hut from the ' religious circles and the public schools as well as Cedarville College, where he had given of his energy and effort fo r a full fifty years; From the first re­ ports of his illness his hundreds o f friends sought inquiry daily fo r re­ ports on his condition. He-had suf­ fered an attack o f the grip and after attending the one day session o f the legislature to pass the soldier voting law, he returned home but with a new attack with complications that his weakened body could not stand. Dr. McChesney had an abiding: faith in his work in the class room, the pul­ pit. and on the platform. He lived each day what he preached and what he taught as well as what he advocated for the uplift of his fellow citizens. His presence and his influence will b e . sadly missed by all, not only locally but in the county and state. In view o f the authentic/ review o f the life work of Dr. McChesney tay his - life-long friend and associate, Dr. F; A. Jurkat, there is little we can add to that record, i: The funeral service was held from the First Presbyterian Church, Thurs­ day afternoon, there being many of his associates in the field of educa­ tion, the ministry,, the citizenry and from the. official life of county and state, as well as the host of fellow citizens with whom he met daily. . The funeral service opened with the reading of the scripture by Rev. Gav­ in Reilly, D. D., Columbus, followed by prayer by Rev. Paul Elliott o f the local congregation. Dr. F. A. Jurkat read the obituary as a life-long friend and associate in-the class room of Cedarville College'and as a minister o f the Gospel. Rev. jIV. W. Iliff, an alumnus, cjf Cedarville College and a former pastor- in Chicago, spoke o f the deceased covering the span o f life as he knew him from class room to pulpit and platform. Pres. Ira D. Vayhinger Cedarville College, applied the successful life of Dr. McChesney and his fifty years of unselfish ser­ vice and devotion to . Cedarville Col­ lege to the second half century o f the institution that is to carry on \he in­ fluence of-“Dr. McChesney and the foundation he has laid. Rev. Sherry of the First Reformed Church, Xenia, representing the Min­ isterial Association, gave the closing prayer.' Music was furnished during the ser­ vice by a quartette composed o f Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Turnbull, Mrs. W a l-/ ter Corry. and Mr. John Powers, with Mrs, Rankin McMillan at the organ.’ Ten members of the House o f Rep­ resentatives find one Senator from the Fifth-Sixth District, were honorary pal) bearers and represented the State of Qhio-officially^-They—were: Rep- resentatives Thomas Stevens, Jack Woods, Gilbert A. Morris, Montgom- . IM P O R T A N T A N N O U N C E M E N T W E E K O F JUNE 2 3 , 1 9 4 4 j e of Friday, J In the issu une' 23rd will appear not only a special announcement but a very unusual 0119 to all readers and patrons.. It will be some­ thing new for the Herald, and something this paper has never attempted before. Wait for the coming announcement on Fri­ day, June 23rd. LIEUT. JOSEPH W. WADDLE Joseph W Waddle, son of Mr, and Mrs Roy Waddle, who is stationed at Birmingham, Ala., Air Base, has been promoted to the rank of 1st Lieuten­ ant. own re- [ quest in his seventieth year. He was given the title of President Emeritus, and continued his teaching duties as usual until his fifty years of service had bepn rounded out. His natural abilities as an.interest- ing teacher had long since come to the attention of the College of Woos­ ter, and he was employed there dur­ ing summer sessions intermittently front IO o T j to 1014, The teacher-stu­ dents carried his name over the’ state* and he became known by reputation to multitudes that never saw him. Honorary degrees oame to him thick and fast: A. M. from Franklin Col­ lege in 1894; Ph. D. from Franklin College in 1006; D. D. from Tarkio College in 1015; and LL. "D. from Ce­ darville College in 1040," as a parting honor upon his retirement from the presidency In 1013. when the Reformed Pres- bytorinn Theological Seminary was removed from Philadelphia to Gedar- villo, the added duties of-membership in that faculty were added to him. For thirty-one years he taught Greek and Systematic-Theology and related sub­ jects to groups of consecrated young men, many of whom are peers to graduates of much larger seminaries* and ail of whom admit their indebted- nes - to him for their " knowledge of theology, and for what measure of success that they have had-as- preach ers and pastors. Upon .the death ’ o f Dr, J. L. Chesnut in 1018, Dr, McChesney beenme also Dean o f the seminary, which office he held until his dentil, Dr. McChesney was n versatile man, personally ami officially. He knew hy instinct that men are individuals iand must be treated as such. Ho knew [that no man can'exert influence upon ’ direction to the development of this talent, but had nothing to add to its native, force. Eighty performances in three years is his record in college literary society, and from this to his first sermon in 1893 was a natural step. The majority of his public speaking was from the pulpit, and the moral cast appropriate to this branch of eloquence was manifested in all his addresses and speeches out­ side of the pulpit. .He had an exten sive vocabulary, as mastery of sen­ tence structure, and a store-house o f imagery; and by wide reading he was continually adding new ideas, which assimilated themselves, as it wercs in­ to his mental system. He had the rare gift of keeping the outline of his speeches in his head, progressing-from one point to the next in so natural and easy manner, that those who did not know him must have imagined that he had written out the speech and com­ mitted it word for word. His favorite speech was on Lincoln, which lie de­ livered many times* and which called forth the acclaim -of the Ohio Legis­ lature ihhen he was called upon to de­ liver it before them. In profession* Dr. McChesney must be classed as a clorgyyman, although he never hold a charge. The McChes­ ney family is a notable one in the ari- ntils of the Scotch Reformation. At an early age he joined the church o f his family at New Galilee, Pa., the Now Light Reformed Presbyterian (New Light Covenanter), under the pastorate of Rev. Alexander Savage, who held that charge over fifty years, One of Dr. Savage’s self-imposed du­ ties was the turning of promising young men to the ministry, and open­ ing his library to their use. Small wonder then* that with home influence (Continued on Pag* Three) (Continued on page thre»\ Disposal Plant Has Been Revived By Village Council A special meeting o f council was held Tuesday evening, when the ques­ tion o f the sewerage disposal plant was revived. Attorneys Marcus McCallister o f . Smith, MqCailistei & Gibney, village solicitors, and Marcus Shoup, repre­ senting Mr. H, A. Tyson, were .pres­ ent, with Engineer R. T. Parrish, Dayton, also present. The latter had prepared the plans and specifications and made surveys for the project un­ der authority of a resolution passed by council some months ago. He ask­ ed that council sign his contract <for the work completed but council de­ clined at this time, The village has been using the old paper mill reservoirs for sewerage disposal, the land now being owned by Mr. Tysoft. More than fi year'ago he notified council that he desired the open ditch bo closed and arrange­ ments be made for a more sanitary plan as it was a damage to his prop­ erty the way it was operated. This led to adopting plans for a dis­ posal plant and bids were received by the village hut far above the estimate of the engineer. The labor situation caused contractors to bid high. Then it developed that the government probably would not permit labor fo r a new improvement and some critical material necessary was under prior­ ity, A committee composed o f Walter Cummings, G. H. Hartman and, Char­ les Towjnslcy was named to confer with Mr. Tyson. ■ j *-*n