The Cedarville Herald, Volume 68, Numbers 1-26

s d a ru iU e Americans For America— America For Americans mmm bijv t m \ SKYY-BK3HTH YEAR No. 6 CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5,1945 PRICE, 5L50 A YEAR ■WHWWilWm lutmames n ttSWON HyCLARENCE J. BROWN Member df Congress The bureaucrats in the Office of PriceAdmiriistration gave the house­ wives efAfUertCa a long to be remem- MnM Christmas g ift by announcing resumption'o'f rationing on meataiand cabbed foods effective a t midnight ChrfttWU* D*y, w lthall red and bine ■ItUmjpa issued prior to the first Decem­ ber declared htoli and void in spite of previous assurances such stamps would be gppd'indefinitCly, Rationing of the items ocvered had been suspend ed Sept, 17th, tast. At that time it Was openly charged by many Members of Congress (and predicted in this column) the rationing restrictions effective December 1st but were in­ structed by higher-ups to delay action month. There is just as much food ' available today as there Was in Sep­ tember. Either the food items con­ cerned Should not have been taken off ; restrictions before the greatest blund- der made By OPA wsb in voiding ra­ tion sta'ihps issued before December 1st. 'Hdifsewives Were assured abso­ lutely heeded. The ones who ignored the OFA' requests and bought their food regularly 'are the gainers,' while those who trusted the word of the gov­ ernment agency‘have been mode to suffer. Unquestionably most house- Wlyes WlU Uot place much credence in fdftfre UFA'announcements, and will Use ‘their ration coupons as they be­ come valid, Incidently, dPA late last week refused to give assurances the present ■stamps, now valid, Will be food after'March 1st. asuMe 1 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Estate of Samuel W. .Hartman, De­ ceased. 1701106 is hereby given that Walter Hartman has been duly appointedas Executor of the estate of Samuel W. Hartman, deceased, late of Cedarville Township, Greene County, Ohio. Dated this 29th day of December, 1944. r WILLIAM B. McCALLlSTER, Judge of the Probate Court, 'Greene Comity, Ohio. ■ • *. d iv o r c e "SUITS Owen Ellison asks divorce from, his wjfe, Lealia, charging neglect. Both reside a t Jamestown and they have four children. They were married a t Hillsboro, Sept. 5,1917. The plaintiff asks that defendant be barred from interest in his property. EariClark seeks divorce from Mar­ tha Clark, whose address is unknown to him. They were married March 22, 1937. FILES PARTITION SUIT Partitiori'of real estate in Osborn is agked in an action brought by Grace B. Cook against Marion A. Cook, Os­ born; GRANTS JUDGMENT Judgment for $200- on a note was allowed the plaintiff in a suit filed by the First National Bank, Osborn, a- ^ainst Lorena Bastin and others, DIVORCE GRANTED Clara B. Peterson was awarded a divorce from J. L. Peterson and-.given custody of two .minor children. A prop erty settlement entered into by both parties was approved by the court, . _JTo ju stify the imposition -of much stricter'food rationing (which some ' '(fliSrge has been done to-take the pub­ lic mind pff, the war losses) WFA and OPA officials are putting 6ut nu­ merous statements to the effect that a shortage in food is a t hand, including . products. So perhaps it' might be well topoirttout that in 19441Amer- i«*prodoeed-mope food than a t any tilde % our entire history, evCnsur- ;^tssjng tpe record-breaking crop year ofi942. "Itwili also be remembered ago farthers WWe unable to dispose of their hogs. (Less1 than 90 days ago we had to wait '•Itiorethuh a week before, we could market hogs from our farm, due, we dre told, to glutted market conditions). As a feBUltbf this situation War Food . Administration, officials called Upon ! ‘the fartnerso f the nation to- reduce their bbgproduction. NoW .We -are {Ming told there is a shortage Of pork. \ i simply does net make sense. . RCcCnt reverses and heaVy losses on tlte’-$ifa£terri Front, have resulted in a big increase in the number>of men "‘scheduled to be inducted into the aTm- red forces under Selective SeTVic dur­ ing t h f Rext three Pf four njpnthg Only the most essential workers- un« d t r the Age of twenty-five will be de­ ferred from military service, ‘Tens of thousands of young men in the tWpn- tjf-slk* to th irty age bracket will b0 -taken while-many between thei ages of thirty and thirty-seven can ekpect to <$})<$. Ajipy causualti^—|the re- ..jpyt# of whigh had beep hold hp prigr to wprg made hvaiiat# two day* later and show an increase . ef some sixty-thm thousand in two ' Weeks ending lleoomber 14th, Total Army casualties up to that dfcte weto 947,839,-Which included 109,961 killed 93,702 wounded, and 99,166 prisoners - i f W ir NaVy 'Casualties total 80,618; Including 81,182 killed, 9,010 missihg jta action, $6,942 wounded, and 4,484 prisObersof war—or a grahd total ■ruiuahy Hst of 028,441 This total ■em hot indude any of the Casualties 'Sfcffertd ke.a result of"- the German 5t o M i ifity titi tfie Western ‘Front, *p,r th j'te ^ jjie b» # that P ? beeh w*?* ^ f a K u t o p a f iRCf; fWth rporo and more stories -f>? frMsfe.' extravagance and downright scandal Coming to light in connection Wfththe fjendc|<e§*e,'it is fcding P11" 1- f a d the Adwifii»tratiqn policy makers «f« workjpg out 4 P}*P to dto? toS ^Rd-Lesse'", ftnj 0ha?>8« wg Pfpgram oivgr so it m?y fee dsed| afteP the w#?to it* bgtiohs up hi MrtoM withAmerican 8 iiapc«» cquljhn*nt and good*-on what would ho pwtically a diftf bahls, A propaganda fcampeifh will soon be started to convince the American people it i» ju*t***' rtooo** M ^ tol^oc "Orcat Britain, China end th f ^berated # 9 «h»tplc* hn?h pa gonad ooww a^ teade dnd nn®n* m IW *M with thl* p ro j^ t. v j v h m ALLOW JUDGMENT The plaintiff recovered a judg­ ment of $S0 against the defendant in .he suit of the Modern Finance Co, a- ;ainst Marshall Bros. Garage. APPRAISALS The following estates were apprais- >d in probate court: . Augie L.’Thompson: gross, $2,000; de* Jttctiorts, not listed; net, $2,QQ0, Mary E. Brown: gross, $3f500; de­ ductions, $1,172; net, $4,118,67, ^CharlesFllmT*j^bse,'?'‘$96ff;‘ deduc­ tions, not listed net, $900. • M. C. Palmer: gross, $300; deduc­ tions, not listed net, $300. APPOINTMENTS Appointments were made as follows: Lillian'Irene Neatherton, executrix of estate of Steven Horace Neatherton, late of Xenia, under $1,900 bond,5 atrick McNellis, administrator of egz tate of Mary McNellis, late o f‘Xenia, Milder $3,000 bond; Walter Biersack, administrator of-estate of Anton Bier- aack, Jr., late of Bath Twp. under $100 bond, and Louhattie Thompson, exec- turix of estate of H. Clyde Thompson, late of Yellow: Springs, without bone}; APPROVE SALE Sale Of real estate by James :H. and Mary Hawkins, co-e^ecutors of the estate of Lula Barber Watt to Karlh and Dora S. Bull for' $2,000 was con­ firmed. RELIEVE RSTATg The estate Of hf. C; Palmer was re­ lieved from administration, ORDER APPRAISAL The dourtty auditor was directed to appraise the estate of Mary McNellis, ORDER TRANSFER Lucile Davissom as administratrix of the estate of Harry L, Davisson, was bre'red to tmsfer real estate. MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED Emmett Finnan Hiller, dedarviUe, stationary fireman, and Marjorie fcs- ta Gray, Gedarviiie David Max Eotroff, Cedarville, and Frances Esther Lovett, Cedarville. Rev, Raymond N. 'Chapman, Xenia. 2Ud Lt. P. J. McepRKELL M^Y RETURN TO TH ^ STATES 2nd Lt. P. J. McOorkell, Who hqs been ip the Aleutian I^l^nda for near: !y two years, Is to be sent back tp the states, according te information from liis mother, Mr-a. Mary IfcCorkell. He receive^ his Officers trailing pt Ff, Sill, Oklahoma. LEONARD T* BURBA NOW SEAMAN l»t CLASS I ^ o « ll4 '^ * ^ utbar.d^|ar4iiIe, ifrads hated tecetitly from the *Vf|ti0n elee* trician's whfa sehflOi'nt the U, S, Na* val Station, Jacksonville, Fla, *nd was prompted te the grade of seaman first figuring!c1***- Entering the Navy May 15, * «VW 1044, he Received his boot training a t Great Lakes, 111. 'before being trans­ ferred to the naval air technical train­ ing tenter-ftt Jacksonville. H i is now a qaedifted aviation electrician's mate. d way te pay off the publie debt and i v m l fa rW ji biwdonof tM Atfttetean ~ ' R a s w t e t e r t e i l a i e Interestlnsf Letters From Subscribers On Various Topics Miami, Fterida, Dec. 6, 1044 The Cedarville Herald; Dear Editor: * The Herald came yesterday with the Whitelaw Reid story and it reminded me of another earlier event. Whitelaw Reid had married Ahe daughter of Sen. Ogden Mills. They had been in Europe.for a honeymoon and now coming to visit his Mother, The through train from New York was due shortly after school was out so the Reid carriage with Will Conley, driver, came. The train was an hour or more late so a baseball game was started in the then vacant lot to the north and slowly a big crowd gather­ ed. When the train came in Mr. Reid in his usual manner bowed.and smiled as they hurried to the carriage. • Th#t evening a reception was held a t the home for relatives only. It was .rumored that Mrs. Reid was not pleas­ ed by the town’s interest and always after that the carriage met them in Xenia. Whitelaw Reid and my father, Jacob Alexander, were born and reared on adjoining farms and were school­ mates in the little red brick school' house that stood, in the fork of the road about helf way between these two homes. When he was seventeen my father quit school and apprenticed himself to a blacksmith in Xenia for the re­ quired three years." Then came the Civil War and both served, Reid a newspaper reporter and Alexander, a private. In .later years when Reid came home from New York to visit with his moth­ er, lie would come into town every day to the Post Office, either'walking or riding horseback and would visit his friend in the blacksmith shop for hours at a time as long as my father lived, my Mother never allowed us children to “listen in” on these confer­ ences, “Aunt Marion” Reid 'a s the whole community knew^her was at the same time “Grand dame” and “Lady Boun- tiful" just a friendly neighbor. Many an overburdened young Mother found their days brightened when she came to help with the mending or sewing or iivsickacss.- , ...... -- Once in the 18 seventies when the grasshoppers hod ruined Kansas she came with a big ' box of bedding to send to help thenn jokingly -my father said,-“Aunt Marion you should -not send every thing away, us folkB here a t home need things.*’ If wte possible his most embarrassing moment when weeks later she brought him a beau- tiful quilt made from four pieces of two wool dresses, purple and black and he ,had to accept it. Thanksgiving, possibly in 1880, she sent word she would take dinher with us, so a meal with dll the seasonable trimmings was ready, Noon came but not Aunt Marion, After one .o’clock the hungry family sat down to eat, then she came bring­ ing a big basket of dinner with her that Pap would not let her open for she was his guest. She was a member of Doctor Mor­ ton’s church and the ten o’clock Thanksgiving service had lasted until after one o’clock. She brought Belle Moudy with her and Will Conley had his dinner with his Mother. That afternoon my friend, Mary Caldwell, later Melvin McMillan’s mother and I took Belle down to the “crick” to see the skaters. The deep snow had been shoveled off the ice and a big bonfire builtr in the low place beside -where now is the west bridge (Bridge st.) and another fire in the East by the Lime kilns and the ice was fail of skaters darting up and down in merry processions. Cold, yes, but we were used to it. My last memory of her was when in August of 188), 1 finished piecing a quilt and my Mother ipvited her and Aunt Mary Barr, cousin of Adaline McIIatton, Aunts Caroline and Sallie Alexander and may be others fo a quilting party, Youpg cousins were there also and we had a happy day, ) fold them thou that I would never piece anbther quilt and l never have, The pext spring we moved to Sel­ ma and were away for five years and U half. I think Mrs, Reid mupt have died in this tjnie., Jennie Bratton may remember she is a near relative, Selma was almost as far away then as Florida is now, P, S, I enjoy your -paper so much and the ancient history 1 could not resist adding a line, We are with you politically and we think your editorials deserve a wider field, Very sinceroly yours, Carrie Alexander (Mrs. Sam) Tom­ linson, 1060 S. W. 6th Ave MHteii, Florida. (Aunt Marion Reid was born in 1804 and died in 1805 according to the rec­ ords of the Maxsies Creek Cemetery Association, where she was buried be­ side her husband, Robert Charlton Reid.) Dear Editor:- Yon will probably appreciate this note. F irst please accept the remit­ tance for the .Herald for 1046. Also you will be pleased to know that your editorial page has ^converted my hus­ band who has been’a fourth term New Dealer. As we have two sons in the service, we know something about the war situation, and probably more than a lot of people that have no sons to offer their,lives that the New Dealers can play world politics with. American blood. . Now that we have no “Atlantic Charter” and that the “Four Free­ doms were just some sketches on an old piece of paper,J what then is the War about, if not fpr tKe -European war lords. It took your editorials to convince my husband, that he has had all he wants of the New Deal and will never again vote the Democratic ticket.. We have no say about buying war bonds as the Mr. is in war work and he is told what he has to do. He has never refused fcnd he has never sold a single bond. What makes him sore is that ninety? percent of his fel­ low employees, and all must belong to the CIO union to get, a job, boast that, they sell theirs as fast as the sixty day limit expires. He must belong to the CIO union, with heavy dues taken out of your pay check whether you like it or not. Success to yep for the good work you are doing in keeping the readers informed. We. will have a new change in our address before your next issue. Sincerely, Mrs. B. F. J— Dear Editor Bull: I wish every paper in the United States would copy your editorial, issue of December twenty-second! Why should our finest young men be killed to enlarge the dominions of Russia and England? I t looks-like the war is turning out. to do. that very thing. Wo should keep on our own side of the Atlantic. Sincerely, t • . F. M. FOSTER December 29th, 1944 , 369 .Wood Ridge Ave., Wood Ridge, N. J.-^ TEACHERS HELD UP BY HEAVY SNOW STORM Hugh Turnbull Heads County Commission; * New Deputy Sheriff The blizssard in northern Ohio gave two of our local ladies an unusual ex­ perience Monday, when returning af­ ter the Holiday vacation. Miss Maude Hastings was enroute to Kent, O, and Dr. Florence Willianison to Bowling Green, Ohio. Miss Hastings went from here to Columbus by train expecting to con­ tinue that way from Columbus. When she arrived there she found there was no train anyway soon due to a wreck. She found she could sta rt by bus and proceeded to a point about half way to Kent when the bus ran into the blizznrd and was forced to detour by side road. After, a time two busses met, going in opposite directions. One backed back to let the other by but in so doing skidded, off the road but did not upset. This bus has a helper for the driver and he was dispatched for aid but for some reason he never re­ turned and about 60 passengers were left stranded on the road in a cold bus. A kindly farmer opened his home to the occupunte of the two busses and housed as best he could about one hun­ dred occupants. Miss Hastings ar­ rived in Kent about six oclcok Tuesday evening. Dr. Williamson had started by au­ tomobile Monday from Bowling Green and became stranded on the highway, where a number of other machines had been held Up by the blizzard. She was compelled to abandon her trip at least temporary and took refuge with others in a farm .home (hat by night had about 1Q0 uninvited guests for the night.* Other farm homes in the vicin­ ity housed many stranded motorifcta. The roads were opened the following day and p r, Williamson reached Bowl ing Green without mishap. HUGH TURNBULL Nine of the 12 officeholders of this county that were elected last Novem­ ber, were sworn in by Judge Frank L. Johnson All are Republicans. Sheriff Walton Spahc, has announ­ ced, the appointment of Homer M. Spahr, Xenia, as a new deputy. He will fill the vacancy created when C, K. O' Brien, resigned. Other deputies are H. E. Barnett, E. C. Confer, C. P. Ma- hanna and J. E. Anderson, Ralph O. Spahr and Charles Greer started their new terms as county commissioners as did Robert Crane for county engineer; Marcus Shoup for prosecutor; L. N. Shepherd, clerk of courts; E. D. Beatty, recorder, and H. C. Schick, coroner. Judge Johnson and Judge W B. McCallister, do not start their new terms until February 9 and H. J. Faw; cett, for treasurer starts his term in September 1945. The term of County Auditor James J. Curlett does not expire until 1946. Lowell Fess, has resigned as mayor of Yellow Springs, and starts his new term as state representative with the opening of that body Monday. ' Hugh Turnbull of this place was chosen chairman of the board of Com­ missions of the county when the re-or­ ganization took place Tuesday. He succeeds Ralph O. Spahr, Xenia, who* has been chairman for two years, The third member is' Charles F. Greer. The board made the following ap­ pointments: Raymond G. Spahr, as clerk of the board, he having held the position previously. D. H. Fritz will continue a3 county relief director;‘Dr. It. L. Haines, Jamestown, county jail physician; Alvin Shadley, Jamestown, dog warden, and O. K. Simison of Spring Valley, as bee inspector. Ap­ pointment of.!a physician' for infirm­ ary is to be made later. Fred Lewis, Xenia, was named as­ sistant fireman for the county heating plant.. James M. Hewitt, Dayton, owner of the 1,013.38-acre Rosemoor farm, Sil- vercreek .Twp., on the Washington jdkfr a t the edge of +he Greene-Fayette county line, was sold last week to Carl E, Font, Jamestown, owner of several bus lines. Mr. Fent owns considerable acerage in that vicinity. The Rose­ moor farm was formerly the property of the McClintock Estate, Circleville, and has always been well kept as to improvement and productivity. WIM LEAVE FOR CALIFORNIA Mrs. Mary McCorkell, who has been visiting for several weeks in Evans­ ton, Ill.» expects to leave this week for Los Angeles, California, where she will spend the rest of the winter with her son, Roscoe and Wife. She expects to return to Cedarville next April. Schools Cannot Open Without More Coal While the rohools have been closed down parity due to the Condition of the roads, the shortage of coal ih the bins has ’ extended a vacation for pu pjlg that may require time to be made up next spring, The beard of educa­ tion has had coal ordered for several months but have been unable to- get a shipment, There is yet hope that a ear will reach here yet this week and If‘«o will open Monday. Local rural mail route drivers have had their trouble this week due to the drifted snow on side roads. MorO thait one family has missed the mai| th* dag It was expected. Traffic Claims 23 Lives In County In 1944 Traffic claimed 23 lives in the coun­ ty during 1944, an increase of 10 over 1943. Nineteen, of the deaths occured on the highways in the county and four i on the streets in Xenia..The most fatal­ ities cameJn February, when the total v.’As eight.\ja n u a iy , June, September and November were the only months In which none was killed. There was not a highway fatality in this section of the county. OPA SUBS COUNTY COAL DEALERS ROSEMOOR FARM SOLD CEDARVILLE TOWNSHIP GETS NEW GM C TRUCK - The Cedarville Township trustees have purchased a new GMC truck for use on the township roads. There was only one bid and that was of the Chen- oweth Auto Sales Co., Xenia. The bed of the old truck is to be mounted on the new chassis The old snow plow is to-be-added to the new truck for winter.use. LT. JOE WADDLE NOW AT KEARNS, UTAH F irst Lieut, and' Mrs. Joe Waddle, who.have spent the past fourteen months in Birmingham,, Ala.*, spent a week with their parents and other rel­ atives. They left Dec. 28th for a Re­ placement Depot at Kearns, Utah, near Salt Lake City. 1 CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere thanks to friends, relatives and neigh­ bors for their kindness, sympathy and beautiful floral offerings a t the death of our brother and uncle, William A. Ford, Special thanks to Rev, R, A, Jamieson for his consoling words and the McMillan Funeral Home for their kind service. Mr. Alva Tord and family Miss Alberta Owens. Crew of 26,000 Started On Farm Census Congress last year refused to pro­ vide funds for the farm census. The census bureau said it would.cost five and onc-balf million dollars and must be taken each five years, Congress refused to consider the matter for several reasons. One was the war and need for manpower in. something else. Another was the task was unnecessary in the light of need for funds to carry on the war. Much of the information the government now has due to govern ment loans und records of the AAA. However, five and one-half million dollars is but “chicken feed” to the administration when it* comes to throwing the taxpayer’s dollar .away. * The farm census was to start Mon-' day,’ regardless of the fact no money had been provided by Congress. The program calls for the appointment of 26,000 full time enumerators who have been trained to peek into your private affairs. You will be asked the location of the farm accrngc, how many live on it, how man^r houses they live in, and what facilities the houses have; the value of the lands, buildings and ma­ chinery, and the amount of mortgage debt. Operators will be requested to give the number of workers, paid and un­ paid; amount of work done by the op­ erator and his family; total cash out­ lay for labor throughout the year, and the number of days on which the farm operator may live worked off the farm for pay or profit. In addition, a certain number of op­ erators, on a sample basis, will be questioned on many other subjects, such as fertilizer and feed purchases, live stock, amount of timber cut, and motor vehicles, JACK SHIRLEY TAKES OVER WOLFORD GARAGE Jack Shirley, local plumber, has rented the Wolford Garage on Xenia and will use part tit the building for his plumbing business. The rest of the building will be rented out for the storage of automobiles. Mr. Shirley desires to expand his business and could not in his present location, REFUSES TO DENY OR AFFIRM SALE OF QUARRY Ralph E. Cummings, local fepre sentative of the owners of the former lime kiln site and quarry on West Xenia ave., refused Wednesday to de ny or affirm the sale of the property which is owned by Harrisburg, Pa., in­ terests, A report is that local citi zaps Were bidding for the property Mr, Cummings said all infotntation, directly or indirectly would have to (come front 't|\e owners, who could not be reached a t this time. -BUY WAR BONDS TODAY The OPA has started a crusadj a- gainst the coal dealers in this county and other counties in the Seventh District.. Three retail coal dealers in Xenia and Greene County are listed among some thirteen or more dealers in other coun­ ties have" been sued for treble dama­ ges for overceiling charges on sale of coal in the U. S. District Court in Cin­ cinnati. The Greene County dealers m o ­ tioned in the suit Were D. A. DeWine, Charged with selling 250 tons of coal at $95 over the ceiling price for which the OPA seeks a judgment, of $285. * Oj in Ledbetter,, is said to have sold 600 tons of coal a t $406 over the OPA ceiling price and a judgment for $1,- 218 is sought. AH three are from Xenia. Brice Linkhart, Yellow Springs is charged with selling 700 tons a t $219 over the ceiling price and -judg­ ment of $657 is asked. Reports are in circulation that a number of other coal dealers are yet to face OPA charges. The OPA set a 1942 price as the ceiling regardless of what it, costs a dealer to deliver the coal today. The New Dealers permit an increase of $1.10 over .1942 prices to cover the increased cost when John L. Lewis Was given an increase in wages for his coal, miners but no increase is permitted when a dealer must pay present high wages over wages of 1942.' Forrest Nagley In Research Work-In Navy Department Forrest R. Nagley, son of Mr.' and Mrs. M, C. Nagley, is connected; with the* Navy Department, Bureau of Ships a t Washington, D C. He grad­ uated from Cedarville College, 1936, and from the Engineering College, University of Cincinnati,, 1929. He is in the Research and Standards Branch Metallurgical, Group. He handles the Research, Development, Approval and ■ Inspection tests of welding electrodes, and writing purchase specifications for the. procurment. He also handles technical problems in connection with applications of metaUic protective! coatings for Naval structures, machin­ ery and equipment. He was appointed -assistant engi­ neer April 23,1939 -and promoted as­ sociate engineer December 1939 and engineer, July 16, 1942. Mr, and Mi's, Nagley are both very active in the affairs of Mount-Olivet Methodist Church, Arlington, Va. Mr. Nagley 'attends the technnicnl meet- . ings of the American Welding Society. The American Society for metals; The American Society for Testing Metals and the Society of Automatic Engi­ neers, representing the section of the Bureau in which he is employed. He has a brother,’William M; Nag­ ley, Specialist “A”, 2nd Class, assign­ ed to duty somewhere in the South­ west Pacific. DANIELS HEADS SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE Senator Albert L, Daniels, of this the Fifth-Sixth Senatorial District, has bc.cn named as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and also a member of the following committee: Rules, Education, Military Affairs; Public Utilities, Commerce —& Labor and Agriculture, Being Chairman of the Senate Fi­ nance committee makes him a mem­ ber of the Board of Control which in eludes the attorney general, state aud itor, governors director of finance, and chairman of the House Finance Com­ mittee, ‘ STATE TAKES OVER HILL CREST LAKE During’1944 the Fish Management Section of the Division of Conserva­ tion and Natural Resources, with the help of the Law Enforcement and En­ gineering Sections, added 13 lakes to its list of public fishing waters under state public fishing agreement. In the list is Hillcrest Lake in Greene coun­ ty, The state now controls 114 lakes with a combined fishing area of 30,- 536 surface acres, but not including lakes owned outright by the state. Red Cross Quota Set At $50,000.00 CAL EWRY SERIOUSLY HURT ' BY FALL ON ICE, SUNDAY Cal Ewry, local carpenter, has been bedfast since Sunday, due to a, fall he received Sunday near his home oh the icy pavement. He fell backward and sustained a serious bruise on his head that rendered him unconscious for a time. However, his greatest injury was to the spinal column when liga­ ment* wore torn loose. He has been bedfast, since hi* fall and Will be for *om* time to come, Greene county has been assigned a quota of $50,000 in the 1945 Red Cross fund-raising campaign, an increase of $4,000 over the 1944 goal, according to County Recorder*E. D. Beatty, county chairman. The drive will open March and continue for a month. The total of the 1944 campaign was $67,000, Fair Board Reelects Former Officers The directors of the Greene County Agricultural Society, held their an­ nual meeting Saturday and decided to hold ft fftir this copiing summer and plans will bo made for hors* racing, but they may be cancelled later. So fa r nothing has been said by New Dealers as to whether county fairs oan bava horse racing, The present officers' were all re­ elected for 1948. They are N. N, Hun­ ter, Jamestown, president.; R» K«, Haines, Caesarcreey Twp., vice pres*, ident; Mrs, Mary Fay Bryson, Xenia, [ aeoretary; B. if. Bell, X****,. ♦v'twirer*