The Cedarville Herald, Volume 68, Numbers 1-26

0 f it 'KmfflMt HENEED M W ! IMIV liOlIDS Americans For America — America For Americans m p m m i m BUY MURl WAR WINDS SIXTY -EIGHTH YEAR No. 2 CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FR IDAY , DECEMBER 8 ,1944 PRICE,. $1.60 A YEAR HAPENINGS IN By CLARENCE J, BROWN Men^ber o f Congress “’he House has passed the Adminis- lion's Post War Highway bill pro* __-Ming fo r the granting o f five hun- • tired million dollar per year o f Feder­ al aid to the various States for three yean , to be used for the construction o f Federal and State highways and farm-to-market roads. The measure, which had previously been passed by the Senate, was dramatically amend­ ed so as to Restrict the purposes for which the funds' could be expended, and to assure State control in the selection o f projects. The Act will not become operative until after peace comes, or at some later time set by Congress. ■ ■ » ■ ■ . As was expected, the Crop Insur­ ance Bill recently passed by the House has run into legislative difficulties in the Senate. While the Administration will attempt to have the measure en­ acted before the 78th' Congress ad­ journs, there is a strong possibility the whole crop insurance issue may have to await action by the new Con­ gress, which'will convene on January 3rd. . A t ‘long last the Congress is giving serious consideration to ways and means o f modernizing its own pro­ cedure so as to increase its efficiency and strengthen its capacity to cope with rapidly .growing governmental problems. The Rules Committee of the House has been holding hearings for the past week, on various measures and proposals to bring about obvious­ ly needed changes in the national leg­ islature. During the past 25 years the burden o f work on the average Member o f Congress has increased by at least ten times. The government has grown so complex and so large it is no longer possible fo r the Con­ gress to properly supervise its activ­ ities with the present- inadequate leg­ islative staff, while individual Con­ gressmen, with only limited secreta- ■rial help, are unable to meet their full responsibilities to their constituents and to their country. man L. Littell, brought before a Sen­ ate investigation committee late last week, testified Attorney General Bid- lie had demanded his resignation when he refused to be ‘‘high-pressur- jd” into, talcing action favorable to a jlient o f Attorney Thomas Corcoran, original New Deal brain truster and dose friend of the President. Within a few hours after the testimony was ?iven President Roosevelt personally removed •Littell front office for “ in­ subordination.” The result—an im­ mediate demand for a Congressional investigation. While the Adminis­ tration will undoubtedly attempt to head o ff any further inquiry into the ■ matter, it is believed the official in- ‘ vestigation will’. be ordered. If. so j watch for the “ fire-works.” H. Pickering Succeeds J- Marion Hughes On Public A ffairs Board The Congress acts as the people’s Board o f Directors for a government which last year spent one hundred thousand million dollars. Yet the en­ tire expenditures for the legislative branch o f the government, including the pay o f Senators, Represntatives, and all Congressional staff workers, was only twenty million dollars. -The Bureau o f Indian Affairs alone cost the people twice that much. The Con­ gress has. always been niggardly in appropriating funds for its own re­ quirements, bqt a last is beginning to realize the fallacy of such a policy. Legislative committees properly staf­ fed With investigators,, researchers, and well-trained governmental experts cou)d undoubtedly save American tax­ payers, not millions, but billions, of dollars each year Without jn any way injuring ^he- publip sprvice, By the time this column appears in print the House will* probably have passed thg Dpughton Bill to freeze 1944 Soria} Security taxes for 1945 at the present level o f one percent on wages. Unless this bill is enacted in­ to law before January 1st, the ta* pate would automatically increase qn that dote frpiwo per centeach for both employers and employees, The Pres­ ident has requested the increased tax be permitted to become effective, pre­ sumably to make more money avail­ able for genera) government use, in­ asmuch as Social Security funds are ‘'borrowed” by the Treasury as soon as they' are received, However, the Ways and Means Committee, which reported out the “ freeze” bill is call­ ing attention to the foot that last year Social Security taxes at the old rate warp 26 1-2 times more than the >tal amount o f Social Security bene­ f i t paid Out—and the Social Security ' Income under the present tax rates is eight times as much as Secretary Morganthau previously testified would be nMepsary to maintain the Social- Security' program on a sound basis, Two things, should be remembered in, connection with this question: (1) Funds derived from Social Se­ curity taxes are not used for the pay­ ment o f ordinary old age pensions, aiich as those received under the Ohio Old Age tension Law, but only for benefit* to the workers Who have paid into the fund. (2 )—If this bill is not enacted and Social Security taxes are automatically doubled on both em­ ployers and Workers upon their retire­ ment. Thdr benefits will remain sta­ tionary white their taxes go up. In other words, every worker will have the tart on his Wage doubled but will Receive ntf additional benefits there ■ #r.oin. ; Assistant A$tdrn§y General Ifot Vaccinations W ill Be Compulsory For Pupils Boards of education in eight county villages and townships have adopted resolutions making compulsory the vaccination of all pupils against small pox and immunization o f children 12 years of age and under against diph­ theria. Rural school districts affected are Beavercreek, Caesarcreek, Cedar- .ville, Clifton, Jefferson, Miami, Sil- vercreek and Sugarcreek. The action was taken by the eight boards after Acting County Superin­ tendent S. O. Liming, co-operating with: the public health department, recommended the step as a health precaution in view of the wartime shortage of physicians and increased school population' increases in the county. * Under state school laws the decision on compulsory vaccination and im­ munization is left to the judgment of local boards. ' ' tho hisjSeek Elimination Of Traffic Hazard Marion Hughes, member of Board of Public Affair#, offered 'designation to Village Council, Mon- j day| and will be succeeded by Herbert1 Pickering. Mr. Hughes is expecting to ■ be out of town for several months, f 'p(le state highway department will Mr. Arthur Cummings is the second j,e asj.e(j to sponsor a ’ project for e- member of this board and he is now’ in ii,njnati$n of a traffic hazard on the Florida, leaving Amos Frame as the Wilmington pike eight miles south of third member. ■ ^ Xenia, scene Of numerous accidents in Council also has been informed o f recent years, including one-in which the intention of Smith, McCnllisler two sol<liers stationed at the Clinton Gibney to retire at the end Of this month as city solicitors for the vol- lage. Council authorized Nelson Creswell, clerk, to contact different attorneys for a recommendation to council. 1 Under a new Ohio law 'it will be necessary for the village to set up a special fund to care for any member of the fire department, who suffers injury or death during service at a fire, the maximum amount not to ex­ ceed $18 weekly and $25 monthly to the widow monthly for life in case of death o f the husband. So far neither of the other villages in the county have set up such a fund under this law. Council passed the sewei rental or- county Army Glider ‘Field were killed and a third injured Sunday morning. Greene county commissioners say the bridge over Painters creek at that point is “too narrqw” and is located at a curve in the highway. Both ap­ proaches to the structure are on a hill. The bridge is orte of the oldest built by the state department in the county. P v t Max Notz Died In English Hospital Word has been received here by El­ mer Owens, that his son-in-law, Pvt, Max Notz, 34, of Dayton, who has been fit the service since November '43, and overseas since June ’44, died on Nov. 14, He Was a former machlnst. fo r the NCR, where lie had been employed for several years. His wif? was the for­ mer Isadora Owens, who received in­ formation several weok§ ago that he Had been wounded duringjnfantry ac­ tion in France, August 8 and had been removed to an English Hospital, He sent his wife a cable on Nov. 17 that he was all right. __^ _ He is survived by his mother, -and A boy scout troop of seven members ' a sister, Mrs. Gene Setwaiger, Dayton, has been organized in Clifton and is The couple had been married seven sponsored by the Clifton Presbyterian years. Church, C, C. Eckman, former prin- ■ cipal o f the Clifton school, is scout­ master and. Rev, Malcolm Harris of the Clifton Presbyterian Church is as­ sistant. Carl Diehl is chairman of the troop committee, dinancc that will become effective on January 1, 1945 Certain sanitary improvements have been ordered by council for the village jail. The mayor’s receipts fo r the month of November were $250. bond forfei­ tures, CLIFTON BOY SCOUT ORGANIATION FORMED ALONG FARM FRONT t ................ E. A. Drake, Co. Agricultural Agent COMMITTEES PLAN INSTITUTES Farmers institute committees at Bellbrook, Caesarcreek and Beaver­ creek are making plans for the insti­ tute season which will open early next year. Institutes were held in these communities last year with an atten­ dance o f 2792. HOG PROSPECTS UP— . Things are looking up for the hog producer according to Howard* David­ son, extension' swine specialist. The supply of high protein feedB is more nearly adequate than last year, which means that farmers can keep, from wasting grain if they make wise use of the supplements. A request has been made to the War Food Administration asking that grains be shipped to Ohio. The request .emphasized the shortage o f feed grain in Ohio. Stockmen want movement of grain into the state' from surplus production areas to the west. FARM QUIZ STARTS JAN. 2— Starting January 2, census enumer­ ators armed, with 196 questions will visit every farm in Greene County to get basic information on agriculture. The only figures they want are farm figures such as: name o f owner, num­ ber o f people living on the farm, num ber of people employed, wages, crop and livestock production and value of land, buildings and machinery. ' A farm censuB has been taken every five years since 1940, During this per­ iod the farm population has declined and food production has increased be­ cause of greater use o f machinery. Ib is will probably be the most import­ ant census ever taken because of the need for agricultural information for post war planning, POST WAR FARM VALUES— * - Many service men and many work­ ers in wartime industry are today thinking about buying a farm when the. war is over. They are^wondering how much they can afford to pay for farm real estate. A committee at the Ohio State University was assigned the job of setting up a system of 'cal-' culating what a buyer could pay for land and still repay debts connected with purchasing the farm. Their study was based on farm rec­ ords over a number o f years. They reported for instance that a buyer could pay around $84 an acre for a l 60 acre general livestock farm and retire a 34 year mortgage with income from the farm. The committee used 1935 to 1939 prices when figuring likely income from sale o f farm pro­ ducts in the future. CORN LOAN PROGRAM— Farmers faced with selling this years corn crop at below—average prices can store the com on the farm and secure a loan under the new corn- loan program. Application forms may be secured at the AAA office for the loan program which will be in force until May 15. The interest rate is .3 percent. Corn held under loan must have a moisture content o f hot more than 21 percent. All corn will likely meet the moisture requirements due to favorable harvest—season weath­ er conditions, •, Ogden R eid Writes Appreciation Dear Mr. Bull : Thanks for sending me the copy of The Cedarville Herald containing an account of the recepti&n to my fath­ er in 1892. I was naturally pleased to bfe able to reacTa- bout the party which was given for him and my mother in his home town on one of his trips to see my grandmoth­ er and was greatly interested in the description of the day and the speeches. It was gratifying that you as one who works near the old homestead should think there is enough interest in this subject to reprint such an extend­ ed account of the very friendiy gathering. The statement of the Cincinnati Commerical Gazette that the typographical union fought father in the cam­ paign strikes me as inaccurate. While he did have a dis­ agreement with them which lasted some years, I am quite certain that they were on good terms at that time. Of ^course, It is true that labor as a1whole was upset, particu­ larly about the steel situation in Pennsylvania, and that it did have an influence on the election. I do not recall ever hearing before that my grand­ father was prominent in the Ohio militia and so was par­ ticularly interested in that paragraph. With renewed thanks for sending me this picture of f Cedarville fifty-fcwo years ago, I am ^ . Sincerely yours, OGDEN REID Cedarville, Ohio Mr. Karlh Bull . , The Cedarville Herald BIRTHS REPORTED FOR . MONTH OF NOVEMBER Call Moderator For Dr. John W . Bickett HORSE NUMBERS DECLINE— ’ The number of horses in the United States decreased from 21 million to a- bout 9 million head in the past 30 years and post-war readjustments in agriculture will probably mean ,a fur­ ther decline according to experts.' These men expect the boom inmost* war manufacture o f automobiles, trucks, and tractors will be the signal for a decreased demand for horses and mules. Tho army sold some sur­ plus horses this year and may sell more. The export demand for hor- ses after the war is not expected to be an encouraging factor. DAIRY SHORT COURSE— A special short course for Dairy Herd Improvement and Official testers will be held at Ohio State University January I to 13. There is an urgent need for testers anyone completing the course is guaranteed a job. The following births have been re­ ported for the month of November:. Wanda Lee Fyffe* Bellbrook Homes, Xenia. i Charles Edwin Lyons, V. Springs. Robert Floyd Stone, R 1 Y. Springs Janet Kay Coblentz, R. 3, Xenia. Judith May Fannin, 63 South Main st., Fairfield. Daniel Eugene Breakall, Clifton. Gordon Lewis Chaney, R 2, Xenia.. Maxiha Mae Smith, Cedarville. James Allen Johnston, R. 1, Yellow Springs. . ■>: Edith Kay Curtis, R. 2, Jamestown. Ruth Ann Daulton, R. .1, Jamestown Leonard Floyd Cox, Jr. Jamestown Barbara Kay Mullins, E. 3rd, Xenia Gloria Jean Setty, R. 1, Jamestown Carolyn Rose Coyan, Bellbrook. Raymond Harold Faul, R 1 Waynes- vilie. ’ John Lewis Osborne, R 1, S. Valley Margaret Jo Newcomer, Xenia. Carol Ann Hownrd, R. 1, Xenia. Mary Jane Barton, S. Galloway st., Xenia. Philip LeeRoy Noland, R. 1, Xenia.' Larry James Darnell, S. Collier st„ Xenia, . Franklin Emerson Anderson, 285 Chesnut St., Xenia. Sharon Kay Compton, 836 N King, Xenia. ! a Sally Ann Sturgeon, 506 Cincinnati ave., Xenia.' Christina King, 709, Xenia ave Y. Springs. , . • ' Roger Eugene Hardin, 121 E. Third st., Xeniav Linda Margaret Neeld, 449 N. King, Xenia. .. Janet Alberta Hargrave, 1042 E 2nd st., Xenia. Janice Sarah Black, R 2, Dayton. Shirley Jean Cooper, R. 1. Yellow Springs. Carolyn June Riviers, 44 1-2. E Main st., Xenia. Clark Co. Prosecutor Faces Bribery Charge Judge Golden C. Davis, Court of Common Pleas, Springfield, has start­ ed a. crusade against commercialized gambling in that county, going ■over the head of the prosecutor, Jerome’ A. Nevis, by using a Cincinnati attorney to conduct the grand jury, investiga­ tion. Some time ago indictments wei’e returned against Sheriff Niles Young and his campaign manager, William DeWitt. on charges o f bribery. Young is a Democrat and was defeated in the ■November election. Tuesday indictments were returned against Prosecutor Nevis, Democrat, .who was' re-elected for a third term, on charges of bribery. Nevis denied the charges as did Young. •Several other indictments were returned in connection with the gambling situa­ tion. Three Farm Boys On Radio Saturday On Saturday, December 9, three members of the Cedarville Chapter of Future Farmers o f America, accom­ panied by their instructor, J. Ralph Harner, will take part in the Farm »ind Home Hour over radio station WOSU Columbus. The members tak­ ing part will be Paul Struewing, Har­ old Stormont and James Cherry. The program will deal with the chapters program of work and farming pro­ grams. WOOSTER PUBLISHER HEADS PRESS GROUP PHILIP AULTMAN WILL ENTER MILITARY SERVICE Philip Aultman, former Xenia at­ torney, who expects to be inducted in­ to the armed forces soon, and his fam­ ily will return to Xenia city, where he has been associated with the alien property division of the U. S. depart­ ment of justice under Attorney .Gen­ eral Francis J. Biddle. He is a son of former County Superintendent, H. C. Aultman. THOUSANDS HUNT DEER ON ROOSEVELT RESERVATION Sof’ d six or eight thousand hunters took out licenses this year to hunt deer in this state* especially on the (Teddy) Roosevelt g£me preserve a- j 0f the coming year, A unanimous call extended by the Clifton United Presbyterian Church to Dr. John W. Bickett* Newton, Iowa, was moderated Wednesday evening by Dr. It. A. Jamieson, who delivered the sermon. Dr. Bickett graduated from Cedarville College irt 1897 and is a na­ tive of this county. He expecles to enter upon his duties about tho first He is the father long the Ohio River counties. Monday was the opening day and each hunter was allowed but one buck. Does could not be killed but many *were—by ac­ cident. of Mrs. Ward Creswell o f this place. WILL HOLD CHURCH DINNER The Clifton Presbyterian Church Howard Arthur, Lloyd Devon, Dan- of Clifton will hold a cafeteria dinner iel Devoe and E, E, Neal made the trip but did not bring back any game, in their parlor# at 6 P» M., this Friday evening* MRS. CHARLES DUFFEY DIED TUESDAY MORNING Mrs. Clarinda Duffey, 86, widow of Charles Duffey, died Tuesday morning at her home near Sabina after an ill­ ness o f six weeks. She was born in the same house where she died. She was a lifelong member o f the Methodist Church in South Charleston. She is survived by two sisters, Mias Kate Wiison and Mrs. Ida Sanderson, who resided With her, beside a number of nieces and nephews. The funeral service whs held Thurs­ day at 2 p. m. from the McMillan Fun­ eral Home, with Rev. R C. Frederick* pastor of the local Church of God, o f- ficating. Burial in South Charleston Cemetery. BUSINESS PROPERTY SOLD BY WATT EXECUTORS The store room on Main street own ed by the Lula Barber Watt estate was sold Saturday by the executors, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Hawkins, at public sale, The property is next to the Cedarville Federal Savings & Ljoan Association office and is occu­ pied by the “ Church o f God.” >The successful bidder was Karlh Bull at the appraised price, $2,000. LOCAL TEACHER CHOSEN VICE PRESIDENT BUY AND BOLD “K” BONDS A newly-created office o f vice pres* idenfc' was filled by election o f Mrs, Elizabeth Paul, home economics in­ structor at Cedarville high school when the Greene County Home Eco­ nomics association held a dinner-meet­ ing Monday night at Wilberforce Uni varsity. E. C. Dix, publisher of The Wooster Record, has been elected cahirman of the board of trustees of the Ohio Newspaper Association, succeeding the late William F.Wiley, former pub­ lisher of the Cincinnati Enquirer. The trustee board at a meeting last Fri­ day elected Roger H. Ferber,, present publisher of the Enquirer to fill the Unexpircd term as board member. The board also made plans for the annual convention to be held at the Deshler-Wallick, Feb. 9 and 10. All newspaper groups in the same will be included in the program with an ad­ ditional program for the Buckeye Press Association which will celebrate its 50th anniversary. TEACHER 'S MISSION FOR COUNTY TO BE ON DECEMBER 11 Teachers o f religion in Sunday find weekday schools, superintendents or directors of children’s work and youth and adult group activities, and other officers or leaders o f church schools in Greene county are invited to attend a Mission to Christian Teachers to be held in the First U, P. Church, Xenia, on Monday evening at 7:30, December Ilth. The mission held under the Ohio Council o f Churches, which is sending a team of four speakers and discussion leaders. The county mission is the outgrowth o f the National Missions that were held in 32 centers o f popu- lation during October and November, the first of which was held in Colum­ bus The speakers coming are Rev. Rob­ ert Copeland o f Germantown, O, Mrs. Charles Harries o f Columbus, O., ^rid Rev. Allah W , Caley, Dayton.. The mission will give consideration to making religious teaching, moreief- fective through reaching those who are not now receiving such instruction and presenting Christ’s message so well that all reached will be won as followers of His way o f life and work?* ers in the church for the establish­ ment o f the Kingdom o f God in . the Hearts of all men. The importance o f the Mission, Rey. Deen points out, is reflected in the fact that in many communities more than' 50 per cent o f the' people— children and adults— are without any church or church-school affiliation, and that 17 million American boys and girls are receiving no religious train­ ing or instruction whatever. He urg­ es the attendance o f all who are inter­ ested in doing something to imporve this situation. 20 Farm Boys In Local A g Classes A total o f 20 farm boys are enroll­ ed in agriculture classes under the di­ rection of J. Ralph Harner, teacher of vocational agriculture; according to Supt. L. L. Hurley, sperintendent of schools Mr. Harner also teaches 22 boys at Beavercreek, In spite of th&jman power shortage vocational agriculture is still offered in higK schools in .74 counties in Ohio according to Ia directory o f teachers which has^just been completed. Only 205 teachers were on the job this fall when school started compared with 359 in 1941. Over half o f these, teachers are teaching in two or more schools each day in an effort to provide instruction to as many farm boys as possible. Three teachers this year are teaching in three different' high schools each, week. Miami County has the largest num­ ber o f teachers, Miami and Delaware counties have the largest number o f schools.offering vocation agriculture courses with ten in each county,. This year 7,771 Ohio school boys were enrolled in vocational agriculture courses by October 15th, according to - Ralph A. Howard, State Supervisor. In addition about 15,460 adult farmers were enrolled in evening classes con­ ducted by Ohio vocational agriculture teachers last year Howard said. Auditor James Curlett Bunted In Explosion County Auditor James J. Curlett suffered minor burns on the right hand Monday when the gas range in the kitchen of his home exploded. He was attempting to light the oven as the blast let loose. He will he laid up for several days. James F. Whittington .Now A Corporal Cpl. James F. Whittington,, who has just received the new honor, has been with the Twelfth Air Force in Corsica, He arrived overseas a year ago and is serving ns an armorer in. the arma­ ment department of his squadron. He is a member of a veteran med­ ium bombardment group that* is sup­ plying aerial support for the ground forces in Northern Italy. This, group has been in every major campaign from Africa to Italy. It supplied aerial cover on the landings on Southern France. ■ ' "* He is authorized to,w«%r the Euro­ pean-Middle East-African theatre rib­ bon with one battle star and also the Distinguished Unit Badge signifying he is a member of a group that had been cited by the War Department. His parents, Mr, and Mrs. Herbert L. Whittington,, reside on Xenia ave. STANLEY CHITTY NOW IN WASHINGTON C. H. W . C. T. U. BOARD MEETS HERE DECEMBER 12 Stanley H, Cliitty, who has owned and operated the Whitmer and Chitty Funeral Home in Xenia, has dosed the business and moved to Washington C. II., where he has purchased the Klever Funeral Home., an old established funeral firm in that city. The prop­ erty where the Whitmer home has been located for many years has been sold to M. F. Dakin, owner ahd man­ ager of the Xenia Hotel, who will op­ erate a tourist home in the property to care for his overflow business; The Greene County executive board will meet Tuesday, December 12, at 10:00 A. M, in the dining room o f the United Presbyterian Church, A cov­ ered dish luncheon will he served at noon. Prof. C. W. Steele will speak to the group in the afternoon. A, quartette from the college will furnish the music. Local members not bn thS ex­ ecutive hoard are invited. -BUY WAR BONDS TODAY