The Cedarville Herald, Volume 68, Numbers 1-26

h e nmyou! IIIIV 1UHK B0I1DS Americans For America — America For Americans m m mum u BUY MORE WAR BUNDS SIXTY-EIGHTH YEAR No. 17 CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY, MARCH 23,1945 PRICE, $1.50 A YEAR % CONGRESSIONAL HAPPENINGS IN WASHINGTON By CLARENCE J. BROWN Member of Congress A s a result pf a demand by War Food Administrator Jones that some central authority be established to pass upon the requisitioning of food supplies for foreign use by various governmental agencies, the Director o f War Mobilization, Justice Byrnes, has set up a Food Export Committee. Seemingly the total amount of food requested for 1945 for Jforeign ship­ ment by our various governmental a-' gencies, and the purchasing commis­ sions o f other nations, actually equals the entire anticipated food production o f the United States for the coming year. This situation comes from the too many .and too bountiful promises which have been made t o ' foreign governments by various representa­ tives o f the United States. It now. becomes apparent all of these prom­ ises to supply food cannot- be. kept, even though American food consump­ tion is drastically reduced. High gov­ ernmental officials here are seriously concerned over the effect failure to live up to promises made-will have on our relations with other countries. Iii the meanwhile the United States faces a serious food shotage. Present civilian meat supplies are now fifteen percent lower than a year ago, and will drop another fifteen or twenty -percent within the next three months. Cheese and butter are. almost unob­ tainable. Eggs are being rationed in many areas. Canned fruits and vege­ tables are very scarce, and will re­ main so for another year,, at least. Potatoes, and other staple foods are in short supply. The past three crop seasons have been the best and most bountiful in the nation’s history. Farm production seems certain to de­ cline this year due to increased short­ ages o f manpower, machinery, fertil­ izer, etc. Should unseasonable weath­ er cause a crop failure, a grave food crisis would quickly develop, and many Americans might go hungry. Mr. Byrnes, who is now talking about conserving the nation’s food'supplies, is the same gentleman who, on Janu­ ary 3rd last, issued a statement to the effect that young farmers were- not essential on the farm and should be drafted, notwithstanding the provis­ ions o f the Tydings Amendment. the exorbitant costs involved. Now it is at long last announced by the War Department that Canol will Be closed down, as o f April I, after cost­ ing the American taxpayers one hun­ dred and thirty-five million dollars, little of which can be recovered. The smalj^ amount of gasoline produced has cost more than one .dollar per gal- lon, while it is estimated much more gasoline was actually used in building the Project than it has ever produced. Now, under an agreement with Cana­ da, Canol can only be sold to the Can­ adian government, or to the Imperial Oil,' Company of Canada—at their price, o f course.- Congressional Com­ mittees are expecting to' go into Can- ol dealings further in an attempt to salvage as much as possible from the financial fiasco which has resulted from- the failure o f the military •‘brass hats” to accept the advice and council of qualified oil experts, br to listen to the economy pleas, of the Congressional Committees. The famous Alcan Highway, from the United States across Canada to Alaska, which was built at a cost of nearly one hundred and fifty- million dollars by our military authorities with great fanfare and mucli pub­ licity, will also soon be abandoned,ac-. voiding to “Senator Magnuson of Washington. The Highway, which was originally, claimed to be a mili­ tary necessity for'the defense o f A- .aska, has proven to be of but little aenefit or value. The central Canad­ ian government has announced it will not maitain the Highway in postwar years,- not will it permit the United States to do so; while the Provinces through which Alcan passes cannot iinancially afford to bear the burden of maintenance. Thus more Ameri­ can millions, as well as a vast amount of labor, materials and supplies, go down the sewer'to join the 'Canol Project. , JOHN W. COLLINS PRESIDENT CO-OP MILK PRODUCERS John W. Collins, Cedarville Twp„ was elected president o f the Miami Valley Co-operative Milk Producers acssociation at a reorganization meet­ ing Tuesday at headquarters in Day- ton. Mr. Collins succeeds Harvey M. Burnet of Waynesville, president since 1938. Coliins was vicepresident seven years. He has been a member o f the board of directors since 1931. Mr. Burnett was elected vice pres­ ident, who held the same position sev­ en years before becoming president’. C. D. Roberts' of Lewisburg was elected secretary and Leslie C. Mapp o f Dayton, general manager and treasurer. School Dates Set For Beginners A series of reschool dates have been arranged for the county when parents should notify the school su­ perintendent or principal. Some of the schools have been dated. Others are as follows: April,. Spring Valley; April 3, Clifton; April 4, Lincoln; April 5, Yellow Springs; April 6, Or­ ient Hill; April 9, Bowersville; April 11, McKinley; April 13,' Cedarville; April 16, Jamestown; April 18, Xenia Township.' Parents of children who will enter school next fall are requested to no­ tify the school superintendent or principal. ALONG FARM FRONT E. A. Drake, Co. Agricultural Agent EGG AUCTION MEETING FRIDAY EVENING— D. D. Moyer, extension poultry specialist o f Ohio State University will outline plans for marketing eggs through .the southwest Ohio Egg Auc­ tion at the Court House Assembly Room, Friday evening March 23, at 8:90 o ’clock. All poultrymen inter­ ested in the auction are urged to at­ tend. Survey is being made by the coun­ ty sponsoring committee to find who is interested in the quality egg mark eting program and the average num her o f cases available each week. Sufficient volume- must be available to justify egg routes in the county to pick up the eggs .at the farm. Officers of the sponsorong committee are Nel­ son Moore and Ernest Smith. KmilllMIIIIIIMmilllllllllllllllllllllllMMIIIIMMIIMIIIIIIIMMIIIM I COLLEGE NEWS ! The House last week extended the life fpf the Commodity Credit Corpor­ ation fo r two years and increased its capital from three, billion to five bil­ lion dollars. ' The CCC guarantees prices on farm commodities to en­ courage production; purchases and stores surplus crops and fods; pays and administers food subsidies; and in many instances-purchases food for the armed forces and government a- gencies. Any sudden stoppage of Commodity Credit activities at this time would create a chaotic condition in agriculture and food markets which would seriously Interfere with the war effort. So the CCC was extend-, ed even though its administration and some o f its activities came in for sharp'criticism on the Floor o f the House.' Charges were made that “ leaks” from CCC officials permitted grain speculators to make millions as a result of advance price information received^ while attention was called to unnecessary spoilage of huge quan­ tities o f food because of maladminis­ tration by this government agency. Several officials of the CCC have al­ ready been discharged; the FBI has been requested to make a searching investigation; and resolutions calling for a Congressional investigation of the whole Commodity Credit Corpor­ ation have been introduced, as a re­ sult o f the recent disclosures. , Change Guardianship For 0 . S. & S. O. pupils The state-legislature has under con­ sideration a bill 'introduced by Sena­ tor George G. Schultz (R) Newcom- "•HiiiiiiimiiiimiiiiiiitiMiiiitifiiiiimiiMiMiHuiimiiHiiiiimr tcrstoWTi, proposing the superin- br. John W. Bickett, A. B .,’97, was Jtendent of the O. S. & S. O. Home, che guest speaker at chapel Tuesday ; be empowered to continue as legal morning. Dr. Bickett was a' member j e n d i a n of minor residents until they of the first class to enter Cedarville j are ^ years of age. College. The first sessions were held | Under the Pl<iae.nt law’ the « awc~ in the old McMillan homestead. Dr. I dian of PuPila acts untiI they are ,18 Ziickett, reminiscing, recalled that all ! >'ears old and discharged from the ra­ the problems of the world prior to j stitution. The proposed bill woulld those that have arisen since 1933 were |extend the guardianship three years The Lend-Lease Act has been ex­ tended fo r one year, but, thanks to a determined fight led by Republican 'members of the Foreign Affairs Com­ mittee, the new legislation carries a ■limitation clause which provides the funds and authority thereunder can be used only for war purposes, and not for postwar or “ social gain" pro gram. The Senate is expected to promptly approve this House limita­ tion on future Iend-Leaso activities by a heavy majority. solved in the debates held in the rival literary societies. Coming to more ser|ous matters he stated as his firm belief that the Liberal Arts College will ugain come into its “own after the- close of the war, for “ . . . . man can­ not live by bread alone.” A dean of an Iowa college once said, “ Jesus Christ is known on this campus.” Those who love;. Cedarville College covet that saying for her. To illustrate the emptiness of liv­ ing for bread alone, Dr. Bickett told of a man .who made great wealth, who, when complimented by a visitor on his fine success, replied that he wanted to purchase the greenest par­ rot in all the world that would greet him each morning with just four vvords, “Here conies a fool.” To be successful in life, three things are necessary: First, purity of mo- :ive; second, faithfulness and perse­ verance; third, Obedience to Jesus Christ,. It was a fine message, prof­ itable to all who heard it. Dr. Bickett is pastor of the United Presbyterian Church of Clifton. He was introduced by Miss Helen Tanne- hill, one of his parishoners. Gordon Taylor gave the devotions before the address. The speaker extended a cor­ dial invitation to students and facul­ ty to hear the Easter Cantata to bo given uy the cnoir o f his congrega­ tion, Sabbath evening, April 1, at the church. Rev. James E. Stewart, A. B., ’40, is now located at Laredo, Texas, where he Is doing missionary work. On Sabbath, March 11 and 18, he preach-- - ed at a point 50 miles from Laredo, going and returning by bus, an all day trip. As he has not yet master­ ed the Spanish language he gave the message through an interpreter. He is hard at work on mastery o f the language so that he can do his own interpreting. He avers that a lan­ guage barrier is a difficult one to cross. Lift a prayer for his success as a messenger o f the Master of Life. or until the pupil' becomes 21 years of age. • $30,000 CRASH SUIT FILED IN COURT A $30,000 damage s u it. has been filed in Common Pleas Court, Greene County, against Ralph D. Stanforth, 15 E. State st. Springfield, and Har­ ley H. Rogers Jamestown, , by Mrs. Bessie L. Piper, Fairfield, based on an unusual automobile-pedestrian ac­ cident last Aug. 2 in Fairfield, when the plaintiff’s husband was injured mtally. . Piper, according to the petition, was walking along the sidewalk when the defendant’s automobiles collided at a street intersection. The Roger car spun around and struck Piper, in­ flicting injuries which caused his death. Piper was the father of Mrs. Boyce, who resides on the Cedarville College farm east of town. FRANCES EILEEN LITTLE WEUJ TO JOHN WILLIAM FERGUSON Our readers will undoubtedly re­ member references made in this col­ umn during the past three years to the Canol Project, which involved the expenditure o f huge sums by the War Department on an unproved Canadian nil field and the building o f a pipe line to a small refinery in Alaska for the purpose o f producing gasoline for military purposes in that area, Both the Truman Committee o f the Senate and the Petroleum Committee o f the House were most critical o f the Can­ ol project, but the War Departent of­ ficials inkistod on going ahead despite The event, commorating 50 consec­ utive years of service in Cedarville College by Dr. Frank Albert urkat. The place, - the Social room of the United Presbyterian Church. The the time, Friday evening, April 13, College by Dr. Frank Albert Jutkat, ed to all to join in this passing the flowars to the living. Please hall the College office about your reservation. CPL. HARVEY AULD HOME Cpl. Harvey Auld, son of Mr, and Mrs, J. M. Auld, who is with the fi­ nance division at Fort Benj&min Har­ rison, Indiapapolis, Ind., Is home on a fifteen day furlough. The marriage of Miss Frances Ei­ leen Little, daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar H. Litle, to John William Fer­ guson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph FergUson, took place Saturday even­ ing at the home o f D r L. L. Gray, Xenia, last Saturday evening at eight thirty o'clock. The couple "was unattended for the single ring ceremony when the bride was wearing a bitter-sweet crepe dress with which she wore brown ac­ cessories. Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson are gradu­ ates of Cedarville High School and are making their home near Pitchin Where the bridegroom has rented a farm. BRIDGE ST. PROPERTY SOLD The G. II. Hartman property on Bridge street, occupied by Hugh Hart has been sold to Ernest Williams. The building was once a school room for colored children and last taught by the lute Foster Alexander, before the pupils were taken into the building on west Xenia ave. This building was wrecked some years ago for the fill­ ing station. ’ BANG’S DISEASE SUBJECT OF MARCH FORUM— . - ’ “ Bang’s Disease and Its Control” will be discussed by Dr. A. J. DeFoa- set of the Bureau of Annmal Industry of Columbus at the Farm Forum on Monday evening, March 26, at 7 o ', cloc at Qeyer’s. The program is be­ ing arranged by the Cedarville Twp. committee of David' C. Bradfute and John W. Collins. Records show that about 10 percent of all cattle are infected with Bang’s Disease.. The losses suffered by dairy men is tremendous .and in addition it hogs and to a sheep, horses takes a heavy toll in lesser .extent affects and goats. Bang’s Disease is a serious public health problem causing Undulent fev­ er, which many local people have con­ tracted. Herman F. Lewis Grad From Great Lakes Herman F. Lewis, 26, of this place, husband o f Mrs. Betty Lewis, of this place, was among the graduates from an intensive course of- Basic engi neering training at Service Schools, Great Lakes, 111., This Bluejacket was selected for his specialized training on the basis pf his recruit training aptitude test scores. Graduates from the twenty specialized courses taught at the Service Schools are sent to sea, to shore stations, or to advanced schools for further duty. Greene County Lags On Red Cross Drive With neighboring counties over the goal in Red Cross fund solicitation, we find Greene county at this hour lagging behind. E. D. Beatty, cam ppjgn chairman, in- reporting contri­ butions now total $20,854.14. The quota for the county is $54,000. The General Motors corporation by the Antioch Foundry,’ Yellow Springs, reported $1,000. ' If you have not subscribed or .have not been solicited for any reason; re­ port to Mrs. Harry D. Wright. “ ACHIEVEMENT DAY” SET FOR APRIL 27 ANNUAL BEEKEEPERS MEET APRIL 5— W. . Dunham, extension bee spec­ ialist and Chas. A. Reese, head of the Ohio Bee Inspeciton Servioe will be the principal • speakers at the annual meeting of the Greene County Bee- Keepers Association a t' the Court House Assembly Room Thursday evening, April 5, at 8 P. M. Dr. Dun­ ham will speak on apiary manage­ ment and demonstrate the use o f soy bean flour as a pollen supplement. Mr. Reese will speak on winter los­ ses of bees and point out ways of re­ placing these, losses. Beekeepers are urged to maintain their present pop­ ulation o f bees for the primary func­ tion of the pollination o f war-time crops, and the secondary function of producing as much honey and bees­ wax as possible. Reports will be given by Carl Pick­ ering, association president and O.K. Simison secretary and county bee in­ spector. Officers will be elected for the coming year: BRYAN LOST TO NORTHRIDGE Bryan High School basketball squad from Yellow Springs lost to North- ,ridge in the •Glass B tournament at Springfield, Saturday night. The final score was 45 to 25 in favor o f North- ridge. Yellow Springs had won the Greene County honors over Cedarville High. Yellow Springs defeated de- Saturday afternoon by a score of 40 to 33. The Waynes lost their first game to the Bryanites. ' Y. L. M. S. MEETING 4-H>(;LUB COUNCIL MAKES PLANS— ■ Plans for getting Greene County’s, 4-H Club program under way were made •by the 4-H Club Council at Xenia last Thursday evening. Three sub-committees met and outlined de­ tail plans. The committees were Fair and Exhibits; Projects and En­ rollments; and Demonstrations, Judg­ ing Health contests. Members of the Fairs and Exhibits- committee are Joe Haines, chairman, Joseph Hutchison, Russell McDonald, Ruth Creswell and Mrs. Robert Ful­ ton. Projects and Enrollment coW mittee members are Chas. Miller, chr. Sue Williams, Dale Atlcy, Frank Smith, and Mrs. Marlin Heinz. The Demonstrations and Contest commit­ tee members are Mrs. Grace Curtis, chr., Marie Collins, Robert Fudge, Mrs. Paul Mansfield and Mrs. Robert Mount. Officers o f the club are Bill Kyle, president, Joe Haines, secre­ tary: CINCINNATI HAS ORDINANCE FOR SLOW TIME At a meeting o f Cincinnati city council Wednesday Councilman Vogel Introduced an ordinance to chec|e the moving of Cincinnati docks up .line hour next month. CORN CEILING PRICE $1.15 AT FARM— The ceiling price for No. 2 corn sold by producers at the farm is $1.- 15 per bushel. If the,corn is deliver­ ed by a truck from the farm to an elevator the ceiling price is $1.16 1-2 per bushel. For ear corn delivered by truck from the farm to a feeder the ceiling price is $1:15 per bushel plus six cents per 100 pounds for the first 5 miles or “fraction thereof, plus two cents per 100 pounds for each additional mile, CROW YOUR VEGETABLES— If you want to be sure o f your vegetables in 1045, grow them at home! Military and other govern­ mental demands upon our food sup­ ply will continue to be heavy during 1045 regardless o f the fortunes of war. Our men overseas must be fed fr-im processed supplies brought from America, The number overseas is becoming larger as the war approach­ es its final phases, and they will eat as much after the fighting is over as they are eating now. The Young Ladies Missionary So- tending thanks and appreciation to iny hpme o f Misses Clara and Caroline Galloway— A business meeting was held and officers were elected: Clara Galloway, president; Claire Stormont, vice president; Margaret Robe, sec­ retary; Beverly Carzoo, treasurer; Caroline Galloway, Thai^koffetring secretary. The meeting was followed by a social hour. The leaders were Mary Campbell and Dorothy Waddle. . The next meeting will be held at the home of Miss Carzoo, April 4 at 7:30. CHAP. FRANK E. WILEY ARRIVES FROM BURMA Chaplain Frank E. Wiley, Captain, arrived home from Burma where he has been stationed for several .months after spending fifteen months in In­ dia and Burma. After visiting his father and mother-in-law, Dr* and Mrs, R. A. Jamieson, he left Wednes­ day for Wapello, Iowa, where he will visit his daughters and his parents. B . & A . Employees Strike Over Contract A Strike devoloped in Xenia at the Hooven and Allison Co, cordage in­ dustry this week following the expir­ ation of a one-year contract with the QIO union. About 25 percent o f the employees were out but the otjiera have remained on the job. There has been no violence. The company issued a statement through Charles L. Darlington, pres­ ident that it intends to grant a week’s vacation with pay to every mill work­ er who.has-been on the pay roll more than one year and less than five years and two week’s vacation with pay to employes o f more than five years; to continue seniority rights of all em­ ployees; to pay overtime at the same rate the company has been paying, and to recognize six holidays a year, as has been its custom. Good Friday Services Are Set For March 30 Good Friday services will be held Friday, Mch, 30, in the Methodist .church. Local ^ministers will have .charge of the services which start at 12 o’clock and continue until 3 P. M., [there being a service o f thirty minu­ tes for each period. " Local business houses have- been asked to close during the services and will be complied with- as in other years. Women, o f Greene County will ob­ serve their annual “ Achievement Day’ sponsored by the Greene County Home Extension Council at the First Reformed Church, Xenia, Friday, Aripl 27. Mrs. Dorothy Stamback, county home demonstration agent, is assist­ ing in the plans and committee chairmen ■were announced by Mrs. David Reynolds, Cedarville Tp. coun­ cil chairman. Mr. Ralph Watkins, Spring Valley Tp., will open in charge of the pro­ gram, Mrs. H. B. Crawford, Bath Tp. hostesses, and Mrs. Raymond Wolf, Xenia, Tp., arrangements. . Farmers Organize Fro Artificial Breeding Applications for membership to the association o f Artificial Breeding of Dairy Cattle in Greenfc County, should be in by April 1st, according to an announcement made by the Cedarville Township Committee member, Lewis Lillick. The association can offer services from the Jersey, Guernsey, Holstein and Brawn Swiss breeds. ( The following committee has charge of signing members in this township: Lauris Straiey, Harold Dobbins, John Collins, Homer Moore and Mr. Lillick. Any dairyman interested in improv­ ing his herd and increasing produc­ tion iB prged to contact any member of this committee, GEORGE M’FARREN WILL BE 90, APRIL 1 George McFarren will celebrate his 90th birthday, April 1. When 8 years old he heard Lincoln deliver Gettysburg address when living' in Pennsylvania. George was born and reared on part of what is now Gettys­ burg Cemetery. During that battle a shell hit one side o f the log house where he lived. His father was a sol­ dier, in the Union Army. After the war his father moved to Marietta and then to Wellston. - George has lived her for 36 years in his little car along the banks of Massies Crook. He is a widower and has a son, Ralph, Washington C. H., George boasts that he has seen every president since the days o f the Great Emancipator. CPL. W. R. YEAKLEY IS REPORTED AS MISSING Cpl, William R. Yeakley, 24, Xenia, a former employee o f The Gazette, has been reported missing in action in Germany since March 2, according to a War Department message receiv­ ed Tuesday by his mother, Mrs. Kath­ erine Yeakley, Xenia, MEXICANS AID IN FLOOD WORK FOR RAILROAD COMPANY REV. WALTER HOPPING PREACHED FOR LOCAL CHURCH Rev. Walter Hopping, Buffalo, N. Y», preached Sabbath morning id the United Presbyterian Church. Rev, Hopping and his sister, Mrs. Bessie Pauli, have been guests o f their brother and wife, Mr, and Mrs. W. S. Hopping. Fourteen of the local delegation of Mexicans who are quartered here, have returned after spending two weeks in clearing railroad tracks in the Cincinnati area. They were un­ der the -supervision of R. B. Koppe of this place. MRS. WM, HARRISON SUF­ FERED HEART ATTACK NOTICE TO RED CROSS SOLICITORS Will all solicitors fo r the Red Cross War Fund in Cedarville Township, please finish their territories as soon as possible Mrs Harry D. Weight, i Chairman Mrs. William Harbison, 71, who re­ sides at her home near Wilberforce. suffered a severe heart attack Wed­ nesday night, Coupled with high blood pressure, her condition is re­ garded critical, TWENTY-NINE MEN ACCEPTED FOR U. & ARMED SERVICE Twenty-nine men sent by the two county _ selective service boards to Fort HayeB, Columbus, last week were inducted into the armed forces, 22 fo r the Army and 7 for the Navy. They were as follows; Paul E. Me Clellan, Fred W. Strollings’ Jr.„ Kel- bert Whalin, Robert O. Massie, Al­ bert Smith, Lawrence R. Greene, Jack S. Manor, all of Xenia, for the Navy. Homer Turner, Dayton, was induc­ ted through the local board last week at Columbus. Board Two sent: Ellis Eugene Nch- ols, a transfer from Albany, Texas; Charles Jease Acton and Roy Edward Littoral, Cedarville; ‘ Robert Leroy Sidenstick, Xenia; Robert Benton Garringer, Jamestown; Lowell Clark Woods, Jamestown; William -Charles Brown, Xenia; Frederick Shimovetz, Xenia; Laurie Eugene Murry, Xenia; John Franklin Brill, Alpha; Robert Leonias Rice, Covington, Ky. William Robert Beal Jamestown Eugene Albin Muhlenkamp, Dayton; Ralph Ander­ son Graham, Xenia; Raymond Ever- ete Springfellow, Clifton, Charles E. Williamson R, Dayton. Registrants from the county board accepted by the Navy: . Howard Storer Turner, Xenia; Er­ vin Leroy Cultice, R Xenia; Raymond Walter Larome, Spring Valley; Orval Leroy Steiner, Jamestown; Howard Edward Butler, Fairfield and Ken­ neth J. Woods, Jamestown. FISH AND GAME TO MEET WEDNESDAY JUNIOR CLASS PLAY TONIGHT Canned vegetables are rationed a* gain bfecaUso supplies are short, Com­ mercial! .production cannot be expect­ ed to increase this year, Home gar­ dens produced more than 40 percent o f the total fresh supply o f vegetab­ les in 1044, almost as much as the commercial producer*. The Junior High School class play, “Little Mother” will be presented at the opera house tonight at 8 P. M. The OPA is to increase the price o f poultry to induce larger flocks. Scarce pork would bring farmers 20c a pound on foot without OPA. Mack Sauer, Leesburg, newspaper : editor and humorist, and A, W. Short,, chief of game conservation in Ohio, will be principal speakers at the an­ nual membership meeting o f the County Fish and Game Association at Central High Field House, Wednesday evening, March 28. v.. .... - This will be the twenty-sixth an- naal meeting o f the organization but arrangements this year will differ slightly from previous programs be­ cause the-annual “ fish fry” and ban-- quet will not be held. The program will be presented at 8 P. M. : ’ George .H Smith, Xenia, attorney, will be master of ceremonies' and in addition to the speakers, four vaude­ ville acts will be featured. Mooris Sharp, Xenia, is chairman o f the ticket committee. Who Is To Plow or Spade Town Gardens Who is to plow and spade the gar­ dens this year? With the advent o f spring and bright days local gardners are casting about for help to turning the soil. So far few if any farmers can -for several weeks spare tractors to do town plowing Where is the fellow that wants to spade a garden ? Most of them are in war work. How' is the widow to get her garden under way and the same can be asked for aged ? Not many of the younger set have a desire to exercise with a gar­ den spade. We are now hearing var­ ious questions asked as to where help can be secured to clean house, take down stoves and put up the*,screens and awnings. Man power will be a real problem locally this coming sum- riier in the town garden, on the lawn and caring for shrubbery, just as much as on the farm for harvest, PARTY GIVEN FOR BRIDE AT THE NELSON HOME Mrs. Clarence A. Smith Jr. (Mar­ tha Finney), Springfield, formerly of this place, was honored by Mrs. Fred Ervin, Mrs, Lloyd Benham and Miss Betty Nelson when they were host­ esses fo r a miscelaneous “ shower” at the home of Miss Nelson’a parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert'Nelson, Friday evening. Green and white crepe paper streamers extended from the chandel­ ier to the table where gifts for Mrs, Smith were placed, and green and white wedding bells were suspended over the table. Games were enjoyed and prizes were presented to the guest o f honor. A dessert course with green and white appointments Was served to twenty-five guests from Springfield, Cedarville and Jamestown. The marrriage of Cpl. and Mrs. Smith took place in August and he is now stationed in, the Mariana Islands. She is the daughter of Mr, Albert Finney of Springfield, and is now a teacher in Frye school, Springfield. L f GATING IN CINCINNATI Mr. and Mrs. John McMillan and daughter, Margaret Ann, have gone to Cincinnati where they will remain while John attends an embalffltnt school in that city. 7® l v#;,