The Cedarville Herald, Volume 69, Numbers 27-52

' -* NOW ON OUR 47th YEAR This newspaper was founded in 1877, sixty-nine years ago and has been under the present ownership 47 years. Americans For America —America For Americans NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS Under a new- postal law all publications must have paid-in advance subscriptions begin­ ning October 1, 1946. . SIXTY-NINTH YEAR No. 43 CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,1946 PRICE, 41.50 A YEAR 4 KILLED; 2 INJURED BY EXPRESS Four persons were killed and two j CHURCH NOTES •IIMIMMMIHMIlMtHMMIHM imiHMiiauimiiiiMimHitmiM FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Paul H.* Elliott, Minister .! 10:00 A. M. Sabbath School, John Powers, Supt. Morning Worship 11 A . M. Theme, “The Government of Thoughts". 8 P. M. Youth Rally at the U. P. Church, On Tuesday* October 1st the Miz- W* ff«*y _____ ___ were seriously injured when a f a s t : P«h Bible Class will meet a t the home Pennsylvania •train hit an automobile, of Mrs. Mary Huey, with Mrs. C W Steele assisting. GOV. BRICKER LEADS IN POLL FOR SENATOR A poll being taken by the Colum- GREEN LIGHTS By MARY FAY BRYSON It is not unusual for Greene county people to go places. In fact, each day we read of this or that person motor-; ing or flying to-some busy center or, remote place in our country, or beyond our borders north, south east or west. JURORS SHAWN FOR OCT. TERM Members of the grand and petit bus Citizen in the various counties is j peopl®wh° trave- to Afr,ca as a mat> jurors for the October term of com- ter of choice. creating .much interest in circles. Former Governor political John W. Plans Completed For Church Anniversary In Jamestown The final plans have been complet­ ed*for the 140th anniversary of the founding of the Jamestown Methodist Church which has been set for next Sunday September 29tb. The day and evening celebration opens at 9:15.a.m.j WATERDROPS TO 2 POUNDS; HUNT LEAK Isabelle But at that, W0 do not have many. ai D r in u u a n cmi-'“■"•“j iu<=j.re.,w , a«iu ***» Local officials were in a quandry - r . -i- .... a. j 01. , B w • im. (Tuesday when the municipal water ,c®' „• , Imon pleas court were drawn Satur-jw,t^ a Sunday School Rally. The an-LUDDiv droDned -to''around fwn nnmufa McClellan Walker, ^daugh- j by the jury commission. Pros- niversary church service opens a t 10;-' . H .. , . p . S T m »t the , Roxanna * » , Ad , S ton on , 'M,,. 0,avto„[h i«h„t pereea.a,, a, the vote p o t t e d . ! ^ fave ^ S t a S ’l ^ I C ^ Z f o ’^ L T I ™ " »' crossing of the- Pennsylvania | Mr t h e i t traveling toward ast.eonUneat.: , „ c t.„ „ d Juror, arc: Mrs. Neal' > fcnmniBnitg b » t , t dinner has ’The dead are: Charles W, Graham, | P*aY®r >Ved- 8:00 °'clock j the vote ovef "« j their ship’s sailing, in an eastern port. rs. Walker have been plan- — — 0.1— i— «•- — . * 18, New Burlington; Francis JH. o f, Rt the U. P. Church. New Burlington, a brother; Ralph J. j Preparatory services, Friday Oct. Jordon,, New Burlington; Margie Mth a t 8 P-. M. with sermon by Prof. /. Carter, Roxanna, who resided but a short distance away from the cross­ ing. Frederick M. Carlsen. Sabbath Oct. 6th is “World Wide Communion”. Choir rehearsal Saturday, at 7:30. The injured are Frank Graham, 50, New Burlington, father of the boys and driver of the car, and Jesse Tolle of New Burlington. Both are said to be in a critical condition. The car demolished and landed in a ditch where it took fire. The flames were! extinguish a ■ in-a few minutes. This puts the county death toll from'auto j wd' accidents a t 13 for the year thus far, j „ The crossing has no signal lights ‘ yet at the hour of the’ accident the! Indwelling. Christ” , head lights of the engine could have been seen quite a distance away. The; train struck the rear of the ear show.; ing it was nearly clear of the track, j • The body of the Carter girl was: removed to the Oswald Funeral Home j in Lebanon. Bodies of the other three victime’.were taken to the Neeld Fun-! ral Home in Xenia. i J Experts from the ■Dayton Power e* Bricker *«f.ived67.2 percent of they“ are a* aiting word f o r ' g ^ ^ ^ ^ 7 “ 1V“ '8' b e w n 's e tT t" ^ 1 * 7 w T J 80,1 Ligbt °°- were called ^om Wil- 6 ° <* hjs Democratic o p p o - . ^ | >8 „ # j n . > r 'W* ° 81 S e i 4 e opens 2 P M S l h 5 T f | minet°n With an electric ^ t e m that 395 PJr enst Rcv- a a d * » ■ ; m J T C i a w ' a o u s h , leatk%hn t h e r r bs.t, Republican candidate for foreign-raissionaircs of the United ^ l u * * ?*** A,Ee4*” .Youth PellowsMp program“hai teen1 T" f das'. tho“Rl’t th» M t nor Receive 60.5 to 39.5 for Gover- Presbyterian Church. D' } , ' .. . ... . , • se t'a t 6-00 » ‘m * P * '• been,was from a valve at the paper mill | ■ — ....... — - T. nL; v s . THE CEDARVILLE METHODIST CHURCH Rev. W. B. .Collier, Minister Sunday School 10:00 A. M. Bette Nelson, Supt. Rally day will be observed. There i also be promotion exercises, jyears' Those not attending Sunday School! Democratic Fairfield county elsewhere are invited, to come. Lancaster as the county seat Ithe public somewhat Yoiith Fellowship at 7:30 P. M. for !,the Citizen pole. At Cornell University, Rev. Walker ,m stevenSf ^ ................._ ,. . . . .. ..................... ......... The result in Madison county is has completed, as a post graduate Xenia; John Slate, Yellow Springs; Jamestown Methodist Church Across j Later in the day certain sections .2 for Herbert and 43.8 for Lau- workf a course in Agriculture while Earl Randau c'eda’rville Twp.; Mrs.|tbe X * "8”* deleting the life of the 0f the town were cut off Until a supply ------- avo. I- ............ ....................... , ....... .......... -« - Jamestown; Victor^0™|nu,’ity fof th« past !4° years with; eouid be,stored supply . a... i —vuiiiauii, uuiiiubui/ u, vigbui , ,.. .. , - j. . . . . .u-i»u,cu. in the Wflter tower for over Huffman.; Delaware.county is >pia te, pursued her studies in Home 4\j0iujing) F ajrfield; Charles T.nyiop^tabcaux ln Pioneer costumes is to be^fjre protection. The water is from usually-a Republican stronghold bu t, Economks. !Bath Twp, • j presented a t 8 o’clock. Then at 9:30, three wells south east of town. Madison frequently divides between ^ ' ' They wilf be stationed at Omdur- ^ ^ t i t venire is Mrs. Charles' F * ? *oWer f I* Tha ^ 'sch°o1 UWSS dlsmis8cd the parties or has done, so in recent JNorth Sudan> after they.have Malinger, Bath Twp!; Richard D e n - ' “ th?. Cl ^ . a «ift to | T^ d a y afternoon about 2:3 I IK1IH — i ————a UUUU1/ A < 0 and !completed their language study in. nison, Yelibw- Springs;*Grace M. Ford a Wil«am Bakerj there was no,school or college Wed-. Cairo, Egypt. Beavercreek Twp. Lonnie- Fellers, ' 13 ,to i«a»»nated the(nesday. Classes were resumed ffives such an assignment means a tre- Osborn; Paul Semler, Miami, E m e r - * , ' ? Vaffl®iThursday* on a brief business meeting. UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Ralph A. Jamieson, Minister , ............. — r will be detoured from the church area jwhat of a shock when mendous task but also, great opper- ?0n Davis, Xenia; John Ary, Xenia; tQ ajlow t),e crowd, to witness the out 3le is analyzed. Fair- lunities. This earnest, skilled and C(irl Taylor, Jamestown; O. E .'Fry,' f doors. muminatlon.: exendsea' as i- years "has been re- hi^hlv trained ytiung couple are eag- Ruth Twn field county for ears 'has ee re- ig ly trained- ti c le are ea - at p. j weli aB a new bulletin board. The' garded a bulwark of Democracy but L,r to begin their life work overseas. Henry Stedman, Beavercreek Twp. ctmrch ig :bd;ng ^ ;red for gound to the poll shows a certain trend to the There are unusual conditions to be gus Goens, Tillie Blackburn and Carl teke cai.e of the anticipated overflow. Republican' ticket when John W. jn order to establish their home Van Horn, Xenia; Harvey Miller, W. 1 in sucli a far away mission station, view; Ed Moorman, Xenia; Wilbur ^ when Ernest Brad-’ The church had its beginning in General Fund Increase Asked By Commission The 1947 budget submitted by the a local preacher named county commissioners asks for an in. Bricker received 59.5 .per cent of the Sabbath School 10:00 A. M. A*. Bi'votes polled and Huffman, who owns Just about anything they may need Lemmons, Cedarville; ^ruesv x>rau-, M orpr Trft. n n . , . ... , . | , . Evans Supt. i a summer home in the rural section fi)r. the- next seven years, must be f0,.d| Beavercreek Twp. Moses Iradei opened his home to lus,crease of more than $13,800 m the RALLY DAY PROGRAM, with . a 'o f the county only received 40.5 per- laken with them, owing to the unre- Mary t>iehl, Miami Twp>. Samuel!« ‘ft 5 ^ ^® ‘5 ° “®®er7 ,CesT‘ The,general operating fund over the.fig- Oombined Service, as -usual on this cent. • | liability of production and transpor- Kundert, ^Beavercreek Twp.; Fred town in 1837 8 re e m umes- Special Dav. The Junior Department Thomas Herbert,'Republican can- tation since the war, Dobbins, Cedarville; Charles Burnett,’ T_ la8x „ ’ , . , • , Indications of little balance in the ‘ i" ------ J ------ general fund a t the end of the year 19,46 will mean that adjustments will year jhave io be made by the budget com- later to be burned to the ground by,iggjon before next year’s appropria- Bromfield Fears Lower’ wiU present a short program, includ-- didata for governor even topped Gov.This includes all CIA j j £ t • • ’• -!Iw5 f romtftions to advanced classes.; Frank Lausche, the former receivingand clothes, household Standard o f Living . j ^ af « aa ofth® ^ b* , 52.4 percent to 47.6 for the latter, furnishings, such as cooking utensils, Kus.manl y , n- O XT T \ CS U - A ' lR?Ten ^ R- ®arnCtt’ a n , I" the Fairfield county poll each .of dishes, linens and supples Xema. B y N . D . S l l b S l d i e S , cIdcr of the Neil Avenue Church, Col- the eight Republican candidates re- The Walkers will be located on a ' -------- “"I ; Ba™et‘ has. b®®W S?.c' ceived larger percentages of the vote farm and' at the mission station, su- Louis Bromfield, farmer, • noted lotary of the Presbytenal Depart- p0|jed than the Democratic oppo- pervising and teaching all the agri- economic .writer, practical farmer 'ttent of the Sabbath Schools, and will entg *cultural matters thht pertain to a and conservative Democratic leader, nnng us a good practical message- j It must not be overlooked that Sen- far m, and their chief work is that of issues a warning that the nation is A Touth “ ““Yw;J[.be. held-Sabbath .Huffman in the closing days of the a minister and his wife in the mission approaching a “subsidized agricul- -ap v - lh,s w“* ®.« .a Union Ser- Congress voted for each and every station. . . ture” which might result in a. lower-' vlCe to which all are ,invited. It will bill backed by the CIO and New Deal Mrs. Walkerrealizing the prepar Dobbins, Cedarville; Charles Burnett, In 1884.a cyclone ripped away th e jg e personal things Xenia Twp. Mack Greene, Stella Bor-'roof and demolished the tall spire.' 19,, 1 equipment and Jen, Mrs. Charles Taylor and Marie n was .immediately restored two year !v* •ookine- ute il , tr—... v~~-— Improvements Under Way At Paper Mill The Extensive improvements are being made on the interior of the for­ mer paper mill property by M. Beam ed living standard such as exists in b® in charge of our young people, tic farm prices under OPA and let at ions necessary f o r ’such a journey & Co., which was leased from H. d . China and India and they are inviting the young peo- manufactured goods made on organiz- and subsequent living, has been ac- Tyson, London, owner. New cement He refered to*the regimentation by ple of community, including those cd continue to rise with added costs cumulating things far beyond the us- f,00vs being laid so that more of* th government that it was an effort from Clifton and Jamestown. They a8 wage- increases were granted. We ual dower-chest amount. Among ,he fIoor space will be on the same , ne1- . ’ 0‘uv«elves into believing we are fortunate insecuring for the. get a report of a secret poll taken a t other things, she has secured about leveI- New doors are being cut'and ° 6 , . .. . living standards i;Pcaker f®1’ fo's service.Rev.- J. Wiley a meeting of school teachers in a .'fifteen pieces of dress materials, to *'bc P'an*- being changed to meet the ! » Jnv»rnm»Jt hriherv of the ‘neoole pru£b I)aster of the newest U. P. nearby city where the teachers arc augment her present supply of-dress- npeds of the company. o„i aifiipq' n«d bv high tariffs* cburcb ’n Dayton, a little over two-.organized.- Thomas J. Herbert receiv- es during the next seven years..; The work of changing the interior nnhnnHnlhf im more than years old- Rov- Pru6b bas been a 0(i 92 percent of the vote against 8 their alloted period of absence. This may ^ike thirty days during which 1 m - a W o are tnvinir ourselves ' eader *n the Synodical YPCU (jon- percent for Gov. Lausche. I t . vyilt be summer she discovered that they *■»«« some, new machinery wril’jbe w - SU 81 * 8 to hold down the cost ferenct>' for two years, a director of (recalled Gov. Lausche vetoed n school vvould' not be permitted to take any ct!ivecl- tf®* a11 of the needed machin- music,.and you will hear an excellent bill that teachers were interested in, material in the form of yardage: ery can be secured at this time.. The It is $aid no other governor in Ohio There was not much choice nbout p'atl^ .'nipl'oV<' lncn^ *s being made un- Her bolt of lightning. The church' tions are allowed. Increased costs of was reconstructed again a t a cost of'supplies ifor maintenance of the court house and jail are partly responsible $60,000. Two famous Ohio clergymen who appear in character in the pageant have served as pastors, the Rev. J.B. Finley, the most fambiis rider of early Methodism and buried a t Eaton, O., and the Rev. Granville Moody, the inost colorful person in Ohio relig­ ious history. / more and more of living, devouring our economic vi- MX HVIll£y UCVUUL tll^ u i VV.UIIUUHV Va- tals to do so and bringing ourselves PVOgram Sabbath evening. ( v constantly nearer to totalitarism, ' T «. . * nday, September 27th, .we'ever vetoed such a'bill. . The teachers what ’could' be'done about that’ i w d®1* tb® 'direction of Mr. William government regimentation and q l ow- bav i ng . a Rally Night Supper, with |m«?t have good memory. er and lower standard of living rv ^ ' a,nJ follow' The usUal c°ver- Mr. Bvorpfield assailed the surplus ed d,sh Dmncr will be held a t 7 P.M.. scare. Jffe said'10 percent of the na- '« th earnest'dw irc to be seated a t 'S e V e i l F a r m A d V IS O r S tion’s farmers were feeding the great ,„.e “ ' es not |ater than 7:30 P.M, majority of the population, whereas £ hc praf aM1* ’U be !n char^e of Mr- another 30 percent produce between ,,e .er c a lister, ^the congregation only 60 and 60 percent of the poten. l'ha,rmnn- in ojh t.on to music there * :„ i ---- 011,^ will be short talks given by a repre- Federated Clubs To Meet In SprinsrHeld for the need of more operating mon­ ey. Food costs have boosted the ex­ pense of supplying meals to jail pris- ioners by about $2000. The proposed budget anticipates $3,500 for (tuberculin cattle testing, $3,500 more for soldier’s burial, $8,- 820 for the dog and kennel fund, $275,357 in the road .fund and $272,- 242.45 in the general fund. Plaques to Honor • ♦ -I. Outstanding Men and Women In Clark Co. Plaques, commemorating men and tial production. The remainder, he sentntivo of the Session, Trustees, . . Sabbath School and consume. The illusion surplus in specjai feature of the program, last Named In County ; materials must be cut and a t least Benttte of Yellow Splin&8' ' \ partially made or they could not be ■ 'taken at all. Something had to be J N Wolford Celebrates done . ... and quickly. ! About ten of her relatives decided Ito help her irt solving the problem of •‘‘no make . . . no take!” They met Appointment of seven Greene coun- a t Ule of Mrs. Ruth Ferguson ° M farmers as advisers to five super- j.;wrv ;n rt,uson formL,r - — ... , 7 . and spent a long ,Uat a] Said, produce little more than they c I L T * T w w v^ 6rS °f t h e a>mi»-*°* bpf y <lay * owt se* iaS ma' business in that place last Thursday.' - m t. ___ 1— .1—Sabbath School and W.W.C.A. A j district was announced yesterday, chines were put to work after pat- last generation in this .country was ‘£ 7 ^ 1 hT f .;r"k( By townsllips the advisers are: Bath terns and scissors and a great deal of not surplus but under consumption, 1 ■?. 1 1 0? ' fH!*1? " !Earl Flatter; Beavercreek, Robert L, conference had started the day. The members of the Federated Clubs of Springfield, Ohio, extend a cordial welcome to all women to a t­ tend the Fall Conference. < Thursday, October 3, in the First Lutheran Church, Comer of West women associated with Clark County High and South Wittenberg Streets. who have made contributions to the 9:00 A. M.Registration (25c) history and welfare of the county, 9:30 A. M. General Session- In- state, nation and world, will be erect- eluding recognition of State and Dis- cd starting this autumn by the Clark trict Chairmen; Clnb Highlights; Add- County Historical Society. , ress by 5jrs. C. E. M. Fihney and 0n®o£ the f,rst Projects will be the J N Wolford of Yellow Springs,’Youth Forum; Bliss Christene Hume Placement of the roadside and bome- Cedarvillian, celebrated th e ,a9 coordii/ator, with High School pu- st®ad markers .pointing out the first anniversary in the newspaper^ pils participating. home m Ohio of Simon Kenton, fam- - ............. .1.45 p, m . Music ed Indian fighter, in this vicinity, and Mr. Wolford received his training 2:00P. M. Address - Our state a roadside marker designating the in the mechanics of newspaperdom President, Mrs. C. J. Goldthorpe. ‘grave of Col. William Ward, founder 41st Anniversary it surplus out.- uuuer wii»uiiii«.iuu, «0i,iW h«v«i and pirU ^npcial 1CJ“‘* 1 .. . ............... , in this office and later purchased the ciission. Reading the Bromfield prediction . ,? so.,<l^ r boys ,lnd f r]a- Specia Thomas; Sugarcreek, Weller Haines, Some .of the dresses were completed Yellow Springs News from Wilbur neaamg ine oronuitiu tables will be reserved for them, and ‘ rJ___ rnonnr- wmm warn nnrtltr m*.!* ti ,» b - of Urbana. coupled with recent economic events - res®ryed for ^em , and we recall conditions back in the early' ' °r< 0 aPPrecin mn to them, and days during the Cleveland Dem. ad- ’ response from one of the boys. ministrations. While working as a u ,'°lr Te eafsa aY a£ 7:3°* , . , , y , , We are uniting with most of the vacation harvest handon the Barber , , , . . .. . . . . .... n 1___ .__; rL-angelicnl churches of the world 2:30 P. M. Departmental Dis- New Jasper, Arthur Bahns; Caesar- some were partly made. The plann- .......* .......... a . m. w creek, Wilfred McDonald; Ross, Earl ing, cutting and stitching were nec- 'V'kC- That WaS forty-one Y®ars »?o.' 2:50 P. M. Mflsic Ritenour; Fudge. Silvdrcreek, Myron After operating the newspaper for, 3:00 P.M. Addms - State Repre- R. essary even to the •making of mat- a score or more years he sold out to [sentative of Mental HygTttle. tresses, ready for the • stuffing a from Antioch Co llet. A! 3:20 P. |Youth Hit By Auto; Ran Between Cars farm north of town we recall hearing j the paper mill whistle blowing but| not a t the regular hour, It was joli-l „ , , .. - - Ic- WU fSabbath in (.bserving the First Sabbath of as World-Wide Communion Preparatory services will be on Friday evening October 4th at fication for the nomination of Wil­ liam McKinley as president a t the ’..V”? ' Republication national convention, Itj«* 1 , e m®ssalte Y John Was victory for the Republicans in S,tevenf of. our church, a student of November and the skimp family | "Ur .C"!I®KCTIand seminary. Rev. A. plates were soon loaded with many L ’ei V c£. 'Vl prcacb £o[ Ps f , , , . , , on Saturday October 5th a t 2 o'clock things not known to common people vuvik , ,, , * 4 ., , We should also make the Wednes- the past four years. It was the real- ,. „„ . . „ , izatlon of the campaign cry and the, p service of next week a promise of a “full dinner pail’*. F*ac- ai^°rypSer1' ice’ «« we meet to- tories started up everywhere and un- °r rayLr an on erenc®* tier the McKinley leadership tin plate became a great product here instead of importing from ^England, Then we recall the quick sale of farm land and of virgin woodland were cleared and up went homes and barns. Those were the days when prosperity and happiness ruled the land Farmers purchased on the same basis of their sales for the gold standard dollar had become the law of the land. are represented. CLIFTON UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ■ Dr. John W. Bickett, Minister Mrs. Elwood Shaw, Organist. Sabbath School 10:00 A. M. Supt. William Ferguson. Jesus and the Law of Love, Mr. W. R. Barnett of Columbus will bo the special speaker in the Sab- TodaV Ibatb sch00' rally program. He will ow41 _____ .... . v . . ■yt-ui’tt u^u wucii ms ovjiu iw wj mat oiuu x"« in* AiinouncGinonts t county. The farms vary in size from -or relatively right length and these Morgan interests. During that time Awaftfittg of Traveling Gavel, 20 to 850 acres and all 12 townships also were partly made. Whatever j,c j,as been employed as a pressman, 4:15 P. M. Tea. * *... 1*•’ 1at the beginning of that sewing day ,n the plant now owned by Ernest, Rekfei^atfortS cAn be made with Mrs. had started as yard goods had by Morgan. It was his make up of the A. E. Richards, Phone 6-1491 before evening, become some garment or recent jssUc, that enabled hlta to cele- September 27th, furnishings for the new home in the j,fatc his 41st anniversary with the ^•udan. i paper as an employee, net an owner* Of course at noon, the seamstress-- ■■___ ___ es had a covered dish dinner. Every A0b c f n i n p minute of that busy day of exception- A SK S 1 0 F ai accomplishment was also filled with’ the delight and fuft that a group of _______ congenial women is apt to produce' , _________ nnd enj-oy> ‘ 1 We get a good story from an em- 1-Mill Levy For New County Bridges D m iu 01 mu mini , . . * . ...a , d -teu -it. ” ,,, speak on the need of better Sabbath we have neither a gold or silver basis . to reckon or back the New Deal printing press dollar bill that floods the land. We will never see stable values nor prices until we have a dol­ lar that is backed With something* of Value other than hot air. We also re­ call that every full dinner pail in those days had meat nnd plenty of it for each lunch. Eating horse meat Was never even thought of. $5 FOR A PONY NAME The Jamestown Committee for the ,Horse Show Hallowe’en night offers a prize of $5 for a name of the Hnllo- we’en Pony, All names must be in by Saturday October 5tb, schools. Miss Jeanette Spahr, assistant or- ganist will preside a t the organ and the choir will lead the congregation in praise on the foregiveness of sin and pardon through Christ. Sermon topic wili be Jesus Message on I will if you will, based on words of Jesus when the leper asked to be healed in Matthew eight and two and kindred passages The yotmg*people will meet a t 7:30, THE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE . Pastor, Raymond Strickland. Sunday .Services Sunday School 10:00 to 11:00 A, M. Preaching 11:00 A. M. to 12:00 II. A program of gradual replacement of bridges in Greei County will be undertaken if voters approve a pro­ posed extra tax levy of one mill for a five-year period. The levy, requested by the county commissioners to augment the road and bridge fund, would yield about $54,000 a year, County, Auditor James J, Curlctt estimated. As reconstruction becomes neccs- County Engineer Robert S, Crane said, the project would include erection of new steel and wooden bridges. Twenty-three Wooden spans are still in service op county and township roads. Receipts from the present county road and bridge fund are derived ex­ clusively from motor vehicle and gas- propbsed would augment this annual income. Near Getting Heel TO OUR PATRONS sary, HOLD THAT LINE HARRY 'ployce of a meat store in Xenia. Sev- Perhaps Mrs. Walker may ,n the era, months # Xenia customei. months and years to come, be more wanted firBt clasg steak d ^ 1 , than glad that all that sewing has hambe T]jjg XVas dojie and &lie' been done instead of its requiring her wag cha d 8tcak ice> She id lime and attention to do it !thc bill and latcr rep6ftcd the place Africa at one time seemed a lbng, tQ 0pA snopperfl saylng she had beeh long way from America . . no doubt oVCT charged. Several days ago thte ,t still ,s. hut planes do fly anywhere flamc ,ad visitcd lhe gtorc and want. and can shorten the time between ed somc morc meat by tbe backdoor continents, when necessary. This is voul& The storc had none bufc she a comforting thing to remember both ,ngtet<!d thei.e waa 8ome in the coolct for the.travelers and for their folks,and that she would not tell anyone, at home. j ^yjth a cold shoulder the dealer said It may be sooner than we now s u p - ^ a„ that 8lopped tbe application pose, that the knots and snarls of P1’o-.r0f a beej jn certain quarters not men- duction nnd transportation will fitad-j ti0„ed( uttlly straighten out to aid the.pur-j One of our Republican ladies stop suits of peace. iped U8 on the street Tuesday and of- At least, two more young people^ /’ered a suggestion, She thought wo are on their way to do their share t°", should give more publicity to the retailing of meat and that all those Elden Fawcett, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Fawcett, sustained a broken leg and bruises when hit by a passing motorist late Wednesday afternoon. The iad ran across the ‘Street from behind the Xenia-London bus With out looking. The driver of the car, |whose name we did not get.^put on his Brake and stopped within a few feet. He took the boy to the office Some time ago we gave warning of Dr, Donald Kyle, who set the mem- that it might be necessary to temper- her, arily suspend publication In view of ^ Hay after day we notice boys play, labor situation ’while we undergo ing in the street, running in and out treatment for eye trouble. between cars which is a very danger. Since then following examinations ous practice, it has been determined that our eye trouble is no doubt caused by “lead FRUIT STORE CLOSES poisoning” in this system. We have known of this since last February The Hyman Fruit Store in the but at no time tftitil lis t tveek was it Steele building, Xenia, has closed the thought it had anything to do with place, one of the main marketing the Sight. centers for years in the city, The To follow a system of treatment business like othei; lines under OPA and on advice of a specialist we must is only a headache and to get away for the present* give Up the hi&fihan- from it the business is dosed. The ical part of the work to give the eye room will be occupied by a jewelry a chance to return to normal, Conse- store. The first business in the room quehlly this will be our last issue un* ;after the building was erected more til Competent hdp Cah be setuYed to than 40 years ago by the late J. D, resume publication. ^ Eteele Was a jewelry store operated We fregtet very jnUch this announce- by the late J, Fred Schell, ment right a t a time when we have been enjoying more unsolicited bus­ iness than a t any tim’e in our forty- Mnrry Truman’s trusties in thoj ward helping a portion of humanity OPA this week announce nn increase'to learn to live a more abundant; life, of 2 cents a pound on rice to help keep down the cost of living, j It will add only $8,000,000 to the cost of living on rice alone for the A* merican people, Dr. Millar H. Douglas of Kenton was a business visitor a t the Clifton United Presbyterian parsonage last Tuesday. * who voted for the . New Deal should not crowd around meat counters to get first helpings while others thai voted otherwise had to wait. There is an idea worth discussion. seven years as publisher and owner, Weaho regret to discontinue knowing eveT}/ progressive town should have a local paper. Just as soon as help can be secured publication will be re- Isunned, , TJW PUBLISHER w ill F e ed inmates The state tjf Ohio will ignore the OPA and the Welfare Department under Democratic control is authoriz­ ed to purchase 245 head of cattle in Kansas City and slaughter them at the State Prison Farm, London, to feed inmates in state institution*. ?!s1 ' u