The Cedarville Herald, Volume 70, Numbers 1-26

’ TWWIK* - f tvr • 3 * 9 ! C E D A R Y I ^ L E ’ S OLDEST I N P W ^ P u b l i s h e d i n t h e I n t e r e s t o f O e d a r v ’i l l e a n d S u r r o u n d i n g C o m m u n i t y PER YEAR ............ $1.50 PER COPY.......... ....... 5c Volumn LXX Cedarville, Ohioj Friday, May 23, 1947 Number 24 * s m m . v Mirnm 1st row—Joanne Sanderson, Helen Lemastor, Agnes Schulte, Lorraine Bargei-, Naomi Conner, Helen Roberts, Eleanor Vest. 2nd row—Sarah Swigart, Phyl­ lis Bryant, Mildred Williamson, CollegeMusic DepartmentGives FinalRecital The final recital of the second semester of the Cedarville college music department- was presented Tuesday afternoon in the college chapel under the direction of Mrs. Mildred Bickett Creswell, head o f the department. Program fo r the voice and piano students; was as follows: The Star Spangled Banner, Meadow Frolic, Marianna Powers. The Schoolbell, and The Scale, James Chadwell; A Little March, The Clown, John Kyle; La Cam- panella (The Bells), Carolbcl Creswell; Duet—A Bicycle Built fo r Two, Marilyn Kyle and Oarol- bel Creswell; Polish Market Scene Marilyn Kyle; Duet—Prayer Per­ fect, Kathleen Evans and Conner Merritt; When I Was Seventeen, Boat Song, Bernice Knecht; Bells of the Sea, Clarence Beard; Son­ ata in F (first movement) Waltz o f the Flowers, Shirley Powers; Bells of St, Marys, Wendell Cul- tice; Flight o f the Bumble Bee, Norweg i a n Concerto, Margie Bradfute; Beautiful Dreamer, Harold Stormont; Theme from Concerto B flat Minor, Clarence Beard; The Lost Chord, The Glory o f God in Nature, Marie Fisher; Bless This House, Max Sisson; Trees, A Robin Sang in the Elm­ wood Tree, The Big Brown Bear, Beryl Dolphin; Wher’ere You Walk, By the Bend o f the Eiver, Conner Merritt; Eussian Concerto op 18, Prelude op 45 No. 14, Hun­ garian Ehapsody No. 2, Mary Louise Stormont; The Wind Speaks, A t Pierrot's Door, Still Wie Die Nacht, Arthur Harkins; None but the Lonely Heart, Take Joy Home, Kathleen Evans. Mrs. Creswell accompanied: her voice pupils. Following the pro­ gram tea was served. To Issue Herald Early Next Week Due to the fact that Memorial day falls on Friday this year, next week’s issue oof the Cedar­ ville Herald ■will he printed one day earlier than usual. A ll advertisers and correspond­ ents are asked to have their copy in 24 hours earlier than custom­ ary in order to insure publication. The KYN Club will meet Thurs­ day afternoon May 29th at 2 p. m. at the home o f Mrs. John Powers. Mrs. Emile Finney will be assis­ tant hostess. Please note change in date, Eight Grade Has Hay Ride The members o f the eighth grade enjoyed a hay ride to the home o f Donald Straley on Tues­ day evening for a picnic supper. Following the picnic games and contests were enjoyed. Ruth, Anne Carzoo, Nancy Fer­ guson, Eleanor Judy, Lois Printz. 3rd row—Kenneth Dailey, Carl Wiseman, Kenneth Wells, Eugene Koppe, Bill Bailey, Philip Bittner, Ed Boyer, Jim Wisecup. Almuni Dinner The annual Cedarville high school alumni banquet and dance will be held tonight (Friday) at the high school. Anyone not having reservation cards fo r the dinner and desiring to attend should contact Mrs. John Mills, the officers o f the as­ sociation have stated. The dinner will be served at 7:30 with the dance following. BeaverTakes ComityTitle FromBigReds Beaver won the county base­ ball tournament finals from the defending Big Beds o f Cedarville high school on the winner’s dia­ mond, 10-3. The game for the county cham­ pionship was originally slated for the latter part of April, but con­ stant spring rains and conflict­ ing events kept it from being played until last Thursday after­ noon. Grindle started on the hill for the locals and was clubbed for all; 10 runs by the Beavers in the first five innings. Eheubert relieved him for the final two frames and allowed the winner to put nothing across. Koogler kept the Big Beds hit­ less until the fifth, but the dam­ age was already done. Beavex* accounted fo r 2 in the first, 5 in the second, 2 more in the fourth and one in the fifth. The locals broke into the scoring in the sixth with a single tally and added 2 more in the seventh. Beaver choked o ff the rally in the seventh with a twin killing, their second o f the day and the locals came up with one. Those not present when the picture was taken are Jeanne Campbell, Albert Frederick and Vivian Ramsey. —Photo by Eamme FormerResident OfCedarville DiesinColumbus Mrs. Eachel Turnbull McMillan, 80, former Greene countian, died at her home, 3048 Crescent drive, Columbus, at 1:30 a. m. Friday after an extended illness. The daughter o f Alex and Sarah ^ Barber Turnbull, she was horn near Cedarville March 31, 1867, but had been a resident o f Col­ umbus about thirty-seven years. Surviving are her husband, James Clark McMillan; a son, Ealph, at home; two brothers, F. B. and W. A. Turnbull, both of Cedarville; a granddaughter, Mrs. C. E. Huckleberry, Columbus, and a nephew. Services were at the Jerry Spears Funeral Home, 2693 West Broad street, Columbus, Satur­ day at 8 p. m. The body was then removed to the McMillan funeral home, Cedarville, where services were conducted Sunday at 2 p. m. Dr. E. A. Jamieson of the Cedar­ ville United Presbyterian church was in charge. Burial was in Mas- sie’s Creek Cemetery. Dwight Ridgeway Bitten by Dog Dwight Eidgeway; 5 year old son o f Mrs. Thora Eidgeway, is recovering in MeClellen hospital, Xenia, from severe cuts and bruises, sustained recently near his home when bitten by a dog. The cuts about the face re­ quired 27 stitches to close. The dog was placed under ob­ servation and found not to he infected with rabies. Mrs. Ridgeway, who is home economics instructor in the Cedar­ ville schools, was in Yellow Springs when the accident occur­ red. JetPlaneExpertKilledinCrash NortheastofXeniaLastThursday Captain Martin L. Smith, 27, Kidder, Mo., one o f the nation’s outstanding speed pilots and holder o f several unofficial jet- propelled aircraft speed records, was killed late Thursday after­ noon, when his P-80-pursuit plane crashed and exploded on the Dr. Gilbert Jones farm about five miles north o f Xenia. When the plane struck the earth and exploded, according to Roger Richards, Xenia, R. E. 5, a witness, it threw flaming oil over a large wooded area, start­ ing small furiously-burning fires, and strewing wreckage over a large area. It was considered im­ possible to find the body, with pieces o f flesh found scattered throughout the woods. Wright field officials said Capt. Smith was on a routine test flight and estimated that the plane was traveling at a speed o f between 450 and 500 miles an hour when the crash occurred at about 4:30 p. m. Capt. Smith, who was a veteran of seventy-eight missions in the South Pacific, held the unofficial record from New York to Wash­ ington of twenty-nine minutes and thirty seconds. He also was credited with the world’s unof­ ficial je t aircraft speed record o f 619 miles an hour, set at Muroc Lake last summer. Last January, he flew a P-80 jet pursuit plane from Long Beach, Calif., to New York in four hours and thirty-three minutes, just slightly behind the record set by.Col. William H. Council, top Wright field jet test pilot and expert. The crash victim, who resided at 657 Aberdeen, Dayton, gradu­ ated from Kelly field flying school in 1941, and had been stationed at Wright field the last three years. Surviving are his widow, Sarah, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Smith, o f Kidder* 25Graduate AtLocalE S. Commencement High school days came to a close fo r the 25 members o f the Cedarville senior class Wednes­ day evening as they were handed their diplomas by County Super­ intendent o f schools S. O. Liming. The commencement ■exercises at the opera hot\se culminated a busy week for the seniors that began at the same place one "week earlier with the class' presenta­ tion o f the three act comedy, Jan­ uary Thaw. Between their two appearances at the opera house they were entertained on Friday night by the junior at the annual pfom and on Sunday night the annual baccalaureate services were held at the local United Presbyterian church with Rev. W. B. Collier o f the Methodist church deliver­ ing the sermon. Dr. Earl C. Metz, head of the department o f education o f Cap­ ital university o f Columbus, made the address fo r the commence­ ment Ixercises. The program included proces­ sional, class o f 1947, theme from Pomp and Circumstances—Elgar; invocation, Eev. R. C. Frederick; music, Carnival' overture—Gibb; address, Dr. Metz; music, Shep­ herd’s Dance—German; award­ ing o f diplomas, Co. Supt. Liming; music, Operatic Gem, Medley— Sullivan; benediction, Eev. John W. Bickett. The. 25 members of the class o f 1947 o f Cedarville high school are William Frederick Bailey, Lorraine Blanche Barger, Philip Francis Bittner, Edwin Walter Boyer, president; Phyllis Jean Bryant, Jeanne Campbell, Ruth Anne Carzoo, Naomi June Con­ ner, Kenneth S. Dailey, Nancy Ferguson, Albert H. Frederick, Eleanor Rose Judy, Eugene Kop­ pe, Helen Gray Lemaster, Lois Evelyn Printz, Vivian Elizabeth Ramsey, secretary; Helen Ryth Roberts, Phyllis Joanne Sander­ son, Agnes Schulte, vice-presi­ dent; Sarah Ann Swigart, Elea­ nor Dean Vest, Kenneth Wells, Mildred Williamson, James Wise­ cup, and Carl Wiseman, treasur­ er. The senior’s play, January Thaw, kept the opera house full o f laughter with its battle over the Connecticut farm house be­ tween the modem Gages and the horse-and-buggy Roekwoods. It was directed by Mrs. Edwin C. Bull and the cast included Vivian Ramsey, Eugene Koppe, Naomi Conner, Helen Roberts, Lorraine Barger, Mildred Williamson, Jim­ my Wisecup, Carl Wiseman, Ruth Anne Carzoo, Eddy Boyer, Kenneth Dailey, Kenneth Wells, and Bill Bailey. A Hawaiian scene, replete with an island and beach, was created in the high school auditorium where juniors were; hosts to the seniors and other guests at their annual prom. Preceding the dance a three- course banquet was served in the school gymnasium. There were covers fo r eighty-one students, faculty and school board mem­ bers. The banquet tables were deco­ rated in yellow and white" appoint­ ments, employing the senior class # colors. Yellow and white stream­ ers formed a canopy overhead and yellow and white' tapers and flowers were arranged on the tables. John Frey, junior class vice- president, presided as toastmaster and welcomed the guests* Edwin Boyer, senior class president, re­ sponded and Walter Boyer, super­ intendent o f Cedarville schools, also spoke. "The banquet wfcs. . served by the McKibben Bible class o f the United Presbyterian church. Johnny Doom's orchestra, Day- ton, played fo r the dance in the school auditorium. Blue streamers from which silver stars were sus­ pended provided an improvised sky. A small island was set up in the center o f the dance floor Where a large Hawaiian doll, made by Mrs. Fred Wilburn, the mother o f Carl Wilburn, a junior presided as “ queen.'” The orches­ tra was seated on the stage in front o f which there was? an im­ provised beach. Cherry blossoms and dogwood blooms were em­ ployed as floral decorations. Leis, in bright colors,, were given as favors. Miss Mary Louise Stormont, John Frey and Karl 'Wilburn served as general chairmen as- MayMusical IsPresentedat MethodistChurch A dramatized biography o f Stephen Foster was presented Thursday evening at the Method­ ist church by the four womenV clubs of Cedarville, Home Culture, Kensington, Research and Wom­ an’s as the annual May musical. Cast for the performances was Mrs. Cora Richards, reader; Mont­ gomery West, Stephen Foster; Eleanor Sue MacGregor, child Marian; Kent Creswell, newsboy; Mis^ Phyllis Bryant, Jeanie; Mrs. Mary Mott, mammy. The chorus was under the di­ rection of Mrs. Anna Elliott with Mrs. Eleanor McCaHister as ac­ companist and Mrs. Leontine Price as violinist. Members of the chorus wexv as follows: Sopranos—Mrs. G e r t r u d e Clemans, Mrs. Helen Cory, Mrs. Gertrude Creswell, Mrs. Della Johnson, Mrs. Lenora McMillan, Mrs. Mildred Townsley. Second Sopranos—Mrs. Mildred Creswell, Mrs. Louisa Stormont, Mrs. Fanny Williamson. Altos—Miss Irma Creswell," Mrs. Ruth Collier, Mrs. Esther Powers, Mrs. Eula Turnbull. Tenors-i-Ward Creswell, Dr. James Chestnut, Harold Guthrie, Kenneth Huffman, Martin Wei- mer. Basses—Charles Collier, Har­ old Cooley, Hai'ry Hamman, Pier­ re McCorkell and Hugh Turnbull. The groups of children were Alis Ann Creswell, Carolbel Cres­ well, Kent Creswell, Robert Cres­ well, Lynn Cummings, Joy Evans, John Kyle, Mildred McCallister, Jane McMillan, Janet McMillan, Margaret Ann McMillan, Doris Ann Reynold, Sai'a Sue Reynolds, Lamar Spracklen, Joe Townsley and Michael Townsley. Costuming (for the period I860)' was by Mrs. Wilma Reinhard while the dramatics were directed by Miss Carrie Rife. With the time o£ the "produc­ tion being set fo r July 4, 1947 at Cedarville. the musical num­ bers were as follows: Old Folks at Home, chorus; Open Thy Lattice, Love, Mrs. Mil­ dred Townsley; Uncle Ned, Hugh Turnbull and chorus; Oh! Susanna Martin Weimer and Kenneth Huf­ fman; Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair, Miss Phyllis Bry­ ant; Old Black Joe, Harry Ham- man and chorus; My Old Ken­ tucky Home, Mrs. Della Johnson; Massa’s In De Cold Ground, Pier­ re McGorkell; Hard Times Come Again No More, Mrs. Mary Mott; Old Dog Tray, Men’ s Chorus; Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming, Ladies Chorus Mrs. Helen Cofy, Soprano, Mrs. Leon­ tine Price, Violinist. Beautiful Dreamer, Dr. James Chestnut; Old Folks A t Home (reprise) Chorus. Mrs, Kathleen Creswell served as general chairman and Mrs. Esther Mae Reynolds as secre­ tary and treasurer. Committees for the musical were: Program—M r s. Mildred B. Creswell, Chairman; Mrs. Anna Elliott, Music; Mrs. Wilma Rein- hard, Costumes. Decorating—Mrs, Ger tr;ujde_ Clemans, Chairman; Mrs. Ina Murdock; Mrs. Cora Richards; Mrs. Ada Stormont; Mrs. Edith Spracklen and Mrs. Fannie Wil­ liamson. Receiving and Ushering—Mrs. Eloise ’ Kling, -Chairman; Presi­ dent of the Research Club. Mrs. Edith McMillan, President of the Woman’s Club. Mrs. Esther Mae Reynolds, President of the Ken­ sington Club. Mrs. Ruby Vay-‘ hinger, President o f the Heme Culture Club. Publicity—Mrs, Helen Kyle, Chairman and Mrs. Mary Miller. Date and Place—Mrs. Della Johnson, Chairman; Mrs. Ruth Collier; Mrs. Louisa Stormont; and Mrs. Eula Turnbull. Sociability—Mrs. Stella, Cum­ mings, Chairman; Mrs. Helen Da­ vis; Mrs. Harry Hopping; Mrs. Nancy Oglesbee; Miss Carrie Rife; Mrs. Dorothy ]\IcMillan; Mrs. Alta Wagner and Mrs Louise Wright. At the conclusion of the produc­ tion tea was served the partici­ pants: and guests. sisted by co-chairmen Misses Betty Spence, Beverly Carzoo and Norma Wells; Roger Charles, secretary; Henry Beattie, trea­ surer and Miss Ora Hanna faculty advisor of-the junior class* 12toGraduate At50thCollege Commencement r; Go Ahead Signal Is Given At k V Rev. John W. Bickett, D. D. President Ira D. Vayhinger re­ leased the names of the 12 seniors who will compose the graduating class at Cedarville College May 29 as the institUution marks the 5 0 t h graduating anniversary exercises. They are as follows: Miss Gloria Abels, Jamestown; Robert Allen, New Paris; Wil­ liam Ball, South Point; Miss Florence Bowers, New Burling­ ton; Marshall Green, Catawba; Theodore Harsh, Sidney; Raphael Hofman, Cleveland; Jesse V. Mc­ Nulty, Manchester; Miss Mar­ garet Stormont, Xenia; Miss Cla­ ire Stormont, Xenia; John C. Weichsei, Washington, Pa.; Keith Wright Cedarville. Commence­ ment exercises are set at 10:00 a. m. in the local United Presby­ terian church. Rev. John W. Bickett, pastor of the Clifton United Presbyterian church, will deliver the bacca­ laureate sermon on Sunday even­ ing as the 50th .commencement week of Cedarville college opens, from the college in the first grad­ uating cl^ss o f 1897. He was bom at Xenia and graduated from Xenia and high school hefore.en- rolling at the local school. Following his graduation here he enrolled in Xenia Theological seminary where he graduated in the class of 1900. He has held pastorates in Greenfield, Middletown, Kenton and New Concord, Ohio, Roney’ s Point, W. Va., and Newton, la., before serving his present church. While serving in the West Vir­ ginia pastorate, Rev, Bickett, taught Bible in Oak Park high school, Wheeling and after five years at Newton he was made superintendent of m i s s i o n s of the Synod of Iowa, which gave him the oversight of all United Presbyterian churches in Iowa. During part of the time he held this position he also had charge of all the denomination’s churches in Nebraska. Rev. Bickett has been a mem­ ber of the hoard o f trustees of Tarkio college a director of the Westminister f o u n d a t i o n at Ames, la., director of the school o f religion University of Iowa, and at present is a member of the board of trstuees of Cedarville college. For a number of years he served as a member of the board of education of his denom- Go ahead signal fo r the con­ struction o f a 30 by 90 foot swim­ ming pool at Cedarville’s Mem­ orial park was given Vincent Rigio recently by the park board and plans are being pushed for­ ward in hopes of completing the project within the next month, he has announced. Blueprints for the pool, which is to be constructed along the north side o f the park by, Massies creek, are being completed by ServicesSet ByLegionPost The annual Memorial day ser­ vices at North cemetery which are conducted by the local post o f the American Legion will get under way next Friday morning at 9 with a parade led by the Cedarville high school band. The line of march will start at the opera house and will proceed to the cemetery. * Forming the parade behind the band will be the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and the members of the local Legion post. Rev. W, B, Collier, pastor of the local Methodist church, will deliver the address at the ceme­ tery. College Alumni Set for May 29 The Cedarville College Alumni association will hold its annual banquet and business meeting Thursday, May 29 in the college gymnasium at 7:00 p. m. Greetings from various classes, which are planning reunions, will be a part o f the program. Also musical numbers from members of former classes will be pre­ sented. Tickets for the banquet will be $1.25 each and reservations should be made by May 27th if possible. Send reservations to Miss Mabel Stormont R. R. 5 Xenia, Ohio, or to Cedarville Col­ lege, Cedarville, Ohio. ination and a member o f the com­ mittee on appropriations of the board .of American missions. He has published three hooks and numerous articles for church publications, m a g a z i n e s and newspapers. He is a life member o f the American Bible society, listed in Who’s Who in Iowa and also in Who’s Who of the Protestant Clergy ’ in the United States. He has received the following de­ grees: B. A. Cedarville college; Muskingum college; B. D., Xenia Seminary and D. D. from Cedar­ ville college. The commencement will be held Thursday morning at the United Presbyterian church with Dr. J. Alvm Orr, also a member o f the first graduating class as the speaker. CancerDriveNets$3,00in GreeneCountyFundCampaign The “ conquer cancer” campaign in Greene county was over the top Thursday, final official day of the fund drive. Although J. D. Adair, campaign chairman, announced no set goal for the fund-raising effort, lead­ ers hoped that it would at least reach $3,000. - George F. Prugh, treasurer, re­ porting, a meeting of directors at luncheon at the -Xenia hotel Thursday, announced that "he has a net $3,038.84 in the fund. More is to come. The report does not include the contributions in a number of coin boxes through out the county, which have not been collected. Neither does it include a share expected from the Montgomery county unit where its solicitation overlapped into Greene county. The treasurer’ s Teport was the occasion o f rejoicing at Thursday's, luncheon. The drive started-on the heels o f the Red Cross fund drive, which overlapped into- ApriL This made an extension of the cancer drive advisable which continued the campaign to May 15. Mr. Prugh reported total re­ ceipts of $3,134.03, which includes $72.72 received from redeeming sales tax stamp's. The expenses totaled $167.96 represented prin­ cipally in stationery, printing and ■ postage. The Greene county unit, American Cancer society, made- its appeal a voluntary one through letters td citizens and organizations th roughou t the -county. ‘ This entailed the printing o f 6,300 appeal letters, 12,600 enve­ lopes, including the return enve- lope and $63 fo r postage, The rest o f the expense fund was a small amount pajst to state liead- guarters for literature used dur­ ing the drive. When all collections are com­ pleted a final report will be re- - leased to the public. The money will provide ammunition for re­ search, clinical examination and treatment o f cancer, rated now as America’s No, 2 killer disease. Donald Haines, manager of the Cedarville Lumber company, tfpon completion of the blue­ prints they will be forwarded to the state department o f health headquarters at Columbus for final approval. Health depart­ ment requirements have been fol­ lowed throughout the plans. Mr. Rigio in promoting the construction o f the pool at the park states that after the debts incurred in the building o f the pool have been retired that the profits over the necessary oper­ ating expenses will he turned over to the park hoard to help finance other park projects and maintenance. Under the present plans, the pool will use water from the village water system and will overflow into the creek. Aside from the pool itself there will be hath houses equipped with showers and rest rooms, a Sand heaEh and atop the hath houses will be a sun deck. Red Cross lifeguards will be on duty at all times when the pool will be open and swimming classes will be organized. “ This is strictly a community project. I am just acting as the promotor for it and several meth­ ods of raising the necessary funds will be used,” Mr. Rigio told the Herald. “A boxing show will be staged at the park for a starter, The exact date hasn’t been set, but it will be in the very near future and other benefit activi­ ties will be staged from time to time, Mr. Rigio points out that the cost of the project will he kept at a minimum by the use o f free labor. Several groups have al­ ready been contacted and have agreed to donate their services on specified evenings and others will be contacted within the next few days, lie stated. Glass jars will be placed in all Cedarville stores and business places during the next few days for contributions toward the pro­ ject. The plans call fo r the pool to he of the stated 30 by 90 size and will range in depth from 2 to 10 feet. XavierSwamps Jackets, 12-6 AtCincinati Xavier university got to Mar­ cus Townsley for 17 hits and 12 runs as the Yellow Jackets o f Cedarville college dropped their second straight ball game on the winner’s diamond, 12-6. The hfome team took a 2 run lead in the opening inning and the locals made it 2-1 in the top of the third and tied it .up in their hat in the sixth. Then things started to happen. In the home half of the sixth the Xavier boys plated 4 runs and added 5 more in the Mowing frame. The Jackets rallied in the eighth for 4 runs while Xavier added their final tally in the bot­ tom half of the same inning. The locals collected 14 hits o ff the slants of Richter and Leist who came on in the Jacket rally in the eighth. They com­ mitted two errors. Xavier collected 17 safeties and made three errors afield. Barton was the catcher for Cedarville while Cully handled the receiving chores for the home club. The rain washed out the game with Bluffton that was scheduled for the local diamond last Sat­ urday, The Jackets will wind up their season when they meet Ohio State’s JVs on the local diamond on next Thursday, commencement day. Accordian Recital To. Be Friday Mrs. Cora Athy. will present her piano accordian students in her annual spring musical on Friday evening, 8 o’clock at Au­ burn Lutheran church, Spring- field, Jackie Lillich, east o f Cedar­ ville, will appear on the program, playing “ Onward Christian Sold­ iers.”