The Cedarville Herald, Volume 70, Numbers 1-26

V* C E D A B ^ I U E ’ S OLDEST ^ - Pub l i s h e d in t he I n t e r e s t o f Cet f i f f i t i l l e and S u r r o u n d i n g C ommu n i t y PER YEAR.............$1.50 PER COPY...................5c Volunm LXX Cedarville., Ohio, j^.'" I^riday, June 6, 1947 N u m b e r 26 ‘ R 0 S @ IS POSSIBLE A-BOMB BEFEMCE THE RADIO-CONTROLLED PROJECTILE, pk ia rtd here 9 0 Ike launching ramp in Ike plant where it was manufactured, has «adetv gone successful Sight tests in Britain. Named tke Stooge, it has an endurance of 4© seconds, a speed of oyer 5W miles a n hour, and a range of about eight miles. The rocket's accuracy and manoeuver- ability lead its British designers and constructors to consider it a GrandJury InRecess UntilJune9 • Greene county's special grand jury investigation of repoi£ed big-^cale gambling operations, the second such iu^jiry in the last four months, recessed last Wed­ nesday for two weeks. Prosecutor Marcus Shoup said the delay was requested and granted to allow mor\ time for assembling evidence, presumably against the Oak Grove Country club, an alleged gaming casino in. the extreme northwestern cor­ ner of the county. The tentative date for the jury to reconvene is Monday, June 9. Among the few witnesses, all unidentified, who testified during the jury's first day-long closed session Tuesday were four Day- ton newspapermen. Two of them had visited the Oak Grove club May 13 and claimed they saw gambling tgere. A week later, two other newsmen, a reporter and photographer, accompanied Sheriff Walton Spahr and his deputies on an ineffective raid on the club. Although the jury will not make a formal report until its work is completed, the prosecu­ tor revealed it had returned in­ dictments in four other pending cases, clearing the criminal doc­ ket. True hills were found as fol­ lows: ^ William Clark 21, Jamestown, and Dale Brown, 22, Haydenville, O., each on two counts of forgery and one count of armed robbery; Carl Hipshire, 35, Xenia, two counts of grand larceny; Marion Shaw, 25, Xenia, burglary and larceny. Clark and Brown said by police to be army AWOL’s from Fort Hayes, Columbus, are accused of robbing George H. Pemberton, a Xenia taxi driver, a t gun point. Hipshire, according to police, con­ fessed ransacking numerous park­ ed autos. Shaw was charged with stealing clothing valued a t $175 from Frank Hustmyer, Xenia Sheriff Spahr, several of his deputies and Xenia police officals are among witnesses expected to be called when the g^rand jury resumes its gambling probe next week. The sheriff had issued a state­ ment Monday defending his con­ duct of the recent Oak Grove raid. Offering to deputize citizens and lead them on a surprise raid on the club a t any time, day or > night, he said: “We will see then if they can do any better than I did.” Indications are the jury inquiry will not be confined exclusively to Oak Grove. I t may be ex­ tended to include book-making on horse races and the “numbers” racket, the target of an “all-out" drive recommended by another county grand jury last January. Clark and Brown pleaded guilty to the robbery count before Com­ mon Pleas Judge Frank L. John­ son, Monday, and were sentenced to ten to twenty-five year terms’ in the state reformatory a t Mans­ field. The forgery charges, Prose- . cutor Marcus Shoup • said, were continued and indications are they would eventually be dropped. Win Over Troy And New Carlisle The C^Arrville baseball team won. two games over the holiday week end and on the local park diamond on Memorial day and Sunday. On the holiday they took the measure of New Carlisle by a count of 4-3 and in the Sunday game won oVer Troy, also by one run, 5-4. This Sunday they will return to competition in the Springfield district league as they encounter VFW 1031 a t the local diamond and the following Sunday play the Bearcats in Springfield. F.F.McFarland DiesSundayin DaytonHospital Finley Foster McFarland, 57, of 47 West Mamma avenue, Day- ton, formerly of Ccdarville; died Sunday at 8 a. m. at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton. He had been ill since last August. The son of John White and Martha Ann Marshall McFarland, he was bom Dec, 28,1889 jn Oak­ land City, Ind. A resident of Ce- darville during his early life he had lived in Dayton the last thirty four years. Prior to his illness he had been a clerk at the Sheffield corporation, Dayton. * ' Surviving are a sister, Miss Nellie B. McFarland, at home; three brothers, A. Harry, Ham­ ilton, 0 .; Joseph G., Indianapolis, and Rufus M., Sarasota, Fla.; one niece and eight nephews. Services were held a t the Mc­ Millan funeral hornet Wednesday a t 2 p. m. with Rev. E. S. Brink- man, Dayton pastor, in charge. Burial was in Massie’s Creek cemetery. To Pick Up Trash On 12th and 13th The village officials have an­ nounced that there will be a truck available for picking up trash on net Thursday and Friday, June 12 and 13 They ask that any trash to be hauled away be placed on the curb in front of the houses. The truck will work in the Southern part of town on Thurs­ day and the northern part on Friday. Progressive Club To Meet Monday The Gedarville Progressive club will hold its regular monthly meeting on Monday evening at 7:3Q a t the Old Mill Camp. Those desiring to attend are requested to call 6-1028 by noon on Mon­ day. Anyone wishing, transportation to the meeting should contact Harry Hamman. Dr. Bickett Home From Church Meet Dr* John W. Bickett, pastor o f the Clifton United Presbyter­ ian' church, returned home Tues­ day evening from Sterling, Kan„f where he attended the general assembly of the U. P„ churches. Dr. Bickett served as chairman of the resolutions committee of the assembly. AtAnniversary Commencement Fourteen degrees, of which two were honorary, were con­ ferred a t Cedarville college's fiftieth anniversary commence­ ment exercises in the United Pres­ byterian church Thursday morn­ ing. Dr John. Alvin Orr, head of the Bible department of Erskine college, Due West, S. C», and a Cedarville alumnus, of the first graduating class, delivered the address. Recipients of honorary degrees ‘were Prof. Charles W. Steele, dean of Cedarville college avfd professor of social science, who was presented a doctor of laws degree, and Rev. Herbert Leroy Main, Olney, 111., member of Ce­ darville college’s class of 1930, who received a doctor of divinity degree. Dr. Steele has been on the Ce­ darville faculty nineteen years and prior to that was a public school teacher and school super­ intendent. Dr. Main, native of Beaver Falls, Pa., and foi\ner pastor of Presbyterian churches in New Galilee, Pa., and Loveland, Q., served as moderator of the Cincinnati Synod of the Presby­ terian church in 1945. Dr. Orr, who was one of five members of Gedarville’s first graduating class in 1897, pre­ faced his addresf* with a fifty- year history of the college. He de­ clared: “More important to dedar- ville college than the loosening of atomic power is the loosening of spiritual personalities to help the world. The college student should be made sensitive to present is­ sues, particularly international affairs, and that education must be Christian.” Continuing, he said “The nations. which plunged us into the last World War were educated in hand and brain but were uneducated in heart and soui.” Degrees were presented as fol­ lows: bachelor of a rts with state four-year provisional high school certificates—Robert K. Allen (cum laude), Xenia; Raphael Hof- man, Cleveland; Florence O. Bow- ers (magna cum laude), New Bur­ lington, and Edna Claire Stor­ mont (magna cum laude), Cedar- ville. , Bachelor of arts—Gloria Abels (cum laude), Jamestown; Theo­ dore F. Harsh (cum laude), Sid­ ney, and Keith D. Wright, Cedar­ ville. Bachelor of science in education with state four-year provisional high school certificates—William G. Ball, South Point,O.; Jesse Vir­ gil McNulty, Manchester, O.; Marshall William Green, Cataw­ ba, O.; Ida Margaret Stormont (magna cum laude), Cedarville, and John Charles Weichsel, Wash­ ington, Pa. Cadet elementary teacher’s cer­ tificates were presented Bonnie Jane Dillon, Selma, and Betty Jean Sickles, Springfield. Park by Vincent Rigio, who was gives permission recently by the pa£k board to construct a swimmlnfj pool for the community a t the , McNealHead ' Cedarvile l CollegeAlumni Bettnett McNeal, Trotwood, 0* member of the class^of 1939 of Cedarville college, was elected president of the college alumni association at its annual banquet in Alford Memorial Gymnasium, Thursday night. He succeeds Dr, Herbert Main, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Olney, 111. Other officers elected were Miss Wilmah Spencer, Cedarville, vice president; Mrs. Paul Ed­ wards, Cedarville, recording sec* retary; Miss Mabel Stormont, darville, corresponding secretary* and treasurer, and Harvey AubV Cedarville, alumni representative on the college trustee board. Dr. Main, member of the class of 1930, who received an honor* ary doctor o£ divinity degree from the college at Commencement ex­ ercises Thursday morning, pre­ sided a t the banquet a t Which- 150 alumni, former students and friends were present. Talks were given by Dr. Johil Alvin Orr, head of the Bible de­ partment of Erskine College, Due West, S. C., a member of th ev, first class to graduate from Ce­ darville in 1897; Miss Josephine Randall, Cedarville, of the class of 1922, and Dr. F. A. Jurkat, at member of the college faculty more than fifty years. Ira D. Vayhinger, college presi-*' dent, reviewed school actl- of the last year and jjaiwu. the enrollment for 1947-48 wilt depend upon housing accommo­ dations. The annual meeting of the col­ lege trustee board will be held on June 20. Schools Get $78,000 From State Allocafn Greene county and Xenia schools have been enriched to the extent of $75,438.33 by the sec­ ond quarterly 1947 state settle­ ment. Allotments were divided as follows among county school dis­ tricts: Beavercreek, $8,322,12; Caesar- creek, $1,260,59; Cedarville, $5,- 454.32; Clifton, $1,157.60; Jeffer­ son, $5,036,32; Miami, $4,447.34;* Ross, $3,144.75; Silvercreek, $6,- 697,34; Spring Valley, $5,114.49; Sugarcreek, $4,590.49; -Xenia, township, $1,975.66; and Xenia, $28,237.31. park, has announced that he hopes to have the pool open by July 4. • “Of course, we’re sticking our neck oUt pretty far for no more work than has been donje on the project, but providing we have good weather for outdoor con­ struction work, there is no reas­ on why it can’t be completed with­ in 30 days,” Mr. Rigio stated to the Herald this week. The bulldozer was at the pool site last week but the ground was tqo soft and it got stuck. I t is to return again the later part of this week if the Weather permits. The'‘blueprints for the pool, which is to be constructed near the entrance to the park, have been completed by Donald Haines manager of the Cedarville Lum­ ber company and have befen for­ warded to the state engineer and the state department of health for approval, Mr. Rigio in promoting the construction of the pool a t the park states that after the debts incurred in the building of the pool have been retired that the profits over the necessary oper­ ating expenses will be turnedv over to the park board to help finance other park projects and maintenance. Under the present plans, the pool will use water from the village water system and will drain into the creek. * Aside from the pool itself there will be bath houses equipped with ■showers and rest rooms, a sand beach and atop the bath houses will be a sun deck. Red Cross lifeguards will be on duty at all times When the pool will be open ahd swimming classes will be -organized. is stnfotly a community acting as the promotor for it and several meth­ ods of raising the necessary funds will he used,” Mr; Rigio told th? • Herald. “A bofcing show will be staged a t 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 wili be staged from time to time, Mr. Rigio points out that the cost of the project Will be kept a t a minimum by the use of vol­ unteer labor. Several groups have already been contacted and have agreed to donate their services on specified evenings and others will be contacted within the next few days, he -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 for the pool to be 30 by 90 feet in -size and will range in depth from 2 to 10 feet. VetsGraves Decoratedon Memorial Day Cedarville experienced one of the nicest Memorial Day mornings for several year. The community was generous in their contribu­ tion of flowers, that the ladies were able to make enough boquets for the soldier’s graves in North cemetery, Tarbox Cemetery, Old Massie Creek and Baptist ceme* teryl Much praise is awarded to the Boy and Girl Scouts for their enthusiasm in helping gather to­ gether the flowers for the bo­ quets. And when at 9:30 a. m. the people gathered together to go to the cemetery, there appeared two big trucks, driven by their owners, to take the flowers and Scouts and other children to the different cemeteries, Soon the school band appeared and the procession began to form with the band leading, then World ' War veterans in uniform of the last two wars and the Scouts carrying their flag, next the two trucks loaded with the children and flowers, followed with a long procession of automobiles, After the services at the North cemetery in which a beautiful wreath, made by the ladies, was placed at the foot of the monu­ ment dedicated to the soldiers, the Scouts placed a boquet on each soldier’s grave. The bright happy faces of these Scouts, who were so full of en­ thusiasm shows the fine work of ’their leaders, in their sympathetic understanding, counseling and guidance. All this is a fine step in helping solve the problems of juvenile delinquency. YouthBound OvertoGrand JuryTuesday Juliujj W», Estes, 20, Osborn -View, ."Was bound over to the grand 'jury Tuesday noon by Xenia Municipal Judge D. M, Aultmah Under bond of $600. The youth Estes was charged with cutting with intent to wound stemming from a scuffle Thurs­ day night involving his father, Leonard, 40, and his 16 'year old brother. The father of the pair sustained sevqral cuts in the melee aand has been under treat­ ment at the Miami Valley hospi­ tal, Dayton, from which he is expected to be discharged Friday. The younger brother ,was not held for questioning. Judge Quitman suggested that the youth be given a Veterans administration examination. Es­ tes is a<war veteran of the Pacific campaign. Mr. J. S. West and grandson .Larry West spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Joe West in Woodstock. SteeleandMainGivenDoctorsDegreeatCollegeCommencement C. M. Steele, dean of Cedarville college, who received one of the honorary doctor’s degives at the college commencement last Thurs­ day morning, has been on the staff at the local school for the past 19 years. For about 15 years he served in the capacity cif dean of men and this year was named dean of the college. Prior to coming to Cedarville, Dr. Steele was superintendent of schools at Fowler, Ind., for 19 years and before that had taught 19 years in Indiana schools. Rev. H. L. Main of the class ,of 1930 was the recipient of the other honorary degree. Dr. Steele, in accepting the hon­ orary degree, said: For the honor just received I give thanks to {’resident Vay­ hinger, to the Faculty and to the Board of Trustees of Cedarville College. That the same came un­ sought heightens the appreciation. The recipient knew not why un­ til he heard the citation. No. doubt some will say it was a mistake Oft times we love our friends $5,000 a year as superintendent of schools. “My father is cashier a t the bank. His salary is $10,000." “Ju st chicken feed,” said a third. My father draws $50,000 a year as president of the L. E. & W. Railroad.” “My father’s pay as president of the XYZ Corpor­ ation than all of yours together he gets $100,000 a year.” Then spoke the minister's son scorn­ fully—“Of all the pikers that ever went down the pike, your Dad’s head the list. My father gets a salary so big that it takes eight men every Sunday morning to carry it up to him,” Teaching is a great calling— In large measure the success or failure of our Democracy rests in the hands of the teachers. The problems are many. One of the greatest is the need of a state­ ment of the Duties of Man com­ plementary to that of the Rights of Man. In the latter we read, “We hold these truths to be self- evident; That all men are .created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain un- for the mistakes they make, And ‘ alienable rights; that among' there is always room for a dif­ ference of opinion. Two boys were playing in an alley. Said one, “My father has been in Congress." Hmph, that’s nothing retorted the other, “My father’s been in the penitentiary." .A group of lads were arguing about the salaries of their res­ pective fathers—“My father sftts these are Life Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." All accept these as our rightful heritage hut many fail to recognize the other side of the whole! "We hold these Duties to be self-evi­ dent: That all men owe acceptance of and obedience to tHeir Creator; That the Life given, should leave this world a better place for posterity; that. Liberty, should he so used as to make it univer­ sal for mankind; and that Hap­ piness is made greater by being shared.” It is the task of the teacher to inculcate a proper bal­ ance of the Rights and the Duties of man. How great a calling is Teach­ ing. There is a legend that the citizens of a certain state held a great celebration to do honor to those of its sons who had rendered distinguished service to mankind and to crown him who ranked highest a3 a benefactor. The master of ceremonies took his placq; one hand were those to be honored, on the other* the judges. One by one the native sons told of their accomplish­ ments, First the engineer—I have tunnelled mountains and bridged chasms th^t made neighbors of Separ>*ed peoples. I have built dams that caused the desert to blossom as the rose. Then spoke the scientist—Ig­ norance and superstition have been driven from the minds of many by my work and the truth has made them free. My contribution, said the states­ man, has been to so shape and administer the laws .of our coun­ try as to make democracy more of fact.and less of a dream, Said the farmer—Two blades of grass now grow where one grew and foods-once the luxuries of kings are now the necessities of the common man. “Go ye into the World and preach the gospel to every crea­ ture,” was the word of the Mas- visited at the home of Mr. and in the fulfilling of that Great Commission, said the Missionary Preacher. Now there remained but one to state his case, a tall, some­ what spare, white-hairdd man. “What have yoU to say? asked the Master of Ceremonies. With a gesture toward the other con­ testants, the reply was, “Your Honor, I Taught All These!” Since his graduation from Ce­ darville college in 1930 and from Western Theological seminary in. 1933, Dr. Main has held pastor­ ates in New Galilee, Pa,* Love­ land, ..Ohio, and is now a t the First Presbyterian church of "Olney, 111. In 1933, he married Miss Lu­ cille Johnson of Cedarville, President Vayhinger said presenting him with the honorary degree: Herbert LeRoy Main, class of 1930, because of your zeal as a minister of the gospel of JesUs Christ, youf leadership in your parishes, your yeafs of earnest effort for the' uplift of young people, and for tho.se qualities of ' manhood that command the ad­ miration, respect arid lover, of your parishioners, I confer Upon you the -degree of doctor of di­ vinity, , * -J FFAChaptex and Two Members Get Awards At State Convention The Cedarville FFA chapter and two of its members received high honors at the state FFA convention which was held at Ohio State university on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, The chapter, which is under the direction of J, Ralph Harner, vo- ag instructor at the local high school, was one of six chapters Motherof CedarvileMan DiesinXenia Mi!s, Carrie Etta Dorton, 72, widow of Rufus T, Dorton, died at her home, 205 West Church street, Xenia, Monday at 6:29 a. m, 111 since November, her con­ dition had been serious eight! weeks, The daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Ames Hawkins, she was born in Missouri July 2ft, 1874, and had resided in Xenia twenty years. She had been a member Of the Methodist Church since she was 15. Surviving a\e three sons, El­ bert ahd Jesse, Carlisle,. Ky.».and Ward, Cedarville; two daughters, Mrs. Pansy Watkins, Xenia, and Mrs. Minnie Ratliff, Bethel, Ky., a brother,. Albert D. Hawkins, Moorefield, Ky,; a sister, Mrs, John Campbell, Meyers Ky,; thirteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Mr. Dorton died in February, 1946. Funeral services were conduct­ ed at the home in Xenia Wednes­ day at 11 a. in. Burial was in Woodland eftnetery, Rev. Hugh S, Graham of the Xenia First Methodist church was in charge. Rev.WaideNamed ToMinisterial Assn. Office Greene county and'Xenia clergy will “back up” their stand for law enforcement, although no for­ mal action relative to reported gambling activities in the county was taken by the Xenia-Greene County Ministerial association at a meeting at the Presbyterian church, Xenia, Monday morning. Rev. J. Russell Dugan, pastor of the First United Presbyterian church, Xenia, was" elected presi­ dent of the city-county group, which mi^ged recently although each assoa ion will have its own officers tdi ansact business per­ taining to each group. The groups discussed reported gambling activities in the county, now under investigation by a spe­ cial grand jury. “Everyone knows, how a minister stands for law en­ forcement and we will back up that stand,” Rev. Dugan announc­ ed following Monday’s meeting. “As for taking the initiative, we \yill let the matter rest at present but is should be understood that We do stand for law enforcement.” Members of the county group met following^ the merged group’s session and Dr. Arthur P, Schnatz Alpha, pa§tor of the Beaver and Mt. Zoin Evangelical and Reform­ ed churches, was elected president of the county ministers, succeed­ ing Dr. John W, Bickett, of the Clifton U. P. church. Rev. William Waide, Cedarville, former mis­ sionary to India, was named sec­ retary-treasurer. The Xenia association, of which Rev, Dugan is president and Rev, Robert W, Mulhqliand, of the Second U. P. church, is" secretary- treasurer, will hold its election Bakery Is Unde** New Management W. W. Owens, owner Of the Cedarville Bakery, has announced the appointment of A, L, Kadel, Springfield as the manager of the local bakery, Contrary to some reports the bakery is not being discontinued. Oscar Lee Allender, former manager, will open a bakery on North Detroit, Xenia, in the near future and John Andrews who was employed as a baker here will also be employed by Mr. Aliender in Xenia, to receive the gold, or highest rating in the state ^chapter con­ test. There were 300 chapters in the contest and is based on leader­ ship, conservation, farm programs investments, scrap book and sec­ retary and treasurer book, A fifth place certificate of award was also given the local chapter on its farm safety activi­ ties. * Boys from the chapter also judged meats, general livestock, dairy, farm shop, sheep and wool. Results of the judging had not been announced at press time. James Cherry of the chapter received the state farmer degree. The degree is based on the boy’s scholarship, farm program, lead­ ership and cooperation. Presi­ dent Howard L. Bevis of Ohio State university conferred the degree on the 145 candidates. The degree is awarded to one boy for every 100 membership in FFA in the state. Bill Fife received the gold ra­ ting in the state chapter report­ ers contest. The contest is for re­ porting news to the Ohio FFA magazine. He was one of four boys in the state to receive the rating. Attending the convention to­ gether with 3500 from all over the state were 11 members of Ce­ darville chapter and their advisor, Mr. Harner, WeimerWins TopPrize AtDogShow From a field of over 300 dogs competing in the national coon hound bench show sponsored by the United Kennal club of Kala­ mazoo, Mich, which was held last Friday in the Lees Creek, Ohio, high school, Martin Weimer’s PR Weimar’s Jungle Jim II, took first prize in the class of senior male redbone coon hounds. Jungle Jim also took the top prize of the show by winning the ribbon for best male redbone dog in show. Mr. Weimer entered seven of his dogs in the show and placed with six of them. Aside from the top honors won by Jungle Jim, his dogs took two second #place awards and two third place. The show was open only to registered coon hounds. Mr. Weimer states that he plans entering several'of his dogs in the international bench show this fall at the Leafy Oak, show and field trials. Council Gives $300 to Park At the regular meeting of the village council on Monday even­ ing it was voted to appropriate $300 for park use and was turned over to the park committee of Arthur Cultice and William Fer­ guson. Scouts to Pick Up Waste Paper Because of requests having been made of us the Boy Scouts will start collecting newspapers, magazines, waste paper, on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 10. It would help if anyone having such material, that they are will­ ing to give us, would send me a postcard. Such cooperation would insure our not missing you. William Waide, Scoutmaster. Final College Game Is Rained Out Th<b final Cedarville college * baseball game, which was sched­ uled to have been played last Thursday afternoon with the Ohio State JVs was rained out. The game was part of the.com- mencement day activities a t the college. Williamson Named For Commission Capt. ‘Lawrence D. Williamson of Cedarville was included in the list of officers nominated by President Truman for permanent commissions in the army. The list was sent to the senate for confirmation last Thursday. . JMg