The Cedarville Herald, Volume 70, Numbers 1-26

X V l CEDARVILLETS OLDEST ’INST ITUTE Americans For America lerica For Americans $1.50 PER YEAR 5c PER COPY SEVENTIETH YEAR CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY, MARCH 7,1947 NUMBER 13 CONGRESSIONAL HAPPENINGS IN W ashington ! By CLARENCE J. BROWN Member o f Congress By a roll call vote o f 51 to 83 the senate lata last week approved a re- durt: in the president’s budget o f fan? folLon five hunurc Cedarville FFA 'uild Chicken Houses muon lass —thus plaeirgr a top tn fe« eral spending o f $38 •'* x 0 t iv.vn tea day? earlier ha££ ^&'.*v€5- £* ceil:ng-ec $21.3 HII*055, or & I'iLu feelow the amount r«M‘J by tl pres.ident. A coafe e con: TSSld!e up o f raemlsei ■,r.: the' Lou 3P£-Cl senate, will no: h avo to wei cut a eompreois.- l rt cut ■:e. wsion most capital c.’ ~i:FVcrs wlE finally fee c-ither $5 or §•" lion. P.aM: In recent weeks spokesmen o f the Trumart administration L.-ve been putting on a terrifie tattle agair.-t congressional efforts to reduce il:t president’ s hsJget an 1 federal .■rc-::-.'.-- fag thereunder fo r the ce;ilr.g ffe'cc* year. Many goremr.er.t eo~ uvtr.:. ::t aril officials have ieen p iztng- tlie people* ar.-I the \.t gainst the p r o p e r I urge at the taxpayer.-.’ t '.rtf.? direct corfradie.L n to th. statute.; which ir.a! ■ It a offense fo r any govcriune: or official to endeavor to legislative art: -n cy the The v.a»* apd ravy deiurtrr. seemingly i een the Ieaeec? effort to prevent c-r.grc i::$* o f the fio-l'Antie! the argument that a n y ----------- auction Is govetrmtr.t sper.ti.rg wii endanger our ::..i ;L :>•. an security. Hamer. Gone Ritenour, James Cherry. Ralph 'er3£arr% '.“«i * e*-; *4PV':~3 C* <FFA A Vi * «—!*.*•$• * . fe.,v* «.«« Lom-'d in ar.d ir. r ;. k ” «L estlon crimin L«. infireree It might he well fo r the Antcnear r..1 c f o:tv '.IV. (VVtt‘i ’...IV x at people to take a Ieoh present military fc-r thcmsclvc-- whether it pt. 1 to cut expense; without e-neangc-ruip national security. Bari; in Ife-h? h cost §2,772.00 per man per y -ar t> maintain cur armed forces. Buriny the height o f the war. v:h-.n all serf o f munitions and equlpiw. r.t were fee­ ing-used rapidly, th ■*cost per mart rc-v to $5,060,00. Now, in the new fcu5gc-‘ the army propmes to srerrl $.,C5d.Gf , per year, per man—mere than ir. j war time—and the r.v y slightly less- l Ic cost $12,069.09 per year to main­ tain each tnilhavy mar. rv. >L.par.. am ., approximately $19,663.09 a year for each soldier in € 1 -."many—r. uefa mo* t than L cost to hi cur tECOp. iu battle in those sum.t m e :? uta.rj: tie.- war. Today there Is i r: » * Ic-ied array officer on the 1 ayw«» fo r each seven, orh u r x ; . and cm navy officer f r each tea men. Tu, are .-ix as many eelorcl.- n. th. army, at*the present time, in proport­ ion to th. r.ur..* ev o f t r e e ; t h , . : there were during the van. In addit­ ion, lo th the a: ray and na»y have an unusually large n x .J e r o f Chilian employee?. So that ovt c-all, we am now maintaining tv, > officers, or civilian workers, for t„e!i three en­ listed men in the anuy r.r.d . a*?y. While there is some n., to news - 1 prist and ether payer l*.I- - r.ur.u-, fasten'd on the North Am... r „ con - 1 tir.er.t than daring the war, the dc- 1 maud therefor has grows so rapidly, and such great shortages have d - veloped in difference section.-, o f the country, that many r.envr.am rs ar.u other publications are faced with suspending publication, while retail­ ers anti manufacturers are finding f it difficult to obtain wrapping ar.d >, packing paper. In sonm aiv-as it b also virtually impcssii le for house­ wives to find tissues for homo uses, J, These paper shortage? have become j 1 SO' serious, that last week the house > o f representatives voted 269-100 to j 1 create a special eoramitt: e twhich : will be headed by your repo: tc r a> ■ chairman) to make a study ar.d in -1 vestigation, and take such action as f may be helpful in (first! getting a r f equitable distribution o f po; sera ; paper supplies; and (second) to in- j o f newsprint, pape isavus s-per.ce $prackter and Jame? Vest show chick­ en house construetcfl fey the Cedarville, Housing shortage? We never heard el" ru.-h i; thing, baby chicks say a- rourd Cedarville, Th..nk- to the CidarvTde chapter Farr.:; rs o f America, y chicks are very well : 1 s community and from the p.nltry heusmg i.l imyreve throughout; .uths ago members o f .e ehagte v conducted a that the township e-r haasts. Hem workshop be- :o d , they began modem feaoder .-.cruse's loth fer the flack on them ewa faim? ar.d to t* sold to ether framc-ro. i’rofits were to go to the ,,.1^,0? treasury. ; •*Iae i .ys theided to lurid a broci;-: x- I.tu l which wouti give top ef- chapter, FFA, tinder supervision of Hamer, who is the instructor in vo­ cational agriculture at the high school. Photo by Ramme work in,” who ^er.qve*-. *unr*c 3 * «,i+ iw ::.a ! nt? h.,„ • ae.d.d p ed 2 in tlr- I"4'- tbe-ii’ j rai i'rr,\;« ;;\d zLt I;:gu g rt, wit* si.- .:r-n c. r-ii said Ralph Hamer, supervises the work. “ We decided to construct a brood­ er fashioned after an Army Quonset hut 10 x 12 feet and with a ceiling of six and one-half feet in the middle” . Labor was done by members of the chapter as part o f their class­ room work. New lumber was used throughout and the roof was covered with sheathing and shingles. Two windows in front o f the build­ ing allow plenty o f sunlight to enter and besides a regular door there is a small opening just large enough for little chicks. “ We built this brooder house main- of a well constructed brooder house,” o f a well constrcted brooder house,” explained Gene Ritehour, who at home has a flock o f New Hampshire Reds. “ We will sell it fo r $150 and it’s a haigain, but we will have plenty left FINAL PL MADE FO BUILDING ARE eoyT HERE ::u also lx 1 convenient to over for the chapter fund.” SHERIFF MAKES TWO ARRESTS IN WRIGHT VIE W Skerch” Walton Spahr, flanked by four deputies, arrested two men In WrigLv View Heights late Sunday t Ight *!• pite a latter a week ago fretn the village's Mayor Harry E. Hr.la* t*> the e ’fect he “ adequate ■'t- \mert ofikcmN.” .aw cr The -h .uk xvLo >lic intoxk.ed he Mayor Ilc.lt • ?a..l he was called to Mrs. Vernon Cremear.s v,ante-I !:cr allegedly hand a m -ted and that had threatened to lack Pickin'' ch i:: ..-uan. cp Cic-trxans, father o f n. as tl.c wife requested, •'hci riff $raT.r and Peputies J. R. Rair.^ey. Hon:*- r Fyakr, Fred II. Lewis a: .1 Robert L. Wood also ap- Hieheuie,'. Thel;r.er Shearer, 86 , ..f WhtM' 1 nrg. W. Va.. R. R. 2 in Wright v i w Heights, long sought on a r.o* - upp:' t eLarge. (’r a x : . . . ., a::a:g::t.| before Mu- 'nc:r:;:: . Honday i„ ’ costs for ; met ana ;e |) M. Aaltrcan os Xenia rarx. . plate. v.a? £h ; r <3 ar­ ea $1C0 and uderiy con- CHURCH NOTES ♦mwmummwMiNimnwHiwMiAmmtmuinmHMttimtiWM METHODIST CHURCH William B. Collier, minister Sunday school at 10:00 a. m. Bette Nelson, supt. Morning service at 11 . The sub­ ject o f the sermon will be “ The Great Commandment.” Intermediate Fellowship at 6:45 p. m. Senior Youth Fellowship at 7 p, m. Leader, Jack Irvine. junior choir after school Monday in the church, Kathleen Evans, dir­ ector. The three conversation groups will meet Wednesday night at 7:30 in different homes o f the membership. Senior choir practice Thursday at $ p. nr. in {he church, Mrs. John Mills, director; UNITED PRESBYTERIAN * CHURCH Ralph A . Jamieson, minister 10:00 a. m. Sabbath School. Arth­ ur B. Evans, superintendent, 11:00 a. m. Preaching service. Guest minister, Rev. A. Frederick Huish. Theme, “ Unlimited Horizons” . Wo are glad to welcome Rev. Huish President Ira D. Vayhinger o f Ced­ arville college was in Washington DC last week consulting Wjth government officials on final arrangements for a government surplus building to be erected on the local Campus The building which is now at Pat­ terson field is to be erected to the east o f the baseball diamond and will face on College street. It-will be used fo r social rooms and commons. The building, which is one story frame 25 by 65 feet, is to be turned over to the college and will be erect­ ed by the government as soon as a contractor can be obtained. While in Washington President Vayhinger obtained - promise of ad­ ditional equipment for the college’ s cafeteria at the library which will modernize the college dining room. Both the building and cafeteria equipment are surplus government property and are being given to all colleges and universities throughout the country where a large per cent o f the students are going to school under the GI bill o f rights, FIV E INJURED IN WEEKEND AUTO MISHAPS IN AREA Five persons were hurt, one per­ haps seriously, in two accidents on slippery highways in the local ai‘ea over the week end, the sherriff’s office reported. Mrs. Idamay D. Culter, 54, of 20- 40 Stearns Rd., Cleveland, was in Miami Valley .Hospital, Dayton, with a fractured pelvis and possible in­ ternal injuries. Deputies Homer Spahr and Fred M. Lewis, summoned to the accident scene on Route 42, a quarter mile northeast o f Xenia, at 4:50 p. m. Saturday, said the injured woman’s husband, James E. Culter, 70, driv­ ing a Xenia-bound car, declared his auto skidded into an suto* driven by Richard Kautz, 27, ixfckm. Mr. Culter sufferea head bruises. Mr. Kautz’s wife, Frances, 27, re­ ceived nose and knee hurts, and his daughter, Kay, 5, a bruised face. Mrs. Coulter was removed to Dayton in a Nagley ambulance. Bruce Pierce, 20 , Home Ave., driver of one cai*, sustained head injuries when his machine was in­ volved in a Route 68 accident, six miles south o f Xenia at 8:40 p. m. Sunday. Sherriff Walton Spahr and Deputy Robert L. Wood learned Pierce’s car and one driven by Sherid­ an Riley, 43, o f 1510 E. Second St., Dayton, collided. Dr. Henderson to Be Religious Week Speaker ’•epjity L ...: in eouxty jail p:oVat:jn to to our jmlpit fo r Sabbath morning. ~Tamatie Club to Give Play on Thursday Tl: * Cedarville tlisb wilt prc?e: t and FroTxcLe” at .»n Thursday ore::; Tl:e nlay Is a a coliege the pin- I;Basnet. Posna Thompson; Jane, Betty Sick: .'s; Elizatetti, Clare Stor- [tnert; Mary, Elasor Weismuller; 1Katherine, !•lorencre Bowers; Lydia, I Ellen Smith; Mr. Collins, Johns Skill- |!ngs; Mr. Bingley, Delbert Stover; paper products, pulp ar.d pulp wood, f -------- sftno. x 1 Mr. Darcy , Tod Harsh; Lady Kath- creasq produetio to: a year. Shearer tThe local pastor is supplying the pul­ pit o f the Jamestown United Presby­ terian church, conducting commun­ ion fo r them. There will be no meeting o f the Y . P , C. U. this week, as our society are go­ ing with the College Gospel team to Dramatic Osborn to conduct a service. “ Pride Choir rehearsal will be held Friday t;;e opera house a£ 7.30 p_ m. this week instead of r.g, klaren, 13. [Saturday evening, er the direction o f ( Midweek Service Wednesday, Mar. {12, at 7:30 p. m. in this church. Rev. Cast o f characters is as follows: j \\\ a . Condon, D. D. will bring the *..r. XL-..act, fear. Watkins; Mrs. ;message. iRemember this is in obser­ vance o f the Lehten Season. The com­ munity is cordially invited. The Ladies Aid o f our church are inviting you all to their Gafeteria Supper in the church dining room, Friday, Mar. 14th. Serving from 5:30 to 8:30 p. m. You are 'missing some­ thing worth while i f you miss this cafeteria supper. The semi-annual meeting o f the joint-boards o f the church will be held next Tuesday, Mar. 11 th, at 6:30 p. m. at the home o f Mr and Mrs, J. , M. Aufel. This is the covered dish 1 dinner affair in which the wives o f ■the board members play a very im- C'Vir.e De Bourrh, Beatrice Ervin; The committee is getting under way with its work this week. L , _ _ . _ . ^ ,, . tLady Lucas, Bonnie Diuon; Charlotte, r o r some reason or other our “ b :g f_ . ’ , - , ,, t (\nthleen Evans; Mr. v: ickham, Max brained economic planners, all 1 ... , ■ ,, . . . , . . . . . 1 Sisson; Hal, Jucx isio-son. through the war and up to within a j _________________ few months ago did not deem it nee- S essary to peiunit the manufacture o i M a r t h a T a i H i e h l U W i n s any appreciable numhor 01 r a i l r o a d _ . freight cars for use in this country, I o I D i e K e a t U n g ’ L 'C I l t e S t . although the rolling stock o f m ost. Miss Martha Tamehiil won t h e [ P o r ta n t part, American railroads are litterally j annual women*Bible reading contest j falling apart. Steel could he found to cr.cnsored by Cedarville College at p build freight ears for shipment ov er!the United Presbyterian church Sun- seas, at our expense, but little or Iday evening. r.onc was available fo r domestic use. f Second place wort to Bonnie Dillon; Because o f this lack o f fooresight,; third to Kathleen Evans; fourth to or failure to give any consideration ■Beatrice Ervin and fifth to Elar.or to our own national welfare, there; Weismiller. The above were all presented mon­ ey prises. The other entrants, Ellen Smith FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH has developed such a great shortage o f railroad cars as to become a real threat to our national economy. Chicken supper at U. P. church parlors Friday, March 14, from 5:« 39 to 8:30 p. m. sponsored by Ladies Aid. and Bernice Kr. were presented with gifts. Margaret B. Rife o f Bartow, Fla., A il prizes were donated by Miss an, alumnus o f the college. Paul H. Elliott, minister. 10 a. m. Sabbath school, John Powers, superintendent. 11:00 a. m. Morning Worship,Ser­ mon, “ Doors’ to New Life” ; Wednesday evening, Mar. 12, Union Lenten Preaching Service at the Unit ed Presbyterian Church at 7:30. Ser­ mon by Dr. Walter Condon. Announcement of the Broadcaster monthly meeting will be made later. Choir rehearsal Saturday evening at 7:30. Scenes Pictured at Local School Dental Clinic Miss Lane, county nurse; Ilia Purdin and Dr. Donald E. Scott. Photos by Dr. William P, Ungard, Xenia Virginia Shaw; Marvin Veal, Judy Wiseman, Carol Clark, Skipper Lor­ enz, Roger Tackett, Jane Ellen Dobbins and Jimmy Flora. With the cooperation of Dr. Reeves and Dr. Haines of Xenia a dental in­ spection program has been initiated throughout the entire school Students o f the first three grades were inspect­ ed and corrective work performed on 34 students of the first three grades by a Dental Trailer Unit from the State Department of Health, The State program does not go beyond the third grade. Dr, Reeves and Dr. Haines will examine the students of the remaining eight grades. A report of the condition of each child’s teeth will be sent home. To date the pro­ gram has revealed that ninety per cent of the children of the first three grades had defective teeth. One half of the remaining children have been examined and seventy nine per cent have defective teeth. Parents are requested to report back to school authorities any cor­ rective work performed on their children’s teeth, Each child Will be provided a slip for that purpose, School authoritives are working 0 I 1 a program to provide aid for needy cases who need dental Work Dr. Homer Henderson o f Grove City, Pa. will be the speaker during religious emphasis week in Cedarville, March 17-21. Dr. Henderson is a graduate of Cedarville college, class o f 1902, and has served as moderator o f the Unit­ ed Presbyterian general assembly.. Meetings will be held at 11 a. m. each day o f that week at college chapel and on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings at the First Presbyterian church at 7:30. On Wednesday evening the meet ing will be held a t the Clifton United Presbyterian church, Opekasit Granary- Destroyed by Fire Fire o f unknown origin destroyed the Opekasit center granary at South Solon Tuesday as townspeople stood by with only a dozen .hand ex­ tinguishers to combat the blaze. Besides wrecking the building, the flames consumed 20,900 bushels of com. The fire started in the head house at the top o f the structure. Estimate o f thftusmage was withhelt pending arriv£l| o f Opekasit Co. of­ ficials from jffifelilton. Extensive re­ pairs were s^ kK ^ th iB ^ thes past three years, h ■ CINCINNATI FIRM GETS JEFFERSON SCHOOL BONOS J. A. White and Co., Cincinnati bonding firm, was the successful bid­ der for $139,000 school improvement bonds voted at last November’s elect­ ion, the Jefferson Twp. board of ed­ ucation announced Monday, Vaughn P. Lewis, supervising principal at Jefferson, said the Cin­ cinnati company quoted 2 per cent interest and a lump sum premium of $2,858. The bond issue will add 3.1 mills for twenty-three years to the township tax rate, The bonds will be dated Jan. 15, 19-17 and the bonding company will pay interest to date, he said. The net interest rate will amount to 1.82 per cent. Four other firms from Cincinnati, two from Toledo and one each from Columbus and Chicago entered the bidding. A third Toledo firm missed consideration because of late arriv­ ing bid. Mr. Lewis explained that no con Army Recruiter to Be Here Wednesdays A member o f the staff o f the U. S. army recruiting station, Xenia, will be in ’ Cedarville every Wednesday, j b T l e t " untfe starting March 12, at the clerk’s 1 office from 1 to 4 p. m. The staff member will be able to answer ques­ tions or sign anyone for the army, it has been announced by Merle A Prideaux, 1st sergeant. The recruiting station also an­ nounces that March 31 is the dead- ine for partially disabled combat wounded army veterans to file appli­ cation for enlistment in the regular army in order to be enlisted in the grade held at the time of discharge. Former commissioned officers, war­ rant or flight officers who wish to enlist under the provisions of the war department circular No. 6 will be en­ listed in the first grode, if applica­ tion is filed by March 31, after March 31 applications must be filed within 20 days of date of discharge. The Xenia station, U. S. army re­ cruiting service, located in the post- office building, is open daily from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. They will answer questions, give information and enlist anyone who wishes to join the army. S. ---- ----------------------- Joan Jobe Takes Part In PTA Program Bowling Green—Joan Jobe, daugh­ ter of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Jobe, Route 2 , Cedarville, is participating in the volunteer teacher-recruiting program at Bowling Green State university. A sophomore majoring in education, Miss Jobe will appeal* on a-panel dis­ cussion at Green. Springs Parent- Teacher association meeting, March 17. Miss Jobe was graduated from Selma high school in 1945. She is . a member of the association for Child­ hood Education. OHIO COLLEGIATE TOURNEY STARTS AT LOCAL G Y M The Ohio collegiate basketball tournament got under way at Alford Memorial gym last night with the semi-finals being scheduled for to­ night (Friday) with games schedul­ ed for 7:30 and 9 and the finals will be played Saturday night at 8:30. Bliss of GoL.mbus met Interstate of Portsmouth in the tourney open­ er last night while the Yellow Jack­ ets of Cedarville opened their tourn­ ey play against Ohio U., Ghillicothe division. The games were played after the Herald press time. Winner of the Bliss-Interstate game will tangle tonight with power­ ful Tiffin, who drew a first round bye, in the first of the two clashes tonight. In the second game tonight the winner of the Ohio U. (Ghillicothe)- Yellow Jacket contest will meet the other first round bye holder Ohio U. (Portsmouth). The winners of the games tonight will tangle in the finals on Satur­ day. The Yellow Jackets enter the tour­ ney with a season record of 11-11 and stand in the 20 th place in the Associ­ ated Press listings of all Ohio col­ leges. Tiffin university sports the best record of any or the teams coming here, having won all but three en­ counters, two o f them at the hands of the Greene county colleges, Wilb- erfoi*ce~an3 Cedarville, out of some 20 odd starts. Bliss has a rather mediocre record and not much is known of the re­ cords of the two Ohio U. divisions and Interstate At the same time put and Interstate. They however put up a game fight before going down to defeat at the hands o f Wilberforce on the Greene county court Tuesday night by a count of 69-63. Coach Mendell E. Beattie, who is managing the meet, states that aside from the trophies for both first and second place winners there will be miniature gold basbetballs for each member o f the winning team and like silver awards for the members of the second place aggrigation. An engraved wrist watch with an expansion bi*acelet will be given to the player in the tournament display­ ing the best sportsmanship. The award is being given by the merchants of Cedarville. The six team tornameiit is the first to be held here and Coach Beattie has said that he hopes to make it an annual affair and to at­ tract more teams in the future. Aside from the single admissions sold at the gate, season tickets were sold to both adults and students. materials can be obtained on a flat contract basis. “ It may be as early as June 30 this year, or it may be two, three or four years,” he said. The principal cited the situations in other school districts in southern Ohio in which boards of education had re-invested their bonds in government securities until sat­ isfactory contracts are again avail­ able. The present school building in Bowersville will undergo $30,000 worth of remodeling while the built of the allotment, $109,000, will allow for construction of a separate build­ ing to house a combined auditorium- gymnasium. The present gym will be converted into class rooms for the school’s agriculture and home programs. and work vocational- economics U. P. Ladies Aid to Have Chicken Supper The Ladies Aid of the United ft . Presbyterian church will sponsor a chicken cafeteria supper Friday night March 14, in the church parlors. The supper will be sold including creamed chiclcen, chicken and noodles, potatoes, salad, pies and cakes. The public is invited. IN FLORIDA Mr: and Mrs; Karlh Bull are on motor trip to Florida, . Skating Party Is Well Attended The. roller skating party on Tues­ day night* at the Hodge Bros, skat­ ing rink in Springfield which was sponsored by the Methodist Youth Fellowship-was well attended. Several car loads o f local people made the tripe and’ reportedran enjoy able evening. RED GROSS HA S AN ACTIVE HOME SERVICE PROGRAM In carrying out the responsibilit­ ies imposed by its Congressional Charter, every Chapter shares in thi national Red Cross program of Ser­ vices to the Armed Forces by provid­ ing Home Service for men in the military and naval forces and their families and for discharged men and their dependants. The primary re sponsibility of Home Service is to as­ sist servicemen and ex-servicemen and their families in meeting those needs which arise from the man’s service in the armed forces.* Red Cross services are available in this country and overseas to active ser­ vice personnel in all branches of our ai’med forces and to their families. Army posts and naval stations Tn the United States and overseas are serv­ ed on a resident or itinerant basis by Red Cross workers. The Chapters in all local communities share the re­ sponsibility of acting in“ matters of voluntary relief and as a medium of communication between the people of the United States and their Army and Navy. The services Tendered by the Greene County Chapter are many and varied, and are given on a 24-hour basis by two paid workers, Miss Katherine Smith, Executive Director, and Mrs. Caroline McCormick, Home Service * Worker, with the invaluable aid o f a ’ trained volunteer Home Service Corps. Home Service carries out its respons­ ibilities through the following funct­ ions: Family Service: Rendered by Mrs McCormick with the assistance of the Corps, It consists o f financial assist­ ance fo r special needs not provided fo r from public funds and basic maintenance when public relief is not available; consultation and guid­ ance directed toward meeting those family problems which do not re- (Ccotlautd 0 * Sut* lour) „ l^ lTONil*£l . *■->