The Cedarville Herald, Volume 70, Numbers 1-26

MMtel C E D A R V I L L ^ ’ S . ■ v OLDEST INSTT% The P u b l i s h e d i n t h e I n t e r e s t o f C e d a r v i l l e a n d S u r r o u n d i n g Co PER YEAR ____ $1.50 PER COPY ...,..............5c Vol a n ra LXX C eda rv ille , O h io , F r id a y , M a rch 21, 1947 Number 15 AnotherSchoolPicture—SecondGrade Is Shown Row 1 - Jan Clemens, William Chcroweth, Robert Champ, Rob­ ert Grdaugh, James Kirkpatrick, Nelson Pickering. Rov; 2 - Gordon Borer, Jane Stewart, Jesse Klonta, Ralph ■net* Beatjackets By57-38Score The 1912 Xenia Central high school state basketball champs took a 57—SB decision from the Cedarville college Yellow Jackets a t the Xenia Field House Wed­ nesday evening in a memorial game. The Jackets stayed with the clumps for three of the four quarters, but heighth and defens­ ive ability proved teo much ir. the final period. At the end of the opening quar­ te r the Jackets were on the long end of the 1C—13 count and then trail: d a t the half 2d—25. At the md of the third quarter it was all tied up at 32. Wilson, the champs center, was the l ig noise in the win, marking up L2 points. Cedarville G F T Trocte, f ---------------- 1 0 - Ball, f ______ ________2 1 5 Farmer, f ------ ----------- 3 1 ~ f ............. 0 4 Mnu;. c ....... .....................4 0 8 V. McNulty, g ...........- 2 2 9 B. McNulty, g - ..............2 2 b Xenia G F T Smith, f -------------------- 0 2 2 Winter, f ----------------- *> 2 12 Wife JR, c ___________ 10 2 22 Ada.;*, g ------------------- 2 1 4 Hus o ', g ----------------- 1 1 3 Bow el!, tr ___________ 2 0 4 Win e, f _ 2 1 Kerns, Anita Hitler, Mary Jane Ewry, Kent Creswell, Mildred. McCailister, Sue Stc-rer. Row 3 - Carolbel Crcswc!:. Sue Stover, Barbara Clemens, Jean­ ette Peterson, Lytu: Cummings, New Phone Books Are Distributed New telephone directories are now being received by Greene county subscribers. 0. W. Gray, manager of the Ohio BeE tele- Joy Evans, Audrey Tackett. Row 4 - Carolyn Thordsen, Betty Bennington, Velma Willis, Shirley Kerns, Sirs. McChcsney, Photo by Ramme. With t h e Churches METHODIST CHURCH William B. Collier, minister. or. Sunday School at 10:00 A.M. phone company anr onr.eeJ day. Slon- Bette Nelson, supt. Morning Severice at 11:00, The directories which were “The Call to Serve" will be the shipped Thursday from the pab- sermon subject. lishevs in Ct awford-vdie. lud., Intermediate Fellowship at show 6,333 subscribers as of Feb. 6:45 P.M. 6 when the list was compiled. Sealer Youth Fellowship at The previous directory. pub!shed 7:09 P.M. last July, had 5,056 aarr.es list- the l<endejr. id. The prefix “Main” has been meet after diletcu from the new directciy churcfa. 1 for Xenia phones, aceordir g to India. will Mr. Guy , since•r.o exchange isame ist church.. is necesrary, there being onljr cr.e noer. a t 2 Bishop Subhan. from telephone in the county. License Tag Sales Going Slowly P. J. McCerkdl, local deputy registrar of motor vehicle re­ ports that tiin sale of the new 1947 autnno i-t Hie license tags is very He biv' vY • states that in order to a* void a last minute rueis. oevno:rs ?laOtl-d g rt their tag :• »*8vtV* in the next few days. Kuku. c ------------ ----- 0 1 1 Latter!!, £ ---------- ------2 0 4 CLF’TOX B! vine Spahr was released from White Cross hospital last Saturday following an operation earlier in the week. The Decoration Day committee of vhich Prof. C. C. Eckm.an is chairman is working out the de­ tailed program of a speaker*, music and flower committee. The Boy Scouts will have a place on helping park the cars and direct­ ing traffic. Rev. Malcolm Harris of tire Fresbyterian church ex­ changed pulpits with the Pres­ byterian pastoral Covington, Ohio last Sunday morning. C. A. (Sunny) Sunborg of Springfield conducted the Union services last Sunday. He spoke on. Our Measure, or the Measure of a Life. Tire Women’s Missionary soci­ ety of the United Presbyterian church met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. John Collins of the Clark’s Run neighborhood. Mrs. Qmer Sparrow will conduct the devotional worship and Mrs. Harlan Butts will lead in the dis­ cussion of the mission topic. Plans will be formulated for the year beginning April 1st, Mrs. John Collins, the president of the society presided. Dr. Homer B. .Henderson, who is conducting “Religious Empha­ sis Week” a t Cedarville College spoke in the Union service in the United Presbyterian c h u r c h Wednesday evening. Mrs. Casper Arnett sang a solo. The meeting was directed by Dr. John W. Bxcket. The session and their wives of the ,United Presbyterian church will meet in a business and social gathering with Mr. and Mrs. David C, Bradfute on Wednesday evening next week. Miss Larena Carolint Bickett I* the Personnel manager of the ®ew Sears store in Dayton. The deadline for the use of the 1916 tags is midnight March 31. Mrs. Hanna Speaks On FH Program Mrs. Harold Hahns i v.sr1 cr.e of t’m■speakers cr. t s er.-,. home week program .... OrM Plate university, Colut this wtel;. The scss:leu.; were held in Campbell hall. Mrs. Hanna discussed t;0u r Home Account Books Work for Us" on Tuesday after a t 2. Mrs. Dorothy Btamback, county home demonstration agent was in Columbus for the entire week. Brother of Local Man Dies Sunday Vernon M. Vayhinger, brother of Ira B. Vayfeinger. president of Cedarville college, passed a- way a t his homo in Osgood, I n i , Sunday. The funeral services were held ‘Wednesday. President Vayhinger jaurried to the Indiana city to attend the services. The Conversation Groqns will have tht* concluding meeting in three homes Wednesday night at 7:30. The Suoth Group in the Frank Creswell home. The homes in which the North and Central Groups will meet will be an­ nounced. The Senior Choir will meet Thursday night at 7:30 in the church. UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Ralph A. Jamieson, Minister. Sabbth School 10 A.M. Supt. Arthur B. Evans. Preaching 11 A.M. Theme, “The Corner of the Field”. Y.P.C.U. H:30 P.M. Subject, “Let’s Make Our Community CLr:sta:n*\ Leader, Mary Louise Wednesday Prayer Service at 7:30 P.M. in the First Presbyter­ ian, Church. Message by Rev. William I*. Chase. Choir Rehearsal Saturday 7:30 P.M. in the church. The session will meet Sabbath at 2:"0 P.M., March 23, in the church. This is the Annual Meet­ ing for the election of officers. The Annual business meeting of the congregation will be held Wednesday, April 2, 1947. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN Paul II. Elliott, minister, 10:00 A. M. Sabbath School, John Powers, supt. 11:00 A. M. Morning Worship. Sermon, “Sacrifice”,—I t’s Real Meaning. The Special Union Lenten Preaching Service will be in this Church. Rev. W. P. Chase will speak on “The Closing of Christ’s Ministry” . On Thursday, March 27th the continued on page four AskDamagesin FatalAuto AccidentCase The Miami Valley Co-operative _ Milk Producers Assn, of Dayton | is named defendant in a damage suit for $7,921.64, filed in com- ■ mon pleas court last Thursday ! by Harry Sanford of 521 E. Sec- • ond street, father and adminis­ trator of i;he estate of Ernest Sanford, 23, who was injured fa­ tally in a highway accident last December 8. The Xenian claims the defend­ ant company’s truck, involved in the accident, at the intersection of the" Clifton-Old Town Pike and Yellow Springs-Cedarviilc road, was a t fault. Young San­ ford, who died two days later from injuries, was a passenger in a car driven by Kenneth San­ ford. Excessive speed and failure of the truck driver to stop for the intersection are charges in the petition. The father, mother and a sister were all dependent upon the youth for support, it is claimed, and they seek $7,500 damages fo r this reason. The re­ mainder represents fneral and medical bills. Samuel A. McGray of Dayton is attorney fo r the plaintiff. Pre School Clinic To Be April 16 The annual pre school clinic will be held a t Cedarville schools on April 16. The purpose of the conference is to give physical ex­ aminations to each child Who will sta rt to school next fall. Parents are urged to have their children, present for examination. The Kensington club is work- in cooperation with the schools in the clinic and those desiring information may contact the pres­ ident, Mrs. David Reynolds, or Supt. Boyer, Hammond Sued ByFormer WCTUSeeks toProhibitLiquor AdvertisinginPublications, onRadio Petitions seeking to prohibit the transportation of alcoholic beverage advertising ar.d ban­ ning liquor advertisements on the radio are being circulated by the eight unions affiliated with the Greene County WCTU, according to Mrs. Fred Engle, Cedarville, county president. The petitions will be forwarded soon to Ohio’s senators, Robert A. Taft and John W. Brieker in Washington. Mrs. Engle said there is no quota as to the number of names being sought on the petitions here. The petitions read as follows: “We respectfully request that you use your influence and vote for the passage of S-265 bill—* bill to prohibit the transportation of alcoholic beverage adverti­ sing in interstate commerce, and the broadcasting of alcoholic be­ verage advertising over the radio. The most pernicious effect of the advertising is the constant in­ vitation and enticement to drink. The American people spent $7,- 770,000,000 fo r alcoholic bever­ ages in 1946 as compared with $3,700,000,000 in 1942. During the same period there was a in crime. There is every reason why this expenditure should not be increased but decreased.” Mrs. Engle pointed out that similar petitions are being cir­ culated by WC T U g r o u p s throughout Ohio. W. A. Hammond, who owns and operates the W. A. Hammond Drierite Co., Xenia, was named defendant in a breach of con­ trac t suit filed in U. S. district court a t Dayton Tuesday morn­ in g J . L. LeDeen, 22 Stonehenge Lane, Albany, N. Y., who claims he had a contract with the de­ fendant to promote the use and sale of the commercial drying agent, Drierite, charges in the suit tha t he was discharged last Oct. 1,4 and asks for performance, of the balance of the life of the contract. The plaintiff claims he entered into the signed contract Dec. 8, 1945 covering the period from Jan. 14, 1946 to Jan. 14, 1947 by terms of which he was to receive $25,000 salary a year and a com­ mission of 5 per cent on gross sales over $300,000, the commis­ sion not to exceed $10,000. The defendant also was to pay all ex­ penses. The petition says that “with­ out cause or justification and in violation of the written agree­ ment the defendant notified the plaintiff t h a t henceforth he would not be permitted to con­ tinue his duties for and employ­ ment with the defendant a n d without cause or justification and in violation of the terms of the said written agreement, breached and terminated said Written agreement Dec. 8, 1946.” The plaintiff says4that since Oct. 14, 1946 he has been looking for employment without success and a t all times has been ready able and willing to return to His employment which the defendant refuses him. He claims as the sum due on the contract $16,- 165,18 plus 6 per cent interest from Oct. 14, 1946, School Pupils’ Pictures Are Shown This issue of the Herald carries the second of the series of a doz­ en pictures of the pupils in the 12 grades of the public schools. The first of the series, showing the tots of the primary grade, appeared in last week’s issue. The pleasure the publisher takes in printing these pictures will be shared by parents and pupils alike. Already school chil­ dren are starting scrap books for the series which will form a prized possession in the future. 3 Hurt, 12 Arrested In Weekend Accid’s ■Three persons were injured and 12 were arrested as the re­ sult of automobile accidents in Greene county over the past week end. Sheriff’s Deputies Robert L. Wood and Fred M* Lewis report­ ed that two men, the driver and passenger of a car which left the Cottonville Rd., a mile and a half south of Jamestown, hit a utility pole, tore down a fence and over­ turned at 6:30 p. m. Saturday vv&re injured slightly. The deput­ ies! said Willie Rutledge, 27, Day- ton, would be charged with drunk­ en driving and his companion, Richard Ross, 26, Spring Valley, had been booked for intoxication. Contractorin Washingtonon CollegeBuilding C. J. Chidster of the Lewis C. Bowers & Son company, Dayton, is now in Washington D. G. to get the contract signed with the government to have one of the surplus buildings at Patterson field moved to the Cedarville col­ lege campus. President Vayhinger was in the capital city a few weeks a- go to make the final arrange­ ments with the government to have the building moved to the local campus and the details are now up to the government and the contractor. The government pays all of the expenses of the contractor and erects it on the campus and the building then becomes the property of the college. It will be used for a study hall and commons by the local insti­ tution and it is to be erected to the cast of the ball diamond and will face on College street. President Vayhinger states that he hopes the building will be completed before the end of the present school year so that it may be Used during the summer school and will then be ready for next fall's regular session of the college. . At • the time President Vay­ hinger was in Washingftonhe re­ ceived promise of additional equipment for the college’s cafeteria. President Vayhinger received word Thursday moring that the details have mostly been worked out and that work on the build­ ing will probably begin about April 1. Junior Paper Drive To Raise Funds The juniors of Gedarville high school will conduct a waste paper drive in Cedarville and on the school bus routes all day Wed­ nesday, April 9, The funds raised from the col­ lection of the paper will be used to help finance the annual jun­ ior-senior banquejj and prom which will be held on the even­ ing of May 16, Seniors to Give Play April 25 January Thaw, by Bellamy Partridge, has been selected by the senior class of Gedarville high school and will be presented at the opera house on Friday, April 25 a t 8:15. The cast for the play is now being selected and Mrs. Edwin Bull will serve as director. HeraldChanges TypeDressand MakeupStyle This week we have something new. The type dress and the makeup style of the Herald has been changed. The column width has been narrowed from 13 pica eras to ,12 pica ems^and changed from seven columns ' to eighty columns per page. A new heading tops the front page and the style of the bigger headlines as well as the" type for them has been changed. For the past several weeks a headletter of 30 point Gothic capitals has been used and the smaller heads had been streamlined and all set to the left hand side of the col­ umn instead of staggered. Now with the new style a 24 point Century headletter in cap and lower case is being used, all set to the left. A t the same time the makeup dress has been changed to an ■ ultra ‘streamlined makeup which, omits the column rule except where the body matter is next to advertising. The new style page uses the same size paper as the Herald has used for a number of years, but narrows the margins and permits the use of more material on the pages. The new narrower columns make the paper conform to what is considered by most newspap­ er people to be standard, altho there is no actual standards set up by any group. The new style makeup is in­ tended to make the paper more readable and was copied, after a survey of a good many lead­ ing papers, from the Endicott (N. Y.) Daily Bulletin. The change lias been contim- plated for some time, but ma­ terial shortages held it up un­ til this week. Suit Filed Over Xenia Truck Wreck D. V. Bailey, New London, O., owner of a semi-trailer outfit in­ volved in a traffic accident in front of 50 Columbus road in Xenia last June 13, filed suit for $4,800 damages against Charles F. Hook, Center street, Xenia Monday in common pleas court. According to Mr. Bailey’s peti­ tion, filed by Piekrel, Schaeffer and Ebeling of Dayton, the de­ fendant drove his truck out of the Wise junk yard and into the plaintiff’s truck. The damages claimed represent a property loss of $1,800 on lost lease charges. New Deputy Auditor Is Named Henry E. (Hank) Barnett, dep­ uty sheriff more than five years before he resigned last Aug. 1 started upon his new duties as a deputy in the office of County Auditor James J. Curlett Monday morning. ill health, has been engaged in der Sheriff Walton Spahr when he quit last summer because of lil health, has been engaged in farming a t his home on the upper Bellbrook pike, west of Xenia, since that time. Mr", Curlett said he fills a vacancy that has exist­ ed since the resignation two years ago of Ray McFarland of Cedarville. AppellateCourtSustainsLower CourtDecisions inGreeneHearings Appeals in two cases submit­ ted to the second distric appel­ late court when it sat in Xenia, March 5 have been denied and Common Pleas Judge Frank L. Johnson’s rulings sustained, de­ cisions arriving here Monday dis­ closed. Mrs. Olive Lindamood, Dayton, charging her husband had lost '$4,785 in gambling a t Druids park in the extreme northwest corner of. the county in 1944, had sought reversal/of a decision fav­ oring Paul Dennis, Wilmington, and others as defendants. The three-judge court termed the action of one of the defend­ ants, Franklin Grove Lodge No. 2 of Dayton, United Ancient Order of Druids, an “unusual situation” because the lodge had answered tlje charge, yet did not join the other defendants in moving to strike ’ out the amended petition after the original had been dis­ missed. ., “We affirm the judgement generally," the decision read, al though indicating that the Druids had not presented their position on the appeal as presented. Only last week in Dayton, a Druidic official denied any connection with the litigation, claiming that the park site of the alleged gam­ bling had been sold'by his organ­ ization in 1942. However, the Druids were never stricken from the case as defendants, the re­ cord shows. In the second suit, the Ameri­ can National Fire Insurance Co. of Osborn had sought $7,712.80 from the Western Ohio Public Service Co. of Greenville, the result of a gas explosion in 1944 which destroyed a brick residence in Osborn; under construction by Albert Krunun, Inc. insured by the appellant-plaintiff. The in­ surance firm was denied its ap­ peal on grounds that all assigned errors were on one issue—-con­ tributory neglience— and were -not enough to warrant a rever­ sal because of other issues. Methias Hilton Called by Death Methias Irwin Hilton, 75, re­ tired Jamestown merchant, died at his home on East Xenia St., Jamestown, Saturday at 11:45 p. m. He had been ill three weeks. The son of John and Mary Carp Hilton, he was born in Ross county. He moved to Jamestown when a young man and for thirty years operated a grocery and variety store there, retiring sev­ eral years ago. He was a memb­ er of the Jamestown Methodist church. Mr. Hilton is survived by his widow, Mrs. Hattie Rockhold Hilton; two sons, Edgar, Spring- field, and Delvin, Dayton and a sister, Mrs, Martha Coverdale, Colmbuus. Services were held at the Stew­ ard, Bum and Powers funeral home, Jamestown, Tuesday a t 2 p. m., in charge of Dr. ,H- H. Ab­ els, pastor of the Jamestown Methodist Church. Burial was in Silvercreek Cemetery. ArmyRaisesRank OfCoksand GivesMorePay First Sergeant Merle Pride- aux of the Xenia recruiting station has received some inter­ esting information in regards to the army messing facilities. Gen­ eral Dwight D. Eisenhower, army chief of staff, in a move to make army cooking a career job, decreed that army personnel trained in food service will be secure against transfer to other jobs and will enjoy higher grades and more pay. Under this new set up a form­ e r mess sergeant with a staff sergeants rate now becomes a mess stewai'd and rates tech ser­ geant, or if the mess steward is serving 750 or more person­ nel He rates a master sergeant stripe. Sgt. Prideaux says that any young man who is interested ed in food service or mess man-* agement can soon be wearing chevrons after his training peri-- od in the army. F irst Sgt. Prideaux or Gpii Considine will be on duty in the clerk’s office, Cedarville every Friday afternoon and will more than be glad to explain the ad­ vantages of a career in army, mess management and other in­ teresting branches and services of the army. If any ex-service man with army MOS 060, 824 or marine SSN 060, 822 or navy SSN 76100 or 76200-99 will contact Sgt. Prideaux or Cpl. Considine either at the Xenia recruiting office, or the clerks office in Ced- arvilie any Friday afternoon they will show you how it is pos­ sible for most of you to have those SSN or MOS numbers on your discharge Forms 100 to re­ enlist or enlist in the army with your same grade or a conver­ sion of your marine or navy grade. A g Scholarships Offered at OSU Greeine county young people interested in agriculture and home economics are eligible for scholarships in OSU, under a $2,400 scholarship grant from the Kroger company. Each schol­ arship is worth $200, and 12 young Ohioans may compete. MRS. BAILEY DIES Mrs. S. M. Bailey, Xenia, died Wednesday afternoon a t her home. She was the widow of the late S. M. Bailey, former pastor of the Clifton United Presbyter­ ian church. Funeral services will be held this morning at 10:30 at the Neeld funeral home with in­ ternment in Woodland cemetery at Xenia. LEGION TO MEET The regular bi-monthly meet­ ing of Wallace C. Anderson post No. 544 American Legion will be held Thursday evening, March 27 at the Masonic lounge. All members are urged to be present to discuss the summer athletic program and the magician show to be held in April. BUYS HOUSE The Belle Phillips property in Cedarville which was sold a t administrator’s auction ss2e last Saturday was purchased by Paul Thomas of South Charles­ ton. The reported amount of tKe sale was $,3700. RETURN HOME Mr. and Mrs. Melvin McMillan returned home last Thursday’ after spendig several weeks in Saratoga, 'Fla. . Rural Areas in ,j Townshipto 1 Have Protection Rural areas in Cedarville town- ‘ship will have fire projection soon as trustees have accented the bid of the American F in Apparatus Co. for a lire'truck and" booster unit. Twenty farmers a t strate­ gic points in the town ship will be trained as volunteer fire fighters. J. Lloyd Confarr, of Cedarville village's volunteer fire depart­ ment, said delivery of the equip­ ment was promised within three to six months. He indicated in­ struction of the rural fire fight­ ers will begin when the new equipment arrives. Six bids were received by trus­ tees but only five were consider­ ed. One was rejected because of failure to comply with state reg­ ulations. The township equipment, de­ signed to meet rural needs where fire plugs and piped water are not available, will carry, a 500 to 800 gallon tank and also a pump­ ing device unit to draw water from creeks and cisterns. Hie township truck will be housed and serviced in the village fire department’s quarters in. the Cedarville opera house building. The equipment, it is said will be under supervision of the present village fire department which has eight certified volunteer members. No additions will be made to the village department but the new combined unit will cover both the village and town­ ship. The new fire fighters will be from rural areas. The village has had an organ­ ized fire fighting corps ^more than ninety years but the town­ ship has been without fire pro­ tection except for blazes readily reached by village equipment without endangering the safety of the town in event another fire broke out in the village. CLARENCE J. BROWN Writes With a Buckeye In Congress 1 v " wiasr-gp. Member of Congress Seventh Ohio District The decision by congress on President Truman’s request last week for authority to extend two hundred and fifty million dollars in aid to the Greek government, and one hundred and fifty million dollars for the benefit of Turkey will, iti the opinion of many ob­ servers, be the most fateful in American history. Congressional committees are now busily en­ gaged in studying all of the ram­ ifications of the presidents pro­ posal, and the possible results which may come from embarking upon a foreign policy and inter­ national program such as he sug­ gests. With the exception of a rare few,_jnembers of congress hate communism and would like to see its spread st-opped-hoth home and abroad. Practically all our national legislators are also will­ ing; and ready tp extend aid, in the form of food, clothing, med­ icine and other human needs, to the Greeks, for there is much suffering in that country. Seem­ ingly there is plenty of food and clothing in Turkey. However, what the president is proposing _ is that the loans to Greece and Turkey are not just for human needs, but for military supplies and purposes; and that we shall send civilian and military tech­ nicians to show the Greeks and Turks how to make war. It is en­ tirely likely such American tech­ nicians will sooner or later need the protection of American troops. I t has been our past na­ tional experience that where American credit, money and mil­ itary suppliesgo, our soldiers soon follow. Many members of congress feel tha t before a definite deci­ sion can be made on the presid­ ent’s request for intervention in Greece and Turkey, the Ameri­ can people and the congress must first decide whether or not we are ready to go to war with Rus­ sia. Such intervention does not mean the certainty of war with Russia, hut it does mean the possibility, and perhaps even the probability, such action will lead to armed' conflict between the two nations sooner or later. I t also brings up the question of whether American and the world can stand another war, S. Townsley remains iirl- oosly ill a t his home on Main strest. .