The Cedarville Herald, Volume 70, Numbers 1-26

________________ \ C B D i E V l ' \ . OLDEST M S T IT L ,IO N 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 C o m m u n i t y PER YEAR ...........§1,50 PER CO PY .................... 5c Volumn LXX Cedarville, Ohio, Friday, May 9, 1947 - .t'l CedarvilleHighSchoolFreshmanClassIsPictured Number 2-2 f t 1st. row—Ralph Wasner. Dick Williamson, Cletus Fredericks, Jim LuttrelS, Norma Grindloy Her­ man Newman, Roger .Homey. 2nd. row—Don Chestnut, Deris Peterson, Wanda Willis, Ruth Dalton, Patrica Gillaugfa, Norma OsbornGirls AreLcoated InKentucky Two 15-ye-ar-o’ d Osborn school girls, who were the object o f a two-state search last week, are being held by the sheriffs office at Hazard, Ky., according to Greene county Deputy Sheriff James Ramsey. They were located in Vieco, Ky. at the home o f the grandparents o f one o f the girls. Sheriff Ramsey claimed one girl had forged three checks un­ der her isother's name, the moth­ er having no account at the First National bank, Osborn, on which other reported forged checks are being sought. The girl alleged to be the forger is a witness in the cases o f J. H. Pilcher and Charles R. Brinkley whose eases were to be presented to the Greene county grand jury Monday. The men are charged with contributing to the delin­ quency o f a minor. Hearing o f the case, Ramsey said, will be postponed until the girl can be returned to Xenia at whi.h time charges may he filed against the girt who did the alleged forging. CancerDrive WillContinue UntiTMay15 In a final effort to meet cam­ paign goals the American Cancer society is continuing its current fund-raising drive until May 15. The Greene county unit, with more than §2,000 in the hands o f Treasurer George F. Prugh is hoping to meet its personal goal o f $3,000. While Campaign Chair­ man J. D. Adair did not set a goal for the drive this figure has been the private hope o f unit leaders. Citizens are asked to make use o f the return envelopes sent with the chairman’s appeal or to take advantage o f the coin containers still on exhibit and do so before May 15 when the campaign comes to an end. The proceeds will help finance the war against cancer, now second deadliest disease. ATTEND MEETING Mrs, Leon Kling, president of the Research club, spent Wed­ nesday in Columbus attending the sessions of the annual convention o f the Ohio Federation o f Wom­ ens Clubs, QUINTET HERE MAY 11 Listen to the Colored Bethesda Quintet Sunday morning over WHIO at 0:30 and come to the Methodist church. Sunday after­ noon May 11 at 3 p. m. and hear them sing; They are sponsored by the Youth fellowship o f the Methodist church. The public is invited. A "no trespassing” sign will not keep cancer from your home! Guard yourself and those you level Give to conquer cancerl Marshall, Deloris Litteral,, Patty Koppe, Dorothy Chenowith, Viola Ferguson. 3rd. row"—Don Turner, Jo Ann Lister, Mary Anne Walker, Elea­ nor Sparrow, Rebecca Creswell, Anne Huffman, Janet Hull, Ann ‘ College Chorus To Sing Sunday The Cedarville coollege chorus will present “ The Holy City” an oratorio by A . R. Gaul Sunday evening at 8 p. m. at the Cedar­ ville United Presbyterian church o f which Dr. R. A. Jamieson is minister. The public is cordially invited to attend this service o f sacred music. Ih e chorus is composed c f twenty college singers and the soloists are: Beryl Dolphin, Marie 1‘ ishtr, Kathleen Evans, Beatrice Ervin, Harold Stormont, Conner Merritt, Fred Huish, and Ted Harsh. Mrs. Mildred B« is the director o f music at' Cedar­ ville college. JacketsRun StreaktoFour; Beat ForceTwice The Yellow Jackets o f Cedar­ ville college ran their victory string to four during the past week as they downed Bluffton, there, on Saturday 8-4 and then took the measure o f the Green Wave o f Wiiberforce on Monday and Tuesday evenings on the local diamond by scores o f 11-4 and 19-7. The Jackets were attempting to run their string to five Thurs­ day afternoon by battling Xavier on the local ball grounds but the game was not under way at Her­ ald press time. Bluffton got the jump on the locals and took a 2-1 lead in the second as they got to Eugene Judy for three o f their nine hits, but the Jackets gave him some­ thing to work on as they moved oat in front 5-2 in the fifth and then added three more in the ninth. Bluffton got their other two runs in the last of the ninth. Two double plays by the Jackets helped the cause. The Jackets broke out in a scoring and batting outburst against Wiiberforce in both the Monday and Tuesday games. They took a three run lead in the second on Monday night and were never headed as Marcus Townsley set them down with six hits and Judy set them down with 10 the next evening. The locals got out in front Tuesday again the second with a four run outburst and collected 22 safties o f assorted distances, the longest being Farmer's triple to right. Two gam is are on the docket fo r the coming week, both on foreign fields. They meet Findlay on Saturday and Wittenberg on Tuesday. While the Jackets are on the road Wiiberforce will make use of the diamond on Saturday when they will play host to the Univ- sity o f Dayton Flyers. The dia­ mond at the nearby institution is not in condition to be used this year and Wave is playing its home games on other fields. The game here on Tuesday with the Jackets was a home game for Wiiberforce. h f Duvall, Carrall Spurgeon, Rich­ ard Strickland. 4th. row—-Barbara Taylor, Mar­ garet Swaney, Roselind Miller, Roger Collins, Curtis Dalton, Mel­ vin Tackett, Jack Irvine, Paul Vest , Tommy Williams. (Photo by Ramme) BeaverContinues RuleofCounty Track; RedsFifth Beavercreek high school con­ tinued to reign supreme in the annual county track meet last Friday at their own field as they rolled up 95 points in winning their 11th consecutive track-and field title. The Big Reds o f Cedarville ended up in fifth place as they accounted fo r 22 7-10 points. Their best efforts were in the 880 ana irate relays as xney pmcwr - second to the winner in both events. The Beavers won 10 o f the 14 events and broke one meet record, the shot put. Cline tossed it 45 feet, % inches to erase the old record o f 44, Git:. Bellbrook took second with 29, Yellow Springs 27, Silvercreek 25 6-10, Spring Valley 15%, Ross 7 2-10 ar.d Jefferson did not compete. A summary o f the scoring fol­ lows: 12G-yard high hurdles—Won by Burger (B ); Smeltzer (B ), Knis- ley (S ), Hosket (Y ) and H. Car­ ter (S ). Time: 18.2. Low hurdles—Won by Burger (B ); E. Eckley (Be), Pierson (S) and Bartley (Be). Time: 15.5. 100-yard dash—Won by C. Esk- ley (Be); Ritter (B ), Wisecup (C) Schimkus (B) and Weaver (Be). Time: 10.8. 880-yard r u n—N o b l e (B ); Hawkins (B ), Sender (Y ), Black­ man (Y ) and Koppe (G). Time: 2:21.4. Mile run—Hawkins (B ); Noble (B ), Carter (SV ), Welch (Y ) and Manor (SV ). Time: 5:07. 220-yard dash—Won by C. Eck­ ley (B e ); Long (B ), Wisccup (C ), Kneisley (S ). Time: 24.8. 880-yard relay—Won by Bea­ vercreek; Cedarville, Bellbrook, Yellow Springs and Spring Val­ ley. Time: 1:40.4. Mile relay—Won by Beaver­ creek; Yellow Springs, Gedarville, Bellbrook and Silvercreek. Time: 4:07,8. 440-yard dash—Won by Long (B ) ; Wiseman (C ), McQuown (B ), Pierson (S) and Blackman (Y ). Time: 58.7. Shot put—Won by L. Cline (B ); Garringer (S ), Hosket (Y ), Pier­ son (S ) and Faulkner (SV ). Dis­ tance: 45 feet % inches (new meet record). Discus throw—Won by M. Cum­ mings (R ) ; L . Cline (B ), Kneisley (S ), Vest (G) and Durnbaugh (B ) Distance: 110 feet, 11 inches. Broad jump—Won by Long (B ) ; Heifner (S ), C. Eckley (Be), Bartley (Be), Burger (B) and P. Kennedy (SV ), tied. Distance: 18 feet, 10% inches. Pole vault—Won by Roberts (B ); Grote (Y ), H offer (SV ), Wisecup (G) and Smeltzer (B )). Height: 9 feet 8 inches. High jump—Won by Harvey (SV ); Hamilton (Y ) and Long (B ). Height: 5 feet, 2 inches. Guard those you level Give to conquer cancer! Alumni Dinner, Dance to Be May 23 The annual banquet and dance o f the Cedarville High School Alumni association will be held on Friday evening, May 23, it has been announced by the of­ ficers o f the association. 1 The dinner will be served at 7:30. Reservation Cards will be sent out sometime during the next week. The officers of the associ­ ation state that anyone not re­ ceiving reservation card and de­ sire attending the banquet, they should contact Mrs. John M i IT q fo r the desired reservations, The dinner tickets will be $1.50 per person (dance included) while tickets to the dance alone are to be 50 cents per person. CliftonAuction Nets$3000for FireEquipment Gross receipts o f about $3,000 were realized from a community auction sponsored jointly by the Clifton Fire Fighters association and village council in Clifton Saturday afternoon. Net proceeds o f the sale will go toward financ­ ing the erection o f a new fire house and the purchase of fire­ fighting equipment. ' Proceeding the sale, a demon­ stration o f a 1925 International pump engine, the only fire-fight­ ing equipment now owned by the village, was staged. Councilmen described this apparatus as “ in­ adequate” to combat blazes. Councilmen do not contemplate a bond issue fo r the project but hope to obtain the necessary funds from public subscription and other sources. The proposed site fo r the new engihe house is on Clinton street, adjacent to the present town hall. Articles contributed for the sale ranged from a half-ton truck and a 1944 army jeep to farm equipment and household gqbds, rC ^ ia rv iileT , low Springs also contributed gro­ ceries which were auctioned at the sale. In addition, cash contri­ butions o f about $100 were re­ ceived. A profit o f $70.50 real­ ized from a lunch stand operated by women o f the community also was turned in to the funds and this contribution has been ear­ marked fo r maintenance of a new fire truck. BurnsFatal ToFormer LocalResident Burns suffered last Thursday afternoon in a gasoline explosion and fire at his Pure Oil station proved fatal to Ernest Gray, 36, Mt. Sterling, former resident o f Cedarville, Sundajr afternoon at Mt, Carmel hospital in Columbus. Mr. Gray was under an ambu­ lance o f the Strevue funeral home o f Greenfield, at the Mt'. Sterling station when the gasoline tank ignited and exploded* setting fire to the ambulance and the service station. Damage was estimated at approximately $6,000. f The station is located at the main in­ tersection o f Mt. Sterling. Surviving are his wife, two sons, a step daughter, and two sisters, Mrs. David Ramsey and Mrs. Guy LaForge, both o f Cedar­ ville. Mr. Gray was rushed to the Columbus hospital after the ex­ plosion on Thursday afternoon. Issue Warning- on School Bus Law The sheriff’s office issued a’ stern warning to motorists, against violation of state high­ way law which prohibits passing a school bus while it is discharg­ ing passengers. The statute speci­ fies that cars in both lanes must observe the ten-foot stopping rule. The reminder was issued after Cartie Allen, 25, Dayton, appear­ ed before Xenia Municipal Judge B. M. Aultman Wednesday, char­ ged with passing a Greene coun­ ty school bus on April 25. Emery Oglesbee, driver o f the bus, charged Allen' approached the rear o f the bus on Route 68, and when .students started to alight, he had failed to stop. Found guilty, Allen was.fined $25 and costs and his driver’s license was suspended fo r ten days. SeniorClass PlayIsSet ForWednesday The senior class, of Cedarville high school, will present on May 14, a three act comedy “January Thaw” , by William Roos, based upon the novel, ’ “January Thaw” by Bellamy Partridge. It is a captivating comedy with sparkle and flavor, contrasting roles and new ideas. The characters: Frieda, an in­ dependent maid; Father, who writes foF a living; Marge, his wife, with a mania for remodel­ ing; Paula and Sara younger daughters. Barbara, the oldest daughter, engaged to George, who has a hard time proposing; Jon­ athan and Mathilda Rockwood, a couple o f real old settlers; Uncle Walter, a delightful old geezer; Matt, the rural Romeo; a lawyer and local policeman. The scene of the story an old Connecticut farm home that has been abandoned by two old set­ tlers. Believing the old settlers were dead, the home is taken over by a New York family, who have tried to remodel and modernize the home. Much to the surprise o f the Gage family the old couple return to their home very much alive, and under the terms of the deed they have the right to live out their lives in the Gage home. As a result there is quite a contest between the two, with neither able to turn the other out. Father tries to write, but is constantly being interrupted by members of the family and fire sirens. Mothers nerves are a l­ most to the breaking point over trying situations brought about by the Rockwoods. Jonathan brings back the cow Mr. Gage so heroically saved. ,He also plans to hold a funeral in the old home stead because he doesn’t hold with electricity and other modern conveniences. A blizzard rages over the country side cutting o ff theaelectricity, leaving the Gages forgets to shop for food, and the Gage family tries to make a breakfast out of what’ s left in the pantry—“ cornflakes, molasses and olives! “ They don’t know whether they’ll freeze first or starve Tirst. To make matters worse gusts of warmth from the woodburner, "ftnd the aroma of coffee and ham come from the Rockwoods kitchen, I n . the end everything is peacefully solved. Tickets fo r reserved seats are now on sale by members of the Senior class. Plaque opens Monday, May 12, at 12:00. Time of the presenta­ tion o f the play will be promptly at 8:00 Wednesday evening. Good Crowd at Spring Formal A good crowd enjoyed the spring formal dance of the Chi Mu Delta and Chi Sigma Phi at the Alford Memorial gym on Sat­ urday evening. Dancing was to the Wiiberforce Collegians orchestra. Warns Fishermen1 To Display License Lewis G. McCoy, Greene county game warden, has issued warn­ ing that all fishermen are re­ quired by state law- to display their fishing license on an outer garment. Warden McCoy points out that there has been a change in the Ohio law this year that requires all military personnel to have fishing licenses. IndictsFour, IgnorsThree * Four indictments Wer returned by the county grand jury follow­ ing a one day session Monday in common pleas court. Of the remaining five cases considered, three were ignored and two were continued. Indicted were James Leslie, Co­ lumbus road, for grand larcency; Thomas Slater Holten, breaking and entering; Albert Wise,'Cin­ cinnati, operating a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent; and Robert Dwight Bennington, home at-large, breaking and entering. Indications were the men would be arraigned Monday morning. The cases ignored were those of Arnold Caskey, whose statu­ tory charge was continued from the January session; Helen Wright, a case transferred from the juvenile court, and Raymond Grooms. The last two cases were ignored at the request of the pros­ ecuting witnesses. Continued were the cases of Jonah Pilcher and Charles R. Brinkley, charged with contribut­ ing to the delinquency of a minor pending further questioning of witnesses, H. C. Aultman was foreman of the jury before which twenty-six witnesses appeared. Shoup said. CHSContinuedon Approved Listof NorthCentral In a cooifintunication recently received from Dr. D. II. Ekien- berry, chairman of the state com­ mittee of the North Central As­ sociation of Colleges and Second­ ary School/, Gedarville high school was continued on the ap­ proved list of secondary schools. Ill order to continue on the ap­ proved list a high school must submit an annual report that deals with all phases of the school but particularly with the qualifications of the teaching staff. Cedarville high school has been on the approved list of the North Central associatioh con- tiiiously since 1922. Other county high schools approved by the Beavercreek and Yellow Springs Bryan. Mothers Go Down the Mine «8 ip ThreeWereInjuredInPlaneCrash A ~ V "SEE FOR YOURSELF” is the invitation made to British mothers of sons interested in mining as a career. Pictured here are some of them, helmeted and" ©Verallcd, before descending Ashington Pit, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northern England, to get a, mother s View on - mining: Britain’s new and- recently introduced methods to produce &ore coals her ^life’s blood,” have shown increases m both L,_______ ^reduction and manuower. ... Above is pictured the wrecked plane in which three were injured, Sunday Ball to Begin at Park Sunday baseball in Cedarville will begin at the park this Sun­ day with the local entry in the Springfield district league meet­ ing Catawaha on’ the new dia­ mond. The schedule calls for home and home games with each team in the league. The game will" be called at 2:30. 4-HClubNames JamesCherry AsPresident The Progressive Farmers 4-H club of Gedarville met at the vo- ag building at the Cedarville school on April 25 for their anual reorganization meeting. Janies Cherry was elected as president and will head the group for the coming year. Other of­ ficers were named as follows: Ralph Sprachlin, vice president; Eugene Ree_secjETSaStnra 1;’ Henri b o rd e r ; Dale Stover, news reporter. County Agent E, A. Drake was also present at the meeting and discussed plans for the activities o f the coming year. John Stover will be the advisor for the group for the coming year. The next meeting of the club Will be on Monday, May 12, at the vo-ag building at the local school at 8 p. m. Anyone desiring 4-H club work for the year is asked to he present at this meet­ ing fo r enrollment. Fields Finally Put Bed Cross Over Top Long awaited returns from Wright and Patterson fields have boosted the Greene county Red Cross fund drive total well over the $20,000 goal. Total contributions to date stand at $25,032.94, with between $500 and $1,000 still to be re­ ceived from several rural areas, Red Cross executive director, announced. The Wright-Patter§on returns, divided equally between Mont­ gomery and Greene counties after specified contributions were de­ ducted, netted the local chapter $8,962.09, which were earmarked by contributors for the Greene county chapter. Of the final total, 63.2 per cent will be used locally and the re­ mainder will be sent to national headquarters. Miss Smith extended her thanks to all precinct captains, township chairmen and individual solici­ tors for thuir co-operation and from all of which, the director, said, she received “ grand cooper­ ation.” No Bids Received For Fire Escapes County- commissioners said no contractor bids for erection of new fire escapes at the county in­ firmary, had been received by deadline at 10 a. m, Saturday. Proposals were sought by com­ missioners after present fire es­ capes were declared inadequate by the state fire marshal. - The board expects to consult Prosecutor Marcus Shoup before deciding whether to re-advertise for bids. Unless we act, nearly 3,000 American boys and girls will die from cancer this year before reaching their 20th birthdays! one seriously, at Wiiberforce last Monday. (Photo by Ramme. ) Soloists for MayMusical AreNamed The soloists for the annual spring music festival, which will be presented Thursday May 22 at the Methodist church by the four womens clubs of Cedarville, the Women’s club, the Research club, Home Culture club and the Kensington club, have been named as follows: Mrs, Mildred Townsley, Hugh Turnbull, Miss Phyllis Bryant, Harry Hamman, Mrs. Della John­ son, Pierre McCorkell, Mrs. Al­ bert Mott, Mrs. Walter Corry and Dr. James Chestnut. The performance will be a dra- matizatized biography o f the life of the American musical genius, Stephen Foster and his immortal songs with the dialogue and ar­ rangement by Kathryn Daniel. The costumes and setting will be Montgomery West will he the leading character, Stephen Foster. / 1 Mrs. PaULElliott will act as the director o f chorus, Mrs. Greer McCallister as accompanist, and Mrs. Ward Creswell as chairman o f the program committee. The complete cast of characters will he announced later. Mrs. Frank Creswell is the general chairman for the musical and other committee chairman are Mrs. J. W. Johnson, date and place; Mrs. Leon Kling, receiving and ushering; Mrs. Walter Cum­ mings, reception and socialibility; Mrs. Donald Kyle, publicity; and Mrs. Fred Glemens, decorating. Christiansburg Bile to the cold weather on Thursday the district base­ ball tournament games at Dayton were postponed until Friday. The games Will be played at the same times and places as orginally sched­ uled today instead of Thurs­ day. The Big Reds of Cedarville high school met Christian-Jack- son in the first round of the dis­ trict class B baseball tournament on Kettering field, Dayton, Thurs­ day afternoon. (No report on the progress of the .game had been received at Herald press time.) Coach Clyde Walker stated that there were 25 teams in the tour­ nament which is to be run off this week end and next. The drawings were made at the YMCA in Dayton on Monday night. If the Big Reds advance into the second round they will play again on the same field on Sat- urdr- afternoon. The game between the locals^ and Beaver fo* the county base-- ball championship which was scheduled to have been played" last week was postponed due to rain and wet grounds and Viral! not he played until after She district me^Si On Tuesday afternoon the Reds * met Bryan in a practice game at ^ the high school and won handily., AT CONFERENCE Mr. and Mrs. Thurman. MiHd Jr., attended the banq'uefoof 1® 159th district Rotary ccnrerj Monday evening at the BUtmfefefe hotel in Dayton* '’ll 11 t - C .Tt ....