The Cedarville Herald, Volume 70, Numbers 27-52

C E D A R V I V W V OLDEST The ■ s x 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 y 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 PEE Y E A R ______ _ |1.50 PER CO PY ............. .. 5e Yolumn LXX Cedarville, Ohio, Friday, June 20, 1947 Number 28 Pupils of Clifton-UnionSchoolArePicturedHere WU,OSSOGet Improvement Appropriations Wilberforce university is sched­ uled to receive a total of $1,744,- 770 and the OSSO home, Xenia, $1,900,933 in two-year appropri­ ations from the ninety-seventh general assembly which com­ pleted its current session Sun­ day morning. Of Wilberforee’s total, $596,- 545 was awarded in the additions and betterments bill and $1,148,- 234 in the budget appropriations measure. The OSSO Rome's allocation includes $600,QUO under the ad­ ditions and betterments measure and $1,369,933 from the budget appropriation. The $600,000 was the only item in the legislature’s capital improvements program which was approved as an emer­ gency grant, making it available immediately. This was earmarked for two children’s cottages, ait auditorium, recreational building, electric shop and new tunnels and lines from the home’s power plant to the cottages. Only a skeleton session o f the assembly is planned Wednesday afternoon to sign hills nassed Saturday night and early Sunday before it adjourns sine die June 30; In action taken by the legisla­ tors at the final session, Ohio cities were the recipients of a new $2,500,000 state subsidy for highway use passed in the seijate- amended $123,000,000 capital im­ provement program. The grant to cities was added while the sub- Chapter Officials Attend RC Meet Delegates from the Greene County Red Cross chapter re­ turned last Thursday evening from the national Red Cross con­ vention in -session in Cleveland from Monday until Thursday noon. Sessions were held in the Cleveland public auditorium and were attended by 6,000 delegates. Representing the local chapter were were Dr. W. A. Hammond, chairman,* Mr. and Mrs. Ernest D. Beatty and Mrs. Clark Eekerle, chairman of the “ gray ladies’’ corps. Barbara Block, Xenia, and Barbara Pierce, Osborn, repre­ senting the Junior Red Cross of the local chapter. The 1948 nat­ ional convention will be held in San Francisco. sidy to townships for highways was reduced $500,000 to $1,500,- 0Q0. Senate amendments to the additions aand betterments pro­ gram later concurred in by the house, totalled $6,625,689, raising the cost of new projects to $71, 297,864. About $59,000,000 grant­ ed in 1945 but unspent was re-ap­ propriated in the bill. Coach Mendoll E. Beattie of Cedarville college has announc­ ed that the Yellow Jackets will move into big time basketball on at least one occasion during the coming winter* MotherofLocal ResidentIs CalledbyDeath Mrs. Mina Alpha Shinkle, 60, died 7 a. m. at her home on Stel- ton road last Tfirsday after an extended illness. A native o f Pike county, she is survived by seven daughters, Mrs. Inez Morgan, Cincinnati, Mrs, Freda Ferryman, Spring- field, Mrs. Ganell Harness, Yel­ low Springs, Mrs. Fern Steiner. Jamestown, Mrs. Gi-eta Miller, Los Angeles, Mrs. Norma Shaw, Cedarville, and Mrs. Doris Mc- Coart, Xenia; three sons, Delmar, Jamestown, Homer and Rayburn, Xenia; a sister, Mrs. Sam Finley, Waverly, O., fifteen grandchil­ dren and one grcat-grand-child. Services were held Monday, 2 p. m., at the Stewart, Burr and Powers funeral home, Jamestown, with interment in Grape Grove cemetery. Stock Sale Authorized A sale of undisposed stocks was authorized in the estate of W.*H. Barber. The Jackets have been invited to meet the University o f Toledo at Tqledo for the coming season. The dr/e and further details of the game will be announced at a later date. YellowJacketsWillPlayUniversity OfToledoinBasketballNextSeason ToCheckCars ForDefects StartingJuly1 - Checking o f cars fo r mechan­ ical defects will get underway on July 1, it has been announced by Chief o f Police Fred Ewry. Chief Ewry attended a meeting Tuesday in Dayton which was sponsored jointly by police chiefs in this area and the state high­ way patrol. Both local authorities and the state patrol will check cars of defects. I f a car is found to be in need of certain repairs, *the driver will be given a white ticket which must be turned in as soon as the defect is corr/cted. Cdrs not hay­ ing defects will be given a wind­ shield sticker. Points ‘to be checked on .the automobiles will be as follows: drivers license, vehicle registry number brakes, horn, windshield wipers, headlights, tail lights,. * stop lights, tires steering, rear view mirror and others whrfch include windshield and other glass . and muffler. JacketstoPut TeamonField ThisSummer Cedarville college will open its summer baseball season on Sat­ urday, it has been announced by Coach Mendell E. Beattie. The opener is tentively sched­ uled with a team from Hsfrnilton and if the arrangements go through the game will be called at 2:30. Coach Beattie is planning on a full schedule fo r the Yellow Jackets this summer and has num e m u s independent t e a m s throughout this p lrt of the state for games, but as yet a complete schedule has not been completed. The complete schedule will be announced in the* Herald within the next few weeks. The majority o f the team will be made up from those who play­ ed during the regular season with the Jackets, Coach Beattie has stated. “ With a good part of the team from last spring going to summer school, and several other members o f the team living in oi* close to Cedaryfle, we decided that it would give the boys a lot pf - valuable experience * fo r . next spring.” Only members o f the spring team that are n o t .available fo r this summer are Birdie McNulty, who graduated; Ben McNulty, not in school this summer; and Harold Farmer, who also is not enrolled fo r the summer session o f the college. . NewA.W.Agent IsNamedat XeniaMeeting In an effort to j.id rural elec­ trification in the Miami valley, the Dayton'"Adequate Wiring bur­ eau has announced the appoint­ ment o f Robert L, Pierce as a field representative who will work from the bureau’s new head­ quarters in Xenia. In providing residential and farmstead wiring advice to citizens o f Xenia and the surrounding territories, espec- Wilmington and Washington C. H., the non-profit bureau hopes to contribute toward improving rural electrification. Recently, the bureau had expanded its service from Dayton to West Alexandria. Pierce’s appointment came dur­ ing a recent dinner at Geyer’s restaurant in Xenia, at which the bureau was host to electrical con­ tractors from Cedarville, South Charleston, Jamestown, Waynes- ville, Spring Valley, and Xenia, In the course o f the evening, the group appointed Ernest Smith, Spring Valley and Waynesville; Dave Robinson, Jamestown; H. L. Pickering, Cedarville; Don Ballanger, South Charleston; H, E, Eichman, M. E. Haines, and' E. G. Rogers, Xenia; as tempor­ ary representatives in their re­ spective communities. Fess Quail Bill Dies in Senate The long-debated quail bill, a perennial problem o f the state legislature, once again failed to make the grade as the senate ad­ journed Saturday leaving behind a welter of bills which fell along the wayside. The measure, which would re­ move quail from the song bird list and put it back among the game bird list, wag introduced in the house by Rep. Lowell Fess, R.,. Greene. It sailed through that body by an overwhelming major­ ity several days ago. * Many other bills and proposals, were killed outright or wera_ side­ tracked during the final delibera­ tions of the assembly. Juniors Donate Flag to Park The junior class o f CedarViUe high .school has donated an Amer­ ican flag to the park', it has been announced. The 'flag will be flown at the park from the flagpole which was donated by Supt. Walter W. Boyer. ** Song Fest Set , For June 22 ./A song fest will be held on - Sunday evening, June 22, at 7:30 /•at the Cedarville opera house, it ;has been announced by Rev. J, A. ’ Bullard, pastor, and Lorus Smith, - *choir president, o f the local church. : The following choirs will take "/part in the song fest: Middle Run, Rev. Gates; Zoin . Baptist, Rev. A. Bracken; Chris- *,tian, Rev. Reeves; First A. M. E., Rev. Mayp; Third Baptist, Rev. « Reynolds and St. Johns A. M. E ., |*Rev. Tyson. 'H Each Choir will sing three num- Jbers. All churches and^friends are . invited. A silver offering will be '■taken. WrightView CouncilAccepts SurrenderMove. A petition calling for a special ■ election in Wright View to de- "icide whether the war-born com- ‘munity south o f Patterson Field . *should surrender its village chart­ er and revert to control o f Bath township was accepted Saturday night by the town council at a . special meeting, i . Mayor Harry E. Hodge, at the regular council meeting last Mon­ day night, had Refused to accept ’ the same petition, because a . quorum o f the six-member coun­ cil was, not present. .However, four of the 'council- men appeared for the special meeting Saturday evening in the council chamber—a defense cabin adjoining the mayor’s residence. They were Mrs. Stella Rhoades, Thomas Lewis, Ted Easterly and Elwood Linden. Absentees were Ray Fannin and James Burris. A few minutes after council convened, while a group of cur­ ious citizens stood by, two Osborn attorneys, Morris D. Rice and James Matthews, arrived to rep­ resent the petitioners. Dissatisfaction over the poor conditions of roads in the Wright View area, alleged “ Gestapo” tactics o f the village marshals and resentment against mayor are said to be among reasons, fo r the requested change in the v il-' lage status. Jack Patricoff, Dayton attor­ ney fo r the council, who claimed persons jealous of,Mayor Hodge are^conspirirlj against him, said ’jj^ y 'ou ld check validity o f the 191 Signatures On the petitid'd "before any further action is taken by the council. He suggested some petitioners signed their names in the belief they were asking oply for better roads, The Wright View village strug­ gle over its sovereignty moved into court Wednesday. Led by hfyyor Harry E. Hodge, five members of the town council signed a petition filed in common pleas court seeking a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief against Rev. H. P. Morgan, al­ leged leader of a group which seeks to have the war-born com­ munity surrender its three-year- old charter and invert to the con­ trol o f Bath townsfiip, C. F. Bell, Sherwood Kelly and Arthur Witt were also named defendants. The action charges that a peti­ tion submitted to and accepted by the council ■Vist Saturday night, calling for a special election to decide Wright View’s future sta­ tus, does not accurately repre- the village's citizens. It intimates that names, in some instances, were signed to the petition through ignorance of its objective. The council petition seeks to have the court decide on the validy o f the Morgan group’s peti­ tion in seeking ths special bal- lotting. Ask$15,00in DamageAction InFatalAccident A $75,000 damage suit has been filed in common pleas court by the administrator of the estate of a Columbus youth who was injur­ ed fatally in a traffic accident near Xenia last fall. The petitions lists Walter E. Harper, plaintiff, with John Grail, o f Fairview village, a Cleveland suburb, Ralph Harshany, 2923 West 16th street Cleveland, and Walter C. Allison, 460 West Cher­ ry, Columbus, as defendants. According to the petition, Wal­ ter J . Harper, 25, an occupant of Allison’s car, was killed when it -■struck a parked truck, which Grail and Harshany had rented, on RcKte 42, about two miles east o f Xenia, on November 21, 1946, The petition charges that oper­ ators of the truck failed to post warning signals around the stal­ led vehicle as required by state law. It claims that Allison who was driving the car in* which Harper was riding, was guilty o f speeding and careless opera­ tion. At .the time o f the accident* Harshany said he was unfamiliar with-the signal light equipment on the vehicle which was -rented from a U-Drive-It concern. Al­ lison was said too have confirmed H&rshany’s statement that he was about twenty-five feet be­ hind the disabled truck and at­ tempting to fla g down the on­ coming Columbus, car. OhioSynod The Presbytery o f Dayton was represented by eighteen elected delegates at the annual meeting o f the Ohio Presbyterian synod which convened in Wooster Col­ lege Monday afternoon and con­ tinued through' Thursday/ T\jy were joined by delegates from the other thirteen presbyteries o f the state fo r the business ses­ sions. Young people representing the Westminster Fellowship and women representing the mission­ ary work of the local socities were also holding their meetings at Wooster and United with synod in the morning Bible hours and the evening convocations p r o -. grams. Dr. Howard Tillman Kuist, Prineeton Theogical Seminary, was the leader at the three morn­ ing Bible hours, and Dr. George A. Butrick, New York, was the convocation preacher at the three evening services. Other guest speakers included the Rev.. E. D. Lucas, Chicago; the Rev. Clayton T. Griswold, New York; the Rev. Frederick W. Miller, Philadelphia; the Rev. Benjamin J. Bush, New York; the Rev. Frederick T. Mills, Chicago; the Rev. E. Graham Wil­ son, New York; and Stanton Lau- tenschlager, New York. The ministers repres a n t i n g Dayton Presbytery included S. Turner Ritenour and Roland W. Anderson, Dayton; John C. Inglis, Piqua; Malcolm A. Harris, Clif­ ton; Bernard Yl Spare, Middle- town; Robert W. Haring, Osborn; Herbert S. Schroeder, Yellow Springs; Harold R. Lutz, Coving­ ton; and John Stanley Harker, Hamilton. The lay delegates in­ cluded W. R. Hunter and Edmund B. Lorentz, Dayton; Clayton R. Coblentz, New Paris; A. C. Keis­ ter and D. W. Jacot, Middletown; C. C. Eckman, Clifton; Earl M.. Creek, Reily; and Glenn Barr, Oxford. Dr. Hugh Ivan Evans, Dayton, chairman o f synod’s committee on national missions, gave his re­ port Tuesday morning. The Rev. David Hardy Deen, Xenia, chair­ man o f Synod’s committee on Pen­ sions, reported Monday afternoon. Showdown Wilberforce A showdown between the state and the African Methodist Epis­ copal church in the dismissal of Dr. Charles H. Wesley as presi­ dent of Wilberforce university and the election of Dr. Charles Leander Hill as his successor was expected Thursday __when the state’s nine-member trustee board meets in annual session at the university. The Herald was printed before the meeting was adjourned. 7lhe board, whose membership in­ cludes five state appointees and four churchmen, giving the state a slight voting edge, will convene at 10 a, m. in the home economics building on the university cam­ pus. C. C. Jenkins, superintedent of the state departments, said Wed­ nesday all nine members are ex­ pected for the session, Ray E. Hughes,. Columbus law­ yer, is chairman. Other state ap­ pointees are Mrs. Margaret E. Barnes, Oberlin, vice chairman; Rev. Wfilber A. Page, Cincinnati, secretary; Rev. J. Welby Broad- dus, Dayton, and M, C. Clarke, . Cleveland. Church representatives are Bishop R. C. Ransom, Wilber­ force, also chairman o f the church board which dismissed Dr. Wes­ ley; Bishop J. A. Allen, Rev. Charles S.- Spivey and Rev. Joseph Gomez, all of Cleveland. When Dr. Wesley was removed as president last week, he retired to the refuge of the state branch on the grounds that his election as president was a joint action by both boards." A restraining order on behalf of the church board was issued Saturday to prevent him from making any use of the uni­ versity property, supplies or land. Meanwhile, two summer schools were in operation Wednesday at the university. As of Tuesday night, 165 students were enrolled for the ten week’s summer ses­ sion in the college of education and industrial arts. Dr. Wesley set up this school after he moved his office from Shorter hall and established a new office in Bundy hall. ' . Enrollment in the ten weeks’ summer session of the college of liberal arts and sciences, on the university-controlled side, was 127 Tuesday night, Sessions open­ ed Tuesday in this school and classes convened Wednesday in the state-controlled school. Sale Approved A sale in the estate of Elmer Blair was approved and the pro­ ceeds ordered distributed. Benefit Skating Party on Tuesday A benefit skating party to help raise funds fo r the local swimm­ ing pool will be held Tuesday evening, June 24, at 8 o’clock a t Hodge Bros, skating rink in Springfield, it has been an­ nounced by Mrs. Lawrence Wil­ liamson, chairman o f the skating committee for" the pool. Tickets fo r the benefit party are on %a!e a t Brown's drug store, Confarr’s pantry, Old M il, and also, by the members o f the com­ mittee, Mrs. Keith Rigio, Mrs. Wade Charles and Mrs. William­ son. GuidancePlan ForU.S.Army 1st Sgt. Merle A . Prideaux, Jr. of the U. S. army recruiting sta­ tion, Xenia, explains some o f the provisions o f the new tentative career guidance plan fo r enlisted men warrant officers o f the new modern army. The score o f the plan is to build a broadly qualified, welt rounded noncommissioned and warrant officers corps which in time of emergency will provide a trained cadre fo r mobilization and which will augment the regular army officers corps. The elements of the plan are: 1. A determination o f what jobs are necessary for the army to ac- with proper standards and grades fo r each job. 2. A training system fo r qualifying personnel to fill each job. Sgfc. Prideaux further states under this plan, the enlisted grade structure o f the army shall con­ sist o f seven pay grades with the following titles. 1. First pay grade—Master sergeant (first sergeant and ser­ geant major are retained as oc­ cupation titles) 2. Second pay grade—senior sergeant (platoon sergeant is re­ tained as Occupation title) , 3. Third pay grade—sergeant first class 4. Fourth pay grade—sergeant 5. Fifth pay grade—corporal 6. Sixth pay grade—private first class 7. Seventh pay grade—private In conjunction with the above rates all technician ratings and chevrons are to be abolished, technicians to integrate into the app««£riate pay grade and title. Also combat commanders o f non- : commissioned .officers' grades^’ will Wear a distinctive insignia o f a forest green strip fastened to the shoulder loop o f the uni­ form in addition to the insignia of grade or rank. Sgt. Prideaux also states: the war department is seeking leg­ islation- to authorize four grades of warrant officers in the. army as follows. 1. Chief -warrant officer—pay of officer in forth pay period 2. Senipr warrant officer—pay of officer in third pay period 3. Warrant officer first class —pay of officer in second pay period 4. Warrant officer—pay o f of­ ficer in first pay period. Under the provisions o f the ca­ reer guidance plan examinations will be given for each step in rank from a corporal on up, as­ suring only those qualified will be entitled to the job and rank. Their is much more o f inter­ est about the tentative career guidance plan for warrant Of­ ficers and enlisted men contained in war department circular num­ ber 118, and any one interested in learning .more about this new deal l o r enlisted men can contact Sgt. Prideaux or Cpl. Considine at the Xenia, recruiting station. They will be glad to explain how you can have an interesting tour o f duty with the new scientific U. S. army. Bearcats Hand Locals First Loss The Cedarville entry in the Springfield district league suf­ fered their first loss o f the season last Sunday as the Springfield Bearcats handed them a 15-6 set­ back at Springfield. Snyder started on the mound for the locals and was relieved by Judy while Brewer was behind the plate. Errors were very costly to the Cedarville cause. The locals will travel to Enon for their next game on Sunday. To Hold Open House on Tuesday * Mrs. Lucy Turner will hold open house and reception for her son and daughter-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Milton Turner, Tuesday evening June 24 from 8-10. You are cordially invited. Mrs. Turner was the former Ruth Cordel of South Solon. They were married May 31 and are making their home in South Solon, Sale Approved A sheriff’s sale was approved in the case o f Theodore R, Hull vs. Treva B. CedarvilleCommunityBibleSchool * ToBeHeldFromJune16toJune27 What! continue through June 27. -When! . * Time: 2 p. m. to 4 p. in. Where! • - Ages: 4 to 14. The Cedarville community Bible ^ The Bible school will be held at school will begin June 16 and'will ''the Cedarville public schools. Committees NamedtoRaise FundsforPool Comfciittiees are being organ­ ized in an effort to raise the necessary funds to construct the swimming pool at the park. A t a meeting held last Thurs­ day evening at .the Methodist church the following were named: Skating committee-rMrs. Keith Rigio, Mrs. Wade. Charles, Mrs. Lawrence Williamson. Ice cream social committee-— Mrs. Inez Rigio, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Walker. Box social committee—Mrs. Edward Irvin, Mrs. Ross Wise­ man, Mrs. Jack Huffman. Play committee—Mrs. Ed Bull, Mrs. William Collier, Walter W. Boyer. Carnival cpmmittee—-Mrs. C. C. Brewer, John McMillan, Miss Betty Andrews. Boxing^'slUw committee—Lee Lynch, Oftarles Duvall, Mrs. Wil­ liam Nagley. Book review committee—Mrs. Carzoo, Miss Betty Nelson, Mrs. Hugh Turnbull. Outdoor band concert commit­ tee—Mrs. Raymond Williamson, Mrs. John McMillan, Mrs. Arthur Cultice. The first o f the activities of the committees will take place Tuesday night when the skating committee will have a benefit party at Hodge Bros, rink in Springfield. Many of the other activities will take place in the near futqre, but dates have not been set. They will he announced as soon as ar­ rangements are complete in fu­ ture issues o f the Herald. The date for the boxing has been set for July 15 at the opera house. This will he an all amateur show. The carnival and play will all be strictly local, it has been stated and the book reviews will be held in the fall. The heavy rains have held up any work on the pool at the park, but work will get underway as soon as possible on the project it has been announced. Aside from the activities listed above to raise the money for the pool, many others are under con­ sideration, but committees are yet to be named for them and ar­ rangements completed. . TaxCollection DateNamed ByTreasurer County Treasurer H, J. Fawcett has announced the following dates fo r the collection of real estate and special assesment taxes throughout the county: The traesurer or a deputy will be at the Cedarville Federal Sav­ ings and Loan association office on Friday, June 20; at the Spring Valley National bank, $n\ng Valley, on Monday, June 23; at the Miami Deposit bank, Yellow Springs, Tuesday, June 24; at the Farmers and Traders bank, Jamestown, Thursday, June 26 and at the Daytx/.i Power and Light company office in Osborn on Friday, June 27. The hoi/-s for collection at the above listed places will be from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. The treasurer states that per­ sons desiring to pay taxes in other townships must send notice naming the township where they desire to pay them aat least two days previous to date o f collec­ tion. He further states that taxes may be paid at the county trea­ surer’s office until July 20 with­ out penalty. $92,00Damages AskedinFive AccidentSuits Seeking more than $92,000 in damages, five separate suits have been filed in common pleas court against a Dayton man as a result of an auto accident last November in which two persons were killed. Plaintiff in the actions is Ocie Gashio, Trebein, guardian aunt of two survivors of the Crash and as administratrix of the estate o f Herbert O. Rife, 39, who was killed with his wife, Mary 36, in the collision on Dayton pike. Lu­ cas Hill about two and a half miles west of Xenia. The petitions all charging Huey H. Murphy, 20 Dayton, driver of the second car, with speeding and careless operation, seek $35,000 in the death o f Mr. Rife, $30,000 be­ cause o f his wife’s death, $16,455.- 37 fo r injuries to Delores, 14, $10,464.06 for injuries to Virginia 15, the Rife children, and $300 fo r damage to the Rife car. Murphy is in Mansfield reform­ atory, serving a sentence for second-degree manslaughter, re­ sulting from the accident. According to reports at the time o f the collision, the Murphy car headed west, made a wide turn on the curve atop the hill and smashed beach-on into the Rife auto. Several occupants o f the Morphy auto, including the driver, suffered injuries in the accident*