The Cedarville Herald, Volume 72, Numbers 1-26

'Vp; c : - ’ t . i E ’ s OLDEST INSTl'i JTION The PER YEAR _______$1,59 PER COPY____ .1____ 5c Publ ished in the Interes t of C&ffarville and Sur round i ng Communi ty Volmnn LXXHI Cedarville^Ohio, Friday, January 21,. 1949 •Number 7 V * *U L p f ‘ i \A* $ i ' i f ' * • w<, ?v/> >'.V THEY SLICED IT. WITH A CROSSCUT SAW . . . This is reputed to be the biggest cake in the world, «mfl for those who go for toothsome sweets, as well as for those who might turn pale at the sight, hero are the statistics: 16 feet long, 5 feet high and 7*4 feet wide; 1,650 pounds of sugar, 750 pounds of flour, 4,000 eggs, 100 gallons of milk, 250 pounds of butter and: 25 pounds of (burp) baking powder. The cake • was designed to serve more than 40,000 persons on the eve of Miami’s King Orange jamboree parade, 'Vic Damiano {shown applying the icing) baked it in 360 sections—21 layers four tiers, high. ‘ -ist-**! vCtt'<r ri“ -"-heSchool Seem By Naomi Luse This week we settle down a- gain to the normal routine of school life. There are broad smiles on the ges you see in the hall, for ex- I are over once again. We are | to see these cheerful smiles, \ with grade cards going out jrsday, they may not he quite gvident for a few days, torn time to time during the pid semester We will publish Bus column some o f the in- Ral essays and editorials pen by members o f the journ- In class as part of their ex­ action in that subject, pom the editorial group sub­ led, the following story has p selected fo r this week’s col- Bin: olerance in Everyday Living S heii we think o f America, we k o f the ‘land o f the free, feme o f the brave.’ We think o f ; country where everyone is Jfcqusl, and where everyone has as opportunity to he his best. Tolerance, like charity, should tgin at homer hut how many sfldren are taught ttolerance M consideration in the home? ow many of us learn a proper rense o f tolerance at school? L very good example o f intol- prance can he seen an school play­ grounds. Because this child’s skin is a different color, or that one speaks a different dialect, he is avoided by other children. Sometimes these actions by other classmates leave scars on child­ ren’s minds, scars which never entirely heal. There are other types of in­ tolerance which might be called attention here. For instance, Jack of respect fo r the opinions ,hd views o f others, simply be- jnse they do not agree with us. b we have any guarantee as tdividuals that we are one bund'd per cent correct in our opin- ns? In many instances people fcpress their own personalty nd individuality when they state jot-of-the-ordinary opinions. { Again, we are always toler- pt toward the weakness of oth- r individuals No! But do we ot expect them to have consid- tation fo r any weakness which re may he prone to display? nd. is there one o f us who can- ot number among his strong pints a few which are not as trong? This all adds up to the con- lusion that tolerance should be tressed .in the home, at school, [nd in the churches, and it Continued On Page Five J. B. Cramrine Injuredin FarmAccident More than 200 stitches were required to close a wound suf­ fered by J. B. Crumrine, 58, farmer residing on the Straley road, south of Cedarvillc, when he fell into a buzz saw on his farm Wednesday morning. Treated at H?<fnes hospital, Jamestown, Dr. R. L. Haines said Mr. Crumrine suffered a deep cut which extended down his back from his shoulder to his hip. Several muscles were severed. Mr. Crumrine, with his son, James, and neighbors, was saw­ ing wood on the farm. The saw was operated by a gasoline-pow­ ered motor on a tractor: Mr. Crumrine was standing in a farm wagon when he slipped and fell into the*saw. His son and fellow workers shut o ff the motor from the machinery. RolandKyle DiesMonday InHamilton Funeral services for Roland M. Kyle, 49, Hamilton, were held at the Griemer-Grimm Funeral Home, Hamilflon, Thursday at 11 a. m. Burial services were held at Massie’s Creek Cemetery, Ce- darville., Thursday at 2:30 p. m., and burial made there, Mr. Kyle, a world War I vet­ eran died Monday night at. Fort Hamilton hospital, Hamilton. A former resident of Springfield, he had been in failing health a- bout a yeai*. The deceased was the son of the late Dr. F. J. Kyle. He is survived by his widow Mrs. Jenny Mae Kyle; a" son, Pvt. Wayne Kyle, Fort Knox, Ky.; his mother, Mrs. Anna Kyle, Ce­ darville; and four sisters. Mrs. Janet Ebersole, Springfield, Mrs. Florence Mykrantz, Ashland, 0 „ Mrs. Ruth Leubin, Erie, Pa., and Mrs. Mildred Lafferty, Gedar- ville. NEW FREIGHTRATE The Ohio state public utilities commission has approved a 6 % increase in freight rates fo r all steam railroads in the state. The increase makes a total hike o f 50% since 1946; IreeneCountyFarmWomenHold ’eaatXeniaChurchonFriday Plans fo r a happiness seal la campaign to be conducted 1 i ocn were outlined by Mrs. Mar- an Wells, Columbug, at a tea or Greene county farm women it the Second United Presbyterian jhurch, Xenia, Friday afternoon. The sale will be conducted by ae Ohio Mental Hygiene asso- liation o f which Mrs. Wells is Executive secretary. One out o f every five school |hildren is in need o f guidance keep him contented, Mrs. /e lls , said, in explaining, the irork o f the association, whose Eiief object is to promote better icntal hygienfe auipng adults fend children.' More than 25.0 women attended le tea, sponsored by the home bid community committee o f the Ireene Cpupty Farm Bureau of vhich Mrs, Roy Si^neburner, Spring Valleg township is chairr 3»n . Mrs. Fred Dobbins, Cedarville township presided. In addition to Wells’ adiess on Mental health in Our Community other elks were given by Mrs. Rich- rd Betscher, Miami township, Who explained the operation o f the Greens county health coun­ cil organized this week; Mrs. Meryl Stormont, Cedarville 'township; who gave a New Year Meditation; Mrs, Cecil Conklin, ' ' man o f the committee* in ge o f arrangements fo r the tea, who extended greetings, and Mrs. Stoneburner, who outlined activities of the home and com­ munity council. Musical selections included marimba solos by Miss JoAnne Sheeiey; vocal solo, The Blue Danube Waltz, Mrs. Clark Mere­ dith, Miami township, accom­ panied by Mrs. Harold Price, Xe­ nia; vocal solo, The Bells o f St. Mary’s, Mrs, Ernest Collins, near Cedarville, accompanied by Miss Charlotte Collins, and vo­ cal solo, Ave Maria, Miss Phyllis Bryant, Cedarville, accompanied by her mother; Mrs. Dana Bry­ ant. A skit, stressing safety in the home, was presented bv a group o f Cedarville and Miami town­ ship women. Directed by Mrs. Carl Corry, members of the cast were Mrs, Ross Wiseman, Mrs. David Bradfute, Mrs. William. Clevelle, Mrs. John Stover, Mrs. Evan Parson? and Mrs, Arthur Hanna. Appointments for the tea em­ ployed a color motif o f gold and white. The table was centered with a bowl of daffodils. Mrs. Henry Heath, Xenia, wife o f the manager of the Greene County Farm Bureau Co-operative assO-* ciation and Mrs. Bernard Frank­ lin, Silvercreek township, whose husband is county Farm Bureau president, *presided at the tea table. A t Cedarville College A group of Cedarville College students, under the leadership of player-coach Rollie Barton, Ham­ ilton. have formed a. basketball team under the name of “ Cedar­ ville Independents.” Members of the team have had a variety of cage experience at various insti­ tutions, some of which are Ham­ ilton Public High School, Ports­ mouth High School, Cedarville College, Marshall, and the Uni­ versity o f Cincinnati. The group is set king games with class A teams in this area, either high school, college, or independent. Interested teams may write to Rollie F*rtou, Cedarville College, or call Cedarville 6-1041. Like Barton, most of the squad will he basketball coaches upon gradu­ ation. Other players on the squad are Jay Fry, Hamilton, Jim Wagner, Hamilton, Emerson Ackison, Xe­ nia, Gordon. Williams, Ports­ mouth, Archie Justus, Scioto Furnace, Dick Evans, Hamilton, Bill Dunlap, Hamilton, Bob Row­ land, Hamilton, and Bob Huston, Hamilton. The assembly program Monday was presented by the college Y. M. C. A . George Watt, Dayton, is program chairman of the or­ ganization. Joseph Price, New Bloomington, presided and led the devotions. Myers Best, Spring- field. gave a short review’ bf soc­ ial work by various organizations, including the Y. M. C. A. The pro­ gram was closed with reading of a poem by Paul Begley, Ham­ ilton. The Cedarville College Wed­ ding Band, a group of married students, furnished several bask­ ets o f food for needy Cedarville families during the Christmas holidays. There will be no assembly pro­ gram on Monday. The time, will be left free for a much-needed study period for the semester examinations whicli ^follow on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs­ day. Last fail the Cedarville Col­ lege alumni enjoyed themselves so well during the homecoming exercises that the Alumni Asso­ ciation executive committee de­ cided to sponsor a winter home­ coming to take place Saturday and Sunday, February 5 and 6 . A varied program is planned starting at noon on Saturday. Cedarville College’s lassies have organized a basketball team with several practice games already played. Their initial and most crucial test faces them at 1:30 p. m. Saturday afternoon on homecoming day when they face a strong contingent from Wil­ mington College. Following the worAen’s basketball game, the alumni will hold a general meet­ ing In the chapel of the Admin­ istrating Building, President Clyde Walker, ’38, will preside at at the meeting. . A t 6 p. ni. in the social room of the United Presbyterian Church the Cedarville College Ladies’ Adi, Lory Board will serve the ^homecoming banquet. The brief program during the banquet will be presented by Cedarville College students. After the ban­ quet, the alumni will make their way to Alford Memorial Gym­ nasium to watch the Cedarville College Yellow Jackets take on a strong and rangy Tiffin Uni­ versity quintet. The game is slated to get under way at 8:30 p. m. Following the game the al­ umni and student body of the col­ lege will enjoy a dance and so­ cial hour. Due to the popularity o f the fall homecoming worship service, the alumni executive committee has made a similar service dur­ ing the winter homecoming. The committee has made especially fortunate in securing the Rev. Franklin Trubee, ’35 as the* speaker at this service, in the college chapel at 11:00 a. m. Sunday. Trubee is the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Minerva; Ohio. He is a fine speaker and loyal alumnus of Cedarville College. Special music Continued. On Page Five JacketsWin Over Seminar %. By74-43Scor^ The Cedarville college*, Yel­ low ’ Jackets hammered lipme a 74-43 win Saturday night over Cincinnati Seminary at Jjuford Memorial gym. m After taking an early ltg|pr the outcome was never in dou lt wi.h the locals hitting from all-®ngles. Don Barker, Hamilton ^m o r , paced the attack with 20 ’points to be the evening's top scorer while Smith of the visitors- racked up 19. Walt Blatteric and John Townsley both hit fo r 14 f,.r the Jackets. ' On Saturday night the Jackets travel to Huntington, Ind., to play Huntington college, Next week the Jackets will plav on the local court bn two successive n i g h t s, Wednesday and _lhursday. Bluffton college will ."furnish the opposition' for Wednesday and Wilmington col­ lege Quakers will show here on * Thursday. „ — « Cedarville (74) G F P . Barger, f ----------------- 9 2 20 Shumate, f --------------------1 0 2 •Deemer, f ----------------- - 3 1 7 - ' Townsley, e -----------— 7 0 14 Harner, e ________ ____ 1 0 2 •Stanley, g ----------------------3 0 6 Blatteric, c ---------------- 4 6 14 Downs, g ________ _____1 0 2 K. Huffman, g --------- 2 1 5 Beattie, g ---------- -----------1 0 2 Totals — ,__________ 32 10 74 Cin- Seminary (43) G F 'P Katt, f _______________ 3 1 7 Weetnbergei-, f --------- 2 0 4 Smith, c _____________ 7 5 19 Nickerson, g ------------------ 3 1 7 Arnold, g --------------- 3 0 6 T o ta ls _____________ 18 7 43 CountyBoard Reorganizes For1949 Paul W. Brown, Sugarcreek township and Myron R. Fudge, Silvercreek township,, were re­ elected president and vice presi­ dent, respectively, w h e n the ' Greene county hoard of education leorganized fo r 1949 in tl^i court house office o f Snot, S.; 5 . Lh»i- > ing Saturday nigllt- ~ Mr. Liming by virtue o f his office, is clerk-treasurer of the board. The other members are John Burtch, Beavercreek town­ ship ; Raymond H. Cherry, Cedar­ ville township, and Lewis Frye, Xenia, township. Terms of these three expire this year and their seats are subject to the Novem­ ber, 1949 election. Mr. Brown and Mr. Fudge were re-elected to four year terms in 1947. Other than routine business, the only transaction at the meet­ ing was the transfer of 196.13 acres from Beavercreek township to Xenia township school district. Consisting of four tracts owned by J. Ross, Minnie and Lester Harner, the change will affect one child but not until next term. The board will meet the first Thursday 'o f each month at 3 p. m. during 1939, ^ Delegates Named To Wool Meeting Fred Williamson, Xenia town­ ship, Roger Collins, Cedarville township, and H. S. Bailey, Ce­ darville, will represent Greene county at the annual meeting of the Ohio Wool-growers Co-oper­ ative association in Columbus Feh. 8 . The three men were chosen re­ spectively by the Greene county livestock committee Greene Coun­ ty Farm Bureau Go-op and Frank Creswell, Cedarville 'feed, grain and wool dealer. Ed Haines, Beavercreek town­ ship, will serve as alternative f o r Mr. Williamson and J. B. Lane, Xenia township, for Mr. Collins. Mr. Creswell will serve as a dele­ gate in the event Mr. Bailey can­ not attend. None Hurt in Bus - Car Mishap Two men escaped injury Sun­ day night when the auto in which they were riding collided with a Greyhound bus on Route 42, near Wilberforce, sheriff’s deputies reported. Occupants of the car were the driver, Janies Anderson, 33 Ce­ darville, R. R. 1, and Lester Har­ ding, 23 Wilberforce, R. R. a. The bus driver was Charles Rheu- bc.rt, Cedarville. Deputy Kenneth Bowermeister said the Cedarville bound bus and westbound Anderson car met at a small bridge, and the auto apparently struck the side of the bridge, careening o ff into the rear end of the bus. After striking the bus, the car spun around in the road, a near­ total wreck, the deputy said. No one on the bus was injured. Grange Officers Installedat CountyMeeting Harold Cowman, of Charity Grange, BeaVercreek township, was installed for another year as master of Greene County Pomona Grange at the Junior hall, Xenia, Friday evening. About 250 Grange officers and members attended the county­ wide installation. Officers of Greene County subordinate and juvenile Granges, as well as Po­ mona, were installed iu a cere­ mony conducted by a team from University Grange, Columbus. Joseph E. Hutchinson, son of Mr. and Mrs, J.' Ersle Hutchinson, Beavercreek road, was captain of the- installing team. He was assisted by T. G. Watson, direct or of agriculture at Ohio State university. J, Ersle Hutchinson, county deputy, presided at the meeting. Masters o f subordinate Grange for the coming year are Harold Flatter, Bath; Otto Michael, Bell- brook; Horace Ferguson, Beaver; ' Paul Peterson, Caesarcreek; Har­ old Cowman, Charity; Elden Heinz, Jamestown; Carl Corry, Miami; Charles McVey, Pleasant; Harvey Huff, Spring Valley, and Mrs,"William McClelland, Xenia.- Refreshments were served at _,±h« 41o.se.of the ceremony,-'- * * Mrs,NoraCrago DiesFridayat Daughter’sHome Funeral services for Mrs. Nora Jane Crago, 66 , Dayton, R. R. 9, were held Friday at 1 p. m. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Samuel Woods, Dayfon. Burial was in Grape Grove cemetery, near Cedarville. Mrs. Crago died at her_ home Tuesday morning following a four and one-half months’ illness. Born in Ray, O,, she resided near Dayton for-twelve years. Survivors include three daugh­ ters, Mrs. Bertha Woods and Mrs. Myrtle Kean, Dayton, and Mrs, Maude Weyandt, Phoenix, Ariz.; .two sops, John W., St. John, Ind.. and Raymond F., Dayton; ana two .sisters, Mrs. Emma Jenkins, Wellston, O., and Mrs. Belle Hoo- ten, Ray, O, Rev. O. L. Fowler officiated at the service^,. Third Shipment Of Spuds Received Third shipment of- surplus- potatoes — 23,000 ponds — to he received here during the 1948-49 school term will be distributed by -County Supt. S. O. Liming. The county system’s head said the potatoes, provided by feder­ al -surpluss commodities, should arrive soon and they will be sent to schools- on the basis o f the number o f pupils served in cafe­ terias, IndiansWin Over Eagles; InTieforLead Cedarville high school’s Ind­ ians remain in a tie with Spring Valley for top honors in the Greene county league last Fri- , day night as they' took Bell- bruok’s E a g l e s i n t o ' t h e i r wigwam 51-45 while Spring Val­ ley was squeaking past Ross 40- 37. In the other pair of league games Friday night, Silvercreek lost a heart-breaker to Beaver 32-31 and Bryan eked out a 38- 35 win over Jefferson. In the game at Alford Memor­ ial gym Friday night, the local, after being knotted 13-13 at the end of the opening period, went to the front in the second quart­ er to be on the long end of the 24- 17 halftime score. They added two more points to their lead in th.e third canto which ended 38-29. Vest was high point maker of the fray with 22, In losing, the Vikings held the upper hand during most of the contest but couldn’t quite stop Beaver’s last quarter surge. The Vikes trailed 7-5 at the end of the first period, but got hot for 14 markers in the second quarter to lead . 19-15 at the half and maintained their four point mai'- gin during the third frame which ended with Silver on the long end of the 27-23 epunt, Brill was high point man for the game with 18 while Schimkus lead the winner’s attack with 11. It was the same story at Ross, with the Panthers leading 16-11 at the half, hut wilting before the Valley attack in the final two periods. Bowei'sville Jefferson trailed Bryan 10-6 at the end of the opening period and 16-ll-;at the half but came back to take the- lead at the end of the third quar­ ter 26-24, but were unable to hold it .and lost 38-35. In a game at Ross Tuesday night the home team won an easy 62-34 game from South Solon. Ross jumped into an early lead - and were on the long end of. the 25-14 count at the half- Luttrell was high point man for the win­ ners with 21 markers: In the only other game on the Tuesday card Jefferson of Bow- ersville won over Port William of Clinton county on the latter’s : court by a score of 49-34. The winner wefe 'out in front at the half 26-20/ - In league games this Friday night Silvercreek goes to twice beaten Bellbrook, Ross travels to Bryan,- Jefferson journies to Ce­ darville- and Spring Valley will take on -Beaver on the latter’s court, Cedarville (51) Fife, —-------------- B. Heidorn, f — Parker, f ______ Vest, c __ ____3. Cultice, g --------- D. Heidorn, g T o ta ls ------------ Bellbrook (45) Englehard, ± ----- Gibbons, f _____ Barnett, c __ ,_L. Bartley, g Adams, g- ______ McMichael, g Eckley, g - - - - - - T o ta ls_- ____ By quarters: Cedarville____: Bellbrook_____ Ross (37) Lu ttre ll_______ Steen ----------------- — B obb itt__________ •— Massie --------- ------------ 1 0 2 Andrews__________ ____ 2 1 5 T o ta ls ____— —____ 12 13 37 Spring Valley (40) ' G F P J o r d o n __________— 1 0 2 N o g g le __________ :______ 2 0 4 H a rv e y _________ ,______7 2 16 R o a ch -------------------------- 0 1 1 P ickering_______ A_____ 2 3 7 ' H o ffe r ________________- 3 4 10 T o ta ls_____ —— „ 15 10 40 Ross „ 7 9 14 * 7—37 Spring Valley _ 4 7 18 11— 40 G F P _____1 2 4 _____1 1 3 ____ 3 1 7 8 6 22 ____ 5 1 11 ____ 2 0 4 ____20 11 51 G F P _____1 9 2 4 0 8 3 4 10 — 3 5 11 __ 2 0 4 ____ 4 0 8 ___ _ 1 0 2 ____18 9 45 11 14 1 3 --51 4 12 16—45 G F P _____ 5 9 19 ____ 1 2 4 __ _ 3 1 7 LivestockCommitteeMembers ElectedatAnnualMeeting Members of the Greene county livestock committee elected 1949- officers and discussed the new hog selling method on terminal markets at the annual meeting at Geyer’s last Thursday. Seventy-five members attend- 1 ing the all-day session selected Raymond Wolf, Xenia township as the new president. He replaces Earl Dunovant, Miami township., Also named were Paul Stafford Beavercreek township, vice pres­ ident, and Paul Dobbins, Cedar­ ville township, secretary. Charles Leach, Silvercreek township; Dan Wolf, Beaver­ creek township, and Nelson were elected to serve with the new officers as the' group’s ex­ ecutive committee. Herbert Barn.es, Gfriio State university extension swine spe­ cialist, spoke on improving the swine carcass. James Warner, ex­ tension beef cattle specialist at QSU, discussed the beef outlook. E. A. Drake, Greeii county agent, reviewed the county's ag­ ricultural activities o f the last year and E. L. Kirby, associate agent, discussed the outlook for 1949, t e r m i n g it- generally good. In a review of the last year, A. A. ^ e ff, manager o f Dayton Producers, revealed, that Greene county led all counties in all va­ rieties of livestock marketed. Greene producers marketed 25,- 298 hogs, 6,501 sheep, 2,130 cattle and 803 calves. J, R. Kimber, manager of Cin- -cinnati Producers, and Denver Moore, manager of Springfield Producers, reported on the live­ stock situation in their areas. Mac Harris, Dayton Produc­ ers cattle, buyer, discussed Day- ton cattle market problems. . Major topic of the day was the new ternfinal market hog selling method introduced last summer and based on quality rather than weight. The new method was ex­ plained by Kimber. ■Greene*- county ^representa­ tives on the Dayton operating committee were all tenamed. They are E. J. Ferguson, Beaver­ creek, Myron Fudge, Silver. creek, William Wilkerson, ’ Bath, and Roger Collins, Cedarville. - Delegates named to the annual meeting in Cincinnati Feb... 17 are Mr. Collins, chairman, Cecil Conklin, Everett McKamey, Rus­ sell Fudge, G. H. Thomas, Har­ old Dobbins, N. A. Williamson, Myron Fudge, Paul Stafford and Raymond Cherry. Alternates are Stanley .Hetzler, Herman Eavey, Everett Bailey, Archie Peterson and.Ralph Rife. Silvercreek (31) G F P Chaney, f _____________ 3 1 7 Ferguson, f ----------------- 1 0 2 Brill, c _______________ 7 4 18 Pettit, g ____ ___________ 1 2 4 Graham, g ----- — 0 0 0 T o ta ls ____________ - 12 7 31 Beavercreek (32) G F P Roberts, f _ _____________2 1 5 Schimkus, f —L -----------4 ' 3 11 Montgomery, f —------------ 2' 0 4 Miller, f _________________0 1 1 Brehm, c _________ 2 0 4 Burger, g --------- —-------1 1 - 3 Durnbaugh, g ---------- — 1 2 4 T o ta ls ________ 12 8 32 By quarters: B ea v e r________ 7 8 8 9—32 Silvercreek ___ 5 14 8 4—31 Church Services FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Paul II. Elliott, minister 10:00 a. 111 . Sabbath school, James W. Steel, Supt. 11:00 a. m. Morning Worship, Sermon: The Christian Basis of Life: ‘For Jesus Sake’, 7:99-9:00. .Young People’s pro­ gram. Following devotions, the films, House I Live In and Wings to Alaska, will be shown, follow­ ed in turn by the recreation per­ iod. The Westminster class meets at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Her­ bert Fields, Tuesday evening, Jan. 25. Devotions are in charge of Mi-s. Janice Williamson, and Herbert' Powers will conduct a study of the Men af the Presby­ terian Church. Union prayer meeting on Wed­ nesday evening, Jan. 26 will be in the First Presbyterian Church. The Women’s Missionary Soc­ iety will meet at the Church, Thursday, Jan. 27, for a lunch­ eon meeting beginning at 1 1 : 00 . Following luncheon will be a mission study on China. Choir rehearsal Saturday- evening at 7:30. METHODIST CHURCH William B. Collier, minister - Sunday School at 10:00 a. m. Walter Boyer, Supt. Morning worship at 11:00 a. m. T.he subject of the sermon will be The Promises of God. Youth Fellowship at 6:30 p. m. Patsy Collier w.ill be the lead­ er. - The union midweek service at 7:30 p. m. in the First Presby­ terian Church. UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Ralph A. Jamieson, minister Sabbath School 10 a. m. Supt. Arthur B. Evans. Preaching 11 a. m. Theme, The Plumb Line for our Lives. Y. P. C. U. 6:30 p. m. Subject, The 4th Study of the Completing Philosophies of Life, ‘I Serve.’ - Union Prayer Service in the First Presbyterian Church Wed­ nesday, Jan. 26, at 7:30 p. m. The Women’s Missionary So­ ciety will meet Thursday Jan. 27, at 2 p m. in, the church dining room. Leader, Mrs. Harold Dob­ bins; Program committee, Mrs. The SemirAnnual payment for erson and. Mrs, Donald F. Kyle; Hostesses, Mrs. Lucy, Turner, Mrs. Arthur Cultice and Mrs. Lauris Straley. 8 p. m, Chior union at Chris- the Martin-Finney Fund is now due. Mrs. Raymond Spracklin is treasurer of this fund. CHURCH OF GOD Elwood G. Palmer, Minister . Sunday school 10:00 a. m. Mrs. Ervin Cultice, Supt. Morning Wor.shlp 11:00 a. m. Children’s service - 6:30 p. m. Evening service 7:45' p. m. Midweek prayer service Wed­ nesday evening at '7:45. Said Billy Sunday; ‘Going to Church does not make a ehrist- j_an any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile, but the" act of going to Church opens the door for many other results to occur.’ Plan to attend Church this Sunday. ZIGN BAPTIST CHURCH G. A. Adams, minister 10:15 Sunday school 11:00 p. m. Morning Worship 8 p. m. Ghoir union at Chris- ian Church in Xenia. Tuesday 7:30 Choir rehearsal Wednesday 7:00 p.. m. prayer service. CLIFTON UNITED PRESBY­ TERIAN CHURCH Dr. _John W. Bickett, minister Miss Charlotte Collins, organist Sabbath School at 10 a. m. Lesson topic, Jesus and the Wild­ erness, Omar Sparrow, supt. and ’ Casper Arnett, supt. Preaching service at 11 a. m. Sermon subject, The Book that reaches beyond Time, Territory and Tongues The Young People will meet at 7:30 and study the topic, I Serve’ a cordial invitation is ex­ tended to all to worship in this friendly church. GrandJury ReturnsSeven TrueBills The January term of the Greene county grand jury re­ turned indictments against sev­ en persons, eases against eight others vfere ignored while an­ other was continued according to its report to Common Pleas Judge Frank L, Johnson last Thursday, On arraignment Monday in common pleas court, four pleaded guilty, two others claimed their innocence while the seventh was not in custody. Three were sentenced imme­ diately by Judge Frank L. Johnson. The fourth man, who admitted his guilt, had his case continued for a few days. Most severe penalty imposed was a one-to-seven-year term in Ohio penitentiary given James Stubblefield, 29, Xenia, charged with malicious destruction of property. Ihurman Jacks, 40, Xenia, ac­ cused o f non-support, was* sen­ tenced to six months in the county jail and Bernard E. Craw­ ford, 31, also of Xenia, indicted for canning a concealed weapon, received a suspended six-month jail term. Benjamin Bowermaster, Ji\, 28, Xenia,” who faces a forgery indictment, also pleaded guilty but his case was continued with an indication probation might he extended at request of the com­ plaining witness. Innocent pleas were offered by Janies Weaver, 47, Dayton, to a second degree manslaughter in­ dictment, and Charles (Bud) Ward, 24, Cedarville to embezzle­ ment o f property. Tidal dates ■ will be assigned later. George 'Steiner, Mobile, Ala., seventh person indicted by grand jurors, has not apprehended to ■face a charge of non-support. Stubblefield was charged in the shooting of three pigs on the Herman W. Eavey farm south of Xenia. Authorities said the sus­ pect was identified by an Eavey farm tenant, that he had a twelve gauge shotgun in his possession when captured a mile from the scene and that the hogs had been killed by a shotgun, Crawford, a, taxi driver, was accused by Frances Burkholder, Xenia, who' said he went to th e ' Trebein Tavern on U. S. 35, Oct. attempted to take her from the place she was sitting with a friend and threatened her. Bowermaster arrested De c . 13, is charged with cashing two checks each for $360, signed with the name of F. W. Hughes, Xen­ ia used car dealer. Weaver was arrested in the traffic death last July of Ross Shoup, 22 , Piqua, on U. S. 35 at Knollwood and Ward is accused in the taking o f $100 worth of acetylene torches from Carl Hol­ ley, Xenia coal truck operator, then borrowing money on the property. Prosecutor George R. Smith, Jamestown, who faced his first grand jury session since taking office, was assisted by former prosecutor Marcus Shoup, Xen­ ia, who preceded the present pro­ secuting attorney. Mr. Shoup was appointed special assistant ’ without compensation for the session by Judge Johnson, The jurors, whose foreman was Thurman Tidd, New Jasper township, ignored these cases: P. E. Salmons, fraudulent checks; Max Oliver, assault; Eugene Hill­ ing, morals charge; James Hardwick, New Burlington, fraudulent checks, two counts; Oscar O. Kelley, Martinsville, fraudulent check; Wendell And­ erson, breaking and entering; Elmer Gibson MayhaU, Xenia, R. R. 2, auto theft. Complaining witness refused to testify again­ st Hilling, Hardwick and Ander­ son, Smith declared. inasmuch as repairs ate be­ ing made to the sheriff’s res­ idence and county jaij the grand jury passed up its regular visit there. However, it did recommend purchase of a filing cabinet, two fire extinguishers and two chairs fo r the jail at request o f new sherriff George P. Henkel. BeatyHerdSecondinButter FatProductionforDecember Jefferson (35) G F P Woods, f ---------------------- . 3 1 7 Talbott, f ------------------- 1 1 .3 Devoe, c - ------- ------------- 4 1 9 G. Franklin, g ------------ 1 0 2 D. Franklin, g — ------- 1 1 3 Dfming, g ------------------- 3 5 11 Totals ---------------------- 13 9 35 Bryan (38) G F P White, f __ _____ — — . 2 6 10 .Hoskett, f J______—— 6 2 14 Semler, c — — —— 2 3 7 Beberstein, g ---------------. 2 1 -5 Stewart, g ------------ -------. 0 1 1 .Welch, g ---------- ------ . 0 1 1 By quarters: -Jefferson _____ 6 5 15 9—35 B r y a n -------------10 6 8 14—38 « Team " W. % Pts. Op. Cedarville_______ 3 0 142 117 Spring Valley — 3 0 138 127 Beavercreek------2 1 125 115 Bellbrook ---------- 1 2 130 140 B r y a n ________ - 1 2 113 ’ .122 Jefferson -------1 2 114 113 Silvercre§k 1 2 104 101 R oss------------------ 0 3 124 144 A 24 cow Holstein herd be­ longing to Curtis C o s g r a y , Jamestown, R. R. 1, led all herds in the Greene county testing pro­ grams in butter fat production last month, according to Glenn Charles, county production tester. The herd, with all cows in milk, averaged 42.7 pounds o f butter fat and 1,250 pounds of milk. The 10 cow Ayshire herd of J. L. Beaty, Cedarville, R, R. 1 was second, with 38.2 poundsQfat and 839 pounds milk, with all cows in milk. With 3 cows dry the 24 cow her.d of Paul Dawson and Wil­ liam 1/ Stover, Xenia, R. R. 5, was third with an average o f 37A pounds fat and 998 pounds milk. The two high cows in milk pro­ duction were Holsteins from the Dawson and Stover herd. They produced 2269 and 2068 'pounds. In third place was a Holstein -producing 1863- pounds, belonging to John -D. Stover, Cedarville. The high cow in butter fat pro- ■duetion.was from the Stover herd, nroducing 80.1 pounds. The third place cow was also from this herd her production was 74.8 pounds fat. • In second place was a cow from the Dawson and Stover herd producing 77.2 pounds. The 383 cows on test produced 227,735 pounds of milk and 9390.9 pounds butter fat. Twenty-one cow? completed lactation o f 305 days or less. A Jersey cow owned by Dawson and Stover finished a lactation o f 305 days producing 527.6 pounds but­ ter fat. A Holstein cow from herd “ of Fred and Ginn McClain pro­ duced 421.6 pounds in 305 days. Another cow from McClain herd produceed 466.9 pounds in 305 days. Ed Cummings, Xenia, R. R. 3, changed from O. S. to D. H. I. A. Homer E. Mount and R. Douglas Stivers, Spring Valley, R. R. 1 was also added in I). H. I. A . In owner-sampler testing there were 10 herds with 113 cows. The David G. Bradfute, Xenia, R. R. 5 herd led in O, S. testing. Wayne A. Gorry, Xenia,'R. R. 5 and Horace Ferguson, Xenia, R. R . 4 were added in owner- sampler testing. Curtis Cosgray and Howard Arthur, Cedarville, are testing under the new plan from Ohio State university in which H. I. R. Herds are included in the coun­ ty dairy unit.