The Cedarville Herald, Volume 73, Numbers 1-26

r - r .i r«S | !v 4 .‘ * 7 3 W ~ r ' i ■‘>f5fi*» - iJ-' «" CED A B V I L L E ’ S ___ . ^nSif ■>, \ OLDEST INSTITUTION The Cedarville u b i 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 PEE Y E A R ............. . $1.50 PER COPY ..._________ -5* V o k m m T.Y X7IT Cedarville, Ohio, Friday, Dec. 9, 1949 Number 1 ' *>■s ' Church Services Legion to Conduct March of Dimes The Wallace C. Anderson Post 544 will again conduct the NO. *f. o’******!.* 7\S~ ^ L-i i t-'j,!'.-.. f-1 AMPHIBIOUS HELICOPTER . . . The air force’s first amphibious helicopter, the Sikorsky-built H-5H, jast breaks from the water after a routine sea landing. With the new amphibious gear, the H-5H can with equal ease ashore or on the water, thereby increasing its utility as a rescue, search, and lia- sen aircraft. The four little blisters before and behind the engine make it possible to carry three litter Plane can hover motionless over rough sea and haul up survivors without further injury to hurt persons or danger to the rescuers. This device may revolutionize rescue at sea or delivery of goods to stranded shins. On the School Scene » By Dianna Brightman " I heard the bells on Christ­ mas Day Their old familiar Carols play, And wild and sweet the words re- O f Peace on earth, good-will to men. And in despair I bowed my head: * 1116 10 is no peace on earth; I said, T o r hate is strong, and mocks the song Of peace on earth, good-will to men.* ” Henry W. Longfellow The poets sentiment in refer­ ence to another era in American history seems very appropriate for the Chrsitmas season of 1949. We are reminded o f the recent war to which a peace treaty has not yet been signed. Although turmoil is present in the world today the Yuietide season brings us more closely together fo r a brief ^time at least. We believe that i f this feeling o f Good-Will could prevail the year around in “ our hearts,” we might have everlasting peace in the world. A Good Samaritan “ Apartments for Bent—Chil­ dren Welcome.” This novel sign was seen recently by the writer in the near-by town o f Spring- field, A t first thought, the message conveyed by the sign caused me to think o f its appropriateness; to the season we are entering once again—the Yuietide seasons. What a good neighbor this land­ lord must be to his young ten­ ants,—an age so often unwanted by landlords! Yes, a nice Christ­ mas be in store fo r some lucky family who otherwise might not have a home fo r these holidays. As the sign is used at all sea­ sons o f the year bv this landlord, it seems to me a significant fact in regard to the situation that he was not inspired by generous im­ pulse due to the Christmas sea­ son, but that this feeling is in his heart the year around. Would that there were more “ Good Sa­ maritan” landlords! My Spanish Sweetheart L ook -a t those English girls over there! Aren't those children Dutch? Ohj There is a real tor­ eador! All of these exclamations may be heard Thursday night, Decem­ ber 8, at 8:00 o’clock when the High School Girls Chorus pre­ sents My Spanish Sweetheart on the stage o f the Opera House. The setting o f the operetta takes you to Haarlem, Holland where the Feast o f the Tulips is being held. All o f the children ■bring their tulips to .the public square where they will be judged and a prize given f o r the finest. Kit and Kat, as anyone can see, have the most beautiful flowers, hut Greta and Blitz are so anx­ ious fo r the prize that they ex­ change the labels o f Kit and Kat's tulips fo r their own. Several English girls, their chaperone, and their guides, hap­ pen to visit Haarlem; on the day o f the festivities. The guides are typical Yankee boys and the girls have lost their hearts to them. May is very fond o f Jimmy, one o f the guides, but he does not re­ turn her affection. He believes she does not have as mueh pep a3 Carlita, a Spanish dancer. A humorous situation arises because o f May's intention to prove she has pep. She involves Jimmy in a bull fight much to his concern. With the help o f the Stadt-holder and Dutch Kiddies, the tulip mix-up is settled and all is happily ended. Christmas Chapel Held Mrs. Chesnut acted as chair­ man o f the chapel program held Monday morning. The program started with the student body singing Christmas Carols. Stan­ ley Abels read for the scripture the ninety-first Psalm. The speaker was Bev. Balph Jamieson ' o f the United Presbyterian Church. Continued on page 2 HoitSpeaksat Convocation At College “ Education, its responsibili­ ties and opportunities” was the theme discussed by E. E. Holt, superintendent of the Springfield public schools at the Cedarville college convocation Wednesday, Dec. 7. Mr. Holt said that if we ever come to the point in this country that we are willing to pay the price we are not worthy o f our heritage. Somewhere along the line education fails if a man fails to appreciate the heritage he has. Our world is in a chaotic condi­ tion and the overtones o f that condition pour into our lives. Mr. Holt quoted Hebrews 11:1 hoped fo r and the evidence o f “ Faith is the substance of things things not seen,” and then main­ tained that the individual who has faith has the greatest bless­ ing and privilege. The speaker pointed out that the schools must accept the re­ sponsibility fo r murders in the prisons as well as pointing with pride to the fine doctors and law­ yers they have produced. According to Mr- Holt “ Every­ one ought to follow the practice some belief if _he is going to live up to the privilege of being a teacher.” The acquisition of “ things” was maintained, to be a false idea of what is meant by “ the most.” The speaker concluded by say­ ing, “Hap**-- is the man who learns that to grow is to give. One who does not grow can get no happiness from life.” “ There is no satisfaction gained in the accumulation o f wealth unless it is used wisely.” Christmas Formal December 20 As the Yuietide season ap- idly approaches, time for one o f the special social activities is quickly drawing near. Every year, just before the Christmas vacation, Kappa Sigma Kaopa fraternity presents its holiday dance. This year President James Boss and his committee- have announced that the dance will be a semi-formal affair and will be sponsored Tuesday, De­ cember 20, in the auditorium Better make those dates, guys and gals, ’cause a big time is in store fo r all. Tickets will be $1.50 per couple, $1.00 single, and may be purchased from any Kappa Sigma Kappa member. “ Curley” Miller and his fine orchestra will provide the music from; 8:30 until midnight. Lewis Heads OSU Alumni Vaughn Pi Lewis, popular head of Jefferson township schools at Bowersville, is the new president o f the Greene county OSU alumni association. Other officers are Supt. Baker o f Osborn, vice president, and Miss Nelle Frasch o f Xenia, sec­ retary treasurer. The election followed a dinner and program at the county meet­ ing held recently, at which Jack Wilson, Xenia athlete, was pres­ ent to receive a handsome travel­ ing hag in token o f the esteem his fellow alumni hold him. Wil­ son plays tackle on the State football team. TO GIVE RECITAL Ray Seelenbinder will give a clarinet recital in Columbus Dec. 8. He is in OSU and will he grad­ uated in June. Miss Darding will accompany at the piano. Recent­ ly he gave a program fo r home fo lk at the Famtersvflle church. CHURCH OF GOD Elwood C. Palmer, Minister Sunday school 10:00 A. M. Mrs. David Strobridge, supt. March of Dimes Drive in, Cedar- Morning Worship 11:00. Ser- ville and Cedarville township, mon topic, “ God Our Father. Lowell Fess, Greene county's :45° * « P p n t e t i v e to the State Leg- Midweek prayer service Wed- islatm’e will act as county cliair- Coriander, Rice Plants Sent Here Dr: and Mrs. C- W- Steele re­ ceived specimens of both corian­ der and rice plants ^lucked from growing fields o f same last week. Their daughter, Mrs. L. E. John­ son, sent them. She writes he;* husband is living transferred from Kyote to Kobe soon. Japan is an interesting place to visit but there is no place like the good, old U. S* A. in which to live. Carlsen New Publicity Director Two faculty members, have new positions, President Ii*a D. Vayhinger announced last week. Prof. Frederick M. Carlsen has been appointed publicity direc­ tor o f Cedarville College, suc­ ceeding Prof. Howard L. Wise. t Prof. Wise was appointed mana­ ger o f the Cedarville College <Book Store. These changes came about when Dr. F. A. Jurkat, who had operated the book store as a business for many years, was forced -»by ill health to relin­ quish the book store, turning its assets and liabilities over to the college. The college in turn appointed Wise to man­ age its new business. He had been acting in that capacity for •Dr: Jurkat for the past three months. A fter three months of medi­ cal treatment, Dr. Jurkat is still unable to return to his teaching duties in the language department. Marked improve­ ment during the past week led him to predict his return at the beginning of the second semes­ ter. NewBridgeto Supplantthe Old-TimeSpan Another Greene county land­ mark (or watermark) will soon become a memory. The ancient-type, long-span wooden bridge over the Little Mi­ ami river near Bellbrook is to be removed within the year, accord­ ing to a plan o f the county com­ missioners who have completed the red tape necessary to obtain federal aid on a secondary road improvement. T h e new steel-and-concrete structure is estimated to cost $72,000. The county’s share is to be 50% o f that. Contracts will be let fo r the improvement Dec. 20 . Specifications call fo r a three- span structure, 24 feet wide and 195 long. The , old covered bridge was built in the.8Q’s and is the long­ est of any bridge o f its design in Greene county. It is nearly 170 feet In length, making it one of the longest of its kind in the state. Practice Teacher Leads Discussion Ralph L. Fordyce, practice teacher from the college of agri­ culture at Ohio Stale University, was discussion leader at the weekly meeting of the, Cedarville Young Farmers’ club in the vo­ cational agriculture room at Ce­ darville high'* school Wednes­ day at 8 p. m. A t last week’s meeting, Ernest Collins, club president, spoke on “ Feeding o f Feedep Lambs” and George F. Rhonemus, alsoa prac­ tice teacher from OSU, conduct­ ed a discussion on feeding beef cows and ewes and fattening steers. nesday evening 7:45. ■ The Woman’s Missionary Soc­ iety will meet Thursday evening at the home o f Mrs. Elwood Pal­ mer, this will he a Christmas program followed by g ift ex­ change and party. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Paul H. Elliott, minister. 10:00 a. m. Sabbath school, James W» Steel, supt. 11:00 a. m. Morning Worship, ’sermon, “ Famine o f The Spirit.” Wednesday evening, Dec. 14, union mid-week service at the Methodist church. Choir rehearsal is Wednesday evening at 7:00, with special re­ hearsal Saturday evening. u n i t e d P r e s b y t e r i a n c h u r c h Sabbath School 10 A . M. Supt. Arthur B- Evans. Preaching 11 A . M. “ What It menas to be a Christian” There will be the public reception o f new members at this service, Bap­ tism o f adults, and also of chil­ dren, if desired. The session will ineet in the Choir room at 10:30 A . M. with those who are uniting with the church at this time. Y . P . C. U. 7 P. M. Subject: “ Little Known Characters of the New Testament.” Leader, Rob­ ert Kirkpatrick. The monthly Religious Film will be presented at 8 P. M. in the Methodist Church. Two Christmas films arp to be shown. This is Christmas month, and we should all be interested in cele­ brating the Birthday of the great­ est Character who ever lived. Union Church Night service will he held in the - Methodist Church Wednesday at 8 P. M. We begin a four weeks study of the Bible, giving a Bird’s eye view o f the entire Bible in four studies. _ . , A special offering will be tak­ en Sabbath morning fo r the Mount Pleasant Home, fo r Aged People in Monroe, Ohio. This is a project o f -Second Synod, and they have a goal of $75,000. need­ ed to buy this acreage, and erect the necessary buildings. While they desire large gifts and be­ quests, they are asking fo r a Thanksgiving g ift o f $1.00 per member from each congregation in the synod to initiate the pro­ ject. Our offering for this im­ portant work will be received Sabbath morning. If you cannot be present fo r any reason, please send in your offering to the trea­ surer, Miss Mabel Stormont. METHODIST CHURCH William B. Collier, minister Sunday School at 10:00 A. M. Walter Boyer*, supt. Morning Ser­ vice at 11:00. The subject of the sermon will be “ Christ the Great Teacher,” the second in a series o f sermons on Our Faith in Christ. Youth Fellowship at 6:30 P. M. In the union Sunday evening service at 7:30 Two Christmas motion pictures will be shown-in this church. One picture is entitl­ ed “ The Ghild o f Bethlehem,” taken from the Nativity story. The title o f the other is “ The Guiding Star.” The Junior choir o f this church will sing- The sub-district meeting of the Youth Fellowship will be held in the First Methodis Church, Xenia Tuesday evening at 7:30. A Christmas play will be presented. The union Church Night will be held in this church Wednesday evening at 8:00 o’clock. Laymen o f this church will present the first two chapters of the book, “ The Bible, a Living Book.” CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Rev. Paul A. Hesler, Pastor - Sunday School 10 A. M. Morning Worship 11 A. M. N. Y. P. S. and Juniors 6:45 P. M. Evangelistic Service 7:3d P. M. Sunday morning the pastor will dedicate the baby o f Mr. and Mrs. Breakall’s baby. Also a fine class of members will be received into the church. Missionary service in the N. Y. P. S. service with Miss Doris Vest in charge. Eveprone invit­ ed we appreciate visitors and friends. ** CLIFTON UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Dr. John W. Bickett, Minister. Mrs. Elwood Shaw, organist. Sabbath school at 10. Topic, “ Personal Religion.” Preaching at 11. Sermon topic, man of the drive, coordinating all posts in the county. The campaign will start .the 16th of January and is to be com­ pleted by the 31st of January. Local chairman of the drive will be announced at a later date. JacketsSplit WithVilaand Cincinnati The Cedarville college Yellow Jackets split in their two games during the past week, winning from Villa Madonna 52-39 on Saturday night here and losing to the University o f Cincinnati’s powerhouse Tuesday night 83-37. Saturday night the Yellow Jackets got back into the win column with a 13-point victory over an invading Villa Madonna quintet. The game was much closer than the final score indicates. A t the half Cedarville held only a one-point edge, leading 24-23. With less than 10 minutes in the game the Jackets began the drive, moving into a three-point lead, 42-39, with only four hiin- utes remaining. A t this point Cedarville changed from their usual zone defense into a pres­ sing man-to-man. This strategy proved to be the turning point in the contest ■with Shumate and Blateric scor­ ing on fast breaks and Townsley hooking in a shot to ice the game. Villa Madonna, unable to get away good shots because of the close guarding, failed to score further, and CC raced on to ring up its second victory of the season, 52-39. The Jackets now have a 2-2 record. Blateric and Shumate led the Q5 scoring with 11 points each. XUo f C.’s eighthjrauking team nationally last year lost only one man and he was amul- replaced and their pressing man-to-man defense all but bottled up the Jackets efforts. It was the open­ ing ball game of the season for the Bearcats. The Jackets meet University o f Dayton tonight (Friday) at the Xenia field house and next week play two games away from home—Ashland on Tuesday and JVIorris Harvey on Saturday. Their next home game will be on Monday, Dec. 19 with Foresters of Huntington. Ten Men Enter Bible Contest The annual men’s Bible read­ ing contest will he held at Ce­ darville College Wednesday De­ cember ^14 at the convocation with ten contestants participat­ ing. Gerald Bradford, winner of the 1948 contest, will give a talk on the value of the Bible in everday living. Music will he furnished by the college chorus under the direction of Prof. Nancy L. Bost. The contestants in the 1949 contest are Richard Coffelt, Xe­ nia, Paul Fiedler, Minerva, J a m e s Hartman, Hamilton, Richard Humble, C e darville, Kenneth Peck, Springfield, For­ rest Stevens, Portsmouth, Theo­ dore Sutton, Weirton,-West Vir­ ginia, George Watt, Dayton, Carl Wiseman, Cedarville, and Robert Williamson, Cedarville, The five men adjudged the best “ readers will receive cash prizes, five dollars for the first place winner, down to one dol­ lar for the -fifth place winner. The women’s Bible reading con­ test will be held during the sec­ ond semester. John E. Powers Is Ordained On Nov. 20, John E. Powers IndiansEdge Madison;Scalp CatawbaHere The Cedarville Indians added two mors scalps to their victory ■belt during the past week by edg­ ing Madison Rural last Friday night 42-39 and then walloping Catawba on Tuesday 63-29. Both games were played at Alford Me­ morial gym. Against Madison Rural, the Indians jumped in front and at one time in the first quarter held on 8-1 advantage, but the visi­ tors finished fast and at the end of the opening stanza the count was S-7. In the second quarter the Indians gained somewhat o f the upper hand and at the half time intermission the score was 19-15. Madison cut into the Indians lead in the third period as they accounted for 10 points while Ce­ darville took 8 to make the score 27-25 going into the final per­ iod. The visitors put on a spurt in the early stages o f the fourth, quarter and with slightly less than three minutes to play when the automatic time out was call­ ed, the score read Madison 37, Cedarville 33. . But the Indians came roaring hack as they poured in 9 points in the remainder of the game while Madison could add only 2 to their total. In the game with Catawba it was a different story. The Indians took a command­ ing lead in the opening minutes, and took the first period 14-3 and increased that to 30-8 at the half with the visitors accounting fo r only one field goal in the in- - itial two periods. Tlie third period was more of- the same with 'Coach Walker sending in the substitutes before it was many minutes old- The second and third teams finished out the fourth quarter to win handily. Paul (Abie) Vest continued (p pour the points through the hoop, getting 20 against Madison for his lowest total of the season and then 24 (which is his season average) against Catawba in slightly more than tv/o quarters. Tonight (Friday) tlie Indians entertain Spring Valley and then will wind up thS 1949 end of their schedule by traveling to Ross the following Friday to op­ en Greene county league play. Catawba (29) G .F .T . Dixon, f ___— ___;_____ 2 0 4 Cheesman, £ ________ _ 0 3 3 Fitzsimmons, c ______! 6 2 14 Murphy, g _________ 1 2 4 Krugh, g ____________ ,_1 2 4 T o ta ls _________ ____ 10 9 29 •Cedarville (63) G -F .T . Stewart, f __ _________ 1 1 3 Parker, f __________ _ 2 0 4 Irvine^ f ______________ 1 1 3 Vest, c __ _______ _ 11 2 24 Turner, c ____ ,______ 2 0 4 Chesnut, g ____________ 3 1 7 Tackett, g ____________ 6 3 15 Heidorn, g ____________ 0 1 1 Luttrell, g _________ ___1 0 2 T o t a ls—.____—1____ 27 9 63 Catawba______ 3 5 9 12—29 Cedarv ille____14 16 17 16—63 Cedarville (42) G. F. T. Stewart, f — ------------ i. 2 1 5 Irvine, f _______________2 1 5 Vest, c —______________ 8 4 20 Tackett, g ----------------1 2 4 Heidorn, g ____________ 3 2 8 Totals ___________ 16.10 42 Madison (39) G. F. T. Toops, f _______________ 0 0 0 Walls, f _______________1 1 8 Clark, f --------- ------------ 2 0 4 Hunter, -e ----------------- 5 1 11 Dorr,, g ___ __________ 7 0 14 Kennedy, g — ___ ._____3 1 , 7 T o ta ls ______________ 18 3 39 Cedarville_______8 11 8 15— 42 Madison R. — 7 8 10 14—39 “A Very Unusual Eook-Do You ’ was ordained to the gospel min Read I t ? ” This is American Bible Society week and the sremon is in keeping with that event. Young People at 7:30. ' ZION BAPTIST CHURCH G. A . Adams, minister 10:15 Sunday school 11:00 •}. m. Morning Worship Wednesday 7:00 p. m. prayer service. •Tuesday 7:30 Choir rehearsal Milk at Stores Now in Paper _ The milk a t Cedarville stores is now in paper cartons, it has been announced by Harry Ham* man, local dairy man. Mr. Hamman has also announc­ ed that Mondey, Dec. 12 will be the last day that refunds will be paid for glass bottles at the stores, istry in Zion United Presbyter­ ian church near Greenville, Tenn. at the morning worship hour. Im­ mediately following the ordina­ tion service, Rev. Powers was in­ stalled as -pastor of Zion church. That evening he was installed as pastor of Cedar Creek congrega­ tion. Rev..Powers has been serv­ ing both churches as student pas­ tor since fall of 1947. -He is a junior at Tuscuium college. At the time he left Cedarville, Rev. Powers, “ Johnny" to everyone,' was president’ o f village council. Under his leadership the two churches have made fine progress materially and s p i r i t u a l l y . Friends of this fine young couple join in wishes and -prayers for continued success in telling the story of the Master of Life and His power to save. C o f C to Give Decoration Prizes The ‘Cedarville Chamber of Commerce is to offer awards fo r the best outside decorated homes in Cedarville during the Christ­ mas holidays. Three prizes will be awarded; First $10.00, Second $5.00 and Third of $3.00. D a te .o f judging will be an­ nounced later. The Chamber also voted to con­ tinue the decorating of the down­ town area; furnishing strings of lights along Main street and to extend the lights down Xenia ’Avenue, this year. \MSerchantjs are asked to cooperate in adding trees and lights, as in prior years. Committee ToAdminister PMANamed Committees from the 12 town­ ships of Greene county met in Xenia Wednesday afternoon to elect a three-member committe to administer the production and marketing administration pro­ gram for 1950. Organization o f PMA commit­ tees in each of the townships was completed recently. Three mem­ bers and a first -and second alter­ nate were named to each commit­ tee and a delegate and alternate to the county meeting on Wed­ nesday .were elected from each township. Results o f the township elec­ tions were announced Monday by chairman Mason as follows. Silvercreek—Grover C, Tobin, chairman; Carroll W. Clemmer vice chairman; Heber Keach, Ralph E. Devoe and O. M. Phil­ lips,, alternates; Mr. Devoe and Mr. Clemmer, delegate and alter­ nate to county meeting. Jefferson—Wayne L. Turner, chairman; Charles E. McVey, vice chairman; Guy W. Meddoek; Charles E. Mason and J. Martin Jacobs, alternates; Mr. Turner and Mr. McVey, delegate and al­ ternate to county meeting. Ross—Lester McDorman, chair­ man; O. H. Elam; Earl L. Riten- our and Arnett Gordon, .alter­ nates; Mr. McDorman and Mr. Elam, delegate and alternate to county meeting. New Jasper—Russell D. Fudge, chairman; Mark J. Bingamon, vice chairman; Harry E. Spriggs; Marcus Bogard and Elmer Faw­ cett, alternates; Mr. 'Fudge and Mr. Bingamon, delegate and al­ ternate to coiiqty meeting. Cedaryille—-Leonard ■Mangan, chairman; Edgar J. Little, vice chairman; Donald R. Devoe; Ran­ kin MacMillan and Donald Engle, ■alternates; Mr. MacMillan and Mr. Mangan, delegate and alter­ nate to county meeting. Porter to Speak A t Grid Banquet Coach Mendell L. Beattie of Cedarville college announced to­ day that James S. Porter, sports editor o f the Gallipolis Daily. Tri­ bune will speak at a banquet honoring the 1949 football squad. Letters will be presented to the team at the banquet co be held at the Cedarville college boarding club. WaterTurned OffonParts Anxiousto GetFigures While in- Columbus this week attending the state convention of county auditors, Greene coun­ ty’s auditor, James M. Curlett, will confer with Fred Becker of ‘ the state hoard of tax appeals. Curlett is anxious to have the reappraisal of realty in Greene county completed by Jan. 1, and his conference with Beck is on that matter. The auditor hopes to have the reappraisal figures in that they may be used to calculate the tax rates for the .coming year. Fido’s License May Be Bought Now Fido has from now until’ Jan. 20 to buy and ’ put on his 1950 pearl necklace in the form of his license tag. Tags are now on sale at the auditor’s office. Their cost is the same as in the past—$1 for males and spayed females; $3 for females and $10 for kennels* A penalty o f $1 Is added for tags bought after the deadline. - John Collette will handle sales xor dog owners in the Jamestown community from a desk in the office o f C.*E. Long in the Journ­ al building. Claude Chitty is the deputy at Bowersville, Mary Pickering is the deputy at Cedarville. OfTwoDays Cedarville residents were with­ out water Sunday and Monday mornings. The water main on Bridge street near the water tower, be­ gan to leak Saturday night and - was turned o ff Sunday morning for repairs. It was temporarily repaired on Sunday so that water service could be restored to the residents of the village and the following' morning its pressure was again turned o ff for further repairs to the mains. Although some leakage still exists, the service is again nor­ mal. Truck Hits Auto, * Then Fire Hydrant Two Cedarville young people suffered minor injjuries in the collision of a Dayton Daily News ■circulation truck and their auto­ mobile at Third and Whiteman streets in Xenia at 12:45 a. m. Sunday. Those injured were Carol ‘ Schwab, 18, and Geneva Heath- cook 18, both o f Cedarville. The collision reportedly oc­ curred when Hobert Potts, Day- ton, driving the truck, apparent­ ly missed a stop sign as he was going south on Whiteman across Third and struck a car drived by Marion James Robinette, 19, Xe­ nia, R. R. 5, in which the youths .were riding. The truck then careened into a fire hydrant, which was-partly broken off. It spouted water un­ til it was repaired a few hours later. Potts was fined $50 and costs, o f which $25 was suspend­ ed, in municipal court Monday. RURAL YOUTH PARTY Nolan Butts, Harry Fent, LaW- . ren^e Finney. J. E.j3w$nton, Ral­ ph C. Ault aecompahied Mrs. Har- -Ian Butts, furniShed’''music fo r a rural, youth .party held. Saturday night. The meetyig was Seld in the armory^ Presbyterian ChoirtoGive AnnualConcert The Choir of the First Presby­ terian church will present its annual concert of Christmas mu­ sic on Sunday evening, Dec. 18 at- 8 o’clock. A cordial invitation is extended, to all to attend. The program, made up o f old and new favorites, will include the beau­ tiful chorus “ The Sheep Lay White Around” by Deane Shure, with the alto solo to be sung by Mrs. Albert Mott and the soprano obligato by Miss Phyllis Bryant; “ Praise to the Lord” by Christ- imssten; and the . French Carol “He Is Born- the Dume Child” arr. hy Wickline^ New this year will' be a delightful spiritual, “ Rise Up Shepherd and. Follow” by Nathaniel Dett; a Norwegian Folk song, “ In the Silence o f the Night” arr. by Dickinson, and a new arrangement of Adam’s “ Cantique de Noel.” Soloist for this program will be Miss Phy­ llis Bryant, Miss Milder William­ son, Miss Janet Cumrine, Miss Diana Brightman, Mrs. -Mary Mott, Mr. Harold Guthrie ana Mr. James Steel. Othei's in the chorus will !be Mrs. Herbert Fields, Mrs. Charles Stormont, Miss Patricia K$ppe, Jeanne Campbell Charles, Miss Irma Creswell, Miss Faye Huston, Miss Jeanne Huston, Mrs. James L. Chesnut, Mrs. R. M. Campbell, Arthur Hanna, Don Chesnut, and P. J. McCorkel. Mrs. Paul Elliott is the director of the choir and Mrs. Rankin Mac­ Millan is the organist, Preceding the concert the church school orchestra, under the direction o f James Steel wiii present a program of Christmas carols. On Tuesday evening, Dec. 20, the Westminster Class will hold its’ Ghtistmas party in the church; and the Christmas pro- grain and party for the childrens’ Division of the Church school, Mrs. Herbert Fields superinttend- ent, is .being planned for Thurs­ day evening, Dec. 22. To this the ■parents'of the children are also invited. As part of the Sabbath morn­ ing (Christmas Day) Worship service on 'December 25 the young people o f the Westminster Fellowship, with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mott as sponsors will pre­ sent a dramatization o f "Why the. Chimes Rang” by Raymond. MacDonald Alden. ToPres ntFilm SundayEvening At Local Church Sunday evening, Dec. I l l at 7:30 there will be another of the religious films shown in the 'Meth­ odist church. The first film “ Child of Bethlehem” is a short length sound film concerning the life of Jesus from birth until the age o f 12. The second film _ a Christmas story, “ The Guiding Star,” is the story o f a man, nam­ ed Uncle Henry, who believed in doing good all the year round. It took place in a small town in the year. 1906 and concerns Uncle Henrys’ family and a nutighbor and an embittered widow. This is a truly heart warming story. Both these films are interesting for children as well as adults. These films are shown the second Sunday o f each month in the 3 different churches and are spon­ sored by the McKibben Bible ' class, Westminster class and the class and the Wesley class. A free will offering will be taken to defray expenses o f the films. Christmas SealSales Important As the 1949 Christmas seal sale in Greene county enters its third week, receipts so far total $2143, or 32% of the county's quota of $6,700, it was revealed in a re­ port by Miss Gertrude Fulton, treasurer _o£ the Greene county Tuberculosis and Health associ­ ation. Proceeds from the 1949 Christ­ mas seal sale, which will continue until Christmas, -v^ill finance the 1950 program o f the association. With three weeks o f the sale remaining, Miss Fulton pointed out, there is a good chance the county will reach its quota. How­ ever, she urges that return be made as soon' as possible. The associations program o f tuberculosis prevention and con­ trol for the coming vear depends on the success of the 1949 Christ­ mas seal sale since the sale con­ stitutes the association’s sale support. Secretary Editor Named Frank, Bateman o f Springfield has been named executive secre- tary anfl editor o f the medical society bulletin by the Greene County Medical society. The society is seeking to ex­ pand its public relations program. Clark is now serving Clark coun­ ty in a similar capacity. -Dr. Ray Barry o f Xenia is the new president o f the society, suc­ ceeding Dr. C . K , Schloss o f Os­ born. 'U u .' . j , .•a**---- *“ _ *> *»r I