The Cedarville Herald, Volume 73, Numbers 1-26

C E D A R V I L L E ’ S OLDEST INSTCTir**5*! Volumn L X X I l f The P u b l i s h e d i n t h e I n t e r e s t o f ' C e d a r v i l l e a n d S u r r o u n d i n g C o m m u n i t y — M L i, i m PERYEAR...........$1.50 PERCOPY............... Cedarville, Ohio, Friday, J a n u a ry !^ IS*© Number 6 REFUGEES FROM RED CHINA. . . A hastily-improvised hospital In Hons Kong: harbors these refugees from the advancing Communist hordes in China. All of the refugees in the hospital haven are sick and some of them have lost arms and legs. The city Is a British crown, colony, and the refugees had to gain British per­ mission to enter the stronghold. Most of them were left In camps and abandoned towns when the armies of the Nationalists were forced to retreat before the Red tide. The Nationalists were unable to provide medical attention or transportation for the unfortunates. The army of refugees has* over-crowded Hong Kong, but business goes on as uauaL FessSeeksThird TermasGreene Representative Lowell Fess of Yellow Springs, Greene county’s incumbent Re­ publican member of the Ohio house o f representatives, an­ nounced today he would seek his party’s nomination for re-elec­ tion, He will enter the May pri­ mary, "In announcing my candidacy fo r re-nomination to the office o f state representative, I wish to state it has been a pleasure to serve the citizens of this county and it will be my aim to continue to represent Greene county in a sound, constructive and efficient manner.” Mr. Fess, 54, is now serving his third term. A graduate of Yellow Springs high school and Antioch college in 1915, he was successively a high school in­ structor and coach o f athletics; machine gun officer in World War I with overseas service; sec­ retary to his late father, U. S. Senator Simeon Fess; co-organ­ izer of the Ohio Council of Re­ tail Merchants; sales manager for two large industrial con­ cerns and mayor of Yellow Springs for three terms- During his five years’ service in the legislature he has been particularly active in behalf of agriculture and conservation, the schools and welfare institutions. He has served on numerous com­ mittees including military af­ fairs, organization o f state gov­ ernment and financial institu­ tions. A t present he is a member and secretary o f the powerful finance committee, health and liquor control. He is a widower, with two children, Nancy, 18, in her second year at Ohio State university, and Tommy, 13, student at Bryan high school. He is a member of the American Legion, Forty and Eight society, Veterans qf For- eign Wars, Presbyterian church and. Masonic and Elks lodges. J. A, Baker, 83, Cedarvile Native, Dies John Allen Baker, aged 83, di­ ed at the home o f his daughter, Mrs. Charles ThompsQn, in Xe­ nia Monday afternoon, after a brief illness. Mr. Baker moved to Xenia from Cedarville 25 years ^ago, and had operated a furniture refinishing shop on Home avenue. He was born in Cedarville, Sept. 28, 1866, the son o f Jphn and Mary Ann Shaw Baker*. Besides Mrs. Thompspn hs leaves a son, Sherman, of Oeday- Vjlle, iQ grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held ip Xenia. Thursday afternoon; bur­ ial in Massie Creek cemetery. Jackets Face Bluffton Wednesday The next home game fo r the Cedarville college Yellow Jack, ets will be Wednesday night when they face Bluffton in a Mid-Ohio league contest. They will meet three teams, Bliss, Chase and Huntington on. the road beford1returning to the^ friendly confines of Alford Me­ morial gym to face Morehend on . Monday, J»n. 30. BREAKS HIP Mrs, Richard HackSelt, near Xenia, mother o f Mrs. Earl Ran­ dal is in Springfield City hospital suffering from a broken hip. On the School Scene By Margaret Swaney ANOTHER YEAR Another year has dawned, And with it comes the task Of doing bigger, better things Than were done in the last. The New Year! All my own! Its future I must mold; The fate of it is in my hand— A bit of finest gold. ' •This bright New Year is mine To use as I see fit; To make this year a big suc­ cess I must do each day my bit. By Darrell Shamblin The old year is gone; we can- ! not bring it back; we cannot un­ do what has been done. But we can make the new year success­ ful if we set this goal for our ob­ jective. As stated in the literary meta­ phor used by the above writer, our future is a tiny "bit of fin­ est gold” in our “ hands” , and the way we “ mold” it will de­ termine the outcome o f the new year. May each of us make the year “ 1950” the best year* o f our Uv®8* Rev. Palmer Speaks .At Chapel Rev. Elwgod Palmer, minister o f the local Church of God, spoke at this week’s chapel program, using the first Psalm as the bas­ is for his talk. In connection with the new year, he spoke of the fact that wo should all be willing.to take inventory of ourselves fre­ quently to find the good and bad in our past way of living, in view of improvement. The speaker stressed the point that young people need to apply themselves to school tasks, all of which help to supply equipment fo r future use. L o c a l g i r l § Tp TAKE D. A. R. TEST Five local girls ppe to be giv­ en the D. A. R. Good Citizenship Contest, Thursday, January 12, n| Cedarville High School. Tho girls taking this test are; Viola Ferguson, Janet Hull, Margaret Swaney, Anne. Huffman and Rosie Miller.” In each school in Ohio not less than two, nor more than five pu­ pils may take the test. It Is given under the direction o f Mr. Woods o f Columbus, who la test director fo r the state of Ohio. This test consists of four parts: citizenship, American history, government and Ohio history. The contestant getting the highest score in the state in pre­ vious years earned a week's ex­ cursion. to Washington, but last year the award changed to a o n e-hundred-dollar government ■bond, in order that pupils mak­ ing next highest scores could al­ so receive awards. Last year’s first-place bqnd was awarded to Margaret Robe of Athens? who attended Cedar; ville School fo r the first eight grades. Although Cedarville High School has never had a c o n s t ­ ant to reoeive top honors, we are propd to bav° Margaret as a fprmfcr pupil in dlap.school. New Bqqkst In* Library _ Several new books have been placed pn the library shelves re­ cently for the pupils. They are tho rending circle books for* this year. Titles and authors of the new books are as follows: The Wish­ ing Star, by Widdemer; Wish on an Apple, Garst; Four Sons o f Norway, Acker; Seven Beaver ■Skins, Berry; Steve Sears, Ape Announcer, Levenson; Trudy Ter- ril, High School Freshman, Bry­ ant; Jefferson’s Daughter, Criss; White Boots, Watson; The 21 Balloons, Du Bols; Swamp Boy, Carmack* Black binah, Starr; Louis Pasteur, Wood; Slavonic Rhapsody, Straaten; Your Kind Indulgence, Malvern; Story o f the Negro, Bontemps; Susan B. Anthony, Bryan; Modern Medi­ cal Discoveries, Eberle; Chario- E MaxGood ToConduct MeetingHere H, Max Good, evangelist heard daily on radio station WHKC" Columbus at 7:30 a. m., will hold pn evangelistic meeting at the Cedarville opera house'March 0* 12, it has been announced, The meetings are being spon­ sored by the -Cedarville Christian Laymen's league. teer, Eberle; Raff—The Story o f an English Settei*, Rechnitzer; The Roman Moon Mystery, Williams; and Judith o f France, Leighton. Also a new set o f World Book Encyclopedia, and a eopy of Web­ ster’s Unabridged 1Dictionary have been added. SPORT VIEWS Indians Down Fighting _Bryan Five The Bryan Bulldogs, a vastly improved team, nearly pulled the upset of the season as they bow­ ed to Cedarville by the small* margin of 41-35 last Friday night at tho local college gym. Although the home team led at the half by 10 points, 20, to 10, the Bryan zone defense was prov­ ing a m fntery. , The outcome of the game be­ came more uncertain as the sec­ ond half rolled on, with Bryan steadily closing the gap between the two teams. However, Cedar­ ville managed to stay in the lead, and, with about a minute left, .held a slight lead of four points, 39-35. It was then that Bryan lost their final chance of win­ ning. Within the last minute of play, the Bulldogs missed four consecutive fouls, which could have tied the game up and pos­ sibly put them ahead. Taking ad; vantage o f this,’ the Indians kept their- opponents sgorejess while adding another bucket to their final score, to win their seventh straight contest, 41.35." Our team, as a whole did not display the *bi*and of basketball Friday night that they have ex­ hibited in earlier games; how­ ever every team has its “ o ff” nights, Paul Yost garnered II tallies to cop high scoring hon­ ors for his team. Jack Irvin, other pivot-man, also contribut­ ed much to the Indian ledger by cutting the cords for 9 points. Perry Stewart of Bryan tied Vest in the* scoring column with 11 points. Reserves Triumph The little Indians made it a perfect evening by winning their eighth game, 30-15, from the Bryan reserves. The Cedar quin­ tet was ahead all the way, regis­ tering their win. Bruce Corrigan led the Indians in scoring hon­ ors. Class; Teams Compete Wednesday, January 4, * the Seniors won the first inter-class , Continued On Page Two IndiansAdd TwoScalpsto VictoryBelt The Cedarville high school In- ” dians annexed two more scalps to their victory belt during the past week by downing Bryan Friday night in a league encount­ er 41-35 and then winning at Plattsburg Tuesday by a 40-31 count. Bryan’s Bulldogs put on a stubborn fight befoi'e falling vic­ tim to the Indians but succeeded in jamming up the. middle and holding Paul Vest to 11 markers while the others took up the scoring burden. A t Plattsburg it was just the opposite with the big pivot man accounting for the majority of the points with 25. The Indians broke in front in their league fray with the Bull­ dogs and were out in front at the end o f the opening quarter 9-6 and then stretched it into a commanding 20-10 lead at the half. In the third period the visitors .found their range and outscored the locals 12-9 to make the count Cedarville 29, Bryan 22 at the start o f the final peritd. The Indians held on, although outscored by one point, in the . final period, to take their second league game in as many starts, At Plattsburg Tuesday night, the Indians got o ff to a fast Start and at the end of the first quarter held a 14-6 lead and were on top at the halftime inter­ mission 27-14. * The big floor seemed to take its toll on the Indians in the final two periods as their point making ability fell o ff and they were out in front at the end of three periods 35-23. In the final -quarter neither team could lo­ cate the nete from the field with each managing to get one, The Indians travel to Bellbrook tonight (Friday) for an «U im­ portant league battle with the Eagles. A t present the Indians, Bellbrook and Beaver are in a three-way tie for the top spot with 2-0 loop records. In other league games last Friday night Bellbrook edged Jefferson 43-39, Beaver spank­ ed Ross 57-46 and Spring Val­ ley took Silvercreek 35-39. Other games in the league to­ night will see Sllyercreek at; Beaver, Ross Talley and Jefferson at Bryan, ,• Bryaq (35) G F *P Mercer, f _______ ------ 3 4 10 Stewart, f ______ _ Hosket,n . ... . Blackman, g Batdorf, g ..... _ Totals ______ ------ 14 7 35 Cedarville (41) G F P Irvine, f ____ _____ ____ 3 3 9 Tackett, f — 2 2 6 Vest, c ____________ ____4 3 11 Parker, et _ _ ____3 1 7 Ilcidorn. tr .... —„ l o g Stewart, g ............. — 2 2 6 Totals ______ __ 15 11 41 Score by quarters; - Cedarville_____ 9 11. 9 12—41 Bryan ------------ 6 4*12 13—35 Officials: Peters apd Malloy, G F . 3 Q P — - 9 0 0 10 5 25 3 2 Daytpn. Cedarville (40) Stewart, f Irvine, f ---------- - Vest, c — -------------- Tackett, g ’ ___________ 2 Heidorn, g _______ 0 Totals ___________ 15 10 40 Plattsburg (3 l) G F P Hall, f ________ _ Tipton, f ----------- Parish, f ________ Gilliam, c , _______ Womacks, g _____ Mann, g ___ Totals Score by quarters: Cedarville ____ 14 13 8 5— 40 Plattsburg __ _ 6 8 9 9 13 31 Officials: Erwin Springfield. 8—31 and Bobo Mortgages OnChattels Increasein’49 The records in the office of Recorder E. D. Beatty show that ‘ the month o f December saw more chattel mortgages filed- than any month in the year, and that the ypar 1949 set a new record for such liens filed. Mortgages filed in the Recor­ der's office do not include liens on vehicles. Those records are kept in the office of the clerk of courts. For the year there were 7,- 960 chattel mortgages filed and in December the total was 1,031. Cortrparison with previous years show that in 1948 there were 6,- 022 filed; in 1947, 5,212, and in 1946, 3,789, or less than half the number in 1949. * Juniors to Hold Scrap Drive The junior class of Cedarville high school will conduct a scrap paper drive on next Tuesday,-and Wednesday. ' Persons having paper are ?e' ' quested to place it at- tkefrehrb' and the juniors will pick^i^uP* Progressive Club To Hold Dinner The Progressive club will hold its annual ladies nigljt dinner at the Old Mill on Monday, January* 23, it has been announced. ... An interesting program is be­ ing planned for the evening’ s en­ tertainment. ., Also at the meeting the new of­ ficers for the year will be install­ ed. Return postcards will be mail- ■ ed within the next few-days to the club members for reserva­ tions. “CropDrive UnderWay In GreeneCountv .Officers have been elected and township* chairmen named in •the Christian Rural Overseas Program (Crop). Greene county is asked by the ■national organization t<* contri- fbute corn. Solicitations will be made of farmers, and their con­ tributions will be forwarded through the agency to the needy of Europe. J. Ersle Hutchinson of Xenia and Herman Ankeney of Beaver­ creek township are co-chairmen of the county organization. Vice chairmen are Rev. E. R. Briggs of Spring Valley, Dr. Arthur Schnatz of Beavercreek, and Rev. Frank Long, pastor of the Xenia Friends church, Co-chaimon in charge of solici­ tation have been named in each of the county’s twelve townships and one or more ministers will s.erve as publicity -chairmen in each township. Co-chairmen will •be responsible for recruiting so­ licitors in their respective com­ munities and in obtaining trucks to collect the corn. Ministers will join in arranging the observance of “ CROP Sundays” in all church­ es in the county on Jan. 15 and Jan. 22 when the program will be explained and a plea made for extending relief to the needy in European countries and Asia. To handle solicitations in local communities are the following: Silvercreek township—Rev. C. A. James', Charles Leach and .Stanley Hetzler. Jefferson township—Rev. C. S. ^Thompson, Raymond Dunlap and , ^ f % r t f i h i p ~ R e v . ' - K e n n e y ,Norris, O. T. Marshall and C. Ray Reid>-~ ! Cedarville township—Dr. Paul Elliott, Ross Wiseman and Meryl Stormont. Miami township—Rev. Robert Paxton, Ben Katon •and John Stover. New Jasper township—Rev. Merle Hill, Arthur H. Bahns and Donald Bingamon. Ayrshire Dinner To Be Held Southwestern Ohio Ayrshire club will hold’ its annual banquet at the General Denver hotel in' Wilmington on Tuesday, Jan. 17, it has been announced. Ayrshire breeders from Greene, Clinton, Warren, Highland, Fay­ ette, Brown, Clermoht, Mont­ gomery, Hamilton, Adams and Butler*counties are expected to attend the dinner. ThreePersons KiledOver TheWeekend Raising the lis't of Greene county dead in traffic accidents so far in 1950, to four, three persons were killed in weekend mishaps. William Reeves, lifelong resi­ dent of Spring Valley, was killed a few feet* from his home when he drove his automobile into the path of a PRR passenger train at the US-42 crossing Saturday morning. He was 69 years old ■and a carpenter. He was alone in the- car when the accident occurred. Two persons—Brico Smart, 19, o f New Lebanon, and Richard Boatman, 17, Dayton, were killed when the former's car hit an a- butment' o f the underpass on Route 4 near Wright field. On US-42, a mile and a half west of Cedarville shortly after­ noon Monday, an automobile and a semi-trailer truck collided hut without serious injury .to* any­ one. The car was driven by Will Turnbull of Cedarville, accomp­ anied his sister-in-law, Mrs, Ed­ na Dodds, also of Cedarville, The truck and the car were- both badly damaged. HOT SHOTS MEET T’he Cedarville 4-H Hot Shots Met Tuesday evening in the high school vo-ag building. A regular Meeting was held with a discus­ sion on ’■health. - * fc fr V ATTEND GAME IN COLUMBUS Mr. and Mrs- Harold Reiqhard ! attended- the Ohio State-Ulinois ■basketball game in Columbus, Saturday. JacketsWin Thriller Over W. C.Quakers After losing three games by a margin of one point the Cedar­ ville college Yellow Jackets fin­ ally got revenge on the score- board Tuesday night when they edged Wilmington college Quak­ ers in a offensive-minded battle 71-70. And as the saying goes, “ It was closer than the score indi­ cates,” The only time in the contest that either team held anything like a substantial lead was in the final five minutes when the Jackets held a momentary 9- point advantage. The rest of the game was a see-saw affair with the lead changing' hands every time a basket was made— and—both teams were definitely ' “ hot.” '' The Jackets broke the scoring ice early in the fray with a couple of quickies, but the count was knotted after 5 minutes of play at 9, giving an indication of what was to come. With both teams apparently throwing defense out the window in favor of “we’ll let yoq score if you’ll let us 'score” tactics the teams were knotted at 34 and just as the half ended" the Quakers took the lead on a long shot at 36-34. As soon as the last half got underway the Jackets knotted the count again. At 5 minutes to play the locals were sporting a 67-58 lead but the Quakers got hot again and with 2 minutes to it was whittled down to ,a four point margin. The Jackets man­ aged to hang on this time to get the verdict. John Townsley was the high point man in the game with 19 with Butts running a close sec­ ond with 18. Senne and Wett­ ing both had 16 to pace the Quak­ ers with Hobble adding 15 to the losing cause. Walt Blateric was, next in line for the Jackets with 14. Cedarville (71) G F P Butts, f _________ 8 2 18 Shumqte, f ______*____ 1 2 4 Dunlap, f ________ _ O i l Downs, f _____ 4 0 8 Brill, f __________ „ ____ 0 2 2 Townsley, c ____ _____ _ 9 ,1 19 ; Stanley,"g -£_■— l ". 1 3 Blateric, g _______ 5 4 14 Pickens, g _____________ 1 0 2 Totals ________ 29 13-71 ^ Wilmington (70) G F P L. Senne, f _—__7 2 1§ Hobble,, f ________ - ____ 6 3 16 Daniels, c _____________ 4 0 8 Bick, g .._______________1 2 4 Souther, g 1 1 3 Ashworth, g _______ 3 2 8 Wettig, g ______________3 2 8 T o ta ls _______________ 29 1270 LoansonCorn Over$88,000on 61,000Bnshels Joseph B. Mason, county PMA chairman, reveals that 72 Ifigns on corn have been negotiated through the office in Greene county. Tho loans total $88*469.- 31, and cover 61,895 bushels of ear corn. Ninety-five farmers have ap­ plied for loans on- their 1949 crop, representing 136,000 bush­ els. To date, 188,196 bushels of shelled corn from the 1948 crop save been stored at the PMA bin site on the New Jasper pike. Corn loans „are being disbursed through the Miami Valley Pro­ duction Commodity Credit Corp. office in Columbus. Arrange­ ments were completed this week, Mr. Mason said, for disbursement of corn loans under the govern­ ment’s price support program through the First National^ Bank of Springfield. Under* this ar­ rangement it will be possible for farmers to cash their loans on the same day they are signed. Super-Highway ToStartFrom TheXeniaEnd Church Services FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 10:00 A. M. Sabbath School, Harold Hanna, supt. 11:00 A. M, Morning Worship. Children may be brought fop baptism. .Sermon: Like A' Mighty Army. 7:30* Westminster Fellowship Seniors downstairs and Juniors’ upstairs. Wednesday, Jan. 18 Choir re­ hearsal. Wednesday, Jan. 18, Union service in the United Presbyter­ ian church. CHURCH OF GOD . Elwood C. Palmer, Pastor ,, Sunday school 10:00 A, M. Mrs. •David Strobridge, supt. Morning Worship f11:00 A. M. Sermon topic, “ The Power of God,” Children’s service 6:30 Evening service 7:45. Subject, “ Christians.” “ Satan trembles when he sees the weakest Christian ,on his knees.” We urge you to attend the prayer meeting Wednesday evening 7:45, METHODIST CHURCH William B. Collier, minister Sunday School at 10:00 A. M, Walter Boyer, supt. Morning Service at 11:00. The sermon subject will be “ Guide- post to Living.” « Youth Fellowship at 6:30 p. m. Union Church Night will be held in U. P. Church Wednesday evening at 8:00. A chapter from* the book, “ The Bible, a LifRlg Book,” will be reviewed by one of the layman of that church, CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Rev. Paul C. Hosier, pastor. Sunday school 10 a. m. ^ Morning worship 11 a* m. N. Y. P. S. and Juniors 6:45 p. m. Evangelistic service 7:30 p. m. Wednesday evening Prayer Service 7:30. UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Ralph A. Jamiesoh, Minister. Sabbath School 10 A. M. Supt. Arthur B. Evans. Preaching 11 A. M. “ The Sec­ ond Mile.” Y. P. C. U. 7 P. M. .Subject, “ I B e liz e in JesuS Christ." Leaden Miss Susanhe Miller, kUnion Ghurch Night Service in our Church Wed, January 18, 8 P. M. The fourth chapter iff the Book on the Bible. * , CLIFTON UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Dr. John W. Bickett, minister. Mrs. Elwood Shaw, organist. Sabbath school 10:00. William S. Ferguson, supt. Preaching service 11:00. Following Sabbath the school the hour of worship will be fea­ tured by the sermon the subject, “ Work of Home Missions.” The young people will meet at the parsonage at 7:30 P. M. A ft­ er the prayer service the time remaining will be spent singing old familiar religious songs, / ZION BAPTIST CHURCH G. A. Adams, minister 10:15 Sunday school 11:00 j. m. Morning Worship Wednesday 7:00 p. m. prayer service. Tuesday 7:30 Choir rehearsal CLIFTON PRESBYTERIAN ■" CRURCH Sabbath school 10 a. m. Holy Communion 11 a. m. Westminster fellowship 7 p. m» RedCross Disaster Groups ToMeet 'Mrs. Madeline Blalock, Dis­ aster Field representative of the quarters in Eastern Area, Alex- American Red Cross—with head- andria, Virginia, has been as­ signed to the State o f Ohio fo r the month of January to con­ duct a series o f Disaster Train­ ing Institutes. Mrs, Blalock, who has had wide disaster operational experience both in administrative and case work supervisory capacity, will be assigned to the Greene Coun­ ty Red Cross Chapter fo r Janu­ ary 18 and 19 to conduct a train­ ing institute for the chapter’s disaster committee personnel. In preparation fo r the insti- tiite, Mr, R. J. Warner, disaster chairman for the Greene county chapter has instructed all of hi3 sub-committee chairmen to make any revisions necessary to bring their committee personnel to full strength before the institute. A meeting of each sub-commit­ tee will be scheduled with Mrs. Blalock at some time during the two-day period, In addition, a general rally will be held the evening of January 19th for the entire disaster committee per­ sonnel, representatives of munic­ ipal governments including ma­ yors,-.and fire and police chiefs and representatives from other communities agencies. - The following schedule has been arranged for Mrs. Blalock and the chapter’s disaster serv­ ice. January 18th 9:30 a. m. meeting with chap- and vice-chairmen. 10:30 a. m. ter officials, disaster chairmen survey committee; 11:30 a. m, shelter committee; 2:30 p. m» clothing committee; 1:30 p» m. registration and information com­ mittee; 7:00 p. m. transportation and communication committee; 8:00 p. m. warning, rescue and evacuation committee. January 19th 9:30 a. m. food committee; 10:30 a> m. Public information committee; 11:30 a. m. central purchase committee; 4:00 p. m. medical and nursing committee; 7:30 p. m. general evgning meet­ ing—to include entire disaster Committee personnel, interested, chapter personnel, represents^ tives of municipal government including mayor, fire and police chiefs, and representatives from other community agencies. , All o f the committee meetings and the general disaster rally will be held in the Greene County Red Gross chapter House, located at 116 W. Second St., Xenia. Xenia’s city commission gave its blessing to the proposed Day- ton-Xenia turnpike by voting ap­ proval of the city’s share of $38,- 00C for improvements within the city. The four-lane super-highway is blueprinted to fqllow a straight line between the two cities, elim­ inating all railroad crossings, and escaping the lane-like bridge over the Little Miami at which dense traffic hag been bldcked for a quarter o f a century, ’ Work will start at iHe Xenia end, it is announced, while Day- ton debates routes out o f town* As proposed the new US-35 will leaye Xenia via West Main street instead of Dayton, avenue*. After a sweeping1 curve at the west side of Xenia, the* turnpike w ilf make a crow-flight to Dayton. Class at Ross To Stage Play The Junior class of Ross high school will present the play “ The Mad Hatters” in the school audi­ torium, Wednesday, Jan. 18, at 8- p;‘ m, Reserved ’ seats a re ‘ now- on sale, The following people are in the cast: Carolyn Wright, Faye Sb1 bastion; Don Andrews, Whynfr .Marshall, Joan- ’ Luttrell, Betty Snodgrass, Phyllis Fletcher, Ruth Eleanor * Ary; Lennis \ Carpet; Henry Leath, Gladys Carper, Lor- eta May. FARM*IS SOLD Howard Paxton, of Osborn bought the farm o f 168' acres from" Arthur* Hanna last week. Possession is to be given March first. Since Mr: Paxton does not ex­ pect to move until next Novem­ ber the Hannas will remain in the dwelling until then, Mr. Hanna expects to give his entire time to the mineral busi­ ness -that he has been selling and. Servicing fo r the past four years aha will hold a public sale the last o f January- * ATTEND MEETING IN COLUMBUS; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Turnbull and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Towns- ley attended a County Fair ; Board Managers meeting and ’ banquet held Thursday, and Fri­ day at the Desbler-Wallick hotel in Columbus. DeathClaims SamuelTaylor Of Cedarvile Dr. Samuel Newton Taylor, 92, died at 10:40 p< m, Sunday at the home of his son-in-law, Dr. Paul H» Elliott, Cedarville, pastor of the Cedarville Presbyterian church. Dr, Taylor, who has resided at the Elliott home more than two years, had been critically ill six days. He was born in Farmingdale, Long Island N. Y., April 24,1858. His wife^Mrs. Mabel Burr Tay­ lor died in 1906. Dr. Taylor was made Professor emeritus o f physics at Goucher College, Baltimore Md., in 1933. Earlier in life he was a professor at Purdue University, Syracuse University, University o f Pitts- brugh and University o f Cincin­ nati. In 1902-1903 he studied in German universities. He was a member o f the Presbyterian church in Cedarville. Surviving are three grandchil­ dren, Frank S. Elliott, Stock- bridge, Ga., George A. Elliott, Baltimore, Mr., and Mrs. G. E. Miller, Mountainview, Calif,, and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct­ ed at the McMillan funeral home, Cedarville, Wednesday at 10:30 A , M. Later services ,w®r® to be held in Millville, Pa., with burial in United cemetery, Pittsburgh. More Divorces, Fewer Marriages While the records in Fayette county show fewer marriages in 1949 than in 1948, there were more divorces. t In 1949 ,there were 97 mar­ riages and 140 divorces. In 1948, however, there were 125 marriages and 112 divorces. The records reveal, however, that many o f the suits fo r di­ vorce were withdrawn before court action was taken. Another discovery was that 1949 topped all years for marriages in Ken­ tucky by Fayette county couples. ALUMNI TO MEET The Greene county chapter o f the Wilberforce alumni associa­ tion will meet Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 8 p. m. at the home o f Mrs. Mildred Henderson, .