The Cedarville Herald, Volume 73, Numbers 1-26

Friday, March 10, 1950 The Cedarville, O. Herald The Cedarville Herald A Republican: Newspaper Published Every Friday by THURMAN MILLER* JR* Entered as second, class matter October 31, 1887 at the Postof- at Cedarville* Ohio, under Act o f Congress o f March 1879. Member—National Editorial A s­ sociation; Ohio Newspaper Asso­ ciation; Miami Valiev Press AJh aoclation. Editorial RED CROSS DRIVE Tearing o ff the February leaf o f the calendar meant revealing the opportunities of a new month, a full 31 days o f March, the month o f surprises but o f hopes and plans for the work ahead for farmer folk and fo r us all. One of the greatest opportuni­ ties the month, brings is fo r par­ ticipation iri the Red Cross Cam­ paign. And that’s just what the Red Cross is—an opportunity. - It offers everybody a chance at minimum expense under ex­ pert management to lend a help­ ing hand when disaster or pesti­ lence or famine or war, or mis­ fortune of any kind occurs. t Y/e want the Red Cross to be a success in this community. We want to help make it so. And so do you, we know. FATAL ACCIDENTS As this is written the fatal mo­ tor car accidents in Greene coun­ ty so far in 1950 stand at 1 4 - more than occurred in the entire year of 1949. This is appalling. Can anything be done about it? We wish something could be. Ex­ treme caution at railroad cross­ ings; careful driving at moderate, safe speeds; obedience to all high­ way rules; keeping o ff the roads •when they are unsafe, and ob­ serving always the rule of cour­ tesy to all other drivers—these things ought to have some effect on the alarming situation that seems to be getting worse rather than better. WHY THE DELAY? Knowing all the time that they would have to do what John L. Lewis wanted, why did they wait until the country got in the worst jam it was ever in? Say what you will, this world of ours has let itself slide clear back to the point where it started, and is now in the same place it started from — feudalism. It took the world a thousand years to rid itself of the yoke o f one-man rule. America was, founded on the principle of free men—free to worship, to work, to choose, to live. That we now find ourselves in exactly the reverse of that situation is not so significant as IIOW it could happen! DIVORCES NUMEROUS Any reader of the court news in this newspaper must realize that no single category is so con­ tinuous as the divorce actions. Greene county is not a large or populous county, as counties go, but the ratio of divorces to mar­ riages is appalling. Readers catch the section of the county most of­ ten mentioned in the divorce court and perhaps find an explanation fo r the evil., The Saturday Post is currently carrying a series o f articles on the problem. BASKETBALL It is easy to understand why basketball is the most popular sport in America, and why at­ tendance at games becomes in­ creasingly larger. Even those who do not attend basketball games catch the enthusiasm of the con­ tests when they hear o f last-sec­ ond wins and rallies to win with only minutes to go. A small school may play a big school, fox* it takes but five players to tum the trick if they know how. No won­ der a cold snap couldn’t last long in Greene county! Not with all the- heat turned on in the field house down at Xenia! SPORTSMANSHIP ■Often fans at a basketball game get unruly. Almost always rootin’-tootin’ folks watching the game are a lot more obstrepor- ous than the players or the stu­ dents. Recently the student coun­ cil o f Xenia high school appealed fo r display better sportsmanship. In a very large Indiana gym this writer saw a big-lettered sign begging fans to let sportsman­ ship rule. A second line in the sign read; ‘ ‘Remember, our op­ ponents are honoring us by vis­ iting us for the game.” TATERS On the market in Floridause- On the market in Florida the housewives can buy potatoes grown in Canada and Maine,- with none in - Florida. Potatoes are like kites (in more ways than one)—the longer the tail the far­ ther they will go, especially if the tale is a subsidy. BILLIONS I f the present rate o f govern­ ment spending continues, in 50 years the expenditures' annually will be six times the national in­ come. By that time we’ll need an­ other T-H law—a try harder law. It ia gratifying that we think So much o f our generals in pri­ vate life. About the only engine that had smoke: coming out o f it was the old tar-heater from Xenia that Paul Fuller, native Greene coun- tian, borrowed to heat his Hotel General Denver in Wilmington when the heating system broke down. By DL KEBH&H J t InlwnaliCiuL Umlofm Sunday School import* SCKIFTURK; Acta 6:1-8: 20:17—21:8: I Corinthians 12: I Timothy 3. DEVOTIONAL READING: Romans 12:3-8. ChurchLeadership Lesson for March 12, 1950. Dr. Foreman i#tS 7 HAT’S in a name?” Different W churches have many different names for the persons who hold of­ fice in them. But whatever quarrels the churches have had, few of them are about these names. The thing is more important than the name. All of us agree that churches do need organization Some p e o p l e would have us go back to the New Testament for our pattern of organi­ zation. We cannot quite do this, for one important rea­ son. Where in the New T e s t a ment would you dig in? Would you take the letters to Timothy and Titus as your guide? There you find bishops (overseers, superintendents) mentioned, also elders and deacons, but you do not find their duties laid down. Go back into the story of Acts and you will find a place where elders are first mentioned in the Christian church (11:30); go still farther back and you come to the first election of deacons (Acts 6). In your first Utopian Church, will you model it after the three-officer plan, or two, or one, or (going back before Acts 6) none at all? (Apostles, of course, are not now avail­ able. Scholars in most churches today are pretty well agreed that what we have in the New Testament is not a rigid pattern of organization, but rather certain principles on which any successful church must be built. Let us see what some of these are. • » # The Job and the Man A LL CHURCHES are agreed on one point: A church must have leadership. What is every­ body’s business is nobody's busi­ ness. Some one must draw up plans, think ahead. No organiza­ tion in the world is self-starting and self-operating, not even the church of Christ, The early church knew this. But they elected officers only as the need for them arose. In Jerusalem there was not a dea­ con in the place until that emer­ gency came up in the matter of relief. In St. Paul’s first missionary church (Acts 13, 14) he did not get the ciders first, and then find churches for them. On the contrary, he founded t h e churches first and then ap­ pointed elders for them. It would be a good idea for a church today to; take stock of its officers once in a while. Are they necessary? For example, do you elect a deacon to “ take the place” of one who has moved away, or do you elect a deacon to do a job that can’t otherwise be done? • «: *• Sweetness No Substitute For Skill N OT ALL CHRISTIANS are qual­ ified to hold office in the church, and very few, if any, would be equally good In any office. A Sunday school superintendent, for example, might make a poor showing at a prayer-meeting talk. A man who can conduct a success­ ful financial campaign and keep the church up to a high level of generosity the year round, may not be just the man to plan the educa­ tional program. A lovely sweet lady might turn out to be a stupid Madam Chairman. Paul knew all this and In fact insisted on it. Each sep­ arate kind of job in the church calls for distinct qualifica­ tions. Just being a good Christian was never enough to insure a man’s Cor a woman’ s) being a good of­ ficer. * * • Personality jtFTER ALL, however, personal * * character means more than technical skill. A man may have such flaws in his character *that his influence does more harm than good, so that even if he is art* ac­ complished musician you still would not want him as “Minister of Music,” or even as choir-leader. A man whose own home is always at sixes and sevens (as Paul pointed out) is a poor candi­ date for any executive post in the church. A man who can’t keep from quarreling in every­ day life Is no man to entrust with responsibility in t h e church. A man of good character can, and will want to, learn the skills his job calls for; but a man of sleazy character just does not care. Be careful of the sort o f man you elect to office, in church or out; for the rank and file are not going to rise above their leaders. (Copyright by the International council » ' Religious education on behalt of 40 Protestant denominations. Released by "WNU Features.) CLARENCE J. BROWN Writ— With a Buckeve In Concrrsss New Foundation The House last week voted to establish a National Science Foundation for the primary pur­ pose of advancing basic research. A national board of scientists, appointed by the President, would direct the activities o f the Foun­ dation, and give scientific stu­ dents scholarships to further their education and carry on re­ search work. This new govern­ mental activity will cost $15 million a year. However merit­ orious, there is a grave question whether our Government should embark upon any new project not absolutely necessary, or assume any new financial obligation, while we are running an annual deficit of more than $5 billion and have to finance the new ac­ tivity on borrowed money. Would Deny Bombs Senator Brien McMahon o f Connecticut, Head o f the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, made a strong appeal last week for the nations of the world to get together and prohibit the production and use o f all types of super-bombs. He urges that America lead the way in this effort and insists that, unless an end is brought to the present in­ ternational race to build stronger arament and more deadly bombs, all civilization may be destroyed —and the Senator is in a position to know whereof he speaks. The Byrd Committee Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota, national^ head of Americans for Democratic Action and long known fo r his left-wing activities, last week demanded the -Senate do away with the fa ­ mous Byrd Committee which has so consistently fought fo r econ­ omy in the Government. Senator Byrd replied to Humphrey last week by showing that nine -of the Minnesota Senator’s charges a- gainst his Committee were false. There is every indication the Sen­ ate will vote overwhelmingly to continue the Byrd Committee, thus putting the brash young legislator from Minnesota in his place. GOP Likes Trend Republicans, cheered over the results o f the British elections last week, are claiming they in­ dicate a world-wide trend away from radical political thought which will bring the election of a Republican Congress next No­ vember,. Democrats insist the British election results mean nothing, and point out the Labor Party won, even tho it is in a precarious political position, and has been forced to call o ff its projected program for national­ izing British industries. Inciden­ tally, there is a well defined ru­ mor floating around Washington that the Truman Administration had a $5 billion British loan pro­ posal ready to submit to Con­ gress in anticipation o f a big Labor Party victory. Whether the new British loan will be re­ quested under present conditions now remains to. be seen. Want Tariffs Reduced Administrator Hoffman and other ECA officials, who have been requesting a further re* duction in tariffs on (foreign goods from their present low lev­ els, are now suggesting subsi­ dies be granted to American in-,, dustries and workmen injured by , foreign competition. Quite a num­ ber o f American industries are now finding it difficult, it not; impossible, to compete with for­ eign goods in both American and world markets, and considerable unemployment has already de­ veloped in some sections o f the nation. Can We Buy Friendship Maple syrup__sugartree - mo lasses to the old timers—is go­ ing to be $s a gallon says Char- don, Ohio, "tree molasses” capital o f the Midwest. Time was if a farmer could have got $5 a gal­ lon for the syrup he would have thrown in a tree with e very gal Under the new system of color of license plates^ Ohio in 1950 presents a two-ended yellow streak on the highways. Already drivers are accustomed to the new color, yellow background with black numerals, a reversal of the 1949 pattern. Mrs. Wilbur Poison, Bhyton, has 16 stray dogs, seven cats, a guinea pig, 13 pigeons, a cow, chickens, duck and geese and rabbits. She keeps them as a hobby. Before her marriage Mrs. Poison was Miss Ruth Spinks, Clinton county girl. ConfinedFlocksMake MoreforPouiirymen Average 28I,loreEggs PerHen WhenKeptUp Profitable chicken flocks usual­ ly lay about 20 per cent of their to­ tal yearly eggs during the last three months of the year. They produce one dozen eggs for each seven pounds of feed, have less than 12 per cent yearly mortality, and average 175 eggs or more per bird. Here is how poultrymen may achieve such records with their fall- housed pullet3 and insure them­ selves a profit: 1. More money will be made if the flock is kept confined. Figures show that confined flocks lay 23 RICHARD STORMONT HOME Richard Stormont spent the x. .oi end with his parents, Mr: c..:d 'Mrs. II. K. Stormont. Rich- : i- •is. stationed at the N. A. T. T. C. m Memphis. Tenn., taking l.nining' in electronics and ra­ dar. t LONE IS ELECTED Chail:s Bone, president..of the George Dodds., monument build­ ers, has been elected legislative representative o f the Ohio Monu­ ment Builders association. The organization held its Annual meeting recently in Columbus. WE WILL MAIL YOU A MONTHLY CALENDAR ON REQUEST TAKES XENIA POSITION Robert Huffman has accepted a position as a salesman at the Chenoweth Motor Sales in Xe­ nia. Mr. Huffman was formerly with the Ohio Independent Oil Company. ASK DAYTON TO SHARE The city of Dayton is asked to pay $350,000 as its share of the cost of engineering the new four- lane^ highway from that city to Xenia. Authorities are studying the proposal. Meanwhile engi­ neers are at work on the plans from the Xenia end. Champ Wheat Grower Harold Pirtle, of Sullivan, Ind., shown, above, was winner of the Not long ago Marshall Tito o f 1049 "pocket area" wheat growing Yugoslavia denounced the United championship in a contest spon- States and announced that in sored by Purdue University and the case o f war between Russia and Southwestern Indiana Wheat Im- the Western Powers Yugoslavia provement association. would remain neutral. Last week He produced an average o£'57% the State Department announced bushels of wheat per acre on an another American loan o f ?20 11-acre field. His prize-winning million had been made Yugosla- wheat was Vigoo, the new stiff- via. Many here question friend- strawed, heavy-yielding red winter ship for America can be bought wheat developed at Purdue, with dollars. ' .-------------- ------------ Omnibus Bill CertifiedSeedSaid Late tills mogth the House is N e e d f o r Gnml fVr,r.e expected to have before it its * 101 U00iJ U ° P S first omnibus appropriation bill Only by purchasing certified seed in many, many years. For a long can. a farmer make certain he is time it has been the practice to getting the best product available, enact' separate appropriation bills saya Ur. R. p. Moore, director in for the different departments, a- charge of the North Carolina crop gencies or activities o f the Gov- improvement association, ernment, but' this year the new Ur. Moore says seed are unique plan o f having one over-aa ap- *n that their breeding cannot be de- propriation bill to cover all Gov- termined from appearance alone, ernment expenditures will be giv- To determine in advance the type en a trial. Unquestionably there °* CF°P which a particular lot of will be numerous efforts made B6c<* can Produce, it is necessary to to reduce or limit the total ap- know the history of the seed, propriation provided in the omni- ln *b® Production of hybrid corn, bus bill to an amount equal to plant breeder probably wi*I our national tax income in* order ^ o w much about the performance to balance the Federal budget. the proposed hybrid before it is I f this is done a cut of some- actually produced. After it is pro* where between ?5 and 8 billion duced* lt is Put through a series of in the President’s budget re- *es‘ s- quests will have to be made. - — -------------------- Would Reduce Taxes v lU lM S e d L i v e s t o c k C o s t s The Ways and Means Commit- F a n n e r M illio n s Y e a r l y tee last week closed its hearings Millions oi dollars are lost every on the question o f reducing or Year I d diseased livestock. Less repealing war-time excise taxes* than a dozen diseases are causing It now seems certain the Com- unbelievable lossesVin cattle, calves, mittee will report a measure mak- bogs and sheep, ing heavy reductions in these ex* Pneumonia mid pleurisy are cise taxes. However, the nqw.tax. *noat common.’ with pyemia, or bill is not expected to cohtaih-^blgod poisoning, Jn third place, any provisions fo r raising the Immaturity alcne,:cS|med over one- billion dollars in new taxes as **brih of the « * requested by the President* Hon Cfllves *kf§ijKtere#i annually, according to thatxepoff> . - — * PRICE & POND THEATERS Cozy Theatre CEDARVILLE, OHIO Telephone 6-3011 YOUR FRIENDLY FAMILY THEATRE FRIDAY & SATURDAY March 10-11 Friday 7-9 P. M. — Saturday 2 P. M. Continuous Abbott and Costello In “Meet The Killer” x Also Selected Shorts PRIZES FOR THE CHILDREN A homemade grain Clyde set at a tilt on an old truck makes quick work of feeding scratch to pullets on the Glendale poultry farm at Somerset, Mass. more eggs per hen than those given the run of the farm. If it is desired to turn the flock out for part of the day, it should he done in the late afternoon—on a clean, graveled yard. 2. Supply plenty of floor space. Three to four square feet for each bird is about right, 3. Use a fcuili-up litter on- >our chicken house floor. In starling a litter, use straw, wooj shavings, sawdust, peanut hulls, pealmoss or any dry material available. SUNDAY & MONDAY March 12-13 Sunday Doors Open 1 :40 Picture at 2 Continuous DON’T MISS THIS ONE Gary Cooper In “Task Force” " Shorts and News PRESENTS FOR THE KIDDIES AT THE MATINEE WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY March 15-16 John Garfield In . . “We Wer.e Strangers” Also Shorts Plus Watch for Opening of Our Sweet .Shop Adjoining Theatre— Also Rest Rooms Wed in Utah Miss Evelyn Swindler, daugh­ ter o f Mr. and .Mrs. Irvin Swin­ dler, -Wilmington, married Van Martin Haycock in Circleville, Utah, last week. The Swindlers formerly lived in Greene county. Mr., and Mrs. Fred Haines of Xe­ nia attended the wedding. Attend Institute Two Greene " county Rirls— Misses Elvira Warner o f Xenia and Evelyn Shellaharger o f Bea­ vercreek township ..school—at­ tended the World Affairs insti­ tute in Cincinnati. They went un­ der the sponsorship of the Xenia Rotary club. A NAME THAT -STANDS FOR GOOD FURNITURE BUDGET PLAN AVAILABLE ! H . F L G A O M R A E M N S S S Claibourne-McDermott Co. Phone 2238 38J4 N . 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