The Cedarville Herald, Volume 73, Numbers 1-26

*Fhe Ced& rv ille , O . H e ra ld Lausehels GamblingLaws Ohio's governor, Prank J- Lausche, has turned thumbs- down on the New York propos­ al to legalize gambling to in­ crease revenues. Though the governor has been riding herd on gambling- oyer the state he summed up his idea o f legalized gambling thus: “ I recognize there axe certain weaknesses in human nature. They have been with society in the past and they will he with-it in the future." Teachers Pay Mow Average Over theState \ . Teachers in 28 counties o f Ohio are paid "higher salaries than are Greene county teachers.* And 111 Ohio cities pay teach­ ers more money than Xenia teach­ ers get. These figures are shown in a recent report by the Ohio Educa­ tional association. Norwood tops all Ohio cities with an average of $4,171 paid yearly per teacher. Cleveland is close behind with an average o f $4,073. Only other city over $4,000 is Cincinnati. Xenia’s average is $2,928. County Compares Well Counties neighboring to Greene are but little better than Greene the report shows. Montgomery, which pays salaries averaging ?2,753, is sixth in the state. Greene county’s average pay fo r its teachers is $2,482, Clark is sixth in the state. Warren county is 35th, and wealthy, soil-rich Fayette, 54th in the state in teacher’s salaries! Industrial Cuyahoga and Ma­ honing counties pay $3,051 and $2,838 respectively. 4-H-ers Study Steer Feeding AroundCounty Some 20 4-H club members in Greene county who are interested in steer-feeding projects made the rounds o f three townships Sat­ urday. Parents, teachers and ad­ visers accompanied them. They visited in Ross, Miami, Cedarville and Beavercreek town­ ships studying first hand meth­ ods and practices good farmers are using. Discussions at various stops in­ cluded suggestions on feeding, . watering, housing, control of par­ asites, and training an animal to lead in show. The trip showed 29 steers to he on feed, 11 of them Angus, five Shorthorn and 13 Herefords. George Wilson, Butler county associate agricultural agent, who assisted in conducting the discus­ sions on feeding and other man­ agement practices, declared the “ 4-H project steers are o f good quality and club members are doing an excellent job in feeding and management." WILL REPAIR STREETS Xenia will give city streets a general repair this summit, using more material than at any time in the past. SPEAKS TO STUDENTS Congressman Clarence J. Brown spoke to the students of Lafayette eollege, Easton, Pa., recently. There were 21 census enumera­ tors in Greene county in 1930, GET YOUR SEED REQUIREMENTS NOW PIOKEE k i» iha Hybrid Seed Cora you caa buy with ConH- aUace — plant with Pleasure i n *»d harvest with PROFIT, JLauris Straley Phone 6-3521 pw t x f t • New Yorkers had their first view of the~i‘fastest car on earth” when the 400. SPEED TEIXET * • taken from a warehouse in midtown and hauled across Times Square JSTSS53SSEE where it U exhibited at the British automobile show. OpposesCut InPayments To the Aged - Governor Lausche has come out with a positive statement that he is opposed to cutting old-age pension payments in order to cut expenses in the welfare de­ partment. Welfare Director John H. Lam- neck recently told the governor it will cost $1,800,000 more a year to run his department be­ cause of pay boosts to reclassi­ fied workers. He suggested several ways to meet the increases, including a cut in pensions. On that point, the governor told newsmen: “ I don’t feel that a decrease of $1.25 month in old age pen­ sions can be adopted.’’ He indicated that Lamneck’s proposal to transfer department funds might be a solution. Herbert Speaks At Medical Meet Paul' Herbert, one-time lieuten­ ant governor o f Ohio and promi­ nent Legionnaire, was speaker at the four-county medic*! meet­ ing held in Yellow Springs Wed­ nesday evening. Associated with Greene county physicians in the symposium were doctors from neighboring Clin­ ton, Fayette and Highland coun­ ties. Herbert spoke at the dinner meeting to which the public was invited. The afternoon was given to professional lectures by visit­ ing specialists. New 4-H Club Names Officers Ronald Cornell is the first pres­ ident o f the new 4-H Jefferson­ ian Beef Club. At an organizational meeting Wednesday night at the Jeffer­ sonville school, the club members also elected Barbara Allen, vice president; Jean Coil, secretary; Mary A. Carr, treasurer; Edwin Hoppes, recreation leader and Eldon Smith, news reporter. Another meeting was held Wed­ nesday evening at the home of the club advisor, John Carr. Coldest April In 24 Yars The coldest April in 24 years has retarded farm work almost to the point o f frustration on the part of the farmers. Oats sowing, which is normally done in Ohio by mid-April, has been postponed oven in sections where the crop is a major one. Potato-planting in which Greene countains are busy ofter as early as March is, weeks behind sched­ ule, and some e arly bird planters report the seed rotted in tha cold, wet; ground. TO HAVE 2 P.OST OFFICES By a ruling o f the post office •department both former post of­ fices in what is now Fairborn will be continued. Harold Bat- dorf is slated to be the postmas­ ter, but Marion Freeders, will manage the classified station at what was Fairfield. DPL Manager Moves to Xenia The office of District Mana­ ger F . E. Hill o f. the Dayton Power and Light company is to be moved from Dayton to Xenia. A 24-foot extension has been add­ ed to the office space in the building the company occupies in Xenia. The company does business in eight counties, or parts o f them, besides Greene county, and Xen­ ia is considered a central loca­ tion. The other counties which' the company serves in whole or in part are Clinton, Warren, Highland, Fayette, Pickaway, Ross, Madison and Clark. Bankruptcy StaringOhio In Its Face Bankruptcy is staring Ohio’s Ohio’s highway system in the face according to C. I*V McCormack, Ohio highway study commission. He pointed out that in 1947 Ohio spent 65 per cent of its high­ way money for maintenance and declared that- in private industry “ when expenditures for mainten­ ance exceed 1 .expenditures for capital improvements, the plant is considered to be heading to­ ward bankruptcy." The siu'vey committee is engag­ ed in study of the state’s roads and future needs and will make a report next fall to the Ohio program commission. Already, committee engineers haveestimated the state will have to give one third more service with its highway system in 19-70 than now. They say there has been a 50 per cent increase in highway travel in the state since 1940. Millions to BeSpentFor Ohio Highways During the next 20 years Ohio­ ans will pay more than $2,500,- 000,000 in taxes which will be us­ ed only for highways, the petro­ leum industry, committee of Ohio estimates. The amount will assure an ade­ quate free highway system, claims the PIG which has always been against toll roads. Money fo r highways are rais­ ed by sale o f license plates, dri­ vers licenses, gasoline taxes, and motor transport fees. Ohio ^vot­ ers in 1947 approved a constitu­ tional amendment banning diver­ sion o f highway funds to any other purposes. WheatCropin GreeneCounty Reported Good Wheat in Greene county and Ohio generally survived the win­ ter very well, and prospects are good for a satisfactory, if not a bumper crop in 1950., Damage has been restricted to areas in fields where water lay for some time. Wheat with good fall growth stood a surprising a- rnount o f water with little of no injury. Late planted and inade­ quately fertilized wheat, on the other hand, suffered severely in poorly drained locations. The season was notable fo r ex­ tremely mild temperatures all through December, January and part of February, combined with high rainfall. Wheat continued to grow at intervals throughout the winter. Moderately severe frost in late February and March kill­ ed back the tops considerably, but apparently did no great harm to the plants. Most extensive damage was found on fieldsman northwestern Ohio where drainage was poor and the wheat plants small. It was evident that growthy wheat in adjacent fields suffered much less. In all parts oi^Ohio, Wheat Was killed or injured in low .areas o f fields where water lay for any appreciable time. Some individual farms suffer­ ed severely, hut taking the State as a whole, concludes the agro­ nomist, the damage has not been great, the winter injury will not he a serious faetpr in reducing the 1950 crop. Herman Fisher, 58, Xenia fire chief for 20 years, died last week. Friday May 5 , 1950 Only9Loses InCountyon WheatInsurance The Greene county wheat in­ surance program completed a Aery successful year according to Joseph Bi. Mason, Greene county I MA chairman, in that only 9 l losses were pair* in the county last year totally 205 bushels. This compares with 1943 with 310 loss­ es wc e ymid totally 32,990 bush- h following a disastrous crop year. ’ ast year 5,172 acres were in- sun d on 225 farms, in the coun­ ty. More than 2,500 bushels have been carried forward into the re­ serve fund from which losses in 1950 or succeeding years will be paid if the wheat crop is below normal. The wheat insurance program in Gveene county operates on a mutual plan, such as mutual fire insurance companies and other forms of mutual insurance, oper­ ates. Premiums paid into this fund remain in the county reserve to be used for paying losses in bad years. When the reserve fund reaches a certain point premiums are reduced accordingly. There are several counties in Ohio where this plan operates that are re­ ceiving as high aa 30 per cent dis­ count on the premium paid. Wheat insurance was first Writ­ ten in the county in 1939, Herman W. Eavey, RFD 2, is the local adjuster who adjusts all losses in the county. The pro­ gram is administered by the lo­ cal PMA committee with offices at 208 East Main Street, Xenia, where losses are reported and othey insurance business trans-- CustomSpraying Orchards, Corn, Barns, Fence Rows, and any place in­ fested with Weeds. Book‘‘Your Corn Sprayinsr Early Donald Hagler Phone 6-2621 or 6-1781 Cedarville, Ohio Contracts Let For New Building Contracts have been let by the" Ohio Bell Telephone company for the construction o f its new build­ ing in Xenia which will serve this community. Work is to start im­ mediately. C. W. Gray, Xenia dis­ trict commercial manager, said Sever-Williams c o m p a n y of Washington C. H. had won the general construction contract a- ward. Wagner-Smith company o f Dayton the electrical contract and H. J. Osterfeld company o f Day- ton the heating, plumbing and ventilating contract. _The, building is to house the new dial and toll equipment and long­ distance switchboards. Rising: Beef Costs Stir Housewives * Because they find prices of beef rising, housewives of the nation are resisting and threaten­ ing to stage a buyers’ strike. They claim that producers held hack cattle to stimulate higher prices when marketed in small lots. In many city markets beef has been selling 20 cents a pound higher than a mopth ago. Porter­ house cuts sold in Chicago last week fo r $1.09 as against 89 cents the week before. 46N° S i!? 5l^ dCrUeUn { h J a to Mi ? « ,£ lero. 2 yds. 35-” .' 3 y4s’ 35-ln.. 0 3155 1s cut la sizes i . q 4 end ?• 4 dress, 2 yds .* vds. Rand 05. ,____ 7* «“ *■ name, to ATJurtliX LANEl'Tu'mVi'i®? - ova BOOK snow, 150 iF&MfeASBlorf IsProfitable Pointing out that small flocks of sheep are. proving very valu­ able to many f ai’mers, L. K. Bear, OSU* specialist, addressed 75 flock owners at a meeting at the Ed Haines farm on Upper Bell- brook road Wednesday evening. The speaker suggested that with attention being paid to soil conservation and better grasses and pastures, most all farms could support small flocks of sheep to advantage. He also disucssed the diseases with which sheep are efflicted and treatment for them. Summer feeding, when sheep are annoyed so badly by flies and insects, should be given c a r e fu l attention, Bear said. He pointed out all lambs should be docked when they are from a week to ten days of age and all rams, not kept for breeding pur­ poses, should be castrated before two weeks of age. Timeliness •rather than the method was em­ phasized in this phase of the de­ monstration. FarmIncome in GreeneCounty Drops Off 5% Income to Greene county farm­ ers during January, 1950, was off , 5 per cent from the same month a year ago, according to official reports from the census bureau and the department of agricul­ ture. This year’s income was approx­ imately $600,000 as against $632,- 000 in January, 1949. The national loss for the month was only 1.8 per cent. January, 1950, farm income in Greene county was broken down into $109,000 realized from the sale of crops and $4jjl,900 from sale of livestock products, Ip January, 1949, the breakdown was $94,000 from the sale of crops and $538,000 from sale of livestock products. For the whole United States in January this year, $1,098,975,000 was realized from sale of crops, compared to $1,015,867,000 in Jan­ uary a year ago. Sale of live­ stock and products totaled $1,- 139,280,000 in January this year, while in 194S the total was $1,- 263,306,000. Plowing Being Done in Big Way Thousands of acres o f soil— mqny in Greene county — were turned over during the past week as plowing was pushed on a large scale. Many farmers completed their plowing durjpg the week, and a large numbers pf others had fin­ ished this important task spm.er time ago. Indications are tbafc when the corn planting season opens early in May, comparatively }ittj,e ground will remain to be piowedf due to the rapid headway mpds recently, the amount o f plowing done last fall and winter, and that not so much will be planted to corn this season. Strict Control Of Potato Crop A rigid system o f federal con­ trols over-the planting and mar­ keting Irish potatoes has been approved by a senate agriculture subcommittee. "Oh, You Needn't Have Returned 8t So Soon.' The senators rejected a propos­ ed trial of the so-called Bran- nan farm plan, backed by Pres­ ident Truman, as a means for ending the costly and trublesome potato surpluses piled up under government price props. - Parking to Remain Same at Xenia After a white-heat discussion for a week or more in which citi­ zens- and community organiza­ tions were invited to take a hand, Xenia has tabled any plan to in­ stitute parallel parking. . Until further parking lots are provided the diagonal system will continue on the main streets, council has ruled. Fairborn Masons dedicated a new temple Sunday.’ HomeRepairs InCountyto ReachHugeTotal Greene county home owners will spend an estimated $1,002,- 000 on repair and modernization of non-farm dwellings during 19- 50, according to estimates just released by the Tiie Council f America. “ Lower wholesale prices for building products and growing stress on the use of quality ma­ terials should greatly benefit Ohio heme owners planning re­ pairs this year,” declared A. T* Wintersgill, chairman of the council’s residential construction committee. Approximately one our of ev­ ery three homes in tin’s region will be redecorated, either inside or out, during the year, the re­ port showed. Heating equipment will be overhauled or replaced in one of every four dwellings, and one of eight will have roof­ ing work done. One of every 20 homes will have plumbing repaired, bath­ rooms tiled or showers installed, the report said. Seven, o f every 100 dwellings are due for carpen­ try work, and one of every 20 fo r interior repairs. Home i-epairs will he easier on the 1950 family budget because o f a decline o f more than 5 per cent in wholesale costs of build­ ing materials, in comparison with prices at the beginning of 1949, the report said. Home owners al­ so will be able to insist on such quality materials for repair work, as a result o f the present buyers market it pointed. Expenditures throughout the United States for home repair and modernization this year will total $2,350,000,000 to $2,900,00,- 000, the reported estimated. DON’S MARKET GREEN FRONT Phone 6-2041 Cedarville, Ohio I’ST ANNIVERSARY SALE We wish to Thank Each and every one o f you who helped make it possible for our first year to he a Great Success * PRICES CUTTOROCKBOTTOM For This Sale Friday May 5th thru Saturday May 13th Sugar 10lbs. 89c Whole Kernel CORN RED KIDNEY BEANS NL . ’ 10c TOMATOES - 2 S°CL 29c PEAS 2. 29c SWEET PICKLES qt. 39c NAVY BEANS BISQUICK JELL0 F0L6ERS COFFEE SUPER SUDS Hand Q lbs. O Q n Picked w for M i l Large Box 3 Boxes for Giant Size 43c 23c lb. 75c 63c FROZENFOODS ICECREAM POULTRY IFranks 29clb. Good ISl. Bacon] Beef Meats 129c lb. j Yea! Pork [Wieners' 39c lb. HAMBURGER FR. SAUSAGE PORK STEAK 49c lb. BACON SQUARES 15c lb. m lb. SMOKED CALLiES §7c lb- 43c.lb. ' SMOKED SAUSAGE 39c lb, Liver - Ribs - Neckbones - Pudding Fig Bars 1 £„30c Butter Beans 25c No. 2 cans Lard lOclb. NEWSTORi HOURS MONDAYTHRUFRIDAY7A.M.Tom i . SATURDAY7A. E To 10P.E SUNDAYSAM. To12Noon q u ic k and f m e n d i , y se r v ic e You r One Stop Market SALE DATE FRI. MAY 5TH THROW SAT. MAY I3TH