The Greene County Guardian, January 24, 1957

the g r e e n e c oun t y GUARDIAN VOL n NO 4 JAMESTOWN, O. JANUARY 24. 1957 10 CENTS A TRIM IS NEARER R EA L ITY A TRIM... CEDARV ILLE CRUISER . . . NEWEST ADDITION to the fleet of Cedar- ville village is proud possession of the po­ lice department--it’s a brand-new, black shining cruiser c o m p l e t e with siren and flashing red light atop and radio hooked into the sheriff's frequency. With the cruis­ er are Police Chief Carroll Vaughan, and Patrolmen Don Baldwin and Tom Shelow. Thief Gets Larger Budget Set 75 Years For Cedar Schools Jamestown’shardware burg - lar t o d a y f a c e s the next three-quarters of a century in the state prison. Robert Hosier, J r ., a for­ mer resident of Jamestown, was handed the maximum penalty in the Court of Com­ mon P l e a s J ud g e Dan M. Aultman in Xenia. The b u r g l a r , who was c h a r g e d on five separate counts of breaking and enter­ ing, was g i v e n a 15-year sentence to run consecutively on each conviction. Hosier, who was living in Springfield at the time of his c a p t u r e , is also wanted in Springfield for charges. He was driving a stolen car when he was c a p t u r e d by Police Chief Howard Wright after a 100-mph chase be­ tween Jamestown and Cedar - ville on State 72. Hosier confessed to breaking into five Jamestown business places this fall and making off with loot ranging from hand tools to television sets. Bradfute Is Market Unit President John Bradfute, Cedarville township farmer, is the new p r e s i d e n t of the Greene County Livestock Marketing League. Bradfute was elected to suc­ ceed Ernest Beam of Spring Valley at the annual meet­ ing of the league at Xenia last week. Bradfute moved up from the v ice-p residen t's s po t and that vacancy was filled by William Stover, Xenia town­ ship, who is president of the Greene County Dairy Service Unit. Russell Pickering, Caesar- creek township, was elected secretary. Named to die e x e c u t i v e c o m m i t t e e we r eEr ne s t Beam, Stanley Hetaler, and John Stover. Elected to die Dayton Producers Operating committee were Roger Col­ lins, C ed a t v ille township; Do n a l d Dallas and James Lundy , Xenia; and Ernest Beam. A b u d g e t calling for ap­ proximately $20, 000 more in expenses over last year has been approved by mem­ bers of the Cedar C liff board of education. Biggest slice of operating e x p e n s e s is earmarked for teachers'salaries, a total of $ 1 2 2 , 0 7 4 . 8 0 . A sum of $34, 847. 69 has been set a- side for retirement for bonded debt this year wh i c h will leave the Indebtedness at the end of 1957, including out­ standing bonds on the Clifton s c h o o l , at $278,000. For operation of the cafeteria, $25, 701. 52 was set aside. Total expenses will amount to $257 ,138 .96 with $104, - 040 of that being d e r i v e d from g e n e r a l property tax and the remainder coming from state and federal funds. Along with the budget ap­ proval, Cedar Cliff district teachers salaries were boos­ ted in line with a suggested county-wide schedule. A l t h o u g h the board last y e a r a pp r o v e d t h e new schedule, they placed a $400 limitation on the amount of annual raise an individual teacher could receive. This year that ceiling was lifted meaning that some teachers will receive an approximate $100 Increase. The board also voted $150 to the educational television station being l a u n c h e d in Dayton, becoming the third Greene County district, fol­ lowing Beavercreek and Fair­ born, to contribute to the schoolroom TV. B e g i n n i n g with the fall term, the station •plans to transmit two hours of educa­ tional programs daily to the cooperating schools in the Dayton area. The s t a t i o n was g i v e n a large philan­ thropic grant in Dayton. In other action, the board m e m b e r s made plans for drafting a written policy for the education district to fol­ low and r e - n e w e d t h e i r m e m b e r s h i p in the Ohio School Board Association. METERS HERE TAKE IN $197 J a m e s t o w n ' s 99 parking meters coughed up $197.10 in a collection last week. Next collection will pro­ bably show a slight drop in revenue because of the sub­ zero plunge of the mercury this week that froze a num­ ber of the meters for a cou­ ple of days this week. CAPSIZED PETROL PUMPS PLAGUE LOCAL STATION Ra l ph T a y l o r has a hard t i m e k e e p i n g his gasoline pumps upright these days. Two weeks ago a motorist slddded on the ice-covered d r i v e wa y into one of the pumps and tipped it over. And Friday another motor­ ist knocked over one of the pumps and unsettled another one from its base. Howard Austin of Washing­ ton C. H. was fined $50 and $14.90 in costs Monday in die court of Mayor Floyd E. Smith after he pleaded guil­ ty to 1e a v i ng the scene of the a c c i d e n t after tipping over the pump. In other recent traffic mis­ haps, Ar n o l d Mo o r e , 63, Jamestown, pulled out of a parking place on N. Lime­ stone into the path of Alex H.HaU, 41, Route 1. James­ town. Seven-year-old Brenda Hall suffered slight injuries in the resulting collision. Ronald E. Hyer, 18, Route 1, Jamestown, forfeited $20 bond on a charge arising out of a collision at the inter­ s e c t i o n o fW. Washington and Buckles whenHyer drove into the rear of die car driv­ en by Winford Sparkman, 22, Route 1, Jeffersonville.'. Extensive damages resulted horn a two-car crash at the intersection of State 72 and US 35 when a car driven by George Knecht, 49, Route 2, South Charleston, collided with that of Marvin Ander­ son, 38, Dayton. Knecht was charged with failure to stop at the stop light. Damage to the Anderson car was es­ timated at $325, police re­ ported. A n o t h e r good reason for J ame s t own and Cedarville residents to keep their busi­ ness at home was pointed up this week by the pronounce­ ment of Xenia barbers. Tonsorial artists of the near­ by c o un t y seat announced haircuts henceforth will cost $1. 50. Prices in J a m e s t o w n and Cedarville, where there is no organization among the lock trimmers, range from 75 c e n t s to $ 1. 5 0 ; none higher. Silas Bales Dies at 9 5 Death came to Silas Raper Bales in his 95th year Mon­ day evening after a six-year illness. The native of Greene County was a retired farmer. Mr. Bales died at the home of his son, Leo, four miles south of Jamestown on the Hollingsworth Road. Born Sept. 6, 1861 in Greene County, Mr. Bales was the son of Elisah and Margaret Keiter Bales. He was a mem­ ber of the PaintersvilleMeth- odist Church. Hlswife, LauraClene Bales, p r e c e d e d him in death in 1949. F u n e r a l services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday from the Powers F u n e r a l Home with interment following in the J a m e s t o w n cemetery. T h e Rev. G. E. T a t m a n , pastor of the B o w e r s v i l l e Methodist Church, will o ffi­ ciate. Calling hours at the funer­ al home are 2 to 4 p. m. and 7 to 9 p.m . on Thursday. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. B e l v a Dun l op , Port William; and four sons, Will­ iam, near Jamestown, Fred, Dayton; Elbert, Xenia; and Leo. Powe r s Funeral Home of Jamestown handled arrange­ ments. YojiShould Catch The Other Guy J a m e s t o w n Police Chief Howard Wr i g h t s u f f e r e d pulled muscles of the right shoulder Monday night--but the other fellow came out worse. Fact is, he went into the fray worse. Police were called at 6:30 p. m. Monday to the Dayton S ou t h e a s t e r n Lines, In c ., station here to remove John S t e v e n s , 31, Chillicothe, who was reported drunk and causing a disturbance. ChietW r i g h t said he was unable to get Stevens into die cruiser, so he handcuffed him and dragged him before Mayor Floyd E. Smith. Ste­ vens pulled $25 and costs for drunk and disorderly conduct. Continued to Pave 6 Council Buys School Light The school lig it for Greene- view is nearer reality today. Members of the Jamestown village council at their reg­ ular meeting Monday night authorized the purchase of the light. Under an agreement dis­ cussed last year, the village will pay half and the Greene- view board of education will pay the other half. Total cost, including installation, is estimated to be less than $500. The light will be installed at the junction of Limestone S t . , State 72 and the South Charleston Pike and will be used to c o n t r o l traffic in periods before school open­ ing, lunch hours and reces­ ses, and after school closes. In other actions the coun­ cil paid offroutine bills and: --Continued discussion of the drilling of a second wa­ ter well to back up lone sup­ ply of the village. Council- men pondered the addition of a i r o n - r e mo v e r for the well to be f in an c ed by a small individual assessment on each subscriber, but took no official action on this. --Further d i s c u s s e d the purchase of a tanker truck for the fire department, re­ ported that firemen believe that space could be found in the present fire house for the truck. Both councilmen and Cough Up *124 Fines and court costs netted $124. 60 in the court of Act­ ing Mayor Harold Spitler of Cedarville last week. The levies were collected in 12 separate cases of vio­ lations of the village traffic ordinances, all of a minor nature. In Saturday's c o l l e c t i o n from the p a r k i n g meters, coins tinkled into the village coffers to the tune of $53.49, Heads UP Church John Bull was elected chair­ man of the congregation of the United P r e s b y t e r i a n C h u r c h of Cedarville at a congregational meeting last Wednesday night. township trustees have agreed on the need for a tanker but storage in a heated garage presented the biggest prob- lem .______________________ Mrs. Ritenour Funeral Set Saturday Mrs. Edna B l a n c h e Little Ritenour, died in her 65th year Wednesday at 2:30 a. m. at her home in Grape Grove. Mrs. Ritenour, the wife of M i l l a r d K. Ritenour, suc­ cumbed after a f i v e - y e a r illness. Bom Feb. 25, 1892 in S il- vercreek T own s h i p, Mrs. Ritenour was the daugher of G e o r g e and Louetta Bryan Little. She married her hus­ band on Oct. 17, 1917. F u n e r a l services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m . from the Grape Grove Church of C h r i s t of which she was a m e m b e r with Charles N. Ross, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial will fol­ low in the G r a p e G r o v e cemetery. F r i e n d s may call at the Powers Funeral Home from 3 to 5 p. m. and 7 to 9 p. m. Friday. Surviving are her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Anna L o u i s e McKnight, C amp Dennison, O . ; Mrs. Sus an I s a b e l l e Babik, Killeen, Tex. ;and two brothers, Earl Little, Jamestown; and Ev­ erett Little, Leesburg, One son died at birth in 1918. Lawson Infant Dies in Haines Funeral services were con­ ducted Wednesday at Hol- can, Ky. , f or the i n f a n t d a u g h t e r of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lawson of Nelson S t . , Jamestown. The baby was born at 8 p.m. Monday nigfat at the Haines Hospital and died at 4 a. m. Tuesday. S u r v i v i n g are father and mother, the former Arlene Henderson, and a brother, Lowell. Merchants Here Consider Late Hours For Friday Jamestown merchants meet Thursday night to consider staying open late on Friday evenings and abandoning the t r a d i t i o n a l late hours for Saturday. The shift in operating hours is in r e c o g n i t i o n of the change from Saturday buying habits which has been ev i­ denced in slower sales dur­ ing th t past year. The proposal was brought before the Jamestown Mer­ chants Association at their last meeting but not all of the operators of the affected retail outlets were present for an immediate decision. Cedarville has s h i f t e d to modified Friday night open­ ing with the branch office of the Miami Deposit Bank the latest to join the open- Friday group.