The Greene County Guardian, January 31, 1957

the gre c o u n t y GUARDIAN VOL II NO 5 JAMESTOWN, OHIO JANUARY 31, 1957 10 CENTS FOR POLIO DRIVE Ersatz Mommas To March Here 'MOMMA’ MOTHERFORa n ig it- -that's what Earl Gibbs and other Jamestown Lions will become Tuesday for the annual porch tight parade for contributions to the March of Dimes. (Guardian Kioto).______ Methodists Planning to Build Here Jamestown Methodists today are planning to add a Chris­ tian education b u i 1d i ng to the present church. Members of the congrega­ tion of the 1 0 1 - y e a r - o l d c h u r c h last week voted to proceed with a building plan, the p a s t o r , the Rev. G.C. Reed, reports. Details of construction and location of the building are to be worked out, the Rev, Mr. Reed added. Meanwhile, a committee headed by Edward Irons has been appointed to supervise the planning. Other members are Willard Thuma, Walter Johnson, E. Clayton Wiseman, L;roy Spahr, Harry Mossman, Frank Harris, John Ferguson, and Charles Reeder. Mo t h e r s --both male and female--will march against; polio in Jamestown and Ce- darville next week. Members of the Jamestown Lions club, s p o r t i n g four- inch square badges proclaim­ ing: "Tonight I Am A Moth­ er, " will make their porch- light parade Tuesday. InCedarville, it's the ladies of the American Legion Aux­ iliary, who qualify better in the mother business, who are making the collections. The Cedarville parade will begin at 7 p.m. T u e s d a y night, a c c o r d i n g to Mrs. Nancy Wr i g h t , Cedarville chairman. C h a i r m a n John Reese of the J a m e s t o w n drive said that the make-believe moth - ers will be on the move from 7 to 9 p.m . Tuesday eve­ ning. Both chairman urged local folks to turn on their porch lights and be p r e p a r e d to give to the campaign that is a t t e m p t i n g to wipe polio completely from the list of dread diseases. Drive o f f i c i a l s point out that the wonders of the Salk vaccine have lulled the pub­ lic into thinking that polio is done and gone. Despite the vaccine, much more re­ mains to be done. Mrs. Wr i g h t said that no other local solicitation has been made in Cedarville and urged residents to give gen­ erously. Meanwhile, school collec­ tions this week netted $48.88 a t G r e e n e v i e w North and $74.10 at Greeneview South schools, Reese reported. . At Friday's basketball game with Cedarville Lions Hall Hill, R. C. Moorman, Max Jenks, Earl Gerard and Earl Gibbs will pass the blanket for donations. BANG! CRASH! AND PHOOEY L i k e a lot of other mo­ t o r i s t s Monday, James­ town 'sWillard Edwards said the heck with it. He started out on the ice- g l a z e d roads for work in Dayton. But he didn't get too far b e f or e he had been side- s w i p e d by a sliding auto and hit a g a i n by another car. He r e t u r n e d to his S. Limestone S t., home and called it a day. _____ Motorists Pile Up On Glaze-Topped Highways Junior Cage Tourney Kichs OffTonig O p e n i n g g a m e s in the Greene County Junior High Basketball tournament, slat­ ed for last Mo n d a y night, were postponed and are to be played this evening, Jan. 31. _ Jefferson clashes with Xenia. East in the first game at 6:30| p.m . today at the Greene­ view Nor4h J u n i o r High School Gymnasium. Greene­ view and Xenia St. Qrigidi lock h o r n s in die s e c o n d g a m e at 7:30 and a third game, b e t w e e n Bellbrook and Ca e s a r c r e e k , will be played at 8:30 p. m. today. The game between Yellow Springs Bryan and Cedarville, which originally was sched­ uled for t o n i g h t , is being held over to Feb. 4 at 7:30 p .m ., immediately follow­ ing die foul shooting contest. There is a change in time for the fqul-shootinjj event. It was scheduled for 7 p.m . but will start at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 4. D iet Qasb A weight control class foi g r a d u a t e s of die c o u n t } course offered in Xenia ha been o r g a n i z e d at Cedar- ville. Interested pe r s ons are in­ vited to the next meeting, Feb. 7 at die C e d a r C l i f f Hi{$i s d h o o l as 7:30 p.m . Spring Valley drew the bye in the first round and will meet the winner of the Jef- ferson-Xenia Ea s t game at 8:30 p.m . on Feb. 4. Yellow Springs Bryan cop­ ped the l e a g u e title with Jefferson, Greeneview and Bellbrook locked in a three- way knot for second place. Xenia East finished jusube*- hindthe threesome with Ce- derville trailing die Panthers, along with C a e s a r c r e e k . Spring Valley and Xenia St. Brigid shared the cellar with no wins in league play. Ice-topped highways turned Mo n d a y m o r n i n g into a whee-for-all for most mo­ torists hereabouts. The arteries feeding James­ town and Cedarville werp clogged at least once with streams of autos and trucks before the mid-morning sun reduced the gl%ze to slush. Navigation on foot was no breeze, pedestrians found as they skidded down Inclines and grabbed for handholds as they tottered on the un­ steady footing. But the kids had a ball, m a k i n g die mo s t of the speedy transport the ice of­ fered. Mail trucks were held up. A number of local folks who work qut of town d e c i d e d that the trip to work wasn't worth the risk and stayed at home. Area schools closed. A C e d a r v i l l e girl, Janet Stanforth, 18, was slightly i n j u r e d when her car spun out of control one mile west of C 1i f t o n. The auto went off die h i g h w a y traveling b a c k w a r d s and c r a s h e d t h r o u g h a fence, resulting in substantial damage to the auto. Miss Stanforth was treated for a slight neck injury and bruises at the Yellow Springs Clinic. Ev e n the salt t r u c k had troubles. Harold Bradley of James­ town, driving a state high­ way department truck salt­ ing down the highways, col- truck struck the car as Brad­ ley was trying to pass. William Touchman, Cedar­ ville, Route 1, slid off the Clifton Road just west of US 68, hit a mail box , Bowersville Firemen End Course Fourteen Bowersville fire­ men recently received cer­ tificates for completing; 30 hours of instruction in fire­ fighting skills and techniques. A department certificate was p r e s e n t e d to Chief Cecil Goodbar. The certificates and cards, as well as the i n s t r u c t i on course, were authorized and made available by the Trade and I n d u s t r i a l Vocational E d u c a t i o n Service of the State Department of Educa­ tion in cooperation with Jef­ ferson S c h o o l , P l e a s a n t Grange and the Farm Bureau elevator. Lt. Robert Llghthiser of the Xenia Fire D i v i s i o n con­ ducted the class. Bowersville firemen com­ pleting the course were James H a r t m a n , Cecil Goodbar, Guy Saxton, William Picjter- ing, Estel Spurgeon, Arthur F a u l k n e r , Marvin Jones, D a r r e l l Le s l i e , Kenneth Woods, Charles Steen, Glen Curtis, Kenneth Steiner and Roger Haugjiey. New Jasper Man Accused InDeath Of Step-Father His family a t t e m p t e d to protect him but Robert Tho­ mas Butts will have to answer second degree murder char­ ges in a preliminary hearing Feb. 7 for the slaying of his father. The b u r l e y , 26-year-old Butts was drinking in a Xenia tavern last Friday night when his sister called him to stop a family argument between Butts'step-father and mother at New Jasper. He stopped it, law officers report. But his intervention apparently ended in death for Jesse Paul Shaw, 48. Medical men and law en­ forcement officials original­ ly were told Shaw struck his head against a piece of fur­ niture in a fall. Under in­ tense questioning, however they unraveled }he story of death. Butts admits to hitting his step-father. His mother tells of the man's "laying there and b l e e d i n g . " Shaw was t r e a t e d by Dr. Norman G. L i n t o n in Jamestown fora severe nosebleed. Dr. Linton ordered the man to be taken to Greene Memorial Hospital in Xenia. There, his nose was packed with cotton and he was re­ leased to return to the New Jasper home--a former gro­ cery store b u i l d i n g there which the family had occu­ pied for the last six months. When b 1e e d i ng persisted, Shaw was r e t u r n e d to the hospital by his wife and Butts' sister. There he hemorrhaged and died at 2:15 a.m. Sun­ day. Dr. H. C. Schick, county coroner, blamed death on acute internal hemorrhages, caused by bruises around the man’s face. He said the vic­ tim also suffered shock from blood loss. Dr. Schick called in Sheriff Russell A. Bradley ■ ROBERT T. BUTTS ........ Murder charged Feb. 7. A r r a i g nme n t was held before Municipal Judge Joseph L. Hagler Jr. of Xenia. Shaw was born July 28, 1908 in Greene County and was a veteran of World War II. He saw action in France. Sur­ viving are his widow, Mary Lou Varvel Shaw, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Shaw; six d a u g h t e r s , Mrs. Joan P e r d u e , Xenia, and Ellen Mae, M a r i e t t a Pauline, G l o r i a Jean, Beverly Kay and W i l d a Da wn , all at home; t h r e e sons, Donald Eugene, Robert Thomas and P a u l Ro g e r , all at home; three s i s t e r s , Mrs. Helen M o r r m a n , Mrs. Marietta F r e e l an and Mrs. Roberta Swea r i ngen, all of Xenia; f i v e brothers, L aw r e n c e Shaw of Spring Valley and John H.t Cecil C ., Frank­ lin and Richard T.Shaw, all of X e n i a , and two grand­ children. Funeral services were held We d n e s d a y at the Neeld Funeral Home in Xenia with the b u r i a l in Wo o d l a n d Cemetery there. Sheriff Bradley, along with Lions Schedule C o u n t y Prosecutor John G. -p. P e t e r s o n , questioned the D i n n e r , , D a H C e family most of Sunday before Jamestown Lions this week the story finally was pieced are whipping up hearts and t o g e t h e r . Mrs. Shaw told lace for their third annual authorities she has engaged Valentine's party rcrbe held A t t o r n e y Marcus Shoup of Feb. 12. Xenia to defend her son. President John Reese said Formal charges were filed the event, with Lionesses as Monday and Butts pleade'd s p e c i a l guests, will begin innocent. He is being held with a dinner with dancing at G r e e n e County Jail in following. X e n i a under $5, 000 bond g, A. Knecht Jr. is in charge until the preliminary hearing 0f reservations. S B & Z MERCHANTS APPROVE CHANGE US 35 c fts t of Xenia. Tlie -w* a jm « a ■■ m y * *■ -w-->■* It s Friday Night Here OPEHATE DAY THAT’S THE DAY that Jamestown stores shift to late hours for Friday evening, points out Max Powers, new president of die Jamestown Merchants Association. New secretary of the group, Fred Rambo, looks on. (Guardian Photo). Doors of Jamestown stores will be open late Friday night. M e m b e r s of the Jamestown Merchants Association last week voted to keep stores open until 9 p .m . on Fridays. The move is being made in recognition of a change in s h o p p i n g habits that has caused the once-booming Saturday busi­ ness dwindle. The members went on record solidly a- g'ainst the enforcement of parking meters during the Friday evening business hours. Included is the Farmers & Traders Bank which will be open from 7 to 9 p. m. New officers for die year were elected at the meeting. Max Powers, J a m e s t o w n f u n e r a l home director, was elected to succeed Banker R. J. Moorman as president of the organization. John A. Evans was named vice-president, Fred Rambo, secretary; and Warren Tipp, treasurer. Meanwhile, a promotion committee com­ posed of Charles Rutter and Hall J. Hill is whipping up plans for a town-wide sales event on a monthly schedule designed to lure shoppers into the village. In other p a r k i n g meter discussion, the group also agreed that trucks loading and unloading in metered spaces should be re­ quired to feed the meters. The v i l l a g e council earlier this month instructed May­ or Floyd E. Smith to relay these instruc­ tions to village police officers. Powers, noting the duplication of calen­ dars distributed by local firms, suggested that merchants get together on a consoli­ dated calendar every year. Next meeting of the organization will be Feb. 22.