The Greene County Guardian, February 28, 1957

Page 4, February 28, 1957 the gnv&e county GUARDIAN light Won't Think WON’T BE long before a new yellow traffic light will be blinking its colored signals at the point of that triangle in front of Greeneview High school. Potentially dangerous signals, we might add. Todays citizen, from the time he pours his automatically brewed coffee in the morning to the time he sets his radio clock at night, invests an often blind faith in things me­ chanical. This has planted, in a strength increasing with each up­ coming generation, a false sense of security in the whir­ rings and tickings and readings and babbles of machines. The light is green and I can cross, the motorist thinks to himself with an unconscious pressure on the accelerator. The fact that the light is being installed should increase, not lessen, the need for a functioning and efficient school patrol, a group whose job is to check farther than the un­ thinking signals of a mechanical device hung on a cable. It should also signal for an increase in vigilance on the part of pedestrians and drivers, not a slump into1apathetic dependence on a device that changes its direction ever) few seconds. The light doesn't know if there is a child in the road. The light doesn't know if there is a car whistling around the curve. You should. GRASS FIRES STRIKE ... FIRE CHIEF AT WORK--Jamestown's firemen roared out twice during the past week to extinguish grass fires. The first one struck the grass area along the railroad track south ofW. Washington street and was smothered within 15 min­ utes. The second, which flared up behind Hall J. H ill’s implement store, was out within minutes after firemen's arrival. (Guardian Photo) '_________ DP&L Enters Atomic Plan The Dayton Power and Light Company and eleven other electric utilities in the Ohio V a l l e y have announced a m u l t i - million dollar pro­ gram of nuclear reactor re­ search and development. The p r o g r am will consist of research followed by con­ struction of a small prototype reactor. Three different types are being c o n s i d e r e d and s t udy may develop others. It is hoped that the prototype will be completed by 1961. The estimated cost for this first phase of the program is b e t w e e n $15, 000, 000 and • • Birthday of sorts. WITH THIS ISSUE we are rounding a minor anniversary-- The Guardian is three months old. During the first quarter yearof the newspaper's existence-- a p e r i o d that to us has s e e m e d more like weeks than months--we feel that The Guardian has carved a place for itself in the lives of folks hereabouts and are confident that our occupancy of that niche will become more permanent asf time passes. That folks are reading the newspaper from dateline to last line, we have no doubt. This comes j o l t i n g home to us every week when irate folks r a t t l e our telephone off the hook with some tirade about "what the newspaper said. " Fact of the matter is, the newspaper hasn't said anything yet. We have only reported what other p e o p l e have said and recorded facts as they have happened. It is about time, we feel, that we start fulfilling the com­ plete purpose of a newspaper in offering not only news but comment on the news and other happenings as we see fit. This is not to be a one-sided discussion if you see fit. We encourage letters to the editor and will print them in full within the bounds of legality and good taste. We only ask thay you sign your name. If you wish a pseudonym to be used, we will be glad to do that and hold your name in strictest confidence. An o n ymo u s opinions in our book are about as good as gossip and that isn't very good. So the anonymous letter writers, of which we have had a couple, are going right into the wastebasket. Just like the anonymous phone callers get themselves hung up on. We hope that in our e d i t o r i a l columns we will present something to think about sometimes, a new slant on an old issue, an old slant on a new issue, something to laugh about and something to cuss about but, mainly, an impetus to pick up pen and pencil and have your say, too. Final Tribute Paid Tuesday To Walter H. Watkins, 73 Funeral services were con­ ducted Tu e s d a y for Walter H. Watkins who died Satur­ day at 7 p. m. in his 73rd year. A h e a r t attack struck Mr. Watkins at his home on the Yellow Springs road north of Cedarville. A former resident of Xenia, he had moved to the Cedar­ ville farm about a year ago. He had retired in 1942 after being employed for 18 years with the Eavey Company in Xenia. He was bo r n t h e son of A l e x a n d e r and Emma V. Ledbetter Watkins in Greene Cou n t y on Sept. 14, 1883 and was m a r r i e d Oct. 23, 1907 to the former Miss Mae Bull. The couple was to have celebrated their golden wed­ ding anniversary next Oct. At the time of his death he was a member of the Grace Baptist Church of Cedarville and*wh i 1e in Xenia he had been active in C h r i s t i a n Business A c t i v i t i e s at the First Baptist Church. Funeral services were con­ ducted T u e s d a y from the Neeld Funeral Home with the Rev. Harry E. Cole, pastor of the Grace Baptist church of C e d a r ville, officiating. B u r i a l followed in Xenia's Woodland Cemetery. In addition to his wi dow, he is survived by three daugh­ ters, Mrs. Dena Ba g f o r d , Ce d ar v i l 1e ; Mrs. Martha Hamer, Xenia, andMrs. Doris Aebersold, Albany, Ga . , a b r o t h e r , John P. Watkins, Xenia; three grandchildren, Robert Aebersold and Jo Ann Aebersold of Albany, Ga . , and John Harner of Xenia. m m Offers 13 Brands Carry - Out Jamestown Phone 4-5111 Jean-age and Joke (?) • • • School principal says that no member of the jean-age set who s howed up for readin' and writin' in the Elvis garb, complete with sideburns, has made a mark worth taking 'home yet. How 'bout down in shop making zip guns and harpening files into spivs? Feller on the corner tells the one about the animal expert who crossed a guinea pig and an ostrich for tests being con­ ducted by the Smith Brothers. $31, 000, 000. If the research on prototype develops satisfactorily a full scale reactor capable of pro­ ducing 200, 000 kilowatts oi electric power will be con­ structed. It is hoped that this will take place before 1962. Venard Theater W. Washington St. Jamestown, O. 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