Greene County Journal, Volume 78, Numbers 3-10

County Journal 78 NO 10. Thursday March 17, 1955 TEN CENTS PER COPY ANDHOWITFUNCTIONS The Red Cross is occasionally the victim of misin­ formation and false rumors about its services including the selling of cigarettes and blood. The Greene. County chapter no. 2 is making every effort to combat these rumors -which somehow gai impetus at campaignrtime. The Red Cross did not cell cigarettes! to have done so, would have been a violation of Bureau of Internal Revenue regulations. In some instances, shipments of cirgarettes marked 'Gift of the American Red Cross” were delivered, in error, to post exchanges and sold, while Red Cross re­ ceived the unmarked cigarettes and gave them away. Also—Red Cross supplies were sometimes stolen and fell into the hands of black marketeers who sold them, mast common of the false rumors. The Red Cross never charge for the services or supplies It gives to servicemen or disaster victims. Hund­ reds of reports of such charges have bcecn checked and In not one case was the story verified. The only exception to the no-chnrge rule occurred during World War 11 when the Military insisted that the Red Cross make a minimum charge for food and lodging at certain of its overseas clubs. Blood collected by the Red Cross never is sold by the organization to anyone, anywhere. The Red Cross cannot grant, or withold. leave for servicemen—leaves are controlled entirely by military authorities. The Red Cross only provides verlfed information about home conditions in cases of emer­ gency. The salaries of paid Red Cross workers are set by the volunteers who run the organization and are in line with those paid by other welfare agencies. Expenditures no Secret The Army makes an annual au­ dit of National Red Cross expendi­ tures for submission to Congress. Its accounts are audited a second time by Haskins and Sells and an­ nual fiscal statements arc publish­ ed. Here in Greene County, expendi­ tures arc carefully examined by members of the local board of dir­ ectors. and a report of audit Is then sent in to the area office. This in­ formation Ls available to the people of Greene County. The Red Cross is eager to halt the spread of misinformation and false rumors about Its service—and at the same time it is ready to act on every legitimate complaint, No one claims that the Red Cross is per­ fect or that its workers never make mistakes. Occasionally they do. In any case, all that the organization asks is that rumors or complaints be brought to the attention of the local Red Cross Chapter—Phone .''-4428. Local Purina Dealer Visits Research Farm Herman. Randall of CedarvIHc was among approximately 300 farm­ ers from this section or the country who visited the Purina Research Farm at Gray Summit. Missouri last week and spent the following day touring the company's mills and research laboratories In St. Louis. Thousands of farmers from all sections of the United States and many from foreign countries visit the farm each year to sec results of experiments conducted there in livestock and poultry feeding and management. The 738 acre farm Is devoted entirely to farm research projects. There were only two definitely known Instances of illegal sale of Red Cross cigarettes that Involv­ ed Red Cross employees, Both em­ ployees were tried for the offens and dismissed from service. Frequently, hospital workers made purchases for patients. This is a traditional Red Cross service rend­ ered to patients by both paid staff and volunteers when patients have their own. funds and want Red Cross to shop for them. Sometimes (t is misunderstood. Patients in neighboring beds, seeing money change hands and cigarettes or other articles passed from the hosp­ ital worker to the patient, may have concluded that Red Cross supplies were being sold. With regard to the sale of blood, and to Illustrate the point, here ls the story of a young veteran from a small mldwcstern town, not Xenia. According to his ‘ story, he had been wounded during a flight in Korea and hospitalized in Yoko­ hama. He received 14 points of Red Cross blood, he said, and was charg­ ed $25,00 a pint for It. The money was deducted regularly from his pay, he added, to make sure it was col­ lected. Naturally, a story like that affect­ ed Red Cross blood collections in the town and the blood chairman wrote in to the Red Cross headquar- ers for on investigation. The investigation revealed that not one word of the veteran's story was true. He had not paid for blood, of course; he had never been wound­ ed; and he had never been in Korea. His service record showed a long list of disciplinary fines and a court- martial for absence without leave. Faced with these facts, the vet­ eran hnd no choice but to admit that ho had fabricated the whole yarn—"just to impress the guys down at work.” Campaign Brings Out Rumors Because Red. Cross campaign time is here, you may hear stories like this in Xenia. For the record, here are the true facts on some of the Governor’s Proclamation N WHEREAS, there are in the £tate of Ohio thousands of crippled children and adults; and WHEREAS, the responsibility of giving the crippled a chance at health, happiness, and a future means of uveunooti is a privilege to oe acvupteu, guaiueu, ana fully exercised; and WHEREAS, it has proved economically feasible to provide suen sorvic<js as tnosc financed through iiastei Seal Funds since these ser.ices help dependent crippl­ ed children become independent adults and self- sup­ porting citiizns; and Y v HEKEAS, the necessary services of rehabilitation, medical and educational aid for crippled children are effecietnly and mgh.y t*nactively administered by the Ohio Society for crippled Children and its local affiliates and WHEREAS, the cost of these services has increased as more cripped children are being reached and help­ ed ; and WHEREAS, the annual Easter Seal campaign of the Ohio Society and its local affiliates is the chief source of support its multiple services to be handicapped in the state; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Frank J, Lausche, Governor of the State of Ohio, do hereby proclaim the month from March 10 to April 10,1955, as EASTER SEAL MONTH and urge all citizens not only to generously support this appeal but to learn what they can do to help’ crippled children as individuals. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. I have hereunto sub- cribed my name and caused the Grea^t Seal of the State of Ohio to be affixed, (seal). Signed : Frank J. Lausche Governor of tne State of Ohio Farm Group Takes Farm Tour Sponsored By Dayton Power and Light Clean-up Day March ^ onp 19th At Camp Greene Auction To Be ■ ... 1 'TUrt r’nrlortiUlft March 19th will be Clean-up Day' The Cednrville Lions Club are their first Community Greene Co- 4-H Club Leaders To Be Honored At State Luncheon 9 Greene County 4-H Club leaders representing 60 years of tenure as advisors to local 4-H Clubs will be honored at the annual state 4-H Advisors' Recognition Luncheon at j Ohio State University on Friday, .March 25. j The advisors and their years of at Camp Greene. All parents or in- ] stag.ng service are as follows; Mrs. Horace terested persons are asked to g o . Auction, to beheid on Wednesday, Pei.gusoni Beavercreek Township; to the Camp and help with this ■March, 23, at the Community Park Mrg< Donald Brannum, Miami project. j Shelter House. Township; and Mrs. Lawrence Tu- Camp dates have been set for', llle sellingwill start at 11 a.m. tt]e_Bath Township; 10 years each, this coming summer as follows: ; and continue through the after-lMvs Kotmcth Boycr, Beavercreek June 5 — 12 , 8th Grade Camp ,noon. Articles to be sold are such -TownshIp; Mrs< Howard Ashbruigh, June 13—17, 6th and 7th Grade; items as Farm Machinery, Live- Beavercreek Township; Mrs. Char- Day Camp - f tof °,nc automatic hot water ! 1(a Youngi Balh Township Mrs< June 20—29, Senior Primitive j beatei, household goods and mis- David Hnrner> X enla Township; Ho- Camp at Glen Helen , cellnenoi^ itemsto numerous to ,ward Wlls0lli B(Uh Township; and July 11—15, 4tli Grade Day Camp j mention. Caryol Smith, Rose Township, 5 July 18-22, 5th Grade Day Camp! Any°nu havin8 anything to do- yCars each. July 25—29, 2nd and 3rd Grado »atc or sell on consignment, arej MrS( Horace Ferguson lias been requested to contact Mr. J. Wall;d(Bignftted by thc atate 4_H ofrice 01 pto L s i ui »*° re(:('lve the 10 year advisors Proceed from the sale will gOjaward 0fl bcha]f of all other 10 , urn wnrfnesdav rr ih B I 8 ; u W advisors at the banquet. . Services were held Wednesday, If the venture proves to be sue-; The ndvisors w,n rece, ^ at 2 p. m at Powere Funeral Home Iccssful they hope to make the a f-; lunchc011 through the C0llrtesy of in Jamestown for William F. Gar- Xalr an annual one. : thc sears Foundation and will be Lunch wh be served at the} prnsentcd JcwcIed plns and ccrtl_ Shelter house by Club members fteate commending them on their v" VC3, (service to rural youth. Day Camp. William F* Garringer Oscar Hyden ringer, 93, retired farmer who died Saturday at 3:30 p. m. at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Floyd Smith, W. Washington St., Jamestown. He had been seriously 111 since Dec-1 , , _ , . _ ember. Johnny Buckeye’s School Report Born in Fayette County, Sept. n * ■ i ^ ■ > 14f 1861, he was the son of Albert} IIIY1 1 0 u 6 AV d llflU lG lO L0C 3 I "r|Community Organizations ■his life in the Jamestown com -j Because of the amount of public interest being shown Oscar Hyden received his dis­ charge from the Army from Fort Shf ridan, Il|, on Thursday. Mr. Hyden spent 10 months in Korea, Mr. and Mrs, Hyden are now making their home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Thurman Tidd. s r x s r — £ e ; ~ ,—--tj. ■»»— showing in local communities, for civic groups, and most of all for school organizations in Xenia, Fairborn, Yellow Paul Clemens, Springfield; Mrs. DAIRY LUNCII The annual Spring Dairy Lunch wilt be held at thc Jamestown Me­ thodist Church, Wednesday even­ ing, March 23, at 5:30 p, m. The public is cordially Invited to attend One Country, One Constitution,;Cemetery. One Destiny. Thayne McCoy, Bloomingburg and ( lira Garringer near Jamestown; ;.SpnrtgS and the county s ch o o ls . ’ seven grandchildren, 11 great-j The picture on 16 mm, tape is j grandchildren; two brothers, S tcp -ja 12 minute sound, full-color pro­ hen, near Jamestown, and Ward,;auction, which employs the cartoon near Edgefield, and two sisters, Mrs., technique to explain the basic fin- Ira Clemmer and Mrs, Louie P e r -jancc plan proposed by the Survey singer.near Jamestown, his wife,, Committee In simple, easy to under- *„Mrs. Ella Ritcnour Garringer, died*stand language. It is to be used for jin 1928, (opening discussion, preparing the Burial was held in Jamestown 1audience for a presentation of the After Governor Frank J. Lausche signed thc proclamation acclaims March 10 as Easter Seal M6nth in Ohio, he talked over the coming Easter Seal campaign with little Cindy Zaugg, the 1955 Easter Seal child of Ohio. Cindy, who la a victim of Cerebral Palsy and Is from Marysville, represents the thousands of Gripped of children who are help­ ed each year by Easter Seals. Easter Seal money helps both handicapp­ ed children and adults by providing medical care, physical training, camping, recreation, and many other services. j MRS. WILLIAM P. FOX ■ Requiem High Mass is being held ' this morning at St. Paul's Church 1 Requiem high mass was said to­ day at St. Paul Church, Yellow (Springs, this morning at 9 a. m. foi Mrs, Elcen L, Fox 68, of 27 S. High. St, 5widow of William P. Fox who died ! suddenly Monday at 7 a. m. in an i ambulance in Yellow Springs en- Iroute to a Dayton hospital. She i suffered a heart attack at her *home Monday at 4:30 a, m. ! The daughter of M. M, and Mary Burns Murray, Mrs. Fox. was born in Yellow Springs, May 15, 1886. Her husband, William P, Fox, for­ mer Xenlan and one time Pennsyl­ vania Railroad engineer, died in May, 1952, Mrs. Fox was a mem­ ber of St, Paul’s Catholic Church, Yellow Springs, and a charter member of Catholic Ladles of Co­ lumbia of that church. Surviving are four step children: Mrs. Nellie Webb, Yellow Springs; Mrs. Jane Hull, Columbus; Mrs, Pauline Schneider, Los Angeles, Calif., and Fred J, Fox, Cincinnati; eight step-grandchildren; a brother, Leo C. Murray, Xenia; two sisters, Miss Mary E. Murray of Yellow Springs and Mrs. Stasia M. McCann, Springfield; four nieces and three nephews, A bother, Francis Murray, preceeded her in death. Rev, James O, Bryne, pastor of St. Paul's Church, officiated. report. The survey Commission was au­ thorized by the last legislature and has spent much time, money and energy in getting a true picture of the Ohio School situation. Faculty members who have attended the Miami University clinic will be happy to assist in the discussion groups that desire to study this recommendation. Scheduling of the film will be made through the county superin­ tendent's office and groups desirous of its use should make their con tact at an early date to avoid con­ flicts. These discussions will be most helpful in March and April as the legislature arc still interested in suggestions from the general pu­ blic. Opposition at present to any change in the finance program Is found largely in areas with mnny small schools who oppose the re­ quirement of a high school of 175 pupils nnd in city districts whose state share will not be appreciably increased. The Senate Education Committee Is planning two hearings this week on thc finance bill IS. B. 321), and the amendments that are being made under the direction of Sen. Charles Mosher (R.) Oberlin, to make the bill conform to the re port of the Survey Commission. Is Your Child Safe From Home Fires Mr. Charles R. Scott, State Fire Marshall, cautions against leaving small children at home alone. 33 1/3% of all fire fatalities are in thc age group of 0 to 14 years. Daily we hear of small children perishing in fire while left alone. Often times they have been left alone for only a few minutes while mother was next door visiting; the neighbors. Don't leave them alone, take them with you or have a competent baby­ sitter stay with them. Always make sure the baby-sitter knows what to do in the case of fire or other em­ ergencies. Listed below are a few recomm­ ended suggestions for instructing the baby-sitter before you leave. 1, Make sure the baby-sitter knows the location of all outside doors, stairs, halls and the children's bedrooms. 2, If fire breaks out, the sitter smells smoke or the heating unit overheats, instruct the sitter to get the children out of the house, at once. Don’t hesitate to fully dress the children or investigate first, get them out. 3, After, the children are safe, notfy the fire department, 4, Make’ certain the fire depart­ ment, police department and em­ ergency squad telephone numbers arc posted in a conspicuous place near the telephone, and that the sitter knows the location of the nearest fire alarm box, , Leave a telephone number where you can be reached, Let’s protect the young ones from fire. They look to us for this pro­ tection, let’s not fall them. photo left to right. Ted Wicchcr, R. It. 1, Xenia; I. I*. Blauscr, Ohio State extension Service Myron Fudge, Jamestown, R U 1, Farmer; Ralph Clayburn, DI'&L reppresentativc Gordon Woifangel, Citizens 1st National Bank Xenia; Carl Pickering, R. K. 3, Jamestown, Farmer; E. A. Drake, Greene Couney Agent Clair Young, Assoc. County Agent of Greene County. Christian Rural Overseas Program (CROP) The finest and richest of Amei'ica’s tall corn will not only grow this season in Iowa, Illinois or Indiana. Seedlings from improved American hybrids will break through top soil in such strange sounding places as Salonika, Ioannina and Xanthi in Greee. As on the plains of America’s midwest, the young corn will grow into strong stalks on the hillsides of Sid- hirokasron, in the valleys around Yannitsa and on innum- erabe village lots. It will be tended by hand and hoe in­ stead of modern machinery Best of all it will yield three times —-------- ----------------------------------------- as much as thc native Greek var-: mil,lon >30Unds' lf mowing condl- |tlons are favorable. At dedication services in Philnd- rety and thereby substantially help the often punished people of north-1 . . . . ern Greece, among them escapees j f 1 f hla io shipment of thc seed and expellees from surrounding .Co­ mmunist countries, seeking a new life in tiic old country. It all came about when the Christ­ ian Rural Overseas Program, the food collecting apppeal of Church World Service, was asked to supply hybrid seed corn to help in the rehabilitation efforts of the World Council of Churches and the Ortho­ dox Church of Greece. In response, CROP shipped, on behalf of its many contributors in twenty-two states, 420,000 pounds oi four var­ ieties of coni seed, deemed most late in February, Dr. Eugene C. Blake. President of tile National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, in a broadcast beam­ ed direct to Greece by the Voice of America said: “The United States is essentially a Christian country nnd contributors to CROP follow the teaching of the New Testament God is to show it for one's fellow that the 'way to show one's Love for men'." Church World Service ex­ ecutive director R, Norris Wilson and national CROP director Albert W. Farmer sped the shipment on its way with the hope that it may suitable by the Greek Ministiy of *fulfill thc fishes of the donors for Agriculture, The com will plant, "there is nothing more hopeful than 60,000 acres and yield almost 200 sseed" to sustain life, ‘ Cosgray Holstein Holds ; Production Record Lochinvar Peggy, Holstein Cow| owned by Curtis Cosgray, James-j town, is listed in a summary of out­ standing production records com­ pleted by Holstein cows* in Ohio. Peggy produced 598 lbs. butter- fat, 17,212 lbs, milk, milked 2 times daily, 365 days, Average qts, daily; Notice Mrs, Frances Huffman Deputy Registrar Urges every one who does not have their 195$ license plates, to please do not delay getting them, it may prevent having to stand fn line later. Only u small percentage of 25. Age when record began: 8 yrs; plates have been sold here, slates 10 mo, ‘ Mrs, Huffman JAMESTOWN CALENDAR OF EVENTS March 18—Missionary Society of Jamestown Church of Christ to meet at the church at 2 p, m. March 18—Keystone Class of the Friends Church to held meeting in church annex with Rev, Gene Lewis as host. Covered dish supper at 7:30 p. m. Eash member, to bring svrtlclc for auction. Starch 19—Food market to be held at Uockhold's Meat Market, by V. P. Youth Fellowship at 9 A. M. March 20—’The Young Friends frojm Dover and Chester will meet with Jamestown In the Chr.rch annex at 7 p, nr, March 23—Annual Spring Dairy tunch at Jamestown Methodist Church, serving starts at 5:30 p. m, March 25-Leaders Sunday school class of the Friends Church, covered dish suppper hosts for the evening, Mr, and Mrs, Foster Jcnks and Misses Sarah and Louise Skylcs. March 28—Advance Club to meet at Ker-Dcen Inn, Springfield. lunch at 12 noon, March 28—American Legion Auxiliary social night at the Legion hall at 8 p. m, March 28—Evening Circle at the Jamestown Methodist Church at 8 p. m. March 31—Missionary Society of Baptist Church to meet at the home of Mrs, Joseph Willis CEDARVILLE CALENDAR OF EVENTS March 19—CEDARCLIFF CHAPTER DAR, at the home of Mrs. R. T. Williamson. Reports from thc Slate Conference will be given. March 20—’WESLEY CLASS, at the Methodist Church, Covered dish supper with Mr, and Mrs. John Mills, hosts, March 21—CEDARVILLE GI1APTER OES, at School Auditorium, In­ spection Night, 8 p. m. March 22—DISCUSSION GROUP NO. 17 March 34—CEDAR GRANGE, at the lOOF Hall March 25—KYN Club at the home of Mrs. George Sheely, 2 p.m.