The Tri-County Herald, Volume 75, Numbers 1-5

^AfeE 10 Jm TRI-COUNTY HERALD FRIDAY, JAN, 30, 1942 * ]U e ''I k i-G o u + ttif, cM m a J A ISSUED ON FRIDAY East Xenia Drive Osborn, Ohio R. D. C hoate . E ditor J ean S pah r ............ . ......... . . . . . . . . . . . S ociety E ditor K arl C. S pahr ............ A dvertising M anager 339 Entered As Second Class Matter At The Post Office At Osborn, Ohio FLOWERS FOR THE LIVING / We believe that this community owes a salute of appreciation to Gardner, Luce, Dearie Sender, and Waldo Zeller for the fine work that they have been and are doing with their first aid classes for Fair- field and Osborn. Whether ormot you are a member of the class now in progress at the Recreation Hall on Wednesday nights, or took part in one of the classes last winter, either here or in Xenia that Gardner and Luce taught, you should know o f the time and trouble that these men have gone to for a job that carries nothing more than a sense of having performed a necessary task. They’ve not merely done a job—they’ve done it well, and the contribution that they have made is far beyond any matter of dollars and cents. It must be reckoned in lives saved, in suffering avoided, in injuries ameliorated. At pres­ ent there is a class in excess of one hundred taking the course under Luce and Zeller—men and women, firemen, air raid wardens, police officers, housewives, teachers—from all walks of life, representing a wide variety of occupations. They will find without question that their time is well spent, and though the little slip of paper they will receive at the completion of the course is of no. particular value in it­ self, it will represent a training period that may at some future date pay dividends beyond measure. Maybe that sounds too enthusiastic. We recall, some two years ago, answering a fire alarm call at the junction of North Central Avenue and Route 4. A car had missed the curve on Central and the driver, seeing that Route 4 was barricaded, had cut the wheel just enough that the car had catapulted into the Denny yard, snapped off a utility pole, climbed part way up a tree, and rolled over on its side. As we got there, they were attempting to extricate the driver who was unconscious, and who had been thrown into the 'hack seat from the force of the collision. The car was on its side and it was necessary, or so it appeared, to lift the man straight up, through the open door. He was heavy— over six feet tall, and must have weighed close to two hundred pounds. If you’ve ever tried to lift an inert mass of.that weight, you have some idea of the problem that the would-be rescuers were faced with. But we got hold of him, and by dint of main *t>5BHgth*a'iid awkwardness, and much pulling and hauling, dragged him from the car head first, over the edge of the door frame, and to the stretcher. Why we didn’ t kill him getting him out of the car is beyond ms. Certainly we did everything wrong that we could pos­ sibly do; ‘ * j If you get no more from your first aid course than that fact alone, it will be worth more than the time and effort it requires. I f that man had had a fractured rib or leg or arm, we would have compounded it without a shadow' of a doubt .in the treatment we gave him. If he had had a broken back, well, he would never have lived to tell about that accident. Fortunately for us, and for him, he didn’t. There were enough of us there that we could have put the car back on the wheels while one man steadied the unconscious victim, and once down in a normal position, title problem of removing him safely would have been greatly simplified. We know better now, thanks to Norm Luce last winter and the course he taught us. The normal reaction to an accident is to Want to help <— to think that the first thing is to get the. patient to a doctor. Which isn’t true. The first thing is to see that nothing is done to injure the patient any more titan has already been done. He is far better off stretched out on a robe along the highway, well-covered, than bouncing along in the hack seat of an automobile, on a wild chase for a doctor. Better know some of the elements of shock treatment, some of the simple rudiments of first aid, and of properly lifting an injured person, than to be a hero with a dead man on your hands. Learning those few simple rules may mean the saving of a life — not at all beyond the realm of possibility, not in any sense too enthusiastc. Artificial respiration, bandaging, burns, treatment of the injuries that most of us encounter at one time or another—-it’s worth anyone’s time. May we suggest that a “ thank you” might he appreciated by these men — certainly it’s little enough for what they’ ve given, *Sw3i» ttusciI W in— ■'■’rut A iM — PARDON PS — Well, we see that Don Moore, the Town’s Most Eligible, Bachelor If You Don’t Cure What You Hay, is off on another jaunt. This time toT exas, by way of the Mississippi River and such, down where the. loi\' horns grow. We put in a hint that it would he nice if he would liri'ig us hack one of those skulls with horns attached that you see over dmnvnys in moving pictures, and also that we could use the beef attached if it was available. Somehow the idea didn’t click so good though, Don cracking that we had handed him too many bum steers and why should he give us a good one. Oh well, that’s the way it goes. And we suppose that the next tiling will he a flock of silly postal cards from New Orleans and San Antonio and one place and another with all that “ am having a lovely time, wish you were here” stuff. We hate postal cards, particularly froin muggs wandering around the country on junkets who can’t think of anything better to do. Are you a collector? Must he great stuff—that yen for .gathering in did thimbles and chewing gum Wrappers and one thing and another. Personally we have always had a hankering to collect blondes, 'tut never had much luck in getting our collection started. Nancy, our email daughter, wandered wide-eyed into the house one day last week with the startling information that she and Lizzie Wilson (Elizabeth to you) had been out hunting for a lost dog, and inad­ vertently — quite inadvertently of course had stopped at Lcalicy’ s out on North Central. Of course the fact that Lizzie knew that Mrs. Leahey had a collection of dolls that would leave any youngster open-mouthed with envy, had nothing to do with the call. They were looking for a dog. There was nothing to do, once they had routed Mrs. Leahey out, but to go in and see the collection, and to hear Nancy describe it, it’s nothing short of a crystal palace with everything that a small girl’s heart could desire. She had some story to tell about fleas — we thought at first it was concerned with the missing pup, but it seems that in the collection of rare and curious miniatures, is a pair of fleas, completely dressed, and mounted, as we recall, on pins. You have to look at ’em through a magnifying glass, we understand, but all scratching is strictly on your own— . One of these days we’ll find something within our means, and suited to our rather low mentality, and will we go to town, And the fleas bring up the historic crack in our family. It was years ago,' when Jane was a youngster, and in the course of her studies had to write a sketch on the “Merchant of Venice.” You’ll recall that part of the play where Jessica decides to take leave of Shylock, and donning the old man’s trousers, heads for the Great Open Spaces. Which appeared in Jane’s rewrite version as “ flees in father’s pants.” Not bad. Want Pop Com Anyone having any popcorn that they would like to contribute io a worthy cause can bring it to the Junior Hall during its open hours of 2 o’clock in the afternoon until 5 and again from 7 o’clock in the evening until 12. It. has been sug­ gested that this popcorn be popped in the hall and sold by the sack to the persons who gather there during the recreational period set aside by the Recreation Program of this community. ,-v Mr. Walter A. Gray, of (South Pleasant Ave., left Sunday eve­ ning for a business trip to Buffalo, New York. Named Treasurer Through an error in a previous issue of the Tri-County Herald, the fact was omitted that Mrs, John Swadner has been named as treasurer' of the Village of Fair- field, replacing Bereniece Kinzig Who was elected last November and resigned, following her accept­ ance of a civil service position. Announce Marriage Announcement is being made of the wedding which united Miss Theda Moon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Moon, of near Spring- field, and Mr. Andrew Anson, Jr., in marriage Wednesday evening, Jan. 16, at ,7:30. The ceremony took place in the St, Mark’s Lutheran parsonage with the Rev. P. H. Weihl officiat­ ing. Mr. and Mrs. Paul. Shade, of near Osborn, title brother-in-law and sister of the groom, were the young couple’s attendants, The bride wore a suit of dark green with brown accessories and Mrs. Shade was attired in a dress of navy blue with wine accessories. Mr. Anson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Anson, Sr., of near Wilmington. Both he and Mrs. Anson are employed at Patterson Field. Mr* Anson has recently been assigned to transfer to the Panama Canal Zone. Called To Service Glen R. Johnson, Sr„ who for many years has served at Wright Field in a civilian capacity, was called to active duty and reported on Wednesday of this week, with the rank of Captain. He is at­ tached to the Air Service Com­ mand, and Will continue in his previous.capacity at Wright Field. Entertains Presbyterian Group The Willing Workers’ Class of the Presbyterian Church were welcomed to the home of Mrs. Ora MeColough, of South Maple St., Thursday evening, for their regular meeting. After the busi­ ness session and the evening’s en­ tertainment, refreshments were served to Mrs. Clarence Blind, Mrs, Solon Collins, Mrs, R, W. Fullaway, Mrs. Walter Moore, Mrs. Ida Tipson, Mrs. Joe Copen- hefer, Mrs. Harry Brokering, Mrs. Clifford Leach, Mrs. Fred Bril- mayer, Mrs. Effie Andrews, Mrs. Eva Naragon, and the hostess, Mrs. MeColough, DR. GEO. A . SMITH D E N T I S T . . ■ Hours 9 a.m. to S p.m. Downtown Office M i t c h e l l Bldg^. Over Dow’s Springfield, Ohio PHONE 4061 Day or Night (Come to my residence office,'922 S. Limestone St., Evenings, Sundays and Holidays only.) PUBLIC SALE As the Wabash Cement Co. wishes to remove clay from their Farm No. IS, I will sell at public a u » tion at residence on said farm, situated on State Route 4, one mile east o f Osborn, O., and on east side of Wabash Cement Co. Quarry Tuesday, February 10, 1942 Starting at 12 o ’clock noon 3 HORSES One sorrel gelding, 9 yr. old; one gray mare* 6 yr» old; one bay mare, 6 yr. old. 9 COWS Red cow, 5 yr. old; Red cow, 6 yr. old ; Red cow, 7 yr. old; White cow, 6 yr. old; Roan cow, 6 yr. old; Black cow, 4 yr. old; Guernsey cow, S yr. old; Guern­ sey cow, 4 yr. old; Jersey cow, 9 yr. old. These cows are shipping more than 200 lbs. o f',milk daily beside family use. HOGS 14 Sows bred for April, one boar. SHEEP 20 Shropshire ewes, 1 Shropshire buck* FARM MACHINERY Oliver-70 Tractor with cultivator, 14-in. gang plow and John Deere disk, all 5 yrs. old. Case hayloader, case side delivery rake, Case mower, John Deere corn planter, these almost new. New Idea manure spread­ er, Superior grain drill, Decring grain hinder, 7-ft. cut Dcering com hinder, International mower, Inter­ national tedder, one 14-in. Oliver sulky plow, 2 wagons with ladders, ©ne wagon with box, one-row cultivator, 14-tooth harrow, corn shelter, 2 hog coops, 2 self-feeders, and junk. FEED About 200 bu. corn. About S tons alfalfa hay. HARNESS Set o f breeching harness, bridles, and lines* Terms* Cash. ■ GHAS. M. LAYTON Weikcrt A Gordon, Auctioneers Elmer Beard, Clerk