The Yellow Springs American, Volume 1, Numbers 1-22

T H E Volume 1— No. 8 A M E R IC A N YELLOW SPRINGS, OHIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1953 IS IN FU L L SWI NG Legion Fair Plans Are Made 4th Annual Event Will Be Held Here On September 10, II and 12th YELLOW SPRINGS-The fourth annua! American Legion fair will he held Sept. JO, 11 and 12 by Thomas Edwin Bailey Post No. 637. The location is to be announced lat­ er. The fair will include various ex­ hibits, merchant displays, rides, games and contests. Refreshments will be available and a ‘Tree Act” will take place daily. Ribbons will be given to first, scc- tfome canned food: Best jar green beans, jelly, tomatoes, peach­ es. Painting and drawing: Best oil painting, water-color, black and white drawing cartoon. Amateur photography: Best black and white, tinted and color (not tinted), All entries must be mount­ ed for hanging). Household arts: Handmade rugs •hooked, braided, etc.); feed sack owl awl third place winners and j fashions <curtains, aprons, ote.), two-dollar cash awards for each Croche ting Uniting (sweaters, socks first prize in the following listed infants' wear); quilts. categories: Agriculture: Best 10 ears corn; largest car corn; tallest stall: corn; best peel: wheat; largest tomato (by weight); best plate of potatoes (five to platet; best plate of toma­ toes Hive to plate) ; best peel: shell­ ed corn. Flowers: Most attractive flower arrangement; large zinia; largo marigold; hybrid tea rose; chrysan­ themum, large dahlia, aster, ghtdi* ola. Exhibitors of single flowers must furnish containers (fruit jars or pop bottles). Hobble*: Prizes will be given for the most outstanding and the most original <ollctlSon, stamps, coins, buttons, etc. The finest antique ex­ hibit and the best handicraft ex­ hibit (e. g. model airplanes, wood­ working, etc.) also will receive a- wimls. Baked goods: Best one and two crust pies, best angel food, devil's food and white cakes, and best of loaf of bread. Entry blanks which must he submitted With each entry and tie presented with each exhibit* may be obtained from Yellow Springs merchants. Any person may en­ ter as many exhibits ns desired, Judging Will begin a t 8 P . M , Thursday, Sept, 10, and the identity of exhibitors will be secret until the judging Is finished. The de­ cision of the judges will be final in alt cases# Exhibits must be put on dis­ play at the F air between tl A, M. and 6 1\ M., Sept. 10, and must be removed by 1(11*. M., Saturday Soph 12, Guards Will be employed throughout the entire time of the Fair. 3fr, and S in , John F, Bittner and | Sir, Frank Haiehin of family, 2!5 \V. Whiteman S t. Mrs,: fa., visited last week end in the John ,t. Bittner, Itt. 1, and Mr, and Ihome of his brother, John Haiehin, Mm, Jerome t'llirmin and family of j Yellow Springs school aiipcrinten- Springfield spent last Thursday a t jldent. Frank is an engineer with the the Columbus Zoo. 1J. I Case Co. in Davenport. 1 A B O U T j P E O P L E , Miss Jean Taylor is spending the week in Higginsville, Mo,, With Mr. and Mrs. E. John Taylor. While there she Is planning to attend the wedding of tier niece, Miss Johanna Taylor of Higginsville, Mo. * * * Mrs, Kingsley Fogg and sons Lar­ ry and Harold, Fairfield, P 1k e, spent last Thursday a n d Friday with Mrs. Fogg’s mother, Mrs. G. E, VanNess of Brookvllle, Ind. On Thursday they attended the Frank­ lin County Fair, Miss Alice ISingle of the White- man St, Apartments is in Boston in­ definitely. She is the nurse emeri­ tus at Antioch. • • * Mis* Elolse Weddle of Xenia vis­ ited recently with Miss Dorothy Bittner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, John Bittner, 218 W. Whiteman St. • Miss Marjorie Cormnck of the Whiteman St. Apartments, is a t her home In New Jersey for two Weeks vacation. She is employed a t NCR in Dayton as a lab technician, * * * Mr, and Mrs. Howard Rice and children have returned to their home In Cincinnati after a weeks visit here with Mr. and Mrs, C. S. Adams, 130 W. Whiteman St, Mm, Rice is the former Jeanne Adams. Mr, and Airs, John F. Bittner, 215 W, Whiteman St., had as Satur­ day evening guests, Mr. and Mrs, Floyd Waugh of Springfield, Mb* Maxine Saunders will return from her vacation on Sunday* Drenching Rains Tuesday Fails To Dampen Spirit O f 114th Exposition by AJis Anthony YELLOW SPRINGS —Heigh Ho! Come to the Fair! Greene County’s fifth annum fair got well under way Tuesday at the Xenia fairgrounds despite drench­ ing afternoon rains, The colorful midway teems with varied exhibits, concessions, amusements and mer- ehantiie displays, while background buildings house i-H, Future Farm­ ers of America, Boy and Girl Scout and Grange exhibits, and animals. L, T. Constable has a number of oil paintings on display in the Homo Arts bldg. He spends HTs sheet music and records, and is giving two daily concerts during the fair — at f and 7 p.m, Floral tapestry is a feature of the 1953 Sesquicentcnnial booth, as is a recent (completed this year) oil of the Greene County Court House by Arthur Robeson Steddom. Old-time pictures are tiling in tile display, and heir­ loom scrapbooks and innuldono rugs also are on exhibit. The Future Farmers of Ann saw are displaying grains, fruits and vegetables in addition to sevtral specimens of field corn, some as vacations .painting at county fairs h ligh ilfi u various Girt » . at s each year, and has produced as Jand Grange groups of the cminty many as 55 oil paiiiting in one day. j ar,. si,owing floral, food and t. x- Mr. Constable maintains that bis.ijj, »J:..pL»y*.', only secret is the board on which 1 he mixes his colors. Speaking of paintings, The Ho­ me Arts btdg, display also feat­ ures a mural approximately two or three yards long, jyhicii,.de­ picts a typical scene along the Ohio river. Super-Imposed on the mural Is a musical scale of the first several measures of “Beau­ tiful Ohio.*’ A feature of the antique ex­ hibit in the Home Arts bldg, la a I rmmy-shapid baby buggy In use] back in 1S78. Also, an old "State o f ! Ohio Agricultural Science Award to Jackson Ballard for a prize filly under three and over two years of , . , . . , , , age" I* on display, together with **»*• f * 1 a Confederate two-dollar bill, baby ,* » * * ‘f Isi*s « t»gnSa Tlie Conservation of Insects Workers display* In the t*H cate­ gory, includes mounted pheasants butterfly.*, tree iden tifiew tIan specimens and stones, in a booth appropriately d e c o r a t e d with evergreen bnmehes. The Girl Seouis also have n display of bird conservation activities, including J bird feeders, mid other i-H show I lugs Include dollihig, matching bedspread $md curtain, food dis­ play*, and outdoor grill, | No fair to complete wdiu t,l a -good crosGcetiosi .of livestock, w tail, ■has been entered in the Gt##. o (.mmty Fair this year, as m f!;e YS Softball Club Loses high chairs over too years old, anti- i tin* poultry chow, while In the rob- qtte china, pewter and glassware combs used to dress the hair and an » UliK,i,:!:A *»* * • } * * * : old gold watch on a chain alsa « d Reds are represented. M.xeei * herds of sheep and cattle also ere .shown. All modern dental equipment f» contained In the Ohio Department shown at the fair under the* an?- pices of the Greene County He atih Department. The* trailer is used for comprise Hie exhibit, Miniature models of early «ute- moblles and ft Wooden caricature of an cariy train, plus titty Wood­ en furniture ftnd ship* In oblong bottles are also being shown In the Home Art# bldg; 1. YELLOW SPRINGS - - The to s t softball tin!) gave ft good account of themselves In the 11)53 Otetttft County ASA double elimination Softball Tournament despite t h e fact that they were eliminated by the Wright-Pattcrson Field crew, 0-2 Wednesday evening. After losing the first, game to the Codarville Progressive C lu b Inst Thursday, 5-0 the locals drop­ ped Into the loser's bracket but still had high hopes of copping the tourney especially after winning two straight in this bracket, the first July 31 from South Charles­ ton — a 13 hmlng affair that they will be talking about for a long time, —and the other from Xenia Lea- bey’s Monday night, 8*1. In last Thursday’s game the lo­ cals wore handcuffed with only two hits by Scott of ‘Ccdarvlllc. Jordan slammed a double in the second and Morgan doubled In the 7th, but neither ono could reach home plate. IThe Winner# scored (itch* five runs |in the third inning on five big hits. fWaktly and Zeller hurled for Yot- jlow Springs, allowing only 7 hits between them, Udrly-sls .strikeouts highlight­ ed Friday's 13-inning, 2-1 vic­ tory over South Charleston, Zel­ ler of i S struck out 20 and Cun­ ningham of the losers whiffed 10 to provide some rent thrills for the large crowd. The winners scored one run in the second and the winning run in the 13th ns the result of Ichiha’s double, a single by Dolwiek and a long fly’ ball by Grole. White tin* locals lilt safely nine limes and South Charleston h a d five binglcs, all hits were widely scattered and there was only otto inning when mote than one hit was collected. This was when YS pushed the winning tally over itt the 13th. Alert infield play by thd winner* in the 8th «fid Sth fe h ln p suited In double plays that hip­ ped potential South tta tie sto h rubles. All lu all, tills 13-inning nip-nnd- tuck, "old-lime softball game’’ rat­ es as one of the best of the entire totirnty, according to many of the spectators. Wnkely was the Winning pitcher in Monday’s win over Leahcy's, Morgan, Shinkie and Ichiba were the big p i s for the locals, collect­ ing seven of the ll-h lt total, Xenia was limited to only 8 hits by Wakc- ' iy, who added to his strikeout total by Whiffing SO*Yellow Springs had Its big inning in the 3rd when six runs were scored on 6 hits, 2 errors, 1 walk, a stolen base by Ichiba. Some folks want security more than opportunity * , , Seems they are more afraid of life than death, Other items itt the same building ^ n ta i theekups and sutvep. t£ include quilts, dollies, handpairited linens, and needlepoint and em­ broidery work. A Xenia music com­ pany has n display of instruments, Bill Nickoson rural atom) where dental ta re , scarce. The Ifailer also has X- ray ; fa: ;Mk a and tt able to do some- t«f» .c u t we dental work. In mo.t in* '.lame-, however, re:Hits of eku- (tai theeknpii are1rant to the* p.u< i IS jol Hit- children exattilr.rd, ftnd ftre referred to private dentists. Forter work In the trailer he.# been dene by Miss Shirky Cnitehfk Id cf Whiling, Ind., post graduate cf public health nursing of Indiana YELLOW SPRING# —Home un­ til Sunday is Cpl, Ralph William -Bill" Nickoson, who arrived la te , University, aftd Mrs. Sylvia Hite#, 1a senior in the Ohio State College of Tuesday to visit his parents, Mr, and Mrs. L. C, Nickoson on King l Nursing. St# | Ohio animals in their natural Tvtettty-twa year old Bill will i habitat make up the Ohio Depart- lenvc for a tour of Overseas duty niter reporting a t Fort Bragg, NT. t\, on Sunday. A member of the Army Reserve Corps., he re­ entered the service Inst March 8, when he was stationed a t Fort Meade Mil. mrnl of Natural Resources di-play ■ Squirrel:!, foxes, racoons, muskrats, pigs, snakes, black bears# chip* ' munks, dter, barred and barn owls, .fish, quail and plieftsant may bo •seen In the exhibit. The Ohio State Department of Highway* also has an exhibit, which consists of maps, charts, pie- \ tur;:s of state road construction amt Glen Cafe Closed YELLOW SPRINGS — Service completed Buckeye highways, and in the Glen Cafe on Xenia Ave.*» itemization of the highway dol- will resume on Aug, 15, The test- Ibr. aurant was closed last Monday to give employes a vacation. The diversified fair also has pony rides as a treat for small fry.