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

THE I L L AM ER ICAN .VOLUME 1— NO. 9 YELLOW SPRINGS, OHIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1953 Wheat Allotment (1st IX A SERIES) Wall Squires, Village Barber, Sees Crossection O f Human Nature In Job Si i Decision Made To Buy Equipment For Both Yellow Springs Schools YELLOW SPRINGS — Now eq­ uipment will be purchased for both the elementary and high school, it was decided at the special Miami Township School Board meeting held Aug. 6. For the high school, 15 new steel coat lockers will he purchas­ ed, and the gymnasium will be painted and will have new light­ ing fixtures installed. The stage’s curtains are to be cleaned, and aecoustieal tile will fee installed in five class rooms. Window screens will bo installed in several windows of the elemen­ tary school, for whch a rolling pro­ jector table, DaLlte screen, kitchen dish wagon, beam scale and six li­ brary' tables also will be prehased. The appropriation for all the purchases, which util come frim the recent sale of the grade school to Ralph Oster, Is esti­ mated approximately S3.02S.50 Twelve Cases Heard Wednesday In Session O f Mayor’ s Court ■' * ,_<■ -a -.4- e k • V* % l'ELLOW SPRINGS — Putting the finishing touche# on One of his litany customers is W. W. ‘‘Walt'’ Squires, well-known Fellow Springs barber* Walt also has numerous out-of-town customers. (Photograph by*Marvin Blosser of Bahnscn Studio, Yellow Springs). by Alls Anthony' Yellow Springs—“Who’s the new family moving In up the street?” “How did that woman break het arm?” “Why hasn’t It rained?” Who's running for mayor next time?” These are but a few typical sam­ ples of questions dally put to Bar­ ber W, W. “Walt" Squires, a Yel­ low Springs fixture for more than 20 years. “Because I’m a barber, they think I know all the answers/' he says. Walt, who came to the tillage In December, 1929, first trimmed the hair and shaved the beards of the male citizenry In a shop loc­ ated In the Old Tin Building. Later, the site was changed to the Gegncr Shop, and In 19S6, Watt started to occupy his cur­ rent location In the Log Cabin on Xenia Ave, Although his average day now Is. over 10 hours (he formerly worked a 14 to 15 hour day), the work of a barber is relieved of monotony by the many anecdotes afforded by ns many customers. For example, Walt remembers that a late, beloved vil* •ge resident one had to leave his shop without his shave—he had neglected to specify the service he wanted of Walt, who by dint of habit starts snipping away at un- trlmmed hair the minute a customer I m m I OES Picnic S laM F t r Friday YELLOW SPRINGS — The an­ nual picnic of Antioch Chapter, O ES, will take place at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Howard Kahoc, Hyde Park rd. Those planning to attend are ask- Mbasket lunch. Coffee v jS S ^ P a tn will be furnished. occupies a chair. Thus this custo­ mer returned wearing a skullcap. And Walt also recalls clipping the hair of ft man Who had sus­ tained a cut on his chin before coming to the barber shop. Walt lost a subsequent customer Who thought he had Caused the first customer to bleed because o f a slip of the razor, in his barber shop, which cur­ rently Is open from 8 a, m. to 6 p, m. weekdays except for half-days on Wednesdays, Wait has seen youngsters have their first hair­ cuts, served them throughout the years, and repeated the emotion­ ally stormy ordeal of the first hair­ cut for their young sons, "A num­ ber of parents actually film movies of their child’s first haircut,’* he maintains. Although Walt's clientele Is comprised mostly of men and boys, lie also has a few' women customers who prefer (he old- fashioned shingle-bob, and has nltvnys given little girls n “Dutch Boy" bob, especially his own daughters, now grown-up Into Miss Wilma Squires and Mrs. Itolrert Diincvaittr Floral and vegetable gardening Is the chief hobby of Walt) who has been married to Mrs. Clara Squires for nearly 28 years. The Squires are members of the Yellow' Springs Methodist Church, where Wait serv­ ed on the official board for the past several years. At one time, when Waif was a member of the village council’s police committee, he was instru­ mental in organising the Yellow Springs Schoolboy Patrol. Ife also was a subject in a movie taken by an Antioch College student dur­ ing World War II which depicted scenes in a typical American small-town, YELLOW SPRINGS — The cases of five men arrested Aug. 5 for dis­ orderly conduct In the Hilltop Cafe were tried In Wednesday’s session Of Mayor’s Court by Leo F, Hughes, village mayor. Also on the docket were four traf­ fic violation eases,' one other dis­ orderly conduct case and two drunk and disorderly conduct cases. Arrested Aug. 5 In the Hilltop Ca­ fe fracas were John D» Greene, 20, of 60S State st,, Hobert, Ind., who also resisted arrest; Leroy Kinney, lMtJ7TL?Torrnan Turner, 10, of 132 Walnut st., Cincinnati; John J, Jackson, 20 , of 14 S. Center at,; Klngwood, W. Va., and Vaughn Pleasant, is, address unknown, Each posted $25 bond. Green also posted $80 bond on resisting arrest. On Sun., Aug, S, Robert C. Ford 27, of Michigan City, Ind., was char­ ged with reckless operation, while two companions, Jack E, Tague, 21 of the DeSoto Hotel, Mansfield, and Marshall D. Amos, 19, of 611 Eighth st., S. E. Cedar Rapids, la., were charged with operating without a license and disorderly conduct, res­ pectively. Each posted $25 bond and were released from the Greene Co. Jail, Also on Sunday, Lola Harrison, 32, of Fairborn, was arrested for operating without a license. She was driving the car of a companion, John Barker, 38, of Clifton, who was booked on a charge of drunk- ..___ taken County Jail and each posted $25 bond* On Saturday, police arrested Ste­ phen Diamond, 22, of Antioch Col­ lege, for disregarding a stop sign, and Walter S, Lee, 18, o f 18 E. Ad­ ams st., Jamestown, for drunken­ ness and disorderly conduct in front nf the Hilltop Cafe. Lee posted $25 bond and was released from Greene County Jaii. William Barr To Serve Abroad Another Year! Parents Return YELLOW SPRINGS — Cpl, Wil­ liam Barr, son o f Mr, and Mrs, Ira Friendly Gardeners Family Plante It Slated This Friday YELLOW SPRINGS A family picnic and outdoor meet Ing of the Friendly Gardeners Club will be held at the home o f Mrs. Wilfred Routzong, Hilt Road, on Friday at 6 p.m. Devotions will be conducted by Mrs, Lester siden- stlck. The roll call members are asked to bring any of the following: blos­ soms, flood pods, fruits and veget­ ables, for arrangements to be made by the members from the roll call materials, Guests will be club member! and families, iged iewartville Wemeii Dies Mrs, Clara Beal, 93, widow of D, E. Beal, died last Friday morning at the Duke Rest Home in Bowers- vllje where Bhc had resided seven years, She was the daughter of Charles and Sarah Carpenter Thomas, Survlvlors Include one sister Mrs. J, P. Reeves of Three Lakes, Wfs., and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Mon­ day at 2 p.m. at Port William Met­ hodist Church. Burial was in Port William Cemetery. ................. Barr will Serve In Europe With the U, S, Army for another year. He has been there this last year, Ills address Is RA 15459506, 7808 USAREUR Dct, APd 757 c/o Post­ master, New York, N, Y, Mr, and Mrs, Ira Barr o f 321 Xenia av, returned Saturday by plane from a three weeks1vacation In Europe, where they also visited their son. They traveled Inf Belgium, Germany Switzerland and Austria by plane, train, car and bus. The Barr« also visited R, R< Adams (Jane Wolford) who lives near Kronberg, near Frankfort, Germany, and the Kurt Kncchtfl family at Ludwigsburg, near Stut­ tgart, Germany, Mr, Kncehls is a brother of Waller Kncchts of Shaw­ nee dr, Xenia Nursing Softool To Admit New Class CEDARVILLE — The Xenia School of Practical Nursing will ad­ mit a new class on Monday, Sept­ ember 28, 1953. The course covers twelve months of combined class­ room teaching and supervised hos­ pital experience. For information, call or write to Co-Ordinate Miss Louise Schroedcr, Xenia School of Practical Nursing Greene Memorial Hospital, Xenia. Obip.. . . . . . . , . Friday Polls Will Be : Open From 8 a,m. To 5 p.m. Friday YELLOW SPRINGS — Eligible Greene County farmers will vote on the wheat allotment referendum Friday ip each Of the 12 townships. If the referendum Is passed, eligi- ablc farmers will either plant other grain on the acreage, which might exceed that which they are allotted for wheat planting, store the excess wheat off the market, or pay ft pen­ alty of approximately $1.10 per bu­ shel of excess wheat, Farmers eligible for voting on the issue arc those having a share interest in the 1954 Wheat crop on which that allotment 1# more than 15 acres, or on which lie will plant m o r e than 15 acres next year, Tiie referendum was discussed Monday by the f a r m e r s , B, A. Drake, Greene County agricultural extension agent; Joseph B. Mason, chairman of the Greene C o u n t y Products and Marketing Commit­ tee, Roy Stonebergor and R o s e o o Turner, Poll# wilt be open from 8 A M. to 5 P. lit, Friday in the foilow- «s A. Darner In charge; Beaver­ creek Township — Vo-Ag Room, Beavercreek High School, Darrell Cacear- ereek •Township — Cncsarcreek ing place#: Bath T o w n s h i p — Township House, Fairborn, Thoni- Consnlidntcri School Building, B. Paul Middleton In charge; (Vdar- Villc Township — Trustee office, Edgar IL Little lit charge. Jefferson Township — Trustee of­ fice In Bowersviiic Fire Department B u i l d i n g , Wayne L. Turner in charge; Miami Township — town­ ship room In Yellow Springs Opera House, Robert Beatty In charge; New Jasper Township — township house, Thurman Tldd In charge. Ross Township ,—*■ Township house, Robert Ritennur In charge; Silvercreek Township — trustee office In Jamestown, Carrol W, Clcmmer in charge; Spring Valley Township — township room in Spring Valley, Paul T. Kyne in charge; Sugar Creek Township—■ township hall 1ft Bellbrook, Paul R, Thomas lit charge, and Xrolft Township — County PMA office, Abler J, Early lit charges, Farmers r e c e i v e d their nllctt- meiits In the mail this week* sees-fri. ■!, .■Bfc.oac . |—j— g f l y -- -ff, Prubytarian foutli Fellawahip Parly 0 * fluguat 15 YELLOW SPRINGS The Vtat- bytertnn Junior High Youth Fel­ lowship Is having a party for the members of the Presbyterian and Methidlst Junior High groups Sat­ urday at 8 p. m. The party will be held fit the Presbyterian Church, F, Fay* Flukt i Still Registrar YELLOW SPRINGS — F. Fayo Fluke, Yellow Springs notary pub­ lic, this week received! his current commission to serve as deputy reg­ istrar for the sale of second renew­ al of three year drivers licenses be­ ginning Sept. 1 and extending through Sept. 30, 1954. R. E. Foley, state registrar of the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles is­ sued the commission.