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

YELLOWSPRINGS AFRICAN T H E G R E E N E C O U N T Y V j B L IS H IN G CO . RALPH K. SI IUPE, Editoi*'AdverlWn,, Mann,,er. MRS, GLENNA P. FINK AVsf Editor PAUL YOUNKEH, Cor * ,r' JOHN ELLIOTT, lo llo v * S p n ) ijr tSl O h io , Phone v-7VdO. Subscription rin t 0 ............. t’AGE TWO _ YELLOW SPRINGS AMERICAN Thursday, December 17, 1953 ROVIN' Hi//, :% ,{/,/ f/w/m I .. ?2.50 p e r y ea r. 'MSZ Still couldn’t do anything about the weather >. • but folks certainly were talking about Itl . . . The With The Sick Mr William Oates, Walnut fit., who had not been feeling well for some time entered Springfield City “Glad To Be Home” By '‘Eddie" Fooi, (Ed. note . . . Mr. Foos and Mr. J. Dean Pcmine have Just returned HarrjjjHackett* Local Civic Leader, Passes Away At Age Of 75 Hospital last Wednesday for obser- from a two months trip abroad- We 1 vatlon. There It was found that he " ,in t vn" u’" ’ K,r pw’’e H,n"” ■ I. D O N ’T BE A N T I - SO C IA L had dormant typhoid fever, which, we are told Is not contagious. Mr. Oates expects to be home this week unless complications develop. Catherine lleatty, 13, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. William Beatty, Day- ton St„ who entered Greene Mem- usual quota or traffic accidents a t­ tributable to slippery lilwuys or careless drivers or both . . . True enough we can't do anything about or'a^ Hospital, Xenia, last week ioi the weather except talk about I t . . . tt K>n»l»«?Wroy, returned to her Tho w h o le coun try -aide is a g lo w w ith C h ristm as | but , . . everyone CAN be careful l>ome Sunday, M’r Richard E, Fulton, Jackso* Rd,( has returned homo after sev- docovutions; tlte iiltie Kiddies a r e nope fu lly w riting u ie ir letters to S an ta Claus, and sw e e th e a rts ' a re h in tin g while want to lose any or our readers And on account of we don’t U iuy, to o , n r e h o p in g . A sid e ir o m its r e lig io u s tin p lic a - DO be ca r e fu l i . . . And now you m l dMfs RPc,,t h» Miami valley tjo n s , th e lig h ts a n a tre e s , th e sc rinv le* ! ” u e e i t S u N tA " .know there .Isn't a mere shadow of HosJ)!tnl‘ Dayton, for surgery, n o te s , tn e g if ts so c a r e t u i i y w r a p p e d it*.* lo v e d o n e s a n d |a mercenary streak in us, th e h a p p y l a u g r u e r o t c h ild r e n m e th e w o n d e r f u l th in g !''), a b o u t U h n s tm a s . b u t , a m o n g s om e p e o p le , t n e r e is a n o u v e r i • om in o u s ly u n p l e a s a n t p h a s e o f t n m i n u s o b s e r v a n c e . j s ig n s o f t h e s e a s o n : . . . F o r th e s e f o lk , C h r is tm a s m e a n s a r o u n d o f d r in k in g , j oeniai jack Alexander . . the big I n s o f a r a s y o u r e d ito r is c o n c e r n e d , d r i n k i n g is a q u e s tio n ^ lumber and inilhvork m an’. . . hand- to b e d e te rm in e d by e a c h in d iv id u a l, ilow v e v o r, u n n k i n g ,ng out caien(Jai.H whlch,„ „..lkp a n d d r iv in g is a n o t h e r m a tte r , in d e e d . C r o w d e d a n d s l i p - 1 , p e ry h ighw ay s to be expected d u rin g th is ho liday Season 1w cy;i heart fluttcr and cause the m ake d runk en d riv ing su ic ida l, b u n w o rse, t h e d ru n k e n i most hardened bachelor to dream d riv e r is a m enace to all o th e r m o to rists, O n e flick o f t h a t j . at least ensuahy . . . 0f that s te e rin g wheol and a d ru n k en d r iv e r can s n u ff ou t th e V|p»-oovcre<i cottage . . the natter Iilo o i a ch ild u u i ot. th e joy ot liv ing ; no c a n slash sc a rs ! ' * on the face of a lovely girl wh ich w iu pcite i r a t e pe rm an - j , , tcet ' ' ’ and a spouse. to en tly into h e r h e a rt or .he can d isa b le tho b r e a dw in n e r o f i , ,m our' whe" he comes in late a fam ily . No one w an ts his d rin k in g t o b ring a n y of th ese 1 ™ni a “lodKe" meeting . . . no tra g ic consequences. .kidding , . tho . . . the calendars So . . . if you d rink , don ’t d riv e . If you a c tu a lly s u ffe r j° f.,_,Yell0''t! Sprlngs Lumber have from su icidal impulses, use a rope, a high b ridg e o r a j y 1 0 ■y nar.v » landscape ch e ap gun. N ever hav ing comm itted su icide, we o f fe r n o ! ' , a scnes of cl°SBOnc sood specific recomm enda tion , b u t, please,, d o n ’t use yo u r au to-1 ,, I1g homcs • ■• apparently in the mobile fo r t h a t pu rpo se by d ru n k e n driv ing . If you in sist i mcd um Price n' nec • • ■lf there is on d runk en ly comm itting su icide, don ’t i*e an ti-soc ial Isuch a “ 'mg in prices nowadays . . . about it, and mar the happiness of Innocent people. ,Mrs- GIeilI'a Fi»k sending in a story thanking her next door nelgh- frr."TT"~i*■■-■ e a u a s . - l , ' ----- - *.-—j —* ■,. 1bor . . . Bill Brannum . . . for shoveling snow off her sidewall: , The rust was knocked off a lot of shovels when th a t soft, cold, white'over $000 being cleared from the stuff fell . . , and there should have project. been a noticeable increase in sales The tea table proved to be a of liniment for creaking joints and boon to the busy shoppers I t gave aching backs . . . No reports yet one a chanee for a quiet chat with tills week from the ‘‘Barber Shop old and new friends alike. The hot think you will enjoy Mr Foots report just as he gave it to us-) 1 Left here (Yellow Springs) Oc­ tober 6 — sailed October 8, First stop, England, There, conditions ate still fairly austere and food hot very tasty. Trip to straiford-on-Avon, Shakes|>eare’s country. The thing mast noticeable about England and all countries of Europe St that they are go tradition ridden. They do things now the way they have for centuries, JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE DONE THAT WAY for cen­ turies. Next France . . . Our first cxperl- Mr. Lawrence Bittner, Fairfield , cnce with a foreign language. We ' had trouble ordering food in Paris With a.BuOkeye In Congress... ■r CLARENCE J. MOWN m « o » «e cwiwm , nk_ou> tw rM _ The Supreme Court spent last week In listening to arguments of cases involving the constitutionality of segregated schools iu the Dis­ trict of Columbia and various States. Plaintiffs contended that, under the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution, segregated schools arc illegal, and requested the court to issue au order prohibiting ^ l e g a ­ tion. The Attorney General of the United Slates, Attorneys General of the various States, and a large array of other outstanding lawyers participated in the Supreme Court arguments. • # ■ ■ * * * ■ * * • A number of representatives of the CIO Ixicat Unions from Springfield and the Seventh District were In Washington last week to attend a conference with Labor Secretary Mitchell and other Administration leaders. Unemployment compensation mnttci’j, and plan* to meet a n y ' drop In employment, were under discussion. The number of workers drawing unemployment compensation benefits has gone up sharply in recent weeks. The ‘Ohio Union offlclnls reported an increase in '"unemployment In the Springfield area is beglnnig to cause concern, Korean veterans, to whom the Federal Government gave free o: charge $10,000 life Insurance coverage when they rntered service, hflvr the right to covert their policies to 5-year term Insurance a t an* time within 120 days after discharge, and to renew them nt 5-yenr Inter­ vals, Such new policies pay no dividends, build up no cash value, and have no loan value, but do provide life insurance protection, payabb to beneficiaries after the death of the Insured, a t very low rales — $3IJ0 per year for a $ 10,000 policy on a 23-year old veteran The rates increase slightly as the veteran becomes older- « * ♦ * The Morgenthiiti Plan for post-war Germany, which 1» now under discussion In connection with the Harry Dexter White case contained U provisions which may be worhy repeating here: (l) Ro* educOermany to a pastoral state or small farmers; <2) Wipe out the country’s armament Industry; <3) Remove or destroy all o th f heavy Industries; (4' Strip the Ruhr of industry, close its mines, m .y . It an international zone; (5> Transfer border areas to Invaded countries; <fl) Distribute seized industries among the Allies; (7) Use forced German labor in oilier countries; 18) Confiscate all German assets abroad; <B) Break up big .German estates to create small farms; (10) Partition Germany Into two loose federations of slates; and (ID Withdraw U.8. troops, leaving Germany to be policed by European troops, many of them from Communist-controlled countries- . • 0 * * A man-led couple, with no dependents, having a $3,000 net Income in 1053, must pay a Federal Income tax thereon of $393(30. Udder the new tax reduction, which becomes effective December 3lsl. the 1884 tax on the same $3,000 net income will be reduced to $360 00. Such a couple, wlih a net Income of $5,000, will pay 843.60 In income this year, and only $76000 next year. Those having net incomes of $10,000 will pay $2104 00 tax thereon this year, bnd $1,888.00 next year. So, Individual income laves will average between 10 and U percent lower in 1954 than in 1953 oil net incomes below $25,000, and about I percent on incomes In the higher brackets. Pike, who suffered a heart attack last Thursday morning, 1;> improv­ ing slowly ni his home. Mrs Maymc Anderson. Xenia Ave,, has been confined to her home for several days with the flu, Mr, Edmund Churchill, Center College S t, returned to work last week after receiving treatment a t a Columbus Hospital . Mr. Rod Everman, Jackson Rd., fell against a barbed wire fence while hunting two weeks ago, tear­ ing open the palm of his hand, His hand Is almost healed and he ex­ pects to be able to shoot his bow again this week. Mr. Samuel caupp of Grinned Road has been confined to Spring- field City Hospital for the past ten days. He has been undergoing tests and X-ray examinations. PRESBY BAZAAR A SUCCESS^. The Presbyterian Holiday Bazaar from all standards, was a success, Frost” . . , office duties and icy roads kept our rovin’ to a minimum GOOD CITIZENSHIP DEPT, , ■ • Good Citizen “Doc" Clydt Adams calls our attention to n fea­ ture in the current "Reader’s Di­ gest’’ , , . ‘Tis by Dean Alfangt do-nuts, made on the spot, sold Just like hot cakes. The Arts and Crafts aooth was a Joy to the eye as well is the rest of the booths. The committee in charge wish to thank all who helped as well as the shoppers who came, -«• • "Chuck” Loe, son of Mr and Mrt Edwin Loe of the Dayton Pike, cele Community Christmas Free And Sing The Arts Association and the Presbyterian Church have collabor­ ated in erecting and decorating the Christmas tree on the church lawn evening, December 23 a t 7 pm. Mrs. Edwin Loe and Mrs. Ernest Morgan have been active in planning the affair. The group singing will be Jed by Mr. f a l t e r Anderson of Antioch College. The Youth Groups or Urn Methodist and Presbyterian Churches are expected io be there R should be required rending for bra ted his seventh birthday, Wed veryonc . . . even those among the nesdny, wltli a dinner party, ■egg-hends” who think (if there arc any) . . surely there are a few among the ‘‘liberals,’’ “pinks," jnd ‘’socialists” who can be sai- nged and ‘’re-built” into good itizensl , . The Alfangc "poetry .n prose" should do them good and telp them, tool STUFF Si SUCH; . . Another iance a t the Legion Hall . . . Day- .on S t . . . Saturday nilo . . That vent Is on our list of "things to do " . - Sixty-two young people from -»recne Co are students this fall I n ! thirteen schools which are mem-1 oers of the OJiio Foundation o f ! .ndependent Colleges, of which intioch is a member . . . . As a liember of the “Society of Helpless Bachelors" we had to turn down offer of Charlie McFarland . . . big Xenia auto salesman who’s now giving away needles to them as can use ’em. —*» TRITE BUT TRUE; Be Careful . . . . The Life You Save May Be Your Own, until we found a place that sold American Hamburgers. We went on a night club tour nnd |uid quite a time. I got kissed (on the forehead) by one of the entertainers! Next Nice, by bus, with an English i speaking hostess to explain things along the way. Nice was very pic­ turesque. Then on down into Italy. Spent a night each a i Genoa, Florence, Rome (three nights), Naples and Alenrno. Then (for me) the high point of the trip - the Island of Capri with Its Blue Grotto and its air lift to the top of the mountain and the highest point on the Island. Switzerland came next, which was a disappointment, as there were no winter sports at all. In fact, there were no tourists a t all, Then Germany, where things were cheap - especially in the Army run eating places where we were not supposed to go, but which they almost forced us to use by cashing my travelers' checks in script which Is good only a t those places. A Swiss-stcnk dinner with drink niv.1 desert -50c! (Dick and Tom’s take note). We bought some souvenirs to bring home. Then on to South Hampton and home on the same boat on which we had crossed. The trip home was a Harry I,. Hackelt, 75, ffnr. postmaslcr at Yellow Springs us; i onc-tlrne clerk of that viiHju\ ds i Sunday at 12:30 a. m. at h's at 324 Elm St. In Yellow Sp.m/s He had been in failing health seven years, Mr. Hackett served as postmas­ ter from 1933 until .1939 and was village clerk ior 36 years, retiring in 1947. He was active In Democra­ tic circles and for a number rt years represented Yellow Spring:; on the Greene County Democratic .Central Committee. He retired from active participation in poli­ tics and business n few years ago when his health failed, t The son of James and Ellen 'Cavanaugh Hackett, he was born nt Clifton Sept. 13, 1878 nnd had resided In Yellow Springs since ■ 1899, He operated a hardware store, on Dayton St. in Yellow Spring:; for 25 years. Mr, llackeit was a | member of Si, Paul’s Catholic j Church in Yellow Springs, the Holy • Name Society of that church nr,d;. Knights of Columbus. | Survivors include his widow, Mrs. > Lottie Loe Hackett: five sons. i Ralph I., Harold J. and Howard j W., all of Yellow Springs; John Roger of Middletown and Paul Ed­ ward of London; 10 grandchildren; two brothers, William of Dnylon, . .. . r . and Joseph of Fairborn; a sister, 1 ^ ,. r _ Mrs, Catherine Minoguc of Spring- D i • O U lllc iJ f i n Dominican Republic Dr. Lester W. Sontag, director of HARRY L. HACKETT . . . dies at 75 field and a number of nieces and nephews. Requiem mass will be said Wed­ nesday a t 9 a, m. at St. Paul’s Church with Rev. John J. Antony as celebrant. Burial will be In St. Paul's Cemetery, The body was to be taken Monday at 4 p, m, from Yoder Memorial Home in Yellow Springs to the Hackett home where friends may call. Services will be conducted by St. Paul's Rosary Society at the Hackett home Tues­ day at 8 p .m . Party For Charles Shelhibarger he Fcts Research Institute, An- ,ch College, Is atending the First ’f'.nv.,uncan Congress of Psychol- y which opened December 10 at u.iad Tiujello, Dominican Repu- 3llC. As United Stales delegate to tho ongrc.,3, Dr Sontag will present paper on “Personality ns a De­ terminant of Blnct Performance." The conference, sponsored by the IiUernmerlcan Society of Psychol­ ogy, If! scheduled through Decem­ ber 20. Dr. Sontag, accompanied by his wife and son, left by air Dec. 7 Mr .and Mrs- Robert Acton, Jr Fairfield Rd., entertained with party in their home Monday even- *for the Dominican Republic, tng for Charles Shclinbargcr, 14. of | little rough but apart from our suit- j near E"on. Charles has been in a > cases all coming out from Under our body east for several weeks, due to* bunks and sailing across the room, a pelvic injury In a tractor accident ! Ten of his classmates enjoyed game*; > during Hie evening and Charier; r e - . ceived several Christmas present:.. I (Ice cream and cake were served U the group. I Charles is the*son of Mr Newton Shellabarger and the late Mso.i Shellnbargcr of near Enon ! It was an uneventful trip. Home December 10, and It was really good to get home. Mrs, Belle Bachracli of Plymouth, O , visited her daughter and son-in- law, Mr. and Mrs, Leo Hughes and family for a week during Thanks­ giving holidays. 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