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

Sugar Creek Wood Bridge To Be Discarded Soon * An old familiar l a n d mi vr k of Greene County l»u* boon marked for early replacement, according to the latent word” from the State High­ way Department. A contract 1# to. be awarded this month for the sub­ stitution of a modern steel and con­ crete structure for the wo o d e n bridge spanning the Little Miami River on Slate Route 785, in Sugar Creek Township. If a contract in awarded, the Work will begin os soon as the ne­ cessary materials are requisitioned. The new structure will be a con­ tinuous steel girder b r i d g e ‘With concrete deck and substructure.- The approaches t. the bridge will be Improved by widening and re­ surfacing, and the entire p r o j e c t will be .00 mile, • Ohio Is still known as the “Cov­ ered Bridge State of America,*’ and claims ownership of over one- fourth of the total number of cov­ ered bridges la (he country, Still In service In the eight counties in the division are seven wooden bridges, and some others are in thu county road systems.. Ready for discard are one on State Route 722, in Butler County, and the one on State Route 725. In Greene County, The bridge in But­ ler County la being retained nml transferred to the county, to be preserved ns an historical exhibit, The replacement for this bridge Is nearing completion and will be ready for traffic this year. Last year saw the replacement of anoth­ er wooden bridge or. State Route 723, in Preble County “Those wooden b r i d g e s served Well before present traffic condi­ tions," said J. S. Paxton. Division Engineer. "They were staunch and well engineered, strength being due Mrs. Rose To Go To Sorori Convention ’ATHr- , , GIFTS for DAD be J£i dirPOTHER'SDOT JUNE 21 k ?S TU C K ? Lei Us Suggest These; FISHING HODS,, REELS GARDEN TOOLS PROTO TOOLS . FARM TOOLS K B S SALES & SERVICE, INC. - APPLIANCES—HARDWARE--GARASS John Deere Farm Implements General Repair Service IOS Dayton St. Dial 7- * Yellow Springs Jamestown —— * Mrs. Blwood Rose, 24 E. Wash­ ington, Jamestown, will attend $he 23rd national convention of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority at the Essex and Sussex Hotel, Spring L a k e Beach, N. J„ June 20-30. Mrs, Rose is editor of the ’'Triangle,*' official sorority magazine, and will edit the “Angle” the convention newspaper. The convention will bring togeth­ er delegates from the 85 college and 105 alumnae chapters of Trl Sigma for discussion and business meet­ ings. Two formal banquets, a beach picnic, Installation of national offi­ cers, presentation of the Mabel Lee Walton Leadership award to the the Emily Gates Achievement A* ward to the outstanding alumna will be highlights of the convention sessions. Founded in 1898 for benevdlcnt purposes and the continuance of friendships, Tri Sigma holds a na­ tional convention every three years. The 1950 convention was held at the Edgewater Bench Hotel, Chicago. "Sigmas Serve Children" is the main theme of the sorority's serv­ ice program. The major project is the Robbie Page Memorial Fund for.Polio Research, The John Ran­ dolph L i b r a r y and the Endicott School in rural Virginia arc other social service projects of Tri Sig­ ma. Implement Shields Protect Operators The best shield that can be made gives no protection if it Is not used says the National Safety Council. , When clothing merely flops tt- gainst a revolving shaft or coup­ ling, an operator may tie mangled Instantly. In spite of repeated Warnings many farmers still fall to keep shields In place. Recently, manufacturers h a v e been equipping power driven Imple­ ments With non-removable power take-off shields. This helps pro­ tect operators against their own carelessness. Yellow SprioKo American Jnmrxtu.v,, Journal O ttarvllle llrrnlil OlIKISSfK H tf iw w ® 00* Thursday, dune 18 Rage I Ohio Army Worm Invasion Is Worse Than In Decade Ohio is experiencing the worst army worm i n v a s i o n in 10 years says T, H, Barks, extension en­ tomologist at Ohio State Univer­ sity. Parks' first reports came from six counties in the southern half of { the state, Five days later, 24 coun­ ties had reported army worm dam­ age to small grain and the invaders had moved as far northeast as Tus­ carawas County, The outbreak probably will con­ tinue t h r o u g h most of June* “Those worms that survive by the end of June will be killed by parasitic Insects,” Barks say*, Too few will survive to do much damage later in the summer. to u heavy arch or truss made of interlocking, thick planks usually fastened With wooden pins/’1 Sharp Increases In the costs of j maintenance, especially for lum­ ber and labor, were Influences which are speeding up the re­ placement of the covered bridge in Southwestern Ohio, I: •»i* Elr w i i e * # Meals Any Hour «f tine Dav hu&zliiig hleaks JD' s: m m Service Open f Dtty# A Week # a* til I ii* in* f%m P l f V p i l l A V M r mm -1 | Xenia Ava« Yellow Springs Care-free COMFORT , You can enjoy that ‘ainffta , ^ h "not a core in Iho world’ feeiing when your homo is equipped with a WILLIAMSON Gas-fired, warm-air heating system. 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