The Amherst news-times (Amherst, Ohio), 1942-02-13

              New .lHE Amherst IMES VOL XXIV, NUMBER 7 AMHERST, OHIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1942 SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD Rotarians To Hear Of China Republic Melville T. Kennedy, Jr., a former Student Representative to China on the Oberlin-Shansi Fellowship, will be the guest speaker at the meeting of the Rotary club Monday, February 16. Mr. Kennedy will give a colorful account of the Interesting life of China as a Republic. He will tell of its culture and " pl ' ' '; Registration For Blood Donors Set For Friday Registration for blood donors will be made Friday afternoon at Amherst Hospital at 1 p. m. Mrs. A. H. Smith will be in charge of registration. All those who have registered with civilian defense offering blood will have to register again under Red Cross. Donations of blood will be taken at Boone school in Lorain March 2nd. Mobile Blood Bank from Cleveland Chapter Red Cross will come to Lorain on that day. Further Instructions will be given when registering at hospital Friday. progress as well as the valor fihown by the Chinese soldiers and people. Mr. Kennedy has had a wide and varied experience with the Chinese people and with their customs while he was in China In 1938 thru to 1941. While In China he studied one year in Peking and from there went to the Shansl school and then later he Joined the second school in Chin T'ang, Szechwan Province, Free China before returning to the States, Kennedy graduated from University High School, Urbana, 111. in 1934, came to Oberlin the fol lowing year and graduated from Oberlin in 1938. He fs riow spend' ing a year on the Oberlin campus His activities at Oberlin as an undergraduate Includes; President or the Student Council, Men's representative on the Student Council, Class president during his freshman and sophomore, years, member of the Honor Committee during his sophomore and junior years, placed on freshman and sophomore honor lists, won three letters for his work on the versity football line and was a member of several other organizations. With China In the headlines today, Mr. Kennedy will be an appropriate and timely speaker and will be able to give the listening audience a favorable speech of his life in China and of the lives of the Chinese. PICTURES SHOW THE LIFE OF A COLLEGE STUDENT John Bruce Died After Operation Funeral services were held Tuesday for John Bruce, 54, who died in the Amherst hospital Sat urday at 6 p. m. Bruce died at the Amherst hos pital following an illness of several weeks. He leaves his wife, Evelyn Guild Bruce, two sons, John, Jr. and Neil; his mother, Mrs. Jane Bruce of Amherst; two sisters, Mrs. John Coubrough of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Mrs. George Abderholden of Millers-burg; five brothers, George, Thomas, William, Arthur of Amherst and Andrew of Elyrla. Born in Scotland, Mr. Bruce came to America with his parents at the age of six and made his home since that time in Amherst and South Amherst. He was a member of the Stonington Lodge of Masons, Stone City Chapter Eastern Star, Amherst Aerie of Eagles, and the Laymen's Fellow ship of the Congregational church. He had been employed at the Western Automatic in Elyrla for the past 14 years. - Rev. F. E. Eastmen, pastor of the Wakeman Congregational church officiated at the funeral service which was held tn the rr r , i 4iicn runerai xiome. nev. ivi i A. Burris, pastor of the local Methodist church assisted in the service. Burial was held in Crownhill cemetery. ; : Apt; 'LI- --fee f ?r sat . ' ! ' ;.Uaf,i'w fw - - 'n"m "il iia tyJ i i If IK "X 4 1 M 1 U Again Seek Bids For Men 20 Thru 41 Second Hand Engines To Register Mon. For the third time the board of public affairs is advertising for bids for second hand engines for the Amherst light plant. The ad- vertisment has its first insertion ! in this week's issue, and will run again next week. Date for receiving bids is set for February 27th, at 12 o'clock noon, The advertisement this time is the same as in both previous instances, and asks bids for two 625-750 kw t u r b o-generating units; miscellaneous ironwork; surface condenser and equipment; cooling tower and circulating pumps; piping and valves; painting; switchboard and wiring; gas engine driven generator and equipment; coal and ash handling equipment; and all necessary appurtenances. The contracts for which the. bids are asked are known as contracts 2 revised and contract 10. Last week the board was granted an A-2 priority rating from the Office of Production management. This rating set up the local plant as a defense project. Men from the ages of 20 to 44 years inclusive, who have not yet registered in the Amherst vicinity will be compelled to register for possible military service under the provision of the Selective Service Act, it was announced by Lieut. Col. C. W. Goble, State Director of Selective Service. Ladies Open Five Day Celebration RECEIVED WORD OF DEATH Word has been received by Amherst relatives of the death of Mrs. Ralph Werner. Ntrs. Werner died in her home in New Port Richey, Florida, Saturday, January 31. She was formerly Miss Augusta Kuss, a resident of Amherst. Miss Lois Ehlert and Miss Dorothy Berger. will entertain the King's Daughters class Thursday evening. Enrollment In Night School Possible Typing, shorthand, home economics, shop, mathematics, Spanish, chemistry, place geography, history and government are the subjects offered to the folks of Amherst and vicinity In the new night school "refresher course" held in the Amherst high school each week. Tuesday evening at seven o'clock Is the regular time for the Adult school. One or two courses can be taken In an evening It was announced by Supt. Powers and certificates will be Issued to those who complete the courses. Enrollment in the courses is still open. The members of the school faculty are offering their services without compensation as one of their contributions toward the present emergency. Vacation by proxy-' The West Indies By Mrs. F. R. Powers (Cont'd from last week Tho Germaine and the people who lived in the big house that nestled so charmingly among tropical trees had never met before, the time they spent in each other's company passed most pleasantly. The St. Vincent folks were anxious to hear news of the States to be told of the newest books and music. The mistress of the plantation, with the look in her eyes of a woman who admires pretty clothes, but is denied the privilege, temporarily at least, of purchasing them, stroked the colorful print of Ger-malne's dress and said wistfully how pretty It was. ' Following "breakfast" at 12:30 Germalne's hostess showed her ; around her beautiful home and its spacious grounds. Later she was taken for a motor trip tour of the Island. On the leeward . tide she saw the French fort and the leper colony, where ten af- These pictures, taken at Western Reserve University of Henry Edwards show something of the life of a college student. Henry is taking a pre-medical course. In the top picture he is absorbed in the results of an exDeriment in the biology laboratory. Lower left: he is enjoying the privileges of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity during his extra-curricular time on the campus. Lower right: rubbing the fraternity loving cup for luck on an important date. Henry graduated from Amherst high as valedictorian of his class in 1939. Scrap Iron Collected Saturday Will Make Special Valentines For Japs flicted human beings are obliged to live in exile. Royal palms fringe the traveled highways with majestic beauty, and there are acres and acres of growing sugar cane and reddish-brown cocoa pods to be seen. The colorful tropical growths are on the mountain sides and in the valleys, and the government botanical gardens add a note of organized brilliancy to a picture that, to Ger-maine's way of thinking, was the most beautiful presented by any of the Islands she visited. On her way past the French islands of Martinique and Guadalupe the Acadia was compelled to travel under blackout conditionsfor all the world like a woman who must, for a time, put off her necklaces of light to don widow's weeds. On the British Island of Dominica, Germaine and her party traversed more winding highways to ascend to lime plantation (Continued on page four) "Give the Japs a Valentine" is the slogan adopted by the Lorain County Council of American Let ion. The form of the valentines will be scrap' metal which thty will begin collecting Saturday. Local collections will be in charge of Elmer Johnson Post, the local Legion. All legion posts in the country will conduct their drives simultaneously. Scrap iron of all kinds will be collected from every corner of the county. After the collection it will be hauled to a central location where it will be sorted, and then sold at the highest prices available. Proceeds from the sale of the scrap will be used to buy a portable flouroscope and trailer which will be used by the Lorain County Sanatorium for the early discovery of tuberculosis. Should weather conditions Saturday make the collection impos sible, it will be collected on the first day possible after Saturday. All kinds of scrap iron is wanted. Old bed steads, old pipe, parts of machines, motors, old washing machines, in fact any kind of scrap metal will be ac cepted. The flouroscope will aid in keeping up the health on the home front, while the scrap mat-al will be immediately converted into war defense material to protect the American way of living against the invasion of Japs and Nazis. Scrap should be placed at the curb from where it will becollected. Rob't Krieg Wed Los Angeles Girl ATTEND BROTHER'S FUNERAL TUESDAY Mr. and Mrs. William Henes and Mr. anil Mrs. Frank Hagen of Amherst were in Cleveland Tuesday afternoon attending the funeral of William C. Hagen. Mr. Ilagen. a brother of Mrs. Henea and Mr. Hagen, died in Cleveland Saturday following a heart attack. Mr. Hagen had many friends In Amherst. He is survived by his wife and two children, one brother, Frank and two sisters, Mrs. Henes of town and Mrs. Edith Schroeder of Vermilion. Mrs. Schroeder also at tended the funeral. Of interest to the people of Amherst is the announcement of the marriage of Robert Krleg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Krieg of Hazel St. to Miss Ellen Mowse of Los Angeles, Calif. The ceremony was performed Saturday evening at six o'clock In the Amherst Foursquare tiospel church with Rev. D. E. Iluser, j.astor officiating. Mr. and MrB. Otto Bach were the young couple's attendants. The bride wore a navy blue crepe street-length dress trimmed in pink and a hat to match. Her shoulder corsage was of roses and daisies. Music was furnished by Mrs. Peter Becker on the sjIo vox and It Included "Indian Love Call" and "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life". Mr. and Mrs. Krieg are making their home with the groom's parents at the present on Hazel St. A five-day celebration will commence this evening in the Amherst Aerie Eagles home when members gather there in observance of the third annualanniversary. The five-day celebration will open this evening, Thursday, with Ladies' Night being observed and with the ladies taking over. A special initiation with the Cleveland ritualistic team putting on the work will open the evening's program. A large crowd of visiting auxiliaries from all over Northern Ohio is expected. Dancing and lunch will follow the initial ceremony. A get together dance will be held Friday evening in the lodge home. Invitations have been sent to Aeries in District Nine and the surrounding territory for this affair. Saturday evening Fun Nite will be observed in addition to the regular Saturday night entertainment of fish fry and dancing. Initiation night will be held Monday evening. The new class of candidates will be in honor of Secretary Henry Raesler. The lodge has already exceeded its quota of 72 candidates for the fiscal year, and has set 100 candidates as its goal. Judge Finley will be the guest of the Eagles on Tuesday evening, the concluding evening of the anniversary celebration. The Amherst men will register in Attorney J. J. Smythe's office in the Lorain Co. Savings & Trust Building Monday from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m The registration of the individual should require a comparatively short time. The men will not have to fill out questionnaires but will only have to an-rwer nine simple questions. Those nine questions will concern his identity, his place of residence, his mailing address, phone, if any, his ape In years and date of birth, the name and address of the perron who will always know his ad- dress, his employer's name and address and his place of employment or business. All registrants will be given ample time to respond to the questions on the registration card. '-Registration In South Amherst No questionnaires will be given the men when they register on the set day and they will not be required to undergo any physical examination. Questionnaires will be given to registrants after their order numbers have been determined and reached by their local boards. The South Amherst registration will take place in the South Amherst townhall and will be under the direction of Charles Corbett Monday, February 16. Persons from this vicinity who will be unable to register at the set time will be able to register in Oberlin on the 14th or 15tb it was announced by Attorney Smythe today. Trie Jffie limit will Include all men who have become 20 years old on or before December 31, 1941 and those men who have not reached their 45th birthday by the 16th of February, 1942. They must all register. GIVE FAREWELL PARTY FOR DRAFTEE Relatives and friends of John Riddle gathered in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schlbley Saturday evening to honor him with a going away party. Mr. Riddle will leave town soon for induction into the U. S. Army. The group presented him with a cameo ring during the course of the evening. A social time was had with card playing and lunch served. The guest list in- DANCE SATURDAY Victorian Guild of St. Joseph's church will sponsor a public dance Saturday evening at the Spring Valley country club. I eluded: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shaf- Tuesday evening there will be a ! er 8011 Wflyne o Cleveland; Mr. banquet served in the home and 011(1 Mrs- ea W81KW 01 leial members are asked to make res-Corner; Mr. and Mrs. James ervations before tomorrow for'Riddle of E1Jrrla; and m the affair due to the limited EUon Schibley, Mr. and Mrs. Bob seatinB canacitv. A dance will Schibley, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mc- follow the banquet. The Amherst Eagles are urged by the officers to join in the an niversary celebration. SOROSIS MEETING Mrs. Harry Nicholl and Mrs. Phillip Braun will entertain members of the Amherst Sorosis club Thursday evening. The meeting will be held in the home of the former. The Congregational church will hold its annual Father-Son banquet Thursday evening of next week, February 19. Guire, Mr. and Mrs. George Kurth, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Bruce and sons, Miss Helen Kurth, Miss Bernadine Kruse, Charles Stlne-ky, Raymond Hollingsworth, Nel son Riddle, Morris Braun, Howard Messerole, Miss Lois Schib ley, the guest of honor and the hosts. Circle four of the Women's Guild of St. Peter's church met this afternoon in the home of Mrs. Fred Coverdale with Mrs. Mer-vln Schubert assisting as hostess. Circle five was entertained this afternoon In the E. H. Mays home with Mrs. Mays and Mrs. Minnie Brucker the hostesses. 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