The Amherst news-times (Amherst, Ohio), 1942-04-24

              Pi N - .V'. HE ERST VOL. XXIV, NUMBER 17 AP.HERST, OHIO, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1942 SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD News-Times iniiviJO. Drive For Iron And Rubber To Start This Week , Amherst will begin its drive for the collection of scrap rubber and iron immediately, according to Conrad Zilch, appointed by Mayor John H. Michael as chairman of the rubber and iron division of the conservation committee. Other committee members .to work with Zilch are: Fred TaB-bert, Werner Zilch, Albin Wagner, Charles Kendeigh, Bob Berk and Walter Mischka. ; Zilch said Tuesday that farmers and others with old rubber or Iron to donate to the drive can leave it in the vacant lot behind the Wesbecher Hardware store. All money derived from the sale of the scrap will be used only for local civilian defense. The -urgent need of more money for this purpose has been pointed out on several occasions by members of the civilian defense committee. All products made of rubber are seriously needed for war pur poses. Ninety-eight per cent of the source of crude rubber sup ply of the United States has been shut off, states a bulletin sent out by Robert O. Weible, executive secretary for Ohio of the General Salvage Division. The bulletin quotes a section of War Production Board Order No. M-15-b, as follows: UNLAWFUL TO DESTROY "No person shall, unless expressly permitted by the Director of Industrial Operations, destroy by burning or any other means, all or any part of any rubber tire, tire casings, tire tubes,water-proof footwear, ( heels, soles, hose, belting or storage battery boxes, whether these products are worn out or not, whifiT Ts" composed in whole or in part of any kind of rubber." Rubber articles that are being wanted in the drive are tires from automobiles, bicycles, baby carriages, play-wagons, lawn mowers, cut up parts of tires, beeds, buffings, old ( patches, boots, re-liners, rubber soles and heels, overshoes and boots, hot water bottles, rubber gloves) rubberized clothing, bathing caps, rubber rain' coats, and other articles of rubber. In addition to rubber, scrap iron of all kinds is wanted. All the scrap collected will go directly into the prosecution of the war, and all money collected from the sale of the scrap will be used for civilian defense purposes.The paper collection program is progressing satisfactorily, according to Ludwig Thomas, conservation chairman. The paper is being collected weekly by the boy scouts. People having paper they wish collected should call Sam Wragg, scoutmaster, and arrangements will be made to take it away. ' Students To Assist In Editing Paper Editor and reporter chosen from the Senior class for Ro-tary's Youth Week. Thelma Sprenger has been elected as the editor for next week's issue of the Amherst News-Times, and Dorothy Gawne is to serve as reporter. Other members of the Senior class will furnish articles which shall appear in next week's issue. Boys' and Girls' Week for Rotary is in charge of the Boys' and Girls work committee consisting of Rev. Harold H. Maxwell, chairman, Fred Powers, Paul Wottring and August Nabakow-ski.Every year the Rotary club of Amherst has been Interested In sending a young man to the Annual Boys' State as conducted by the American Legion. This year the Boys' State will meet in Delaware Instead of the Ohio State Fair Grounds. A middle-aged woman lost her "balance and fell out of a window into a garbage can. A Chinaman passing by remarked: "Amelicans vely wasteful. That woman good for ten years yet." RETIRED Retired firemen of the Amherst fire department admitted Ed Mays to their ranks last Tuesday night. The picture shows former Chief C. G. Aschenbach shaking hands on his ad-mi:s;on. Standing beside Aschenbach are Ja GUettc and Christ Wilker, while standing becL'.e Mays is Charles Mathes. td mays received his tinal Stiwald last Tuesday night when the fi.cmen officially recog nized his retirement. . ; l Local Rotary Club Jguis In National Youth Obseraance The Rotary club of Amherst is again setting aside a week in which special attention is to be given the boys and girls of our community. This week is to begin with this Saturday, April 25 and continue on and through the next week. The following events have been scheduled: Saturday, April 25 Every boy and girl is to check up on his own home to see that everything is in readiness for any emergency due to war conditions which prevail. Every boy should see that his home has available sand, buckets, shovels and water hose; he should plan with his parents where water storage can be placed and what things should be done in case of emergency. The boy and girl may report to his or her public school teacher indicating what he has done. Sunday, April 26 Every boy and girl is to attend the church of his choice, attending the worship service as well as the Sunday school. Worship is a vital need of our day. Monday, April 27 An editor and a reporter is to be selected from the Senior class of the Amherst high school to work on the The Broom (By Mrs. F. R. Powers) A good many years have passed since I was summoned from pleasanter occupation to pull carpet tacks for my mother at housecleaning time, and the memories of the Sunday nearest the first of May when papa took down the base burner, have already found a place among my most ancient ones. That ladles still indulge in the orgies of spring housecleaning I know only too well, and suspect that even in this age of furnaces and heatrolas there are people who needs must set aside a day for "taking down" the stove. I hope so, anyway, for I like to think of little boys and girls standing around of a warm Sunday morning watching Daddy as he dismembers the parlor stove and wraps the fancy nickel pieces in newspapers, to store with ' the bulkier parts in the wood-shed FIREMEN AFMIT M YS pay chccK rrom Chief A. G. . Ir Jftt..sM ' - - - Amherst News-Times and assist in getting out Friday's newspap er. Tuesday, April 28 The boys and 'girls who have been elected to offices of city government for the one day are to be in charge of our Village. Wednesday, April 29 The Rotary club is endorsing the boys and girls in the Victory Garden projects which are to be under the direction of C. A. Deeds, Agricultural teacher of the Amherst and Brownhelm schools. Thursday, ApVil 30 School parade and home clean-up week. Friday, May 1 Track meet at Oberlin, 1:30 p. m. Saturday, May 2 Kent State Scholarship Tests. FORM UNIT Friday, April 24, Miss Frances Eckert, Home Demonstration Agent of Lorain-co, will be at the local grange hall to form a Home Extension Unit for the ladies of Amherst and nearby towns. All of the women are asked to meet at the grange at one o'clock. The first project will be dress forms. Sweeps High for the summer's duration. Usually, I pulled carpet tacks in the evening, so that mama could take up the carpet early next morning and hang it over the clothes line for its annual whacking. There was something about the long-nosed, greedy little tack puller that fascinated me, the reason, probably, why I found this task that had a way of overtaking me yearly, agreeable at all. The little white sauce dish I hitched along beside me on these tack-pulling excursions, and whose mission was to hold the tacks I took out of the carpet, had to be treated with the greatest respect, and doubly so if I happened to be working in a bedroom. For should I upset it, and fail to recover all its contents, the joy of living the next twelve hours would be rather uncertain. Oh, yes, we (Continued on page four) - yJ 1 S"-.!-... ;. i I ft i ! in i tJk .i i - i mi TO RANKS & Plant Suits Heard On Monday Three injunction suits, filed by Harold N. Ricket as a taxpayer, against the Amherst light plant, were heard before Judge Guy B. Findley Monday. Two of the suits enjoined the village from letting contracts for second hand engines on the first and second advertisement for bids, while the third suit was to prevent advance payments to The Riley Stoker Co. on its plant contract. A fourth suit, enjoining the last letting of engine bids, will be heard before an outside judge on April 29th. Witnesses who were called in the suits were Village Clerk Charles Miller, board members Elmer Baker, William Barber, and Harry Ruth, Thomas R. Speed, engineer for PWA, and George H. Frank, News-Times editor. In his arguments before the court Milton Friedman, attorney for the village, argued that the grounds for the injunctions against the letting of bids were removed by the actions of the board in rejecting all bids. In the Riley Stoker Co. case he contended it never was the intension of the board to make any advance payments. Board members Barber and Ruth testified that no Intension was ever had to make advance payments. Baker, however, testified that in notifying him of the special meeting Ruth said the meeting was for the purpose of paying an estimate to The Riley Stoker Co. Don Myers, attorney for the taxpayer, questioned both Ruth and Barber on the reason for the urgency of a special meeting called on Friday afternoon, February 20th, for a meeting the next morning at 11 o'clock. Without prejudicing his decision, Judge Findley asked for the schedule of fees the village is paying Friedman. The judge said the schedule would be used as a guide should he find it necessary to fix attorney fees in the cases. CURTAIN FOR JUNIOR PLAY TONIGHT AT 8 "Good Night Ladies" will be presented to the public this ev ening and Friday at the town hall. The junior class has been working on the play for the past month and are now ready to put their work before the public. The curtain will be drawn at eight o'clock with the following students in the cast: Lois Schlb-ley, Norma Barckert, Bob Mi-huta, Walter Gambish, Bob Prit-tie, June Ruth, Jacqueline Braeu-digam, Elmer Reichert, Jerry Showalter, Barbara Spolarlch, Dick Logan, and Iole Roth. Gordon Ward, Albert Conrad and Paul Hogrefe are the stage managers.Directing the comedy is Don Ludwig, class advisor. Admittance is 25 cents for students and 35 cents for adults. Pretty soon there'll be more investment counsellors than In vestors. $500 Fine Provided For Failure To Comply With Blackout Regulations i Authority to carry out black-, eludes danger Signals such as outs and other air raid protec-, lights erected around a barri-tion measures was given the cade. mayor by the council Tuesday! OCCUPANT RESPONSIBLE i night when they passed an or- j The occupant of the building is 1 dinance authorizing the meas-, made directly responsible for : ures and providing a fine of $500 ; complying with the regulations, j and imprisonment for six months, and in the case of public build- or both. i 'n8s e 's charged with the en- ! The ordinance is a standard ! forcement of the regulations ! form sent out by the civilian de- 1 uPon aI1 PeoPle who mav be in j fense council and will be uni- his building at the time of the form in all cities and villages in j air rald signal. the state. Supplementing the ordinance the defense council suggested certain rules and regulations to be issued by the mayor and will be enforcable under the terms of the ordinance passed. The ordinance provides for blackouts, an air raid signal, an all-clear signal, and the appointment of special police for the enforcement of the rules and regulations.AIR RAID WARNING According to the regulations the air raid. warning signal shall consist of a series of short blasts from sirens, whistles or other noise-making devices, continuing for approximately two minutes. The all-clear signal shall consist of one long blast, also continuing for about two minutes. In the event of an air raid warning, all drivers of vehicles must immediately pull over to the curb, turn off the motor, and if at night, turn out lights. It must remain there until the all-clear signal is sounded. In parking the vehicle must not block fire exits, fire plugs, fire engine house, hospital entrance, or street intersection. All lights outside, or visible from outside of any building must be immediately put out and kept out until the all-clear signal is sounded. Lights inside a build' ing or residence may be kept on only where through the use of shades, blinds, or other means no lighting is visible from the out side. Nor may any door, window or other exit be opened during a blackout of the opening allows light to be visible from the out side. Outside lights such as signs, street lights, traffic lights, beacon lights, and all others ex cept those hooded in an approV' ed manner, must be immediate' ly extinguished when the air' raid signal is given. This in Close Amherst Rationing Board After May 1, Amherst people and vicinity will need go to Lorain for applications, certificates, information, etc. regarding tires, tubes, new cars, recapping and retreads, it was announced this week by the Amherst Rationing Board. The local board will be disposed after this date according to the announcement and will be combined with the Lorain board. The certificates issued for the purchase of new tires, tubes, and recapping services during the past week has been announced as follows: Louis J. Herbst, 146 Lincoln-st, one recapped passenger car tire, sale of farm foods and medical supplies, also defense worker; Lawrence Kneisel, R. D. 1, Amherst, one tube for passenger car, also two recaps for passenger car, defense worker; E. W. Musselman, defense worker and farmer, one recap tire for passenger car. Andrew F. Collins, R. D. 1, Vermilion, two recaps for passenger car, defense worker; Harry Hutton, Amherst, school bus, one tube; Brendon B. Licb, R. D. 1, defense worker; Arthur Glea-son, R. D. 1, Amherst, two recaps, passenger car, also two tubes for passenger car, defense worker; James Lelmbach, defense worker, R. D., Vermilion, two recaps for passenger car. C. F. Yeager, R. D. 2 Amherst, two truck tire recaps, cemetery worker; George A. Hollstein, farmer, one tube; Arthur Powers, R. D., Amherst, electrician, two passenger car recaps; Lorain Telephone Company, 300 Park- av, two heavx duty truck tires and two truck tubes. btore owners, or persons m charge of the operation of signs, traffic or beacon lights, or other lights, must extinguish those lights at sundown, and keep them dark over night, unless arrangements have been made whereby they can be immediately extinguished in case of a blackout. Under this regulation store windows may not be light ed at night unless the lights can be immediately turned out. Many of the store windows in Amherst are governed now by clocks which turn out the lights at certain hours. Some other method o f immediately extinguishing them must be provided in all these cases. Unauthorized persons may not wear, exhibit or display any arm band, badge, emblem, uniform or other insignia authorized by the defense council unless such person has been duly authorized to wear it. Nor is anyone permitted to utter, publish, sound or otherwise simulate any warning of an enemy attack, or any warning of a test or trial blackout, or any all-clear signal unless authorized by the defense council. Violations of any of these regu lations may be punishable by a $500 fine or imprisonment for six months, or both 4th Registration Saturday, Sunday Plans for the registration of all men between the ages of 45 and 65 years are now completed. The registration in Amherst will be conducted in the town hall Saturday from 12 noon until 6 p. m. and during the same hours on Sunday. No registrations will be accepted here Monday. J. J., Smythe is chief registrar for the Amherst district. He will be assisted by a corp of assistant registrars and stenographers, and arrangements afe such that registration can be carried ori quickly and smoothly with very little waiting by those who call to be registered. The registration here Satur day and Sunday is part of the plan for the registration of all men in Lorain County. This is the fourth registration under the selective service law, and when completed all men who became eighteen years old on February 16th last, and who will not have passed their 65th birthday by February 27th, will be registered, Registration on Monday can be made only at Oberlin where the draft board's office will be open from 7 a. m. until 9 p. m. Those who fall to register either Saturday or Sunday in their own district will need to go to Oberlin Monday. Only those men who live inside the area of District No. 4, with the exception of non residents of the county and state, will be registered here. Men living within the jurisdiction of another draft board, must report to their own local board. The area of the District No. 4 com prises the townships of Brown' helm, Henrietta, Camden, Brigh' ton, Rochester, Amherst, Russia Pittsfield, Wellington, Hunting ton and Black River outside the city limits of Lorain. NEW FUNERAL HOME OPENS THIS WEEK Formal opening of the new Fox Funeral Home at 133-137 Cleveland-av will be held Friday and Saturday this week when the public will be invited to inspect the place. The home has been entirely remodeled and re decorated, George Fox, proprietor of the new funeral horke, Is the suc cessor of The O. H. Baker Co. Civilian Defense At Council Meet The greater portion of council's attention Tuesday night was directed toward civilian defense. Members of the defense committee and chairmen of several committees appeared before coun- . eil to ask for funds to carry on their work. The village will need upwards of $3,0U0 for equipment and supplies to be properly prepared for air raids, it was pointed out at tiie meeting. Of this the auxil iary police will require approxi mately $1,800, while the fire de partment will need a similar sum. The village will apply directly to the state for a portion of the money that has been alloted for defense purposes, but it hopes to secure very much of the money needed did not aDDear verv bright. Reports were that Lor ain County would be alloted ii,uuu ior mis purpose, witn Elyria and Lorain getting the greater part of the amount. How to raise the money need ed was discussed, with a proposal made that ahouse-to-house canvass be made for dona tions. Those appearing before the council in the interest of civilian defense were Chief Earl White, Chief A. G. Stiwald, Charles Kendeigh. Fred Tab- bcrt, Herman Short and J. J. Smythe. POLICE ASK RAISE The village's financial coldi-J tion also received another jolt ' Tuesday night when White asked for a salary increase of $33 a month for both himself ( and Ed" Mays. White told the council that the cost of living had increased so extensively that the increase was necessary. Clerk Charles Miller said the town's financial, condition would remain bad until the July tax settlement was made, and even then predicted that funds would run low before the end of the year. Councilman Schaeffer pointed out that the village's financial condition was brought about by a cut in tax receipts by the county of $2,000, and the appropriation of $2,400 annually to pay for street and other village lighting. Councilman Kane said the $2,400 needed for street lighting was known last year, and said the finance committee ought to make every effort to have the county re-instate the $2,000 which it took from the village's portion of tax receipts. RECEIVE TIRE BIDS Bids for tires for the fire truck were received from all local tire dealers, but the bids were re ferred to the fire and water committee before action. v Spring Clean-Up week was set to start May 5th, and people were asked not to place rubbish at the curb until the 4th to prevent any unsightly rubbish lining the curbs over Sunday. Council passed a resolution ap proving the change made in the payment to the light plant en gineer made last December by. the board of public affairs. It also adopted a resolution unanimously directing the mayor to deliver copies or originals of all correspondence to the clerk. Bishop McFadden At Confirmation Exercise Rt Rev. J. A. McFadden, aux-ilary bishop of the Cleveland Diocese, was in Amherst Thursday last to officiate at the Confirmation exercises at St. Joseph's church. A class of 52, including eight adults, received the Sacrament of Confirmation. The little girls who were confirmed appeared ln white dresses and white veils and red ribbons and the boys were dressed in dark blue, conforming with the symbols of the church. Assisting Bishop McFadden In the exercises were Rev. Fr. Leo J. Brissel, pastor of St. Agnes' church, Elyria, deacon; Rev. Fr. A. P. Ferrerl, pastor of the Holy Redeemer church, Cleveland was lubdeaeon; and Mgsr. Vincent Balmat, the bishop's secretary, was master of ceremonies.