The Amherst news-times. (Amherst, Ohio), 1945-10-18

              Til Amherst News-Times AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1945 THE SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD VOL. XXVII, NUMBER 42. Ohio Men On Carrier "Batumi" In Tokyo Bay 9 V ...... .... w- i 1 m 1. .. T., AQ Winn ffAHI Pirliimrl n the fliffht Heck of Ithcir carrier, vne V. s. iiaiaan, in juwu wj " the slate of Ohio Who helped their ship to establish an enviable .record in strikes against Japan. Jn 17 nths hc and Jier planes shot down 138 Nip planes and destroyed lis on inc ;rrounu. m ii; i r.,o rnnmv i,hc sank or idomaeed 41.150 tons of merchant shipping. , Ini lrded Tin the iiroup is W. J. Kreuck, electrician's mate, secona ciass, r,on oi pir. om. .-.. Kreuck, It. I). 1. Amherst. Also included Is a fiLorain man, fj. S. )VIazur, machinist's )nate, third class, Krcutk is fourth from the left in the first row. Mazur is the last on the right In the first low. mn agaii: Rav Stargel Proud Four Brothers Together Of Shin's Record In Pacific Action Kay Walter Stargel. motor machinist mute third class, serving on the U. S. S. Anzio in the Pacific sent the following letter tn his iiaiTnts, Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter V. Stargel Home Horns to,'ether r.ime in over five of the live sons for the vears are c-f Mrs. first four Mary nisterial Ass'n Meets At Home Rev. Vamlersall Paper Colleclion Pupils of St. Joseph's parochial school will wind up their waster paper collections on Saturday of this week by answering all calls of paper being.' missed in their collection during1 the past week. Although collections were con sidered good, some people were not at home or did nut have their paper ready. A truck has been secured to make the final clean up on Saturday. Anv who have paper to he col lected may call either St. Joseph's school or Harry Ear!, head of salvage operations, before Saturday and the paper will be collected. Complaints And Rcuests Given At Council Session Complaints of water draining onto private property, request for street lights, and promised earlier delivery on a flow meter occupied the main portion of Tuesday night's council meeting. Smyth e Asks That Perfect Conimimty K ecor d B e Upheld "Keep up the Amherst reputation of never failing to meet its quotas" was the keynote sounded by John J. Smythe as toastmaster at ;he "kick-off" dinner for the m i v.. C 1 L1l C 71 of fko Mr Meyers, Tcnny avenue res- ', INanonai war runu uciuutviu iiciu iui i nuiw-ia at incident, reported that water was i Congregational church on Tuesday evening of this week. running down Mill street, through i ; M Anzio, v Quarry street. "Now that the . .vas is over, the . Maw is allow- in to write : ihnut our cx-perknecs. and . t':-.i glad tl is is ios s i b I e, because it will let mo toil you of he slip I'm on, S. where . she's been and ' whr.l. she has been through. "As vou may know, our ship, a combat escort carrier built by .r,. ... I'..! -,r u-a- I'"". C',"'"1S- aio'ncd as the 'Co.-al Sea" in Aug ust, 194:?. Since that time she has covered 160.000 miles of the blue Pacific, launching fighters n,i tnrnodo bombers for a total of 7.000 sorties, and that am i nay' "She was in action for the first time in the Gilbert Islands campaign and there saw her sister ship, the Liscom Bay. sunk by an enemy submarine. "After the Gilberts, she hit Kwajalcin. and from there sailed down to Emiru Island in the Bis marck Archipelago. In each case she participated in the air support of the amphibious landing operations. During the occupation of the Mars-halls she was the first American carrier to anchor in Japanese waters, and her aircraft were the first to land on captured Japanese soil. "About this time Captain Herbert Warson Taylor, USN, her first skipper, was relieved by Captain Paul Wesley Watson, USN. The Coral Sea then got in the thick of the bombardment and occupation of Salpan, Tinian, and Guam. Here her gunners knocked down seven planes in what was called the "Marianas Turkey Shoot." Several bombs from Jap Dlanes came pretty close too close, but the ship came through without a scratch. "In October, 1944, the name of the Coral Sea was changed to "Anzio" and thereafter Captain George Can non Montgomery, USN, of Vallejo, California, became her skipper. The Anzio, or 'Big A' as we call her, then took on the job of clearing the western Pacific of submarines. She was doing this in the Philip pine Sea last December when she M'.-Cann, 1U9 Pearl street. All five have not br.cn together since early in 1940. S-Sgl. Joseph McCaim arrived h.'iue two weeks ajo, EM 3-c J: :k McCann a. lived home last week. T-Siri. Robert McCann arrived homo Monday evening and S --c Charles McCann came in l'uc.iday morning. Joe and Bob have both re ceived tncir aiscnaigrs irom ine Army Air Corps. Joe has been in the army for three and a half years and overseas three years: He saw action in the African, Italian and the European War Theaters and wears ten battle stars. Bob has been in the service since he graduated from Amherst high school in June of 1940. He w;u oversea', i'or -fight lnunu.i in Italy. Jack, who has been in the Sea-bees, is to report to Cleveland at the end of the month for further instructions. He has been in the service three years in December and has seen service overseas for two and a half years. While stationed on Bouganville, Jack saw Kick Anthony, Gene Poor, and Arnold Kocpp. Then he was sta tioncd on islands in the Philip pines Charles is home for 11 days and has to report back to Florida for further training. SF 2 c James McCann, the old est son of Mrs. Mary McCann, is in the Navy ship repairs. He is now somewhere in the Pacific. He has been in the service for two yars. His wife, Jerry, and two years. His wife. Jerry, and Pearl street. At the meeting of the Amherst Ministerial association held in the h:;mo of Ilev. C. C. Vandcr-sall Monday evening, the payors planned the Thanksgiving day service which will be held at 10 a.m. in the Congregational cl. urach with Rev. John H.Bol-k-ns of SI. Peter'sEvangclical-Ucknue-.l church, the speaker. They voted to purchase more .religious books for Amherst j Public Library and passed a res- olulion favoring better rccrea- j iioi al l i: t s i:;r me yuum ui , the c-mnnuniiy and favoring the erection of the stadium. Dinner was served prior to the yr.... If ru.ca.Mg by kcv. ana airs, van-dersall. The n::;t meeting, on November 10. will be held in the homo of Rev. and Mrs. Stuart Obresch, Brcwnhclm. Prescit at the meeting were Re -. E.Uar B. Smith, Rev. W. .be, Ollarn, Kev. J. u. uoi- lens. Rev. Stuart Obresch, Rev. C. C. Vandrrsall, and one guest, Rev. Claude Earkcr, Cleveland, who is conducting a series of, Three Local Men Killedln AfcrJents T1 1 13cad Of Elyri: Co Over Wee!;. An Amherst ic-man, and a Woi !,i V from Elyria wen 1. do.its in the .;! over the past wj '.-are George Xi;v'. ,. Charles Myers IV Henrietta, and : i 2."), son of Mr. : i Ambramoska. fit .) ria. Ruling was rarly Saturday' .. tombstone fell . : his head. He w: : h annual clcnni:i;; cemetery, Amir : :. nounced dead -a ; Amherst Hospi'a.l. Roling was had been a Ii Amhcr-t. He widow, Rosa, a:i Henrietta :: II veteran :!;.(! inacei-!"r.-t vicinity ul. Tin.- dead 'v, y road. ' 'l ei road, A.i'.bram'i.skii. Mrs. Arthur :v,y avenue. d in-taiitiy ii-.g v.h( n a im. eru. liir.g ..vp'.ng do lire SI. Joseph's lie was liro-rrival at the , the American Specialty property ! If and onto his land. Council ap-! UOuUlimS KCai pointed the sewer and drainage committee to investigate possible remedies and report back at the next meeting. Franklin .Miller, reprei enting. the Cut Stone division of The Cleveland Quarries company, requeued council to place ;;everal 'reel i:r;hts along the lane which ,:;ls from Milan avenue to the .'ai ;. The light committee was authorized to d the in'cessary v!;!!;;!!;- f-.r lu".:'.- lii" lights ;,'c'.:ccd on the lane. Craiicilmen F 1 e c li n e r and T -in.ikiiis ijortc:i on ;iu Uooslcr C"ut s!:i'l!i-H c 'i-iiiii',''.'.' meet- Courincy E. Kirby, ex-Am captain, ,'n-d now head of tl Si mce (' d R'i'.ariai'.s a: .'.!). iday irk of th Ely mi' I hi atliii a the mniif-. ai:(l 111. k ,filr-Vet'.r-kl'i il f.,r tlis- Pointing out that the Amherst area has a county-wide reputa-t ii i ii for always meeting its obli-.'Mtlisns. Smythe stated that although the goals are higher this year he was certain that the community could raise the goal of 50.070 set for the area. Last year's goal was $4,050. Principal speaker for the din-n. r was Prof. John Kurtz, Ober-lin college, who spent over three months in Europe immediately !;'( ceding and immediately following V-E Day. Kurtz described ividlv the conditions under .sco Lime C. st 'J'hur.-;'v.' and sion council app two nu n t i a i'! of the "'ir n;'i!inn:i Ci'Ver the gas lint ; :,' '.; we.e lc;.k'::.s :.;t ;'i':::)asi.d rsiir .crs referred the nu :: Hal! coiiimirce I , years old and ' long resident of s survived by his ix cnildrtn, Rose- r s:inn' jointed the i;c another tonight. !i r, ported comfort ill..'I u',-'i'iie law- ' r to the iiiul iiuth-i :;!-'.::i :1 Hum to have the neccs-::a y repairs made. Council voted tlie County Veterans Coordinating Committee the privilege of u-ing Room Six 'ii'- ii si-rv!" ; mind; a -!' hei-ie i. 1 V; g'i.-t'jr. , tducat of the Town Hall lor monthly mcetincs. The commit :s 'iets Bible conferences in the Metho dist church this week. Salvation Army Is Discussed During Bible Conference Sea, steaming close to the Anzio, was sunk by Japanese air attack. "The 'Big A' continued her offensive against the Japs right up to the finish of the war, hunting subs within 240 miles of the Japanese home land. When you heard the good news, this Is where she was. The Anzio participated in a total of 10 major operations, and with four differ-e n t composite squadrons o f fighters and torpedo bombers she's had aboard, she's shot down 27 Jap planes, was involved in the sinking of four Jap subs plus two possibles, and her aircraft did plenty of damage to enemy installations and forces on lots of Pacific islands. "The Anzio pioneered "jeep" carrier night flight operations in went through the severe typhoon tne pacific and has built up an impressive record in . this field. in which three destroyers sank. Though the wind whistled through the rigging at 110 M. P. H. and the 'Big A' rolled over 35 degrees, no serious damage was done; as far as I know no one even got seasick. "Then the Anzio went to Iwo Jima, and after she was sure that was taken, to Okinawa. During both of these actions she became quite versatile, hunting subs one day, sending planes in over the Islands to bomb and strafe the enemy the next. Iwo Jima was rough and "Big A' and the ships she was with were attacked by Japanese aircraft. The Bismark At one time she kept planes con tinuously in the air day and night for 175 hours, just a little more than one whole week! Considering all this you can see why I'm proud to be aboard the Anzio. I can vouch for the truth of every statement in this lettpr, and it's perfectly okay if you want to let the News-Times print any of it. . Yours always, Ray" Bay entered service in the navy In 1942 and had been an employee oi the U. S. Automatic Corp. Tuesday night, Adjutant Olive M. Addy. sister of the Rev. Edgar B. Smith of the Amherst Methodist church, spoke to those present at the Bible Conference about the war work of the Sal vation Army. The USO or United Service Organization was found ed at the suggest to President Roosevelt by the Salvation Army whose work in the first war is universally known. Although no American Salva tionist was allowed to leave America to enter war areas thousands of uniformed members of the International Salvation Army were active on every war front. Adjutant Addy, with her hus band, is in charge of the work in Johnston, New York. She has been in the army for thirty years and has been stationed in Brook lyn, New York and Datyon, Ohio orevious to her being sent to Johnstown. mary, Raich. George Jr., Agnes, j thc third Thursday of each month Dorothy, and Glenn, all of the j and Amherst has been chosen as home. He is also survived by his i the site of the meetings until fur- mother, Mrs. Catherine Roling. a ther notice. brother, Anthony, and seven sisters. Funeral service were held Tuesday morning from St. Joseph's church, Amherst. Myers, a National Tube Com pany employee, was Kiiica ai- The flow meter for the disposal plant, purchase of which council authorized several weeks ago, was originally scheduled for dc- ! livery February 14, 1946. A let-! ter was read from the manufact- car uring company stating that be cause of a sharp decrease in high priority orders, the local order will be delivered on December 12, 1945. most instantly when his crashed through a concrete bridge abutment about one mile east of Birmingham on Route 113 early Sunday morning. Myers was apparently traveling west Under suspension of rules, when he lost control of the auto-' council passed in one reading a mobile and swerved across the resolution to advertise for bids road, crashing through the abut- covering the public depository ment on the south side of the ; for funds. The winning bidder road, rolling down the steep bank ! wni be decided upon at the next and into a deep ravine. j meeting. He was horn in Kentucky and n was decided to have Seth v iiieh mo fc peoples of Europe -,i'.l go through the coming win-t r. and showed the vital neces-i'.y of continuing aid through the National War Fund. In his job for the War Department hetalk--i rt to citizens of most of the countries of Europe and told how many had no desire to return to '.heir homes, preferring to remain in one bombed-out locality to re- , turning to where their own hwnes had been destroyed during the war and where they had little thi'tic rar will be tinned to tii.I.-'o f 1 Jorv.vni to in the way of" problems. Groups like the one even the bare necessities of life, with which he is connected are 1 Kurtz also mentioned the at-set up only to render service, he ; titude with which practically all said, and there is no cost or obli- I the people of Europe look to the gation for any of the services United States. They feel, he said, rendered. ; that this country is their only At the meeting R. Lee Menz hope and they look to the United was presented a past presidnt's states as their real friend. A lot pin by Jack Koonlz, president of 0f g00d Can be done during the the club, in behalf of the club, j ncxt few months in cementing for his work done last year as j future friendly relations between r. r: i - tt v: -d the icii'.'' Many o-v-n or fir.an- ; k h; , .- k'f i l-.st bccaose or ti.e s, r.'ke sminV ignorance of all the possibilities open to kin. Kirby called on members of the club to help the returning , men by advi.-ing them to contact him or some other veterans' ser- j vice group where all the answers are at hand and where a sympa- , president. Legion Auxiliary The local American Legion Auxiliary members have invited the South Amherst American Legion Auxiliary to be their guests at their regular meeting next Tuesday, October 23, at the club rooms on Cleveland avenue. All members from South Amherst wishing to attend are asked to contact Mrs. Myrtle Kolb, South Amherst, who will see that transportation is provided, Chicken Supper Members of Just-A-Mere club of the Brownhelm Congregational church are sponsoring a chicken supper Tuesday evening, October 23, at the Brownhelm Congregational church. The supper is open to the public and the serving will begin at 5:00 p.m. had lived in this part of the country since 1926, the last three years in Henrietta. He is survived by his wife, Lady Van Meter Myers, two sons, Kenneth, Henrietta, and brother, Taylor, Cleveland; two Frank of Newport, Ky.; one sisters, Mrs. Perry Ramey, Hamilton, O., and Mrs. Laccy Ramey, New Trenton. Burial was in Louisville, Ky. Ambramoska died at 1:30 a.m. Sunday in St. Joseph's hospital, Lorain, from injuries received in an automobile accident early Saturday morning at the intersection of North Ridge Road and Route 254. He was returning from visiting friends in Amherst and had two discharged soldiers in the car with him. Survivors are his parents, and a sister, Phyllis, at home. Funeral services were held in Elyria Tuesday. Stevens and John Pincura attend the ncxt meeting of council and present data relative to the possibility of hiring legal counsel for the village in the forthcoming legal entanglement with the Pubic Utilities Commission regarding the lowering of local water rates. Men Discharged Among the discharged men reporting to the Oberlin draft board the past week are Tech. 5th Grade Clarence A, Frederick, Army; Sgt. Paul Sliman, Army; Herbert A. Morris, MM 2-c, Navy; Pfc. James E. Larson, Army; Staff Sgt. Joseph T. Mc-cann, Army; Staff Sgt. Henry J. Sham. Army; Pfc. William R. Franks, Army; Corp. Ludwig W Stec, Army; Staff Sgt. Fred A Lucas, Army; Shipfitter 2-c Felix M. Pajor; Torpedoman's Mate 1-c John Paul Ashyk, Navy; and T-5 Leo E. Smith, Army. Unversity Players To Give 1-Act Play A one act play, presented by the university players ofBaldwin-Wallace College, will feature tomorrow morning's assembly program at 9:00 o'clock at the high school. The players are directed by Professor and Mrs. Dana T. Burns, head of the B.-W. speech department. The high school as sembly was .arranged by Mrs. Helen Wingate and will be open to the public. The junior high program is being arranged under the direction of Virgil Pincombc. F.-T. A. Meeting For St. Joseph's School Held Mon. At the monthly meeting of the P.-T. A. of St. Josephs church last week, the group planned to . . . i serve not luncnes ai noon anu hot breakfasts on communion mornings beginning in November and Mrs. Michael Miller, Mrs. Floyd Lodge, Mrs. John Ewalt. Mrs. Robert Wohlevcr and Mrs. H. Weaver were appointed on this committee. A canned goods shower for the sisters was planned also for November and the ladies discussed further plans for starting a series of public parties soon. Mrs. Joseph Sposato and Mrs. James Jenkins were named on the health committee and four new members, Mrs. Mayhew, Mrs. Pcabody, Mrs. Pete Greszler and Mrs. Pikey were admitted into the organization. The room count was taken and the third and fourth grades taught by Sister Bernard, received the prize. After the meeting, Mrs. O. O. Stilgenbauer gave a paper products demonstration and she awarded special prizes to Mrs. Louis Vclagi. Mrs. Robert Wohlevcr and Mrs. E. Benedict. St. Ann's Society When Mrs. Mabel McDermott entertained Circle Two of St. Ann's Society of St. Joseph's church last week, cards was the diversion of the evening with Mrs. C. G. Aschenbach, Mrs. George Braun and Mrs. Donald Hurlbut, a guest, winning the honors. Mrs. J. J. Strohmeler will be hostess to the group October 24. Son Corn Major and Mrs. Harold E. Weiland, a former Amherst man, 17336 Mission Boulevard, San Fernando, California, are the parents of a boy, Kurt Frederick Weiland, seven pounds, nine ounces, on October 3. . Major Weiland was lsorn in Amherst and attended the Amherst school. He made his home with his aunt, Mrs. O, Linbqust, Henry street. I the common people of Europe j and the United States if they are ! helped during this crucial period, I he stated. j Ira L. Porter, Oberlin, co-chairman for the five-county dis trict and chairman for Lorain county, also addressed the group on the purposes for which the funds raised in this last campaign would be used and stressed the necessity of the drive. He stated that Ohio as a state had never reached its quota in previous drives but that with publicity, a good organization, and unbounded determination he could see no reason why the goal could not be reached. The meeting was held under the direction of William Guild, campaign chairman, to acquaint workers with the needs of the drive and to explain the division of territory among the workers and pass out the necessary literature.Solicitation in Amherst itself will be done by members of the. Eagles Auxiliary with Mrs. Berg-er as captain, the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary with Ralph Prittie as captain, and the Business and Professional Women's club with Miss Edith Ehr-man as captain. In South Amherst the work will be done by members of the South Amherst Volunteer Fire Department, with Mayor I. J. Thompson acting as captain. Mrs. Raymond Bechtel will have charge of the drive in Brownhelm township. The Grange, with Mrs. Alexander act ing as captain, will have charge of solicitations in Amherst township.Members of the local Girl Scout troop under the direction of Mrs. S. G. Wettrich, served the tables for the dinner. Music during the meal was provided at the piano by Jean Mueller and at the violin by Virginia Hoisted. Also Included on the program was a movie short.