The Amherst news-times (Amherst, Ohio), 1946-03-14

              AmH! News - Jl IMES iRST VOL. XXIII, NO. 10 AMHERST, OMIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1946 THE SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD ri ilHE 1 ft to ft NEWS FROM THE By Juanita Baucom Tuesday night marked the beginning of period of ten lessons in dancing and social etiquette, taught by Mr. and Mrs. Lowell fetone, 1 of Elyria. The lessons, which are being given at the 'fitec", on Tuesdays begimi at 7:30 and last until 0:15. The dances being taught are the foxtrot, the the rhumba, the conga, the tango, the waltz, and the jitterbug. Approximately 150 students are enrolled. (Ruby Schaeffer, former Amherst High student, arrived here Friday evening after spending some time in California for her health. Jack Wilhelm, after three years' service in England, was a guest speaker last week before the 8-Y English, a Sophomore English, the Freshman English, and the dramatics clashes. He talked about important places which he had visited In England, including the theater at Stratford.Mr. Ludwig's Frosh and Junior High boys traveled to Wellington on Monday afternoon to beat the Frosh and Junior High teams of that school by scores of 27 to 15 and 21 to 18 respectively. Flans for a basketball banquet were considered when the Student council met on Wednesday morning. Monday morning at the high school began with a brief assembly to honor the Comets. Each of the boys was wearing a small pin awarded at the Kent tournament for his magnificent efforts. Plans were announced for an intramural basketball tournament. Each member of the Varsity team will be captain of a team and the winning team will be "treated." Monday morning also saw Mr. Powers back after spending a week in New York. .Welcome home, Mr. Powers, i On Tuesday afternoon, Miss Hartsell and her All Star Girls' Basketball Team trooped to Medina to play the Medina Girls' Team. Welcome back to Mrs. Shreiner who was absent on Monday because of illness. Local Students To Take Part In Music Conference This year the Music Educators' National Conference is being held in Cleveland. A week's program has been planned to acquaint music educators from all over the nation with music instruction in the State of Ohio. For the program on Saturday, March 31, a concert will be presented by 250-plece string orchestra, a 500 piece band, and a mixed chorus of 1600 voices. These organizations will' be made up of high school students from all over Ohio. Representatives from Amherst will be as follows: band Chet Gall, Bob Washka, Norma Gawne, Alyce Kappley, Alan Sick, Mary Kerti; orchestra Jean Mueller, Virginia Durling, Allen Sick, Jean Kleps, Bob Herbst, Pete Darakis, and Bob Meesig. Returns From Calif. Miss Mary Ann Szuch, South Amherst, returned last week to her home after spending five weeks Ire California visiting her brother, Lt. (J.g.) John Szuch, who' is stationed there. She visited several points of interest in California and spent a few days in Mexico. Hn F. Koba Is Promoted John F. Koba, a mechanic'with a maintenance of service company in the. 32nd (Red Arrow) Division's 126th Infantry regiment, ha9 been promoted from technician, fifth grade to technician 'fourth grade. The 32nd, now a part of the Eighth Army, is commanded by 1 Brigadier. General Robert B. McBride, Jr. Koba's wife, Dorothy, lives at 441 North Main street. HIGH SCHOOL on n 7 T nil-from liana I a Present Concert Here on April 1st The Hobart, Indiana, 80 piece High School Band, of which Frederick C. Ebbs, son of Mr.and Mrs. Charles Ebbs, Prospect street, is the director, will pres-v ent a concert in the Amherst High Scrool Gymnasium on Monday evening, April 1. Mr. Ebbs is a graduate of Amherst High School. Before the Music Educators' National Conference, in the this nationally famous band has been invited to present a concert Tuesday, April 2. The Confer ence will be in session from March 26 to April 3. More than five thousand school musicians and musical educators from all parts of the United States , Canada, Mexico and Central and South America will attend the conference. This will be the spring tour of the band and will include concert stops at Ft. Wayne, Baldwin-Wallace College, Defiance, Amherst, and Cleveland Heights. The band will arrive in Amh erst on Sunday evening, March 31, and will be served supper in the gymnasium by the Amherst Band Mothers Club. Following the concert on Monday evening there will be a reception for the Hobart High School and Amherst High School Band. Legion Takes 16 New Members When the Elmer Johnson post of the American Legion met last week, 16 World War II veterans were admitted into membership, raising the rolls of the local post to 155. The new members are Robert Fuhrman, James Baldie, Robert Diederick, Clarence Obershaw, Charles Drage, Rudolph Poszgo, Morris Jones, Henry Ernst, Edward Morrison, James Ehrman, Harry McKinley, Charles Ha- mann, Carl Schieferstein, Charles Ehrlich, Ralph McKinley, and Steve Horvath. Plans to sponsor a softball team for the Legion were left up to a committee of Ralph Thomas and Floyd Schwitzke. Legion members voted, at the meeting, to present a flag to the Cub Scout pack on March 28. Plans for a Memorial Day celebration will be discussed at the next regular meeting March 21. Mrs. Henry Sharp Guest Of Honor At Recent Shower Mrs. Henry Sharp, Jr., the former Miss Gladys Mary Card, of Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, was the guest of honor at a shower when Mrs. Henry Raesler, of North Main street, entertained at her home last week. Gifts were laid under a yellow umbrella, and yellow was used elsewhere in the decorations. Lunch was served to Mrs. Warren Pape, Mrs. Jeanette Pape, Mrs. Harold Teasdale, MMrs. M. Conn'ell, Mrs. Frank Moore, Mrs. Morris Buckley, Mrs. Justin Frye, Mrs. T. Carter, Mrs. Hy Gove, and Mrs. Ben Schaeffer, all of Lorain; Mrs. Walter Rodfong, Elyria; Mrs. Karl Mulder, Mrs. Claire Schaef fer, Mrs. K. Alexander, Mrs. John Sharp, Mrs. Fleming Brainerd, Mrs. Helen Hollingsworth, Mrs. Norma Hollingsworth, Mrs. Nettie Schaeffer, Mrs. William Schaeffer, and Mrs. Henry Raesler. Still WithJIarines Adam Drozdowskl, a veteran marine, has re-enlisted for a two- year term. Hei has been in the Marine Corps since December, 1941. . One brother, Edward, S 1-c, is still in service in the Pacific. Another brother, James, received his discharge from the navy last December. . Funeral Services For Werner Zilch ,e Wednesday Funeral services for Werner Zilch, 66, prominent Amherst business man who passed away at his home on Cleveland avenue Monday noon, were held from the Conrad Zilch Funeral Home Wednesday at 2 p.m. Rev. C. C. " Vandersall, pastor of the First Evangelical church, officiated. Mr. Zilch was widely known throughout the county, having been born in Brownhelm and residing in this vicinity all his life. He had owned and operated the Zilch Transfer Lines since 1921. He was a former president of the Amherst Parent Teacher Association and of the Lorian County Parent Teacher Association; a past president of the Amherst Rotary club; and had been a member of the Amherst school board and of the county board of education. j He was a member of the First Evangelical church and had I served several years as teacher and superintendent of the Sunday School. ' Besides his wife, Amelia, he is I survived by two sons, Nelson W., ' Maumee, Ohio, and Robert, Am-I herst; two daughters, Mrs. G. H. ' Brown and Mrs. Earle Kane, Am-. herst; and six grandchildren. Al-! so surviving are two half-I brothers, Carl and William Mill-ier, Brownhelm; two brothers, ' Conrad, Amherst, and Ben, Lima; three sisters, Mrs. E. C. Waugh, Milan, and Mrs. William Grobe and Mrs. A. F. Beesing, Elyria. Burial was made in Brownhelm cemetery. Mrs. A. Murrell Funeral Services Held On Tuesday Funeral services for Mrs. Agnes Murrell, 66, wife of Alfred Murrell, who died Sunday in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sherman Bloom, Stop 48, Lincoln avenue, were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday from the Reichlin-Cooley funeral home with Rev. B. Z. Stambaugh, rector of the Church of the Redeemer, Lorain, officiating.She was a member of Stone City Chapter, Eastern Star, of Amherst. Mrs. Murrell was born in Scotland and ca,me to Lorain county 44 years ago. Besides her husband, Alfred, and daughter at whose home she died, are one son, William, Elyria, four grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Dennis Hasson, Stop 48, and Mrs. Adam Mackie, Lorain; two brothers, Robert and Edward Tuton, Green, Ohio. Burial was made in Elmwood cemetery. Paper Drive Set For Next Thursday Plans were being completed this week for the village-wide paper collection under the sponsorship of the local Boy Scout troop, scheduled for next Thursday, March 21. Members of the troop will start out right after school to get the paper out on the curbs where it will be picked up the same evening by trucks manned by the members of the troop committee. Funeral Saturday Mrs. Louise Schust, of Fort Wayne, Ind., passed away Wednesday morning at her home, according to word redelved by friends here. Mrs. Schust was the wife of a former pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Services will be held Saturday in Fort Wayne. Miss Ruth Schulz, a student at Heidelberg college, spent the week-end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schulz. Lenten Service Schedule Changed Union Lenten , services, sched uled for next Sunday evening, March 17, at the First Evangelical j church, have been changed to the Congregational church. Remodeling work, currently under way at the First Evangelical church under the direction of Rev. C. C. Vandersall, pastor, will not be completed in time for Sunday evening's services. Rev. J. H. Bolle'ns, pastor of St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed church, will be the speaker for Sunday evening's services. Funeral Services Held Today For Irvin G. Maxwell Funeral services were held atj 2 p.m. today (Thursday) for Ir- j vin G. Maxwell, 56, at the Zilch 1 Funeral Home with Rev. Edgar B. Smith, pastor of the Methodist church, officiating. i Mr. Maxwell died at 4 a.m. on! Tuesday in the Amherst hospital! after an illness of a year and a half. j For 13 years he was physical , director at the Lorain YMCA. He ! had been engaged in YMCA work I for 32 years until he left his po- j sition at the Lorain YMCA to join the industrial relations department of the National Tube Co. three years ago. He was a member of the Am herst Methodist church, Sheffield i Masonic Lodge, and Stone City' Chapter of Eastern Star. j Surviving are his wife, Mrs. i Iona K. Maxwell; one daughter, Mrs. Grace Anderson, Willough-by; one son, Irvin G., Norwalk; four sisters, Mrs. Maude DePeuw, Vineland, N.J., Mrs. Hazel Drury, Newark, N. J., Mrs. Josephine Kelly, Parkersburg, W.Va., and Mrs- Cora Cooper, Akron. Three grandchildren also survive. MAYOR WARNS Mayor Henry Garland this week warned residents of South Amherst against permitting dogs and chickens to run loose in the village. A number of complaints have been received, the mayor said, and pointed out that he would be forced to take stringent action against those who continued to permits their dogs or chickens to be a public nuisance. William Robertson To Take Bride Wed., March 20 William Robertson, son of Mrs. Isabell Robertson, Tenney avenue, will take for his bride Miss Dorothy Burnett, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Burnett, of Glasgow, Scotland, on Wednesday evening, March 20, at 7 p.m. in the Congregational church with Rev. Heber W. O'Hara officiating.Miss Ann Robertson, sister of the groom-to-be, will be the maid of honor and George Innes will be best man. Miss Burnett arrived In the United States by plane March 5 by plane, Robertson meeting her in New York. She had lived in Scotland all her life and finds her first experiences here very interesting. Normally a 20-hour trip by plane, bad weather caused a two-day delay in Newfoundland which she found Tather tiresome. Robertson was discharged last fall from service with the Coast Guard after having served for 26 months. He is now employed as a teller at the Lorain County Savings and Trust company. The couple plan to reside in Amherst after their marriage. Mrs. Elsie Webster, Cleveland, spent the week-end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mischka, Cleveland avenue. Dr. Galen Ross To Be Speaker At Brownhelm School (Dr. Galen Starr Ross, president of Capitol College in Columbus, will speak under the aus- -v h'4. Y, W At pices of the Jeffreys Lecture 'Jane Durling virBinia Holsted-Course at the Brownhelm High ! and Mary Kerti' Also the major School next Tuesday night ! ettes will twirl. Patron tickets are March 19. 'jnow on sale and may be pur- r. in ., chased from any Band Mother. Dr. Ross is attracting nation- wide attention in his fight for!r r r l The American Way of Life" and our system of government which has made America rich, power- j ful and great. He is one of the most forceful speakers in the country, according to those who LiUtttl 11UUU Idllb have heard his addresses. He has : been a head-liner on the plat-1 Sponsorship of driver training form for thirty years. in the high school and sponsor- His subject will be "North of ship of a banquet for .members the Collar Band." ; of the high school band was dis- The talk is one of a series of cussed by members of the Ro-Lyeeum events being put on at tary club at their meeting Mon-Brownhelm, all of which are open day noon. to the public. I Harry Earl, Dr. F. M. Spon- Spare Stamp No. 9 1 17 C Fl 1 UUUU I' Ur J I OUnflS fp r . qi Ul LanninjJ oU?ar ! bestowed each year upon mem-Housewives will obtain sugar hers of the football and basket-for home canning this year hall teams, was suggested by C. through use of their family ra-1 L- Goodspeed, the Rotary club to tion books, OPA officials an- act as sponsors in making all ar-nounced this week. jrangements. Goodspeed, Rev. C. Spare stamp No. 9 became good C. Vandersall, and Dr. C. H. last Monday, Mach 11, for five Sncll were appointed on a compounds of home canning sugar, mittee to make a report back to and will remain valid through the club. October 31. i Speaker at the meeting was Since there are a number of A. J. Lehman, Elyria realtor, uncertainties in the sugar supply who spoke on the current hous-outlook, OPA has sand, particu-' ing shortage, larly as to the amount of the Guests were Harry Reynolds, Cuban crop, the requirements of Elyria; Rev. G. E. Foye, Welling-war stricken areas, it appears un- ton; and Rev. W. H. O'Hara and likely that the home canning al- ' William Moore, Amherst. lotment will total more than ten pounds per person. Spare .tamp j R0 VicUcd 9 is the first of two stamps to be made good for buying home can- pi m ning sugar. The second stamp" VjiyriU ft VIIKUl will probably be validated in late June or early July. boards has been reduced to 1,885 from the wartime peak of approximately 5,600, the new method of issuing home canning sugar had to be adopted. OPA found it Impossible to process the approximately 35 million Individual home canning applications without serious delays. Because the supply of sugar is very short and is expected to continue short throgh 1946, OPA requests consumers not to use their canning sugar stamp until the sugar is actually needed for the home canning job. Ration holders who do not plan to can fruits are requested to destroy the home canning stamp. St. Patrick's Day Dance To Be Held At High School A St. Patrick's Day Dance will be sponsored by the Hi-Y of Amherst High school, March 16, Saturday evening at 8 p.m. in the school gymnasium. Waltzes, polkas, "jitterbugs," fox trots as well as the conga line will be among the evenings entertainment. A floor show will also be another 'feature. Refreshments will be served after the dance. Tickets for the affair may be purchased from any Hi-Y member. Comets Lose To Akron Ellet In Finals At Kent District Tournament; Wind Up Season With 23 Victories, 2 Losses Band Concert To Present Special Musical Numbers The Amherst High School Band will present it's spring con cert on Monday night, March 25, sponsored by the Amherst band Mothers Club, under the direct ion of Floyd Heyes. Mr. Heys has worked out a program of interesting numbers-overture, "Mannequins' Festival" by J. Olivadoti; "Rhapsody in Blue" by George Gershwin; "My Hero" from Strau.s's operetta, "The Chocolate Soldier" and a novelty number, "The Little Red Caboose," by Dcke Moffitt. In addition to the band numbers, solos will be presented by banQUCt V OT DanCl I Is Discussed By I ID , sellor, and F. R. Powers weTe named on a committee to investigate the possibility of starting a i driver training program for local high school students. A banquet honoring members of tne band- similar to the honors . m At P.T.A. MeetilV "It Runs in the Family," a book by James Ellenwood, was reviewed by Mrs. Sam Winchell, of Elyria, Monday evening at the meeting of the Amherst Parent- Teacher association in the high school. Other features of the program were a group of numbers by the faculty male chorus and assembly singing. In the chorus were Don Ludwig, Arthur Thomas, Ralph Albright, Glenn Carpenter, Virgil Pincombe, and F. R. Powers, with Floyd Heys accompanist.During the business session Miss Marion Steele reported that 150 young people had registered to enter the dancing classes now being sponsored by the P. T. A. The association voted to purchase playground equipment and Mrs. Del Comstock, Mrs. Law rence Zuspan, and Miss Margaret Pandy were named on the com mittee. Mrs. Edward Menz, program chairman, announced that Mrs. Clarence Tucker Craig, Oberlln, will be the speaker at the April meeting. Board of Trustees At the annual meeting and re' organization of the Board of Trustees of the Congregational church last week W. J. Durling was elected president. Roy Harr was elected vice- By Hugh McGarvey The scorebook closed am the local basketball session Saturday afternoon when the Comets lost a 33-32 decision to Akron Ellet in the district finals at Kent. It was only the second loss of the season, both by one point, for the local cagers, but it eliminated Amherst from the state championship fight. The final record reads 23 victories in 25 games. Saturday's loss was considered an upset after the Comets had breezed easily by the highly-touted Conneaut Rowe team on Thursday night to gain the finals. The Akron team had not looked too impressive in their first two appearances at Kent to basketball followers here. But Saturday's victors uncov-eied a tight defense that throttled Russ Dodson and hurried Dick Beam on all their shots. The defense was so tight that the Green and Gold was held to its second lowest scoring total of the year, and at that had to score half: their points in the final period. Dodson opened the scoring against Ellet to give the Comets, a short-lived lead and his foul shot tied the score at five apiece ot the end of the quarter. After Baker had broken the tie with a free throw to send Ellet out in front, Schroeder dropped in a short shot- to put Amherst out in front but Proctor broke loose for a pot shot to regain the lead and the Comets never caught up. Akron added four more doubledeckers before Lodge boosted the Amherst total with a foul shot. Fee's successful shot from the corner made it 18 to 8 but Beam converted a free throw and Schroeder caged a whirl shot before halftime. The two teams matched points throughout the third period but Fxye's potshot gave Ellet a comfortable 26 to 16 margin going into the last quarter. The Amherst offensive, which had no spark throughout the game, finally started to sputter but it wasn't until the final two minutes that it roared into the high powered scoring machine that local fans have been accustomed to watching all year. Schroeder caged a follow up shot and after Baker dropped in a foul, Dodson tossed inone-han-der. Fee matched this with a whirl shot but Dick Beam connected for two points and then added a foul. Lodge and Wallace matched baskets just before the automatic time-out, the score being 31 to 25. Schroeder got loose for a pot shot but Proctor popped one in from under the basket to nullify it. Schroeder then sank a free throw and followed with a double-decker to cut Ellet's lead to three points. Akron went into a desperate stalling game but Lodge stole the ball and raced In for a pot shot with only seconds remaining. The clock then ran out before Amherst could again get the ball. Russ Dodson tallied 19 points to pace the 46-36 victory over Conneaut Rowe that placed Amherst in the finals. Dick Beam added 11 markers. Three games at Kent boosted Beam's season total to 362 points and Dodson's to 354. Schroeder had 209, Lodge 155, and Fritz 32. Beam and Dodson, the scoring twins, were passed by when officials picked the all-tourney teams, but Bob Schroeder won a guard berth on the second team. Lindy Wigton, Oberlin's high scoring junior, rated a place on the first squad lineup. Saturday's game was the last in scholastic competition for the entire starting quintet. Beam, Dodson, Lodge, Schroeder, and Fritz, as well as Leroy Hollingsworth, all turned In their suits for the last time. president and Fleming Brainerd was named secretary. The next meeting of the Board will be held on Sunday, March 17, at 2 p.m.