The Amherst news-times (Amherst, Ohio), 1946-08-08

              Tie AmherstJSNews- VOL. XXVIU, NO. 32. AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1946 THE SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD n n HD . IMES P Pte n Sheryl Jack Pip Archery r. Playoffs in tennis anJ hrseshoes in the playground tournament at the Harris street athletic field were continuing this week with the archery tournament completed on Monday afternoon. Winners of the archery tournament were: boys 1st place - Jack Pippert; 2nd place Toby Brainard; 3cd place - Homer Frederick. GIRLS 1st place - Sheryl Barck; 2nd place Sherrill Menz; 3rd place - Sue Duriing. Each contestant was required to shoot 3 flights or eighteen an.ows, the girls shooting at 15 yards distance and the boys at 20 yards. Those above received the highest scores and were presented with an archery tournament .ribbon award. Horshoe Tournament The -result of the men's stogies horse shoe tournament to date are: First round matches Mc Kinley won over Stark, 20-21,21-12,21-16: Beregszazy over Deeds, (on a forfeit); A ndt over Cover-dale, 21-19, 21-18, 21-14; Jewett over J. Bollens, 21-11, 21-4, 210; WildinR over Rev. Bollens, 21-12, 21-17, 21-15. In the second round semi-final matches, Bcregszazy worn' over McKintty 21-2, 21 -C, 21-1: Arnlt over Jewott 21-5, 21-15, 21-19. cmi-Final Match Beregszazy won over Arnlt 21-7, 2!-9, 21-3. The final match to determine the Amherst city championship then stood between Arthur Bregszazy and David Wilding. This match was played Wednesday evening, August 7, at 6:30. Beregszazy won four: 21-16 21-9, 2U7, 7-21, and 21-19. Women's Tennis Singles Results of the Women's singles .lenriis matches to date are: Nancy Kaser over Naomi Thomas, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0. Agnes Schmitz won over Mildred Kaser, 6-1,6-3. Nancy Kaser will play Agnes Sshmitz for the women's singles title this Saturday afernoon, with the best four out ot 7 sets determining the championship. Men's Single Matches Results of the men's singles tennis to date are: Jack Bollens over Bob Coverdale, 612, 7-5; Eugene Davis oyer George Walker, 6-4. 6-lrthese were the only scores in the first round of men's tennis singles to date. ' HORSHOE DOUBLES The horseshoe doubles tournament commences Thursday even- ing, Aug. 8 with the finals to be "rlayed Friday Aug. 9. All matches start at 6:30 p.m. Tennes Singles Second (round tennis singles matches must be played by Sunday the 11th of August, with the finals to be played during the week of August 11th. All scores should be turned in immediately to Art Thomas, supervisor at the playground. Men's Doubles Pairings for the men's doubles tournament in tennis are announced as follows: Bill Stiwald and Ed Berger - 1st round by. Geo. Walker and Bob Coverdale vs. Jerry Menz and Eugene Davis; Jack Bollens and Bill Unger vs. Bill Ponton and Junior Smythe. The winner of match number two will play number one In the semifinals, and the winner of that match will play the winner of the member three match for the doubles championship. Doubles matches should commence the week of August 11th with all scores turned In to the supervisor. Mr. end Mrs. John Coubrough of St Petersburg, Florida, are spending a month visiting Mrs. Coubrough'a brother, George Bruce and family, Tenney Ave. Barck And rt Win fourney Walker And Short Are Delegates To State Convention Merrill Walker and Herman Short have been named delegates from the local post to the state convention of the American Legion, to foe held In Cleveland August 17 to 20. Distinguished military guests at the convention will include General A. A. Vandergrift, Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, Vice Admiral Charles McMorris, Major General Robert S. Beigh-tler and Under Secretary of War, Kenneth C. Royall. Among the sport celebrities to be on hand for the convention and particularly to base umpire a special Legion game immediately before the scheduled night game Vitween the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox on Saturday, will be three of the greatest baseball outfielders in the history of the game Babe Ruth, Tris Speaker and Ty Cobb.. Muny Power Plant Dedicated to City in Exercises Saturday Starting with a reception at the Eagles Home at 10 a.m., and continuing with a luncheon at the high school at noon and the dedication ceremonies at 2:30, village officials formally dedicated the new municipal power and light plant last Saturday. . Neighboring community officials and speakers were welcomed informally at the Eagles Home until noon. At the luncheon at 'the high school, served by ladies of Hickory Tree Grange, Mayor H. J. Kane made a few remarks and Sam Wiragg spoke briefly on the new plant. Ceremonies at the plant in the afternoon included musical selections by the Amherst High School Band, remarks by guests, and an address by Joseph Guandolo, solicitor for the Bureau of Community Facilities, Federal Works Agency. Guandolo stressed the tact that the plant upon completion, belonged to the entire town and it should be used for the benefit of the citizens. Final testing and adjusting of the plant Is under way this week Henry Gordon, superintendent for the light plant, said. Current will be produced as soon as all tests are completed and they ace &ure the plant is ready to go, he stated. Charles McCann Charles McCann, Y3c, 6on of Mrs. Mary McCann, Pearl St., arrived home Friday, after spending 13 months with the Navy. For the last six months he was staftioroed at Littlecreek, Va., where he worked In the personnel office. Post To Assist Veterans With Terminal Pay Walter Moebius and Harry Sabiers, as service officers of the local Americaim Legion post, have been designated to assist veterans of World War II from this area im obtaining terminal leave pay. Merrill Walker, commander of the local post, reported this week that the bill had been passed by congress through the sponsorship of the Legion and that the local service officers wild assist all veterans in filling out their applications and any other work necessary. Donations of Time, Money, Materials Needed To Start Kindergarten Here Time, money, and material are needed to sponsor the wrthwhile project of a kindergarten in Amherst, according to Mrs. Earl Kane, chairman of the committee in charge Before state aid can be secured, lihere Is a ruling that the kindergarten be operating successfully for one year. The board of education will permit the use of the house next to the school building, and will provide heat, table and chairs. Howeve. a great many more things are needed before opening day of school. The room which lias been housing' aeronautical cf;r- for lhe high school, must be thoroughly cleaned, painted and furnished for the small fry. About 24 youngsters would like to attend this year. A few of the items needed are easels of any kind for fingcr-paint- Plans Completed For Eagles Picnic Plans are completed, it was announced this week by George Frank, chairman of the entertainment committee, for the annual picnic of Amherst Aerie, Eagles, to be held this year at Brandt's park this coming Sunday, August 11. Paul Linden is general chairman for the picnic, accisted by several committees. The program of events will start at 3 pjn. and imclude games end races for young and old alike. Cash prizes will be awarded all winners. Members of the picnic committee are George Frank, A. P. Meesig, Hugh McGarvey, and Paul Linden. Pet Missing Has anyone seen "Alvy"? The Wettrich family's pet, a big red and tan cat, has been missing for several days and the rest of the family want him back. Having brought him here when they first moved to Amherst, they all miss him terribly, and would appreciate word of anyone seeing him, either dead or alive. Just call 7311 if you have any helpful Information about "Alvy." Movies Shown Rotary Members Capt. Roy B. Kirk, Jr., was the guest speaker and also showed pictures when the Amherst Rotary club met Monday at moon at the Methodist church, for their weekly dinner. The program was arranged by the U. S. recruiting station of Lorain. The pictures were taken in Europe depicting atrocities of Worild War II. Guests were R. B. Miller, of Lorain, James Nabakowski, Evan Nord, David Goldthorpe, Ralph Prittie and Joseph Ignat of Amherst, Jack Walker of South Amherst, Paul Straser, of Akron, and Hawy Reynolds, of Elyria. ing, ehowcard board for posters, doll house, farm set, small toys, (not including stuffed animals)or picture books. In addition, money is needed to purchase paint, cloakroom equipment, new fixtures, and other Incidentals, in addition to paying the teacher's salary. Help is needed, too, to scrub the place ithoi:ou;ihly, although no definite-time has been set to do this. Any one interested in donating time money of "material, is asketJ to contact Mrs. Kane, 7292 or any of her assistants, who include Mrs. David Goldthome. Mrs. Ha I old Mathes, Mrs. Harold Saunders, Mrs. Frederick Berger, and Mrs. Albert Werner. D. R. Goldthorpe Appointed By State Senator i D. R. Goldthorpe, secretary of, the Amherst Chamber of Com- j merce, was appointed by the State Senator, C Stanley, Mechem, chairman of the Ohio j Small Business Commission, to make a survey of the Federal and State legislative needs of. this area as they affect the small businessman'. This report will be given to the commission at the next session of that legislative body which will be held in Columbus on August 22. All businessmen) of this region are requested to contact Goldthorpe that a cross-section of their views on present legislation may be presented to the commission. Mayor Warns Promiscous and illegal dumping of garbage and trash on Brookside drive has aroused the ire of residents of the street and village officials. Mayor H. J. Kane warned this week that if those guilty of dumping the trash and gam-' bage after dark ere apprehended, he will impose the stiffest penalties possible. Church Night Members and friends of First Evangelical Church will meet at the church basement, Monday August 12, at 6:30 p.m., for a tureen dinner. Items of the annual report will be given. Servicemen who have recently returned will be special guests. Included among these will be Rev. and Mrs. Harold Maxwell. Committees are at work on the decorations, invitations, and program. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Goodspeed and son last weekend tvere Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stras-er ,of Akron. Local Legion Has Field Day Winning District Tourney With each team scoring in every inning for a total of 43 runs, the Amherst American Legion team defeated the Lorain Legion 25-18 to win the Legion's District Softball championship to the finals Sunday evening at the Automatic field. Semi-finals in the district play were scheduled for Sunday afternoon with Lorain defeating Tiffin in the first game at 2 p.m. The second game, between Am herst and Bucyrus, was rained out, however, after two innings of play. The evening's program was then changed to permit com pleting the game between Am herst and Bucyrus, and the consolation game 'between the losers of the semi-finals was canceled. Following Amherst's win over Bucyrus, the local team then took on Lorain in the final game. Winning the district tournament puts the local team in line for competition in the regional tourney against teams from the Cleveland and Akron district meets. Winning team in the regional will go as representative to the state finals to Columbus.Plans are still underway to bring the regional tourncment to the local field, the date being set for Sunday, August 18, but no commitments have as yet been made by state headquarters, Theft Of Car Reported Here Theft of an automobile on Church street, Monday evenin.'?, sometime between 8:45 and 9:10. was reported to police by Walter Moebius, local i.-'surance man. Moebius reported that he parked his car, a black 1936 Chevrolet tdan, license number ZV-330, across irom nis ouice on vnuicn street. Intending to be gone only a few minutes, he left the keys in the car. When he returned, the car was gone. The theft was reported to local police and &tate highway patrol, Hickory Grange Holds Dinner Meet E. H. Darks, Oberlin, acted as Inspecting officer when the conferring of first and second degrees on two candidates and inspection of second degree work were featured at the dinner meeting of Hickory Tree Grange last Thursday evening. The work was put on by the following officers: Master, Cor-rine Woodings, Pat Wilhelm; Overseer, Gladys Woodings; Lecturer, Ruth Frederick; Chaplain, Alberta Jackson; Gatekeeper, Pat Wilhelm, Corinne Woodings; Steward. Leila Ann Bischoff; secretary. Colleen Jones; treas- er jrene urig; Ceres, Marjorie Dull; Pomona, Norma Wavrick; Flora, Marie Wagner; Assistant Steward, Juliann Woodings; Lady Assistant Steward, Marl-ann Szuch. Featured was a fancy floor drill in formals by candlelight with Mrs. Dull as captain and Mrs. Woodings as assistant. During his remarks, Parks commented on the high quality of the work and gave a high score. Lunch was served to the members and guests by Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Peabody, Miss Olive Bell-er, Charles Heck, Miss Laura Borlnger, and N. J. Hollstein. Hosts for the next meeting in two weeks will be .Mr. end Mrs. Claude Huey, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Edwards, and Jim and Dale McLoda. System Designed To Help Facilitate Emergency Calls Plans to provide a new and police calls for the village, designed to eliminate the long distance calls into Lorain and then back now necessary n every fire or police call, were approved by council at its regular meeting on Tuesday evening of this week. . , . Independent And League Games On Softball Sched A full schedule of attractive contests is in store for local Softball fans for the next week. League games, outstanding independent teams and two of the state's leading girl's teams have been booked. The girls game has been set for next Wednesday night and will pit Elyria Rorick Insurance against Mansfield. The Elyria girls are leading the Lakewood league and are expected to be strong contenders for the state championship. Mansfield is the class of central , Ohio and also will be gunning for the 6tate title. The game here will be a prelude to the state tournament which opens the following week. League games will feature the ! program -touight (Thursday), j Eagles will meet Florence in the I first game while in the second I contest, Clearview Vets will at-j tempt to continue in' a first place tie with Amherst Legion when they go against Lorain Legion. Clearview will also appear in another tough league game Friday when they meet Vermilion in a make-up game. Vermilion has lost two tough decisions to the local Eagles and Legion but Tuesday night, their star pitcher, Hal Moser, came thru with a no-hit game to knock Elyria Duplex out of first place. Tne Eagies will be stepping into Double A ranks when they meet the strong Akron Eagles. The latter team is in second place in the Akron City league. This will be the second game on Friday's program. Vermilion will be back in ac tion Sunday nite when they entertain the hustling Sandusky Jax Bar team. Lorain Legion will play Chardon Merchants in' the other game. Both 'local teams will be in action in league games Tuesday night, the Eagles, attempting to 6tay In the running, will be gun ning for a victory over Clear-view, while the Legion tangles with Elyria Duplex. Next Friday there will be a benefit program sponsored by the Legion. Proceeds will go to pay the doctor's bill for a Shelby player who broke his leg in a game here a few weeks ago. Legion will meet the Shelby team while the Eagles, will play Bellevue Eagles. Efforts which seem assured of being successful ate underway to bring the Legion regional tournament here Sunday, August 18. The local team captured the district tournament which was concluded Sunday in a wild and wooly game, the final score being 25 to 18 with Lorain as the victim. Lorain had edged Tiffin and Amherst beat Bucyrus in semifinals Sunday afternoon. Bowling Team James Wenzel, president ot the Bowling league, announced this week that there will be a meeting for all bowlers after the tegular Eagles meeting, Monday evening, August 19, at the Eagles home. telephone hook-up for fire Presented by representatives of the Lorain Telephone Co., the new hook-up will route calls through the new municipal power plant. In the past, there has been no place in town available to receive calls on a 24-hour basis every day in the year. For that reason, representatives of the telephone company point out, calls have been sent in to Lorain where operators were on duty at all times, and the fire alarms and police signals were sent out from the Lorain office. As soon as the new muny plant is put into operation, however, there will be at least one operator on duty at all times. New lines will be run into the power plant for fire and police and the operator on duty will then be able to throw a switch to ring fire phone bells and signals and to signal for police. It was pointed out that the new system will be much more efficient inasmuch as calls will be made direct on. -a local lina-and will eliminate long distance calling with Its crowded lines. Also, the new system will cost the village only approximately $21.40 per month as compared to the $50.00 paid monthly at present. The representatives of the telephone company were requested to commence installation of the new system immediately so that as soon as the power plant goes into service, the-change over can be made. Other business transacted by council included discussion of speeding in the village, a new snow plow, street repair and lighting, wage raises, and a report from Fire Chief Al Stiwald.Mrs. A. W. Werner reported to council that lives of children on Lincoln St. were being en dangered constantly by excessive speed of cars using the street. Mayor Kane stated that he would have the police check the street as much as possible and requested that license numbers of cars speeding be taken end turned in to him. Don Masshart, representing the Earl Ives Equipment company, presented specifications to council for a snow plow. Council took no action, pointing out that they planned to purchase a new truck and would then purchase a snow plow that could be used on the new truck. Council requested that the solicitor prepare an ordinance Increasing the salary of Charles Mathes, sewage disposal plant superintendent. Mathes requested a $20 raise monthly above his present salary of $160. Council recommended a 10 per cent Increase.Fire Chief Stiwald reported that all fire plugs in the village had been inspected, cleaned, an painted. He also reported that the fire department was sending two members to the Volunteer Firemen's 6tate convention at Dayton on Saturday of this week, and that he had spent a week recently In Cleveland at tending the state convention of fire chiefs. Council also, by unandmous approval of an ordinance, officially designated the name of the street leading to the new power plant ea Gordon avenue. I V; ... .