The Amherst news-times (Amherst, Ohio), 1947-09-18

              hirst;; News- Pi Read The Merchants SPECIALS On Page 2 VOL. XXIX, NO. 38 AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER f, 1947 THE SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD Ul II Am HE IMES innniifij n Amherst I&iijh School Comets . hftONT ROW: (left to right;) Wilford, Rich, Shand, Green, Gig-llottl, Davis, 8elmant8, Brown, NEWS FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOL By Carolyn Vtndemll ft Nancy Kiier: Chapel On Friday Mrs. Egeland chad charge of a very interesting and helpful chapel. The second-year dramatics class held a panel discussion on courtesy. Norman Miller was master of ceremonies. Laura Moody read the Scripture. In the panel discussion which followed, Jerry Menz was chairman, and speakers were David Hearn, yJoe Sejmants, Mary Lou Borowicz, Margaret Choate, Dorothy Moebius, and Juliann Wgod-ings. Alex Orosz commented upon several discourtesies, with the aid of several illustrations drawn by Joe Selmants. In the afternoon a movie entitled "Junior Prom" was shown, dealing with good and bad manners m public. David Leimbach ran the projector. New Students Amherst High is glad to welcome twenty-nine new students from all over the country. To the juniors has come Ann Virant, Lorain. The sophomores have added Joan Busser, Cleveland; Ann Guiselman, Long Beach, California; Fred McDonald, Boston; and William Fulmer, New Martins ville, Ohio. The freshmen have the largest Increase, as usual: Barbara Jordan, Alabama; Marlene Dunning, Lorain; Jan Longstreth, Elyrla; Alex Pozniak, South Amherst; and Bob McAllister, Middle Ridge; and the group from the parochial school, which includes James Berthold, Lawrence Buhser, Edward Diedrick, Tom Finnegan, Beatrice Fuhrman, David George, John Gormley, Diane Henry, Ca-mille Henry, James Henry, John Luccio, James Krause, Shirley Krause, Robert Meyer, Donald Shagie, Leonard Van Niel, Robert Van Niel, Carol Wernert,. and William Wohlever. Shown above are the membsfi on the staff of the Amherst high school student paper, The Record. Left to right-David Hearn, ssis tant editor, Mary Lou Borowicz, r. rv . "! : U;:1:V J 7 R. Van Niel, Henry, Flock, Sa-biers.SECOND ROW: Ice, Yunker, Student Council On Monday morning the Stu dent Council met and elected Wayne Schnaak, vice president and Mary Lou Borowicz secretary treasurer. John Jewett was elected president last week. The name of Shirley Haines, art teacher, was omitted from the paper last week. Miss Haines is from Elyria, and a recent grad uate of Bob Jones college, Green ville, South Carolina. Miss Haines particularly liked the fact that this college stresses character building as well as scholastic training. On Tuesday the girls' biology class visited the Cleveland zoo and the Museum of Natural History. Mr. Engle accompanied the group. Record Staff At Chapel, Miss Murray announced the names of students (Continued on Pac Fosr) A.H.S. Comets Wellington 9 Games Won List Amherst high footballers will don the green and gold jerseys again tomorrow (Friday) night when they kick off to the Wellington high school Dukes at 8 o'clock at Memorial Field. Playing under the lights for the second game of the season, Coach Ludwig's mentors will attempt a repeat performance in the win column entered last Friday night when they downed the Norwalk high gridders to the tune of 12-7. The Wellington team preserved a string of nine games undefeated from last year when they battled Norwalk St. Paul's to a 0-0 tie last Friday at Wellington. assistant editor, Margaret Choate, editor, and Nancy Kaser, business manager. The Record will make : Its first appearance next week. 754.. 4 Lodge, Ryan, Sharp, Hudak, Mc-Loda, Koepp, L. Van N I e I, Schnaak, Sutliff, Dudley, Washka. Council Passes Ordinances Tuesday Night The village solons broke up their' meeting Tuesday evening at 11:15, after having completed the passage of three new ordinances relative to certain improvements m the village along with the these improvements. The original ordinance introduced provided for the improvement of Forest Hill, Idlewood, and Sunset drives. Ordinance number two of the evening session provided for the financial legislation to cover the cost of these improvements. The money to be needed will come from special assessments on the property owners in the areas to be improved. Assessments will be insured by issuance of bonds and notes. Village Excavation Permits The last ordinance concerning village construction provides that any party carrying out construction work which calls for the excavation of pavement or other permanent installation will have to apply for a permit to do so and will be required to make a financial deposit with the village mayor. Carriers Need License To Assault A The Dukes boasted a couple of "almosts" when they penetrated inside Norwalk's ten-yard line, but lost their scoring chances on goal line stands by their opponents.Amherst's starting eleven for tomorrow night includes Bruce, left guard; Washka, left tackle; Green, left guard; Lodge, center; Coverdale, right end; Orosz, right tackle; Marlow, right guard; Wilford, quarterback; Bryner, left half; Ice, right half; and Prittie, fullback. Wellington's red and white will start Stoll as left end; Minardi, left tackle; Preston, left guard; Grimsey, center; Hohler, right guard; Jaworski, right tackle; O'-Donnell, right end; Spaar, quarterback; Smith, left half; Belzold, right half; and Schaffer, fullback. Wellington's coach is Russell Kepler, and his assistant, Gilbert Shellhouse. Complete team line-ups and numbers of the individual players will be available to spectators in the programs offered for sale by the junior class of the local high school, at the game Friday. The program also includes the var ious signals used by the referees to designate the penalties and de cisions in the game. BACK ROW: Ludwig, Simon, Orosz, Bruce, Prittie, Coverdale, Bryner, Miller, Marlow, Delzeith, Mulder, Schieferstein, Thomas. Improvement financial arrangements for In the future, any taxis op erating within the village limits, will be required to apply for a permit from, the village in order to operate. Certain financial res ponsibilities . will have to be as sumed by applicants in the way of ifcsurancevA' fee of one dollar will be charged for an operating permit. Pay Raise A resolution was introduced and acted favorably upon, to raise the salary of Libby Gerlach, who per forms clerical and billing work for the Board of Public Affairs The raise was made from $75 to $85 per month. Fire Chief Asks Re-Zoning The village fire chief appeared before council and protested cer tain present fire and zoning regu lations within the village limits and requested that changes be brought about. The council decid ed that Attorneys Friedman and Stevens should confer with Chief Stiwald and study the problem for Improvement. Requests Parking Changes Service station owner Frank Hagen asked that measures be taken to halt parking on the north side of Tenney avenue op posite the entrances to his ser vice station. Hagen also protested the parking on Church street op posite his driveway entrance. He stated that he was unable to bring the commercial vehicles he employs either out or in his drive way as long as people parked across the entrance. A committee composed of McQueen and Flech-ner was appointed to meet with Hagen and look into the problem and authorized to place "no park ing" signs if necessary. Speeding Past School George Walker appeared at the council meeting and presented certain recommendations to coun cil and the street committee, composed of Radde and Coverdale, for remedying the problem of automobile drivers using the road in front of the school on Church street as a speedway. The problem of signs and regulations for the area were taken up for discussion. Further reports will be made on the problem. Cooperation of the street committee with the school and police was decided upon. Clerk Charles Miller was auth orized to write letters to property owners on South Main street requesting attention be given to restoration of sidewalks to original conditions. Mrs. Vandersall Named To Head Band Mothers New officers were in charge of the first meeting of the season when the Amherst Band Mothers' club met at the home of Mrs. C. C. Vandersall, Tuesday evening. Mrs. Conrad Adler was the assistant hostess. New officers for the club are: president, Mrs. Vandersall; vice-president, Mrs. Gerald Mead; secretary, Mrs. George Battenhouse; and treasurer, Mrs. Reuben Dute. Routine business was disposed of with Mrs. George Battenhouse appointed to make arrangements for tepair of uniforms. Miss Sarah Minor and Mrs. C. C. Vandersall were appointed as a committee to investigate purchase of a baritone horn. Refreshments were served to the Mesdames Anna Witt, Martin Nie-sen, Elmer Gall, Raymond Nickel, R. Mueller, Edward Gawne, Doyle Hutton, Frank Borowicz, Charles Henry, Newton Bechtel, Harvey Chambers, N. A. Rubel, Elmer Clarey, Everett Nylen, Gerald Meade, Karl Smith, Herman Short, Lester Weichel, W. S. Mur-dy, Reuben Dute, Walter Kappley, Harold Washka, George Battenhouse, Miss Sarah Minor, the music instructor and the hostesses.The October meeting will be held in the home of Mrs. Martin Niesen, 587 Middle street, with Mrs. Charles Henry, assistant hostess.REPUBLICANS DRAFT PLATFORM Republican candidates for vil laee offices trr -the - November election met in the office of D. R. Goldthorpe, mayoralty candidate, this week to draft a tenta tive platform lor the party. The platform will be discussed at another meeting to make re visions, if necessary, and then re leased early in October, Gold thorpe said. REC OPENS Amherst Rec Center opens for its fall season to all members at 7:30 Saturday, according to an announcement made this week by Stanley Reichert, director. Work in the first degree is scheduled for the stated meeting of Stonington lodge next Tuesday evening, September 23, at the Ma sonic club rooms. PTA Starts Membership Drive Planned to coincide withParent-Teacher Week in Ohio, a drive for membership in the local Parent - Teacher association will get under way next week in the public schools under the direction of Mrs. Harold Mathes, membership committee chairman. Under proclamation of Governor Thomas J. Herbert, the week of September 21-27 has been set aside as Parent-Teacher Week, with the governor calling on all citizens to cooperate in the endeavors of the Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers. As in previous years, the membership drive will be carried on principally by children in the school. Prizes are offered to those obtaining the most members. Membership is open to both mothers and fathers as well as anyone else interested in the welfare of the school. A goal of 500 members has been set up by the com mittee. Local officers for the coming year are: Mrs. Edward Menz. president; Mrs. Norman Miller, vice-president; Mrs. Carl Deeds, secretary; and Miss Florence Ehr- BREAKS HIP IN FALL Mrs. Sophia Rice, Quarry road, had the misfortune to fall early this (Thursday) morning and break her hip. Mrs. Rice is at her home and is reported as well as can be expected. She is nearing her eightieth birthday. Drive Committee To Explain Objectives To Clubs, Groups The Hospital Membership Campaign, headed by Bob Hubbard, got underway letters were sent out to clubs and lodges m Amherst, Brownhelm, and South Amherst. Russ Kubach Heads Legion Russell Kubach was elected Commander when Elmer Johnson post of American Legion held election of officers Wednesday night. Other officers elected are Elmer Smith, 1st Vice Commander; Rob ert Fuhrman, 2nd Vice Command er; Don Cherry, Adjutant; Wil liam Robertson, Finance Officer; Jack Blackford, Chaplain; Clyde Donnelly, Trustee; Walt Moebius, Service Officer; and Ralph Thomas, Sgt.-at-Arms. Sixty-six was played at the close of the business session. Lunch was served. Four new members and ten social members were received iao the order. Installation of officers will be held at the next meeting, on October first. LICENSE BUREAU OPEN EVENINGS The license bureau for obtaining drivers' licenses will be open from 7 to 9 in the evening starting next Thursday, September 25, according to D. R. Goldthorpe, local deputy registrar. He pointed out that to date only a minor percentage of local drivers have obtained their licenses and said that the bureau would be open in the evening from the 25th until September 30, as an accomodation to those who are unable to get there in the daytime.Smythe Named Attorney J. J. Smythe has been selected to serve on the Publications Committee of the Ohio State Bar Association. The appointment was made by State Bar President Joseph D. Stecher, of Toledo, upon recommendation of Executive Committeeman A. H. West, of Elyria. man, treasurer. Meetings are held on the second Monday of the month at 7:30 in the school auditorium. Programs for this year's meeting have been arranged around the four-fold program set up by the National Congress of Parents and Teachers: "School Education, 1200 Spectators Attend First Game Picture at right shows erection of newly-acquired bleachers at Memorial Field. In a statement this week from the high school it was disclosed that an estimated crowd of 1,200 people attended the opening football game of the season at the athletic field last Friday night. The athletic department is seek ing through the night home games to pay oft the debt incurred today (Thursday) when Although the actual opening date of the campaign was set for October first, the committee in " charge of the drive decided that these letters should be forwarded to clubs and organizations prior to the opening of the drive in order that they might be read at the various meetings before the campaign. Tomorrow morning the cooperation of the high school students and the aims of the drive will be explained in the Friday morning assemblies. The school is scheduled for an active part in the publicity in the next two weeks. The school's art department is going to make up the necessary signs and notices while other students will conduct a man-on-the-street quiz. Slogan contests are also to be held. The athletic department at the high school is doing its part by designating one of its home games as Membership Drive Game with-the band and cheerleaders working up some special acts to fur ther call attention to the campaign.The committee met on Monday night and discussed methods of conducting the actual member ship drive and approvals - were secured on certain form letters to be utilized. Arrangements were made to secure the addresses of every resident in the community for solicitation purposes. The general committee selected a sub-committee for the purpose of conducting the solicitation procedures. The new group will be headed by Clarence Kearn, with the following people serving under him: Fred Powers, Stanley Reichert, Walter Schulz, Jim Nichol, Henry Garland, Pat Miller, Don Leahy, and Albert Slack. Ray Wasem was also appointed as an additional member to the publicity committee. Health, World Understanding, and Parent and Family Life Education." . - The first meeting of the school year will be held on October 13, with "Safety'' set up as the theme of the program. Further details of the meeting and program will be announced later. I the purchase of the newly erected bleachers at the Harris street field. The first bleacher purchas was paid dirctly from the athletic fund. The second purchase found the price considerably higher, to-toling $1578.25. Last Friday's game cost the school $100 in taxes, and $45 for officials, leaving the school ap- byproximately $600 profit.