The Amherst news-times (Amherst, Ohio), 1948-07-22

              The Amherst News-Times VOL XXX, NO. 30 AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1948 THE SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD Young And Old Relax At II IP kRit r JV 7 Hftsr n 'Round and 'Round - Reports from the American Legion carnival committee point toward a record crowd attendance at this year's gala three-day carnival. Beginning with the fireworks the first night, concessions and rides were jammed for the entire time. ! Headed by the main attraction, the giant ferris wheel, local kid- I dies kept the ride concessions , busy the full three days, and con-, sumed huge quantities of ice cream, soft drinks, and cotton , candy. I Main attraction for the oldsters this year was a "ring the duck" concession, with live ducks as targets for free hand ring throws. Merriment and prize hopes shared alike in the eager faces of people making the lines waiting to take their turn. Winner of this year's thousand dollar drawing was George Kane, : 032.5th .street, Lorain.; No sttr ment was forthcoming from Kane on his good luck, as Merrill Walker, chairman of the committee, has been unable to contact the winner. Able help on traffic problems was furnished by Amherst policemen Paul Pikey and Carl Wen-rich, who assisted in re-routing traffic around the barricade authorized in the Cleveland street area facing the Legion home, and handling other parking problems. Russ Kubach, commander, and Merrill Walker, chairman, extended their thanks to the police, the light plant employees, and the many merchants who gave of their time and money to help make the affair a success. Doyle Hutton New President Of OLA The board of directors of the Outdoor Life Association met Thursday evening for the purpose of electing officers for the coming year. Those chosen were: Doyle Hutton, president; J. Hig-ynett, vice-president; A. C. Berg, Lorain, secretary; Raymond Nickel, treasurer. The group also discussed projects for the coming year and one of them will be the widening of the dam and a contractor has been contacted. The other project will be the erection of a tool house on the grounds. Jo Meet At Churcl The semi-annual congregational meeting of St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed church will be held Thursday evening, July 29, at the church parlors, starting with a fish fry at 6:30, John Rein-hardt, official fryer. Some important matters are to be discussed and a good attendance is hoped for. Thirty-Five Attend Rcrgcr Reunion Thirty-five members attended the eighth annual Berger family reunion held Sunday afternoon at the Grange Hall. During the business meeting tne following officers were chosen for the coming year: president, Jean Styles, Elyrla; vice-president il '"f3l II III I I I South Amherst Soldier Returned For Burial Here Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Methodist church, South Amherst, for Charles W. Garland, the first South Amherst man to be returned from where he fell in action overseas. He was drowned on August 6, 1943, while serving with the armed forces in England. The body will arrive in Ely-ria Thursday (today) and will renwin at the Zilch funeral home until noon Saturday. Services at the South Amherst Methodist church will be conducted by the Rev. Dale Riggs, pastor, assisted v.he Rev. Lyons, wherfi military services will be conducted by Ihe South Amherst American Legion. Garland was 22 years old. He was born in South Amherst, and graduated from the South Amherst high school with the class of 1939. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mr.s Henry Garland, a brother, Robert, of East Cleveland; and two sisters, Mrs. Addison Mischke, Elyria, and Mrs. Leonard Hummer, South Amherst. Over 100 Attend Church Picnic Over a hundred attended the annual picnic of the Sunday School of the First Evangelical U-B church held Wednesday from 3 to 10 p.m. at Brandt's park. Games and contests for all ages from the beginners' department through the home department were featured with the following committee in charge: Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Buell, Rev. and Mrs. C. Vandersall, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Mackie, Mr. and Mrs. Al. King, Mr. and Mrs. Clair Coverdale. Winners included: sack race, Frank Clary; three-legged race, Donald Zuspan and David Vandersall; cracker eating contest, Jack Earl and June Zuspan; rope jumping, Jacqueline Buell;wheelbarrow- race, Larry King, Marcia Hellinger; dart throwing, David Vandersall, Beyerly King; shoe race, Dwight Buell; guessing contest, Nancy Springer; mixed hus band contest, Mrs. N. Sprague; dressing 'contest, C. J. Springer and J. R. Mueller. Pop and ice cream were furnished free by the Sunday School. . picnic supper followed trie games and this committee included' Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Dute, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Mueller, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Zilch, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Springer. Croquet and baseball were featured tifter the supper. Edwin Sines, Amherst; secretary treasurer, Dwight Standen, Am herst; historian, Ada Berger, of Henrietta. Plans were made to hold the 1949 reunion at the same place the third Sunday of July. Following a series of games and contests a picnic supper was enjoyed. Guests were present from Amherst, Henrietta, Elyria, Lo rain, and Cleveland. Annual Legion Question What To I 'MI-11 1?1 1 What is to be done with the monies already collected for building an addition to the Amherst hospital) Should original plans for adding to the present hospital be followed? Or should a separate building be erected on the present grounds? Or should an entirely new structure be erected at a new location? These questions are becoming more and more acute to members of the hospital board of trustees in the face of constantly rising costs, divided opinion around town on the advisability of adding to the present structure, and questions from citizens as to what is being done with the money. In a meeting of the board on Wednesday evening of this week a great deal of discussion was devoted to the matter with no definite decision reached. Funds Always Insufficient It was pointed out by -Robert Hubbard, president of the board, that there never has been sufficient funds for even the original plans. When first drawn in 1945, the plans called for an expenditure of approximately $75,000. By the completion of the drive when $60,000 was raised, costs had increased to the point where the lowest bid received was in the neighborhood of $87,000. Elmer Hume, local contractor, asked to give an estimate of present building costs, told the group that if brick were used in place of sandstone, if the cornices were eliminated, and if the sun deck were eliminated, he estimated that the addition now would cost approximately $100,000. Hubbar was asked to appoint a committee to investigate the several possibilities and report back to the group with a definite re commendation. This he agreed liiiiiv-iiiii... w i.i ,,, iic agilxu to do, asking for a little time to make the apointments. ,. ... i . Carnival Plagues Board: Do About Hospital? Beaver Park lllh Annual Regatta Draws Larjje Crowd Beaver Park's annual regatta event was overcrowded with spectators at this year's meet, with many people turned away due to lack of parking space. This year's races went off with no casualties to mar the day's program, though choppy conditions prevailing cut down the entries for the races. This year, races saw Coast Guardsmen from Lorain on hand to lie available for any emergencies, along with special emergency safety measures taken to prevent accidents. One near collision in a race provided the only "close one" in the whole program of racing. Eleventh annual regatta winners carried no Amherst names this year. Enlarges Services Roy Harr, of the L & L Chevrolet, this week announced an enlarging of the firm's electrical appliance department with the addition offCrosley radios and refrigerators.Mrs. Ralph Haas lias been pn. I gaged by Harr to handle the home appliance department. Council Increases Budget, Will Ask For Special Levy Amherst council will decide by next Tuesday eve-1 ning just how much money they will ask local voters to I approve through a special levy in the November election. Witn rt-c-.jTi 'j'pcratiu- expenses rising, receipts from s t; r....s c f Kee.-.ily, and a budget for 1949 coll-R3 -'-' c. :.se. er $i 7.C00 in expenditures over 1945, cour. j;i uscled ho, nu.ny mills to request in the special levy. OLil'U'.i action taken the 5pverni;ig body ;it their regular nee'.i:!;' on Tuesday evening of jiis v. ;.:: included a lengthydis-.us.i-jii Uie new sanitary sewer in Wultiing al otment, appointments to t'n tiiy planning commission, ana discussion of cleaning up the' jail and comfort sta-.ions in : : ssion of si. it nd parking signs. It was reported that the new sanitary sewer serving the Wat-.rint; allot nent is in use and all esr.ierts in ihe area are to be requested to tup in. While not . .;ci li, accet '.t'd by council pending final tests, se.veral Inve 1 jptftt King the Duck - Boosters Plan By-Law Revision Plans for a July Booster club dance received a setback when directors of that organization met Tuesday night at the Plato Coal offices. Bud Jenne, dance committee chairman, stated that no open dates for July were available and two tentative dates for July were submitted. Detailed reports on revision and changes in club by-laws were given by a special committee headed by Walter Leinhos. Copies of the revised club laws will be mailed at a later date to all bona fide members of the Booster club. Directors present at the meeting inched John Ruth, George Walker Jr., James Echv't, Walter Leinhos, Burton Jenne, Fred Diencr, and Elmer Smith. Anncrirccment was ilso made that the public park project, instigated this year by the Booster club, is now entirely in the hands of a general committee composed of various orcanizations here in town, and that a meeting is slated for Tuesday, August 3, at the high school to advance the plans for this project. Smith said that no official decision has been reached to his knowledge on a reported site for the park, although he stated that much opinion seemed to settle on the area adjacent to the A. Naba-kowski company. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hurlbut and family and Mrs. Minnie Hurl-but returned home Thursday from a week's vacation spent at Detroit, Michigan and vicinity, also in Canada. U already tapped in and the sewer 3 ready to take care of a',1 the louses in the area. On the recommendation of Conrad Zilch, president of the Jliamber of Commerce, Mayor -lane appointed two men to serve on the planning commission. Appointed were John Smythe for a period of four years and Roy Harr for a period of two years. These men will serve with Ray 'Vasem, six-year term, and Harold Washka, two-year term, both .Kirn the council, and the mayor. the request of the mayor, i council visited the jail following 1 .A.',ra).' T jf' " Is 71 , U -f-. .. Five-Year-01d Bipartisan Group Goes Back Into Original Two-Party System Barring a charter renewal, the five-year-old Citizen ticket in Amherst will die a "natural death" by the time the fall elections roll around. Formed in 1943, the Citizen group, a bipartisan membership composed of both Republicans and Democrats, was formed to carry ihe fight for a municipally-owned electric distribution plant and town constructed and owned electric generating plant. Fred Hogrefe, presentsecretary-treasurer, told the News-Times that the original goal and common ties binding together the group had now become an established fact, and that there was no further need of the alliance. Up until the last local election the Citizens flub continued to offer a slate of candidates to Amherst voters, and at the present time four Jmportant village offices are held by members of the Citiz.ens ticket. These include mayor, Henry J. Kane; clerk, Charles Miller: Board of Public Affairs head, William Barber, and light plant superintendent, Henry Gordon. Harry Ruth, former member of the Board of Trustees recently resigned, was also one of charter members of this group. Ruth's OM'.ion on the board is at thjs time still vacant. Familiar names around town who headed up the formation of the bipartisan group include those of Henry Gordon (first chairman), Henry Kane, Fred Hogrefe, Philip J icger, and many others. Struck Bv Car y Sherrill McLoda, the youneest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. McLoda. Quarry road, was struck by im nuto in front of her home when she ran out to the road. She was taken to the Amherst hospital where it was found she had sustained cuts and bruises. After receiving treatment she was taken home. The acident happened at 7:50 Wednesday evening. Her brother is still confined to the hospital with a broken leg he suffered In a fall from a tree. ihe meeting. Coun.cilrnen Washka . hd ..icCi.iie,,', as members of '..d hall committee, were enuosted io investigate costs of ;p il.a j-i. quarters. f hey va. e a: c ee cornpietiiu f.'.ueted to over-cleaning up the 'ulat;c s :esi ioom.. Mayor Kane reported receipt )i oilei-3 c' sid for the village ran ihe U.ange and from the a; cees. Monbers of the Grange iiive tentatively offered to re-A ce uees that have died or been jut out in town. A committee ..ill meet with council at a later .iate to go over council's wishes :n the mntter. Members of the Jaycees have ofiered to renumber all houses in town in an effort to standardize the house numbering system. Councilman Wasem was requested to contact the Board of Public Affairs regarding installing permanent parking signs on metal light pc'es in the downtown area. ) f ft 1 Boy Scouts To Re Guests At Rasehall Game Wednesday, July 28 will be a red letter day of the month for the local scouts, as the troop will be taken into the Cleveland Stadium to watch the Indians play. Scouts interested in going are asked to contact scoutmaster D. R. Goldthorpe. An assembly will be held at the Roc Center at one o'clock, with furnished transportation v.'.'A be waiting there. Goldthorpe also announced that tne iroop nact received $42 in ! s'j'cs tax stamp returns this week. Regulan- scout meetings have been discontinued during the -'inrrTr ttr.'.il September. Kindergarten In Need Of Items The kindergarten class at the public school is in need of two doll buggies and a small tea ta-r ble. Mrs. Walter Leinhos, in charge of preparations for the kindergarten, has requested that anyone willing to donate any of the articles should get in touch with her. Information about the kindergarten may also be secured from her. Approximately 50 children have already been signed up for this year's class, ith room for one or two more.