The Amherst news-times. (Amherst, Ohio), 1948-09-23

              Amherst News- HE MES VOL XXX, NO. 39 AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 23, 1948 THE SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD A' WHERE THERE'S SMOKE ; . Future inmates at the local jail will spend their internment time sans cigarettes, cigars and matches, with a burned mattress and blankets to furnish reason for the regulation. i Clerk Charles Miller went t down to the jail Wednesday a.m. for a visitor asking to see an inmate and discovered the jail was "flying blind" inpenetrable with smoke. After some tele phoning, police chief Carl Wen-rich appeared to unlock the jail and carried out the cot containing a burned mattress and smoldering blankets. The latter items just delivered, were a recent purchase of council for the jail. Wenrich told the News-Times that while committment papers were being written out last night the defendant was locked in the jail for ten minutes for using abusive language, and evidently threw a lit cigarette onto the cot before he was taken to Ely-ria.Hickory Grange Booster Night Plans Announced Plans are being completed for the annual "Booster Night" program of Hickory Tree Grange to be heid at the Grange Hall, Thursday evening, September 30. A display of produce and flowers will be another feature, with Mrs. Henry Ficht, judge of produce, and Mrs. James Kaiser judge of flowers. The program will include selections by the "Hot Shot" band pictures shown by F. R. Powers; talk by the Rev. J. W. Parks; skit on "Safety First," group of children. 9 Scouts Present At Monday Meet In Rec Center Nine scouts answered the roll call at the Monday night meeting of Amherst's Troop 322 in the Rec Center. Following drill practice, knot tying and inspection the troop played games and were instructed on participation in the Northeast District point contest. This contest will run for six weeks, with fifteen items as judging points. Such activities as regular troop attendance, merit badge awards, camping periods, night and day hikes, uniform wearing at troop meetings, court of honor attendance, etc., are the mainstays of the point awards. Some business men have already donated prizes for the winning troop, and at. present local merchants are asked to contact D. R. Goldthorpe, scoutmaster, about prize donations for indr vidual, patrol, and troop awards locally. The J. C. Penney company of Lorain Tias offered four electric camp lanterns to the winning troop in the district. Name Esslg Patrol Leader Following the meeting a Green Bar oatrol meeting was held, with the announcement made that Kenneth Essig would succeed Gil- bert Podlich as the troop's senior patrol teaaer. To Challenge District Troop The troop discussed a plan to challenge the top troop in the district for an event contest including inspection, knot tying, fire by friction and steel, first aid, tower building, drill, and semaphore signalling. Troop members hope to hold the contest between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Recruiting Plan Discussed A movement is also on foot to recruit new scouts and to rid the patrol roster of deadwood members who at present are pulling down the troop records because of lack of participation and attendance.Attend State PTA Meeting Harry Earl, president of the local Parent and Teachers Association attended the state meeting of the Ohio Congress of PTA Wednesday as representat-ivve delegate of the Amherst group. Mr. Adam Martin, pioneer Amherst resident, has been confined to St. Joseph's hospital, Lorain, since August. COMETS TO PLAY Hi ' J i ": .... . I"" ' '' "I 'H V zti I , - rum, . ; i I E - 'a. "II ' --'ill II- 111 II III I I Capt. Jerry Prlttle Lorain Red Cross Chairman Talks To Local Group When the Board of Directors of the Amherst Branch of the American Red Cross met Friday evening in the Town Hall, Mrs. J. Blazer, executive chairman of the Lorain Chapter, was present. He announced the annual meeting of the chapter would be held October 27 in Lorain, also that there is to be' a rewision of the by-laws. A report of the "loan closet" was given by Mrs. L. Roemer and Miss Edith Ehrman. At the present time the following articles may be loaned by con tacting either Mrs. Roemer or Miss Ehrman: 2 pairs crutches (new); 1 pair crutches (old): 1 dozen crutch tips; 4 back rests; 1 invalid book rest; 2 metal j bed pans; 1 enamel bed pan; 1 , urinal pan; 1 kidney basin; 1 enamel can and attachments; 2 large invalid rings (air cushion); j Mhoo, must be mailed not later 2 small invalid rings air cushon);ithan midnight October 3. 7. TnncilPPTftmv nnoc 1 inrnnt huff' J " ' 1 hypo syringe; 2 rubber pillow water bottles; ice cap' (head); l nospuai guwu ui'K'u;, o cuuun sheets; 7 cotton pillow slips; 1 bed and mattresses (for instruction class work); 2 cotton bed pan covers. Mrs. A. C. Berg, production chairman, turned over to Mr. Blazer 92 children's dresses completed, one not completed. Mrs. Berg announces that any one having a dress is to turn same in to her as soon as possible, finished or not. Amherst High H" I Illt President, Howard Washka; ibiin i - I Amherst high school football season officially gets underway tomorrow night (Friday) when the gridders from Church street school journey to the Medina stadium for the first conference tilt. Six regulars from last year's eleven will don the green and gold when the Ludwig-rhonias aggregation take on the Medina Bees, headed by 1947 league score-leader Dean Brubaker. Wayne Schnaak, Howard Washka, Har-' vey Lodgef Don Wilford, Bob Wohlever, and team captain Jerrie Prittie will lead the regulars as they make a second attempt to keep the Bees from crossing the Sandstone City goal line. Lineup for the game (probable) will - Planning Commission Developing Zoning Laws For Amherst According to an announcement by J. J. Smythe, head of the planning commission in Amherst, the commission is now discussing and considering zoning ordinances from Avon Laks, Elyria, and other surrounding communities in j order to work up an acceptable ordinance for Amherst. The recent flurry of protests and threatened action ovver the proposed construction of a commercial building on Cleveland avenue has ceased due to the sale of the property by owner Robert Finnegan to a Cleveland avenue resident. Smythe's planning commission intends to work out a zoning ordinance which will not be tbo restrictive, but which will pro tect the vvaluation of the resi dential property in town and prevent any such near chrisis as threatened property valuation on Cleveland avenue. ARE YOU REGISTERED? Parent And Teacher To Accompany Student Winning Presidential Essay Contest First Have you sent in your essay. yet, telling why your selected American President was great? AU entries ,n the Amherst News.Times Presidential Contest tn ftl. K.llHpnt!. nf 1iminP high schools and senior high Ail I J ! ....It- Mil you nave iu uu i write an essay of 250 words or less on the , ubject"Why Think President Was Great." Pick any President you wish to write about. You have two contents, each with chances to win prizes. In the local contest, right here in Amherst, there are five prizes for the junior high school students and five prizes for senior high school students. Then in the state-wide contest there is the grand prize in each of the two classes and all the winners throughout Ohio will be Senior Class Officers y I..- A vice president, Elmer Gall; secretary, Loll Buser. BALL TOMORROW include Schnaak, left end; Washka, left tackle; Diedrick, left guard; Lodge, center; Baum-.harrll, right guard; L. Van Niel, right tackle; Sharp, right end; Buser, quarterback; Wilford, left halfback; Wohlever, right halfback; Prittie, fullback. List year's fracas with the Bees stunned Arrherst rooters as the Medina flash Brubaker ltd his team in a 40-19 setback for the first An horsi loss in the season. Brubaker scored 28 of the 40 points by himself, last season, fir.p local gridders are working hard, hoping to "lower the bcom'' on the Medina scoremen. T'r team is leaving Amherst on the '.r.Koo' ous at 6:15 Friday for the session under the Medina lights. Mission Doctor Gives Address At St. Peter's V Dr. Herbert H. Grass, medical missionary fromBaitnpur-Chand-kuri, C. P., India, and at present home on furlough in the United States, will be the finest speaker at St. Peter's church on Sunday, October 3, with his address scheduled to begin at 10:30 sharp, according to an announcement by Reverend J. H. Bollcns, pastor. pointed out that! Rev. Bollens Dr. Grass has made one of the made one of the most outstanding contributions ! in the medical field for the treat ment of leperosy during the 17 years as medical missionary in India. Recently the Indian government awarded Dr. Grass with a meritorious silver medal award for Ms valuable services rendered to that country. A Christian medical college in south India has requested that Dr. Grass be released for a training position instructing doctors and nurses in leperosy treatment. Born in Raipur, India, Dr. Grass's missionery parents sent him to the United States for his medical education following which he received an appointment as medical missionary. entered in the state-wide contest.In the local contest, the ten prize winners will be each a-warded a Presidential Medal made by the Bureau of the Mint at Philadelphia. These will be provvided by the Standard Oil Company (Ohio). The Presidential series of medals dates back to our early colonial history, when George II of England presented medals bearing his likeness to Indian chiefs, to emphasize their fealty to the Crown. At the time of our Revolutionary War, medals that had been presented to the Indians by both George II and George III were located by officials of the Colonies, and in their place their place there were issued medals bearing I the American Coat of Arms. I During the administration of 1 George Washington the design v I: ill'-.. 1 -f .. r-r i 9 i f i Kindergarten To Launch Sales Tax Stamp Drive Amherst's Kindergarten Associ ation met Tuesday night at the Patton house for a short business meeting and to make plans for . exienueu ouies iua sunny drive to raise funds for the kind r the kind- ergarten equipment. The drive is opening in town , starting today (Thursday) starting today (Thursday) with . the parents of all school children ! r urged to send their tax stamps to the kindergarten teacher, Miss Wykoff. Present at Tuesday night's meeting were president Mrs. John Mattey, secretary and treasurer, Mrs. W. Arnold, advisory board members, Robert Jones, Mrs. Robert Finnegan and Charles Findlay. A meeting for all kindergarten mothers will be announced in the near future. Mr. and Mrs. John Ludwig left Monday afternoon on a motor trip thru the east. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Zilch are vacationing in Canada this week. was changed, and the medals were given to the Indian chiefs bearing the likeness of President Washington on one side and on the other symbols of peace with the Indians the clasped hands of the white man and the Indian, and the crossed pipe of peace and the tomahawk. The medals are of Mint bronze, and are three Inches in diameter. They have been designed by the Chief Sculptor of the United States Mint. Each local winner will be given the medal of the President about whom he has written. In the state-wide contest, one grand prize winner will be selected from the local winners in the junior high school essay con test and one grand prize winner from the local winners in the senior high scchool essay contest The student writing the essay, his mother or father, and the teacher he selects at the time of submitting his essay will all three go to Washington for the Inauguration of the next President. There will be two of these state winners and all expenses will be paid by the Standard Oil Company (Ohio). Amherst high school students entering the contest will have as judges Rev. C. C. Vandersall, Dr. C. H. Sncll, and Mrs. Frederick Shreiner. Students are asked to be sure NOT TO WRITE their name directly on their essays but to nttfach the necessary identification on a separate sheet of paper. The judges will decide the quality of the essay according to numbers in order that no names will appeal on the papers. Stephen Young Guest Speaker At Democratic Women s Day Meeting Stephen Young, candidate for congressman-at-large, will be the guest speaker when the Lorain County Federation of Democratic women holds a tea at 2 p.m., Monday, at St. Joseph's school hall in observance of Democratic Women's Day. Mrs. Elizabeth Gorman, Cleveland, will give a talk on Democratic Women's Day and will be Introduced by Mrs. Mildred Jester of Cleveland. Registration Held Here Tomorrow, Saturday In Town Hall; Township South To Register At South Amherst Residents of this area are reminded of the importance of regis tration for the coming general elections in November, with an October 4th deadline set. Special registration in the town halls of Amherst and South Amherst will be held September 24 and 25 (tomorrow, Friday, and Saturday) with registration taking place from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. and from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. 1 Amherst township north will TIME CHANGE SUNDAY (register in Amherst, while the j township south will register in Churches and other organ- South Amherst. Irations sccheduled for Sunday! Those not voting in the past meetings are reminded that lwo years must register if they Eastern Standard Time here , wlsh to participate in the Nov-the time change back to ! ember 2nd polling, in Amherst will be made thisj Rura Aeras Registering coming Sunday morning at 2' Aeras outside the cities of Lo- a.m., Sept. 26. i ram ancj Elyria where registra- ' j tion is required are: Avon Lake, Firpwpn Cot 7?i Avon Village' Amherst vulaee. m fflff u IMIIAC Amherst township, Black River In Wages At Tuesday Council There was good news Tuesdav ,L. . . . , . Amherst volunteer : u FOJ ,..nc from the village council at the Tuesday night meeting. Fircrron , nn fVin inh null nn, rrn CT nn f, .. r-T., 7. 2 ' " " cu"" SU'Ce"li"g hT Frmer P3y nn V .1 fill nnr nmii. only $1.00 per hour, New York Central railroad ren resentative Hettnck appeared bv w,,,o..t ., ti, i : 1 request at the counci meeting to r!,c, nrnhime f the quarry switch storm water drain at Milan avenue and further down north where it curves east ct the intersection with the main lines. Originally, the railroad had asked the village to have the sewer line pipe cleaned out, and the open ditch part dredged out, the railroad to assume the cost. Amherst turned down the offer, as the solicitor advised that the town would assume responsibility should any future clog ups occur. At present the discussion resulted m the railroad securing Next Thursday, September 30, is the last day for securing auto drivers' licenses which ail who drive on public roads in the state must obtain. Extensions of time for procuring the licenses are never granted by the state so that anyone detected driving after the deadline without a license is liable to fine. estimates to have the job done, with further action depending on the costs. The street committee met Wednesday evening to check an application for the moving of a house on Franklin near Church, east on Franklin to a lot just east of East street, on the south side. The problem of changing time was taken car of by a resolution to move the clocks back one hour at 2 a.m., Sunday, September 20. Clerk Charles Miller reported that applications for trees from the Grange for fall planting are now starting to come in as a result oi the Grange's offer to furnish a limited number of youn trees for replanting in the town's tree lawns. Mayor Kane and clerk Charles Miller were authorized to enter into a contract with Sam Trifi- letti, of Lorain, for the constructs nof a storm sewer on South Lake street. Motions for advertisin;; bids for Jackson street sidewalk construc tion were also okayed Ray Wasern, council president, and planning romm sion inemijer, reported that a temporary zon'tiJ ordinance it being worked up to halt any immediate commercial building in residential areas. Police chief Carl Wenrich and patrolman Paul Pikey appeared at the meeting to request a full time hiring of two policemen. Pikey stated that he could not con - tinue to work off and on part time and must either be on full tine or not at all. Wenrich stated that the population was much too great for one full time policeman and requested a full time assistant. Action on the matter was to be taken under consideration.ST. JOSEPH'S HAS LARGEST ENROLLMENT Announcement has been made that the enrollment at St. Joseph's parochial school for this school year is the largest it has ever had. The enrollment in the var ious grades is: first, 27; second,26 third, 27; fourth, 20; fifth, 16; sixth 17; seventh, 23; eighth, 9, ARE YOU REGISTERED? township, Carlisle township, Ely-i ria township, Ridgeville township, Russia township, Oberlin Village, ! Sheffield Lake village, Sheffield ' Township and Sheffield Village. ! Voters must have been Ohio , . " "" have lived in the county and their ' . , Kn,,muar. 9 tn K iim- , "J':r". 6 U,"T lu ,vule "ele: . licwiy mm TICU VOierS Will DC required to register as well as oersons who have had tl persons who have had their names legally changed. Any person 21 years of age by November 2 may register to vote in the , , ,. , , general election. Those who have f . .. , . . become naturalized can register and those who have had a change of address must re-register. NOTICE Volunteer help Is needed at Memorial Field this week-end to get the football field in shape for the first home game, with Wellington, on Friday, October 1st. Edward Menz, school board member In charge of preparing the field, said that several have 'ready, offered to donate, their services to hip get the field ready, but that more help Us ' needed. The buildings at the field ticket ' booths, concession stand, and locker and shower buildings are to be painted and the field and stadium cleaned up. Attend Ohio State Jaycee Meeting Richard Ehrman, Norman Kurth, Robert alker, and Elmer Smith represented the Amherst Junior Chamber of Commerce at a state meeting Sunday in Columbus at the Deshler-Wallick hotel. Forum society meetings were held in the morning with a dinner for all delegates in the main ballroom at noon, with Attorney Humble, of North Carolina, as the speaker. On October 12 the local Jaycecs meeting will feature an address by illiam Bromfleld, state president.Sarah Miner, Band Instructor, Is Circle Guild's Speaker Miss Sarah Miner, instructor of band at the Public school, was guest speaker when Circle six of the Women's Guild of St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed church met in the home of Mrs. Myron Northcim, Tenney avenue, Mrs. Allen Erhart, co-hostess. Miss Miner chose for her topic, "Music for the Children." The devotions were led by Mrs. Erhart. Honors in the ccontests went to Mrs. Russell Kreeger. During the business meeting the group woted to change the date 1 fu.ture meetings to the third Tuesday evening of the month. Hostess fo rthe October meeting will be announced later. Booster Club Dance Plans Are Announced Final arrangements have been completed for the Annual Fall Dance of the BoosterClub with the selection of the "Esquires" to furnish the music for the affair. The dance has been scheduled for the 16th of October and will be held nt the Spring Valley Country Club. Mr. and Mrs. Casmir Westley, Garfield Heights were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Abraham.