The Amherst news-times (Amherst, Ohio), 1949-02-10

              f News-Times mm A MHERS THE SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORlD VOL XXXI, NO. 6 AMHERSA, OHIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1949 i II HE T Hospital Board Members Re-Elect Wednesday Night Officers of the Amherst Hospital board of directors were reelected at the organization meeting on Wednesday evening at the Lorain County Savings and Trust company.Named to head the group for another year was Robert Hubbard as president with Eric Nord being re-elected to serve with the three officers on the executive board to direct policies for the association. Named were Neal Ludwig, John Smythe, Parker Baird, Albert Slack, Mrs. Walter Leinhos, and Fred Hogrefe. The executive board meets monthly to direcet opera tion of the hospital, meeting quarterly with the entire board of 27 .. director's'.' ' Other 'members of the board of directors, in addition to the above are Mrs'.'. Philip Jasger, Mrs. :Har-old BrcVvn',' Mrs. Carl Deeds, Mrs. Lucy Roemer, Mrs. D. R. Gold-thorpe, ,Mrs.,.Melvin Slack,. Mrs. E. R. Schibley. ,Mrs. Christine Brill, Henry Garland, Conrad Zilch, Jack Koontz, Ray Wasem, Charles Ebbs, Ray Bechtel, Rev. C. C. Vandersall, Dr. G. R. Wiseman, Dr. M. B. Brandon, and Dr. R. J. Mulford. Traffic Tickets Must Be Paid Up Soon Holders of unpaid tickets for violation of traffic regulations or overparking were warned to pay up at the town hall as soon as possible, in an announcement made by chief of police Carl Wenrich this week. Wenrich added that violators who do not comply with the warning to pay off their fines will be traced down and proper action taken. Fred Hermann Directs Grange Meeting Thursday Fred Hermann acted as master due to the absence of Oliver Kolbe when Hickory Tree Grange met Thursday evening at . the Grange Hall. Announcement was made of the February meeting of Pomona Grange at Wellington Saturday evening. The group voted, to contribute five dollars to the March of Dimes. Mrs. Edna Slumska. chairman of the home ecconomics committee, announced a public card party and bake sale to be held Saturday evening, February 26, at the Grange Hall.. The folr lowing committees were appointed: bake 'sale: Mrs. Lora Young and Mrs. Agnes Heck; lunch: Mrs. Mabel McLoda, Mrs. Margaret Huey, Mrs. Ava Alexander; tables: Claude Huey, Fred Hermann; chairs: Joe Malaspina, John Lembke. The Henrietta Grange rendered a varied program during the ; lecture hour and this included: group singing, "Old MacDonald had a Farm"; reading, "Our Trip to Boston," Mrs. Dora Brown; vocal solo, "Beautiful Dreamer," Mrs. T. Sapienza; flute solo by Laura Brown; playlet, "She Buys a Hat," Margaret Rozsos and' Marcella Krebs; vocal'solo, "My Happiness," Mrs. Sapienza. Mrs. Neilie Coates, Henrietta, acted as pianist for the program. The lecturer, Mrs. Arthur Whiton, of the local grange, an nounced a box social would be a feature of the meeting Febru ary 17 with the ladies packing the boxes which will be offered for sale. Later a dessert course was served to approximately 60 in eluding fifteen guests from Hen rietta. Hostesses were Mesdames Nellie Bring, Nettie Heinzerling, John Daniel, Bert Edwards and Ava Rosenkranz. Listed as among thetwo-hundred and fifty-seven seniors at Ohio State University who were awarded in Memorial Auditorium at Columbus recently was Kenneth E. Dcnger R D 2. Amherst. Dengcr received a bachelor of science in education, as guests and students witnessed the largest mid-term graduating class i n OSU's 145 - year history. Sunday an open forum discussion on marriage will be held at 8 p.m. at the Zion Lutheran church, Lorain, with the Rev. Henry Lieske the lead er. The disccussion is being sponsored by the County Lutheran Lavmen's League and ase for the entire family. D. R. Goldthorpe Resigns Job As Local Scoutmaster Amherst's Boy Scout Committee received the resignation of scoutmaster David R. Goldthorpe, effective the. last of March when the group assembled last Thursday night at the town hall. Committeemen present included Roy Harr,' Jack Koontz, Ray Ehrlich, Harold Washka. Staney Reichert, and Fred Hogrefe. Also present were scoutmaster Goldthorpe and assistan scoutmaster William Naegele. Goldtherpe told the assenbly that inasmuch as he had accepted the troop leadership on a temporary basis and that with the present pressure of business he was ready to step out in favor of somS-T. one else. He will continue -to-Unas scoutmaster, until time for the charter renewal in March. t Suggestions were given by cprh- mitteement-for the building up and improvement of the town's present troop. "' ) Name Students to"? ..... Leads in Operetta Slated for April . Jack Pippert and Carol Gilli-land, high school students, have been assigned the leads in the coming musical production, "Thtf Buccaneers" to be presented in April by the student chrous. Thie operetta will take the place of thV regular spring concert. I, Date for the presentation .hfj been set as April 6 and 7 in 1 school auditorum, with singlag and acting under the direction Floyd Moore, musical instrtrcuif1: for the chorus. ' t ' Casting for this production been completed with the follpwne students named to roles inccafeo:, John Smith (mystery marmty Jack Pippert; Constance BinklfaVo (senator's daughter) Carol, Gl Upland; Capt. Henry Stubbita lai$-lubber at heart) Jaftes Cotfhoik Abig;!i' (a sour spbttor'ttriMf Rosenkranz; Wilfred l3.lBkpX rough sea dog) Claude'Mvltar; hi fred Snoek (a politicialn from the old school) Howard Washka; Marth Bunkam (the senator's wife) Jennie Lach: Clara, Maria Bramwell; Sara, Ardith Kuhn; Commander Cabot (a naval commander) Roocrt Wohlever; attendants, sailors, guests 'and pirates will up the choruses. Patron tickets are now beinjj put on sale, with patrons' names i .. i :M ti. MHnMHnn. r New Directors Are Named ai C of C Meeting Monday , , , , . When the board of directors of the Amherst Chamber of Commerce met Monday evening at the home of Conrad Zilch, jireMueiu, 4ii:ii, oonn oiiiymc and C. L. Goodspeed were named to the board membership. An announcement was made that the Chamber's annual dinner meeting would be held on March 7 at 6 p.m. for members and wives. During the program at th dinner, the annual C of C award for the outstanding person i community service and goo citizenship would be presente; Everet Nylen was named tr fill the post recently vacate by Stanley Reichert, and prep arations for the coming elcctio" were made with Max Egclanc1 Walter Schultz and Ray Ehrlir' chosen to make up the nomin ating committee. Teen-Agers Meet To Finish Plans For Feb. 27 Dance During a special meeting of f Catholic Teen-Agers Ways ar Means Committee, Sunday, at tl home of George Roling plans w completed for the pre-lcnt dance on February 27. Harvey' Lodge's orchestra w furnish the music for the cv to be staged in the Rec Cent The dunce will be 50 cents i prison. Committee members at t' meeting included Robert Wn) ever, Charles Smith, Eugene B-tish, Joan Gambis, Marie Wagr and Jenny Lach. The next regular meeting of the club will be Monday, February 1 1 at 7 p.m. in St. Joseph's school March of Dimes Drive Over the As Jaycee Collection Totals Hit K .,'-4 j ,J'- "Booster Club ! v Readies for Dinner on Feb, 23 lv.Members of tin Amherst Boos- ier Club will gather for the or ganization's annual dinner meeting and election of oificers on Wednesday piPht. February 3 ni St Joseph's school occorciinfi to an announcement imbe ihis werU by Elmer Smit!i, ecrstary. Hjjjhighting Hie evening's pro-irah will be a showing of the moVifcs taken of the contest bo-'tvtriltf -te-'Eiver and Aaihersl hfighschocil learns last fall. A 45 minute sound feature on the late world series will also he shown Offices which are scheduled to be filled include those presently held by John Ruth, president; George Walker Jr. vice-president Arthur Mcesig. Fred Deiner and C. H. Goodspeed, governors, .The dinner wih be served family sye, according to Smith Legion Women Plan Bake Sale Feb. 12 Fourteen members were pres ent when the Legion Auxiliary met Tuesday evening at the Le gion Home. Plans were made to hold a bake sale this Saturday, Feb. 12, at the Kuss Drug store, starting at 9 a.m. Committee in charge includes Doris Miller, Ag- , nes KruRC and 01ive Kubachi winners in the games were shirley Childress, Dora Miller, and Jane Fl.anklin. Lunch was .p.j bv Christine McKay, Mary Wolf and Ruth Schibley 1 Mary Kcndcih. 1 The next meeting will be Feb 22 and at this time the hostesses will be Marjorie Prittie, Dorothy Tabbert, Mildred Walker, ' and mH"i'iwii im milium pm m m hihht. i ii i .hiiihiii iihhiihikni' ' A; -S;- ' 4t i ' "A ' - ' '"' ''' ,"' .- ; v""" Js County Cancer Unit Holds Initial Meeting In Elyria Y.W.C.A. The Lorain County Unit of the American Cancer society held its first meeting of banic training unit at the Elyria Y.W.C.A. in Elyria Thursday. The program included registration, introduction to training course, assignments, a question and answer period and a general discussion. Later lunch was served. The next meeting will be held Thursday, February 17. Any one interested in this volunteer work may still join. Airline Official Talks to Rotary Nils Nelson, representative from United Air Lines was guest with books balanced on their speaker, at . the weekly Rotary heads. Assignment for the next meeting, in the Congregational j meeting will be to learn the church Monday noon. right ' way to set a table. Nelson discussed proper meth- Present at the Monday mect-ods of handling air mail station- , ing to help Mrs. William Naegele ery, and thne gave short talks on different types of air transportation including air freight, air express, air mail, uir parcel post, and which to use. In relating expenses of the air transport companies, Nelson sUted that the nnwrr type airliners cost over 1 million dollars to replace. Guests present included Robert Becker, Amhnrs-t; Robert Elsey and Clyde McMillan, Elyria. Dr. Robert J. Mulford. vice- prudent presided in the absence of Rev. C. C. .Vandersall idonl. Mr. niui Mrs. lioy Stevens spent Sunday with relatives in Gib-sonber, Ohio. IN THE PHOTO above, taken hist Friday nlnht as , Amhers. played host to the Wellington quintet, Prittie leaps In the air for a rebound as he racked up 19 points, the Comets winning over Wellington, 62-30 In a Conference playoff. Jubilant smiles on the faces of Jaycees Fred Stilgenbauer, Jam es Schulz and Dick Ehrman, are caused by the Amherst contrl butions displayed, which went to push the local March of Dimes campaign over the top by fifty-percent margin. Girl Scouts Get Instruction on . Posture, Etiquette Girl scouts in town are cur rently engaged in receiving instruction in the proper posture to use in walking, sitting down, using steps and also in the proper technique in setting a dinner table and the correct use of the knife, fork and spoon. At the Monday meeting, the girls practiced walking and corn- peted in relay races, walking the leader, were girl scout motn- ers: ncluding Mrs. Ray Holhngs- worth, Mrs. Raymond Kane, Mrs. Howard Nalley and Mrs. Allen Lange. These four mothers will be present at all Monday meetings during the month of February to aid the leaders in giving instruction. Miss Anne Cutler, also a girl sccJut leader was absent due to illness. I.com Nalley. Nancy Naba-kewski. Jconic Shaeffer and prcs-' Doris Fashing were elected pa-I tto! Jpaders, pent the week-at Fort Wayne, Members of the Amherst merce announced at the special Tuesday night meeting that the March of Dimes goal of $10UU had not only . been met, but that present collections indicated that , a ; sum as high as $1500 might be reached before all mon ies have been turned m. Drive chairman who headed .i u . . .01 up tne collection teams the various sections ot town reported that the extreme generosity of the residents along with major efforts on the part of churches, clubs and other groups made the drive so completely successful. Contributions . which to date have hit the sum of $1510.85 were collected from the following" sourses; Cans in stores, $41; Bars and clubs, $185; contributions from Rocky River-Comet basketball- game, sze.zii; Bingo Denem: j; Theatre, $100; Schools, $72.71; U. S. Employees, $46; Churches, $95; Jaycees, $50; Industry and business, $57; Solicitations, $794-.88.All contributors who have not yet turned in their money are urged to do so as soon as possible in order to close the accounts for the project, according to a statement by Elmer Smith, Jaycee president. P.T.A. Meeting to Feature Talk on Social Hygiene Residents of Amherst interested in the prctical aspects of Social Hygeine have been invited to attend the February meeting or the Parent-Teachers Association at the high school, Monday night, February 7, at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. W. Arnold, of the State Department of Health Ohio Congress of PTA, and a resdent of Dayton, Ohio, will be the guest speaker. The meeting will be open only to adults and students will not be permitted. A musical program will also be offered by members of the band and following the main program refreshments will be seved. Amherst Scouts Get Presentation At Honor Court Kenneth Essig, Neil Bruce and Fleming Brainerd, three of the scouts in Amherst's Troop 322, received recognition for their scouting efficiency at the district court of honor at Irving Junior high school in Lorain Wednesday night. Besides receiving merit badge awards, Eissig and Brainerd were railed to the platform for Life scout awards. Of the three life scout awards presented, two went to the local troop. Amherst was also represented rin the nroL'ram with Jark RrirL's serving as drummer for opening ceremonies, and the local Cub Sebut Tack under the direction of Elmer Smith, who together presented the investiture ceremonies used in cubbing. Herman Essig, North Ridge road, was in charge of the presentation of the life scout awards. AMHERST EAGLES READY PLANS FOR FRIDAY NIGHT VALENTINE ..DANCE ..PARTY When the Amherst Aerie of Fagles met Monday evening, final plans were made for the Valentine dance to be held at the Eagle Home Friday evening, Feb. 11. At this time the awarding of the raf fle, a portable Rasoline electric 'ighting plant, will be made. The stale conductor, A. R. Moos, Lorain, and the new district director, rati i Jjrcicr, Wellington, were present and both gave brief talks The group contributed $70 to the Mwh of Dimes and one member, Wit'iam Fhurl, was welcomed to the liroup. Announcement was made of a brief liH-eting of the Amherst FaRle Fishermen at 8 p.m. sharp Friday, nt the Eagle Home for the purpose of discus1 sing future plans. Top $1510 Junior Chamber of Com Scouts to Camp With So. Amherst Troop This Week , When. the. scouts, of .-Tro 322 met "Monday' evening at' Itte Rec center, plans were made to attend a weekend pvernight outin with South Amherst scouts led by Arthur Flowers, nighboring scoutmaster. Eight boys from the Amherst troop are planning to attend this hike which will take the boys to the Firelands' camp Saturday afternoon and will last until Sunday afternoon. A short drill session was conducted after which a vote was taken to decide whether the boys would take over the village offices Saturday, or whether they would participate in the hike project. Troop 322's project of scout weok celebration to decorate a local store window with scut craft, was abandoned because of lack of sufficient handiwork to make up a complete display. Fred Powers, school super-entendent, attended the meeting as a guest and showed the troop two films on undersea life, one depicting small fish and mussels, and the second showing the larger type animals, the giant eel, the octopus, giant ray, great turtles, and other "Demons of the Deep." Scouts thert adjourned to the kitchen ior hot chocolate and donuts. A discussion was held on increasing membership and attend ance performance. A rule was adopted which requires attendance at three out of four meetings per month to allow scouts to participated in social and athletic activities now being planned. Bowling, swimming and other simitlor mo-grames are being considered. All scouts in town will assemble at the town hall Saturday afternoon at 12:30 for transportation to the South Amherst town hall, where they will travel to the Firelands Area camp to remain overnight and up . to Sunday afternoon. Campers will be returned to the South Amherst town hall about 3 p.m. Sunday afternoon for transportation back to town. Arthur Flowers, scoutmaster for the South Amherst troop, will be' in charge of the winter encamp ment. 17 Are Present At Homcmakers' Meet Wednesday i Fourteen membtrs : guests were present and three when the l Homcmakers Extension club met Wednesday at the Grange Hall starting with a luncheon at one o'clock servedb y Mrs. A. Nahm, Mrs. Steve Mf.e and Mrs. Moore. Valentine appointments and fa vors were used in n'o'.e decora- tion.The guests were Mrs. Roy Haas, son Bobbie and Dale Jones. The usual business meeting fo'- lowed. Announcements were made by Mrs. Lester Weichel, publicity for the County Council and they inchtded the annuil achievement day to be held at the Methodist church, Elyria, the week of April 20, date to be announced later. display of club projects will be featured. On March 8 a meeting on "He 'e Elyria Y.M.C.A. with Carl Deeds Gardening" vill be held nt ; the speaker; March 17, Victor Reiss, Ohio State horticultnr '., will le in Elyria and disc ;s "Landscaping". A special col"-tion, "Pennies for Friendship" v 3 taken and this is fund used to-organize the Homcmakers' clu'js overseas. Projects of the oftcrnoon were textile painting in charge of 1 Biddinger, and .shall craft n charge of Mrs. Harvey Chamb x. March hostesses will be Mesdames Ruth Smith, Edna S-ska, Golden Seal and Lora Yoi