The Amherst news-times. (Amherst, Ohio), 1950-08-11

              The Amherst News -Times VOL. XXX11, NO 32 EIGHT PACiES AMHERST, OHIO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1950 THE SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WOKLU 9- Plans Completed for County Fair In Wellington, August 22 to 25 Scheduled events and expected entries in different departments were outlined this week at a "kick-off" dinner for the Lorain County Fair, scheduled for Tuesday through Friday, August 22 to 25. County officials, press and radio representatives, and directors of the Lorain County Agricultural Society met in Wellington Tuesday evening to hear Clair L. Hill, fair director, outline the program and report on plans for the 95th annual displays.More entries than ever before are expected this year, Hill reported. Many large livestock exhibitors have already entered in different classes, some coming i straight here from the Illinois State Fair and bypassing other large fairs to show here. Entries in all departments will rank high in comparison with all other county fairs in the state, he said. Hill, secretary for the Agricultural Society since 1941, is now first vice-president of the Ohio Fair Managers association. Main speaker at the meeting was Byron Sandles, former assistant manager of the Ohio State Fair and supervisor of Ohio county fairs. Now manager of the Clark County Fair in Springfield, he told how he had watched the Lorain County Fair grow through the years and was very complimentary regarding the status of the fair. Ohio leads the nation in fairs, he told the gathering, and fair men all over the state . of Ohio look to the Lorain County group for the operation and their innovations in agricultural exhibitions.He commented on the variety of departments here, stating that a "good fair, like the Lorain County Fair," has awell-balanced offering that appeals to all occupations and ' to city as well as rural dwellers. All members of the Amherst ' Women's Thursday Night Bowling League are urged to attend a meeting Tuesday evening at 7:30 at the Eagles Home. Mellerdramnier Cast Goes A 11 Out in I mwm . mil Tir-rmrir iitriiwniomiMlfli....jfjiiwt iiVowir-f"rn- -- .. jl..,,,,--, . . . k i . i . . - i . t. k . .i -It . -4 t Remodeling for Super Market Remodeling into one large super market is proceeding in the two stores on Park avenue, formerly occupied by the Parkway Market and Lee's Grocery. Both stores have now been leased by S. H. Slutzker and Sons of Lorain who are throwing the two spaces together for one mar-ket. Lee's Grocery was bought out recently by Slutzkers and the Parkway Market moved to the corner of Leavitt ana Middle Ridge, Remodeling of the stores in- eludes moving the stairway formerly located between the two stores. The stair, leading to the Rec Center, is now being mov ed to the east side of the building in order to make one large room. When completed, the new owners su.v, uie n.uriwi wm ue one oi me 'al'u " , most,modern ln l"wn-! . - 11 11 I 11. nimuuKii me Muie win run nave a lormal opening until shortly after Labor day, it is remaining open during the remodeling. San-ford Slutzker will be manager of the market. Special Election Date Is Set Legal advertising for the special election on $600,000 worth of school bonds for the Amherst Exempted Village School District was released this week by the county board of elections, and appears in this issue of the News-Times. The special election will give voters in the school district a chance to approve bonds for a new elementary school building and for improvements to the present school building To be eligible to. vote at the special election, according to the board of elections, voters who are not already registered must do so not later than September 9, 1950, by noon. Releases Costs Of Furnishings For Hospital Conrad Zilch, a member of the building enmmittoe f'T the new hot-pita', addition since 1944, this-week released completed figures orr costs of equipping the new rooms at the hospital. Two or more bids were obtained by directors on all the furnishings necessary. Zilch said, with the lowest bid being accepted in all cases. A total of 12 rooms had to be completely furnished. In come of the rooms;, in the nurses' quarters, individuals had purchased some of the furnishings, with the hospital supplying only the nocossnry items to mrike the rooms usable. An average of $150 per room was spent in furnishing seven rooms for patients. Purchases for these rooms included beds and springs, steps and risers, dressers and mirrors, arm chairs, straight chairs, bedside tab'es and trays, I and mattresses. Six extra mat- tresses wm( alsQ purchased at the same time for $171, bringing the u,tal biu to $3145.50. Four bedrooms and the living room in the nurses' quarters were furnished by the board at an average of less than $300 each. Purchased for the bedrooms were beds, springs, mattresses, dressers, unfinshcd dressing tables and benches, upholstered rockers and chairs, night tables, and rugs. Furnishings for the living room included a suite, tables, desk and chair, lamps, and rugr. Total cost of the items came to $1443.5'!. Special Speakers at Methodist Churches Two young men, one a high caste Hindu convert, will speak at the Amherst Methodist Church Sunday at 11:00 a.m., and at the South Amherst church at 9:45 a.m. They are Paul Gupta, lately arrived from India ' and a student at Bible Institute of Los Angeles, California, and Edward Murphy, also a convert. The public is invited, especially those on church vacation. Rehearsal Sneers and leers are much in evidence in these two rehearsal scenes of "Love Rides the Rails or Will the Mail Train Run Tonight" to be presented next Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings at the Grange Hall, by the County Workshop Players. In the upper picture, the heroine, Alexandria Muzilla looks on while the villain, Orlando Pe-trillo, does his best to belittle the struggling hero, Bill- Jenkins- Lower scene shows "dirty work" afoot when the villain and siren, Yvonne Alford, get their heads together, Following the usual pattern of the old-time melodrama, the heroine, about to fall in to the clutches of the villain, is rescued by the hero in a last minute thriller. Settings for the differ ent scenes will include the Railroad Yards at Whiskeyville, Paradise Cafe, Carlotta's Chambers, the Hilltop at Clough's Quarry, and the office of Simon Darkway. The audience will be asked to make no noise, disturbances, or to throw objects (except Prize Balloons Interest Youngsters i n 1 1; Post Office Seeks Vehicles Proposals are being sought by the' local post office for tiie nire of vehicles without drivers for use in delivering mail for the next year. According to Earl Stiwald, postmaster, a passenger car is preferred, with two cubic feet of space available for storing mail. An estimated 230 hours of service will be required each quarter. The owner will be required to keep the vehiclo in satisfactory condition at all times; bear all necessary expense in cennecion with the operation, and maintenance of he vehicle; deliver it each day to the starting point as ordered by the postmaster, and remove it daily after the contractual obligations have been fulfilled.Blanks on which to submit proposals and additional information 'nay be obtained from the post office.those provided for, for this pur pose). However, applause will be in order at any time and a lib eral hissing of the villain will not be frowned upon. Refresh ments will be served at the tables during the performance by waitresses of the Paradise Cafe. Included in the play itself will be a can-can dance by members of the Cleveland Civic Ballet Company. Between-act entertainment also will be long-remembered. This will include a quartet composed o f James Schulz, Norman Rickard, Jack Pippert and Roger Santa (Lorain), as well as individual novelty numbers by Norman Rickard, Orlando Petrillo, Shirley Mason and Julius Molnar, with tap dancing by Roger Santa and Frank Brunotts. In addition to his singing, Jack Pippert will also appear in the role of the bartender, Norman Rickard as a Railroad engineer, and James Schulz as a police officer. Ruth Schulz is mother of the heroine; LaVonne Heinzerling, Carlotta's French maid, and Jennie Lach and Mary Powers Miller,, extras. Lee Wise man will portray the character 0f Beaulah Belle on Monday and Tuesday evenings, with Mrs. Marjorie Friederich, of Vermilion taking the role on Wednesday. Technical staff includes Mrs. Valerie Jenkins as director, Jean Schaeffer, assistant director, prompter; Lee Wiseman, busi- ness manager: Shirley Childress, costumes; and Gene Harrison of Vermilion and Raymond Muzilla of Lorain, scenery. Pianist for all musical numbers will be Mrs. Mary Sanchez of Lorain. Advance ticket reservations can be made by calling members of the cast, or Mrs. Wiseman. Each performance If scheduled to start promptly at 8:30. . fists, u -S-' rx vH I '' , i v! yf Jm' i 'lli 'iv v I I Children wait patiently for Dr. C. H. Snell, In clown suit on right, to release some of the prize - bearing balloons.The balloons were released In front of the local Legion Home on Monday evening to advertise the Legion' Carnival now In progress. Youngsters finding the balloons after they wert released wert given prizes and tickets. Legionnaires watching in the background are Conrad Mulder, left, and Allan Pikey, right. Photo by James Evans Public Dinner to Explain Need for School Building Why is a new building needed for elementary grades here? The answer will be given the public at a dinner meeting scheduled for Wednesday evening, August 30, at the school auditorium. Present 9 r 0 wded conditions at the school and the makeshift arrangements necessary to care tor the pupils there now will be explained. In addition, figures from the recent survey will be presented to show the increase in elementary grades thiniiL'h the next few years. Served at 6:30 p.m. by the Band Mothers, the dinner will be open to anyone interested in the bond levy to be presented at a special election on September 11. The dinner is being sponsored iointlv bv the Alumni associa tion and the Parent Teacher association. Committees working on the affair include Mrs. Joseph Finnegan, Peg Ward and .Tamos Schulz for the Alumni and Mrs. Al King and Mrs. Adam Mackie for the PTA. GoldthorpeNamed Defense Attorney V In Murder Charge D. R. Goldthorpe, local attor ney and village solicitor, has been named senior counsel, appointed to defend James Thorpe, Lorain, who is under indictment for first degree murder. Thorpe told the court he had no money to retain an attorney so Goldthorpe was appointed by Common Pleas Judge Guy Find-ley to represent the defendant. Thorpe is accused of shooting Joseph Turner on July 22 in Lorain. The trial is scheduled to start September 12 ln Elyria. Attorney Stephen Nagy, Elyria, was also appointed to assist Goldthorpe. Carnival County Auditor Explains Taxing Structure, Duties of Sources of income, how the tax dollar is split up, and duties of )hc county auditor's office were ex-plaired to local Rotarians this week by County Auditor Frank Ayres. Naming the principal sources of revenue for local and county government, he listed real estate, Will Tell of Trip to Israel Dr. Myron Sackett Experiences encountered while traveling and speaking in Israel, India, and Egypt will be related at both the morning and evening services at the Foursquare church next Sunday, August 13. Dr. Myron Sackett, an evangelist and relief worker, will preach and tell of his experiences at the 11:00 a.m. service, according to Rev. D. E. Buser, pastor of the church; and at the 7:30 p.m. service Dr. Sackett will preach and also show some of his colored motion pictures. Dr. Sackett, who just returned recently from Israel, spent 84 months in 19 countries including India, Pakistan, and Egypt, do ing evangelistic and relief work. He was in 8 countries that were at war while he was there, and was held prisoner in one. He took 2000 feet of colored mo tion pictures of these various countries and peoples, and of the great progress in the country of Israel. Dr. Sackett spoke in some of the great Youth For Christ Meetings; in churches; in mission stations; of various denominations, as well as doing personal work among the Jewish people in several refugee camps, in the kibbutziums, as well as their homes. He did relief work In several refugee camps, hospitals, children's homes, and leper I ' ' j colonies,. - Office I tangible, and intangible property taxes, fines, and taxes on liquor,, cigarets, gasoline, and licenses. t Heal estate taxes, collected on. an 18.31 mill rate in Amherst, constitute the principal source of revenue for local government. Of the comouted local tax rate, the schools got 11.29 mills, the village 3.7,1 mills, the township .62 mills,' and the county the balance of 2.64 mills. Portions of the sales tax, gasoline taxes, and license fees are returned from the state to the viliaRe to add to the total amount available here.. So also are parts of the tangible property taxes and small parts of inheritance taxes. Intangible property taxes (stocks, bonds, etc.) are used to maintain libraries, the Amherst library getting $6500 from this source this year. Ayres also listed briefly the duties of the ?0 smployees in the sever, departments in the auditor's office. Largtst job in the office is keeping track of real estate taxes owed by individual?. Over 10(1,000 par cels ot ground are listed in Lorain county. Taxes, according to the rate ir, epch of the 67 taxing districts, must be figured on all parcels annually. In addition, an average of 12,000 parcels are transferred to now owners each year. These transfers must be made in the auditor's office to keep the taxing rerords up to date. The offico is also the bookkeeper for the county, paying all bills, fip,urinfi the "57 different budgets, etc All licenses fur vendors, cig-aret dealers, peddlers, auctioneers, and some l.i.OilO dogs in the county are handled here. Lands forfeited to the state through delinquency in paying taxes are sold through riua processes of law by the auditor's office. The county sealer, in charge of inspection of all weights and measures in the county, works under the jurisdiction of the auditor. One of the more important duties is the appraisal department, charged with periodic reappraisal of real estate and, particularly, appraisal of new improvements. An increase in the Amherst tax duplicate of $165,000 in the past year came about through appraisal by the auditor's office of 51 new homes constructed here. A like increase can be expected this year, Ayres said, because his employees keep up to date on all now construction and add the improvements to the tux duplicate as soon as completed. During the business meeting of the club Robert Hubbard, president, announced that the district governor of Rotary International would visit the club here on September 25. v R. P. Miller, Lorain, William GlatzeL Long Island, and Harry Reynolds and H: K. BalT, Elyria, 1 wer guests 6t the club. " ' ' ' . ' '