The Amherst news-times (Amherst, Ohio), 1951-02-16

              MH ER S T N:E VOL xxxni, NO. 7 EIGHT PAGJtS AMHERST, OHIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1951 THE SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD The IMES to. Lions Club Formed; Reichert President Stanley Reichert was elected president and Thomas Simpson elected secretary at the organizational meeting of the new Amherst Lions club last week. Considered here for several weeks, enough interest developed in town to insure a good start for the new service club which was formed under sponsor ship of the Lorain Lions flub Other officers elected &t last week's meeting included: First vice-president, Ray W. Kane; second vice-president, Roy Siegfried; third vice-president, Harold Washka; treasurer, Arthur Lentz; Lion tamer, Dr. N. A. Rubel; tail-twister, Samuel Wragg. Four directors were elected to serve with the officers as a board of directors. I. .J Thompson and Tom Finnegan were named to serve until July 1, 1952, and Joe Hudak and Com J. Rice were named to serve on the short term. Plans are under way now for the charter night program, with Joe Hudak acting as chairman. Appointed by Reichert to a membership committee to arrange for the charter members was Clarence Gerber, chairman, assisted by John Hohla, Albert King, George Cunningham, Glenn Ruth, Ward FUiott, Lewis Briggs, Clifford EUiott and Don Cherry. Other appointments announced by Reichert included that of Howard Shumaker as finance chairman atid Ed Kirchner as constitution and by-laws chairman. Other activity and administration committees will be named following the closing of the charter. The now club will meet on the first and third Thursdays of each month at Vicki's banquet room at 6:30 p.m. Homemakers Hold All-Day Session At Grange Hall Refinishing furniture was the theme of the program when the Amherst Homemakers met on Wednesday at the Grange Hall for an all-day session. Mrs. Dorothy Walters, home demonstration agent for Lorain county, was, in charge of the meeting and was assisted by Mrs. August Brandt. At noon the members enjoyed a bag lunch with coffee and dessert served by a committee consisting of Mrs. Carrie Kreger, Mrs. Hattie Hamann and Mrs. Anna Grugel. Ten members and four guests, Mrs. Amelia Amen-hauser, Mrs. Myra Carter, Mrs. Walters and Bobby Biddinge? were present, . ., Mrs. Walters announced the coming alumni tailoring day which will be held at the Ohio Edison kitchen in Elyria on March 6. This will be an all-day meeting. ' Hostesses for March were announced. They will be Ruth Slack, Mary Vandersall and Marie Leinhos, and the project for that day will be the painting of trays. There was a display of homemade valentines with honory for the prettiest going to Mrs. Laura Young and for the most original going to Mrs. Celia Jones. Two new members, Mrs. Amenhauser and Mrs. Carter, were welcomed to the group. April 11 will be Lorain county Achievement Day. It will be held at the First Methodist church in Elyria at which time there will be a display of projects of the various county homemakers groups, for the past year. Girl Scouts Take Orders for Cookies - I M lTllll-f - . -.. J , Housewives who may think that light tapping on their doors " Is' just' another "agent" should ' look again the next few days . Girl Scouts from' Troops 1, 2, and 4 - have started taking or Vrs for their spring delivery $f Girl Four Seniors in Scholarship Tests Four high-ranking Amherst hp.h school seniors participated last Saturday in Elyria in the Ohio General Scholarship Tests covering: the fields of science, literature, history, grammar and reading. Those representing Amherst were Judy Brown, Camille Henry, Sonia Nylen and Philip Street." Results of the tests, which were taken by seniors from practicnlly all the high schools in the county, will not be known for a couple of weeks. Todd Speaker at Second Lenten Union Service Second of the series of Union Lenten Services will be held on Sunday evening at the Foursquare Gospel church, with Rev. L. S. Todd of Brownhelm the speaker. Services will begin at 7:30 with part of the program to be broadcast over WEOL starting at 8:00. Sponsored by the Amherst Ministerial Association, the Union Lenten Services are open to members of all denominations. Poivers One of Three Ohioans at U.N. Institute F. R. Powers, 262 Cornell avenue, is one of three residents of Ohio, who are attending the Fourth United Nations Institute with other education leaders from all sections of the country this week. Sponsored by the United Nations, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and the New York University School of Education, the Institute brings together educators, leading statesmen, representatives of many of the U.N. countries, and N.Y.U. officials and faculty members. The three-day meeting, being held during a crucial period of the world body, is conducted in the buildings of N.Y.U. at Washington Square, Lake Success, L.I. the headquarters of the U.S. Mission to the U.N., and the new permanent, skyscraper home of the U. N. on the East Side of New York City. On Honor Rolls Four local people are among those named to honor rolls at Ohio State university for work done there during the past quarter. Those achieving high scholastic standards were Betty Parker Simpson in the college of education, John Simpson and Edwin D. Fowell in the college of agriculture, and John Szuch in the college of engineering. Scout cookies, to be delivered the first part of April. According to Mrs. G. R. Wiseman, leader, the girls take this means of raising money to help in the purchase of equipment, registration, and incidentals. Suggestions Are Given at P.T.A. Open Forum Constructive criticism and suggestions were presented by four parents in a round-table discus-don of "What John Q. Public Expects from the Schools," when the February P.T.A. meeting was held Monday evening. John Geresse, as first speaker, stressed the .need for more concentrated study of American History and government in the high school. Mrs. Lawrence Zus-pan asked for better discipline and respect by the teachers, and Mrs. Deeds suggested supervised study or "how to study" at the school, with less homework and fewer evening activities. Rev. D. E. Buser talked of the need for religious education in the schools. Audience participation was good, with many helpful suggestions beeing offered, among them being individual conference periods between teacher and parent, improvements in the driving school plan, and means of bringing parents to meetings. Other parents' suggestions submitted through Mrs. Deeds were to limit the subjects at the P.T.A. meetings to problems confronting parents and teachers, to schedule children's programs to other evenings, and to plan specific programs to parents having children in different age groups, throughout the year. Mrs. Bauer's third grade won the attendance prize, with 26 represented. Dr. N. A. Rubel, president of P.T.A. was moderator for the discussion period, and he also extended an open invitation to all members to attend the executive meetings held the first Monday of each month, adding that suggestions are welcome at any time Founder' Prior to the P.T.A. meeting, a Founder's Day dinner was held in the Home Ec room, served by Home Ec girls, to 9 past presidents and 17 guests. Past presidents were Mrs. E. E. Foster, Mrs. John Ludwig, Mrs. Harold Mathes, Mrs. J. R. Mac- Kenzie, Mrs. George Rosenkranz, Mrs. I. G. Maxwell, Mrs. Edward Menz, C. J. Springer, and Dr. N. A. Rubel. Their program consisted of a review by Miss Murray of National and Ohio P.T.A. work, and observations of the Golden Jubilee of the Ohio organization. Miss Murray also read a paper written by Mrs. Fred Powers, reviewing P.T.A. work in Amherst. Miss Steele gave a toast to past presidents and. presented each with a yellow daffodil.Grades Receive Valentine Treat Saint Valentine was practically put in a class with Santa Claus Wednesday so far as Amherst school children were concerned. All the first five grades had valentine exchanges and were served a bountiful luncheon in the afternoon by room mothers and assistants. Noon-Day Club Entertains Wives Amherst Noon-Day Club members and their wives, totaling 43, enjoyed a trip to Cleveland Wednesday evening to see Henry Fonda in "Mr. Roberts." Prior to the theatre showing, the group had dinner at Bowen's restaurant. Rotarians See Slides John Sutter, president of Lorain Rotary, presented the program for the Amherst Rotary club on Monday noon of this week. Suiter showed slides of pictures he had taken last year on a round-the-world cruise. Other guests of the club were Frank Ayres of Lorain; A. R. Sterner, Elyria; and Elmer Hume, Amherst. There will be a meeting of the Middle Ridge Community club to be held at the school Friday at 8 p.m. Mrs. Vandersall will show pictures of her trip to Europe, and Rev. Vandersall will lead in singing. The public is invited. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schulz spent last Sunday afternoon with friends in Oberlin. Blood &1..m,lttS2L - .:...:::.,.. M MM , Vj-J m .,.,....ii iL..- miimlim - f..,rmr C. of C. Dinner Plans are being worked out for the annual full membership meeting of the Amherst Chamber of Commerce, scheduled for Monday, March 5, at St. Joseph's school hall. Included in the business meeting will be a report of the Chamber's activities for the past year, and election of directors lor the coming year. Essig Wins FFA Speech Contest Kenneth F.ssig of Amherst high school, placed first in the district public speaking contest of the Future Farmers of America Inst Monday at Monroeville. This is the second straight year the Amherst chapter has gained first place, Bob MacCallister having won last year. Essig's talk on farm safety, entitled "Be Safety Conscious, not Unconscious." emphasized the need for caution in operating ma-! chinery, handling . livestock, and in fire prevention. A total of nine boys competed in the contest, according to F. L Miller, vocational agriculture instructor of Amherst and Brown-helm. Representing the latter school was John Angersbach who spoke on "Mother Goose Is Not a Nursery Rhyme." This was the story of how John and his family handle their flock of one thousand geese. : As district winner, Essig will comnete in the -state contest to be held in Columbus in March. He will C l.1W lUV.lf b nvm.w CALENDAR OF EVENTS Feb. 19 Garden Club at home of Mrs. A. P. Roth, Mrs. George Menz co-hostess. Display will be forced blooms. Junior Women's League social meeting at home of Ruth Phalen on Cleveland ave. Feb. 20 A.T.O. Club at home of Ethel Mischka. Amherst Forum at home of Mrs. John Ruth with Mrs. Frank Kovach as co-hostess. Subject, Interior Decorating. Band Mothers meet at home of Mrs. William Schoemig, South Main street. Feb. 21 O.E.S., Masonic night for masons and wives. Feb. 22 Entiles Auxiliary at Eagles home. Business and Professional Women's club meets. Cleveland Browns Play Basketball Here March 2nd Members of the Cleveland Browns, world football champs, who play basketball, will appear here in a same against the Amherst Rockets on Friday evening, March 2nd. The game will be played at the high school with all proceeds going to the Amherst hospital.Advance ticket sales are being handled by Jerry Gormley, Rocket manager and by local Jaycees. rogram Continues - Numbers Volunteer workers are all set to take care of the all-out response for blood typing in the Amherst area. Picture was taken Sunday afternoon in the high school Ag room. Comets To Plav R. River Tonight, Fairview Saturday Amherst's Comets, still smarting from their upset loss to Clearview last Friday evening, play two basketball games this week end, both Southwestern Conference games. Tonight (Friday) they travel to Rocky River for their last road game of the regular season, and tomorrow night play Fairview here. The Comets have won only one game from Rocky River, defeating the Pirates 49-47 in January of this year. Since joining the Conference, River has defeated the local squad four times. In games with Fairview the Comets have a . better record, winning four games and losing only one. In the first game of this year's season, the , Comets won 62-55 on the Fairview floor. With a single loss by any of the three top teams, Amherst, Rocky River, or Wellington, being almost certain to knock that team out of any hopes for the Southwestern Conference Laurels, all teams will go all out in this week-end's battles. Wins for both Amherst and Wellington this week end will mean that the championship will not be decided until Amherst and Welling- wn Play m tne last game or me j season on tne local noor nexi "Harvey" Plays to Standing Room Only Shown is Bunny Ross as the nurse in "Harvey," presented by the County Workshop Players to standing room only Thursday and Friday nights of last 'week. The next production by the Players is scheduled for May 9, 10, and 11, with the play to be announced later.- The remainder of the numbers for the village-wide blood typing program were released this week by Charles Kendeigh, Civil Defense director, and Dr. M. B. Brandon, director for health. Schedules as now worked out call for the blood-typing program to be completed in another week. Volunteer workers. have been assigned to assist the .three technicians so that all who wish their blood typed cm Le taker, care of by the end of the work on Friday eyening, Feb. 23. Sunday Schedule Next Sunday's morning and afternoon typing will be for those Amherst, residents who could not appear as rcheduled last Sunday, ar.d for Brownhelm residents. Those who could not be presert last Sunday when their numbers came up 'ire asked to report this next Sunday and they will be worked in. Between 400 and 500 residents of Brownhelm have requested to be included in the local typing program a.id these have been assigned numbers. The numbers cannot be scheduled for either morning or afternoon until later in the week so Brownhelm residents are requested to listen to WEOL broadcasts later in the week for their schedules. Monday Night MONDAY NIGHT, FEB. 19 6B9 through 6B42 and 6F1 through 6F17 and 6Hi through 6H4 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.; 7A1 through 7A98 from 6:30 to 7:30; 7C1 through 7C14 and 7B1 through 7B11 and 7D1 through 7D22 from 7:30 to 8:30; 7E1 :hrough 7E40 and 7F1 through 7F21 from 8:30 to 9:30. TUESDAY NIGHT, FEB. 20 7F22 through 7F56 and 8A1 through 8A21 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.; 8A22 through 8A58 and 8B1 through 8B9 and 8C1 through 8C11 from 6:30 to 7:30; 8D1 through 8D50 from 7:30 to 8:30: 8D56 through 8D64 and 8EI through 8E27 and 8F1 through 8F26. WEDNESDAY NIGHT, FEB. 21 8F27 through 8F36 and 8G1 through 8G8 and 8H1 through 8H19 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.; 9A1 through 9A53 from 6:30 to 7:30; 9B1 through 9B24 and 9C1 through 9C14 and 9D1 through 9D29 from 7:30 to 8:30; 9Ef through 9E47 from 8:30 to 9:30. Junior Hi Classes to Present Operetta "Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn," Next Monday and Tuesday at School Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn will live again to captivate their many friends and admirers when the curtain opens to find them busily engaged in the Amherst school auditorium next Monday and Tuesday evenings, painting Aunt Polly's picket fence. For the past several weeks, students of the junior high school classes have been busily rehearsing roles for the operetta which will be presented at the school auditorium on Feb. 19th and 20th at 8 o'clock. Art work and stage settings are being produced by Mr. Clyde Grills and Mr. Allan Mizer. Costuming is being ably handled by Mrs. Ethel Eppley. Mrs. Alma Wellman is musical , director while Mrs. Evelyn Smith has acted in the capacity of dramatic coach. Members .of the operetta cast are as follows: Reader, Beth Stevens; Tom Sawyer, Eddie Sanders;. Huck Finn, Paul Goldthorpe; Aunt Polly, Doreen Lange; Becky, Lenore Klepek; Amy, Anita Sprague; Rev. Walters, David Drake; Judge, Thatcher, Douglas Wilford; Listed THURSDAY NIGHT, FEB. 22 1A1 through 1A20 and 1C1 through 1C9 and 1D1 through 1D19 and 1E1 through 1E29 from 5:30 to 6:30; 1E30 through 1E53 and 1F1 through 1F15 and 1G1 through 1G38 from 6:30 to 7:30. Friday Nlnht Friday night, Feb. 23, will be clean-up night for the program. All who were ;net able to appear at their regularly scheduled time are asked to come on this night. All who wei-e not contacted and who wish to be included in the program may also appear on Friday, Feb. 23. Founder's Day Is St Joseph's P.T.A. Program Theme Mrs. Howard Weaver, a pist preside!:) ,of St. Joseph's T-T.i., was in charge of the arrangements when the group held their Founder's D;iy program on Tuesday night of this week. - Mrs. Weaver recalled things of interest that had occurred in the past and introduced the following past presidents each one being presented . with a miniature corsage of roses: Mrs. C. G. Ashenbach, Mrs. James Wesbecher, Mrs. A. P. Roth, Mrs. James Henry, Mrs. Stanley Duskey Mrs. Michael Miller and Mrs. Robert Finnegan. Group singing was a part of the program with Mrs. William Bodmann, Jr.- accompanying. The room count went to the first and second grades taught by Sister Ursalita. Mrs. John Ruth was awarded the special prize. Father Smith spoke on the subject of inviting new families in town to participate in the P-T.A. meetings. Final plans were made for the fathers' month program in April, which will begin with a tureen supper. Mrs. James Jenkins will be in charge of this meeting. Injun Joe, Bob Klepek; Pard, Dick Edwards; Joe, Douglas Schneider; Jim, Eddie Dossey; Mary, Kay Joyce; Ben, David Bruce; Billy Fisher, Alan Buell; Maid of Amy's, June Zuspan; Sid, Neal Jenne; Widow Douglar, Judy Kane. Johnny, Bob Bremke; Muff Potter, Mike Szabo; Sally, Janet Tyrell; Susie, Shirley Berger; Alfred, Philip Jaeger; Dr. Robinson; Bob Gilliland; Gracte, Mar-jorie Kruse. Old men: David Bruce, Gerald Coleman, Harold Mathes, Billy Whcatley, Norman Knispel. Sunflowers: Diane Olson, Ro berta Knapp, Nancy Elliott, Bo-nita Kuhn, Elizabeth Loewer, Barbara Alu, Carol Mathes, Carolyn Nabors, Donna, Thomas, Alice Jones. Skeletons: Shirley Slack,vjudy Schoemig', . Carol Neiding, Jac queline -uell. , Townspeople: Virginia Baum-hardtv.Shiccly Diedrick, Maxine Garfhe, , Barbara Hutton, Susan Kane, Lay anne Rcimer, Jane Schrinei, Jackie Vorhees, Suzanne Hayes, Delores Kolenda, Linda LongV':,,'l'i