The Amherst news-times. (Amherst, Ohio), 1963-06-20

              Vol. XLIV, No. 25 TEN PAGES AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1963 THE SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD Post Office Vehicles Pass Safety Check I i y f JL 4 If r ill , tip ' l I ' ll - . dX tfll I W , - Harold Ransome, center, local postal employee, gets an okay r, gets an vn.ay -mm ' O r'SSMattey. Suggests for local mail a safety check Police Department. Making the checks on aU Amherst post of- fra TToVitMao wom TnlinA rnnt, Sar'S left';and Sgt The local post office, under Postmaster , Fred Deiner, has participated In the National Ve- h.iP J?flfetv Chock m-oewun since 1956. Purpose of partlcfpa- tingn the November ballot a tion, Deiner, said, is primarily special levy for rubbish and to make sure that all local pos- garbage removal, tal vehicles are mechanically Mattey mentioned no specific sound and thus avoid any chance size of such a levy but . of mechanically-caused acci- that even a small levy would dents. A second benefit from pro(iuce enough revenue to per-participation is an Interest to nilt the city to give the city a accident prevention which car- complete garbage and rubbish,, nes over raw private iurivmS of postal employees, and posslb- ly some interest generated to the general pubUc which might help te, prevent aopldents, Dei- ner added.- . ; ' Vehicles of -the local office were given a ciean oui ui iieaiui by the checking policemen. "Open House" For Fire Station Set For Cuming. needed which should be pur-WllUcly chased as soon as possible In Tire f!hief "Rootv" Ymmff has announced that Open House will be observed this Sunday afternoon at the Amherst Fire Station, from 1 to 6 o'clock. Residents of he city and town ship are urged to stop by during the afternoon, to look over the equipment available. Of particu- lar interest is the Rescue truck and its up-to-date apparatus. Young said that about 3 o'clock, a film will be shown and illustrations given on mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and closed heart massage. . Firemen will be on hand to show the, equipment and answer questions. ENTRY FRONTIER QUEEN - - 1963 (Open to any pirl, marriedl or single, of the Amherst, South Amherst, or Firelands School Districts, between the ages'of 14 and 25.) Name .'. ; Address . Phone No. Age (Clip and mall to Mildred's Ladles' Shop, Mary Edward's Beauty Salon, the Amherst News-Times, Marble-Manor, Mischka's Restaurant, or Wayne Garland no later than July 15, 1963.) ENTRY Amherst Bicycle Rodeo, to nn Tun. 77 1963. at 10:00 i. . .1 i . l i living m the Amherst school ages or six through fourteen. Name ' ....;..'....... Address Age Date of Birth Rov All entry blanks must be signed by the parents of the participating boy or girl. Name of Parent Address All entry blanks must be partment on or berore June J w 'f ' ' DLI' 1, LCVV IOr, ilUDDlSll, ' Garbage Kemoval ' t City Councilman John Mattey this week proposed Jttiat coun- cU give serious thought to put- collection on a regular basUfi ,, He als0 sai(j even those VTVA II-c. T?rnic people with incinerators or gar TliA IieU -licpuilBj disposers would have rub-al?!--,. ftffS-e, bish-vta.Je hauled, ftway, and lctt V"1 that they might find a nominal T AniioT MpAfinff levy cheaper than hiring private At Animal Meeting agencies to haul rubbish. , Such a levy would probably .'Visiting Nurses Association totaled provide sufficient funds to en- 625 for the year in the Amherst able the city to buy additional area, according to the report sub-dump land, Mattey said. The mitted at the -annual meeting held present city' dump is adequate Monday evening at St. Peter's Un- fr.r cntno veara wt lift BtBteil. , but eventually more land will be order to have it. Action to place the Issue on the ballot for the November elections would have to be taken by council by passage of legis- latlon. . . Will Prll Winlc "111 LiOlieCl TUIlUSr- Frontier ; ' Week Chairman Wayne Garland has announced that merchant will be contacted next week for contributions towards this year's Frontier celebration. All businessmen are urged to have their donations ready, so that second trip will not be necessary. BLANK BLANK be held at Powers School, a m fWn tn nil rrn'MrMi j. . . . j i Ai district and are between the Girl MMIIIMWWMMWimMHWMHIHMIIWI returned to the police de- ZU, OJ. 'ft- if wv - City's Budget 'Now on File The city's proposed tax budget for 1964 has been prepared and now on file In the office of the city auditor. , Head of all department! have estimated their needs for the next; year and the com-plated ' budget will be forwarded to county, officials to aid li setting up . tax rates and tax money splits for the ' city'4- -. ; '-IVY- ' A ' public hearing Von. the budget wilt be held In the council chambers at' the city hall at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, July 1. ' Home visits by the Sandstone lieu uiuiuu i viuih Of these. 324 were in Amherst, 167 in South 'Amherst, 129 In Brownhelm, and five in Henrietta. The calls were made to 19 patients; there were 15 .new admissions and 15 discharges. Cardio-vascular cases accounted for 338 visits; arthritis,' 97; cancer, 55; disabilities of old age, 52; post surgical, 50; diabetes, 5; and mis- cellaneous, 28. Full or part pay was received for 432 calls. In reviewing the calls, it . was pointed out by Mrs. Mildred Mc-Connell that many persons in the community still are not aware of the service available, simply by calling the hospital. Charges are based on ability to pay. The . financial report by Mrs. Floyd Albrecht revealed support by the Amherst Community Chest of $3500, an, additional $400 from the South Amherst Community Chest, and $639 in patients' fees. Nurses' salaries totaled $3908.66, with supplies, equipment, etc., a-mounting to $233.12. The nominating committee's report was accepted unanimously, with Mrs. John Clancy re-elected president. Herbert Hackenburg, 1st vice president; Mrs. Dorothy Clark, 2nd vice president; Mrs. Mercedes MiHer, treasurer; and Mrs. Donna Black, secretary. Named to three-year terms on the board of directors are' Dr. G. R. Wiseman, Mrs. Floyd Albrecht, Mrs. Howard Shumaker, and Mrs. Joseph Ellison; to two-year terms, Mrs. Richard Krieg, Mrs. Allen Camp, Mrs. William Oskim, and Mrs. "Dewey Hull; and to one-year terms, Rev. Paul Haering, Mrs. John Wilhelm, Mrs. Herbert Rhodes, and Mrs. B. A. Jenne. Program Speaker of the evening was Mrs. David K. Ford, Sr. of Cleveland who spoke on the Cleveland VNA, which is "Sixty Years Young." it was started by 13 women who wanted "something to do," and they did it. She told of the various committies and their functions, and stressed the Importance of having a wide range of board members, including men, , even though they couldn't always attend the meetings. She said it was im SST SSi the community, its needs, etc., and be able to look to the future. She also pointed out the importance of professional people learning to work with volunteers. Prior to the dinner, Rev. Guy Mogav th? Evocation. Miss panied by Mrs. Herbert Fuhrman. Three to Serve OnRecgard .Three appointments to the Amherst Recreation Board were announced byf the Mayor's office oh tiesday,!jijn, 18. ',. Serving "tor?: five years will be Joseph DeChlaiTo, 191. East Martin istreet. . DeChiaro ia . a partner in Jthe MSschka' Restaurant and a member fl fet Joseph's Church. He and his wife have one child. Hairy .C. : .Brecha, .630 Brennan Drive, will setve a four year term. He. La office manager of Price Brothers in Amherst, and a member of the. Church , of the Redeemer in Lorain. He. is married, and the father of on child. Serving for , three years will be Woodrow W. iWantuck, 130 Orchard Hill Drive. Wantuck is quality control supervisor ait the Ford Plant, and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. He and his wife came to Amherst from Buffalo, New York.i They have four children. . To Spend Year In Belgium Under AFS Program plpli lliipppilii , 3.1 1 A hew and interesting experience ia awaiting 17-year-old Jim Davidson, son of Mr. and Mrs. i William Davidson, East street, who will sail for Antwerp, Belgium, on ",The Seven Seas'' July 22nd, for a year's study with a Belgium family under ilhe AFS program. Jim will join the family of Mr. and Mrs. Louis DeKeijser, consisting of seven children, ranging in age from 2 to 16 years. Mr. DeKeijser is a chemist, and ' also teaches chemistry . in a municipal industrial school in Antwerp two nights a week. The ifamily is said to be interested in all kinds of sports including ' swimming in nearby Albert Canal. They also have a summer estate at Grobben-gonck, Belgium. , They . speak French and Flemish. The school year will begin September 2nd for Jim, and will end June 30th. He will attend an all-boys school witb an enrollment of about 1100, according to word received from his new family.. He will return to the States in July, 1964, and will complete his senior year at Steele high school, graduating in 1965. Under the AFS program, students are . required to take the senior year twice, once in itheir "adopted" school and a-gain in their home school. The local American Field Service (AFS) committee, headed by Mjrs. T. C. Simpson,. Jr., is pleased with the placement of young Jim, who was selected as top candidate on the basis of bis outstanding record at Steele high school. He was treasurer of the student council in his junior year, editor of the school newspaper, a member of the Amherstonian staff, football and cross-country teams. He is an Eagle Scout, a member of the Youth Council, and ,a delegate to Boys State (this week). Jim is the third Amherst student to be placed under the AFS program. Louise Wenner was an exchange student to Norway and Tony Trifiletti, to Belgium, in the fall of 1958. Theirs was a semester program rather than a full year. 8 Finish Quota In Reading Prog. At the end of the first week of the summer reading program in the children's department of the Amherst Public Library, eight youngsters have completed their Quota' of ten required bookd. The children are Sheila San ders, Alice Krywany, Margaret Krywany, Roger Sabine, Laurie Sabine, Suzanne Deitz, Jane Grob and Jeanette Grob. So far 119 youngsters have registered for the program, which will continue for five weeks. Much enthusiasm has been displayed and 902 books were in circulation during the week, according to children's librarian Mrs. Byrd Richmond. Summer Recreation Program Opens with Activity at 3 Fields by Marcla Puhek : Baseball, tennis, weaving and ceramics are only a few of the many activities offered by this year's summer recreation program, which officially opened Monday morning, June 18. According to Art Thomas, summer recreation director, the three activity centers will be open Monday through Friday until August 15. Hours for the Memorial Field area are from 9 a.m. to 5 pm., and for the Shupe and Central school areas, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Assistants Six new student assistants are helping Thomas in the supervision of activities this year. At the Memorial Field are Bob Standen and Jeanne Williams, both freshmen at Kent State University. Bob supervises the baseball, tennis and more vigorous games, while Jeanne is in charge of arts and crafts, story hour, and smaller games. Bob Loughde and Marsha Lach are serving as assistants at Central School. Bob, who is in charge of the basketball and Softball teams, has studied at both Iowa Trustees Plan for Road Repair and Ditch Cleaning Township trustees made plans for resurfacing of various roads and cleaning of ditches as they met in regular session on Moody eve- - . All ' roads that need attention work to start as soon as possible in order to be done during the summer. Township employees will do the major part of the work, with Hart Construction of Elyria furnishing the road oil on itspreviously-accepted low bid. Trustees will spend next Monday evening, June 24, on an inspection tour to decide what ditches will need cleaning first. A minimum of $750 per year has been set aside for outside labor on the cleaning of ditches. Some of this money has been spent this year, but some remains to be spent where needed most. A report of six goats destroyed on the Jim Wagner farm was received and forwarded to county commissioners for compensation. Walter Abrahamowitz, county dog warden, reported to trustees, that the three dogs believed responsible were still at large and residents were asked to look for them. . Trustees agreed to give Robert Washka two more weeks to demonstrate a tape recorder so that It might be compared with one demonstrated several weeks ago by Robert Meske. Clerk G. E. Rowley reported receipt of $100 from the city of Amherst in payment for 50 tons of stone used by the township in maintenance work on Park avenue. ' Cheryl Miller Is Awarded N,S.F. Research Grant Cheryl Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Miller, South Lake Street, has been awarded a National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Grant for work on her own research project this summer. The work will be a continuation of her project under an N.S.F. grant she held during the school year in radiation chemistry. She is presently a junior at Western Reserve University and majoring in chemistry with physics and math as related fields. Cheryl has been on the Deans List for the past four semesters, has been an active member of the student affiliate chapter of the American Chemical Society, has been on house council (the dormitory governing body), and was elected academic dormitory counselor for the coming school year. She was also one of two girls to receive the $200 Luberzol Chemical Award for achievement in chemistry this year. She is a 1961 graduate of Marten Steele High School. and Kent State. Marsha, who will organize the girls' softball team and supervise arts and crafts and story hour, has finished her first year at the University of Michigan. At Shupe School are Bill Becker and Natalie Bogardy. Bill, who is in charge of basketball, softball and other games, will attend the Merchant Marine Academy in the fall. Natalie, supervisor of arts and crafts and small games, has finished her freshman year at Ohio State.. Thomas stressed that he is very pleased with the initiative and leadership which the assistants have shown already this year. They are hard workers, he stated, and are making very competent supervisors. Baseball , Eighty-five youngsters have registered so far for the Little Big Ten Morning Recreational Baseball League. They are receiving instructions this week on hitting, fielding and throwing, and will set up teams next week after Bible School is through. Ten teams will be organized, following the names of the Big Ten colleges. A schedule will be arranged, and two games will be played each morning. Players of different ages will be evenly distributed among the teams. Arts and Crafts Arts and Crafts classes at all three centers have shown a good enrollment from the first day. Thomas reported an enrollment, of 48 at Memorial Field, 20 at Cen- Dr. JY. P. Restifo Establishes New Of f ice hi Amherst A newcomer to Amherst Is Dr. Nicholas P. Restifo, who will open an office 'today (Thursday) in the San Spring Medical Building, 480 Park avenue. He is an Osteopathic physician and surgeon. Dr. Restifo is a graduate of Western Reserve University, Cleveland, and received his Bachelor of Science Degree In 1953. He attended Kirksville College of Oesteopathy and Surgery and received his Doctorate in Osteopathy in 1959. Following this, he interned for one year at Doctors Hospital in Columbus where he also took specialized training In a general surgical residency for three years. -' ' ' . . ' Dn . Restifo and his wife, Louise, plan to move into a new hornet on Sunrise Drive which will be completed in about one month. They have three children: Christine, 4 years; Nicholas, 3 years; and Carta, 10 months. Mrs. Restifo is a registered nurse and a graduate of St. John College, Cleveland. Dr. Restifo has established his office hours as follows: Monday through Saturday, 1-5 pjn.; Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 7-9 p.m.; morning hours by appointment, i Ricmer Receives Legion Award !' Hill II V ' I r- " " flip Vj rZ ; " -'"' ' " : , .'MlilijlMlUlUHllllJI Tom George, left, Legion Carnival chairman, congratulates the winner of the first prize in awards given during the recent affair sponored by the local Legion Post Given the first award was Earl Riemer, RJ5. 2; second. tral School, and 38 at Shupe. The student assistants are now setting up a schedule by which certain activities will be pursued during certain weeks. They are beginning their program with! instruction in water color painting, paper mat making, weaving and ceramics. Central School Bob Loughrie has just completed marking and painting the new basketball court at the Central School area. He is now ready to lay aside his laborer's clothes and assume his regular duties as supervisor.Other Activities Boys' and Girls' softball teams Will be organized at Shupe and Central Schools, and a schedule of games between the two areas will be set up. . Story hour will be held every morning at 10:30 at all three areas. At Shupe School, Natalie Bogardy has organized a series of nature trail hikes. Twenty youngsters turned out for the hike on the first day. Registration for tennis classes will be held the first week in July. However, even though there are no formal classes taking place, Thomas reported that the courts are being used quite heavily. In fact, he stated, most of the time there is "waiting room only." Various smaller activities 1 will also be offered at the recreation centers this year. These include horseshoes, badminton, ping-pong, the ever popular tetherbalL croquet, basketball and fun ball Among the picnic table games a-vailable are checkers, dominoes, Chinese checkers, bas-ket, monopoly and parchesi. Reminder , ' , Thomas extends a reminder to all youngsters that bicycle racks are -provided, at .all three areas. Everyone is asked to, park bikes there, and not to leave them lying on the fields., . He also asks that all pets foe left at home, as no animals are allowed in the area where the youngsters play. - ' '' , Local Dog Joins U,S, Air Force . Now undergoing basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas is Bismark Breen,three-year-old German Shepherd belonging to the Donald Breen family, 879 Georgia avenue. ' Known by neighborhood children as "Bizzy Breen," the dog has been a member of the family since puppyhood. He has taken lessons at the Novice Obedience School in Bay Village, and is now studying to be a Sentry Dog with the Air Oorps.. "Bizzy's" job in the Air Force will be to patrol and guard the base. He w31 be trained along with his airman, end win be on duty with the same man for his full term of service. ' Although "Bizzy" will not be able to see his family again, there are other compensations. He has a comfortable retirement to look forward to at the age of nine ... with a pension included! Andrew Cirbus, 411 Euclid avenue, Lorain; and third, Alex Radosevich, 813 Tenney avenue. George expressed appreciation this week to all who helped la making the annual carnival a success.