The Amherst news-times. (Amherst, Ohio), 1963-08-22

              EIGHT PAGES AMHERSTOHIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1963 THE SANDSTONE CENTER OF TtlZ WORLD Vol XUV, No. 33 Work Progresses on New Rooms at P iMsMtosA-isrfsiW&Ms mmmmm w !i;:s:5W Employees of the Elmer Hume company, top picture, dig out ex- cess material preparatory to lay- ing floors in the new kindergarten rooms at Powers school. Walls are up and, as soon as steel ar- rives.. the roofns.. ca. rtpsed in. . loute, lilig&iivav State Route 254 will follow the middle route through Amherst, state highway officials disclosed Tuesday. Statement of the official state position came during a press conference held by Governor James. A. Rhodes and his cabinet at Oak Hills Country Club Tuesday morning.The conference, arranged jointly by the Lorain Journal and the Elyrla Chronicle-Telegram, marked the first time an Ohio governor has appeared with his cabinet in Lorain county. Following the press conference a meeting was held with industrial and civic leaders from Lorain, Huron, and Erie counties with the main theme based on th stat's program for attracting 'industry to Ohio. Route settled In answer to a direct question, Pearl E. Masheter, state director of highways, stated that the route for 254 has been settled and that the state will proceed witlh its plans for construction. Time of construction will depend largely on the city of Amherst, Masheter said. If council continues to give a flat "no" to the consent ordinance, the state will act almost at once to exercise its right of eminent domain, recently given it by the state legislature. Should Amherst council agree to the middle route with reservations, the state will attempt to negotiate the differences which may prolong the construction period, Masheter said. Masheter also said that four studies have settled the route in the opinion of the state highway department. These, with the legislature's decree that the good of the many must be served, definitely establish the route. Masheter also praised D, H. Tlmmer,. Division 3 engineer, for going "beyond the line of duty" in attempting to reconcile differences with opponents of the middle route. Masheter expressed the hope that Amherst would give consent, now that the state department has the power to proceed without that consent. He said that the department still would prefer to negotiate differences but he now has no choice but to proceed with plans as laid out. Tlmmer gave a timetable for construction of the route. The section from Route 58 to Route 57 has been scheduled for construction in the 1966 fiscal year which ends June 30, 1967. There has been no controversy over this section of the route and state plans will go for ' " J V ' immt!jTTm! 1 1 4 f ' ' i, ? f Construction on the new elemen- tary classrooms at the same school is barely started lowerphoto. The six-sided 1pod" construction is beginning to take shape with brick walls starting up on two of the . thrq?., sections. : - ill Follow ward on it. The section from Baumhardt road to Route 58, which includes the portion through Amherst, has been programmed for the 1968 fiscal year. Tlmmer said that at present it is the department's plan to complete both sections from one to two years earlier then the stated program. ' ; Governor's backing Governor Rhodes stated his backing of tee highway department's plans. No differences could not be settled with reasonable people sitting down together with a spirit of "give and take" on both sides,' he said. He iterated, how-, ever, that progress must be served and that a few could not be al- Rhodcs talked at some length highway development plans. Amherst Mayor Frank Janik, present at the general meeting, told the governor that objections included maintenance costs which Amherst might be obligated to pay and also, the fact that no exit was planned for Oak Point road. Rhodes told Janik that if Janik and Amherst council would meet in' the governor's office at 10 a.m. on Wednesday morning, the problem would be settled to the satisfaction of both sides. Explains program 1 In both the press conference and the meeting which followed, Governor Rhodes explained his program for attracting industry to the state. One of the prime responsibilities of his administration, he said, is to provide a Job for every one who wants one. This can be accomplished both by attracting new industry and aiding in the expansion of present industry. Among top priorities in imple- Calendar of Events August 23 St. Joseph's CYO dance, 8 to 12 p.m. August 30 Pre-school confer- ence for NEW teachers. September 3 General teachers' meeting, Steele Hi gym.: September 4 First full day of school s Sept. 17 "Birch, the Magician," Central School, matinee and evening; Band Boosters. November 28 29 Thanksgiving Vacation. ; ,-September 25 Fall and winter style show by "Areme Club of Eastern Star. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 8 p.m. . 'mm" ' oweri School 1 lliliflliil Completion of the kindergarten r00ms is slated for the start of xllool next month whlle the 12 , , ... new . elementary rooms will be completed dn time for (he second semester next w!nter. -"" ".'" . ' imenting the program the governor listed no new (taxes, a complete and major highway system, higher .education for Ohioans, and a department of development. Rhodes talked on some length on the need for higher education. H pointed out that Ohio stands third in the nation in the number of Ph. D.'s and engineers and stressed the necessity for continuity increasing this number as a major attraction for new industry. Feller to Speak To Little Leaguers Bob Feller ' Bob F"ilcr will be the special guest speaker at the Amherst Athletic Association's Awards night to be" held Thursday, August 22 (tonight) at Memorial Field. The awards night was set up to honor all the boys and, girls who participated to the various baseball and softball leagues to Amherst. The activities will get underway at 7:30 p.m. Feller, a former -Cleveland In-llans' pitcher and a member of Baseball's Hall of Fame, will sign autographs and have a question and answer period with the boys and girls. Dept. Says 1 Exchange Student A r rives for Yeaiip ft Amherst Home ? Jorg (pronounced Yorg) Ampler of Schaffhausen, Switzerlana,. Amherst's exchange student ' lot the , 1963-64 school year,, arriyed ia Amherst, last Thursday, and is already , very much at home with his American family,, Mr.: and Mrs., Frank Nickolls and son Ed, ' Idlewood, drive. ; ... , , (. ; The tall," good-looking teenager Is an .affable' young man, inter-1"' ested in learning all about' his . new surroundings and pie ner meets. . . ; One of his first stopping place was Steele high- school which haj found coiiderabfirj''' different! from his school in Switzerland. T4. i.n i- mnn. a wa 7 . , . i j siamsii.iio"",'""" Steele building. He also has been to the stone quarries, Cedar Point, and 01 course Lake Erie, for swimming, one of his favorite pastimes. ? There is very little language' barrier, inasmuch as " Jorg hasj studied English for ' over two years, along with - French, Ger' man,' and Swiss-German. He un- derstands most of what is said, exceDt when the speaker Tweaks into slang or speaks too rapidly. Then, explanations are in order. He also carries a small reference dictionary with, him, for transla- tion. Jorg's extra-currirular activl- ties will probably center around music, rather than sports, inas- much as the Swiss schools do not have competitive football, baa- ketbaU, etc., although some soc- some.Vork with drum, He will also be an honorary member of stXfwiU probably in- His studies win proDaruy in elude English, speech, govern- ment, history, trigonometry, ana chemistry. . The Swiss lad is gradually get- school friends, with the-help of vi ,nunB iTHrtia ... . ' . . Nickous, who also will M a senior this year. Football prac- "a" , tT , ' , in tice takes up most of Eddie's Pm- Music wiU snare time but evenings find be Provided by "The Counts." rtterinZ at the Slls home. Admission will be 50c stag and Mrs Nkona saM that C youM 75c Per couPle- Everyone is in- St i JIW to attend. , . " . people are weltome to come at 5 nnv time. Jorg has noticed some differed s to food and dress, but the weather, at least at this time of year, is the same as in his native . slm- land. He said the boys wear iter clothing, but that girls in Switzerland never wear snorus, sne is ioojuub iwwu w iu garten department MrsrT3on--Tulgy-xugUst-24, -according to although skirts and slacks are Yet to meet the new member lerj superintendent, Mrs. R. Ban- Mrs 'Byrd Richmond, dhildren's popular. He likes the American of . his family is Airman Wayne jof Miss J. Cahl, Mms. R. Hoover, librarian at Amherst Public Li-breakfast of fruit and cereal, a Nickolls, who is expected to come R PoweU, Mr .and Mrs. T. Jones, brary. contrast to his customary break- home over Labor Day week end. Mrs. M. Gergel; 11 , T3mnm. r1anaitmant lWVo FlmPT DADCD hDIUP . c ,1 a 1 c? I ClaSSeS in SoUth AmherSt SchOOl Scheduled to Begin South Amherst school will open on Tuesday morning, September 3, with a general meeting of all teachers. Separate eleWntary and hieh school meetings, under the toectionrf prtociprfs, Will foUow in Te afteCoT follow in the afternoon. tir1 ial,t JSTsff students will be Wednesday, Sep- tember 4, with a full day session planned. School hours for grades 1 through 6 will be 8:45 am. to 3:00 p.m while grades 7 through . u 1. ...!,, O.AB twelve will meet from 8:23 ajn. to 3:40 p.m. The morning session of kindergarten will be held from 8:45 to 11:15 a.m., while the af- ternoon classes will meet from 12:30 to 3 00 p.m. rne caiereria win oe m ujjci - ation from the first day of school, with lunch rates set at 30 cents per day or $1.50 per week. All pupils in all grades who eat their lunch at school will not be per- mitted to leave the school grounds during the noon hour, except by written approval of the parent for each occasion requested. Elementary pupils walking to school should plan to arrive at the buildina at 8:30. Bus pupils will en- ter the building upon their arrival at school. Elementary pupils are asked to enter the building by the high and higji school. This estimate side main entrance to the old bull- is an increase of 88 over last fall's ding, where they will be directed enrollment. to their assigned rooms. Progress on the new elementary Pupils to grades 7 through 12 building construction is continuing should plan to arrive at the bull- as scheduled, and the project is ex-ding at about 8:20, and are asked to pected to be , completed in Decem-go directly to the auditorium. Stu- ber. Pupils In grades 1, 2 and 3 will dents who have not previously en- occupy the new building, rolled in the school system should Calendar - " go directly to the office to complete School activities for the month), of registration and receive room ass- September include: ignments. ' Fri., Sept. 6 Student Council Klck-Penortnel off Dance 8 -11 P. M. Faculty assignments for the 1963- Sat., Sept. 7 Football --Berlin 64 school year include: Kindergar- Heights - - There 2 P. M. ten, Mrs. Nora Green; first grade, Fri., Sept. 13 Start of elementary Mian Ann Cared Davis. Miss Joanne maeazine drive ' Manley, Mrs. Verna Stackhouse; Jto.nJofrSlee'Maniey. Mrs. Verna Stackhouse- 3rd grade Mrs Mar- tha Yaneris Mrs. Phyllis Butler, Mr. Alice joppeck; fourth grade; Mrs. Phyllis Berger, Mrs. Barbara Toma Mrs Genevieve Blackburn; Fifth grade, Miss Eileen Conry, Mrs Coressa Dehn, Mrs. Betty Lelmbach- "sixth grade Wayne Smith, r! Nicholas Ball, Donald Baetz- . Junior high and high school, Or- pirew A n MB . Tentative approval was given this wedt on awarding contracts for materials and supplies for con- struction of a new 5,000 KW sub- , station to serve the city. 0n the recommendation of Hen- ry Gordon, superintendent of city utilities, contracts were offered to .four mmm fnr all materials, j-. r-nmnlotirm Af rmnrlitia roniHrp- . mentS) the city) through Safety : Service Director Carl Wenrich, wiu execute formal contracts. j0 cost $55,000 Total cost of the sub-station will approximate some $55,000, Gordon said. This is approximately $25,000 under preliminary estimates when t jj 'MCW OlUUVfllS . ASKed tO Register & With school openirig less than two weeks awnv. all students who hav miwmi into Amhomt gchool district smce June are to enroU in their respect- lve schools soon U possible. . 4 W A Smith, superintendent of schools, announced that all offic- c. ttJZ princl- at Power3 Elemental, has f wno dl(J not attend Kindergar- vte register this week, so that 'testing can be completed early !iext week for placement , , N A ,7 m St. Josephs Church CYO wiu nmnnnnr a rianpA at the tiarish . fast of bread and butter, marma- lade and cheese. Other meals also offer more variety, he noticed, fTT V "Mother" to the preparation of He has promised to help his new some typical Swiss dishes which September 4 lando Shiltz, Mrs. Sandy Barker, Mrs. Daisy Grogg, Miss Rosalyn Callahan, Francis McDonough, Wil- Ham McLoda Micheal Mormanis. Mrs. Patricia Glynn, Micheal Elias, John D. Wilhelm, Edward Stimmel, Mrs. Mary Alice Kovach, Mrs. Harriett Simpson and Frank Gra- "tano. Mrs Dorma Bauer is elementary DrincinBl. and Alex J. Pozniak. high school rrincipal. T. C. Simpson is , ..: -...i U 1 superintendent of the school. still to be filled is the position of high school English teacher and librarian. Other school personnel include: Secretary, Mrs. Lorna Hemminger; building custodian, Hubert Jones; head cook, Mrs. Ann Amenhauser; assistant cooks, Mrs. vioia mamra, Mrs. Margaret Vargo, Mrs. Rose Sackett; bus drivers, Jim Lalonde, Joe Gargasz, Mrs. Nancy Beran; cleaning matron, Mrs. Mildred Dostall; crossing guards, O. J. Ruth and Lewis Merchant; board clerk, Mm.' Elizabeth Rolli. Bus routes will operate the same as last year. Any changes wil be announced after the opening of school. A total enrollment of 938 stu- dents is anticipated, with 580 in el- ementary grades and 358 in junior Fri., Sept. 13 Football -- Milan Wed, Sept." 18 P.T.A. meeting 8 PM ' , Fri ' Sept. 20 Football - - Buckeye There 8 P.M. Mon., Sept. 23 Band Boosters meet- ing 8 P.M. Tues, Sept. Z4 seventn uraae Class Party 7 -10 P.M. Fri., Sept. 27 FootbaE - -. Black River - - Here 8 P.M. Sat, Sept. 28 Parade of Bands at Clearview 8 P.M. k .viids city council first started proceed- ings to up-date the city's electrical supply. Part of the savings in costs comes through actual construction of the sub-station being done by the municipal electric department under Gordon. Excavating, grad- inff. and concrete work will be rtnne hv local rnntraetors. but all construction wiU be handled by the city department. Savings also were realized by asking for com- ponent bids rather than letting the entire bid to one contractor. Gor- don said that had one, contractor bid on the entire job, the costs could possibly have amounted to another $15,000 to $20,000. Given approval on their low bids T fhnrfh fllUrvn - Schools Unite V,,,h ,.hols f St Peter's Tin- ri, T7rhUT,H thP Vv, nPtl hnrh Amherst Congregational Church "LLi "" will merge and operate as one 7 $Z,ZXJS. ers have TepS new church J groups to combine both available space and leadership. Children enrolled in the nursery (age 3), kindergarten (age 4 and 5), and primary (grades 1 and 2) tional Church, while those enrolled . Q,M rt ft m4. in Rt . . tj. i i reters cnurcn. mgn ecnooi wua- wiu gameT tne MasPmc Temple Dale cotton has been named Gelleral Superintendent, assisted by Mrs. Parker MiUer. Resource leaders will be Rev. and Mrs. Ned .. ..-. j r Lois Guenther Z t$nw S will be as follows: Nursery department, Mrs.-'War- ren Ashton, superintendent, Mrs. T U ptpu Mrs. G. Knepperi 'Mrs. B. Ro2sos; Kinder- T Hnear VJ K OOTOm IVlrS I HoUe, superintendent, Mrs. R. Ku- bach, Mrs. E. Moebius, R. Koch, Mrs. J. Powers, Mrs. U. Beam, Mrs. A. Hamel, Miss M. Walker, Mrs. N. McLoda, Mrs. C. Schneide, partment Mrs. Wm. Oskim, supt, Miss G. Olson, Mrs. R. Berry, Mrs. v Talbot MrS- a HoUstein, Miss ' Vdlteui, Mrs. K. Smith, Miss S. McIjoda Mrs. R. Brady; Mer JiSor department, Miss Hulda Berger, supt., Mrs. F. Pow- Mrs V Hathaway, Mrs. R. muttfunior Sh department, clem Rice supt C Wolf, D M!mf 7P m,,: v CmHL r k-wVpIH- ' " . Hig Scnooi department, E. CmUT AWanrler. Mr: and Mrs j ScYtar Adult department, H Gould, H.' Washka, Mrs. L. Roemer Mrs. C. Obenour. ! U x, - j-, -m n eal QaS Well , , gf ' Charles Enmon, left, and Bert Sheldon, right, proceed with their job of filling up an old gas well on, the former Foursquare Church property on the corner of Cleve- land and Axtell street. txcavaimg uk vranaij erection of a new Marathon gas- oline station uncovered an old a- bandoned gas well. The well at one time was used to supply natural gas fqr a residence on the land, but 1 , v Jkf? f y hi Af- J-'L3r" 1 were: Westinghouse Electric, Cleve- land, $18,600, for transformers. Line Material Company, Cleve- land, $8,781 for regulators; and $5,889 for switch equipment. Mansfield Electric Supply, Mansfield, $12,900, for circuit breakers. f!ontinpntal Fremont. Inc.. Fre- mont, $4,300, for structural steel, Contracts for excavating, grad- ing and the concrete pad will be sought from local contractors, with an estimated $3,500' to $5,000 cost for this portion. 69,000 volt station The new sub-station will have a capacity of 69,000 volts. It will re- place the old sub-station, owned ty umo iscuson ana locatea on Henry street, which has a capacity of 24,000 volts. , New and larger lines will have to be built by Ohio Edison, sup- plier of electricity to the munici- pally-owned lines, to supply the TOme m nlu uwiisons Pas ent high tension lines on Route 58 just north oft he Ohio Turnpike. From the sub-station, city lanes wil carry the c,. at 2400 volts Community CheSt J ' Drive DisCUSSed . nW Wp nt when the local conununity Chest . , t th mf . tues aay evenmS at xne lire Plans were discussed for the drive to.be conducted this fall, with rhairmen. dates and alloca- -nriih nhairmmv rlnfpjz nnd nllnpfl. -- rt --,TT ZTJZ. Tl """"""" date. .. Present at the meeting were Mrs. Mary Lou Long, Bill Kiel- sen, Paul Thompson, Gary Mead, Harvey Alford, Dr, WDlam Har-j , T j --" - Harry Eswine, Mrs. Mary Zus- ?" Emmerih' M? STORY HOUR irrn. Outside Cat" by Jane Sat- Thayer will be the story for Sandstone Chapter Order, of De- Moiay will conduct a paper drive on Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug- ust 27 and 28. Papers may be brought to Central School any time service, call YU 8-4538. UE8I MINI8T,f ' . Hev. D E Buser wJl be the truest minister at the South Am- herst Methodist Church this Sun- day, to the absence of Rev. Brooks. Topic for the morning fervlce at 9?30 will be "The Love of God"' n 1 . AUXILIARY TO MEET A regular meeting of the Am- herst Hospital Auxiliary will be held Monday evening, August 28, go ahead and appropriate toe lana in the Hospital dining room. It will and shove it down our throats, begin at 8 p.m. she asked. " ! : " ' -i 17 ....r. DVinif Oil Former t OUrS qUOTe frOperty as pressure gave ouVttie well was abandoned and capped off. State requirements for commer- cial building require more than mere capping of abandoned gas wells, so the R. H. Sheldon and gas well drillers, was called in. Employees plumbed the well to a depth of 800 feet, but found that gas reserves were too meager for commercial use. They proceeded to other transformers where if is broken down to house current voltage. It is anticipated thart in the future some city lines will have to be constructed to carry voltages of 4160 to adequately serve grow- ing areas, Gordon said. Coniumption grow Need' for the, new and larger sub-station is shown in continued increase in consumption of electri- cal power in the city, Gordon explained that when he took over as superintendent of the electrical department in 1943, to- tal consumption of electricity was 1,600,000 KW for the entire year, During the peak period of one month, from January 17 to Febro- ary 17 of this year, the city bought irom unia xjiixan. ' As part of negotiations wito Ohio Edison on new rate franchis- es, the city agreed to construct the sub-station, rather than have the private utility build it and then lease it to the city. ture will be more current available in the city and a more stable sup- ply during peak periods. Completion date has been set for the middle of December, Gordon moved vp slightly ; headed w IXI o? STSS SSM . . . , mumcipal gg"er"g plant- Group to Continue T. p la." ItS I1 12111 ilSfcUnSl D C fikr J 'TkMl l Jl 1 : MlOUltV lUJlllt liiiUUiv iiuuiu Efforts to :ornbat the state s Plans or the middle route of 254 will be contin.red, Brdtog to t Mrs. Eirfo-Yacijboad. Wustrtre Dr Following stat one of the leaders in the fight statements on Tues day of the state's position in de termining to proceed with , the middle route, Mrs. Yaeobozzi said that those objecting wiU continue their fight in two ways. ... A referendum vote will be sought in the May primaries to let the voters of Amherst ' choose whether or not the middle route should be used. Also plans are be- ZatZ tiu1imGd?" ""I" " ; j 7 J?f?J? P,?10 highways through mun- We are very disappointed in the governor for not permitting us T -Jk views MrYobo saii a said that the objectors felt that their rights were bemg ignored and had the governor met with them when he was in the area on Tuesday, that toe state might take different attitude on the matter, She also asked why the state wanted to get a consent ordinance passed. 'They have threatened us with S3. 281, why don t they just then to fill the well up entirely, Fire clay, mixed with, water, is pumped into toe old well, about 150 bags of cl?y bemg needed to complete the job. After the pipe to filled, an escape pipe will still be , TT T J J might in the future seep up to the top. Reichert Construction of Eria has the contract for erection of to filling station.