The Amherst news-times. (Amherst, Ohio), 1955-04-01

              NewsTim Ameerst E Enr 3 VOL. XXXVD. No. 13. EIGHT PAGES AMHERST, OHIO, FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1955 THE SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD re' c to t Boy Scouts to Help Paper Easter Lilies will be sold to passers-by, this Saturday, by boy scouts of Amherst's troop 327, as their contribution t boost the Easter Seal sale,, sponsored by Amherst Rotary. This is the first year for the flower sale in Amherst.Pictured are Ted Wnek, leader, Allen Savina, Victor Wnek, and Richard Rice. Others in the troop will also assist, and will take their turn selling the emblems, in front of Lessiter Drug5 Store. The lilies are made by handicapped children from the Easter Seal Societies, and are called "flowers with a purpose." Proceeds will go to the Crippled Children's fund for handicapped children, with 76 per cent remaining in Amherst and the balance sent to State Rehabilitation centers. Several Amherst youngsters have received aid in one form or another, and others are eligible if they are handicapped due to spas-. tic' condition, or crippled due to causes other than polio. Kenneth Alexander, Rotary chairman Xf the Easter Seal sale, ' pointed out that this project is en-tirely separate from- agencies receiving assistance from the United Apeals campaign, that it is primarily a local program. He urged that the seal letters sent out last Week be returned as soon as possible with contributions, to wind up the campaign. "Bunny" Easter tags are being distributed to school children at both the parochial and public school, for their donations to the fund. Saundra Thomas Draws Winning Conference Seal New 'official seal of the Lakeland Conference schools is one submitted in a recent contest by an . Amherst high school sophomore, Saundra Thomas. Students from the art departments of each of the six schools who are part of the conference took part in the contest, held in February. 1 The winning seal, drawn by Saundra, is circular in shape with pointed leaves designating the initials of the member schools in the center. Lake Erie is symbolized by a background of waves and Lakeland Conference is lettered across the top of the seal. It is planned that in time the seal will be yorn by officials for conference games and it is hoped that it may be used on track medals to be given this spring. Schools making up the Lakeland Conference are Amherst, Clear-view , Huron, New London, Vermilion and Wellington. , : Saundra will receive an award for drawing the; winning seal. She . has also designed a pennant using the seal as the center of attraction. These pennants will be used by the schools of the conference.Legion to Sponsor Modern arid Square Dances Every Week Beginning this Saturday, April 2, the American Legion Post 118 of Amhersf will sponsor modern and square dancing every Saturday night at the Legion home. Dancing will start at 10 p.m., with music by Jim Miller's five-piece orchestra. Miller, leader of the orchestra, will be glad to instruct anyone Interested in square dancing. An invitation is extended also to those who don't care to dance but who like to hear that "Old Country Music from the West." Starting April 8 also, the Legion will sponsor fish frys every Friday, with serving from 5 to 9. ' With Easter Lily W. Leinhos Named New Cub Master Walter G. Leinhos, Tenney avenue,, was named the new Cub Master of Amherst Cub Scout Pack 394, .at the monthly meeting last wee,k. His appointment was announced by Howard Cobb, committee chairman, who also announced the resignation of Herb Gammons who had held the position of Cub Master until this time. Opening the evening's program was the flag ceremony led by den 7. The theme used by the scouts for this meeting was "Knights of Yore", with games and contests in keeping with this idea. Displays (included shields, armor, lances and other articles used by the knights of . olden days and made by the cubs at den meetings during the last month. It was also announced that the annual reorganization of the pack will take place in August and that volunteers are needed lor den mothers and Mso committee men for next year. " Awards were then made to the scouts by W. G. Leinhos, the new cub master, with the awards following.Den 1, Mrs. W. G. Leinhos, den mother: Robert Kubuske, wolf badge, 1 gold and 1 silver arrow; Ronald Standen, bear badge, 1 gold arrow.: .'. Den 2, Mrs. H. Cobb, den mother: Bryan Kokinda, lion badge, 1 gold arrow. Deri 4, Mrs. Harold Thompson; den mother Tommy Holstein, wolf badge; John Parks, wolf badge. Den 5, Mfs. Robert Lauer, den mother: Billy Price, wolf badge; Dale Lauer, wolf badge, 1 gold and 1 silver arrow; Bobby . Haas, wolf badge, 1 gold and 2 silver arrows. Den 6, Mrs. George Taylor, den mother: Nile Hill Jr., 1 gold and 1 silver arrow; Terry Miller, 1 silver arrow. Den 7, Mrs. Robert Squires, den mother: Jerry Schieferstein, lion badge, 1 silver arrow; David Chonko, 2 year pin; Bobby Squires bear badge. Den 8, Mrs. Howard Shumaker, aen motner: larry jtunrman, gold arrow; Pat Ryan, bear badge; Tommy Kirchgessner, 1 silver arrow; James Ritchie, wolf badge. Den 9, Mrs. Sasha Mazurek, den mother: Thomas Dunfee, wolf badge, 1 gold arrow. Group singing of America brought the program to a close and refreshments were served by the mothers of den 2, with the boys of den 8 leading to the refreshments. The next meeting will be held April 28, with the theme "Forestry.?' Grangers to Sell "Fire Stoppers" Members of Hickory Tree Grange will conduct ahouse-to-house selling campaign over the weekend, of a new nori-toxic fire extinguisher called Fire Stoppers. Frank Schibley, Master .of the Grange, in charge of the sale, stated that the .Fire Stoppers will be placed on the market this fall and will sell for double'the price being asked by the Grange, at this time. The' product, claimed to be effective on' all types of incipient fires, including gasoline, oil, grease, fabric, wood and paper, is packaged in cans about the size of an insect bomb, and will discharge a spray ten to twelve feet. The life of the new type extinguisher is said to be ten years. Proceeds from- the sale will go into a fund to pay for the remod-eling recently completed at the Grange Hall on Milan avenue. Parade 'Babes In Toyland' Is Selected for AHS Operetta "Babes in Toyland", Victor Herbert's well-known operetta, will - be presented by Amherst's combined a capella choir and vocal choruses, on Friday, April 29, at the high school auditorium, according" to the vocal director, Mrs. Alma Wellman. Assigned in the four leading singing roles are June Zuspan as Jane (Barnaby's niece); Jack Do-bias as Tom (Widow Piper's son); Ruth Brezinski as Mary (Tom's sister); and Jerry. Orosz as Alan (Jane's brother). Herb Reis will portray ..the part of Barnaby, the villian, and Carole Burette has been cast as Widow Piper. Melodies to be presented include "The March of the Toys," "Toyland", and 'I Can't Do the Sum." ..' George M J Parker Funeral Services One of Amherst's older and better-known residents, - George M. Parker, 88, of 730 Park Avenue, passed away at Pleasant View Sanatorium at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, following ah illness of several years. He had been at the San only since .. December; prior to that he had been at a rest home in Oberlin ? for about four years. He was born in Knightstown, Indiana, November 23, 1866, but spent most of his life in Amherst. In 1889 he came to Amherst to help open up some of the quarries (now part of the Cleveland quarries), and spent thirty years in the industry, turning later to the raw lumber business and fruit farming. He was associated with William Bechstein in both the latter ventures. He was one of the founders of the Amherst hospital and the Amherst Library and served on both boards for a number of years. In addition, he served on i)the village council at two dif ferent times, and was active in various other civic affairs, before his retirement. He received recognition as Amherst's Outstanding Citizen in 1950, by the Chamber of Commerce. , His wife, the former Lucia Harris, preceded him in death in December 1946; She was a de-scendent of Josiah Harris, Amherst's first settler. Their son, Dr. George M. Parker, an osteopathic physician, died in November, 1938. Survivors are the two granddaughters, Carol Parker Abel and Betty Parker Simpson, and two great grandchildren. Mr. Parker was a member of Stonington Lodge for 55 years. Masonic memorial" services will be held at 8 p.m. today at the Garland Funeral home. Final rites will be held at the funeral home Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with Rev. F. E. Eastman officiating. Burial will be in the Cleveland street cemetery. Members of the Youth Fellowship of St. Peter's E and R church will hold a paper drive next Wednesday, April 6. Anyone having papers to donate may call Fred Wenner, 3912.f Papers should be bundled and in a conspicuous spot to be collected. Amherst high school track team will hold a paper, drive tomorrow (Saturday). , Papers should be bundled and placed, at , the curb or In some other, conspicuous spot. To be sure that they are picked up a call may be made to Amherst Students Score High Grades in Every Pupil Tests j Several Amherst High School students rated high in the Every Pupil Tests last week. Highest single ' score was that made by Carol S.tull, who rated a . perfect 100 in geometry. She also received a 61 in Biology. Scoring high in several subjects was David Drake, with a 97 in English IV, 95 inSpelling-Vocabulary. IV, 96 in Government, 89 in World History, and 89 In Physics. 1 Also a multiple-scorer was Bruce Wenner with a 96 in English III, 91 inSpelling-Vocabulary III, 89 in Chemistry, and 94 in Typing I. Kaye Koontz rated 97 in both English I and Spelling- yocabu-lary I, and 79 in Alegebra; Doreen Lange scored 96 in English IV and 90 in Spelling-Vocabulary IV; Judy Schoemig had 96 in English IV and 90 in Spelling-Vocabulary III; Lenore Klepek scored 93 in Shorthand I and 75 in Bookkeeping; Nancy Fullar, 94 in English I and 93 in Spelling-Vocabulary I. Karen Krok and Judy Tabbert, each 94 in Spelling-Vocabulary I; Lucy Billman, 92,Spelling-Vocabulary II; Carolyn Nabors, 95, and Marjorie Krok, 94, in English III. Dolores Dembek, 60, Biology; Mary Heinzerling, 95, Shorthand I; David Deeds and Bob Hasley, each 86 in Chemistry; Mac Nott, 94, Geometry; Dick Wallace 80, Bob Neff, and Keith Shay, 78, World History; Craig Cullen, 81, Algebra; Sid Mann, 84, Physics; Dolores Wood-er, 95, Shirley Camp and Glenn Hammond, 78, Typing I. Junior High Scorers Arithmetic 6 Patty Bruce, David Cope, Pamela Henderson, Mary Ann Panchula, 94 out of a possible 95 points; Arithmetic 7 Jim Walker, 66 out of 90; Arithmetic 8, Louise Wenner, 79 and Ricky Oliver, 77, out of 90. English 6, Clarice Weaver, 96, David Cope and- Mary Ann Panchula, 95; English 7, Jim Walker 78;English 8, Douglas Cope and Ricky Oliver, 83, Louise Wenner, 90; Spelling-Vocabulary 6, Pamela Henderson, 79, Clarice Weaver, 78, Sandra Retay, Patricia Bruce, and Diane Cook, 77, out of 80;Spelling-Vocabulary 7, Jim Walker, 89, Susan Albrecht, 88;Spelling-Vocabulary 8, Genola Tettaton, 93, Ricky Oliver and Louise Wenner, 92, and Douglas Cope, 90. ... Geography 6, Karen Egeland and Jon Magnuson, 87, Lynn Bier-man, David Edwards, and Richard Cook, 85 (90); Geography 7, Leslie Kreeger, 92, Leann Doane, 91, Cathy Kane, 88; History 8, Douglas Cope, 94, Louise Wenner, 93, and Ricky Oliver, 91. Students Present PTA Program Pupils of St. Joseph school presented the program for PTA meeting on Monday night of this week, honoring St. Joseph, patron of the church and commemorating the feast day of Father Joseph Lem-bach.Judy Dossey was mistress of ceremonies, introducing the different numbers on the program. Opening the program was a prayer to St. Joseph, recited by six first and second graders. Other numbers presented included: "Whats in the Box", a play by first and second graders; Clown Drill by third to sixth grade boys; a musical play, "Greetings from Texas, California and Ohio" by grades three to six; "Saints Conference" a play by seventh grade girls. Ruth Brown, president of the American Legion .Auxiliary, and her committee, Mrs. Alan Ueh-lein and Mrs. Robert Beesing, presented principal Sister Mary Konrad with study material for an Americanism program in the school. During the business meeting Mrs. Ray Kachel reported on plans for a banquet for the bas ketball boys, April 13. Tickets for the dinner are now available. It was also announced that the PTA would hold a fish fry, April 15. Mrs. Herbert Fuhrman, Mrs. Albert Zwyotek and Mrs. Dan, Wood were appointed as a nominating committee to present a slate of officers at the next meeting. It was also announced that Mrs. Ted Wnek will serve as chairman for the banquet to be sponsored by the seventh grade mothers for the eighth grade students. Family night will be observed by the PTA at their next meeting, starting , -with a: tureen dinner. Mrs. Harry Sander and her committed of second grade mothers will be in charge. . Special prize of the-, evening went to Mrs. Dan Woodc. . - Postponed Concert To Be Held Tonight Amherst senior band concert, originally scheduled for last Sunday afternoon but postponed because of Inclement weather conditions, will be held tonight (Friday) at 8:00 in the Central school gymnasium. According to Russell Petersen, band director, the program carried in last week's News-Times will be given, with fifty - six instrumentalists taking part. Tickets may still be purchased from band members or at the door tonight. The program is divided into two sections and will include a chorale, marches, a mambo and selections from"Oklahoma". Honors Given at St. Joseph School Honors in the upper grades of St. Joseph school were announced this week, with first honors going to Jean Wagner, Frank De San-tis, Margaret Wood, Leona Pajor, and Albert DeSantis. Second honors were received by Donna Rainey, Mary Ann Beko, Joanne Bodmann, Geraldine Chuni, Janet Deidrick, ' Carole Ewalt, Delores Goodwin, Rosemary Nemeth, Arlene Peterman, Frances Zywotek, Elaine Niesen, Marsha Lach, Lana Holden, Natalie Bogardy, Raymond Kachel, Michael Kilbride, Earl Rainey and James Young. Receiving third honors were Judy Dossey, Audrey Stec, Gayle Plas, Joanne Zywotek, Herbert Gammons, James Tillman, Sandra Weaver, Tom Mattey, Elizabeth Wood, Georgia Souris, and Jo Anne De Chiaro. Perfect Spellers were Geraldine Kocsis, Donna Rainey, Jean Wagner, Joanne Bodmann, Joanne Zywotek and Earl Rainey. J1 School Vacations Students of Amherst schools will be having spring vacation next week. r AmWerst public schools will have their usual week'svacation, starting when classes finish today (Friday) and ending when the pupils return Mbnday morning, April 11. St. Joseph school vacation starts Wednesday morning of next week and the students at the parochial school will not return' until Tuesday morning, April 12. Auxiliary Plans Rummage Sale Plans were completed for a rummage sale at the town hall, April 15 and 16, when the Amherst Hospital Auxiliary met on Monday evening of this week. Anyone having articles for the sale that they wish to have collected may contact Mrs. Dwight Standen, phone 8787, Mrs. Chris tine Brill, phone 44131, or Mrs. Elmer Hume, phone 44371. The auxiliary also decided to purchase sprinkling cans (for patients flowers) and disposable bags for the use of the Grey Ladies in their work in the hospital. Discussion of a public card party to be given in the future, as a money making project, took place. No definite plans have been made or announced. Light Plant Demolished on April First in ppiiiiiiaiiil fmmmmm xf t t I 1 - mm With April First .being an ideal time to start such a project, demolition is going forward today (April 1) on the village's municipal generating plant. With the plaint closed and boarded up, the tied r,ross Goes over Top Here With $1914 to Date Amherst area went over the top for the second consecutive year in the annual Red Cross Drive, with a total of $1914.55 turned in to date, according to John Ruth, general drive chairman. The goal had been set for $1400. Amounts turned in by the vari ous captains and their teams are: Mrs. Harold Mathes' team, $180. 35; Mrs. Albert Werner's team, $194.28; Mrs. Arthur Pelander's team, $127.67; Mrs. David Gold-thorpe's team, $217.00; Mrs. James Henry, in business sec tion, $481.00; Ray Jewett, at the U. S. Automatic, $219.50; Mrs. James Baird's team in Brown-helm, $110.00; Mrs. Charles Miller's team, South Amherst, $384. 75. Ruth has announced also that a few more contributions are ex pected as many clubs and organizations which usually contribute as a group have not been heard from as yet. Anyone wish ing to make further contributions or who may not have been reached by the workers on the drive may mail checks to him or to the Red Cross in Lorain. Ruth has expressed his thanks to all contributors who made the drive a success and to all his captains and workers who gave their time and efforts in surpassing the established goal. Activities of the Red Cross in Good Friday Service . To Be Observed in Amherst, S. Amherst Merchants of Amherst and South Amherst are cooperating with the . churches of these communities in the Community Good Friday services by closing their establishmments of business during the hours of 1:00 . and 3:00 Special community services will be held at St. Peter's Church in Amherst and the South Am herst Methodist Church. Both services are being sponsored by the churches cooperating in the Amherst and Community Council of Churches. The ministers will be cen tering the sermon ca the words that have been addressed TO the cross by those standing around the cross on Good Friday. At St Peter's Church the speakers . will be Reverends J. A. Wenner, Rich ard Appel, Dewees Singley, and Emerson Emke. In the South Amherst Methodist Churches the ministers will be Reverends Dale Riggs, Henry Stick, William Mouer, and F. E. Eastman. In South Amherst the special music will be supplied by the union, choir of the South Amherst churches. In Amherst there will be special soloists. "Puppy for Keeps" by Q. Hawkins will be the story told to youngsters attending the children's hour at the public library tomorrow (Saturday). Mrs. Byrd Richmond, children's librarian, will tell the story starting at 3 o'clock. llllliiliillllii News-Times camera today caught the large crane in the process of knocking out the corner of the building. " Although no information was unve Amherst during the past year have included sponsorship of several home nursing courses. One of the courses was given to freshman girls at the Amherst high school and consisted of 10 lessons given over a period of two weeks to those taking home economics. This particular study course was taught by Mrs. Carl Magnuson and Mrs. Howard Shumaker. At present the organization is sponsoring an adult home nursing course taught by Mrs. Shumaker. Sixteen women are enrolled for study with a lesson given each Tuesday evening at the Eagles home, covering a period of six weeks. Demonstra tions and practice of proper pro cedures in the home care of the sick constitute the lessons. Amherst Hospital Gray Ladies is another project in the vil lage sponsored by the Lorain chapter of the Red Cross. Twenty-five women volunteered for the Gray Lady work and after training are now working each day, in groups of two, at the local hospital. A junior Red Cross has been put into effect in the lower grades of the public schools which among other things' is training the children to help others less fortunate than they. First Aid courses have been given under the sponsorship of the Red Cross to various Amherst organizations. Any other groups interested in taking either the home nursing or the first aid courses may obtain information by contacting the Lorain chapter. . ... ; ' Mrs. Shumaker Is Named Chairman Mi'. Howard 'Shrvnaker ; has " kbeen named chairman of the. Can, cer Drive in Amherst, which wjll be held Sunday, April 17. Members of the Lions club and their wives will cooperate -incanvassing-. the town, and girl scouts will distribute literature and envelopes prior to the campaign. Soliciting will start at 1 p.m. Prittie Is Named Rotary President Ralph Prittie 'wasXelected president of the Amherst Rotary Club for the new club yea, at Monday's meeting, held as usual in the Congregational church dining room. . A Rotarian for about 13 years, Prittie is owner of the local Ben Franklin 5 & 10. He is a member of St. Peter's E & R church, Ston-', ington Lodge, and Amherst Noonday Club. Other officers elected were Rev. Richard Appel as vice president, and C. K. Alexander, secretary-treasurer.The program for Monday's meeting was the showing of a film on tuberculosis, by Ralph Albright. Art Engle was nominated as Rotary's representative to the TB board. available at press time as to the definite future of the building or site, it is doubtful if wrecking 6perations will continue after today. y.T';. '::