The Amherst news-times. (Amherst, Ohio), 1965-12-23

              5 "l ti V . U ii I . H fiVT Vol. XLVII No. 51 4fc-9"5l wWr V&'"1 & Mm imf ewe at State Bd. of Ed. Approves Shupe-Courses of Study The Arnhersit school system this week received aproval by the State Board of Education of the course of Study currently being pursued at Shupe elementary school. .Required periodically (by the state board, the course of study is reviewed to see that it meets minimum state standards. Prepaired by Shupe principal Lions Club Gives Special Typewriter to : -w, ' , ,i f--. , ,""'" f i :x . ' ; ! : t tit -,v . i , J . ,,,,, i ST-' . . t i i " f 0 1 Dr. James H. McBride, left, superintendent of schools, accepts from Lions president Paul Friend a special typewriter . The typewriter has large, head-letter size type and was donated to the school system by Amherst Lions as part of their sight con TWKLVK PAGES oy to tKe world . . . the Lord has come! May the spirit of love and understanding the Christ Child inspires each Christmas remain in our hearts in days to come... leading us ever closer to the realization of peace on earth.. good will toward men. Merry Christmas, everyone! Earl Miller, the courses of study cover all subjects taught in the fourth, iifth and sixth grades. Included are arithmetic, art, reading, writing, spelling, English, instrumental music, physical education, science arid social studies. Included allso was a resume of amount of subject maltter to be covered in each yeair in each class to fairly evaluate progress of local students as compared to other schools in the state. Courses of study for the other throe schools are curently being prepared for approval, according to Dr. James H. McBride, superintendent of sahools. Typing of final drafts is under way alt Powers servation projects. " Principal luse of the typewriter will !oe for children with sight impairment. There are at present McBride said, some who cannot see iwell enough to read ordinary type. Lesson assignments will be typed out on the new typewriter school, courses are almost ready for typing at Central and final evaluation df courses prior to typing is being done at Steelle high. Candle-light Service There will 'be a candle-lighting service held this Christmas Eve at 11:00 in the Amherst Methodist Church. The public is cordially invited to attend. The senior choir, under the di-rectfon of Richard Lahto, will present a cantata which will be followed by a brief devotional message and the lighting df the candles. Schools r in a size that o:n be reald, in order to help the student in every possible way. Another part of the Lions sight conservation project is an annual eye-itesting program carried out without change for lower grade students. The Paper That Puts AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1965 Special Services Christmas Eve at Amherst Churches Several Amherst Churches will observe Christmas Eve with special services. Amherst Congregational Church will hold a special family service at 7:00 on Christmas Eve. This is planned especially for those families which include small children. The congregation will join with St. Peter's Church for an 11:00 service later in the evening. First Evangelical United Brethren Church will also hold a Christmas Eve candelight service at 7:00. St. Paul Lutheran Church has planned a 7:30 children's Christmas Eve service for the 24th. At 11:30 that night there will be a special Christmas Eve candlelight service. On Christmas Day there will be a service with holy communion at 10:00. Amherst Methodist Church will have an 11:00 candlelight service. The senior chior, under the direction of Richard Lehto, will present a cantata which will be followed by a devotional message and the lighting of candles. St. Peter's United Church of Christ will have their annual Christmas Eve candlelight service at 11:00 on Christmas Eve. A Christmas Eve Candlelight service will also be held at Westminister United Presbyterian Church at 7:00. This is for the entire family. The choir will present special Christmas music and an informal fellowship time will follow the service. SCOUTS PLAN SKATING PARTY All Amherst girl scouts and brownies will participate in a roller skating party to be held at the Lorain Arena on Tuesday, December 28, from 2:00 to 4:00. AMHERST FIRST CEiamiss in Ire Announced Change in ownership of three local businesses is being announc ed ithis week. Under new owners now are Wagner and Aebersold, one of the oldest (businesses in town; Western Auto Associate Store, land the Rambler agency. The Ford agency, owned lor many yeairs by Al Wagner and Art Aebersold, is now owned by Wagner and Tarry, Inc. Principal owners are Albin (Buzz) Wagner, Jr. and Whitney (Whitey) Tarry. Wagner and Aebersold wds founded during the depression year's of the 30's. The two men started washing and polishing cars to earn extra money when their regular jobs at the steel plant in Lorain did not furnish enough work. They gradually add- Council Ok's New Contract With Ohio Ed. A new contract with Ohio Edison, for the purchase by the city of bulk electrical power, was authorized by cilty council in a sepc-ial meeting Tuesday evening. The new contract calls for a slightly lower rate. It is the outgrowth of negotiations carried on by a combine of some 14 municipalities with Ohio Edison. The contact is retroactive. Council recommended that he utility committee ei the next council study the feasibility of passing on the rate deduction to customers. Christmas Mailing Shoivs Increase Christmas mailing is up this year, according to Frederick Dein-er, local post master. As of Monday evening of this week a total of 308,189 greeting cards had been mailed oult since December 1. This is an increase of 24,045 over the corresponding dates of last year, Deiner said. Peak day this year was last .Thursday, December 16, when 35,461 pieces went through e cancelling machines. This is not a recofd for one-day mailing at Christmas time, but Deiner pointed out that the local office was not interested in setting one-day records .preferring to have the volume come in over a longer period as it did this year. Stamp sales, also, show an Increase this year from $14,828.92 to $16,093.59 . Deiner said that the office has been able to Idteliver all mail on schedule. Extra help has been available with 6 additional city carriers, two additional rural carriers and 'three extra clerks in Ithe, office. All parcels have bsen delivered 'the same day they were received here. Parcels will be delivered right up to closing time on Friday evening, if necessary. Christmas Day service will be limited to deliveries of special delivery articles, perishable parcels and1 any other parcel that appears to be a Christmas gilt. Closings Times Local businesses will close at varying times on Friday afternoon this week. ' ' The Lorain National Bank and Citizens Home and Savings will close at 3:00 in the afternoon. The Lorain County Bank's lobby will remain open until 5:00 and the drive-in window will remain open urttil 6:00. The post office will close at 5:00, except for special delivery mail and last minute parcels. Most stores will close at 6:00. The state liquor store will also close at 6:00. o)IISlilSS ed the sales of used cars to their services. The Ford Motor company at (tat time had no dealership in Amherst. The two men managed to obtain the agency and in May, 1934, the Wagner & Aebersold Ford Sales Garage opened at its present location on Park avenue. Buzz Wagner end Whitey Tarry, the new owners, have some 46 years of car sales experience between them. Buzz has worked for his father about 14 years and spent a year in car sales in Lorain. Whitey has a total of 21 years' experience, in Lorain arid t the local agency. The company handles complete Ford sales and service, with 16 employees in the different departments.Western Auto Mr. and Mrs. Al Goohs, 590 Middle street, have purchased the Western Aiuto Associate Store, Community Christmas Is Annual Broiinhelm" Project X ' - - - 'mmmymmimmX It takes a lot of preparation for Santa to make over 300 visits, with a gift for every younster. Wrapping presents for the Brownhelm Community Christmas are, left to right, Mrs. Robert Kneisel, Jr., Mrs. Russell Schmalz, Mrs. Donald Baetz, and Mrs. Leonard Northeim. Watching to see that there's not too much gossiping is Clayton Sick, president of this year's committee. by Mrs. Edwin Whitmore Santa Clause this year will visit every home in Brownhelm township as he has every season for title past 33 years. It all began in the depression year of 1932. At that time the Rev. Ralph E. A bright was pastor of the Brownhelm Congregational church One day, early in December of 1932, Mrs. Tenant Wilson, a member of the congregation, and Rev. Albright were discussing the holidays and the scarcity of money. Mrs. Wilson raised the question, "What are we going to do for the children?" The answer to that became a community project, involving the three area churches, the W.C.T.U. and the P.T.A., which has continued to this day. An appeal was made to everyone in the school district, young and old, to come to Santa's aid. They established a Santa Toy Shop as headquarters where they would receive all manner of Christmas presents, new and old which anyone would share. Work nights were set up for toy repair THE SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD wnershi South Main street, from Mr. end Mrs. O'Kel Riggs, effective next week. The Western Auto outlet was established in 1956 by Mr. and Mrs. John Hohla. At that time it was located on the corner of Church Street and Tenney avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Riggs purchased the store in 1958 and in July, 1963, moved to the South Main street location in the building formerly occupied by Flowers Hardware. Mrs. Goohs will manage the store under the new ownership. She will be assisted by Joe Grem-ba who was employed in the business for 3 years. Also continuing as sales dlerk will be Everett Con-ners who has been there for 2 years. Aiding materially will Ibe one of the Goohs sons, Ronnie, senior at Steele High. He has worked at the store for 5 years, first as clean up boy and then taking on mar3 and homes were scoured for toys and games which had been outgrown.Mrs. Wilson, Conrad Baetz, Mrs. Edna Whyte, Clifford Miller, Mrs. Ethel Miller and Rev. Albright made up the standing committee. On Dec. 18, 1932, the Congregational Church ( bulletin announced Ithat "Santa will be visiting every boy and girl in Brownhelm between 9 and 10 p.m., Dec. 24." Santa made his rounds that night in 1932 and has never failed to keep his appointed rounds since. Although the older residents are accustomed to his visit, they still look forward to Christmas Eve and his arrival. The area is divided into 12 routes. This requires 12 Santas and a driver for each. The 12 Santa suits are kept in repair and readiness by the ladies of the community. Boxes for needy families are made up and this year, as in others, donors of canned goods or other foods are asked to leave them with their route chairman cr at the Brownhelm School by Dec. 24 at 9:30 a.m. Families along the route who which to donate do so by leaving their donations with the route chairman or at the Brownhelm Store. The entire cost is carried by donations from these in this area. On the morning of the 24th the packing begins for the 12 routes. The Santas are ready by 5:30 to take off on their routes. At some homes they pick up a bag of gifts, placed outside by wise parents, to responsibility at' sales clerk. Also assisting will be Mrs. Judy Goahs Riddle who will aid with bookkeeping arid office work. Al Goohs will continue in his position at Thew, Lorain Division of Koehring company. Rambler Agency Announcing purchase of the former Richardson Rambler Agency is Chet RemmeL The sales and service agency is located on Leavitt road just south of Middle Ridge. The agency was established in October, 1960, by Mike Savulak. It was subsequently purchased by Cal Richardson in ApriL 1964. Remmel has, for the past 11 years, been sales manager for Amalie Motor Oil Company. He and his wife are living at present in North Qlmstead. He is a member of Masons, Shrine, Elks and Rotary club and lists power boating and fishing as hobbies. Q carry in to wide-eyed children. Santa calls everyone by name, due to some homework on Ms part and the part of the route chairman.Treats consist of a toy for children under Kindergarten, candy and fruit for older childen and grownups. Shut-ins get a fruit basket with candy. Officers Heading up the community effort this year are Clayton Sick, president; Ralph Brucker, vice president; Mrs. Florence Stevens, secretary; Mrs. Clayton Sick, treasurer; Mrs. Robert Kneisel Jr., rcute chairman; Mrs. Edwin Whit-ore, publicity; and Donald Northeim, Santa Claus Chairman. Sub-chairmen for the different routes are Mrs. Floyd Joslyn, Mrs, Robert Kneisel, Jr. Mrs. Russell Schmalz, Mrs. Douglas Walker, Mrs. Lejonard Northeim, Mrs. Ray Springer, Mrs. Robert Kneisel, Sr., Mrs. Donald Baetz, Mrs. Leonard Brill, Mrs. Charles Schmalz, Mrs. Ed Brill and Mrs. Florence Stevens. Mrs. Howard Hite has charge of remembering servicemen, Robert Sennhenn is candy buyer, and Melvin Niggle is in charge of obtaining fruits and bags. After the holidays are over the group meets to report on activities. Remaining funds are banked for the next year's endeavor.Final meeting will be held on January 31 at thef home of Clay ton Sick to elect new officers and lay down the plans for next year.