Amherst News-Times, 1920-02-12

              AMHERST NEWS-TIMES.
VOL. I, NO. S9.
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AMHERST,   OHIO,   THURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1920
"SANDSTONE CENTER OF THI WORLD"
amherst to enjoy
redpath mautauoua
TAKE   OVER   LINCOLN CIRCUIT-
PROMISE  AMHERST  FINE
PROGRAMS.
As a harbinger ot spring even tha
first robin takes a place secondary to
tha advance announcement ot the season's Chautauqua. This year, for the
flrst time, Amherst Is to enjoy a Red-
path program. The Lincoln Chautauqua System recently was acquired
by the Bureau which James Redpath
founded in 1868, and ln offering Red-
path attractions and Redpath service,
the local Chautauqua committee feels
that the best In entertainment has
been secured.
Within reoent years Redpath operations have increased unUI this summer more than ^1200 communities,
from Maine to California, will be
served by the one Bureau. The circuit ot which tbls community Is a
part, includes 70 towns ln this and
adjoining states, and offers a six-day
program that ls to Include lecturers,
entertainers and musicians thoroughly
experienced ln platform art.
At present a field representative of
the Redpath Chautauquas ls making
a tour ot the summer circuit, explaining details of program, advertising
and general management. Within a
few weeks dates will be submitted for
the consideration of the local committee. As nearly'as possible tbe desires of tbe community will be met in
this respect.
On the last day of the Lincoln Chautauqua last year, the local committee
signed for another year of Its service.
In the meantime the Lincoln system
has gone Into the hands of the receiver and has been taken over by the
Redpath system. As is said above
the Redpath circuit ls one of the nation's best and the local committee
ls certain that Amherst people will
receive the new company as well as
they did the Lincoln. The Chautauqua this year will be held sometime
the latter part of August.
OTTO MI8CHKA PROUD
FATHER  OF  BABY  OIRL
Considerable elation accompanies
tbe news received here that a six
pound daughter was born Sunday at
Memorial hospital, Elyria, to Mr. and
Mrs. Otto Mlschka.
The mother and babe are doing
splendidly.
The happy mother was formerly
Miss Elisabeth Wagner ot Brownhelm
Station and Is as well known here
and ln Vermilion as she Is In her home
bailiwick.
The proud father, an Amherst product, Is one of the editors of tbe Elyria Chronicle-Telegram, treasurer of
Elyria township, former editor of tbe
Amherst News and a brother of Prank
and William Mlschka of this city. He
returned a little over a year ago from
overseas service where he acquired
the rank of Regimental Sergeant Major.
AGRICULTURAL TRAM
HERJJN EVENING
MISTAKE MADE IN LAST ISSUE—
TRAIN  HA*  MANY  HELP*
FOR FARMERS.
The Agricultural convenience train
which was announced ln last week's
paper to'be at Amherst Feb. 20 from 7
to 9 a. m. will be here on the same
date from 7 to 9 p. m. Through some
mistake the hours got mixed.
The train has many features that
will be beneficial to local farmers.
Included in the train ls a complete
electric light system for the modern
farm and also other equipment used
by every scientific farmer of today.
The train Is being sent out co-operatively by the Ohio State university
extension school and the New York
Central railroad. It includes five
coaches full ot Interesting things well
worth the while of anyone Interested
ln agriculture.
The flrst part of the evening will
be devoted to demonstrations. The
people will be allowed to pass through
the train where the various new inventions and appliances of machinery
will be shown them, After the demonstrations, specialists will talk on subjects interesting to farmers.
The coming ot this train will enable
many local people to see machinery
and new inventions that they will probably make a part ot their farm equipment. This ls a day of labor-saving
and many machines are being Invented
to carry out the plan.
, The local agent ot the New York
Central railroad expects a large crowd
to be present at the demonstration.
Remember It will be here from 7 to
9 o'clock ln the evening of Friday,
Feb. 20.
QUARRY WORKER DIES
OF PNEUMONIA
ILL FIVE DAYS—DEATH COMES
SUDDENLY—LEAVE8 FIVE
CHILDREN.
John Ehlert, 56, died at his home
on Milan avenue last Thursday evening at 11 p. m. Mr. Ehlert had been
Ul for about Ave days, first with Influenza which later turned to pneumonia, the cause of his death. His
death came suddenly. He was thought
to be convalescing up to the time of
his death.
The deceased was born ln Germany
and came to the United States with
his .parents when we was 18 years
of age. He Immediately came to Amherst, where he has made his home
ever since.
In the time that he lived here he
was employed ln tne quarries in South
Amherst and was a steady and faithful workman for the stone company.
He was a faithful and lifelong member of St. Peter's Evangelical church
and a worker In all activities of tbe
church.
Mr. Ehlert Is survived by a widow,
four sons, Harmon, Edwin, John and
William, two daughters, Linda and
Rosa and a host of friends.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at 1: SO o'clock from the late
home on Milan avenue and 2 o'clock
from St. Peter's Evangelical church.
Rev. Egll conducted the services. Interment will be made In Crown Hill
cemetery when weather permits.
lonit itadkets
tn price the past week Is butter and
The only produce that was reduced
eggs. Butter dropped from 76 to 70
and 72 cents. Eggs are pow selling at
65 cents a dozen. Laat week the
price quoted was 70 cents.
Grain—(Wholesale)
Wheat, No. 2 Red, per bu. $2.36
Ooats, per bu  90c
Hay, per ton  $28.00
Straw, per ton  $12.00
Corn, per ton  $40.00
MEAT 8— (Wholesale)
Hogs,   dressed,   lb 20c
Lamb,  dressed, lb. SOc
Chickens,  lb 88c
Beef, dressed lb 20c
LIVE STOCK—(Wholesale)
Lamb. lb. ^ 20c
Hogs, lb 16o
Cattle, lb. 8c to 14c
Cows, lb.   6c to 8c
Calves, lb 18c to 20c
STAPLE OROOERIBS— (Retail)  ..
Butter, Ib.  70c-78o
Bggs,  dos —  66c
Potato**, bu i $3.60
Apples,  basket    $8.00
Onions, lh 10c
Squash, M>.   he
PICKING 'EM OUT
LORAIN  COUNTY  SEE-KEEPERS
TO   MEET   FRIDAY
Thru the co-operation of Ihe Farm
Hureau and the Dee-keepers Association of the county, a meeting of in-
teresl to all bee-keepers will he held
In the Court house, Elyria, Friday,
Fab. II beginning at 1:30 p. in. Mat
ters pertaining to promoting a greater
Interest In caring for bees und In larger production of honey will bu discussed. Mr. E. Q. Baldwin from tbe
College of Agriculture. Columbus, will
he the principle speaker. The public-
Is  Invited lo attend.
STEVE PR08KY TO HAVE SALE
Steve I'rosky who for the past year
has lived on the Fool farm on Middle
ridge will hold an auction sale of his
fiirm implements and stock on Feb.
14. Ward Tolhurst Is the auctioneer
of the sale.
PASTOR8 WILL QO TO
COLUMBUS CONFERENCE
Acceptonces fron: twenty-seven pastors In Lorain county were reported
at Columbus office of the Interchurch
Movement for the state pastors' conference to be held at Columbus on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of
next week. The number of men who
have decided to go will undoubtedly
be Increased before the end of this
veek.
A "get-together" for the Lorain
county pastors has been arranged for
Tuesday noon, at the Y. W. C. A
cafeteria. A special room will be
available for the luncheon.
COMPLETE PLANS
FOR BIG DANCE
AMERICAN LEGION TO HOLD BIGGEST  BALL IN  AMHERST'S
HI8TORY.
rates have been completed tor the
big novelty dance to be given at Redington hall Monday evening, Jan. 16.
All committees had favorable reports
ln all departments at the last meeting of the Legion.
The boys have been working hard
the last two weeks to make this function a big success. They are having
a program printed, In which the merchants, are generously taking advertising space. The money obtained
from the dance will be used to start
a fund for a club room tor the legion.
In th'  last several weeks the local
post has been live and many Important meetings have been held, most
of them relating to the big dance.
Many Novelties at Dance.
The members of the Legion promise
us that the dance to be given Monday
evening will be the best ever held in
this vicinity. It will have many features never before seen at a dance ln
this community. Rosenthal's Orchestra of Cleveland will furnish the music for the occasion. The Legion has
arranged for late cars for out of town
dancers.
Tickets Selling  Fast.
The tickets have been out for several weeks and have been selling fast.
Most everyone asked to purchase a
ticket has done so gladly, even though
he did not Intend to go to the dance.
Under the able management of C. E.
Avery the dance has been given considerable publicity, not only In Amherst, but also In other nearby towns.
TEACHERS ATTEND
COUNTY MEETING
HELD LA8T 8ATURDAY AT ELYRIA—INTERESTING   TOPIC8
DI8CU88ED.
The annual meeting of the members
of the Board ot Education and teachers of all the schools ot Lorain county
was held at Elyria at the high school
auditorium last Saturday afternoon.
Those who attended from Amherst
are Superintendent Powers, F. O. Del-
bridge, Misses Steele, Wlllett, Stone-
hill, Allen. Helen Beller. Edna Heller
and R. R. Johnson.
The .following program  was given:
Address of Welcome—E. F. Cotton,
President, County Board of Education.
Taachers' Pension Law—Supt. F. R.
Powers, Amherst.
Centralization—Supt. E. E. Bounds,
LaOrange.
Address—W. R. Comings, State Representative, Elyria.
Address—Henry G. Williams, Columbus.
Dinner.
Hughes' Health Law—State Representative, William L. Hughes, Lorain.
Smith-Hughes Work—Supt. E. S.
Kerr, Wellington.
Address—Senator J. N. Stone, Oberlin. i
Home Economics—Miss Enid Lunn,
Columbus.
Address—Henry Q. Williams, Columbus.
General Discussion.
FLU CONDITION
REMAINS THE SAME
HEALTH  OFFICER  AOAIN  WARNS
PUBLIC   TO   BE   MORE
CAREFUL.
BOWLING   ALLEY   OPEN8.
PIERCES   GIVE   ENTERTAINMENT
At the fourth number of the lecture
course given under the auspices of
the local minute men, Mr. and Mrs.'
Pierce will undoubtedly prove delightful entertainers this evening at the
Town hall. Their program consists
of many musical selections and also
monologues and recitations. There
Ib a good audience gathering to hear
them.
The new howling alley, operated by
Hurland Martin was opened this evening for the first time ln his new quarters in the building owned by the
Cleveland-Sandusky Brewing Co., on
Park avenue. Mr. Martin also will
install several pool tubles. A refreshment stand Is operated in connection with the alleys.
The new location was given a warm
reception for the first time. It was
crowded with bowling fans and the
alloys were kept busy all evening.
It  will   probably  prove'   lo  he  ono  of
Amherst's most popular rssorta f«r
aiiiineiiient   lovers.
The influenza condition in Amherst
Is not Improved. There are about us
many cases this week as last and more
people coming down with the disease
nil  the time.
Health olllcer, Dr. W. H. Turner
again warns the pubUe of Amherst
that they must be more careful if
it expects the disease to diuppear
soon. He says that everyone valuing
his health and even his life should
stay away from homes afflicted with
the distase. He further udvises people not to attend gatherings where
there ls a crowd and asks the people
of this town not to hoM so many social functions where people will be
drawn. He says that all public auditoriums, such as the tnoving picture
houses must be careful about ventilation. The street-car company is also
asked to ci*-operate in seeing that
its  cars  are  properly ventilated.
The influenza ihlH-aarsr does not
appear In as hard a form as lust year
but Dr. Turner says that It Is just
as dangerous and sometimes tempts
people wbo have the disease in u mild
form to neglect themselves and bad
results will follow.
School children with coughs and
colds should be kept from the public
school. Dr. Turner thinks that If
people adhere to his warnings und
stay away from public gatherings, see
that all places where they attend are
properly ventilated, the Influenza will
soon disuppear. Unless all rules made
by him are obeyed a strict quarantine
will  be  necessary.
FURNITURE8 TO  HAVE
FAST GAME
Tho Amherst Furnitures will play
the Franklin Circles of Cleveland Friday evening at the gymnasium. Efforts are also being made to get a
girls' game for the same evening.
The Franklins are a gooel team and
will give the Furnitures I good run
for their money, but no team can scare
the local hunch much. Many teams
from Cleveland have used that method
und failed. Uut of ull the1 fast teams.
the locals have played they only lost
two games and neither of the defeats
were disgraceful ones, und U they
were played over, bets would be live
to  one  on   Amherst.
OLD MAN WINTER
STAYS WITH US
NO  WEATHER   RELIEF   IN   PAST
WEEK—SNOW   ON    GROUND
FOR  8IX  WEEKS.
HIGH SCHOOL LOSE TO
ODERLIN WITH SUBS
THREE   ELIGIBLE   MEN   OUT   OF
GAME—MANY  HADICAP8
FOR PLAYERS.
HOLD   BOX   SOCIAL.
The members of the Junior League
of St. Peter's Evangelical church held
a box social at the church parlors
Tuesday evening. Boxes Were prepared and sold. Quite a sum was
realized.    Lunch was served.
John Bartholmew had two fingers
severely cut while at work at plant
No. 2 of the Ohio Cut Stone Co. A
compound fracture of the bone was
found on two of the fingers and it
was necessary to operate on his Index Anger.
FIREMEN'8  ANNUAL .DANCE.
The firemen of Amherst will hold
their annual masquerade ball at Redington hall this evening. The hall is
prettily decorated with valentine suggestions. Converse society orchestra
of Elyria will furnish music tor the
occasion. A record crowd ls expected
to attend the affair and the firemen
will undoubtedly realize a large sum.
John and Carl Schmauch, local Ford
dealers attended a dinner given at
Hotel Cleveland Tuesday evening ln
honor of all Ford dealers ot Ohio. It
was  personally  conducted  by  Henry
Ford.
Herbert Brown spent today ln Elyria on business.
The high school basketball team
wasdefeated at Oberlln last Friday
night 29-9 with three regular vurslty
men out of thelineup because of ineligibility. The three were Belden,
Hearn and Theodore Neumelster. Earl
McMasters, guard, w.ib also out because of illness while Mr. Powers,
coach was also on the sick list and
e'ould  not  accompany  the  team.
The members of the team are certain that they coulil have won from
Oberlin with the same lineup used
against Loyola at Amherst Jan. 31.
The team al that time worked the
bent of any part of the seascn and ev-
e:yi)iiei was well pleased with its efforts.
Large  Floor  Handicaps  Amherst.
The game was played in the Warner
gymnasium of Oberlin college, whioh
has one of the largest basketball floors
of any college ln the state. The large
floor proved to be a handicap for the
Amherst team. Tha Oberlln players,
however, did not notice this fact as
they  had  played on It several times.
Tho game was one-sided all the way
through. Amherst had the sphere In
her territory only a few times and
none of the local players were able
to make baskets. Only two field goals
wore made by the Amherst players,
one by L. Neumeister and the other
by  Plppert.
The Oberlin team got the start on
Amherst In the Ilrst quarter and ran
up a score ot 14-8. In the next quarter the college town lads only scored
four points. Amherst commenced to
guard and were getting more used ,o
the large floor. The Oberlin players
had practiced many times In shooting
in that gym and were able to make
baskets while It was hard for our
team to get the range, most of their
shots going wild.
There has been BO relief ot the
cold weather ln the past week, li
looks as if old king winter is hero for
a long stay. The ground hog legend
of six weeks of cold weather nvlll
probably   workout.
According to the files ot the News-
Times the ground has been covered
with snow since the liith day of
December. At first the tail was bul
a slight one, but it did not melt off,
and was added to from time to time1
until tbe heavy fall in early January.
Although there has been a few days
thut caused the snow to melt :n,:l Hi
walks to be bad. snow flurries con
tinued and there seems no prospeci
of uny relief at ihe present time.
The rurul population has found I
haitl to get to town to get their necessary supplies. For the last week,
the snow has been Steadily melting.
but is not ull off yet. The melted
snow makes it bad for both a sleigh
or a wagon. However, the condition
ls slightly better than it was a week
ago.
The streets are slushy In ihe
afternoon, but ln the evening and
continuing until the next noon they
are frozen. Many people huve sustained injuries from such conditions
on the sidewalks. Most all the residents huve been able to clear the ice
and snow off their walks while others
have made no attempt. The weatherman Indicates a slightly warmer spell
but does not look for tbe end of winter right away. Cold weather will
probably continue until the last of
March.
GIRL   DIES   OF   PNEUMONIA.
Nellie, Ihe nlut >ear olel daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. lleinpenius of Spring
street  died   Wednesday   morning   ul
2 u. in. at the home of hi'r parents.
The cause of her death was pneumon-
lu. Shu Is survived by ■ father and
mother, two younger sisters and her
grandparents.
Funeral services will bo held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
BIRTHS    OUTNUMBER    DEATHS.
If Amherst would keep up the record it has In January the population
of the town would rapidly increase.
There wore live deaths and fifteen
births, or three times us many born
as died. This shows a gain of ten
persons to the population of our city
In the month of January alone. The
llgures were given by Cily Clerk F. I.
Hubbard.
Special Car Transports Team.
The team, however did not share
the defeat alone. There were tlfty
pe'opli- who accompanied them to
Oberlln and watched them humiliated.
The rooters guve the team tholr best
support und even though everyone
could see that Oberlin wus defeating
Amherst, they cheered until the lust
whistle blew. A fine time wus eujoyed
by all ou the cur on the return trip
In  spite  of  the  defeat.
FATHER AND SON
BANQUET POSTPONED
COMMITTEE THINKS FLU  WOULD
KEEP   MANY   AWAY—TO   BE
2 WEEK8  LATER.
The committee at work on the arrangements for the Father and Son
baiiiliiet met ut the sehoolon Thursday evening and decided to postpone
the affair for ubout two weeks. It
was fell that the general prevalence
of colds and epidemics of various
sorts would Interfere with the ttt-
• endance to a considerable degree
Just   at the  present time.
However the branch committees on
program, music and arrangements are
on the job making plans for a successful banquet. The members of the
the publicity committee und all others interested in making the annual
gathering ol fathers nnd sons a big
sucess ure asked to keep the public
advised of progress in banquet arrangements.
Tickets will soon be for sale. Keep
in in in <1 that fathers may borrow sons
for the occasion or sons may adopt
fathers.
The committee will hold Us next
meet ing at the school house on Friday   evening,   Feb.  20.
NABAKOWSKI   BREAKS   LEG.
John Nabakowski broke his leg Monday afternoon at the Cleveland Stone
Co. quarry No. G. The limb was broken In two places. After the accident he was taken to his home and
later rushed to Ihe hospital where
medical attention  was given him.
FLORENCE PURCELL
DIES OF PNEUMONIA
s       	
AFFLICTED   ONLY   TEN   DAYS   DE-
FORE DEATH—HAS MANY AMHERST  FRIENDS.
Miss Florence Johns Purcell died
at her home ln Cleveluiiel last Saturday morning at r> o'clock after an
illness of ten dnys. She was first
aillicted with the inlluen/.a which later developed Into pneumoniu, the
cause of her deuth.
Miss Purcell was born In Doyles-
town, Ohio, Nov. 8, 1888 and at the
herst with her parents where she re-
. {• of three years she moved to Amherst with her parents where she resided until June 191!), when the family moved from Amherst to Cleveland.
To mourn her deuth, there remain
a mother, Mrs. Amanda Purcell of
Cleveland, three sisters, Mrs. J. K.
Keller and Miss Dorothy of Cleveland
and Mrs. 11. 11. Adams of Lorain and
two brothers, Clarence of Amherst
and  (Ieorge  of   l'hoenix.  Arizona.
She is also mourned by muny friends
here nnd elsewhere. Willie living
must popular young ludles in the so-
In Amherst she was one of the city's
cial circles of the city. All her life
has been spent in kind deeds and
Hi,nights for others  which gained her
many friends.
l-'u.ie r.il services were held Monday
t'ternoon, first from the late home lu
Cleveland and then ut the Cleveland
avenue cemetery here. Itev. Hunter
conducted the services. lntermcn*.
was inaiiu in Cleveland avenue cemetery, but the body will be removed
to Crown Hill cemetery as soon us
tho weather permits.
FURNITURES HUMBLE
CLEVELAND TEAM
DEFEAT UNION COMMERCE BANK
34-21   WITH   A.   BRUCE
OUT.
CLEANERS   ENTERTAIN.
The' cleaners' society of St. Peter's
Kvangolical   church   entertained   the
brotherhood of the una church to a
V: le'iuinc party at the church parlors
Wednesday evening. The rooms were
prettily decorated with Valentine appointments. A social time was enjoyed by all. Itei'ivshinents were
served.
The Amherst Furnitures had «n
easy time defeating 'the Onion Commerce Bank team of Clevelsnd at the
local gym Saturday night. The score
was .11-21. The Furnitures were somewhat crippled with the absence of
Chippy Bruce from the lineup on ao-
count of sickness, but nevertheless
they had no occasion to worry at aay
part  of the game.
The Unions have a good team, one
of the best ot tbe Cleveland Banker*'
league, but they were Inferior to the
Furnitures. Their teamwork was fine,
until they got near the basket, whore
the Amherst guards would step tn and
spoil their shots.
Mitchell did some fine work for Ihe
local team, making 22 of the 34 points.
He was able to make baskets anywhere on the tloor, many times at
dillicult   angles.
The rest of the Amherst team played
an excellent game, the passing of
Kratt and Firestone helped Mitchell
in making muny of his baskets, while
they also made many points. The
guards. It. Baumhardt and Tulupin did
clever work at their positions. Tula-
pin let; id for the flrst time ln a
Furnl'.ei i uniform He was a great
asset to ihe teum Saturday night.
The Unions did not expect to meet
a team such as the Furnitures pitted
against them. If Bruce had been ln
the game, the slaughter would ha\e
been even worse. However, the game
was clean all the way through and
all players on both sides played like
real sports. Several fouls were called
on both tennis, bul none of them were
Intentional.
The Cleveland team thanked the
Furnitures for thetr treatment and
congratulated them on their team.
the locals have a team to be proud
Of and expect to grow even better
as the season wears on.
FORMER AMHERST MAN
TO GO TO CALIFORNIA
C.  N. TURNER  TO  BE  FINANCIAL
MANAGER OF WE8TERN
PLANT.
C. N. Turner, well known Amherst
young man and son of Dr. W. H.
Turner of Church street, who is now
located with the eastern branch of the
Goodyear Tire and -Rubber Co. at
Kllllngly, Conn., will go to Los Angeles, Cal., about March 1 to act us financial manager of a gigantic new plant
recently erected there to supply tires
for  the   Pacific  coast.
Mr. Turner hus been associated with
the (ioodyeur mills ut Kllllngly since
1912. He was with the financial department at Akron for two years,
when he came east, where he has been
in charge of the office, a director and
Stockholder in the concern and assistant secretary and treasurer of the
company. He will serve in a similar
capacity at the Ooodyeur plant in California.
Mr. Turner's success has been
marked und his rapid advancement in
the business world has been a pleasure to all who know him, for he is
well known and has u wide circle of
friends.
The Goodyear plant at Los Angeles
will not be completed ready for operation until June 1. Cotton grown on
the Ooodyeur plantation in Arizona
and in the Imperial Valley, Cal., will
be consumed ut the new mill which
will have' a capacity of 7600 tires a
day.
His Amhersl friends wish Mr. Turner success in his new position.
WILLIAM DAHL
DIES SUDDENLY
MARRIED  ONLY   FEW   DAYS—  BODY    BROUGHT    HERE   FOR
BURIAL.
Fi-iinkllu .Moeblus, who is attending
Baldwin-Wallace   university   ul   Bereu
a*
is visiting his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
I .mii.-. .Moeliius for severul days ot
this   week   in   his   semester  vacation.
Mrs. Conrad Herbst, who has been
confined to her home for several weeks
with bronchitis ls convalescing.
William llahl, Jr., son of Mrs. Wm.
Ilahl of Fast street i"Jed suddenly at
his home in Toledo after an Illness of
only a few days. I'll'nenzu aws the
cause of his death.
Mr. Bahl was married lust Friday
and was in excellent health up to the
.time of his lust sickness. He leaves
a wife, mother and several brothers
to mourn his deuth. He was well
known in Amherst and while living
here was employed by several of the
local  merchants.
The body was brought here from
Toledo. Funeral services will be held
Saturday afternoon. It is not yet decided whether they will be held from
the home of his mother or at St.
Peter's church. Rev. Egll will conduct   the   services.
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