Amherst News-Times, 1920-04-22

              AMHERST NEWS-TIMES
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VOL.   I,  NO. 49.
SUBSCRIPTION. taVOO PIP. YEAR
AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY. APRIL tt, 1920.
"SANDSTONE CENTER OP THI WORLD-
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COMPLAINTS MADE AT
COUNCIL MEETING
MANY     CELLAR8     FLOODED—TO
FIX JOHNSON  HILL—NEW
ORDINANCE.
The council hold Its regular semimonthly meeting at its chambers In
the town hall Tuesday evening. Those
present were C. O. Aschenbach, Louis
Moeblus, C. E. Uauer ami O. M. Parker
besides the mayor and clerk.
A complaint was registered with
• the body that Lincoln street Is impassable in muddy weather with an
automobile and that many times machines have run into Che car tracks,
thus damaging the autos. The mem-
' bers of Che council made a statement
that they have Intended to fix that
street by placing cinder? on it but
have not been able to get at It on
account of lack of cinders and they
cannot get them, but they assure the
residents of that street that something will be done soon with the road.
The matter of placing a sidewalk
on the esat side of Forest street was
laid on the table and will be discussed
fully next meeting when something
will probably be decided upon.
Word hus been received from the
county commissioners regarding the
claim made by the local council ot the
condition ot Johnson's hill. The matter will have to go through much red
tape before anything can be done and
the council Instructed the street commissioner to fence up Che bad place,
until some permanent repairs are
made.
Cellars Flooded.
Several reports have been made lo
lage that their cellars have been flood-
tile council by residents of the vil-
ed during the recent rains. The matter was thoroughly discussed by the
council and It was decided that they
purchase some equipment, to remedy
this trouble us much us possible.
To Dcaw Up Ordinance.
Following the complaints of many,
ihe ordinunce committee was instructed to draw up an ordinance prohibiting the operation of player pluuo." in
public places on Sunday Or afier 10
o'clock in ths evening und ulso for
the closing of bowling alleys at 10
o'clock  p.  1».
The matter of raising the sidewalks
At the. village, was also discussed by
■ tho num. The street commissioner
did not know where he should start
or how he should go about this mat
Ler and asked the council tor ausis-
tance. The mauer will be discussed
at a later meeting.
sjiferal minor topics were discussed
ancfShe meeting was adjourned.
MRS. ALDRICH, AQEO *
SS,  DIES OF OLD  AGE
Mrs. Albert Aldrlcli. seed 88, died
Wednesday afternoon at 'her home' on
Beaver Court. Old age Is said te have
been the cause of her death.
Mrs. Aldrlob Is •survived hy a sister, Mrs. Bssley of Napoleon, Ohio,
and one brother, llolllri Belden of
Aimherat.
Funeral services will be held at I
o'clock Saturday afternoon from tbe
late home on Beaver Court. Rev. A.
A. Hunter will conduct the services.
Mrs. Aldrlch is a pioneer of Amherst. She was born In this town and
has made it her home throughout her
life. Sho leaves many friends to
mourn her death.
MANY GUESS CENSUS OF AMHERST
ABOUT FIFTY GUESSES RECEIVED
IN   LAST  WEEK—EXPECT
MANY   MORE.
AMHERST BECOMING
SPIC AND SPAN
CITY   HAUL8   RUBBISH   FROM   EVERY   HOME—   EVERYONE
CLEANING UP.
By the end of this  week, Amherst
will   be  a  spotless   town.    Everyone I
has been enthused In the past week      Harmon  Beesing  was   the  first  to
People of Amherst are becoming Interested In what the census of the
town will be In the coming report.
The News-Times has received nearly
60 guesses from many people of the
town. It Is not known when the contest will end as the time for the coming census report from Washington is
undetermined. It is liable to be next
week and it may not be for
several months. However, the contest will not end until the report Is
received and each guess will be kept
on record. Each week the new guesses
with their names will he printed In
the columns of this paper.
If you haven't sent in your guess
this week do it next for you can't tell
when the census report will come
from Washington. As stated In last
week's Issue the closest guesser will
receive a two year subscription to the
News-Times.
MEMORIAL COMMITTEE TO MEET
ALREADY    HAVE   DECIDED   UPON
KIND AND SITE—GEN. COM.
MUST ACT.
and has cleaned  up their yards and
promises.
The city has had ^several wagons
going around the town to gather up
the rubbish and debris from in front
of homes.
Most people are not stopping at lust
cleaning up the rubbish and setting
it out in barrels for the collectors.
They are giving the lawns and homes
a general spring cleaning. The weath
er has kept many housewives from
performing this duty, but others have
gone ahead in spite of the weather.
Decorators Busy.
The painters and paper hangers of
Amherst are rushed at present. The
people wish their homes to look new
for the coming summer and are endeavoring to get someone to do the
work. Many are moving Into, new
homes recently built. The younger
generation are busy cleaning up the
yards. Dead leaves and all debris in
general  is being hastened  away.
The village street cleaner has been
busy since the disappearance of snow
to get the streets of the town in shape
and is successful In making things
look better.   The rain has aided htan.
Keep Thing Clean.
A spring cleanup does no good unless things are kept clean throughout
the season. Have a place to put all
tin cans and rubbish . Then toext
spring when cleanup arrives, it won't
be such a Job to get things ready for
the collector. Yards should be raked
every once in a while and things then
will not accumulate on them. In the
cummer the grass Should be cut reg
tilarly ami kept in a neat appearance
8URPRISE   PARTY   HELD.
send in his guess.   The entire list is
as follows:
Harmon Beesing—2747, W. H. Hhr-
man—2762, Nelson Plppert—2794, D. B.
Kelle—2676, George Baus—2569, Don
Frederick—2860, Brvin Whlert--2725,
B. W. Sohiers—2800, N. D. Backus,
sheriff—2638, H. Bhlert—2628. H.
Raesler—2679, John Gates—2596, B.
B. Foster—2601, Kenneth Tolhurst—
2777, Nelson Ludwlg—2644, W. L. Jae
ger—2825, Wm. Wllker—2843, J. N.
Holzhuuer—2903, C. J. Dellefleld—
3008, J. H. Schibley—2706, Geo. Keller
—2789, Fordyce Smith—2932, H. L.
Norton—2616, Christ Bruckor—2693,
Harry A. Ruth—2871, Geogre Walker
—2876, D. H. Miller—2584, F. A. Naby
—2785, Henry Edwards—2632, Ray
Bechtel—2650, N. F. Foster—2430.
Elius Baumbardt—2560, Bd Sahls—
2650, C. J. Bfarman—2758, W. A. Pur-
cell—2742, W. G. Ludwlg'—8812, Teddy Wiseman—2632, Wm. Millsr—2681,
R. Holllngswortfa—2995, I. Spencer—
2684, F. O. Fleming—2830, H. W.
Walker—3060, C. S. Dellefleld—2777,
A. N. Heller-^2760, Frank Schibley—
2810, Wm. Coburn—2790.
CAPT. DANCEY SPEAKS
TO H. S. STUDENTS
FRED RUTH, SOUTH
AMHERST, DIED TUES.
POOL CHAMPION
PLAYS AT MISCHKA'S
The Memorial committee will hold
an important meeting at the town hall
ThurBduy evening, April 29, at 7:30
c'clo;.l:. The committee hus already
decided u.icn the memorial and the
Bite for It but In the Thursday evening
meeting it will get plans ready to
show to the General ^committee, that
Is, the one that first met on the suggestion of a memorial and if it meets
tho approval of this general committee
it will probably be built. The site
und kind of memorial will not be made
public until it has the approval of
the subcommittee and ulso the general commlti.ee.
Thiii cub-commit:oe, chosen from
Ihe general committee hai met sev
oral time:- i;i tho punt few weeks and
hn- disuussel the dlfl'erent kinds ot
memorial.; nnd has deflr.ttely decided
upon one kind. , In deciding id has
considered many points which will
be made known at the time the site
and kind of memorial is made public.
Much  Enthusiasm of  Lste.
For several months previous to the
recent action of the comimltee, the
matter was thrown aside and nothing
ut all done with it, but partly through
the American Legion and other men
and organizations of the town the
eumuiiitiee. wus stirred up and meetings were culled. At first the meet
lugs were culled. At first the meet-
all members of the commit ton became
Interested and in a short time all
were present.
The people here are assured of a
A surprise party was held last Sunduy evening at the home of Conrad
Schroeder In v >nor of his birthday
anniversary. A number oi his friends
uttended. The evening was spent socially after which a luncheon was
served by the hostess, Mrs. Schroeder.
RELATE8      EXPERIENCES     WITH
GERMANS—WAB IN CANADIAN  ARMY.
Stanley N. Dancey, journalist and
lecturer, who appeared at the Opera
house March 16 spoke to the students
of the high school this (Thursday)
afternoon.
Mr. Dancey, in the flrat part of the
afternoon conducted a song service.
In this service he sang many of the
songs sung In the Canadian army
while abroad.
Asks Facta of Countries.
He then asked the members of the
high school several tacts concerning
the leading countries, Cities und towns
of the world. They were answered
well by some students. He told many
astounding facta that heretofore were
not known by the members of the
school.
Tslks on Amerlcaniiatlon.
Mr. Dancey then gave his opinions
on the Americanization plan. He gave
his reasons for the high cost of living which he said la due to the low
production not coinciding with the
high consumption. He said that people In this country are spending too
much money and think too much of
the dollar.
He also gave hla view of tbe foreigner, saying that our elan of Americanization will not really Americanize the
foreigner. He said that the foreigner
must learn to talk, think and act an
American and uphold the American
ideals and principle* He heartily up-
proved the work of the American Lo
glon and said that the American
school should work hand in hand with
the Legion in the problem ol Americanization.
Tells of Battles.
The speaker then related by diagrams several important battles of the
recent World war. Two of them were
the first battle of the Marne and the
battle of the Argonae forest lie explained in full detail these two battles and showed that the greater
wit of the Allies won over the Germans. He complimented the American army on their Work in the Ar-
gonne, a feat that was thought could
not be accomplished. He sulci that
Marshall Foch, when complin.ented
on hla winning the War replied thut
he did not win the **hr, nor did the
French, the British, the American or
any individual army. It was the united forces and sti.""?th that made victory possible and cannot be claimed
by any one nation .
He also said thnt there was propaganda in this country spread liy the
Germans trying to Instill into our
minds hatred for the British and the
French, who he said were our best
friends.
Tells Experience as Prisoner.
He closed  his   address   by   telling
his experience us a German prisoner
and the method in which he escaped.
This was interesting to the entire au-
MAYOR   OF   NEIGHBORING   TOWN
SUCCUMBS  AFTER   TWO
YEARS   ILLNESS.
Fred Ruth, aged 66, died Tuesday
about midnight at bis home in South
Amherst. The cause of his death
is al present unknown. , Me has been
falling In health for the pust two years
and for six weeks preceding his death
was confined  to his bed.
Mr. Itulh is survived by two sons,
Henry of South Amherst nnd Curl of
Cleveland, ulso one brother Henry
of South Amherst. Funerul services
will be held Friday ufternoon from
the Methodist church of South Amherst. Rev. Noumelster of the Stone
church will conduct the services. Interment will be inude In Evergreen
cometery  at   South  Amherst.
Well Known in Thla Vicinity.
Mr. Iluth wus one of tho best known
men of his community und In this
vicinity.
He wus born In Germany und came
to this country, directly to South Amherst 40 years ago. He wus employed
at once by the Cleveland Stone Co.
cinarries of thut community and remained in their employ us foreman
for many years. While In tho employ
of that company he was thought well
of by both his employers and fellow
workmen.
Several yours ugo he retired from
active work and figured largely In
the incorporation of South Amherst.
He saw the advuntuges of the Utile
village und worked his hardest to see
the incorporation come ubout. He-
cause of his splendid leadership in
the work of Incorporating he was elected the first mayor of South Amherst
and wus serving his second term in
thut office ut the time of his death.
As mayor he performed his duties
faithfully and well and did his utmost
lo establish tho village on a firm basis
and make a strong munlcipul government. He also acted in the capacity
of Justice of the Peace for a number
of years.
Mr. Ruth leuves u host of friends
lo mourn his death. He wus a leader of South Amherst und popular In
till affairs.
WANT GAMES.
Tho fust Douglas Tailor baseball
team of Akron. Ohio, wants games
with local clubs Tho Douglas Tailors
played fast bull last year winning from
some of tho best class A and semi-
pro, teams In and around this locality, finishing tho season by winning
M games out of 2» played.
Only class A and NBtffN lake
notice.
For games WrltS Ii. M. Chambers.
:ill  Black St.. Akron. Ohio.
Miss Metis Hhulze of Klyrln spnet
the week end at ihe home of Miss
Lottie  Bark ley  ut   Kast   quarry.
ODERLIN GLEE CLUB
GIVES CONCERT
KINDERGARTEN   TRAINING  GIRLS
8ING  FOR   AUDIENCE  SATURDAY   EVENING.
INTERCHURCH CAMPAIGN APRIL 25
THIRTY   PROTESTANT   DENOMINATIONS     TO     ASK      FOR
$336,777,672.
HENRY  B.  STOFFT  DISPLAYS HIS
SKILL WITH CUE AND BILLIARD   BALLS.
Jfenry B. Stofft, professional champion of pocket billiards appeared at
Mlsohka's billiard parolr Monday evening. The first part of the evening
he played Allie Plato, local player In
a game of atralght pool for 100 points.
The outcome was  100  to 28  In Mr.
... _.,   m .... dionce.    He also passed out curds of
Stofft's favor.   Many times he cleared   u""*l"'•    "" *""" ■    "~
MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE MEETS THURS.
J.   J.   SMYTHE,   CHAIRMAN—COM
MITTEE TO  DECIDE  KIND
OF  CELEBRATION.
The Decuratlon day committee will
it"; tonight In the town hall to discuss what kind of a celebration Amherst will have on Memorial day, May
30. It Is entirely left to them to decide. J. J. Smythe, mayor is chairman of tho committee. Other mem-
be. s Include men of the former G. A.
R. organization and of different organizations which come out to help
make the celebration a real event.
Probably Parade.
As usual there 'will likely be a
parade sometime during the day In
which Ihe school children, the different fraternal orders, returned soldiers.
Civil War veterans and members of
tbe Red Cross will take part.
The graves of the soldier dead in
the local cemeteries will undoubtedly
be decorated un that day and a speaking program will probably be provided for. That day will be a fitting
time to honor those brave boys who
lost their lives In France In the recent
the table without giving Plato a chance
to shoot and in the game made many
fancy shots which made the fane present look on with awe. On the other
hand Plato made a better showing
than most of his opponents. In other
towns his opponents scarcely make
over 16 to 20 points.
Give   Exhibition  of  Fancy  Shota.
After the game of 100 points had
been played the champion devoted
the remainder of the evening to fancy
shots. He made many difficult shots
which have been Impossible for an
ordinary pool player to make. The
last shot of the evening was called
the Coney Island loop-tfa-loop shot.
It was one of tffc fanciest ever made
by any pool player.
Mr. Stofft has been In the pool game
tor many years and has taken many
tournaments and pool matches. He
won the world's championship from
Taberskl, being the only man to defeat him. He has played In Cleveland,
Syracuse, N. Y., Toledo, Wooster, O..
Chicago, 111.; New York city; Hobo
ken, N. J.; Boston, Mass.; Brooklyn,
N. Y. and St. Louis, Mo.
The room was crowded with billiard tans of Amherst. They considered It a treat to see such a man as
Mr. Stofft In action. However, it
showed good sportsmanship on the
part of Mr. Plato to play him a game,
game.
various places he had visited and pa
pers that he had In the foreign countries, such as passports and governmental papers.
HOUSEWIFE HINTS
COLUMN INSIDE
WILL.   INCLUDE     MANY    TESTED
RECIPES   AND   OTHER   INFORMATION.
MUST HAVE 1920
AUTO LICENSE NOW
8E. OF 8TATE GIVES ORDER8 TO
ARREST ALL WHO DO NOT
U8E NEW TAGS.
fitting   memorial   for  the   boys   who war, too
gave their lives overseas by the men
who are on the committee.   They have
worked out plans and have considered
'several things before acting.
There has been much Interest shown
lately as to what kind' of memorial
will be - constructed and where It will
be placed. The people are interested
in the erection ot such a structure.
Other nearby towns, such' as Sandusky, Vermilion, Norwalk and others
have already planned memorials and
Amherst will soon* be on their heels.
Mi
Christening services were held Sunday at the home of Otto Bahl for Ave
children of the Towne family.    Rev.
J|A. A. Hunter conducted the services.
The committee bag started work
early so there will be no reason for
not making a thoroughly good celebration and a great day for Amherst.
Many times In the past people
have left town on that day, not
considering the event significant.
Something should be doing here every
minute on Memorial day. Eeveryone
should turn out and do as the committee, asks them to and make the
day the greatest ever held In the history of Amherst,
Harry Walker, who haa been confined to the hospital for several weeks
with appendicitis returned to his home
on the west side laat Saturday.
PRIMARY   ELECTION   TO   BE
HELD NEXT TUE8DAY
Primary election for delegates to
the National Presidential Convention
will be held next Tuesday, April 27.
Tbe Amherst polls will be open at
6:30 a. m. standard time and close
at 5:30 p. m. standard time.
TONY OPENS STAND
Anton Madnack has opened his popcorn and peanut stand for the spring
and summer season. He first opened
Thursday afternoon. His old customers greeted him by purchasing
many confectionery articles. They
all say Touy can make the beat popcorn and he la assured a good patronage again this summer. He continues to sell at aha old price.
The police force of Amherst hus
been given orders to see that all motor vehicles have 11120 license tugs
or the owners arc to be arrested. The
order from the ollice of ihe State
Registrar ot automobiles sent to tbe
marshals of Amherst reads us follows:
"After April 20, imotor vehicle own-
era must have l'J2U license plutes on
tbelr cars or be able to give u legiti-
tmute reason for their failure to do
so. Interrupted mail service will be
responsible for niuuy persons not
having their curs equipped, who huve
sent their application and money to
this  depart incut.
"It is the wish of the Secretary of
State that (persons who have made
applications with fee not be arrested
or fined, but they he given due time.
It Is also tho request of the Secretary
vhat the podlue und truffle I officers
compell thosc» who have violated the
law. to equip their cars at once or
suffer arrest.
"License plates can be secured In
every county seat in the state, in Lorain county at Elyria and there Is no
uxcuse for persons driving without
having their cars legally registered.
It Is the object and the Intention of
the automobile department to have
every motor vehicle legally licensed at
the earliest possible  time.
Beginning with this iss.io of the
News-Times, there will be a column
run on the Inside pages of the paper
giving Hints to Housewives and beur-
Ing the same name. It will Include
the modern way of conducting u household, giving many new Ideas that a
housewife may use und ulso the best
recipes of good things to out.
The News-Times has lacked for a
long time u column entirely devoted
to the interests of women, u thing
which is essontiul. However, we are
furnishing u column which will in-
icrest the women in such u way that
ihe men will get bettor things to eat.
We have hud many people ask why
such a column was not run euch week.
Amherst women huve stopped in and
suggested it. They huve sulci thut
there is no hotter way to please their
hushunds thun to give them something
good to eat und the only way to
lourn new recipes is to read them.
We are sure this column will become popular among Ihe women of
this town.
If you have any recipes that you
know ure good und huve tried your
self, perhaps someone else will he
Interested in them. Let us print them
in this column und give other people
ihe benefit  of your skill.
The recipes thut we print are not
copied from cook books. They are
p-iven lo' us on good authority or we
■.. oiihl not print thorn. Ilon't he afraid
to try uny of them and let us know
how you succeed.
Tho tOberlin IKndcirgurten Training Girls' glee club gave a concert
Saturday evening ut the Opera House.
The entertainment was under the auspices of the Friendship club of the
high school. The money realized from
tho entertainment will be used lo defray tho expenses of a delogute lo the
state convention ut Urunvllle. Ohio,
which will he held some time In June.
The. concert wa# under the direction of Miss Margaret Frank, who
porfomed her duties ably.
Tho audience for the concert wus
smull for the kind of eiuorlulniiiont
that wus given. It was not advertised
thoroughly on account of the local
(dub not knowing Of the date until
Thursday  afternoon.    However,  those
thut did  attend  enjoyed   aha eater-
tulnmeut.
The program for Ihe evening was
us  follows:
On Wings of Mush•-F.'llx Mendel
ssohn.
An Irish Lullaby    N. Clifford  Page.
Cavalry Song    Fritz Splndlor.
French  Melody.
The   Hunter   and     Ihe     Lion—Old
Thine Eyes So Blue und Tender—
E.   Lassen.
Two Maids—Two members of the
club.
SceneB of Kindergarten.
Singing Games.
Dunces.
Mory—Miss  1'iedohiu  Robinson-;-
Little  Ba  Black Sheep.
Whistling Solo—Miss Katherine
Fordyce.
Rustic Wedding—Gabriel-Marie.
In Ihe Boat—Edward Grelg.
Indian Song --Dakota Tribe.
Mister Boogumun—Alfred E. Richards.
in His Little Cradle—Cosur Frunck.
Hymn to Music—Cesur Frunck.
Murjorle Butler ucted us pianist
On next Sunduy, April 26, will commence throughout the United States
the eight-day simultaneous campaign
of the churches of thirty Protestant
denominations for subscriptions to
their various missionary budgets, aggregating $336.777,572.
Some of tho denominations aro asking for subscriptions to cover work
for five years; others ure asking for
subscriptions for this year ulone. The
sum which tln> Methodist church needs
has practically all boon raised already through Its Centenary campaign
last your. The total amount for all
the co-operating denominations which
is asked to bo paid In this year, is
$175.44S,34'.i.
The following among the thirty cooperating denominations are represented hy churches In Lorain county;
Northern llmptist convention; National Baptist convention. Congregational;
Disciples; Evangelical Association;
! tilted Evangelical; Evangelical Sy-
nol; Methodist Episcopal; African
Me hoitlsl Episcopal; Presbyterian;
United I'reshyioriun; Reformed In U.
S.
County organizations huve been
formed by the Baptists, tho Congre-
gatlonullsts and the Disciples. Rev.
.1 W, Wodclell. I) I) of Oberlln Is
county chairman for the Baptist; Rev.
.1. II. Orant of Elyria Is county chairman for the Congregationullsts; and
Uc v. Floyd Randall of Eaton Is county
chairman for tho  Disciples.
In connection with the simultaneous
campaign IB the churches u united
community campaign is also planned
in those towns where there are several
churches, Persons who do not con-
tribute to the work of any church will
he Baked to contribute to tho United
Fund of the Interchurch movement.
This fund will be divided pro rata
among the denominations in proportion lo tho subscriptions which they
themselves secure separately. L. B.
Htndmun, gonerul secretary of the
Elyria Y. M. C. A., is county chairman
for the United Financial campaign Including the community campaigns.
George Chamberlain Is chain nan of
the community committee for the city
of Elyria. Rev. C. H. Hauger is chalr-
niun of the community committee In
Lorain. Tho campaign itself In Lo
ruin will not be held until after the
tnbernucle evungellstlc meetings now
being conducted. Tbe Amherst campaign hus ulso been postponed and
will probably be held in June. Other
towns in the county, however, huve
their preparations made to put on
their drives during the week of April
2.r> to Muy 2.
Mrs.   Isuuc   Sluck   Jr.   is   improving
at the local hospital.
Miss   Ednu   Field   of   Lorain   spent
Sunduy with A. Towne of East uuurry.
Mrs. Jewett of South Amhrest who
wus confined to the hospital for four
weeks   returned  home   Saturduy.
PARK DANK HOLDS
ANNUAL MEETING
REPORT   8HOWS   BE8T   YEAR   IN
HISTORY OF BANK
COMPANY.
LATTIN FACTORY TO
STAY IN AMHERST
GIRLS   SUCCESSFUL   IN   GETTING
MORE   HELP—START  WORK
MONDAY.
Y. W. C. A. TO HAVE
COUNTY CONFERENCE
The girls of Lorain county are to
have a vocational conference this year,
under the auspices of the V W. C. A.
All girls of high school age or over
are invited to attend it on Saturday,
April 24 al the Wellington high school
building.
The program will have such vocations us "Medicine and Nursing,"
'Teaching," "Stenography und Private
Secretaryship." "Social Service Work,"
"Beiug u Custodian of Books," und
"Play Grounds and Work of Pliyslcul
Directors" discussed by speukers especially interested In those fields. In
addition to these speakers we expect
to have present some of tho Y. W. C.
A.   field   secretaries   from   Cincinnati.
The program is so arranged that
the girls may plan to arrive at Wellington on the 9:35 car Saturday morning, and return on the car leaving
Wellington ut  5:00 that evening.
It will be u day thut girls cannot
afford lo miss, so ihe necessary expenses huve been reduced to a minimum. The fifty cent registration foe
for all those attending will Include
noon luncheon, us well us all the other privileges of the day.
Stunts of the Frindship clubs In the
county will be a recreational feature
of the day. Good music will also be
an added attraction.
The stockholders of Ihe Amherst
Park Bunk company held their an-
uul meeting Wednesday ufternoon in
the council chumher ul the town hull.
A ruporl of tho cashier showed that
the huslnes of the hunk In the pust
your hus been the best since Ihe company hus been Incorporated. a
three and one-half per cent semiannual dividend was declared and paid
to the stock-holders. $2500 wus ulso
carried Into the surplus fund of ihe
hunk.
Re-elect Directors
The stockholders re-elected the
same board of directors. They aro as
follows: C. G. Aschenhuch, 0. II.
Baker, Ellas Haumhardl, N. F. Foster,
E. G. Shuttuck, G. F. Rels, Dr. E. O. S.
Browu. F. 1. Hubhurd and Adam Kolbe.
Soon after the stockholders meeting
the directors met und elected the officers for Ihe comnig your which ure
us follows:
President—N.   F.   Foster.
Vice President    Elius Buumliurdi
('ashler—F.   I.   Hububrd.
As'st Cashier—P. H. Steele.
The stockholders und directors of
the bank are well pleased with the
reports of the business tor Ihe last
year, showing thut their volume of the
business Is continually  Increasing.
A.  F. Amudlo wus a Sunday Cleveland visitor.
Mrs. Churles Cztl of Tenney uvonue
haH been confined to her home with
Illness
Adny Pricntc ot South Amherst returned to his home from the hospital
last Saturday.
The second upon meeting at the
Lattin Cloak Fuclory for the purpose
of gut lug girls to work In their plunt
wus hedd Wednesday evening with a
good crowd present, there being about
40 girls in all. besides a number of
business  men  und  other  visitors.
After u Bhort opening uddress by
Jucob Buus, Mr. Lattin. head of the
firm In Cleveland took the* Hoor und
expressed his appreciation for whut
the girls have clone In the two weeks
they were cunvussing the town In un
effort to get new girls to work In the
factory. The canvass proved successful and has added about 15 girls to
the ones that were ulroudy working
ihere, making about 30 In ull, thut
expect to start lo work next Monday.
There are several who expect lo work
later on and with those who promised
to sturt in 2 or S weeks will make a
force of '■'<■< or W girls which will
meun that the factory will stay here.
Mr. Lattin then told the plans that
be hud in mind uhout adding machinery to the fuctory. He said that when
they llrst cume hero it wus not tor
2 weeks, 2 mouths or 2 years, but
to slay. He suld it would be as
much u disappointment to him us to
those employed to huve to move. With
the assurance that the factory will
about 10 or 11 mouths out of the
huve all the work they want to do
yeur, Mr. Lattin closed his remarks
with saying that they are planning
lo have dances und welfare social
gatherings for the employes.
Mr. Button, an official of the Lattin
company in C'levealnd was also present and gave u short tulk in which he
suld thut he wus disappointed with
the ideu of moving their factory away
lo some other town. He gave a few
pointers to the girls that he thought
would be beneficial that come to him
us muuuger of u fuctory. His remurkB
were closed with his best wishes fur
the continuance of operation here and
for the town of Amherst.
Read  the  News-Times.
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