Amherst News-Times, 1923-05-10

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VOL. V.   NO. t
ISSUED    THURSDAY
AMHBRST,   OHIO,.   THURSDAY,    May 10, 1923
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Swkeerlptien Pr*ee, *l/» per Year
'Sandstone Senter ef the World."
INDUSTRY FORGES AHEAD
PLENTY OF EMPLOYMENT
STATES BUSINESS REVIEW
WAQU ARE INCREASING AND
PEOPLE ARE BUYING—PEAR OF
PUBLIC RESISTANCE IP PRICES
ARE RAISED.
The following i* an extract from the
Monthly Business Review, published
by the Fourth Federal Bank of Cleveland and covering the financial, industrial and agricultural conditions
in the fourth Federal district, of which
this locality la a part. The facts were
compiled on April 20, by experts who
have watched the trend of business
from the producers and cdttsumers
standpoint for the"past month.
"The Industrial machine continues
to forge ahead. Several 1920 production records were broken last
month, which Indicates pretty plainly
the rate at which business is traveling. The 1920 records were established by reason of demand which were
neglected during the war; the present
high peaks have been reached without this urge, and with comparatively
little assistance from foreign trade.
The present progress of business
Is not tied down to a few particular
lines, it Is branching out In all directions. The Iron and steel, building,
and automotive industries are among
the leaders.
There are plenty or Jobs for those,
who want to work. Labor la, as a rule
efficient, though there are reports of
employer aad employe restlessness
aa the'tabor shortage becomes more
evident.. Wages are on the increase.
This means more money to spend and
mora goods changing hands.
People are buying and they appear
to ba using good Judgment in making their purchases. They are not
turning a "blind eye" on those prices
which have advanced.
Moat buyers do not want super- in-
ventoriee such as provided to be so
burdensome time ago. Delivery of
goods hi some Instances, Is delayed
on account of a shortage of raw materia)*, and bonuses are occasionally
being offered to hasten them.
There is another angle, however,
which must not be overlooked at this
time. For the second time In as many
months the tone of our correspondents
letters has been guarded. A general
attitude of watchfulness Is apparent
aa business shows a tendency to Increase its speed. Also, that If prices
advance to a much higher level, even
though Justified by advances In labor
rates and other items entering Into
tha cost of production, there may be
resistance on the part of the public.
However, this attitude of caution constitutes on* of the reassuring elements
if it is adhered to.
Summarising, we believe that while
business conditions today have all the
elements ot stability and a continued
prosperity, caution Is undoubtedly
necessary. Some of the elements of
th* last period of undue expansion
are lacking; others are following a
striking parallel.. Confidence tempered hy caution is necessary if production, distribution, and consumption are
.to be hold on a same level."
REV. R. G. ARMSTRONG AC-
CERTS CALL AT BUFFALO
Word has been received here that
Rev. R. G. Armstrong, former pastor
of the Congregational church in Amherst, has accepted a call from a
church at Buffalo, N. Y„ and that he
will take his new pastorate in the
near future.
"Brawn Of the North" with Strong
Heart, the wonder dog at the Auditorium at South Amherst Sunday and
Monday, May IS and 14.
GLEANERS MEETS TONIGHT
The Gleaners society of St. Peters
church will hold a meeting In the
church parlors tonight. All members
are Invited to attend.
J. J. SMYTHE HEADS
COUNTY HEALTH BOARD
FOR ANOTHER TERM
The annual meeting of the Lorain
Country Board of Health was held
Tuesday morning In the mezzanine
room of the Elyrla Savings and Trust
building, Blyrla, with about twenty
present from throughout the county
Mayor J. J. Smythe was elected
president of the board, and the other
members were re-elected.
Frank Q. Bandreau, of the State
Board of Health gave a talk on Goitre
and its prevention. He advocated the
use of sodium Iodine as a preventative and stated that It should be
given to children in the schools and
elsewhere In small doses that could
.hardly be tasted. It was the only
known remedy that was effective. A
great deal of goitre is prevalent among
the children of the state, and much ot
it can be prevented by using this
simple cure. Dr. Frank Woodreau
also of the State Board of Health was
present, and spoke briefly on efforts
being made to safeguard the health
of the children. He discussed a so-
called Shick test for diphtheria.
Children given this test, it it is
found they are susceptable to diphtheria, are given a serum which renders them Immune.
Dr. Saussure, of the county board
gave his annual report, and told of
the efforts being made to purify the
milk of the county. He advocated the
tubercullne test tor cattle, and said
that this plan was gaining in favor
throughout the county.
Examination Day is Here
sOiSSfiHHi COMMISSIONER
MAKES ANNUAL REPORT BEFORE
BOARD MEETING TUESDAY
WORK i II scion
IMEIK FIELD IS
m UNDER WAY
HARRIS STREET .FIELD WILL AFFORD BASEBALL, FOOTBALL
FIELD AND TENNIS COURTS.
SPECIAL MUSIC AT
CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH SUNDAY
Special Mothers Day music at the
Methodist-Congregational church Sunday morning will be as follows:
"Mother, My Dear" Treharne
Choir
Solo, "Mother* Widener
Miss Douola Hollingsworth
Quartet, "Memories" Rohrer
Mrs. R. H. Hearn, Miss Helen
Sablers, R. H. Hearn and George Cox.
FISH AND GAME
CLUD MET HERE
LAST NIGHT
The Lorain County Fish and Game
club held a meeting in the Congregational church gymnasium last night.
Men were In attendance from Blyrla,
and Lorain as well as local men.
Five reels of motion pictures, showing fishing and hunting trips were to
be shown but the pictures failed to
arrive.
The evening was spent In talking
over the plans for the summer.
Work on the new high school athletic field at the foot of Harris street
Is now under way and promises to be
one ot the best in the county for that
purpose.
Tho school has leased the south half
of the field which takes In several
acres of land and will be large enough
to make a baseball and football field,
together with tennis courts and other
places tor out door sports.
The field has been plowed, leveled
and rolled and has taken on the appearance of a suitable spot for which
it is Intended.
Grass seed has been sowed to make
the ground compact and withstand
all games that may be played on It
Nothing will be done In the way of
laying out the baseball or football
field, this summer but the tennis court
will be made so that they can be
used  this  summer.
W. C. T. U, TO MEET
TOMORROW   AFTERNOON
The Womens Christian Temperance
Union will hold a meeting at the
home of Mrs. C. M. Harris and Miss
Lucy Horn on Church street tomorrow
afternoon.
Mrs. S. F. Hlnman of Blyrla and
treasurer of the county association
will address the meeting.
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METHODIST-CONGREGATIONAL
F. ■. Bastmaa, Pastor.
Saaday school 9:19
Morning Worship, 10 :M a. sa.
Evening worship, 7:30.
COUNTY SPELLING
CONTEST AT ELYRIA MAY 12
The Lorain county spelling contest
will be held In Blyrla Max 12. Grade
students from all schools In the county
will take part. The winners of thin
contest will meet the winners of the
Wayne county contest later. Several
local sudents will enter the contest.
KNIGHTS TO ATTEND
LORAIN MEET FRIDAY
The local order of Knights of Pythias
will confer the exemplified first degree to a group of candidates at the
regular meeting of Woodland lodge
at Lorain tomorrow night. All knights
are requested to meet in the K. of P.
hall at seven o'clock and make tho
trip to Lorain  In a body.
STONE   CHURCH
Sunday school, 9: SO a. m.
Classes tor all.
Public worship. 10:30 a. m
ST.
PETER'S, EVANSELICAL
Sunday school, 9:16 a. m.
German Servloes, 10:10 a. m.
Evening worship   7:30.
PYTHIAN   SISTERS   HOLD   DANCE
A benefit dance was given by the
Pythian Sisters In their lodge room
Tuesday evening. About seventy-five
attended and enjoyed an evening of
dancing as well as other social activities.
POST OFFICE RECEIVES
OFFICIAL NOTICE OF
OFFICIAL    LETTER    IS    RECEIVED
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When vou decide to purchase one for your Car or
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THE NEWS-TIMES OFFICE
164 Church St. Amherst, Ohio
ST.   PAUL'S   LUTMBRN
Rev. F. 0. torts*, pastor.
English servloes 9:00 a. sa.
Suaday aehool 9:80 a. ss.
serviee, 19:90 a. m.
ST. GEORGE'S EPISCOPAL
Spring street.   L. B. Daatels. Rector.
Sunday meraiag serviee at 9 09.
Saaday Beheet, Ma*..
ST. JOSBPH'S CATHOLIS CHURCH
Rev.  Fr.   Btsohen,   Pastor
Low mass, 8 a. m.
High mass. 10 a. m.
Catechism Inst ruction, 1:09 aad 9:80
Sunday afternoon.
Benediction 1:00.
BROWNHELM    CONGREGATIONAL
Harold  Hester, Pastor
Sunday School, 9:10
Morning worship, 10: SO.
Subect:  "My Mother's Church."
What an Important day is Sunday.
May 13! It la mother's day, a day set
asldo by Anna Jarvls of Philadelphia
as a slmultanlus observance throughout the world of tho love and gratitude men, women and children owe
1 heir mothers. It si a beautiful and
touching Idea, springing In part from
real need of revival of filial love and
respect—a need more urgent, perhaps,
in America than In any other country
today.
For many year* past, man haa worn
his carnation in honor of his mother
and thousands upon thousands of sermons have been preached on the text,
Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother."
Mothers are being lifted, even
though on a cross, to heights of love
and of vision that they have never*
reached before.
No man could do nothing more noble or honorable than to sit,down on
Mother's Day and write to that grey-
hatred mother if ahe Is away, and
even better yet, to go and see her
face to face and show tbe respect and
feverence that is due her. Mothers
have nearly given their all to give
their children tho best that cau be
afforded them and in the end have
been forgotten. Why do such cases
exist? The dollar-chasing game affords too much amusement and there
is no time left for mother.
Wear a flower In her honor and
show her that she Is not forgotten
and the whole world will profit by the
observance of Mothers' Day.
MABEL BATTENHOUSE
BECOMES BRIDE OF
JACOB MEULLER WEDS.
Miss Mabel Ruth Battenhouse
daughter of Mrs. Catherine Batten
house of Pearl street became the bride
of Jacob It. Mueller, youngest son of
J. T. Mueller of Delta, Ohio, yesterday
at eleven o'clock. The ceremony was
performed at tho Stone church, the
Rev. M. Neumelster officiating. The
ring ceremony was used.
The couple was attended by Miss
Amelia Bechtel, bridesmaid and
Clayton Springer, best man.
The bride was attired in a gown ot
white canton crepe with hat to match
and wore a corsage of lilies of the
valley.
Following the ceremony the couple
left for a motor trip to Nlagra Falls,
Cnpudn and other points.
Both tho bride and groom are members of the Stone church.
Upon their return they will ualte
their borne with the brides mother
on Pearl street.
6RANCE HAS INITIATION AND PR06RAM
The Hickory Tree grange held a
regular meeting in the I. O. O. P. lia'l
Tuesday evening at which time about
thirty members were present. Two
candidates were given the third and
fourth  degrees.
Following the business meeting a
short program was given which was
well arranged and given.
CLEVELAND STONE
COMPANY RAISES
EMPLOYES WAGES
Employes of the Cleveland Stone
< ompany, In various departments received a wage Increase from 6 to 7
cents per hour Tuesday, according to
a report received from that company
yesterday. The report also discloses
the fact that tho company could employ at least suventy-five more men
ut  the  Increased   rate.
Mrs. Jennie Colburn, postmaster,
received a letter yesterday from the
First Assistant Postmaster General,
John H. Bartlett, of Washington, In
which was the official notice of tho
promotion of the local postofflce from
a third class to a second class office.
The letter stated that the reports
of H. L. French, of Marlon, Ohio, Inspector of tho fifth division of the
postal department, who was at the
local office durlg the last week In
April has been accepted and showed
sufficient gain In the business for the
past year to grant the promotion.
The amount of business transacted
during the last year showed an Increase over previous years by a small
margin, although large enough to make
the advancement. The stamp sales
to become a second class office, must
under the code of the postal department, reach $8,000 during the year,
and the local office met the requirement during the year 1922.
Starting July 1, the office will operate as a second class office, with an
Increased force at the office/ and a
more extensive mall service, both In
and out of town. Mr. French, during
his stay here stated that the office
would operate under the provisions
laid down for a second class office for
one year, and at the end of the year,
If is proves satisfactory, would be
continued so Indefinitely.
STUDY CLUB HOLDS
LAST MEETIN6 OF
SEASON TUESDAY
The Ladles Study club held their
last meeting of the season at the home
of Mrs. H. W. Powers on Main street
Tuesday afternoon, at which time a
good number of members were present
The character studied  was  Lowell,
and the following program was given:
Lowell's Biography, Mrs. A. K. Jeune
His Works, Mrs. Fred  Roemer.
Current Event, Mrs. L. Stough.
COUNTY
INSPECTION   BOARD
MAKES   TRIP   TODAY
The Lorain county board ot Inspection are making a tour of the
county today. Mayor J. J. Smythe is
a member of the board and stated
this morning that tbey hoped to visit
every town in the. county within the
next few days.
•Larry Ho"
An Editor
ATHLETIC ASSN.
GIVES BENEFIT SHOW
The at h el tie association of the high
school gave a benefit show at the
Park theater last nlgbt. The same
pictures will be shown tonight, and
the proceeds fn.ni the two evenings
entertainment will be used to finance
the  associations  activities.
"The Hero" a picture direct from the
State theater in Oleveland, Is the
main attraction. A large number attended lust night and a good number
of tickets are out for tonights show. (
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Petty were
visitors In Cleveland over Sunday.
REPORT     DISCLOSES     PROGRESS
..IN   THE   PROTECTION   OP   THE
COUNTY'S     HEALTH.     SCHOOL
WORK   BECOMES  MORE   EXTENSIVE
Acting district health commissioner
Dr. R. L. DeSaussure, of Oberlin, had
the following to say In his annual report made before the annual meeting
held   In   Elyrla  Tuesday:
Lorain County, one of the northern
counties of Ohio, has an area of 461
square miles and contains ten villages
and twenty-two townships. It has a
population of 90,612 of which 19.439
are native white, 19,266 foreign born
white, 1,916 negroes, Chinese. Japanese,  Indians and others.
There were 133 clear days In 1911.
99 days with rain or snow, and 1M
cloudy days. The precipitation was
33.18 Inches. The temperature ranting from six below sero on January
2r>th to ninety-six above zero on August
17. The average temperature waa
50.6 degrees. The last killing frost
occured on May 1st and the first
killing frost In the autum, October
IS. The year 1922 was the warmest
with the execptlon of one, (1991)
since  1883
In Three Divlslone
The health department for convenient consideration may be split into
three divisions; the nursing division,
the laboratory division, and the division of quarantine and sanitation.
It should be understood however, that
thes divisions are flexible and so interrelated that any division may aa-
eist tbe others In time of need. The
nursing division has a personnel of
four: Miss Ruth Poddock, OberUn,
chief nurse, Mrs. Rhea Harder, Grafton, Mrs. Gertrude Spltter and Mrs.
Ruth Hawkins, staff nurses. The
activities of the nursing staff are mainly concerned with the following; personal care, public health education,
prevention of spread of communicable
diseases  and   Immunization.
The school work includes supervision   of  schools.    This  consists  of  a
physical  examination of each  school
child during the year.    Defects which
apparently  interfere with  the child's
health are recorded and the parents
notified.     Those most frequently met
are    malnutrition,    defective    vision,
diseased  tonsils  and  defective teeth.
Due to the frequency ot malnutrition
in   the   chldren   ot   the   well-to-do   aa
well as those of the poor, considerable
attention has been given to weighing,
talks  on   proper  diet,  milk  drinking,
' etc.   Follow up visits are made in the
I homes of children needing attention.
Vital statistic*
There   were   610    births    reported
I during the year, and there were 415
I deaths.  Ot the*." 17 died from heart
[ disease;   49, oaaoor;   20 pneumonia;
29, cerebral hemmorrhage;  29 kidney
I disease;  6 f.bereulosls; 6, diarrheal;
i 1  scarlet fever;   1   Ifphthp ia;   I erysipelas;  B accidental;  2 suicide;  still
birth, 24;  all others 18.
Much time was spent during 1911
on the milk Improvement of the supply
In the Bounty, An order was passed
to regulate the production and sale
of milk and cream that has worked
out very satisfactory.
One of tho most pressing problems
Ik that of lake front sanitation. Lake
Erie Is used for a source of drinking
water, for bathing purposes, and for
sewagB disposal. With the rapid
building up to the lake front, the congestion of summer visitors, and the
crude sanitary devices the pollution
of the lake becomes a grave menace
to the community. It Is obvious that
sanitation improvement Is necessary,
and the best way this can be brought
about is through action of the county
commissioners by establishing sewer
districts to comprise all the lake shore
land not comprised In municipalities.
Cost of Serviee
The expense of tbe county health
otfice during 1922 was $16,217.66. The
commissioner received a salary of
$4,000; his assistant $1,970; chief
nurse$l,800; first staff nurse, $1,400;
second $735; third, $375; laboratory
assistant. $1,200; clerk, $971.97; laboratory expense, $235.44; anti-toxin,
$309118;   general ' expense.   $1,493.66
•Urry Ho" Hodgeou. t*t« major
„f Si Paul. Minn., Is back In tha
KMrsMBM guine with a bsnf,**-
lur up his famous blue pencil to ae.
Luioe th«- tHlitorohl.. of thr Uvnntup-
,Z Mem Mr Hodgson Is known
throughout the middle *«'«»»•
nei.iwl phUosopher lu prose and versa
ami i» a gifted public speaker.
"Brawn Ot the North" with Strong
Heart, the wonder dog at the Auditorium at South Amherst Sunday aad
Monday, May 13 and 14.
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