The Amherst news-times. (Amherst, Ohio), 1945-01-04

              The Amherst News-Times VOL XXVII, NUMBER 1 AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1945 THE S ANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD Sgt. Jim Ehrman, Home On Leave, Describes Life At Stations In India i U . it "1 1 Giwd i Fir fear Vr afWifc-f ftr?1 Above A burning ghat, wher boiliw f Indiana ar cremated and the ahe lie ar- thrown Into the river which flowa near by. Right. aboTes A berirar. one of thoua- anda w ho roam utrceln in all cities in India. ! Blunt, below: Jim Ehrmnn and Geof- frey Monner. Uken when Jim met Geof-,'. frey while on a leave in India. What interests Sgt. Jim Ehr- man the most about India is the political situation there, starting; with the caste system and its! hundreds of manifestations, thru the internal political set-up, to the place India plays and will: play in the future in the inter- national scene. Stationed as a weather observer in India for the past 33 months, Sgt. Ehrman spent a great deal of his time in observation and study of the means and effect of IHM u lilt: irawvc i r ernment rule. He is forbidden by army regulations to discuss the political situation but in spare moments while stationed there had ample opportunity to study and observe thfe daily life of na . 7 tives of all classes. , ' f' Commenting on the caste system, Ehrman told of the nearly 10,600 different castes and the taboos they improse to a larger or lesser degree on practically all inhabitants. Although being broken down in some aspects by education and, principally, Chris tianity, still practically every citi - zen in India is bound in some manner by the system, During his tour of duty there, Ehrman was stationed in four widely separated cities in India. This gave him an opportunity to visit a large portion of the country, both the modern and native cities, and the rural and scenic parts. India has followed the rest of the world in the matter of price changes, he reports, with the normally low prices there rising with the advent of military personnel and war work. At one station he was, with several other members of his squadron, quartered in a large stone house which had been taken over by the army. The fellows living there had a corps of native bearers to do all their odd jobs, and had no trouble getting help. The bearers did all the work around the house, all the odd jobs, shin-ed shoes, ran errands, made the beds, aired the clothing (a necessary task because of mildew), waited on table, took care of the laundry with a 24-hour service at all times. All of these services, plus those of an excellent native cook, plus the cost of their food cost each of the men living in the house only $2.10 per month. At no place, did the men have to pay more than $1.00 to $1.25 per month for bearers to do all their odd jobs. ' Now, however, prices are rising slightly and seem likely to continue to do so if more United Nations soldiers and war workers enter the country. As an interesting sidelight, Ehrman told of some native profiteers who started a nice business with native coins. The Indian coin "V Anna" was originally made in the form of a washer. The natives found that some of the Yank soldiers needed washers for various things so they bought up a quantity of the Anna" coins and sold them for one Anna, a clear profit of V Anna on each washer. (One Arna is worth about 2 cents In hi ,i m. mi. .Hi ijii mill . i i t.-v' ;i 1 i , ? t, hit J ' v I . - ... 1 ' r .. if ' , . . , . f S v 1 ; J M7 T I , , r yi V It K V" , j,. " 1 1 1 : . Lrin Si American currency.) The Indian government, however, then discontinued the washer shape of the coin and made later ones of a different shpe. Almost all the houses in India, Ehrman said, are made of native stone, cement, or bnjek. The furniture in the better houses is made of teak wood or metal. Termites are so prevalent that houses made of wood or furniture made of a light or soft wood are soon destroyed. At one station i the men were quartered in army huts made of a bamboo matting with bamboo cross braces and rafters. After 10 months to a year the huts must be inspected rigidly for in that time many d the rafters are so completely devoured by termites that they are unsafe. White ants and rats are also a great bother to- men stationed there. The ants, possibly a specie of termite, cat through anything except metal which is left on the ground. A barracks bag left on the floor for a week, when picked up, may have no bottom left. The rats will cat anything available, gnawing away whole bars of soap, and even chewing bristles off shaving brushes. the; Alii leather objects must be cared for 1 W ! at - .nfrt1 almost daily, too, because of thc:d(.nt of the Consumers League, mildew which wiU form over j Cleveland, and Miss MarySchau-n'Snt- frier, chairman of the Cleveland Ehrman enlisted in the AirlWoman Power Commission, Corps in October, 1941. He was ! Cleveland. stationed at Patterson Field, Day- i A dinner previous to the meet-ton, Ohio, until the following j ing will be held at the "Y" for March when he was sent to In- club members and the two spcak-dia. His tour of duty took him'crs. entirely around the world, going! to India from the eastern coast AllXllini'V McCtS of the unitoti Mates, around the southern tip of Africa to India, and returning homo by way of Australia and the west coast. He is spending his furlough at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Ehrman, Spring St. He will report at Miami, Florida, on Sunday, January 14, forreassignment. Two Games Set For Week-End Two basketball games are scheduled for the local high school floor this week end, weather permitting. i Medina is slated to tangle with the Amherst Comets on Friday night, followed lay Oberlin on Saturday night. Both games get under way at 7:30 p. m. In case no more snow falls, blocking highways again, the games will be played, according to Supt. F. R. Powers. These are the last games on the home floor until January 16, when - xl Lorain St. Mary s apepars here. Proceeds of the dance will be J.J Folloiwng this week-end's games, I used in projects yet to be de-. ' 1 the Comets en to Vermilion on i cided UDOn by the club. Lorain St. Mary's apepars here. Folloiwng this week-end's games, if, 1 January 12 and to South Amherst1 'flu a ii . n v n I tne lonowing nigm, January 10. ;wiu De neia on inursaay even-Eleven games remain on the ing, Janaury 11. Originally sched-Comets' schedule, six on the home uled for the week before Christ-floor. I mas, the election was postponed ' because of the number of con- Howard Dulmase :fIiS,tee0B,e,ueB, Dies Suddenly At Home In Oberlm Howard E. Duhnage 54 " known quarry official died of a; heart attack at his home in Ober-! lin at 3:10 a. m. Sunday. Mrs- LuO' K. Cox, 57, wife of Mr. Dulmage was born in Ob-. George P. Cox, 471 Elyria Ave., erlin and was a graduate of Ober-jdied at Cleveland Clinic last lin High School. He had been Thursday at 9:40 p. m., she was an employee of the Ohio Quar- admitted to the Clinic on Christ-ries Co. for about 40 years, be- mas day. coming superintendent 20 years ' 8 In Amherst, she has been ago. . ..Hr wm a member of the South ; Amherst Coniireiiational Church.' Stonington Lodge of Masons, Am-church. herst Business Men, Amherst Ro- i Surviving besides her husband, tary Club, Noonday Club, and ' are one daughter, Mrs. Dorothy E. the Oberlin Chamber of Com-! Watson, Havan, Cuba; one son, mcrce. . I George J., Lima; one grandson; He leaves his wife, Grace, and , her mother, Mrs. Sophie Bauer three daughters, Ruth Eleanor, in and three brothers, Arthur J. Colorado; Sarah Jane and Mary j Bauer, Amherst; Albert L. Ely-Alice, at home; two brothers, ' r'a and George H., Cincinnati. James R., Columbus, Ga.; Julius! Services were held Sunday at B., Berea, and one sister, Mrs. W. St. Peter's Church with the pas-H. Hoag, Westfield, Pa. I tor. Rev- J- H- Bollens, officiating. Funeral services will be held! Burial was postponed because of from the Congregational Church, ! the snow-blocked highways. South Amherst with Rev. Sanderson officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Owing to the condition of the roads the day of the funeral will be announced later. Plan Meeting To Discuss Post-War Work For Women A meeting of the Lorain County io" ? Friday, January 5th at 8 p. m. to which the general public is invited.The purpose of the meeting is to bring before the public the need of planning now, for the employment needs of women who must continue to work after the i war. Letters have been sent to all the women's clubs and civic organizations in town asking each one to send five delegates to make plans with the commission on this work. Speakers for the meeting are AIlss Elizabeth Macee. vicc-nresi When the Amherst Eagles Aux-iliay met last week Lieut. James Bodzash was chosen as the soldier of the month. Mrs. Rudolph Bcrger, vice-president, presided at the meeting and the special prlzf went to Mrs. Rose Youngless. Lunch was served. . Dance Sponsored By Booster Club For Friday Night Tickets were being sold this week by Athletic Booster Club members for the dance sponsored by the club to be held Friday evening, January 5, at the Eagles Home. To start immediately following the basketball game against Medina, the dance is part of the program sponsored by the club to arouse community interest in all types of athletics at the local school. Election of officers of the club m t t 1 J rrvi i Mrs. Lucy K. Cox Funeral Services Held L(lSt Sunday a resident of Lorain County her entire life- She was a member of SC Peter's E.'ang.Jical-Reformed Weather Even Affects Poultry Blaming the extreme cold weather for the extremes in egg size, Harry Earl this week brought into the News-Times office two I eggs produced at his Twin Maple poultry Farm on Milan Avenue. One egg measured 414 Inches j In girth, 3 inches in circumfer ence, only 1 inches long, and weighed only one ounce. The other measured 8 inches in girth, 6'4 inches in circumference, was 3 inches long, and weighed 5 ounces. Although the larger egg was smaller in circumference and weihijed less, it was longer than the one on display in the Prittie Ben Franklin Store window. Hold Services For Mrs. Holzhauer Mrs. Elizabeth Holzhauer, 85, died in her home, 248 Jackson Street, at 9.45 a. m., Monday. Mrs. Holzhauer was born in Germany, coming to America with her parents at the ago of two years, and had lived in Amherst and vicinity her entire life time. She was a member of St. Peter's Evangelical-Reformed Church. Besides her daughter, Mrs. Earl Bliss, in the home, she leaves four sons; Frank Decker, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Arnold and Lcland Decker, Wyandot, Mich.; and Fred Holzhauer, Amherst; and 12 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.Funeral services were held from the Zilch Funeral Home today (Thursday) at 2 p. m. with Rev. Bollens officiating. Burial was in Crownhlll Cemetery. Business Men's Party Scheduled Members of the Amherst Busi ness Men and Women's Associa tion will entertain their wives and husbands at their annual party on Wednesday evening, January 17, at the Eagles's Home at 6:30 p. m. Usually held as a Christmas Party during the holidays, the dinner this year was postponed because of conflicting events and the weather. Tickets are available at Mary Edwards' Beauty Shoppe, Good-speed's, Lersch's Grocery, The News-Times, and Roy Harr at the L. and L. Chevrolet. Reservations mist be in by Monday, Jan. 15. All business and professional .!ien and women in the commun ity are invited to attend. A pro- ' gram will follow the dinner. t JL A No regular meeting of the As- sociation will be held this month, I any business needing attention I being taken care of at the dinner , party. Scomts Receive Oil Ivagc Money For Treasury When the Boy Scout committee met in the council room at . I. 1 L .. 1 T 1 ... 1. T I me ujwii nan Jl weun., iumjt Earl turned in $33, which was the j Jn Fifth gnd Village SoHcitor Seth Steven9 Boy Scouts' share in the recently . ,. . . . ,,'., rpniipstrt hv onnnrll tn nr- paper drive, and $9 came from W. G. Nord from tin drive salvage, both to be added to the local Boy Scout treasury;-1" .' A $100 bond which is to be pur chased by the troop, was approv ed by the men, who also discuss ed the purchase of camping equ ment. Present for the meeting were John Sharp, Scoutmaster; Earl, and the following committee members: Fred Hogrefe, presi dent; Harold Washka, secretary; Charles Kendeigh, Ralph Prittie, and Rev. J. H. Bollens. B.&P.W. Adds New Members When the Amherst Business and Professional Women's Club held its Christmas meeting last week in the Methodist Church parlors, Mrs. Alfred Proctor and Mrs. Clarence Kern were welcomed as new members. Mrs. Lucy Roomer, vice-president, presided at the affair planned by Mrs. Ray Jew-ett, Miss Phyllis Portman and Mrs. Nelson Witte. Twenty-two members were served dinner at tables decorated in keeping with the holiday seas-son. During the business session Miss Florence Ehrman, war activities chairman, reported $15 had been sent as a Christmas cift to Crile Hosnital and that club members had sold bonds amount ing to $5,925 in the Sixth War1 Loan campaign. Winners In the contests were Mrs Clarence Dean, Mrs. John Ehlcrt, Miss Olive Boiler, Mrs. Lucy Rocmer and Mrs. George Knapp. Manriro Rtrnhmpinr enn of Mr. and Mrs. John Strohnmier, Wash- ington Street, who is a foreman In the automatic department of the Weatherhead Co., Cleveland, sang over the company'sH-min-ute program "Gct-Togo'.l.er" at 9:45 p. m. Saturday over WGAR, Cleveland. Mrs. Jerry Aschenbaeh and son Jimmy, Alexandria, Va., have returned to their home after spending the past three weeks with relatives here. Miss Elizabeth Aschenbaeh is spending several weeks at Kneipt Springs, Rome City, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Jacobs and daughter, Nina Mae, Lorain, were guests of Mrs. J. H. Gillman, Sunday afternoon. Committees Are Named; Removal Of Snow Discussed Sales Of Bonds Continue To Mount Local purchases of "E" bonds from the official end of the Sixth War Loan Drive on December 16 up to the end of the year, amounted to $20,024, according to a report this week by Conrad Zilch in charge of the local campaign. Although the Drive officially ended on December 16, all sales of "E" bonds up to the end of the year were included in the Sixth ! r!.. 7:i.A. :j I Drive totals, Zilch said. Already over the top by a wide margin at the end of the drive, the addtional $20,024 makes a total sale in the community of SI21 H2S4R 487 more than the ! quota originally assigned. Sales I of other individual and corpora- j tion bonds were not included after December 16 As chairman of the local cam- . ... . 1 paign, Znch expressed nis sin-, ! cere thanks to all workers in the I local area which includes Am - herst, South Amherst, Amherst Township, Brownhelm, and . i,lm Tnun.hln first division in the county to of- fi,.!olUi an nnr ilVio Inn in nil Ihroo 6- i- ... - partr of the sales "E" bonds, other individual buying, andtai-i poration buying. TiSiioir Drifts Fail v To Halt Wedding "Love finds a way and the navy comes through," was proven ones already adopted by larger Tuesday afternoon when Theo-1 municipalities, plans for taking dore Szarek, fireman first class, 'carg qj many phases of the rein the navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. I turn to civilian life by service Joseph Szarek, Foster Park Road, men Women. Council took hauled his fiancee, Miss Lillian no actjon on matter, tabling . Field, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. e ordinance until the nexji Andrew Field of New York, thru i iar meetimr on the thlrdTueada snow drifts six feet deep on a horse drawn stone boat to St. .Tncpnh'K Catholic Church where1 - formed the marriage ceremony at 5 p. m. using the single ring ceremony.The brido, dressed in i dark green suit wore r. hat of matching shade. Hur corsage was fashioned of pink roses and carnations.She wore a necklace, the gift of the groom, and carried a Rosary, given to her by Rev. Fr. Smith. Witnesses were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Szarek. Returning to the Szarek home, the young couple, who were seated on a bale of straw on the ,'-.' u t a r i a snow bank, giving the city glrli, . ... ' . , . . .j . . i 4 This would be a direct saving OV' a rricin introduction 10 country life. A reception i held in the crpt, hmm, f,ir 04 BllPSt,. The j labIe was yM in a coor schCme j nt pink ml bluo nnd was ccnter. ed with a three-tiered wedding cake topped with a bride and Rrooin fi?urlnc and baked by the lj;i lHIIIl (HUH, ilUlll J U31U- W1CZ' I ine rouiue, who are iiunuy-i mooning in New York, made the trip to the station standing on the draw bar of a tractor driven by the groom's brother, Harry Sescila. , Fireman Szarek will report to his station in Norfolk, Va., January 6. Mrs. Szarek will reside in New York. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Avery, Park Avenue, quietly celebrated their 48th wedding anniversary New Years day. Miss Betty Baus, Cleveland, 9pent News Years at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Baus, Cleveland Avenue. John Sabiers was reelected president pro-tem of village council as that body met on Tuesday evening of this week for their first meeting of the year. Other business of the governing body included adoption of reports, appointment of committees, discussion of a proposed ordinance, and miscellaneous matters. Bills totalling more than $450 more than the funds available from the general fund were In cluded in a report presented to councii by Charles Miller, village clerk. Standing committees of council were reappointed by Mayor H. J. n-a,lc lu acl vc lui "::. 1 J ...A. V11 TT...JU nc,"""cu wclc- luw" ""6" Tompkins and Fred Coverdale; sewers- Jonn SaWers and Harry Earl; streets, Dr. A. F. McQueen and M- D- Flechner: 8hts. TomP- kins- and McQueen; jail anH narlr Snhipra And frivi-Hal ifire and water. McQueen and ; Flechner; finance, Tompkins and ' "" . Earl; and ordinance, Coverdale ana cari. pare legislation looking forward in hirine a aerretarv to the mavor. o f"7 nolioe officer, custodian to the tt Ury hall, And carmaker i j 'sanifary sewage disposal jliant.. These positions are filled by ap- 'provaiot l year's dui council, and are of one 5 year s duration only. An ordinance setting up aVet--cran's Service Committee was presented to council by E. C. Stl-wald. The ordinance, based on .. of the month. A i J Plans for better arrangements ;ior nanaiing neavy snow falls, such as experienced in the past few weeks, were discussed at some length by Mayor Kane. Pointing out that the village Is spending a lot of money having snow removed from down town streets, and still cannot do an efficient job because of lack of proper equipment, Kane stated, ; that in his opinion the village ' could save money by purchasing 'a dump truck and attachable ' Bnnw nlnw Tt tirao lrmirTVif ah! that a dump truck could be used ' all the year by the village, and a snow plow would be a wise In- ! vestment in clearing the streets of er the present method of hand shoveling and would in a measure reduce chances of 6erious accidents because of snow piling up and forming an ice layer. Councilmen Tompkins and Coverdale were appointed by Kane to secure estimates of the cost of such equipment, and Solicitor Stevens was directed to investigate means of financing the purchase.Divinity Student Presents Sermon A member of the Foursquare Church, who is a student at the International Foursquare Bible School in Los Anegles, California, preached the sermon at the watchnlght service Sunday night at the local Foursquare Church. He is Charles Schareln, of Elyria, who will graduate from the school In March. Schareln is at home for the holidays. ..f 1 4