The Amherst news-times. (Amherst, Ohio), 1947-08-28

              HERST; NeWS-TiMES Read The Merchants SPECIALS On Page 2 VOL. XXIX, NO. 35 AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1947 THE SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD Am HE Picnic Contest Winners 1 k"r . f ' Wife -Ar7 if ...V A 4 i'u Comets Will Meet Oberlin Friday In Practice Session Members of this year's Comet football squad will get their first taste of actual scrimmage tomor row (Friday) afternoon when they journey to Oberlin to meet the Oberlin high school team in i practice session. Although the team has been twining for over a week with scrimmage practice, they have not yet met any outside teams. The scrimmage at Oberlin has been scheduled for 4:30. Stores Open Wednesday Stores in Amherst will remain open all day next Wednesday, because of the Labor Day holiday instead of closing at noon as is their usual custom. Members of the Merchants Division of the Chamber of Com merce decided, at a meeting early in the summer, that when there is a holiday in the week, that stores will remain open all day on Wednesday of that week. Eagles Picnic Is Set For Sunday Final plans have been complet ed for the annual Amherst Eagles picnic to be held Sunday after noon at Brandt's park. Included in the program of events for the affair are pony rides, free gifts, contests for all ages, races, and refreshments. In the evening arrangements have Shown above are tome of the winners in the events held at the time of the Amherst Community picnic at Crystal Beach last week. In the lower photo, on the left, is shown Mrs. John Wertz, 76, being . .. I - J . L - ; i..tMM U . .U..t nAMBAM nMMnt At th nlnht. I at bottom, are shown Mr. and Mrs. John Nugent who were awarded ! been made to Provide an orchestra the prize for being married the longest, 52 years. for dancing, In the top photo are shown, left to right, Mr. and Mrs. Eiiswortn Working on the committee mak Towne, the couple married the shortest period of time; and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wenzel, parents of Jacqueline Wenzel. the youngest child present. ij j saj3 bb Amherst Firemen Fight Bam Fire 1 "TilJf!SJMi I: 1 i l hi tees 7 ...V ; Members of the Amherst Vol unteer Fire Department battled a fire which completely destroyed a barn at the home of Edward Baumhardt, Jaeger and Kolbe roads, on Monday evening. Although both the Amherst and the Black River township depart ments were called, the fire had aJLjkl I 1 L obtained such I headway before discovered that none of the barn or contents of hay and grain could be saved. Loss was estimated by Ben Michaels, Amherst, the owner, at $3,000. Origin of the fire was notdetermined. 40 Children Enrolled In Kindergarten Summer vacations for local students in both the high school and the parochial school will give way tc daily classes the first week in September. The classroom at the high school will open September 2 at 8:30 with e half-day session for the first day's attendance. St. Jo seph's parochial school will initiate its school year with doors opening for a half-day session on Wednesday, Sep tember 3. Federation Band Gives Concert Here Tonight The Amherst high school ath letic field will be the setting for the scheduled Federation Band concert tonight (Thursday) at 8 p.m. The event will be under the sponsorship of the Booster club of Amherst. Under the direction of Edward Kiefer, the Federation Band has made appearances in this area, playing performances to residents of Elyria and Lorain. According to Elmer Smith, president of the Booster club, a barbershop quartet from Lorain will also appear on the program. Local F F A Display Wins Attention At Fair Under the direction of Loy R. Clark, instructor in Vocational Agriculture at Brownhelm and Amherst schools, F.F.A. groups sponsored a booth on education for accidents as part of the county safety drive ' display program at the county fair. The booth's main feature was a life-sized cardboard bicycle with the accident percentages listed between the spokes of the wheels with the figure of death with a scythe over its shoulder riding in the cyclist's seat. Constructed by Clark and lettered by Art Darakis, of Amherst Vocational Ag Students Awarded Fair Premiums Dale Fowell, Howard Hogrefe, and Don Kneisel took first, second, and third prizes in the Vocational Agricultural Project Record display at the Junior Fair division of the Lorain County Fair, August 19, 20, 21, and 22, at the Wellington fairgrounds. Fowell is a sophomore at Brownhelm this year, and took first prize with a premium of $3. Hogrefe, who graduated from Amherst high school last year, took second award with a $2 premium. Kueisel, a sophomore at Brownhelm, took third with a prize of $1. Other exhibits entered by the 4-H and Future Farmers of Am erica groupj from this area included two dairy heifers, six coops poultry, tw wheat exhibits, two garden exhibits, two sweet corn exhibits and two field corn exhibits. Resilts of these entries are not yet available but will be published as loon os the notification of awards is received by Loy R. Clark, director of the Vocational Agricultural departments at Amherst and Brownhelm schools. the exhibit caused a great dea' of attention and interest to fai: attenders. The interest in the exhibition gave decision to arrange for display of this exhibit in various store windows in Lorain county. At the present time this safety display is being readied for showings at the state fair in Columbus, after which it will be showr through the county. ing arrangements for the picnic are James Wenzel, chairman, Ed Hjll.-.ger, E. W. Lahiff, Harold Krause, and George Walker Jr. The program of events is scheduled to get under way at 1 p.m. PICNIC DONORS The ' picnic committee of the annual Amherst Day picnic wishes to include the following persons and groups who were erroneously left off the list of persons who helped make the annual affair a success. Donors not listed last week in-clude Reichert's Confectionery, Blackford's Shop, Amherst Furniture Co., Dr. C. H. Snell, and Dr. Robert J. Mulford. Polio No Barrier To Lorain Boy Mrs. Earl Kane announced this week that 40 children are now enrolled for kindergarten classes, for the term starting September second. Twenty-two mothers were pres ent at the meeting held in the kindergarten rooms Friday eve ning. They plan to meet at the Patton home at 9 a.m. today (Thursday) for the purpose of cleaning the room and preparing for the opening session. It was voted to contribute 50 cents a month above the regular fee for refreshments during the morning and afternoon classes. Each child will need to bring a dark blanket, a box of crayons, and a pair of blunt pointed scissors.Mrs. William Cheney, Pearl street, who has had two years' training in kindergarten work, has been hired to teach thechildren. Classes will be held from 8:30umbus to 11 a.m. and 12:30 to i p.m. Shown above are Eddie Tougasand his father as they fish from the Outdor Life Association lake. Three Local Boys Awarded Top State Honors in Judging Three Amherst boys are state champions this week. John Kingsley, Doug Darch, and Pat Kelley, all of Amherst, are members of the three-man 4-H vegetable judging team that represented Lorain county in judging events at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus on Tuesday of this week. Scoring 2183 points out of a possible 2400, the local boys won top honors in the state. In second place was a team from Franklin county (Columbus) and in third place was a team from Lake county (Painesville). The local team was coached by Carl C. Deeds, Amherst, Lorain county agricultural extension agent, who took the boys to Col- Deputy Registrar Among deputy registrars named for Lorain county is David R. Goldthorpe, local attorney and justice of the peace. Goldthorpe will issue auto license plates and operators' licenses.The sale will open one week earlier this year, commencing on September 2. t First prize money, amounting to $200, will go to help defray expenses of taking the team to Jackson, Mississippi, in December, to enter the National Junior Vegetable Growers judging contests. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Barck and daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. William Hudson, of Port Huron, Michigan, were called here for the funeral of Mrs. Hattie Barck. Local Firms Boast Perfect Safety Record The U. S. Automatic corporation and the A. Nabakowski company were named recently for top honors for perfect industrial safety records in the first half of the 1947 industrial accident year. This announcement was just released by the Lorain county Industrial Safety Council. Under a Group 9 classification, with employees from 200 to 500 in number, the employees and management of the U. S. Automatic turned in a perfect record in the machine products division with no injuries, perfect frequency and severity. The A. Nabakowski company, Freshmen Consultation Miss Steele, principal of Am herst high school, will be in her office all during this week fo; student consultations. All fresl man students will meet with Mid Steele starting at 9 a.m. tomorrow (Friday) morning, August 29. Vacancies Filled The two teaching vacancies for the approaching school year have now been filled. Dorothy M. Er-hart will teach the second grade while Mrs. Elmer Clary will take over the junior high vacancy for the first semester until Miss Sum mers returns from leave. Faculty List The faculty list for the 1947- 48 school year includes: Margaretha Schneider, first grade; Margaret Pandy, first grade; Effie Smith, second grade; Iona Maxwell, second grade; Hul-da Berger, third grade; Bertine Foster, fourth grade; Marian Baker, fourth grade; Florence Ehr- man, fifth grade, Alice Shreiner, English, geography; Floyd Moore, junior high literature, music; Sarah Miner, instruments! music; Shirley Haines, art, literature, junior and senior high; Virgil Pincombe, industrial arts; Ethel Haines, home -economics; Helen Wingate, history; Ethel Eppley, junior high mathematics; Donald Ludwig, mathematics; Jean Ka-buske (Hartsel), physical education, junior high history; Kath-ryn Murray, Spanish, French, English; Margaret Egeland, Eng lish, speech; Ralph Albright, HOS, mechanical drawing, geography, economics; Melba Schwed, commercial; Arthur Engle, science; Loy Clark, agriculture; Arthur Thomas, science, history, physical education; Marion Steele, principal, English; Miss Grace Purcell, clerk. Guest Soloist Mr. Gary Gordon, of Lorain, will be guest soloist at the Evangelical United Brethren church, Sunday morning. Mr. Gordon is well known in musical circles in Lorain. He will sing "Hear Thou My Voice" by Hamblen. in Group 2, contractors and supply dealers, also turned in a flawless score for the above mentioned criteria. Hospital Membership Drive Dorothy Van dcr Oord, Niles McLoda Are Named Healthiest In County Ten -year -old Eddie' Tougas, son of Marcel S. Tougas, of 316 Georgia avenue, Lorain, can smile these days despite the fact that he is badly crippled with polio. Stricken with the dread disease back in March, Eddie spends his days under the care of the staff of St. Joseph's hospital in Lorain. But not so on week-ends. Eddie's father has rigged up an ingenious litter carrying device in the rear of the family automobile. Removing the back seat, Tougas put in a wooden railing construe- boy anglers. tion which permits his son's litter to be slid in and out of the auto with comparative ease. This enables the boy to enjoy those week-end drives and visits with a minimum of trouble. Among the favorite destinations on these trips is the Outdoor Life association at Amherst, where the Association has made Eddie a junior member. Father and son enjoy together the favorite pastime of fishing. With his litter placed in the boat the boy can I hold his own with the best of Dorothy Van der Oord, Brownhelm, a student in the Brownhelm school, and Niles McLoda, R. D. 2, Amherst, a graduate of Amherst high school last spring, have been named the healthiest 4-Hers in Lorain county. The two were named healthiest among entrants from all over the county and won the fight to rep resent the county in the state contest at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus today (Thursday). The examinations covered eyes, ears, nose, throat, teeth, muscles, general physical condition, past medical history, habits, and food Each of the two received 980 points, only 20 points less than a . perfect score. Dorothy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Van der Oord, Vermilion, R. D. 1. Niles is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John McLoda, Quarry road. New Police Car Now In Service Members of the committee set up to handle tl membership drive for the Amherst hospital are beir. called to meet on Monday evening, September 8, by Robert Hubbard, general chairman. Plans will be made for the drive which will run throughout the month of September. Under a change approved at a The new village police car was officially put into service Monday of this week. The car is complete except for the combination siren and red blinker light which are yet to be delivered. The car is a two door standard sedan and was purchased through the L & L Chevrolet Sales and Service. . F. Schreiner To . Address Croup At Safety Conference J. F. Schreiner, personnel director for the U. S. Automatic corporation and chairman of the Lorain County Industrial Safety Council, will address a group of the Ohio State Safety Conference in Cleveland on Wednesday, September 17. Schreiner will discuss the safety statistics compiled and accrued during his period as chairman of the Lorain County Industrial Safety Council. general meeting last May, membership in the hospital organization is now restricted to those joining as dues-paying participants. The membership drive will cover the entire community served by the hospital so that all may Dues have been set at $2.00 for a year, with dues for members of the Hospital Auxiliary set at 50 cents per year. Amherst, South Amherst, Brownhelm, and all the rural territory in Amherst and Brownhelm townships are in the territory served by the hospital.