The Amherst news-times (Amherst, Ohio), 1942-09-17

              V .-1 t ' ' The Amherst News-Times VOL. XXIV, NUMBER 38 AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1942 SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD 5 Coming Up, a Navy Special. Wash Day. A Big Cannon . .SO k & .... WA Removal Ot Rails Refused Car rails in Amherst streets cannot be taken up by WPA labor, the village was Informed Tuesday night. All available WPA labor is now employed in Lorain, and when that project is completed the men will be transferred to the agricultural scrap collection campaign, a letter to the village read. The town was referred to Roy Kenney of the War Production Board in Cleveland. Drainage questions were the principal matters before the council Tuesday night. The condi tions in West-st, Seeley-av and Elyria-av were discussed. The streets and sidewalks committee was ordered to investigate and given authority to act. A tree in Tenney-av near Church-st that threatens to have a large limb break during storms, was ordered cabled. The request of the light board for increases in the pay of Norman Brucker and Miss Libby Gerlach was read with instructions to the solicitor to prepare the necessarylegislation. St. Peter's To Have Dedication Service WPB Refuses To Enter Dispute Rev. Oscar Zwilling of Cleve land will be the guest speaker at ' me uulm minivciaai y ui iiiu i - founding of St. Peter's Evan-' The request of the Amherst gelical-Reformed Church Sept. i council asking the War Produc- 27thi tion Board to establish lower A re-dedication service will I . , . . . ., . i wholesale rates for the village be held at which time the re- decoration of the church audi-! was defi'tely turned down in a torium and installation of new ' letter read at the council meeting i m i - lighting will be complete. The luusuuy evenl"g- ine requesi was maae Dy tne On Light Rates special auditorium service will commence at 10:30 a. m. and the dedication of the new lights will be at 8 p. m. with Rev. E. J. Soell of Port Huron, a former pastor, delivering the sermon. 1942 Comets Have Kick-Off Friday If there is one thing sailors go for in a big way, it's those Navy Specials at the soda fountain. Here four of Amherst's sailors at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station are ordering one for each. Left to right, they are: George Gordon, second class electricians mate; Paul R. Gressler, A. S.; Richard Logan, A. S., and Herbert Morris, A. S. We didn't get the name of the happy young lady. It's wash day in the lower left hand picture, with Logan applying the scrubbing brush to a blouse while Morris laughingly looks on. In the lower right our four Amherst sailors are looking over one of the navy's cannon. EXPLAINS MYSTERIES OF MACHINE 'j y ' vs V ) f J fc 14 n ' .hm 'muni i 1 4i Mammoth Training Station Prepares Sailors For Duty Paul R. Gressler, who is taking a machinist's course in the navy is telling Herbert Morris the operation of a machine in the machine shop. Church Ladies Honor Mrs. Krce-cr's COth Yr. c Mrs. Caroline Krecger of Crownhill-av was guest Of honor at the meeting of the Ladies' Aid society of the Lutheran church this afternoon. In observance of her 80th birthday today the ladies of the church arranged an interesting program in her honor. Several musical numbers were offered 4id Mrs. . Emery Redman and Mrs. George Nicholls sang a duet. Readings were also given. The program was arranged by Mrs. Franklin Miller and Mrs. George AUXILIARY POLICE A-uED TO MEET There will be an Important meeting of the auxiliary policemen Tuesday evening. At this time whistles, helmets and other equipment will be issued. All members are urged to be pres ent. Eagles auxiliary will go to Sandusky this evening for initia tion. The ladies will meet at the town hall at 4:30 p. m. Nicholls. ' . Following the contests lunch was seryed by the hostess, Mrs. Fred Messal. ' For the first time since their enlistment four Amherst sailors were together at the Great Lakes iaval Training Station Sunday, sept. 6th. That may seem strange u those who have never visited tne station, or had an opportunity 10 go all over it, but after spending about six hours riding around 11 in an automobile you begin to get some conception of its immense size and the reason men lrom the same town never come in contact With each other. The four Amherst sailors who were together on that day were George Gordon, 2nd class electrician's mate; Paul Gressler, Uichard Logan and Herbert Morris. Two others from Amherst, Raymond Hollingsworth and Vincent Mannion could not be located by the public relations office, ihey may have been on leave. With Ensign II. W. Hopwood as our escort, we toured the station, picking up the Amherst boys as we went along. These four local young men very gladly served as models whenever a picture was to be taken. ELEVEN CAMPS The amount of new construction at Great Lakes since the United States entered the war is amazing. The station now ex-lends on both sides of the railroad tracks, and is divided into eleven camps, each a complete unit in Itself. Under a new authorization this is to be enlarged 50 percent. You begin to get some idea of the size of the place from the statement of Ensign Hop-wood, who, at one point of our tour, said we were three and half miles from the place we started from. A camp consists of 18 barracks, a dispensary, messhall, cooks' quarters, drill hall and physical training building. Because our visit happened on Sunday there was no drilling or work in the shops. The new navy recruit Is lm- Eight Amherst Men Given Furloughs Eight Amherst men are on their fourteen-day furlough after having received their physical examination in Cleveland and sworn in the army last week. The Amherst men who will leave shortly are Hugh McGarvey, Harold Lucey, Henry Miller, Charles Einwachter, No r m a n Kurth, David Jennings, John House and Robert Radke. Merle Cockrayne, R. D., Elyria; Michael Stiegal, R. D., Lorain and Merle Sailor, R. D., Vermilion are also included in the September call. Robert Decker, Donald Bechtel and Leo Borowicz received release from the Obcrlin Draft Board and enlisted in the U. S. Navy. The Draft Board reported that the 20 age group are receiving their first physicals in Obcrlin at the present and will undoubt edly be part of the October call. One other call is required for September and it will include a colored group. CANCELLATION Appointments previously made for correction of questionnaires at the Oberlin Draft Board for Friday evening have been cancelled due to the Obcrlin-Elyria football game. The men may report at the office during the week at any time between 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. and Saturdays until one in the afternoon. mediately initiated into the efficiency of the navy. The entrance building is designed and is operated along the line of an automobile assembly line. The raw recruit enters still in his civilian clothes, and comes out fully garbed as a sailor. A full naxy company is taken in at one time and they stand at a desk where they fill in certain forms. The desk is numbered and that number remains with them thru- out this part of the entrance into the navy. They move on into another room, marked off in squares with each square containing the same number as I he desk. They strip, put their civilian clothes into a box, a tag is attached and thejae. clothes sent back home. Their j An PPeal or men t hclP P'ck various physical examinations PPlcs was made thls weck bv follow step by step as they pass Apple Pickers Arc In Demand Lorain County s apple crop stands to go to waste unless extra help becomes available to harvest them. Farmers everywhere are asking for additional help to save the crop from spoil- The 1942 edition of the Comets will display their waves for the first time this season when they take on the Elyria Reserve team tomorrow afternoon at Harris-st Field at four o'clock. The Amherst club will go into the game with but three scrimmages and eight days of practice behind it. The team is not big with the exception of two or three boys who have not yet shown the inclination to play first string ball, nor is it fast outside of one man. It is the smallest squad in recent years, only 36 boys reporting for suits. The effect of the small squad will not become ap parent until another season rolls around and half of the present group has been graduated. , This year's starting outfit is not definitely known at this writ ing but will be chosen from the following: ends, Brumbach, Van Nuys, Muniga, . Baily, McCann; tackles, Hogrefe, Spidcll, Leuz-ler, Bierman, Kreeger; guards, Brown, Miller, Drozdowski, Ric-ket, Aebersold; center, Slack; quarterback, P e n t o n, Lach, Braun; left half, Mihuta, Palen, Anthony; right half, Gambish, Womack, Wilhelm; full, Taylor, Belt. At this time Hogrefe, Miller, Slack, Penton, and Mihuta are doubtfull starters due to one ailment or another. The team is, however, toming around in rather good shape for the short time that the boys have been working. Their offense has looked both good and bad in practice with passing being the weak link. Defensively, the whole team is a question mark. Perhaps by game time they will have their defensive assignments. down, but the time is so short that a choice was necessary and offense got the nod. The league season is three weeks away and by then they'll be ready. In the meantime' they've a pretty rough gang in the Elyria team, which is theReserve-Freshman squad combined. This begins what may be the last season for the duration. Go to the game Friday and give the boys some support. council following the refusal of the war board to allocate critical materials for the construction of the muniipal electric light plant. The letter was dated Sept. 5th, and signed by Herbert S. Marks, acting chief of the power branch. In part, the letter read: "The principal concerns of the Power Branch in the electric field are the assurance of an adequate power supply for war production and the conservation of critical materials by the electric industry. We have no direct Interest in rate questions, and have neith- the staff with which to make rate investigations, nor the authority to enforce rate orders." The letter said it was not the intention of the War Production Board to prejudice any municipality in the matter of rates as the result of curtailment of materials, and referred the village's request to the Ohio Public Utill- ties Commission which has jurisdiction over utility rates. The village's contract with the Ohio Public Service . Co. for wholesale electric current ex pired in July, 1940. Before the expiration the power company wrote the village asking for a new contract, but council refused to deal with the company. When the contract expired the O. P. S. began charging the village at its open rate. The rates were on file at the commission at the time they became effective. Mr. And Mrs. Ott Observe 25th Year through the building, finally they arrive at tiie place where new navy clothing is issued, and they dress again, this time in the garb of a sailer. LEARN HAMMOCK SLEEPING the Lorain County Fruit Grow ers Association. Business men, factory workers and professional men arc being appealed to for whatever time they can afford to give to the work. People acquainted with some The fii l three weeks arc spent j larmcr ana wisning 10 noip mm gcttins tin various innoculations, I w onlv Z to his fann- Th(isc learning how to get into, out of,;not 'luaintcd with, some farmer nnrl sir.) ;:i a hammock.' Thev -friend can get a list o farmers roiicc atop ioisy Freshman Initiation Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ott of Henes Road observed their 25th wedding anniversary Monday. Sunday they were guests of honor at an anniversary dinner arranged by their daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. George Jones of Tenney-av. Seasonal flowers made pretty decorations for the occasion and a tierred wedding cake topped with a miniature bride and groom formed the attractive centerpiece. Ap pointments were silver baskets and silver tapers holding confections.Places were arranged for Mr. and Mrs. Ott, Earl Nahm of Lorain; Misses Treva and Rose Fer-ron of Elyria; Mr. and Mrs. i George Walker, Dick Ott, Mr. and Mrs. Jones and daughter, Carole. A corsage was presented Mrs. Ott and a buttonneire to Mr. Ott. The couple were also given a purse of money. As a surprise to the honored couple Ray Ott, their eldest son who is in service at Camp Grant, 111., telephoned and congratulated them. Other friends and relatives from Elyria, Lorain, Cleveland and Fremont called and offered congratulations. Freshman initiation, which involves public removal ot trousers of freshman boys got a group of upper classmen before Mayor John H. Michael Tuesday night. 'OpCll ScaSOn TuCsdaV The practice of removine the 1 J Class Bowlers Ci ir raed on Vun Eadw Drive On War Cowls Started Amhcr;-t Aerie Eagles boosted their total of War Bonds to $16,000 last Monday when they added $,0i)0 to their previous purchases. "This is just a good start toward our purchase of War Bonds," said Nelson Schiefer-stein, president of the Aerie. "We're going to put every available dollar we can get Into bonds, and show our boys that we are backing them to the limit," he said. j needing extra help by Inquiring 1 at the Employment office Hi cither Lorain or Elyria. Pay will be based on the number of bushels picked, permitting people to work whatever spare time they have available. Workers with just an hour or two as well as workers wishing to pick apples for entire days will be welcomed by the fruit growers. The apples will become ripe about Sept. 20th and the picking season will continue until October 10th. During that period all the additional help available will find plenty of apples to bepicked. W. B. A. will meet Friday nlte with Mrs. Goldle King of Lorain. pants of freshmen by upper classmen of the high school has been in existence for many years, but Tuesday night's affair got too noisy in the vicinity of the town hall and the boys were herded into the assembly room of the town hall by Police Chief Earl White. After taking the names of all those participating the boys were ordered to go home. The names of the offending boys were given Supt. Fred R. Powers Wednesday. Mrs. Frank Franklin will entertain ( circle one of St. Ann's society this evening. Circle three of St. Ann's society will meet with Mrs. John Michael this evening. Auxiliary firemen will meet Thursday at 7:30 p. m. si the fire station. The Rorick Insurance bowling team opened their league play Tuesday evening In good fashion by rolling a 2745 total to their opponents', the Elyria Elector Allorys, 2484 in the three game series. Bob Berk was King Keg-ler of the outfit with a 654. The local team playing in Ely-rla's class "B" circuit won two out of the three games played Tuesday evening with the following team scores: 909 to 771, 919-788, and 917 to 925. Individual scoring for the local team was: Emery Schulz,233-199-175; Greg Brown,126-157-152; Maynard Schrlner,156-183-206; Al Wagner, 159-163-187; Bob Berk, 235-217-202. BED CEOSS TO MEET Directors of the Amherst branch of the Red Cross will meet Friday night at the home of Mrs. E. E. Foster at 7:30,