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Mm EWS-1 Read The Merchants' SPECIALS On Page 2 VOL XXIX, NO. 37 AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1947 THE SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD Ami HE IMES NEWS FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOL Jkx. i By Daid Ulmbach School Doors Open On Tuesday morning, September 2, 1947, at 8:30, the Amherst Public Schools began the 1947-48 year with eight ten-minute periods. .The enrollment was 727 students. There are 271 pupils in high school with 456 pupils in the junior high and grades. Election of Class Officers Wednesday began our first full school day. In the afternoon during the last period of the day, the high school students elected their respective class officers. The seniors re-elected as their president Paul Scharff. Don Flock was chosen vice-president, and Cle-laura Towne, secretary-treasurer. The juniors elected for their president, Claude Miller;vice-president, Carol Gilliland; secretary, Kathryn Sabiers; and treasurer, Betty Grugel. Douglas Buchs was elected president of the sophomore class, with Charles Berring-ton in the office of vice-president and Margie Wagner, that ofsecretary-treasurer. The freshmen do not eiect officers until the second semester. Student Council Meets The Student Council held its first meeting of the year Thursday, at eight o'clock. Senior members are John Jewett, Jerry Menz, Mary Lou Borowicz, and Dorothy Moebius. Juniors are Lois Buser, Wayne Schnaak, Richard Sharp, and Marlene Amenhauser. Sopho more representatives are Melvin Slack, Gary Mead, Clara Lodge, and Leila Ott. Freshmen will elect later in the year. John Jewett was made president. John was the only officer elected at the first meeting. The Student Council is under Miss Steele's supervision and is active in all schrjonptivi ties throughout the year. Cheerleader Tryouts Tryouts for cheerleaders were held in the gymnasium Thursday noon. After several cheers from each group of entrants, the students went to their respective rooms and voted. As a result, this year's cheerleaders are: varsity, Betty Grugel, Lois Scheide, and Kathryn Sabiers; reserves, Isabel Auble, Norma Heyer, and Pat Gehl. Chapel Program The high school students as' sembled in the gymnasium Fri day morning for the first chapel of the year. Mary Lou Borowicz read the Scripture and led us in the Lord's Prayer, which was followed by the pledge of allegiance to the flag. The master of ceremonies, John JeweK, then took over the program, present ing the new teachers and pupils to the student body. New teachers I introduced were: Miss bchwed, commercial teacher; Miss Minor, band instructor; and Mr. Moore, vocal teacher, who was formerly a member of our faculty. A number of new students have also joined our ranks this year, David Hearn played several selections n the piano, which he dedicated to the senior class. Next, talks were given by the class presidents. The audience then enjoyed a violin solo by Miss Minor, accompanied by Mr. Moore on the piano. The program closed with the seniors filing out first, with the other classes standing. Pictures Taken Individual pictures have been taken of all grade and high school students. Everyone was smiling for the event. Librarians Appointed Girls chosen by Mrs. Shreiner for assistance in the school li brary are Ruth Frederick, Sue Stapleton, Margaret Choate, Mai' vina Kominis, Mae Roberts, Barbara Buchs, Marlene Amenhauser, Lois Buser, and Dolores Bramwell. Mixed Chorut Meets The first meeting of the mixed chorus was held Tuesday morn ing in the gymnasium, with forty members of last year's chorus present. Mr. Moore, director of and Dle Bruce Legion Post Meets To Nominate The 1948 Officers The nominating committee of the Elmer Johnson Post No. 118, report the following slate at its meeting for the election of 1948 officers Wednesday, September 3. Francjs Tompkins, commander; Ed Berger, senior vice commander; Bob Fuhrman, junior vice commander; Don Cherry, adjutant; William Robertson, finance offi cer; Fred Deiner, trustee. Nomination from the floor included Russ Kubach, commander; Bob Sanders, Jim Bauer, and Elmer Smith senior vice commander; Clyde Donnelly, trustee; Ralph Thomas, sgt.-at-arms, and Jack Blackford and George Duchsolav, chaplain. Election of officers will take place at the next meeting, September 17. Other business attended to in cluded discussion on new building addition to home which includes a basement for recreation and a one-floor addition for dancing. The present post officers and Conrad Mulder, Bernard Strauss, and George Duchsolav are to in vestigate the plans and cost of the new building project. The post also went on record in backing the high school football game schedule booklet which will be published for the season. BAND MOTHERS WILL MEET The first meeting of the Band Mothers club for the fall and winter will be held this comin Tuesday at the Evangelical par sonage on South Main street at 8 p.m. It is very important that every member be present for this first meeting. F.F.A. Safety Display Winner Now Exhibited In Amherst First place winner in the Ohio State Fair Safety display is the figure now on display in the win- the chorus this year, gave a talk about his plans, showing great enthusiasm. Tryouts for new members are being held this week. Awarding of Thespian Pint On the evening of September 8, in the gymnasium, awarding of Dins to Thespians by Mrs. Ege- andi took piace pins were re. rpivpj y.v th fnllnwine members of the class of ,47: Richard Gorm-ley, June Zipp, Chet Gall, Nancy Wettrick, Dick Fullmer, Robert Meesig, Henry Miller, and Dave Diedrick. Others to whompins will be sent are Anthony Meyer, Rosemary George, Vera Hall, Ruth Mlinarik, and Rudy Man-ichl. Mary Lou Borowicz is the only member of the speech department this year to have achieved the distinction of mem bership in the National Thespian Society. The guest speaker fo rthe eve ning was Carolyn Celano, a senior at Clearview high school, who received a scholarship to Cain Park School of the Theatre, which she attended during the past summer.Election of officers found Dave Diedrick president, Dick Fullmer vice-president, Louise Adler secretary, and June Zipp treasurer. Piano selections were played by David Hearn. Later, remarks were made by Elsie Lodge, a senior at Bowling Green. At the close of the program, lunch was served to about seventy speech students, faculty and guests. The affair was arranged by Margaret Choate, Jim Ryan, David Hearn, Martha Syrowski, Ju-lianne Woodings, and LilaBis-choff. Hospital M In Greatest Campaign Ever Launched 1047 Comets W The abore photograph picture Half-1 back Eddie Bryner (whit jereey I Football Football fans attending the Comet grid contests this season will be treated to full color programs containing line ups and data on high school gridders and their opposition. Service Discontinued The Pikey taxi service is being postponed temporarily, according to an announcement made by Paul Pikey this week. ... $OROSIS MEETS Amherst Sorosis will hold their first meeting after the summer recess, at the home of Mrs. Clayton Springer, .South Main street, Thursday evening. Mrs. Ray Jewett will assist the hostess. dow of the Amherst Hardware store. Sponsored by the county FFA, the display first took honors at the Lorain county fair in Wellington. The display attracted such interest that officials of the state fair in Columbus requested that the display be brought to Columbus for entry in the state competition.The figure and accompanying signs were constructed by Loy Clark, vocation agriculture instructor and FFA director in the county, with the aid of Art Dara-kis, of Amherst. The display will be available to the Lorain County Farm and Home Accident Prevention committee for general use and display in the county. According to W. E. ' Stuckey, farm safety specialist of the Agricultural Extension Service, the display is worthy of display in the National Safety Convention in Chicago this fall. NFORMATION FOR VETERAN8 REGARDING OHIO'S BONUS This bonus has not been passed by the state. If you want it you must register October 6th, and you must vote for it November 4th. Every member of a veteran's family who Is eligible to vote, must register and vote for the passage of this bill. AND REMEMBER January 1, 1948 Is the deadline to' reinstate Gl Insurance without physical . . you have until July 25, 1951 to get started on education under Gl Bill of Rights . . . and you have eight years to convert N8LI to a permanent policy If you applied before January 1, 1946. All veterans are entitled to emergency . treatment at all Veterans' Administration hospitals. WALT MOEBIUS 8ervlce Officer embership Drive Underway In Action vL- X"v :-.--:(. right) Comet footballer trying hiiiSt. Mary'e eleTen in firat night tcrla luck aroendthe right end of Lorala Image of the 1147 teaaon. i I ProgramsTo Be Sold Here Through the cooperation of the Amherst News-Times, the Amherst Booster club, and the Coca-Cola Bottling company, and local advertisers, these programs will be given to students at the high State Chaplain Addresses Eagles State Chaplain Galion Brewer was guest speaker t the meeting of the Eagles, Monday evening, and spoke to a large group of members. Brewer, who is also Zone Director of the 4-Horsemen campaign, directed his remarks to the securing of members and the benefits derived by them. A five-man visitation committee from the Lorain Aerie was also present. Meetings will begin at 7:30 p.m. now due to the conflicting bowling schedule, it was announced during the business meeting. Rev Ileber O'Hara Takes Pastorate At Strongsville The Reverend W. Heber O'Hara, for the past two years the minis-1 ter of the local Congregational church, has accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Congregational church at Strongsville. Reverend O'Hara and family will move to Strongsville within the coming week, and his first Sunday services there will be on the 21st. Mr. O'Hara came to the Amherst Congregational church from a four-year pastorate at the First Congregational church at Churchville, New York. The Strongsville Congregational church is a member church of the Congregational Union of Cleveland. This union is composed of thirjy-seven Cleveland area Congregational churches and is one of the most effective Con- gregation groups in the entire nation. If the proposed merger of the Congregational Christian churches and the Evangelical and Reformed church is consumated within a year as is anticipated, the Cleveland area" will have around seventy-five churches and thereby become an outstanding center of the united church. STORY HOUR The story hour for children will be held at the Amherst library again this winter. Mrs. Fred PoW' ers will tell the stories at two o'clock on Saturday afternoons during the school year. U' V --i, 'it school for sale at the games. Proceeds will go entirely to the school. This eight-page colored program will be put on sale before and during the games by students of the high school. Rotary Committee Appointments Are Made For Year Appointments to various com mittees for the local Rotary club were made this week by R. J, Mulford, president. Named to serve for the year ending next July 1 were: Program Fred Powers. Fellowship R. Hubbard, C. L. uoodspeed, John Smythe. Public Information Jack Koontz, C. C. Vandersall. Community Service Walter Nord, Conrad Zilch, James Naba kowski. Rural and Urban Roy Harr, C. H. sneil, K. Lee Menz. Club Service R. J. Ehrlich, Harry Earl. Aims & Objectives Lee Menz, Eric Nord, Ralph Prittie, S. G. wettnch Attendance Evan Nord, C. C. Vandersall, Roy Stevens. Rotary Information R. J. Mulford, Harry Earl, C. L. Good-speed.Music John Strobmeier, Ray Schaeffer, C. C. Vandersall. Crippled Children Ray Wasem, Harry Earl, Lloyd Bahler, Bob Stevens, Fred Berger. Auditing Roy Berrington, Wm. Barber, S. G. Wettrich. Classification F. M. Sponsel-ler, J. Ignat, Conrad Zilch. International Walter G. Nord, Roy Schaeffer. Officers of the club are: President, R. J. Mulford; vice-president, C. L. Goodspeed:secretary-treasurer, Harry Earl; chaplain, C. C. Vandersall;sgt.-at-arms, Bob Stevens. 144 Chest X-Rays Taken At Fair 144 miniature chest x-rays were taken by the Lorain County Tuberculosis and Health Association at the Lorain County Fair in Wellington, recently. Reports from these have just been received from the doctor and are being mailed out. The reports will go directly to the in dividuals. The doctor's diagnosis, made from these films indicate that 139 had negative readings and five persons will require re-check on large films fur further study. This is in line with what was found in the over 7,000 miniature films taken by the association in factories and schools during the past year. Committee For Ail-Out Amherst And Vicinity Plans for one of the wide campaigns ever conducted towards active participation in a community-owned project by all residents m ma 1 . 1 f 1 got underway Monday evening When me nrst general meeting for the hospital membership drive was called. Membership drive chairman Bob Hubbard, hospital board secretary Fred Berger, and a group of committee chairmen started the ball rolling by announcing committee members which are listed below. Local Bowling Leagues Start Local sanctioned bowling got under way at the Michael Bowling Lanes this week as eight leagues started their season. Bowling on Monday evening from 7 to 9 are teams of the South Amherst league, with teams of the Eagles' league going on the same evening from 9 to 11. On Tuesday, the Legion bowls from 7 to 9 and the Holy Name from 9 to 11; Wednesday, U. S. Automatic from 7 to 9 and Class C league from 9 to 11; Thursday, Class B from 7 to 9, and Women's league from 9 to 11. The alleys are open for inde pendent bowling on Fridays, Sat urdays, and Sundays. Eastern Stars Hosts To Lodi Stone City chapter of Eastern Star will have as their guests on Wednesday evening, their sister chapter, Lodi chapter 137, of Lodi, Ohio. A program of entertainment has been , prepared and refreshments will be served by Mrs. Al-bin Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Winemiller, Mrs. George Batten-house, Mrs. N. A. Rubel, Mrs. H. R. Bring, and Mr. and Mrs. James Schulz. B. McKinlev To Head 6Rec Center' Advisory Board The first meeting of the Advis ory Board of . the "Rec Center" was held Monday evening at the Rec" hall. At this time election of officers was held with the following to officiate this season: president, Bernard McKinley; vice-president, Harold Washka;secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Gertrude Trucha. The president stated that all parents are invited to attend the meetings held by the Advisory Board at any time. The meetings are held every two months at the "Rec" hall. The next meeting will be the second Monday in No vember. Directors, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Reichert announced that the "Rec" will begi nits season starting at 7:30 Tuesday evening, September 16. The hours have been set as follows: Tuesdays 7:30 to 10:00, Fridays and Saturdays 7:30 to 11:00. AMHERST SAILOR NOW IN FLORIDA Ralph A. Nichols, seaman, sec ond class, son of F. D. Nichols, Route I, Pyle road, Amherst, is serving aboard the barracks ship, USS Marlboro, which is attached to the Florida Group of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs, Florida.' Lays Plans Drive In most complete community- Every man, woman, and child will be given unlimited opportunity under the plan as drafted, to give active participation in putting over the two-fold campaign.The official opening date for the campaign will be October 1. For fifteen days after that, the village of Amherst and surro.unding vicinity, which will include South Amherst, Brownhelm, and outlying rural areas on all sides, will hum with the excitement of acquainting all, young and old, with the operation of a commun ity-owned hospital. Memberships are not restricted to anyone. Everyone is eligible, and all members will have voting privileges. School children of all grades will aid in the campaign. Coupled iwth the activities as perform ed by the existing board and the ladies' auxiliary, businessmen, club and lodge members, professional men, and"a score of" other volunteers will assist In putting the facts on the hospital, present and future, into the hands of its owners the people of the community.Shortly after the end of the campaign, in which a concertel effort will be made to get all community residents of voting age to accept hospital voting memberships, the existing board of nine members will be increased to twenty-seven. These will be elected from the ranks of membership holders. At the present time, three board members are elected each year. In the future, nine will be elected each year. An executive board of five members will be elected from the twenty-sevn directors. Four quarterly meetings will be held annually. Committee members are; Publicity Joe Ignat, chairman, Dick Zilch, Jack Koontz, Jake Wilhelm, Rev. S. W. Oibrich, Art Engle, Loy Clark, Bill Guild. Drafting & Mailing J. J. Smythe, chairman, Fred Berger, Jake Durling, Mrs. Parker Baird, Mrs. Ray Bechtel, Louis Kilmer, E. C. Stiwald. Ray Ehrlich. Sam Wettrich, Clayton Springer. Auxiliary Alice Jaeger, chairman, Helen Shibley, Mrs. Carl Deeds, Hildred Brown. Club & Lodge George Walker, chairman, Harry Earl, Eddie Berger, Bill Oskim, Elmer Smith, Bill Heller, Mrs. Ray Jewett. Ministerial Rev. Vandersall, chairman, Rev. Bosse, Rev. Bol-lens, Rev. Smith, Rev. O'Hara, nev. ouser, itev. UlDFlCh, Rev. Sickal, Rev. Riggs. Industrial W. G. Nord. chair man, Paul Mori. A. NahakowsM. Professional Dr. Sehapffpr chairman, Dr. Wiseman. Atty. Goldthorpe, Dr. Mulford, Kathryn Murray. Stenographic Conrad Zilch, chairman, Margaret Foldesy, E. Zaborniak, Beverly Sprague, Ger-mane Huey, Margaret Finnegan, Libby Gerlach, Joan Brown, Barbara Tabbert, Hanna Tompkins. UNUSUAL LILACS A purple lilac bush in the yard at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Taft, Brownhelm, has been receiving much attention the past two weeks, as callers from far and near have gathered "to admire the blooms and inhale their Ira- grance, which seems more lively than when the bush bloomed in Mfly- ..-i
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Full Text | Mm EWS-1 Read The Merchants' SPECIALS On Page 2 VOL XXIX, NO. 37 AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1947 THE SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD Ami HE IMES NEWS FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOL Jkx. i By Daid Ulmbach School Doors Open On Tuesday morning, September 2, 1947, at 8:30, the Amherst Public Schools began the 1947-48 year with eight ten-minute periods. .The enrollment was 727 students. There are 271 pupils in high school with 456 pupils in the junior high and grades. Election of Class Officers Wednesday began our first full school day. In the afternoon during the last period of the day, the high school students elected their respective class officers. The seniors re-elected as their president Paul Scharff. Don Flock was chosen vice-president, and Cle-laura Towne, secretary-treasurer. The juniors elected for their president, Claude Miller;vice-president, Carol Gilliland; secretary, Kathryn Sabiers; and treasurer, Betty Grugel. Douglas Buchs was elected president of the sophomore class, with Charles Berring-ton in the office of vice-president and Margie Wagner, that ofsecretary-treasurer. The freshmen do not eiect officers until the second semester. Student Council Meets The Student Council held its first meeting of the year Thursday, at eight o'clock. Senior members are John Jewett, Jerry Menz, Mary Lou Borowicz, and Dorothy Moebius. Juniors are Lois Buser, Wayne Schnaak, Richard Sharp, and Marlene Amenhauser. Sopho more representatives are Melvin Slack, Gary Mead, Clara Lodge, and Leila Ott. Freshmen will elect later in the year. John Jewett was made president. John was the only officer elected at the first meeting. The Student Council is under Miss Steele's supervision and is active in all schrjonptivi ties throughout the year. Cheerleader Tryouts Tryouts for cheerleaders were held in the gymnasium Thursday noon. After several cheers from each group of entrants, the students went to their respective rooms and voted. As a result, this year's cheerleaders are: varsity, Betty Grugel, Lois Scheide, and Kathryn Sabiers; reserves, Isabel Auble, Norma Heyer, and Pat Gehl. Chapel Program The high school students as' sembled in the gymnasium Fri day morning for the first chapel of the year. Mary Lou Borowicz read the Scripture and led us in the Lord's Prayer, which was followed by the pledge of allegiance to the flag. The master of ceremonies, John JeweK, then took over the program, present ing the new teachers and pupils to the student body. New teachers I introduced were: Miss bchwed, commercial teacher; Miss Minor, band instructor; and Mr. Moore, vocal teacher, who was formerly a member of our faculty. A number of new students have also joined our ranks this year, David Hearn played several selections n the piano, which he dedicated to the senior class. Next, talks were given by the class presidents. The audience then enjoyed a violin solo by Miss Minor, accompanied by Mr. Moore on the piano. The program closed with the seniors filing out first, with the other classes standing. Pictures Taken Individual pictures have been taken of all grade and high school students. Everyone was smiling for the event. Librarians Appointed Girls chosen by Mrs. Shreiner for assistance in the school li brary are Ruth Frederick, Sue Stapleton, Margaret Choate, Mai' vina Kominis, Mae Roberts, Barbara Buchs, Marlene Amenhauser, Lois Buser, and Dolores Bramwell. Mixed Chorut Meets The first meeting of the mixed chorus was held Tuesday morn ing in the gymnasium, with forty members of last year's chorus present. Mr. Moore, director of and Dle Bruce Legion Post Meets To Nominate The 1948 Officers The nominating committee of the Elmer Johnson Post No. 118, report the following slate at its meeting for the election of 1948 officers Wednesday, September 3. Francjs Tompkins, commander; Ed Berger, senior vice commander; Bob Fuhrman, junior vice commander; Don Cherry, adjutant; William Robertson, finance offi cer; Fred Deiner, trustee. Nomination from the floor included Russ Kubach, commander; Bob Sanders, Jim Bauer, and Elmer Smith senior vice commander; Clyde Donnelly, trustee; Ralph Thomas, sgt.-at-arms, and Jack Blackford and George Duchsolav, chaplain. Election of officers will take place at the next meeting, September 17. Other business attended to in cluded discussion on new building addition to home which includes a basement for recreation and a one-floor addition for dancing. The present post officers and Conrad Mulder, Bernard Strauss, and George Duchsolav are to in vestigate the plans and cost of the new building project. The post also went on record in backing the high school football game schedule booklet which will be published for the season. BAND MOTHERS WILL MEET The first meeting of the Band Mothers club for the fall and winter will be held this comin Tuesday at the Evangelical par sonage on South Main street at 8 p.m. It is very important that every member be present for this first meeting. F.F.A. Safety Display Winner Now Exhibited In Amherst First place winner in the Ohio State Fair Safety display is the figure now on display in the win- the chorus this year, gave a talk about his plans, showing great enthusiasm. Tryouts for new members are being held this week. Awarding of Thespian Pint On the evening of September 8, in the gymnasium, awarding of Dins to Thespians by Mrs. Ege- andi took piace pins were re. rpivpj y.v th fnllnwine members of the class of ,47: Richard Gorm-ley, June Zipp, Chet Gall, Nancy Wettrick, Dick Fullmer, Robert Meesig, Henry Miller, and Dave Diedrick. Others to whompins will be sent are Anthony Meyer, Rosemary George, Vera Hall, Ruth Mlinarik, and Rudy Man-ichl. Mary Lou Borowicz is the only member of the speech department this year to have achieved the distinction of mem bership in the National Thespian Society. The guest speaker fo rthe eve ning was Carolyn Celano, a senior at Clearview high school, who received a scholarship to Cain Park School of the Theatre, which she attended during the past summer.Election of officers found Dave Diedrick president, Dick Fullmer vice-president, Louise Adler secretary, and June Zipp treasurer. Piano selections were played by David Hearn. Later, remarks were made by Elsie Lodge, a senior at Bowling Green. At the close of the program, lunch was served to about seventy speech students, faculty and guests. The affair was arranged by Margaret Choate, Jim Ryan, David Hearn, Martha Syrowski, Ju-lianne Woodings, and LilaBis-choff. Hospital M In Greatest Campaign Ever Launched 1047 Comets W The abore photograph picture Half-1 back Eddie Bryner (whit jereey I Football Football fans attending the Comet grid contests this season will be treated to full color programs containing line ups and data on high school gridders and their opposition. Service Discontinued The Pikey taxi service is being postponed temporarily, according to an announcement made by Paul Pikey this week. ... $OROSIS MEETS Amherst Sorosis will hold their first meeting after the summer recess, at the home of Mrs. Clayton Springer, .South Main street, Thursday evening. Mrs. Ray Jewett will assist the hostess. dow of the Amherst Hardware store. Sponsored by the county FFA, the display first took honors at the Lorain county fair in Wellington. The display attracted such interest that officials of the state fair in Columbus requested that the display be brought to Columbus for entry in the state competition.The figure and accompanying signs were constructed by Loy Clark, vocation agriculture instructor and FFA director in the county, with the aid of Art Dara-kis, of Amherst. The display will be available to the Lorain County Farm and Home Accident Prevention committee for general use and display in the county. According to W. E. ' Stuckey, farm safety specialist of the Agricultural Extension Service, the display is worthy of display in the National Safety Convention in Chicago this fall. NFORMATION FOR VETERAN8 REGARDING OHIO'S BONUS This bonus has not been passed by the state. If you want it you must register October 6th, and you must vote for it November 4th. Every member of a veteran's family who Is eligible to vote, must register and vote for the passage of this bill. AND REMEMBER January 1, 1948 Is the deadline to' reinstate Gl Insurance without physical . . you have until July 25, 1951 to get started on education under Gl Bill of Rights . . . and you have eight years to convert N8LI to a permanent policy If you applied before January 1, 1946. All veterans are entitled to emergency . treatment at all Veterans' Administration hospitals. WALT MOEBIUS 8ervlce Officer embership Drive Underway In Action vL- X"v :-.--:(. right) Comet footballer trying hiiiSt. Mary'e eleTen in firat night tcrla luck aroendthe right end of Lorala Image of the 1147 teaaon. i I ProgramsTo Be Sold Here Through the cooperation of the Amherst News-Times, the Amherst Booster club, and the Coca-Cola Bottling company, and local advertisers, these programs will be given to students at the high State Chaplain Addresses Eagles State Chaplain Galion Brewer was guest speaker t the meeting of the Eagles, Monday evening, and spoke to a large group of members. Brewer, who is also Zone Director of the 4-Horsemen campaign, directed his remarks to the securing of members and the benefits derived by them. A five-man visitation committee from the Lorain Aerie was also present. Meetings will begin at 7:30 p.m. now due to the conflicting bowling schedule, it was announced during the business meeting. Rev Ileber O'Hara Takes Pastorate At Strongsville The Reverend W. Heber O'Hara, for the past two years the minis-1 ter of the local Congregational church, has accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Congregational church at Strongsville. Reverend O'Hara and family will move to Strongsville within the coming week, and his first Sunday services there will be on the 21st. Mr. O'Hara came to the Amherst Congregational church from a four-year pastorate at the First Congregational church at Churchville, New York. The Strongsville Congregational church is a member church of the Congregational Union of Cleveland. This union is composed of thirjy-seven Cleveland area Congregational churches and is one of the most effective Con- gregation groups in the entire nation. If the proposed merger of the Congregational Christian churches and the Evangelical and Reformed church is consumated within a year as is anticipated, the Cleveland area" will have around seventy-five churches and thereby become an outstanding center of the united church. STORY HOUR The story hour for children will be held at the Amherst library again this winter. Mrs. Fred PoW' ers will tell the stories at two o'clock on Saturday afternoons during the school year. U' V --i, 'it school for sale at the games. Proceeds will go entirely to the school. This eight-page colored program will be put on sale before and during the games by students of the high school. Rotary Committee Appointments Are Made For Year Appointments to various com mittees for the local Rotary club were made this week by R. J, Mulford, president. Named to serve for the year ending next July 1 were: Program Fred Powers. Fellowship R. Hubbard, C. L. uoodspeed, John Smythe. Public Information Jack Koontz, C. C. Vandersall. Community Service Walter Nord, Conrad Zilch, James Naba kowski. Rural and Urban Roy Harr, C. H. sneil, K. Lee Menz. Club Service R. J. Ehrlich, Harry Earl. Aims & Objectives Lee Menz, Eric Nord, Ralph Prittie, S. G. wettnch Attendance Evan Nord, C. C. Vandersall, Roy Stevens. Rotary Information R. J. Mulford, Harry Earl, C. L. Good-speed.Music John Strobmeier, Ray Schaeffer, C. C. Vandersall. Crippled Children Ray Wasem, Harry Earl, Lloyd Bahler, Bob Stevens, Fred Berger. Auditing Roy Berrington, Wm. Barber, S. G. Wettrich. Classification F. M. Sponsel-ler, J. Ignat, Conrad Zilch. International Walter G. Nord, Roy Schaeffer. Officers of the club are: President, R. J. Mulford; vice-president, C. L. Goodspeed:secretary-treasurer, Harry Earl; chaplain, C. C. Vandersall;sgt.-at-arms, Bob Stevens. 144 Chest X-Rays Taken At Fair 144 miniature chest x-rays were taken by the Lorain County Tuberculosis and Health Association at the Lorain County Fair in Wellington, recently. Reports from these have just been received from the doctor and are being mailed out. The reports will go directly to the in dividuals. The doctor's diagnosis, made from these films indicate that 139 had negative readings and five persons will require re-check on large films fur further study. This is in line with what was found in the over 7,000 miniature films taken by the association in factories and schools during the past year. Committee For Ail-Out Amherst And Vicinity Plans for one of the wide campaigns ever conducted towards active participation in a community-owned project by all residents m ma 1 . 1 f 1 got underway Monday evening When me nrst general meeting for the hospital membership drive was called. Membership drive chairman Bob Hubbard, hospital board secretary Fred Berger, and a group of committee chairmen started the ball rolling by announcing committee members which are listed below. Local Bowling Leagues Start Local sanctioned bowling got under way at the Michael Bowling Lanes this week as eight leagues started their season. Bowling on Monday evening from 7 to 9 are teams of the South Amherst league, with teams of the Eagles' league going on the same evening from 9 to 11. On Tuesday, the Legion bowls from 7 to 9 and the Holy Name from 9 to 11; Wednesday, U. S. Automatic from 7 to 9 and Class C league from 9 to 11; Thursday, Class B from 7 to 9, and Women's league from 9 to 11. The alleys are open for inde pendent bowling on Fridays, Sat urdays, and Sundays. Eastern Stars Hosts To Lodi Stone City chapter of Eastern Star will have as their guests on Wednesday evening, their sister chapter, Lodi chapter 137, of Lodi, Ohio. A program of entertainment has been , prepared and refreshments will be served by Mrs. Al-bin Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Winemiller, Mrs. George Batten-house, Mrs. N. A. Rubel, Mrs. H. R. Bring, and Mr. and Mrs. James Schulz. B. McKinlev To Head 6Rec Center' Advisory Board The first meeting of the Advis ory Board of . the "Rec Center" was held Monday evening at the Rec" hall. At this time election of officers was held with the following to officiate this season: president, Bernard McKinley; vice-president, Harold Washka;secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Gertrude Trucha. The president stated that all parents are invited to attend the meetings held by the Advisory Board at any time. The meetings are held every two months at the "Rec" hall. The next meeting will be the second Monday in No vember. Directors, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Reichert announced that the "Rec" will begi nits season starting at 7:30 Tuesday evening, September 16. The hours have been set as follows: Tuesdays 7:30 to 10:00, Fridays and Saturdays 7:30 to 11:00. AMHERST SAILOR NOW IN FLORIDA Ralph A. Nichols, seaman, sec ond class, son of F. D. Nichols, Route I, Pyle road, Amherst, is serving aboard the barracks ship, USS Marlboro, which is attached to the Florida Group of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs, Florida.' Lays Plans Drive In most complete community- Every man, woman, and child will be given unlimited opportunity under the plan as drafted, to give active participation in putting over the two-fold campaign.The official opening date for the campaign will be October 1. For fifteen days after that, the village of Amherst and surro.unding vicinity, which will include South Amherst, Brownhelm, and outlying rural areas on all sides, will hum with the excitement of acquainting all, young and old, with the operation of a commun ity-owned hospital. Memberships are not restricted to anyone. Everyone is eligible, and all members will have voting privileges. School children of all grades will aid in the campaign. Coupled iwth the activities as perform ed by the existing board and the ladies' auxiliary, businessmen, club and lodge members, professional men, and"a score of" other volunteers will assist In putting the facts on the hospital, present and future, into the hands of its owners the people of the community.Shortly after the end of the campaign, in which a concertel effort will be made to get all community residents of voting age to accept hospital voting memberships, the existing board of nine members will be increased to twenty-seven. These will be elected from the ranks of membership holders. At the present time, three board members are elected each year. In the future, nine will be elected each year. An executive board of five members will be elected from the twenty-sevn directors. Four quarterly meetings will be held annually. Committee members are; Publicity Joe Ignat, chairman, Dick Zilch, Jack Koontz, Jake Wilhelm, Rev. S. W. Oibrich, Art Engle, Loy Clark, Bill Guild. Drafting & Mailing J. J. Smythe, chairman, Fred Berger, Jake Durling, Mrs. Parker Baird, Mrs. Ray Bechtel, Louis Kilmer, E. C. Stiwald. Ray Ehrlich. Sam Wettrich, Clayton Springer. Auxiliary Alice Jaeger, chairman, Helen Shibley, Mrs. Carl Deeds, Hildred Brown. Club & Lodge George Walker, chairman, Harry Earl, Eddie Berger, Bill Oskim, Elmer Smith, Bill Heller, Mrs. Ray Jewett. Ministerial Rev. Vandersall, chairman, Rev. Bosse, Rev. Bol-lens, Rev. Smith, Rev. O'Hara, nev. ouser, itev. UlDFlCh, Rev. Sickal, Rev. Riggs. Industrial W. G. Nord. chair man, Paul Mori. A. NahakowsM. Professional Dr. Sehapffpr chairman, Dr. Wiseman. Atty. Goldthorpe, Dr. Mulford, Kathryn Murray. Stenographic Conrad Zilch, chairman, Margaret Foldesy, E. Zaborniak, Beverly Sprague, Ger-mane Huey, Margaret Finnegan, Libby Gerlach, Joan Brown, Barbara Tabbert, Hanna Tompkins. UNUSUAL LILACS A purple lilac bush in the yard at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Taft, Brownhelm, has been receiving much attention the past two weeks, as callers from far and near have gathered "to admire the blooms and inhale their Ira- grance, which seems more lively than when the bush bloomed in Mfly- ..-i |
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