The Amherst news-times (Amherst, Ohio), 1948-03-04

              -K. ; .'. .'-I-.: Amherst News-Times VOL. XXX, NO. 10 AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1948 THE SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD The Scout Committee Meets, Approves Reorganization Sponsors and officials of the local Boy Scout troop No. 122 met at the town hall last Thursday night for a Charter Review meeting.Request of Scoutmaster D. R. Goldthorpe to reorganize the com-w) mittee was Teceived favorabtt and the committee went ahead on preparations for the reorganization.The Chamber of Commerce will select a sponsoring member to , act with the new troop commit- teemen in carrying out scouting H, work. The new committee will be reduced in number from ten to five members, with appointments 1 being made from the Chamber of Commerce. Those in attendance at the meeting included Scoutmaster D. R. Goldthorpe, Scout Commissioner "Vic Hochenbroch from Lorain, Firelands Area Scout Executive James Graham, and Harold Washka, Ray Ehrlich, and Roy Harr, troop committeemen. Buy Easter Seals . . . m m w m R. Wasem Reports Easter Seal Sales Are Satisfactory The returns of the first few days of the 1948 Easier Seal campaign in Amherst and vicinity have been satisfactory, Ray Wasem, chairman of the drive, reports.The annual Easter Seal sale, in which the Amherst Rotary club Joins, is a ation-wide drive to provide funds for service and treatment to handicapped persons, Wasem stated. The Amherst Rotary club is one of the more than 2,000 member units of the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults and an affiliate of the Ohio Society for Crippled Children. Wasem stated that at the present time there are sixteen crippled children in Amherst and vicinity who have or will receive direct aid from the local Easter " Seal sale. The only condition for thi shelp, he added, is a valid need not met by any othw -agen cy. J. J. McKce To Address P.T.A. Monday Evening Mr. J. J. McKee, Lorain, will be the speaker Monday evening when the local P.T.A. holds their regular meeting. Mr. McKee has chosen as his topic: "Proper Fit-'fling of Children's Shoes." After his talk there will be a short session devoted to questions and answers on the topic. Entertainment will be furnished by the Girls Sextet and the Varsity singers. The Girl's Sextet Includes Diane Tabbert, Mary Lou B 0 r 0 w i c z , Nanck Kaser Dorothy Moebius, Carol Vander-sall, and Martha Syrowski. Mem-here of the Varsity singers are: T'aul Scharff, Jerry Menz, Jack Jewett, and Don Flock. The meeting will start' at 7 30 in the high school auditorium. FIRST ROBIN First robin of the year reported to the News-Times office landed in town last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. LaRue Biddinger, Long Street. WMrs. Biddinger reported that the robin was around their home all Saturday afternoon and again on Sunday. Miss Corrine and Hugh Finni-gan returned this week from Hot Springs, Arkansas LICENSE PLATES NOW ON SALE Board Vetoes CPA Action Requested By Council Board of Public Affairs held their regular meeting Monday night to discuss routine business and act upon the council request for CPA care of light plant books and further action on clearer fi nancial statements than those council stated that the were given for study in relation to pay raise requests from the board, was halted when by a two to one vote the board decided against the council action. Negative action on the council request was voted by members uui'il and Barber while secretary of the board, William Guild, voted for the council request. A letter stating the stand of the board wa sread and passed. This letter was also read at the Tuesday night council meeting. GIRL SCOUTS CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY OF GROUP -- Vf---v ) Calendar of Events - FRIDAY Evangelical Guild at the home of Florence Lang, Middle street. ' MONDAY Amehrst Aerie of Eagles in the Eagles home Boy Scouts at the Rec Center in the evening Girl ScouTs after school in the Rec Center Lutheran Layman's league in the Lutheran church Zeta Zeta chapter of Sigma Phi home of Pam Waverick P.T.A. in the school auditorium Rotary in Methodist church TUESDAY American Legion auxiliary in the Legion home Stonington Lodge in the Masonic building WEDNESDAY Home Extension in the Grange hall THURSDAY Noon-Day club at St. Joseph's school Sorosis at the home of Mrs. James Bruce Amherst Aerie of Eagles auxiliary in Eagles' home Wesley Smith gets the first lo cal license plate sold by Margaret Bartish at the L A L garage, in town. Rotary Plans For Annual Banquet For A.H.S. Band Plans for the third annual banquet sponsored by the local Ro tary club for the Amherst high school band were announced this week by Harry Earl, secretary. Set for Thursday evening, April 1, the banquet will be held at the high school auditorium, with the dinner being prepared by Ro tary-Anns and served by Rotar- ians. George Bird, entertainment director for the Cleveland Browns, will be the main speaker. Also on the program will be the football picture "Meet the Browns." Members of the high school band will be guests at the ban quet. Amherst Girl Scouts enjoy a birthday banquet tureen style at Rec Center on Monday night. Local Girl Scouts Celebrate Group's 38th Anniversary The local Girl Scouts celebrated the 38th birthday of the organization with a tureen dinner party . The party was held Monday evening in the Rec. center. Fifty girls were present at the dinner which was served on tables decorated with red candles and girl scout silouettes. The main table was decorated with a large cake frosted in green and decorated with the scout emblem, made by Mrs. Eddie Menz. The decoration committee had decorated the walls with girl scout cut outs and the words "Happy Birthday." After dinner the girls sang scout songs in a group. A short play entitled "Cinderella" was given by the entertainment committee, which Included: Beverly Kothe, Sally Haas, Rita Lucclo, Shirley Slack, Marlene Gcrron, IN AMHERST I ' - ' School Bus Plans Discussed Monday Main topic of discussion at the Board of Education meeting held Tuesday night at the high school was the question of contracting for school bus transportation or purchasing of buses by the board and the hiring of drivers. The problem of purchasing of school buses was brought out by the factor of outside subsidization by state for such a purchase. Advertising for bids was ap proved, requesting figures for both types of school bus opera tion. The coming retirement of Miss Maud Neiding, Amherst town librarian, necessitated some action on the part of the library board, part of which met with the school board. Decision was made to seek a temporary librarian to take Miss Neiding's place until a permanent position could be arranged.SCHOOL NEWS- Amherst is included in the 24 schools enrolled in the AU-Lorain county solo and ensemble competition. It will be held in Clear-view high school all day Saturday.Three judges will be present: D. Ernest Manring, Cleveland: Thelbcrt Evans. Lakewood, and Elizabeth Harmony, from Cleveland Heights. Contestants from Amherst are: Elaine Rubel, clarinet solo; Leila Ott, piano solo; Maxine Garthe, french horn solo, and a clarinet quartet, Elaine Rubel, Leila Ott, Lavonne Mueller, and Eleanor Dute. Beth Stevens and Lois Kimichiak. "Rememberance'" was sung by Nancy Sharp, Beth Stevens, Susan Kane and Kathleen Wilhelm. Doreen Lang read a story and the audience participated in acting it out. The next meeting of the girl scouts will be a regular meeting held at the Rec center after school Monday, March 8th. Recently Mary Durling has been appointed as reporter for the Girl Scouts. i- 1 . rrr.Jl, Dispense With Clerical Help Over Mayor's, Clerk's The long fought out discussion over the council's program to cut out assistant clerks for the village mayor and clerk was officially terminated Tuesday night when GOP-minded solons officially did away with all stenographic help for both of the above positions. Council's party platform sions have been in progress promise being effected. The original hiring of a stenographer I for the office of village clerk was an attempt by the previous councils to effect a wage raise a clerk s salary while in office is Miller offered little comment except that he felt that the amount of time he was forced to spend on village business plus the clerical work needed heavily overweighted the work and salary balances. Mayor Kane curtly explained that he had not entered office on the basis of aclerk-stenographer and that Amherst citizens had hired him as mayor, and not for bookkeeping and typing. He further added that the loss of a clerk for his office work would entail a financial loss through court receipts to the village, stat ing that for the previous year an expenditure of $480 for a steno grapher's services was far overbalanced by a receipt of $2,700 in fine receipts. The crux of the court receipts argument lay in an earlier promise that he could not type up the legal forms and make the financial entries on the village records. Parking Resolution Adopted Village parking problems were given positive action with a motion to accept, in principle, a petition favored program from the Chamber of Commerce. The parking solution offered by the Chamber will be incorporated into an ordinance with appro priate regulations and penal'.a being Incorporated into the law. This ordinance will be ready for reading at the next meeting of the council. Discussion arose over an acceptable solution, and the decision to avoid parking meter installation until the plan suggested by the merchants was tried out for workability was agreed upon by the solons. The merchants' plan will jnake for two - hour parking on the north side of Park avenue from the square east to the post office. On the south side of Park avenue, fifteen-minute parking will be enforced. South Main street, Church street, from Cleveland avenue to Tenney avenue, will have two-hour parking limits. All present diagonal and parallel parking procedures will continue to be in effect. Board Criticized Members of the Board of Public Affairs were sharply criticized by council for failure to take action on the council request for what they termed a complete financial picture of the operation of the municipal light plant, and failure of the Board to accept the proposal that a certified public accountant be retained to overhaul the present bookkeeping system with a CPA set of figures (balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other tabulations of operating costs). Council re fused to act on the wage raise requests on the basis of the fi-gues now in their hands, which they claim inadequate. Council decided to table CPA action in i view of the awkwardness of a situation which would put the council in the role of a group hiring an accounting firm to audit books under the auspices of the Board of Public Affairs. The board had decided against the council requests at their Monday night meeting when they voted two to one against the suggestion. In a letter to council, the board stated that the figures given council were the only ones the group had to offer, and if the council desired CPA action they would have to hire their own accountants. The situation is now at a standstill. Plant Repairs Run High In a report to the solons, superintendent Henry Gordon told council of the two plans which could be followed to effect repairs of the present sewage dis posal plant, the projects running from an estimated $3,450 for re placement of the present setup to $5,980 for what Gordon termed a more serviceable and longer lasting Installation. Sewer Headaches Aired Storm water drainage problems VA T ,vn stipulated the removal of between the solons, the mayor fo rthe village clerk, as raising not legal by law. from Shupe avenue residents were not within council's action, according to the findings of the solons' sewer committee. They claimed that a natural drainage ditch in that area had been completely closed off by the con struction work of the Hutton property, and that Hutton had closed off this natural waterway without making provision for the water to drain properly. The council stated that catch basins would be installed in the area, but that Hutton would have to make the tile or ditch drainage around or through his property himself. Action on the storm water problem adjacent and through Floyd Herkler's proper the Wottring allotment was withheld RED CROSS DONATIONS All clubs -and organizations are asked to make their contributions to the Red Cross as soon as" possible In order to slear up house-to-house canvassing details. All donations can be made to any member of the Amherst Junior Women's League or to drive chairman William Guild. Membership cards In the Red Cross cost $1.00, although any donation will be gladly accepted, according to Guild. March 15 is the closing date, and with but two weeks, chairman Guild has requested that after Herkler appeared at council and contested the decision of the sewer committee which after a preliminary examination decided the drainage problem was a private property matter and not one for the village. Herkler and the committee along with the village engineer and solicitor will confer Saturday on the issue. Two residents of Milan avenue, Charles Strehle and Rank Solak, denied the benefits of the proposed sewer on South Lake street and Strehle accused the water situation across their lots and property would not be settle, blaming the water situation on overflow from the settling basins on the cut stone property area. Council decided to make investigations of the cut stone hazard as stated by Strehle and Solak, and if the finding proves the company at fault, their own repairs on the situation will have to be made. Annexation Ordinance Solicitor Goldthorpe read the ordinance annexing the South Main street property and it was passed in one reading by council This ordinance will now go to the county commissioner office and upon acceptance there, will become law. Communication from the Board of Public Affairs stated that the fire siren on the square would be hooked up as soon as council furnished money or the materials for the job. Solicitor Goldthorpe was instructed to contact the Bureau of Supervision of Public Offices for a decision on the go-ahead of a municipal light plant bookkeeping audit by a certified public SPEAKS TO PYTHIANS Leo Schenk, Cleveland, spoke on "Pythianism" at the regular meeting of the Nights of Pythias Monday evening. During the evening Henry Nei-ger, secretary of Jan Ben Jan temple of Dramatic Order of the Night Karassan, Cleveland, reported that a Supreme Lodge ral ly will be held in Toledo May 22. nr Tllcrnto. Protests said clerks and long discus and a clerk with no com ar n accountant. Action on and air marking job for town building was pigeonholed until clarification on the legal aspects can be determined. According to council history, a communication of some two years ago insinuated that such markings are law, but no follow up of the matter has arrived until the let ter of prices from the air marking company was read to the group last night. The other gun was delivered to the town and will be installed ort the opposite side of the square-from the present gun's location. Council decided after discus ser . ti) f otitimif with tree branch removals if the job could be han dled by the street department without undue time and expense. Actually tree removal will have to be undertaken financially by individual property owners in the future. Requested tree trimming on Spring and Tenney avenues will be checked for action, along with the request of C. J. Ehrman for authority to remove two trees in front of his property on 'Lincoln street. The New York Central railroad is also to be notified to make repair.; on the handrail of the Jackson street bridge. Mayor's, clerk's, and treasurer's reports were read and approved. Band Mothers Prepare For Annual Concert Amherst Band Mothers are be ginning to prepare for the annual concert. The date for the concert has been announced as April 30. With the proceeds, the band mothers received from serving the Republican dinner, they purchased the band a new baritone horn and have a French horn on order. Complete Plans For Cof C Dinner Plans were completed this week for the annual dinner meeting of the Amherst Chamber of Commerce, scheduled for next Monday evening at St. Joseph's school hall at 6:30. Main speaker for the evening will be Mack Sauer, southern Ohio weekly newspaper publisher and widely known as an interesting speaker. R. J. Ehrlich, president, has announced that the business session will be Short, only long enough to include necessary re- ports and election of three members to the board of directors. ' Tickets may be procured from Conrad Zilch, William Robertson, R. J. Ehrlich, C. L, Goodspeed, or Ralph Prittie. GRADUATE3 AS NURSE Francis Haas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Haas, Jackson street, was graduated from the M. B. Johnson School of Nursing. Miss Haas was one of 17 students to graduate Sunday afternoon at the Grace Lutheran church, Elyria. I i