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AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY,   JUNE   3,   1020.
"SANDSTONE CENTER OP THE WORLD-
SERVICES IMPRESSIVE
HUNDREDS TURN OUT TO HONOR
SOLDIER OP THREE WARS
a, SUNDAY.
Amherst observed pecoratlon day
on Sunday, May 30, and one of the
largest crowds ever atten'dlng a celebration of thla sort In this city waa
present to witness the services. The
affairs of the day started at 1:30
o'clock. The parade formed at the
town hall and macrbed east on Cleveland avenue to the Cleveland avenue
cemetery where abort services were
held and tbe graves of all dead heroea
of the Civil, Spanish-American and
World wars were decorated. From
here the procession countermarched
on Cleveland avenue and then up
Spring street to Park avenue and
straight to Crownhlll cemetery where
ahort services were again held and
the graves of all veterans burled there
were decorated. The parade was one.
of the largest ever In line ori any celebration held here. The parade was
led by the Lorain city band and in
line after this came the public school
children, who had the largest attendance In years, the K. of P.'s, the Civil
and Spanish-American war veterans,
the Maccabeea, the Amherst city band,
the Ameslcan Legion in uniform, the
Pythian Sisters, and a largo number
ot people in automobiles.
The music furnished by the Amherst
and Lorain bands was the best In
years and added spirit to the occasion.
After the parade had been to both
cemeteries, services were held at the
band stand. Rev. Neumister opened
the services with a short prayer, after
which Mayor Smythe called the roll
ot the Civil and Spanish American
War veterans. There are not many of
these left but those tbat were present
on this ocaslon were glad to see the
feeling manifested by the people for
the cause for which they fought.
After the roll call the Mayor Introduced the speaker of the day, Attorney
Charles Adams of Lorain. Mr. Adams
gave a fine talk wblch was very Inspiring to everyone who heard him.
Mr. Adams expressed his views of
of tbe American flag very emphatic-
lly. He refered to an Americans duty
to the flag and the principles for
which it stands. He spoke of the significance of the day and the hardships
which someone had to go through to
have us enjoy freedom. Mr. Adams
said that a great number of people
do not honor the veterans of the different wars as they should. Every
soldier is entitled to respect and every time we pass a veteran of one of
our wars, whether Civil, Spanish-
American or of the late war, we should
realize just how much we owe to him
and although we will never be able to
pay this debt to him, we should do
all we can to pay In a part of what
he has done for us.
Few people look toward the flag as
they should and few people know the
rules thoroughly regarding Its use
and care, said Mr. Adams. We must
realize that the American flag has
never suffered a defeat and we must
respect it as it should be respected
or we should never expect to be protected by it. There was once a stain
upon the flag, the stain of slavery,
but this was taken off through the
sacrifice of a large number of men
and now after all the fighting this
country has gone through to make
our flag respected in every country
on the face of the earth we should
do all we can to preserve it and make'
the people in this country as in other
countries understand the principles
for which the American flag stands
and the things we must do to protect
it. Mr. Adams' talk as a whole was
very impressive and very forceful and
was enjoyed by everyone.
Rev. Hunter also spoke In behalf
of the Memorial committee on the
subject of erecting a suitable memorial for the men of the world war.
The plans now are to erect a building which can be used as a community house and American Legion club
rooms and which can be dedicated to
the* American   Legion.'  '
Before this can be done the people
of Amherst must express their willingness to co-operate in a thing of
this sort and Rev. Hunter's speech
was simply to show us what is being
planned and to get everyone interested in tbe project.
Citizens who wish to do their duty
should donate liberally to this cause
to show these boys who went and
fought how much their work Is appreciated.
The members of the local troup of
Boy Scouts Journeyed to Vermilion
Friday night where they enjoyed
camping over night and on Saturday
they Ashed along the Vermilion river.
The Scouts have learned a great deal
about campcraft in their training as
Boy Scouts and were able to use
some of their knowledge on this occasion. Almost all of the members
were present and they were accompanied by their Scout master, R. II.
Johnson.
CHAUTAUQUA HERE
JULY 28 TU AUG.2
AMHERST TO HAVE REDPATH FOR
FIRST  TIME—COMMITTEE
AT WORK.
N  THE  WAY !
Amherst is to have chautauqua
week this year from July 28 to Aug.
2 Inclusive. The dates have Just been
arranged and a line program has been
secured.
The people of Amherst are to enjoy
the Redpath chautauqua. This Is the
first year that this chautauqua has
been in Amherst and It Is sure to
please. In other years the Lincoln
chautauqua has furnished the entertainment and was in every way satisfactory, but since its lust appearance
here the Redpath has taken over
some of the contracts of the Lincoln
and Is now endeavoring to All the
engagements and will have an altogether new variety of entertainment.
The local committee is doing all
It can to make this affair a success
and the Redpath people promise one
of the best programs ever put on by
any chautauqua bureau. However,
this alone will not make chautauqua
week a success. Even a program of
headllners and a local committee that
knows how to do things cannot make
the week a success unless every person In the community does all In his
power to help the thing along.
Tbe Redpath people have on their
circuit some of the finest musical
talent In the country and lecturers
and speakers that are known the
world over. In addition to this they
have some of the most capable playground Instructors tor the children
that can be secured. With all these
attractions the chautauqua is sure to
be a success.
CUUNTY S. S. ASSOCIATION SEEKS RECORD
WORKING   FOR    DISTINCTION    AS
"FRONT     LINE    COUNTY"
IN STATE.
JUNIORS HAVE PICNIC
The members of the Junior class of
the high school enjoyed a picnic at
the lake Thursday ufternoon. The
trip was made by auto and almost
all Ihe members were present. The
afternoon wus spent in bathing and
games nnd at supper time a lunch
was served which consisted of the
usual eatables on nn occasion of this
kind. The party returned home at
a  lute hour.
T/TV<e»A*>S    —
26 GRADUATE
FROM HIGH SCHOOL
TWO    OF    CLA88    ORATE—W.
WENNER  GIVE PRACTICAL
ADDRE88.
E.
CARD OF THANKS.
A card of thanks to those who so
cheerfully sent their heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family, and
aent flowers with their expressions ot
sympathy, also to Rev. Egll for his
comforting words, also to the American Legion and Eagles' lodges, and
to our many friends and neighbors
In the lose of our son and brother.
MRS. DORA SCHMAUCH
.    '       AND FAMILY.
Mrs. Heathcote underwent an oper
atlon at the Amherst hospital Tuesday.
One of the features of the recent
County Sunday School convention at
Lorain was an outline of a proposed
county program by the president ot
the association. It was made clear
that to 'properly promote religioue
education In accordance with the ideas
of the best, authorities on the subject, a systematic scheme or organization was necessary to correlate
the various state and'county organizations with the individual schools. As
a detail of the plan it was urged that
there be a sub-division of* the county
into district organizations so that tbe
plans of the state organization may
thereby be made available to each of
the Individual schools, an accomplishment .quite impossible through the
county organization as such.
It was further pointed out that the
organization within the districts of
the county should follow the general
scheme of organization of the state
and county associations which, in addition to the usual general officers
involves classifying the work under
superintendents of four divisions,
namely, children's, young people's,
hdult and educational. With every
county district organized along these
lines, there would be constituted a
group ot representative committees,
each headed by the county division
superintendent, making it quite possible to carry out any plan of effort
that might he decided upon by the
county organization.
Following the hearty endorsement
ot the above scheme of organization,
Lorain county was sub-divided into
seven districts and a series of district conferences was held at which
temporary organizations were effected.
Two of these districts, namely, the
helm districts have since formed permanent organisations and are holding
district conventions this spring. The
completion of the organisation within
the other districts of the county Is
being promoted aa rapidly as possible.
At a recent meeting of the executive committee of the County Sunday
School association a definite aim for
the year's work was officially approved, it being deolded that every
effort should be made to obtain for
Lorain county the recognition termed
by Ihe state association a "front line
county." This necessitates, in addition to varloua requirements which
have already been met, that the county be completely organised Into dls-
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The graduating exercises of the Senior class of Amherst high school were
held Wednesday night, June 2 at the
town hall. 26 members were in the
graduating class and at eight o'clock
they filed down the aisle to the stage
where they were seated during the
exercises.
The urogram was opened with a
selection by the home orchestra after
which Rev. Hunter invoked the blessing of Ood. 'the Olee club showed
Its ability by rendering Bella Napoli
and Welcome Pretty Primrose Folwer.
Stanley Hart, class choice speaker,
gave the first oration of the evening.
His subject was "What Shall We Do
With the Foreigner." In the oration
Mr. Hart gave several Instances which
show us how the foreigners is treated
In this country and showed how these
things lead to the unrest among the
foreigners here today. He told what
we should do to make them like America and to do things for this country
instead of against It.
Miss Louise Bauman, valedictorian,
was the next speaker. Her subject
wus "Women in Industry," and was
an especially well chosen subject for
the present time. She showed how
women have done everything In the
world war much to some people's surprise and that now some people think
women should go back to the old way
of living but the women are showing
that they are just as capable In peace
as In war and will not go back to prewar conditions. Her ideas in regard
to women In industry were very interesting and  instructive.
The Home orchestra rendered another selection at this time after
which Supt. Fred Powers introduced
the main speaker of the evening, Hon.
W. E. Wenner, Supt. of schools at
Ashtabula Harbor and. member of the
state legislature. Mr. Wenner spoke
on many things occurring in everyday life and talked about tbem in relation to the graduates and the work
which they will take up. He also complimented the class speakers on the
subjects which they had chosen and
said they -were good because of the
fact that  they are practical.
•Miss War, supervisor ot music in
the schools, gave a, vocal solo after
which Supt. F. R. Powers presented
the class and F. O. Delbridge, president of the board ot education presented the diplomas.. Rev. M. Neumeister   pronounced   the   benediction.
COUNCIL HAS REGULAR MEETING
A regular meeting a* the village
council was held Tuesday at the council chamber. Many Important things
were  brought  up and  discussed.
The firemen asked that their fund
be Increased |B0 per year which increase Is to pay the aalary of a Janitor to look after the truck and Are
apparatus. This was granted and a
janitor  will he hired.
The only other thing of interest was
the passing of an ordinance (or the
laying of a sidewalk on the west side
of Axtell street from Cleveland avenue to the Cleveland Southwestern
railway.
There were several minor matters
that have been under discussion for
some time the facts of which have
been given before, but no action was
taken. After the business had been
transacted the meeting was adjourned.
THURSDAY LAST
DAY OF SCHOOL
PLANS BEING MADE TO ENLARGE
SCHOOL 8PACE FOR NEXT
YEAR'S WORK.
CONFERENCE HERE
NEXT WEEK
ST.
PETER'S EVANGELICAL
ENTERTAIN SYNOD FOR
FIVE DAYS.
TO
FUNERAL SERVICES
OF A. E. HARDER HELD
N.  RIDGE    FARMER    SUCCUMBS—
CHRISTIAN   8CIENCE   SERVICE  HELD.
W. G. SHARP SPOKE
AT S. AMHERST MON.
trict associations, that each ot these
associations hold an annual convention, that cradle rolls be established
In 50 per cent of the co-operating
schools, home departments In 30 per
cent, organized adult classes In 25
per cent and teacher training classes
In 30 per cent. The requirements
which have already been met are the
following: The county is organized
and has held Its county convention,
Its statistical report has been rendered
to the state ofllce and its apportionment for the year has been paid.
The next Important event in the
state Sunday School work is tbe annual convention of the state association to be held in Hamilton, June 22-
25 and the county is quite certain of
being well represented. The county
president, and secretary have been
.elected by the executive committee
as official delegates and Miss Marie
Mueller, superintendent ot the county
young people's division Is to appear
several times on the state program.
A systematic effort is being made
throughout the county to obtain other
delegatea and any Sunday School
workers who are planning to attend
are urged to obtain delegates' credentials from the county secretary,
Peter A. Becker, Amherst, Ohio.
School was dismissed Thursday afternoon and the children will now enjoy, three months vacation until school
is resumed again next fall. The
schools this year have had more in
attendance than any other year up to
this time and more are constantly
coming in every year.
This year there were 26 in the
graduating class and at the beginning
ot this year about 60 children entered
the first grade. This means that
there must be something done to
make room for the Increase.
Much has been said in the past few
months about the need of a school
building. This need is very evident
and although the school bond Issue
was defeated, here several years ago
the people of Amherst will probably
have a chance to redeem themselves
this summer. At tbls time another
vote will be taken on the subject ot
a school bond issue. The citizens of
Amherst surely realise the need for
higher education fo rtheir children
and this higher education cannot be
given them with the crowded conditions which now exist. A township
school ha3 been talked of but nothing
definite has been decided. The only
logical location is Amherst, but this
has not been approved by the township board. If a township school can
not be built a smaller school will be
built which will accommodate the
children of the village only.
Another thing which is to be voted
on this summer Is the extra tax levy
of 2 mills for the maintenance of our
schools. Last year this waa voted on
and carried, but It was only for one
year and will run out this summer.
This Increase wus to enable the school
officials to pay the teachers a higher
salary tnil to enable them to get the
right kind of teachers to teach our
boys und girls.
Tho two things will benefit the people of Amherst very much and will
prove even a greater benefit to their
children and should be supported by
every citizen of the town.
The annual conference of the Ohio
dsltrlct of the Evangelical Synod of
North America will be held for live
days starting Thursday of next week
Juno 10. The conference will be held
at St. Peter's Evangelical church.
The opening services will he held at
the church no Thursday at 7:30 o'clock
und ufter that services will be held
every morning, afternoon and evening until the end of the conference,
except Saturduy when there will be
no^voning service. All services will
be conducted in  English.
The speakers for the occiision are
among the best known In the Eviin-
getical church world and the thoughts
they will bring to those who attend
the conference will be beneficial to
everyone.
On Thursday night, the opening duy.
the Rev. Mr. Lehman will address
the audience. The Rev. Mr. Schmidt
of Van Wert, O., will deliver the address on Friday evening. There will
be Sunday School on Sunduy morning
at 9:15 as usual und at this time there
will be two good speakers. The regular morning services will be held SI
10:30. The Rev. Mr. Klenle of Mansfield will occupy the pulpit.
On Sunduy afternoon at 2 o'clock
a separate convention will be held.
This Is a meeting of all Ihe delegutes
of the district brotherhoods. This
will also be held in St. Peter's church.
The speakers in the evening ure to
be the Rev. Mr. Ateelo of Elllston,
O., and the Rev. Mr. Wulstnan of
j Cleveland. On the closing day, Monday, the Uev. Mr. Itugue of New Bremen, OC, will be the principle speuker.
The Rev. Mr. Egll suld that ubout
60 or 70 ministers are expected to
attend the convention and about 50
delegates.
The conference sessions are open
to everyone and the people of this
town ar welcome to attend. There
will be god music in all services and
special music for the occasion.
All the men will be entertained by
the people of St. Peter's church and
dinner and supper will be served In
the church parolrs. This Is done to
get the men together and give them
more of u  chance to get  acquainted.
Rev. Lindenmeier, a former pastor
here, is president of the district conference nud will attend the convention. Pres. Qen. J. llaltzer will also
bo in attendance and severul more
officers of the generul synod.
VISITOR  A8KS AID OF
CATHOLIC8 IN TALK SUNDAY
At the Catholic church Sunday
morning the pastor of the Church at
Ram, Ohio, a small town near Toledo,
was present and gave a ahort talk.
Rum was almost completely destroyed
by a tornado some time ago and the
pastors talk was in the form ot an
appeal to his fellow men to help their
Catholic brothers and relieve the distress in the stricken town. After the
talk contributions were asked for.
NIGHT FOR  BAND
DANCE ALM08T  HERE
Pinal prepurution has been made
for the the big dunce to be given by
the Amherst City Hand. The dunce
is for the benefit of the band and
reports coming in now insure the success of the affair. The Bund showed
the people of Amherst what they could
do and Ihe people saw Ihul they ure
worthy of support. The bund has
been trying to keep togelhr for the
last two or three years, but have not
hud the heurty support of the townspeople they should huve. This year
the band Is bigger und better than
ever und from present indlcutlons will
be something of which Amherst can
be proud. Oood music hus been secured for the occasion und all the
members of the bund ure working to
make this u big thing. The Amherst
people should lend their help und assist  the bund  in every  posslb'o  wuy.
NEW    MONUMENT    UNVEILED   IN
PRESENCE    OF     LARGE
CROWD.
The Memorial day celebration that
took place In South Amherst Monday
wus Indeed un Interesting und appropriate affair. Soldiers of three wurs
were honored on that occasion and
a very titling program was carried
out
The parade came first In the afternoon when the soldiers, Civil war,veteran Thomas Swain, the village officials, lodges and other organizations
took purt. The order in which they
tnurcheil Is as follows: Soldiers and
sailors. Civil und Spanish war veterans .and widows, speakers, mayor,
chaplain and vllluge officials of South
Amherst and Amhersi. Royul Neighbors. Woodmen, band, Swiss lodge
Security lleneflt association. Hungarian lodge, Foresters of America and
BOBOOl < hildren.
The Speaking Program.
The parade ended at the squure and
Immediately the program begun at
the speakers' stand thai had been
built   ou   Ihe   village   property.
After a few introductory remarks
by Muyor Arthur Engle in which he
muile reference to the Importance of
the occasion he asked C. O. Musters
to leud in singing two stunzas of
America.
A large flag which was hung from
I wire and draped around the new
soldier monument near the speakers'
platform was unfurled und the beautiful monument with its bronze tub-
lets stood before the eyes of the spectators In all It* niajerfty. The soldiers
who were seated on ihe plutform were
proud lo see thut monument because
of lis significance in commemorating
the memory of those men living and
dead who gave their services to the
government in the lute struggle for
democrucy. The fathers and mothers
were proud to see that grand piece
or stone which represents to them
that their sacrifices ure not forgotten
and their boys' service will ever be
remembered. The men of the village
were proud to see that majestic shaft
stand out against the sky because it
is their handiwork carved of native
stone, u good job done In honor of
the  soldiers.
Hon. W. G. Sharp of Elyria. the
speaker of the day was Introduced
by  Mayor  Engle.
In his tulk Ex-anibussudor Sharp
was somewhat reminiscent of the days
in the early purt of the wur when us
embassador to  France he suw  first
hand the scenes of the American boys
coming across the broad Atlantic to
do their bit because the central powers had hurrassed and killed Americans until the situation was no longer to lie endured. He told of the
scenes on the battle fields. He told of
tlie gratefulness of the French people,
lie remarked upon the religious care
A   letter   wus   received   recently   by I of the French in decorating the graves
A. E. Harber, 45, died suddenly at
bis home on the North ridge Saturday. Mr. Hurher Is the son fo Mrs.
Mrs. Frunk liurber and the grandson
of E. C. Foster. He was born in 1875
on the North ridge in the house in
which ho was residing at tho time of
his death. He was a graduate of Amherst high school and also look some
work in Elyriu high school. For u
short time after gradual Ing he was
employed at the Amherst Cold Storage company and later opened a millinery shop in Lorain which he kept
only a short time. He finally settled
down to farming and ran the farm
owned by his mot hi* until the time
of his death. A number of years ago
Mr. Bather was married and leaves
to mourn his death u widow, Mattle
Fey Barber, one daughter, Mary Elizabeth, a mother. Mrs. Lillian Harbor,
and  his  grandfather.
Mr. Barber wus u member of Slon-
ington lodge of Ihe Masonic order ut
Amherst and was u prominent member of the Christian Science church
of Klyria. He Is well known in Amherst and leaves many friends lo
mourn his death.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at the late home. Thoy
were In charge of the Christian Science church of Elyria. Miss Ther-
essa Bush of Elyriu wus tho reader.
Miss Angeline Webster of Elyria
rendered the vocal solo, "Shepherd.
Show Me How to Go." Stonington
lodge of Amherst held short services
ui the grave. There were many beautiful floral offerings Including one
from the Masonic order und one from
the Christiun Science church of Elyria. Burial was made In the family
lot of E.  0.  Foster.
HOLLE DIED HERO
AT ST. MIHIEL
PLATOON WIPED OUT BY MACHINE GUN—OFFICER SEES
MEN FALL.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
Mrs. H. R. Hart and son, Harry, if.
were guests of Mrs. Frances Hart a
tew days this week.
The Amherst Savings & Banking
company is now accepting tuxes for
the convenience of taxpayers in this
vicinity. The limit of time has been
set to June 20 and they will not accept your taxes after thut date.
Paul A. Mori adjutant of the Amerl
cun Legion Post of South Amhersi
regarding the death of Privute Henry
Hollo, who gave his life on the battlefields of France in the recent conflict.    The letter is as follows:
"I noticed iu an Issue of the American Legion Weekly some weeks ago
an Inquiry concerning the death of
Henry M. Holle, private, Co. C, liih
Infuntry.
"I knew Holle quite well us he wus
in my compuny when we left the
stutes and until he was killed in the
St.   Mihiel   sector.
"I wus severely wounded the same
time thut Holle wus killed, but his
death wus a short time before 1 was
hit. Practically every officer and man
in his platoon wus killed ut almost
the  sume  time.
"His death occurred in Ihe early
morning about 7 or S o'clock In the
first advance thut we made in thut
sector. We arrived at the point of the
taking off about duy lireuk after un
ull night hike und were thrust right
in without practically uny knowledge
of the ground or emplacements und
our first line of attack wus over a
range of low hills. His platoon was
on tho loft and as they reached the
crest of the hill, thut they were advancing over, they were met with an
intense machine gun fire from u nest
Of guns and were mowed down like
wheut . 1 think thut there were only
ubout'two men loft in the plutoon.
Shorlly ufterwards I was badly hit,
so was not conversant with the list
of casualties made after the objective
was mude but 1 distinctly remember
the wiping out of the plutoon us I
wus only u few yurds awuy following
the compuny movement of which I
was   in   charge.
"Holle was a quiet earnest fighter
und guve the compuny the best there
wus in him and his neighbors should
bo distinctly proud of the record he
mude In the outfit. 1 considered him
one of iny most reliable men und depended upon with entire sutisfuction
for any movement with which he wus
connected. He wus highly valued
both by his officers und by his non-
coma und very popular with his huddles In the outfit.
"I had many men iu the company
of the American soldiers on Memorial
days gone by and of the duty they
would undoubtedly puy this year as
before for the brave Americans who
died  in  ihe  common  cause.
Ex-Aniliassudor Sharp congratulated South Amherst upon the splendid group of returned soldiers und
upon the splendidly planned services
of the day.
BACCALAUREATE
SERVICES   HELD
Rev. A. Egli preached the Bucculau-
reate sermon ut St.' Peter's Evungell-
cal church Sunduy evening, May 30.
The L'li members of the class ussem-
bled in the church parlors and
marched in a body. A song wub sung
in unison ufter which the choir rendered  an  anthem.
Tho subject of Rev. Egli's tulk was
"Life's Mission." In It he guve the
members of the gruduuting cluss soni"
good advice und told them to do ut
least one thing in life well, if it is
the right thing und should ulwuys
strive to go uheud no matter whut
comes in their  wuy.
About the mdldle of the uddress the
electric   current   wus   turned   off  and
the    rest    of    the    program    could    not
-given.
that came from thut section uud it
is with great pride thut I can look
back upon the enthusiasm und interest thut they evidenced In their out-
tit und gave it the uume of the best
in the famous oh) regiment.
"And il has been a matter of great
regred to me that so muny of the
boys had lo give their ull In the great
cuuse, but the fuel %bat they did it
with u smile und were huppy ull the
time, alleviates in u ineusure all the
suffering and hardships that we ull
underwent   together.
Trusting that this bit or information may come to his folks und will
in u ineusure ulleviate soium of the
feeling of sorrow that they huve In
his   loss,   I   beg   to   remain.
TOM C.  DANIELS."
Lieut. Co. C, 6th Inf.,
Post      Commander,       lloiinersoii-Huw
kins   Post   No.  24,  American
Legion, North Carolina.
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