Amherst News-Times, 1924-03-20

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THE AMHERST NEWS-TIMES
VOL. V, NO. 47.
ISSUED THURSDAY
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AMHIR9T, OHIO, THUMMAY,   MARCH 20, 1924
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aamtruaiarn   Reserve
Society
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"Sandstone  Center of the  World"
LE FAST
FIVE FOR THE
EAGLES' CARD
Ex-High Stars Will Give South
Amherstites  Opposition   In
Tho Preliminary
LORAIN LIONS WILL
MEET KIBLElt CLOTHES
Proceeds Will Co Toward Soldiers' Memorial Fund
With the hope of giving Amherat
basketball fans a real treat, the Am-
herst Eaglea Memorial Benefit committee have arranged two high clan
ganiea to complete the card for the
memorial benefit, to be staged at un
High School gymnasium Saturday evening, March 22. The Eagles are staging the benefit to secure funds to be
applied toward tbelr soldiers' memorial. Tbe ex-High Stara of Amherat
will meet the South Amherst Independents in the preliminary, while
the fast Llona Club of Lorain will
battle Klbler Clothes of Cleveland ln
the main go.
. The flrat game will be a tear 'em
up and drag 'em down affair between
the South Amherst Independents and
the Amherat Bx-High Stars. The South
Amherst quintet ls composed of several men who formerly starred in Amherat High uniforms. The mainstays
of the southern village are Nichols
and Slack, whom all followers of A.
H. S. sports will remember ln the days
of yore. The South Amherstites also
will have Powers, Abersold and several other faat men from their neighborhood.
The Ex-iHlgh Stars need no introduction, for their past appearances apeak
for themselves. Their line-up will Include Philip Monger, Henry Edwards,
Kenneth Belden, Paul Wohlever, E.
Holle, Edward Mens, J. R. Frederick,
L. Baumhardt and Nan Bruce.
The main attraction ot the evening
will be a struggle between the Llona
Club of Lorain and the Klbler Clothes
of Cleveland. Lorain haa one of the
fastest teams in this section. Its
members oomipoaed the last year's
Lorain High quintet, wlvl4*~«Bptured
the state championship. This year the
Lions have won sixteen out of eighteen games.
The Klbler Clothes are tied for flrst
place ln Class A league of Cleveland.
The Eagles announce that the flrat
game will start at 7: SO. Collins of
Lorain wlll referee. All Eagles have
tickets for sale. The Eaglea hope for
a large crowd to boost their worthy
cause.
graftohTsISctor
in memory contest
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Amherat Team Does Well, Witnesses Of Tho Event Say
CALENDAR FOR WEEK
Thursday, March 20
8:00 p. m. Basketball game
between .Spark Athletic Club,
Lorain and Stone church team.
At Congregational church gymnasium.
.Saturday, March 22
Eagle's Memorial Basketball
Tournament at High school gymnasium.   Two games.
Wednesday, March 26
6:30 p. m. Btfslness .Mens
banquet at Con gregatlonal
church gymnasium. Ladles'
Night.   Program being arranged.
8:00 p. m. Basketball game
between Mah Jong Club, Lorain
and St. Peter's church team.
(Undoubtedly last local game
of the season.)
Thursday, March 27
8:00 p. m. Old fashioned play
to be given by Pythian Sisters at
their hall.    Admission 25 cents.
3:30 p. m. Bus leaves for
Elmore, O., where St. Peter's
church plays St. John's church
basketball team.
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Marooned!!
The Lorain County division of the
state music memory contest for Junior
high schools beld its examination in
the Elyria high school auditorium last
Saturday morning, nine schools participated.
The Grafton team was awarded
highest honors, but the local team
also did well, especially considering
•that this is the flrst year Amherst bas
entered the contest. Schools of Elyrla, Lorain and Oberlin are exempted
from the lUt ln which Amherst ia in
eluded.
The county representatives wlll go
to Columbus March 29, at which time
the state winners will be determined.
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SOCIAL TIME PLANNED
AT AMHERST CLUB MEET
The regular meeting of the Amherst
Club waa held1 ln the Club Room of
Woodward's restaurant, Colonial arcade, Cleveland, March 18.
Plans were made for a social time
to be held in conjuncton wth the business meeting next week. Wives and
friends of the members'will be guests
at that time. .Myron Schibley waa appointed chairman of the reception
committee.
Present at Thursday's meeting were
B. E. Lutt, R. M. Baumhardt, B. H.
Walts, N. J. Barber. H. L. Hall, P. R.
Baus, V. iH. Banting, Kenneth Ouild
ssd Myron Schlbley.
DIM FOULOWINO OPERATION
Mra. Noah Lute Survived By Widower
t tons And 4 Daughters
NEW CARS; IMPROVED
SERVICE IS PROMISED
DY THE OREEN LINE
Make No Announcement About
Amherst Branch, Agent V.
E.   McChee   Reports
Following the purchase at sheriff's
sale last Friday of the defunct Cleveland, Southwestern ft Columbus electric line by the Hayden-MUler Co. of
Cleveland, representatives of the corporation's bondholders, F. H. Wilson,
who had been receiver for the bankrupt company, announced that eighteen new cars had been purchased,
and that repair and construction of
the line's right of way would begin
soon.
No announcement haa been made
respecting changes to the Amherst
branch, Agent V. E McObee aald
yesterday.
The Green Line now haa 200 miles
of track, 117 miles of private right
of way and considerable rolling atock
and other equipment. It operates
trains between Cleveland, Blyrla,
Oberlin and Wellington; Cleveland
to Wooster; Cleveland to Bucyrus;
Elyrla to Lorain and Amherst; Elyria
to Orafton.
The railway was forced Into receivership two years ago, and since
that time has been under the management of F. H. Wilson, receiver. Financial distress of the road waa brought
on by increasing operating coats, high
taxes, competition of busses and automobiles, officials say.
Final acceptance of the bid of Hay
don Miller Co. ls pending authorisation by Federal Judge D. C. Weston-
haven, who ordered the aale.
It Is expected that, since the company now will be able to start anew,
Improvements will be made ln the
equipment and service, and that the
line will be better able to meet the
competition of bus lines which operate
parallel with Its tracks.
Oreen Line cars operate between
Amherst and Penfield Junction every
hour, making connections there with
cars for Elyria and Lorain. It Is the
only regularly scheduled outlet Amherst people have.
The line enables Amherst men who
work ln Blyrla and Lorain to get regular and speedy transportation to and
from their work.
Regular riders of Oreen Lineears
rejoice at the newa of the sale. They
believe that the line will now become
one of the best In this section, and
hope for better service.
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WILL REPAIR SEWAGE PLANT
DREAK GROUND FOR
CATHOLIC SCHOOL
New Building, To Cost $40,000,
Will Be Finished Next Fall
SPECIAL CAR TAKES
B. B. FANS TO GAMES
Ground was broken last Monday
morning for the new parochial school
of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church,
which will be located on the southwest
corner of Park avenue and Forest
street when completed. Ra^y. Father
Eichen conducted appropriate ceremonies for the occasion.
The new building, according to
Father Eichen, will cost $40,000. It
wlll be a one-story, stone structure,
with a play room and heating and
ventilating system In the basement.
There will be four large class rooms,
according to present plans. The build-
iifg wsa designed by W. M. Scbabel,
architect, of Cleveland. It will be
constructed entirely of sandstone
coming 'rom the Amherst quarries.
Qraupner ft Uie of Lorain are the con-
tractors.
The structure Is expected to be completed by next fall, to allow school to
open in the new quarters. One hundred and twenty pupils will be accommodated. Father Eichen says.
Zilch Bros, are doing the excavating.
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High School Composes Tribute
To Lost Classmate
The following la a eulogy to Mil*!
dred   Theumblli.g.  who  passed  awayj
last week, submitted by the Amherst
High school.
TO   MILDRED THBUMBLING
You, who were with us but two
short years, gave us much Inspiration.
We think of you in your rare devotion
A special car,, made up at Amherst,
conveyed fifty local people to Cleveland last Friday evening, where they
witnessed three spectacular basketball games played at the Public Auditorium. Contestants in tha various
games were Lions Club, Lorain and
Halle Bros.. Cleveland; Kingston's
and Celtlc% of New York; and the
Pennsylvania railroads. Cleveland,
and Warren Light Co., Warren, O.     •
STREETS TO BE IMPROVED SAYS COUNCIL
Jefferson Street Residents Claim
Drainage   Unsatisfactory
Fred Brucker has been emlpoyed at
the council meetlag Tuesday night,
to scrape all the OTpYveTt-streets of
the town. The job will be started at
once since at this time the streets are
In just the right condition for scraping.
Several residents of Jefferson street
complain that the drainage there ls
very unsatisfactory. They further
state that the street has never Incurred any expense for the town, no repairs having been made during the
last fifty years, other than whut the
residents the—selves did. As a con-
sequence, a committee was appointed !
to Investigate the situation.
The   cost  of   laying   the   sewer   ln'
Pearl street sewer district ls now entirely paid In, the last payment having
been made a abort time ago.
MR8, ALBERT GATES, 23, DIES
FRIDAY   AFTER   OPERATION '
CET TO WORK IF YOU
WANT A CELEBRATION
The announcement in las',
weeks News-Times that Am
herst will have been Incorporated fifty yenrs next summer has
.attracted considerable attention,
according to reports coming to
this office. Most of the Interested parlies agree with this news
I»ii|>er that it would be a good
time to huve a good old celebration.
The News-Times wlll lend all
support possible lo push the
movement. It would like to see
several prominent residents get
the movement under wny. It Is
not too early to start planning.
(let a committee to work, find
out the opinion of the town, und
then make definite plans.
We'll have to get to work soon
If we want a real celebration
next summer.
HORRORS OF QUAKE
IN JAPAN RELATED
BY AN EYEWITNESS
The funeral of Mrs. Albert Oates,
23, who died at the Amherst Hospital
Friday after an operation, was held
from the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mra. Eugene Linn, ot the North Rldge,
CHARLES BERG IS
TAKEN BY DEATH
Celebrated Golden Wedding Anniversary Only 10 days before
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Berg, Oberlin, O., which only ten days
before had witnessed Joyous festivity
on the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary, Sunday donned the
robes of sorrow when Mr. Berg, 75,
passed away at 5:30 a. m.
The Immediate surviving realtlves
are his widow, two sons, Carl and
Frank of Birmlnghan, two daughters,
Mrs. H. Orugel of Amherst and Mrs. E.
Schubert of the South Rldge, one
brother. Jacob of Oberlin and a sister
who resides In Michigan.
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday afternoon from St. Peter's
Evangelical church, of which he was
a life-long me_ber, with' Rev. E. J.
Soell officiating. O. H. Baker, funeral
director, had charge of the burial service at. Cleveland avenue cemetery.
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Miss Beatrice Delbrldge of Oberlin
wus the weekend guest of her parents.
SCHOOL BOARD ASKS
FOR AID FROM STATE
Local School In Need Of Funds
To Finish Full Term
The much, discussed possibility of
dismissing the Amherst Public schools
before conclusion of the nine months
t a nn ls, ln all probability, without
foundation,
While there is no question about the
drastic need of additional funds to
operate until such time, the probability of closing should not even be considered. The problem of the Amherst
school Is by no means peculiar to lt
since most others throughout
the district ure likewise effected. This
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Fiist Spring Entertainment Will
Be   Givon   Under   Direction
Of Mrs. R. H. Hearn
RELATE "WANDERINGS"
OF GROUP IN POEM
Readings   Will   Intersperse   the
Musical   Program
I      first  spring eoiitiri  of the Am-
Choral   Union   will  be  given  at
il ii hall mi tlie "v.'iih.g of March
:i iiaai.'i ths direction ef Mrs. r. h.
leai n.    Til •   new  on sale and
nay lie procure I from any mVmuer of
lie DlrlOIl.
i'ir a somber of yssn various local
people have expressed ■ Intra for n
mfuslcal organisation, and last fall
Ihll call was responded to by forty
Anthers! people. «rltb Mth. Hay Hearn.
a local musician of talent, experience
mil ai>i]it>, us director,
George Cox srsi eleoted president
mil Mil Caroline Guild, icn tary and
treasurer nf Mie organization. Monday
was chosen us rehearsal night, and
each weekly meeting Mine that lime
ins found u good reprcscntSUOS of the
members ool tor practice.   Roles were
naile   i. L-ardltifr   eligibility,   duties   of
members, etc., and these have been
itrictly adhered to.
Th. I nioii iniiile its tirst of a series
of  several   successive  eppenrances  at
.i community gathering in November
and was well received. Since then.
Sll time ut tli • meetings has beeir devoted to practice preparatory to the
•oncert about to he given. The musi
.al program will lie relieved by sa'verul
readings sad the concert numbers are
•0 vutied thut every luste ought to be
gratified- secular, sacred, negro spirituals,  lullabies,  folk-songs,  etc.
The last line of each verse of the
following serves to Introduce the various numbers to be sung, oilier than
ihe sacred music.
"OUK WAXUKRINGS"
On each at.il every Monday night
In  musical communion
Vou'll Und a group of folk* who're
called
"Tlie Amherst Choral Union."
Lalsten inn doss, ami yon may guess
Sundsy  afternoon.    She   is   survived
to duty.    You gave your best whether! by her husband, one son Russell, her I SlOBt
It was in the class room or elsewhere. I parents and four brothers, who acted
Your love tor Ood',s great out of doors  as pall bearers.   Rev. Eastman, of the  embarrassing situation  Is said  to be
awakens in us a keener Interest ln the   Uoi.Kiegatlonul-Methodist  church   offl-   caused  by  ih<- county  audit...' cutting
finer things of life.   As the years puss, j dated   at   the   rites,  and   burial   was
our memory of you will be even richer, i made In Cleveland avenue cemetery.
The need for repairs and attention
to the AmhersV Sewage Disposal
Plant, located north of town, has become ao acute that immediate action
is imperative. For several years the
plant haa been somewhat neglected,
and the full extent of repairs on the
basins, tanks and various other equipment cannot be fully determined until
actual work ls begun. William Miller
has been employed by tbe village to
oversee the work to be done, which in
all probability wlll require several
weeks to complete.
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DRAYMAN ARRESTED FOR
OBSTRUCTING THE ROAD
Mrs. Nosh Lute, Quarry street,
South Amherst, died st the Amherst
hospital Sunday morning following an
operation. She is survived by her
widower, three sons and four daughters, funeral servloes were held from
the late home st 7 o'clock Monday
"Round hqg" was the charge made
against Franklin Hagen of Amherst ln
a warrant sworn to toy Klmer Nelson
last Tuesday. Sheriff (Jnderhlll made
the arrest and.,, the caae is to be tried
in Justic George's court In Blyrla
Nelson clalma Hagen pulled his truck
across the road and refused to allow
him to pass. However, Hagen contends that Nelson did not dim his
lights while approaching him, which
caused him to become confused.   The
We loved you!
There Is a temple lu my heart
Where inoili or rust can nove.- co.ne.
A temple swept and sut upart
To make my soul a home.
And around ubout the doors of it m
Hang Garlands that forever last,
That gathered once are alwuys sweet;
The roses of the Past!"
FALLS   FROM   BICYCLE
Charles   Filker   Bruises   Hla   Hip
While On Way To Work
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OLD SPRING" GETS CLEANED
"Have you been 'Back to the Old
Spring'?" will soon be a question
which no one need hesitate to ask,
for council has made arrangements to
jlva the historical watering place a
thorough Spring cleaning. Cureless
and thoughtless visitors said to have
r.een mostly children, have thrown
sticks and stones about the outlet,
causing lt to became not only un-
picturesque and unsanitary, but really
dangerous, especially for the little
folks. The work will soon be done,
and lt is hoped that everyone will
then Co-operate ln preserving the beauty and sanitation of this crystal fountain.
HOLD FUNERAL RITES
FOR JOHN  KRAOE, SO
_        , ^   r,      n.   .   - tv   incident happened near Penfield June-
evening, officiated by Rev. W. A. Tab- ^ ~^
bert.   Later the bodjr, in oharge of, 0	
Conrad Zilch, was Shipped to Ports-,    _. W. Nally was a Cleveland bust-
mouth, O., where burial took place.    I naas visitor Saturday.
Funeral rites for John Krage, 80,
who passed away at his home on Jackson street, due to old /ge, were conducted last Thursday afternoon from
St. Paul's Lutheran church, Rev. F. C.
Jordan officiating. Interment made ln
CrownhlU cemetery.
While on his way to work Monday
morning, Charles Filker, who ls employed by p. J. Ehrman, met with a
bicycle accident, causing him to be
thrown to the pavement und severely
bruising his hip.   He was pickod up by I hourd Wednesday evening
occupants of a passing automobile und
taken to his home on Milan avenue.
down the allotted budget after ull contracts for the ensuing year had been
mude. Since all such contracts are
binding und cnn be enforced, the main
point ul Issue resolves Itself Into
whether or not enough money will be
available to make final payment of
comracts upon their expiration. If
not, tt is believed u short time extension wll be granted in which to make
payment:
At s special meeting of the school
the mutter
wus   fully   discussed   und   application
fo'r uid from the state bus been mude.
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WE THANK YOU
E. C. Blum And Family Escape
Injury In Worst Catastrophe
Of The Decade
Miracuously escaping injury In the
terrible Japanese earthquake disaster
In the island nutlon ubout six months
ago, E. C. Blum and family arrived In
Amherst last week to visit the former's mother, Mrs. Muyme Blum of
Spring street, and to relate the terrible horror and scenes of destrcutlon
which accompanied one of the worst
catastrophic-! the world has ever
known.
.Mr. Blum's story of the quake, as
told to an interviewer, follows:
On the sunny Suturduy morning of
Septe'm.ber 1. 1923, everything in the
ancient city of Toklo gave promise of
being as calm and serene as usual.
At a few minutes before 12 noon Mr.
Blum and a companion left the office of
the construction company with which
they were connected to lunch. As
they passed down one of the very narrow streets of the city a sudden rumbling and shaking of the earth claimed
attention. This was not unusual, but
the second shock followed almost im-IJu^t what we ban before
mediately and with such intensity tbat
It cuused buildings to topple and the
poorly cons'lrciited houses to full.
Pedestrians tossed ubout like rubber
bulls, and rlck-shaws, carts, vehicles,
falling buildings—in fact all mutcrlul
things became intermingled. Occupants of the low, heavy tile-roofed
houses, who were not killed by the
falling mass, tried to crawl out and
soon greut crowds rushed through the
almost impassable streets seeking
Bight,
.Miraculously Mr. Blum und his com
panion escaped Injury, but that
brought no great peace of mind—for
twenty miles away in Yokohama were
his wife und children, and reports
were that the quake was even more
severe there. Railroad and electric
traffic were cut off, so walking was at
once restored to, but the distance
which was usually covered in foi-iy-
flve minutes lengthened to about seven
hours.
Bridges   were   down,   great   cracks
yawned from the earth, and soon the
throngs who crowded the road were so
great us to muke truvel there unsafe,
the quakes and convulsions continuing
at the rate of one every three minutes
during the entire day.    So Mr. Blum.
together    with    others,    followed    tlie
railroad.
Upon  arriving  in   Yokohama  ubout
7   o'clock   in   the  evening,   it   wus   to
find   the  entire   city   u   "burning   furnace."     His   home,   ln   the   Amerlcun
colony was in the distant purl of tin
city, und uccess there wus impossible.
So, for the night, Mr. Blum found  refuge on u small barm- anchored in the
harbor.     Early   the   next   morning   lie
set out, only to find his former home u
muss of uslies, us were Its neighbors.
HSSII bodies were strewn on all sides.
After   a   four-hour   fruitless   search.
with dreadful uncertainty alwuys uppermost,   he   mot   several   Americans
who guve hlni the wonderful news of
his wife and  children being safe on
board   the   Empress   of   Australia    a
huge   British   vessel   which   |wus   to
have  sailed  at  12  noon  the  previous
duy,   three   minutes   after   the   first
quake occured.   The pier was entirely
destroyed,     many     having     perished
there wheu It crushed, but eventually
.Mr. Blum induced I nutive in a smull
boat  or "sampan"  to  couvey  him   to
the   liner.     However,   the   Empress'
authorities   refused  to allow   him  ou
bourd,  but  one  glnnce  at  Mrs.  Blum
among the seu faces gave reassurance.
A number ot other boats were lying
alongside    tbe    Empress,    and    after
boarding one of these, It wus comparatively easy to Jump from one to another until the Empress was reached.
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For llrst of ull we're going to sing
The Ross Maid's "Bridal Chorus."
Now if truv'llng appeals to you
Al   ll does to all the re.-t.
Then give ear to our wanderings
From  "The   Utile Grey   Home  In  tho
West."
We stan nut at a moderate pace
Going by steam and rail.
However, we tuke a welcome march
When we couio to "The Gypsy Trail."
Tin.' path w follow Is beautiful
Twist brooklets und mountains that
frown.
But just us tlie sun lades o'Sf the hills
We approach d''ar old "Honey Town."
Tjs lure we plan to pit< li our camp
Till morning ths daylight does bring;
And as we gather 'round Ihe fire,
Song Beloved" is what we sing.
Sivivi sleep gently enfolds us
Until 'tis time to wake;
When  tlie crowing  of ihe  chanticleer
rolls us ii is "Daybreak."
And while s<ime sleep on lusciously
With this approach of mora,
rhe i all  is cell.ae.l   through   the  camp.
'Huntsmen  Up and Sound the Horn."
Willi ono accord we start again
And Journey through the gloom.
Win .    ! a!   the   sun   tran  'onus   the
world,
And   we "Come  Where  ihe  Lilies
Bloom,"
Than on and on we press our way
Ai 'ra\ iien  ;rled snd tested.
Hut we pause Quite ■ while at the
roadside
"Where M> Caravan Has Rested."
\ hunter here wa sbanoe to meet
Who seems I've bad good luck;
An.! as we appear Interested,
lie tells Ul   "The Tale or u Duck."
When we pri parp to journey on,
We laugh at old Aunt Dinah,
Who says in tones convincingly,
"liar's  no  place  like  -or  I'ur'lina."
Hut I'ncle ituatus, with a grin,
Who's playin' seven come 'leven,
Causes just long enough  to say,
"Except in'  'Ifeuv'n,  Heuv'n."
The scene of peuce its imprint lenves,
And memories linger long,
Our purling words ure mellowed by
A distant  "Cradle Song."
As further on we wend our way
for new scenes to be sought,
The voice echoes sweel and clear,
'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot."
If more details you wish to know,
(Be efforts far from worst,)
Then come and hear our concert,
On March the thirty-tirst.
_     MISS ELINORE HUTH
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