Amherst News-Times, 1924-03-27

              THE AMHERST NEWS-TIMES
VOL. V, NO. 4S
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AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY,   MARCH 27, 1924 \J
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BEAVER PARK
OFFICALS PUN
IMPROVEMENT!!
Additions and Changes Will Be
Completed For Opening,
May 30
WILL BUILD THREE OR
FOUR NEW COTTAGES
Fishing Tackle And Bait Available At Park April 1
Improvements which will make
Beaver Park an up-to-date beach resort wlll be started about the flrat
ot April, officers of the Beaver Park
Co. announced yesterday. The Improvement of the park will be completed by Decoration, Day, the opening
date.
W. O. Schaeffer, secretary and treasure of the company, said the entrance
to the park will be made bigger by
cutting down the bank on the north
side. The two roads at the entrance
will be filled In and flower beds will
be set in along the sides.
A board walk will be built along the
whole length of the beach, Mr. Schaeffer said, and the bath houses wlll be
moved up farther on the beach. Fifty
feet will be added to the dock of the
boathouse, It ls planned.
The company wlll build a double
crossing across the street car and
railroad tracks for the safety and convenience of the visitors. The ground
wlll be leveled, and a stairway will
. be built from the park to the beach.
Three or four new cottages wlll be
built ln the pary this year, Mr. Schaeffer said, and they wlll all be painted
white, according to new rules made by
the company, i
Howard Smith of Blyrla is in charge
of the improvement work. He will
start In about the flrst ot April and
hopes to have everything ready to
open by Decoration Day.
Beaver Park last year proved to be
a popular recreational resort tor Amherst people. The bathing beach and
park grounds were especially enjoyed
by those who did not wish to travel to
resorts at far distances.
Complete fishing tackle and bait
will be for sale and rent April 1 at
the park, Mr. Schaeffer announces.
The officers of the Beaver Park Oo.
are J. J. Smythe, president; Rev. J.
Morehart, Cleveland, vice-president,
and W. O. Schaeffer secretary and
treasurer.
DAIRYMEJTlLECr
CLEVELAND MAN
Distributors of This District Will
Meet in Fifth City April 1
COLUMBUS, O., March 27.—Creamery owners and managers of the Cleveland district, which is composed of
Lorain, Cuyahoga, Geauge, Portage,
Lake, Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning counties, have elected C. A. Mapes
of the Telling-Belle Vernon Co., Cleveland, chairman, and F. R. Frederick of
tbe Bluebell Co., Cleveland, vice chairman .according to announcement made
here today by W. A. Wentworth, secretary of the Ohio Dairy. Products Association.
On April 2, milk distributors of Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake, Brie, Huron and
Medina counties will meet with tbe
Milk Dealers Fraternal League of
Cleveland at a dinner and business
session at the Hotel Winton. T. V,
Hendricks of the Cleveland Advents
ing Club will deliver an addrese.
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HUGH GAWN ERECTING
NEW STORAGE BUILDING
Hugh Qawn, of the Ford garage, has
purchased the lot on Park avenue nest
to the Park theater. Tbe block measures 66x150. At present a steel structure 37 feet long ls being erected on
the rear of the lot to be used for
•torage purposes. The building will
be completed within a tew days and
Mr. Qawn ts anxious to gain occupancy.
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DAVENPORT BEAUTIFIES REST ROOM
CALENDAR FOR WEEK
Thursday, March 27
7:30 p. m. Basketball double
header at Congregational gym.
First    game—Amherst    HI    vi
Brownhelm loam.   Second game
-Stone   church   team   vs  First
Evangelical    church    team    of
Cleveland.
8:00 p. m. Play fAn Old-fashioned School" given by Pythian
Sinters at K. of P. hall.
Friday, March 28
7:30 p. in. Eastern Stars will
entertain    their   husbands   and
Mnsons at their hall.   Floral degree will, be put on.
Saturday, March 29
8:00   p.   m.   Comunlty   club
dance at Ehrman hall.   Old and
new dances.
Tuesday, April  1
8.00 p. ni. Basketball game at
JilKh   school   gym,   9t.   Peter's
ili.irdi vs Stone church.
Thursday, April 3
,   8:00 p. m. nasketball game at
Congregational     church     gym.
Stone   church   vs.   St.   Peter's
church.    (Last game of season.)
AL HELLER TELLS
ABOUT CUBA, ITS
CUSTOMS AND WAYS
Amherstite Enjoys The Tropical
Breezes,  Home   Folks  Are
Chilled With Lake Breezes
When Lake Erie was generously distributing cold, biting winds in this
locality, Alvln Heller was enjoying
himself In the tropical breezes of
Cuba. Mr. Heller, who spent several
weeks ln Cuba, waa impressed with
the country.
Mr. Heller left the States at Key
West, where the long stretches of
bridges attracted much attention. At
this point a distance of about seven
miles is covered by a huge bridge.
Another curlousity here discovered
were the enornous ferry boats which
travel between Key West and Havan-
What Are the Wild Waves Saying?
DISCUSS VACATION
BIBLE SCHOOL PLANS
Ministers   of   Three   Churches
Co-operate in Project
The ministers ot three Amherst
churches, the St. Peter's Evangelical,
Stone and Methodist-Congregational,
decided at a meeting in Rev. Eastman's study Tuesday morning to cooperate In the operation of the daliy
vacation bible school this summer.
Plans also were discussed for the
week-day school of religious education for next fall.
The   ministers   of   three   churches
n. «id transport as many as fifteen j Re;78o"eil7 Rev.  Tabebrt'  and"" Rev
School  Teachers  Make  Presentation;
la Much  Appreciated
The rest room In the school building
was beautified yesterday by the arrival of a handsome davenport, a gift
of the school teachers. Bach week
sees new developments In regard to
necessary school equipment and each
new addition la much appreciated.
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When the sun comes ln the doctor
goes out.—Proverbs of England.
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A third of Its fertilising value was
lost by manure exposed tn flat piles In
an open yard from January to April
at the Ohio Experiment Station last
year. The loss ln nitrogen was 85.6
per cent; phosphorus, 22.6 per cent;
and potash, 61 per cent.
freight cars, at one time.
Arriving in Havanna, where Mr.
Heller spent most of the time during
his visit on the island, it was to find
the city not much unlike any other.
Ordinarily Havanna ls composed of
about 50 per cent native Cuban Spaniards, 25 per cent negroes, 20 per cent
Chinese and Japanese, and perhaps 5
per cent other foreigners. This latter
percentage Is greatlyi lncresade during
the winter months. Havanna boasts
a newspaper "The-Havanna Post" ln
the English language, also has paved
streets and many other conveniences
found in American cities.
The buildings are not very high, being developed mostly in two-story
structures, and covered with a sort of
yellow plaster. Oil, rather than coal,
ls used aa fuel. The bathing beach
ls particularly enticing, even though
lt Is not sandy, the bed being a gleaming stretch of 'white coral. Prohibition ls ae yet a starnger In Cuba.
Drunkenness, however, is seldom not-
3d, beer ls the much favored drink,
and is used by men and women alike,
being served In restaurants and public-
places as freely as tea and coffee ln
our country. Tobacco Is widely used,
cigars and cigarettes taking prominence. One seldom sees a pipe or
'chewing tobacco.
The distance between Havanna and
ail Provldencta, which ls In the heart
tf the sugur district, Is traversed in a
short time byi rail. Railroad service
In Cuba is fully as good as ln the
southern part of the United States.
No distinction, however, is made between tbe races. One may travel
either flrst or second class, the only
material difference being In the aeats,
the former being upholstered and
covered with plush, while the latter
are plain board seats. However, the
cost ts doubled. No Pullmans are
available.
General Wood Is largely responsible
tor the condition of Cuba today, and
his name ls much referred to and
always with respect. Before his advent to the country, the natives lived
crude lives and Industry of any kind
was quite unheard of. Even now,
manufacturing ls very rare, but this ls
perhaps due also to the climate. It ls
very hot during the summer months.
Pineapples, sugar cane and banannas
are much cultivated. Pineapple plants
grow in a way similar to cabbages;
sugar cane somewhat resembles field
corn, but differs In that the stalks are
cut off year after year, leaving the
roots to sprout again. One field of
sugar cane does not need replanting
for at least fifteen years. Banannas
grow on a palm like bush, each bush
yielding one bunch ot the fruit per
season. They also last for quite a
number of years,
One of the peculiar customs of the
country Is In regard to cemeteries.
Relatives of the decessed pay a burial
rental for five years in advance. Failure to make payment tor another per
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Er.stman are now formulating plans
and Ideas to put Into effect In this
year's vacation school.
Last yiear was the flrst. the vacation Bible school was Inaugurated in
Amherst. It was successful then, and
the promoters hope for even better
results this year.
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Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Bodenmlller of
Toledo, spent several days with the
former's mother, Mrs. Caroline Kreeger.
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MRS. HENRY GRUGEL
TAKEN BY DEATH
THIRD MOVIE PROGRAM
GIVEN AT HIGH SCHOOL
Mrs. Henry (Jruge), Cornell avenue,
died Monduy evening ut 7 o'clock after
a live month's Illness. She had been
confined to her bed for the last three
weeks. Her father, Charles Berg of
Oberlin proceeded her In death about
a week. Mrs. Grugel would have been
49 years old Sautrday. She Is survived hy her widower, two daughters,
May and Ruth, ber mother, Mrs.
Charles Berg, a sister and two brothers. Funeral services wlll be conducted from St. Peter's Evangelical church,
of which she was a life-long member,
at 2:00 this afternoon, Rev. K. J.
Soell officiating. Interment Is to be
made In Elm'wood cemetery in charge
of O. H. Baker.
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NO SPRING VACATION
School  Will  Close One Week  Earlier
Instead,   It  is  Announced
The third of a series of motion picture programs was given at the high
school gymnasium last Tuesday evening. Two pictures, "The Deer Slayer" and "The American Boy Outdoors" were shown. Upon conclusion
of the series, tho motion picture machine, which ls being used, will become the property of the Amherst
schools, provided sufficient patronage
Is given the programs.
The pictures are educational as well
an Interesting. Two programs are
shown each Tuesday, one after shcool
hours for the benefit of school children, and the other In the evening to
which the public ls Invited. A charge
Is made as follows: Children 10 cents,
adults 20 cents, high school pupils
In cents.
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DISCUSSHfiis
0E FRUITGROWERS
State Experts Speak in the
Birmingham School
Tuesday) evening, (March 25, Mr.
Beach of the horticulture extension department of Ohio State university
spoke at the weekly horticulture meeting in Birmingham school building on
"Orchard Cultivation Practices." Ho
discussed the use of fertilizers in the
orchard, cover crops, mulches, cleun
cultivation,  and   companion  crops.
On Tuesday evening, March 18, W.
F. Rofkar of the experiment station
spoke to the group on "Budding and
Grafting." On the following morning
he demonstrated pruning and grafting
ln the orchard ot W. I}. Olds.
These meetings, lt ls announced, are
open to the public, although they are
arranged especially for men interested
tn fruit growing.
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ORATORICAL CONTEST
TO BE HELD FRIDAY
KO MONEY TO PAVE
THE LEAVITT ROAD
That's   The  Announcement  Of
Amherst Township Trustees
Lack of funds will prevent tho Improvement of the Amherst end of
Lenvltt road, Henry Brandt, township
trustee, announced yesterday. The
road will be paved, however, from
West Erie avenue, Lorain, about two
miles south, he said.
At a meeting of the county commissioners held in Elyria last week lt
was reported that Black River township trustees were ready to bear their
share of the expense, but the Amherst
trustees said they wanted the road
between Amherst and South Amherst
improved rather than the Leavltt road
north at this time.
■*The county agreed to pay 65 per
cent of the cost If Amherst and Black
River townships would pay 25 per
cent and the property owners 10 per
cent.
The commissioners have postponed
action until agreement between Black
River and Amherst townships Is effected.
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AMHERST CLUB WILL
BOOST 50th ANNIVERSARY
POSTP  _   6rn  *•»«■»•.  it,
rKJ9 ■ r   Society "'9torlf,
The flrst spring mm
Amherst C'hoarl Union, which
was scheduled for the evening
of March 11, has been postopnod
Indefinitely. This organization
has been working together since
last fnll under the direction of
Mrs, It. H. Hearn. whose brother, Merle Jenne, Is critically 111
at   this  time.
Mrs. Hearn, who is constantly
at the bedside of her brothpr.
urged that plans for the concert go forward and expressed
willingness to secure nnother
director. However, the choral
union did not approve of this arrangement, anil voted to postpone tho concert until such a
time when Mrs. Hearn can conveniently  take charge.
Tickets, which have been sold
may bt hold by the owners mull
the future date Is announced, lu
enso, that the purchasers are
dissatisfied, the money will ho
cheerfully refunded, the union
announces.
SPORTSMEN HOPE
TO FORM EISH AND
GAME CLUB HERE
Want to Replenish Barren Ponds
With  Spawn   Furnished  by
the State
The following members attended the
regular meeting of The Amherst Club,
held ut Woodward's in Cleveland last
Tuesday: E. C. Lutz, R. M. Baumhadrt,
E. H. Waltz. N. J. Barber, H. L. Hall,
P. R. Baus, V. H. Bunting, Hiram Pankoff, Myron Schibley and John Sipple.
Word comes from the club that
they will do all they can to help make
the anniversary celebration ln Amherst this summer, which the News-
Times proposed several weeks ago, a
real success. All members voted to
attend.
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COUNTY 8. S. ASSOCIATION
CONVENTION HERE IN APRIL
A meeting of those Who are interested in the organization of a flsh ami
gume club for Amherst will be held
this evening at 7:30 o'clock In the
Town   Hall.
Several men In Amherst are Interest
od ln the organization of such a club,
and    think    that   Amherst,    with   Its
many quarry holes and creeks nearby.
is excellently located,
Some of tho Amherst sportsmen
have suggested as a task of the club,
to fill tho quarry holes In this vicinity with spawn, and to prohibit their
use for fishing for a few years. By
that time the ponds would be filled
with flsh, and would make fishing a
real pleasure to Amehrst followers of
tho hook and rod. it ls said.
It has been pointed out that fishermen now have to go distance to get
good fishing ponds. The reason is,
sponsoros of the fish and game club
say, ls that the ponds and water
places around Amherst have been
fished dry.
According to Amehrst lovers of the
fishing sport, the stato furnishes tho
spawn to replendlsh ponds.
Rev.   F.   E.   Eastman,  a  member  of
the   Lorain   County   Pish   and   Game
Clttb,    gave    his    illustrated    lecture ,
'Game of the Northland," before the
"lub In Elyrla Monday evening.
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Dr. and  Mrs. Bryce Miller of Ober
liu   visited   Amherst   friends   Tuesday
evening.
BUSINESS MEN
UND
FETE WIVES
First  Ladies'  Night of Season
Observed at Congregational
Gymnaisum   Wednesday
COURSE DINNER SERVED
BY  CHURCH  WOMEN
Local Talent Provides Program
and  Satisfies
Mi'iiiliers of the Amherst Business
Men's association were hosts to their
wives uud lady friends at a banquet
■ind soetal entertainment at the gymnasium of tho Congregational church
yesterday evening. Promptly at 6:30
1>. m. the party, which had assembled
lu the church parlors, marched to the
Inviting tables In the banquet hall.
After Invocation by Rev. P. E. East-
'liun, the dinner proceeded. It was
served In three courses by the Ladles'
Aid Society of the Congregatlontl
church,
Following tho banquet, local talent
tgaln came to the foreground and
provided an hour of Interesting entertainment. President of the assocla-
:lon, Conrad Zilch, introduced flrst on
ihe program Miss Zelma Muth, who
related In a pianologue tho hardships
and predicaments of "The Youngest
of tho Family." Leslie Kills was next
announced as "Harry Lauder of Am-
herst." He appeared In full Scotch
costume, smile and all. and held favorable attention during his performance. "It's a Fine Thing to Sing,"
and "The Waggle O' the KUt," were
ihe numbers In interpreted. He was
accompanied on the piano by Zelma
Muth.
The Gavel Club, an organization of
4he  local  high   school  then   put  on  a
revised  edition of their popular  minstrel show.    Many  localisms  were Introduced nnd the act lasted ubout thirty   minutes.    William   Smith. Thomas
Giilselmun.     Vincent     Nally.     Lofton
Baumhardt.   Freddie   Heggle,   Harold
i Marshall.   Eugene   Eastman   und   Alan
i Davie are  the  members  of  the  club.
I Accompanist. Miss Murray.    A speak-
! er bad been engaged, but this number
was   previously   cancelled.     After   a
I few remarks by Itev. Eastman regard-
' ing the organization of a local Ashing
club,  the  meeting  adjourned  to  infor-
] ma) sociability. About 100 people were
present  Including a number of guests
from out of town.
Merle    Jenne    Is    resting
easier than for several days.
slightly
Mrs. E. J. Soell and son Frederic
are visiting friends lu Elmore for
several days.
Announcement is mude that spring
vacation wlll be dispensed with in the
Amherst schools this year. As a consequence school will be dismissed Muy
30. Many of the teachers are going
to school (luring the summer, and this
arrangement will allow them a breathing sipace before taking up new work.
ARRANGE   EASTER   8ERVICE8
St. Peter's Bible School Workers Will
Novelize April  Meeting
Members of St. Peter's Bible School
Workers association met In the church
parlor Monday evening. Arrangements
for the various services during the
Easter-tlde were discussed. Plans for
a special [service and/ program on
Mother's Day were turned over to a
committee. It was voted to novelize
the April meeting by beginning at
6:30 with a Twilight Luncheon to be
served by one of the girls' classes.
The lousiness session will follow.
FORMER RESIDENT HERE
DIES IN CLEVELAND
The annual school oratorical contest
will be held ln the school gymnasium
Friday evening. A varied program,
made up of readings and orations,
will be offered, and a silver cup will
be presented to each of the winners
iu the two fields. The winners will
represent the school In the county contest, During the past two years Am
betSt has won the county reading
championship, twice banners being
awarded Miss Helen Baker lu Wellington ln 1922, and Miss Alice Lersch ln
South Amherst, 1923. The contestants are being coached by Miss Mar
guret  Rice.
At a committee meeting of the Lorain county Sunday school convention
held in the Y. M. C. A., Elyria, last
evening, Amherst was chosen as the
meet inn place of the Lorain county
Sunday school convention to be beld
On Wednesday, April 30.
This will be an all-day session lasting from 0 a. in. through the evening
of tbat date.
The Amherst Mlnistrel Association
will make the local plans, to be announced later through these columns.
Hev. F. E. Eastman, pastor of the
Methodist-Congregational church is
president of the association.
Henry  Brandt  is spending  the  day
at  the county Infirmary.
Mrs. M. L. Marvin, Spring street attended the Schumann 11.'ink concert
at .Masonic hall, Cleveland last Sun
day. Mrs. Marvin's niece, Miss Florence Hammond, was violin accompanist for the famous singer.
Miss    Helena    Kreeger    of    Toledo,
spent several days wiih her mother.
The fuueral of Mrs. Martin Marshall, r>5, of Cleveland, was conducted
from O. 11. Baker funeral parlors Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. F. E.
Eastman officiating. Mrs. Marshall
was formerly Miss Sarah Slack of this
city and was well known here. She
Is survived by widower, six brothers
and three sisters. Burial was made In
CrownhlU cemetery.
The Home Town Newspaper is
Really yours; not ours,
For It Is All
About You.
the paper will be as good as
you make it.
we want to publish a oood newspaper.
But we must have your help.
Phone your news to
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Itev. E. J. Soell attended a meeting
in  Elyrla  Tusday evening.
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JURY GIVES $8,000 IN
CASE AGAINST BUS OWNER
The Jury awarded Joseph Metzler.
New York Central detective, $8,000
damages In a suit against K. C. Taylor, who operates a bus between South
Amherst and Lorain, after tho case
hud occupied several days time. The
amount originally sued for was $25,-
000 for injuries received wben Taylors
bus was overturned on the South Amherst road some time ago. The charge
was that the driver was guilty of negligence. Taylor was Insured against
accidents and a Mansfield attorney
representing the insurance company
defended Taylor throughout the case.
EASTMAN   APPOINTED ON
TEAM   FOR   "   CROW   HUNT"
Rev. F. E. Eastman was appointed
the head of a committee to conduct u
"crow hunt" lu Lorain county sometime In the spring, according to plans
o( the Loruin County Flsh and Qame
association. Eastman together with
several others will organize the county into districts according to the town
shtps and have the work start about
the same time.
A powder company has offered a
series of cash prices for the individual or club that kills the most crows
in a specified time and the county
association decided to take part In tt.
SOLDIERS FAVOR
BONUS 30 TO 1
That's  What  M.  L.  Davey   Re-
potts for the 14th  District
The returns of the referendum vote
ou the proposition of u federal bonus,
being conducted by Congressman Martin L. Davey of the fourteenth district
among 10,000 ex-service men of the
district MB being checked and tabulated each day by the Washington correspondents of the throe Akron (O.)
newspapers, Messrs. Sack, Benedict
and Gridley.
The total vote including the tenth
duy of the  poll  ls as follows:
Strongly   favorably    , 3,584
Indifferent        274
Opposed          116
ANNOUNCE DATES
FOR TEACHER'S EXAMS
A OhangS in the law has been mude,
regarding the time for holding county
teachers' examinations, according to
iniiounceinent made from the county
lltpi I'intendent's oflioe. The examina-
i ions will be held in Elyrla this year
on the following dates: llrst Saturday (n April, first Saturday In May.
llrst Saturday in June, last Friday in
August.
PARTY WILL ATTEND
OBERLIN CAGE CAME
Miss tons Kaser wlll chaperon a
party of fifteen high school girls to
Oberlin this evening to witness the
Yale Princeton basketball gume to be
played by Oberlin girls. Complimentary tickets have been secured and an
Invitation extended by the college for
the dance and social time following the
game
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ST. PETER'S CAGERS
LOSE IN TOURNAMENT
After successfully competing in the
Lorain County Class "A" Basketball
Tournament, held in Elyria this week.
St. Peter's i.Mm was eliminated last
evening. The last night's results determined the champions. St. Peter's
teum has been doing good work all
season and have staged many Interesting games.
.r ei
m
Mis. lt. L. Menz has returned to her
borne after several weeka visit with
rlativo i and friends in Chicago.
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