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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-05-28
OFFICERS ARE NAMED

Officers of the Redwood Lions
club for the coming year were O.
lected by the club last week. They
will be installed July l. Those
elected are:
George l.. Stults, president; Don
Taylor, first vice-president; l. G.
Zuspan, second vice-president: H.
r. Fisher, third vice-president;
Marion Cameron, secretary; G. M
Shields, treasurer; Tom NaVin, tail
twister; Marion Shuman, assistant
tail twister; Paul Brelsford, Lion
tanner; Charles Roberts, assistant
Lion tanner; j. l.. Roberts and w
r. GullifOrd, directors for one year;
K. D. Kyle and w. c. Bowmen, di-
rectors for two years; and Glenn
Bumgarner, song leader.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-05-28

Bankers and farm representa-
tives of Franklin, Delaware, Union
and Madison Counties met recently
at the Neil House, Columbus, to
launch in this area the soil con-
servation program sponsored by
the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleve-
land.
The program is being developed
throughout the Fourth Federal Re-
serve District to aid in the restora-
tion of farm lands, seriously de
pleted by the demands of war,
through adequate fertilization and
lining, rotation of crops and COM
batting of soil erosion.
"For at least Is years." declared
Phil s. Eckert, agricultural econo-
mist OF the Federal Reserve Bank
who is conducting the series of
meetings, ''there has been a con-
tinuous decline of soil resources
III 0hia, With a marked acceleration
~ shs downward .rend since the
start &: the var.
the banks, nnder the program
dsve'gped ay Ray VI. Gidney, presi-
dArl u lire ife14.ai Reserve Bank,
ara coUpC:atinS wi.f The farmers
ir pan tC Tcs;ole this ser;ous loss
81 soil productivity through rota-
tlGhs OF craps 3Jd E!Gpgc ;.pT.:ca-
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-05-28
Aecnnnts approved


Hearing was held May 26 on adj
illustrators accounts, in the foil
owing estates, all of which were
approved, the accounts balanced,
and fiduciaries and bondsmen re-
leased:
John /. Brobeck, administrator
of the estate of Frank M. Beeney,
deceased, final distributive ac-
count;
Chalmers j. Gray and Jay Ber-
lin Gray, executives of the estate
of Howard E. Gray, first and
final account;
John DeVoss, guardian of Minnie
Lawrence, first and final account
Mary E. Fields, administrators
of the estate of Clarence l.. Kale,
first and final account
Jessie Belt, Administrative of the
estate of Emma Watkins, first
and final account;
Jessie Belt, Administrative Of the
estate of Charles Watkins, first
and final account;
Jay d. Ferguson, administrator
of the estate of Joe E. Burns, first
and final account;
Jay d. Ferguson, administrator
of the estate of Mary Burns, first
and final account;
Laura M. Wilson, administrat-
rix of the estate of Helen A. Gan
non, first and final account;
Laura M. Wilson, administrat-
rix of the estate of John {. Gan
non, first and final account.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-05-28
BY Mrs. HERBERT RUTAN

A large crowd of relatives and
friends attended the funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Bessie Fowler, held
in the R. j. Reed funeral Home,
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Marie Reidmiller has re.
ceived word from her son, Charles,
who has been a prisoner of the
Japs for three years.
Mrs. Lester Overfield Jr. and
son, of near Urbana, were Sundays
callers of Mr., and Mrs. knight
Ki1nball.
Mrs. Carl Lawrence passed a.
way at 9 pm. Sunday in the Ma
sonic Home in Springfield. She is
survived by one brother, Clay Nc
Clurg, of Akron. Funeral services
were held at 2 pm. Tuesday in the
r. G.. Reed funeral home, with bur
ial in the Milford Center cemetery.
Mrs. Vaughn Huffman spent
Sunday with her folks, Mr.. and
Mrs. Connolly, of Mingo
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Kaufman an
nounce the birth of a Z Id. II OF.
daughter, Monday in White Cross
hospital
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Harris were
callers in Bellefontaine Sunday.
Miss Mary Patch was a week
end guest of Mrs. William Voll-
rath.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy James and
daughter, of Columbus, spent sew
eral days the past week with Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Clifford and Mrs. o.
Gle Rhoads.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Porter
and son, Billie, Miss Mary Ada In
gram, of Columbus, and Mr. French
Porter were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Seth Ingram and
family.
The Hi-Jinx bridge club was en-
tertained Tuesday evening at the
home of Mrs. Catherine Phalen, of
Marysville.
Mr. and Mrs, Dwight Bennett, of
Columbus. were Sunday guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Elias Erb.
Mrs. Willard Strawn and child
rem returned to their home in To-
ledo, Sunday after spending three
weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
StraWn.
The WS..C.S. met Thursday aft
ernoon at the home of Mrs. c. E.
Dutton.
Mrs Ruth Jenkins and daughter,
Eileen, and Mr.. William Kimmel,
of Columbus, were Sunday guests
of Mrs. Nora Homsher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Emory, of
Mutual and Mr.. Simon Nichols, of
Springfield, spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Everett Hughes and fam
lily.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Carey and
family were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carey and
daughter, of Mechanicsburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lavelle Horn and
daughter were Sunday guests of
Mrs. Gertie Horn, of Unionville
Center.
Mrs. Sylvia Connolly was a Sun
day afternoon caller of Mr.. and
Mrs Mardo Human of North
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-05-28
SONS MEDAL SENT
TO HIS PARENTS

Purple Heart medal which was
awarded posthumOusly to their
son, Sgt. George F. Howard, was
received Thursday by Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Howard, of near Claiborne.
1t was sent to them by the War
Department.
Sgt. Howard was killed March
81 in Germany. He was drafted
Feb. A, 1914 and went overseas
October /, 1914, after completing
his training at Camp Blanding,
Fla.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-05-28
Orders Property Sold

John Ivan Brobeck, executor of
the estate of Letta B. Brobeck, de-
ceased, has been authorized to
sell property concerned at private
sale for the appraised price of
$3250. All persons entitled to share
in the distribution have consented
To the sale.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-05-28
MILFORDCENTER
Lewisburg.

Lewisburg.
Mrs. Ora Hess, of Urbana, spent
Thursday with Mr.. and Mrs. Gail
Davis.
Little Billie Pindar, of Urbana,
spent the week-eh with his aunt,
Mrs. Mary Peters.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-05-28
PAGE FIVE

Mrs. Grace Hemmer MUSIC
supervision, requests that the odd
Marching Band" as of last fan,
meet at z pm. Tuesday in the high
school auditorium for rehearsal for
Memorial Day program.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-05-28
PROBATE COURT
Accounts Filed

First and final account of Clar-
ence c.. Scheiderer, administrator
of the estate of Casper Scheiderer,
deceased. Hearing has been set for
10 am. June 80.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-05-28
COURT NEWS
OF UNION COUNTY
RECORDERS OFFICE
RaaI Estate Transfers

Real EsTaTe TFaIIsTtFs
Roy M. and E. L. King to En-
ma F. Vought, lot in Magnetic
Springs, 81.
Carroll f. and Avonel Guy to
Virginia d. Willis, lot in Marys-
vile, 81.
Arthur M. and Helen KinSer to
Cleatus Baker, two acres in Lib
erty township, 81.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-05-28
u Paint protection pays.
q Starts white; stays

WnIFes Du Pont House Paint Is
made with that whitest of white
Observation-Disclosures dioxide. That's
why it will make your house glisten
winter than you've ever thought
possiblel Yes, and it will stay that
way, too. Because ...
The union times., 1945-02-17
"Seabees" Making Victory Possible
Heroic Workers Given Large Share Of Credit For SoutE Pacific Success Airstrips And Bases Under
 Enemy's Nose-C -Contemptuous Of His Rarraoe

Many tributes have been paid to the navy's Construction Bat taliOn, better known as the ''Sea- bees," but none has been more laudatory than speech in thc House by Congressman George ). Bates (Rep., Mass.).
 This organization, composed of 234,OOO skilled workers the biz majority union men, deserves credit for having made possible General MacArthur's brilliant victories in the South Pacific, Bates declared.
 Without their amazing speed oi construction and their contempt for enemy bombs, snipers, and bullets, Bates said, "our forces would not be in the Philippines today.
 KEPT AHEAD OF FLEET
 Without the vast shore establish ments which the 'Seabees' have built in this country, the size of the fleet would have outstripped its support the roots would have been too small for the tree.
 '1f I speak of the 'Seabees' i'm a laudatory way, it is only because of the wholesome and sincere re. spect l have for the men of this organization and the splendid work they have done in the present ,on- flict."
 When the story of this war is written, Bates asserted, some of tho most thrilling chapters will be de voted to the heroism, the sacrifices and suffering of working men who ''have been building the way tc victory"
 MANY BEYOND DRAFT AGE
 These men are not kids," Bates pointed out. "In some of the battal- ions the average age runs as high as
The union times., 1945-02-17

5 years, and large percentage are we'll over 40 years. Many of them were beyond the draft age. A far higher percentage are married and have children than in any other branch of the service.
 "In other words, the 'Seabees' started out by making sacrifice and when men do that, you may feel cer- tain that they mean business"
 In every invasion operation, Bates said, the "Seabees" landed along with the fighting men; in one or two in- stances they were first and cleared the way for the troops.
 CONTEMPT FOR BULLETS
 ''They have built airstrips and bases right under the enemy's nose, c0ntemptuous of his bullets and sheIls," Bates declared. ''Under the most primitive conditions and un- der combat conditions they have discharged cargo as fast as it is handled at well-equipped ports in the United States.''
 Bates recalled that at one port in the South Pacific 66 cargo ships
The union times., 1945-02-17
Hollywood Scoops
 World On Women
Sees Them As Major Post-War Problem Of Veterans Who Knows, Maybe They're Right-Hospitsls'
 Furnish Source For Interesting Stories

Producers are wondering how to tap that new current of human drama and make real and exciting to moviegoers the return of the soldier to the civilian world. As the postwar stories lineup for prOduc- tiOn you may wonder, too. It might seem that the main problem of the soldier home from the wars IS woman.
 MGM has commissioned Play wright Sidney Kingsley to write The Homecoming of Ulysses" This is about the readjustment of a re- turned medical officer to his women folks. Or theirs to him.
 Here's Paramount planning a pie ture in which Alan Ladd will be a blind veteran who falls in love with a girl of shady background Results, their mutual regeneration, which in- cludes the boy regaining his sight.
 MCM will settle another postwar problem by filming ''Josephine,' '' the Booth Tarkington novel. The returned vet in this gets job as a museum assistant and a beauti- full, rich and willful sweetheart. He gets wise to her true nature and breaks off the engagement. Get that be warning, fellows.)
 When the romantic problems are settled perhaps some bigshot writer will turn his perceptive genius to the incidentals of soldier homecom- ing. Things like jobs =. the funny feel of the old suit and the old viewpoint relations to humans outside the immediate household maybe a different way of looking at the world he has been rubbed against.
 SERIOUS SIDE. RKO has an earnest picture in the works show ing how the army medics prepare war wounded for return to their homes. It is called Tomorrow Is Here. " Writers spent some time with the men at Birmingham hospital, Van Nuys, Calf, and drew data from case histories. The surgeon general read the script and termed it "a very real story"
 (Confdential guide Tomorrow" in movie titles is code for Post war")
 MEND AND EARN. Part of the Northrup aviation assembly line (Black Widows) now starts at Bir- mingham. A branch small parts plant has been set up at the hospital. Even some bedridden patients can resume useful work at going rates.
 SNAPSHOT SERVICE. Cinema Post 56I of the American Legion, made up of ALL. studio workers, sends committee armed with cameras to the hospital every Sum day. They take photographs of the patients and give them prints to send to their families.
 CLAMOR CREW. The boys at Birmingham have even more in- teresting visitors, Military hospitals form a nationwide show circuit regularly toured by A.F.L. actors and actresses - volunteers from Screen Actors Guild, American
The union times., 1945-02-17
Guild of Variety Artists, American Federation of Radio Artists.

SMALL WORLD. Marsha Hunt and Nancy Barnes ran into each other one Sunday at Birmingham. They live in Hollywood but last ran into one another in Alaska. Now they've revamped their camp act to play the hospital circuit.
 SPIRIT. Players are deeply inn pressed by the spirit of these audi ences. Helen Forrest of radio asked a group of boys in an orthopedic ward up north what they'd like to hear her sing. One of them minus leg shouted: "I'll Walk Alone!"
 BEDSIDE MANNER. Some play. CTS are not the type for hospital visits, the Hollywood Victory Com mittee has discovered. But there are plenty of army camps happy to get the exuberant ones.
 The story got back from an eastern hospital about a vivacious cutie who really worked to liven up the boys in a ward. On leaving she approached one convaIcsceni and said: Goodbye. I hope you get better soon."
 Thank you kindly" said the sol dier. Il hope you do, too."
The union times., 1945-02-17
City Mission Opens
 Mail Fund Campaign

In an effort to raise funds for maintenance to May 1, 194o, the City Missionary Association is conducting mail campaign for $l4,000. In a year when patriotic citizens are seek ing to conserve in every possible way this method of collection should ap- peal to the thoughtful-minded.
 The Mission conducts an all-year- round, seven-day-aweek program oI religious training, education and re- creation for people of many races and creeds. The school year schedule is supplemented by that of the Summer camp in North Branford, an 88-acre farm well equipped to promote health and good citizenship in the fortunate campers.
 This 18th annual campaign is spon. sored by the Board of Directors oi the association, with the president Dr. Frank M. Swaffield; and Harry Hedley Smith as co-chairmen
The union times., 1945-02-17
Winnick To Be
 Guest Of Honor

Friends, members of the New Haven County Bar Association, ant of the New Haven Federation oi Musicians will gather at the Sever Gables Town House on Monday February 26th, fc, testimonial din ner to Past President Alexander Winnick, upon the occasion of his re- tirement as head of Musicians Local 234 due to pressure of business, after six years in office.
 Winnick was the eighth president of the Musicians since 1889, when the Local was organized and is one oi three living past presidents. The other two are Louis P. Veil and Anthony R. Teta.
 Arrangements are being made for an enjoyable evening of entertainment and speeches. President Thomas R FitzSimmons will be the toastmaster
The union times., 1945-02-17
l46 Cooperatives Organized By Labor

A total of 146 consumer coopera- tives organized by labor groups are listed in new edition of Labor And Co-ops" by Dr. James Myers. Of these co-ops 30 are in Michigan, 2o in Minnesota and 20 in Illinois. The pamphlet describes the participation of labor people n cooperatives. Copies for l5c may be secured from the Co., operative League, 1o7 West 18th Street, New York, II, New York.
The union times., 1945-02-17
Pay For Time Not Worked

A resolution of the Second Re glonal WLB at New York granting employers in New York State author ity to pay employees for time not worked due to emergency closings of business pursuant to an emergency fuel conservation order has been unanimously approved by the Ma tional War Labor Board.
The union times., 1945-02-17
Due To Increase
 In Illegitimacy

A black market in babies exists in the U. 5. today, fOurishing on the sharp war time increase in illegitimacy. Because of a lack of adequate adoption laws, unmarried mothers are being exploited by commercial organizations, homes and operators who handle adoption deals for profit, the Children's Bureau, U. s. Department of Labor, reveals. Some ''baby brOk- ers'' have been selling illegi- innate infants to eager foster parents for as much as $2, 900 each.
 During the war there has been a sharp rise in illegitimacy. The estimated rate has alm o t doubled in the past two years, with one in every l2 births to- day illegitimate compared with only four in every 100 in 1922. Most of the unmarried mothers are between 1o and 24 and many are under lo.
 COMMON PRACTICE
 If is n common practice through out the country for these mothers to sign away the rights to their babies on a slip of paper before the birth or while still in the hospi- tai, the bureau says. Baby brokers approach the expectant mothers, offering to pay expense in return for the babies, who are then sold at a handsome profit. The mothers sign distractedIy because they think it the only thing they can do. If later they want to keep their babies, they have no legal way to reclaim them.
 More than half of adoptions today are being handled by these illicit brokers the bureau says, pointing out that this involves risk to the foster parents as we'll as to the mother and child. Babies adopted through irregu- lar channels may later prove to be handicapped.
 s'An unmarried mother who wants to keep her baby should be fully protected in that right and helped i'm the undertaking" Chief Katherine Lenroot of the Chil- dren's Bureau said. elf she de- cides to relinquish her child for adoption, then the state should make sure, through its welfare de- pertinent, that protection is given the child, the natural parents and the adaptive parents" Not more than I2 states have adoption laws that give this protection, she said, proposing the following essentials for adoption procedures:
 1. Proceedings should be held be- fore court accustomed ito handling children's cases in a locality where the petitioners are known.
 ?. The state welfare department should be made party to every hear ing.
 3. Hearings should be closed and confidential.
 4 Consent to adoption should be obtained from the natural parents or if that right has been relinquished from a person or agency legally responsible.
 5. A period of residence in the adoption home, preferably for one year, should be required before issu- ing the final adoption decree.
 6. Provision should be made for removal of children from homes found to be unsuitable and for their care and guardianship after removal.
 7. Safeguards should be provided in related laws, such as those con- corning relinquishing of parental rights, to assure the welfare of the child and the rights and obligations of the parents.
The union times., 1945-02-17
Black Market In Babies Exists US Chdre1s Bureau

rode at anchor for lack of cargo misunderstanding ducks for en- emy bOmbers." A contingent of "Scabees" was brought in and i'm short time had the situation so we'll in hand that the ships were unIOaded as fast as they arrived.
The Apache sentinel., 1945-04-20
Memorial

Sunday, at the Lena Horne Thea
tire, 372nd Inf. Reg. held Memorial
Services in observance of the un-
timely passing of our President,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It was
solemn ceremony and eulogies
were given by Chaplain winthrop
and Chaplain Ateea. Col. BouSe-
field, Commanding Officer of Sta
ton Hospital No. l, and Col. Nelson,
of Post Special Services, repre-
sented the Post. Col Edward o.
Gourdin, Regimental Commander,
spoke for all members of the race
when he said, "We as a group have
really lost friend" The famous
372nd Inf. Glee Club rendered four
numbers. The expressive Blessings
of st. Francis" Battle Hymn of
the Republic and "The. Lords
Prayer" with Cpl. Marvin Caw-
tIlorne singing very beautifully, and
the Glee Club providing the back
ground. Chaplain Williams -offici-
ated.
aIfGss 1U'N'o'
The Apache sentinel., 1945-04-20
THINGS YOU
SHOULD KNOW
BY Pfc. Hubert E. Mcleod
WAR BONDS


The momentum of approaching
the gang plank has been highly in
tenSified, but it still isn't too late to
make preparation for postwar Sc
curity. War Bond buying is good
investment and above all you can
buy them while overseas. The cost
Of the Bond will be deducted from
your pay each month or if you pre-
fer, you may make outright cash
purchases.
If you are a little confused about
the procedure of purchasing your
Bond see your first sergeant COM
pany clerk, or War Bond Officer.
The CT Bond is a new Series E War
Bond issued in $40 denominations
at purchase price of $3.50. It's
features are like those of all Series
E Bonds except that they cannot be
bought by civilians.
You are privileged to buy Bonds
by spot cash through your personnel
officer but the easiest and SureSt
way is to have definite sum de-
Quoted from your pay each month
in a class B Allotment. You won't
miss it and you won't spend it. That
is the big advantage of a class B
Allotment. You might be particu-
larly interested in knowing whether
or not the Bonds you buy are sent
directly to you. The answer is NO.
Whether you buy for cash or out of
your pay the Bonds are issued in the
United States and are mailed to the
person you name to hold them for
you. Or, if you prefer, they will be
held for safe keeping by the Treas
ury Department. k
War Bonds increase in value
periodically SO that if you hold your
bond to maturity tio years. your
money earns the equivalent of
The Apache sentinel., 1945-04-20
. AT EASE
WITH co. &c"

There are those persons, both
military and human, who contend
that staff sergeants are special
creations of the horned, cloven-
hoofed gentlmen, designed prima-
rily for the purpose of torturing and
plaguing the stripe-less enlisted per-
sonnel. The main difficulty with
almost all staff sergeants may be
set down accurately thus: The four
stripes that they wear have given
them such Unsuitable desire for a
fifth stripe that they are not only
worthy of this authority they pos
SeSs, but also lot more. Naturally
they engage in the practice which
is known politely in military Ian
guage as 'bucking." Confirmed
buckers never pass up an oppor-
tunity to plug themselves for a
higher rating. This practice of buck
ing ceases, 1 am told, when an indi-
vidual in the armed forces wears
five stars on his shoulders.
This week we honor as the soldier
of the week an ambitious, energetic
soldier whose reputation for doing
good work is known by all the men
in the company. I refer to S/Sgt.
Irwin G. Hopson of Brooklyn, New
York. A native of Key Port, New
Jersey, where he received his educa-
ton at Key Port High School When
asked the most important incident
of his life, Sgt. Hopson says, MAR
riage was the most joyful thrill I
have ever experienced"
It's an old Mexican custom, he
who beStows two pesos upon a
Senorita is entitled to a thrill. A
persistent rumor gradually trickling
back to the mainland says, when
The Apache sentinel., 1945-04-20

the weekend S/Sgt. Alfred Walker
left the border. there wasn't an un-
plucked blossom left in the length
and breadth of the border. The gals
went for Freddie" and how he did
go for them. "Omigosh, are
they beautiful" Walker told me.
1t is not really so tough to spend
weekend subdued under pots and
pans is it, fellow? Well, Sunday, I
was sitting in the mess hall feeling
glad that they had a machine to
wash pots and pans the way they
were disappearing when, 10 and be-
hold, character emerged with a
tattle-tale gray uniform, looking
like a refugee from runaway life
raft, speaking language that only
the followers of Satan could in
terpret. You guessed it, the char
acter was Pvt. Charles Hockett.
Sgt. William R. Fassett,
Reporter.