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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-22
BUSINESS. PROFESSIONAL
MOMENTS CLUB HOLDS MEET

bU SlN EO04 Rn0E GCO10NAls
WOMEN'S CLUB HOLDS MEET
The Business and Professional
Women's Club held its regular
December meeting in the Dinner
Bell restaurant Thursday eve
ming with Mrs. Miriam Hildreth
and Mrs. Marie Randall being in
charge of plans for the meeting.
For place cards, Santa Claus
heads had been cleverly made by
the committee, and favors were
thermometers, gifts of the Hill
dreth jewelers.. After a two
course dinner, the group held its
gift exchange, then Mrs. Mignon
Forty led the members in sing
ing Christmas carols.
Mrs. Frieda Shaw presided ov-
er the business meeting, which
included reports from various
committees and officers as fol-
lows: treasurer, Helen Davis;
hospitality, Blanche Stone; fl
nance, Blanche Stone; welfare,
Marie Randall; and legislative,
Katy Mouser.
Two new members were well
coined, Mrs. Annis Shaw and
Mrs. Mary Sewell.
For the project of the year, it
was decided to sponsor the
speech department of Marysville
High School whenever necessary
or called upon. Mr.. Robert Wag-
ner is teacher.
The following committees were
appointed: Hospitality-Mrs. Ma
'ry Sewell; health and safety
Mrs. Florence Hurd; education
and vocation-Mrs. Mary Alice
Diehl and Mrs. Christine Her
riott
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-22

All ladies of Trinity Lutheran
Church who have not turned in
their anniversary envelopes are
asked to do so at once, to one of
the following committee men,
bers: Mrs. j. X. Scheiderer, Mrs.
H H Kettler, Mrs Edgar Conrad,
MRS Harry Gilbert, Mrs Herman
ID. Rausch or Mrs. Ted Thomp-
son.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-22
Goings. Comings
Around
MarYsville
Exciting Days;
First Bids Received
For OAR. Dance

Invitations have been received
for the annual d. A. r. girls in
vitation dance, an annual Christ
mas holiday tradition, which will
be held this year on Friday eve
ming in the High School gymnas-
ium.
For those who have been at
tending this pleasant social high
light of the holiday season, it is
an enjoyable event to which all
look-forward with pleasure.
But to the young miss who is
old enough to attend for the first
time this year, it's an event ''out
of this world" She has looked
forward for weeks, wondering,
"Will l be luck enough to get
an invitation" After all, it's the
most popluar dance of the holi-
day season.
And then, last Monday, there
in the mail was the invitation.
What a happy moment: Il have
been invited to the d. A. R. dance
to dance to the music of Ray
Mum who plays at all the col
lege dances-now who can | ask
Ted, Dick or Charles-and my
first formal, black one? no,
blue; oh, no, that beautiful red
one-it was just my size-with
silver slippers-and how will |
get the three dollars?
"Oh, Mother, I'll do the dishes
and cut my allowance for a
whole month! There's nothing
else l want more for Christmas
than to go to the D. A. R.
dance"
Can't we all recall those eX-
citing moments of our first big
dance?
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-22
WILL ENTERTAIN pi6tJprLs

Miss Jennie Sherwood will en-
tertain at her studios on S. Court
st. for the youngest group of her
pupils. Those who will attend are
Geraldine, Dorothy and Judy
Thompson, Tommy Hurd, Sha-
ron and John Groome, Karen
Evans, Marjorie Ohnsman, Billie
Rhoades, Janet Cooper, Janet
Harbold, Judy Westlake, Ann
Skillman and Laura Spring.
The party will be from 2 to 5
with the afternoon to be spent
| playing musical numbers" and
other games and refreshments
will be served.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-22
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

Mr.. Reed B. Neer, of Milford
Center, is announcing the en-
gagement and approaching mar
riage of his laughter, Diana, to
Mr.. Erwin l.. Blumenschein, son
of Mrs. Peter Blumenschein, of
Marysville.
The wedding will take place
at 7:30 p. m. Saturday, Feb. Z,
in the st. Johns Lutheran church
in the Settlement. Miss Neer is
a graduate of Union Local high
school in Milford Center, and is
employed by the Citizens Fed
eral Savings & loan Association.
Mr.. Blumenschein is employed in
Columbus.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-22
IN GRANT HOSPITAL

Mrs. Conrad Wiedman, of S.
Plum ST., was taken to Grant
hospital, late Saturday night, for
an emergency operation, per-
formed at once. Friends will be
glad to know she is getting along
nicely.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-22

Mrs. Thurman Sheppard en-
tert a ned the Neighborhood
Bridge Club for dinner at the
Dinner Bell restaurant, Thursday
evening, and for bridge and a
Christmas party at her home on
w. Eighth ST.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-22
S|9ggll 81 ~
BY MARTHA JANE GUY. Phone 7s44
cANDLELIGHT SERVICE

CANDLELIGHT SERVICE
In the First Congregational
church Sunday. evening beautiful
ly decorated with cedar boughs,
I e d poinsettia and a beautiful
w hite poinsetta in memory of
Dudley Foory; red and Whit e
lighted tapers, beautiful candle
light service was. given as fol-
lows: Organ prelude, Hymn, Oh
Come, All Ye Faithful" Hymn
of the Annunciation"; scripture
reading by Rev. Geo. Snyder;
Anthem, H o w Beautiful Upon
the Mountains, by choir;hymn
and alteration of the Shepherds;
solo, "Cantique de Noel', Jessica
Thrall; Anthem, There's a Song
in the Air., the c h oir; solo
Birthday of the King" James
Thompson; meditation "The mes
sage of the STAR, by Rev Geo.
Snyder.
The lighting of the candles
were by Marjorie Donohoe, head
Granddaughter, Patty Simpson,
Betty Jane Guy, Joyce Donohoe,
Patty Wolford, Betty Jean Snip
son and Mary Printz. Then the
prayer of conservation. The or
gan numbers were accompanied
by Mrs. Mignon Forty.
IL IL IL
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Mrs. Clarence Beightler, of w.
Sixth ST., entertained 20 friends
of her daughter, Joyce Ann, in
honor of her 9th birthday Sun
day afternoon. Those who enjoy
ed the party. were Judy Gibson,
Betty Rausch, Judy Splitter,
Katherine Sullivan, Pat McKit-
rick, Shesta Pyers, Dotty Thomp-
son, June Brubaker, Mary Jane
Heimlick, Jennie Dill, Shirley
Taylor, Clarice Dittmar, Shirley
Cox, Susan Swartzaph, Sharon
Mirkan, Sharon Lee Payne, San
dra Eastman, Mary Moore Shir-
ley Bush, Karen McCary and
their third grade teacher, Mrs
Irene McCracken.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-22
w. C. T. u. HOLDS MEETING
HERE FRIDAY AFTERNOON

The Women's Christian Tenn
perence Union met in the Fellow
ship room on Friday afternoon.
II the absence of the president,
the vice president, Mrs. Edna
Sheldon, presided over the meet
ing, which opened with the group
singing 90 Little Town of Beth
lehem," with Miss Edna Figley
accompanist.
The Devotionals, 'The Christ
mas Story" taken from Luke,
and Another Boy" were given
by Miss Figley. A letter on the
subject of an initiative and refer
endum for county local option,
which had been received from
headquarters, was read by Mrs.
Sheldon. Further plans for and
organization of county local op-
ton campaign, followed.
Miss Green gave an interest
ing report on the State Conven-
ton. which she had attended 1t
described the w. c. t. U. as a
mighty army on the march to-
wardsvictory.
The opinion is not true, she
added, which some people seem
to hold of the w. c. t. u; that
it is tattered remnants engaged
in last-ditch stand against over
whelming odds.
The meeting closed with the
Mizpah benediction Refresh
ments were served by the host
esses, Mrs. Eva Sprague, and
Mrs. Jessie LeMaster.
III III III
MARK 25th ANNIVERSARY
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Reams,
who reside at the corner of w.
Ninth and S. Maple sts., will ce-
1ebrate their 25th wedding ami
rersary at their home on Sun
ay Open house will be held in
the afternoon from 2 to 5 and in
'he evening from z to 9 p. m.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-22
OBSERVE: -4NNii7vER1ss.7lRY

Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor Rltten-
house observed their 25th we'd
ding anniversary Sunday, Dec. IA
at their home near Delaware. A
family dinner was served at the
noon hour, the candle-lighted tab
lie being centered with a large
wedding cake.
Place cards were set for Mr..
and Mrs. Lloyd Mcdowell, Mr..
and Mrs. Jesse Mcdowell, Rev.
George Red and daughters, Joan
and Marilyn, all of Marysville;
and Harold and James Ritten-
house.
Open house was held in the
afternoon and evening and 60
friends and relatives called dur
ing these hours. Assistants were
Mr.. and Mrs. Parker Shank, bro
ther- -in-laW and sister of Mr.. Rit-
tenhouse. Christmas decorations
were attractively used in the
house. Mr.. and Mrs. Rittenhouse
received many lovely gifts of sill
yer, and many persons sent cards
or called them during the day.
They were married in the Os-
trander Baptist parsonage and
the first 10 years of their mar
ried life were spent in Union
County. They are the parents of
three children, Mrs. Lloyd Nc
Dowell and Harold and James
Rittenhouse.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-22
HOME From HOSPITAL

Mrs. Joe w. Lentz a n d son,
were brought to their home on
w. Seventh st, from San Antonio
hospital Sunday afternoon.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-22
PERSONALS

PERSONALS
Mr.. and Mrs. John K. Scheid-
erer and sons entertained at a
family dinner Sunday, Mr.. and
Mrs. Marion Russell and daugh-
ter, Carol, of Marengo; Mrs.
Louis Baker and two sons, Bobby
and Donny, Miss Esther Scheid-
erer and Mr.. A. w. Dewitt.
Mr.. Harry Schalip and daugh-
ter, Mona Lou, left Sunday morn
ing for Belleville, Ill, for a visit
with the formers son-in-law and
daughter, S/Sgt and Mrs. Paul
Telthorster. Wednesday night
they will return for the Christ
mas holiday.
Miss Patricia Carney, who is a
student in ST. Theresa College,
Winona, Mimi, arrived Saturday
to spend the holiday season at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Carneys on w. Ninth
st.
Mr.. and Mrs. G Carl Boerger
were Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Boerger, of Cincinnati.
In the afternoon they motored to
Hamilton where they visited
Mrs. Alfred K. Boerger, who is
recovering from recent opera
ton.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-22
Wednesday:
Christmas Eve.

Four groups from Presbyterian
Methodist, First English Luther
an and Congregational worship
service at z p. m. in Congrega-
tional church, af ter which
groups will go caroling and back
TO Congregational church for re-
freshmehts.
Sunday School Christmas SER
vice at Trinity Lutheran church
at 1880 p. m.
Midnight service starting at IL
p. m. in Trinity Lutheran CHURCH
sermon by Rev. Goedeking at
11:30 p. m.
Thursday: Merry Christmas to- all
Service at a. m. by candle
light in First English Lutheran
church.
Friday:
d. A. R. Girls ance, high
school gym from OILS to 1890
a. m.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-22
TROOP / GIRL SCOUTS

The Girl Scout Troop / enter
tanned their mothers at a Christ
mas barty and court of awards.
Mrs. Robert Wagner started with
having the group sing Jingle
Bells, ooh Little Town of Beth
lehem" and "Joy to the World"
A playlet was given christmas"
the following playing the parts:
Mother, Madeline Worthington;
daughter, Anne, Carol Stephens;
Santa, Kathleen Coleman; Mrs.
Santa, Nancy Roden; Santa's
helpers, Shirley Kirby and Mar
garet Schultis. Mrs. Wagner
then presented following awards.
Second class, Joan Roden, Laura
Pierce, June Martin, Sandra
Stricken, Susan Asman; first aid,
Sandra Stricken, Marlene Wilk-
er; weaving, B ty Jane Guy,
photography, Betty j ne Guy;
interior decorations, Anna Jean
Robinson, Betty Jane Guy; de-
sign, Betty Jane Guy; needle
craft badge, Nancy Roden; sculp-
tor, Nancy Roden; cyclist, Shir-
ley Kirby. delicious refreshments
were served by Troop leaders.
Mrs. Wagner, Mrs. D. B. Robin
son and Mrs. Russell Granko
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02
1917 Red Cross Fund
Drive Starts Tuesday

The 1947 Red Cross Fund cam
paign for $21, 253 to be used during
the coming year for services to
the community gets under
way Tuesday morning following a
series of kickoff meetings tomor-
row.
Over $1,000 of this years quota
will be used within New Hanover
county to carry on the local chap
ter work, according to j. H. Cars
well, chairman Of the drive.
Meeting at II am. in the Tide
water Assembly hall will be the
workers of the Downtown division
which is headed by Hal J. Love.
Both the Residential and Coun-
ty divisions will meet at the same
hour in the St. Paul's Lutheran
Parish house. The division chair
man are Mrs. Lester w. Preston
and Mrs. H. M. W%ellott, respec-
lively.
Employees of the Whining
ton Furniture company were the
first to report in the Commercial
division with 210 per cent OF their
goal raised, Robert Dannenbaum.
chairman of the division an
nounced yesterday.
O.her division chairmen named
by co-chairmen J. H. Carswell and
N. A. Avera are c. S. Morse.
Railroads.; Robert P. Andrews. In
dustrial: L. S. Hubbard, Jr., Pub
lie Service; H. R. Emory, Public
Employees; Dr.. L. W. Upperman,
Negro; and IRIS. Bernice Stellings,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02
PTS INSTITUTE
PLANS READIED
Family Life To Be Theme
OF Three-Da Community
Meetings In Schools

The annual meeting of the Coz
operative Community Family Life
Institute, Wilmington will convene
here tomorrow at 8 pm. in the
New Hanover High school au.
ditorium for a three-day session,
it was announced yesterday.
The meeting intended for par.
ents, teachers and students of the
city has as it's theme whittier
Family Life - Shock Absorber
For Social Change"
Featured speaker will be DR..
Hornell Hart, Duke University
professor who will initiate
the speeches and discussions Mon.
day morning with an address or
the subject, at which time he will
point out its various phases as
they apply to the everyday life O.
residents.
On Tuesday DR.. Hart will ad.
dress the student body of
New Hanover High at $40 am.
following which he will speak tc
the students of Williston High
school at 10:40 am.
From 10 am. until 2 pm. d
parents symposium will be hello
in the New Hanover High school,
auditorium. Lunch at the schoo.
cafeteria will be served al
l o'clock.
At six p. m. DR.. Hart will make
an address and lead a discussion
Continued OH Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02
Three Children Cremated
By Father, e., In Rage

added the officer, and the couple
later obtained . divorce.
Arms said the statement re-
lated Mrs. Wilson had gone to a
neighbours home after asking her
husband to %replenish the fuel sup
ply n kerosene stoves at their
cabin 5 miles from here. The
statement continued:
Some of the children pulled
the can of kerosene over, spilllng
some of it. I got mad and poured
kerosene over t h e children and
the room until the can was
empty. 1 walked into the living
room and put the empty can on
the floor.
Il then stuffed a burlap bag In
the ash receiver OF the range and
watched it catch fire and spread
into the kerosene soaked room. /
had intended to burn myself up
with the children but I lost my
nerve when | saw the fire. | ran
outside and watched Tie iie.
After a while l tried to break
through the flames to save the
| children but / couldn't"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02
Strike Notices Filed
By Telephone Workers

decided that unions affiliated with
the NFTW would file strike notices
by March l if they had made no
progress in their individual negotia-
tons with the telephone companies.
The Denver plan also provided that
the Independent NFTW would be
dissolved in June and replaced with
the Independent Communication
Workers of America. A body which
would bargaining nationally for
members, a union spokesman said.
After over a month of continu-
Gus bargaining not one Bell Tele-
phone company has offered a penny
OF wage increases" Beirne said.
'"They have rejected all our pro-
posa1s for union shop, shortened
apprentice periods. narrowing of
wage differences between large and
small towns and have refuse.
consider improvements in vacations
and pensions.
ION the contrary they are trying
to move backward in contract mat
tiers and seek to return to condi-
tons as they existed 10 years age
before the industry was organized
The union said strike notices
unde~ the Smith, onnal'y act had
been filed in Alabama, Georgia.
Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi.
North and South Carolina. Tennes-
see, New York, New Jersey, Hi
nois, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska.
North and South Dakota. Ohio.
Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas,
Continued on Page ~; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02
B0ND-CASHINC
ACTION PUSHED
Betition Drafted Demand
ing Speedy House Vote
On GI Leave Bonds

WASHINGTON, March 1.-(P,-
Rep. Dwight L. Rogers D-Fla) to-
day drafted a ''discharge petition
to force a speedy House vote on
cashing now the So, $50, 900, 600
worth of bonds being issued to ex-
CTS for terminal leave pay and
predicted strong republican sup
port.
Bills by Rogers and others are
pending in the House Armed Serv-
ices Committee which has taken no
action so far. The petition, if sign
ed by 218 House members, would
discharge the committee consider
ing Rogers bill and 6ring it direct
ly to the floor for action.
81 may file the petition next
week. Rogers told newsmen.
There Will be no trouble obtaining
the 218 signatures because all OF
US recognize the unfairness of the
1916 requirement for payment in
bonds, which the Senate wrote into
the law over House opposition"
Rogers recalled that Speaker
Martin R-Mass) was among the
republicans who fought the bond
provision last year and favored
cash instead. Last July 81 Martin
told the House:
1.-The next Congress will see the
injustice is corrected. Eventually,
the American people will see that
fair play prevails"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02
By The Associated Press

Thirty-day strike notices involv-
ing more than 40, 900 telephone
company workers were on file in
at least IS states today, and their
union president accused the en-
ployers of 'stalling" in negotiations
in the hope congress would give
them "a bargaining advantage
The telephone industry seems
almost to want to push us into a
nationwide telephone strike, a
strike our whole program set up
last November is intended to
avoid" Joseph A. Beirne, president
Of the National Federation of Tele-
phone Workers, said in Washing
ton.
Beirne issued his statement after
another union spokesman descr1b-
ed the. individual strike notices as
part of a "coordinated program
of the union.
However. some union sources
regarded the strike notices as a
mere Formally. in keeping the ac-
ton of the unions national conven
tion in Denver last November. The
convention approved April 7 as the
date for a nationwide telephone
strike in the event such action was
needed to obtain 1947 contract de-
mands.
In recent testimony before a Sen
ate Labor Committee, Belrne hint
ed there might be no strike. saying,
personally, 1 would be inclined to
arbitrate rather than call a strike
The unions Denver convention
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02
|269 REGISTER
FOR ELECTION
Carolina Beach Precinct
Fails To Make Report To
Complete Figure

The returns of the first days
registration of the special election
to be held for the construction of
the Wilmington Red Cross Sana-
forum, totaled 269, according to
an announcement last night by
Addison Hewlett, chairman of the
county commissioners.
This figure doesn't include the re-
turns for Carolina Beach, as the
information from this precinct was
not available.
For those who have not register
ed for this election, the registrars
office will receive registrations on
March 8 and Is. The election is
scheduled to be held on March
Is, at which time the proposed
Junior College will also be voted
on.
1t has ben brought to the at
tention of the public, that the 500,
900 to be appropriated for the con-
struction of the sanatorium would
be Withdrawn from the sum former
ly added to the Capital Reserve
Fund.
No tax levy Or bond issuance
will be required for this building,
as the election is being held pri-
marily to give the Board of County
Commissioners permission to use the
500, 900 for this purpose.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02

fronts Stretching from central
China to the heart of Manchuria,
Chang this assumed complete
powers in the government at a time
when China's future appeared to
be at stake.
Many quarters predicted a ma
jor shakeup in the government,
possibly an anti-communist cola
ton including minority parties.
The Supreme National Defense
Council, with Chang presiding,
appointed him acting premier
until such time as Soong's sue
cessor is selected"
Chang already is President OF
the Republic.
He is expected to announce
shortly the appointment of Gen.
Chang Chun as Vice-Premier.
Chang returned recently from the
United States, where he obtained
medical treatment, visited Presi-
dent Truman and INDUCED his
fondness for ice cream.
Informed sources said that both
Chang and Sun Fo, president
of the Legislative Yuan, had de-
clined the premiership.
The same sources said Chang
had determined on Soong's re-
placement several days ago be-
cause of steadily mounting COM
plants against Soong's ineffective
Continued on Page II; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02
Georgia's Governors
Ready For Showdown

ATLANTA. Ga. March 1.-(P)-
Georgia's disputing governors will
tell it to the Supreme Court next
Thursday in a final showdown be-
tween Herman Talmadge a n d
LIeut-Gov. NJ. E-Thompson.
Decision of the states highest
court, which may come before
March Is, will end nearly two
months Of political turmoil in
which rival governors have oc-
cupied the capitol.
Three appeals, consolidated into
single case, will be heard by
seven black-robed justices. The
court has set q maximum of six
hours oral argument, and expects
10 conclude thu hearing in one day.
heart OF the dispute is this: Did
Georgia's legislature exceed it's
authority in voiding 143, 900 votes
cast for the late Eugene Talmadge
as unopposed democratic nominee
!of governor in 1916, and did it err
Ill electlng his son, Herman Tai
mage, to a+four-year term as gov
efror on the basis of a bare CTS
Wrlte-in votes?
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02
CAPTURE
TWO AMERICANS
Officers Reported
Seized By Communists
In Fighting Zone

WASHINGTON, NJ a r. /. -(P)-
The War Department reported to-
day that two American army Of
ficers have been seized. by
Chinese communists in an area of
Manchuria where heavy fighting
is going on between communists
and nationalist troops.
A brief message from the
American military attache at
Marking said, without further ex-
PLANTATION. that the officers were
captured" by the communists on
March l (February %, U. S.
time).
The two-Maj. Robert B. Rigg
of Chicago and Capt. John W.
Collins Of Evanston, Ill. are
both assistant military attaches at
Marking.
Lacking details. officials here
were uncertain what proce-
dure would be followed to obtain
release, OF the men.