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Evening star., 1947-03-15
Woman S Party Unit
Sues Again Over Slate

Another phase Of the battle be-
tween two factions Of the National
Woman's Party began with a suit
filed yesterday in District Court.
The suit, brought by Miss Laura
M. Berrien, whose address is given
as the Investment Building, names
Is defendants and seeks to enjoin
the group from excluding slate of
officers chosen in the Mayf1ower
Hotel and others from the party S
national headquarters in the 100
block of B street NE.
A suit filed in the name of the
National Woman's Party last month
sought to have the court declare as
legal officers the slate elected in
January in the Mayflower and head
ed by Mrs. John L. Whitehurst of
Baltimore. That suit still is pending
Named as one of the defendants
in both suits is Miss Anita Pollitzer
of New York, who claims the Office
of nation chairman.
Both suits were filed through At
torneys Spencer Gordon and Char
les A. Horsky. Mr. Horsky said Miss
Berrien is member of the national
Evening star., 1947-03-15
Traffic Session Seeks
Means Of Impressing
Safety on Public

The cause of traffic safety lacks
glamour, but ways must be found to
give it an appeal equal to its import
ance, the Nations accident fighters
are agreed.
The problem of devising more ef-
fective public relations was para
mount, as they met yesterday in
the annual session Of the National
Committee for Traffic Safety in the
Hotel Statler.
''We have not found the way to
get our message over to the public
in such convincing form as to- stir
the average citizen from his leth-
argy," Gov. Millard F. Caldwell OF
Florida, chairman Of the United
States Conference of Governors,
declared.
Gruesome Photos Unheeded.
"Grusome photographs in news
papers of shattered automobiles, and
even of the injured and dead, leave
the public apathetic. Motorists will
even drive at reckless speeds to the
scene of an accident, risking their
lives and the lives of others to see
with their own eyes the results of
the heedlessness which they prac-
tice while the example is before
them"
IT'S awfully hard to glamorize
the saving of lives" commented
Committee Chairman w. Earl Hall,
managing editor of the Mason City
1owaD Globe Gazette. There isn't
anything glamourols about sta
tistic."
The committee heard Federal
Works Administrator Philip B.
Fleming report on what the Federal
Evening star., 1947-03-15
Hogerstown Joyeees
Oppose Stute Sales Tex
By the Assoeiofsd Press


HAGERSTOWN, Md, Mar. 15.-A
State sales tax will result in double
or triple taxation, the Hagerstown
Junior Chamber of Commerce told
the Washington County delegation
to the General Assembly in a letter
asking 1t to vote against the pro-
posed levy.
'The man least able to pay is
affected more than the man most
able to pay" the group said, and
suggested instead an increased indl-
vidual and corporation income tax,
a distilled spirits tax, a tobacco tax,
or an amusement tax.
Evening star., 1947-03-15
Jury Acquits Defendant
OF Assault Churqe

Henry P. Taylor, 81, colored, of
the $500 block of Wade road Sc,
yesterday afternoon was acquitted
by a District Court jury of a charge
of criminally assaulting a 20-year-
old colored woman.
Taylor was represented by At
torney Robert I. Miller. Justice
David A. Pine presided at the trial.
Evening star., 1947-03-15

council of the Mrs. Whitehurst group
and a former treasurer.
Last January. police were called
by a private detective to forestall
any possible attempt to take over
the headquarters by any Of the
group opposing those now holding
the building.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-09-01
MISSIONARY SOCIETY
BENEVOLENT soc1E1TY

Benevolent Society of Trinity
Lutheran Church will met at p.
m. tonight in the Parish school.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-09-01
Mr.. AND MRS. CURRENT
OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY

Mr.. and Mrs. William Current,
of Marysville Rt. l, were pleas
antly surprised on Aug. II, when
their children and families
gathered for a basket dinner here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Current were mar
ried so years on Mr.. Currents
Both birthday, which was Aug. IA.
The grandchildren presented
them with three-tier wedding
cake which was decorated in
keeping with the anniversary. A
smaller cake was also decorated
to represent the birthdays of
those who were born in the
month of August. They later
played an anniversary song on
the phonograph, followed by
everyone present singing Happy
Birthday" in unison. A bountiful
dinner was served at the noon
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-09-01
IL IL IL
MILLCREEK PROGRESSIVE
SCHOOL CLUB MEETS

The Millcreek Progressive
School Club held its regular
monthly meeting Wednesday
evening in the school cafeteria.
The meeting was opened by the
president, Mrs. Howard Mack.
The Secretary's report was read
/ by the assistant secretary, Chris
tine Herriott, in the absence of
Hildred Sweeney.
Mr.. Terry Bell and Mr.. Homer
Christian gave report on their
/ investigation of the gym. Sale
plans were discussed and it was
decided to buy the pies for the
sales for a while. Up to this time
they have been donated by
women members of the club and
they have been very faithful,
sending about 25 to 35 pies to
every sale. This has been greatly
appreciated by the club. Mr..
Wade announced that school
would open on Sept. 2 and that
there would be one new teacher,
Miss Stanley, who comes from
West Virginia. The meeting was
then turned over to the program
committee and with Paul John
son acting as master of ceremon-
les, the All clubs presented the
following:
Two skits by Mabel Gregory,
Chas. Gregory, Chester Johnson,
Leroy Kramer and Eugene Greg
ory; Lowell Bell and Dean Mack
then gave their fire prevention
demonstration; the same demon
stration given by the boys at
Columbus.
This concluded the meeting
and refreshments were served by
the following hostesses: Mrs.
Hanes, Mrs. Christine Herfiott,
Mrs. M. A. South, Mrs. Edgar
Roush and Mrs. j. B. Murphy.
The next meeting will be the last
Wednesday in Sept. at the school
with Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Wade,
Mrs. Edith Hill, Mr.. and Mrs.
Allen Haggard and Mrs. Don
Webb on the rcfrcshmcnt COM
mittee.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-09-01

William Brooks, of Springfield
Miss Betty Richey and Miss
Evelyn June Seeley, of Indian
apolis, served as Junior hostesses.
Later in the evening, the new
Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson left on
their wedding trip after which
they will be at home in Marion,
where Mr.. Thompson is employed
at the Marion Refrigeration Co.
For her going away outfit, the
bride wore a grey gabardine suit
with grey hat and red accessor-
les.
The bride is a graduate of
Marysville high school and also
of the Methodist hospital School
of Nursing in Indianapolis. The
groom, a graduate of New Dover
high school, spent three years as
a bombardier in the Army Air
Forces.
PERSONAL
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert McCarty of
Chestnut ST., gave family dim
ner on Sunday honoring the birth
day anniversary of their son,
Robert. Those present were: Mr..
and Mrs. Robert L. McCarty, of
Toledo; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph l..
McCarty and daughter, Jerry; Mr.
and Mrs. Walter L. McCarty and
daughter, Cheryl; Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert B. Montgomery, sons,
Bobby and Danny; Miss Marilyn
McCarty, and the host and host
eSS.
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nour ana cardS ana glftS were
exchanged. The afternoon was
spent socially. Everyone wished
them many happy returns of the
day.
Those present for the occasion
were Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Dunn and
sons, Ronald and Arthur, of Sa-
bina; Edward Currents children,
Mary, Billie, Eleanor and Shirley,
of ST. Paris; Starley Current and
daughters, Ruth, Martha, Louise,
and Betty Ann, of ST. Paris; Mr.
and Mrs. Weldon Current and
sons, Richard and Don, of Sidney;
Mr.. James Current, of Sidney;
daughter, Janice, of Marysville;
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Current
and children, Vernon and Sharon,
of Marysville; Mr. Kenneth Bish-
op and Mrs. Dorothy Boan, of
Urbana; the honored guests, Mr..
and Mrs. William Current.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Current
were the parents of eight child
rem, Bertie and Edward Current,
both deceased, Roy Current,
Starley Current and Vienna
Current (now Mrs. Don Stout,
all of st. Paris; Jim Current, and
Weldon Current, both of Sidney;
Everett Current, of Marysville;
They have 20 grandchildren and
five great-grandchildren.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Current
were married on Aug. IA, 1867 by
Rev. Cummins, of Camp Creek,
near Elm Grove. They spent their
entire life farming in Pike, Fay
cite, Champaign, and Union
counties.
Mr.. Current was the son of Mr..
and Mrs. James Current, of Elm
Grove. He has one sister, Belle
(Mrs. Charlie Marriott), deceased;
and two other sisters living. They
are Jane (Mrs. Sam Crabbtree), of
Urbana; and Ella (MrS. John
Shoemaker), of Columbus; and
two brothers, Albert Current
Elm Grove; Nelson Current
Springfield.
Mrs. Current (Sarah) was the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson
Williams. Mrs. Williams is de-
ceased but Mr.. Williams resides
at Greenfield. She has one sister;
Delilah (Mrs. Joseph Current
deceased; and four sisters living
They are Orie, (Mrs. John Smith)
Minnie (Mrs. Vannie McMurray)
both of Greenfield; Oracle (Mrs
Herman Abbott) of Rarden; ano
Faye (Mrs. Charlie Blackburn,
of DnaYN1nc
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-09-01

Before beautiful back ground
of baskets of gladioli with fern,
and lighted by four 7branch
candelabra, Miss Janice Lee Over
holser was united in marriage
with Bernard Thompson, at 7:30
o'clock Saturday evening in the
First Methodist church. Vows
were received by the Rev. Elisha
Kneisley, formerly minister of the
Marysville church.
The bride who was given in
marriage by her father, was
lovely in a gown of French Mar
quisette with tight-fitted bodice
| and poplum around the hips and
yoke. Her veil was an imported
English illusion, held in place
with coronet of lace and pearls
A string of pearls, a gift of the
groom, was her. only jewelry.
| During the ceremony, the bride
carried white Bible, on which
lay an orchid, with ribbon stream
ers holding a rose bud tied in
each end, flowing from the Bible.
Dresses of the brides attend
ants, were all made in a similar
manner, with a deep V-neckline
and a fitted waist. The maid of
honor, Mrs. Jack Kreakbaum,
wore blue dress and carried a
pastel colonial bouquet with il
luSion through it.
The brides maids were Miss
Naomi Wilson, a sister of the
bride, who wore a dress of yell
low; Miss Eileen Wilson, another
sister of the bride, attired in an
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-09-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Miller and
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Burroughs,
of near Raymond, returned home
Wednesday evening from four
day trip through Virginia, Wash
ington, D. c. and vicinity. They
visited the natural bridge in Vir-
ginia, Mt. Vernon, several inn
portant buildings in Washington,
D. c., including the capitol and
Smithsonian Institute, the sky
line drive through the Blue
Ridge mountains and other
points of interest.
Mr.. Bame, Mr.. Wise, Ray Tan
ner, William Wise and Harvey
Hegenderfer, attended the State
Fair Sunday, while Mrs. Wise
and Mrs. Bame and children
spent the day visiting with Mrs
Ray Jolley and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Wise and
Frederick and Mrs. John Wise
visited at the home of Mrs. Rose
Hilbert, Mrs. Zena Adams and
Mrs. Eden Bidwell, of Plain City
and Findlay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burnell Bame
and family, of Jenera, attended
a pot-luck supper held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Wise, of Broadway, Saturday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bame remained
over the week end, visiting at the
home of the latter's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Wise, of Marys-
vile. They also attended the
State Fair on Sunday.
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Photo by Shaw Color Studio
aqua dress; and Miss Rose Marie
Nye, of Indianapolis, who wore
a pink dress. Each carried a col
onial bouquet of carnations with
illusion through the flowers.
Ann Warrington was the flower
girl and wore a blue dress. She
carried colonial bouquet similar
to the others.
Each of the brides attendants
wore rhinestone necklace, a
gift of the bride.
John Smallwood jr., served as
best man for the groom, while
Dwight Storey, Jack Scott and
John Harrington jr., of Spring
field, were ushers.
Mrs. Chester Wilson, mother
of the bride, wore a powder blue
dress with black accessories and
corsage of yellow rose buds
Mrs. Richmond Thompson, the
groom's mother, wore a French
blue dress with black accessories
and a corsage of pink rose buds.
Preceding the ceremony, a
half-hour of wedding music was
played by Miss Jean Graham at
the organ with Miss Eileen Will
son singing 90 Promise Me" and
Miss Marie Nye singing
Because" and my Hero.
Following the wedding, a re-
ception for l25 guests was held
at the home of the brides
parents on W. Eighth st. Senior
hostesses were Mrs. Claude
Skidmore. Mrs. ElWood Sawyer,
Mrs. Ethel Warrington and Mrs
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-09-01
MAGNETIC w. S. C. S.

MAGNETIC w. S. c. S.
The Magnetic Springs Wo-
mems Society of Christian Service
will meet at the church at l:30
p. m, Wednesday for short
business meeting. Following the
meeting the group will go to
Pharisburg where they will be
guests of the w. S. c. S. group
there.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-09-01
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JUNIOR LUTHER LEAGUE

Trinity Lutheran Junior Luth-
er League will meet at 7:30 p. m
Tuesday in the Parish House.
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MISSIONARY SOCIETY
The Womens Missionary Society
of Trinity Lutheran church will
meet at 2 p. m. Thursday in the
Parish House.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-09-01
ST. JOHNS LADIES AID
PLANS PROGRAM SUNDAY

The Ladies Aid of st. Johns
Lutheran church will sponsor a
program of good Christian fellow
ship next Sunday evening.
The program for the evening
will begin at 6 p. m. with light
lunch Educational films will
be shown at 8 p. m. Refreshments
will include chicken salad sand
wiches, pie, ice cream, popcorn
and coffee. Everyone is invited.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-09-01
CT LOANS TOTAL HALF
BILLION IN 3. STATES

World War II veterans in Ohio
Michigan and Kentucky have
negotiated 1Ol,O30 home, farm
and business loans totalling
S558,331 ,072 under guaranty pro-
visions of the C. l. Bill, the Vet
erans Administration tri-state
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-09-01
PAGE THREE

Branch Office in Columbus, re-
ported today.
The totals include: Ohio So, ,449
loans for S311,Ol7,421; Michigan,
1881 loans for Sl97, 3,915; Ken
lucky, 10000 loans for S49, 1884,
736.
VA has guaranteed approxi-
mately> AZ per cent of the total
which veterans have borrowed
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-09-01
III III Ill
MAYFLOWER CIRCLE

The Mayflower circle of The
Kings Daughter will meet with
Jennie McCann as hostess, Tues
day evening. Quotations will be
prepared by Opal Jarvis, with
devotion by Orpha Gray. Ethlyn
Rutan will have the topic, Ind
ians" and Loretta Shanks will
have Silver Cross" A special
number will be in charge of Erma
Rhoades.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-09-01
SADDLE CLUB TO MEET

The Heart of Ohio Saddle
Club will meet in the Probate
Court room at $3.50 p. m. Tues
day to discuss preparation for
their night horse show at the
Union County Fair.
Homer Herd, president of the
club, reports that a membership
drive is still in progress and will
probably reach IS members be-
fore the fair. Marysville merch-
ants are backing the club and its
show with prizes.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-09-01

Miss Mary Ellen Haggard re-
turned home Thursday evening,
from visiting her aunt and cousins
in Rochester, N. Y.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-09-01
AMBULANCE Trips

The following ambulance trips
was reported by William H.
Faulkner.
Mrs. Russell Hoover, and in
FAINT son, from San Antonia to
their home on the Bellefontaine
rd., Saturday.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-09-01
UNITED CIRCLE

The United circle of The Kings
Daughters will hold its monthly
meeting at 7:30 p. M, Tuesday, in
the home of Mrs. Bernice Spring
er. Those wishing transportation,
call Mrs. Richard Cameron.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-05-15
Horse And Buggy Days
BY IDA 10 MARTIN

tribe, as coat of arms did family
in Europe, but as far as is known,
they were not used by the Indians of
this section.
As the earliest of the settlers
moved into this valley the Indians
were friendly, and although they
were still at war with each other,
they did not modest the white peo-
pie. But this was a short lived
condition. AS the Indians began to
acquire a few of the white mans
more undesirable ways, especially
the ''Fire-water," they sank to an
unheard of level of savagery, hatred
and treachery. Before long the
settlers were living in constant
dread, and many were killed while
others were captured and tortured
Usually the children were carried
away to grow up among the savages.
1t was for this reason that many
of the early settlers built their
houses over a spring, as can be seen
in the house still standing just North
of the City Park Lake, the Jonathan
Hager House, built in 1879. Thus
the need for water did not force
anyone to leave the house and risk
the silent unseen menace. This
house, of rough hewn native lime
stone, was built on a tract of land
known as Hager's Fancy, owned by
the founder of Hagerstown. Includ-
ed in Jonathan Hagers estate was
part of the area now our city park.
Jonathan Hager not only built this
house on his own land, but in 1774
he helped build Hagerstown's first
church, the Zion Reformed Church,
at the corner of North Potomac and
Church Streets.
The Southern part of the Park
area was first owned by contem-
porary of Jonathan Hager's, Captain
William Heyser. After enlisting
volunteers from this section to fight
against England in the Revolution,
Captain Heyser was wounded in
the battle of Trenton. When Mrs.
Heyser heard of it and that her hus-
band was confined in hospital at
Philadelphia, she showed what was
in the pioneer woman by riding
horseback, alone, through the end
less forests, all Indian territory,
Drawing the Susquehenna River, in
order to reach her husband in Phil
adelphia.
Some time later, William Heyser
II erected stone house just South
of the limits of the park. l do not
know whether this house is standing
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The time of the year will soon be
here when many of us will make
frequent visits to that bit of age old
Nature within our city, the City
Park. Here we will escape the heat
of the day and the cares of modern
life to feed our souls on Natures
health and wealth among the big
trees and grass, or down by the lake
teeming with real wild life that en-
joys a freedom we shall never know.
Have you ever imagined you saw
an Indian stink behind rock at
one of the springs? 1t is thrilling
to look at these wild spots and know
that two centuries ago savage Ca
tawbas and Delaware stood where
you are standing, looking at the
same scenes. Yes, some of these
spots in our park have not been
changed since before the Indians
camped by the big spring and hid
by the rocks at the approach of a
victim, animal or human. The big
spring was a natural attraction for
both tribes of Indians who roamed
this fertile valley, then profuse with
vegetation and Astounding with game
This section was referred to as the
Indian hunters paradise because of
the herds of deer, the bears and
turkeys and innumerable small
game, such as the rabbit, all of
which caused much rivalry among
the Indians.
These two tribes, the Delawares
from the North, especially from
just over the Susquehanna River,
and the Catawbas from the southern
part of what is now Washington
County and farther south, were con-
stantly warning with each other,
fighting on many of the same battle
fields that were later made bloody
and famous by our own soldiers of
the Civil War. One very bloody
lndlan pattle mas been noted by MS
torians from the reports of early
settlers as having taken place, in
1876, on what is now Antietam Bat
tlefild.
We have in our park an object
that serves to remind us of the In
dams who long ago gathered here
beneath the trees-the fifteen-foot
Totem Pole. But this totem pole,
although genuine Indian product,
placed here by the park caretaker,
John Koch, in 1886, is not typical of
our Indians, for it came from
Alaska, bearing the carved image
on an Alaskan Indian. The Totem
Pole was an object representing a
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today or not.
Much more is known about later
generation of this family. 1t was
John Heyser, great grandson of the
first VIM. Heyser, who really made
the first move toward preserving
this area for us, although he prob
ably had no such intentions. John
Heyser was lover of nature and
was also quite a successful portrait
painter. He built the mansion house
now standing in the park, during the
years 1843-1846. Included in this
house was a "well looking down
from the second floor to the first
floor, under a stained glass ceiling"
There was a pathway lined with
Cedars leading down the hill and
over to the Williamsport Pike, now
Virginia Avenue, and at that time
this place was called Cedar Lawn"
Mr.. Heyser, being forester at
heart, preserved the natural beauty
of the area as much as possible,
both the wooded hills and the flow
ing springs. He planted a wheel
vineyard" with a watch-tower at
the center of the spokes, and set out
a lockwood vista" from the manse
to the tower. Against the brow of
the hill, just South of the mansion,
Mr.. Heyser and his son, at later
date, dug a wine cellar, building up
the front and walls with native
limestone. Over the door the in
scription can be read, Built, 1870,
John H. Heyser."
The mansion house was built of
handmade bricks, made by Mr.
Heyser from clay taken from the
west side of the small lake. Pottery
makers of the town also used this
clay at the time. Mr.. Heyser also
constructed roadway down around
the hill from the mansion, across
the breast of a mill dam on the big
spring. Down by the marsh stood
an old grist and saw mill, with the
ponderous stone burrs for grinding
flour and an upright saw for logs.
1t is thought that the lumber for the
early houses of this section was
handled in this mill. 1t is recorded
that Jonathan Hager lost his life ac-
cidentally on one of his own saws
in 1774, while preparing lumber for
the Zion Reformed Church, and that
he was buried in the cemetery still
kept up back of the church. 1t is
very probable that this accident oc-
Cured in this mill, for it was called
an old mill in John Heyser's time,
and there seems to be no record as
to who built it and when. The mill
was removed in 1880.
After this stream left the wide
marsh below Heyser's mill it flowed
eastward into another mill, which
we are fortunate in having standing
today. This is the Andrew Hager
Mill, built in 1871 in what we now
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call Hager Park, by the old National
Highway. There is a milestone from
this mill preserved in the cement
sidewalk at Milestone Circle at the
edge of the Park Lake, but unfort-
unately the stones from the old
Heyser mill of the park area seem
to have disappeared.
In preparing this story of our
City Park, 1 obtained the historical
background from Williams History,
published in 1906, and "City Park, !"
by John S. Kausler, published in
1880.
Next week 1 will tell you some
thing of the later history of the
park.
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The new attorney opened his Of
flee, and on the second day had his
first client. AS the client entered
the office, the lawyer picked up the
telephone, and after a few seconds
stated, well, tell President Jones
l will be at the board of directors
meeting this afternoon when the
vote is taken"
Turning to the visitor, the attor-