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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-08-16
Milford Center

college friends from Ohio Wes-
leyan at the home of the formers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Dut-
ton, Thursday evening. The din
ner was in honor of a recent bride
and groom, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Shean. They are on their way to
the University of Illinois.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Stidham
announce the birth Ct 8 Id. son,
born Wednesday afternoon.
"A surprise birthday covered
dish supper was given at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver
Hays, Wednesday evening. The
occasion was in celebration OF
the birthday anniversaries of Mrs.
Oliver Hays, Mrs. Robert Lowry,
Wayne Kaufman and William
George, who was unable to be
present. Additional guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Jenkins and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Claud
Brooks and son, Mr.. and Mrs.
Woodrow Golf and son, Gene,
Robert Lowry and son, Bobbie,
Rilla Carrick, Janice Hays, Yer
non Bright, Elaine George, Oliver
Hays, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Billet
and daughter, Carolyn, Richard
Hays, and Robert Rees, of Ma
rysville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dana Petus, OF
Columbus, were calling on friends
on w. State ST., Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jewel Dale, OF
Lizinton, Ind, spent from Tues
day until Friday at the home OF
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-08-16
I'IIAAI
Shortage Of Ore Seen

It has been estimated that the
high-grade ore deposits of the Lake
Superior area will be exhausted
within 20 to Is years, based upon
probable annual requirements OF
from go to 70 million tons of iron
ore from that area. Average nor
NAL yearly consumption of iron ore
from all areas should be around go
million tons. Some increased ship
ments of iron ore from the north
eastern states, South America. Can
ada and Labrador doubtless will
slightly ease the demands upon the
Lake Superior district over the next
few years.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-08-16

home demonstration leaders,
farm organizations, All Clubs,
rural physicians and veterinar-
ians, vocational agricultural
teachers, future farmers and
county health officials for further
distribution.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-08-16
Fish Food

AS to food value, for practical
purposes it IS common to group fish
with meat, poultry and eggs. These
foods are all outstanding as
source Of protein, and supply iron
and some B vitamins as well. Fisk
high in fat also contain significant
amounts of vitamins A and D.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-08-16

served OVERSEAS IOSeIueI.
Mrs. Judith Householder, who
has been visiting her mother, Mrs.
H. E. Conan, left last week to
visit in Piqua with her son.
Mr.. w. l. Gibson, and Mr.. and
Mrs. w. A. Gibson, of Cincinnati,
spent Monday with Mrs. H. E.
Cowman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl McCann re-
turned home Thursday after
few days visit in Chicago.
Mrs. Jay Madsen, of Bat, N. Y,
Mrs. Howard Clark, of Columbus,
and Mrs. Edith Orahood were
Wednesday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Clark.
Mrs. Anna Hamilton enter
tanned at her home the past
week, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Ridgton and daughter, from
Michigan; Mrs. Nora Homsher
and Mrs. Sylvia Connolly. The
dinner was in honor of Ida
Wright's 82nd birthday.
Mrs. Edward Odenald, of CO.
lumbus, spent the weekend at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Shriver.
Mrs. Edith Kemp, of Columbus,
was Sunday dinner guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Chriver.
A miscellaneous shower was
held Friday evening at the home
of Mrs. Richard Rutan, of Me-
chanicsburg, honoring the recent
marriage of her niece, Mrs. Paul
Wietzenecker, and Mrs. Robert
Rutan Jr. The brides received
many lovely gifts. A large group
of ladies from here attended the
wer. Mrs. Wietzenecker's
mother, Mrs. Robert Rutan, an
invalid, was taken in the Davis
and Byers ambulance, of Mechan-
icsburg. Ice cream and cake was
served by the hostess. A lovely
time was enjoyed by all, Around
35 ladies were present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lowry and
son. Bobbie, were dinner guests
of the latter's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Daum, and Betty
Daum, of Redwood. Dinner was
in honor of Mrs. Lowry'S birth
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. U. c. Brannon
were Thursday evening dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Chester
Clegg, of Marysville.
Lewis Stillings and son, Tommy
returned home Wednesday eve
ming from a fishing trip at Dyers
Bay, Canada.
Jimmy George suffered pam
full accident Wednesday morning
while working at the Ohio Grain
Company. His left hand was
caught in the machinery. He suf-
fered the loss of three fingers and
one was broken. He was taken to
a physician in Marysville and
was sent to Jane Case hospital in
Delaware.
Mrs. knight Kimball spent
from Wednesday until Friday
evening with Mr.. and Mrs. Mel
vim HomSher, of Columbus. A 6
o'clock dinner was served Friday
evening at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Homsher in honor of Mrs.
Kimball's birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Scott, of
Irwin; Mr.. Burl Hill, of Marys-
vile; Joan HomSher, Joan Van
Alta, and George Huber enjoyed
picnic supper Sunday evening
at RuSsell's Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Michel and
children, Rosemary and Jimmy,
returned home Tuesday after
spending 10 days vacation at
Coldwater, Mich.
Mr. and Mrs. William Caution,
of Columbus, were Saturday eve
ming dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Kenneth Scott.
A news item in the Journal
should have read as follows: "Mr
and Mrs. Charles Collier, of Mar
ysville; Mr.. Scott Collier, of Rich
WOOD, and Mr.. Paul Collier, of
Detroit, spent Sunday with Mr.,
and Mrs. Charles Thompson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Simpson"
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-08-16
Plaster Wall Finish

1t is best not to paint or paper a
new plaster wall until it has thor
oughly dried out, which usually re.
quires two months. II immediate
decoration is desired, calcimine can
ba used.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-08-16
By CHRISTINE GOFF

An F. H. A. meeting will be held
in the Milford Center school
house at 7:30 p. m, August 25.
All future F. H. A. are invited to
come. Further reports on the con-
vention will be made.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Dutton, of
Delaware, entertained group of
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-08-16
AUGUST l6. ls4s

Shoe the family at big savings
in GallowaY's odd lot sale.
S-l6-2t
Morning Glory Potato
The sweet potato, found by Column
bus when he discovered America.
belongs to the Morning Glory
family.
Evening star., 1948-12-06
Hospitals and the Chest

It is not surprising that failure OF the
Community Chest to reach its goal should
cause grave concern among hospital ofn-
cials. There has even been revival Of
previously rejected proposals that the
hospitals conduct an Independent cam
paign for funds. But a supplementary
separate fund drive by the deficit-plagued
voluntary hospitals should be considered
only as the very last resort. And the time
certainly has not yet arrived for recourse
to such q drastic meaSure-one that well
could defeat the whole purpose OF the
Community Chests e-once-for-an pro-
gram.
AS matter of fact, the hospitals are in
O favored position with respect to dis
tribution of Chest funds from this years
campaign. Under an agreement between
the Chest and the Hospital Council, the
sum of $850,000 has been tentatively budg-
eted for the hospitals, to be used for care
of semi-indigent patients referred by the
Chests Hospital Service Agency. This
sum was guaranteed even though the
general campaign should fall short OF its
goal-provided contributions specifically
designated for the hospitals aggregated
the budgeted amount. Thus, If sufficient
contributors marked enough money for
allotment to the hospitals, the fact that
the Chest Is 26 per cent under its goal
should not affect the hospitals. Just how
these institutions Jared in the recent drive
will not be known until auditors have
completed their work Hospital author
tiles hope that larger sum than ever
before was designated for hospital care of
the needy.
Under another phase of the agreement,
the hospitals are to be allowed $11 day
for care of the semi-indigent. During the
current year the allowance has been only
$3.50 day, and in recent weeks the pay
ments have been cut to $780, under
prorating arrangement necessitated by
depleted funds. Yet the hospitals estimate
the cost OF such care atafroms$13 to SIS
day. Most of the hospitals continue to
report serious deficits Garfield has taken
the drastic step of referring all but emer-
gency semi-indigent cases to Gallinger
Hospital The trend at all hospitals is
toward more business and less sentiment
in policies and practices. The hard fact is
that the hospitals must find some way to
meet expenses or 60 out of business. And,
of course, they cannot be permitted to go
out of business.
1t is against this drab background that
the failure of the Chest drive has made
the picture even darker. There still is
some hope, however, that the Chest will
be able, after all, to allocate all or most
Of the $S50,0O0 budgeted for the hospitals.
Until the situation with respect to Chest
funds is clarified, any talk of undertaking
a separate hospital drive is premature, to
say the least.
Evening star., 1948-12-06

has bequeathed to us and our forefathers We
are now as much as ever mutually dependent.
The people of our world are presently engaged
in struggle of survival, involving both the
ideal and material, SO gigantic in scope that
its solution ought to be personal challenge
to every thinking man.
At this point some may ask what assurances
we have that we shall not fail. The answer,
OF course, is that there are none. Certain
things, of their very nature, are unpredictable
because of the limitations of our finite minds.
This, however, is no reason why we should
not take firm stand on the side we hold to
be right. This may yet prove to be the great
unanswered question of our day. whether we
with quiet, honest minds shall realize the
truth that the poorest man in Europe or in
Asia is our equal and our brother under God,
and act accordingly or whether we shall rest
content to wish him well. To live our little
round of years in lethargy is easy. Still, 1t
may be that we shall yet pause long enough
to cherish and appreciate our blessings and
momentarily, let this great, mad rush that is
our world slip by. Who knows that we shall
not realize again that it was not by any merits
Of our own, but rather by gift of Providence
that we were blessed with this heritage of
being Americans?
Is it possible that we, in awareness of these
gifts, shall share some of them with others
whom Providence has favored less? Shall we
ever know what strength or hope or cheer our
letters bring? If we ever do, We shall find the
time to write some one who may one day
be our friend. To do less is to do nothing.
RAY COOKE.
Evening star., 1948-12-06
Vocational Rehabilitation
A Public Service Designed to Restore the Disabled
Citizen to Self.Supportng Status
Bv David Amaf0

Chief District of Columbia Rehabilitation Service ON
One of the greatest fears in the mind of
every wage Garner Is the possibility of be-
coming disabled by disease or injury and facing
life of dependency. What is feared most
is not the physical effect of disablement. As
painful as such experiences can be, the pros
pect of dependency and the resultant do
mestic disorganization are dreaded even more
than physical pains or discomforts. When
disablement strikes the individuals mind and
personality are often distorted by worry over
what the future will hold for him and his
family.
This anxiety arises primarily because the
individual is not familiar with the resources
in the community to which he can turn when
such an event occurs. Many residents in the
District of Columbia do not know that there
is program here to restore disabled persons
to suitable employment, administered by the
District of Columbia Rehabilitation Service of
the Federal Security Agency.
The extent of the usefulness of such pro-
gram. however, depends on the understanding
of its functions by the general citizenry.
While many people know of and appreciate
such public functions as police and fire pro-
lection, upkeep of highways, etc., they may
not know what services its government renders
for the social and economic welfare of its
people. And yet when 250,OO0 persons are dis
abled annually in the United States because of
injury or disease, the need to know what re-
habilitation services are available becomes as
important as the need to know where fire
box exists in case Of fire.
Disability Hazards Here.
The District of Columbia may net be as
industrial as other communities and the fire.
IF iv,il1 ~,
area may not be as serious here as in other
communities with heavy industries. But traffic
and home accidents, heart disease, arthritis,
the countless forms Of paralysis, psychiatric
conditions, and other disabling defects account
for a staggering number of disabilities in
nonindustrial as we'll as industrial communi-
ties. Without vocational counseling, guidance,
physical restoration, and other vocational re-
Mobilization services any one of these dis
abilities could prevent an individual from
securing or holding down job
The program of the District of Columbia Re-
habitation Service includes the following
services:
l. Medical examination in every case to de-
termine the extent of disability, to discover
possible hidden, or secondary" disabilities. to
determine work capacity and to help determine
eligibility-at no cost to the individual
q Individual counsel and guidance in every
case to help the disabled person to select and
attain the right Job objective-at no cost to
the individual.
3. Medical, surgical, psychiatric, and hos
pital care, as needed, to remove or reduce
the disability-public funds may be used to
meet these costs to the extent that the dis
abled person is unable to pay for them from
his oNln funds.
Evening star., 1948-12-06
Feeding Hungry Animals

To the Editor Of The Star:
During this past week. as I was feeding
squirrels, pigeons, sparrows and wretched alley
kittens too untamed for immediate rescue, I
thought as often do Of the pounds of food
scraps left on countless hotel and lunchroom
plates by well-fed human beings but kept
from hungry BIRDS dogs and cats in tightly
covered garbage cans.
1t happily is true that hundreds Of people
feed birds, squirrels and alley strays. But they
cannot reach all the hungry creatures, so many
deliberately cast out in our midst. Meanwhile,
there are thousands of persons not actively"
cruel but either too self-centered or, more
often, just too thoughtless to save bread crusts
for the birds outside the Office or their wasted
meat portions to leave for a homeless cat or
neglected dog somewhere on the way home.
1t is a simple matter to wrap the leftovers in
the used paper napkins SO that their contents
may help sustain some little life.
Cold, stormy weather is coming. Man, ami
mails and birds must eat. Those out of their
natural environment sadly must depend upon
man. They need so much Of what We waste.
Let us minister unto the least of these" and
not irreverently, may it be said, in the saviors
name. VIRGINIA w. SARGENT,
Animal Protective Association
Evening star., 1948-12-06
Theirs to Reason Why

II our postwar Army can be nodded
successfully along the lines described by
Brigadier General C. T. Lanham, special
assistant to the Chief of Staff, in recent
address, it will take on a dignity and
strength that no Army before 1t has pos
seesed 1t will develop an understanding
Of it's vital mission that not only will
nourish will to win" but will gain it the
public respect and support which it must
have If it is to be an effective defense arm.
The Army is fully aware of the large
task involved in popularizing military
service in a peace-loving democracy such
as ours AS General Lanham pointed out
to the National Council for the Social
Studies, the Army by its very nature is
the antithesis of the democratic way of
life. OF necessity it is authoritarian. It's
officers are all-powerful, its rank and file
regimented in fact as well as theory. There
can be no compromises with these basic
principles in even democratic army, lest
it weaken itself in the face of well-disci-
plned adversaries. It happens that there
has been growing demand since World
War II for "democratizing" the Army
In ways that military experts fear would
seriously lessen authority and break down
discipline and morale. General Lanham
put 1t succinctly when he declared that
an Army abandoned by the clergy, ignored
BY. education, pilloried by the press and
forsaken by the civil community will in
evitably degenerate professionally and rot
morally"
AS long as there is a threat of war in
Che world then, we must keep and sustain
our Army in reasonably fit condition to
fight the strongest and most ruthless Of
enemies And, because our young men OF
today who make up the new Army are
able to think for themselves and are en-
couraged to do so in civil life, the Army
has found 1t advisable to continue this
encouragement as they enter regimented
life. The time has passed when the guiding
principle of service is theirs not to reason
why, theirs but to do and die" Our new
soldiers want to know the why's and where
fores of national defense. And their
officers have been ordered to tell them why
His necessary for great democracy like
the United States to raise and maintain
0 strong military establishment-in peace
Evening star., 1948-12-06
Farewell to ButtIeships

Although President Truman has denied
reports that the u S. S. Missouri is soon
to be laid up, the fact remains that Satur-
days ceremony at Norfolk was tribute
to the last American battleship in active
service AS SUCH the ceremony, in effect,
was a gesture OF farewell to a type of
fighting ship which has rendered great
service to the Nation but which has been
outmoded by changing concepts OF warfare.
The Missouri and her sister ships were
built to meet the threat of enemy battle
fleets built around capital ships of like
characteristics - specifically those OF the
Japanese fleet. The battleship evolved to
it's present formidable proportions as the
need developed for larger and larger float
ing platforms for long-range guns. But
with the advent of the aircraft carrier, It's
planes capable of striking at far greater
ranges and with more destructive effects,
the prestige of the dreadnought began to
wane. One after another of our big ships
of the line have been retired to inactive
status since w Day, until today only the
Missouri, scene OF the signing of the Japa-
nese surrender, remains on duty. Perhaps
sentiment has played some part in the
reluctance of the Navy to decommission
this historic battlewegon. For there re-
mains no potential enemy battleship fleet
anywhere in the world to oppose her.
Russia has no capital ships.
But Russia has submarine fleet that is
of real concern to our naval strategists.
She is reported to have more than two
hundred submersibles and to be building
many more. Most, If not all of them, are
of the dangerous schnorkel type, capable
of remaining submerged for weeks at a
time and of operating over great distances.
The Soviet submarine fleet, then ds the
chief worry of our naval experts-and
battleships would be of little help in COM
batting such menace. Instead, the en-
phasis nowadays is on carrier based
planes and fast killer" ships for anti
submarine warfare. SO unless and until
some enemy again raises the threat OF
Evening star., 1948-12-06

as well as war. The GIs today are being
reminded anew of the blessings of demo-
cratic institutions. They are being given
an opportunity to understand why 1t is
important that they be ready to fight for
these rights and privileges and to die for
them If the crisis should demand such
sacrifice.
It is reassuring to know that our new
Army thus is being indoctrinated with an
understanding of its role and its RESPONSE
bilities that makes for self-respect and for
public respect. An Army devoid of either
type of respect is bound to fail. With them
the Army is in position to acquire the
esprit de corps and the material equipment
essential to do it's Job.
Evening star., 1948-12-06

of Vocational Rehabilitation. Federal Security Agency
4. Artificial appliances such as limbs, hearing
aids, trusses, braces, eyeglasses, and the like,
to increase work ability-these also may be paid
for from public funds to the degree that the
individual cannot meet the cost.
S. Training for the right job in schools, COL
legeS or universities, on-the- job, in-the- plant
by tutor through correspondence courses, or
otherwise, to enable the individual to do the
right job welI-at no cost to the disabled
person.
6. Maintenance and transportation for the
disabled person, if necessary, while he or she
is undergoing treatment or training-these ex-
penses may be met from public funds, depend
ing on the persons financial inability to take
care of them
7. Occupational tools, equipment, and licen-
ses, necessary, TO give the disabled person
fair start-these may be paid for from pub
lie funds to the extent that the person is un-
able to do SO.
g. Placement on the right job, one within
pacities and one for which he has been
thoroughly prepared-at no cost to the indi-
vidual
g. FolloW-up after placement to make sure
the rehablitated worker and his employer are
satisfied with one another-at no cost to either
party.
Handicapped Prove Efficient.
Because of professional treatment of the
training and placement problems of the dis
abled worker, 1t is not surprising to find that
he is often more successful than the able
bodied. He is trained and placed in a job for
which he is suited and where his disability
will not interfere with the performance of
the duties required. Recent studies of the
u 8. Bureau Of Labor Statistics provide con-
vincing evidence that disabled workers are
good workers. These studies showed that the
production of the disabled worker compared
favorably with that of the nondsabled worker.
In turnover, absenteesm, and injuries, the dis
abled worker had in many instances a record
equal to or better than the nondisabled.
In terms of dollars and cents, the public
investment in vocational rehabilitation of dis
abled persons yields good returns. Disabled
persons become tax producers instead of tax
consumers. The 321 disabled persons in the
District of Columbia who completed their re-
habilitation in the fiscal year 1948 will earn
annually an estimated total of upward of
$650,000. The value of restoring self-confldence
and pride to such individuals is of course far
beyond any materialistic evaluation.
There is little doubt that the wasteful drain
of manpower, resulting from the heavy annual
toll of disabilities must be stopped. This can
best be done by double -barreled attack: %
emphasizing preventive programs designed to
reduce health and safety hazards to a mini
mum; and ca restoring earning capacity to
those who become disabled, despite preventive
measures. The latter is the function of the
District of Columbia Rehabilitation Service.
Evening star., 1948-12-06
Mr.. Forrestal Doing Good Job

MIR. FOrrestal Dong GOOD JOB
To the Editor Of The Star:
How our organized minority howls for the
scalp Of Secretary of Defense Forrestal! 1t
would be funny, excepting that such tactics in
the past have produced results desired by It.
I have the utmost respect for Mr.. Forrestal,
personally and as to his ability. When he was
Secretary of the Navy he did good job Sc
good that his efforts were felt even down in
the lower strata where we lowly clerks toll.
AS Secretary of Defense, he still is doing a
good job and, despite the lack of fanfare as
to his accomplishments, they permeate the
establishments for defense.
Mr. Forrestal has his work cut out for him,
and he diligently is tackling the chore. If
some of our small minds would occupy them
selves in some harmless pastime, perhaps he
could devote himself little more thoroughly
to his job. Maybe it would be asking too much
of his critics to get down on their knees and
say prayer for him instead, for that matter
all Of us. THOMAS A. GEWISKI.
Editors note: The President has stated that,
at his request, Mr.. Forrestal will remain III
the cabinet for an unspecified period o.
time)