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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10
Month Just Past Third Wettest
April in Weather History Here

This past April will 90 down as
being the third wettest April in
the past 80 years, according to
Russell S. Banks, official observer
for the u. S. Weather Bureau.
Less damage was caused by rains
this April than last year, however,
due to the fact that heavy rains
came earlier this year, and not
so frequent.
Rains totaled 5.18 inches last
month, beating 1947's total of ASS
inches and 1946's low record of
l.39 inches.
Wettest April on record here
was in 1920 with 725 inches.
Second was 1888 with 5.37 inches
of precipitation. Dryest April re-
corded was in 1880 when only 1.36
inches of rain fell. The 1916 total
Of 1.39 is next in line for dryest
April on record.
The month was also one for
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10
Union School Sets
Closing Pograms

Closing events for Union School
has been announced by Supt H.
Ray Wagner. Class sermon was
held Sunday afternoon in the
school auditorium. Dr. K. B.
Alexander, of the Marysville
Methodist church, delivered the
class sermon. Music was furnished
by the school orchestra and the
symphonic choir.
Commencement is scheduled
for Friday night, May IA. DR..
Floyd Faust, pastor of Bread
Street Christian Church in Col
umbus, will give the address. He
is an outstanding minister in Col
umbus. He will use as his sub
ject eft for Freedom.
Annual Union High School
reception and dance will be held
Saturday evening, in the school
gymnasium. Ned Mapes' orches-
ira, from Columbus, will furnish
music for dancing.
Annual Recognition night and
eighth grade commencement will
be Tuesday evening, May l8
Clifton L. Caryl, County repre-.
sentative to the General Assem-
bly,, will deliver the address fol
the commencement.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10
Mrs. Goedeking
Died on Sunday

Memorial services will be held
in Trinity Lutheran Church We'd
neSday afternoon, simultaneous
with funeral services in Mt. Olive,
H., for Mrs. Eulalia NischWitz
Goedeking, who died at 10 a. m
Sunday in st. Marys hospital, ST
Louis, after an illness of 212
years. She was the wife of Rev
E. j.. Goedeking, pastor of Trinity
Lutheran Church, and had resid,
ed in Marysville for more than 10
years.
A native of Mt. Olive, she was
born April 10, 1904 and was a
daughter of Peter and Charlotte
(EiSenbach) Nischwitz, both de-
ceased. She was married in Mt.
Olive on July 10, 1923 to the Rev.
Mr.. GOedeking. She was member
of Trinity Lutheran Church and
active in the Women's Mission
ary Society of her church.
Surviving besides her husband
are four children, Harold, Ronald,
Sharon and David, all at home;
and the following brothers and
sisters: Miss Adele NischWitz and
Mrs. Clarence Marburger, Mt.
Olive; Mrs. Alfred Bernreuter,
Greenville, Ill; Mrs. Selma Beh-
rens and Mrs. Olga Creager, Los
Angeles; Arthur Nischwitz, Ba-
tavia, o.; and Waldemar Nisch-
WITT, Youngstown. Her father,
mother and one brother are de
ceased.
Funeral services will be held
in Zion Lutheran Church, Mt
Olive. at 2 p. m. Central Stand
ard Time) Wednesday, conducted
by the Rev. Mr.. Hollenson, OF
Marion, At 3 p. m. Wednesday
the Memorial Services will be
held in Trinity Lutheran Churcf
here conducted by the Rev Johr
0. Lang.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10

Storm area of northeast Cham
paign County was the principal
attraction for thousands of mo-
torists, Sunday afternoon as
people from all parts of Central
Ohio drove there to see the
effects of the disastrous wind
storm of a week ago.
Roads througout the area were
.crowded with cars, hundreds of
them from Union County, Even
the graveled side-roads were
Susier with traffic than they have
been in months as people took ad-
vantage of the incest weather in
two weeks to get out in the open
again.
Those who found the right
roads, and nearly everyone man
aged to by following the traffic
or inquiring for directions, had
little trouble finding evidence OF
the storms ferocity.
Although some cleaning Up has
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10

accidents and firearms each
caused z percent.
People from As to "a years
of age were most often in
volved in the accidents, this
group comprising 36.1 percent
of the victims. Age groups Is
"a and 25-44 each had 21.3
percent of the number invol-
we'd. Children under four years
were next with 14.2 percent,
while the remaining I'll per-
cent came from those over 65.
Only age group not involved
in any accident was from STA
years.
November. December Lead
November and December
led in the frequency of acci-
dents, 28.6 of the total occur
ing in each of these two
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10
Pool Preparation
Work Advances
Sponsored Children
May Register Now

Work of getting beautiful Mu-
nicipal Swimming Pool in shape
for its opening is going forward
rapidly, Manager Frank w.
Galloway said today. The Pool
will open, as usual, on Memorial
Day and will remain open for
100 days.
This year, in order to eliminate
bookkeeping at the Pool, all sea-
son tickets must be paid for in
a vance. Anyone undecided
about purchasing a season. ticket
should buy daily admissions un-
til they make up their minds, Mr..
Galloway said, since tickets must
be paid for at time of purchase
Family season tickets will a.
gain sell for the old, pre-war
price of Sl2 plus tax, a total OF
S14.20, and season tickets are $5
plus tax, total of S.
Sponsored children may again
register at Asman's Drug store.
Sponsored children are those be-
low the sixth grade of school
whose parents cannot affort to
pay all or part of the price of a
season ticket. For such children,
local civic organizations provide
tickets.
Any child who has passed the
sixth grade of school, however, is
not eligible for a sponsored
child's ticket unless he is physi-
cally handicapped so that he can
not earn the money to buy a
ticket.
"The Swimming Pool Board
wants every child in town to be
able to SWIM" Mr.. Galloway
said. That is why the sponsored
children's program has been set
up and we want every eligible
child to feel free to take ad-
vantage of it."
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10

wide variation of temperatures
with a high of IS degrees on April
26 and a low of rs degrees on the
3rd and 10th. Mean temperature
of the month was 52.35 degrees.
Of the 30 days, IL days were
cloudy, l3 partly cloudy and only
six were clear Eight days had
,0l inches or better of rain.
Days on which traces of rain
were noted were: 03 inches on
list; trace on 5th; l.08 inches on
the 9Th; .07 inches on the 9th; 1.65
inches on the 18th; LII inches on
the 18th; % inch on the 14th; .23
inch on the 25th; .13 inch on the
28th and trace noted on the Both.
Aprils average for the. past
80 years is $50 inches.
Accumulated average for the
first four months of this year is
4.10 inches.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10
Senior Class Day
Program Slated

Senior Glass Day program for
the Marysville high school class
of "48", will be held Wednesday
afternoon in the high school audi
torium.
The program, as per other
years, will include a brief history
of previous class days, by Bar
bara Asman, a will of the gradu-
ating but far from dying class,
by Richard Graves, a very ques-
tionable class prophecy, by Jack
Mcclure, class poem by Virginia
Tanner and the class song to the
tune of 'Now Is the Hour, by
Jane Beasecker.
Class colors for this years SEN
iors' are red and white with the
red rose as the class flower and
''To be, not to seem to be-, the
class motto.
Also on the program will be d
piano duet by Connie Weidmar
and James Beck.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10

months. September accounted
for another 21.5 percent, while
July, August and October each
had IL percent.
Nearly half-43 percent of
all the accidents occurred in
the fields. Barn yards contri-
buted 21.5 percent, yards, 14.2
percent; and barns, highways
and other locations, IL per-
cent each. Seventy-one per-
cent of the accidents were on
the farm, 14.3 percent in rec
reational activities, and IL
percent each in the home and
on the highway.
Broken bones were the most
frequent form of injury, add
ing up to 43 percent. Cuts
amounted to 1876 percent,
while punctures, strains, dis
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10

6 a. m. Tuesday.
Meanwhile, all were hoping
this afternoon that some last
minute action will be taken to
prevent stoppage of the trains.
That such action may occur, pos
sibly before this paper can be
printed, was strongly felt in many
quarters since government seiz-
ure of the roads makes the train
men federal employees, subject
to criminal action for striking
against the government.
Should the strike occur, how
ever, most immediate effect will
be on handling of mails.
Postmaster Herman c. Doellin-
ger was still awaiting Instructions
at noon today for handling Of
mail in event of a strike. He was
planning to dispatch all local
mail by truck to Columbus again
this evening as he has been doing
since late in March.
IF the strike stops all trains,
however, it is quite likely that
only first class mail and news
papers will have any assurance
Of getting through" Mr.. Doellin-
ger said When trainment struck
for two days two. years ago, mail
service was handled by truck, on
a greatly Curtailed basis.
So far as coal is concerned,
MarySVille will be in good shape
for qIdte a while, according to
word from William J. Conrad &
Sons. That firm has plenty of
coal Oh hand, especially consider
ing the season of the year, so
stoppage of coal shipments would
work no particular hardship un-
less it would last a long, long
time.
But other shipments in and
out Cf Marysville, as we'll as all
passenger service, will stop inn
nlediately if the strike goes on.
While such thing is doubtful, a
continuation of the strike over
several weeks, into the harvest
season could result in disastrous
loss of wheat to the nation and
subsequent loss of income to the
farmers.
A great deal of freight in and
out of Marysville is handled by
truck, which will go a long ways
toward alleviating the strike
troubles here. But the rails still
handle a lot of goods, especially
heavier items, and if the strike
comes off as threatened, can work
untold hardship both locally and
throughout the country.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10
All Camp Slated
for Union County

Workers are in the midst of a
remadeling and Improvement pro-
gram at Camp Clifton, Union
County's All club camp 10 miles
south of Springfield, County
Agent F. r. Greeneisen stated
today. Already the foundation and
floor for new dining hall have
been poured and the framework
will be put up on Friday, Mr..
Greeneisen said.
"Any boys or men who can
lend a helping hand are asked to
do So" Mr.. Greeneisen said. He
added that he expects to leave at
n a. m. Friday for the camp and
will be glad to take a load with
him.
Besides the dining hall, which
is a prefabricated building, two
cabins are being added to the
camp buildings.
Camp Clifton is the All club
camp for Logan, Champaign,
Madison, Clark, Fayette, and
Green Counties, besides Union.
Union County's camp will be held
Aug. 1920, with a large group
expected to go.
Senior All club camp, limited to
club members from Is to 81 years
of age. will be held July l4-l8,
the County Agent added.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10

Farming machinery was re-
sponsible for more than one
third of the farm accidents
which occurred in Union Codn-
ty from July / to Dec. 81 last
year.
This is but one of the many
facts uncovered in farm acci-
dent surveys made during hat
period by Marysville and Mil
ford Center chapters, Future
Farmers of America, and vet
Grams classes in agriculture
from Marysville, Unionville
c ter, Redwood, Milford
Center and York. The results
were compiled from check-ups
made on one-ninth of the
farms scattered all over the
county.
There were 126 accidents in
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10
20 Women Have
Cos Co. Expert Test
Pressure Cookers

Twenty Union County ladies
decided to be on the safe side
and had their pressure cooker
lids tested at the pressure cooker
clinic at the Gas Co. office last
week, Mrs. Mary Alice Diehl,
home demonstration agent, re-
ported today.
"This was a slight decrease
from last year, she said, "as
about 80 were tested then. -
The testing was done by Betty
Newton, Gas Co. home agent,
who reported that none of the
lids tested was in bad condition,
although the gauges in most OF
them were off a few pounds.
Mrs. Diehl recommended that
if possible, all pressure cookers
should be tested once a year.
When using the pressure cooker,
she added, one should be certain
that all values and sealing clamps
operate correctly.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10
TRAIN STRIKE SITUATION ANxI0USLY WATCHED
Machinery Leading Cause Of County Farm Accidents

location and torn flesh each
accounted for IL percent of the
types of wounds.
The vast majority-85.7 per-
cent-of all the accidents hap
pened to men.
Groups Making Survey
The survey was conducted
under the Union County farm
safety council, comprised Of
representatives from the F.F.-
A, Veterans classes in Agri-
culture, Farm Bureau Coun-
cils,, Oranges, farm implement
dealers, schools, Extension
Service, Soil Conservation
Service, Farm & Home Ad-
ministration, Production 81
Marketing Association, Colum-
bus Production Credit Coop,
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10

the county during that period,
on ST. percent of the farms.
The victims spent total of
167 days in hospitals and lost
a total of 3276 days of time.
Eighteen persons were perma-
nently disabled as a result of
these accidents, and l08 were
temporarily disabled.
Accidents Cost Sl4.l30
Cost of the accidents in dol
lars was $14,130, including
S9144 in medical and hospital
fees, $3.50 material damage,
and $4536 in labor replace
ment, figured at Sc per day.
Machinery accounted for 81
percent of the accidents. Live
stock and stepping on objects
each caused Ia percent, while
flying objects, traffic, home
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10

divide the Village into districts
of such number, shape and area
as are deemed best suited to car
ry out the said purposes; to pre-
scribe penalties for the violation
of the provisions and to provide
for it's enforcement"
Old Ordinance Outlawed
The Planning Commission was
appointed by Council nd the
subsequent ordinance drawn up,
after an old zoning ordinance
here was declared illegal in a
Court action. Effort had been
made last autumn, to use the old
ordinance to stop building of GER
tain new businesses in Marysvile.
When these businesses, against
which effort was made to enforce
the OLD ordinances, saw fit to con-
test the action it was declared IL
legal.
Anyone who cares to protest
any clause of the proposed ordi-
nance, or has anything to suggest
for inclusion therein, may do SC
ct tonight's hearing. If there are
no changes, the ordinance as pro-
posed will probably be turned
over to Council for formal pas
sage.
The ordinance will set up three
zones in the Village, a residence
district, commercial district and
industrial district. Boundaries ot
each are outlined on a map pre-
pared by the Commission.
Purposes of Zones
No building may be construct
ed in any one district which il
intended for any purposes othe1
than those permitted in the dis
trict, and no building or any ma
ture, or alteration of any kind
may be undertaken without ;
Continued on Page 2, Col 81
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10

and the Union Rural Electric
Coop.
Members of the Rural Safe
ty Committee are j. Blaine
Harris, president; Perry Allen,
secretary; Mary Alice Diehl,
treasurer; l.. S. Cullman, Carl
Jenny, Robert Mather, Gale
Baldwin, S. j. Mcclure, F. r.
Greeneisen, John Edelblute,
Loten Thomas, Horace Martin,
Don Parrott, Paul Kull, w. Z.
Hall, Mrs. Harold Bishop, Mrs.
Roy Lomabrd, Luther Laugh
rey, Mrs. Lee Dewitt, Amer
Elliott, Lee Mcmahon, Robert
Howald, Walter Bywater, Lu-
ther Blumenschein, Gerald
Mcmahon, Thomas thinner
man and John Ed Myers.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10
Student Thespians Turn in Excellent
Performances in Morysv1le SeniozPlay

splendid job of selecting the play,
casting the parts and directing it.
Miss Mills has been handling the
senior plays here for many years,
and the skill of her directing is
adequately proven by the calibre
of each succeeding show.
On the whole, it was a clever,
hilarious story which made grand
entertainment and everyone con-
nected with it is to be congratu-
lated for the excellent manner in
which they handled the parts.
The cast kept the uproarious
plot moving, as Jack Mcclure,
playing the ill-humored bachelor
Uncle Jimmy, learned to enjoy
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10
Accident at Square

Marysville Police reported a
slight accident at IL p. m. Friday,
at the Public Square, when
Harold Shirk and KennethWood-
ward, both of Marysville, collided.
The left front fender of the Wood
ward auto was damaged. The
Shirk car was damaged on the
left door and the left rear fender.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10

life through the Impossible" antics
and schemings his young neice
and nephew, Pan barbara AS
mani and Sonny, (Jimmy Beck),
Jane Beasecker, was equally good
as Helen Russell, Uncle Jimmy's
girl friend and secretary, who had
waited for seven years or more
to "get her man." She waited
patiently through three acts until,
by the end of the play, she finally
succeeded.
Helping the whirlwind of Incl
dents move at a even faster pace,
we're Marilyn Coleman, the much
Continued on Page 2, Col. y
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10
Army Hos Full Time
Recruiting Office

Branch recruiting office has
been opened in Marysville by
the Columbus Recruiting Station
for the u. S. Army, on a full
time basis. The office is located
in the Post Office building in
Marysville and is in charge OF
T-Sgt. Mack l.. Woodgeard.
The Sergeant will maintain a
recruiting station here daily ex-
cept Wednesday and Saturday
afternoons. Anyone desiring in
formation on the Army, or to
enlist in the Army or Air Forces,
may do so through Sgt. Wood
geard.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10
New Building Regulations
Completed, Will 80 to
Council for Final Action

Formal public hearing on the new, proposed zoning
ordinance for Marysville will be held at 730 p today
the Council room at City Hail. Prepared by Village
Planning Commission, the ordinance is designed to:
Regulate and restrict the location of buildings and
other structures and premises to be used for trade
industry and residence other specified uses and to
regulate and determine set back building lines of build
ngs hereafter erected or altered and for said
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10
On Honor Roll

Edmund V. Augenstein, Ma
rysville, is included on the hon
or roll of the Ohio State Uni
versitv college of education, an
nounced today by Lilyan B. Brad
shaw, assistant to the dean. Av-
erage grades of 3.25 or better are
required for the honor list.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10

Uncle Jimmy had an awful
time.
At least, that was the impress
sion gained by three enthusiastic
audiences who attended the Ma
rysville Senior High School play
Thursday and Friday and saw
Uncle Jimmy properly calmed
down by his irrepressable young
niece and nephew, and the friends
In making the roles they por-
trayed seem like real people in
stead of mere characters in a
play, the student thespians turned
in excellent performances.
AS usual, Miss Ferne Mills,
Senior High principal, did
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10
Women Folls Asleep
Car Runs Into Tree

Mrs G.. A. Knapp, of Lima, es-
capped with only slight injuries
at 2:30 p. m. Saturday when she
fell asleep while driving her car
and crashed into light pole and
tree on Elwood ave-, according
to "a report of the local police<
The accident occurred in front
of the Fred Ell residence. The
complete front end of the car
was demolished.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10
Government to Run
Trains; Hope Held
for a Settlement
But if il Does Happen
Mails Will be CurtaiIed
Seriously, immediately

Union County and Marysve residents were today
following closely developments in the threatened
tonwde train strike realizing that all will be affected
in varying degrees if the strike occurs.
Latest word this noon that the government had
moved to take and operate all railroads. Leaders
of traiRmens unions, however, declared in New York
City they had received word to call off the strike and
continuing with their plans to halt all trains at
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10
Money from State

Auditor Frank McCurdy an
nounced that the county had re-
ceived two checks from the
Auditor of State Federal funds
One for S320.01 for the county
blind fund and one for $846.26 for
the county Aid for Dependent
Children.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-10
Damaged Farm Land

About so million acres al once
good cropland in the United States
have been ruined by erosion. and
another so million acres have been
badly damaged.
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