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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-07-05

first place winner and SIS to the
second place in the grand prize.
All who want to enter may get
their poster paper at the Agri-
cultural Extension Office in the
Post Office Building or may furn-
ish their own, Mrs. Diehl said.
All posters must be Ia" by 90,
however.
Entries will be closed on July
81 and none will be accepted
after that date.
Any subject matter pertaining
to safety may be used. Posters
may either be in black and white
or in color. Finished posters
should be handed in to the Agri-
cultural Extension office with the
name, address and age of the
person submitting it on the back.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-07-05
County Schools
List Promotions

Eighth grade promotions last
May, of six of the Is Union
County public school included
the following persons:
Allen-Kenneth Amrine, Will
liam Bollack, Arlene Campbell,
Lester Fischer, Wilma Fischer,
Betty Lou Holycross, Ted Paver,
Donald Robinson, Marilyn Smith,
Patricia Smith, Louella Sta1ey.
Norma Stanton and Rose Wood
worth.
Claibourne- Redwood - Ronald
Alexander, Harold Biddle, John
Blue, Danny Brown, Wesley
BeCkley, Alan w. Bowen, Mary
Brelsford, Gale Bumgarner, Joh-
anne Cameron, Robert Cheney.
Laverne Church, Sonalee Con-
verse, Alice Fields, Darrell Flesh
man, Billy Griffith, Richard Grit
fifth, Jack Hamilton, Jack Hid
reth, Laurabelle HolycroSs, Ken
meth Kirby, Marjorie Livingston,
Margaret Mayer, Ernest McElroy,
Merle McElroy jr., Richard Moore,
Martha Mulligan, Joe Payne, Du-
ane Perkins, James Seaman, Dana
Shoup, Doris Shoup, Glenn Slem-
mons, Shirley Southland, Janis
Stults, Edward Tinch and Mar
iOrie Wood.
Jerome local-Doris Bouic, Pat
ty Bowersmith, Peggy Fry, Emma
Jean Huff, Ben Kirkendall, Glenn
McCarty, Donna Marks, Glenn
Rogers, Sarah Schlabach, David
Shively, Martha Sprague and
Martha Armentrout
Jerome Special-Joe Manahan,
Henrietta Manahan, Anne Buck.
jeanne Morley, Janet Mills, Ro-
bert Elliott, James Howard,
Juanita Stephenson.
Millcreek local-Imogene Boggs
William Schrader, Marjorie
Hanes, Patrica Piersol, Janet VOL
pert, Arlene Clark, Richard Snod-
grass and Betty Cox.
Peoria Special-Norma Ruth
Lockwood, Jessie Johnson and
Eugene Burbaugh.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-07-05
Poster Contest for Young People
To Aid Safety Program in County

For the promotion of safety
consciousness in the minds of the
people and visitors of Union
County, the special program COM
mittee of the Safety Council of
Union County is arranging a safe
ty poster contest for the youth of
the county from 10 to 81 years
old, Mrs. Mary Alice Diehl,
chairman of the committee an
nounced today.
The contest entries will be
divided into three classes, for
those 16 to 81; IA to 16 and 10 to
IA. Each of the three classes will
have poster awards of $5 for first,
So for second and So for third.
Winners of these classes will then
be judged for a grand prize in the
county. Ten dollars will go to the
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-07-05

The posters will then be exhibited
in the store windows of Marys-
vile, Redwood and Milford
Center during National Farm
Week, July 1881.
Judging will be held July 81,
in the Marysville High School.
Posters will be judged so percent
on expression of idea, 20 percent
on originality of design and 80
percent on neatness in workman
ship.
Money for the prizes offered in
the contest has been donated by
the implement dealers of the
county. Members of the project
committee, in addition to Mrs.
Delhi, are Mrs. Harold Bishop,
Mrs. Luther Laughrey, Mrs. Roy
Lombard and Mrs. Lee Dewitt.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-07-05
SCOTS Begin
Work on Buidinq

Work on undermining the old
building at E. Sixth and S. Plum
SITS. and expanding its floor space
has been started by the O. M
Scott & Sons Co.
One phase of the project calls
for construction of a new founda-
ton for the old building on the
corner, and putting a new wall
around the outside, so that it's
appearance will harmonic with
the new office building construct
ed by the Seed Co. about 10 years
ago.
Then, to the rear of the old
building, on S. Plum st. a large
one story addition will be con-
structed.
This will give us more room
for operations carried out in the
old section of our plant" Charles
B. Mills, secretary of the Com
pany, said today. Our retailing
room will also be located in the
new addition, to get this traffic
off Sixth ST."
To make room for the new
addition, two old houses former
ly occupied by the Scott Co. have
been sold to John Erich, and are
being moved off the premises.
One of these has already been
removed to a lot on w. Eighth St.
Also included in the building
project will be the construction of
a covered loading dock for the
mailing room at the rear of the
new building on Sixth st. This
will greatly facilitate handling
the tremendous volume of mail
which the SCOTT Co. sends and
receives.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-07-05
10000 Revenue Loss One of 8 Reasons
Cited by Central for Dropping Trains

Loss of more than $4,000 in
the operation of trains Nos. and
3 between Columbus and Toledo
is the principal reason cited by
the New York Central Railroad
Co. for its desire to discontinue
these two trains which operate
through Marysville.
This is but one of six reasons set
forth by the New York Central
in its application to discontinue
the trains, as filed May 20 with
the Public Utilities Commission
of Ohio. Copies of application
were received here last week
Hearing on the application will
be held July %, before the Util-
tiles Commission. These are the
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-07-05

larger communities served as in
termediate points between Colum-
bus and Toledo.
4. Because in addition to ap-
plicant's remaining train service,
there is adequate motor bus ser
vice between Columbus and To-
ledo TO serve all intermediate
points.
5. Because there are adequate
motor express and mail service
facilities between Columbus and
Toledo available to serve all in
termediate points.
6. Because good highways be-
tween the points served by said
trains are available over which
the above mentioned motor SER
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-07-05

was over $4,000, and for train
No. 8 over $4,000, because the
traffic and revenue available are
wholly insufficient to pay the
operating expenses of these
trains.
2. Because the schedule of
these trains materially interferes
with the efficient operation of
freight train schedules to the con-
sequent detriment of the public
convenience.
3. Because in addition to these
two trains, applicant operates
operates one train daily, each
way, between Columbus and
Todedo, which trains provide all
necessary railroad service to the
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-07-05

six reasons as set forth by the
Railroad Co. for abandoning these
two trains:
/. Because the passenger and
express traffic available to and
using the said trains is insufficient
to justify their continued opera
ton, either on the basis of the
benefit accruing to the public or
on the basis of the financial
benefit to be gained by The
New York Central Railroad
Company. These trains have been,
for more than one year, operating
at considerable financial deficit,
to-wit: the net operating loss for
the period March l, l947, to Feb
ruary 20, 1948, for train No. Z
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-07-05

Production of milk in the us
during May, 1948, was the lowest
for that month since 1941, but the
average production per COW re-
ported for the first of June was
the highest on record Good past
ure conditions and previous Gull
ing of the poorer producers from
herds helped set the production
per COW record. The number o1
cows on farms in May was the
lowest since 1899.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-07-05
C. |. Celebration
Is Huge Success,
Legion Reports
Sudden Rain Mars
Fireworks Display but Rest
Of Program Carried Out

c. l. Day celebration at the Playground was COM
pete success, Eugene Rausch, chairman of the event.
reported today The celebration sponsored by Union
Post 79, of the American Legion. 1t was the second
annual July 4th exhibit
longtime residents of MarysvilIe voiced the
opinion that the crowd especially that attending the
evening events, the largest ever assembled on the
Union County fairgrounds. Approximately 5000 at
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-07-05
Beightler to Head
Trdining of Drdftees

Major General bert S.
Beightler, Marysville native and
wartime commander of Ohio's
37th Division, will be one of four
generals heading the Army's
new training program.
The announcement came form
Secretary of Army Royal in
Washington. Beightler, a one
time state highway director, will
be in charge of the Fifth Armored
Division at Camp Chaffee, Ark.
He has been on duty in Washing
ton as president of the Army
Personnel Board.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-07-05

tended the all-day celebration
which featured a carnival, horse
show, pony show, and many All
contests.
Rain delayed the evening horse
show and ruined nealy $500
worth of fireworks. However
good display of fireworks was
presented in the evening.
The carnival will be at the
Playground the rest of the week.
A free band concert will be given
by the Marysville High School
Band in front of the grandstand
Thursday at 8 p. m.
Winners in the various events
were:
Adults Horse Show Events
Class 0 for five gated horses:
Dallas Ann Ritter, Bellefontaine;
Barbara Berndt, Columbus; Paul
Winn, Springfield.
Class / or pair class: Bob and
Ruby Burnside, Milford Center,
Kay Howard and Roy Neer, Ma.
rysvilIe; Mary Lohr, of Plain City
and Bob Hart, of Marysville.
Class 2 English Pleasure class:
Peggy Jenkins, Urbana; Dallas
Ann Ritter, Bellefontaine; Martha
Kerns, Mechanicsburg.
Class Western Pleasure class.
Fred Cox, Urbana; Robert Hart,
Continued on Page 2. Col. p
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-07-05

vice for passengers, express and
mail may be carried.
Train No. 7 goes from Colum-
bus to Toledo and arrives in Ma
rysville at 1851 a. m. Train No. 8
goes from Toledo to Columbus
and arrives in Marysville at SAB
p. m.
Both were discontinued as coal
saving measure during coal
miners tsrike last March, but
were not restored to service when
the strike ended. They were
eventually put back on when the
Public Utilities Commission order
ed the New York Central to re-
store them after much public pro-
test had been received.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-07-05

decline in divorce rate in Union
County for the past few years.
In addition to the new divorce
actions filed this year, Is were
pending July /, 1947, making a
total of SO divorce cases appearing
before the Court during the past
year. Seventy of these suits were
decided on by the Court and %
were left pending as of July l,
1948.
Fifty-eight of the suits filed
this wear were listed as gross ne
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-07-05

Comparison of figures on acci-
dents investigated by police in
Marysville during the first six
months of 1948 with the same
period during 1947 shows an in
crease of six accidents over last
year, according to a report of
Marshal Clarence- Brown.
No deaths occurred by traffic ac-
cidents during any of the above
the first half of 1947.
BY June 80 of this year, Marys-
vile has had SO motor vehicle
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-07-05

Divorce actions filed in the I'm
ion County Common Pleas Court
during the IL months ending June
30, dropped to the total of 68, a
little more than two thirds of the
previous years figure, the annual
report of Clerk of Courts Helen
L. Sullivan reveals.
Total actions filed in the IL
months ending June 30, 1947 was
81. This figure in turn was 80 un-
der the total for the previous 12-
month period, showing rapid
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-07-05
Women Vets Older

The average age of World War
II veterans is slightly higher than
that of their fellew-veterans,
Veterans Administration Branch
Office in Columbus, o., reported
today. The feminine average is an
even 80 years, while the average
age of the men is 20 years and. 912
months.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-07-05
Leesburg Grange

LeeSburg Grange No. 2676 will
meet at $50 pm. Thursday eve
ming. Each family is asked to
bring weiners and buns. Commit
tee in charge of the refreshments
is Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Cum
ningham, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Gun
ningham and Mr.. and Mrs. Fran
els Robinson.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-07-05
Girls Seek Games

The Marysville girls softball
team is looking for games either
at home or away. Any teams
wishing to schedule a game
should notify Carl w Beightler,
Grove ST., Marysville.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-07-05
Will Clean PARSONAGE

Ladies of Trinity Lutheran
church who can, are asked to
help all day Thursday with a
general cleaning of the parson-
age.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-07-05
Ditch Hearing Postponed

Hearing on the Winter ditch
in Liberty Township has been
postponed until July 26, awaiting
presentation of an amended Pc
tition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-05-23
A iocket blew out with
the puff Of smoke

ever got into the column in the family account
book labeled extras" He thought of the
tricycle. he and Ellen wanted to buy for young
Bill and how they had finally agreed they
could never afford it; he thought of the one
they had compromised on and how labor
iously they would have to save to get even
that. He remembered the night not long ago
when he and Ellen were window shopping -
and the usefulness in her eyes as she looked
atacertain handbag. hehadn't said anything,
but he knew it had been pushed back - with
50 many other things - to the time when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-05-23

A ONE-STORY sun porch ran across the
IA whole back Of the house, and the roof
was leaking smoke all over. The house was
old and built mostly of wood, and single
thin plume of smoke drifted lazily up from
the peak, two stories above the sun porch.
The truckmen had already placed their lad
ders and were scrambling up them.
Rookie Fireman Bill Rawls noted these
points as Engine No. q roared up the street.
He dropped off before it stopped and ran
toward the front door of the house, nozzle
end of hose over his shoulder.
The neighbors on each side were leaning
anxiously over their porch ratings, gauging
the jeopardy of their own houses The side
walk audience was growing steadily; few
people were grouped around a middle-aged
couple who talked nervously, their eyes,
worried and unoomprehending, on the house.
The owners - you could always spot them.
SMoKE flowed sluggishly down the stairs 50
that the front hall was just beginning to take
on twilight dimness. Bill went upstairs, and
the twilight deepened and bit at his nostrils
and throat. The second floor landing had
several doors facing it. One showed heavy
smoke with muted roar behind, and Bill
went in there with the hose nozzle hooked
under his arm, knowing he'd be getting water
any moment now. He could hear the muffled
thuds of the axes on the house roof as the
tuckmen tried to let out some of the smoke
and heated air that was building up under
meath; he heard the sirens of more equipment
and voices inside the house. But he heard
these with only part of his mind
He dropped on one knee to get better air,
and the hose gave leap under his arm He
braced himself gripped the nozzle. and
turned the valve handle. feeling the suging
thrill of combat as the water Kissed through
the smoke and smacked wall he couldn't
see. He wondered sometimes if that thrill was
something you lost when you shed the label
of Rookie. He doubted it.
He inched forward His lungs were begin
ming to hurt, but he knew somebody would
smash a window in time - and somebody
did at that moment from the outside 1t made
things better right away
HE smoke thinned little and he could see
the wall. 1t was just above the sun porch and
the roar he heard was fame on its outer sur
face. There was closet in the corner. and
Bill yanked the door open. A great puff of
smoke and fame whooshed out; something
landed right in front of him. 1t was jacket,
mans jacket, and it was burning. An en-
velope pgotruded from the inside pocket
Bill remembered one of the first instructions
given all fremen: save anything of value that
you can. Could be something valuable -
bonds maybe, an important letter.
He leaned over and took out the envelope.
1t was hot. and one corner was beginning to
blacken. He let some water splatter on it and
showed it into the pocket of his canvas jacket
The envelope slipped from his mind until
an hour later, when they had returned to
quarters and he was folding the jacket as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-05-23

his helmet on the rear step of the engine IN
readiness for the next run. He felt the en-
velope in the pocket, remembered it and took
it out. Instinctively. he knew that he should
do something about getting it back to its
owner right away, but he couldn't help
wondering how important it really was. 1t
wasn't sealed, 50 he looked inside There were
five new ten-dollar bills.
Not since his wedding day had Bill Rawls
held in his hand 50 much unbudgeted money.
Every cent of his pay these days was ear
marked before he got it, and very little of it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-05-23

furniture dno uie Cdr Inc tricycle., the good
tricycle., and the handbag could both be
covered easily with fifty dollars.
The truth of the matter was that the fiftv
dollars were in his hand or anywhere else
as far as that went - only by the sheerest
accident. Another twenty seconds and thew
would have been handful of ashes. As far
as the owner believed that was exactly what
they were now. From any reasonable point of
view, it was money that didn't exist.
BILL closed the envelope slowly, folded it,
and put it in his pants pocket. He walked
away by himself to do little thinking.
He was still thinking when he went off
duty next morning He hadn't come to any
decision when he stopped at the store where
the tricycle. was - the good one He kept
pict,ning young Bill on it, and there was the
money in his pocket Money that to all in
tents and purposes had been burned up.
He bought the tricycle. and put it in the
car. He made another stop and bought the
handbag, and there was still one ten-dollar
bill left. He caused quite sensation when he
got home. He told Ellen he had seen the tri-
cycle advertised second hand for so little that
it seemed like crime not to buy it. Ellen
agreed. He said he had charged the handbag
and would pay for it out of his allowance.
Ellen accepted that, too, and somehow her
unquestioning assumption that whatever he
did was all right made him feel worse than he
would have if she had probed into the matter.
That day began to get long toward the
end, and the next, when he went on duty
again, was the longest he could ever remem-
Der. There wasn't one run in the whole
twenty four hours - nothing to do but wait.
AT SUPPER he looked around the table at
the other eighteen men on the shift and
wondered if any of them had gone through
what he was suffering now. Especially the
older ones. He looked at Doc Adams, the
Oldest member of the shift, and tried to
picture him with his hands full of money that
everyone thought had been destroyed, money
that didn't exist. He wondered what Doc
would do - and then Doc looked up and
caught his eye and grinned and said what
about some gin rummy after supper. Right
then Bill knew what Doc would do - he'd
give the money back. Just as every other man
there would have done. And Bill knew why.
Because they wouldn't be able to spend every
other twenty four hours together for 50 many
years if it was any other way
He refused Docs challenge and went up to
the dormitory. He lay down on his cot in the
dark. Although it was a quiet night, he didn't
sleep.
In the morning, he called Ellen and said
he had broken the watch she had given him
for wedding present and was going to leave
it to be fixed on the way home. He thought of
watch repair because it took 50 long these
days, and he would need time to get it back.
Main Street pawn broker gave him forty
dollars on it and fortunately had four new
ten-dollar bills. Bill put them in the envelope
with the one still there and drove to the house
Continued on page 20
Evening star., 1948-02-25

Ac1u dt 4 Pin.
tomorrow at the
ives fun er ]
home. Burial
will be in Co
lunbia Gardens
Cemetery.
The Rev. e. q.
Latch, pastor OF
M e t ropolitan
M e t h o d / S t
G h UT h. win
con due the
services.
Mr.. Cook died
Monday in Doc
tors H ospit al
affar an Illness
Evening star., 1948-02-25
Requiem Mass 10 Be Held
For Thomas c. Brannan

Requiem mass for Thomas G.
|Brannan. so, native Washingtonian
will be held at 8 am. tomorrow In
st. Martins Church, North Capitol
and T streets. Burial win be in
Arlington Cemetery.
Mr.. Brannan died Monday at
Oteen IN. c. Veterans Hospital,
after long illness. His home was
at Rhode Island avenue NV.
Mr.. Brannan attended Gonzaga
High School and enlisted In the
Navy at the beginning Of World
War I. He served on convoy
duty as chief petty oficer and at
an American base In France. He
received medical discharge after
the war and had been in various
hospitals throughout the country
since then.
Survivors are his mother, Mrs.
Cecilia e. Brannan: two sisters,
Miss Cecilia Brannan, an employe
Of the office Of the Secretary of the
Air Force, both OF the Northwest
address, and Miss May Brannan, st.
Louis, and two brothers, Richard A.,
Washington, and Patrick, Santa
Rosa, Calf.
Evening star., 1948-02-25
Will Irwin, IA, Dies;
Prolific Author Wrote
Biography Of Hoover
BY the Asseeintsd Press a

NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-Will r.
win, IA, author of about 80 volumes
OF fiction and nonfiction, magazine
editor and World War I corre-
spondent, died yesterday.
Born in Oneida, N. Y, Mr.. Irwin
attended Stanford University and
before the turn Of the century. be-
gan newspaper work in San Fran
cisco. Later he came to New York
and joined the Sun.
From the Suns city room in 1906
he covered" San Francisco's earth
quake and fire, even though the
disaster knocked out communica-
tions from the stricken city. With
scraps of information and a long
memory, Mr.. Irwin for eight days
wrote 10 to IA columns daily, pic
turing the chaos in San Francisco.
He left the Sun to become editor
OF McClure's Magazine. From Nc
Clure's he went to Golfers Weekly
and then entered the free-lance
field.
In World War I Irwin was a
correspondent with the French,
italian, British and American
armies, representing the London
Daily Mail and American publica-
tiolis.
IN the 1s20s he became acquainted
with Hei bert Hoover, also a Stan
ford alumnus. His, biography OF
the 30th President was published in
1929. Other hooks included "A Re
porter at Armageddon." "A House
of Mystery" High Lights of Man
haitian" ard Christ or Mars" He
collaborated OH two popular plays,
Lutte Song" and "The Thirteenth
Chair"
Survivors include his widow, Mrs
Inez Haynes Gilmore Irwin, her
self the author of many novels and
short stories; a son, William Hyde
Irwin. a painter, of San Francisco
and a brother Wallace, also a we'll
known writer, Of Setauket, N. Y.
Funeral services will be held here
tomorrow. After cremation, the
ashes will be taken to. the Irwin
summer home in Scituate. Mass.