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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-08-18

As the water In . power sta
tion which has run through o
turbine VIII not climb back up
To turn the turbine again, so
the whole universe (they tell
us, is In the process Of running
down.
But how was the universe born,
how was energy born. IN the flrst
place? How was the universe, SO to
speak, wound up? Science does not
profess to know; but religious an
swers by faith: In the beginning
Beauty
THE writer of Psalm lo4 was well
j aware that some parts OF nature
are useless to man; but he re-
ioiced In them none the less. Few
Of his neighbors had any use for
whales, for example, but he takes
delight In the whale Che calls MIN
Leviathan) just playing In the
ocean. st. Augustine, In the same
mood, says somewhere about things
like wasps and spiders that II we
could forget that they bite, we
would be greatly awed by their
beauty and the perfection of their
mechanism. Indeed. st. Augustine.
In one Of his prayers. calls God
..Pulchritudo," Beauty. Just as
God is The Truth and The Good,
so he is The Beautiful.
THE writers Of these nature
! Psalms ESPECIALLY 10 and 65)
were impressed by another
fact about nature: its regularity.
You can count on the sunrise. you
always know which order the sea
sons will follow. Even things like
earthquakes and tornadoes, which
seem pretty unpredicable, follow
laws of their own. Science has now
shown this to be true on a cosmlc
scale. The stuff Of which the farth'
est stars are made Is Just the same
(only a lot hotterlj as the stuff In
the rocks under your feet at this
minute.
The laws that govern the fan
Of o leaf or the shape Of q rain
drop are the same laws that
a be seen in the whirling OF
star-dust fifty million light
years away.
The Creator Of all is not cratic,
eccentric or capricious. He is the
God Of Law. for from his infinite
Mind come all the patterns, known
to us or yet unknown, by which the
yast fabric Of the universe is woven
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-08-18

Mrs. ]. P. Jernberg of Sumner
recently visited her mother Nlrs'
C. C. Boyette, enroute to Cum
port on her vacation. While Nsne
was away, Mrs. Boyette kept the
grandson, Billy Jernberg, and up
n her return. accompanied her 10
Sumner to attend a wedding. mrs.
Boyette also visited Ruleviiie ana
Greenville, and while away at
tended the anniversary meeting Oh
the Sisters of the Skillet" or
ganization in which a group Oh
eight women have met consecu-
tivelv for twenty-one years. Inc
gathering. was in the home OF MIS-
Floyce Hart in Ruleville.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-08-18
Cord or Thinks

We wish to express our sincere
thanks and appreciation to our
friends and relatives for their ex-
~pressions of sympathy and kind
ness extended us when the sud
den death of our husband and ia
fher came.
We appreciate the kindness of
MFR. and Mrs. Craney of the Lee
Funeral Home and the many
beautiful flowers.
May Gods nichest blessings rest
an each of you is u prayer.
Mrs. Jessie Moore and Children.
-8-1tp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-08-18

earth; Psalm 10:
1-6 listens to the majestic music Of
u and stars; Psalm 65:9-13 sees
nature as a farmer sees 1t, In terms
of sun. rain and crops; Psalm 104,
one of the noblest poems In exis.
tence. celebrates Gods glory in all
things great and small.
Mystery
THESE inspired Psalmists saw a
! high truth: Nature is for mans
use, In part, but it has also a value,
a beauty and a splendor all its
own; and it Is one Of the ways by
which we can know Goo. What is
true Of nature is true, rar more. Of
the God who created all things. One
Of the thoughts suggested to their
minds was the mystery of nature.
Even today. with all that
science has discovered, there
Is mystery In the most eiemen-
tai facts Of existence. What In
light? What Is life? What II
energy? Where did 1t come from
and what Is the destiny Of 1t
all?
A common grass blade performs
miracles that chemistry has not
yet inflated. The mystery Of nature
suggests the deeper mystery Of
natures God.
Power
yIYE ARE beginning now to real
w ize. even better than the
could, how much energy !
there is in nature. We have seen
tragic evidence Of the atoms pow
err. Now we have also found that
while energy cannot be destroyed,
cannot be created by us, though
1t constantly changes form.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-08-18

J. r. Booth, who received his
bachelor of science degree in agri-
culture engineering at State col
lege in May, is employed as act
ing administrative officer with
the PIMA in Clarksdale.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-08-18

VERSE We Gol Dec
the God who is
m r wonderful
than all his works.
The selected Psalms
express four differ
emit aspects Of Gods
creative p o W e r.
Psalm 8 brings out
the dignity and the
glory of man. made
to be master Of the
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-08-18

Mystery, Power. Beauty. Law: Al
nature, not only the stars, shine
with all these-and as Addison
says,
Forever singing as they shine,
The hand that made us is divine"
downright by the international Coun
III Of Religious Education on penalf q
10 Protestant denominations. Released
by WNU Features.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-08-18

Miss Rebecca Williams OF New
bern, accompanied MI. and MRS,
J. R. Patterson home for a VISIT
here this week.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-08-18
Singing. Shining
Lesson for August q. l94s

livery ATOM of the universe.
- said Calvin. sparkles with the
glory of God. That is our thought
for this week: In the created uni
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-08-18
Former Duranf Pastor
Dies In North Carolina
Lost Rites Held For
The Rev. Z. R. Smoot

Funeral services were held for
the Rev. E. r. Smoot, formerly
a pastor of Durant Methodist
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-08-15

Marysville Exempted Village
School District by the County
Board of Education, due to the
disbanding of the Allen School,
was accepted by the Marysville
Board.
Some new territory was added
to the Marysville district in the
four-way division of the Allen
District last month. The split was
requested by the people of the
district due to the lack of facili-
ties at the Allen School and the
limited curriculum that could be
presented to the students.
The matter of transporting the
new pupils was brought up and
it was decided to re-route the
present buses and not to pur-
chase any new ones. The four
buses now owned by the board
willIbe-eAle TO handle the added
loads and it will not be neces-
sary to purchase a new one.
Fred Asman was appointed at
tendance officer for the coming
year by the board. He has been
in that position for several years.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-08-15
July is Hottest
In Eight Years

Last month was the hottest
July in eight years according to
the report of Russell S. Banks,
local observer for the United
States Weather Bureau.
On July the mercury rose to
81 degrees, hottest in July since
1941 when the thermometer
reach 100. The maximum in July,
1948 was 81 and in l947 it was 81
degrees. The minimum tempera-
ture last month was Sc which was
recorded on the last day of the
month.
A total of 407 inches of rain
fell during the month, SO of an
inch more than the average for
the last 33 years for which re-
cords have been kept. The heaV-
lest rainfall during any one day
was on July % when l.60 inches
of rain fell.
A total of Is days during the
month of July had a maximum
temperature of over 80 degrees
to Mr.. Banks records.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-08-15

Initial squad meeting of the
Marysville High School football
team will be he'd in the Senior
High building at $50 p. m. Friday.
Equipment will be issued after
the meeting to the squad mem
berS.
First practice will be held at
p. m. Aug. % and practice ses-
sionS will be held every evening
until school starts.
Nine games are on this years
schedule and six of them will be
played under home lights. Only
new conner on the local slate is
a powerful Delaware team which
will play here the last game of
the season.
Eight lettermen are returning
to form the basis of this years
outfit but only two of these were
starting linemen last year the
other six being reserves or backs.
Two Linemen Back
Back to bulWark the line are
Charles McCracken and Loren
Grimes, tackle. McCracken is a
junior and Grimes, senior. Both
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-08-15
A. M. E. Church
Plans Celebration

Former members, friends and
decendents of the signers of the
original charter of the Allen
Chapel of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church are invited to
several events to be held late
this month.
1t was in June, 1879 that the
Church was granted a deed to a
lot on which the building now
stands. The signatures on the
deed are Alvin r. Lacy, Joseph
Cooper, N. Freeman, Wiley Evans,
and Lewis Wood, trustees.
Among the persons who will
be presented at the special events
will be Miss Sarah Booker and
Miss Ellouise Galloway, Marys-
vile High School graduates, who
have continued their musical
education.
Luncheon honoring Mrs. Edna
Fleming, secretary of the Wo-
mems Missionary Society of Allen
Chapel for so years, at l p. m.
Aug. "a.
Historical and musical program
at p. m. Thursday.
Homecoming sermon and Com
munion Services at IL a. m. Sun
day Aug. % anG special home
coming services at 2:30 p. m. on
same Sunday.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-08-15
go New Vehicles
Sold in County

A total of SO new cars and
trucks were sold to Union County
residents during the month of
July according to the report of
Helen L. Sullivan, county clerk
of courts.
Chevrolet led the passenger car
field with 18 sales and Ford fol-
lowed with Is. Other in order OF
the amount of sales were:
Dodges, 8; Pontiacs, 8; Ply
mouths, 7; Studebaker, 6; Olds-
mobiles, 4; Packards, A; Bucks,
8; Nash, 3; Kaiser, 2; Hudson, q;
Mercury, 2; and Chrysler and
Cadillac one EACH
Trucks were as follows: Chew
rolet, 6; .Studebaker, 4; Ford, 4;
and Dodge, l.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-08-15
Wenzel Calls First Football Meeting
Friday; Initial Practice on Monday

boys are plenty good but if each
had a twin of equal ability
Coach Paul Wenzel's worries
would be dispelled to great ex-
tent.
Dick Orahood, IT'S pound de-
fensive center last year, will get
the call at the pivot post this
fall. These three boys can be
expected to hold up their share
of the line.
The other letterman back in the
forward wall is John Cotton who
will probably start at tackle
along with Grimes. Several other
players who saw service in 1948
but did not earn a letter will
also return to add power to the
line.
Four lettermen are returning
to their backfield positions.
Two Ousrterbacks
They include two quarterbacks,
Bill Boyd and Bill Worthington.
Boyd is the magician under the
center while Worthington is the
.passer on the squad. Howard Hill
returns at right halfback. He had
his moments last year and could
be very troublesome to opponents
at times this fall
Buddy Hoffman, one of the best
running backs in the Mid State
league last year, will handle the
fullback post with lots of poise.
Hoffman, junior, is in his third
year of varsity competition and
will be the big gun in the
Monarchs attack.
Despite the return of these
worthless, there are several po-
SitionS where Coach WenZel has
his work cut out for him. He
must build requirements for the
gaps graduation left in the line
and from somewhere he must
bring up reserves, a main weak
ness in the Monarch camp at
this time. Unless some of the new
men come on very fast, the
Marysville gridders can expect
only a $3.50 season perhaps equal
to or even inferior to last year.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-08-15
Watkins Ladies Start
Their Plons For
Annual Fall Festival

WATKINS-The Watkins Lad
les Aid held its regular August
meeting on Thursday in the
home of Mrs. Monford HumblS,
with Mrs. Howard Mack, assist
ant hostess. Fourteen other men,
bers were present.
After fried chicken dinner the
afternoon was spent admiring
the Humble's lovely new home
and making plans for the annual
fall festival and chicken supper.
It is to be held this year in Wat
kins on Oct. 6.
A well-liked feature of the
festival is the Neddlework Ba-
Ear. Many beautiful hand made
and useful articles will be avail
able at a special table al eve
ming.
This event has come to be a
rather important occasion every
fall at Watkins. The whole COM
munity is canvassed for donations
for an auction which is held
after supper. The loot consists of
garden produce, flowers plants,
farm grains, poultry, eggs, pies
and cakes (if there is any left
from supper) and a few times
even some yonug livestock.
A lot of fun is had by all so
mark Oct. 6 on the calendar and
make plans to attend.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-08-15

Repair and remodeling lead new
construction in Ohio'S current
farm building boom, reports j. d.
Blickle, extension agricultural
engineer at Ohio State University.
Generally speaking, there has
not been a critical shortage of
permanent structures on Ohio
farms in recent years, largely be-
cause the number of farms has
not increased" he comments.
while a great number of these
existing buildings are more than
so years old, they are still struct-
urally sound. Many farmers are
finding that by rearranging the
inside Of existing buildings and
making a few changes here and
there, they can hold expensive
new construction to a minimum
and still have a modern, efficient
building arrangement"
Next to remodeling, repairing
and equipping farm homes, dairy
barns, he says, are receiving the
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-08-15
Milford Bosebdllers
Defect MorYsville

A Marysville Independent base
ball team was defeated So by a
similar group from Milford Center
of the Milford diamond Sunday
afternoon. Ike SabinS pitched for
Marysville and allowed only one
hit in the first four innings while
striking out ten. Carey led off
the fifth for Milford with a single
and three more hits followed
climaxed by a two run single by
Ferryman.
Kaufman pitched for Milford
and gave up seven hits, the same
as SabinS but he managed to
scatter them so as to limit his
opponents to two runs. He fan
ned six and helped his own cause
with two doubles at the plate.
Marysville 0 2 0 90 00 2 z 2
Milford 0000 4 Ks z l
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-08-15
Little Damage Occurs from Fire AT
Avalon Theater, Caused by lightning

Marysville's Fire Department
was called out for the second time
in as many days at p. m. Thurs
day evening when lightning
struck the neon sign in front of
the Avalon Theater and started a
fire between the false front and
the brick wall.
Harold Hyland, Kelvin Payne,
and ]. o. Smith were standing in
front of the City building about
a block away when they noticed
the smoke coming from the front
of the building. They sounded the
alarm and were in front of the
building almost before Clair Jar
Wis, manager of the theater knew
there was a fire.
Lester Randall, who lives
across the street from the show,
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-08-15

also saw the smoke and called
Jarvis. He was just putting down
the phone as the fire truck pulled
up to the building.
Although there was very little
danger of the fire reaching the
interior of the theater the 500
people who were seeing the show
were asked to leave. The theater
was cleared in about five minutes.
"The crowd was very orderly
as they left the building" Mr..
Jarvis said. There was absolutely
no indication of panic" he added.
Very little damage was done
and that was confined to the
wiring, the glass false front, and
the board wall between the brick
side of the building and the glass
front.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-08-15
Union F. H. A. Hedrs
Convention Report

The Union Local Chapter of the
F. H. A. met Aug. 10 at the home
of Kathleen Daum in Irwin.
Betty Schmidt gave a report on
the F. H. A. convention held in
Columbus last month and it was
decided to send five girls to the
F. H. A. camp which will be held
Aug. 1920. Those who will attend
are Beva Knedler, Una Jean Eby,
Barbara Schmidt, Ruth Thier-
gartner, and Joy Buker.
After the meeting refreshments
were served and all members
participated in games and sing
ing. They will be notified when
the next meeting will be held.
Ruth Thiergartner is the reporter.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-08-15
Run-dwoY MdrYsville
Girls ore Located

Two teen-age Marysville girls
who ran away from their homes
Friday afternoon were found by
Columbus Juvenile authorities
early Saturday morning, Sheriff
Walter Galloway reported today.
The girls, Wanda Mae Craw-
ford, IL daughter of Mrs. Don
Huffman, and Ruthetta Pitt, 13,
daughter of Mrs. Lawrence
Bright, left home on their bicy-
cles Friday evening and were
sought by ,Marysville Police after
their disappearance Friday night,
Columbus authorities picked up
the girls at about a. m. Satur-
day morning and they were taken
to the Bureau of Junvenile Re-
search in Columbus where they
were held until their parents
came for them Sunday afternoon.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-08-15
Business Men
Approve c. Of c.
Here Thursday
More Than 100 At
Banquet; Old Group
Is Being Disbanded

Action preliminary to organi-
zation of a Marysville Chamber
of Commerce was taken by local
business and professional men
during a dinner meeting held in
the Dinner Bell restaurant,
Thursday evening. More than 100
men and women were in attend
ance, one of the largest gather
ings of business and professional
men here in many years.
Response toward disbanding
the old MarySville Business
Mems Association and organizing
the Chamber of Commerce was
unanimous and enthusiastic. 1t
was the concensus of opinion
from those present that, as a
Chamber of Commerce, the or
ganization can expand its act
ivities and coverage to greatly
benefit the entire community.
AS a start toward organizing
the Chamber of Commerce, a
committee of II men was selected
who will line up members and
take care of preliminary work.
The members are:
Lee Wilkins, chairman, Eugene
Huber, Paul M. Baldridge, George
S. Carney, Hubert Miller, Arthur
w. Galloway, Winfield E. Beh-
rens, Oscar Knots, William c.
Otte, Everett Alexander, L. r.
Rohr, Edgar Lowry, Clarence
Asman, August c. Vollrath, Tom
Navin, D. Carl Spain and Nelson
Weiss.
During the meeting Thursday,
the former members of the old
Marysville Business Mems As
sociation unanimously voted to
disband their organizations and
have their funds transferred to
the new. Actual competition of
this detail will be worked out
by the committee of IL.
Following this action, all of
the business and professional men
voted Unanimously to organize
the Marysville Chamber of Com
merce and affiliate with the Ohio
State group. Formal organization
of the Chamber will be completed
at a subsequent meeting.
Presiding over the meeting
Thursday was Charles B. Mills,
Manager of the o. M. Scott &
Sons Co.
Principal speaker was c. l..
VanDerau, of Mansfield, a form
er Marysville resident. Mr.. Van
Derau is now a vice president of
the Ohio Chamber of Commerce
and one of its most active sup
porters. He is production manager
of the Westinghouse Eelectric
Corporations huge plant in
Mansfield.
Mr.. VanDerau spoke on ad-
vantages to be obtained from
membership in the Ohio Cham
Der, and also discussed present
day business trends. His talk
was enjoyed by everyone present,
and much of the information he
told on business conditions was
of much interest and value to
his listeners.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-08-15
Solons Approve
New Gas Rates
For Marysville
Final Maple St. Sewer
Payment is Allowed;
Street Truck Sought

New Fuel gas rates for Marys-
vile were approved by the village
council at their meeting in the
city building Thursday evening.
The council also approved the
purchase of new street truck
and the final payment on the
Maple st. sewer project.
The new gas rate was approved
by the solons under the suspen-
sion of the rules requiring three
readings of an ordinance before it
can be brought to a vote. The new
contract is for a period of seven
years and calls for slight increas-
eS in the rates for heavy users of
gas.
On the whole the new contract
means no increase for the aver
age Marysville consumer and, in
fact, is less than the rates speci-
fled for the remaining two years
of the old contract. The increase
for those with gas furnaces re-
suits in about five cents more per
1000 cubic feet of gas used.
The sewer rental contract with
the Nestles Milk Products Com
pany was approved by the coun-
cilmen. One part of the contract
that has been the object of debate
for some time is a clause wanted
by the Nestle Company calling
for reduction in the rate if the
company should cut down or sus-
pend operations here.
This paragraph was at first re-
fused by the solons but later they
decided to accept it with certain
notifications.
The council took definite action
Thursday evening on the purchase
of a new street truck, which has
been needed badly for some time.
1t was decided to advertise for
bids on a new truck, rather than
purchase a used machine. The cost
of the new truck was placed at
$4,000 plus the added cost OF
mounting bed and other neces-
sary equipment.
The council voted to pay the
c.. H. Leach Construction COM
pany of Bellefontainte S5292.03
for the final estimate on the
Maple st. sewer project. The ap-
proved amount is the sum claim
ed by Leach in his suit against
the city minus the S725 paid to
the S. c.. g. w. Construction Co.,
of Waldo, for repairing the street
surface last month.
Gerald Torbert was present at
the council meeting and presented
a bill for S2O.62 for repairs to his
car made necessary by damage
from the loose steel rods on the
North Maple st. bridge. The coun-
Gil approved the bill.
The First National Bank was
made the Marysville depository
for a period of two years was viz
tue of the contract which was ap-
proved by the council. The con-
tract is the renewal of the old one
which will expire on Aug. 29.
Bill in the amount of S7862.76
were approved by the council.
Largest part of these expenditures
was the S5292 paid to the Leach
Construction Company.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-08-15
Remodeling Boom Hits Ohio Farms;
Homes, Dairy Barns Lead Building
by smitty's Studio

most attention at the present time
in Ohio. Considerable interest al
so is being shown in milk houses,
NOV hay drying installations and
construction of silos.
In planning remodeling pro-
grams, most farmers are attempt
ing to cut down chore time and
labor by using electricity, water
systems, mechanical feed hand
ling equipment, manure cleaners,
improved feed hunks and similar
devices to save minutes and steps
every day, the engineer points
out.
AS in the city, construction
costs on the farm are more than
double the 1859 average, ac-
cording to Mr.. Blickle, who offers
the following suggestions for re-
ducing the cash outlay for con-
Struction costs on the farm:
/. Have an overall plan of the
whole improvement. This will pre-
vent costly adjustments later.
2. Use materials ordinarily kept
in the dealers stock, such as
standard doors and windows.
3. Choose common grades of
lumber for framing and sheath
ing.
4. Use farm equipment for ex-
cavating and hauling.
5. Use family labor, and hire a
skilled person to direct the work,
if necessary.