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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-28
i" Deaths
Mrs. Letitia Mills Reed

Mrs. Letitia Mills Reed, age 81,
formerly of Marysville Rt. 4,
died in the home of her son, By
ron Reed, in Winfield, Kan, Death
occurred Dec. 26.
She was born in 1869 in Union
county, the daughter of James
and Letitia Mills, both deceased.
She was married to the Rev. Lor-
en- c. Reed, who preceded her in
death in 1948. She was a member
of the Mt. Zion E. u. B. church.
Also surviving besides the son
at whose home she died are one
son, Dana Reed, of Columbus;
two daughters, Mrs. Harold
Scheck and Mrs. Wylie Coe, and
two sisters, Mrs. Burt Judy and
Mrs. Leah Meadow, all of Col
umbus; thre brothers, Walter
Mills, Cincinnati and Paul and
Herman Mills, both of Columbus;
and IL grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
1:30 p. m. Friday in the Lee Fun
eral home, conducted by the Rev,
Claude Forsythe. Interment will
be in Oakdale cemetery in charge
of William Lee, funeral director
of Marysville.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-28

fective, under the enforcement
of which there was assessed and
collected over S27,00000 in fines.
BY reason of these various chang
es in the law there was consider
able litigation neceSsitating num-
erous trials in the Common Pleas
Court, the Court of Appeals and
the Supreme Court, many con-
stitutional problems being en-
volved. During his terms as pros
ecuting attorney, women were
permitted to serve as jurors for
the first time.
Amusing Episodes
During the years, Mr.. Myers
participated in many important
trials and also had his share Of
amusing incidents, too.
One of the latter came early in
Mr.. Myers practice when a local
citizen had been indicted for op-
ening his saloon on Sunday. On
being arraigned, the man pleaded
guilty and when the Court asked
if he had anything to say before
sentence was pronounced, he
said, NO.
The Court then sentenced him
to pay fine of S25 and costs and
10 days in Jail, Immediately, the
accused man said, Eyes, Judge, l
would like to say something
now" The Judge permitted him
to do so, and the accused said.
Judge, won't you please make
it a little bit more money and a
little less Jail?" The man served
his time out.
Superstitious Attorney
Another incident had to do
with superstition. A trial, with
Mr.. Myers as lawyer for one of
the parties, was all ready to be-
gin. The attorneys, their clients
and their witnesses were all as
sembled in Court, ready for the
trial to begin.
Counsel for the other party, Mr..
Myers recalls, suddenly looked at
the calendar and discovered it
was Friday, the 18th. This at
torney Immediately filed a mo-
ton for continuance of the trial,
frankly admitting he was super
StitiouS of the 18th, and especial
ly if on Friday. After some
dickering, the Court granted the
continuance, but when the case
came up for trial at a later date,
the superstitious lawyer lost any
how.
On another occasion, Mr.. Myers
was representing a middle aged
man who had been indicted for a
Continued Oh Page 2. Col. ID
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-28

farmers will take advantage of
the weather and season to come
in at this time. The National
Guard will appear in body;
Kiwanis has signed up fifteen of
its members; the Aletheia Lit
erary Society sent in six regis
trations, all of whom are young
women with families. The CO.
operation of these groups is in
deed appreciated.
Donors will please watch their
diets tomorrow. There is no need
to come to the Center hungry
In fact, it is best if a moderate
meal is eaten two or three hours
before donation. The principle
food to avoid is any fat-contain-
ing food, particularly dairy pro-
ducts, preferably for a period OF
six hours before donation. Fat
blood" can be used only for
fractionation, SO please avoid all
dairy foods, meat with fat, gravy
soups, salad dressings and candy
Any of the following foods may
be eaten: fruits, vegetables with
no dressing, bread, jam or jelly
coffee or tea with sugar only
lean meat or plain poachec
egg.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-28

meal and a sharp increase in dis
tillerS grains is predicted.
For Ohio as a whole, feed
grain supplies are likely to be
down II percent from last year
if the same percent of wheat crop
is fed. The larger crops of bar
ley and rye are more than offset
by the reduction in the corn
crop and the carry over of corn
and oats.
Demand is expected to be
stronger for most types of feed
and higher prices resulting for
most feeds are expected. Corn
prices are likely to be nearer to
the loan level than last fall.
The total supply of by product
feeds probably will be about as
large as the last two years and
one-t third above pre-war level.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-28
Bollack Has Highest
Yield in County
In Corn Contest

August Bollack, Marysville rt.
4, had the highest yield for I'm
ion county in a DeKalb hybrid
corn growing contest. The con-
test included farms from the en-
tire southwestern district with
each farmer utilizing five acre
plot of ground.
J. l.. Roberts, DeKalb seed
dealer of Marysville, said that
Mr.. Bollack realized 1873 bush
els of corn per acre on the five
acre plot.
Seven other Union county
farmers also placed high in this
corn growing contest. Those
with high yields with the bush
els realized per acre, follow:
Eugene Amrine, Marysville rt
3, Q17.73); Scheiderer Bros, Mil
ford Center, 103.43; Kenneth
Van Zant, Redwood rt. 3, G02.-
30; Giles Mcdaniel Redwood
rt. 3, (100.lO; Ernest Schrote,
Prospect rt. (99.22); Orville
Noteman, Plain City rt. 3, (98.92)i
and Kenneth Evans, Redwood
rt. 3, (96.54).
Highest in the entire district
with l53 bushels per acre, was
Allen Reading, of Mt. Sterling
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-28
County to Build
Redwood Garage

Construction Of a new highway
garage in Redwood was approx
ed by the County Commissioners
Tuesday. The estimated cost of
this project will be $4,000.
"This new unit will be used
as a sub-station for road equip
ment storage in the county, with
the building in Marysville as
the county headquarters" N. w,
LleWellyn, county engineer, said.
"We should have some kind of
permanent headquarters in Rich
wood" he added.
Meantime, Mr.. LleWellyn has
been ordered by the county en-
gineers to proceed by force &C
count to hire the necessary lab
or and procure the needed mat
erials to build the storage unit
Money for this project will
come out of the county road
funds, as it will be used to store
road equipment" he pointed out
Equipment designated for stor-
age in the new building is now
being stored in a rented building
in Redwood. This building is
owned by George Hunt.
Mr.. Hunt has requested that
the county vacate the premises
as soon as is feasible, in order
that he may use the building for
his own purposes" Mr.. Level
lyn added.
''The county has been paying
$50 each month, or $3.50 per year
for the rental of this building,
he said.
The county bought the land
site where the new storage unit
will be constructed about yeal
/ ago for $500.
The new unit will be 44x8l
feet, and bids for construction
will be advertised after the con-
crete footers have been set by
county forces.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-28
A Personality Portrait
Milo Myers Began Practice
OF Law Here SO Years Ago

Just so years ago on Jan. l.,
1851 Milo L. Myers, the dean of
practicing attorneys in Union
county, first hung out his shingle
to practice law in Union county.
Mr.. Myers, on Dec. 13, 1900
was admitted to the Ohio Bar
and on Jan. l, 1901, began prac-
ticing law with offices in the
Houston block in Marysville. He
continued to practice and main
tanned his office in the same
rooms in the Houston block un-
til last December when he was
forced to move by reas n
of tn e d c at of the HouS-
tons and the sale of the block.
His original sign is still on the
building at the entrance to the
stairway leading to his office.
He was one of the first attorn-
eys to install electric lights in
his office, use a typewriter, tele-
phone; employ a secretary; also,
to have a covering on the office
floor.
Self-Made Man
Mr.. Myers is self-made man
in every sense of the word, being
born in a log cabin on farm
in Dover township, on which
farm he was raised and during
boyhood work e d there and for
neighbors, and at times earned
rs cents a day. He also taught
school at $4,000 month.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-28

October Estimates
The u. S. corn crop estimated
at 3,113 million bushels along
with record Carry-over of $50
million bushels makes a total
supply about percent less than
last year and 81 per cent above
pre-war. Ohio's corn supply is
18 per cent less than 1949 but
still is 10 percent above average.
Supplies of by-product feeds
available for feeding may be
only slightly less than last feed
ing season. Short supplies of
cottonseed meal will be offset by
record production of soybean
meal so that total oilseed meals
will be about the same as lsat
year. Wheat mill feeds will 60
down slightly by moderate in
crease in corn gluten feed and
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-28
Seven Lettermen Form Nucleus OF
Darby High Team; All are Seniors

natural ability which he makes
use of in his guard position.
Sherman Nicol (6 ft) who was
out with an injury for a time,
is tall and a fair shot who has
plenty of fight.
Chuck Walk Is ft. z in) plays
guard and is a steady, depend
Others on Squad
Others on the Darby squad are;
Juniors - Jim Mitten (6 it,
center, and Arthur Arnold ( 5 ft,
10 in) who is out with knee in
jury at present.
SophomoreS - Lutrell Delling-
er Is fit. 8 in) forward, and Allen
Frey Is ft. 6 in.) guard.
Freshmen - Gene Blumen-
schein Is fl. 2 in.), Robert Gui-
singer IS ft), Robert Nixon IS ft
5 in.), Robert Moder IS #. S in.),
George Nicol IS #. S in.), and Ar
thur Rausch IS fl. 6 in).
This is Mr.. Meyers first year as
teacher and coach. In addition
to handling athletics at Darby, he
is also English and chemistry
teacher.
Last spring he was graduated
from Goshen Qnd0 college. He
played basketball four years al
Creston high school in Wayne
county and was on the varsity
squad at Goshen college. He also
played three years of basketball
in high school and four years in
college.
Enjoys Coaching at York
l enjoy athletics a great deal
and have enjoyed my coaching
duties here at Darby SO far" Mr.
Meyer said.
Darby's schedule this year:
*Nov. 10 - Darby (38) at Un,
ion (42).
Nov. II - Magnetic (38) at Dal
by (33).
*Nov. 21 - Canaan at Darby.
Dec. - Darby at Redwood.
%DeC. S -- HyattS at Darby.
Dec. 8 - Raymond at Darby.
Dec. Is - Darby at Broadway,
Dec. % - Byhalia at Darby.
Jan. 5 - Darby at York.
Jan. II - Darby at Cally.
+Jan 16. - Darby at HyattS.
Jan. 10 - Watkins at Darby.
Jan. 26 - Union at Darby.
*Feb. 2 - York at Darby.
*Feb. 6. - Darby at Canaan.
Non-league games.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-28

Seven lettermen, all of them
seniors, were on hand when bas-
ketball practice started at Chuck
ery-Darby high school this fall.
Working around them, Coach
Arthur D. Meyer hopes to build
a combine which will better sub
stantially last years record of
only two victories Completing
the roster are two Juniors, two
sophomores and six freshmen.
Darby's senior lettermen are:
Loren Nicol g ft. 8 in.) plays
forward and is fast on the floor.
Russ Cline Is ft. 8 in) is an
other forward who is small but
has plenty of scrap.
Tom George (6 ft) plays center
and is a woodworking pivot
man.
Dick Collins Is #. 10 in) plays
guar d. He is quick thinking,
steady and hard-driving.
Bob Brown Is ft. 8 in) has
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-28
95 from County
Attending 0.S.U.

Ninety-five men and women
from Union county are enrolled
in Ohio State university for the
autumn quarter, according to the
University news bureau. They
are:
Irwin-Mary Z. Renner, Vern
on G.. Renner.
Magnetic Springs - Mare L
Drake.
Marysville -- Luther A. Allen,
James w. Amrine, Jennie Z.
Augenstein, Thomas E. Baldwin
James r. Belville, William Z.
Boyd. Miriam A. Bouic, Margarel
A. Carr, Dorothy r. Coleman.
Robert L. Conrad, Jeanne l.
Daley, John w. Daley, Jr., Rich
ard a, Dodge, John w. Easton
James K. Edwards, Paul S. Flor
ence, John M. Fox, John F. Geer,
Richard c. Gerard,
Nicholas r, Goche, Mckinley
Haines, Jr., Janet E. Hardman,
Robert l.. Henderson, Marjorie
i. Henry, Robert D. Henry, Paul
R. Jewell, Frederick c. Lentz,
Richard f. Liggett, Clara G. Nc
Cracken, William G.. Miefert,
Richard r. Nichols, Robert E..
Rosette, Gordon B. Snider, Har-
man A. Stull, Gilbert l.. Styer,
! Charles V. SWink,
Harold E. Thompson, Con-
stance Ann Wall, William L.
Wall, Frederick T. VILLA m S,
Clair w. James.
Milford Center - Robert d.
Alkire, William D. Alkire, Thel-
ma Mae Barger, Elisabeth d,
Boylan, Richard D. Haves,
Wayne S. Kaufman, Edward P,
Merkle, Gertrude H. Merkle,
John r. Mitchell, James H,
Rhoads, Mildred M. Trees.
Peoria -- Thomas A. Wilson.
Plain City - Jack A. Collins
John w. Bervy, Donald L. Col
Inns, Mildred B. Crothers, Mel
vim B. Dodge, Richard T. Doug
las, G.. Robert Fox, Jay E. Grab
er, Charlotte F. Hennis, Aaron c.
Madry, James r. McKitrick, Will
liam A. Mitchell, Daniel E. Nor
Continued on Page :. Col. 81
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-28
ll63 Children Examined This Year
By Well Baby Clinics in County

been discovered.
Children needing specific
treatment are referred to fam
lily physicians. Parents of chill
dren who do not have a family
physician are supplied with q
list of local physicians capable
of furnishing the required SER
vices.
These conferences are not in
tended for therapy. Prescription
are not given except those per-
tanning to nutrition or foods,
milk formulas or vitamin dos
ages are given when needed,
Get Complete Examination
Every child receives a COM
plete physical examination upon
his first visit of the conference
Thereafter, infants are examin-
ed every four months and chill
dren over one year of age are
examined every six months.
Last year, 109 children under
the age of one year were exam
ined during these clinics, and
1045 children from the ages one
year to six years were examin-
ed.
Of this number, 81 of the in
fants were new cases and 367 oi
the older children were new
cases. Total of 712 were given
complete physical examinations
and 1T were referred to their
family physicians for further
treatment.
Total of 229 children were vac
cinated for smallpox; 364 were
given diphtheria vaccinations
and 240 whooping cough exam
nations were given.
Pre- Natal Care
in addition to the care OF the
child after it is born" said Mrs
Royce, 1--WE are also vitally in
tereSted in the care of the moth
er before that child is born
Prenatal environment plays
leading role in the well being
Of the child. While we do not
have prenatal clinics as such
we do individual work with eX-
pectant mothers"
"This service is entirely based
on need, and we feel that more
can be done by talking with each
/, prospective mother individually
than could be done through the
usual classroom" clinic.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-28

He had no financial assistance
and earned his own way through
school and college, earning mon
ey by boxing and being a sparing
partners for two professional
boxers who had married local
girls and resided in Marysville,
w While in college he washed
dishes and waited table in a
restaurant to earn his board.
Mr.. Myers attended the schools
in Dover township, the Ohio
State university and graduated
and received his law degree from
the Ohio Normal university at
Ada. Prior to entering college he
read law for two years with the
law firm of Porter & Porter, in
Marysville.
Appointed Prosecutor
During World War | he was
appointed prosecuting attorney
of Union county and thereafter
was elected to that office and
served two terms, during which
time he served the Government
in several capacities. Also 81 new
roads were built or improved
during his term in Union county,
nearly every school district was
consolidated and after m n y
years of litigation Treacl e S
creek was improved.
During his terms the ditch
laws were changed materially
and the VolStead act became eff
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-28
Allen School
Sold Wednesday;
Brings S4475
Constructed in 1912.
Building Abandoned
BY Township in l949

The old Allen Center school
house, abandoned a year ago this
fall, was sold under the auction
eer's hammer Wednesday after
noon.
The Marysville Board of Edu-
cation, who presented the land
buildings for sale, realized a
total of STATS from the trans
action, according to Luther Lig-
gett, county prosecutor.
Leo Meddler bought the school
building for $3.50; Mark Long
brake bought the house and lot
for $2125 and the lot and barn
behind the house sold for $500
to Floyd Dunbar.
Vacant Since ls49
The school has been vacant
since 1949, and the pupils have
been redistributed among four
other schools: Milford Center,
North Lewisburg, Raymond and
Marysville.
Built in 1912, the school oper-
ated under a three year high
school charter, until 1886. Up
until that time, the more ambi-
tious pupils obtained their first
three years of schooling there,
and then came into the Marys-
vile for their last year of train
ing.
After 1896 the school had a
regular four year high school
curriculum. Then in 1947, the
high school course was dropped
and only the first eight grades
of school were maintained.
Replaced One-Room Schools
In 1949 the residents of the
township voted to abandon the
school altogether and it has stood
idle ever since.
The school was originally built
to replace the many one-room
schools which were at that time
scattered throughout the town
ship.
So, in its day, it represented
the latest Improvement in school
consolidation. Now, with in
creased interest in the schooling
of children, the Allen Center
school has, in its turn, given
way to larger and better equip
ped schools.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-28
Mrs. ]. N, Eason

Marysville friends have receiv-
ed word of the death of Mrs. J,
N. Eason, whose husband, the
late Rev. James Eason was a
former pastor of the Methodist
church in this city. Mrs. Eason
passed away November 2lst in
Louisville, Ky. and is survived
by sister and a brother. She
made many friends while living
here, among the children as well
as older people, all of whom will
regret TO hear of her passing.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-28
25-Word Slogan Wins
Freezer for Women

Twenty-Five words or less"
will mean a brand new l1-cubic
foot freezing unit for Mrs. Gar
field Mcdowell, Of 425 " E,
Sixth st.
Mrs. Mcdowell entered the
statewide Robin Hood flour con-
test, sponsored by the Interna-
tional Milling Co., of Minneapolis,
MINI. She won second prize for
her addition to a sentence be-
ginning Il like Robin Hood floUu
because"
The freezer will be installed
Friday afternoon by Wagner anc
Kull, international II arveste
dealers Of Marysville.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-28

During the past year, a total of
1853 Union county children at
tended the Well Baby clinics,
sponsored jointly by the Union
County Health Department, the
Union County Medical Associa-
ton and the Home and Com
munity committee of the Union
county Farm Bureau.
''These clinics are the direct
result of teamwork between
these three organizations" said
Mrs. Dorothy Royce, district sup
ervisor of the health department.
'The clinics were started in
l948 by the efforts of civic mind
ed people in these groups, who
were interested in the better
ment of community health, and
specifically. in the welfare of
babies and children of pre-
school age, she added.
Held at Regular Intervals
These health conferences are
, held at regular intervals through
out. the county, and provide a
continuous health supervision for
infants and younger children.
Qualified physicians from all
parts of the county examine the
children and discuss with the
mothers the health needs of
their children.
In addition to the clinic SER
vice, the public health nurses
provide folloW-up services for
those children who need addi-
tional attention.
Whenever necessary and at
the discretion of the attending
doctors, immunization proceed
ureS are followed and the social
ed booster shots" are dispensed,
These are the triple vaccine shots
for whooping cough, tctanus and
diphtheria
Number Increased
The number of clinics now in
operation have been increased
since their founding in l948 from
four to seven; indicative of the
increased demand from the pub
lie for this type of community
service.
Factors which determine the
need for and the location of a
child conference are the number
of infants and children in the
community. There should be
sure an average attendance of
enough child population" to in
least 10 children per session.
There must be a need for par
ent education in the district re-
garding the importance and value
of child health supervision.
The proportion of INDECENT fa-
miles in the community is an
other important factor in decid-
ing location.
Instruct Parents
The conference must be locat-
ed within convenient distance
from the child's home to make
the facilities easily accessible.
The purposes of the confer
ences are TO teach parents the
value of providing continuous
health supervision for their chill
dren and of securing prompt
medical care after defects have
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-28
Two Cars Damaged
In Collision Tuesday

No one was injured when two
cars swide-swiped at the corner
of N. Main and Third sts., at
1870 pm. Tuesday.
The accident occurred when
George w, Towers, Columbus,
attempted to turn left in front of
Kenneth Scheiderer, Marysville
rt. 2.
The Scheiderer car was dam
aged slightly on the left side and
the Towers car on the right. The
mishap was investigated by city
police.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-28
"Roof Of World

Tibet, often called "the roof Of
the world" has an average eleva-
ton Of $1,000 feet above sea level.
Even the great valleys Of this
mountain enclosed tableland lie
higher than the mountains of most
countries.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-28
New Plaster

Water paints Of the Cssein type
can be used on new plaster sur
faces without regard for the mois-
ture present unless it is very ex-
cessive. It is, of course, necessary
that the wall dry eventually
Other emulsion paints are also
suitable for new plaster.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-28

Jackson, Ohio, has the worlds
largest plant for producing sill
very pig IRON,