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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15

Annual 1850 Boy Scout Camp
Gree for Union County will be
held on the Plain City Fair
grounds on Saturday and Sun
day, June II to 18, with $50 per-
sons expected to attend.
All registered Scouts and
Scouters in Union County, of
which there approximately 200,
are invited to attend the over
night camping adventure. 1t will
include two days of scout-craft
projects and demonstrations,
Every Scout and Scouter will
receive a 1850 Crusade Camporee
Neckerchief slide and there will
be awards to participating units
based upon a compilation of
points at the end of the program.
Court of honor will be held at
the campfire on Saturday night.
Judging will start when a unit
registers as appearance upon ar
rival, packs, attitude, ETC., will
be taken into consideration.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15
DR.. Alexander To
Stay in MurYsville:
Assignments Listed

The Rev. DR.. Karl B. Alex
ander, pastor of the First Metho-
dist Church in Marysville, will
remain here for at least another
year as a result of the twelfth an
nual Ohio Methodist Conference
concluded Monday at Lakeside.
At least four other Union
County Methodist ministers will
remain with their charges here.
They are Loren Heacock, Mag
netic Springs and harrisburg;
Charles E. Cramer, York; John
Finlinson, Raymond; J. M. Gam
bill, Milford Center.
New ministers in this area in
clude:
Thomas T. Crawford, Clai-
bourne; j. K. Price, Essex; DeloSs
S. Smith, North Lewisburg; E. E.
Mosslander, Plain City; and Cecil
D.. Smith, Redwood.
Former local ministers receiv-
ing new assignments include Ed
ward b. Brewster, from Rich
wood to Williamsburg; John FL
wood, from Essex to Racine, near
Portsmouth; and Elisha Kneisley,
former Marysville pastor to
Montpelier.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15
Taverns Raise Price Of 81 Beer;
Studs Now Cost 20 Cents per Bottle

to effect Monday and will apply
to 80 percent beer both by the
bottle and carry-out cases. Pre-
MUM beer remains at 25 cents
per bottle. There is also no in
crease in draft prices.
Local taverns have been
charging from Is to IL cents per
bottle for popular brands of 30
beer and the added revenue will
mean more clear profit per bot
tie sold. This increase is not due
to any price hike from the brew
cries or other middlemen.
Although it is too early to de-
termine if the increase has any
effect on the suds consuming pub
lie it is doubtful if the total gal
lon consumption will suffer any
sharp decline.
Most taverns outside the Marys-
vile corporation limits have not
entered into this association and
will continue to dispense their
suds at the regular prices, These
include Robinson Tavern or
Route SO, and Uncle Sans Ranch
on Route 33, both frequently in.
habited by local residents.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15
Escaped Inmate
Caught in Columbus;
Attempts Suicide

Mrs. Betty T. Moore, 40, who
escaped from the Reformatory
Friday night, was arrested Mon
day night near Goodale Park
in Columbus by cruiser patrol
men, Mrs. Marguerite Kelley,
superintendent, announced this
week.
Mrs. Moore, who has been serv-
ing a one to three year term for
carrying concealed weapons, had
been taken to the Fort Hayes
Hotel in Columbus by a taxicab
driven by Ned Davis.
The escapee was a trusty at
home of the Institutions Farm
Manager, Robert Burnside. She
took clothes and money from the
Burnside home and then called
a cab, asking him to meet her at
the main gate of the reforma-
tory.
She was returned to the Re-
formatory here Tuesday after
noon. After her capture, the wo
man attempted to commit sui
eide by hanging herself with 9
handkerchief in her cell in the
Columbus Jail.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15
Mrs. ]. B. Hughes
Died on Monday

Mrs. j.. Burr bessie May
Hughes, 294 E. College ave-,
Westerville, died in Grant hos
pital, Columbus, June IL, after
an extended illness. She was born
in Lewisburg, Ohio, her parents
being William w. and Missouri
d. May.
Mrs. Hughes attended Otter
bein College in 1900-1902 and
later pursued graduate studies
for three years in political science
and sociology at Ohio State Uni
versity and the University of
Chicago. In 1905 she married j.
Burr Hughes, a high school
teacher and administrator, and
they lived in Raymond, New
California, Marysville, Lodi and
Steubenville.
Her husband was principal OF
Marysville High School for many
years, about the time of World
War |, leaving here in 1921. II
was he who brought football
back to Marysville in 1916 after
a lapse of several years.
Three years ago they moved
to Westerville upon Mr.. Hughes
retirement. She was a member
of the First Evangelical United
Brethren Church and the Order
of Eastern Star, WeSterville. Hel
avocation was the collecting o.
antiques and she was an author
ity on old glass.
She is survived by her hus
band and two cousins, Mrs. A. I
Howard, Dayton, and Mrs. c. D
Roberts, LeWiSburg.
Funeral services we're held a
2 p. m. Wednesday in the More
land Funeral Home, Westerville
with DR.. j. Gordon Howard il
charge, assisted by DR.. M. j
Miller and Rev. u. B. Brubaker
Interment was made in Otter
bein Cemetery in Westerville.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15
Chamber Calls for Equality
In School Fund; Cites Figures

raise a critical question in view
of Ohio's present tightening re-
venue and tax situation, MI.
Weaver said.
The crisis in the school fin
ancial picture is heightened, he
declared, by the prospective in
crease of 100000 public school
pupils within five years.
Two specific questions are rails
ed in the analysis, Mr.. Weaver
pointed out. They are:
Should not property owners be
expected to pay a substantial rate
of tax for school purposes before
their district receives State aid?
Should additional State aid
be granted when a districts tax
able property valuations are too
low or the school tax rate is no
mire than So or 81 per $1,000 of
valuation?
Basic Problems
Basic problems are twofold, &C.
cording to Mr.. Weaver in a
foreword to the publication. They
are: how to provide the neces-
sary financial support, and the
need to determine whether pre-
sent educational funds are being
used effectively.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15
Cigarette License
Sole NedrlY Same
As l949 Figure

Sale of cigarette licenses in
Union County this year was only
one or two short of last years
total, County Auditor F. T. Nc
Curdy reported this week.
Total of 119 licenses have been
sold and although the deadline
was May 20 it is still possible
that a few remain to be purchas-
ed, Mr.. McCudy stated.
I'VE don't know whether or
not the stores that bought Ii
censes last year and did not this
year are out of business or just
late in securing their licenses"
the county auditor added,
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15

COLUMBUS, O.,-Pr e S n G
need for important r~evisions in
Ohio's annual $780, 600, 900 school
subsidy program to meet substan-
TALLY increasing costs of public
schools is suggested by the Ohio
Chamber of Commerce in a new
Unpublished analysis of the
statewide problem.
The conclusion is based on
the study's disclosures that there
is not sufficient self-help in many
school districts of Ohio, and that
inequitable distribution exists in
the States current assistance pro-
gram, according to Ohio Chamber
President c. /. Weaver.
The Chambers figures and
findings for Union County are
contained in a table elsewhere
in this article.
The publication, issued Friday,
is entitled: State and Local Sup
port of Public Schools in Ohio.
An Analysis of the Equalization
Problem"
Raises Two Questions
Providing adequate funds cur
rently for more school buildings
and more teachers and the need
for increased school revenues,
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15
Additional Tax Ordered By State
Soldiers Bonus
Levy 10 Cost
$500 in County
Special Levy Needed
To Obtain Funds;
Is Million for State

Taxes will be higher in Union
County and the rest of Ohio next
year as a result of 20 cents on the
dollar tax to be levied on all Ohio
real estate, tangible and person
al property, and public utilities.
The tax is designed to help pay
the cost of retiring the bonds is
sued to pay the $3.50 million bon
us to veterans of World War II.
1t will cost local taxpayers APP
proximately 5000, according to
figures released by County Au-
ditor F. T. McCurdy.
This figure was determined
from the S33, 492 1924 total tax as
sessment compiled by the Coun-
ty Auditors office this year.
The action mean that, be-
ginning about Jan. l, the owner
of every home assessed at $4,000
will have to pay an additional
one dollar tax.
The levy may go to 30 cents or
even higher in future years,
since the commission, charged
with the task of retiring the
bonds is using up all its reserve
resources to meet the maturities
falling due this year and next.
The motion to levy the tax was
made by Attorney General Her
bert S. Duffy and seconded by
Governor LauSche. State Treas
urer Don H. Ebright and Secre-
tary of State Charles F. Sweeney
also voted for the motion. The
fifth commission member, State
Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson, was
not present.
The commission still has
S5,571,771 in cash and securities
and estimated earning for the
remainder of this year and to Oct.
/, 1851.
With the million dollars a year
taken from the general revenues
of the state, this will make
S22,571,771 available to meet
maturities falling due this Octo-
Der, next April and next October
However the maturities total
S24, 649, 272, leaving a deficit of
$2,077,50 500 to be raised by tax
| alton.
Based on a 1948 tax duplicate
of approximately twelve billion
eight hundred million dollars
with a deliqunecy rate of 5.29
per cent the 20 cent tax will yield
some $4,000, only slightly more
than the amount needed.
For practical purposes, State
Treasurer Don H. Ebright ex-
planned the tax must be levied in
units of 10 cents.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15
Redwood Poultry
Show is Sunday

Sixth annual show of the Rich
wood Central Ohio Poultry Club
will be held on the fairgrounds
there on Sunday, June IL with
one of the largest groups of show
birds in the country on display:
A Junior show for children will
be held in conjunction with the
regular show and it is expected
that bantams will predominant
as many of the fanciers r city
jewellers.
Several competent judges of in
ternational repute will be pre-
sent to handle the selection paced
on the size, type, and color es-
tablished by an official standard.
Exhibition poultry are bred with
these ideas in mind rather than
the desire for utility and produc-
ton.
Many little-known facts of the
poultry world will be brought out
at the show. Among the exhibit
tons will be a 500 chicken. There
are over 500 varieties of chick
ems in the world.
Lunch and refreshments will
be served on the grounds al
popular prices and anyone inter,
ested in poultry is invited to at
tend the show.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15
Car Swerves, Boy
Hit, Leg Broken

A IA year old boy received a
broken leg Wednesday night on
the Dover-P harisburg rd. when
struck by a car by Hartman c.
Blumenschein, 70, Marysville.
The accident happened at 1875
p. m.
The boy, Harold Lee Harring-
ton, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Har-
rington, Marysville, was taken to
Jane Case Hospital by the Will
lam H. Faulkner ambulance.
Mr.. Blumenschein took to the
ditch when he saw a 1941 Ply
mouth with lights on, parked on
the wrong side of the road and
thought that it was moving to-
wards him. Neither the Plymouth,
owned by Drew Adams, or Mr.,
Blumenschein's car, a 1886 Chew
rolet, were damaged.
The injured boy was playing
along side the road with a group
of other children attending a
All meeting at the Everett Bump
home.
No one was injured but two
cars and a truck were damaged
in two accidents Tuesday night
A car and a truck were dam
aged on the Milford Unionville
road at 11:10 p. m. Tuesday wher
the truck lights went out and the
car hit the rear of it before the
driver, Raymond Noe, Marys.
vile, had time to put out flares
The car, a 1899 Plymouth, driver
by Paul Moder, Milford Center
was damaged on the left side ano
the truck a 1948 Ford straight
truck, was damaged in the rear
A 1913 Studebaker driven by
Harry l.. Burcham, st. Paris, miss.
ed a turn on the Route 36 detoul
and rolled over in the ditch a
5 1:55 a. m. Wednesday. The cal
was badly damaged.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15
Five From County
Al Senior All Comp

Five Union County youths are
attending the annual Senior All
Club Camp being held this week
at Camp Clifton, the Union Coun-
ty Extension office reported to-
day.
Those attending are Mary
Alice Howard and Belva Mae
Knedler from Milford Center;
Shirley Yoakam, Ridgeway;
Yvonne Harper, Marysville Rt.
A; and Paul Howald, Redwood.
The group left Monday morn
ing and will stay there until Sat-
urday. While at the camp they
will receive instruction in lead
ership, crafts, campfire activities,
etc.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15

ployment by the local office dur
ing the month of May, Mr.. Rog-
ers stated. This makes a total of
248 persons placed in productive
employment SO far this year.
Of the 80 persons placed, IL
women, 81 were men, and
there were 81 veterans. Thirteen
were under 81 years of age.
Reception contacts declined to
only 827 during the month, with
100 persons actively seeking
work. The claims payments have
decreased accordingly with an
average of only 81 claimants per
week.
1.-THE 18 placements in manu-
featuring was very encouraging"
Mr.. Rogers stated.
Twenty placements were made
in construction, 10 in wholesale
and retail trade, and II in other
services.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15
by Smitty's Studio

The solution, Mr.. Weaver be-
lieves, can be provided by the
Ohio General Assembly at its
next regular session in 1851, in
determining two important fac
tors in the present program.
These relate to the questions as
to whether local financial sup
port being given in each school
district is adequate, and whether
the 500, 000, 900 annual State aid
to local schools is e~quitably dis
tributed on a basis of proven
need.
The contention of the Ohio
Chamber is that on the basis of
its analysis, neither of these re-
quirements for suond economic
suppurt~vkwtaus~yefaco4 rs being
met generally.
Proper administration of State
public school aid requires that
every district make a reasonable
effort locally to support its
schools, the Ohio Chamber of
fetal declared. Not all districts
are doing so, he points out.
Changes Distort Law
The Ohio Chamber believes, he
stated, that no district should re-
ceive state aid either because of
faulty valuation of property, or
failure to levy sufficient local
taxes, to the detriment of other
school districts or of taxpayers
in other parts of the State.
The growth in inequitable dis
tribution of the state school sub
sidy has been continuous, as
serted Mr.. Weaver. This is due,
he said, to a combination of So
cial and economic factors, which
in the Is years since the eStab-
lishment of the Ohio Public
School Foundation Law, has dis
torted the intended purposes OF
the original formulas of distri-
button.
To bring the discrepancies tc
light, and as an aid to the Ohio
Legislatures study, the Ohio
Chamber has brought together ir
it's publication for the first time
essential data for ar authorize
tive analysis of the school fin.
Continued on Page 2. Col. %
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15

ally famous Raleigh Hotel. Next
they will meet and lunch with
their congressman, followed by
an extensive tour of the capital,
Mt. Vernon and other places of
interest in nearby historic Vir-
ginia. They will also be officially
welcomed by radio station VOL,
known as "the voice of Washing
tom.
When the winners return, they
will appear on WRFD.
Contest entries may contain in
formation about a single, or num-
erous, safety precautions the en-
trant has taken. They will be
judged for the value of the en-
trant's safety measures.
Rules for Contest
l. This expense paid tour of
the nations capitol will be
awarded to person who sends the
letter that shows greatest con-
tributions to Farm and Home
Safety. Such a letter should out
line briefly your accomplish
ments in actually locating and
eliminating hazards or minimiz-
ing the danger of these hazards,
which cannot be eliminated. This
includes both accident and fire
hazards.
2. All persons living in Ohio
are eligible, except employees of
Rural Electric Cooperative and
WRFD and their families.
3. Your letter must be 200
words or less. All entries will be
judged solely on subject matter
Grammer and composition are
not considered but neatness is
important.
A. All letters become the prop
erty of WRFD.
5. All entries must be post,
marked by midnight June 25th
Mail your entries to Safety Con.
test" care of WRFD, Worthing
ton, Ohio.
6. Duplicate a awards will bt
given in case Of ties.
7. The decision of the judges
will be final.
8. Judges reserve the right t.
check all entries for accuracy
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15
Rural Electric Sponsoring Safety
Prize is Washington Trip

An expense-paid. 3-day vaca-
ton in Washington, d. c., his
tory-making conital of the world,
will be awarded four Ohioans for
their contribution toward mini
mixing and eliminating fire and
accident hazards around their
farm and home.
A statewide safety contest to
make Ohioans more safety con-
scious is now under way under
the sponsorship of the % Rural
Electric Cooperatives, the Ohio
Farm and Home Safety Commit
tee and radio station WRFD,
Worthington. The Union Rural
Electric Coop, of which Carl
Jenny is manager, is one of the
sponsors.
Persons who have made a
special effort to make their farm
or home safer are asked to write
about what they have done. This
card or letter of 200 words or less
is their entry into the contest. 1t
should be mailed to Safety Con-
test, WRFD, Worthington; and
the writer of the best letter and
three friends or three other men,
bers of his family will be the
winners of the trip to Washing
ton. Deadline for the entries has
been set for midnight, June Is.
This summer, the winners will
be flown to Washington on a
Trans World plane. While there
they will live at the information
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15
Boy Scouts to Hold Camporee
AT Plain City Saturday, Sunday

There will be several events in
Guiding a blindfold compass
course, height judging, first aid
relay string burning, and several
inspections. All these will go to-
gether to determine the patrols
points,
Bob Wentz, Union County
Scout commissioner, and Gene
Hollywood, district commissioner
for Union and Delaware Coun-
ties, will have charge of the pro-
gram.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15
Unemployment On
Steady Decline
In MarysvilIe Area
Drop Welcome After One Of Worst
Winters in Locol Office. Rogers
Saws; Sees Trend Continuing

Unemployment in Union County is steadily de-
creasing, Carl F. Rogers, manager of the Marysville Of
flee of the Ohio State Employment Service, announced
today.
after one of the worst winters and early springs in
the history of the local office, the drop is welcomed and
there is every indication that the present situation
will continue" he declared.
Total of 90 job placings were made in active en-
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15
Harrisburg Church Pays for It's Organ
In One Yeox, So Instrument Dedicated

The instrument was paid for
through solicitations and pledges
of the church members. The
church also sponsored eating
stands at both the Redwood and
Marysville Fairs last fall.
Members of the organ commit
tee included Mrs. Cooper, Mrs.
George Freshwater, Mrs. Dana
Lowe, Harry Cooper, and Ted
Disbennett. Rev. Loren Heacock
is the pastor of the Pharisburg
Methodist Church.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15

years to make the payments but
we completed them in approx
mately one year, Mrs. Cooper
stated.
Robert Bingham, of the Sum
mers g. Son Music Store, Column
bus, which installed the unit,
played at the services held June
A and Mrs. Margaret Weller, of
Redwood also presented an or
gan number. Mrs. George Fresh
water is the regular organist at
the Pharisburg Church.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15
Kiwunis Softbull
Players are Chosen

Members of the Kiwanis soft
ball team scheduled to meet the
Redwood Lions Club here on
June 81 were announced to-
day by L. j. Wall. They include:
Gene Vollrath, Win Behrens, Joe
Dutton, Larry Brubaker, l. j.
Dutton, Larry Brubaker, L. J.
Wall, Bob Graham, John Craig,
Elwood Sawyer, Milton Rausch,
Luther Liggett, Fred Johnson, j.
M. Lentz, and Ted Tobbe.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15

Dedication ceremonies were
held June 4 for the organ install
ed in the Pharisburg Methodist
Church, Mrs. Harry Cooper,
chairman of the organ committee
reports.
The organ has been in the
church since May /, 1949 when
the original down payment was.
made. The dedication program
was not held however, until after
the total cost of $2078 was paid
The church was given three
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15

Local beer drinkers will be
forced to pay from three to five
cents more for their favorite
brand of 80 beer if they drink in
Marysville, as the result of a
price increase set by the Marys-
Vile Tavern Association.
The increase of prices went in
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15
Soldiers Address

The address of Pvt. James M.
Fox who recently enlisted in the
Army Air Force from Marysville
is: Pvt. James M. Fox, Flight
5O19; Sqdn. 1871, Lakeland A. F.
B., San Antonio, Texas. He is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Fox,
231 S. Walnut ST., Marysville.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15
In Summer Theater

Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Herd, of
Raymond, accompanied their
daughter, Joan, to Huron Sun
day afternoon, where she will be
stationed the next nine weeks.
She is a member of a cast of
players selected from students of
Bowling Green State university,
for the summer theatre at Huron.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15
STORAGE is Increased

Commercial storage facilities for
small grain are being expanded
in Ohio at a rapid rate.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-06-15

Broadway Brotherhood
Broadway Brotherhood meet
ing will be held in the school
house at 8 p. m. June 10.
Evening star., 1950-05-02
Hurpers Ferry Gets D. S. T.

HARPERS FERRY, w. Va, May
2 (SpeciaD The Harpers Ferry
Town Council has adopted Day.
light Saving Time for the
summer.
Evening star., 1950-05-02

Most dangerous of all wild AMI
mails is the rat. 1t causes count
less deaths from the disease 1t
spreads.