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Evening star., 1951-12-23
Announcement

Mr.. and Mrs. c. N. Barns Of
Tazewell. Va. announce the en-
lgagement Of their daughter. Susie
Sanders, to Mr.. Hugh P. Bell of
this city. son Of Mr.. M. P. Bell
Of Huntersville, N. c. A Spring
wedding is planned.
Evening star., 1951-12-23

Miss Ellen Louise Clem, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil C. Clem.
Joined the Yule brides yesterday
Afternoon when she was married
to Mr.. James Webster Allen, son
Iof Mr. and Mrs. James w. Allen.
The wedding took place at the
Epworth Methodist Church with
the Rev. j. E. Kemp Horn offciat-
ling. A reception followed at the
Ichurch.
The couple will reside here.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-02-15
Former MdrYsville
Mdn is Killed In
Accident in West

More details have been received
regarding the death of Richard
G.. Weidman, 81, formerly of Ma
rysville who died recently in Pa
louise, Wash. Mr.. Weidman was a
son of Lewis and Margaret
RuprighD Weidman and married
Estelle McCrory of this city.
According to a letter received
by relatives, Mr.. Weidman went
to a pea plant where he was en-
ployed to check boilers. While in
the plant he got can of cyanide
to pour down a drain to kill rats
that used the drain. He evidently
stumbled and was overcome by
gas from the spilled poison. His
body was found close to the drain,
the opened cyanide can and
hatchet he had used to open the
can lying nearby. The accident
happened on Sunday morning
when he was the only person in
the plant.
Surviving are the widow and
children Mary Kathryn and Rob
ert, the latter now with the army
in Japan, and sisters, Mrs. Dora
Schalip, Mrs. Otto Baker, Mrs.
Ben Myers, and brother, Edward.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-02-15
Hearing on the ConservanCy
District is Being Continued
congressman Rap
Project During
Hearing Tuesday
Brown, McGregor Both
Say Dam Program
Hampers Defense

The Scioto-Sandusky ConserV-
ancy district court still had before
it today a motion to break up the
district on the ground the organi-
zation has not accomplished its
purpose.
The l7-judge court held i'm abey-
ance a ruling on the motion made
yesterday afternoon by Delaware
county prosecutor Clyde E. Lewis
at a crowded hearing in the state
office building in Columbus.
Earlier, 10 of the IA judges pres
ent overruled motions by Lewis
and Union county prosecutor Lu-
ther Liggett to dissolve the con-
servancy district because it does
not have enough money to con-
tinue operating.
u. S. Req. j. Harry MCGregor
.R-West Lafayette) declared dur
ing the hearing that the proposed
multi-million dollar Mill Greek
dam in Delaware county would
hold up the national defense effort
and divide the people of Ohio.
He also read a statement from
u. S. Rep. Clarence J. Brown,
Blanchester Republican, to the ef-
feet that no new federal projects
should be started when national
defense is using SO much tax
money. Brown also objected to
the project because it would con-
denim hundreds of acres of rich
Ifarmlands "in a time when we
need all the food this nation can
produce"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
McGregor said the house public
works committee of which he is
member positively will not rec
ommend any flood control project
in the current biennium."
The congressman further stated
that no flood control projects will
be recommended during the pres
ent national emergency unless
they are directly connected with
the war effort"
The court sustained objections
from conservancy district attor-
.neys preventing McGregOr from
making an estimate Of how long
CContinued on Page .. Col. -
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-02-15

intertilled crops, contouring drill
ed crops, diversion terraces, es-
tablishing sod waterways, green
manure crops, mulching mater
ials, lining materials, fertilizer on
pasture, fertilizer on 1851 spring
seedlings, rock phosphate, reseed-
ing permanent pastures, tile
drainage, fertilizer on spring
seedlings of legumes or grasses.
Farmers will be asked to in
crease production during the pres
ent emergency period and they
should take advantage of this
"share the cost program to
maintain the fertility of their
land during this heavy production
period, Mr.. Cochenour stated. He
added that producers who wish to
participate in the program have
until March 31st tC sign farm
plan and request approval of in
tended practices.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-02-15
.CountYs Draft
Quota Assigned

Union county is to furnish thir-
teen men for induction into the
armed forces next month, accord
ing to the March induction call is
sued today from state draft head
quarters. The county quota this
month was Is.
Col. Chester w. Goble, state Sc
.lective service chief, said inductees
included in the March call will be
those born prior to Aug. !, 1880.
He said no 19-year-olds are slated
for induction as yet.
He said volunteers between the
ages of 18 and 26 may be included
in induction calls under certain
circumstances.
He pointed out that draft boards
may forward such volunteers with
regular compliments where such
volunteers have not been included
in pre-induction physical examin-
alton calls.
Quotas of adjoining counties for
March are: Champaign II; Della
ware 19; Franklin 326; Madison
IS; Marion 33. The total call for
Ohio is 5,278.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-02-15
Monarchs to Play
Wesleyan Frosh

Marysville high school cagers
may have thought last year that
they had seen the last of a couple
of lads who gave them plenty of
trouble when they performed for
Monarch opponents in seasons past.
But they were mistaken.
Come Friday night, and once
again the MonarchS will have to
contend with 6 #. 5 in. Jack Nc
Kinnie of Delaware and sharp
shooting Ronnie Kulp from Lon
don.
McKinnie and Kulp are men,
bers of the Ohio Wesleyan Univer-
sity freshman team which will fur
nish opposition for Marysville's
varsity squad in the local gym to-
morrow. Both are talented per-
formers who had little trouble
winning places for themselves on
the Wesleyan frosh squad. Kulp
Shorty" at six feet is guard and
McKinnie alternates between CEN
ter and forward
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-02-15
Hospital Group Adds Three
Directors at Annual Meet

ion County Hospital Association
which has been active since the
fall of l945. The desire of the
group was that one autonomous
organization be continued on a
countrywide basis but with sep
arate women'S organization which
would have representation on the
board of trustees and which would
in turn sponsor various guilds and
branches of the women's organiza-
ton over the county.
Since there has already been
considerable evidence of an inter
est in such an organization, it is
thought that a worable plan could
be developed by the committee
and that such a plan would be the
most feasible.
This is in line with the proceed
ure recommended by the American
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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-02-15

The annual membership meeting
of the Union County Hospital As
sociation was held Monday eve
ming and action was taken at the
meeting to increase the number of
trustees of the association from
IL to Is.
Trustees reelected included: d.
w Morey, c. d. Mills, Jed Rardin,
Carl Coleman, Chris Boerger, Will
liam Coleman, DR.. F. c. Galloway,
John Wolff and C. A. Hopes of
Marysville; B. o. Skinner of Mill
creek township; DR.. E. j. Marsh of
Broadway; c. E. Dutton, of Mil
ford Center Three new trustees
elected were Frank Greeneisen and
Charles Splitter of Marysville and
Dana Gorton of Irwin.
The organization meeting for the
trustees for the coming year will
be heldheld next Monday evening,
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-02-15
Red Cross Drive
Leaders Chosen

At the first regular meeting of
the board of directors of the
Union County Chapter of the
American Red Cross, William
Lee, county chairman, announced
that Howard Wrinkle and Kenneth
Davis had been appointed CO.
chairmen for the 1851 Red Cross
Fund Drive in the county.
Mr.. Wrinkle, wno is a salesman
with the Marysville office of the
Dayton Power and Light Co., will
have charge of the southern part
of the county. Mr.. Davis, hard
ware store owner of Redwood,
will manage the drive in the
northern part of Union county.
The annual Red Cross drive will
be made during the entire month
of March here as we'll as nation
, wide.
At the close of World War II
the local chapter had in it's trea-
sury a surplus of around $4,000
Because of this surplus there has
not been a large fund drive in
the county since the war. Both
the 1949 and 1850 fund drive were
short of the goal set, so the end
of 1850 found the local chapter
very much in need of fnudS. The
Korean war and the preparation
of the country in the national de-
fense program has greatly taxed
the facilities of the National Red
Cross bringing much additional
expense during 1850 that was not
expected,
The goal set for Union County
in the 1851 drive is $8470.00 Mr..
Wrinkle and Mr.. Davis announced
that the entire budget would be
given for publication at the start
of the drive, so that all will know
how their money is being spent
here and world wide. Much help
will be needed to make the drive
a success, and anyone able to help
should contact either Wrinkle or
Mr.. Davis.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-02-15
Western Union Con
Close Office Here,
Supreme Court Rules

The state supreme court de-
cided today the Western Union
Telegraph Company can close its
offices in Marysville, Bellefon-
taine, Delphos, Lebanon, Mt. Gil
cad and Ottawa.
The ruling came with the pro-
vision that telegraph agency
service be substituted with tele-
phone companies furnishing the
service from their offices under
the management of the Telephone
Service Company of Ohio.
The high court said, in uphold
ing the Franklin county courts,
the closing of the offices does not
constitute abandonment of SER
vice, as claimed by the State Utili-
ties Commission.
The court held the substitution
might even improve the service
and so would be perfectly legal.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-02-15
Chidren's Home Operation Cost SIS, ,428
Lost Year. Report Show; Receipts $5924

year totaIed S533.32; clothing
S533.4 40 and transportation S44l2l
The total cost of capital equip
ment and permanent improve
ments was S2l29, "a for the pur-
chase of a septic tank,
Receipts last year totaIed S.
824l9. OF this amount, S4,390.78
was realized from the sale of live
stock, dairy and garden products.
Subsidies, rebates and refunds
brought in S309l and payments
made by individuals or organiza-
tions for the care of children to-
tailed Sl402.50.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-02-15
Five Teams Still
In Running For
Tourney Crown
Redwood. Raymond,
Broadway. BYhalia.
Magnetic Are Left

For the first time in tourna-
ment history Union county
tournament has been delayed by
weather. The 1850 Union County
Tournament was delayed for
more than an hour, due to the icy
condition of the roads.
1t was $40 p. m. Tuesday when
the Magnetic-Darby game got
underway. Magnetic and Rich
wood both came through as ex-
pected, Magnetic defeating Darby,
46-4l; and Redwood subdueing
York, 64-47.
Byhalia, one of the two teams
scheduled to open the tournament,
was unable to appear. Therefore
they will meet Watkins in the
first game tonight Other games
tonight send Union against Ray
mond and Broadway goes against
New California.
In the first game Tuesday night
Darby gave Magnetic a very
rough time before faltering in the
last quarter. Darby led at the
halfway mark, 1922. However,
Jordan of Magnetic sank a set
shot just before the close of the
third period to give the Resorters
a lead they never relinquished.
Jordan was high for Magnetic
with 18 points while George of
Darby had IA markers.
Redwood had no trouble with
York in the second game 1t was
no contest from start to finish as
Coach Fetter substituted freely
Two York men went out of the
game via the foul route leaving
the York bench empty at the end
of the game.
Griffith of Redwood took scor-
ing honors for the evening as he
garnered 13 baskets and 2 free
throws for % points. Smith kept
York fighting with 20 points.
Last nights set of tourney
games featured the first upset OF
the county tournament. Ray
mond's Bears came from far be-
hind in the final quarter to edge
Union, 49-47. In other games By
halia defeated Watkins 41-24, and
Continued on Page 2. Col. ~
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-02-15

Announcement of the schedule,
test patterns for which nave al
ready been worked out, followed a
conference of district commanders
of the auxiliary patrol and regular
patrol area commanders in Colum-
bus called by Colonel George
Mingle, superintendent of the Ohio
State Highway Patrol
The Auxiliary Patrol, made up
of members of the American Le-
gion, is established statewide on
a county basis. 1t was organized
at the inception of World War II
and has continued to function as
an auxiliary arm to the highway
patrol throughout the years. Mem
bers of this force have received
training in first aid, disaster and
rescue operations, and traffic con-
troll work for the past eight years
an dis designed as a highly mobile
trained force to assist regular pa
troll officers in any type of emer-
gency.
Capt. Warrington said that under
the announced plan of operation,
perimeter controls would be eStab-
lished comparatively close to a
community while zone control
might possibly extend as far back
as twenty or more miles from the
disaster scene, making it necessary
to bring into action not only the
local unit but many auxiliary units
from surrounding counties in order
to effectively set up traffic control
around the stricken area. He point
out that in some highly critical tar
get area it might require the SER
vices of as many as from 200 to
500 men to maintain proper con-
trolls even by keeping the men on
duty for twelve hours each.
Already several surveys have
been made by the highway patrol
to determine what routes must be
taken over for emergency vehicles,
evacuation of injured or homeless,
or for any other reason which
would be determined by the COM
munity All control measures are
being established and coordinated
with the plans of the local and
county authorities.
Capt. Warrington also stated that
Continued on Page 2, Col. g.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-02-15
Court Rejects Plea
To Drop Dam Plan

A double barreled motion by
the prosecuting attorneys of Union
and Delaware counties that the
17-county Scioto-Sandusky con-
serVancy district be broken up
was overruled today in Columbus
by the district conservancy court.
The ruling signed by 10 of the
13 judges present at a hearing in
the state office building was an
nounced by presiding judge My
ron T. GeSsaman of Franklin
county. Ten of the judges signed
the ruling, constituting majority
of the 17-judge- court.
Clyde Lewis, Delaware county
prosecutor, presented the double
motions before the court, asking
first that the district be required
to repay $4,000 in assessments TO
the counties and second that the
district be dissolved.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-02-15
Legion Auxiliary Patrol to Receive
Extra Training on Stepped-up Basis

Plan of operation and a speed
ed-up schedule of training in per-
inter and zone control of traffic
for the Union county unit of the
Auxiliary State Highway Patrol
was made known today by Ed
Warrington, captain of the local
county unit.
Capt. Warrington stated that ac-
cording to information received
from Major William Konold, Co
lumbus, auxiliary commander for
this district, training in this phase
of civil defense for the 43 men,
bers of the Union County unit will
get under way within the next
thirty days and is scheduled to be
completed by earl summer. Regu-
lar highway patrol officers of the
Columbus post will conduct the
training course.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-02-15

| February 10, at the o. NJ. Scott &
Sons Company Office. The present
tofficers of the association are: ID.
W. Morey, president; c. A. Hopes,
vice president, and c. B. Mills, sec
retary- treasurer.
The matter fthe future activi-
ties of the association was discuss
ed at considerable length in the
light of the fact that the hospital
will be a going institution in not
too many months. The meeting
voted to authorize the president to
appoint a committee of five mem
bers of the association to study the
best method to expand the organi-
zation to include a women's aux
iliary board.
Those in attendance at the meet
ing voted unanimously to favor the
formation of any auxiliary effort
within the framework of the Un-
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-02-15
County Alloted S82, $50 For Soil
Program; Practices Approved

The Union county PIMA Asso-
citation has been allotted $82,950
to assist farmers of the county in
performing soil building and soil
and water conservation practices
to be carried out during 1851, ac-
cording to Wilby r. Coughenour,
county association chairman.
During the past year many
farmers of the county were un-
able to complete all intended
conservation practices, especially
application of lime and installa-
ton of tile due to unfavorable
weather, conditions. However, if
they will place their orders and
accept delivery of materials as
soon as possible it is probable
that much more conservation and
soil building will be accomplished
during 1851, he stated.
Practices approved for pay
ment in the county under the
current program are: contouring
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-02-15

electricity, gas and coal, Sl,573-
SO; water, ice and sewage rental,
S191 .26; household supplies and
laundry, $1,11406.
Other expenses included rentals,
office supplies and telephone,
S227.82; repairs, $1,279.76; insur-
ance, $9l6,63; farm supplies and
repairs, $2,212l3; food, S2,866.50;
other current institutional e.l-
penses, S31178; buildings, S367-
70; retirement, S367.29 and school
bus and truck, S91663.
Medical fees and supplies last
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-02-15

Current expenses chargeable to
the child welfare program, being
conducted at the Union county
children's home totaled $18, ,236. AS
according to c. L. Auer, superin-
tendent of the institution.
OF this amount, $16,428.43 was
spent for the maintenance of
children in the agency's own in
stitution. Funds spent for various
purposes are as follows: superin-
tendent's salary, $l,320; matron's
salary, $1,000; all other salaries
for institutional care $3,214.53;
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-02-15
Freezing Rain Coats Roads, Streets
With Ice, Making Driving Hazardous

Icy on d it ions S of the roads
caused by rain freezing Tues
day, while creating considerable
inconvenience to motorists by
forcing them to drive very slowly,
effected no actual stoppage of
work or travel Wednesday and
today Many motorists caught by
the unexpected icing Tuesday had
trouble in staying on the high
ways.
State highway garage officials
reported that all the state roads
had been covered with a mixture
of grit and salt Wednesday.
The highway garage, while run
ming dangerously low on its salt
supply, still has enough to cover
the roads once more in the event
of another storm.
County garage officials report
they are completely out of salt
and other materials normally used
on the county roads when ice or
snow hits the area. When asked
what would be done about the sit
uation the spokesman said, We'll
just have to let it melt"
All rural carriers from the
Marysville post Office left as usual
at 8 a. m. Wednesday, and the
trains and buses both in and out
of Marysville reported no trouble,
or even delays.
Sheriff Walter T. Galloway said
Wednesday that there have been
no car or truck accidents reported
to his office in spite of the treach-
erous driving conditions.
T Marysville streets, for the most
part, were being covered with
ashes and grit and the main streets
and some of the intersections were
in good condition by noon. Walk
ing on the ice coated sidewalks
was hazardous for pedestrians.
AS far as is now known, all the
school buses arrived at their des-
tinations without any difficulty,
although final word will not be
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-02-15
Seniors List
Career Choices

The 48 seniors who took the
scholarship tests last Saturday in
the Marysville high library were
asked What do you want to be-
corna7" and the answers re-
ceived by the instructors were
very interesting.
Gaze w. Baldwin, superintend-
ent of county schools, said today
that while the grades received by
each Individual student will not
be available for several weeks,
the students choices as to voca-
ton have been listed with his
office.
Thirteen of the seniors were un-
decided as to their future voca-
ton, four want to become nurses
and four more high school
teachers.
Three students chose farming,
three engineers and three others
secretaries. Two expressed the
wish to teach elementary schools,
The remaining students listed
the following vocations as their
preferences; foreign agent, min
ister, retailer, agricultural jOurn-
alist, groceryman, medical techni-
clan, carpenter, fashion designer,
lawyer and music teacher.
Seventeen of the students were
undecided as to whether to at
tend college after graduation
from high school while 25 said
they would attend college and
six indicated they would not.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-02-15
Photo by Shap Color Studio

Lewis and Luther Liggett, I'm
ion county prosecutor, pointed out
that the district does not have the
money necessary to repay the as
sessment and at the same time to
continue in operation.
They were opposed by Allan
Pretzman, secretary and attorney
for the district, and the court spent
most of the morning listening to
arguments on the motion.
Pretzman claimed d that an
amendment to the ConservanGy
District act relieved the district of
the responsibility for repaying the
assessments.
The district proposes to erect a
multiple purpose dam on the Sci
OTTO river at Mill Creek two miles
above BellpOint which would flood
between $50 and 5,120 acres of
farm land. The proposed dam
would cost between ten and IA
million dollars.
1t would flood two-thirds of the
village of Ostrander and require
the relocation of three-quarterS OF
a mile of New York Central Rail
road track between Delaware and
MarySVille, two cemeteries con-
tanning 1000 graves, six and a
half miles of roads, eight and a
half miles of power lines and five
and a half miles of telephone lines.
Plans for the Mill Greek dam
are being opposed by Ostrander
officials, farm groups, Columbus
gravel quarry owners, the Union
and Delaware county commission
ers and the Marysville and Della
ware chambers of commerce.
Union county farms in the dam
area would be affected by the
backing up of Mill Creek water
and 9TH e r farmland would be
flooded by the backing up of water
in Mill Greek tributaries.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-02-15

received by noon.
The temperatures since Tues
day have been more undecided
than a little boy in candy store,
ranging from 49 degrees yesterday
to a low of 21 degrees last night,
the coldest point in two days.
Rain that fell last night froze
almost instantly when it struck
the ground.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-02-15
Children Given
Physical Exurns

Eleven children received ply
sical examinations Tuesday during
the meeting of the Byhalia Well
Baby Conference in the Byhalia
school. Four Of the children were
new cases to the clinic and re-
ceived complete physical examina-
tions by the following nurses from
the Union county department of
health, Mrs. Dean Boylan, Miss
Evelyn Braun and Mrs. Phyllis
Crave.
The nurses were assisted by Mrs.
Herbert Coons, and daughter
Mary, and Mrs. Bruce Cahill,
ladies of the community.