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THE   AMHERST NEWS-TIMES
VOL. V NO. 14.
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SCHOOL BOARD EMPLOYS
TEACHING FORCE FOR
NEXT SCHOOL YEAR
FIVE VACANCIES FILLED; AWAIT
ACCEPTANCE OF NEW'BUILDING UNTIL HEATING SYSTEM IS
COMPLETED.
At the regular meeting ot the Anv
henit Board of Education, which was
held In the school building on Monday night, the teaclng force for the
next achool term, which will open In
September, was employed.
Twenty-five teacers will constitute
next year's force. (We of which are
new teachers. In the hlgth achool department, Miss Marlon Steele was employed as principal, W. J. Durling, as
teacher of science, mathematics and
athletic director and coach, Miss Mat-
tie It. Driver, as commercial instructor, and Lucile Page as history Instructor. With the restgnltion of Mrs.
Nerrlsa Hayes, Miss Marie Owens ot
Ohio Wesleyan University at Dele-
ware, Ohio, waa employed as teacher
of Latin, biology and girls athletics.
Miss Christine Sulzer of Ohio State
University at Columbus was employed
aa Instructor of English to All the vacancy caused by the reslgnltlon of
Mies Margaret Rice. Mr. Ralph Cole,
of Elyrla was employed to teach manual arts, a subject which has not been
on the high school list for seevral
years.
F. R. Powers, wo has been superintendent ot schools for the post several
yeara was also re-employed. Mr. Powers Is a graduate of Oberlin college
and also of Columbia University of
New York and is well fitted to All the
position of superintendent. He was
Instrumental in the erection of the
new school building and has always
taken a deep Interest In the promotion of higher scholarship ideals
among the students. His re-employment was much expected by a majority of the people of Amherst, and the
expectations were so carried out as to
receive public favor.
The teachers for the grades are
practically the same as last year and
and are as folows: Miss Alice Kelch,
Miss Harriet Peck, Miss Frances
Barnes, Miss Nelley Yealey, Miss
Florence Ehrman, Miss Edna Beller,
Miss Helen Beller, Miss Bearl Kuss,
Miss lona Kaiser, Miss Effle Holllngs-
worth, Miss Donola Holllngsworth,
Miss Mildred Holzhauer, Mrs. Marian
Barnes Baker, Miss Miriam Gebaaer,
Mrs. Angelina Brown, Miss Florence
Kothe and Miss Ethel McQueen.
The   reslgnltlon  of   F.   I.   Hubbard
I ae a member of the board was accepted and Harold  Penton of the North
Ridge was appointed to nil the vacancy.
Christ Krleg of the South Amherst
road was hired to transport the -students from the Ormsby corner school
and from the Whiskeyvllle school.
The new building has been accepted
by the board with the exception of the
heating system and an inspection will
be made of this system as soon as It
Is completed.
The board Is making big plans for
next year's school term. The new
building and additional teachers will
take care ot the Increased enrollment,
but It will take several weeks before
the new system will run smoothly.
WEEK'S ENTRIES
PROBATE COURT.
The will of Mary E. Reed, late of
Lorain, has been filed for probate.
The will of Sylvia Hubbard, late of
Elyrla, has been filed for probate.
Anna Olowonskl has been appointed
administrator o tthe estate of Michael
Olowonskl, late of Amherat. Bond
$360.   _
W. B. Richmond has been appointed
administrator for property In Ohio, of
Allan Cliff, late of Tacoma, Wash
Bond $200.
Anna Slevin appointed admlnlstra
trix of the estate of Anna McMullen,
late of Lorain.    Bond $1,000.
J. T. Sage appointed administrator
of the estate of Caroline Sage, late
of Huntington.   Bond $200.
Mary Lee appointed administratrix
of the estate of Catherine Naney, late
of Black River.   Bond $600.
ANNUAL REPORT
SHOWS FACTS
The  following  la  the  annual  milk
report of the retailer and the wholesalers of Amherst and vicinity for the
year, July  1,  1922  to  June  30,   1923
This report was just received by the
Lorain County Department of Health.
ANNUAL   MILK   REPORT
July 1, 1922, to June 30. 1923
Average Average
Percent   Bacteria   No
Retailers Buterfat Per C. C. Samples
Baetz    8.9
Zimmerman   . 3.6
Wholesalers:
Peck  3.6
Delss    3.5
Taft    3.8
Schultheiss  .. 4.5
Brucker    4.4
Aldrlch . .'__.. 3.8
Bechtel 3.4
Lelrabach    3.7
Fowell    4.0
Rolling 3.7
Jaeger    4.1
Schinsky    3.6
W. Walker .. 3.8
O. Walker 3.6
Andress   3.6
Margallsh 3.9
Kalm    4.0
Schrlner 3.3
180,464
377,333
6,000
7,000
199,000
281,000
233,000
274,000
305,083
326,666
343,666
380,250
383,166
403,888
456,750
583,400
694,836
703,818
3,100,006
3,766,666
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AUGUST 2, 1923.
Subscrlptlon Prlee, $1,00 per Year
'Sandstone Center of the World.'
New Kid at the Swimming Hole
ITEMS OF   INTEREST  FROM
OBERLIN   BUSINESS  COLLEGE.
The Fall Term at the Oberlin Business College will open Sept. 4, 1923,
at which time students are planning
to enter from all parts of Ohio and
several other states. This school has
now taken Its place as Ohio's leading
bualness college. It was the first
business college to be placed upon the
Accredited List of colleges by the
State Department of Public Institutions, and has more graduates holding
stat certificates than any other school
of the kind.
Its graduates are In demand to fill
business positions at Cleveland, Akron,
Blyrla, Lorain, Toledo and many other
cities. Any of our young people who
think of entering a Bualness College
would find unusual opportunities at
Oberlin. Adv.
NOTICE.
Our store will be open until eight
o'clock Friday evening to accommodate those planning to attend the
picnics Saturday. The Fishers Bros.
Co., Amherst, Ohio.
Try Eastman's Real Sstate Agency
If you want to sell your farm or your
city property.    Phone Black 63.    Adv.
COUNTY W .C. T.
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PICNIC  FRIDAY.
HARRY WOLF AND
MARY GRAY WEDDED
iMiss Mary Gray, daughter ot Mr.
Robert Gray o tthe North Ridge road
became the bride of Harry Wolf, son
of Mrs. Caroline Wolf of Maple avenue,
last Saturday at noon. The ceremony
was performed at the parsonage ot
the first Presbyterian church at Lorain by the Rev. Newton Donaldson.
The couple was unattended.
Following the ceremony a wedding
dinner was served at the home ot
mediate families of the couple were
the bride, at which time only the Inv
present. They left soon after the dinner for a wedding trip In Canada.
Mrs. Wolf is a graduate of Blyrla
Business college and has been employed by the National Tube Co. of
Lorain.
Mr. Wolf Is a carpenter by trade,
but is now superintendent of the Mol
man Construction company.
The newlyweds will reside with the
(room's mother on Maple avenue upon
their return.
A large crowd Is expected to attend the annual picnic of Lorain County W. C. T. U. in Cascade Park at
Elyria, Friday, August 3. The executive board and business meeting will
be held at 11 a. m., dinner at 12:30,
each person bringing sandwiches and
one other article tor a tureen dinner
and their own dishes.
At 2 p. m. State Senator J. F. Burke,
of Elyria, will give an address, taking
for bis subject, "The Enlarging Obligation and Opportunity of the W. C.
T. U. for Service." Good music will
be furnished.
"Invite your friends and come and
enjoy a profitable day," says Nellie
M. Hill, county W. C. T. U. president.
"You cannot afford to miss It."
In case It is a rainy day the gathering will be held in the Church ot
Christ, on  Second street.
A large number of local ladles are
expected to attend.
WALTER SCHULTZ    .
INJURED IN FALL
Walter Schults, lineman for the Amherst Home Telephone company was
severely injured yesterday morning,
when he fell from a telephone post
on Cleveland avenue at Spring street
and fractured his hip.
Mr. Schultc was cutting the wires
from the post when his linesman's
belt unhooked and let him fall about
twenty feet to the curb. He was taken
to the local hospital and later to St.
Joseph's hospital at Lorain for an ex-
ray examination. The examination
disclosed the fact that the hip had
not been broken, as was expected,
but was only fractured.
He was brought back to the local
hospital where he will remain for a
few days. His condition today was as
good as could be expected, according
to reports.
YIUNG PEOPLE MEET
AT LORAIN THIS WEEK
PLANS ALL MADE FOR
QUARRYMEN'S   PICNIC.
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MANY BIG FEATURE!)
INSPECT   COUNTY   BEES.
For sonic time the State has had
two employees of the agricultural department In this county looking MP
foul brood in swarms of boos. A duy
or so ago Ihey received instructions
to return to Columbus as there has
been some changes in the law that
they will look up anil become, familiar
with. Meanwhile If there are any beekeepers In the county who are not on
the mailing list of the Lorain County
Bee Keeper's Assn., they can report
to Oeorge Yost, Klyria or C. E. Hurl-
but, Amherst, and their nnmes will be
turned over to the State representatives so that their swarms can be
visited.
Thomas Brennen and Wiliiim Bod-
miinn returned today from a several
days trip to Buffalo and other points
of interest.
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THREE F. CLASS  ENJOY OUTING.
Several members of the Three F.
Class of the Methodist-Congregational
church, together with their families
enjoyed an outing at the 103rd O. V.
I. Camp about five miles east of Lorain
yesterday afternoon and evening. The
total number In attendance was about
fifty.
The afternoon was spent in games,
contests and bathing after which a
tureen supper was served at seven
o'clock.
STIWALD  SHOES ARS
BEATEN   AT   NORWALK.
FIREMEN TO AT.
TEND  CONVENTION.
i The local firemen are making plans
for their annual convention, which
will 'be held at Vermilion on August
16. Practices for the contests are being held regularly and It is their hope
to take a majority of the events.
The Stlwald Shoes played the Odd
Fellows,team at Norwalk Sunday, with
a score of 9 to 6 In favor of the Norwalk team.
The Amherst team lost entirely by
errors. Next Sunday they will play
the Durant Motors at Sandusky.
Miss Mildred Shattuck, daughter ot
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Shattuck of this
place was united In marriage to John
Lewis of Cleveland, Thursday afternoon, July 26th. The couple left for
Buffalo for a short wedding trip. They
will make their future home In Cleveland.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Carruthers and
son Arthur of Oberlin were calleis
Wednesday afternoon at the home of
Adam Claus.
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Northelm and
children visited Sunday afternoon at
the home of Gust Lunge of Amherst.
Howard Wick of Cleveland spent
over Sunday at the home of his father, Mr. Rudolph Wick.
Elsie Brechmacher who underwent
an operation at Lakeside hospital,
Cleveland two weeks ago, returned to
her home here Friday.
A large number from this place
attended Chautaqua at Amherst the
past week.
Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Lesher were
Sunday dinner guests at the home of
Mr. Adam Claus.
Rev. and Mrs. Hester left Monday
afternon for Earlham, Indiana, where
they will attend a convention.
(Continued on back page.)
About two hundred and fifty Evangelical young people and Sunday
School workers were guests of St.
John's Evangelical church this week,
when the annual convention of the
Ohio Evangelical League *_nd Sunday
Scool Association will be held in Lorain.
The delegates represent the .sixty-five churches of the Evangelical
Synod In the Ohio District.
The convention began on Tuesday
and closes tonight. The keynote sermon was delivered Tuesday evening
on tho subject "Our Complete Equipment" by Rev. K. M. Chworowsky
formerly professor at Elmhurst College and at present pastor of the College church.
Representatives of the various denominational boards took part In the
program: Mr. Fred Pfeiffer, General
Secretary of Religious Education, St.
Louis, Mo.: Rev. Aug. C. Rascbe of
the Foreign Mission Board, Wheeling.
W. Va.; Rev. W. L. Bretz, Executive
Secretary ot Home Missions, Columbus. The latter was formerly pastor
at St. John's church.
Dr. E. I. Bosworth, Dean of the Oberlin Graduate School of Theology gave
a Christian Life talk at the beginning
of each day ot the convention. On
Wednesday Mr. Arthur A. Arnold,
Secretary of the Ohio State Sunday
School Association gave an address.
This beln? a joint convention of
Young People's League and Sunday
Schools Lie sessions were presided
over by the president of the Ohio
Evangelical League, ltev. W. F. Bam-
mann, Cleveland, and the Chairman
of the Sunday School Association, Rev.
R. J. Loew, Strasburg. Rev. Orrin P.
Schroer'.uke of the League is chairman of the program committee.
The sessions have been open to
overybody and have offered an opportunity for Inspiration and Information
to the young people and the Sunday
School workers of the Lorain churches
generally.
Rev. E. J. Soell, H. L. Beeslng and
Miss Elinore Ruth attended some of
thu sessions and report a fine conference.
That Saturday will be a big day at
Cedar Point is evident from the reports that a large number of Amherst
people are planning to attend the Annual Quarrymen's picnic, which Is to
be held there Saturday, August 4thw
The excursion train will leave Elyrla at 7:30 a. m. and Amherst at 8
a. m. A number of coaches will be
locked at Elyrla and held In reserve
for the Amherst people. Tickets for
the trip can he purchased Saturday
morning at the ticket office.
The committee in charge of the picnic will have badges which will entitled the holder to dancing at half
price at the picnic.
The excursion train will leave Sandusky at seven o'clock.
300 ATTEND WATER
WKS. DEDICATION
TEACHERS' INSTITUTE
AT ELYRIA AUG 28-31
The Lorain County-City Teachers'
Institute will be held at the Technical High School Building, Klyria, Ohio,
August 28-31, 19-3.
The principal speakers will be Dr.
Thomas E. Fltvegan, until recently
State Superintendent of Instruction
for tho State of Pennsylvania, and
Miss Florence Hale who Is connected
with the State Department ot Education for the State of Maine.
Dr. Flucgan will emphasize high
school work. Miss Hale was one of
the prominent educators at the recent
National Educational Association
meeting held in San Francisco. She
will lecture along the line of elementary school work, both city and rural.
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Mrs. F. A. Monger of Lorain, spent
yesterday afternoon In Amherst.
In an Interview with Jacob Ilaus.
secretary and treasurer of the Amherst
Water Works company this mourning,
he gave some interesting facts concerning the dedication of the Elyrla
Water Works new plant on the lake
road near Lorain yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Baus stated that there were
several Amherst people in attendance
at the dedication services and had
the opportunity to see the plant from
which Amherst gets its water supply.
There were about three hundred people thert from Elyria, Lorain and Amherst. Addresses were given by Morris Knowles of Pittsburgh and A. L.
Oarford of Elyrla.
Following the Bpeches an inspection
tour was made of the entire plant.
Mrs. F. O. Delbrldge was visiting la
Blyrla Tuesday.
The Misses Margaret and Dorothy
Sage and Viola Delefleld are attending
tbe summer session at the Kent Normal School. *
MISS MABEL MARSH
FILES CLERK'S BOND
The seventy eighth annual fair of
the Lorain County Fair Association
will be held in K.lyrla on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, Septmeber
.'!, I. and ft. Tbe premium list has Just
been Issued and is being mailed out
to prospective exhibitors.
The first day. Monday, Is Labor Day,
and a big celebration is looked for.
There will be races and all kinds of
sports including baseball, horse-shoe
pitching, and I big pageant in the evening. The second day will be Chll-
dren's day. All children under ten
years of age are to he given tickets
good for all three days.
The Wednesday program has not
yet been arranged for but It will be
an interesting one according to Hugh
Harris, the secretary of the Association.
As usual a good deal of attention
has been paid to the speed department which is under the supervision
of N. 1). Backus and H. N. Uinbstaet-
ter. Thert; will be three events on
.Monday, the 2:30 trot, the 2:25 pace
and the 2:17 trot. The Association
has bung up $400 for each of these
events. Tuesday there will be the
2:11 pace, the 2:21 trot and the 2:20
pace with $100 purses to compete for,
and a pony race for a purse of $60.
The Wednesday speed events are to
be announced  later.
The program has been gone over
cnret'u'ly in the various departmentB
arid there have been several changes
made for the better. Liberal prizes
are offered for displays In every department.
The new merchant's building will
be occupied for the first time and it
will be welcomed as one of the show
spots of the grounds. In fact the slogan now Is "a bigger and better fair
every yeur."
SUNDAY   SCHOOL   PICNIC   TODAY.
The Sunday schools of tbe Amherst,
Brownhelm, Huron and Sandusky
Evangelical churches held a picnic at
Llnwood Park today. The day's program started with a dinner at noon
after which a program of sports and
contests was carried out. Bathing and
boating was also enjoyed.
FARMERS TO PICNIC AT
VERMILION   SATURDAY.
Farmers from Lorain, Erie and Huron counties will picnic at Crystal
Beach Park at Vermilion ou Saturday,
August 4, and a large attendance Is
expected at the uffalr.
The day wll have many features,
which will Include, sports and contests
of all kinds, dancing, and bathing.
Several demonstrations will be given by dealers in farm implements,
which will give* those present a good
insight as to usefulness of the new
Improved farm machinery and Implements.
A large number ot local farmers
from Amherst und vicinity ure expected to attend.
BEEKEEPERS   PLAN   FINE
EXHIBIT   FOR  COUNTY   FAIR.
REV.
Miss Mabel Marsh, county clerk-
elect, tiled her bond Monday and waa
sworn Into office by County Prosecutor Lawrence Webber, acting as a
notary. Her bond for $10,000 was
signed by D. J. Nye, Harry Crandel,
H. G. Redlngton, W. E. Brooks and
George A. Clark all of Elyrla. She
will take ofllce next Monday morning.
Read the News-Times ads.
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Farm Cooked Chicken Dinner will
be served at Townvlew Poultry Farm,
Sunday, August 6th, from 12 to 1
o'clock. Order not later 'than Saturday noon. Plates $1.00. Phone Red
363, Amherst. Ohio. W. B. Schultheiss. Adv.
NOTICE   TO    MERCHANT8I
All median ts who have ads
In' our missing word contest
and who desire to change their
ads each week, must have copy
at the office ot the News-Times
not later than Tueaday morning
ot next week. The more time
we have to set your ad the better job you will get. It any
merchant desires any help In
the preparation of his ad just
call the office. In order to get
full benefits out of the missing
word contest, the merchant
should change his ad each week.
PUBLISHERS
MANY ATTEND STONE CUTTERS   ANNUAL   PICNIC.
A '.urge number were in uttedance at
the Stone Cutters' Annual Picnic,
which was held ut Crystal Beach at
Vermilion lust Saturday. Free Transportation was afforded and many availed themselves of the opportunity and
spent an enjoyable day.
EA8TMAN TO ADDRESS
KIWANIS  CLUBS.
The Lorain County Beekeepers'
Association met Monday evening in
tho council room at Elyrla, with 20 in
attendance.
Chief Inspector C. E. Ileese of Seville and inspector L. C. Gardner were
present and ltnerestingly addressed
the meeting.
The county organizations were Invited to exhibit at the State Fair but
nothing wus decided at this time.
F. E. Schriver <»f Urarton wus up-
pointed chairman of the committee tn
charge of the exhibit at the Lorain
County Fair. Mr. Schriver is to select his own committee members.
It was also reported that a day had
been set Midi by the Ohio Stute Fair
Association as Beekeeper's Day ut the
annual fair, which will he held ut Columbus this fall. County associations
have been asked to have exhibits at
the fair.
L, E. Gardner, state bee Inspector,
will be in this section soon to make
a lour of the county. Beekeepers who
would like to have their bees Inspected
can make arrangements with C. E.
Hurlbut Another inspection will be
made in October, which will be in the
form of a follow up inspection of the
colonics which were infected when the
tlrst  inspection was mude.
Rev. F. E. Eastman, pastor of the
Methodist-Congregational church will
be the Important speuker ut the Joint
meeting of the Elyrlu und Lakewood
Kiwunis clubs touight ut the Elyria
Y. M. C. A. His subject will be "The
Value of a Hobby."
LAKE   ROAD  NOW   OPEN.
GUILD GROCERY CHANGE8
HAND8   TODAY
The Wm. Guild Grocery was sold to
C. J. Ehrman today. The deal has
been pending for several weeks, but
until today, It hud not been closed.
Mr. Ehrman had previously been lu
the grocery business and is well fitted
by many years of business to handle
the store's trade.
Official notice was received here
toduy thut tlie lake roud wus opened
for truffle through Vermilion. The
roud has been under repairs from
Crystul Beach to Vermilion but was
completed yesterday and is now open
tor traffic.
MANY VIOLATE OLD
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Edwin C. Lutz and Florence lladier
of Cleveland, Mr. and Mrs. John
Deuschle and duugbter Florence were
Sunday guests ot Mr. und Mrs. Wil-
lam Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mlschka spent
Sunday In Lorain.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Wentz of Cleveland, were Sunday guests ot Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Cheeseman.
S. O. Simons, Mr. and Mrs. Gurford
L. Caskey, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Beash,
Miss Ida Banderoyce, all ot Cleveland,
spent Sunday with Cupt. und Mrs.
Stough at the "Anchorage."
(EDITORIAL)
Our attention has been called to the
fuel thut tho parking ordinance which
wus pussed by the local council on
Nov. 1st, 19S1 hus been vlolutud a
great deal this summer by drivers of
motor vehicles. The ordinance prohibits machines to be parked ou the
streets of Amherst in the business
section from 12 o'clock midnight, to
day break the following morning, unless lo let out or load passengers. The
ordinance further states that any
machine parked at tlie curb in the
business section must be moved ut
the requests of a police olllcer.
It has been noticed thut this ordinance has not been carried out to its
full extent and vlolutors of tbe same
are requested to tuke note of the
rulings in  the ordinance.
Mr. and Mrs. Newton Holzhauer and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Werner Zilch and
family, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Tabbert,
Mr. and Mrs. William Baetz and family, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Zilch and
daughter Mildred and Madeline Duvle
spent Tuesday at Put-In-Bay.
Charles Ebbs was In  Cleveland  on
business Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Strain of Columbus, spent Tuesday with Dr. and
Mrs. G. 11. Wiseman.
Hugh L. Gawn spent today In Cleveland on business.
Let Eastman attend to the rental
of that place for ou, und save you the
trouble of looking after it. Phone
Bluck 53. Adv.
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