News-Journal from Mansfield, Ohio • 9

Hal Boyle Witch Put Whammy On Fellow Workers, So Boss Fires Him NEW YORK Saturday shavings by a curbstone Socrates: The personnel executive of a world-wide business firm recently had an interesting The native help in a Far branch came the local manager with the complaint that one their fellow workers was an witch. there said he putting the whammy on them--at the office as well as at homes. One worker already had already broken out in a strange rash. were havviolent quarrels with their wives. All agreed the wives the mumbo-jumbo arts of the had been put under, a spell by suspected witch.

They threatened to walk out in a group weren't dismissed. Uneasy at the prospect of keeping a professional devil-dealer on its payroll, the firm con' ducted its own inquiry, And after questioning the culprit it fired him. Today's true small fry tale: It is hard to curb the natural free enterprise, of the modern child. boy had acquired the delirious juvenile skill of spitting between his front teeth, and kert demonstrating it to his mother. Not wishing to put an eternal scar on the sensibilities of her offspring, she held her peace as she could.

Finally, she decided, however, that enough was enough. "You'll have to stop that now," she told him firmly. Why His' he demanded, and put most logical dedo, fense: "It's my spit." Do you like to collect old-fashioned sayings? Yo do, because they have a down-to-earth freshness that never stales. en Here's my current favorite: "I'll do it yes, I'll go ahead and do it even if it harelips the whole problem in labor relations. Here is another, mailed in recently from a woman who heard it from her elderly mother who said it had often helped her in times of distress: everybody in the world hung up all their griefs and troubles the same laundry line, then end of the they'd all want to take back their own laundry." Thomas B.

Watson of the International Business Machines Co. always thought people ought to use their heads more. He made a regular campaign of it, and distributing wide that or signs said only: "'Think!" be believe But in people signs. just And don't today seem his to company, like others, is turning out machines to take some of the load off modern brains. If something goes wrong with one of the machines, nobody that says "think!" Somebody holds up a sign in.

front of it opens it up and repairs its mechanical mind. So far science hasn't reached the point where it can accord a lazy human brain the same privilege. But it stands to reason it, too, needs a spark more than a slogan. The oddest ambition I ever encountered was that of a soldier Korea who had made an dertaker the beneficiary of his $10,000 service life insurance policy. my life I wanted some-.

thing that nobody else in Georgia never he drawled. "And I decided $10,000 was the answer. Folks'd come from a hundred miles in Georgia to watch something like that. Walter Winchell Gertrude Lawrence Gets Weekly 15 Per Cent of Play's Receipts Celebs About Town: Gertrude King and who collects weekly wage--about $6,000. ville (she always denies Bailey Balken of Dallas.

young, good-looking and loaded, meaning rich Eileen Kennedy, the magazine receptionist. Prettier than most of the famed lovelies on the mag's covers. When you pass her desk you do a double-take Mary McCarty, who confirmed (again) all the rave reviews written about her here 3 years ago--at her Persian Room premiere Marion Carter, who made her 6th guest appearance (this year) on Berle's program Tuesday eve Winthrop and David Rockefeller drinking lager and devouring hot dogs at the Old Nick Music Hall Patti Page, whose latest platter is "Mister Prob'ly the sortathing Edison had in mind when he invented the phonograph Hideki Yukawa, the Japanese Prize winner, waiting (under his umbrella) for an 8th Ave. bus Erskine Caldwell, the word leaning against 54th St. lamp postmaking hasty notes on the margin of a Daily Mirror.

Sally in Our Alley: The Sardi Set were chop-chopping about two' guys who just dissolved, a long-time friendship one, remember," said "when he introduced him to The People Who Matter. Now they're slugging it out toe-totoe." "You mean," edited Groucho Marx, "toe to heel." Midtown Vignette: One time champion Tony Canzoneri and his wife, Rita, were holding hands when she suddenly poutadore. "You You're don't just love used me to me" any "Honey," cooed Anthony, "I do love you. Used to you I'll never get!" Memos of a Midnighter: Ethel Merman and husband Robert Leavitt (who have an Understanding) both think Jean Heinie, a beautiful blonde fashion expert (from Chicago), is any Need Dreams to Succeed, Class MANSFIELD NEWS-JOURNAL MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1951 TELEPHONE 7231-6 PAGE NINE BOAT INSTRUCTION--Rules for handling all kinds of boats were taught over and Mohican Sailing club officials, assisted by HOW TO FURL A SAIL Commodore Charles Shutt of the Mohican Sailing the week end by Red Cross YMCA staff members at the annual small-crafts clinic, held at Charles Mill club shows three Girl Scouts how to handle a sailboat at the small-crafts clinic lake. In the picture above, Taylor, sponsored by the Red Cross over the week end.

Left to right, are Judy Wolf, Maurice W. YMCA executive secretary, shows four boys the correct way to handle a canoe. Left right, are Taylor, Ted Hartman, scoutmaster of Troop No. 11; Eugene Funston, Harold Oston Monya Mosberg and Dale Gene Cleckner, with Commodore Shutt. and Charles Anderson.

75 Get Instructions In Water Safety More than 75 Boy and Girl throughout Richland county the summer water sports nual small craft clinic held Mill lake, Red Cross officials Sponsored by the Red Cross, YMCA and Mohican Sailing club officials and backed Junior Chamber of Commerce, the clinic was held Saturday and Sunday. During the two-day program, instruction in handling of sailboats, canoes and rowboats was provided. Bathing suits were much in evidence over the week end as boys and girls paddled around in the water or unfurled sails. Thirty-two adults had charge of instruction. They included Red Cross junior and senior life-saving crews, YMCA personnel, and Commodore Charles Schutt and Commander George Raike of the Sailing club.

In addition to the boat instruction, there was a demonstration on how to rescue a drowning person and how to resuscitate him after he has been brought out of the water. Water equipment, such as a ring buoy and torpedo buoy, were used in the demonstration and clinic attendants were also shown how to perform successfully a shore, boat and water rescue. Leland T. Powell, water safety chairman of the Red Cross, in charge of most of the planning, said it was the most successful clinic ever held here. Scout Mothers Entertained Members of Girl Scout Troop 56 entertained their mothers at a cook-out luncheon in Middle park Saturday.

Miss Underwood talked to the group about her recent trip to the Virgin Islands and told them of meeting Lady Baden-Powell, founder of the Girl Guides, European equivalent of Girl Scouts. Miss Underwood lages showed reading Troop she of pictures members painted. "Sleeping of gave a island vila choral Beauty" which they worked out for their troop dramatics badge. Carol Guisinger read the part of the princess, and Carol Lloyd read the part of the prince. Mrs.

Emmett Casey and Mrs. Thomas Scott are troop leaders. On the Records In Mansfield Today Tonight's Dates IOOF. Mohican Encampment, North Diamond 7:30. Charles Dick Camp No.

17, Spanish War Veterans, Memorial hall, 7:30. Organized Naval Reserve, Seabee Company 4-23, Naval Training center, 7:30. Sons of Herman, 416 Orange 7:30. Mansfield Stamp club, Southern hotel, 8. 40 et 8 club, American Legion, 200 Ashland 8.

Elks lodge, 58 West Third 8. Robert P. Spreng Post No. 26, Amvets, 1100 West Fourth 8. VFW.

Mohican Post 9943, North Main 8. Tomorrow's Dates Rotary club, hotel, 11:45 a. m. Hospital Notes GENERAL HOSPITAL Admissions Mrs. Jennings Rogers, Mansfield, Mrs.

A. L. Sites, 714 Virginia Mrs. Paul English, 516 Wood Mrs. Bob H.

Sanderfer, 340 Charles Arthur L. Smith, Crestline: Albert Henry Carroll, 258 North Franklin Mrs. Joseph A. Prosser, Mansfield, 3: Mrs. Frank Leahy, 5.

527 Beechwood Mrs. Willard Wycoff, 34914 Bell Sandra K. Anderkin, 1405 Ashland Mrs. Richard Vaughn, Mansfield, Mrs. Jack Holsing-526 Dr.

Taylor Addresses Seniors More Than 1,700 Attend Rites "What waits for you beyond tomorrow depends on the aspirations and purposes that turn in your hearts today," Dr. W. M. Taylor, pastor of the Park Avenue Baptist church, told graduates of Senior high school at annual baccalaureate services last night. The First Lutheran church, were held, was overcrowded.

services, church holds about 1,700 persons. Taking as his theme, "On Getting Dr. Taylor told graduates they must have "a dream in your eyes, a voice in your ear, a sword in your hand and a song in your if they would live significantly and creatively. "Men and women who have done the most in the past, have had vast visions, "Dr. Taylor affirmed.

"Those with the fewest visions have been upheld by no haunting dreams. All the institutions with which we are blessed in America are monuments to those of who dreamed. You do more than you dream of doing. The world will never be any better than you and your dreams make it. If the vision tarries, wait for it." He cautioned the graduates to listen to the "voices of those who have gone before," if we would avoid the pitfalls of to- Up and Down the Street FOLLOWS IN FOOTSTEPSThe grandson of the late E.

0. Townsend of Mansfield and the son of a former Mansfield resident, repeated his grandfather's part in graduation exercises at the Hancock junior high school Zanesville when he was valedictorian of his class the other night. Townsend Dann, son of E. W. Dann and Virginia Townsend Dann, officials of the W.

C. Townsend and of Zanesville, is 15 years old. Just 68 years ago his grandfather was valedictorian of his class in the same building when seniors received their diplomas from the then Senior high school. Young Townsend Dann at one time attended Mansfield schools. GET LOGS FOR CABINS Logs for two cabins at the Richland Rural Life Center have been delivered.

Sent here from Stanwood, they will be used to erect two 14-by-20-foot cabins under the direction of Harold Tingley. They were purchased with funds raised by the Future Homemakers club, advised by Mrs. Tingley, and the Ontario Livestock club, of which Herman Matthes is adviser. Each cabin will contain six permanent double deck bunks. Members of the two 4-H clubs hope to have them completed in time for the second annual 4-H camp, scheduled for July 16 to 21, inclusive.

Chatter Sara Jane Ashbaugh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Ashbaugh, 550 Woodland receiving a bachelor of arts degree at Brown university's 183rd annual commencement today. A graduating class of more than 900 seniors was awarded degrees at the commencement.

Pfc. George E. Russell son of 443 Mr. and Mrs. G.

E. Russell, Marion being transferred from Lackland Air Force base, Texas, to Kansas State Teachers college at Emporia, to begin technical studies in the air training command's administration course. Pfc. Russell the air force last Dec. 29.

Pfc. Carl W. Theaker, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Theaker, Vernon spending a 16-day leave with his parents.

Pfc. Theaker is based at Perrin Air Force Base in Texas. He is in the career guidance department of the 3555th supply squadron. Laff-A-Day Four Hurt In City Area Car Mishaps Scouts and school students will be better prepared for program as a result of the anover the week end at Charles said today. Convene In Mansfield Young people from Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New York will meet here tomorrow evening for a fellowship service at the Open Bible church.

Cities which will be represented at the service are Toledo, Cleveland, Dayton, and Canton, Detroit and Dear born, Bradford, and Olean, N. Y. Evangelist Herb Bradshaw, who is conducting revival meetings in Cleveland, will be the speaker at the service at 7:30 p. m. which is open to the public.

Rev. Gust Block, of Toledo, divisional young people's president, will be in charge of the service, according to Rev. W. J. Willard, pastor of the host church.

Willard said a musical program will be presented by the visiting groups, and district banners will be displayed and presented at the meeting. The Mansfield young people will serve refreshments at the close of the service. Road Oiling Now Underway In Townships C. M. Chatlain, vice president of the board of Madison township trustees, said Saturday that the oiling program on township roads would be completed in a week or 10 days.

Chatlain said township road crews began the oiling program about a week ago and have been covering roads as quickly as oil was available. He said the township crews also engaged in a weedcutting program to keep vegetation along the side of the roadways. Ex-Mansfielder's Son Wounded In War The Department of Defense announced today that Pvt. Roy E. Shumate, son of Mrs.

Pearl Petty, who formerly lived at Trailer City, has been wounded in action in Korea. No details were given. Joseph Prosser, Mansfield, Sunday. Son, to Mr. and Mrs.

Jack Holsinger, 480 Wayne Sunday. Son, to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Besch, 299 Spring Sunday. Daughter, to Mr.

and Mrs. Frank Leahy, 527 Beechwood Sunday. Son, to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Linton, 1607 Belmont Sunday.

Daughter, to Mr. and Mrs. Homer McQuillan, Mansfield, 3, today. Son, to Mr. and Mrs.

Earl Kaufman, Mansfield, 2, today. Son, to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Arnett, 139 Vale today. Marriage Licenses APPLIED FOR Michael Byelene, of 575 Garfield and Virginia Lou White, of 138 Columbia Ave; David A.

Grubb, of Galion, and Patricia A. Hawkins, of Lexington. Movie Clock "Arabian Nights," 1:30, 4:18, 7:14, and 10:04 p. "One Night in the 2:59, 5:54, and 8:48 p. m.

RITZ 1:30, 4:22, 7:14, and 10:06 p. "Under Cover 2:56, 5:48, and 8:40 p. m. MIDWAY AUTO "Saddle Tramp," 8:50 and 10:30 p. m.

MADISON the Riviera," 1:40, 3:42, 5:44, 7:46, and 9:48 p. m. Four persons were accidents yesterday, Injured were Bernard wife, Doris, 25; Frank Albert B. Owens, 30, injured in Mansfield area traffic but none of the injuries was serious. Harzinski, 21, of Euclid; his Gardner, of Indianapolis, and of 742 West Third St.

tions of the left leg, and his wife was admitted to the hospital after complaining of back injuries. However, she was in good condition today. The Harzinskis were injured in an accident involving four cars on U. S. Route 42, one mile southwest of Lexington about 5 p.

m. yesterday. State highway patrolmen said the accident was a result of the heavy traffic. Officers auto driven by Merle Sorrells, 57, of Columbus, was stopped and a second car driven by George Fox, 64, of Bath, N.Y., stopped behind it. Harzinski was slowing down to make a stop behind the Fox car when an auto driven by Robert McCann, 54, of Akron, hit the rear of the Harzinski car, officers said.

JAMMED TOGETHER Harzinski was treated at General hospital for lacera- Patrolmen said the impact forced the Harzinski car into the rear of the Fox car and the Fox car into the rear of the Sorrell's auto. All the cars were damaged. Gardner was treated at eral hospital for a lacerated forehead suffered accident 11 a. m. yesterday.

Police was the owner of a car driven by Thomas G. Mills, 21, of Indianapolis and was a passenger in the car when it collided with the rear of an auto driven by William E. Beeler, 19, of Smithville, which had stopped for a stop light in front of 233 Park Avenue East. Owens suffered a sprained right shoulder and abrasions of the right ankle when he was thrown from his motorcycle at Bowman and West Sixth Sts. at 5:40 p.

m. police said. He was treated by a physician. Officers said Owens to avert a collision with attempted driven by Mrs. Lucille H.

Brissell, 46, of 471 Sloane Ave. Body of Area Man Returned The body of Army Pfc. Donald B. Worley, son of Louis P. Worley, Lexington, is among 374 Korean war dead being returned to this country aboard the Lawrence Victory, the Defense department announced Saturday.

The ship is expected to arrive at the San Francisco Port of Embarkation today. (COPR. 191, KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, Ine, WORLD RIGHTS RESERVED. 6-4 "Just a minute, Benson, while I get a chair for my wife. She's not very comfortable!" Death Takes Mrs.

Garber Mrs. Sylvia C. Garber, 76, mother of Mrs. J. H.

Gongwer, of Mansfield, died at home of another daughter, Mrs. Paul Walker, south of Bellville, this morning after an illness of about a week. Mrs. Garber, widow of H. S.

Garber who died in 1925, was a life-long resident of Bellville. She was active in the Eastern Star and Pythian Sisters there and was a member of the Bellville Garden club. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Clark Robinson of Lexington, Mrs.

Gongwer, and Mrs. LeRoy Lewis, of Larchmont, N. a son, Vance Garber, of Bellville; two brothers, G. G. Swank, of Mansfield, and Hugh Swank, of Bellville; and four sisters, Mrs.

T. D. Van Fossen, of Johnstown, Mrs. 0. E.

Kisabeth, of Fostoria, Mrs. Sherman Gaddis, of Bellville, and Mrs. H. C. Lee, of Mt.

Vernon. The body was taken to the Snyder funeral home in Bellville. Funeral services will be held funeral home at 2 p. m. Wednesday.

Officiating will be O'Marrow, Lutheran pastor of Columbus who is old friend of the family. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p. m. today and tomorrow and Wednesday morning. Leap From Car Before Train Hits It Three area residents narrowly escaped injury yesterday when they leaped from an auto just before it was hit by a Pennsylvania freight train.

State highway patrolmen said the accident occurred about 1:50 m. Sunday on County Road 18, near Perrysville, when an auto driven by Mrs. Pearl La Verne Williams, 41, of Lucas, 1, stalled on the railroad crossing mile west of State Route Officers said Mrs. Williams and two passengers, Richard Oberholtzer, 33, of Ashland 1, and his wife, 25, were attempting to get the car off the tracks when they saw the westbound freight approaching. The three leaped from the auto seconds before the train struck, demolishing the left side of the car, patrolmen said.

Ohio Retail Sales Top 1950 Totals COLUMBUS (P) Total Ohio retail sales the first four months in 1951 were 17 per cent higher than during the same 1950 period, the Ohio 'Retail Analist, Ohio State university business publication, reported yesterday. But statewide retail sales in April were only three per cent above those of April, 1950, the magazine said. day. MUST BE PATIENT "Jesus cut his way to "wisdom stature and favor with Lawrence, star of "The of the hit's gross for her Ann Miller of Movieromance items) romancing with man's idea of Good Taste. Lola Montez advises Virginia Hill not to head for Argentina, as reported.

Eva Peron wouldn't appreciate the competition! Don't say you weren't warned in time! Getcha tickets for Duke Ellington's June 12th Lewisohn Stadium concert. It'll be the musical event of the Summer. The Runyon Fund gets all the money, thanks to Minnie Guggenheim, Duke and his greatly enlarged crew, the Musicians and Stagehands' Unions and all the others. Fowler (whose verse often chiefs this colyum) is the new managing ed of The Bartlesville (Okla.) ExaminerEnterprise. And the colyum's latest branch.

A former Broadway colyumist now writes cook books, lucky him! Hey, Lila Lee! Chamberlain Brown wants you for some Summer stock roles. Newspaperman Stuff: "Here's something pass on to filming Damon Runyon's life. I'm from Flemington. I was a kid during the Lindbergh-Hauptmann case. A high school teacher suggested I interview one of the reporters.

I picked Runyon his stories in Collier's and Cosmopolitan. Busy as he he found was time doing his I copy made me. up my mind then -to get into a business that had such nice guys like him. I am now editor of The Gazette at New Hope, Penn. I've met many fine people on the N.

Y. News, San Diego Journal, at UP in NY, and on the Westchester papers. I'm sorry I never met him again after that once. I think it would take a DeMille to recreate the fuss at Flemington that verdictnight. I could hear the crowd yelling two miles away, You were in the courtroom (42 days) shooting craps with my mother.

-Sincerely, Allan Ward." er, 480 Wayne Leslie Jean Truex, 552 Kohler Miss Daisy Mauers, 241 Sturges Mrs. Clarence Heffelfinger, 277 South Adams Mrs. John Besch, 299 Spring Lula Eaton, New London; John Murray, Mansfield, 4: Lemuel Harris, 194 East Sixth Byram Dickerson, 183 West Second Mrs. Floyd Grant, Butler; Mrs. Mrs.

Esther Pryor, 193 West Second Thomas Carpenter, Park Avenue East; Mrs. James Will, 267 Rae Junior Craft, Mansfield, Karen Betts, Mansfield, Mrs. Robert Sprague, 480 Wayne Mrs. Bernard Harzinski, Cleveland. Releases Mrs.

Donald Walker and daughter, 177 Bowman Paul Kurtzman, 1. 374 Altamont Henry Carroll, 258 chael Sauer, Cleveland; Mrs. North Franklin, Mrs. MiFloyd Milligan and daughter, 1583 Park Avenue West Mrs. Robert L.

Lee and son, 16 Dewey Mrs. Ralph Long and son, Glessner Mrs. Charles Cashell and son, Lexington; Mrs. Eugene Cole and daughter, 439 Warren Mrs. Spayde, Bellville; Mrs.

Thomas Morris and son, 140 Parry Mrs. Laverne Lee and son, 331 Prescott Mrs. Harold Fleck, Mansfield, 5: Mrs. Clarence Hall and daughter, 86 Gibson Donald Baumberger, 29 Bahl Mrs. Lillian Lehnhart, 320 East Second John Leddy, 185 North Mulberry Jeanne Howell, Topaz Ave.

God and Dr. Taylor declared." You must be aggressive, patient and have persistent effort if you would cut your way through to those qualities of Jesus." In explaining the third challenge, 'a song in the heart', Dr. Taylor quoted the late Dwight Morro7 who said that "Hope is better than history." "You will be as great as your hope and your faith make Dr. Taylor concluded. "When we have a st ant hope of a better day, a better world, we will walk with a song in our hearts." Music for the service was presented by the a cappella choir of Senior high school, directed by A.

LeMoine Derr, singing, "Out of the by James and God Our Help in Ages Past," by Mueller. Seniors marched into tr auditorium and out again to processional and recessional numbers played by Mrs. Clayson Bell at the organ. Ritual was in charge of Rev. John G.

Gensel, pastor of the St. Paul Lutheran church. Ushers were juniors at Senior high school and included Thomas Garrison, John Robbins, James Rusk, Eldon Lown, Robert Edwards, Raymond Gerrell, Charles Davidson, James Willard, Neil Roller, Bostwick Kendig, Joseph Diemer and Larry Harper. Shifts 3 PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL Admissions Harold D. Holloway, Bellville, Jack Kentosh, 91 Lexington Mrs.

Charles Ertle, 523 Bowman Robert W. Varian, Ninth Paul L. Stoner, Perrysville; Gilbert Bailey, 15 West Williams Mrs. Gary Balliet, Lucas Releases Raymond Miller, Lexington; Dennis Balliet, Bellville; Donald Daugherty, 429 McPherson William J. Ham- mett, Lucas.

MADISON HOSPITAL Admission Mrs. Michael Mayer, 656 McPherson Bea Staunton, 151 Harker St. Releases Roberta Miller, 477 South Diamond Mrs. Doris Canter, 604 Warren Willie C. Cathron, 220 Atcheson Frank Corwin, Dickson Mrs.

Betty Davis, 311 Miller St. Births GENERAL HOSPITAL Saturday. Daughter, to Mr. and Mrs. A.

L. Sites, 714 Virginia Daughter, to Mr. and Mrs. Saturday, Bob H. Sanderfer, 340 Charles Saturday.

Son, to and Mrs. Wycoff, Bell Sunday. Son, to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Vaughn, Mansfield, 3, Sunday.

Daughter, to Mr. and Mrs. Daughter, to Mr. and Mrs. Siegfried Manecke, 203 Saxton Three shifts of personnel within the police department were announced today by Police Chief Jesse J.

Schwab. They are Robert Pittinger, from the identification department back to traffic division; Carl Beard, patrolman, to the identification department; and Charles Letizia, second' shift patrolman, to the traffic detail. Chief Schwab said the shifts don't affect the salary of any of the three officers. Pittinger, who is replaced by Beard, spent two years and seven months as assistant to Identification Officer P. J.

Martin. He served on traffic detail five months prior to the identification department appointment. Pittinger joined the force on March 19, 1946. He is married and resides at 116 South Glenn Ave. He is an Army veteran.

Beard, who joined the force on Feb. 15, 1942, formerly served on both the third and second shifts as patrolman. He is a Navy veteran, is married and resides at 791 Marlowe Pl. Letizia, an Army veteran, joined the force on Feb. 15, 1942 and was assigned as second shift patrolman before his traffic appointment.

He is married and resides at West Third St. Quiet Fourth of July In Prospect for Mansfield The Fourth of July to be a quiet holiday for Mansfielders. Fire Chief L. J. Steele said he knew of no night displays to be presented by any group in the city.

There have been no requests. Police Chief Jesse J. Schwab repeated his warning against possession, sale or use of works. Even cap pistols are prohibited for celebration of Independence Day in the city. Fireworks, according to Atty.

Gen. Herbert S. Duffy, includes those which give only visible elfect such as sparklers, fountains, sky rockets, snakes in the grass, etc, the same as the loud "cracker" type of fireworks. State law permits only the use of cap pistols for Fourth celebrations and night exhibits only by organizations which will assume complete responsibility for damage or personal injury at such exhibitions..