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Men in Service
A2-C Ronald Richards spent
Christmas and New Year’s
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Judd Richards, formerly of
Chardon, now Of Tyler, Texas.
Before being transferred to Or
lando Air Force Base, Florida,
Ron was playing on the Dob
bins Air Force Base, Georgia,
basketball team and played in
South Carolina and Tennessee.,
Ron would like to hear from
his friends in Chardon, and
his new address is A2-C Ronald
L. Richards AF 15426792, 22721
Air Base Group, Orlando
Force Base, Or ando, Fla.
Air
Demonstrate Meat
Cutting to Students
Sixty members of the home
economics and vocational agri
culture classes joined Thursday
at Chardon high school to see
a demonstration of meat cut
ting. A block was brought into
w the school.
Robert R. Neill, manager of
King’s Store, brought over a
side of beef and gave an hour
and a half demonstration of
proper cuts of meat. There was
discussion of the various cuts,
^difference in prices." wholesale
prices and grades of carcass.
Meat inspection and how it is
done was explained.
Lawrence W. Smith, voca
tional agriculture instructor was
in charge.
School Band
to Play for
'Chardon PT A
Chardon High School Band
under the leadership of Fred
Austin will present its first con
cert of the school year at P.T.A.
meeting Tuesday evening, Jan.
^20, at 8 p.m. in the auditorium.
With the addition of two
new baritones and the complete
rebuilding of the basses and
French Horns, the balance of
the oand has been greatly im
proved.
The band has added1 twenty
vfour new members this year,
making the total of sixty-two
in the concert band this year.
The group is working on sev
eral types of music and plans
enter the district 5 Band Con
test
This
at McDonald
will be
most bands
Ohio.
in March.
in competition
in Northeast­
crn
This Tuesday
will include
the Square,”
“Brasses to
ever popular
^kValtz,” “Blue Tango” by Le
noy Anderson-, and “The Bells
of St. Marie,” a trumpet solo
played by Paul Elsten.
the program
marches “On
and
the
“Gladiator,1
the Front.”
“Gold and Silver
James Bradley, representing the
high school Robert Hawkins,
^representing the elementary
School and Mrs. Michael Fisher,
representing the primary school.
A social hour with refresh
ments will follow in the school
cafeteria.
Plan Father
and Son
Banquet
4 The Pilgrim Christian church
will hold its Father and Son
Banquet Thursday at 6:30 in
the Educational Building on
South street. This year will
feature the SCOUT OF THE
YEAR
YEAR AWARD. The Boy
^Scouts have selected by secret
ballot the boy who is the out
standing Scout of the year in
Troop 93. The District Com
missioner, Robert Fowler, will
present, on behalf of the Men’s
Fellowship of the church, a
^ophy award to the boy named.
Lou (the Toe) Groza, star
kicker for the Cleveland
Browns, will be the speaker
of the evening. This should be
of great interest to all football
enthusiasts.
Two other outstanding parts
of the program will be the
Boy Scouts of Troop 93 in a
demonstration of signalling. A
light will be mounted on the
water tower and Morse code
signals sent from the banquet
Xpble to a Scouts team out in
the town of Chardon. Also
there will be a Pep Band un
der the direction of Mr. Austin,
high
the Scout Master and
school band director.
Ask Change
in Zoning
at Munson
come and learn
The
P. T. A. meetings are always
open to all interested in Edu
cation and it is hoped that
there will be a large attend
^ance this Tuesday evening.
A panel discussion will follow
on the subject “Building
Healthy Personalities in the
Home and in the School.” Thorn
ton Holder will be moderator
for the discussion with Mrs. Ste
phanie Ralph, Lake County
"*fcchool phychologist, as guest
consultant. Panel members will
be George Holmes, representing
the fathers Mrs. Robert Neill,
representing the mothers Mrs.
Tax Bills Accepted
Until February 10
S.^c
Published weekly by Geauga Publisher!, Inc. Entered
Second (hii Matter at the Chardon Postoffi/v
MUNSON Chairman Veron
J. Warner, of the Munson
Township Trustees, and Cair
man Martin C. Miller, of the
Munson Zoning Commission,
have jointly announced that
the first changes in Munson’s
five year old Zoning Reso
lution are soon to be made. A
public hearing has been called
by the Zoning Commission for
eight o’clock Monday night,
January 19, 1953, at the Village
Hall. Everyone is invited to
about the
changes. A week later, Jan
uary 26, 1953, the Truftees will
welcome any citizen who wishes
to be heard with respect to the
changes at the regular Trus
tees meeting.
All of the changes in Mun
son’s Zoning Ordinance are
small. They are based upon the
experience of the Zoning Com
mission in the last five years.
The modifications are designed
to strengthen the Resolution
and make it serve all the
people of the township. Most
of the changes are merely to
take care of minor details not
covered by the original Reso
lution as passed.
A new rule will permit any
one who wants to take in up
to five boarders to do so any-1
where in the township. More I
than that is a business and
must be done only in the busi-1
ness area.
The Resolution how says how I
far houses must be from prop
erty side line. It doesn't say
how far apart houses must be
and for fire reasons, that is
to be covered.
Some people with very deep
lots and wide fronts on a
road would like to sell off the
front or back. The new rules
state how that can be done.
Some folks want guest
houses on their lots in addi
tion to their own houses. New
rules covering such buildings
are proposed.
Sometimes builders forget or
neglect to take away their tool
sheds. These can become an1
unsightly nuisance. Rules cover
ing such sheds arc included.
Finally, a temporary special
permit is granted to Bass Lake,
Inc., to remove peat from an!
area east and north of Bass
Lake. This swamp area
originally zoned for first
residences. The original Zon
ing Commission was not
that it was totally useless for
that purpose. Bass' Lake was
asked for the right to remove
the peat to make the area
suitable for residential use.
Some of the area will become
part of a larger Bass Lake.
told
The Attorney General of the
State of Ohio has ruled that
a Zoning Commission has the
power and duty to control an
activity such as the
of peat. Part of the
in the Resolution are
the manner and the
which this operation
be handled. Minimum
ence to rights of abutting prop
erty owners is the basis for
the proposed change in the
Resolution.
removal
changes
to state
time in
shall be
interfer-
The text of all the changes
and the map of the Peat Bog
can be inspected at the home
of Martin Miller, Chairman of
the Zoning Commission between
the hours of two and five p.m.
on Sunday, January 18,
Since the Zoning Resolution
was accepted by the voters
five years ago, over 180 build
ing permits have been issued
in the township by the Zoning
Inspectors. The Commission
and the Appeals Board, chair
manned by Lynn H. Reiter,
all feel that the new changes
are for the good of the whole
area. Unless there are objec
tions to the changes, after the
two hearings, they will auto
matically become part of Mun
son’s Zoning Resolution.
County Treasurer
Truman announces that
estate taxes will be received
this year without penalty up
to and including Feb. 10. She
says the tax bills will Be mailed
out this week.
Dog Tags Due
made
Any
a
Reservations are being
by the Men’s Fellowship.
^5ne interested in making
reservation should call Harold
Reiter, Rev. Charles Strong, or
contact one of the member* of
the Fellowship.
Wilma Kronk, Geauga County
Auditor, announces that until
Jan. 20, dog tags are on sale at
the court house for $2.00 for
either male or female dogs. Af
ter this date there will be a pen
alty of $1.00.
SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE!
Meeting in a special session
of the congregation this Sun
day, January 11th, the Pilgrim
Christian church congregation
approved the basic building
plans for a new Educational
Building and remodeling of the
Sanctuary Building, pictured
above. The General Board of
the church was authorized to
proceed in establishing the nec
essary committees to implement
Fowler Lists
Committees
for of
Robert H. Fowler, newly
elected president of the Char
don Chamber of Commerce
Monday night, listed his commit
tee apointments for the coming
year as follows:
Agriculture Tom White.
Attendance
Dreyer.
O. Herman
House Henry Gunter.
Industrial Survey
B. Keenan.
was
Local Affairs
Prince.
class
Robert
Membership
Smith.
Governmental Affairs Rev.
Charles W. Strong.
Program Newton B. Chap
man.
n
Ma
z
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and
Publicity John Gore
Paul Denton.
and
Reception Hal S. Burr
G. Ralph Hanna.
Retail Board Henry
vitch.
E.
National Councilor
Johnson, Sr.
Elected to the board of dir
ectors Monday night were Lloyd
Carlson (retiring president),
Marc Burr, Henry Gunter,
Charles W. Canfield, Bert Bar
num and Harry B. Keenan.
ChardonCagers
Beat Burton
by 67 to 34
Chardon high school eagers
rolled over Burton, 67-34, last
night at Chardon. Denis Grau
was high for the winners with
15 points.
Chardon—67
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4
2
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6
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Temple,
McMaster, 1g
Hannan,
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real
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14
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Burton—34
G.
Mullett,
Burzanko, rf
Lawrence,
Ludlow, 1g
Trask, rg
Lillibridge, rf
Myers, If
Truhauf,
Held, rg
Gilliland, If
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RESERVES
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Chardon
Burton 32.
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the program.
The new
based upon
plan
meeting separately in the re
ligious education program. Also
included in the plan are large
rooms for the recreational and
Boy Scout program. A large
Fellowship Hall for banquets,
plays, forums. Family Nites,
and Youth Department is
building plan is
the departmental
each department
with
Bolton to Visit
Geauga Saturday
Harry
Inter-Chamber Fire Waste
Andrew R. Evans.
Robert M.
Congressman Oliver P.
ton will return to Geauga for a
visit with constituents this Sat
urday, Jan. 17. He plans to
spend the major part of the day
at Garwick Chevrolet Sales at
Auburn Corners and will be
available to anyone who wishes
to cantact him.
Congressman Bolton is taking
advantage of the slackness of
work upon the floor during the
organization of congress to re
turn for a visit to the
counties he represents.
Commissioner Charles A
Riley was appointed a member
of the county welfare board.
Reappointed were George
Misch, dog warden John Baker,
sealer of weights and measures
Mrs. Florence Landon, county
tuberculosis nurse Carl Boyd,
apiary inspector.
The commissioners also ap-
Ko- propriated $5,800 to the couniy
agricultural extension office,
and $6,000 for testing of cattle
I for tuberculosis.
William Phillips
Died at Chester
CHESTER —William Phillips,
aged 60, died at his home in
Chester on Friday
January 9, following
of four years.
CHARDON PUBLIC LIBRARY
OEAUGA COUNTY LIBRARY SERVICt
CHARDON. GEAUGA COUNTY. OHIO. THURSDAY JANUARY 15
afternoon,
an illness
the
only
Mrs.
was
The deceased was
child born to Mr.
Maxon J. Phillips,
born in Cleveland and attended
the Cleveland schools and a
college in Endicott, New York.
With his parents he moved to
Gates Mills where he worked
as conductor and also as Dis
patcher on the Cleveland and
Eastern Railroad. He joined
the Cleveland Heights Police
Force in 1926 and retired in
1951 after a service of 25 years.
and
He
Burt,
chil
Paul
both
wife
He married Miss Lida
formerly of Chester. Two
dren were born to them,
and Mrs. Genevieve Post,
of Chester. Besides the
and children, Mr. Phillips is
survived by a foster son, Dallar
Burt, and grandchildren as fol
lows: Timothy and Thomas
Phillips Donna and Peggy Post
Martha, Janet and Carol Burt.
Funeral services were held
at the Rinear Funeral home,
Euclid, on Monday, January 12,
at 3:30 p.m. Members of the
Cleveland Heights Police Force
served as pall bearers and es
corted the funeral procession
to the Gates Mills cemetery
where the deceased was buried.
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EAUGA RECORD
TO IMPROVE CHARDON STREET LIGHTS
Approve Plans for New Church Building
planned. In the whole church
plant there will be provisions
for 30 classes. The Building
Planning Committee
working over a year
report presented a
study of the needs
cipated growth of the church.
The building plans were de
signed to meet those needs.
The set of plans presented were
the result of seven previous
has been
and their
thorough
and anti­
Earl Genske
Heads West
School Band
Bol-
five
Tom White
Heads County
Commissioners
When the board of county
commissioners reorganized Mon
day, Thomas L. White, was
named chairman. He succeeds
Calrton Lowe.
CHESTER At the organi
zation iheeting of the West Ge
auga Board of Education held
i on January 5, Earl Genske
I was re^rt'eted President of the
Board and Charles
Vice-President. Mrs.
Eddy was hired to
as clerk. The regular
nights will be the second Mon
day night of the month, alter
nating between grade and high
school buildings. Mrs. Thomas
Laughlin was hired as school
nurse in the high school bui d
ing and Mrs. Schneider in the
Grade building for one half
day per week at each place.
At the December meeting the
Board approved the following
repairs on and in the Russel
building. Glass block on side of
auditorium to install additional
wash stands and make necess
ary plumbing repairs to sand
and refinish the upper hall
floors completion of asphalt
tile floor in grade rooms.
A contract was offered
Christine Bath Matthews to
teach the remainder of school
year following the term served
by Katherine Steingass. A
change in contract on the new
building calling for fireglass
insulation on cold water press
ure tank. Authorization of the
purchase of used alto horn
supervised by Paul Shellham
mer. Payment of current bills.
To make application for mem
bership in the North Central
Association of College and Sec
ondary Schools. Tb accept Res
olution calling for amounts and
rates as determined by
Budget Commission.
Churchmen
to Meet
Sunday Eve
Strong.
Osbourn
loretta
continue
meeting
hired to
was
Frank Keller
drive school bus to take the
place of William Banfield who
resigned.
meet-
The next churchmens’
ing of this season will be held
Sunday, Jan. 18, at 6:30 at
the Chardon Methodist church.
The speaker will be Oliver
Friedman, head of the Cleve
land
men
All
Goodwill Industries,
are invited.
Donkey Basketball
at West Geauga
WEST GEAUGA
Booster’s club is sponsoring a
Donkey basketball game at the
high school auditorium in Ches
ter on Saturday, Jan. 24, start
ing at 8 o'clock.
Tentative plans are to have
faculty members astride one
set of donkeys and alumni on
the opposition.
of
studies. The estimated cost
the new building is $175,000
Com-
The Building Planning
mittee members were
Weidig, Chairman Mrs.
Murray, Mrs. Edmund
stein, Mrs. Robert Williams,
Mrs. Robert Neil, Floyd Miller
Robert
Robert
Bruce
Charles
Ralph
Torn
Wett-
Smith, Robert Fowler,
Neil, Robert Williams,
Boldon, and Rev.
Chardon Realtor Talks
to High School Seniors
Explaining that the average
home owner at the present time
is 30 years old, William G. Eg
ing, Chardon realtor, spoke to a
portion of the Chardon school
senior class Friday
In his talk he attempted
familiarize the students with
numerous legal
the purchasing
home, and aid
home owners.
the
in
forms used
of the modern
them as future
Mr. Eging, who represented
the Geauga County Real Estate
board, stated the average young
couple should be able to pur
chase a substantial home for
about ten to twelve thousand
dollars.
Robert B. Ford
Named Civilian
Defense Head
Robert B. Ford of Burton,
attorney employed by the Cuya
hoga Abstract Title and Trust
Co., Chardon office, was ap-,
pointed as head of civil defense
for Geauga county by the Cou
ty Commissioners Monday.
Geauga Has
13 Students
at Ohio U.
the
at-
Geauga has 13 students
tending Ohio University accord
ing to a report from the Uni
versity. Tney include:
Chagrin Falls Carole Anne
Cipra, freshman, Route 1
Claude M. Minadeo, sophomore,
Route 2 Jane E. Jackson, sen
ior, Bell Road Lois Clare
Pringle, freshman, Route 2.
Babcock,
Charaon: Janet S.
sophomore, Route 1 Nancy E.
Gallagher, junior, 306 South
st. Kenneth Lampman, junior,
311 S. Hambden Juanita Pow
ell Morley, senior, Kile Road
Douglas E. Price, sophomore,
Route 1 and Paul Myron
Bowers, senior, 108 North st.
Chesterland: Mary Lou Evans, Urt|J
sophomore, Opolacka Dr. nOIQ UraVcSIuC
Newbury: Charles
Krause, sophomore.
Parkman: Paula Aileen Cone,
junior.
Montville Church to
Show Movie Sunday
The
MONTVILLE “King
This movie is recognized as
one of the most magnificent
ever made.
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Council Approves Increase
of Over $4,000,00 A nnually
A village wide plan for im
proving street lighting in Char
don was approved by village
council last Thursday eyening.
The plan presented by Ander
son Allyn, chairman of the
street lighting committee, was
explained by Corwin Allen of
the Cleveland Electric Illumin
ating Company.
The plan will increase light
ing facilities throughout the
village with the exception of
the village square which has
ample light. New lights will
be installed
lights increased
The large
candlepower
lage will be
candlepower,
be increased
present
capacity,
of
the
by
and the
in
number
lights in
replaced
Other lights
porportionately.
100
250
will
Lighting expense too will be
increased. At the present the
village spends about $6,066 00
a year on lighting. The new
lights will cose taxpayers about
$10,327.41 a year.
Chardon’s fire department in
the past year took care of 11
building fires, 11 grass fires,
2 dump fires and answered
one false alarm, according to
the annual report submitted
by Fire department secretary,
Charles A. Schreiber.
Village council last Thursday
night approved the paying of
bills totalling $3,214.39. Be
sides regular expenses the bills
include $640 for the pewly pur
chased snow plow and also the
purchase of 18 tons of salt.
pur-
From now on village
chases over $2 will be
tioned and bought on
purchase order forms,
ing to
issued
directions of the
last Thursday
to
to the fact he is work-
Due
ing for several village depart
ments, orders to Donald Doer
sam must go through Wain
Parsons or the village clerk or
through a member of the board
of public affairs,
council decided last
At the Middlefield Chamber
He succeeds Thomas Rowley, of Commerce meeting Monday
Middlefield lawyer, who be- evening, held in the Veterans
comes assistant prosecuting at- Memorial hall, it was decided
torney. to elect an .executive board
Commissioners will allow ex-1 with nominations to be pre
penses for Mr. Ford to attend sented at the next meeting,
a week of instruction in de
fense at Olney, Md.
A discussion was had on the
possibility of opening a Cham
ber of Commerce office. No
action was taken on this but
will be given further consider
ation.
The Johnson Rubber Com
pany sponsored 22 new mem
berships to the Chamber of
Commerce and most of them
were present at this meeting.
Rusty Brown, well known
for her recent stories in a
Cleveland paper on her exper
iences and discoveries in some
Communits Youth organizations,
which she managed to become
associated with in order to gain
information, will be the speaker
at the next Chamber meeting
which will be held the second
Monday evening in February.
Definite arrangements for the
meeting will
later.
be announced
were made to
and the
Contributions
both the TB
funds.
Jerry Rites for Infant
Lucinda Rossbach,
daughter of Mr.
Francis E. Rossbach,
ave., Chardon. She
on New Year’s day.
of
Kings,” a full length Biblical
movie, will be shown in the
Montville Community church
Sunday, January 18. at 7:30
p.m. The public is invited to
attend. No admission, a free
will offering will be taken.
Polio
Rev. Charles W. Strong, min
ister of the Chardon Pilgrim
Christian church officiated. Ar
rangements were by Burr
Funearl home of Chardon.
YOUR NEWSPAPER
bottom of the hill and
and in cold weather it
to the
collects
freezes.
Wain
Parsons and Robert
were named to the
Pension Board.
Prince
Police
parking space on Char-
Free
don village land will be offered
to the Geauga county officials.
The county has been using the
land adjacent to the court
house for parking. The land is
owned by the village and
county officials complained that
John Q. Public was parking
his automobiles there. The vil
lage will suggest the county
officials put their names up
along their parking spaces.
Appropriations for the com
ing year will be considered by
the Chardon council at an ad
journed meeting
nesday, Jan. 21.
that $2,000 extra
for the sidewalk
set for Wed
it is known
will be asked
department.
village clerk
$50 a month
by Chardon
evening. The
Salary for the
was raised from
to $90 a month
council Thursday
raise will not affect the pres
ent clerk, Jennie Davidson, dur
ing her present term of office.
The board of public affairs has
promised a proportionate raise
to $180 a month. The clerk is
also clerk to the zoning board,
which pays $35 a month, mak
ing the new total payments
from the village $205 a month.
Two Killed
in Accident
on 322
requisi
regular
accord
council
night.
Chardon
Thursday.
on Water
a ten-day
Tee Pee Motors
street were issued
warning to stop draining their
rain water into the street by
village council Thursday eve
ning. The water drains down
Middlefield
Businessmen
Meet Monday
Two Cuyahoga men were
killed instantly at 7 p.m. Mon
day when the station wagon
in which they were riding and
a tractor trailer unit collided
on Route 422, three miles west
of the Route 44 intersection
in Auburn Township.
They were William C. Vajner,
31, of 28799 Emery Rd., Orange,
driver of the station wagon,
and Rupert Ball, 56, of Brain
ard Rd., Woodmere Village,
passenger.
Mr. Vajner, a contractor,
suffered a crushed chest, brok
en arms, a broken leg and a
fractured skull. Mr. Ball died
of a crushed chest and a brok
en leg, according
reports. Dr. Alton
auga coroner, gave
accidental death.
to official
Behm, Ge
ruling of
a
of
Wolcott
the trac
was in-
Glenn Fair, 31,
yille, Ind., driver of
tor-trailer unit, also
jured. He was taken to St.
Luke’s hospital,
where attendants
ported his condition
The tractor-trailer
owned by the Gateway Trans
portation Co. of LaCrosse, Wis.
Cleveland,
today te
as “good.”
unit was
The tractor part of the truck
and the auto were demolished.
Sheriff E. John Phelps said
the tractor-trailer unit was tra
veling east and the
auto west.
bring to
traffic fa
county so
The two deaths
four the number of
talities in Geauga
far this year.
The body of William C. Vaj
ner was removed to the Stroud
Funeral home at Chagrin Falls,
and that of Mr. Ball to
Ritondaro Funeral home
Chardon. Arrangements
both were pending today.
the
in
for
No Candidates File
for Local Offices
held
p.m.
for
Graveside services were
Monday, Jan. 5, at 2:30
at the Chardon cemetery
day old
and Mrs.
129 Maple
was born
the
Is made possible by
advertising of your local
merchants. More advertising
by
Mr. Vajner is survived
his wife, Betty Mae three chil
dren, Gayle, William and Da
vid two brothers, Ralph and
Charles a sister, Mrs. Ruth
White, and parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Vajner.
Will Geauga have any
candidates this fall? Not ac
cording to present indica
tions.
The deadline for filing
petitions is only a couple of
weeks off. As of today no
body has filed for any board
of education in the county.
Nobody has filed for any
village offices. Nobody has
filed for any township offices.
A slight ray of hope is
expressed by Mrs. Beatrice
Van Gorder, clerk of the
election board. “A few
people have asked for the
blank petitions,” she says.
But as of today nobody ha*
actually filed for any office.