Geauga record. [volume], January 22, 1953, Image 1

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Men in Service
WITH THE 2ND. ARMORED
DIV. IN GERMANY Pfc.
Kenneth C. Kronk, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Kronk, Chardon,
Ohio, recently arrived in Ger
many and is now serving with
the 2nd. Armored Division.
Part of western Europe’s
NATO Army, this division is
undergoing constant field train
ing in Germany.
World War II veterans will
remember this same division
Belgium and crossed the Ger
raced across France in the sum
mer of 1944, drove through
man border at Schimmert on
the 18th of September. They
encountered fierce fighting in
deep snow that winter in the
Ardennes forest while helping
to reduce the German “Bulge.”
Kronk entered the Army in
January, 1951, and was sta
tioned at Camp Polk, La., be
fore receiving orders transferr
in ing him to Europe.
A former student of Ohio
State University, he was em
ployed in civilian life as a
salesman for Van Gorder Hard
ware, Chardon.
Dairymen's
Banquet Is
»Friday Eve
Geauga County Dairymen and
their wives are set for an eve
ning of fine entertainment and
delicious food plus a chance
to meet and talk with other
folks who have the same prob
jj lems that they do.
All this will be available at
the annual all-county Dairy ban
quet to be held January 23, Fri
day evening, at 7:30 p.m. at the
Claridon Town Hall.
Appearing on the program
will be Bask Reading, County
Agricultural Agent of Fremont.
Mr. Reading has recently return
ed from Germany where he was
associated with the Mutual Se
curity Administration. His sub
ject will be ‘‘Our Neighbor, Ger
many.” Mr. Reading has a col
lection of 150 colored slides to
u supplement his talk. We believe
you will enjoy them.
The annual business meeting
of the Dairy Service Unit will
include the selection of direc
tors, short summary of the dairy
activities and a discussion of the
4-H Building program.
Tickets may be secured from
any of the following people:
Lloyd Ober, Newbury Audre
Blair, Newbury Howard Ott,
Auburn George Binnig, Thomp
son Sterling Timmons, Auburn
Harold Thomas* Newbury Paul
McNish, Middlefield Raymond
MfOsbom, Chardon Ignatiius Cav
anagh, Auburn Don Van Meter,
Chardon. Mark Fennel, Lock
wood, Ohio,
Fire Destroys
Barn at Troy
A large barn housing 49
head of cattle was destroyed
by fire on the Elden Russell
farm on Rt. 700, Troy Town
ship, at 2:26 a.m. today.
As the Burton Fire Depart
ment was engaged in fighting
the East Claridon school fire
with three other departments,
the Chardon Fire Department,
also at the school fire, took
over the Burton run.
The Parkman Fire Depart
ment also was at the scene,
along with the Middlefield Fire
Department.
46 valuable cows were res
cued. Three others were so
badly burned they had to be
killed. Also destroyed was a
^tractor, considerable farm
^equipment and other contents.
Elden Russell is a brother of
Marvin Russell, chief of the
Burton Fire Department.
Fire Chief Jack Maynard of
Chardon department said at
tention was given to saving the
several adjoining farm build
ings successfully.
Firemen estimate the loss at
$15,000 or more.
Geauga Has
5th Fatality
of Year
i| Three men riding home on a
dark road from an evening
spent in taverns failed to turn
on the curve on Route 86 at
Dewey Rd. in Montville about
2:30 Saturday morning and as
a result Albert Schindler, 36,
^)f Mentor, driver of the car,
ns dead and Geauga marks up
its fifth traffic fatality of the
year.
Two passengers in Schindler’s
car suffered only minor in
juries. The men had left home
about ten o’clock and had been
jp/isiting near Orwell and were
on their way home. After the
car rolled over the two called
a neighbor who rushed the
three to Lake County Memorial
hospital where' Schindler was
dead on arrival.
The accident victim was bon
jjn Cleveland and lived in
Hambden. before moving to
Mentor township about four
years ago.
Schindler was a partner in
the construction firm doing
business as “Bill and Al Con
struction Work.”
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Published weekly by Geauga Publishers, inc. Entered
as Second Class Matter at the Chardon Postoffice.
Plan Special
Train to
Maple Fete
At a maple festival board of
directors meeting Monday eve
ning at the Court House, first
plans were made for the 1953
festival, April 10, 11, and 12.
Three new members of the
board are Ture Johnson of Bur
ton and Donald Ellicock and
Fred Austin of Chardon.
Three officials of the National
Railway Historical Society, mid
way branch, Barberton, Ohio,
were present to confer with
the board relative to running
a special train into Chardon
on orte day of the festival,
probably Sunday. The men
present were Clark Lord, presi
dent of the society, L. F.
Cahoon, vice president, and
Howard P. Weaver, publicity
director.
Mayor Don Muchmore and
Donald Ellicock, publicity dir
ector for the festival, were ap
pointed to work out the details
with the railway men.
The train would originate at
Canton with stops at Akron.
Youngstown and Warren.
The board decided to again
have golden wedding and old
timer’s parties, to have antique
displays by dealers, and to
have a hobbies exhibit, for
which Mr. Ellicock offered the
use of the rooms over his real
estate office at the south end of
the square.
Mr. A. B. Carlson, chairman
of the board, returned from
Florida to be present at this
board meeting. Another meet
ing will be held in two weeks,
with weekly meetings there
after until the festival.
Ask Mothers
to March in
Polio Drive
Twenty-five hundred mothers
are needed in Geaug acounty
for help in completing the an
nual Geauga county “Mothers’
March” this year, Chairman
Charles H. Hall, stated today.
During January the March
of Dimes campaign has been
carried on most effectively by
a corps of township and divis-
The members of the
Aquarius Club of Chardon
under the leadership of their
president, Mrs. F. T. Bost
wick, have undertaken the
Chardon March of Dimes as
a club project.
“We will need more help
for the “Mother’s March on
Polio,” and would like to ask
any of the women in Char
don who would like to help
to join us in making this the
most sucessful campaign ever
held in Chardon,” Mrs. Bost
wick said today. “The wor
kers will meet at the Thra
sher House at 7 o’clock
Thursday evening, Jan. 29.
Anyone who would like to
help is asked to call Char
don 5-4701
ional county chairmen. This
campaign closes on Saturday,
Jan. 31, but the big event will
be the “Mothers’ March” on
January 29, between 7:30 and
8:30 p.m. At that time each
and every house in Geauga
county will be contacted.
During 1952 *the Geauga
County Chapter of The National
Foundation of Infantile Paraly
sis paid the expenses for 55
of the 59 polio patients. This
program and these financial ar
rangements are made available
by the. generous donations of
the people of Geauga county.
In 1952 the people of Geauga
county contributed approxim
ately $11,600.00. Due to the
great amount of additional ex
pense the committee has set
as a goal this year $15,000.00.
Out of each dollar collected
for The March of Dimes, .50c is
retained in Geauga and the bal
ance is sent to the National
Federation for disbursement
either back to Geauga county
or to other chapters that have
need therefor. The local chap
ter has had to borrow from
the National Foundation in each
of the last four years, because
our funds were insufficient.
More mothers are needed, so
for the benefit of those having
questions there follows a list
of the campaign committee. Just
contact your Township Chair
man:
Chardon Village Mrs. F. T.
Bostwick.
Chardon Township Mrs.
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Offer Trees
in Geauga
There are still some one mil
lion trees available for reforest
ation from the state nurseries in
Ohio, but they are going fast. If
you intend to make a planting
this spring it would be advisa
ble to send in a request immed
iately. Application blanks are
available in the Extension office
at the Old School building in
Burton.
Many persons in Geauga coun
ty are interested in establishing
Christmas tree plantings. These
Judge Harold J.
was promoted to the
Pleas bench by ap
of Governor Frank
Probale
Richmond
Common
pointment
J. Lausche last Firday.
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Richmond Becomes Common Pleas Ji
succeeds
who re
in Cleve
out the
Judge Richmond
William K. Thomas,
signed to practice law
land. He will serve
term of Judge Thomas, which
expires in 1955.
Geauga’s new Common Pleas
judge has spent almost his en
tire 55 years in Geauga. He
was born in Cleveland but his
family moved to Geauga a few
years after he was born.
He was graduated from Ches
ter high school in 1915. He
received his law degree in 1930.
He is a veteran of World
CHARDON, GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1953
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In a simple ceremony, reenacted above fo rthe camera, Judge Harold J. ichmond
took the oath of office as common pleas judge of Geauga before Donald Phillips, Ge
auga clerk of courts. The ceremony was performed in the judge’s chambers in the
courthouse.
War I. He served as a pilot and
was honorably discharged April
23, 1919.
For 16 years, Richmond was
manager of the Shepard Bus
Co. of Mayfield Heights. He is
a former Chester Township
trustee, justice of the peace
and once served on
school board.
GEAUGA RECORD
START REPAIRING CLARIDON SCHOOL
CLARIDON Pictured above are volunteer workers starting to put a temporary roof over the basement of the
burned portion of the Claridon school to protect the heating, electrical and water systems. The board of education
is furnishing the lumber and nails. The community is furnishing the manpower.
trees, of course, must be obtain
ed from commercial sources.
The Extension Office in Burton,
also has available a list of
of sources of tree planting
stock.
The lack of sufficient labor
has resulted in smaller plantings
of trees in recent yearjs. With
the advent of the tree planting
machine, this problem can be
partially solved. Last years
trees were planted at the rate
of 700 to 1,000 trees per hour,
depending on the openness of
the site.
If you are interested in- using
a tree planting machine it is im
portant that you call or write a’t
once to reserve the machine.
Contact Ture Johnson, Farm
Forester at Burton. Ohio
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the Chester-
time he is
and defense
At the present
director of training
in the Geauga County Civil
Defense Organization.
He assisted in the organiza
tion of the Chester Fire Depart
ment of which he is secretary
and treasurer, and is a former
secretary of the Geauga County
Firemen’s Association. He is a
member of the Geauga Advis
ory Council. Also he is affil-
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Operating Sheriff’sOfficeCost
Geauga$l. 52perPerson in ’52
It cost approximately $ 521 County officers made 476 ar
per person for police protec- rests during the past year, ac
1 tion in Geauga according to cording to the report. Thirty
year end figures released one of the arrests were women
today by Sheriff E. John Phelps. 63 were juveniles and 382 were
Total expense of operating men. Approximately one out of
the seven man sheriff s force every f°ur men arrested were
and the county jail was $40,- Negroes. Thirty of the arrests
601.04 for the year. In fees were on felony charges and
and fines $11,001.06 was col-1356 non misdemeanors.
lected. The sheriff’s figures, of The county jail during the
course, do not include the cost Past year served 5,183 meals
of operation of the police de-1to prisoners. The telephone rang
partments in the various com- 993 times as Geauga people
munhipc called in complaints. There were
25,650 radio messages ex
changed with deputies* cars or
nearby police stations.
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The new Common
judge is the son of Mrs. Milli
cent Richmond, who resides in
Chester. His father is not living
He has five brothers, Roland
and Carl of Cleveland, Ray
mend of Chester, Thomas of
East Claridon and Leonard of
St. Louis, Mo. and three sisters,
Mrs. James
field, Mrs.
Talmadge,
Lamoreaux
Kothera of Middle
Gleason Jacobs of
O., and Mrs. Ira
of Columbus.
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The department investigated
and filed reports on 470 auto
mobile accidents during the past
year. (This figure does not in
clude accidents in Chardon or
Middlefield village or by the
state patrol).
The sheriffs department dar
ing the past year operated with
four deputies regularly on the
road and three radio operators.
50 Attend
Hearing on
Zoning
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met
19,
MUNSON About fifty
zens of Munson Township
on Monday evening, Jan.
1953, at the Town Hall in Fow
lers Mills to consider changes
in the Township’s Zoning Res
olution. Martin Miller, Chair
man of the Zoning Commission,
presided. Each proposed change
was read to the group and com
ment was invited.
The cflanges having to do
with rear lot areas, distance
between dwellings, boarding
houses, guest houses, and tem
porary builder’s shacks were
all dealt with in turn. The con
sensus of the meetinog was fa-
L„ vorable in each case to the
lated with the Knights of Py- cfoanges Where objections to
thias- the changes were heard, they
On Oct. 17, 1925, Judge mostly were that the Zoning
Richmond married Miss Flor- Resolution or thechanges were
ence Caswell of Cleveland. not strict enough.
They are parents of two chil
dren, Harold,, Jr., 26, student The proposal to permit Bass
at Toledo University, and Don- Lake Incorporated to have peat
aid, 19, at home.
removed from the area north
and east of the present Bass
lake and thus enlarge the lake,
received the most discussion.
After thorough analysis of
proposal, the majority of
meeting seemed in favor
the peat removal.
the
the
of
A second hearing is to be
held before the Township trus
tees on Monday, Jan. 26th at
8 p.m. in the town hall. All
interested citizens are invited
to attend.
Mothers are serving dinners tc
workers in the Town Hall at
noon and are keeping hot cof-1
fe on the stove at all hours for
the workers.
The board of education is fur
nishing the lumber and the nails
and Claridon is furnishing the
manpower. They expect to have I
their school reopened within i
two weeks.
The decision to depend on vol
unteer help to put the school
back in operation was decided
at an emergency mass meeting
of township folk at the town
hall Sunday afternoon.
Besides deciding to go ahead
and start their repair work var
ious organizations suggested and
are starting on various fund
raising projects to cover the loss
which probably exceeds the in
surance coverage.
About 40 men worked all day
Monday and about 30 more
worked Monday night clearing
away the debris from the fire.
Poles were erected and the II
uminating company posted flood
lights so the work could go on
until eleven o’clock at night.
All nearby schools offered the
use of facilities to the Claridon
school board. The eighth grade
students have been sent to Char
don and Burton. The rest are
getting their ‘‘spring vacation”
S now.
Preliminary estimates of dam
age range between $80 thousand
and a hundred thousand dollars.
Two classrooms, offices, toil
et, cafeteria and kitchen were
totally destroyed in the fire. But
the new addition which was in
the process of construction was
only slightly damaged.
Volunteers expect to put a
temporary roof over the boiler,
pump and electrical panel to
provide the remaining portion
of the building with heat, elec
tricity and water.
The new construction indues
a gymnasium which can be con
verted temporarily into class
room use.
The fire apparently broke out
in the walls about noon last Fri
day and the school’s 172 pupils
were evacuated when smoke
started seeping in.
Burton fire chief Marvin Rus
sell said the smoke came from
a burning chimney and a hole
was burned through the roof.
He ordered the school closed for
the day.
Fire broke out anew Friday
night and firemen fought and
stood by the smouldering build
ing until Saturday morning.
Four Geauga fire departments
cooperated in fighting the blaze.
Award Prizes
to Schools
for Essays
Cash prizes of $7.50
I were awarded by the Geauga
County Tuberculosis and Health
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AoT“^‘n Single Copies 10c Volume 105 Number 5
Volunteers Expect to Open
Burned School in Two Weeks
CLARIDON Claridon fathers are taking time off
from work today to volunteer their help in repairing their
school, gutted by a disastrous fire last Friday. And those
who can’t take time off are working evenings by floodlights.
each
Association to Thompson and
Burtdn schools for their school
newspaper entries in the An
nual School Press Project spon
sored by the National, State
and local Tuberculosis Assoc
iations. Editors of
zen” published by
school are: Conny
Neil Corrigan, Susan
Jerry Wagner. Franklin Thom
as is editor of the “Flash,**
published by Burton school.
the “Citi
Thompson
Corrigan,
Tuttle and
Myrtle Rodgers, Exec
Secretary, reports the
for the entries in the
were Mrs. Walter Corey
Mrs.
utive
judges
contest
and F.
Committtee
Association. According to their
decision the efforts of both
schools were equal which re
sulted in a tie, giving each
school an equal share in the
prize money offered by the
Association to the schools in
Geauga County participating in
the project.
R. Schofield, Executive
members of the
Copies of the school papers
of Thompson and Burton will
be forwarded to the Ohio
Tuberculosis and Health Assoc
iation to be entered in a1
State wide contest for prize
awards. The State prize win
ners will bfe entered in the Na
tional contest for final winners.
With the School Seal Sale
completed, Mrs. Burdell Bican.
Chairman, reports Newbury
school ranks high in the county
with an average of .1357 per
pupil. Claridon school second
place
West ___ __________ _______
third place with an average of
.1253
.1352 per pupil and
Geauga, Russell ranked
per pupil.
ChardonCagers
Loose to
Bainbridge
BAINBRIDGE Wayne
Aranta’s 27 points paced the
Bainbridge High Bombers
63-47 basketball win
Chardon Tuesday.
RESERVES
Bainbridge 38.
to a
over
Bainbridge—63
F. T.
G.
May, If 7 2 h6
Hrabak, rf 0 2 .2
Hubman, 7 0 14
Hunter, 1g 1 1 •3
Aranta, rg 9 9
11
Batzhleder, 0 1 1
Chardon—47
G. F. T.
Starr, If 6 3 15
Grau, rf 5 2 I2
Fulton, 2 0 •4
Hannan, 1g 5 0 10
McKee, rg 0 0 0
Temple, 2 0 -4
Rees, 1 0 2
Chardon 39,
flying Hiljl
i their fifth
Chardon’s high
toppers rang up
straight Western Reserve Lea
gue triumph here Firday night,?a
80 to 70 win over Kirtland.
In all, five Chardon players
and two Hornets got into twia
column scoring.
Chardon hopped off to an
18 to 9 first period lead arid
moved out to 47 to 33 at tnc
half. In the third period they
raised their lead to 69 to 4f.
Then, in the final period Kirt
land came to life outscoring tne
home forces by 23 to 11. i
The defeat pushed Kirtlarjd
deeper into fourth place in ttie
WRL with one win and three
losses. I
CHARDON—-80
G. F.
Starr 5 1
Grau 5 5 5
Temple 1 0
Hannan 6 7 9
McMasters 0 0 i°
Fulton 9 1
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McKee 5 4
KIRTLAND—70
G. F.
Spencer 0 0 •o
Bradshaw 0 2 2
Inglis 1 2 .4
Spiker 8 8 24
Durst 0 0 .0
Dimpsey 11 4 26
Headings 1 1 3
Simpson 3 3
Legros 2 2 6
Hernandez 1 0 2
Chardon won the jayvee
game, 30 to 24 with Walt Mc
Master’s 12 points leading the
way.
Charles Schwan,
76, Died Saturday
MIDDLEFIELD Charles
Schwan, 76, retired farmer who
had resided the last 25 years
in a home he built on Main
st., died Hhturday in the Dora
Ann Rest Home, Mantua, where
he had been confined since
Nov. 9. He had been ill since
suffering a stroke in October.
Born Dec. 7, 1876, in Cleve
land, Mr. Schwan came to the
Middlefield area 34 years ago.
He and his wife lived on a
farm on Middlefield Parkman
Rd. before moving to the Main
st. address,
to celebrate
anniversary
necessitated
plans. Mrs.
mer Sophia Behrend, also a
native of Cleveland.
They had planhed
their 50th wedding
Nov. 26, but illness
cancellation of the
Schwan is the for-
Surviving besides the wife
are four daughters, Mrs. Ethel
Young, Mrs. Gladys Welch and
Miss Dorothy Schwan, all of
Middlefield, and Mrs. Myrtle
Baker of Chardon a sister,
Mrs. Emily Stein, and brother,
William Schwan, of Cleveland,
four grandchildren and four
great grandchildren.
Rites were to be held Wed
nesday at the Lara way Funeral
Home. Burial was to be in Mid
dlefield cemetery. The Rev. Al
bert S. Wolstencroft, pastor of
the First Methodist church was
to officiate.
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