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BURTON
News by Barbara Goff
COMING EVENTS:
MR. AND MRS. CLUB will
meet at the Village Tea. Room
ton Sunday evening, March 1st.
There will be a panel discuss
ion on “Human Relations.'*
Guests will be Mr. Jack Shind
ler, from TAPCO, Miss Bell
Greve, director of the Cleve
land Rehabilitation Center, and
Rev. Kenneth Peterson of the
Burton Congregational church.
Bruce Scott will act as modera
tor. There will be a questions
and-answers period,’ following
the panel discussion. The Young
Adult Group of the Burton Con
gregational church have been
invited to attend, as guests of
the Mr. and Mrs. Club. Pro
gram chairman is Robert Hohn
horst.
BOARD OF PUBLIC AF
FAIRS and VILLAGE COUN
CIL will meet on Monday eve
ning, March 2nd at the Council
room in the old school building.
AMERICAN LEGION (At
wood Mauck Post 459) will
meet Tuesday evening March
3rd at the Legion room of the
old school building. Speaker for
the evening will be Robert
Ford, who will talk on Civil
ian Defense in Geauga county.
AUXILIARY OF THE FIRE
DEPT, will meet on Thursday
evening, March 5th at the fire
house. All members are urged
to attend, to hear reports on
the Pancake and Sausage
dinners.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
meets on Thursday evening,
March 5th in the new dining
room at Hosmer’s Diner. There
will be a guest speaker.’
CLUB NOTICES:
TUESDAY CLUB will hold a
dinner meeting on Monday,
March 2nd. at 6:30 p.m. in the
school cafeteria. Mr. G. L.
Erikson, from Cleveland, will
show colored movies taken on
his trip to Finland during the
Olympics.
CLIO CLUB will meet on
Tuesday afternoon, March 3rd.
Hostesses will be Stella White
and Anna Reidel. A review of
a religious book will be given
by Rhoda Nicol.
ADREM CLUB will meet
Monday evening, March 2nd, at
the home of Betty Pfenniger.
Co-hostess will be Jessie Chap
man. The program will be
Precious Stones, by Mae Fish.
Roll call will be Birthstones.
235!
There were 235 pancake-and
sausage dinners served on Sun
day, Feb. 22, at the Burton
fire house, according to Mrs.
Howard Vickroy, president of
the Auxiliary of the fire dept.
Last year, on the opening day,
about 80 dinners were served.
Statistically, this means that
not quite 3 times as many din
ners were served on opening
day this year as compared
last year.
Spiir.g Hoedown
Everybody swing at the Hee
down in the Spring! Come to
the Burton school auditorium
on Saturday, March 7th at 9:00
p.m. for an evening of round
and square dancing. Music will
be provided by the Orkettes,
with Audre Blair calling Un
sets. Dancing from 9:00 pin.
to midnight. The Sophomore
class will sell refreshments and
free coffee will be furnished
by the P. T. A. The Hoedown
is being sponsored by the Bur
ton P. T. A.
To Observe 82nd Birthday
Ina Taylor, of the Historical
Museum, will observe her 82nd
birthday on Monday, March
2nd. A family celebration will
be held the following Sunday.
Grass Fires
The Burton Volunteer Fire
Dept, was called to the Hissa
property on Huff ave. to extin
guish a grass fire on Monday
afternoon. Tuesday at 9:30 a m.
the Dept, was called to the
A. M. Miller Lumber Co. where
burning trash had ignited grass
nearby. However the fire was
put out before the fire Dept,
arrived.
World Day of Prayer
Claridon, Parkman and Bur
ton Congregational churches
held a meeting at the Burton
church in observances of World
Day of Prayer on Friday, Feb.
20th. Between 50 and 60 people
joine* together at 2:00 p.m. for
a Tea given by the Woman’s
Fellowship Group of the Bur
ton Congregational church, fol
lowed by a prepared program
composed of native women and
Christian Missionaries of Africa.
Music was provided by Mra
Earl Lewis, Mrs. Earl Miller,
Mrs. Frank Samuel, Mrs. Ken
neth Peterson and Mrs. Theron
Dean.
Thanks to Syrup Donors
The Auxiliary of the Burton
Volunteer Fire Dept, wishes to
thank Roy Coats and Frank
Davis for their donations of
syrup, and the Hopkins Mill,
Garrettsville, and Mrs. Paul
Clapacs of Midway Inn for their
donations of flour for the Pan
cake-and-sausage dinners being
served at the Burton Fire house.
Retail Merchants Meeting
The meeting of the Retal Mer
chants Division of the Burton
Chamber of Comfnerce, held
last Thursday evening, was
presided over by acting presi
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Chardon Public Library
108 S. Park St
Published weekly by Geauga Publisher*, inc. Enured
aa Second Claaa Matter at the Chardon Potoflice
To Present
Operetta
Next Week
A special matinee for the
grade school only, of the oper
etta, “The Mocking Bird,’’ will
be presented by the Glee Club
and dramatic Club of Chardon
high school on Thusrday, March
5, in the school auditorium.
The public performances are
scheduled for Friday and Satur
day, March 6 and 7, at 8:15 in
the school auditorium.
This year’s production will be
the fifth annual production for
the Glee Club, with music dir
ector Anna Dunn, directing all
five of them.
The glee club chorus has a
larger part in this year’s oper
etta than in any previous one,
Miss Dunn pointed out. The
chorus is divided into immi
grant girls, Spanish soldiers,
French gentlemen, pioneers, and
women of the community. Be
cause of this fact it was neces
sary to hold special rehearsals
for the chorus only during the
first part of this week.
Dewey Bond
Engaged to
Michigan Girl
CHESTER Mr. and Mrs.
Willis H. Collar of Mason,
Michigan, have announced the
engagement of their daughter,
Ruth, to A. Dewey Bond,
of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest
Bond of Chesterland, O,
He is a member of Gamma
Sigma Delta and the Phi Eta
Sigma honorary fraternities and
the Alpha Zeta fraternity of I
Cornell.
Aiene Hopkins
Died Saturday
W'
son
H.
of
Miss Collar, a graduate
Michigan State college, is
assistant teacher trainer in
Home Economics at Michigan
State. She is also studying to
wards her Master’s degree in
Home Economics.
an
the
Mr. Bond, an alumnus of
1 Ohio State university, received
his Master’s degree from Cor
nell university. He is a grad
uate research assistant at Michi
gan State college and is work
ing for his doctorate in the
field of agricultural economics.
Both expect td complete the I
requirements for their respec-1News l,v Mrs' Jun,or
tive degrees and will graduate To Hoid Lenten Services
June 7. The marriage is planned Lenten services will be held
to take place June 13 in the i st. Edwards church Wednes
Alumni .chapel at Michigan I dav and Fridav evenings during
State college.
nuniaounij Mrs. Aiene
Hopkins, wife of Seth Hopkins Friendship Circle News
HUNTSBURG Mrs. Aiene
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of Huntsburg, died at her home
I in Huntsburg, Saturday about 4
a m., as the result of a heart
condition.
She was brought to the Lara
way Funeral Home in Middle
field where services were held
Monday at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Don
ald Wilson, pastor of the Park
man Congregational church, of
ficiated and burial was made in
Parkman cemetery.
Mrs. Hopkins, daughter of
Dora and Philip Krebs, was
born in Auburn, May 12, 1894,
After her marriage to Seth Hop
kins she lived in Parkman for
several years. They moved to
Huntsburg in 1941 and Mrs. Hop
kins had charge of the Home
Telephone switchboard until the
dial system was inaugurated
about four years ago- Mr. Hop
kins is* employed as a lineman
by the Home Telephone Com
pany.
Mrs. Hopkins is survived by
her husband and two daughters,
Mrs. Dorothy Maxine Dolezdal
of Parkman and Mrs. Margaret
Speck of Huntsburg. There are
also three grandchildren.
Rotarians List
March Schedule
Schedule for Geauga Rotari
ans for March was announced
today by Robert J. Eppley, Jr.,
as follows:
March 4 Election of club
officers for 1953-54
Speaker: Rotarian
Clurg, executive of
Banking Company.
club year.
Dale Me
Middlefield
March 11 Subject: Crippled
Children. Speaker: Dr. Alton
Behm, Geauga County Coroner,
Rotarian.
March 18 St. Patrick s Day
party, meeting to be held with
Rotary Anns (wives) in new en
larged dining room at Hosmer’s
Restauiant in Burton.
March 25 Subject: Interna
tional Service. In charge of
meeting. Rotarian Norman Moss
of Chesterland. Special guests
of the Rotary Club at this meet
ing will be three Hiram College
students who are natives of Li
beria, Turkey, and Puerto Rico.
An open discusion forum will be
hel dwith the club members and
guests participating with the ob
jective of better understanding
of these countries and our own.
day and Friday evenings during
Lent.
Lenten lessons are being held
at the Congregational church
1 Monday evenings under the
leadership of Robert Hayes.
and
Lessons begin at 7:30 p.m.
all are invited.
the
The regular meeting of
Parkman Friendship Circle
held February 15. Six members
and one visitor, Robert Lowe,
were present when the meet
ing was
valentine
followed
speaking
was
called to order. Two
games were played
by a piece for choric
called “The Answer.’’
Newbury Wins County Basketball Tournament
p’:.
Up until the last quarter it was an exciting see-saw battle in the Geauga basketball tournament Saturday
night at Bainbridge but finally Newbury pulled through to victory over Middlefield by a score of 48 to 37.
In the Friday night games Middlefield was the dark horse that upset Burton while Newbury was leating West
Geauga. Both Newbury and Middlefield will participate in the regional tournament at Orange.
During the business meeting
the committees for the basket
ball game were appointed and
a committee appointed to look
into particulars for holding a
pancake supper sometime in
the future. Following the busi
ness meeting a tasty lunch was
served by Vernajean and Don
Wilson after which a round
table discussion was held.
Minuet at Mothers Club
A group of eight persons
demonstrated the minuet at the
last Mothers Club meeting Wed
nesday, February 18. As another
part of the program, a record
ing taken at Hiram College, a
forum discussion on “Why I
Like to Live in a Small Town’’
was heard. Persons present also
voiced opinion on the recording
and their own views on the
Welcomes Newcomers to Geauga County
A typical Welcome Wagon call was made by Mrs. Betsy S. Schrader, Hostess, last week
on Mrs. Robert Morse, R.D. No. 2, Chardon, with her children Ellen and David as very in
terested onlookers. The Morses are newcomers to the community, and while at .present
they are living here just on weekends, they plan to have the house completed sufficiently
to move in permanently before very long. Mrs.Morse received greetings and best wishes
from the churches, library, Chardon JayCees, and all of the civic and social welfare groups,
in addition to practical gifts from the 15 civic-minded merchants who are presently spon
sors of Welcome Wagon in Chardon and the surrounding area.. Mrs. Morse was both sur
prised and pleased at the gracious welcome given to the family, and David summed up
most children’s reactions to these calls when he said, “Gee, this is just like Christmas!”
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same subject. A Litany pre
pared by the committtee, was
another part of the program.
Twenty six members were
present and answered roll cal)
by giving the names of famous
men with birthdays in Feb
ruary.
Complete New Project
The men of the Friendship
Circle group hope at the time
of this printing to have com
pleted a worthwhile project.
They are painting the ceiling
in the church basement. And on
Wednesday evening hoped to
finish the work, so those who
attended the family night sup
per would enjoy the effect.
One Game Each
When the men of St. Ed
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both churches are cooperating.,
The schedule of services,
Fayne M. Gates. 63, son of
♦he late Elgie and Eugene Gates
of Chesterland, passed away
suddenly on Feb. 17, 1953, at
his home in Cuyahoga Falls, O
He was born in Geauga county
on Feb. 21, 1890
Services were held at the
McGowan Reid funeral home,
Feb. 19, with burial in Crown
Hill cemetery.
Julia Jureck
Rites Tuesday
The funeral for Julia Jurech,
68, who died Feb. 21 in Lakeside
hospital, was at Burr Funeral
Home in Chardon on Tuesday,
Feb. 24. The Rev. Charles
Strong officiated. Burial was in
Chardon cemetery.
She was born Sept. 8, 1884 in
Germany and had lived on
Washington street in Chardon
for 27 years- She had- broken
her hip and gone to Lakeside
I hospital about a week before
she died-
Nick, her husband, is her only
survivor. They had no children.
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K^urton *t0
Women’s Hospital Association
will hold open meeting Wednes
day March 4, at Burton school
cafeteria at 8:00 p.m.
Invitations have been ex
tended to the following groups:
Geauga Medical Society, Ge
auga Nurse Association, Geauga
County Hospital Board of Trus
tees, Geauga County Health
Board and Contributing Mem
bership Organizations. Any citi
zens interested are also invited.
Speaker will be Jay W. Collins
of Euclid-
zens lnt
Speaker
I Executive Director
Member of
Council, Mr.
about plan-
Glenville hospital.
Cleveland Hospital
Collins, will speak
ning and management of con
structing and operating a hos
pital such as the new Glenville
Teachers to
Campaign for
Better Schools
The Geauga Teachers Assoc
iation today are sponsoring the
showing of a free movie at
Geauga P. T.
organizational meetings show
ing their idea of educational
needs of Geauga and the state
of Ohio.
A. and other
The local group is working
in connection with the Ohio
Education association in sug
I gestions for school improvement.
Their movie deals with the
need for more aid for the
smaller schools, more aid for
the building and reconditioning
of schools allowing some areas
i to carry more debt for self
improvement a state depart
ment for consultation and uni
fying school construction a
minimum state-wide teacher’s
pay increasing state aid for
education of handicapped chil
dren more vocational training
and equipment and the crea
tion of a state board of educa
tion.
The members of the County
Committee for the presentation
are: Bill
school
school
Claridon
Montville school Blanche Rus-|
sell, West Geauga school Rich
ard Rhodes, Hambden school
Richard Florian, Newbury
school Mike Ucchino, Middle
field school Merle Glick, Au
burn school Vivian Starr, Au
burn school Harrison Tawney,
ten Services will be sponsored Bainbridge school Bettimae
during March by the Congre- Jones, West Geauga school,
gational Churches of Burton
and Claridon. This is a new'
venture in which lay people of
Bradley, Burton high
Alta Trask, Chardon
Jeannette Grosvenor,
school
school Frank Tucek,
Gets 30 Days for
Assault and Battery
which will be on successive Harry Venable. 37. of
Thursday n.ghts, at 8 o clock,, Water street if. jn the a
ls us follows: jail today as a result of a drunk-
Mar. 5 Claridon Church, en brawl last Friday night.
Rev. Kenneth G. Venable was first arrested by
Chardon police on a charge of
Speaker, Rev. Kenneth G.
Peterson.
Mar. 12
Speaker. Rev. Elmer J. Hostet
ler.
Burton Church, disturbing the peace and held in
Z. jail overnight. The following
morning he was fined $10 by
Mar. 19 Claridon Church, Mayor Donald C. Muchmore.
Speaker, Rev. J. Edward Lair,
Minister, IZ.2Z__2 Z—warrant
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tional Church, Cleveland. his wife on an assault and bat-
the
Former Chester Man
Died at Cuyahoga Falls
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Immediately following he was
Highland Congrega- arrested on a signed by
Mar. 26 Burton Church, tery charge. Justice Charles Hall
Speaker to be announced. fined him a hundred dollars and
Choirs of both churches will sentenced him to thirty days in
participate in the services. The The fine was suspended,
offerings will be forwarded
through regular church chan-j
nels for aid to victims of
recent flood in Holland.
Mrs. Pearl Beitel
Died Tuesday
Mrs. Pearl Sparks Bietel, 73.
died after an illness at 2:30 a.m.
in her home, 128 Fer
ris ave.
Tuesdayr
She had been a resident of
Chardon the past 11 years and
was bom in Tuscawaras, Ohio,
Oct. 20, 1879, and was a mem
ber of the Methodist church
In 1902 in Windsor. Canada.
Survivors are his wife. Ger- she married Harry Bietel, who
aldine, one son. Arthur R. two survives her with two daugh
grandsons two sisters, Mazie ters. Misses Reva and Pearl Bei
Shay of Painesville and Mrs. tel. both of Chardon.
Robert Painter of Chesterland.
One sister. Bessie Gates, is de
ceased.
Rites will be held at 2 p.m.,
Thursday in the Burr Funeral
Home. Burial will be in Crown
Hill Cemetery at Twinsburg.
Mrs. Ora Merwin
Died Tuesday
MIDDLEFIELD— Middlefield
friends regretted to hear of the
death of Mrs. Ora Merwin,
which occured at her home in
Garrettsville, Tuesday morning.
Funeral services were held at
the Mallory funeral home in
Garrettsville, Thursday at 1:30
p.m., with burial in East Clari
don cemetery.
Mrs. Merwin was Ora Turner,
and she spent her girlhood and
early married life in Middle
field. Her husband, Harry Mer
win, had an extensive poultry
business here. They moved to
Garrettsville about 20 years ago.
She is survived by her hus
band, Harry, one son, Harmon,
and two step-sons, Charles and
Clyde.
West Geauga
School Expense
Up $44,000
CHESTER—Expenditures for
West Geauga schools for 1953
will cost $44,000.00 more than
in 1952. according to their
appropriation resolution passed
at their February meeting. The
budget
penses
coming
of this
aries an increase of $22,540.
00 over last year.
sets up estimated ex
of $222,397.42 for the
fiscal year. $146,000.00
is earmarked for sal-
The board authorized the
purchase of a new school bus to
replace one of the present buses.
Office help in the school system
received a pay boost from $1.25
an hour to $1.50 an hour by
the school board and cafeteria
workers were -increased $1 a
day.
The board authorized an offer
for a clerk of the works on
the job of the new school
building at $400.00 a month.
New lockers have been or
dered for the high school and
plans are to redecorate and re
finish the high school auditor
ium under the supervision
Mr. Horton.
of
in
to
At the previous meeting
January, a motion carried 3
1 to hire additional help for
the high school office.
Car Rolls
Over on
Route 608
An automoile driven by Roy
Loper of Chardon went off the
road on 608 near the Middle
field golf course last Sunday,
rolled over and slightly injured
the four people riding in the car.
The car failed to negotiate the
curve in the road near the golf
course. Suffering bruises and lac
erations were Roy Loper,
Loper, Jean Wellman and
ert Wellman.
Ruth
Rob-
from
Drivers of automobiles
Warren and Cleveland
.. "alien ana cievt-iana cumaeacollided
head on and demolished both
cars on U. S. Route 422 near
Snyder Road in Bainbridge Sun
day evening. But passengers in
both cars escaped without in
jury. The driver of the Cleve
land car said he came up behjnd
a car i
forced to swing over onto
other side of the road.
ar saia ne came up oeninct
without lights and was
the
col­
Two cars from Cleveland
lided Sunday at the interesec
tion of
Sunday
damage
U. S. 422 in Parkman
afternoon with slight
to both cars.
Florence Vaupel
Died Monday
MIDDLEFIELD Mrs. Flor
ence Vaupel died at the Soldiers
& Sailors Home in Madison, O.,
Monday morning.
Her body was brought to the
Laraway funeral home in Mid
dlefield where it remained until
Wednesday, when it-was taken
to the Woodland cemetery in
Cleveland where graveside ser
vices were held at 2:30 p.m.
Mrs. Vaupel's maiden name
was Florence Irvine. She was
bom in Cleveland July 18, 1875.
She spent many years in Bur
ton. jvhere she made her home
with the late Esther Baird. She
had been in Madison Home sev
eral years-
She is survived by one brother,
Oliver Irvine, of Wakefield, R.
I., and two sisters, Dora of
Springfield, Mo., and Mrs. Ger
trude Williams of Gulfport, Fla.
Flu Doesn't Stop
Trade School Students
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Trade and Industry students
of Chardon high school’s Diver
sified Cooperative Program did
not experience a week's vaca
tion as
school.
did the students of the
members of the class
at their training sta-
Nine
worked
tions last week.This represented
training on their respective jobs
plus individual earning of
$301.98
FORMER RESIDENT WINS
CONTEST
HAMBDEN Mary Edith
Lebok. a former student of
Chardon high school and former
resident of Hambden appeared
Monday evening on television
in the final tryouts for the
winner of a contest to. choose
the best Shakespearian actress
from the dramatic clubs of
'Cleveland high schools.
She appeared with two other
finalists in the contest and the
three girls played a scene from
one of Shakespeare’s works.
Mary Edith Lebok was chosen
the winner and presented with
a trophy
for this achievement,
the daughter of Mr.
Ray Lebok, now of
She is
and Mrs.
Euclid.