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Men in Service
SAN DIEGO, Calif. Serv
ing in the submarine USS Ham
merhead is Lloyd E. Burnett,
fireman, USN, son of Mrs. Nina
E. Burnett of 461 North Hamb-
den st., Chardon, Ohio.
A unit of the U. S. Pacific
Fleet, the Hammerhead is help
ing to train the Navy’s anti
submarine vessels to protect
our shores against any possible
fFenemy submarine attacks.
The Hammerhead acts as a
“tame” submarine and attempts
to escape while destroyers and
destroyer escorts search
contact, and attack her,
various types of exercise
^/submarine weapons.
these
The crew listens for
attacks and evaluates them so
that the surface ships may cor
rect their slight deficiencies. On
some occasions, the Hammer
head becomes the attacker and
^firing exercise torpedoes,
tempts to hit the
surface craft.
at-
attacking
Richard’s
15441087.
Pvt. Harley John
new address is A.
Prov. Co.-303, A.P.O -613, c-o P.
M., SanFrancisco, Calif.
Jack Minman, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Miuman, having com
pleted his service in the army,
received his discharge last w’eek
and is now a civilian. He spent
several months in France
Germany being with the
force engineers.
and
air­
Let Contract
for School
at Newbury
NEWBURY Mr. Uno Urpi,
superintendent of Newbury
schools, announces today the
letting of $106,392 in contracts
VBr the new school building.
Construction for the new
schol is scheduled to start im
mediately and it is hoped that
the building will be completed
in time for the opening of
school in the fall.
A The plan includes six class
’rooms and alternate for office,
library and a music room.
Junior W. Everhard of Cleve
land is the architect.
The general contract which
amounts to $83,600 has been
given to the Hamann Construc
tion Company of Cleveland.
The Standard Electric Co., of
Cleveland has received the elec
trical contract for $5,130 and
the contract for plumbing and
heating amounting to $17,662
was awarded the Miller Plumb
jig and Heating of Chagrin
iRalls.
Plan Party on
Parents Anniversary
The event will be at the Wil
iams home in Aurora and
will be at home to receive
friends and relatives from
4 in the afternoon and 7
in the evening.
Newbury Cellist
Honored for Solo
they
their
2 to
to
NEWBURY Larry Carpen
ter received the highest rating
given for a cello solo at the
Northeastern Ohio district five
contest held at the Youngstown
jffilege on Saturday, Mar. 7th.
Larry plays cello in the New
bury School Symphony Orches
tra and also the Chagrin Valley
Symphony Orchestra.
4. Plan Church Supper
HAMBDEN The True Blue
Class will serve supper at
the Hambden Congregational
church, Wednesday, Mar.
from 5 o’clock on.
ACCIDENTS
“WES*?St.*rkr•
Published weekly by Geauga Publiahera, Inc. Entered
as Second Claw Matter at the Chardon Poatoffice.
45 Join
Fire Dept,
at Munson
for,
using
anti-
Auto Hits Bull
on Route 322
9
un-
Friday the 13th was an
lucky day for Kenneth Spen
cer, 31, of Kile Rd., Montville,
and Emil Ratkovich of Cleve
land.
^iheir cars collided in front
of the Suchdale restaurant in
Montville on Route 6. The
sheriff’s office was called. They
arrested Spencer for reckless
driving and Ratkovich for not
having a driver’s license. Jus
tice Charles Hall fined Spen
cer $100 and costs and Ra^ko
vich paid a ten dollar fine.
A car operated by Lynn M.
Shotts, 20, of Chardon, was
damaged when hit by an auto
dpt didn’t stop at 7:10 p.m.
Sunday on Route 6, two miles
west of «Chardon, the sheriff’s
department reported.
of the auto
M. Hender
Rd., Chester.
Entire left side
driven by Homer
son, 64, Mulberry
smashed, and a fender and
door of the car operated by
Nick Stark, 49, D. 1, Char
don, were damaged in a Collis
ion on Route 322, west of Route
306, at 9:55.a.m. last Monday.
operated by
SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE
first
Last Monday night the
formal meeting of the newly
incorporated Volunteer Fire
Department of Munson was
held at Fowler’s Mills. Under
the temporary chairmanship of
Mr. Frank Cary, forty five
men of Munson met to elect
the following Trustees for the
Department: William W. Matth
ews, 1 year Jim Parks, 2
years J. H. R. Jenson, 3 years
Art Dade, 4 years and Frank
Carey, 5 years.
Other questions as to the re
sponsibilites and qualifications
of active and associate mem
bers, proposed meeting nights,
training periods and public re
lations were discussed in a
“floor” discussion. The tempor
ary limit of 35 active members
was increased to 40 because of
the large enrollment for active
firemen however, all men of
Munson were requested to ap
ply for membership, active or
associate, by contacting one of
the above mentioned Trustees.
It was also requested that any
questions on the part of the
residents of Munson regarding
the future activities, the de
mands of this Department, and
its future plans and responsibil
ities be referred to one or all
of the Trustees for a prompt
reply and clarification.
Future meetings and inten
tions of the Department will
be announced through our local
newspaper and by mail to its
members.
Darylene Denning
Rites Friday
AQUILLA Mrs. Darlyene
G. Denning, 30, died after an
illness last Friday at her home
in Aquilla Village. She was
born in Andover and had re
sided here the last two years.
She was a member of Char
Pilgrim Christian church,
the P. T. A. in Cleveland.
was a
don
and
She
the
Conneaut.
former member of
Lutheran church at
Finnish
are her husband,
Surviving
of
of
Mrs. Kenneth Williams
Newbury and Harold Miller
Ashtabula are honoring their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
Williams. March 29, which is
their golden wedding anniver
sary, with an open house.
Vincent, two sons, Richard, 10,
and Robert, 6, her mother,
Mrs. A. F. Coles, of Cleveland,
father, Mathew Naskali of Wil
liamsfield, and a sister, Mrs.
George Wagner of Cleveland.
Rites were held at 2 p.in.
Monday in the Burr Funeral
Home, the Rev. Charles Strong,
pastor of Pilgrim Christian
church officiating. Burial
in Chardon cemetery.
MUNSON The auto driven
by Frank J. Mlcoch, 28, R. D.
2, Chardon, hit a bull owned
by Stanley Klatka on Route
322 a short distance .east of
Fowler’s Mills at 7:15 p.m., Fri
day, according to the sheriff’s
department.
officers that the
was injured, was
highway at the
car swerved into
Mlcoch told
animal, which
crossing the
time. Mlcoch’s
a newspaper box and was badly
damaged.
Five from Geauga
Enter Service
25,
young
Five Geauga county
men were inducted into mili
tary service froiy the Geauga
Selective Service Board in
Selective Service Board
Cleveland March 5.
They are Robert Bishop May,
Bainbridge Donald Charles
Messer, Chesterland Joe A.
Weaver, Claridon Ralph Ed
ward Jicha, Newbury Fred
erick Bruce Weikart. Newbury.
Chardon Band to Play
on Radio Program
The Chardon high school
band under the direction of Mr.
Fred Austin, will be heard over
radio station WICA, Ashtabula,
at 2:05 on Sunday, March 22.
The band* will play marches,
overtures, and other selections.
DRUNK DRIVER HELD
John W. Murphy, 38, 117
Tilden avenue, Chardon, is in
the county jail today on charges
of being in physical control of
an automobile while intoxicated.
Have You Met?
Mr .and Mrs. Lawrence
Vollman who have recently
moved to Chardon from
Cleveland and are now living
at 234 East King street?
Mr. Vollman is a gage
maker at Tapco’s Euclid plant
in Euclid. They have three
small children—a girl three
years old a two year
old boy—and a year-old baby
girl.
_____
Former Chardonites
Injured in Accident
services were held
Mar. 12, in Shreve,
Wade Alfcman, who
in an automobile ac-
Funeral
Thursday,
Ohio, for
was killed
cident.
his wife, Betsy Ann,
He and
daughter of Mr .and Mrs. C.
A. Basquin of Big Prairie, and
granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Basquin of Chardon, were
struck by an oncoming car
while on a vacation trip to
Oklahoma.
Mrs. Alleman was seirously in
jered but is now able to be at
her home with their three
dren in Big Prairie.
Hit Skip
Kills Man
on 422
chil-
BAINBRIDGE Victim of a
hit-skip automobile driver, ac
cording to the sheriff’s depart
ment, Andrew Zak, 68, was
killed as he was walking on
Route 422 about 300 feet
of Route 306
day.
from Store
was
west
Fri-
at 9:40 pm.
man
maintenance
hospital, Chagrin
Mr. Zak, a
at Windsor
Falls, was residing with his
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Max Bolesa. The fatal
ity occurred in front of his
home in Bainbridge.
The body was discovered just
off the highway by James
Stinchcomb of Burton, who was
driving his car on the highway.
Mr. Zak was dead on arrival at
St. Luke’s hospital, Cleveland.
The body was taken to the
Dingman Funeral Home in Bur
ton.
Mr. Zak’s death brings to 10
the number of traffic fatalities
in Geauga county since Jan. 1.
Arrest Two
for Thefts
youths
Two Painesville
i charged with taking two jackets
and other clothing from the
Hummel Dry Goods Store have
been placed on probation and
a detention sentence suspended
by juvenile court.
Carl Hummell, store owner,
who had been out of his place
of business, on returning noticed
the jackets missing and asked
a clerk if they had been sold,
She replied they had not but
recalled that two youths had
just left the store.
Hummel saw the boys cross
ing from the park to Main st.
and ran out of the store after
them. Chief of Police John
Bohl and Sgt. Walter Bookman
were close by on Main st. and,
hailed by Mr. Hummell, the
three took the youths into cus
tody.
Police said the missing goods
were in their possession.
Auto Hits Deer
East of Chardon
hit
Norman Cook of Windsor
a deer early Tuesdty morning
on Route 6 about three miles
east of Chardon.
The front end of Cook’s auto
mobile was badly damaged ac
cording to the report from the
sheriff’s office.
South Hambden
News by Mrs. H. S. Woodin
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Siska
and some other relatives spent
Wednesday, March 11, with Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Pokorny celebrat
ing Tommy Pokorny’s first
birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ward McDon
ald visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Pokorny Sunday afternon.
Mr. and Mrs. John Brindo
and family visited, friends in
Akron Sunday.
Billy Woodin and Don Caruso
went with some of their class
mates and Mr. Rhodes to a
hockey game in Cleveland, Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Boer
winkle and Mrs. Jack Ver
hunce and children were Sun
day visitors with Mr. and Mrs.
Don Hagen of Chagrin Falls.
Mrs. Sarri, Mrs. Henry Boer
winkle, Mrs. James Wingard
and Don Bartlett canvassed for
the Red Cross last week.
Mr. and Mrs. James Wingard
spent one day last week visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Frink and her sister. ?4ss
Gertrude Lineinger in Madison.
Friday afternoon Mrs. Will
iam Landon of Hambden visited
at Mrs. M. Woodin and Mrs.
Rodney Roberts spent a few
days with Mrs. Merritt Woodin
the past week. Mrs. Merritt
Woodin is feeling much better.
Mrs. Jennie Woodin visited
Mrs. Merritt Woodin and Gayle
and Mrs. H. S. Woodin and
Seymour, Monday.
CHARDON, GEAUGA COUNTY, OHlot THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1953
Top ranking student in the recent
county-wide scholarship te^ts was Mer
ton Beckwith of Munson, a senior in
Chardon high school.
Merton is president of the student
body of Chardon high,
honorable mention in
all-star football team,
man of the projection staff the first
semester this year and had a major
part in the senior play. Merton has
been accepted at John Carroll Universi
ty for entrance this fall.
RONALD WALSH
Second place among Chardon
seniors and third in the county
was won by Ronald E. Walsh.
Ronald is captain of the football
team and is all star western re
serve guard. He is chief justice
of the student court and last
semester was president of the
national honorary society. Ron
ald had a leading part in the
junior play last year and also
the senior play this year, plus a
major part in the operetta. He
iis also vce president of the Hi
Y and member of the Varsity
club. Ronald placed first in the
Geauga county government tests
this year.
Plan Old Timers Party
for Geauga Maple Festival
The Maple Festival Old Tim
ers party of last year was so suc
cessful that plans are in prepa
ation for another such party to
be held the first day of the festi
val, Friday, April 10, 1953.
A committee, headed by Mrs.
A. B. Carlson, is arranging a
program of various kinds of mu
sic, interesting talks and the
awarding of several prizes
There will be a gift for each
Old Timer.
The party will again be held
at the Chardon Methodist church
and the ladies of the church will
serve a dinner for the Old Tim
ers at noon, price $1.50.
Registration will be at 10 a.m.,
and any person of Northeastern
Ohio who will be 65 years of
age by April 10, 1953, is consid
ered an Old Timer and eligible
to attend.
The only charge connected
with the party will be the cost
of the dinner ticket, as the gifts,
prizes and other expenses will
be paid for by the Geauga Rec-
GEAUGA RECORDLIBRARYPUBLICCHARDON.
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Chardon Students High in Scholarship Tests
He rated an
western reserve
He was chair-
MERTON BECKWITH
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CAROL HOURIET TERRY PERKINS CLARISSE KRUM
Third place among Chardon
students was won by Carol Re
nee Houriet of Chardon. Carol
is vice president of the honor
society and the Girls’ Athletic
Association. She had a major
part in the senior play. She is
a member of the Y-Teens, is art
editor of the year book and
plans to enter Hiram college this
fall.
Terry Perkins, who placed
fourth among Chardon students
is treasurer of the student body,
member of the Honor Society,
the Dramatic club, editor of the
is again sponsoring
ord. which
this event.
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Address
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year book, wa§ editor of the
school paper his junior year. He
appeared in both junior and sen
ior class plays and operettas. He
plans to enter Ohio University
and major in journalism.
Clarisse Lavonne Krum plac
ed fifth in the Chardon group.
She is president of the Y-Teens.
a member of the honor society
and the Girls’ Athletic Associa
tion, the Dramatic club. She is
president of the Future Teach
ers group. Clarisse plans to en
ter nurses ’training at St. Luke’s
hospita lafter graduation.
Dies Suddenly from
Heart Attack
Ralph MacDonald. 27, died
suddenly last week from a
heart attack vSi ile visiting a
sister in Akron. He was the
husband of the*former Phyllis
Bosworth of Chardon. They
were recently married in Char
don.
Mr. MacDonald wad the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Mac
Donald of Akron.
He was buried Thursday in
Akron with a military service.
Geauga County Maple Festival
OLD TIMERS RESERVATION CARD
dinner tickets for
Vi’io AoT“deto °h‘° Single Copies 10c Volume 105 Number 12
County Nurses to Meet
Thursday, March 26th
The Geauga County Nurses
Association will meet Thurs
day Mar. 26, at 8 p.m. The new
meeting place is the Geauga
County Cancer Society rooms
on Main st., in Chardon. The
speaker will be Miss Nolan,
supervisor in charge of school
nursing in Cuyahoga county.
Her topic will be “Technique
and Management of Children
in Schools.” Please contact
your nurse friends and try
attend.
all
to
Firemen
Plan Auction
at Montville
are
MONTVILLE Plans
rolling for the Second Annual
Montville Firemen's Auction,
which will be held at Montville
schopl, Friday evening. April
17th.
Montville firemen suggest,
that with Spring houseclean ng
time here, there will be many
articles in attics, basements and
barns, for which householders
have no further use. These may
be just the items others are
looking for and need. So, it is
requested that these articles,
which you no longer need, be
donated to the Montville Fire
men’s Auction. Members of the
fire dapartment will make a
house-to-house campaign from
April 11th through April 16th,
to pick them up. Anything will
be gladly received: used furni
ture, garden needs, farm tools,
appliances, etc. A phone call to
Montville 3532 (Charles Legg
ett, fire chief) or Montville
3484 (Lester Skinner), will
bring a truck to your home to
pick up your donations.
The auction will, again this
year, be called by Joseph
Svec,
whose fine work in this capa
city at last year’s sale is still
remembered by the hundreds
who attended the 1952 auction.
Members of the Advertising
and Publicity committee met
Tuesday at the Montville fire
house, to organize plans for the
auction. Attending were Albert
Rabatin, Lester Skinner, Will
iam Leslein, Charles Leggett,
Robert Scheller and Pauline
Haney. The Ladies Auxiliary
will sell refreshments during
the sale.
Bullets Fired
at Tavern
Near Chardon
Six bullets were fired from,
a revolver early Sunday into
the Chardon Springs restaurant
Mrs. Nemec
depredation on
morning. She said one bullet
fell on the window sill after
going through the glass.
The sheriff’s department
investigating.
Plan Examination for
Huntsburg Man
cn
HUNTSBURG Charged
two counts with assaulting Mary
Dudas and aiming a firearm
at her,, John Dudas of Hunts
burg was brought into Common
Pleas Court on an information
filed by Prosecuting Attorney
James Dinsmore.
Dudas pleaded guilty before
Common Pleas Judge
Richmond, who stayed
tion of sentence and
Dudas to be examined
Cleveland Psychiatric Clinic un
der supervision of the county
welfare department.
Harold
imposi
ordered
at the
Have You Met?
Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Fickus.
who have recently moved
from Cleveland to Fowler’s
Mills? With their family of
four, they have recently
moved into the second house
north of the mill. Mr. Fickus
is employed at the Eaton Mfg.
Co. in Cleveland. Their fam
ily includes sons who are 22
and 15 and two girls who
are 12 and 8 years old.
Chardon School
Budget Set at
$309,330
Chardon Board of Education
recently approved appropria
tions totaling $309,330.71 for
operation of Chardon Public
schools during 1953. Appropria
tions for last year were $262,
840.20.
Administration salaries
amount to $15,925 salaries for
teachers are $179,325 co-ordin
ate duties such as medical in
spection and nurses, S948 aux
iliary agencies salaries, em
ployes for transportation of
pupils, $5,600.
Operation of school plant,
$18,000 salaries for mainten
ance, $2,000 special salaries,
lectures, $200 supplies, $24,850.
Materials for maintenance of
buildings, grounds, $4,000 eq
uipment and furniture, $1,000
motor vehicles for transporta
tion of pupils, $2,000 driver
training, $250 total $7,250.
Equipment replacements, $4,
600 repairs to school buildings,
$2,000 motor vehicles, $2,000
educational equipment, $600
water, $300 electricity, $5,000
telephone, $650 transportation,
$7,000 tuition paid other dis
tricts, $50 advertising, $75
hauling, $1,000 employes ex
pense attending professional
meetings, $500 contracts and
open order services, $500.
Fixed charges and contribu
tions, $4,250 capital outlay, im
provement of sites, $1,000
landscaping and playgrounds,
$1,000 equipment new school
buildings. $10,000 old buildings,
$7,107.71 motor vehicles, $6,
500 emergencies, $1,100.
PARKMAN
News Briefs
Mr. Wally Nelson was a
weekend guest in the home of
Rev. Philip Mayer.
Those persons cf the Order
of the Eastern Star planning
to attend Grand Chapter this
year should contact the Wor
thy Matron at- once.
Our sympathy is extended
to Robert Hayes whose older
brother passed away last Sat
urday morning.
Mrs. DonaldtBlair and daugh
ter, Kathy, ‘were in Cleveland
Saturday along with Mrs. Layne
McCutchedn -and daughter,
Donna of Middlefield.
Holds Regular Meeting
Members of Phoenix
ter 329 O. E. S., held then
I regular meeting Tuesday even
ing, March 10th. Worthy Ma
tron Cathryn Moore presided ir
the East wjth Junior Komandt
Cfiap-
Assoc. Patron assisting. A mem
ber of Edstis Chapter 19
Eustis, Florida, was welcomed I
by the Worthy Matron.
During the business meeting
and ’tavern" building o'n'Voute kVOt^ t0 c0"tnl’utj
TA 4A A
6, west of Chardon.
Two windows were broken in
the apartment, connected with
the restaurant building, occu
pied by the owners, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Nemec. The other
four bullets chipped the con
crete wall of the building. The
windows ewere
room.
$5.00 to the American Red
Cross. A committee was ap?
pointed to sort material in the
preparation room belonging '6
the Chapter. This would hel$
the committee which is to seT
cure cupboards for the roont
Meeting closed in usual manner.
in the living jThe "ex.1 .*« anl
nounced to be obligation night
discovered the and al1 are attend.
arising Sunday Group offieer5
The Youth group for dfeventb
and eighth grades held the el
ection of officers at their last
No one seems to have heard meeting, with this result: Presi
de shots. Mrs. Nemec said this dent, Mary Reynolds vice.
probably is accounted for by the president, June Dean secretary
fact that the orchestra in the Lorene Pace and treasurer, San
restaurant was playing at the dra Guthrie The group voted
to pay 25 cents annual dues.
time.
The Nemecs can assign no The next meeting will be Fri
reason for the shooting. They day evening,
had retired at the time.
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8:00 p.m., to be held at the
‘church. «,.y,
is
Has Guest Speaker
Parkman Congregational Sun
day school was privileged to
have as guest speaker Mr.
Wally Nelson, who is working
with CORE (the Congress of
Racial Equality). Mr Nelson
spoke to the Sunday school on
Brotherhood in language under
stood by the children. Many
good points were brought out
in his talk about brotherhood.
Jr. Girls Visit Cleveland
The Junior Girls Class of
the Congregational church plan
to visit several churches and a
synagogue in Cleveland. Addi
tional transportation will be
needed and anyone who can
aid may do so by contacting the
teacher. Mrs. Ann Ward.
To Hold Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the
Plymouth Rock Association will
be held in our church on Sun
day, April 19th. The theme of
the session is to be the Church
and Family Life. Please plan to
attend.
Choir Discontinues Practice
Due to the lack of interest
in the Senior choir it has been
decided to discontinue practice
on Wednesday evening for the
present time.