Geauga record. [volume], November 02, 1961, Image 1

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Qoblinsand Witches Roam Chardon
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Seth Slomski, pictured above as the statue of liberty, won first place a
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Mark Coley, hiding behind the mask above, was selected the “most gro
tesque” among the preschoolers at Chardon Monday night.
Chester Gals Are ‘Can Can’ Dancers
CHESTER Daisy New
ton and Marilyn Smith will be
two of the glamorous seven
can-can girls when the cur
tain goes up next week on the
Gates Mills Players produc-
tion of “Lilym the Drunk
ard’s Daughter”. The show
will be presented in the Gates
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and Sunday, Nov. 10, 11
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Saturday, Nov. 17 and 18.
Also in the cast will be Rob
ert Holmes of Chester
portrays the character
“bar ftly.”
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Goblins, witches, ghosts and
various supernatural creatur
es roamed Chardon streets
Monday night, circled around
on the village bandstand to be
judged and then lined up for
treats of doughnuts and
er.
Susan Shiffler won first in
the 1-2 and 3d grade class as
the most original Jamie Ann
Illersick won the funniest and
Terry Goulder won the most
grotesque.
Gail a e k e and Kathy
Stonecipher won most origin
al in the 4-5 and 6th grade.
Don Hogan won as the funni
est and Roger Morris won the
most grotesque.
Caroll Wolfe won most or
iginal in the 7-8-9th grade
class. Milse Hrisko won the
funniest and Delores McKee
won the most grotesque.
Katherine Valko’s picture
of a horn of plenty spilling out
fall fruit on the window of
Bostwick’s Paint store won
first place for the Halloween
decorations of Main Street
store windows.
Cheryl Nock won second for
her picture on Wettstein’s
window and Janice Jacobs
won 3rd for her picture on the
west window of the Chardon
Savings Bank. Mark Krause
was given an honorable men
tion for his picture on H. and
Supply window.
Elementary school winners
were Lee Zapatka, 1st Bar
bara Hill, 2d Joann Novak.
3d honorable mention went
to: Tom
tek Marc
son, and
Haueter, Jack Pen
Burr, Dorothy John
Judy Leamon.
were Mr. and Mrs.
Judges
show.
Jaycettes
Meet at
O’Neil Home
Chardon Jaycettes held
their annual meeting at the
home of Lois O'Neil, Chardon
The Ways and Means Com
mittee reported that from
their rummage sale they
cleared $117.10 which will be
turned over to the Chardon
District Park Fund.
The Jaycettes will also be
selling hot dogs and coffee
for the Jaycees who are hold
ing their Turkey Shoot at Bes
tones on route
Chardon.
44 south of
Dandalides,
evening,
Mrs. George
speaker for the
spoke on the “School Bond Is
sue”. Co hostesses for re
freshments were Jo Ann Im
mke and Nancy Ebbinghaus.
Debbie Ash
Entertains
at Hay Ride
Patti Rei
McAruther
Randy Darling,
minder, Emerson
Joan Jomerson, Kathy Love.
Dan Weber, Roger Bostwick,
Jackie Hummel, Barb Bredi
ger, Paula Ashman, Karen
Peine, Ross Newton. Erie
Jones, Cheryl Ash. Robert
Govern, James Stapple, Rob
ert Koritansky.
Organize JayCee Chapter
in West Geauga
CHESTER The West Ge
auga Junior Chamber of Com
merce, an extension chapter
of the Burton Junior Cham
ber of Commerce, held its
fourth organizational meeting
on Wednesday, Oct. 25, at the
Russell Town Hall.
The purpose of the meeting
was to elect the Charter of
ficers of the Chapter. After
nominations and speeches by
the various candidates the
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Bank
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Some of the characters
pictured alongside on this
page.
Among the pre schoolers
Seth Slumski won first for the
most original costume. Diane
Cook won first for the funniest
and Mark Cooley won as the
m/ost grotesque.
Executive
Directors of the Geauga
County National Bank of
Chardon at their
meeting made several chang
es in the bank’s executive of
ficers.
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October
James M. Killpack, who
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S. K. LEATHERS
Carl Brinkman and Burr Ab
bott. Robert VanVliet wa$
chairman of the Chamber of ecutivc vice president^ and
Commerce Halloween
mittee who sponsored the art the general operation of the
has been president of the
bank since its organization
and
1960,
and
chairman of the board, was
elected to succeed him. Mr.
Killpack was then
Board Chairman to
Mr. Chapman. At the same percent the first year to the
time. S. K. Leathers, cashier eost °f the proposed building,
of the American Bank, Port because of rising building
Clinton, Ohio, was elected ex-, costs.
"I “The problem of eroding is
com- will take over immediately here today. We need to pro
vide for at least an additional
100 students in the high school
next September. We will need
i four or more additional calss
rooms which will have to be
cial Bank and Savings" Co., Provided in ^temporary quart-
opening on January 2,
resigned as president,
Newton B. Chapman,
bank.
Mr. Leathers has had eigh-1
teen years banking exper
ience, first with the Commer-J|
Fostoria, Ohio, and since1
February of 1953, with The
American Bank. Port Clinton.
He was born on a farm near
Van Buren, Ohio, and gradu
ated from Van Buren High
He has been active in local
civic affairs as treasurer of
the Ottawa County Heart
Fund Drive and Boy Scout
Fund Drive. He was manager
of a little league ball team
for the past three years and
an active participant in the
Elks Bowling league. He and
his wife and four children
will move to Chardon from
Port Clinton as soon as they
find suitable accommoda
tions.
of
Debbie Ash daughter
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ash,
Claridon Rd., had a hay ride
for a group of school friends
in October. After the hayride
there was dancing and re
freshments. Those
ed were:
who attend
Mr. Killpack, because of
other business interests, will
retire from active participa
tion in the operation of
bank but will continue on
Board of Directors and
chairman of the board.
CHARDON, OHIO THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1961 OUR 113th YEAR NUMBER 44
School Disputes Scheele
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ers until additional rooms are
built. This condition will get
worse every year if we do not
start our building program
now.
“In the opinion of the Kent
school. He served in the U?S State University Survey team
Air Corps in World War II of five educational experts, a
for four years and returned concentration of rooms in a
to banking after his discharge new’ junior high plant wrould
in 1946. He is a member of be preferable to a shotgun
the Masonic Lodge, B.P.O.E., approach building program
Colonial club. Kiwanis club, advocated by Scheele. This
of which he has been a dir- committee was charged on
ector for three years, and the September 30.
Catawba island Chamber of
Commerce and Port Clinton
Chamber of Commerce.
three initial problems having
to do with our building pro
gram, with special attention
given to the junior high prob
lem. Mr. Scheele was then a
member of the board.
“Board members also veto
ed the remodeling plan be
cause the State Department
Education does not approve
the Park Avenue site and can
not be expected to accredit a
junior high built there.
“If the Park buildings were
pressed into use a year from
September, the rooms in the
three uptown buildings w’ould
be overcrowded with the pre-
Mr. Leathers’ broad bank
ing experience should permit sent student enrollment in el
him to carry on the work so ementary and junior high
ably begun by Mr. Killpack,
and continue to give to the
customers of the bank the
service and assistance to
w’hich they have been accus
tomed.
classes who will then be en
rolled in the junior high
school. All grades, from now
on, will have more than 200
students each.
“Expansion at the 88 acre
site picked for the board-pro
posed building will provide
space for
when
tion can be expected upon
completion of the base pro
ject.
“Both State Department of
Education and County School
Superintendent Frank R. Sch
ofield have endorsed the
board’s plan.
“The Kent Survey Team
definitely stated that rooms
in both the Park elementary
building and the present jun
ior high are obsolete or inad
equate for an acceptable jun
ior high program.
"The Scheele plan has nev
er presented any professional
educator’s endorsement.
“By putting available
money in a new’ building, we
will have more efficient
teaching facilities rather than
make shift, sub standard
rooms in a 50-year old build
ing and one designed specif
ically for elementary classes.
We feel an efficient class
room setup will encourage
the excellent teachers now on
our staff to stay, as well as
the
the
as
Mr. Chapman, w’ho was one
of the original organizers of
the bank and has given much
of his time to its operation
and growth, will fill the posi
tion of Chief Executive Of
ficer.
following men were elected:
T. Gorman, president J. Fox,
1st vice-president Forres
2nd vice-president H. Palm
er. Secretary Tinge, trea
surer R. Wantz, J.McGarr,
R. Wilhselm. and M. Schrems
directors. The president then
appointed S. Hoffman to the
post of State Director. These
men will hold office until el
ections in May as set forth in
Continued on page 6
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Says His Plan Is
Only a Stop-Gap
Chardon school board this week answered the
charges of former school board president William
Scheele that Chardon did not need a new junior high
school building.
In a prepared statement the school board said:
“The alternate plan propos
ed by William Scheele was
considered more than once
and turned down by the Char
don School Board after care
ful study indicated his tem
porary stop gap measures
would cost just as much over
the next ten years as the
Board’s integrated plan. The
entire board of education
iDond Williams, President
Richard Woollams, Vice Pre
sident Mrs. Helen Macdon
ald. Mrs. Shirley Werner and
Dr. Alan Cragg) have met
with Ira Canfield, local sup
erintendent, and all agree to
and support the following
statements.
“No matter what plan is
followed, space must be made
available for an additional 1.
000 children by 1970. To meet
the projected enrollment for
1970. a total of 40 additional
rooms at 25 pupils per room
will be needed. Mr. Scheele’s
plan will take the same num
ber of bond issues and dollars
no matter how you cut the
pie. The longer we delay a
permanent building program,
the more it will cost the tax
payers. The delaying tactics
elected used by Scheele, if success
succeed ful, W^1 add approximately 10
future additions
necessary. Accredita-
LETTERS
to the Editor regarding
the Chardon School Issue
appear on Page 4 of this
paper.
attract more to our system.
Teachers in the Chardon sys
tem, particularly the junior
high staff, agree the new
building is badly needed.
“Contrary to Scheele’s in
ference that Chardon School
pupils are under-achieving,
Chardon has had more schol
ars on the National Merit list
this year than all other
schools in Lake and Geauga
Counties combined. Four out
of the six winners in both
counties w*ere from Chardon
schools.
“In the Ohio Senior Schol
arship tests in 1961, Chardon
pupils rated first in English
and history and second in
math in the Geauga County
schools.
“Scheele prefers to ignore
the fact that in the past eight
months since the Kent Sur
vey was completed, most of
the recommendations for im
provement have been carried
out. As examples library
books have been added, light
ing has been improved, paint
ing has been done, better
trained teachers have been
hired, where necessary, and
ability grouping is prevalent
from 7th grade up.
“Chardon School Board
members take pride in the
system, in their teachers and
in the accomplishments of
their students. They appreci
ate the confiedence of the tax
payers in the past, enabling
us to advance to our present
school program. They are
confident the plans presented
this year will merit continu
ed support.”
Presented by Ira Canfield.
List Honor
Students at
Newbury
1960, with,
NEWBURY According to
Mr. R. R. Hadfield, principal
of the Newbury High school,
the following list of students
have made the first six week
honor roll:
12th grade highest honors
go to Henry Povolny, honor
roll Marilyn Bizyak. Gerald
Brezina, Ray Rogaliner. Lar
ry Stilke, Darlene Williams.
Honorable mention goes to
Kay Blair and Barbara Vins.
11th grade Highest honors
go to Judy Hanish and Fred
eric Kleve, honor roll Dan
iel Ogden. Michael Prots,
Kathy Reimers. Joann To
may. honorable mention goes
to Wayne Frohring. Barbara
Mental.
10th grade honor roll
Ronald Baxter. Carolyn Berg
hauser, Jeanne Blair.. Doug
las Carpenter. Joseph D'Ami
co, Patricia Gallagher. Kar
en Herwig, David Kitko. Jose
ph Kutina. Donald Povolny,
John Schmidt. Terry Scholle,
William Truesdell. Gloria
Vesely and honorable men
tion goes to Ji mSzabo.
9th grade highest honors
to Donna Belliconish. Karl
Kleve and Diane Russell, hon
or roll Ronald Baumgartner,
Francis Bejbl, Richard Bell,
Richard Bottger, Mariotte
Dumnich. Barbara Haluska,
John James. Linda Jenkins.
Charles Jones. Roselee Kap
alin, Cynthia Koljat. Antonet
te Marous. Gary Parks. Mich
ael Paskowsky, Patricia Ped
en. Greg Runevitch. Nancy
Schroeder, Linda Stallings,
Kathy Swann, honorable
mention goes to William Rice
Gary Monigold, Elaine Vins,
and Bill Vondrasek.
Short words are best and
the old words when short are
best of all. Winston S.
Churchill
Geauga
to Vote
Next Week
Most interesting issue be
fore the voters in the Char
don area next Tuesday will be
the fate of the school bond is
sue of almost a half million
dollars. For the first time in
many many years the need
of the schools has been dis
puted. William Scheele, for
mer president of the school
board has termed the plans
a waste of money and indica
ted he felt need to improve
the standard of teaching a
long with building.
Members of the board of ed
ucation and teachers have
differ ed and are campaign
ing vigorously for passage of
the bond issue. Also before
the voters are school levies
but there is general agree
ment the levies must be pass
ed to provide the schools op
erating funds.
In Chardon and nearby the
following will be seeking pub
lic office:
Township trustees seeking
offices are as follows:
CHARDON TWP David
N. Sage, Wayne Trask. Jos
eph Rusnak. James C. O'Neil,
Robert W. Clark. Joseph L.
Filla.
CHESTER TWP Robert
H. Lease, John F. Richmond,
Theodore Joseph Lewis, Wil
liam Marx.
CLARIDON TWP Ralph
W. McCrary, Kenneth C. Post
Lectrus G. Morgret. Clifford
C. Babcock. Jerome Sanford,
Arthur J. Reithoffer.
HAMBDEN TWP Wil
liam H. Mahaffey, John San
grik, Glenn N. Grant, Albert
A. Lang.
HUNTSBURG TWP Ed
wrard Pilarczyk. Paul A. Ad
ams.
MONTVILLE TWP Mil
ton Gray, Neil Hofstetter,
earl G. Reid Jr., Merle More
house.
MUNSON TWP Roger
Emmons, Walter Hirst.
NEWBURY TWP— Walter
Heston Beck, Lee R. Bliss,
Henry Povolny, Williard F.
Blackington, Tommy E.
Chambers, Rolfe R. Tinge.
VILLAGE OFFICES
AQUILLA
Mayor Richard Grant,
Ira Paul Forner.
Treasurer—Bernice Weeks.
Clerk Patricia Lawson,
Wilma Nickita.
Council James L. Good
win. Stanley McBride, Ida
Vargo.
CHARDON
Mayor J. W. Moats.
Clerk-Treasurer Beverly
J. Carver. Lillian B. Keenen.
Jones,
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Ber-
Council Wm. D.
Robert H. Eldredge. E
Tayor, A. Walker,
nard Parsons, Bruce A.
pke, James L. Werner.
Pae
COUNTY BOARD OF
EDUCATION
Dale McClurg, Cyril Koster
Mary T. Corey, Jacques F.
Loebs, Ward A Lawrence.
Richard
Chardon Local
Woolams, Alan P. a
Richard H. Purcell.
Newbury John H. Men
tal, John Lockhart, Gladvs
Rybold, Lyle Fred Reed, Wil
liam W. Ward.
Claridon Local Harry F.
Linden. Robert Christian.
West Geauga Carlton
Bricker, R. G. Trayte,
John Rose. James E. Kenea
iy.
K.
A.
BOND ISSUES
Chardon Local School Dis
trict $490,000.00 to be paid
off in 22 years.
West Geauga Local School
S300.000.00 to he paid off in 2
years.
TAX LEVIES
County Wide Child Wel
fare renewal of levy 65-100
mills for
5 years.
Department re
a levy mills for 5
Health
newal of
years.
Newbury Local School Dis
trict current expenses
renewal of 7 mills for an in
definite time.
West Geauga Local School
District current expenses
additional tax of 6 mills for
5 years.
Munson Township of 1
mill for 3 years.
Reason, alas, does not re
move mountains. It only tries
to walk around them, and see
what is on the other side.
G. W. Russell