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Mrs. Alice B. Pelton of Middlefield lost her life.
Airs. Pelton skidded on the curve at Bass Lake into the path of the oncoming truck and trailer.
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Pictured above are Chardon’s village officials, including mayor, clerk and council, as they took their
oath of office New Year’s morning.
Pictured below are the Chardon board of publicaffairs being sworn in. The oath in both cases was
administered by Prosecuting Attorney Edwin Hofstetter.
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CHARDON, OHIO THURSDAY JANUARY 4, 1962
School
Bills Total
$88,686.81
Bills totaling $83,686.81 were
authorized paid by the school
board at their meeting Tues
day night. They were as fol
low’s
CAFETERIA FUND:
Acme Grocery, 423.61 Dan
Dee Potato Chip Co. $49.58:
Euclid Fish Co. $15 00 Fina
Farms, $5.64 Gage Food Pro
ducts Co., $21.13 Chick
Grants. $73.55
Gold Medal Foods Co.. $159
56 Geauga Disposal. $45.00:
Geauga County Health Dept..
$4 00: Harwill Ice Cream
$465.73: Hekman Biscuit
$56.39 Heiser Iplement
Monarch Foods, $222.28:
Co..
Co..
Co..
Spear’s Market, $100.50’
Ward Baking Co., $277.32:
Payroll, $1,825.31 Moss
Farm Dairy, Inc., Independ
ent Towel Supply Co.
GENERAL FUND:
Active Plumbing Supply Co
$10 33: Benline’s Garage.
$371.56 Barham Laboratori
es, Inc., $38.64: Edgar A
o w’ n Automotive Service
$40.34: Chardon Auto Parts
$62.89 Chardon Methodist
church, $50.00
Chardon Telephone Co
$231.45 General Electric
Supply Co $29.84 The Hal1
Agency. Inc., $102.48 Junct
ion Auto Sales, Inc., $5.52’
Geauga County Farm Bureau
Coop. Ass’n. $109.06: Mc
Bride Bros., Inc., $68.63: Men
tor Motor Sales, $14.11:
Middlefield Implement Co.
$63.00 Mimeograph Co. of
Cleveland. Inc., $31.00 Mobil
Oil Co.. $124.02 Ohio Autr
Glass & Parts Co., $36.62:
Ohio School BoardsAss’n
$154.00: Paul S. Munn. $120.00
Panama Carbon Co., $85.50:
The Standard Oil Co., $428.39
Sunbeam Appliance Service
Co.. $4.60
TITLE III:
Beckley-Cardy Co., $17.69:
Row, Peterson & Co.. $21.84.
UNIFORM SUPPLIES
South Western Publishing
Co., Inc. $30.60.
Santa Visits
Opportunity
School
The Opportunity School
Christmas party. December
20, American
Newbury, was
many parents,
friends of the
youngsters performed won
derfully for their audience
while Santa passed out gifts I
while a meeting was held in
the basement for those who
desired to attend.
children. The I
Mr. Wallace, president of
Trumbull County Council for
Mentally Retarded Children,
was the very welcome gues*
speaker. He answered quest
ions for the parents, etc, and
when it was realized that
there wasn’t time to answer
all the questions, he said
he’d come to one of the future
meetings
Church Plans
New Year Service
On January 1 the Chardon
Savings Bank Co. will start
paying interest on savings ac
counts at the rate of four per
cent.
New deposits will receive
the maximum four ner cent
interest rate after they have
been in the bank for 12
months. Deposits made by
January 10 will earn interest
from the first of the month.
Savings deposits of less than
a year will earn interest at
the rate of three and one half
per cent.
The decision to increase
the bank’s interest rates was
taken by the board of direct
ors at a meeting on Decem
ber 26. The first interest pay
ments at the new rate will be
applied to savings accounts
on July 1, 1962.
The Chardon Savings Bank
Co. increased interest on sav
ongs following a new four per
cent ceiling allowed by the
Federal Reserve Board
The government agencies
raised the ceiling to allow
commercial banks to com
pete with foreign institutions
for foreign funds and to make
the banks more competitive
The Geauga County Maple
Festival Board announced a
$200 scholarship per year for
a two year period in a re
lease today. To be presented
at the annual Maple Fetival
to be held April 6, 7 and 8 in
Chardon, Lloyd Carlson. Fes
tival chairman and his com-
Russ Auto Parts, Inc... $8.90’
Thrasher Radio & T.V.. $8.80
Wayne Thayer. Reimburse
ment. $60.34 Van Gorder
Hardware Co., $24.68 West
ern Auto Assoc. Store. $7.86: niittee cited the requirements
Wilco & Follet Co., $17 24 and rules governing the schol
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Wilco & Follet Co.,
Geaorge Z a k a n y. $149.19
Transportation of Employes
$24.08: January 5th payroll
$5,178.41: Jan. 28th payroll
(Estimated), $70,385.29.
xt
eno io- arshjp award.
Eligibility will be determin
ed on the follow’ing basis:
Any resident graduate of a
specific Geauga County High
school is eligible, and
highest scoring senior
pecific school on the
Senior Scholarship Test.
The Church of the Good
Shepherd, Main and Center
Streets, Chardon, will com
mence the new year with
week of prayer. Wednesday
evening the congregation will village were made last sum
meet at the church for pray-1
er and meditation. Thursday
has been designated as a day
of prayer and fasting I
Friends and members will as
semble at the church during
the day for prayer, and in the
evening families will meet a*
various homes represented
by the geographical areas
Rev. Herbert Strahsburg of
Jefferson, O., will be speak
ing to the church Friday eve
ning at 7:30 p.m. concerning
a dediated life throughout the
new year.
Rate to Four Percent
the
Conditions governing
scholarship are as follows:
The recipient cannot receive
any additional scholarship
aid from within the county.
To receive a second year
grant the recipient must have
a average two points out
of a possible four or equival
ent ratio. Matriculation mus
Williams Outlines
School Problems
Don C. Williams was re
elected president of the Char
don school board at their
meeting Tuesday evening
Shirley Werner was elected
vice president.
In opening remarks Mr.
Williams said he felt the
board faced three major pro
blems for the coming year:
the problem of housing pup
ils the need to revitalize the
proposed bond issue for
school expansion and the pro
blem of selecting an execut
ive head for the school system
It. was agreed that all meet-:
ings in the future are to be on
the last Wednesday of every
month at 8:00 p.m., American
Legon Hall. Auburn Center 1 Superintendent I a Can
Road. Newbury. This
make the next meeting
January 31, 1962.
OUR 114th YEAI NUMBER 1
Local Banks Raise Interest
The Chardon Savings, The Geauga County National and The First Nation
al Bank of Burton this week announced an increase in interest rates. The an
nouncements from the various banks is as follows:
The board of directors of
The First National Bank of
Burton has authorized the
payment of the maximum le
gal bank interest on savings,
according to an
ment today by
president.
“Payment of 4
terest for savings on deposit
for 12 months or more, and
3/2 percent on all savings on
deposit for less than 12
months, is The First National
Bank of Burton’s way of en
couraging more savings in
Geauga County,” Mr. Fox
stated.
“Much has been said about
the need for maximum cap
ital for new homes and the
expansion of business and in
dustry”, Mr. Fox continued.
“The increased interest pav
ment by First National will
in our opinion help mater
ally in meeting these obliga
tions for expanding the Amer
ican economy, and be a maj
or factor in the growth
Geauga County.”
announce
M. A Fox,
percent in­
The First National Bank
Burton has three offices
Geauga County in Chester.
Bainbridge and Burton.
Geauga Maple Festival Board
Announces $200 Scholarship
be in an accredited school
and the decision of the Festi
val Scholarship Committee is
final. All payments of the
scholarship will be made dir
ectly to the recipient’s coll
ege, universiy or school by
the treasurer of the Geauga
Maple Festival Board.
The scholarship will be giv
en to the highest scoring sen
ior of the Ohio Senior Scholar
ship Test by school rotation
in the following order: New
bury High School in 1962
Ledgemont High school in 19
63 West Geauga High
in
in
in
in
school in 1968.
the
of a
Ohio
1964
1965
1966
1967
schoo’
schexrt
school
school
Burton High
Cardinal High
Chardon High
and Kenston High
In the event of voluntary or
involuntary military service,
the recipient is eligible for an
earned scholarship within one
year after honorable dis
charge.
In the event that the schools
eligible winner does not make
vailable.
PATRICIA BIDWELL
January graduate of Bowline
Green University was hired
as a home economics teacher
at an annual salary of $5,254
a year. She will work an elev
en month schedule instead o*
the usual nine for teachers
Miss Bidwell replaces Patric
ia Hager who is resigning tr
be married. The board also
accepted the resignation o
Janet Slane. Beverly Bidgocd
has already been hired to re
place her.
in
will field’s contract expires
on I August of this year ).
GUY A. COOK who has
been serving as a temporal”1
bus driver wras put on a per
manent basis and rate of pa}
set at $1.65 an hour.
of
ONE OF the first actions
the board wras the confirm’n
of the employment of Jennie
Davidson as full time clerk
for the board at an annual
salary of $7000. for the next
two years. Arrangements
with Mrs. Davidson who for
merly served as both clerk to
the school baord and to the
mer but had to be confirmed
by the new’ly organized board.
RAISES of about $6000 00
year were offered non teach
ing employees as the board
finally approved a non-teach
ing salary schedule and job
classification. Because of
slight changes ii) working ar
rangements the schedule and
classification must be ap
proved by the non-teaching
group. Additional raises were
also scheduled for July of this
year providing funds are a-
BALANCE on hand of $181.
097 was reported by Clerk
Jennie Davidson on her bal
ance sheet but Superintend
ent Ira Canfield warned the
board of harder times ahead
financially. “We will be faced
next year w’ith the problem
renting additional space fo
pupils. We w’ill also have
take out of operating cos*
money to equip our rooms
We have already scheduled
pay raises.” he told the
board.
DR. ALAN P. CRAGC
board member circulated
mimeographed memo to fel
low school board members
which he said represent pre
liminary thinking on his part
as to the reason for the fail-
Newton B. Chapman, presi
dent of the Geauga County
National Bank of Chardon, to
day announced that at the re
gular meeting of the board of
directors on December 27,
1961. payment of interest, ef
fective January 1, 1962. was
increased from 3 percent to
the rate of 3*4 percent on sav
ings accounts and 4 percent
on savings deposits which re
main for a full year.
This increase in interest to
be paid its depositors is in
keeping with its policy of giv
ing its customers the maxi
mum benefits of the Federal
Reserve and Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation autho
horization to pay higher inter
est rates on savings accounts.
These increased rates toget
her with daily
the bank has
since January
its depositors
possible return under present
regulations.
ert
in
interest, wich
been paying
1, 1961, gives
the maximum
National
the area
interest.
Geauga County
was the first bank in
to inaugurate daily
and is the first in
to announce the inicreased in
terest rates.
Geauga
application or accept the
scholarship, tne next highest
scorer of the specific school
will be the recipient.
Officers of the Geauga
County Maple Festival for
1962 are Lloyd Carlson, re
eleced president Ture John
son, vice president Mrs.
Clifford Wedge, recording
secretary Mrs. Arthur Col
bow, corresponding secretary
and Mrs. Glenn DeGroft,
treasurer. Other Board mem
bers include Joe Tafel, C. E.
Basler, Wain Trask. Fred
Austin. Robert Smith, s.
George Deia. Donald Much
more, Howard McNish. Le
land Schuler, Clifford Rossit
er, Dr J. W. Moats. AJbert
Gastemire, Lester Haskins,
Mrs. Kenneth Sperry, N. C.
Patterson. A. J. Richards.
Paul Richards. Thomas White
Wain Parsons, James Russell
Mrs. Murray E. LaMoreaux.
Paul C. Jacobs. Mrs. Gerald
Wearsch, Bob Barnum. Paul
Safko and Mrs. A. B. Carlson.
Julius Szaplaky
Rites Tuesday
NEWBURY Juluis Sza
plaky of Fullertowm Road
New’bury died at the age of
69 years and he is surv
by 3 sisters, Mrs. Jule W’est,
Mrs. Elizabeth Brack. Mrs
Mary Hooker also he was the
borother of the late Mike. He
was buried from the Stroud
Funeral Home in Chagr1”
Falls on Wednesday. Dec. 27
Masonic services were
at the Funeral home on Tues
day evening Dec. 26. He we
a War Veteran of about 18
years service.
of the
Legion
guards
greatly
About 8 members
Newbury American
Post 663 were honor
Dec. 27. He will be
at the funeral on Wednesday,
missed by all that knew him.
Episcopal
Women
Plan Tea
The Women of St. Luke's
Episcopal church will have
an Epiphany Tea on Tuesday.
Jan. 9, at 8 p.m. at their
church. The group would like
to invite all the women from
the other area churches to
ioin them in this event. The
tea urill ffature the tradion
al Epiphany Cake containing
a number of favors predict
ing the recipient’s fortune for
the coming year as well as
money to be put to work for
the church.
ure of the school bond issue
last fall but said he was not
prepared as yet to release it
as public statement.