Geauga record. [volume], February 22, 1962, Image 1

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The Heart Fund's month
long eampaiign will climax in
Geauga County this weekend
when a corps of several bund
led volunteers will canvass
area homes soliciting funds
support of heart research
and other projects sponsored
by the Cleveland Area Heart
The house to house drive
begins on Saturday Feb. 24
and will continue through
Tieart Sunday, Feb. 25. Every
family will have an opportun
ity to give to the fight against
heart disease. Individuals a
way from their homes during
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Lewis Bostwick of Chardon
is executive chairman of the
Geauga County Heart Coun
cil which is conducting the
drive. Rocco Dragonette, of
the First National Bank of
Burton is campaign treasur
er.
The following individuals
are directing the house to
house campaign in their area.
Willis Oliver of Chardon, ar
ea chairman for Huntsburg
Slug at Church Card Party
Mrs. Leonard owles
Pictured above is Mrs. Leonard Cowlos of Chesterland, as she entertain
ed the group attending the pot luck supper last Tuesday evening at gt. Luke’s
Episcopal church by singing some old fashioned songs accompaned by Airs. Dav
id Booth at the piano.
Mrs. Cowles will again sing at St. Luke’s Episcopal church Tuesday after
noon, Feb. 27, when the women of the church are having a dessert card party
there which is open to the public. Mrs. L. Jones Ackerman will play the piano
while refreshments are lieing served. The party is from 12:30 to 4 pm at the
church on Wilson Mills road.
'ear Locally $' 00 per Year in Ohio
$4.00 per Year Outside
I R. Dean Starts New Term on Board of Elections
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ecretary of State Ted W. Brown, left, swearing in T. R. Dean, of Burton, for a new term of four
Republican member of Geauga County Board of Elect ions.
Heart Fund Canvass Set for This Weekend
the time of the solicitation
will be provided with an en
vlope for their contribution.
These should be mailed to the
Heart Fund.
Township, Middlefeild Town
ship, Middlefield Village.
Parkman Township and Troy
Township.
Leonard Pentek of Burton,
area chairman for Aquilla
Village, Burton Township.
Burton Village, daridon
Township. Auburn Township
and Newbury Township.
Mrs. Leonard Trask of
Chardon, area chairman for
Chardon Township. Chardon
Village, Munson Township
and Hambden Township.
Norman Moss of Chester
land. area chairman for Ches
ter. Bainbridge. Hunting Val
ley, Russell and South Russel
Village.
Working with Mr. Moss i
Mrs. Clarence G. Stevens whe
will head Chester Townshin
Mrs. Robert Wantz. Jr., in
charge of Russell Township
Mrs. W .C. Birr, South Rus
sell chairman, and Mrs. J.
Allen. Bainbridge Township
chairman.
Wade Canfield of chardoni
is area chairman for Mont
ville Township and Thompson
Village.
Heart Sunday volunteers
will distribute a leaflet with]
heart-saving facts to the horn
es in their areas Mr. Bost
wick suggested the informa
tion be studied carefully and
saved as it explains how to
help in the event of heart at
tack.
He requested area residents
greet the Heart Fund volun
teers warmly when they call
fu-d contribute generously
to the drive. “The Heart Fund
is our best defense against
heart disease and is worth'
of the support of ('very citizen
of Geauga coutny,”
plained.
CHARDON PUBLIC LIBhARk
he
Alumni to
'or Hiram
Hiram alumni of Geauga
and the Chagrin Valley area
will open their share of a
drive for six and a half mil
lion dollars for Hiram college 1
meeting next 1
at a dinner
Tuesday at the
Metals building
Society for
in Newbury,
this area is I
The drive in
chairmaned by
er Milanich Jr., of Novelty
and Gene Henry, Chardon At
torney and assistant proseeu-1
tine attorney.
The following people will.
work in the campaign in the
Ash-
Chardon area: Robert E.
ba. Mr. and Mrs. Warren
cock. Russell Purgess,
and Mrs. Ray Danforth,
and Mrs. Paul C. Jacobs,
and Mrs. Ward Lawrence
Mrs. Elsie Pomeroy
Ione Peace Rigdon. Mr.
Mrs. Carl H. Speck, Mr.
Mrs. Robert. B. Thomas,
Mr. Phillip W. Adams.
AUGA CORD
CHaRDON,
CHARDON, OHIO THURSDAY FEBRUARY 22, 1962
'Chardon, Burton Enter
Basketball Tournament
The Northeastern Sectional
AA basketball tournament of
the Ohio High School Athletic
Association for 1961-62 will be
held at Ashtabula City Gym
nasium. starting
and continuing
Saturday and
next week with
als on Friday, March 2. and
the finals, Saturday, March3.
The two winners will go to the
Divisional Tournament a
Willoughby North during the
second week of March.
February 22.
Friday, and
finishing up
the semi-fin-
The drawing for position in
the tournament was held Sat
urday at Ashtabula high
school with thirteen coaches
making the draw for pairing
to start the tourney play.
The schools represented at
the meeting were Ashtabula
City: Ashtabula Edgewood.
Ashtabula Harbor. Burton.
Kirtland. Chardon, Conneaut,
Geneva. Grand Valiev. Jeff
erson. Madison. Painesville.
Harvey, and Painesville Riv
erside. Four of the teams
were seeded: (given places
on the touney list, all other
teams draw for position) Gen
eva was top ranked and Kirt
land second, Ashtabula was
given the third place and for
the first time, Chardon be
came a seeded team, being
chosen in fourth place.
Chardon. Geneva and Kirt
land were each given a bye
and will not play until Satur
day. Ashtabula will play on
Friday ngiht.
Thursday nights tournament
play will start at 6’30 with the
game between Edgewood,
and Grand Valley: at 8:00,
Burton and Harbor play: 9:30
will have Conneaut and River
side tangling. Three team*s
will be eliminated this first
round of the single loss elim
ination tournament.
On Friday, Harvey and Jef
ferson will play at 7:00: the
second game will be Madison
and Ashtabula playing at 8:
30.
Saturday the winner of the
Grand Valley Edge wood
game will play Geneva at 7
p.m. and at 8:30, Chardon
will play the winner of the
Burton Harbor game.
This season Chardon had
one of its better seasons as
they ended the Western Re
serve League season as Co
champions with Perry a n
Harbor. The Hilltoppers lost
CHESTER —Assembly Pro
ducts. Inc., announced today
that as a part of a plan to
double its sales in five
years, it will change its name
to API. Inc., and will raise
additional working capital by
selling $1,250,000 worth con
vertible debentures.
President John D. Saint
Amour said that shareholders
will be asked to approve these
plans at the annual meeting
In a letter accompanying a
notice of the meeting. Saint
Amour said the company
needs additional working cap
ital “for many reasons assoc
iated with our projected
growth. We need it for increa
sed research, tooling up for
new products, building up in
ventories and for more plant
expansion.”
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ChesterGirl Wins in
Poster Contest
CHESTER Linda Ann
Moore, 14, of 75 Valley View
Drive, a student at West Ge
auga high school, won third
place in the junior high divis
ion of the annual traffic
safety poster contest ponsor
cd by the Cleveland
bile club.
Automo-
winners,
at an a-
Along with other
Linda, was honored
wards tea in Cleveland last
week. Her poster is included
in those sent to Washington
for entry in the national con
test.
four league games by a total
of only 14 points, one loss was
to Harbor by 1 point.
Henry Nemec is the team’s
leading point maker followed
by Stuart Robinson
Marty Vennemun Tom
and Rich Opper handle
rebounding chores along
their consistent shooting. Ric
hard A s a. Bob Hourriet
and John Blum make up the
first line of substitutes with
Ashba seeing a lot of action
in each game.
Julius J. Balog
Rites Monday
Julius John Balog. 45. died
Friday from a heart attack at
Grand River Hardwood Co..
Chardon, where he was em
ployed as a nailer.
He was born in Cleveland
May 1. 1916, and had been a
resident of Montville 40 years.
Mr. Balog had served as
leader of the Montville Boy
Scouts, and was a member of
Civil Defense Police and of
the First Hungarian Lutheran
church Cleveland.
He married Juanita Cartner
in Orwell March 26, 1949. She
survives with six sons. David
Julius, Bennie, Joseph.
George. William, all at home:
brother, Joseph, of Cleveland
sister, Mrs. Sarah Yambor.
of Montville.
Rites were held in the Burr
Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Mon
day. Rev. Byrd Lewis, pastor
of Montville Methodist church
officiated.
Burial w a s in Montville
Cemetery.
Two from Geauga on
Ohio State Honor Roll
Rodney J. Ball of Cedar
Chester and Isadore Youshak
of Huntsburg are listed on the
autumn quarter honor roll of
Ohio State University at Col
umbus.
OUR 113th YEAR
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The Chardon team, at the
start of the season did not
shape up to win the champion
ship but a good deal of fight,
desire, and will to win install
ed by head coach “Nick” Nik
kila, brought the boys through
to a fine league season. With
a little better percentage in
their foul shooting, the
toppers could have won
of their league losses.
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Assembly Products Plans To Double Sales in 5 Years
“We are confident our in
increased sales will generate
higher profits, but the pace of
expansion we are planning
will be greater than we can
pay for out of profits alone.”
Saint Amour said that the
goal of Assembly Products is
S10.000.000 in shipments by
1966, and “we are aiming at
increasing our profits com
mensurately.” Assembly Pro
ducts manufactures meter
relays, panel meters, com.
plete control packages and
equipment for detecting flaws
in continuously moving met
al. It recently announced new
panel meters that are believ
ed to be the most accurate
now available.
Shareholders will be asked
at the annual meeting to re
lease their pre-emptive rights
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Chop Prices To Stay Open
Thursday and Friday Eves
Chardon merchants today are uniting to reduce
prices on hundreds of everyday items for this weekend.
Twenty-four stores are buying space in this week’s
paper to list some of their many bargains.
Labeled a “George Washington Birthday Sale’’ actu
ally a townwide clearance, Chardon merchants have
been holding it every year for the past four years.
More stores are participating this year than ever be
fore.
Due to the sale many of the stores will stay open extra
hours for the convenience of the customers. Many of
them plan to keep their doors open till nine o’clock both
Thursday and Friday evenings.
St. Mary’s Guild to
Serve Pancake Breakfasts
Pancake and Sausage
Breakfasts will be held by
St. Mary’s Guild during Mar.
This decision was made by
the members at the Guild’s
February meeting. The
breakfasts will be held on
Sundays, March 4. 11. and 25
from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
in the parish’s new hall.
General chairman of the
project is Mrs. Lawrence Dol-
CHESTER Mrs. Forrest
H. Bond. 1875 Mayfield Road.
Chesterland, Chairman of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution Good Citizens
Contest for Childs Taylor
Chapter announces that five
ot the Geauga county high
schools ha v e winners this
year.
Winner in Chardon high
school is Patricia Ann Fisher
323 South Street.
Burton winner is Karen Gil
liland, Box 199 Burton.
For Kenston Ann Rueben
saal. 917 Sunset Drive, Lake
Lucerne.
Thompson, Kathy Wagner,
Thompson.
West Geauga Wendy Bob
bitt. 15 Strawberry Lane, in
Chester.
Rd.
West Geauga’s winner. Miss
Bobbitt was high for the
to approximately 65.000 shar
es of stock. Saint Amour's
letter explained. These shar
es, which are authorized but
unissued would be available
for issue to debenture holders
who convert their bonds to
stock.
Exact terms of the deben
ture offering have not been
worked out as yet. Saint
Amour said. He pointed out
that any such public offering
“would be made only through
a formal prospectus meeting
all the
federal
PLANNING any LAWBREAKING? Sheriff Louis Robusky urges you to wait a couple of months
when he hopes to have his new jail, pictured above, in operation. Contractor George Zakany has indicated
the new structure will be ready for occupancy about the first of May.
requirements of the
secuiities laws.”
recommendation
the company's name
The
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an. Chairmen of the respec
tive Sundays are Mrs. J.
Kreps, Mrs. F. Petkosek, and
Mrs. L. Covell.
Proceeds from the break
ast will be used to further
outfit the new kitchen in the
parish hall.
The general public are in
vited to patronize the break
fasts and sample the delic
ious results of the ladies ef
forts.
Five Win Awards from
Daughters of Revolution
county. A close second was
Miss Fisher of Chardon The
average of contestants from
Chardon was high with West
Geauga only two points less.
Each winner will receive a
certificate of recognition from
the State D.A.R. and a pin
from Childs Taylor Chapter
at the school Achievement
Day program.
Health Dept. ‘Shots’ on
Once a Month Schedule
Effective immediately,
Geauga County Health
partment will hold only
inoculation and immunization
clinic per month. This clinic
will be held on the last Fri
day of every mouth at the
Pilgrim Christian church.
South street. Chardon. Hours
are from 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon
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change
to API, Inc., is based on “ex
tensive discussions and custo
mer sampling” that indicate
the present name “does not
fairly represent our business.’
thp
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nne
according to Saint Amour.
“Potential customers have
pointed out that the word ‘As
sembly’ implies that we
merely put things together,
without manufacturing much.
“Fortunately, during our
past years of rapid growth,
our nickname and monogram
of API' have become widelv
known and accepted. 'APT
will certainly cover any pro
ducts we may want to make
in the future. We Therefore be
lieve the proposed n a e
change would be in the best
interests of the company and
its shareholders.”
The annual meeting will be
held at Chester Elementary
school, located on Ro^te 306
a half mile north of Route
322 (Mayfield Road) in Ches
terland.
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