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Published Weekly by Geauga •i Second (Hass Matter at Thompson School Head Resigns Wilmer Becktel, superin tendent of the Thompson schools the past five years, resigned Monday evening. Becktel is the third school superintendent in Geauga to quit in the past two months. Previous ones were R. R. Hadfield of Newbury and Richard Denholm of Kenston. After some discussion, Becktel had been offered a new three year contract and a raise in pay to $10,000 a year. In his letter of resigna tion to tho school board he cited the improvements made in the school system during his administration but did not state his reasons for resign ing. His administration has been the target of consider able criticism and he is said to have said privately that the fighting was the reason for quitting. His resignation was unani mously accepted by the school board. EARNS B.S. DEGREE Patricia Oplinger. North st. Chardon, will receive a batch elor of science degree in edu cation at Bowling Green Ohio State University this Sunday. Miss Oplinger is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Op linger. Kindergartners Watch Performing Dog Mrs. Arnold Haueter of 41T North street entertained Char don kindergartners recently at an outdoor dog show at her home. Star performer was Schnaupps, a miniature Schnauzer, owned by Mrs. Haueter. Hospital Aides Plan Style Show i I The Munson "Twig of the Woman’s Auxiliary of Geau ga Community hospital are sponsoring a Style Show put on by Bostwicks Store on Tuesday, June 19. at 8:0 Op. m. at the home of Marjorie Whale on Raymond Drive and Fowlers Mills Rd., about 1 mile North of Mayfield Rd. Tickets will be available at the door and refreshments will be served. Anyone inter ested in seeing what the well dressed girl will be wearing for sports this summer is in vited to attend. For further in formation please contact Mrs. Roy Whale or Mrs. John Miller or Mrs. Al Gascon of Bean Rd. Plan Coon Hunt This Saturday The North East Ohio Coon Hunters Assoication will hold an NCA licensed nite hunt at their club grounds, Burows Road, Montville, on June 9. Registration will close at 8 m. All open trailing dogs are eligible for entry. Registra tion fee is $3. Four trophys will be awarded, two for grade and two for registered dogs. Small cup trophys to al cast winners who do not place in hunt ribbons awarded second place in casts. The I hunt will be one three hour cast. Refreshments will be available on the grounds. For further information call Roy Marcum, president, WH 2 3337 or Tom Battles, master of hounds, PA 9-7975. Sorrow is the source of lit erature, joy is the source of virtue. Models in Style Show mF f- 1 /J Owl® Bh VW w w w jr*- JUDY LOVELAND Judy Loveland, a home economics student at Char don high school, is pictured in a turquoise dress with detachable collar she made. The dress was modeled recently at a style show staged for mothers’ of the home ec students. fiar Locally 00 per Yar in Ohio $4.00 per Year Outside Ohio i, to' Honor Hambden Graduates In a brief ceremony at Geauga Community Hospit al on Monday, June 4,1962 at 11:00 a.m. ground was broken for the new hospital addition. Participating in the brief ceremony, which will add 50 additional beds to the present patient bed capa city were M. A. Fox of Burton, treasurer of the Gea uga Hospital Association, Inc., Paul C. Jacobs, of Char don. administrator of the hospital, Hubert E. Shafer, M. D. of Middlefield, chief-of-staff, and George R. Za kany of Chardon, general contractor and Bruce Hus ton of Chardon, architect. Construction of the $525,000.00 building project will proceed this week. Contracts were awarded to George R. Zakany, Inc., HAMBDEN —The sixth grade class will present a pro gram for parents and friends Friday, June 8 at 8:00 p.m. in the school auditorium. The program will consist of the following selections by the chorus: Vive L'Amour, Put On Your Old Grey Bon net, Annie Laurie, Daisy, and Battle Hymn of the Republic Members of the class will tell, of events they remember dur ing their school days at Ham bden. Work done throughout the year in science and social studies will be demonstrated at this program. Susan Arn old will play a clarinet solo. Silhouette, accompanied by Mrs. Ruth Bartunek. Mrs. Evelyn Jolly, principal of Hambden school, will in troduce Mr. Charles Thomas principal of Park Junior high school, who will speak on “The Junior High School Pro gram”. Follwoing thie program, Hambden P.T.A. will honor the class, parents and friends at a reception in the school cafeteria. Members of the class who will participate in this pro gram are: Smith Owens, Waynie Wof gang, Doreen Blaha, Linda Luther, Carl Hagler, inda Jedlinsky, Barbara Orient, Patti Farinacci, Dale An tolik, Teresa Petkosek, Judy The GEAUGA RECORD SCHOOL BOARD TO ASK FOR $460,000 1/ Members of the Mohican Tribe from Chardon are: Ralph Combs and son Mich ael. Edward Byrd and son. Billy, Bill McCartney and son Sheldon, Don Brochak and son David, Carl Wilson and son Eric and Russ Beckkow iak and Son Russell. Father and son Y-Indian guides is a national home centered club program, spon- Saare, Philip Doing, Jeff Kl ine, Sandra Weber, Thomas Stapel, Rick Mill er, Richard Clemson, Thom as Graham, Mark Young, Ro bert Bukovec, Michael Krejci, Sherry Meager, David Per ine, Susan Arnold, Pamela Kuhn, Cynthia Rondini, Dol ores Knight, Garnet Bright, Jay Pitzer. Mark Sperry to Talk To Businessmen Mark Sperry, Chardon at torney, will talk to the Char don Chamber of Commerce next Monday evening on “The History of a o n”. The Chamber will meet at the Hambden Congregational church with dinner starting at 7 o’clock. BREAKING GROUND for the new hospital addition are Bruce Huston of Chardon, architect, Hu- bert Shafer, M.D. of Middlefield, hospital chief-of-staff, George R. Zakany of Chardon, general contractor, Paul C. Jacobs, of Chardon, administrator and M. A. Fox of Burton, treasurer of the Geauga Hospital Associa tion, Inc. Chardon Mohican Tribe ToDedicate Inducted in County Grays Postoffice at The Mohican Tribe of thei sored by the Young Mens IC Geauga Y-Indian Guides was Christian Association. It is a I inducted at the YMCA River] program in which bathers and Road Camp, Friday, May 18 sons particiapte together as 'MONTVILLE Congress This induction was the formal tribe members. inan Robert E. Cook, of the ritual which officially made each father and son a mem ber of the local and national Y-Indian Guide Organization. The last meeting of the Moh icans was held May 22 at the teepee of Big and Little Bear Track Russ and Russell Bechkowiak) Following the meeting a program of phy sical fitness activities follow ed Chinese push-ups. sit and stand, hand wrestling and races. Both big and little braves participated. Plans are being made for some very i interesting summer activit ies. The next council meeting will be at the teepee of Big and Little Red Star (Don and David Brochak) of Thwing i Rd., Chardon. •fbnr Indians are the focal point for programs because they of fer a common interest for both fathers and sons. Meet ings are held twice a month in rotation in the homes (tee-j pees) of the braves. Each father and son choose an In-! dian name and are thus Big and Little Braves. Little Bra I ves may not attend meetings without the Big Braves. The work and play of the tribe varies including: handi crafts, phsysical exercises, story telling, nature study, games and informal discus sions. Light refreshments are served at each meeting also. Any father interested with a son age 6-9 call AV 6-8312. CHARDON THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1962 12 PAGES OUR 113th YEA I Artist Drawing of New Addition to Geauga County Hospital general contractor P. F. Nolan, of Chardon, plumb ing A. J. Goulder of Chardon, electrical work and Miller Plumbing and Heating of Chagrin Falls, heat ing. The addition will include an 8-bed pediatrics divis ion, and other specal facilities, including an enlarged pharmacy and laboratory, pathology and physical the rapy units, and a large assembly room on the south side of the present hospital, and an enlarged dining room, kitchen and additional emergency room facilites on the north side of the existing building. “Mr. Zakany has given us an estimated time as February 1963 for completion of the south wing,’’ Mr. Jacobs stated. £V1OI1L VHIC Eleventh Congressional Dis trict, announced today that he will be in Montville, Ohio on Sunday, Jurve 10. at 2:00 p.m. to dedicate the new Post Of fice. Congressman Cook will pre sent a flag which has flown over the United States Post Office in Washington D. C. to Mr. Hubert Hoffman, Post master of Montville, Ohio. Assisting in the ceremonv will be a color guard of local vet erans. Music will be furnished by the Ledgemont High school band, led by Mr. Joe Brule. Representing the Post Office Department from Cincinnati will be Mr. Leo Loughead, assistant regional director. Mrs. Pauline Haney will give a history of the Montville Post Office. Invocation will be by Rev. Lewis of the Methodist church. Father Kimmons of St. Patrick’s church will give the benediction. After the ceremonies are completed, the new Post Of fice will be open for inspec tion. Refreshments will be served. The public is invited. Sorrows remembered sweet en present joy. —Robert Pollok Plan to Expand Hambden and High School Chardon voters will be asked to approve a $460,000 bond issue for school improvement this fall The issue, placed on the ballot by the School Board last night will provide eight new classrooms in the high school, double capacity of the cafeteria, kitchen and library facilities, enlarge administrative offices and build three additional classrooms on the Hambden Ele mentary School. A bond issue fora junior high school was defeated in the November election. Since then the board has de cided to concentrate on the high school, where increas ed enrollment is expected to hit hardest. School head Ira Canfield announced that 50 of 117 graduates have been accepted by colleges for entrance next fall, with a total of $27,000 worth of scholarships. One graduate, Henry Nemec, will enter the U.S. Mili tary Academy. A study of dropouts at Chardon High, made by Ethel Mellinger of the guidance department, gave the percentage as 3.06 or 20 of a total of 652 students. Swedish Girl to Spend Year at West Geauga CHESTER The West Ge auga Chapter of the Ameri can Field Service Inter ational scholarships has en nounced that Miss Margreta Ousbak of Kallinge, Sweden, will be enrolled at West Gea uga High school for the 1962 63 school year. She will live with the John PSender family, Westchester Trail, Chesterland. The Pfen ers have four children Mary who will be a freshman at the University of Michigan in the fall Elizabeth, a junior at West Geauga William and John at Chester school. Kallinge, in southern Swed en, is a community of about 5,000 and is dominated by a large iron works of which Margreta’s father is works manager. He is a technical engineer and also active in politics. The Ousback family is much interested in sports. Tennis and sailing are their Lorene Pildner Louise Gore A feature of the recent Chardon high school Jun ior-Senior prom was the attractive waitresses, two of whom are pictured above. Both are sophomores at Chardon high school. NUMBER 23 Margreta Ousbak favorites. Margreta, who shares this enthusiasm, is planning to be a Physical (Continued on Page 3) Cute Waitresses 44