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job Printing ... i The Journal “x-cels” in developing and producing quality printing. Purses Increased To $3^5.00 For Fast Speed Program Winner of 2:12 Trot Thursday, Will Receive Journal Loving Cup The 94th annual Noble county fair will open at the fairgrounds, Wednesday, August 28 and con tinue for three big days and nights, coming to a close, Friday evening, August 30. Officials and members of the fair board are concluding plans to accomodate 1 thousands of persons during the three day event. Projects, exhibits and amuse ments will be set up on August 27 and by Wednesday morning, it will be in full swing. For three days and two big night, then, the Noble county fair grounds will be the focal point of countless activities. There will be horse racing—the best ever—according to J. K. Walk enshaw, secretary of the fair board who has already received many entry blanks from “race horse” owners. In addition to the racing program, which in itself is a draw ing card, there will be night shows, livestock and horticultural dis plays,, rides and amusements of all kinds and all the other things that go to make-up a real fair. For the past several weeks now, the officers and board of directors have been completing their plans, making arrangements to make this fair,the best possible. Long since established as a county institution al, we urge each and every one to attend at least two days of the fair. giving it your support and partak ing of the fun fest. The only county fair to be held that particular week, due to the Ohio State fair, it is believed that a great number from surrounding counties will attend. The horse stables should be filled by Monday of next week and on Thursday, and Friday, harness racing will again come into its own during the fair. As a gesture of good will and in support of the Noble county fair, The Journal trophy or loving cup will be presented to the winner of the 2:12 trot on Thursday after noon, in addition to the purse of $325.00. This is the first year for the presentation of the trophy but it will become an annual event. The 1 cup made especially for The Journal by “Circus” Sortman of Columbus, will be presented by the speed superintendent. ,5 There will of course be many other'attractions. On the hill, the floral hall will be garnished from one end to the other with attrac tive displays. The cattle barn should be es pecially interesting. Fair attendants are especially urged not to over v look the 4-H club cattle exhibit, which will be judged during the fair. Prizes are being given by the banking institutions, the insurance cornjianies and the Noble county Chamber of Commerce to the winners. All of this will be in addition to the ferris wheel, the ever popular merry-go-round, various other rides and last but not least—the num erous eating stands. On Thursday and Friday eve ning, Klein’s Rythym revue will be given at the grandstand. Two shows are scheduled each evening and advance publicity indicates it will be one of the oustanding at 1 tractions during the fair. Dancing is another feature that will be en joyed. The 94th Noble county fair will have something to appeal to each and everyone—young and old. Plan now to attend and support yojr county fair.__________________ Vacation time is rapidly drawing to a close for the children of Cald well and community, with the an V nouncement today by superintend ent Dwain Dyer that the local schools would open on Tuesday, .. morning, September 3. Both morning and afternoon ses sions will be held and school will )will officially be under way. Ninety-fourth Annual Noble County Fair Will Open Wednesday, August 28 For Three Big Days And Two Nights Caldwell Schools To Open Sept. 3 Registration To Be Aug. 27 & 28 All high school students in grades to 12 will register for their var ious courses on August 28 and 29 during the hours from 9:00 to 12 o'clock. Dyer pointed out that the morn ing session will cover the time from |3:45 to 11:45. At the conclusion of the lunch period, the afternoon ses sion will begin at 12:45 and extend to 3:30 p. m., the regular closing time for the past few years. The new member to the faculty this year Gerald Ramsey, physical education instructor. Ramsey will K have both football and basketball Will Address Teachers DUSTY” MILLER “Dusty” Miller, Wilmington, prominent lecturer and educator, will be the principal speaker Sat urday morning, August 31 at 9:30 o’clock, when a meeting of all the teachers in the Noble county schools will be held at Caldwell. Supt. H. C. Secrest will preside at the meeting, which is to be held in the Common Pleas court room. Policies of the school system for the coming year will be discussed and supplies distributed at this meeting. Supt. Secrest said that the coun ty schools would open on Tuesday, Sept. 3, following Labor Day. Practically all the teachers have been hired in the various schools, with the exception of two or three vacancies. Hereford Sale Will Be Held At & Much interest has been aroused among the Noble county Hereford breeders in the important consign ment and herd dispersal sale at the McConnelsville fair grounds August 2S. Thirteen prominent breeders are offering 64 lots of Hereford, Wilbur D. Matson, Mc Connelsville publisher, is disposing of his small but select herd of 13 cows, a bull and eight calves of varying age, and retiring from the business. All will be offered at the sale. Earl Gartin is auctioneer and men nationally prominent in the Hereford world, including Forest Fenn of the Hereford Journal, Lloyd S. Crouch of the Farmer’s Guide, C. M. Hess of the Ohio Livestock and Public Sale Journal and others are expected to be in attendance. All cattle raisers int erested in Herefords will do well to write John W. Nelson, McCon nelsville, Sale Manager, for a cat alogue. Mt. Ephraim Veteran Is Enjoying Furlough Luther Stiles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stiles, is enjoying a 60 day furlough with his parents and friends in that community. Young Stiles and his father arrived in Caldwell, Monday night. Stiles, who lost both arms in World War II, drove through to this county from Pasedena, Calif ornia, in a specially built Olds mobile, a gift from Mrs. George N. Church of Pasedena, Calif., and Houston, Texas. Stiles is a patient in the McCor mick General hospital at Pasedena, Calif., and was sent to Noble coun ty for a sixty day recuperation leave. ANOTHER MIXED DANCE Another mixed dance will be held at the VFW hall on West St., Saturday evening. Burns orchestra will again furnish the music and the public is invited. and already the community is be coming sports minded. Ramsey comes to Caldwell highly recom mended and it is hoped that he can come through with championship material. Others on the high school faculty are: Gilbert Weekley, principal By ron W. Steen, commerce Charles Milligan, social science Minerva Frazier, English Inez Clark, Eng lish and Latin Arthur H. Rich, mathematics Marvin P. Wood, music Ethel Pryor, home ecomonics and Gerald Ramsey, physical edu cation. The Caldwell Heights faculty in cludes: Muri D. Thomas, principal Columbia Davis, Sadie Brothers, Mayme Sealock, Catherine Feldner, Lula McDonald and Pearl Newton. In case any one is interested, the first official holiday will fall on October 25, when the Eastern Ohio teachers association hold their reg ular meeting. Sophia Gray Buys Farley Building Mrs. Sophia Gray has purchased the Farley building on Main street, immediately adjacent to Gray’s store, and until recently owned by Dr. C. F. Thompson. About one month ago, the build ing was sold to Richard Farley and this week a deed was recorded from Farley to Mrs. Gray. The Journal Picture Man Will Come Again Due to the un-precedented turn out of children Saturday afternoon and evening at The Journal studio over Madge’s Specialty Shop, ar rangements are being completed to have the studio re-opened again at a later date. At this time, all children, who were dis-appointed because the photographer was un-able to take their picture, will be notified through this newspaper and they are urged to return for the second attempt. Added personnel will be secured to see that every boy and girl gets a chance to look at the birdie. The Journal regrets that they neglected to anticipate such a large response. In the very near future, the children’s feature will appear in this paper and continue until the several hundred pictures 1 have been published. Watch this newspaper for a necessary second engagement. West Stock Precinct To Have Local Option A local option election on the C. and D. permits will be held this fall in West Stock precinct in an effort to vote beer back into the community. The necessary papers have been filed with the Noble county election board. Other special issues will include a proposed increase of five mills tax rate for Seneca township to continue for a period of five years. The voters of Batesville corpora tion will be asked to bond them selves to provide more funds for current expenses of the village. Election board members pointed out that school districts will have until September 15 to file any pe tition for an increase in the tax rate. At a special meeting of the Elec tion board, Tuesday evening, con tract for printing the ballots to be used in the November election was awarded The Journal, Caldwell. Approximately 10,000 ballots will be used for the state and county ticket and a like number for the judicial or non-partisan. This is over and above the Questions and Issues. All candidates should place their order now for un-official ballots to insure delivery during the heat of the campaign. First come, first served. Mt. Ephraim Homecoming Plans Being Completed Robert T. Secrest will be the principal speaker, Labor a y, when the annual home (Coming is held at Mt. Ephraim, 12 miles east of Caldwell on state route 147. Sharing honors with Secrest on the speaking program will be H. C. Secrest, superintendent of the Noble county schools and a native of Mt. Ephraim and T. R. Hazard, prominent banker of Cambridge, formerly of Caldwell. The Caldwell high school band will be featured on the program and the Sayre orchestra will fur nish music. Several other local speakers will be asked to partici pate. Dinner will be served by the ladies of the church and the pub lic is invited to attend the all day event. ALLAN WHEELER IMPROVES Allan R. Wheeler, native of Noble county and president of the bank in Byesville, is slowly im proving at his home there from a long illness. For the past three months, he has been receiving treatment at the Clinic in Colum bus and more recently at the St. Francis hosiptal in Cambridge. Wheeler is now under the care of a Byesville physician and reg istered nurse. He would appre ciate hearing from his many friends in this community. MEETING PLACE CHANGE Due to a change in policy by the school officials, it was necessary for members of the Muskingum Association of the Primitive Bap tist church to change their place of meeting from the Sarahsville high school to the Presbyterian church in CaldWell. The meeting will be held here August 23, 24 and 25. WEDDING DANCE A wedding dance will be held at St. Mary’s hall, Fulda, on Saturday, August 24, in honor of Miss Doris Ritterbeck, and James Schott. The public is invited to attend. THE JOURNAL “COVERS NOBLE COUNTY LIKE THE SUNSHINE” VOLUME 88 ESTABLISHED IN 1859 CALDWELL OHIO THURSDAY AUGUST 22 1946 TEN PAGES THIS WEEK! NUMBER 6 Ohio Power Wants Roads Closed In Brookfield Twp. Commissioners Set Monday, Sept. 9, Date For Public Hearing A petition by the free holders of the township, but it is said that the Ohio Power Company is in the back ground, has been filed with the Noble county commissioners, asking that certain roads in Brookfield township be closed to public use. The petitions are resulting from the extensive strip mining opera tions in that township which have been in full sway the entire sum mer. Three different petitions were filed and the commissioners have set Tuesday, September 3, for the purpose of viewing the roads in question and one week later on Sep tember 9, at 2:30 p. m., a public and final hearing will be held. The second hearing will be for the purpose of hearing any and all objections to the closing of any of the roads. Petition one asks the commission ers to abandon for public use the township road, listed as number 92, from its intersection with township road number 91 in a northeasterly direction to the John Chlastala farm ,a distance of one half mile. The second petition calls for the abandonment of township road number 91 from its intersection with township road 91, in a northerly di i ection to the Noble-Guernsey coun ty line, a distance of approximately 7/8 of a mile. The third petition calls for the public to be denied use of the town ship road which intersects with state route 76 at the Wheeler Gorby farm, thence running in a southeasterly di rection to county road number 24, a distance of 1 and 1/8 miles. There is some opposition to clos ing these roads and the action of the Noble county commissioners will be governed in every respect by public sentiment and the voice of the people who placed them in of fice. 110 Noble Countians Attend Conservation Tour Attending the tour to the Zanes ville Soil Conservation Experiment Station last Tuesday, August 13 were 110 Noble county farmers and business men. In the absence of Dr. H. L. Borst, Harold Black, new head of the station, conducted the tour over the farm with able assistance from East Shade, district conserv ationist, and Floyd Henderson, county agent. Miss Sanna Black, former home demonstration agent in Musking um county, and Mrs. Margaret T. Donohoo, Noble county home de monstration agent, were in charge of the ladies program in the after noon, featuring a discussion of basic foods and human nutrition. A stop was made on the return trip at the H. R. Blackburn farm. After serving ice cream, Mr. Blackburn explained how hubrid seed corn is grown. The following drove cars: C. J. Lorey, W. O. Smith, Hugh Cox, Ross Love, David Beckett, Joseph Singer, Virgil Moore, Charley Stiers, Harden Everly, Edwin Wil son, A. O. Way, Donald Harkins, Edgar Long, Clyde Still, Herbert R. Blackburn, Erwin Newton, O. J. Lorenz, Frank Radcliff, Lewis E. Davidson, Chairman Noble Soil Conservation District, Leonard L. Scott, F. S. A. Supervisor, Earl Shade, District Conservationist, Floyd Henderson, County agent, and J. I. -Steiner, Soil Conserva tionist. Price Quotations At Noble Livestock Auction Highest prices still prevail at the Noble livestock auction north of Caldwell and the sale continues to grow in importance each week. Honest market prices for the past week included: steers (tops)—per 100 pounds, $20.70 calves—per 100 pounds, $21.75 cows—per head, $164.00 hogs—per 100 pounds, $24.50 lambs—per 100 pounds, $14.30 weathers—per 100 pounds, $8.80 ewes—per 100 pounds, $8.60 and rams—per lOOipounds, $12.20. Any club calves displayed at the Noble county fair next week will be auctioned free of charge any Friday, according to the owners. RELEASED FROM SERVICE Technician fourth grade David M. Archer, Sarahsville route 1, has been released from the U. S. Army receiving his discharge papers at Fort George G. Meade, Md. ATTENDS MEETING Mrs. Willis Hupp attended a meeting of past deputies in Dis trict 15, O. E. S., at Colonial Inn, Old Washington, Sunday, August 18. RELEASED FROM NAVY Included among those released from the U. S. Navy at Great Lakes, Ill., is Dana W. Caldwell, EM 3C, Caldwell route 2. NOTICE I will start making sorghum September 15. C. ML DINELS, HarriettsvilleR. D. 1, Ohio. 7c t' “WW'L' FOR RENT «..? sig Twenty-Four Persons In County Now Receive Payment of $40.00 Four hundred and twenty-four persons received old age pensions in Noble county during the month of July, according to a report released today by the central office. Division of Aid for the Aged. Aid payments for this county amounted to $12,131.00 the past month, most of which is spent within the business confines of this community. The average award for Noble county is $28.61, slightly below that for the state average, which is listed at $32.14. For July, 117.089 men and women over 65 years of age re ceived benefits, amounting to the staggering sum of $3,763,476.80. According to the 1940 census, the population of Noble county was 14,587 and at that time, there were 1,719 persons in the county who were 65 years of age or over. In December, 1945, 24.2 per cent of the population in the 65 year or over bracket were receiving assist ance from the division of aid for aged. This percentage has not materially changed during 1946, ac cording to the local figures. As of November, 1945, there were 24 individuals in Noble county re ceiving the maximum payment of $40.00 per month. The amount of the pension is determined after a thor ough investigation of the applicant. In 1945, 37 apllicants were cert ified for aid in this county, as com pared to 9,925 throughout the state of Ohio. The state appropriation for aid payments amounted to $44,500,000 in 1945 and a like amount was appro priated for 1946. Administration ex penses were listed at approximately 5% of the total appropriation. A special session of the state leg islature was called Tuesday by Governor Lausche for the purpose of raising the benefits to the aged in the state. This action was neces sary after the Federal government had increased their share. The maximum amount which will now be received is $50.00 per month and the monthly benefits will be W H. Calland Explains Use Of New Legume W. H. Calland of Summerfield,, one of the Noble Soil Conservation District Supervisors who has intro duced sericea lespedeza, a new le gume in this section of Ohio, will discuss the part wihch sericea les pedeza plays in his pasture program on the Farm and Home Hour over radio station WWVA, Thursday, August 22, at 11:15 a. m. Starting with 11 pounds of seed 12 years ago, Mr. Calland has 25 acres seeded to this new legme. He states that since growing lespedza sericea his livestock are not both ered by dry weather since sericea lespedeza thrives in dry weather and furnishes an abundance of suc culent pasture. Mr. Calland has compared sericea lespedeza with alfalfa for dry weather pasture and decides that sericea lespedeza has many advan tages. Mr. Calland still grows alfalfa for hay. GRANGE TO MEET Carlisle Grange No. 2344, will meet Saturday evening, August 24, at 8 o’clock. After the business meeting there will be a pie social and white elephant sale. There will also be a program or a movie. TWO BIDS RECEIVED Only two bids were received by the village of Caldwell according to clerk, Violet Morgareidge, fto furnish this community a modern fire truck, complete with eqiup ment. Mrs. Morgareidge stated that the bids would be open at a later date by the council. ENJOYING VACATION Miss Thelma Hupp, bookkeeper at the First National Bank, is en joying, a two weeks vacation. Dur ing her absence, Dorothy Nau Schumacker is substituting in this 1 capacity. IF W 5®wgw RESERVED FOR VETERANS Wilson W. Wyatt, national hous ing expediter and adminstrator of the national housing agency, dis_ plays the sign which will identify for veterans and servicemen all construction under the veterans emergency housing program. The placards will be posted within five days after construction begins and for a “specified” period after construction. Noble Co. Has 424 Aged Residents Who Receive $12,131 Monthly From Division Of Aid For Aged increased proportionately in indiv- idual cases. Generally speaking, the public has long been ignorant of the aid being received by those over 65 ears and this is especially true in Noble county. To offset this wrong impression, the state and division aid for the aged departments are planning monthly releases through the news papers to acquaint the reading pub lic with the facts and hard figures. Samuel Coultas Takes Own Life Wednesday Samuel D. Coultas, 63, formerly of Summerfield, took his own life early Wednesday morning at his home in Zanesville when he fired a charge from a 12 guage shotgun into his heart, police reported. A neighbor, Robert Wilson, sum moned police after hearing the shot. Mrs. Coultas was visiting rela tives in Sarahsville at the time. It is believed that her husband had been despondent over ill health. Mr. Coultas was a native of Monroe county and a member of the Masonic lodge at Summerfield. He was employed with the Line Material company in Zanesville. Surviving are his widow and six sons. Frank of Summerfield, Law rence, Zanesville, Russell and Gil more, both of Columbus, Stephen of Clyde, Ohio and Allan, serving with the navy a daughter, Mrs. Clara Cunningham of Pleasant City a brother, L. G. Coultas of Fultonham a sister, Mrs. Lillian Cunningham and six grandchil dren Attorney Clair Young Will Head Am Vets Attorney Clair A. Young, Cam bridge, formerly of Caldwell, has been appointed commander of the Amvets in district 15 by Fred Milli gan, Columbus, state commander. The organization is made up ex clusively of veterans of World War JI. The 15th. district comprises Noble, Guernsey, Muskingum, Mon roe, Morgan and Washington count ies. Attorney Young'was in the army and served overseas in the Pacific aiea. He is a son ef Mrs. Mollie Young, Walnut street. His wife and son, Tad, are resid ing in this community. ANNUAL HOMECOMING Annual homecoming at Halley’s Ridge, Noble township, will be held Sunday, August 25, with an interesting program being pre pared. Rev. Samuel Vorhies will deliver the memorial address. A basket dinner will be enjoyed at the noon hour. The public is in vited to attend. Former Congressman Robert T. Secrest, Caldwell, in a speech at the Belpre homecoming this week force fully expressed opposition to repeal or proposed change of the United States immigration laws. Secrest said, “I have full sym pathy for the poverty stricken, op pressed millions of the world it the solution of their problems can not be found in flooding the United States with immigrants. If we took one hundred million Chinese, four hundred million would be left in China and most of them would continue to live from hand tc mouth. The same is true of India. In 1900, we had 75,000,000 people in the United States. In 1920, we had 105,000,000. Today, our population is over 140,000,000. If we repeal the immigration laws of the United States our standard of living twenty years from now will more resemble that of China than of the great democracy we have today. Noble County's Oldest And Greatest Home Newspaper. The Journal For the News. Annual Report Compiled For Common Pleas Twenty-two Divorces Filed, During Year, 17 Were Granted One hundred and twenty-one civil and criminal cases were filed in the Noble county Common Pleas court during the fiscal year just ending, according to the annual report com piled by Clerk of Courts George L. Thompson for Edward J. Hummel, secretary of state. Of this number, 11 civil and five criminal cases were pending on July 1, 1945. During the year, 77 addi tional civil and 28 criminal cases were filed. A small percentage of the cases were disposed of during the court term, numbering 35 civil cases and only four, criminal. This means that 53 civil and 29 criminal cases were carried over or pending, more than five times the number in 1945. Total costs collected in the year were $929.54. In foreclosures and equity cases, civil judgments were given amounting to $2,212.39. Total amount of Grand Jury fees certified was $180.88. Divorces Filed The report indicates that 22 di vorces actions were filed in the Common Picas court the past year. Only three were carried over from 1945. During the current court term, 17 divorce actions were heard, leaving eight still pending. Of the 17 divorces granted, six were to the husband and 11 to the wife. Two were dismissed when brought by the husband and three when brought by the wife. In four cases, the children were given to the father but in 13 actions the mother received custody. In two cases, they were otherwise cared for. Divorces In 1945 In 1945, 21 divorce actions were filed and 12 decided. Eight were granted to the husband and four to the wife. This in in direct con trast to this year, when the greatest number was granted to the wife. In the civil and criminal court, only 49 actions were filed for 1945, 24 civil and eight criminal being disposed of. Ohio Power Buys Cumberland Farm The E. H. Covert farm near Cumberland, located in Guernsey county just over the Noble countty line was sold this week to the Ohio Power Co. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Milhone, the present owners, concluded the sale for a reported consideration of $60,000.00. The Covert farm is comprised of 260 acres. Since purchasing it in 1933. Mr. Milhone operated it as a stock farm, with approximately 100 acres under cultivation. It has long been considered one of the best farms in that territory. The farm was the former home of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Covert, par ents of Mrs. Milhone. It is known particularly for the progressive farm methods used in its operation and for its rated productivity. Mr. and Mrs. Milhone will con tinue to live on the farm for a period of years, notwithstanding its sale. Mr. Milhone, known locally among stock raisers for his Here ford cattle and fine wool sheep, will continue in business there. THEO. MURPHY IMPROVES Funeral director Theo. Murphy continues to improve slowly at his home on Cliff road from injuries received in an automobile accident near Ashtabula. His wife, Mrs. Es tella Murphy, lost her life in the accident and a son, Clair Murphy, was also injured. COURTHOUSE TO CLOSE The officials in the Noble county courthouse will enjoy the fair next week, the commissioners voting at their last meeting that all offices will be closed Thursday and Fri day afternoon, August 29 and 30. This procedure has been custom ary for many years. Bob Secrest Opposed To Change In U. S. Immigration Laws Unemployment and poverty will surely follow because our natural resources are limited. If we had permitted the changes in laws proposed while I was a member of Congress, Hitler could legally have sent thousands of his henchmen to spy, to sow discord and sabotage against our institutions as well as our factories. Most people from Russia, China, India and every other country, in this day and age, have an axe to grind. I say ‘Let them grind them at home and not over here Present laws permit families to be united under a rigid quota sys tem and permit war brides to join their husbands. This is in accord with American tradition and just ice. For the good of our country I must oppose further changes in the immigration laws regardless of who proposes them or from what source they originate. We have enough do mestic problems without creating more.”