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In 1953 According
To Annual Report
Of Clerk J. Snyder
During the year of 1953, titles
for 2434 new and used vehicles
were filled out or transferred in
the office of Noble County Clerk
of Courts John H. Snyder. After
a look at the record?, this
Indicates an increase of approxi
mately 600 title transfers over
the 12 months of 1952.
Last year, there were 427 new
vehicles, 1731 used cars, 151
used trucks. 125 used pickups
and 72 other used vehicles, sold
in this county.
The big month for new
Vehicles was May, when 48 new
cars were registered at the Clerk
of Courts office. Low month was
September with a total of 25
During the month of Decem
ber, 1953, the following 36 per
sons purchased new vehicles:
Albert Fogle, pickup Wilmer
F. Watson, car Dale Hedge, ex
press M. A. Brienza, truck Ful
ton C. Hughes, Ton truck
Edward C. Schockling, caravan
Vernon Dimmerling, car O. H.
Pickenpaugh, truck Buckey
Motor Sales, pickup Dale Ack
ley, cat" Jar. H. Robinson, car
M. A. McNicholas, car Clyde
Harris, car C,al in Mendenhall
car S. C. Hohmui-, pickup C.
W. Rich,
pVktip
John C. Pickenpaugh, car
Lester Piekenpaugb. car: Bern
ard L. Lori, car: Edgar R. Moore,
car Andrew S. Hornick, car
Dale J. Lothes, pickup Clair E.
Hysell, car Joseph Yakupcak,
car
s. Ralph Robinson, truck Wil
liam R. Wells, truck Warren
Drilling Co., pickup Roman L.
Smithberger, truck Andrew J.
Sholtis, car G. T. Jennings,
transfer trailer P. H. Patton, car.
Eagle Scout Troop
To Hold Paper Drive
Th" I-.'nglcs
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i n 8rci.it Troop,
No. 85, will hold another paper
drive next Saturday, Jan. 9, ac
cording to an announcement
made today by Alfred Dusen
berry, scoutmaster.
The drive will begin at 9:00
o'clock, Saturday morning, in
Olive and continue thru Cald
well and all other communities
between Caldwell and Coal
Ridge on U. S. Route 21.
Scoutmaster Dusenberry said
that about two tons of paper
were picked up by the scouts
four weeks ago and they hope
to collect even more next Satur
day.
Tf any residents are missed in
t.
drive next Saturday, thev
aid call Caldwell 192-F-21
v and the paper will be picked up
by the scout troop.
The Eagles plan to use three
trucks in picking up the paper.
Annual Missionary
Conference Monday
Til*: iliircl ••'iinii.-i :\!issionary
Conference of the Baptist church
will be held at the First Baptist
church in Caldwell beginning on
Monday, January 11 and continu
ing through January 17.
Speakers representing many
foreign fields and also the home
missions will bring the messages
each evening at 7:30 and on Sun
day morning at 10:30 a. m.
The pastor, Rev. Roy Wikand
er, extends a cordial welcome to
the public to attend.
REMOVED HOME
Mrs. Don Niswonger and in
fant son were removed from the
Good Samaritan hospital. Zanes
ville on. Monday afternoon to
their home in Maple Heights in
the McVay ambulance.
ADMIRAL- TV Refrigerators.
Pattens Appliance Center,
North Street, Caldwell, Ohio.
Phone 58* 21
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Officials Probe Death
Of Mother o!
Ifusband Relates Story That Wife Fell
On Steps, Causing Death Immediately
mystery continues to hov
munity of Ball Hollow with the anouncement Tuesday
night of the sudden death of Mrs. Clyde C. Ball, as the
investigation of Noble county officials moves along
unabated with rapid consistency.
slue Countians
?ble Couniians
Purchased 2,434
Hew, Used Cars
Florence
Lothes, car: Joseph Zester, car
Dannie Slatev, car Rodney Yein
ovich, car
ovci
Sheriff Donald Conaway immediately launched an
the
Noble County Coroner Reed
Authorized an autopsy be per
formed and the body was re
moved to the University hospi
tal, Columbus, by Murphy early
Wednesday morning. The report
is expected to be received by
Sheriff Conaway sometime Wed
nesday afternoon.
Ball reported to the sheriff
upon the latter's arrival at the
Ball home Tuesday night, that
his wife fell on the steps lead
ing from the porch and was dead
when assistance reached her.
Coroner Reed, following his
investigation at the Ball home
Tuesday night, reported that a
tooth had been knocked out and
cuts and blood were evident
about the mouth.
According to Ball, the accident
occurred about 6:00 o'clock Tues
day evening during the snow
storm which hit this county
during the late afternoon.
Ball Hollow is located in the
vicinity of the junction of State
Routes 78 and 147, four miles
east of Caldwell. The small set
tlement is on a county road
branching off State Route 78 east
and continues thru Archer's
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Snow Blankets
As one of the local ministers
commented Tuesday morning:
"This morning's snow came like
death, unexpected, but we should
nevertheless be prepared for it."
The state highway department
of the county didn't expect to
be cindering Tuesday, as rain
for this area, as in most of the
state, Was predicted for Tuesday.
Highway crews were called
back to the garage from
their jobs a little after 8:30 a. m.
Tuesday, and spent the rest of
the day cindering and salting
the highways. There were 25
truck loads of cinders used.
By afternoon, despite the wet,
three and a half inch snow fall,
all of the state highways were
cindered and passable. Salt was
spread on U. S. route 21 and
passing motorists commented
that the Noble county section
was the safest on their route.
By evening, most of the county
highway system and village
streets had been cindered on
hills and curves in the roads.
Ohio Power
Preview Of
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Following the tour, guests and
company representatives will at
tend a dinner at which Philip
Sporn, president of the Ameri
can Gas and Electric company
will deliver the principal ad
dress. George Huber, Jr., man
ager of the new plant, will serve
as master of ceremonies.
The first of two of the new
plant's generating units under
went exhaustive tests before the
electricity was placed "on the
line" late in December, joining
in the network of the company's
other power plants.
The new unit supplies the
Ohio Power and American Gas
and Electric company systems
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Council Orders
Sewage Survey
com­
investigation with aid of
£rosecuii,sg^tt(CountyF'ed
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Fox and Noble Coron
er Dr. N. S. Reed, in an effort
to determine the exact cause
of the death of Mrs. Ball, a moth
er of seven children, whose ages
range from 25 to three years.
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Local Highways
Safest In State
Engineer To Be
Hired On Project
The Caldwell council, Tuesday
evening, ordered that a survey
be made for the village of Cald
well relative to its sewage pro
blems and this represents the
first
concrete step that the vil
lage has taken in this problem.
It was estimated Tuesday
evening at their reorganizational
meeting that the survey would
cost anywhere from $800 to
$2200. The money will be "bor
rowed" from the Parking Meter
fund to meet the cost.
Clerk Violet Morgareidge
pointed out to the council that
this fund had a balance of
$3,261.10.
President Donald D. Nichols
made the motion that the vil
lage of Caldwell order a survey
made of the sewage needs of
Caldwell. The second was made
by Dean A. Reed .All members
voted their approval of this
motion.
The depai-tment of health and
the state pollution board has
long contended that Caldwell
must take this first step before
a concrete program relative to
the local sewage px'oblem can
materialize.
The council will now proceed
to hire engineers to complete
this survey as quickly as pos
sible and submit the report to
the state pollution board.
Lester G. Thorla
Gets Appointment
Generating Plant
Will Be inspected At Beverly
press, radio tnd TV preview of operations at Ohio
Power's new Muskingum plant, located four miles from
Beverly, will be held Thursday, Jan. 14, according to an an
nouncement made today.
The new 50-million dollar plant which generated its
first electricity the latter part of Pppfmber.
open for inspection by rep
resentatives of newspapers,
radio and television stations
in Ohio and West Virginia on
that date.
Six Candidates
Failed To File
Expense Account
Election Board
To Open Afternoons
Beginning Jan. 11
Two petitions for commission
er, one for probate judge and
four for central committeeman
have been obtained at the office
of the Noble County Board of
Elections and are now being
circulated, according to Clerk
Robert A. Dennison.
Clerk Dennison said that ac
cording to the provisions of a
new law which went into effect
Jan. 1st, all petitions must be
filed at the election board by
4:00 o'clock on Wednesday after
noon, Feb. 3. Under the old law
the candidates had until 6:30
o'clock.
Beginning next Monday, Jan
11 and continuing thru to Feb
3, the election board will be
open each afternoon during the
week and on Saturday morning
Mrs. Donald McDiffitt will be
in charge.
The board also pointed out
today that six candidates in the
November election have not yet
filed their expense account and
consequently have not received
their certificate of election.
This includes four members of
the board of education for
Buffalo local, Center local, Fulda
local and Middleburg local
there being one from each dis
trict. The other two are the
village clerk for Batesville and
a member of council, village of
Batesville.
Even though the candidate did
not spend a cent, it is necessary
that he file an expense account
and until this is done, the above
six candidates can not serve in
the capacity in which they were
elected.
Grand Jury Returns
Four True Indictments
Ten Witnesses ire Examined
No Arraignment Date Is Set
Four "true bills" were returned by the January term
of the Noble county grand jury when they adjourned Mon
day afternoon, according to the report filed with Clerk of
Courts John H. Snyder by Prosecuting Attorney Fred F. Fox.
The jury heard four cases and returned indictments on
all of them, after hearing a total of 10 witnesses to the cases.
Of the 18 jurors drawn, 16
Lester G. Thorla, prominent
farmer of the Olive Green com
munity, has been appointed as a
livestock inspector for the Fed
eral Bureau of Animal Industry,
according to an announcement
received here from the United
States Department of Agricul
ture.
Mr. Thorla's new duties will
take him into 12 counties in
southeastern Ohio. They include:
Noble, Morgan, Washington,
Athens, Meigs, Perry, Guernsey,
Muskingum, Monroe, Jefferson,
Belmont and Harrison.
This believed to be the first
federal appointment in Noble
county for several years.
Plans Press
New Plant
tvtII
be thrown
Age Pensions
Total $19,843.00
The Department of Public
Welfare, Division of Aid for the
Aged, reports that the 363 per
sons in Noble county who get
old age pensions received a
total of $19,943.00 for the month
of December.
This made an average pay
ment per person of $54.94 last
month.
Three persons in the county
received health eare for a total
payment of $223.00.
NOTICE—INCOME TAX—I wHl
be in Room It, upstairs over
the Kroger Store, weekdays, Jan.
1 to March 16, to assist farmers
and others in making out their
income tax returns. Phone 293-M.
Cfcartes JU Byer.
appeared and one juror was
not called.
Indicted
were Thomas Boyd
of Pleasant City route, sodomy
Morton D. Hitchens, Caldwell
route 6, reckless operation of
a motor vehicle and Rex Rich.
Senecaville route 1, unlawfully
killing a dog. There was one
secret indictment.
No date for arraignment has
been set at this time by Judge
W .Vernon Archer.
Grand jurors, with Virgil
Moore, of Ava, as jury foreman
visited the county jail and
pronounced the penal quarters
in excellent condition.
Members of the grand jury
who served Monday included
Arza Warner, Harold Secrest,
Wilbert, Stevens, Vernon Hughes,
Randall Moore, Helen Johnson,
Vesta Lorenz, Opal Harper,
Beryl VanFossen, Gladys Pol
ing, Aileen Tilton, J. F. Fulton,
Virgil Moore, Paul Archer and
Mildred Day.
The grand jury made their re
port to Judge Archer at 3:30 p.
m., Monday.
Held Down To One
The sole accident to be re
ported to the office of Sheriff
Don Conaway over the past holi
day weekend was the traffic
mishap involving John Clayton
Hill, Caldwell Rt. 2, and Ralph
L. Clark, 24, Caldwell route.
Clark was turning north on a
township road and Hill, failing
to have proper control of his
automobile, drove into the back
end of the Clark car.
Investigations were made by
the sheriff and no arrest was
made. Neither of the parties was
injured.
BATES IMPROVES
Glendon Bates, who recently
underwent a major operation at
Grant hospital, is slowly improv
ing. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Aaron Bates and employed with
the General Telephone company,
Caldwell.
THE FARM BUREAU Insurance
office, formerly in the I.O.O.F.
building, is now located in the
new Noble ounty Farm Bureau
Co-Op. building. Don Leonard.
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ESTABLISHED IN 1859 CALDWELL, OHIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1954 FOURTEEN PAGES THIS WEEK
With
Completes 1953
ith Surplus
$8,767.96 In
General Fund
Dec. 31, 1953
The Caldwell exempted village
school district completed the
year with a surplus of $8,767.96
in the general fund, according to
a statement released today by
Supt. P. D. Cannavan.
These figures are as of Dec.
31. At their regular meeting on
Tuesday evening, the board of
education paid Willis Welch
$1260 for rewiring the high
school building last week. This
left a balance of $7,507.90, in the
general fund, Wednesday morn
ing.
In 1952, total tax for all
school purposes was 17.9 mills
and it is now 12.5 mills. This is
a reduction of 5.4 mills. It does
not represent a reduction of
operating expenses but a cut in
the bond levy made possible by
the increase in the tax duplicate.
The board is particularly
pleased with the balance since
they had granted all salaried
employees that are paid from
the general fund an average
salarv increase of 20% as of Jan.
1, 1953.
The local board is now faced
with the problem of whete to
house its sixth, seventh and
eighth grades in 1957 and hov
to bring the high school plant
and its equipment up to stand
ard.
The birth rate for the nation
its 11*45 was 2,850,000 and fo
1953 it has been estimated to be
4.000.000 or an increase of
33,500,000 jx\ nine years.
Supt. Ufermavan sait| that the
I* people of this community or any
I community are in the same rela
tionship to its children and
youth as
a
gardner is to his
garden. Take care of either and
the results are very rewarding.
W. C. Toad Davis To
Head Commissioners
The first
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the Noble county commissioners
in the year of 1954 was held on
Monday, Jan. 4.
W. C. Davis was elected presi
dent of the board of commisson
ers at this meeting. Ernest Sec
rest was elected vice-president.
The board agreed to hold reg
ular meetings every Monday, as
in the past. Dr. E. G. Ditch was
named as county doctor, to care
for county wards.
It was also agreed to pay $5.00
a week for the boarding of
county children and $60.00
month for the care of the aged
in the county.
Greyhound Bus Line
Has New Schedule
The Central 111 _y i nd. Bus
Lines have announced a change
in their bus schedules, effective
Jan. 12.
H. D. Henry, local agent, has
released the schedule, as
affects Caldwell, and it can
found elsewhere in this paper
Folders containing the new
schedule will be available by
next week, according to Henry.
Henry's restaurant is the
Union Bus terminal for Cald
well, serving the north-south
Greyhound bus lines .and the
Zanesville-Woodsfield Taylor bus
lines.
TO HEAD BOARD
Harry G. Richcreek was nam
ed president of the Caldwell
exempted village school board
of education, Tuesday evening,
at their organizational meeting.
Mary Tipton is the vice presi
dent and Margaret Ralph Archer
was rehired as the clerk. Other
members are Charles Dyer,
Robert C. Moore and Hilles
Keeton. Supt. P. D. Cannavan
presided at the meeting.
SLIGHTLY IMPROVED
Harry Col ley, Superintendent
of Belle Valley schools, is
slightly improved after suffer
ing a severe heart attack several
weeks ago. He is a patient at
Guernsey Memorial hospital,
Cambridge.
TAPPAN, authorized dealer. Pat
ten's Appliance Center, North
Street, Caldwell, Ohio. Phone 58.
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$1,443.94
Dean A. Reed Named New Member
To Fill Vacancy On Village Council
The village of Caldwell completed 1953 with the
general fund $1,443.94 in "the red" according to the financial
report released Tuesday evening when the organizational
meeting of the Caldwell council was held at the City Hall.
Clerk Violet Morgareidge told the council members
that the parking meter fund had a balance of $3,261.10 the
cemetery fund a balance of
$1,003.62 the village gas fund
a balance of $1,464.38 and the
street maintenance fund, a
balance of $16,009.04.
Although elected as a member
of council, Carl Johnson could
not serve in this capacity since
he lives outside the corporation
and the council then recommend
ed to Mayor Homer Johnson that
Dean A. Reed be appointed to fill
this vacancy. The vote was un
animous.
Reed was a member of the old
council but did not seek re-elec
tion in the November classic.
New Member
Gerald E. Hayes is the new
member of council. All were
sworn in by Mayor Johnson.
Donald D. Nichols was named
president of the council and will
serve in that capacity for the
coming year.
Council members sv orn into
office were Donald J. Nichols,
Dwight F. Wiley, (a Barnett,
Gerald E. Hayes, Js 3 Johnson
and Dean A. Reed
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County licts
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Scs! Sale 0
Lags In Rob
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County
A total of $l,f L..90 has been
collected to date on the annual
Christmas seal sale campaign
according to Mr:. Mildred Long
chairman of the drive.
This represents about $200
short of the goal for 1954 and
all those who have failed to send
in their contributions are urged
to do so now.
The above total represents
1216 letters that have been re
turned from the 2500 mailed out
In other words less than one
hall' the people in the county
supported the tuberculosis pre
vention program in this area.
This is the lowest contribution
received from the seal sale in
ten years, according to John D.
Wheeler, executive secretary
SUFFERS ATTACK
L. W. "Lote" Rucker of the
West side, was found unconsci
ous in his car on a county road
northwest of Caldwell by Grover
Smith, Monday night. A doctor
was summoned and Rucker was
taken to St. Francis hospital,
Cambridge, in the Murphy
ambulance. He had apparently
been the victim of a stroke.
When found, his ear was still
running and had careened into
a ditch. Rucker is a veteran em
ploye of the state highway de
partment.
Bob Secrest
Secrest will be seeking his
from this district. Although
he is a Democrat and the dis
trict is overwhelmingly Re
publican, Secrest is perhaps
the most popular politician
today in this section of the
state.
He shattered all records in
1952 when he was reelected for
his eighth term, resulting in the
longest tenure in office of any
representative from this district.
The late C. Ellis Moore of Cam
bridge, served seven terms.
His formal announcement is
as follows:
Many times, and in many
ways, the people of the 15th dis
trict have honored me and I am
deeply grateful. Every day I
have tried to show my apprecia
tion by humble, honorable and
Continued on Page Two
Alva Merritt Garage
Destroyed By Fire
Fixe of undetermined origin
destroyed the garage at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Alva Merritt on
Railroad street at 11:50, Friday
morning New Year's Day.
The fire spread to the kitchen
of the Merritt home and scorch
ed the home of Forrest McCune
next to the Merritt property.
Had the blazed spread, the home
of Mr. and Mrs Joseph Buckey
would also have been threaten
ed.
A car, belonging to a relative
from Canton, was parked just
outside the garage but it was
saved.
Members of the Caldwell fire
department were credited with
saving the Merritt home and ad
joining properties.
No estimate was given on the
damage but the garage and all
its contents were completely
destroyed.
Sinfeuwhen 'M
inches01
Burlingame said that most
residents in Noble county will
maintain that 1930 was the driest
year in this community when
only 25 inches were recorded.
But Burlingame said today
that it was necessary always to
base a record such as this on the
preceding year.
In 1929, Noble county receiv
ed 43.49 inches of rain and 25
inches in 1930. This makes
total of 68.49 for the two years.
In 1952, this county received
34.73 inches and in 1953, 27.98
inches or a total for the two
years of 62.71 inches.
This, of course, indicates that
the two year period just ended
was much more dry than tnat
during 1929 and 1930.
During the month of Decem
ber, Noble county received 1.71
inches of rain and .46 was the
greatest in any 24 hours. This
occurred on the 14th.
Low temperature was 2 de
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Will Seek
Another Term In Congress
Formal Osndidaey Announcement
Made Todaj From Washington, 0. G.
Robert T. Secrest, of Senecaville, formally announced
today that he would be a candidate to succeed himself as
congressman from the 15th. Congressional district, compris
ing Noble, Guernsey, Washington, Morgan, Muskingum and
Perrv counties.
ninth term
as representative
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Deadline For
Dog Tags Ii
County Jan. 20
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actor Club Is
ly Organized
JANUARY 2-11
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President
NUMLounty
Auditor G. B. Long
Urges Compliance
Penalty Assessed
The deadline for purchasing A
tag for your dog is Jan. 20, at||
any dog-owner or harborer who
fails to buy the tag for his dog,
is subject to penalty after that
date. The amount of $2.00 for
either male or female dog tags
was agreed upon by the county
commissioners at their meeting
of Dec. 21. Kennel fee is $10.00.
At the Dec. 28 meeting of th£
Noble county commissioner^
James Merry of near Sharott
was given a contract to crush
500 tons of limestone at $1.50 a
ton.
The amount of $10,005.00 \ms
transferred from the auto license
fund to the road and bridge by
the commissioners at this reg
ular meeting.
In addition, the following bills
were presented and paid:
Rodney -Williams, keep of
Sammy Dye, $55.00: Columbus
Blank Book Mfg. Co., supplier
$27.50 William Hill, materials
and supplies, $99.89 Gilbert B.
Long, expense to commissioners
convention, $25.00 General
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27.98 Inches of Rain in *53
Rainfall Average For 1952-53
Reported Lightest In Local Historf-
Noble county received only 27.98 inches of rain during
1953, according to a report released today by Frank Burlin
game. of Sharon, official weatherman lor this section. This
is slightly more than 10 inches below normal.
The greatest amount of rain during 1953 fell during the
month of July when 4.47 inches were recorded. The lightest
occurred during the month of}
Local Scouts Get
mpmt
Cambridge Businessman
Donates 35 Acres
The Boy Scout troops of
Noble and Guernsey counties
were donated 35 acres of ground
this week by a Cambridge resi
dent and it will be used this
summer as a camping area.
Scout Representative Robert
Lambert said the land was locat
ed only two miles from Cam
bridge, just off the old Curdory
road and north of the reservoir.
With this camping area avail
able to local scouts, it will mean
that troops can now go on over
night and weekend hikes. The
land will also be used for
Merrit badge work in soil con
servation, forestry, wild liffcr
improvement and other outdoor
projects.
The donor of the land did not
wish his name made public but
he is widely known for his
interest in youth.
Until this gift was announced*
Camp Zane at Dresden was the
only site available to local
Scouters and it was much too
far for many local events.
Chairman Bill Kennedy and
members of the camping and
activities committee are hand
ling details of the transaction,
which will benefit the scouts of
Noble and Guernsev counties.
1953 Farm Practices
Must Be Reported
January 31 is the deadline for
making application for new
tobacco allotments at the local
office of the Agricultural Stabili
zation and Conservation com
mittee formerly the P. M. A.
This announcement was made
this week by Office Manager
Albert Way.
He added that 1953 practices
must be reported at the office
by the same date, Jan .31.
FRACTURES HIP
Mrs. Mildred Zimmerman fell
at her home on North street, on
Monday morning, sustaining a
fractured right hip. She was re
moved to the Bethesda hospital,
Zanesville, in the McVay ambul
ance. Mrs. Zimmerman will
observe her birthday this Frio-J
SEE US FOR your Bottle Gas
needs. D. D. Nichols, Caldwell,
Ohio. tf
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