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New equipment which regis*
ters man-made "earthquakes"—
so small 'they can be felt only a
few yards away—recently had
its first test in charting Ohio's
underground formations.
The equipment is the latest in
modern developments toward
discovering natural gas.
To test whether the new
equipment is as accurate and
applicable in the Appalachian
area as has been indicated in
other parts of the country, a
crew of geophysicists recently
made tests in Medina county.
There they took seismographic
recordings which are believed
to have brought back "echoes"
of small explosions near the sur
face from as deep as a mile and
a half in the earth.
These scientists worked in co
operation with the Ohio Fuel
Gas Company, which made pre
liminary arrangements and pro
vided men and equipment to
help with the demonstration.
W. E. Ferguson, Ohio Fuel
vice-president in charge of pro
duction, pointed out today that
charting underground forma
tions is an important step in
locating areas favorable for ex
ploring for gas and oil.
"We believe these test may
valuable not only to the people
conducting them and to our
selves, but to the entire gas and
oil industry in the Appalachian
region," Ferguson said.
The tests were conducted in
Hinckley Township, Medina
county, some 12 miles northeast
of Medina. Ohio Fuel had pre
viously charted the same area,
using drilling logs and surface
geology in determining the con
tours of rock layers which un
derlie the surface.
The results of this recent test
are still under study but pre
liminary comparisons with re
cords of wells drilled in this
area indicated a high degree of
accuracy, Ferguson said.
The new equipment was
brought to Ohio by representa
tives of the Houston Technical
Laboratories of Houston, Texas,
and of Geophysical Service, Inc.,
of Dallas, Texas. These organ
izations .specialize in research
and development of equipment
and methods in the gas and oil
industry.
The seismograph process of
charting the earth's sub-surface
is not new. It has been used for
years in all sections of the coun
try—including once about !2
years ago by Ohio Fuel. The
equipment recently used in Med
ina county, however, is far more
sensitive and exact in the re
cord obtained. Furthermore,
although intricate, the apparatus
is almost unbelieveably compact,
since it can be fitted into the
back end of a station wagon.
The new equipment has been
tried in Montana, Illinois, and
in other parts of the country,
but had never been used in the
Appalachian region until Ohio
Fuel brought it to this state.
Here is how it works:
In a hole drilled 25 fret into
the ground, dyamite is explor
ed. The resulting vibrations, re
bounding from subsurface rock
formations, are picked up by
small receivers which have been
"planted" about a foot under
ground, some 175 feet away from
the blast hole. Wires from the
receivers carry the vibrations
back to an amplifier installed in
the station wagon. The ampli
fied vibrations are recorded in
wavy lines on film, which is
printed and ready for interpreta
tion within three or four minutes
after the
dynamite
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Much of Ohio Fuel's well dril
ling activity these days is in its
rapidly expanding underground
storage fields. These fields,
which once contained native
gas, now hold gas piped in from
out of the state, much of it from
the Southwest. When the de
mand is at its peak during the
coldest winter day, 60 percent
of Ohio Fuel's requirements
comes from underground stor
age. MJells of the same type as
those which bring native gas to
the surface are used to inject
for storage and wiiImIi tm
gas again for use.
Another development of re
cent years for increasing the
production from new wells and
for reviving the flow of gas
from old wells which were once
thought to be beyond further
use in being utilized by Ohio
Fuel. Some wells, once consid
ered to all practical purposes as
too small to be commercially
useful, have responded with in
creased gas flows at times great
er than their initial production.
This development is known in
general as "formation fracture"
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At this time of the year we pause to expiess our sinccrc
thanks and appreciation to each of you for the past years
patronage and friendship.
May the coming year find you happier, more content,
and enjoying more of the better things in life.
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Drilling for gas Driller Glenn Thornberry of Barnesville pre
pares to handle a drill bit as it emerges from the hole during oper
ations to produce a new gas well for the Ohio Fuel Gas Company.
started this man-made "earth
quake."
It takes a geophysicist or geo
logist trained in the use of the
new seismograph to interpret
the wavy lines, of course, but
from a blast 25 feet deep he
gets an idea of what the earth
is like as much as 7,500 feet
below him.
Blasts are set off and read
ings taken in a series of holes
drilled several hundred feet
apart, in order to chart a given
area.
While new ways are being
established to find the rock for
mations favorable for natural
gas and crude oil deposits, work
goes on at storing out-of-state
gas and in producing Ohio gas
so that there will be plenty for
homes and industries. The de
mand for gas is so great that
Ohio Fuel is able to produce
from Ohio wells on!v about 10
percent of the gas it delivers to
its customers.
JAKE VINCENT SCOTTY
Formerly Linkhorn Hardware
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BYESVILLf, OHIO
Home Owned Home Operated
Mrs. Ida E. Burkhart
Claimed By Death
Mrs. Ida E. Burkhart, 51. wife
of Nicholas Burkhart,' Zanesville,
and a former well known resi
dent of Fulda community, died
at Bethesda hospital, where she
had been a patient since Dec. 6.
She had been ill with a heart
ailment for the past two years.
A daughter of John and Phil
omenia Hupp Nau, she was born
Aug. 28, 1903 at Fulda. She had
lived in Zanesville for 30 years.
Surviving are her husband
one son. Leo of the home: three
daughters, Mrs. Stephen Devol
of
Des Plains, 111., and Miss
Regina Burkhart and Miss
Thresia Burkhart, both of the
home three sisters, Mrs.
Thresia Shillinski of Dexter
City, Mrs. Amelia Fogle of
Lewisville and Mrs. Helen Mil
ler of Caldwell and two broth
ers. Edward Nau
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men. The process involves
breaking the formation by high
pressures exerted on the pro
ducing rocks at the bottom of
the well hole. The pressure
cracks the formation and results
in the production of gas or oil
which could not have been re
covered by other methods.
With Ohio Fuel, a pioneering
user of formation fracture in the
state, results have been highly
gratifying, Ferguson indicates,
and the ultimate recovery from
wells so treated will be watched
closely over a period of years.
These developments are help
ing Ohio to do its part as a pro
ducing state to keep up with the
growing demand for natural
gas. Much is going on under
ground that is proving to be of
benefit to those "on top."
of
Caldwell
route 1 and Andrew Nau of
Dexter City.
Funeral services were held on
Friday morning from the St.
Thomas Catholic church in
Zanesville and interment mad
in Mt. Olive cemetery.
SALES TAX RECEIPTS
Sales tax receipts in Noble
county for the week ending Dec.
11 were almost three times that
for the same week in 1953, ac
cording to Roger W. Tracy,
treasurer of state. Receipts for
this particular week amounted to
$3,026.32 compared to $1,454.30
for the same week in 1953. This
would indicate the beginning of
the Christmas buying season.
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GEORGE W. HALL
Editor, The Herald-Press,
Myrtle Point, Oregon
0 God, give me the wisdom
not to offend the folks of my
community, in my perhaps un
worthy efforts to enlighten
them to the fact that this be
loved nation of ours is slowly
drifting away from the prin
ciples for which our forefathers
fought and died, and that the
American Way of Life may be
perpetuated under Thy protect
ing care.
WISE 7r
OTHERWISE
By E. O. BOND
We're getting a lot of govern
ment, but we'd probably be
worse off if we were getting as
much as we're paying for.
Not only is he idle who does
nothing, but he is also idle who
could better be employed.
Taxpayers are men and wom
en who do not have to pass civil
service examinations to work
for the government.
It is a far greater calamity
to have an empty heart than an
empty purse.
He who does small things well
will surely prove to higher
trusts most true.
Chief problem of a Russian
dictator is to keep the stomachs
of hi:, subject full and their
heads empty.
English law forbibds a man
from marrying his mother-in
law. Talk about useless legis
lation.
1 have never-no, never, heard
of good cooking listed as a cause
for divorce.
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Christmas
Even the most casual observ
er in Germany immediately sees
that religious reverence cloaks
the Holiday activities here. The
Nativity Crib is used, the pride
of both Protestant and Catholit
families.
Every December, the Deuts
ches Museum in Munich holds
an exhibition of various crib
scenes. It possesses the oldest
German "Christ crib" that is to
be found. It is 700 years old,
made for the Fuessen Monastery
at that time. The museum shows
something like 8,000 figures of
the Holy Family, the shepherds
and kings and approximately
10,000 animals. I haven't seen
them yet but plan to before the
Holidays. I've read, however,
that many of the figures are
dressed in fantastic costumes,
often with a tiny watch dang
ling from the belt of a Moorish
king or a regiment of mediaeval
Schwabian archers marching in
the retinue of the three wise
mem
There's no getting around the
fact, though, that the season is
also commercialized to a point
here.
Weeks ago, the shop windows
featured "gift ideas" and tinsel
and tiny Christmas trees began
appearing in the displays. I un
derstand that gifts of any size
are bought only for the very
closest relatives or friends.
Small gifts of remembrance are
bought for almost everybody
that does any service. I was told
that the traffic cop at a down
town intersection is surrounded
by stacks of small gifts, present
ed to him by the citizens the last
days before Christmas. The day
before Christmas, the lady of
the house is also expected to
present the mailman, garbage
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man, utilities workmen or what
have you, with a small gift. It
may be as small as a tiny packet
of tea or one or two cigars, but
nobody is forgotten. Gifts are
usually exchanged between
friends on the afternoon of Dec.
24.
As in any part of the world,
the children hold a special place
at this time of year. This area
is known as the toy center of
the world, with Nurnberg's toy
industry only a few miles away
to the north and Obberamergau's
world known wood carving
specialists to the south. In Nurn
berg, throughout the month of
December, Christmas fairs are
held. These date back to the time
of the Crusades. Although the
most famous of these fairs is
held in Nurnberg, in front of
the magnificient Our Lady's
Church, smaller airs are held in
most cities and towns. The stalls
and booths are located in an
area of beauty as befits the
Christmas significance, as for
instance, in the very shadows
of a beautiful church.
The fair displays all sorts of
decorations for the holidays,
from gold-leaf angels for the
tannenbaum (Christmas tree) to
elaborate electrical tops or tiny
figurines of dried fruit. It's not
unlike the Noble county fair,
after a fashion, you know, for
that's where friends meet
friends at least once a year
everybody attends. And who
could think of a better time to
meet friends?
The Spirit of Christmas in
Germany is actually reigning on
Christmas Eve. Shops are closed
at noon, the gifts have been
delivered and by nightfall, fam
ilies and sometimes whole
neighborhoods congregate to
sing Christmas carols. In these
Bavarian mountains, I am told'
to expect to see bobbing lights
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that's proved... and I
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in my business. That's why
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t.re
(candles) descending to the vil
lage church for midnight Mass.
A very simple but touching
ceremony in many German
farms is the farmer making the
rounds of his stables and petting
every farm animal in grateful
remembrance of that stable long
ago.
FULDA SCHOOL
NOTES
All the rooms fif the Fulda
school had an enjoyable time at
their Christmas parties with
games, gifts, and refreshments.
The high school pupils with
their teachers made a caroling
tour, singing cheerful Christmas
songs &t the doors of eighteen
families.
Don't let the yuletide season
get too far along without ser
ving a hot mince meat pie top
ped with pastry stars and hard
sauce.
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my wife! I'm buying
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Thursday, "Pcct ruber 30,
foui gen­
erations. They are, 1. to r., Mrs.
Marie Bates. Mrs. Margie L. Cox,
daughter of Mrs. Bates, and seat
ed is Rose Miller, great-grand
mother, who is holding little
Cheryl Ann Cox. This photo fur
nished by W. Bethel Bates.
Wiilscreek
WILX-SCR Ki' K Everything
went off fine Christmas. Turkeys
were roasted and several had
Turkey for dinner.
Born to Bradley Carpenter and
wife a son on Tuesday, Dec.
'1st. Grandparents are Erval
Carpenter and wife, Harold Roe
nd wife. Great grandfathers are
ural Carpenter, Sr., and O. P*
Moore.
A turkey dinner was served at
Tlo Smith's Christmas for the
hilduen. The following were
resent: George Smith and fam
y, Calvin Smith and family,
lunior Smith and family, all of
Quaker City route Leanna
Smith of Cambridge Walter of
the home and the hostess.
Jim Wyscarver got a tooth
pulled last week and he is com
plaining more about it than
some would if they had a leg
broke. Well I guess they do hurt
Calvin Smith and wife, Mabel
and daughter, Alice were v^r^ '3
at the latter's parents, Otis- r
.ton's Christmas eve.
Dick Leach and family, Can
ton, were home the weekend.
A turkey dinner was served
Sunday at Mr. and Mrs. Hayes
Bates'. The following were pre
sent: Ronald Feldner and family
of Caldwell, Ronald Bates and
family of Summerfield, G. P.
Moore and the host and hostess.
Eckard Hogue of Canton, was
home the weekend.
An oyster supper was enjoyed
at Earl Moore's Christmas eve.
Those present were Denver
Moore and family of Canton,
Junior Moore and family of
Quaker City, Frank Roe, Hayes
and Ollie Bates and G. P. Moore.
Willis McDonald and wife and
Herman Starr and wife of Cald
well, were visitors at Erwin Stal
lings last Saturday evening.
Harley Bates is on the sick
list at present.
Tommy McElfresh, Vache
Flood and Tommy Triplett were
here Sunday evening.
"My old car made the
down payment on twQ
new '55 Fords!"
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because my wife just saw it
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