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VOLUME 96
A. Caldwell Head?
es And CIt k
ation For 1955
Robert
Merry, Of
Center Township,
Elected Secretary
Dewey A. Caldwell, trustee of
Brookfield township, is the new
ly elected president of the Nobl
Township Trustees and Clerk!
Association, following their an
nual meeting, Friday, in the
American Legion hall, Caldwell
Mr. Caldwell succeeds Edwarc
F. Leasure of Stock township.
Mark H. Rossiter, trustee of
Center township, is the vice
president and Robert E. Merry,
clerk of Center township, the
secretary and treasurer and
Arthur L. Davis of Olive town
ship, executive committeeman.
Twenty-two members joined
the organization for 1955, ac
cording to Secretary Merry, who
pointed out, however, that there
ire 60 eligible members in the
county.
The above mentioned four
officers will represent Noble
county at the state convention
which will be held in Columbus,
Ian. 20-22. Dean Clarence Man
ton of South Bend, Ind., noted
speaker on Americanism, will
address the Friday afternoon
session of the convention.
County association presidents
»nd secretaries will hold a din
ner meeting Wednesday even
ing before the convention.
Secretary Merry also urged
ill members to pay their dues
for the year to him this month.
Nsflond! Speste To
Jan. 19 At
list Church
Workshop One Of
Nine Meetings In
North-East District
Dr. Carl D. Soule of the Board
of World Peace of the Methodist
church, will be at the Caldwell
Methodist church on Wednesday,
January 19th. as the leader of a
Peace Workshop.
Dr. Soule has been a member
of the staff of the Board of
World Peace of the Methodist
church since January, 1945. He
has received degrees from West
ern Reserve University and Bos
ton University. He has also
studied abroad.
Before coming to his present
position he was a teacher and
pastor. Dr. Soule has visited the
United Nations several times
and has led seminar groups
there. He has written numerous
articles for church periodicals.
The workshop at Caldwell is
one of nine such meetings in
North-East Ohio Conference of
the Methodist church held in
connection with the Crusade for
World Order of the Methodist
church.
In the afternoon at 4 o'clock,
Dr. Soule will give background
help on the objectives of the
Crusade with special emphasis
on the Study Book being used
in Methodist churches, "Plow
shares and Pruning Hooks". This
meeting is for pastors and key
laymen.
In the evening at 7:30 Dr.
Soule will help the peace com
mittees and interested persons
from the local churches of the
Cambridge District in their con
tinuing peace emphasis within
the church. Everyone is wel
come to this meeeting.
Dr. Thurman Alxander, the
district superintendent, will also
have a part in the meeting. The
film, "Youth and the Crusade
for World Order" will be shown
in the evening.
A. L. Sthafer Renamed Head Of First
Naiionai Bank At Annua! Dinner Meet
ESTABLISHED IN 1859
The march of mothers will be
held in unison this year and
there will be no previous solici
tation, which proved so confus
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Wjiham Alexander, of Ru.-eville, lecturer, traveler and
Methodist minister, was the principal speaker Tuesday when the
annual dinner for stockholders and friends of the First National bank
was held in the American Legion hall.
Rev. Alexander spoke in a humorous vein and delighted the
109 guests who enjoyed the dinner served by members of the
American Legion auxiliary. The
invocation was given by
B. B.
Wheeler.
This was the 22nd annual din
ner event for the bank and
marked the first time that Presi
dent A. L. Schafer was unable
to attend, due to illness. How
ever, he is now improving at his
home on West street where he
was dismissed last Friday from
Bethesda hospital, Zanesville.
The directors re-elected were
A. L. Schafer, H. F. Gant, E. D.
Parks, A. M. Secrest, H. F.
Thompson, Byron Schafer and
D. L. Harkins.
Mr. Schafer
was
president. D.
renamed
president with H. F. Gant, vice
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Members of Cambridge Commandery, No.
47, Knights Templar, conferred the Red Cross
and Malta degrees Thursday at a special meet
ing held in the Caldwell Masonic Temple on
three local candidates. The Cambridge Com
mandery received special dispensation to hold
this meeting.
Pictured above are A. S. Chappelear, who
holds high York honors, Fred O. Witen, Walter
Brown, Wiliard Stewart, Charles Stewart,
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Record PuIIel tqq
Measures S 2 Inches
Mr. and Mrs. Richard San
ford of South Olive, have a
pullet hen that '"out-laid"
itself last Friday.
One in a flock of 14 hens
laid an egg that measured
%V» inches in overall length
from tip to tip and 6 inches
in circumference. It tipped the
scales at one-half pound.
This was the couple's first
venture at raising chickens and
they sure hit the jackpot with
this egg. The hens were New
Hampshire Reds and purchas
ed from Noble Hatchery in
Caldwell.
The over-sized egg and a
normal pullet egg are being
displayed in the window of
the Farmers & Merchants
hank building.
L.
Harkins is
cashier and Howard F. Gill, as
sistant cashier.
Other bank employees are
Charles Tilton, Mrs. Leoba
Archer, Mrs. Faye Lee and Miss
Lavina Hedge.
The liabilities of this bank,
according to their statement,
amounted to $3,033,579.49. This
represented $2,663,646.56 deposit
ed by the customers $363,932.93
as money paid for capital stock
and earnings accumulated and
not paid out in dividends and
$6,000 in dividends paid Jan. 1,
1955. The bank listed $449,061.95
as cash on hand.
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Cambridge Knights Templar Confer Degrees Here
H.
Mrs. Robert (. Moore Completing Plans For
Annual Drive Fire Siren Will Be Blown
The mothers of Caldwell and Noble county will again
march in their campaign against polio, according to an
announcement made today by Mrs. Robert C, Moore, chair
man of this particular phase.
The porch light parade will be held this year on Thurs
day evening, Jan. 27 with the exact time to* be announced
at a later date. It will pro
bably be held for one hour
only from 6:30 to 7:30 p. m.
Plans are also being discussed
to have a central point, where
the collections may be turned
in by the mothers as soon as
they have completed their soli
citation. In this manner, the
exact amount obtained can be
determined almost immediately.
Local solicitors will probably
contact their particular section
by phone on that day to see if
everyone will be "at home" dur
ing the specified hour. If not,
they will be urged to leave their
contribution in an envelope
which will be picked up by the
solicitor. This will avoid all call
backs.
He is suffering from leuk
emia, a fatal blood disease,
with which he was stricken
two years ago.
Little David enjoys cards for
it is about all that he can do
lying in bed.
Friends are sending David
birthday cards and valentines
now for there is a very good
possibility that he will not last
until his birthday next month.
to 20
Clark
Mansfield by Sheriff Conaway
to begin his sentence.
Floyd E. Walters, Wintford
Bailey and Dwight Moreland, all
indicted for petty larceny, also
pleaded guilty before Judge
Archer and received a 12 day
jail sentence.
Judge Archer pointed out that
the three men had already spent
30 days in jail awaiting the
Grand Jury action and the 12
additional days would make 42
days for this theft of tools and
equipment from the Koontz
Coal company in Harriettsville.
Edward Kaminsky, Cleveland,
appeared before Judge Archer
on the indictment of grand lar
ceny in connection with the
alleged theft at Cleveland Gra
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For Victim Of Leukemia
1/itlU ivUi V'trhu-s. v.in of
Mr. and Mrs. Argyl Vorhies,
of Pleasant City, route 1, in
the Sarahsville community,
will be five years old Tuesday,
Feb. 22, provided he lives until
that time.
W. Morgareidge, and Dr. Arthur Hopwood.
Charles Stewart and Dr. Hopwood are 33rd
degree Masons, the highest honor that can be
obtained in Masonic circles.
Rev. Brown and Mr. Morgareidge, both of
Caldwell, are members of the degree team.
The candidates were Lester Hesson, Byron
Steen and Wiley Thompson. Following the
meeting, refreshments were served, with Mrs.
J. Kyte Walkenshaw in charge.
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INJURED IN ACCIDENT
Charles Cain, well known em
ploye of the General Telephone
maintenance crew out of Cald
well, fell about ten feet, Thurs
day, striking his head on the
ground, while repairing some
lines for the company. He was
admitted to Marietta Memorial
hospital and treated for head
injuries and body bruises.
CALDWrhLLr, v-unO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1055
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Halt-Century Service
J. S. Harris Re-Elected
By Building fir Loan Co.
J. S. Harris rounded out 50
years of service as a director
the Caldwell Building & Loon
company, Monday evening, and
following his re-election started
on the second half century.
Mr. Harris, retired publisher
and founder of The Noble
County Leader, said today he
didn't know how long he would
continue on his second half
century tenure.
Other directors re-elected at
the annual meeeting Monday
night in their offices on Main
street were Judge W. Vernon
Archer, Paul M. Clark, E. M.
(Jud) Farley, John C. Groves,
Herschel C. Jordan and Robert
E. Lorenz.
Re-organizational meeting of
the directors for the puKpose of
naming their officers in 1955 will
be held Monday evening, Jan.
17.
Chauncey Rich Trial Set For February 15
In Common Pleas Court By Judge Archer
Henry Adair Ciurk of Midaluburg, was sentenced to
one to 20 years in the Mansfield reformatory, Friday
morning, when he entered a plea of guilty to the Grand
Jury indictment of auto theft.
Clark served over 130 days in the county jail this
summer and after only ten days of freedom stole a car from
Charles Buckey in the Ava
community and was taken
into custody the same even
ing by Sheriff Donald Con
away.
was taken Tuesday
Mother Of South Olive
Freiah
to
stinting
er Lexa Macnk
Mrs. Louise McCune, mother
of Mrs. Richard Sanford of
South Olive, was among passeng
ers who resumed an ocean vov
age to Italv, Friday, after being
held in Singapore since Christ
mas Day when their ship burned
and was beached.
Mrs. McCune and three other
women were among 53 persons
aboard the 5270-ton Danish
freighter Lexa Macrsk when fire
broke out as it was leaving
Singapore.
They all bought new outfits to
replace the luggage lost in the
fire and sailed Friday aboard
the liner Willem Rujs for
Naples.
The women were formerly em
ployed in U. S. Army establish
ments in Tokyo and are bound
for a European vacation.
NOTICE TO DO« OWNliKS- I)og tags
are now on sale at the Noble County
Auditor's Office, Courthouse. Male
and female tags, $:J:50 each kennel,
SI 2.50. Deadline to get your tags,
without penally, is Thursday, January
20, 1955. GILBERT B. LONG, Noble
County Auditor. 26 27 ?8 29
BEEF HIDES wanted. Highest
market price. D. D„ Nichols,
Caldwell, Ohio. 2m
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55 Prisoners
2,
Meals In 1954
Sheriff Conaway
Clears Up 43 Out
Qf Total 63 Crimes
One hundred and fifty-five
-isoners consumed 2,968 meals
the Noble county jail during
.»54, according to a report com
piled and released today by
Sheriff Donald Conaway.
There were 64 accidents in
vestigated by the sheriff during
the year, in addition to 55 by
the state patrol. This made a
total of 119 accidents in Noble
county.
Sheriff Conaway said there
were 63 crimes committed in the
county and of this number, 43
were cleared up by arrests.
He listed only two deaths in
the county due to traffic acci
dents.
Total expense of the sheriff's
office for the year amounted to
$S,311.77, representing $1,791.18
for maintaining vehicles and
$520.59 for other expense.
Fees earned by the sheriff's
department amounted to $944.36
and fines paid the Noble county
treasurer from the Caldwell
mayor's court totaled $1,350.38.
The jail itself is in excellent
condition with the January
grand jurors finding nothing
serious wrong except for a new
rug in the office of the sheriff.
Forest Grove Girls
Enrolled in Conies)
State Homemaker of
Tomorrow Selection
Wednesday, Jan. 12 was obser
ved as the "Homemaker of Tom
orrow Day" in the Forest Grove
high q^hool when the Senior
girls enrolled in the Betty
Crocker search for the Ameri
can homemaker of tomorrow.
The Forest Grove girls will be
competing with 189,530 young
women of the Senior graduating
classes in 8,090 participating
high schools thruout the United
States.
The 50-mimite written exami
nation will be the basis for
selecting the homemaker of
tomorrow in each school, state,
and finally on April 21 in the
nation.
The girl receiving the highest
examination in each school will
be entered in state competition
where the winner will receive
a $1,500 scholarship and a trip
with her school advisor to Wash
ington, D. C., Williamsburg, Va.,
and Philadelphia. Her school
will receive a set of the Encyclo
pedia Britannica.
The all-American homemaker
of tomorrow selected April 21
in Philadelphia will receive a
$5,000 scholarship.
AT INSURANCE MEETING
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Col ley,
local insurance agents, attend
ed a joint meeting of agents and
insurance women of Zanesville,
Tuesday held in that city. Arthur
M. O'Connel of Cincinnati, mem
bers of the national executive
committee, was the speaker.
Allan Rankin of Zanesville, was
installed as the new president
for this organization.
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Postmaster Cecil
Ohio Fuel Gas Ordinance Passed To lis
Third Reading At Village Cour
ine onio uei ijas Co. ordinance was passed to its tnira read
ing, Tuesday evening, when regular session of the Caldwell council
was held at City hall with Mayor Homer Johnson presiding.
A similar ordinance, with exactly the same rates, was also pre
sented to council by The Permian Oil & Gas Co., which serves Cald
well. No action was taken on this ordinance.
The council also purchased 500 feet of hose for the Caldwell fire
department at a cost of $1.00 per
foot. The purchase was made
from the Capital City Recharge
company of Columbus. This hose
will replace the old hose used
by the department and the action
of the council was taken on the
recommendation of Fire Chief
Frank Tarleton.
The amount approved by the
budget commission of the county
commissioners for the village
was approved by council. It in
cluded $2,089.03 for the general
fund inside the 10 mill limita
tion and the same amount for
the sinking fund, outside the 10
mill limitation.
The double parking situation
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The Caldwell postoffice has just completed its largest
postal receipts in the history of the local office, according
to the annual report compiled today by Postmaster Wood
row E. Cecil.
The greatest increase for any one month was December
when the receipts totaled"
$5,401.36, representing an in
crease of $1,200.00 over th
previous December.
said
tha
postal receipts for the last thre
months of the year wen
$9,963.21, which indicated an in
crease of $815.19 for the
same
period in 1953.
Total receipts for 1954 were
$30,697.33, amounting to an over
all increase of $404.90 over last
year.
Postmaster Cecil pointed out
that the total combined money
order and postal receipts were
$251,712.99, showing a decrease
in money order business of
$3,228.03, compared with 1953.
Stamp cancellations were at
an all time high of 105,495 for
the period from Dec. 1 to Dec. 24.
The local postal officials said
the mailing during the Christ
mas rush period started earlier
this year, which resulted in this
record volume of mail being
handled more efficiently and ex
peditiously and with far less
strain on the employees.
All parcels, with exception of
a very few for rural delivery,
were delivered as of 6 p. m. Dec.
24.
The entire postoffice force ex
pressed their appreciation today
for the fine cooperation of the
many patrons who assisted with
this task by separating their
cards, as requested, into bundle
for local and outgoing mail.
Walton C. Starr was employe-i
from Dec. 10 to the 24th to assist
in the delivery of the Christma
mail.
Violated
Charge
'9'
When Apprehende
Roy H. Parker, 20, Had
Really Pinned One Oil
Roy Harold Parker, 20, of
Canal Fulton, violated practi
cally every charge in the book,
Friday evening at 9:40 o'clock,
when he was arrested by Sheriff
Donald Conaway.
Here were the charges:
Reckless operation of a car
while under the influence of
liquor passing in a no passing
zone failure to observe stop
sign failure to observe traffic
signal traveling at 65 miles ar
hour in a residential district
resisting an officer carrying ar.
open bottle in the car attempt
ing to bribe an officer and last
but not least driving with one
hand while holding an open
bottle of liquor in the other.
His fine: $100.00 and costs his
license to operate a vehicle tak
en away for 60 days and three
days in the Noble county jail.
He has failed to pay his fine and
will probably lay it out in the
jail.
The other charges were not
filed against Parker in order
that the county wouldn't have
to keep him for an indefinite
period of time.
He was traveling from Canal
Fulton to his home in West Vir
ginia when arrested by Sheriff
Conaway.
ATTENDS MEETING
Malcolm G. Parks,
represent­
ed Noble county at the National
Monument convention, held on
Monday and Tuesday of this
week in Cleveland. He was ac
companied by Mrs. Parks and
children, who visited with rela
tives in Akron.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
Th tax books were opened Monday
In the County's Treasurer's Office for
collecting the first half of the 1M54
Real Estate Taxes in Noble County.
The books will remain open for ap
proximately 30 days from January 10.
A. R. HICKS, Treasurer
New* Comtty. Ohio
COUNTY AUDITOR
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FOURTEEN PAGES THIS WEEK NUMBER 23
Cf &
Cecil Releases Report Showing 105,495
amp Cancellations
Noble- Guernsey
Feeder Calf Banquet
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Dinner Will Be Held
At Old Washington
To Name Directors
Annual meeting and banquet
of the Noble-Guernsey Feeder
Calf association will be held on
Thursday evening, Jan. 20 at
Old Washington, according to an
announcement made today by
Agent Floyd Henderson.
A meeting of the directors is
slated for this Thursday even
ing at the extension office in
Cambridge and they will per
fect plans at this time for the
banquet.
Agent Henderson said that
reservations for the banquet
should be made by Monday, Jan.
17. They may be mailed directly
to Ray Sugart of Old Washington
or given to Agent Henderson.
Any one wishing to attend this
meeting and banquet may do so,
providing they have made re
servations.
On Jan. 20th, annual election
of directors will be held and
they in turn will name the new
officers for 1955.
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This is always the larges
last year it amounted to sligh
All County Vendors
Must File Tax Report
Soles Tax Examiner
Here January 20-27
All Noble county persons hav
ing Ohio vendors licenses are re
quired to file their next semi
annual sales tax reports before
January 31. 1955, for the period
July 1, 1954, through December
31, 1954, according to an an
nouncement by the Department
of Taxation.
This year the returns are on
a card form. These cards MUST
NOT BE FOLDED or MUTILAT
ED. If the card is damaged it
cannot be processed through the
IBM machines.
Vendors must bring all records
necessary to substantiate the
figures reported, including a
copy of the last return and their
purchase orders showing the
amounts of stamps purchased
during the last half of 1954.
Deadline for filing returns
with the Treasurer of State is
January 31. 1955 and they must
be postmarked not later than
January 31, 1955, to avoid thr
$1.00 a day charge for delinquent
filing.
To assist vendors with these
returns the Department of Taxa
tion has arranged to have
examiners at the District office,
306 Masonic Temple, Zanesville,
each week day from 8 a. m. to
4:30 p. m. and on Saturdays 8:30
a. m. to noon.
Also an Examiner will be sta
tioned at Caldwell at the court
house on January 20 and 27, in
the office of Auditor G. B. Long.
SEE US FOR your Bottle Gas
needs. D. D. Nichols, Caldwell
Ohio. *7tf
ALL WINTER merchandise re
duced this week at Nadine's
Hat Shop, North Street. One
table of hats for 25c. Get them
while they
last.
Break
Five
tin
Union Members Slot*
Meeting Wednesday
For Definite Action
A light of optimism appears
most evident thru the prevailing
gloomy, clouded horizon that has
over-shadowed the five-week-old
strike at the Caldwell Cleveland
Graphite Bronze plant, south of
here.
This feeling results from
activity occurring Sunday after
noon, when an unscheduled
meeting by some 60 union mem
bers was called in desperation
that something be done to end
the strike which was called Dec
ember 14, when company and
union negotiations breakdown
occurred.
Only one subsequent meeting
was held, Dec. 20, to iron out
the existing differences between
the union and company. Nothing
but a deadlock resulted from the
meeting, presided over by Mr.
Louis Kah, federal mediator.
It was reported that several fac
tors could be attributed for the
Sunday meeting. Failure to take
into confidence the union mem
bership as to their individual
feeling on the strike matter, the
company's statement to the
effect that their offer was a fair
one and until the offer is pre
sented to the membership for
consideration, they feel no need
for further negotiations, and a
union official's statement that a
major point of disagreement
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Treasurer A. R. Hicks Inaugurates New
System Of Real Estate Tax Receipts
Collection in Noble county for the first half of the
1954 real estate taxes began Monday morning of this week
and will continue for approximately 30 days, according to
Treasurer A. R. Hicks.
collection in the county and
ly more than $100,000, accord
ing to Auditor Gilbert B.
Long, who said it was the
largest in the history of the
county.
Treasurer Hicks
has
instituted
a new system this year and it
will be used for the first time.
All real estate owners in the
county, whose addresses are
available at the courthouse, will
receive a notice in the mail that
their taxes are now due.
The new blanks will list all
the properties for taxation to a
particular owner, which will be
used for both the
first and
second half collection.
They were purchased by
Treasurer Hicks from Johnson
Watson company of Dayton,
complete with the cabinets for
filing. The cost was estimated at
over $600.
It was estimated that between
4,000 and 4500 notices would be
mailed out, if all the taxpayers
had complete address listings at
the treasurer's office.
This year when they come into
the treasurer's office, all this.
information will be obtained for
future reference.
Columbus Gas Hearing
Will Be Helc! Feb. 7
The Public Utilities Commis
sion of Ohio has set Monday,
February 7 at 1:30 p. m. at the
time for the hearing on the com
plaint filed by the Permian Oil
& Gas company against the Ohio
Fuel Gas company.
The commission said that on
Nov. 19, the Permian Oil & Gas
company filed a complaint with
them with reference to extension
of services by the Ohio Fuel
Gas company to certain custom
ers of Permian Oil & Gas com
pany in Caldwell.
For this reason the commission
has assigned the matter for
public hearing on Feb. 7.
The hearing will be held
their offices at 65 South
28
street, Columbus.
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