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VOLUME 96 ESTABLISHED IN 1859
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Be Put On Paying
Basis By Auditor
New System Ordered
To Control Purchases
By the County Offices
A new policy is being institut
ed at the Noble county court
house this week by Auditor C.
R. Atkinson in his one-num
campaign to cut down expenses
on a county level and have all
county offices operate on a sound
budget.
Auditor Atkinson is setting up
requisition system for everv
eeunty office and in the future
no bills will be paid for anv
official where the money has noi
been certified for such expendi
tures.
Auditor Atkinson took this
action when he found that the
general fund and the road and
bridge fund of the county are
already overdrawn several thou
sands of dollars.
The official said, acting on
advice from examiners of the
state department of taxation,
that the only way to get the
overdrawn funds back into bal
ance is to set up a requisition
system to control the purchases
of the officials of different of
fices of the county whose pur
chases are paid for by the county
auditor. In this manner, he can
keep purchases within the ap
propriations and money avail
able.
The auditor's office is furnish
ing all offices with a statement
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Grand jury Only
Returns Two Bills
At Investigation
Joy Wiley And David
Wilson Indicted Two
Cases Are Ignored
Two indictments against Rufus
JL Wiley, of Sharon, for grand
larcency and David Wilson, Jr.,
for non-support were returned
Monday afternoon when the
grand jury made their annual
report for the May term.
Wiley has been in the Noble
coqnty jail for the alleged theft
of several head of sheep which
were sold at the Marietta live
stock market. Wilson is under
bond in Muskingum county on
the above charge.
The grand jurors examined 11
witnesses, covering four cases,
presenting two true bills and
ignoring two of the cases. Gould
Ward served as foreman for the
jurors.
The grand jurors visited the
Noble county pail and reported
that the jail was in excellent
condition but recommended that
a new rug be purchased and the
floor repaired.
Those who served on the grand
jury Monday included: J. H.
Beckett, Sarah Highman, Russell
Keith, Jacob Phelps, J. M.
Harper, Vernon Barnhouse,
Blaine Love, Floy Miller, Leo
Huffman, Homer Finley, Harry
Stotts, Carl Miley, Gould Ward,
Henry Simonton and S. O. Jam
ison.
Cases ignored were against
Ray Wilson and John Wilson.
Six Permits Issued
After Driver's Exam
There weie six driver's per
mits issued Monday by the state
highway patrol, including one
to T. W. Patterson, local retired
contractor, who is in his 82nd
year.
The others who successfully
passed the examination included:
Don Edwin Wiley, route 2, Cald
well Carl Richard Miller, Sar
ahsville Ralph L. McAuley,
route 3, Caldwell Lawrence J.
Velosky, Belle Valley Larry
Mark Wilson, Caldwell and T.
W. Patterson, Caldwell.
There was one that failed to
pass the test due to his eyes
and two on actual driving.
At the final meeting of the
Citizens committee, Tuesday
evening, the recommendation
4 was made to the board of
education of the Caldwell
exempted village school dis
trict that they return to the
Noble county school system.
There were 24 members of
the committee at the meeting
in the grade school cafeteria
with Chairman John W. Haz
ard presiding.
On the question of returning
to the county system, there
•were 17 who favored the
Motion, two were opposed and
•ix refrained from voting.
On or before May 10th, the
chairmen of the committees
will meet and a formal draft
will be prepared for presenta
tion to the Caldwell board on
their findings of the general
committee.
The Caldwell
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Mark Barnhart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Barnhart, North
street, was the first youngster in Noble county to receive th
anti-polio shot Tuesday morning from Dr. N. S. Reed. Although
a second grader, he was given the first shot because he was un
afraid and would serve as a good example for the others to
follow. It was estimated that Dr. Reed, shown right, inoculated
an average of 90 to 100 children per hour during the three
day period. Health Nurse Vera Cunningham is also shown
above assisting Dr. Reed.
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However, it is the intent of
the company to ask the council
of Dexter City for the same rates
as were granted by the Caldwell
council on Tuesday evening so
that all customers will have the
same rates.
Although the net increase in
Caldwell will not entirely offset
the net decrease in the other
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Commissioners Spend
$11,001.00 Monday
On Monday, %-lan-h i, the
commissioners purchased 1,000
tons of crushed slag from the
Standard Slag company, of
Youngstown with Ernest Sec
rest and H. G. Williams voting
yes and Franz McNutt, no.
For this reason, the proposal
had to lay over ior at least 20
days required by law and last
Monday the purchase was finally
authorized.
The commissioners also pur
chased an order of culvert pipe,
requested by Engineer Homer
Weedon in the amount of
$3,181.00. This order went tp Re
public Steel.
From the Major Equipment
company, they purchased a 1000
gallon oil distributor valued at
$5,820.00 on approval of the
county engineer. One third will
be paid in cash and the balance
in two years.
They bought a used Martin
tow-type trailer as billed for
$2,000.
SEE US FOR your Bottle Gas
needs. D. D. Nichols, Caldwell,
Ohio inn
posed to be influenced by their
findings since it was their idea
originally that a survey com
mittee be appointed from all
organizations in the com
munity. The purpose at that
time was to make findings
relative to the improvement of
the local system.
The committee also reported
that the present facilities
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Simultaneously with the passing of the rate ordinance
to increase rates to customers inside the village of Caldwell,
officials of The Permian Oil & Gas Company announced
that in order to make rates uniform thruout the system, a
reduction would be made to all customers residing outside
of Caldwell, which will include Bronze Heights and Olive.
Also, consumers in the vil
lages of South Olive, Elba,
.Macksburg* and Dudley wir
enioy the benefit of the decrease
The only other consumers not
affected by an increase or de
crease at the present time are
those in the village of Dexter
City and as rates are fixed until
the expiration of a rate ordin
ance which expires October 2,
1955, no change will be made in
this town at present.
Stale Patrol Crad?
Down on Motor Bikes
PC
Owners Must Get A
Permit, Patrol Soys
All high school students who
have been driving their motor
cycles, motor scooters, motor
bikes or similar vehicles around
Caldwell the past few weeks
must make application for a
restricted driver's permit.
This announcement was made
today by the State Highway
patrol, who contacted Sheriff
Donald Conaway and other local
officials in their efforts to see
that this law is enforced.
Application for a restricted
license must be made directly
to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles,
Department 2, Columbus, Ohio.
It will then be necessary for
the applicant to report at the
patiiotic room in the courthouse
and take an examination for the
permit.
The patrol said today that
owners of the scooter bikes must
obey all traffic laws and that
many complaints have been re
ceived that the students are
driving them on the side walks,
going through red lights, failing
to observe stop signs and in gen
eral not obeying any of the
rules and regulations.
In other words, if you have a
scooter bike but not a temporary
permit or license, then the smart
thing to do is not to operate it,
until you have complied with the
law, the state patrol said today.
NEW SUPPLY of Dekalb Seed
corn. Planting time is near.
Get yours at Raymond Watson's
Service station, Senecaville, Ohio,
route 1 on State Route 147.
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the school are not adequate to
meet the student needs.
The finance and property
evaluation question was left
up to the state.
On the question of remain
ing as an exempted village or
returning to the county system,
the committee made it quite
clear that returning to the
county system was the only
solution to the entire problem.
Relative to the territorial
reorganization, the committee
felt that no definite recom-
mendations should be made
since returning to the county
system would solve this parti
cular question.
No recommendation was
made to the board as to
whether they should build,
remodel, etc., since returning
to the county system would
also have a bearing on this
problem.
The committee definitely
favored a kindergarten for the
Caldwell schools and special
education for retarded chil
dren. They felt that the retard
ed children could be sent to
the Sunshine school in Zanes
ville or other similar schools.
There were 21 civic and
religious organizations rep
resented by the Citizens com
mittee and there is no question
but what their action Tuesday
night was definitely that of the
entire community.
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Joble
Relief
Investigator's Efforts Result In Monthly
Saving Of Approximately $1,715.00
There have been 4(i cases general relief
This represents the first
time that any relief clients in
Noble county had been inves
tigated for a period of 14 years.
In addition to the above, the
report shows that four cases
were cut off for aid to dependent
children two grants were cut for
aid to dependent children five
ases were transferred from gen
eral relief to aid for the aged
one case was transferred from
general relief to the aid for dis
abled and three were transferred
from general relief to aid for
dependent children.
This resulted in a total saving
®f approximately $1,775.00 per
'month in the county.
The above does not include
any of the medical bills, since
this department comes directly
under Director Jimmie Tilton.
It applies only to food, clothing,
fuel, etc.
Investigator Taylor has noth
ing to do with medical bills,
glasses, gas bills, hospital bills,
which is included in the amount
of general relief allowed when
bills are paid.
The 46 cut off from general
relief are persons who should
not have been receiving it when
they had some other source of
income. Aid for dependent chil
dren were mothers receiving the
fhey
rant and not eligible for it as
were getting some other
Source of income.
New budgets were worked for
those grants cut down and
transfers are persons who be
came of age for old age pensions.
Investigations will continue
each month and a similar report
will be made to the public by
the investigator after each
period.
M. J. Flemii
Heights Home
Announcement was made
today that M. J. Fleming, man
ager of the Cleveland Graphite
Bronze company, Caldwell plant,
had purchased the Warren Bruns
property on Bronze Heights and
possession was given last Satur
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Fleming and
their family, however, will not
move to Caldwell until the pre
sent school term closes at Mc
Connelsville.
They are the parents of four
children, Mathew J. Fleming,
the third, 15 Peter Allan, aged
13 Mary Catherine, aged 9 and
Christopher Paul Fleming, six
years old.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruns moved
several months ago to Cleveland
when he was transferred buck
to the main plant in that city.
GIVEN FINE
Richard Howard, of Cleveland,
was arrested by Sheriff Donald
Conaway, Monday evening for
reckless driving. He was tried
before Mayor Roy Seamster, of
Belle Valley, where he pleaded
guilty and was given a fine of
$10 and costs.
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Local Tobacco Growers
Favor Government Quotas
There were 40 eligible Burley
tobacco growers for Noble
county that could vote in the
election which was held April 28
in the ASC office in Caldwell.
Out -of the 40 there were 16
that cast their ballots in favor
of the Burley tobacco quotas for
10&5 and one opposed.
FEED FARM BUREAU FEED.
Notice To Our Patrons and Far
mer Customers: We have a
complete line of DeKalb and
Ohio Certified Seed Corn. Check
your needs now. We also have
our line of Agrico Fertilizers
available. Caldwell Implement
Company, Caldwell,
Ohio.
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In County
county during the past five weeks, representing a
aving of approximately $1500 to $1600 per month.
This report was released to the Noble county commis
sioners Monday by Mrs. Frances Taylor and she based it on
her investigation for a five week« period from March 21
to April 23.
Caldwell Seniors
Leave Wednesday
For Trip To Capitol
47 Students Take
Off May 18 For
Educational Tour
On Wednesday, May 18 the
senipr class of Caldwell high
school will leave Caldwell by
cars fpr Parkersburg, W. Va.,
where they will board the train
in Parkersburg at 9:55 a. m. for
their tour of the city of Washing
ton, D. C.
They will arrive at th&ir des
tination at 6:30 a. m. in Wash
ington, D. C., where the 47 sen
iors will start their first day of
excursion at 9:00 o'clock on a
five hour guide motor tour of
Washington, D. C. They will first
tour the famous Arlington ceme
terv arid Alexandria and the
©irth place of George Washing
ton. Mount Vernon.
On Friday at 8:08 a. m. they
will tour the congressional li
brary, the bureau of engraving.
Pan-American Union and the
White House. After lunch they
will travel on to the Smithson
ian Institute, The F.B.I., all of
the famous art galleries and
other public buildings that will
be of interest. At 9:30 p. m. Fri
day they will leave the city of
Washington, D. C. and arrive in
Parkersburg at 5:43 a. m., Sat
urday.
All of the seniors are making
this educational tour with the
exception of Mary McAuley who
will be unable to go due to an
accident that has hospitalized
her for several weeks. i
This is the first time that the
Caldwell schools have ever sent
their students on such a trip.
The seniors have raised $1,200
by having bake sales, banquet
dinners, selling at football and
basketball games, etc. They will
be accompanied by their class
advisor Dwain Dyer and Mrs.
Hoy Smith, who is the senior
class mother. While in Wash
ington, D. C., they will stay at
the Commodore hotel.
SPECIAL SERVICE
There will be a special Moth
er's day program and worship
service at Ogle's Ridge church
on Sunday evening, May 8, be
ginning at 7:30 o clock. J. T.
Barnes will be the speaker. The
public is invited.
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Meeting Of Teachers Association, May 9
Receives Contract
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Lewis Young, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Young, Sr. of
Walnut street, is completing his
eighth year as industrial arts
instructor at the Canfield high
school which has an enrollment
of 1200 pupils.
Mr. Young, who received his
B. S. degree at Ohio University,
Athens, has just received anoth
er five year contract with this
school.
He is married to the former
Neva Hedge and the Young's
have one daughter. Kathy.
Head-on Collision
Al One-Way Bridge
Located Scuth 0--"
Caldwell On Rt. 21
A car and a tractor trailer col
lided on State Route 21 just
south of Caldwell on a one-way
bridge at seven o'clock Sunday
evening.
Mrs. Maude Caltjwell, of Wil
liamstown, W. Va., who had
spent the weekend with rela
tives in Caldwell, was traveling
south, when her car was struck
head-on by a tractor trailer driv
en by Harry Browning of Haines
City which failed to stop at the
one-way bridge.
No serious personal injuries
were reported but both vehicles
were badly damaged. The trail
er was loaded with oranges and
grapefruit enroute to Cleveland.
Browning was cited before
Mayor Homer Johnson, Sunday
evening and fined $5 and cost for
unsafe operation of his vehicle.
THEFT REPORTED
Marvel Jordan, president of
the Jackson township trustees
reported to Sheriff Donald Con
away that the wiring and
magneto had been stolen from a
tractor owned and operated by
the trustees. The value of the
theft was placed at $85.00. The
local official is investigating.
TO HAVE FREE SHOW
The public is invited to the
free movie which will be given
at the Fulda grange hall, Wed
nesday evening, May 11 begin
ning at 8:30 o'clock. The film
on farming and safety will be
shown by Walter Staats, Cald
well business man.
George J. Kienzle, vice president in charge of public relations
for the mid-west division of the Borden Company, will speak at
the Noble County Teachers association, Monday, May 9. His topic
will be "An Apple For Eve".
GEORGE J. KIENZLE
The dinner meeting will be held at the Methodist church be-
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=soc lation includes teachers for both
the county and local schools.
A short business meeting will
held with election of officers
i -r the coming year and reports
oi the O.E.A. meeting. The pre
nt officers include: Gilbert
Weekley, president Floyd Davis,
vice president and Leone Barn
house, secretary-treasurer.
Kienzle was a newspaper man
for eleven years after graduating
from the Ohio State University
and doing graduate work at
Princeton. He worked at the
Columbus Dispatch, then became
Ohio Night Editor for the
Associated Press.
In 1945 he became associated
with the Borden Company, with
headquarters in New York. He
headed Employee Communica
tions and Employee Education
Activities and served as Director
of
Press Relations. He also was
"ess agent for Elsie the Cow.
3 1948, Kienzle was appointed
his present position.
Kienzle is the author of Climb
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Newly-Assigned Medical Company
Will Be Activated By $ep!i
Noble county has been assigned an Ohio National Guar4
unit, an ambulance company in the 112th medical battalion,
37th infantry division, with headquarters in Columbus. The
newly assigned company is expected to be officially activated
as a unit in the Ohio National Guard by September of this
year if the present schedule
for organization continues
develop and materialize.
of Noble
county citizens meeting Mon
day in Caldwell with Major
E. P. McCann, state recruiting
officer for the ONG, who out
lined in detail the many require
ments and functions of an ambul
ance company such as is assigned
to Noble county.
Major McCann stated that the
T/O strength of the company
will carry a complement of four
officers and 68 enlisted men. The
company will be assigned 31
vehicles, including 24 ambul
ances and seven other varied
types of automotive equipment,
namely jeeps and small trucks.
In the initial forming of the
company, it was noted by Major
McCann that the ONG unit can
be started with a small com
plement of men, possibly one of
ficer and 17 enlisted men. How
ever, at the present time, 47
applicants have been received
who have manifested some in
terest in joining the local unit
in Noble county. With this num
ber already available, it is ex
pected that by the time the com
pany is officially activated, pre
sumably before Sept. 1, a full
strength unit will be in readiness
and complete in detail.
Once the unit is officially
organized, the members will be
required to attend 48 drill ses
sions a year, in addition to the
two weeks of summer training.
An interesting fact was estab*
lished at this point by Major
McCann in his meeting here on
Monday. He stated that if a
young man enlisted in the local
ONG for three years and com
plies with all the military re
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V. F. W, Post Over
Top In Membership
The Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Noble Post, No. 4721, went over
the top this week in their cur
rent membership drive, accord
ing to an announcement made
today by Robert Vogel, quarter
master.
The local post went over the
top Monday when they signed
their 167th member for 1955.
Since that time, four applications
have been received and when
processed the number will jump
to 171.
Last Sunday afternoon for the
Anti-Commie day activities at
the state park, the V.F.W. fur
nished the firing squad for the
vent sponsored by the American
Legion post at Belle Valley.
Col. Eagon, of Columbus, and
Rep. Edmund G. James were
the principal speakers.
Only a small number turned
out for this event.
PLANT FARM BUREAU SEED.
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Carrol! County Man
In Accident
Near Macksburg
Chester Leatherfoerry
Dies Instantly When
Cor Crashes Trailer
Chester Leatherberry, 27, of
Augusta, Carroll county, was in
stantly killed at 8 a. m. Tuesday
when the auto he was driving
collided head-on with a tractor
trailer outfit on Route 21, south
of Caldwell at Macksburg.
Ray L. Selzer, 44, of Lakemore,
driver of the tractor-trailer, is
being held for investigation by
the state patrol.
Leatherberry's wife, Frances
and their eight-year-old nephew,
Ronald, were removed to Mari
etta Memorial hospital in the
McVay ambulance from Cald
well. Her condition was consid
ered serious with multiple in
juries, a fractured jaw and sev
eral teeth knocked out.
The family's pet dog was re
ported killed in the accident.
The body of the victim remain
ed pinned in the wreckage for
more than two hours, when it
was removed and taken to the
McVay funeral home.
The driver of the tractor
trailer said that he was follow
ing a gas truck and when it
slowed down, he pulled around
it and there was the Buick ear
driven by Leatherberry.
The accident occurred near the
service station, owned and
operated for many years by Mr.
Ogle, of Macksburg.
The tractor-trailer* driven
north by Selzer was hauling
chemical products in drums from
Charleston, W. Va. It shoved
the Leatherberry car off the
highway and onto a gravel road.
The left front of the car was
crumped by the impact, pinning
the driver's body in the front
seat.
The body was removed Tues
day evening to the Maple funeral
home at Kensington in Carroll
county where services will be
held Thursday. There are no
children surviving.
40-YEAR PIN
Following regular meeting of
Noble Lodge, No. 459, F. & A. M.,
Monday, May 9, the officers and
members will go in a body to
the home of Lewis E. Young. 845
Walnut street, where he will be
presented his 40-year pin. There
will also be importanto business
transacted during the regular
communication and all members
are urged to attend.
REGISTER NOW for summer tap
classes. Fan Ju No Dance
Studio, any Thursday, 2:00 to
7:00 p. m., VFW Hall, Caldwell,
or write Naomi Morgan, Box 166,
Marietta. Ohio. 44pd
Counci I Approves
Gas Ordinance
The gas rate increase ordinance for The Permian Oil &
Gas Company was passed at its third reading, Tuesday even
ing, and approved when the April meeting of the Caldwell
village council was held at city hall.
gas consumers are facing an-
This means that Caldwell
other increase, comparable to
that received by The Ohio
Furl Gas Co. two months ago
With Mayor Homer Johnson
presiding,
the
council also voted
to advertise for bids for
The council is also going to
obtain some used cable from one
of the strip mine operations and
use it as a guard rail on Cliff
road. The black top improvement
will extend on Cliff road from
the home cf Carl Fowler to that
now occupied by David Cheek.
Mayor Johnson read a com
munication from Mildred Boyd,
secretary of the Caldwell PTA,
soliciting their aid in the ban
ning of comic and lewd books or
magazines from the newsstands
in Caldwell.
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Chuckie McAuley Is
Not A Poiio Victim
the
black topping of Cliff road and
Frazier road in Caldwell.
In conjunction with this build
ing program, the city will also
start their dust control and use
1600 gallons of used oil which
they have accumulated.
Chuckie McAuic^, iive-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Mc
Cauley was not stricken with
polio last Saturday morning, ac
cording to reports from attaches
at Marietta Memorial hospital.
The youngster, who had been
ill for two weeks prior to that
time with the measles, complain
ed of paralysis in his legs Sat
urday morning and after local
medical attention he was remov
ed to the isolation ward in Me
morial hospital.
A report was released that
night that he did not have polio,
although additional tests were to
be taken.
BABY CHICKS! Popular breeds.
See us for your needs. Donald
D. Nichols, Caldwell, Ohio.
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