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Babe Ruth League Play
In Noble County To Open
June 12 With Five Teams
There will be five teams participating in tlic Noble County
Babe Ruth league this summer, according to a schedule prepared
and released today by Richard Wehr, who is taking an active in
terest in the league.
Teams participating will be Caldwell, Belle
City, Sarahsville. and Summerfield.
Play will begin on Tuesday,
New Dance Studio To
Open For Caldwell
Patricia De Ment Payne, of 791
Brighton Boulevard, Zanesville.
announces the opening of a
dancing school at Caldwell with
classes to be held in the V.F.W.
hall on West street. Registration
will be held Friday, June 1 from
9:00 a. m. to 1:00 p. m.
Patricia graduated from Zanes
ville high school in 1947 and at
tended Ohio University for one
year. She received her early
training in Zanesville, and has
studied continuously from Jack
Sherick and Jorg Fasting, of Co
lumbus. She has studied under
Ernest Carolos, Roy Dodge, Ray
Hamilton, Jane Dodge and Leon
ard Fowler of New York City.
She is a member of Dance Mas
ters of America and Ohio and a
member of the National Baton
Twilers Assn.
Miss Payne has danced with
the Columbus Symphony, also at
the Park of Roses in Columbus
and eight years with the Jorg
Fasting Ballet. She has had a
studio in Zanesville for seven
years and one in McConnelsville
for eight years.
Local Plymouth Dealer
Participating In Contest
The licen.sc plate on the car of
someone in this community
could be "worth its weight in
gold", Worl W. Thompson, local
Plymouth dealer said today.
Mr. Thompson said that his
dealership is participating in the
"Solid Gold License Plate Jack
pot" contest, sponsored by the
Plymouth division of Chrysler
Corporation.
A grand prize of $50,000, plus
445 other cash prizes are being
offered. The contest begins May
25 and will run through July 14,
1956. All car owners, regardless
of their automobile's make,
model or year, are eligible to
enter.
In addition to the $50,000 grand
prize and a $10,000 second prize,
a third prize of $5,000, and a
$1,000 fourth prize are being of
fered in the "Jackpot" contest,
which offers a total of $100,000
in prize money.
To enter, car owners need only
visit a Plymouth dealership, pro
duce proof of car ownership,
register their state license plate
number on the entry blank, and
complete the remainder of the
form.
No County Government
Debt For Noble County
Noble county is one o£ 3o
which reported no county gov
ernment debt in 1955 according
to State Auditor James A.
Rhodes, who announced the
statewide totals after receiving
debt statements from the 88
county auditors. They include the
debt of counties, schools, villages,
cities and townships.
Total debt at the end of 1955
was more than three times as
much as it was in 1945 nearly
double the debt in 1950. More
than a billion dollars of the total
debt has been added in the last
ten years.
But the local government debt
is something else again and
Noble county showed such a
debt of $482,114 compared to
$510,926 in 1954. In local govern
ment debt, the school accounts
for 41.42^1 the county debt,
7.3% village debt, 4.5% town
ship debt, 0.18%, and the city
debt, 46.60' o.
Five of the seven counties in
the 15th congressional district
reported no county-government
debt in 1955, including Noble,
Guernsey, Monroe, Morgan and
'Perry.
Mary Reed Day Will
Be Held Next Sunday
Rev. Floyd Gaugler of Cald
^fwell Methodist church, and Mis^
-Beth Richey, of Senecaville, re
turned missionary from India,
will be the principal speakers, cn
Sunday afternoon, June 3, when
the annual Mary Reed day is
Observed.
The program will begin in the
Igjorning with Rev. Walter H.
iJrown, the pastor, in charge,
fl'is will be followed oy a bas
ket dinner at noon and the pro
i^ppam in the afternoon.
w The annual event is held in
Alidnor
of Miss Mary Reed of
Noble county, who divoted her
rjutire life to the leper colonies.
IHOREASE NOTED
An increase in enrollment was
noted Tuesday at the Vacation
Bible school, First Church of
Christ. Mrs. Janice Brandon
said that 60 enrolled Tuesday
lmorning,
compared to 49 on the
the opening day. It will continue
June 8.
Valley,
Dexter
June 12 and continue through to
Tuesday, July 17, inclusive.
The first round of play will
end on June 28, with the second
round beginning July 3. Make-up
games for the first round will be
held on June 28 or the play-ofl
for first place with the site to be
determined by the flip of a coin.
July 19 will be an open date
for make up games in the second
round or playoff for first piace,
site to be determined by flip of
a coin.
The play-off dates will be
July 24, with the winner of first
round at home vs winner (or
second) of second round July
26 winner (or second) of
second round at home vs winner
of first round July 31 site of
this game (if needed) will be
determined by flip of a coir.
Since there are five teams in
the league, each team will draw
a bye for each evening of gain^s.
The first round game schedule
is as follows:
June 12 Caldwell drew a
bye Summerfield at Belle Val
ley and Sarahsville at Dexter
City.
June 14 Summerfield dre".
a bye Sarahsville at Ca'dwell
and Dexter City at Belle Valley.
June 19 Sarahsville drew a
bye Dexter City at Summerfield
and Belle Valley at Caldwell.
June 21 Dexter City drew
a bye Belle Valley at Sarahs
ville and Caldwell at Summer
field.
June 26 Belle Valley drew
a bye Caldwell at Dexter City
and Summerfield at Sarahsville.
Second Round
July 3 Caldwell drew a bye
Belle Valley at Summerfield and
Dexter City at Sarahsville.
July 5 Summerfield drew a
bye Caldwell at Sarahsville and
Belle Valley at Dexter City.
July 10 Sarahsville drew a
bye Summerfield at Dexter City
and Caldwell at Belle Valley.
July 12 Dexter City drew a
bye Sarahsville at Belle Valley
and Summerfield at Caldwell.
July 17 Belle Valley di'tw
a bye Dexter City at Caldwell
and Sarahsville at Summerfield.
Babe Ruth Manager
Needed At Dexter City
Wanted: one manager for the
Babe Ruth team at Dexter City.
William D. Semple, chairman
of the Babe Ruth league in this
county, representing the Cald
well Lions club, said that every
effort has been exhausted to find
a manager to replace Howard
DeVol.
For the past years, DeVol has
built up this team almost single
handed, in addition to financing
it by holding a raffle.
This community has the
money, the uniforms and the
boys but no manager. If anyone
is interested, they should contact
Chairman Semple for otherwise
it will be necessary to abandon
this team.
Howard DaVol is now employ
ed as a foreman for the Electro
met Division of the UCC and
and his family will be moviny
soon to Marietta to make their
future home.
Motor Vehicle lag
Monies Distributed
State Auditor James A. Rhodes
has completed writing checks
that will send more than 30 'b
million dollars in 1956 motor
vehicle license fees back to the
counties and municipal registra
tion districts. This is the first
distribution of this year's auto
tag money.
Noble county will receive a
check in the amount of $38,
571.39. This is in addition to the
$20,300 equalization checks,
which all counties will get. Noble
received the smallest amount of
any county in the state.
Other counties in the 15th dis
trict will receive the following
amounts: Guernsey, $113,577.39
Monroe, $39,470.49 Morgan, $44,
987.40 Muskingum, $283,754.34
Perry, $89,188.29 and Washing
ton, $158,205.15.
James To Speak At
Marietta REA Meeting
State Representative Edmund
G. James will be the principal
speaker on the morning's pro
gram at the annual meeting of
the REA which will be held at
Civitan park, Marietta, next
Saturday. James, who has pre
viously appeared on the program,
will speak at 10:00 o'clock and
another speaker from Washing
ton will headline the afternoon
program.
Last Thursday, Representative
James addressed the Ohio Lib
rary Association meeting held at
Port Clinton.
James also delivered the com
mencement address at Meigs
high school in Muskingum county
a week ago Tuesday.
Top Ranking Students At Batesville
NEAL STOTTS MONTE NEUHART
Neal Stotts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stotts of Quaker City
route 1 and Monte Neuhart, son of Ray Neuhart of Batesville,
have been named co-valedictorians of the class of 1956 at Bea
ver Local School.
Both Mr. Stotts and Mr. Neuhart have been outstanding stu
dents thi uout their 12 years of school work. These young men
have been excellent students in all subjects and have won var
ious honors in the scholarship tests given at Marietta each year.
Their record in the General Scholarship test for high school
seniors again gave proof of their superior abilities. Neuhart
ranked first with a score of 208 and Stotts, second with a score
of 207.
Stotts and Neuhart have been active in school activities.
Stotts served as president of his class for four years and was
also a member of varsity basketball club.
Both students have been granted scholarships based upon their
ihigh school records and both will continue their education in
college.
Routine Operating
Bills For County
Approved At Meeting
Only routine operating bills
were paid Monday at regular
meeting of the Noble county
commissioners. The biggest single
bill was in the amount of $)
657.45 to the Standard Slag com
pany for slag to be used on
county roads. The other bills are
as follows:
The Ohio Fuel Gas Co., gen
eral fund, gas at jail, $9.27 Gen
eral Telephone Co., general,
phone bills, $102.95 Frank Reed
Insurance Agency, general, in
surance on Agriculture Buildings,
$204.34: The H. Cole Co., road
and bridge fund, Amo-Azo prints,
$48.52 Wright Typewriter Ex
change, road and bridge, repairs
and cleaning typewriter, $13.00.
Shell Oil Co., road and
bridge, car wash, labor and tar
remover, $5.65 General Tele
phone Co., road and bridge,
phone bills, $26.45 W. C. De
Lille Co., oxygen and acetylene,
$21.25 Baker Sales and Service,
road and bridge, supplies, $4.54
Major Equipment Co., road and
bridge, supplies, $31.87 Sinclair
Refining Co., road and bridge,
gasoline, diesel fuel and gear
lubrication, $390.10.
William Lilienthal & Sons,
road and bridge, leveling rod,
$35.71 Donald Nichols, road and
bridge, bulbs and extension cord,
$9.00 The Standard Oil Co., road
and bridge, gasoline, $6.94 Dr.
Robert Rudge, road and bridge,
broken lens, $7.00 The Standard
Slag Co., road and bridge, slag,
$8,657.45 Reed Service Station,
road and bridge, motor oil,
$174.60 James Mcrx-y, road and
bridge, crushed limestone, $803.
28 and Barnhouse Chevrolet Co.,
road and bridge, car, $900.00.
Meetings In Progress
At Sarahsville Church
The meetings which have been
in progress at the tent in Sarahs
ville are now being continued at
the Free Methodist church of that
place. The change has been
occasioned by the inclemency of
the weather over the past week
end.
The evangelist, Rev. Forman
Lincicome, is bringing the mess
ages, assisted by Rev. Clossman
of Byesville, at the piano.
Rev. Paul W. Smith, who is
the pastor of the church in
which the meetings are being
held, announces that this Sun
day afternoon at 2:30, a rally
will be held at the church so
that a still larger number may
have the opportunity to hear the
evangelist, Rev. Lincicome.
Methodist Bible School
To Open Monday, June 4
The First Methodist church of
Caldwell is holding their annual
Vacation Bible school with the
opening session beginning Mon
day, June 4.
Sessions will be held each
morning starting at 9:00 o'clock
Monday through Friday.
Teaching the kindergarten de
partment will be Ruth Johnson,
Ellen Jane Beyer, Barbara Beyer,
Barbara Wood and Sandra Rich
creek. Virginia Ramsey, Barbara
Leighton, Pat Vogel, and Judy
Davis will be teaching the prim
ary department Eleanor Moore,
Ruth Davis and Sally Hill, the
junior department.
AMBULANCE TRIP
Hiram Carter was removed
from the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Beulah Archer of Navarre,
Friday, May 25, in the McVay
ambulance and was taken to the
home of his son, John Carter*
near Sarahsville. Mr. Carter is
in failing health.
Local Driver Fined
Following Accident
Mrs. John Yanok, of Cam
bridge, was injured in an ac
cident at 3:28 p. m. Wednesday
when a car she was riding in,
driven by Alfred C. Henthorne,
49, of Quaker City route 3,
crashed into an auto operated by
James M. Foreman, of Caldwell
route 2. Mrs. Yanok sustained
injuries to her shoulder and chin
but was not hospitalized.
Cambridge police said the
accident occurred at Beckett
Ave., and South 13th St., in
Cambridge, when the Foreman
car, traveling at a high rate of
speed, failed to yield the right
of way at the intersection and
drove in the path of the Hen
thorne auto.
Moderate property damage
resulted to both cars. Foreman,
cited by police, was fined $10
and costs in Municipal court. He
was committed to the Guernsey
county jail when he was unable
to pay his fine and court costs.
Schools Get $71,005.13
from State Foundation
Noble county and Caldwell
schools have received a total of
$71,005.13 for the second quart
erly distribution of funds from
the slate, according to Super
intendents George W. Webb and
H. C. Seerest.
The Caldwell schools received
a total of $13,577.88 and the
county schools received the fol
lowing amounts: Beaver Local,
$6,679.96 Belle Valley Local,
$10,545.99 Buffalo Local, $3,
.122.96 Center Local, $7,756.34
Dexter City Local $8,802.09 Elk
Local, $4,537.26 Fulda Local,
$2,678.21 Jackson Local, $1,
106.30 Middleburg Local, $1,
195.11 Seneca Local, $754.29
Sharon Local, $2,005.29 Stock
Local, $1,130.93 and Summerfield
Local, $7,112.52.
The amount each school re
ceived in this distribution is
based primarily upon school en
rollment, according to Supt. H. C.
Seerest.
Aid For The Aged
Payments, $19,126
Noble county had 329 of the
95,992 aged residents in the state
of Ohio, who received aid from
the Division of Aid for the Aged,
according to a report released
today by the Department of
Public Welfare of the State of
Ohio.
The average aid payment
made in Noble county was $38.13
for the month of May. The total
amount was $19,126. The county
also had 35 recipients of health
care, who received a total of
$757.45.
A total of $508,943.00 which
was made to Cuyahoga county,
was the largest aid payment
made in the month of May and
Ottawa county with $9,750.00,
was the smallest payment made,
according to the report.
Noble County Has
19 Covered Bridges
Noble county tri- 19 covered
bridges but they are now disap
pearing at a rate that will mean
the end of them in another ten
years.
There are 268 covered bridges
in the entire state but they are
disappearing at the rate of 28
every 12 months. At their peak,
Ohio's covered bridges numbered
563.
The statistics are revealed in
the new edition of "Covered
Bridges in Ohio", a map in color
just published by The Ohio His
torical society. They may be
obtained for 25 cents each at the
Ohio State Museum, Columbus
10, Ohio.
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