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It Rained For 15 Days During May Krnneth W. Wilson, Headed by the Caldwell high school marching band, the Mem orial Day parade in Caldwell last Wednesday was one of the nicest in recent years and this could be largely attributed to the first public appearance of the Noble County ambulance unit of the Ohio National Guard. In the photo on the left is the third platoon of the local unit, under the command of Sgt. Howard Schoeppner. They marched as three platoons, in addition to all their new equipment. In the center photo, Robert T. Secrest is shown as he was ad dressing the large throng who attended the interesting program The Noble soil conservation district has entered the national soil conservation awards program sponsored by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, of Akron, it was an nounced today by District Chairman H. R. Blackburn, oi Brookfield township. Members of Noble district will compete against other soil conservation districts in the state. Non-partisan judg ing committees, selected from Just in case anyone in Noble county is interested, it rained on 15 days during the month of May, according to a report re leased by Richard Burlingame, official weatherman. Noble county farmers would not doubt this a bit, Burlingame said, for they are quite far be hind in their summer plantings. During the 15 days that it rained, a total of 9.60 inches of rainfall was measured, which made it one of the wettest Mays in several years. A total of 25.36 inches of rain hay fallen during the first five months of the year, Burlingame said. This is practically equal to the yearly average far« th^ county. The low temperature during May for this section was 31 degrees on May 5 and the high est was on May 13 when the mercury jumped to 86 degrees. Dexter City Youth Charged With Thefl 18, of Dexter City, and Ernest R. Dil Ion, 18, of Wingett Run, were fined $20 and costs each and sen tenced to serve five days in the Washington county jail after entering a plea of guilty to charges of petit larceny when they were arraigned Monday before Justice of the Peace, Ben F. Hall. Two juveniles of Williamslown route 1, who were arrested with Dillon and Wilson, were placed in their father's custody and ordered to report to Wood County, W. Va., juvenile auth orities. The four youths were arrested Saturday by Marietta city police at the request of the sheriff's department following the dis appearance of batteries from a garage at Sitka. State Highway Completes Last Of Oil Jobs On Roads Scenes From The Memorial Day Observance In Caldwell May 30 Noble Soil District To Compete In National Contest Ohio's outstanding exponents of the soil conservation move ment, will determine the state's outstanding district for the period May 1, 1956 and April 30,1957 on a basis of total points scored in performance of regular district duties. Grand award for one member of each winning district govern ing body and the top cooperating farmer or rancher named by the district will be an expense-free, vacation trip to Goodyear's fabulous winter resort, the Wig wam Guest ranch on Goodyear farms, Litchfield Park, Arizona, in November or December, 1957. Members of the Noble district governing body who will com pete for the Goodyear award are: H. R. Blackburn, Virgil Moore, John Kuntz, Richard Starr, and Flo^d Miller. Nat.u ."Ji "ir. r.-rs of tl Good year Soil Conservation awards will be honored at the seven regular area meetings of the Na tional Association of Soil Con servation districts. Plaques will be awarded at state conventions to the hundred first and second place winning districts. Driver Fined Following Accident On Hill Street Six.'j ill Duiiakl runaway in vestigated an accident Tuesday morning at 9:35 a. m. at the junction of state route 285 and Mill street in Caldwell, involv ing autos driven by Bernard Jones, 32, of Caldwell route 6 and John E. Anderson, 39, of Caldwell route 1. Sheriff Conaway said the mis hap occurred when the auto driven by Jones failed to stop for the stop sign on Mill street and collided with the Anderson vehicle. Jones was cited by the sheriff on a charge of failing to stop for a stop sign and was fined $5 and costs when he appeared before Mayor Donald Nichols. Noble county motorists will be glad to learn that the last oil job on the state highways in this section was completed this week on SR 565 from the Lovett hill into Monroe county near Lebanon. Supt. J. E. Douglass said that during hot, dry weather, it only takes about three days for the oil treatment to dry but during the wet season such as this county experienced last month, it apparently never dries or at least that's what Caldwell Band Concerts Will Begin At 7:00 P. M. Due to the inclement weather, which was both chilly and damp, the first of the summer band concerts was not held last Sat urday evening, as previously announced. Director Marvin P. Wood said that the concert would be given as scheduled this coming Satur day night, unless they were rain ed out again. The concert will begin promptly at 7:00 o'clock p. m. and continue for one hour. The Caldwell high school band is making plans to participate in the annual firemen's festival parade at Crooksville on Satur day evening, June 23, and for this reason, they will not present a concert in Caldwell on that evening. Members of the Cald well fire department will also participate in these festivities and Crooksville will reciprocate by coming to Caldwell in July. SEE US FOR your Bottle Gas needs. D. D. Nichols, Caldwell, the local motorisl thinks. State route 147 is also being repaired this week by the state highway crews and the road base being strengthened in soft spots. Heavy patching is also being done on SR 144 and SR 145 or the Harriettsville road. Supt. Douglass said that 500 tons of slag are being unloaded this week and most of this will be used with pre-mix for patch ing purposes. The heavy state highway crane is now being used on the Middle burg road to clean out the cul verts, bridges and creek chan nels which were filled up by the flood two weeks ago. Four power mowing machines have also been brought into use on the w ed mowing program over the entire state highway system in the county. NOTICE—The time for paying the last half of Real Estate Tax in Noble County started May 20 and will con tinue until July 20, 1956. This date includes a 30-day extension granted by the County Commissioners. 47tt 47 48 41 A. R. HICKS, Stable County Vreuarer. Covers Caldwell Young People Injured In Auto Wreck at the Soldiers' Memorial plot in Olive cemetery. Rep. Edmund G. James served as the master of ceremonies and was largely responsible for a very smooth and well organized program. Shown in the extreme background on the right are Ira J. Bran don and Roy Wikander, pastors of the two local churches, who gave the invocation and benediction. Another part of the parade is shown in the photo at the right as the first platoon of the Noble county ambulance unit passed in review on their way to the program at Olive cemetery. They are under the command of Sgt. Maurice Colley. High School Graduates Honored With Dinner By Caldwell Free Methodist Church The youth organization of the Caldwell Free Methodist church was host Friday evening, May 25, at a banquet held at Ogle's Maple Shade Inn in honor of the 1956 graduates who are either themselves members of the church or Sunday school, or whose parents are members of the same. The following honored guests were present: Sammy Bates Elsie Boyd, Gary Davis, Mary Lou Gardner, Carolyn Pitts, Mary Lou Reed, James Dewey Wells Four students of Caldwell high school were involved in an auto accident Saturday afternoon near Chesterhill as they were enroute to a baseball game at Ohio University, Athens. Involved in the accident were Leon Bates, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glendon Bates Sammy Bates, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Bates Grace Brumbach, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brum bach and Sudy Richcreek, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Richcreek. The accident occu^ed when the vehicle, driven by Sammy Bates, went off the surface of the road onto the berm, struck the abutment of a bridge, a road sign and then rolled down an em bankment. The Caldwell driver swerved his car in order to avoid a head on collision with another vehicle which was rounding the curve and crowding the wrong side of highway. The car landed on its top and was completely demo lished by the impact. All the passengers in the auto were taken to the Marietta Me morial hospital. They were all dismissed following treatment except Leon Bates, who suffered broken ribs and a cut on his head. Sammy Bates and Leon Bates, cousins, graduated from the Caldwell high school May 24 Miss Brumbach and Miss Rich creek will be Seniors next year. They were enroute to Ohio University -Minnesota baseball game, in which Allan Walton, of Caldwell, was playing. Coach Dave Gorby Has Top Coaching Season Dave (.Jor'ny, former coach at the Caldwell and Cambridge high schools, is still making a name for himself in the sports world, judging from the activi ties of the Dayton Roosevelt school, where he has been head coach for several years. The Teddies of the Roosevelt school captured their first undis puted city football crown since 1927 and were district runnersup to state champ Middletown in the basketball tourney. According to the sports writer of the Journal Herald in Dayton, Dave Gorby probably enjoyed the most successful coaching sea son for any school there. The veteran Teddie coach had champ ionship teams in varsity football, track and freshmen basketball. Gorby is a native of Caldwell and a graduate of the local high school. NEW PARKING LOT Paul McVay has purchased the back end of the Hiley Beymer lot on East street, adjacent to the McVay funeral home and a pro ject is now under way to con vert it into a parking lot for the funeral home. A small outbuild ing was removed and the entire lot will be cemented for this purpose. HAT SALE—Ribbon, summer whites and pastel shades dras tically reduced for quick sale. Nola's Hat and Gift Shop, North Street, Caldwell, Ohio. 49. MoBu&SouNry L/-e VOL. 97 NUMBER 49 ESTABLISHED IN 1859 CALDWELL, OHIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1956 FOURTEEN PAGES THIS WEEK SINGLE COPY 6c Joyce Wharton, Shelva Jean Wheeler, all of whom are grad iiates of Caldwell high school and Robert Sholtis, graduate of SaraUsville high school. Larry Wilson, graduate of Caldwell high school, Carol Morris of Belle Valley high school and Charles Henry of Summerfield high school were unable to at tend. Following the class motto of the Caldwell graduates, "Tonight We Launch, Where Shall We An chor?", the banquet theme was "Christ Is An Anchor Sure and Steadfast", and the thought of (Continued on Page Two) Average Teacher Raise Is $338.00 Tiie average increase in the salary schedule of Noble county teachers will be $338.00 per year according to Supt. H. C. Secrest of the county school system. Thi will affect only the teachers in the county system. Since' there are 12 districts in the system, the salary wage schedule is different in each dis trict, governed, of course, by the board of education. Under the new law, the in creases will range from zero to $700 for some teachers with the average listed at $338.00. It was explained that the dif ference in the amount of increase for respective teachers is deter mined on the basis of the num ber of years of training and the number of years of teaching ex perience. It is also largely depen dent on the enrollment at the school. Most of the teachers in the Caldwell school system will also receive a raise this fall and it will likewise be governed by their experience and training. Walter Crum of the Berne community was the grand prize winner last Saturday night at the conclusion of Patten's anniversary sale and he is shown here with his family admiring the new Admiral range which they selected. The winner could select any one of the listed major appliances in the store as the grand prize. Noble Countians Purchase 35 New Cars During May A total of 35 new cars were sold in Noble county during the month of May according to a report released today by the Clerk of Courts John H. Snyder. Those who purcnased new vehicles during the month were as follows: Alva Flood, delivery truck Jerry Hupp, car Village of Caldwell, car William Arthur Archer, car Harold O. Carpent er, car A. Leighton Archer, car Edward F. Leasure, car Baker Sales and Service, car. Joseph Dudley, car Crock & Schafer, pickup Joseph E. Par rish, car Francis L. Dimmerling, car Barnhouse Chevrolet Co., truck Herman Gordon, pickup Erwin L. Cowgiil, truck R. C. Moore Lumber Co., truck James Archer, car. William H. Carter, truck Charles L. Smith, car Argyll E. Leasure, car James B. Reven augh, truck Elsie L. Crum, car Leo Mazgay, car Carl A. Heisler, car Floyd J. Morrison, car Noble County Commissioners, car Baker Sales and Service, car Floyd M. Porter, truck. James R. Merry, car Gene Lambert, car Edward U. Hupp, car Joseph Thomas Sarisky, car Marie Smee, car Ruth L. Teters, car and Orlie Ellen Schafer, cai In addition to the above new vehicles, there were 145 used cars, 12 used pickups and 7 oth ers used vehicles that changed ownership during the month, or a total of 164 used vehicle tran sactions, according to Clerk Snyder. A total at $95.30 was turned ovfer to the state Bureau d£ Mot or Vehicles and $376'.58 to the treasurer of Noble county fron the sale of motor vehicles. The amount of $18.00 was turned over to the wildlife division from the sale of fishing license. John F. Sklenar Is New District Chaplain John F. Sklenar, post adjutant of Belle Valley American Legion Post, No. 641, was honored Sun day at the annual summer encampment of the American Legion posts when he was elected district chaplain for the coming year. The district meeting was held in Marietta with District Com mander Thomas Bauer, of Mc Connelsville, serving in this capacity for the last time. Whel don H. Nolan, of Marietta, was elected to succeed him. The Belle Valley and Summer field posts were represented at the district meeting by John Sklenar, Bernard Carnes and John Mizik, of Belle Valley, and Mitchell Slemb#ski and Wilbert Taylor, of Summerfield. Grand Prize Winner At Patten's Anniversary T+/£ ^N^T/N-E Council Will Submit Sewage Bond Issue To Voters Survey Indicates Total Sum Would Exceed $546,000 Preliminary steps were taken by the Caldwell council Tuesday night at their regular meeting to submit a bond issue in the amount of $71,000 to the taxpayers of Caldwell for the construction of a sewage disposal plant. According to a survey by Browne and associates of Marion, the total cost of the construction would be $546,000 with the balance of the money to be raised by special assessment bonds and re venue bonds. Total cost to the local taxpay er, if construction did not exceed the amount of $546,000, would be equivalent to about $32.97 per thousand dollars valuation. The preliminary resolution passed Tuesday night will be followed by a resolution of nec essity, which will be submitted by the council to the auditor of the county. This must be done at least 110 days before the gen eral election. Mayor Donald D. Nichols pre sided for the meeting with mem bers Dwight F. Wiley, Ernest Dutton, Walter Colley and G. T. Jennings in attendance. Robert Johnson and Dean Jennings were absent. Council also adopted a co solidated insurance coverage (Continued on Page Two) Dance Recital To Be Given Friday Thelma Jones Sebach wiii pre sent her annual dance recital "Pom Pom" Friday evening June 8, at the Caldwell high school auditorium, beginning at 8:00 o'clock. In addition to her students in Caldwell, the program will also feature several of her more tal ented students from Zanesville. The recital is open to the public and an admission price of 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children will be charged. Mrs. Sebach held a recital in Zanesville Tuesday night and several from Caldwell took part The group included Phyllis Smith, Betty Carna, Kathy Estadt, Brian Curtis, Randall Carna, Dwain Dyer, Torchy Daugherty, Carol Ann Johnson Susan A. Wright, Sally Parrish Dorothy Lichwarcik, Helen Lichwarcik. Ann Shelton, Mary Ann Shondrick, Carolyn Kay Lewis, Linda Cunningham and Carol Cunningham. PROPERTY SELLS Mr. and Mrs. Glendon Bates east of Caldwell, are completing transactions this week to pur chase the Chauncey Hillyer prop erty on North street. It was re cently vacated by Mrs. Elva Nichols and family. This property deal is being handled by Atty John W. Hazard for the Hillyer heirs in Steubenville. Shown are little Janice and David Crum, Mrs. Walter Crum and the winner, Walter Crum, and Charles Patten, who is pointing out its many features. All those who were issued gift certificates during the anniversary have until June 12 to redeem them, according to Charles Patten, owoer. Perfect' Record RUTH ANN PHELPS Miss Ruth Ann Phelps, of Ava. has a perfect attendance record for the past ten years at the Belle Valley school, according Principal H. E. Fast. During her entire 12 years of schooling, sh has missed only six days and had never been tardy. She was member of this year's graduat ing class. A daughtet of Mr. ^nd Mrs J. B. Phelps, of Ava, she also has four brothers and two sisters all of whom graduated from Belle Valley high school. Waiter Hutchins Is New Deputy Sheriff Walter Hutchins, veteran auxi lary patrolman, was sworn in Monday morning as the new deputy sheriff for Noble county according to Sheriff Donald Conaway. Hutchins will fill the vacancy created when Arthur Taylor Belle Valley, resigned in this capacity, due to failing eyesight Hutchins has been helping out the sheriff's office for several years now as a special deputy and he is well qualified to step into the shoes as the regular deputy. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs Charles Hutchins, south of Cald well, and has been employed in the Corner hardware store, own ed and operated by John Harmon. RECEIVES TREATMENT Fred Zimmerman of Caldwell route 3 was treated at the office of a local physician Saturday for lacerations above the left eye that he received while cutting wood. The wound required sev eral sutures. On Tuesday of this week there were eight candidates who had not filed their expense accounts at the Election Board. The following expense ac counts were filed with the Noble county Board of Elections during the past week: Ray C. Archer, $41.52 and George C. Philpot, $13.73 and those who had no ex pense accounts, Everett Rayner, Fred Hardesty and George Frye. NOTICE—Following our custom, this bank will close at noon each Saturday, during the months of June, July, August and Sep tember. Farmers & Merchants Bank, Caldwell, Ohio. 47 48 48 $71,000 Corrective Speech Program Initiated Thursday In County This week the corrective speech program for Noble county children is being initiated. This project is financed by the Noble county Society for Crippled chil dren. The county and village schools are assisting the society in organizing the program. Miss Virginia Branson, speech therapist from Marietta college, will be the instructor in charge of the classes. Thursday and Friday of this week she will in terview prospective students and their parents in the commercial room at the Caldwell high school. Sixty prospective students and their parents have been given special appointments to be in terviewed during the two days. The members of the Caldwell Pepperettes 4-H club have vol unteered to assist Miss Branson as receptionists during the inter view period. The interview schedule begins at 9:00 a. m. and continues until 3:45 p. m. each day. The students enrolled in the training classes will meet with Miss Branson on Wednesday of each week beginning on June 13 and continuing through August 15. Caldwell Student To Fly To South America Sam Ditch, who is majoring in Economics at Mt. Union College, Alliance, will get some first hand knowledge of foreign trades, when he leaves June 14 for Valencia, Venezuela, where he will work during the summer months. A son of Dr. and Mrs. E. G. Ditch, he and two other students from M.U.C., including Tom Barth of Cleveland and Bill Smith, who is from Valencia, will work during the summer months with an American con cern and observe the custom, habits, etc. They will leave June 14 for Miami, Florida and fly to Val encia from there. The return trip will be made by plane in September. All three of the above students are Economics majors and their summer sojourn to South Amer ica will be principally to aid them in this course. Walter Crum Winner Of PaCen's Grand Prize "Waiter Cri:?r., of the Carlisle community, was the winner of the grand prize, Saturday when the drawing was held at Patten's Appliance Center, at the con clusion of their sales campaign. Mr. Crum will be awarded an appliance of his choice, accord ing to Mr. Charles Patten, owner and operator. Noble countians who were issued gift certificates during this sale will have until June 16 to come into the store and apply it on any appliance Deadline Nears For Expense Accounts, Primary Candidates A total of $1,005.75 in expense accounts had been filed with the Noble county board of elections on Tuesday of this week, according to an announcement made today by Harry G. Rich creek. board clerk. The deadline for expense accounts to be filed in Noble county is today (Thursday) at 4 00 p. m. and all candidates who have not filed by this time, whether they have an expense account or not are deprived of the privilege of running for a political office for five years as well as not being in the general election this fall, according to Clerk Richcreek. District VFW Picnic Will Be Held Sunday The Caldwell and Cambridge V.F.W. Posts and Auxiliaries will be hosts to the District Five V.F.W. at a picnic Sunday, June 10 at the Noble county Fish & Game club on Seneca Lake. The program will begin afjk 10:00 o'clock a. m. with a picnic dinner to be served at noon. Games and a dance will be fea tures of the afternoon and even ing. Officers of the local post and auxiliary are Dayle McAuley and Carol McAuley. NOTICE—Our complete line of DeKalb and Ohio Certified seed corn is in. See us for kind and variety. Caldwell Implement & Supply Co., 3ift Ea&t Street, Caldwell* Ohio. 49