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Batesville
Students
Nominated
Congressman John E. Hender
son announced the names of four
young men from Ohio's 15th
Congressional District who have
received nominations to compete
for Ohio's vacancies at the Unit
ed States Merchant Marine
Academy. The men nominated
by the Congressman include
Ronald Ross Duvall, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ross Duvall, 829 Flor
ence Street, Belpre Dwain
Gerald Gregg, son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Gregg, Rural route
1, Quaker City John David Paul,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John H.
Paul, route 6, Zanesville and
Ronald Raymond Wyscarver,
route 4, Quaker City, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Wyscqrver.
Gregg and Wyscarver are stu
dents at Batesville high school,
'and both are from Noble county.
These four 15th District resi
dents will now compete for the
14 cadet vacancies allotted to
the State of Ohio by the Aca
(Continued on Page Two)
Dog Warden Issued
Fourteen Warrants
Ernest Thompson, dog warden
for Noble county, was issued
fourteen warrants for arrest last
week by JP Leo E. Carter. The
warrants will be used in the
arrests of Noble county residents
harboring dogs without tags. The
Noble county dog warden is
making a thorough check of the
entire county for dogs, without
tags.
Raymond Mauller, of West
vriiVi,.ia,
u6 c.i -ov.*.VA iQSif vVC
by the Sheriff's department on
a charge of reckless operation.
He appeared before JP Carter
and was fined $10 and costs.
Alvisa Everett Heater, of
Cleveland, appeared before JP
Carter on a charge of speeding.
He was fined $20 and costs. The
arrest was made by the state
patrol.
James Everett Cox, of Akron,
was arrested by the state patrol
and charged with speeding. He
was fined $20 and costs by JP
Carter.
Daniel Victor McCroskey, of
Akron, was lined $20 and costs
in the JP court. He was charged
with speeding, filed by the state
patrol.
Auto Tags To Go
On Sale, March 1
The new, maroon and white,
1957 auto license plates have been
received at the office of M. A
Brienza, registrar and they will
go on sale Friday, March 1.
The office of the new registrar
for Caldwell and Noble county,
is located at the corner of North
and Cumberland streets at the
Sinclair Service Station.
New auto license plates may
also be obtained at the office o
deputy registrar, Mrs. HazeJ
Starr, of Belle Valley.
Applications for special plates
are now being received according
to the Noble county registrars.
All motor vehicles must be
equipped with the new plates by
April 1 or kept out of operation,
Mr. Brienza said.
SEVERELY BURNED
Pamela Davis, eight-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Davis, of Cumberland street,
severely burned her left arm
Tuesday evening, February 19
when she spilled hot liquid on
herself. She was treated at
Thompson's hospital.
DANCE—Golden Plaza, Belle Val
ley, Sat., Feb. 23. Spaid's Orch.
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LADIES' Our Easter Shoes
have arrived! Come in, lay
away your size. Check our win
dow when iti town. Carl's Shoe
Store, Caldwell, Ohio.
A device to transmit space
data to earth has been per
fected by Whitney Matthews,
son of Mrs. Hazel Matthews,
West street, who explained this
device in detail last Thursday
in a satellite program held in
New York.
Young Matthews has a bril
lant scientific mind and grad
duated from the Caldwell high
school in 1935. He is now in
charge of the earth satellite
scientific telemetering develop
ment at the Naval Research
laboratory. The complete story
IXPEND1TURE OF MONEY INTENDED FOR THIS PURPOSE
Results of the Senior scholarship test have
been received by H. C. Secrest, County Super
intendent of Schools. This test was given on
January 18th to twenty-eight seniors ill the
county and exempted village schools.
Dwain Gerald Gregg of the Beavei* fiscal
School and son of Mr. and Mrs. William Gregg,
ranked first in the county with a score of 223.
This score also places him in the 97th per
centile of the state.
Evan Luther Brill of the Summerfield
Local School ranked second with a score of 183.
He is the son of Mrs. Nellie Ahrendt of Colum­
Plans Completed
For He?r! Sunday
The money collected in this
community next Sunday will be
helping research to find the
answers to these and other vital
heart disease problems.
THE
E. R. Cunningham, vice president of operations, Texas Eastern"
Transmission Corporation, Shreveport, La., will be the principal
speaker, Tuesday evening, Feb. 26, when the annual Noble County
Chamber of Commerce meeting is held at the First Presbyterian
church in Caldwell. I
Chairman Mrs. Betty Murphy
announced today that plans had
been completed for the Heart
fund solicitation which will be
held next Sunday, Feb. 24, at
the various homes in Caldwell
and outlying communities.
Mrs. Murphy urges each and
every resident to welcome your
Heart Sunday volunteer when he
or she calls and give gen
erously to support the research,
education and community service
of the Noble county heart as
sociation.
The basic causes of hardening
of the arteries, high blood pres
sure and rheumatic fever, three
conditions responsible for 90
percent of all heart diseases, are
still unknown.
Mr. Cunningham will come \to Caldwell, accompanied by his
wife and D. S. Patton, division
2 manager of Texas Eastern, Sey
more, Ind.
0NG Ambulance Unit to
Hold Muster Day, Feb. 23
Everett Brown Resigns
As Gas Sales Manager
Muster Day, Saturday, February 23, will be observed as Army
National Guard recruiting day throughout the country and in Noble
county, it was announced this week by Capt. Charles J. Coyle, of
the local ambulance unit of the Ohio National Guard.
This day has been observed since before the revolution. Major
Gen. Kenneth M. Cooper, commander of the 37th Infantry Division,
of which the local
Everett Brown, sales manager
for Permian Oil & Gas company
the past 6l2 months, has tender
ed his resignation in this capacity,
effective March 1.
Brown and his family will re
turn to the Cambridge commun
ity. where he will assist his moth
er-in-law, Mrs. Maude Smith, in
the operation of a motel on USR
40. This fall he plans to enter
Muskingum college to complete
his education.
Brown is a retired officer of the
U. S. Navy.
as carried in the New York
Times is as follows:
"Just six ounces of equip
ment will condense and codify,
for transmission back to earth,
all of the information gathered
'by the first artificial earth
satellite, a scientist participat
ing in the satellite program
at New York said Thurs
day.
"The telemetering equip
ment to be carried by the
satellite will weigh 3.2 ouncos.
It will be capable of more than
three weeks of operation "on
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Beaver Student First In Scholarship Test
DWiAIN G. GREGG EVAN L. BRILL SALLY A. GRESSEL
Annual of Dinner, February 26
Robert Whitcomb, president of
the C. of C., said that he felt the
organization was very fortunate
in securing such a high ranking
Texas Eastern official as speaker
of the evening.
Members of the Caldwell B. P.
W. Club will serve the dinner,
which will be held promptly at
6:30 p. m.
Attorney John W. Hazard will
serve as program toastmaster and
dinner music will be provided by
Gary Lyons on an electric organ
furnished by the Thompson
Music Company, Zanesville.
Reservations for the dinner
(Continued on Page Two)
DIVORCE GRANTED
James L. Nichols, of Caldwell,
was granted a divorce from Betty
M. Nichols, Zanesville, last week
in the Noble County Common
Pleas Court with Judge W. V. Ar
cher on the bench. The plaintiff
charged the defendant with gross
neglect of duty and extreme
cruelty. The defendant was grant
ed custody of Tommy Keith, a
minor child. Attorney Michael
R. Tannar, of Zanesville, was the
attorney for the plaintiff.
At this point, Capt. Coyle will
assign the entire company of 50
men to areas of Noble county fear
the purpose of recruiting.
(Continued on Page Two)
Earth Satellite Program Is Explained by Caldwell Scientist
2.8-ounce batteries, the scien
tist said.
"Whitney Matthews, who is
in charge of earth satellite
scientific telemetering develop
ment at tjrie Naval Research
Laboratory, described the
equipment Thursday at a press
conference held,by the Ameri
can Institute of Electrical En
gineers. Technical sessions
devoted to satellite communi
cations and telemetering are
also scheduled for today at the
institute.
'"lii high-altitude rocket re­
bus and resides with Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Day.
Sally Ann Gressel of the Summerfield Local
School and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Gressel ranked third in the county with a score
of 171.
Other students taking the test and ranking
in the upper 25 percent of the county were:
Gary Whealdon Lyons, Caldwell School Betty
Lou Farson, Southern Noble School Sandra
Sue Richcreek, Caldwell School Norma
Jean Saling, Southern Noble Local and Janet
Andrea Buckey, Caldwell School.'
No'SUI COUNTY L)-e
Batesville Cage
Player Is Injured
unit is &
part, recently directed that all
units of that division bold a
drill, muster or parade in obser
vance of Muster Day.
The ambulance company, 112th
medical battalion, in compliance
with this directive, will assemble
at the local armory for roll call
at 1:30 p. m., Saturday. They will
march to the public square where
they will hold a muster.
VOL. 98 NUMBER 34 ESTABLISHED IN 1859 CALDWELL, OHIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1957 FOURTEEN PAGES THIS WEEK SINGLE COPY 6c
Belle Valley To
Get Kroger Award
Robert E. McKay, executive
secretary of the Junior division
of the Ohio Academy of Science
Bowling Green, announced today
that the presentation of the
Kroger award for 1956 would be
presented to Belle Valley high
school in March or April.
It will be recalled that Belle
Valley science department, under
the supervision of their brillant
teacher, John Wargo, was select
ed for this outstanding award
last fall but there has been a
delay in its actual presentation
The Kroger award to the Belle
Valley high school is one which
includes tiie entire Hast Ohio
district.
Basis for the award was the
high achievement made by the
1956 Science class with their out
standing exhibits at the Science
Day program, when Harry E
Fast was serving as principal.
A representative of the Kroger
company, as well as a represen
tative of the Ohio Academy of
Science will make the award to
the school, which will be re
ceived by Mr. Wargo.
Gerald Christman, son of Mr
and Mrs. Alva Christman, of the
Batesville community, was seri
ously injured in the basketball
game between Batesville and
Summerfield, Friday evening at
Batesville.
The young player was remov
ed to the St. Francis hospital
Cambridge. He suffered a skull
fracture resulting in a possible
brain concussion, according to
J. Lewis Stevens, principal of
Batesville high school.
Christman is a member of the
junior class of the Batesville
high school.
UNDERWENT SURGERY
Richard E. Clark, of Trov
formerly of Caldwell, underwent
major surgery February 12 in the
Stauder Memorial hospital in
Troy. His room number is 115
Mr. Clark is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Richard Clark of Fair
ground street and is serving as
Art instructor in Troy high
school.
search, Mr. Matthews said,
fifteen channel telemetering
units weighing from thirty to
forty pounds are used. They
are in operation about thirty
minutes. The satellite's tele
metering equipment will have
forty-eight channels and will
fit into a disk five and one
half inches in diameter and
three-quarters of an inch thick.
"The signal will ride the
satellite's radio-tracking beam
to earth, where the coded
(Continued'on Page Two)
What many thought was im
possible has resulted in some
thing which the village of Cald
well, if it had to do without to
day, would find itself in a most
embarrassing position that is
financially speaking!
The only discouraging note
that one can salvage from the
scars of battle of words which
raged before the actual installa
tion of parking meters in Cald
well, is that the village would
be better off financially today in
the amount of $7,000 had the idea
been accepted when it was in­
Bonds Sold
For Southern
Noble School
Sealed bids for the construc
tion of a new addition to the
Southern Noble high school at
Dexter City will be received by
the board of education until 1:00
o'clock p. m., Friday, March 22,
according to an announcement
made today by the board.
A special meeting of the board
will be held at this time to open
the bids for furnishing all mater
ials and performing all labor nec
essary for the construction and
completion of a new addition to
and remodeling of the present
public school building at Dexter
City, according to plans and spec
ifications prepared by Marr,
Knapp and Crawfis, registered
architects, New Philadelphia.
Plans, specifications and con
tract documents are on file at
the office of Mrs. G^raldine Mar
tin, ckfli Of the beard or at tti«?
office of the architect.
Bids will be taken and contracts
awarded separately for the fol
lowing branches of work: general
construction plumbing heating
and ventilating electric wiring
and fixtures furniture, kitchen,
(Continued on Page Two)
Sarahsville To Get
A New Postmaster
An examination for Fourth
Class Postmaster for the post
office at Sarahsville, Ohio, which
pays $2514 a year, will be open
for acceptance of applications
until March 12, 1957, the com
mission announced today.
Applicants must actually reside
within the territory supplied by
the above-mentioned post office
and must be at least 18 years of
age. There is no maximum age
limit. However, persons who
have passed the age of 70 may
be considered only for tempor
ary renewable appointments of
one year.
Complete information about
the examination requirements
and instructions for filing ap
plications may be obtained at the
post office for which this exami
nation is being announced. Ap
plication forms rtiust be filed
with the U. S. Civil Service
Commission, Washington 25, D.
C. and must be received or post
marked. not later than the clos
ing date.
James McCauley has been
serving as postmaster in this
community but recently resigned
in this capacity to devote full
time to farm operations.
Commissioner's Buy
Additional Limestone
For the third consecutive
week, the Noble counly commis
sioners placed another order for
crushed limestone to be used on
the county roads.
At their meeting, Monday, the
board placed an order for 1,000
tons of No. 46 crushed limestone
from Lawrence King quarry at
$1.75 per ton.
They also agreed to transfer
$20,000 from the auto license
fund to the road ahd bridge fund
in the county.
UNDERGOES SURGERY
Wilbert Schntt of Caldwell
route 6 underwent major surgery
Thursday, February 14 in the
White Cross hospital, Columbus.
His condition is somewhat im
proved.
SEE US FOR your Bottle Gas
needs. D. D. Nichols, Caldwell,
Ohio. tf
WINDOW. GLASS cut to accu
rate size. See us for your needs.
D. D. Nichols, Caldwell, O. tf.
T-U-E £UNF+IIn-£
itially brought before council.
Two years elapsed before those
bitterly opposed to the meter idea
could be convinced that a "try"
couldn't possibly do any harm.
According to figures released
by the clerk's financial report for
1956, the balance now in the park
ing meter fund amounts to
$11,103.83.
In recent weeks, members of
the Chamber of Commerce have
directed their efforts in the di
rection to have a portion of the
parking meter money spent for
the very purpose which their
A,
There a IttO percent attendance of el
ementary teachers at the Noble county school
workshop held last Friday and Saturday at the
grade school cafeteria in Belle Valley with
Elementary Supervisor R. W. Douglass iA
charge.
Miss Mary Leonard, second from left, is
shown here as she was instructing local teach
ers in various arts suitable for the elementary
grade level. Also shown is Supervisor Douglass,
Clayton Burrier of the Sharon local schools and
The Noble county tournament
will be played this Thursday
evening, Feb. 21 Saturday even
ing, Feb. 23, and Monday, Feb.
25.
The change in schedule was
necessary when the opening ses
sion on Tuesday night. Feb. 19
was postponed on orders of
Health Commissioner Dr. -N. S.
Reed, who thought it advisable
to prevent any possible outbreak
of meningitis, which was con-
One-Cent Shoe Sale
Proves Successful
Really and truly it looked like,
well you know what with al
the women madly crowding CarlV
Shoe store, Friday and Saturday
to take advantage of his out
standing one-cent shoe sale.
Featuring one rack of ladies
shoes at $4.99 and another pair
for one-cent really packed them
in during the two days of the
sale.
Carl Saliba, store owner, ad
mitted that he had never seen
anything like it the tremend
ous response his sale enjoyed.
Friday morning saw the origi
nal rack disappear and it neces
sitated replenishing the featured
rack with additional shoes from
his regular stock.
A record sale of 500 pairs was
reported, and according to Saliba,
the women who visited his store
were more than satisfied with
shoes offered at the bargain price.
P. S. Ladies His new spring
and summer stock has arrived!
NOT MENINGITIS
William Urdak, 15-months-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Urdak, Caldwell route 6, does
not have meningitis, according
to a report received today by
Dr. E. G. Ditch. Since the family
was in contact with the Lichwar
cik family and the baby had been
ill, tests were taken Tuesday at
Guernsey Memorial hospital and
the findings were negative. It
is believed that Anna M. Lich
warcik, who continues to im
prove from this disease, will be
an isolated case.
DON'T FORGET YOUR quarter
this week for the fire depart
ment. 31 tf.
rom Meter Fund Asked
installation was originally vin
tended, primarily for additional
street maintenance and police
protection.
A point of contention was made
at a recent meeting of the village
council, attended by chamber of
commerce members, that clean
ing of the streets in Caldwell and
particularly around the public
square, has failed to come up to
expectations.
It was expressed at the meet
ing that the purchase of street
cleaning equipment from the
parking meter fund would be a
$340,000 School Project
Will Be Let On March 22
100 Percent Attendance At Elementary Workshop
County Tournament Dates Changed
tracted last Thursday by a Cald
well student, Anna M, Lichwar
cik.
A meeting of the coaches and
principals was held Tuesday
afternoon' at the office of Supt.
H. C. Secrest and the new
schedule adopted.
The tickets which were to
have ibeen used on Tuesday even
ing, Feb. 19 will be good for the
Monday night session.
Drawing for the sectional
tournament at Marietta will be
held Sunday afternoon at the
Wakefield hotel in Marietta.
Although the Noble county
champion will not be crowned
A da^ughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Pete Lichwarcik, of Florence,
it was reported by hospital
attaches that no paralysis had
resulted fropi the illness.
There has been no other case
reported in the community of
Caldwell and school was re
sumed as usual Monday morn
ing, despite many rumors
which almost resulted in a
panic last Friday for the entire
community.
Health Commissioner Dr. N.
S. Reed said the Lichwarcik
home had been quarantined
and it was not likely that any
new cases would develop.
Miss Lichwarcik was strick
en ill Wednesday but did not
attend school on Thursday. She
was removed to the hospital
Friday morning, after her ill
ness had been diagnosed as
meningitis. She has two sisters,
Helen, 12, and Dorothy, 11.
Officials at the high school
permitted the operetta
to
be
step in the right direction to cor
recting a miserable dust condi
tion that creates a problem for
many of the Caldwell merchants.
The first published report show
ing the parking meter fund entry
was in 1954, and that year the
fund ended with a balance of
$5,228.12.
The fund proved to be so luc
rative that the meters paid for
themselves in short order, from
October 1952 to 1953 inclusive.
The 1954 financial report noted
that the receipts amounted to
(Continued on Page Two)
Gladys Thompson of the Stock local schools^
Miss Leonard is head of the elementary art
department at Ohio University's training school
in Athens.
The 50 teachers in attendance were very
enthusiastic over the present workshop and
were unanimous in their desire to hold a sim
ilar demonstration next fall. It is the plan of
the county school office to provide as many
services to the teachers as possible thru these
workshops and other media.
until Monday evening, the two
teams to represent the county
will be determined Saturday
night.
The sectional tournament will
open Wednesday evening, Feb.
27, with play on Thursday, Feb.
28 and again on Saturday, March
2. The district play-offs will also
be held in Marietta on March
7 and 9.
JUST ARRIVED! Billy the Kid
"Ivy League" trousers in black,
tan and charcoal, sizes- 4 to 14.
Also boy's "Ivy League" caps.
Madge's Specialty Shop, Caldwell,
Ohio. 34.
High School Junior Improves
From Contagious Meningitis
Miss Anna Mae Lichwarcik,
16, Junior in the Caldwell high
school, is slowly improving at
Guernsey Memorial hospital
from a contagious .type of men
ingitis, which she contracted
last Thursday.
ANNA LICHWARCIK
given Friday evening but can
celled the Sweetheart dance
which had been scheduled
for
Saturday* night.
During the epidemic scare,
Supt. Charles E. Davis was in
Atlantic City. N. J., represent
ing the local school at the na
tional convention of school
admixustrators.