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NUMBER VOL. 99
The John Phillips construction company of
Zanesville is busy tearing down the old St.
Ursula's convent on Belford street and even
tually this will be the site for a new St. Philo
mena Catholic church.
The house at one time served as the mothif
bouse for the Order of St. Ursuline Sisters and
County Has 4783
Motor Vehicles
Largest number of vehicles
registered in the county's munici
palities was found to be in Cald
well, Belle Valley and Summer
field where they were 880, 142
and 124 respectively.
There were 3,403 vehicles re
gistered in the county from out
side the various municipalities.
Total Ohio motor vehicle
population for 1956 was 3,950,567
compared to ^3,032,760 in 1950.
FILE DISCHARGE PAPERS
Two Noble countians filed dis
charge papers in the county re
corder's office last week, accord
ing to Benny J. Fowler, record
er. Paul E. Archer, of Caldwell
route, received his honorable
discharge from the army, and
Robert Lee Mitchcll, of the Dex
ter City community, filed a
Separation 214 paper from the
army.
Takes Out 56 Feel Of
Guard Rail On USR 21
ESTABLISHED IN 1859
Workmen Are Razing St. Ursula's Convent Building
125 Petitions Filed
At Election Board
For Fall Classic
A great many petitions have already been filed with the No&le
county board of elections and most of these are for township trustee,
according to Clerk Harry G. Richcreek.
There are also a few filed for local school boards in the county
and Caldwell as well as corporation offices.
Noble county's motor vehicle
population was 4,783 in 1956,
according to information released
today by George C. Braden, reg
istrar of Ohio Bureau of Motor
Vehicles. The 1956 figure, Braden
say$, compares with 4,456, the
1950 population.
1
As of Tuesday afternoon, the^fol lowing had actually filed their
petition^ for these offices:
Trustees
Tnere are two to be elected In
ebch township.
Beaver Willis Cline, David
Betts, Alva Shuman and Leslie
Long
Brookfield Fred M. Davis
and D. A. Caldwell
Buffalo Andrew Hornick,
Irvel Groves, Carl Miley, Rolland
Dudley and J. A. Hively
Center Walter Davis, J. E.
Stottsberry, Homer Jerles, Ste
phen Clark, Guy Gibson and
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Local Driver Fined
Following Accident
Thirty-Six New Cars
Purchased In County
William Morrison, 23, of Cald
well route 5, was fined for
unsafe operation following an
accident which involved three
cars, Saturday at 2:41 p. m. on
North street.
Morrison was traveling east on
North street when he struck
parked car owned by Cecil
Carter, 814 North street and
another vehicle driven by Daniel
D. Gault, 18, of Akron. Only
minor property damage resulted.
Morrison told officials of the
sheriffs department that his
brakes failed and he lost control
He was fined $10 and costs
Saturday evening when he ap
peared before Mayor Dwight F.
Wiley.
John H. Snyder, Noble county clerk of courts, reported today that
$8 new cars were purchased by Noble countians during the month
of July. Clerk Snyder also reported that a total of 283 used vehicles
changed ownership during the past month.
Robert Baker, 26, of Ava route
1, knocked out 56 feet of guard
rail on USR 21, north cf Belle
Valley, near the John Wargo
turn, Saturday evening at 5:45
o'clock.
Baker told investigating of
ficials from the sheriff's depart
ment that he was crowded by
another vehicle as he was going
south on USR 21 near this dan
gerous curve, causing him to lose
control.
The guard rails were knocked
out on the right side of the
highway. Baker was uninjured
although the 1952 Buick he was
driving was completely demo
lished.
LAST WEEK OF CARL'S Shoe
Sale. 50 pairs remain from our
one cent sale, get them now at
$1.00 per pair. First come, first
The following is a list of those who were issued new titles at the
'clerk's office lqst month: Cald
served. 6] ard, attorney.
well Motors, Inc., car Fleeman
Pontiac Co., car John B. Jen
kins, station wagon Elmer S.
Hohman, car Anna Mae Ward,
car Mary L. Ditch, car Ferman
Crum, car James E. Archer,
station wagon Barnhouse Chev
rolet Co., car,
Baker Sales and Service, car
Bobby C. Shrout, car Fleeman
Pontiac Co., car Robert B. Carr,
car Dorothy Lee Porter, car
Sylvester Bert Bates, car Mau
rice B. Colley, car Clifford E
Stephens, car Fred G. Bond,
car Caldwell Motors, Inc., pick
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SEEKS DIVORCE
Mary McNabb, of route 1, Coal
Run, filed a petition in the Noble
county common pleas court last
week asking that she be divorced
from Clifford McNabb on grounds
of extreme cruelty and gross ne
glect of duty. The plaintiff is be
ing represented by John W. Haz-
the location of an academy. It has been empty
since the order was moved to Old Washington
in 1950.
Phillips purchased the huge structure for
$800 and all the lumber is being removed to
Zanesville for salvage purposes.
ONG Unit Will
Return Sunday
From Encampment
Members of the Noble county
ambulance unit of the Ohio Na
tional Guard will return next
Sunday afternoon from their two
weeks encampment at Camp
Breckenridge, Ky., where they
have been receiving intensive
field training.
Under the command of Capt
Charles J. Coyle, the local unit
is a member of the 37th division
from Ohio and this marked their
third successive summer training
program at Camp Breckenridge
The unit training for the Noble
county ambulance outfit for the
first half of the two week pro
gram was in three phases: recruit
training for personnel who had
joined the unit since the last
summer camp for those who have
been with the outfit for a good
many months, a refresher course
in basic military subjects was
held and near the middle of the
week, the troops moved to the
range to complete their annual
familiarization firing of indivi
dual weapons later concentrating
on artillery and crew-served
weapons.
The second week of training for
the Noble county men included
a tactical maneuver, which com
bined mobile forces of armor, ar
tillery and infantry in a specia
operation designed to prepare th
37th for possible atomic warfare
Members of the local unit will
be returning to the Armory on
SR 285 Sunday by bus and con
voy.
Dennis F. Gersl Wi
Complete ONG Training
Pvt. Dennis F.
GitsI,
son of
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Gerst, of
Caldwell route 2, is scheduled to
complete six months of active
military training under the
Reserve Forces Act program
Aug. 9 at Fort Sam Houston
Texas.
Pvt. Gerst is completing 14
weeks of advanced training at
the Fort's Brooke Army Medical
Center, after which he will con
clude his military service with
the local National Guard unit.
Gerst is a 1955 graduate of
Caldwell high school and is
former employe of the Cleveland
Graphite Bronze Co., Caldwell.
CLOSED FOR VACATION
The Caldwell plant of the
Cleveland Graphite Bronze Com
pany, will be closed for the next
two weeks and over 340 em
ployees will be enjoying their
annual vacation. Only a skeleton
crew is maintained at the local
plant since the main plant at
Cleveland is also on vacation at
the same time.
The annexation petition of'
Olive to the village of Caldwell
passed its biggest hurdle, Tues
day evening at regular meeting
of the local council, when it was
approved for its first reading.
A motion was made by Coun
cilman Dean Jennings that the
petition be accepted for its first
reading with Councilman Wal
ter Colley seconding this motion.
The Olive annexation petition
was one of the most important
items taken up by council Tues
day night with Mayor Dwight F.
NEAR PUMP STATION-
The Noble county state high
way department is completing
a new steel bridge on SR 724
between the Elk Fork pump
station and the Monroe county
line.
Supt. Kenneth G. Kearits
said the new bridge replaced
a small timber structure, which
was broken and badly in need
Betty Jane Williams
Completes Course At
Columbus University
Miss Williams has spent the
past year at this commercial
training institution and is pres
ently employed with the law
firm of Brownfield and Malone
in Columbus.
Miss Williams is a 1956 grad
uate of Sarahsville high school.
Macksburg Driver Cited
Following Auto Accident
Autos driven by Dean Peaker,
58, of Macksburg, and Robert E.
Crum, 16, of Marietta route 3,
were badly damaged in an auto
mobile accident on USR 21, two
miles north of Marietta, Monday
at 7:30 a. m.
The state patrol said the
accident occurred when Peaker
lost control of his auto, collided
with the Crum auto find hit a
tree and a fence,.
Peaker was arrested for driv
ing on an expired operator's
license. He entered a plea of not
guilty in police court at Marietta.
His bond was set at $50 for his
appearance Aug. 9.
The defendant changed his
plea to guilty Tuesday morning
He was fined $30 and costs in
the Marietta police court.
Commissioners
SPEEDING CHARGE
It was very convenient for
the arresting officer Friday when
James L. Boatwright of Gulley
Bridge, W. Va., was arrested for
speeding in front of the mayor's
office on USR 21, south. He was
taken into court and fined $10
and costs by Mayor Dwight F.
Wiley. The arrest was made by
Deputy Sheriff A1 Barton.
COVERS NoaLa£ouNTy LIK& T-u£.&uNf-uiN-E.
Bridge Completed In Elk
of repair. The new bridge has
steel piling, with "I" beams
and a creosote strip flooring.
A local highway crew is also
working on SR 574, better
known as the Skyline drive at
Seneca Lake. This extends
from the beach road to the
embankment at the lake dam.
This road is being torn up, the
Local Delegation Objects
To "Split" School Shift
A delegation of mothers, headed by their spokesman, Mrs. Frank
Tilton, attended the regular meeting of Caldwell exempted village
school board Wednesday evening in opposition to the proposed
"split" shift for the first and second grades this fall when school
opens.
Miss Betty Jane Williams,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney
R. Williams, of Mt. Ephraim,
graduated Friday, August 2 from
Columbus Business University.
Although the enrollment figures for these two grades are too
heavy to permit officials to find
adequate spacing for them in the
grade or high school buildings,
the delegation proposed that ad
ditional buildings be rented
downtown or a basement of a
church be used to house part of
the first and second grades.
It was estimated by the school
board and Supt. C. E. Davis that
approximately 70 students would
have to be housed in other
facilities, if a full day schedule
was maintained for these two
grades.
The delegation of mothers
suggested that rooms in the
Wells building on Main street,
the Moses Tonnous building on
North street, formerly occupied
by Madge's Specialty shop, the
basement of the First Church of
Christ and the Methodist church
annex might be adequate.
Supt. Davis, on instruction
from the board, investigated all
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Olive Annexation Petition Passes First Reading
Wiley presiding.
The petition will now have two
more readings before final action
can be taken.
The annexation of Olive to the
village of Caldwell has been a
long and drawn out process but
it is now believed that eventually
council will approve and Cald
well can start to branch out
boundary-wise.
It was on May 20 that the
petition was approved by the
Noble county commissioners fol
lowing a public hearing where
NAMED VICE PRESIDENT!
John D. Wheeler, co-owrt€* of
the Caldwell Journal Publishing
Company, was named vice presi
dent of the Buckeye Press As
sociation this week. He will fill
the vacancy created when Dean
Williams, of Freeport, resigned
in this capacity. Williams re
cently sold the Freeport Press to
his daughter and son-in-law. Do"n
Orwig, of Napoleon, is now serv
ing as president of this state
organization for all weeklies
Wheeler's appointment was an
nounced by William J. Oertel,
executive director and secretary
of the Ohio Newspaper associa
tion.
Hear Sheriff's
Story Why Cruiser Has Been
Without Proper Identification
The controversial subject regarding the markings on the newly
purchased Dodge car for the county sheriff's department was per
mitted to simmer during the past week with the county commission
ers clarifying their position on the matter at their meeting Monday.
Last week the commissioners by motion requested the sheriff to
make some identification with respect that the car was county prop
erty and should be so marked.
Sheriff Donald Conaway, not
having been advised in advance
of the commissioners' action, took
exception to their morion and re
ferred the board to the provisions
as provided by law governing the
markings on vehicles operated by
the sheriff's department.
Section 307.42 of Ohio's Gen
eral Code says in part, "Require
ment of identification mark on
county-owned motor vehicles
under this section is for property
identification purposes only auth
ority given to the sheriff to de
termine color and markings of
motor vehicles used by him for
various purposes is given to en
hance greater efficiency in detec
(Continued on Page Five)
Lewisville Driver Fined
After Accident On SR 78
Francis L.:o Zwick, 21, of
Lewisville route 1, failed to stop
within the assured safe distance
Saturday afternoon and struck
the rear of a car driven by Har
old Guiler, of the Summerfield
community.
The accident occurred near the
junction of SR 260 and SR 78
when Guiler made a left turn
into his driveway. Zwick was
traveling north on SR 78, ac
cording to the sheriff's depart
ment.
Zwick appeared before Mayor
Dwight F. Wiley where he paid
a fine of $15 and costs on the
above charge. The accident oc
curred at 12:15 p. m. There was
only minor property damage.
BUYS ANGUS BULL
Andrew Crum, of Caldwell
recently purchased a purebred
Aberdeen-Angus bull from the
Gallogly Bros., of Chandlers
ville.
not a single note of objection was
heard.
The petition was then present
ed to council, where it was
tabled, according to law, for 60
days.'
Council can hasten the ap
proval of this annexation by
suspending the rules and reading
the petition twice at a special
meeting.
The Olive petition contains the
signatures of 31 property owners
in this community, east of Cald
weU* and they are 100 percent
CALDWELL, OHIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1957 FOURTEEN PAGES THIS WEEK SINGLE COPY 6c
base will be strengthened
more stone added and then
sealed in again.
The David David construc
tion company, of Athens, i
working on a similar project
on SR 670 or the north side oi
Seneca Lake.
They are completing this
project and some of their
equipment has already been
moved to SR 146 between
Sarahsville and Pleasant City,
where the road will be re
enforced and sealed in.
Hall and Barber, of Cam
bridge, have a contract job re
pairing SR 145 between Har
riettsville and Lower Salem.
They are putting a new mixed
top on this highway.
The Davey Tree company
has completed the spraying of
all weeds along the highways
in Noble county and it will be
about ten days before crews
start out again on their weed
mowing projects.
Enoch Township
Trustees To Buy
Gledhill Sprayer
The Noble county commission
ers authorized the trustees of
Enoch township to purchase a
new Gledhill, 300-gallon, spra
trailer at a total cost of $908.
when they held their regular
meeting Monday.
The Enoch trustees are to pay
$398 down and $300 in one year
and $300 in the next two years
to the Gledhill company of
Galion.
They also approved the pur
chase of 500 tons of No. 46
crushed limestone from the Law
rence King quarries at a cost
of $1.70 per ton.
They likewise authorized the
purchase of 500 tons of No. 46
crushed limestone from the
James Merry quarry at $J.70 per
ton at the quarry.
Charles Hutchins, Joe Buckey
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Farm Tractor,
Car In Wreck
Deputy A1 Barton, of the Noble
county sheriff's department, in
vestigated an accident, Thursday
afternoon, approximately two
miles north of Caldwell on USR
21.
Frances Taylor, of 216 North
street, received injuries to her
chest and face when she collided
with a farm tractor and trailer
driven by Larry Porter, of route
6, Caldwell
Mrs. Taylor was driving south
and collided with the rear of
the farm vehicle which was also
traveling toward Caldwell. The
front end of the 1957 Dodge
belonging to Gilbert Long, but
driven by Mrs. Taylor, was
badly damaged.
Bales of hay were broken by
the impact and the frame of
the wagon, owned by Vernon
W. Slater, of route 6, Caldwell
was damaged. Deputy Barton
reported that Vernon Bates and
Gary Keeton, both of the Cald
well area and passengers on the
farm vehicle, received slight leg
injuries.
Mrs. Taylor was charged with
failing to stop within the as
surred clear distance when she
was arraigned before Mayor
Dwight F. Wiley. She was fined
$15 and costs.
Mrs. Taylor is employed at the
Long Factory Outlet^store, Cald
well.
DRIVING WHILE DRUNK
Robert Morrison, of Lewisville
was arrested Sunday morning
for driving while intoxicated by
the marshal of Belle Valley
north of Belle Valley on USR 21
He was given a fine of $100 and
costs and three days in the
Noble county jail when he ap
peared before Mayor Roy Seam
ster, Sunday.
in favor of the annexation.
The total real estate proposed
in the annexation would amount
to $47,000. Residents of the Olive
community now pay taxes in the
amount of $925, which would be
reduced to $888.30 were they
to become a part of the corpora
tion. Residents of Olive township
pay a higher tax rate than those
in Caldwell.
The estimated personal prop
erty tax in the proposed addition
amounts to $35,000, according to
records at the courthouse.
Mayor Wiley Will
Be Opposed By
Chester J. Howiler
Mayor Dwight F. Wiley of Caldwell will be opposed for this
village office in the general election by Chester J. Howiler, prom
inent local realtor, who Xil^d his petition Wednesday before the
deadline.
Wiley, as president of council, succeeded Donald D. Nichols
who resigned due to poor health. In addition to serving as mayor
Wiley has maintained his full time job with the Caldwell plant of
the CGB company.
Mr. Howiler said today that
he would campaign for the
$1320 yearly job with a promise
to devote his full time to carry
ing out the duties of this office.
Although a number of peti
tions have been filed, the dead
line was 4:00 o'clock, Wednes
day afternoon, Aug. 7, and many
office -seekers waited until the
last minute to swamp Clerk
Harry G. Richcreek with« the
petitions.
For this reason, an official
list of those filing petitions, will
be carried in The Journal next
week.
A local option election for
Noble township will be held in
this county, since the petition
has been filed on all five per
mits, including A, B, C, D, and
E, but there is a possibility that
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Noble Spends Less
For Relief Than
Any Other County
Nooie county spent less than
any other county in the state of
Ohio last year on relief of some
kind, according to a report issued
today by State Auditor James A.
Rhodes.
Auditor Rhodes said that more
than one dollar out of every
three dollars spent last year by
Ohio's 88 county governments
went for some form of relief.
Annual financial reports filed
with the state auditor by county
auditors show that $86,332,596
was spent at the court houses in
1956 for poor relief, children's
homes, county homes, dependent
and crippled children, aid for the
disabled, blind relief, soldiers'
relief and burials.
According to the report, Noble
county spent $93,902 from all
forms of relief last year.
Other counties in the 15th con
gressional district were listed as
having spent the following
amounts:
Muskingum, $867,308 Wash
ington, $382,174 tJuernsey, $219,
435 Perry, $317,440: Monroe,
$309,187, and Morgan, $198,651.
Although Monroe is a much
smaller county, the relief costs
there were comparable to that
in many of the larger counties
in the state and considerably
more than that spent in neigh
boring Guernsey county.
TO DRAW GRAND JURORS
Grand and petit jurors for the
September term of court in
Noble county will be drawn
Saturday morning, Aug. 17, at
10:00 o'clock in the office of
Clerk John H. Snyder. J. K
Walkenshaw and R. A. Schehl
are members of the jury com
mission.
Council Awards
Bond Bid For New
Plant Equipment
Five mort^a^o revenue bond
proposals were submitted for
consideration to Caldwell village
at its regular meeting held Tues
day evening.
Council members after a
detailed study of the five pro
posals, awarded Wm. J. Mericka
& Co., of Cleveland, the contract
which calls for the issuance of
$230,000 in first mortgage rev
enue bonds to be used to pur
chase new generating equipment.
The contract will automatically
cancel the present callable out
standing bonds amounting to
$105,000. These bonds are the
result of a $125,000 issue made
in 1949 for the purchase of a
new engine.
The over-all bond issue, in
cluding the new proposal for
$125,000, plus the existing out
standing bonds totaling $105,000,
will require an interest charge
of AVz percent. The bonds will
be for a period of 20 years.
A point made by members of
council in accepting the bond
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Countians Attend
Camp Piedmont
Nineteen ladies from Noble
county are among the 90 women
from five surrounding counties
attending the annual Women's
Camp at Camp Piedmont, this
week.
Miss Mabel Sarbaugh, Noble
county home economics agent,
said the camp was composed of
campers from Noble, Monroe,
Belmont, Guernsey and Har
rison counties. The affair opened
with a family picnic at noon
Sunday and will continue
throughout the week.
Mrs. Wilma Winland, Woods
field, home economics agent for
Monroe county, is in charge. She
is being assisted by Lois Moody
of Harrison county.
Phil Maxwell, crafts director
at Oglebay Park, and Freda
Brank, Ohio Power, will be in
charge of various classes of craft
work. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Miller
of Guernsey county, are in
charge of the recreation.
GIVEN RAISE
Ewell Smith, caseworker for
the Noble county welfare depart
ment, was granted a raise from
$192.00 per month to $200.00 per
month at regular m.eeting of
the Noble county commissioners.
This was in compliance with the
rules and regulations of the Civil
Service commission.
Seventy Young Campers
Descend On Pine Lake
A combination oi spiritual and physical devekpiiic-nt is the ob
jective as the first camping session at the Pine Lake Conservative
Baptist Camp got into full swing last Saturday.
Located on the old USR 21, south of Caldwell, the camp wel
comed young campers, ages eight, through eleven, from the Akron,
Winterset, Caldwell and Canton
areas last Saturday. Dean of the
camp, the pastor of the Baptist
church at Kenmore, Akron, said
that fifteen staff members were
kept busy with supervision of an
average day's camping activities.
The campers' day starts at 7:00
a. m., with the usual activities
of dressing, bed making, and
room cleaning being the first
objective. Breakfast follows at
which time announcements, de
votions, dish washing and clean
up take up the time until the
classes start at nine.
In the Junior group, which is
presently at camp, the study
will be on the Holy Spirit, the
study of John in the Bible, and
understanding God's Will for
Christian living. These classes
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SEE US FOR your Bottle Ga«
need. D. D. Nichols, Caldwell,
Ohio. *f
DIVORCE ACTION
Dorothy McVicker, of the Sum
merfield community, filed her
petition in the Noble county
common pleas court last week,
asking for a divorce from James
D. McVicker. The plaintiff
charges extreme cruelty and
gross neglect of duty. L. C.
Young is the attorney for the
plaintiff in this action.
DUE TO THE still rising price of
newsprint and other operating
costs, the subscription price of
The Journal only will be raised,
effective Sept. 1. For subscrip
tions within the county and trad*
ing area, it will be S3.00 per
ye?.r. Outside Noble County, it
will be increased to S3.50 The
Noble County Leader will remain
at S1.50 per year within the
county and $2.00 outside the
county. 6 7 8
WINDOW GLASS cut to accu
rate size. See us for your needs*
D. D. Nichols, Caldwell. K