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Annexed Community Of Olive Was Once Focal Point For Area Trade By Wes Marshall One of Ohio's oldest com munities will relinquish its tradi tion and classification, to become a part of the Caldwell corpora tion. Effective upon the publication of a resolution passed by the Caldwell council, corporation signs will be moved east on SR 78 to include the inhabitants of Olive. Although similar expan sion throughout the state has at times caused dissention, both. Noble county villages appear to be 100 per cent in favor of the -move. Once a thriving settlement, Olive had become until recent years, a quiet residential area. Only a small field now separates Caldwell from what has been called the oldest unincor porated community in the state of Ohio. The settlement began in the early eighteen hundreds. Fami lies moved from other sections of Ohio and surrounding states to make their home on Salt Run A smell community was estab lished long before Noble county was formed. Around 1820, Robert McKoe took advantage of the increase of population and opened a store to engage in the mercantile business. Although families were sparse at that time, McKee had his goods shipped by horse from Barnesville. Prior to that time, residents of the community traveled elsewhere once or twice a year for the few goods that (Continued on Page Two) Curfew Effective In Belle Valley Belle Valley law enforcement oiiicials believe that a 9:30 cur few is the answer to their problems. Village Marshal Andrew Spizak stated today that the practice so prevalent among the teen-age group to loaf in business establishments and loiter on the village streets until late hours must stop. Because of this fact and the possibility of something of a serious nature resulting from this existing condition, officials are becoming a little concerned and have come up with the curfew idea as a preventive measure. Youngsters and teen-agers, 18 years and under, when in a public place of business or on the village streets after 9:30, must be accompanied by their parents. Those found violating the cur few will be referred to the county juvenile court. Summerfieid Refuses To Release Coach According to announcement made Tuesday by Charles E Davis, superintendent of the Caldwell exempted village schools, Arlan "Bud" King was not released by the Summerfieid local school board of education King was recently offered contract with the Caldwell high school as basketball coach and teacher. Mr. King would have accepted this position had Sum merfieid agreed to release him Dr. Davis stated today that he is still checking out applicants for this position which is to be filled before Sept. 3. The local option election in Noble township, exclusive of Belle Valley, scheduled for this November, has been called off, according to Harry Rich creek, clerk of the county b©ard of elections. Circulators of the HOM a composite petition, Robert Caldwell and Mary Slovak, agreed mutually to withdraw their filed copies Saturday afternoon when it became evident that a con certed effort was being or ganized to question the validity of the manner in which certain signatures Were secured. Council OK's Petition For Olive Annexation ER U N N1N 1A one oi Olive & ukleot resi dents relaxes after a day's work. Homer, a life time resi dent of the community, now 60 years old, expressed his opinion of the future annexa tion to Caldwell. He stated that he thought the move was good one, and would benefit both villages. Parents Advised How Double Shift Program Will Be Applied Four Candidates File For Judge nere will be four candidates ing the Noble county court tgeship at the Nov. 5 election, cording to the petitions filed ednesday with the election oard. The judge will take the place of former Justices of the Peace. The four candidates include: Don L. Thomas, owner and operator of the Home restaurant in Caldwell Homer Danford, of Dexter City, who has served many years as a JP: Leo Carter, of Caldwell, local attorney, who likewise served as a JP and Clayton (Jum) McKee, who served for a number of years as sheriff of this county. The salary for this post was fixed by the Noble county com missioners at $1860 per year, plus an office and the expense of operating same. DOG WARDEN'S BOND The carrying arms bond and dog warden's bond for Ernest Thompson, dog warden for Noble county, has been approved by the county commissioners. The mo tion was made by Bert VanFos sen and all the commissioners voted yes. Alleged Irregularity In Filing Local Option Petition Causes Withdrawal By Circulators It is reported that persons other than those who actually filed the petitions circulated them, which is contrary to what the law provides. Forces furnishing opposition to the local option were be ginning to be heard, and ac cording to Clerk Richcreek, members of the county WCTU unit had visited the election board's office seeking informa tion regarding the alleged irregularity. The composite petition car ried a total of 147 signatures. Following the check mad# by COVERS NUMBER 7 VOL. 99 ESTABLISHED IN 1859 CALDWELL, UHIQ, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1957 territory to a corporation is com plete upon the passage and legal publication of the municipal ordi nance or resolution accepting an application for the annexation'' Councilman Dean Jennings in stigated the.first step by moving the acceptance of the petition following a 60-day waiting period. Now that the Caldwell council has approved the move, the fol lowing legal steps are required The clerk of the corporation must make two copies of the reso lution containing the petition. A map or plat must accompany the petition &s well as a transcript of the proceedings of the board of county commissioners with a certification on each copy that it is correct. The documents must (Continued on Page Two) Because of the objections made in regard to the doubie-shift program for the first and second grades at the "heights", letters were sent out this week in explanation of the new program. It will be remembered that the" objection was raised by the half-day schedule -which was delegation of mothers protesting considered necessary because of lack of classrooms. A special study was made in regard to possible rental sites which could be converted into temporary classrooms, but the search pro duced no adequate space. This week, a letter of explana tion in regard as to how the half-day program will be man aged was sent, according to superintendent C. E. Davis. The letter explained that for each grade there will be a regular teacher as well as a helper to aid pupHs who would profit from individual instruction. The letter went on to explain that it has been found that students do not (Continued on Page Two) Local Postmaster's Condition Critical Wo.Ksmw Cecil, postina-'er at Caldwell, remains in a critical condition at the Marietta Me morial hospital, after suffering three broken ribs an^ a punc tured spleen in a fall at his home, Thursday evening. The Caldwell postmaster sus tained the injury as he w paintinig on the front side of lm home on Belford street, and fel as he attempted to make a No a Passing Of Resolution Step In Completing Basic Procedure Basic procedure for the annexation of the Olive community to the village of Caldwell has been completed. With the passage of a resolution concerning the annexation petition at the last regular meeting of the village council, only minor legal steps remain to complete the transaction. Statute laws of Ohio state that "the annexation of step from the stepladder on which he was standing to the stoop at the front entrance of his home He failed to make the step resulting in about a five foot fall. He was removed to the Mari etta Memorial hospital in a local ambulance. His condition was listed as "critical" on Tuesday Intoxication Charge Results In $35 Fine Oiiiceia of the Noble county sheriff's department made two arrests over the past weekend. Charles Farmer, Jr., 37, of Woodsfield, was picked up Sun day morning at 2:12 o'clock south of Caldwell on USR 21 Farmer was charged with in toxication when he was found unconscious at the wheel of his automobile. The Woodsfield resident ap peared before Mayor Dwight Wiley, of Caldwell, where he was fined $35.00 and costs. A second arrest was made Sat urday evening on a warrant issued to the local department Terrance L. Michel, 53, of Cald well route 4, was charged with molesting a minor. Midhel was arraigned before Mayor Perry Blake, of Dexter City, where he pleaded guilty to the above charge. He was bound over to the grand jury on a $2,000 bond. members of the hoard of elec: tions last Wednesday, 59 signa tures were deleted, leaving only the required number which would have permitted the petition "to stick". Clerk Richcreek stated that the 59 names were stricken from the petition because they were written with lead pencil What would have given cause for the forces involved "to do battle" in the November elec tion was virtually erased from the scene with the with drawal of the composite local option petition. Record Number Of Entries Expected At County Fair Developments are such that the proofed plans for the 105th annual Noble county agricultural exposition, to be held August 28-29-30-31, point in the direc tion for making this year's the largest and finest ever. In order that all entries can be conveniently placed, and from present indications an all-time high can be expected, the Noble county fair office will be opened Wednesday, Aug. 21. According to J. K. Walken shaw, fair secretary, new offices will be established on the third floor of the Noble county court house. Livestock entries will close Saturday, Aug. 24, at 4:00 p. m. and all other entries will close Tuesday, Aug. 27, at 4:00 p. The fair secretary asks that all entries be registered early and not wait until the last day. Poultry entries will be re ceived at the poultry building on the fairground Tuesday morn ing, Aug. 2?, starting at 9:00 o'clock. Premium books have been mailed but additional books are available at Lorenz hardware the secretary's office in the court house or at tbe Journal-Leader (Continued on Page Two) Football Practice Called For Monday Caldwell high school football coach, Don Fuchs, has scheduled the first fall practice for Mon day, August 19 at 9:00 a. m., in the school gymnasium. Coach Fuchs stated that uni forms would be assigned and general plans discussed for the 1957 football season. He ex plained that all youngsters inter ested in playing this season should plan to attend the meet ing. New rules of the game will be discussed and preliminary prac tice sessions scheduled. L-G. COUNTY UN144IN4L Sarahsville Man Elected President Of Credit Assn. At the reorganization*! meet ing held Tuesday in Cambridge, Ah'3 C. Watson, prominent Sar ahsville farmer, was elected president of the Cambridge Pro duetion Credit Association for the coming year. Watson replaces Floyd Filli- man, of Port Washington, who retired. The newly-elected presi ident served as vice president last year and has been a director for 16 years. Other officers elected at the reorganizational meeting were Russell Perry, of Cambridge, vice president, and Dean D. Tresh, of Cambridge, secretary-treasurer. Production Credit Association maintains one of its six branch offices in Caldwell, with John G. Shamhart employed as field man ager. The Caldwell office, locat ed in the Tipton building, Main street, is the headquarters for farmer-members living in Mon roe, Morgan, Washington, and Noble counties. In addition to the Caldwell branch, offices are maintained in Zanesville, Coshocton, New Philadelphia, Carrollton, and Cadiz. The association's central office is located in Cambridge and op erates within a jurisdictional area comprising 13 counties. Also elected at the^ Tuesday meeting were the following di rectors: Raymond Beib, of Cos hocton, serving his first term Clyde Henderson, of Somerset Lawrence Keyser, of Barnesville Russell Perry, of Cambridge, and Alva C. Watson, of Sarahsville. A third project proposal will {Continued on Page Two) DIVORCE GRANTED Ruth Bishop was granted a divorce from Glen Bishop in the Noble county common pleas court, Saturday morning, with Judge W. V. Archer occupying the bench. Attorney L. C. Young was representing the plaintiff in this action. ZION'S EVANGELICAL /& REFORMED CHURCH Return of Former The 100th anniversary of Zion's Evangelical & Reformed church, near Harriettsville, will be celebrated on Sunday, Aug. 18. The present frame building, located one mile north and three miles east of Harriettsville, was completed and dedicated in the summer of 1857. Services with guest preachers, both in the morning and after noon, will commemorate the cen tennial. REV. RUSSELL BEHM has served as pastor of the Warner charge for four yefitrs. Harriettsville church is one of three parishes administered by Rev. Behm. GRAY'S final summer clearance sale continues. Many outstand ing bargain still remain. 7 SEE US FOR your Bottle Ga* need. D. D. Nichols, Caldwell, Ohio. i Feature of Centennial Services Two former minister, Rev. Ezra H. Guinther of Bucyrus, and Rev. J. Albert Law of Columbus, who have served Zion's Church, will preach in the morning service which will begin at 10:00 o'clock. Guinther was pastor from 1939 1942, and Rev. Lew served th" church from 1943 until 1948. The day will begin with Sunday school at 9:00 a.m. The centennial services will al so serve as the annual homecom ing of the Warner charge, of which Zion's is a part. The morn ing services, therefore, will Nobie county commissioner, Bert VanFossen, 57, passed awav suddenly Tuesday afternoon at his farm in East Union. Death was attributed to a heart attack. VanFossen was serving his first term as Noble county com missioner, the office to which he was elected last November. He was born June 21, 1900, the son of the late John and Ida King VanFossen. He was married on May 27, 1922, to the former Grace Wells by whom he is sur vived, in addition to a son. Ken neth, of East Union a daughte:. Mrs. Dwight Miller, of Ea Union a sister, Mrs. Grace Felti ner, of also feature special contributions from the other two churches of the charge St. John's church, near Whipple (Waxier or Schramm Ridge) and First church of Warn er. Regular services for these two churches have been cancelled for this Sunday, so that all can share in the special celebration at Zion's. After a basket dinner in the picnic area back of the church, the afternoon services are sched uled to begin at 1:30 o'clock. An early part of this service will be an historical sketch of Zion's church, including interesting in cidents and records, presented by Caldwell, and six gram children. A life-time resident of Noble county, he lived most of his life in the Harriettsville community and moved to East Union in 1947. He was a school bus driver for Elk local schools for fourteen years, a member of the Crum Ridge Church of Christ, and the Carlisle grange. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. John VanFossen, and one grand i e e e i i n e a i father died in April of this year The body was removed to his home in East Union Wednesday afternoon and services will be held Friday, Aug. 18 at 2:00 p. m. from the Crum Ridge Church of Christ with Evangelist Fred Dennis officiating. (Continued on Page 2) UNSAFE OPERATION Larry Neff, of Fairground street, was fined $14.10 last week in the Cambridge municipal court on a charge of unsafe operation. Neff was arrested by the state patrol. Sections of USR 21 Are Slated For Resurfacing George J. Thormver, acting director of Ohio highways, has an nounccd that sealed proposals will be accepted for six highway pro jects in Noble county, during the months of August and September According to Kenneth G. Kearns, superintendent of highways, five of the projects will concern USR 21 within the county. Four of the six proposals will be offered as one project, subject to only one contract. Proposal No. 1 will require an asphaltic concrete application to section 13.07 in Noble township for a length of 0.69 mile. The project will begin in north Belle Valley and terminate at the Wargo curve. Proposal No. 2 within the above contract speci fications, concerns two sections within the corporation limits of Belle Valley for a distance of 0.58 mile. Road Shooting" Proves To Be Very Costly Sport Shooting groundhogs on the highway proved rather a costly sport for a Martins Ferry man. Steve Kurpa was taken into custody Sunday by Game War den Donald Smith and charged with "road shooting" for ground hogs. Appearing before Dean Oliver mayor of Summerfieid, Kurpa was fined $25.00 and costs. DRUNKEN DRIVING CHARGE Harry Everly, of Summerfieid route, appeared before Mayor Dean Oliver, of Summerfieid, on Friday and charged with drunk en driving. He was given a fine of $100 and costs and three days in the county jail. Everly was apprehended by village marshal Bert Leasure. Pastors Will Be FOURTEEN PAGES THIS WEEK SINGLE COPY 6c County Official Dies Tuesday BERT VAN FOSSE: Commissioners Agree To Sell Third Yet Home The Noble county commission ers are planning to get out of the home-owning business. With two homes already dis posed of, the third and last of such commissioner controlled dwellings must "go" by Dec. 31 of this year, at least that is what the law requires. Moving in that general direc tion the commissioners appointed Charles Hutchins, Joe Buckey, and James Law to act as apprais ers and establish a selling price for the dwelling that is presently occupied by George Simonton, a veteran of World War II. The property in question is located on the corner of Railroad and Spruce streets, lot number 245, in the village of Caldwell. The established appraisal price is $6100. (According to the law amount. the vet eran occupying the home has the privilege of .purchasing the property at the appraised He has 60 days in which to make up his mind. If within that period of time he declines the offer, the commissioners will then offer the property for sale at p-ublic auction. It will be sold to the highest bidder. The county commissioners were unanimous in their conclusion in the method prescribed to dis pose of the property. From the sale of The above pictures irame buiicung was cunstrucieu in io57. Guest preachers will commemo ate the church's centennial. Roy Ullman, president of the church council. Then Rev. Don ald Hafner of Indianapolis, Ind., and Rev. Otto Breuhaus will preach. Rev. Hafner served the church during the summer of 1952. Rev. Breuhaus, who has min istered in various capacities to all of the Evangelical & Reformed churches in tius part o£ Ohio since the other two homes, there remains in the emergency veteran's housing fund over $10,500, according to Auditor C. R. Atkinson. INJURED AT WORK Joseph Baker, 36. of Lewis ville Star Route, received a deep laceration while at work for the Electromet Division of the Union Carbide Corp., at Dexter City Thursday. Baker was given emergency treatment at the Marietta Memorial hospital. He sustained the injury when he was struck by a shovel handle while at work. he came to Lowell some 57 years ago, will be the final speaker of the day. Rev. Russell Behm, who has served the Harriettsville church for the past four years, and mem (Continued on Page Two) WINDOW GLASS cut to accu rate size. See us for your needs Il» D. Nichoii, Caldwell, Completion Date Set For Improved Telephone Service Improved telephone service between Sarahsville and Cald well will undoubtedly become a reality by November of this year if present plans progress as they appear on the drawing board. The Sarahsville Telephone Company has secured a new right-of-way extending from the village of Sarahsville to the Boyd Vance farm, the half-way mark between the two villages. At the present the exchange is operating over the Mt. Ephraim Telephone Co. right-of-way. Engineering plans have been completed and poles are being erected on the right-of-way which will carry the new metal lic circuit lines. Simultaneously, a crew from the General Telephone Co. of Ohio, is engaged in extending its lines from Caldwell to the point where the lines will join. The General Telephone Com pany is permitted by law to ex tend its property three miles beyond the limits of the village of Caldwell. Upon completion of the in (Continued on Page Two) Objections Voiced At Hearing For Relocating SR 78 Objections to the state high way department's proposed plan for relocation of a section of SR 78 and 260 in Noble county, were voiced at a public hearing Friday in the county court house. Ray Steen, right-of-wajp. -en gineer, from the Marietta divis ion of the state highway, pre sided at the meeting when the complaints were filed. Steen stated that only two property owners were present at the hear ing, Elijah Crum and Edward Sorg. Crum's objections, according to the Marietta division, con cerned the possibility of flooding due to the increased height of the proposed new section. He felt that the relocation of 260 would create a "dam" which would cause flood waters to approach his home. Both property owners indicat ed that they believed the "con crete bricjge" on the Carlisle road was not capable of handling the potential water drainage. (Continued on Page 2) Four Cases Heard In Mayor's Court Four cases were heard in Caldwell mayor's court over the weekend. Albert Muzum, of Cleveland, was fined $10.00 and costs for speeding. The arrest was made by the county sheriff's depart ment. Maxine Reed, of Cleveland, was charged with intoxication. Appearing before Mayor Wiley she was fined $15.00 and costs. The sheriffs department made the arrest. Stanley Cummins, of Cleve land, was fined $10.00 and costs when charged with failing to stop his vehicle within an assured dis tance. Cummins collided with a Greyhound bus near the under pass, north of Caldwell. No serious property damage result ed. The sheriff's department investigated. Bill Hill, of Sunpmerfield route 2, was apprehended by Officer Jack Oliver and charged with drunkenness. Appearing before Mayor Wiley, Hill was fined $15.00 and costs. SHOOTING MATCH, any sight .22 rifle, scopes, iron sights or peep sights rifles judged per sights: 1:00 o'clock p.m., Sunday, Aug. 18, at the Noble county fair ground. Turkeys, chickens and other prizes. Sponsored by the Noble Rifle-Pistol club. Public in vited. 7. 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 ajea, it will be S3.00 pet year. Outside Noble County, tt will be increased to $3.50. Th® Noble County Leader will remain at SI.50 per year within the county and $2.00 outside thte tt'i county. 6 7