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I i I* it W f' Top Weekly Newspaper In Ohio for 195f Four old bridges will be replaced in Noble county within the I next few months, with the low bid for the job made by V. O. Menuez Co. of Millersburg. The Menuez Co. submitted the low bid of $26,942 with the de partmental estimate placed at $35,680. Total cost is $27,750. I Replacements will be made on the following sites: on SR 145, the bridge located just north of the Washington county line SR 146, the bridge situated about eight-tenths of one mile south of the Guernsey county line on SR 147, the two bridges located be tween SR 670 and Batesville. Completion date for this re placement project has been set for June 1, 1959. In addition to the bid for local construction opened on August 19, the state department opened bids for $13,732,858 in new high way improvements. Included in these bids were major highway construction, re paving and bridge repair. Ap (Continued on Page Two) Thieves Steal Wheels From Lumber Truck The sheriffs department is investigating the theft of two front wheels, tires and tubes, which were stolen early Monday morning from the Mack truck, owned by the R. C. Moore Lum ber Company, Fairground road. The theft was discovered at 6:00 a. m. Monday morning when Mr. Moore opened his lumber yard. The sheriff's department said the loot was valued at $500 by the owner. In removing the wheels and tires, the thieves left their jack and other small tools behind. -b.-y. U., Pictured above is the new section of South ern Noble high school at Dexter City, which was completed at a cost of $362,000. Crock Schafer were the local contractors. Students of Caldwell Attorneys Named To Committees Beautiful New Structure Ready For Students At Start Of School "Tuesday Charles H. Burley, executive head of the Southern Noble local school district in Dexter City, has announced that most of the new addition to the Southern Noble school will be ready for use by Sept. 2. All class rooms have been completed and the gymnasium will be ready for use soon after school begins. Hot lunch will be served, beginning on Wednesday, Sept. 3, with the price being raised to 25 cents due to increased food costs and lack of government commodities. Attorneys W. Vernon Archer and Fred F. Fox, both of Cald well, have been selected to serve cn standing committees of the Ohio State Bar Association. The appointments were made by President William R. Van Aken of Cleveland upon recom mendation of executive com mitteeman Robert L. Hausser of Marietta. Archer will serve as a mem ber of the domestic relations committee while Fox will serve on the real property section. CONDITION SERIOUS Noble County Treasurer Ralph Hicks remains in a serious con dition at Guernsey Memorial hospital, Cambridge, where he has been a patient for the past three weeks. He is suffering from a kidney condition. WE WILL HAVE plenty of our home-grown, tree-ripe peaches this week and next. Bring your baskets. J. D. Law and Son, Phone 16R53, Mt. Fphraim, Ohio. 9 Four New Bridges Will Be Constructed In County State Highways Are Resurfaced In Noble County Officials of the local state highway department report that the Shelly Company, with head quarters in Thornville, has start ed resurfacing operations on SR 78 between the Morgan county line and Caldwell. Upon completion of this pro ject, the same contractor will go on to SR 260 and SR 564 where further resurfacing will be done. Additional work is also planned for SR 67'0 by this same company, after which time all roads involved in the recent improvement program will be gone over again to be sealed in. The local department crews (Continued on Page Two) APPOINTED TO STAFF Dr. Frederick M. Cox, of Cald well, was appointed to the medical staff of Marietta Me morial hospital, Tuesday evening at their regular staff meeting. Dr. Cox recently associated with Dr. E. G. Ditch in the practice of medicine, with joint offices on Main street. Wi ll iiiiiUmi Burley announced that the formal opening of the new school will take place in early October, but that all are welcome to inspect the new facilities. Costs $362,000 Placed as an addition to the former Dexter City school, built in 1924 at a cost of approxi mately $40,000, the new section was built by Crock and Schafer, contractors, at a cost of $362,000, with the ground being broken in May of 1957. The project was financed by a $190,000 bond issue and $162,000 allocated by the state. The new building is completely (Continued on Page Three) ANNUAL Homecoming and pic nic at St. Mary's parish in Fulda, Monday, Labor Day, Sept. 1. Chicken and beef dinners from 11:00 a. m. to 1:30 p. m. and from 4:30 p. m. to 6:30 p. m. Other amusements. Dancing in the eve ning. Public invited. 9 WINDOW GLASS cut to accu rate size. See us for your needs. D. D. Nichols, Caldwell. t1. the Southern Noble district will have one of the finest schools in this area when classes re sume next Tuesday morning, with Charles H. Burley, new executive head, in charge. s DINO CAPELO New Music Supervisor Hired For Noble County Mr. Dino Capelo, of Mason town, Pa., has been hired by the Noble county board of educa tion as new circuit music teach er. A graduate of West Virginia University, Capelo is in his first year of teaching and holds a Bachelor in Music Education de gree from that school. He is unmarried and comes to the county system well recommend ed. Capelo will be serving the Belle Valley, Sarahsville and Dexter City schools in his capacity as special music* in structor and supervisor. Chamber Of Membership Completed Caldwell Students At National Lalin Meeting A number of Caldwell Latin students attended the fifth Na tional Junior Classical League Convention at Ann Arbor, Michigan, on August 17 to 21. The outstanding speaker was Dr. Wallace Magoon of Muncie, Indiana, who spoke on "Why Roman Writers Wrote." At the evening entertainment, Roman costumes were worn giving a classical atmosphere. A conducted tour of Greenfield Village and The Rouge Plant of the Ford Motor Company was greatly enjoyed. Those attending from Cald well were Patty Noon, Carolyn Giallombardo, Nancy Feldner, Joyce Willey, Eugene Boyd. John Hill, Chad Moore, Dick Semple, Miss Louise Clark and the spon sor Miss Inez Clai'k. CAB SERVICE 27. Phone Caldwell 9-10 NOBL-G. CO UNTV LIM~ VOL. 100 NUMBER 9 ESTABLISHED IN 1859 CALDWELL, OHIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1958 FOURTEEN PAGES THIS WEEK SINGLE COPY 6c Grandstand Completely Destroyed By Early Morning Blaze Tuesday $10,000 toss Is Two New Council Members Named At Sarahsville The Sarahsville village council met in its regular monthly ses sion on Saturday afternoon, with a new president being named as its head. Fred Hesson has been named as the new president of the council, replacing Paul Davis who in this capacity had to assume the village mayorship upon the resignation of former mayor, George Kent some weeks ago. Hesson will also assume the responsibility of overseeing cer tain street problems present in the village. New council member is Dean Stottsberry. He replaces Roy Lee Dudley, who has moved to Kan sas. At this meeting the council passed a resolution to cooperate with the county Civil Defense program and to allocate funds as they are needed. Richard Gib son was appointed by this group to serve as the Sarahsville assistant director in the CD pro gram. Other business brought before the council was street improve ments made in the village. This includes improvements made on Lower street, formerly a one way drive, which is now a two way street, and the report was made that Main street hill, near the James Cox homp, has been improved. New Instructor Hired For Southern Noble Albert E. Rathburn, Hunting ton, W. Va., was employed Mon day by the Southern Noble board of education as the new business education instructor in the Southern Noble school in Dexter City. Replacing Mrs. Forrest Howell as commercial teacher, Rathburn is a graduate of Marshall Col lege and a Business Education and Economics major. In his first year of teaching, he is married and has two chil dren. FOUR LICENSES ISSUED Four licenses were issued Mon day by the state patrolman who was in charge of driver's exam inations in Caldwell. John F. Rudzevich, Coshocton, and Harry Lee Wells, of Reinersville route 1, passed their tests and received operator'^ licenses. William Richard Fogle, of Caldwell route 6, passed his test for chauffeur's license and Ralph Emerson Kil burn, of Caldwell route 6, receiv ed a school bus operator's license. Commerce The results from the recent Chamber of Commerce membership drive are now in, with 30 new members added to the roster and a total of $895.50 collected. The drive makes a total of 159 members belonging to the C. of C., and the amount collected was almost $300.00 over that of the pre vious year when approximately $600.00 was realized from the drive. Money collected during this campaign goes into the fund for the summer band concerts ind the Christmas treat, sponsored by the C. of C. Members and the amounts they contributed are as follows: Cleveland Graphite, $30 Paul Clark and John Groves of the Building and Loan, $24 Don Harkins, Charles Tilton and Howard Gill of the First Na tional Bank, $20 Rufus Merry, Harold Morgareidge, Paul Mc Glashan and Robert Merry of the Farmers and Merchants bank, $20 John James and Walter (Continued on Page Two) BUYS HAT SHOP Mrs. Nadine Remington has purchased Nola's Hat shop on North street and it will be open ed under this new management. It will be recalled that the Hat shop was originally started by Mrs. Remington, who later sold it. The shop was last managed by Mrs. Nola Clymer, of Dexter City. Tile cut ly i uesniay iuoi liiiig bia/'e Loinpicte ly destroyed the 32-year-old grandstand on the eve' of the annual 106th Noble county fair, but the 'show is going on and temporary bleachers were secured from the Caldwell high school and installed under supervision of Mar- Seneca Lake Road Will Be Improved The Ohio Department of High ways announced last week that bids for repaving over 56 miles of highways in six southeastern counties will be opened in Co lumbus, Sept. 3. Included in this improvement program will be 2.9 miles of the roads and drives in the Seneca ville lake area of the Muskin gum Watershed Corjservancy District in Guernsey, and Noble counties. Work is expected to get under way shortly after the award of the contracts and completion is scheduled for Oct. 15. 1958. State Route 78 in Monroe county, is included in this pro ject. Plans call for the repaving of the road for eight miles from the Noble county line to Lewis ville. Other counties involved are Coshocton, Morgan and Belmont. N-Ar SUNF-U I T-W-C Charles Franklin Gallagher, of Barnesville, was arrested last week by officials on an affidavit filed by G. P. Moore, owner of a country store on Willscreek. Gallagher was charged with unlawful pretense with intent to defraud, after he cashed a $35.00 check with insufficient funds in the bank. Annual Homecoming At Fuida, Labor Day St. Mary's church in Fulda announces its annual homecom ing and picnic will be held on Labor Day, Sept. 1. Chicken and beef dinners will be prepared on the grounds and be served from 11:00 a. m. to 1:30 p. m. and from 4:30 to 6:30 p. m. Games and other amuse ments will be featured in the afternoon and evening, in ad dition to a square dance from 8:30 to 11:30 that evening with music furnished by the Mid night Ramblers. The public is cordially invited to attend this picnic in Fulda, which is located six miles east of Caldwell, off SR 564. Dwight F. Wiley Named Deputy County Treasurer Dwight F. Wiley has assumed his new duties as deputy treas urer of Noble county. His ap pointment was made by Treas urer A. R. Hicks to fill the vacancy created when Lloyd Ullman resigned. Ullman was named last month as the new postmaster at Lower Safem and he has now assumed his new duties. A former mayor of Caldwell, Wiley served out the unexpired term of Donald D. Nichols, who resigned. For the past several years, he has been employed in the Cald well plant of the Cleveland Gra phite Bronze company. TAX NOTICE Books are now open for collection of last half of 1958 Personal Property Tax. A. R. Hicks, Vreasuter, Noble bounty. a 10 11 Gallagher appeared before Caldwell Mayor Chester Howiler Friday. He entered a plea of N-E Viii A\ Vv uuci. Laboi iui' tilt County Fair Will Go On As Usual Despite Grandstand Loss guilty and was fined $200 and costs at $11.39. The mayor sus pended $100 of the fine if Mr. Moore is reimbursed within 60 days. Other fines by Mayor Howiler last week included James O. Burgess, of Cleveland, who was arrested by the sheriff's depart ment on a charge of speeding. He appeared in court Saturday and paid a fine of $15 and costs. Leroy Lindell, of Caldwell, employee of the H. C. Price Con struction Co., was arrested by the state patrol and charged with driving without a certificate of registration. He was fined $50 and costs, Saturday, before the mayor. Joseph L. Ciditillo. of Parkers (Continued on Page Two) Youth Cited To Appear After Local Accident Marshal Jack Oliver investi gated an auto accident Monday at 11:00 a. m. involving pickup trucks driven by Larry Bates, 17, of North street, and Carl M. Davis, of Sarahsville. Marshal Oliver said the pick ups collided as Bates was driv ing onto Frazier road from the alle$» alongside the athletic field. Bates was driving a pickup truck owned by Charles Fogle, of Caldwell. The youth is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Glendon Bates, North street. He is cited to appear in juvenile court be fore Judge E. P. McGinnis as a result of the accident. DR. JOHN B. JENKINS and Dr. Stewart A. Ricard announce new office hours. Monday, Tues day, Wednesday. Friday and Sat urday, 9:00 to 12:00 a. m. 1:00 to 5:00. and 6:30 to 9:00 p. m. Thurs day. 9:00 to 12:00. noon. Other hours by 7 8 9 Oicatut-'j The 106th annual Noble County Fair got into full swing on Wed nesday of this week in bigger and better-than-ever form with a full list of activities, in spite of Tuesday morning's disasterous fire at the grandstand. Seating arrangements were n the grandstand early Tuesday morning. However plans for temporary seating were immedi ately put underway and the -.n started off as planned in spite o the catastrophe. Reports from the office of the fair board show that more en tries were made in all divisions this year vhaa in the past several years. Included in this rise of entries was the number of race horses, and track fan? should be pleased to hear that an excellent grade of horse racing is expected on the local half-mile on Friday and Saturday afternoons this week. Feature event of Wednesday night's horse pulling contest is the presentation of the Laile award to the local ambulance unit, ONG. In full dress uniform (Continued on Page Two) Barnesville Man Charged With Fraud At Willscreek Store ili tion was furnished from the county garage. County officials said that the loss was covered by only $2,000 from insurance. The Caldwell fire department made the run at 5:30 a. m. Tuesdav. Guards include Lloyd and Larry Bates and Sonny Wilkos. Coach Smoot reports that other possibilities for this position are Jim Whitcomb and Carrol Gor don. Fullback spots will be filled in by Dick Semple and Frank (Continued on Page Two) Business To Suspend For Noble County Fair Thr ?vm 'e county coy: house and business in general will be suspended Thursday and Friday afternoons for the Noble county fair. The commissioners announced today that the courthouse would be closed both afternoons in order that the officials and clerks might attend the fair. Caldwell business stores close as a rule Thursday afternoon and they will again close Friday afternoon to attend the fair. This will be the first of the two afternoons of the racing pro gram with the fans to be seated on temporary bleachers follow ing the fire early Tuesday which destroyed the grandstand. Robert DeVolld Will Enter The Ministry e i o Y o o o and Mrs. Waldo DeVolld, east of Caldwell, and a 1958 graduate of Caldwell high school, will leave Thursday, September 4, for the Cincinnati Bible school. Young DeVolld will enter the Church of Christ seminary to take up the s^udy of the minirtrv. He was active in both football and basketball for Caldwell high school and during his senior year was named the recipient of the Babe Ruth award as an outstand ing student. BUY YOUR children's school shoes at CARL'S while the stock i? complete. Any small denosit will hold your purchase. CARL'S SHOES. 9 SEE US FOR your Bottle Gas need. D. D. Nichols, Caldwell, Ohio. Partially Covered By Insurance The grandstand has burned down, but the Noble county Fair continues. Fair time came in Noble county, but for the first time in 32 years, no grandstand sat in the spot before the racetrack. The day before the fair opened, the building was destroyed in a freak blaze that leveled it to the ground. Discovered at approximately 5:30 a. m. Tuesday morning, the blaze completely demolished the frame grandstand which burned with an amazing amount of PDood. It was discovered by Bliss lams who drives a truck for Harley Beckett. lams turned in the alarm at the Beckett home which is directly across the race track from the building. 1 after a blaze completely leveled (Continued on Page Two) Bates-Ferguson Named Captains For Redskins The first flames were noticed up under the roof, but by the time the Caldwell fire depart ment arrived on the scen.e the structure was beyond saving. Observers on the scene of the fire commented that it was for tunate no wind came up during the blaze because of the many tents and concessions already erected on the midway. The loss was partially covered by insurance in the amount of $2,000, but the value of the building was estimated at $10,000. The grandstand, con structed in 1926 by T. W. Pat terson, local contractor, was 180 Co- 11 Jim Smoot reports that good progre-- .s being made by his 28 footbaii aspirants who have been attending daily practice sessions for the past several days. Seniors Dave Ferguson and Larry Bates have been named as permanent co-captains of the Redskin team. Placed in the end positions are Tommy Lewis and Gary Keeton, with other contenders for the spot being Delmar Wiley, Glen Slay and Phil Yontz. Now hold ing down tackle spots are Bill Ramage and Jim Wikander. Ad ditional aspirants for tackle are Richard Butler, Dave Bridgman and Frank Thomas. Vying for the place at center is Fred Keith and Bill Reed, with •he same condition existing at uarterback where Dave Wik nder and Gary Bates are con testants. Vernon Slater Is New Teacher At Belle Valley Vernon Slater, well-known farmer and teacher of Caldwell route 6, has been hired as seventh and eighth grade teach er at the Belle Valley school for the coming year. Slater was hired at a recent meeting of the board of educa tion, when they accepted the resignation of Murl Thomas. Mr. Thomas will serve as principal and sixth grade instructor in the Caldwell elementary school, re placing Lawrence Nichols who will teach in Arizona. Slater taught the past year at Buffalo in Guernsey county, serving as an instructor in gen eral and social sciences, and comes to Belle Valley well recommended as a teacher. A native of Stark county, Slater came to Noble county ten years ago, where he owns and operates a beef and dairy farm north of Caldwell. He is a graduate of Alliance high school and received his B.S. degree from Mt. Union College, Al liance. He served for five years as first lieutenant in the postal service in World War II, with 18 months spent in the South Pacific. He is a member of the First Methodist church. Hot Lunch Will Open At Summerfield, Sept. 3 Sujjt. Ward Biihop announced today that the Summerfield schools would open on Tuesday, September 2 but the hot lunch program would not open until the following day or September 3. Supt. Bishop said that due to the increased cost of food and the lack of government com modities, the cost would be in creased to 25 cents for the student and 30 cents for the adults. This will apply to both the Calais and Summerfield schools. ANNUAL Homecoming and pic nic at St. Mary's parish in Fulda, Monday, Labor Day, Sept. 1. Chicken and beef dinners from 11:00 a. m. to 1:30 p. m. and from 1:30 p. m. to 6:30 p, m. Other amusements. Dancing in the eve ning. Public invited. 9