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The proposed consolidation or crea
tion of a new school district in Noble county
for seven school districts is the only logical
answer to the need for improved educational
facilities for our children and it should re
ceive the overwhelming support of every
voter in the coming election.
Voters in the school districts of Caldwell,
Belle Valley Local, Brookfield Local, Buffa
lo Local, Center Local, Seneca Local and
Sharon Local are urged to go to the polls
next Tuesday and support this issue.
By so doing it will create a school dis
trict with sufficient tax valuation and num
ber of students which will enable the board to
build a high school to meet increasing enroll
ments, educational needs and state school
standards.
Residents of some communities are fear
ful they will lose their grade school building,
but this consolidation issue does not involve
the grade schools and they will remain in
their present locations.
This means that the school children will
not be on the bus any earlier or longer since
the grades schools will not be effected by the
consolidation issue.
The new proposed school district can be
formed only if the consolidation issue passes
in each of the above named districts. Its fail
ure in any district defeats the entire consoli
dation.
If passed, the new district becomes ef
fective July 1, 1959 and the new board will
be appointed bv the state board of education
until new members are elected and take of
fice. Members of the board would be elected
by a vote of the people at the general election
in November, 1959, and take office in Jan
uary, I960.
A minimum of 240 pupils in grades 9 to
12 are required for a permanent high school
center and not a one of the present high
schools here meet this requirement.
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"IS9IMWS
The spirit of individual enterprise is still
flourishing in Noble county, judging by the
rate at which new businesses have been
springing up.
Local residents, with the urge to be on
their own, have raised the county's non-farm
business population to a new high.
The story is told in a joint report, issued
by the Department of Commerce and by the
Department of Health, Education and Wel
fare, based on tax reports submitted by em
ployers under the Old Age and Survivors In
surance Program for 1956.
Many of the new ventures do not survive
the difficult first five years, but enough do to
justify the risk entailed.
Noble county, by virtue of this net
growth, has a total of 169 business enterprises
in which there are one or more employees,
the report shows.
It marks a big increase over the 157 re
corded three years earlier, when the same
Federal agencies made their previous study.
The gain, amounting to 7.6 percent, was
greater than that attained generally in the
United States, an average of 6.4 percent. It
topped, also, the State of Ohio gain, 5.4 per-
EDITORIAL PAGE
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^Co&RS NoBLEgQUNTy LlK£
School Consolidation
i\cill For Governor
C. William O'Neill of Marietta is asking
the voters of Ohio next Tuesday to return
him to the chief executive's office for a four
year term.
As governor his first term, O'Neill has
made mistakes, but. they were dll of a minor
nature and could have happened to any of
fice holder, even to the most popular execu
tive the state has ever had in the person of
Frank Lausche.
O'Neill and Lausche are cut from entirely
different cloth and it is folly to compare one
with the other.
However, they both have had the wel
fare and good of their state at heart in prac
tically everything thev have done.
We strongly believe that Billy O'Neill
should be returned to the state house in Co
lumbus for another term.
His election will benefit the entire state
and especially this section of Ohio for all the
15th district should claim O'Neill as their na
tive son, not just neighboring Washington
county.
Gov. O'Neill has been very kind to Noble
county and he is just as interested in its
growth, industrially, as he would be in Wash
ington county.
In spite of some opposition which stems
from professional iealousv locally, Gov.
O'Neill gave his blessing to the proposed lake
in Noble countv which will mean everything
to our industrial growth.
Rep. Edmund G. James worked very
closely with the governor on this imnortant
piece of legislation and it was tacked onto
another measure for nassage with Bill'
O'Neill's knowledge and blessing.
The creation of a vast watershed for
Noble countv is not just "newspaper" talk
and in the next few months hence, it will
surelv become a reality.
It is important then to Noble countians
that a governor be elected who i« interested
in the welfare of this community, for the next
fou' vears will be crucial- ones for the countv.
There are many reasons whv we think
that Billv O'Neill should be returned to the
chief executive post.
He has demonstrated in the past that he
is interested in the growth of the state and
even its smallest segment.
He is interested in good roads and the
vast, hiehwav program is mute testimony to
his energetic outlook to cover tHe years
ahesd.
He took a verv vital interest in the crea
tior of the Route 21 Committee and even
tually threw his weight and influence into
getting federal recognition for tfsft 21. Frbfti
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Something must be done. It has already
been proven in other parts of the state that
consolidation is the only answer and as such,
the proposal for the seven school districts in
volved should receive the approval of all
voters.
It is the only answer to the school prob
lems as they exist in Noble county today.
Creation of the newly proposed seven
School district for Noble county should re
ceive a majority vote next Tuesday when the
Voters of the districts involved go to the polls.
The answer to our school problems can
not be measured by dollars and pennies
we must face the realities of life, for if we
are to continue our American way of life we
must provide our youth with the vehicle to
move forward in this fast-moving atomic,
nuclear age. To accomplish this objective we
must give our youth the best at all costs in
better and improved educational facilities.
The destiny of our nation lies in the hand
of our youth. What we give them to work
with will result in what they accomplish. Ask
yourself this one question .. am I, as a voter
in one of the seven school districts proposed
for consolidation, doing everything at my
command to continue the preservation of our
freedoms?
To hand-cuff the youth of our county, of
our state and nation, by depriving them of the
best in educational facilities, as voters and
citizens, we are shirking our responsibilities
by not looking wisely into the future and by
our own cowardly acts of admission we must
be personally held accountable for the many
prevailing shortcomings that exist in our
school program.
We urge the over-whelming approval of
the school consolidation issue. Mr. Voter, look
to the future consider the youth that are
yet to follow they certainly can demand
from us that which we can give in improved
educational advantages.
cent.
Small business is well established in
Noble county, the figures show. There are
159 firms, or 94 percent of the total, with less
than 20 employees each. They form the back
bone of the business community.
Their concentration is greater than in
most parts of the United States, where small
business constitutes 91 percent of the number
of going enterprises. It amounts to 90 percent
in the State of Ohio.
Of the local establishments, 117 employ
from one to three people each, 26 have from
four to seven and 16 from eight to nineteen.
The remainder are larger concerns.
Noble county's business firms provide
gainful employment for 1,148 people, the re
port indicates. Only those subject to social se
curity coverage are included in that total.
Others are now being brought in through re
cent expansion of the coverage.
Nationally, it appears, we are still a na
tion of small business people. Three out of
every four firms have fewer than four em
ployees and only two percent employ fifty
or more.
this vain effort, this section of Ohio will re
ceive a highway far beyond the realization
of those actively concerned in getting badly
needed improvements for USR 21. Instead,
Interstate 77 will traverse thru the rolling
hills of Noble countv, extending from Cleve
land to Florida, a"d with it benefits of un
told proportion will be ours to enjov in the
years to come. Good roads are one of a com
munity's needed assets.
Now conges the announcement that some
100 miles of State Route 78 has been approved
by Gov. O'Neill to Ohio's major thorough
fare svstem.
This means the road is now eligible for
improvement with highway construction
bond money, provided by the voters of Ohio
in 1953.
Establishment of SR 78 as a major thor
oughfare would provide better East-West
traffic service approximately half-way be
tween USR 40 on the north and USR 50 on
the south Or practically in the vicinity of
Caldwell.
If the present administration is contin
ued, Caldwell and Noble county could easily
become the crossroads of much road activity,
which would have a tremendous impact on
th is local area.
Gov. O'Neill's grave concern for the lab
oring man cannot be taken too lightly nor
entirely overlooked. In this phase, acting as
a person vitallv interested in providing man
with his dailv bread, the Governor responded
noblv by calling the state legislature into
special session and succeeded in extending
the unemployment benefits to Ohio's unem
ployed for additional 13 weeks. His contri
bution to offset the seriousness of the reces
sion certainly reflects the tvne of a man who
heads this great state of Ohio as its chiej
executive.
In addition to all the above, Noble coun
ty's representative. Edmund G. James, work
ed for several months in the office of the gov
ernor when he was the attorney general and
this association has been further cemented in
the years which followed.
Noble countians have everything to gain
and nothing to lose bv continuing Gov
O'Neill in office for another four years.
We hope and urge Noble county to do
their part and send Billy O'Neill back to the
chief executive's office next Tuesday with a
handsome majority.
He has already manifested an interest in
your welfare and that of your county.
Heln this interest to continue bv support
fjic O'Neill at the general election next Tues
day.
THE
DEMOCRACY?
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Years Ago
Noble county again has a con
gressman. This was definately
decided Tuesday at the general
election when the voters of the
15th Congressional district gave
Bob Secrest a handsome majority
over incumbent P. W. Griffiths,
of Marietta.
Voters of the Caldwell ex
empted village school district
overwhelmingly supported the
.184,000 bond issue for the pur
pose of erecting a new grade
school addition to the present
building at the North street site.
Pfcs. George Ralston, Roscoe
Tuffy" Tilton and Charles Fogle
of Caldwell, and Bernard Mit
chell, of Dexter City, left here
Tuesday morning for Topeka,
Kansas, where they will report
to the air base for assignment
and duty.
The six-room residence of
Oscar Wells, of Tabor Ridge, was
destroyed by fire at 10:00 a. m.,
Friday when a blaze of undeter
mined origin broke out in the
living room.
The Caldwell branch of the
McConnell Manufacturing Co.,
vacated the Robey building on
east street, Monday night, and
moved all their equipment to the
main plant in Cambridge.
Forest "Trigger" McCune, an
employee at the county garage,
was injured Friday morning
when he was accidentally thrown
from the truck on which he was
loading slag.
After an elapse of several
years, Caldwell and Noble county
will again have a Western Auto
Supply Store. This announce
ment was made today by Mr
and Mrs. Rudy Bigley, who have
returned to their home on Main
street, from Baltimore, Md.,
where they spent the past ten
days at the Western Auto Supply
warehouse in the interest of the
local store.
One man was killed and
another injured in a slate fall
in Goose Run mine on the Emily
Harper farm, near Macksburg,
Saturday afternoon. Three other
men working in the bank were
not involved in the fall and
fought desperately in an attempt
to rescue their co-workers. Ran
cel F. Ruby, 71, of Cambridge
route 2, father of the Ruby broth
ers, who operated the mine, was
killed, and Howard Leeper, 72,
of Dogtown, also in Guernsey
eouMy, was Severely injured.
THE JOURNAL, CALDWELL, OHIO
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Right Answer
Political Matters and Otherwise
Wf JESS S. HARRIS
CALDWELL MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Here is how Caldwell's present and reasonably near indebtedness
stacks up at the present time:
Sewage System, including Oliver (estimated) $1,000,000.00
Caldwell's Electric and Water 230,000.00
(to be paid from system service)
Bonds on District School Buildings 98,500.00
(Caldwell to pay 75 percent)
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Total $1,328,500.00
In addition to the foregoing indebtedness interest will neces
sarily have to be regularly paid for years and years to come, and
by adding another approximately one million dollars $1,000,000.00)
occasioned by "creating a new school district" would add greatly
to the above total. Then why be
party to "saddling" such a
burden onto the present and
future generations, from the
new-born babe to the gray
haired individual, by favoring
the present school proposition?
Caldwell and school district
electors who will participate in
the election on Tuesday, No
vember 4th, on the proposal to
reate a new school district to
displace the present Caldwell
exempted village school district
hould bear this in mind upon
entering the election booth to
vote.
Less than a year ago the esti
mated cost of a new district
school building was $350,000.00
1
the presented estimated cost is
approximately $1,000,000.00
might be even more. Some esti
mate raise, the Office Cat would
say.
Each elector entitled to vote
on the proposal to create a new
district to displace the Caldwell
exempted school district, either
for or against, should go to the
polls next Tuesday and vote as
his or her conscience dictates,
and not to gratify the individual
desire of some one desirous of
personal gain. The final result
should end the unpleasant affair
for all time. Make sure to vote
and still be friendly with others.
Governor C. William O'Neill,
Senator John W. Bricker and
Methodist Bishop Hazen
Werner each approved and en
dorsed the "Right to Work" pro
posed amendment to be voted on
at the election next Tuesday.
Should you have occasion to
send a first-class special delivery
letter by mail it might be best
to first know what the cost will
be or you may be shocked. The
regular postage will be four
cents and the delivery charge is
thirty cents, a total of thirty-four
cents.
On the non-partisan judicial
ballot at the coming election the
Republican candidates for su
preme court judges are Willard
D. Campbell, formerly of Cam
bridge, and James Garfield
Stewart, of Cincinnati, and for
judge of the court of appeals is
Robert B. Ford. Party designa
tions do not appear on the bal
lot.
A
Caldwell Democrat, inter
ested in the election of Herbert
U. Smith as congressman from
this district, recently made the
statement that Senator John W
Bricker is favorable to the creat
ing of a new Caldwell school dis
trict. How preposterous was the
statement. Senator Bricker is a
resident, as he has been for many
years, of Columbus, Ohio, and
of course is not in the least in
terested in the local proposal.
One of the most influential
and prominent members of the
lower house of the United States
congress is our own Hon. John
E. Henderson, of Cambridge
who has successfully and faith
fully served his constituents
during the past two terms and
is again seeking re-election thi
year thereto. So popular has he
been and so influential during
his administration of four years
that he should unquestionably be
re-elected next Tuesday.
Hon. John W. Bricker, Ohio':
present day favorite son, is one
of the most influential, prominent
and popular members of the
United States senate and is
highly deserving of re-election
thereto on the occasion of the
coming November election next
week. As in the past, Noble
county should stand practically
solidly beside him, as it has in
the past many political struggles
through which he successfully
passed during the years that are
now behind him. Regardless of
party affiliation, vote for John
next Tuesday.
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with Rep, John Henderson
Senior Citizens
Congresses have approached
the problem of our nation's older
citizens from many angles. The
Social Security program admin
istered by the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare,
and the Old Age Assistance pro
gram administered by the vari
ous States with Federal contri
butions are two such measures.
The United States Public Health
Service for years has been direct
ing its attention toward health
problems of senior citizens. The
efforts of that agency as well
as the great wealth of medical
discoveries and accomplishments
have resulted in longer life ex
pectancies for alL Since 1900,
life expectancy has increased by
more than 20 years, and this
great blessing has been accom
panied by a shift of population
age groupings.
The problem of the employ
ment of older' persons has not
been satisfactorily met. Too often
discrimination has been observed
in favor of younger applicants
for employment. By specific
Congressional action, much of
this discrimination has been
abolished in Federal employment
although it is often encountered
still in private industry. Strange
ly enough, it is considerations
arising from Social Security and
some retirement plans for indus
trial employees which discour
age the acceptance of older work
ers on employment rolls.
Various legislative plans have
been suggested to encourage
'jobs after forty," but none have
borne fruit. Some of these have
punitive aspects against employ
ers. However, the arguments
against compulsory programs are
strong. My own suggestion which
was embodied in my bill, HR
6017, offered last year, proposed
tax advantages as incentives to
employers who will employ a
greater than normal percentage
of older workers, has received
some favorable comment in Con
gress although no formal con
sideration has been given to it.
The age handicap to employment
needs recognition and publicity
to bring about a public realiza
tion of the widespread extent
and seriousness of the problem.
Legislation was considered in
the last Congress to provide
financing for home for older
citizens and advocacy has been
expressed to setting aside some
public housing units for elderly
persons in areas where public
housing exists. This proposal is
likely to be considered again
early in the 86th Congress.
For many interpreters of the
problem, one other issue domin
ates all other considerations
That is, the great need today
for economic stability which
will assure the beneficiaries of
Social Security, the old age reci
pients, the retirement fund an
nuitants, and others living on
fixed incomes and savings that
the purchasing power of the^ir
money will not be diminished by
an inflationary spiral. An im
portant mission of good govern
ment is to provide an atmosphere
of confidence for these citizens
whose earning power has been
impaired, that the provisions
they have made for their later
days will be adequate to assure
them of comfort and happiness
In an economic atmosphere of
rising prices, inflation deprives
these millions of persons of more
and more of the good things in
life as the value of their dollars
shrinks. This is a primary prob
lem to which all others arc
secondary in evaluating the posi
tion of the senior citizens in our
nation.
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the manager of Charles P. ums
campaign for the Republican
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The benefit increases for re
tired workers amount to about
7 percent over the levels provid
ed in the old law, with a mini
mum increase of $3.00 in the
benefits payable to a retired
worker who came on the rolls
at or after age 65. Slightly small
er increases will be shown on the
benefit checks of retired women
workers who elected to retire at
age 62 or at any age thereafter
before reaching age 65. Propor
tionate increases will be made in
benefits paid to beneficiaries
who are the dependents or sur
vivors of retired or deceased
workers.
For retired male workers now
getting benefit payments, the
monthly payments, beginning
with the payment for January,
will range from $33 to $116, as
compared with' $30 to $108.50
under the old law. For women
workers now getting retirement
A.
for Koon Holler
A great many people think I live in Koon Holler. I do not live in
Kocn Holler or any other holler. I live on one of the highest hills in
Washington county or southeastern Ohio. Theie are places that I can
see the entire rim of the earth for near fifty miles in all directions.
Some time ago, I published a magazine while living in Chicago.
I called it,
you place your order early.
Phone 91
American Way." It was devoted to the philosophy
Americanism, etc. On the back page I had a small section which
I devoted to the simple life of Koon Holler for the want of a better
name. This section was filled with humor, wit and wisdom. It made
a hit with people throughout the middle west, many wrote in and
remarked that it was all read in my paper.
Later on when I gave up the magazine, I started to write Koon
Holler letters to many papers and somehow the thing took hold.
There is a Koon Holler about four miles from our place and it
is an ancient place. Very early settlers squatted there and it has a
rich background in legends and some things that are not legend and
it is better that they do appear in print. I know the section very well
and it has a certain beauty and lonliness all its own but I do not
are to live in any holler whether it be Koon Holler, Dog Run, Goose
Run, Wolk Creek, Bear Creek, Cats Creek, Long Run, Dry Run,
Crooked Run or any other. All these places are located in this sec
tion and all have their history and legends, beauty and wonderment.
I want the highest hill for home. I want to live above the fog
line where the vision reaches out as far as the eye can see.
The eagle builds its nest on the highest crags and her flight is
up towards the path of the sun. Every day of my life I strive to reach
a high point in the upward climb. If a word or two of mine might
give someone a smile, chuckle or a serious thought, then I am happy.
By Robert B. Youmans, Manager
of the Zanesville, Ohio, Social
Security District Office
Social security benefits are
intended to replace in part loss
of income brought about by the
death, disability, or old-age re
tirement of the worker. For this
reason, they are related to the
average earnings of a worker
in employment or self-employ
ment covered by the social sec
urity law. Obviously, social sec
urity benefits arc affected by
changes in the national economy.
Since the last benefit increase
was put into effect in 1954, wages
have increased by about 12 per
cent and prices by 8 percent.
Congress felt that adjustments in
the benefit scale were in order
and voted an across-the-board
increase in the amendments
which the President signed into
law on August 28, 1958. These
benefits bgcome effective at the
beginning of 1959, and will be
included in all benefit checks
for January which will reach
beneficiaries early in February.
As I said in the first article in
this series, it is not necessary to
visit your social security office
to apply for these increases. They
will be made automatically.
Uncle Sam Stille
How New Social Security
Changes Will Affect You
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benefits the increased checks will
range from $26.40 to $116 per
month. This slightly lower mini
mum benefit is due to the fact
that some women chose to re
tire before age 65.
Another change in the law will
make possible larger maximum
benefit payments for many
people coming on the benefit
rolls in the future. This will be
due to the change in the so-called
"earnings base" on which pay
ments are figured. Right now,
only earnings up to a total of
$4200 in a year can be credited
to a worker's social security ac
count beginning with 1959, earn
ings up to $4800 in a year will be
credited to a social security ac
count. The largest monthly bene
fit payable to a retired worker
with average yearly earnings ot
$4800 will be $127. However, this
maximum benefit cannot be
reached for many years.
Along with the increase in
benefits will come an increase
in social security taxes. Begin
ning with January, employed
persons will have one-fourth
of
1 percent additional taken out
of their pay the tax rate will be
llL percent each for employee
and employer. The rate for self
employed people will go up from
3-3/8 percent to 3-3/4 percent
on their
1959
net earnings. The
old rate, however, will apply to
self-employment earnings for
1958 which must be paid when
income tax returns are filed
early in
1959.
In the first article ctf Wii1
series I discussed briefly changes
in the disability provisions of the
social security law. In my next
article I shall explain how these
changes can mean payments to
many people who could not
qualify for benefits before the
law was amended.
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