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VOL. 100 NUMBER 30
New Teacher Hired By
Caldwell School Board
At a special meeting of the Caldwell exempted village board of
education Friday night, Mrs. Robert Evilsizer, the former Garnet
Clark, was hired as a new teacher for the Caldwell schools.
The board at this same meeting also accepted the resignation of
Mr. Wilbur Hunt, who has been ill for the past several weeks in a
veterans hospital at Martinsburg,
MRS. ROBERT EVILSIZER
IN FLORIDA
Henry Brum bach of the Cald
well Produce company .left last
week for Dade County, Florida,
where he will enjoy a fishing
trip.
With a rainfall of 1.29 inches
in the last 36 hours, creek chan
nels in Noble county have swol
len and overflowed causing high
water in all sections of the
county Wednesday morning.
Richard Burlingame, weather
man for this area, reported that
1.30 inches of rain has been
recorded for this area during
January and- of this amount 1.29
inches has been recorded in the
past 36 hours, including Monday
and Tuesday.
The local state highway de
partment reported that several
state routes, including USR 21,
north and south were closed with
high water Wednesday.
State highway workers placed
"high water" signs at the follow
ing places Tuesday night and
Wednesday: State Route 564,
from Middleburg, south State
{toute 260, from Carlisle to Road
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Continued on page two
Richard Douglass Named
To State Executive Board
Richard Douglas.- of Batosviile,
elementary school supervisor for
the Noble county schools, has
been highly honored by being
named a member of the executive
committee for state supervisor's
association.
Mr. Douglass will represent
Southeastern Ohio district, which
includes 12 counties.
Each district in the state has
only one member on the execu
tive committee.
INCOME TAX. I am at my home
at 102 S. Cumberland street,
corner of Locust street, Caldwell,
making out income tax returns
for farmers and others. Charles
L. Dyer. 30 31 32
WINDOW GLASS cut to accu
rate size. See us for vour needs.
D. D. Nichols, Caldwell. tf.
W. Va. 'Mr. Hunt has been unable
to return to his duties since the
Christmas holidays but didn't
resign until the past week.
Mrs. Evilsizer will be teaching
English and girls' physical
education.
The board is also, going to
attempt to offer a Spanish class
in the eighth grade since Mrs.
Evilsizer is qualified to teach this
subject.
Supt. Clayton Smith said
there would be several shifts in
teaching assignments and that
Marvin P. Wood would be given
the vocal teaching for the high
school.
Mrs. Evilsizer is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Clark,
Caldwell, and a graduate of the
local high school. She received
her college work at MusKingum
college, New Concord.
For the past several years she
has been teaching in the schools
at Hopkinsville, Ky., where her
husband was stationed with the
U. S. Marine Corps. He was dis
charged last Nov. 28 and. they
have since returned to Caldwell.
Auditor Completes
Tax Distribution
For Noble County
The Noble county auditor has completed the October settlement
for 1958, x-epresenting the last half of the tax collection on real estate
here. This is always the smaller of the two tax settlements.
Auditor C. R. Atkinson said that the schools received $35,569.34
the townships, $3,479.11 and the corporations, $830.44 from the un
divided general personal tax.
High Water Closes
Major Highways
In Noble County
This breakdown is as follows:
Beaver local, $1,336.12 Brook
field, $5,672.18 Buffalo, $875.10
Center, $278.31 Elk, $540.20
Fulda school district, $275.29
Summerfield school district,
$239.74 Belle Valley school dis
trict, $616.12 Caldwell school
district, $22,907.86 Seneca,
$370.28 Sharon, $117.31 Stock,
$167.12 Southern Noble, $1,
8 0 0 5 5 W a s i n o n o u n y
$148.76 Guernsey county, $181.48
and Monroe county, $42.82.
The townships received the
o o w i n a o u n s e a v e
$52.65 Brookfield, $332.78 Buf
falo, $97.24 Center, $36.21 Elk,
$77.40 Enoch, $22.43 Jackson,
$36.35 Jefferson, $92.35 Marion,
$32.93 Noble, $112.81 Olive,
$2,427.47 Seneca, $44.25 Charon,
$15.29 Stock, $48.43 and Wayne,
$50.34.
Continued on page two
TOMCATS THREATEN
Carl Murphys
Found Dead
By Relatives
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Murphy,
prominent residents of Macks
burg for a number of years, were
found asphyxiated in their home,
Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock by
their brother-in-law, Carl Hes
son.
The couple had not been seen
by their friends and neighbors
since Sunday afternoon and it is
believed that the couple met
death Sunday night from the
fumes of two unvented stoves in
their home.
The Noble county sheriffs
office was notified at 8:04 p. in.
and he in turn notified the
sheriff's department in Washing
ton county and they investigated.
Coroner Dean Northup, of Mari
etta, returned a verdict of death
from asphyxiation.
It is believed that due to the
bitter cold wave which hit this
community Saturday and Sun
day, that Mr. and Mrs. Murphy.
Continued on page two
Inspection Credits
Local ONG Unit
With 'Fine' Work
.Noble County's Ambuiance
Company, 112th Medical Bat
talion, Ohio National Guards,
fared exceptionally well in the
recent inspection conducted by
Major Andrew Tyndall, of New
ark, second army inspector.
The report submitted by the
inspecting officer credited the
local unit with two "superiors"
and three "excellent.s."
Capt. Charles Coyle, company
commander, stated that the in
spection included practically
every phase of the local unit's
activity, and the report reflects
most favorably on the effort and
work performed by the officers
and enlisted men.
For administration, which in
cluded unit files, personnel rec
ords and reports, an "excellent"
rating was received.
A "superior" rating was re
Continued on page two
Figures In Accident
On SR 78, Sharon Hill
Neal 11 Racey. of
Sporting a record to date of nine wins as against one loss, the
Redskins appear to be nearing the stage of setting a new basketball
record for Caldwell high school.
Local sport fans are digging into the school's archives, checking
the past records -to determine just what has been done and, when
and where.
It has been several years since
basketball has been so enthusias
tically received by local fans.
Attendance at home games re
flect this trend. In all prob
ability all previous attendance
records will be broken this year.
A 'boost in general attendance
has been greatly encouraged by
inaugurating the reserve seat
section at the gym. Even with
weather conditions as they were
last Friday evening, a full house
was on hand to celebrate the
last-minute victory staged by the
local quint over a hard-fighting
defiant Philo team.
To maintain the present sup
Coatinued on page two
Caldwell, and
Glen R. Long, of Caldwell route
2, figured in an accident on SR 78
near Sharon Friday afternoon,
due to the icy condition of the
highway.
The sheriffs department said
that Racey, who lives at 1013
Fairground street, was coming
down Sharon hill when the car
started skidding due to the ice.
Although Racey tried to turn off
the road, his vehicle skidded into
that driven by Mr. Long.
Only moderate property dam
age was sustained and no charges
were filed.
Redskins Must Have
Support For Victory
IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. Betty Jane Watson, of the
Sarahsville community, was ad
mitted to the Guernsey Memorial
hospital, Cambridge, Monday, for
observation and treatment. Mrs.
Watson is the former Betty Jane
Williams, of Mt. Ephraim.
FOX DEN ROBBED
The Fox Den tavern on USR
21 near Warner, was broken into
Monday night according to a re
port from the Washington county
sheriff's department. The loot
included whiskey, approximately
$40 from a juke box and an
undetermined number of cigar
ettes.
s NOBLE. £ouNry
A number of enlisted men, members of
the Noble County Ambulance Company, 112th
Medical Battalion, Ohio National Guards, were
recipients of awards of merit of the state of
Ohio.
The occasion gave special recognition to
those members having completed three years
of continuous service in the local ambulance
company.
The formal presentation was made at the
regular meeting of the unit held Wednesday
evening at the local armory. Viewing the
awarding of the ribbons to the eligible members
were Capt. Charles Coyle, company command
er, extreme left in picture and 1st Lt. Howard
"Nellie" She Whispered-
Ohio Power Pays
$23,934.68 In Taxes
One of the largest real estate
payments in Noble county was
made Tuesday afternoon to
Treasurer R. P. Elliott when the
Ohio Power of Guernsey and
Noble counties planked down a
check in the amount of $23,934.68.
Ohio Power Manager Ray
Friese, of Cambridge, brought
the check down personally and
paid the taxes to Treasurer
Elliott which represents only the
first half on their real estate for
1958.
Treasurer Elliott said today
that although the tax' books
closed Tuesday evening, Jan. 20.
all taxes received in the mail
before the deadline would be
honored without the penalty
payment.
The mail has been extremely
heavy the past few days and the
treasurer's office got behind on
the taxes -which came in that
way.
DIVORCE FILED
A divorce action was filed last
week in the Noble county com
mon pleas court, according to W.
V. Archer, judge. The action was
filed by Floyd H. Antill, of Dex
ter City, plaintiff, against Ruth C.
Antill, Marietta, defendant. The
plaintiff charges gross neg
lect of duty and he is represented
by L. C. Young, attorney.
NO MUFFLER
Donald J. Pitts, of Caldwell
route 6, was arrested Sunday by
the state highway patrol on a
charge of not having a muffler
on his truck. He was fined $10
and costs when he appeared be
fore Caldwell Mayor Chester
Howiler to answer to the charge.
FUND CHAIRMAN
Rev. E. Parker West, pastor of
Caldwell First Methodist church,
has accepted the chairmanship
for the county Red Cross fund
drive which is to be held during
the month of March. Rev. West
was present at the district meet
ing Wednesday evening in the
Red Cross rc#m of the court
house to complete plans for a
successful year.
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ESTABLISHED IN 1859 CALDWELL, OHIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1959 FOURTEEN PAGES THIS WEEK SINGLE COPY 6c
Commissioners Slash County Budget
MACKSBURG COUPLE ASPHYXIATED BY GAS FUMES
ONG MEMBERS RECEIVE
Summerfield Phone Operator
Is Credited With Saving Life
"Nellie," she whispered in a choking gasp and thereby hangs a
tale of mercy on the part of a telephone operator in Summerfield,
who said today it was just "one of the many incidents" that has
happened to me in my span of 36
jyears as an operator at the Sum
merfield exchange.
The woman who could very
easily credit her life to the quick
thinking of the operator was
Nellie Yontz, 53, of Lewisville
route 1. The operator was Mrs.
Leona Wtyeatley, who started her
37th year with the Summerfield
telephone exchange on June 1.
Let Mrs. Wheatley tell her story:
"I heard a tingle on the Lewis
ville line as though someone
was calling. When I didn't get a
number, I naturally thought it
was some small child playing
with the phone, as they are a
thing of beauty and very enticing
to a youngster.
KG. T-U-E. SuNf-u i N-E
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AWARDS OF
2nd Lt.
Continued on page two
Noble County Will
Not Have A Primary
Noble county will not
have a
primary election this spring
according to Harry G. Richcreek,
clerk of the Noble county elec
tion board.
However, there will be a fall
primary for the election of town
ship officials, village officials
and school board officials.
Petitions may be obtained any
time from the board for the pur
pose of circulation but the dead
line for the filing of same in
Noble county is not until August
5 at 4:00 p. m. with the board.
Noble countians should keep
this in mind and not be confused
with other neighboring counties
where primary elections will be
held.
257 Prisoners At
Being the sheriff of Noble
county is a man size job but
during the past year, the law
enforcement agency of this
county has been away above
average, according to the an
nual report released today by
Sheriff Donald Conaway.
A spot audit of the records
of this department revealed
that 456 cases were handled by
the officials with net earnings
in fees amounting to $1,563.31.
This represents only the fees
MERIT
Larry Ross, company
Bealls and
officers.
Pictured are the enlisted men who were
present to receive the military ribbon. They
are, left to right, front row Sgt. Roger King,
Supply Sgt. Lee Truex, Motor Sgt. Carlos
Bryan, and Capt. Lawrence Macenko back
row—Sgt. Dennis Gerst, Sp/3, Ronald Ross and
Sp/3 James Sholtis.
Other members eligible to receive tic
award are Sp3 Dave Rubel, Sp/3 Frank
Stevens, Sgt. William Tarleton, Sp'3 Wayne
Bettinger, Sp/3 Gene Devol!, and Sp/3 Nor
bert Hupp.
Highway Snow Plow And
Car Involved !n Accident
A state highway department
snow plow for Noble county and
a car driven by William E. Mur
rey, of Caldwell, were involved
in an accident one mile south of
Caldwell on USR 21, Friday night
at 10 o'clock.
Ed Greathouse, of Caldwell,
had just pulled onto the highway
with the road equipment when
the electrical system on the plow
failed.
Greathouse was preparing to
put out warning flares when the
plow was struck by Murrey. The
state patrol from Marietta said
Greathouse attempted to flag
down Murrey but he was not ob
served because of the blinding
snow.
The accident occurred near tin
Noble county state highway de
partment when the local crews
had been called out on an emer
geney status.
William B. Schoit Is
Head Of County Board
Wiinam B. Schott was elected
president of the Noble county
board of education, Saturday
morning at its organizational
meeting.
L. E. Hedge is the vice presi
dent and other members are
Robert Blake, J. O. Gibson and
Alfred Brown. County Superin
tendent H. C. Secrest serves as
clerk of the board by law.
Meetings will be held by this
board the first Wednesday of
every month at 1:30 p. m.
1003 Hours
Economy Stressed In
$111,367 Reduction
Mothers' March
Of Dimes To Be
Held Thursday
The Noble county commissioners cut the 1959 appropriation to
operate this county a staggering $111,367.45 according to figures re
leased today by the board.
The commissioners had indicated that the county could be op
erated more economically and they immediately put their words into
action by slashing the 1959 bud
get
In 1958, the approved budget
for Noble county amounted to
$606,777.45 compared to the
economy budget of $495,410.00
for 1959. In 1957, the budget
amounted to $547,994.41.
In their move to economize,
the commissioners cut the bud
gets for the office of the clerk
of courts, the county recorder,
the Noble county election board
and the sheriff's office, through
their deputies and otherwise, in
addition to other departments in
the county.
Noble County Commissioners
Franz McNutt and Kenneth Van
Fossen, both Democrats, signed
the appropriation but Republican
Ernest Secrest refused to do so,
due to the slash in the many
office appropriations.
A recapitulation of the funds
reveals the following amounts
were appropriated:
General fund, $150,000 motor
vehicle and gas tax fund, used
only for roads, $340,000 dog and
kennel fund, $5,410 for a total
Continued on page two
Final plans have been
pleted for the annual Mothers'
March of Dimes in Caldwell
.vhich will be held Thursday
evening, January 22, beginning
at 6:30 o'clock.
Mrs. Thelma Moore and Mrs.
Pat Vogel are serving as co
chairmen for this event and they
have received the cooperation of
many mothers who will assist in
this drive.
The fire siren will blow
promptly at 6:30 p. m. signifying
that the march is on. Those who
have volunteered their services
and the particular section of
town they will canvass are as
follows:
Marylois Barnhart, Lavonna
Whitcomb, Natalie Dahood, Gert
rude McGregor, Thelma Estadt,
and Roberta Daugherty, North
street Etta Davis and Mary
Richcreek, West street: Beverly
Ralston and Rosemary Wilson,
Continued on page two
CALLED TO CHICAGO
Mrs. John D. Wheeler, North
street, was called to Chicago, 111
Sunday by the serious illness of
her sister, Miss Mildred Lorentz,
superintendent of nurses at the
Michael Reese hospital, that city.
KENNETH
Sarahsville Barber To
Locate Here With Saling
Kenneth L. Gibson, son of Mrs.
Ada Gibson and the late John
Gibson, of Sarahsville, has re
turned to Caldwell and will take
up the barbering trade with
Harley Saling in the former
Ancil Westcott barber shop on
Main street.
It will be recalled that Harley
Saling purchased the shop when
Ancil Westcott retired and left
for Florida to spend the winter.
The.new barber is a graduate
of the Sarahsville high school
with the class of 1952, w-here he
was active in sports, especially
basketball which he played for
four years.
He attended and graduated
from the Riggs-Lemar state bar
ber school in Akron in June,
1958.
Since that time he has been
associated with the Neader bar
ber shop in Marietta.
Saling and Gibson are now
making extensive repairs at the
former Westcott shop with a new
bar, paneling and new fixtures
and furniture.
GAS METERS OFF
It has been bad enough for
residents to keep their homes
warm this ''deep freeze" weather
but the sheriff's department has
received complaints that culprits
in the Dexter City community
have been turning off the gas
meters outsides the homes. The
complaints are being investigated
and a warning has been issued
by the sheriff against such
pranks that could have dire
results.
James Ferguson Quits WSAZ
For Post In Memphis, Tenn.
James H. Ferguson, formerly of Caldwell and program director
at WSAZ-TV, Huntington, W. Va., has accepted the position of pro
gram manager at WMCT, Memphis, Tenn., effective Jan. 28, Law
rence H. Rogers, president and general manager of WSAZ announc
ed today.'
Ferguson is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles (Spide) Ferguson,
of Washington, C. H., formerly
of Caldwell and a graduate of
the local high school. He is the
son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Quick, Main street.
Mr. Ferguson, a radio and
television pioneer in the Hunt
ington-Charleston area, has been
actively engaged in radio and
television since college days. He
started as a radio engineer while
attending Ohio State University.
After graduating from college,
Sheriff Handles 456 Cases In '58
and does not include the fines.
There were 257 prisoners in
the Noble county jail during
1958 and they spent a total of
1,003 hours in the bastile.
Of the total number of cases
investigated, the 74 civil cases
totalled $374.80 297 criminal
cases, $975.23 in fees 31 for
eign cases, $56.26 and. 44 pro
bate court cases, $174.52 in
fees.
Total fines for violations
other than driving while in­
Continued on page two
toxicated amounted to $1,634.
The D.W.I, fines amounted to
$1,045 and the forfeited bonds
totalled $45.00. The total fines
with clerk of courts and com
mon pleas amounted to $5,
087.31.
The total average cost per
case was $6.54 and the sheriff's
average cost per case amount
ed to $2.60.
There were 143 accidents in
vestigated by the department,
involving 234 cars. There were
ON UNIVERSITY STAFF
By appointment of the presi
dent and board of regents, Mrs.
Julia McGregor Thornberry, of
Caldwell, is now a member of the
faculty for State University in
Iowa City. She will serve as an
instructor in the school of nurs
ing on the surgical floor. Her
husband, Dr. John R. Thorn
berry is a resident physician for
the same university. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Thorn
berry, of Columbus, and Mrs.
Thornberry is the daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. A. G. McGregor.
99 accidents involving property
damage only and 35 in which
they had personal injuries in
volved. There were three fatals
during the year, including two
pedestrians and one driver.
Continued on page two
DANCE at St. Michael's, Carlisle,
Saturday, January 24. Public
invited. 30
SEE US FOR your Bottle Gas
needs. D. D. Nichols, Caldwell,
Ohio. if.