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Larry Foraker and David
Ziler's project from Belle
Valley science department re
ceived a superior rating Satur
day at the district science day
held at Muskingum college.
This qualifies it for state entry
at Capital University, Colum
bus, according to John War
go,
science instructor.
Judy Walters' project receiv
ed a superior rating in the dis
trict division and will be an
The Court of Honor for members of the
Boy Scout Troop, No. 584, sponsored by the
VFW, was held Monday evening at their rooms
on West street with Scott Hartman, advance
ment chairman for the Muskingum Valley
Scout Council, making the presentations.
Pictured above, left to right, first row,
they are Ronald Briggs, second class Norman
Fish, second class David Stellfox, tenderfoot
Donald Hill, second class and Robert Tarleton,
Poys $17.00 For Meter Fines
Parking Meter Violators
Face Possible Prosecution
Two Charges Filed
Following Accident
Apparently the heat is on!
Cracking down on violators of parking meters by the village
law enforcement officers, with the cooperation of the mayor, is not
just a second guess venture.
liaruid L. Itubbais, 4'J, _•: Cald
well route 1, was charged with
failing to yield the assured clear
distance and driving while
intoxicated Saturday afternoon
following an accident in which
he was involved with George F.
King, 17, of Caldwell route 3.
The accident occurred one mile
north of Caldwell on USR 21 at
3:45 p. m., Saturday. Robbins
was parked on the wrong side of
the road headed north and pulled
onto the highway in the path of
the King car which was south
bound.
The sheriff's department in
vestigated. On the first charge
of not yielding, he was fined
$15 and costs by Mayor "Chester
J. Howiler.
On the second charge of driv
ing while intoxicated he entered
a plea of not guilty and was
bound over to the Noble county
grand jury under a $250 bond.
161 Dogs Destroyed
So Far By Warden
A total of 161 dogs has been
destroyed so far this year by
Acting Dog Warden Howard
Thompson as the Caldwell coun
cil again wages an all out war
against canines that are per
mitted to run loose.
Dog Warden Thompson said
that 136 dogs were killed in
January and February and 25
so far "this month.
The council, through Mayor
Chester J. Howiler, issued
warning last week that drastic
action was being taken to pre
vent dogs from running loose in
this area.
They are receiving the full
cooperation of the dog warden,
who keeps the stray dogs that
he has caught three days before
they are shot.
This week one violator, a woman, reportedly paid to Marshal
Jack Oliver the total sum of
$17.00, representing 17 tickets
she received over a period of
several months.
All dogs permitted to run
loose, with or without a tag.
will be destroyed.
ALL BUSINESS places in Cald
well are requested to» close
from 12 Noon to 1:30 p. m. in
observance of the Union Good
Friday service. 39pd
EASTER BASKETS. $1.50. S2.00
and $2.50 sizes. Sold by orders
only. Tlease place orders well in
advance of Easter. Landaker's
Bakery, phone 103-M, Caldwell.
37, 38, 39
SEE IS FOR your Bottle Gas
needs. D. D. Nichols, Caldwell
Okie. tf.
Belle Valley Science Pupils Win Ratings
alternate for state entry. Be
cause of the large number of
science projects in each of the
districts of the state, a quota
of only 36 superior rated pro
jects is permitted to leave the
Eastern district for state com
petition.
Larry Foraker and David
Ziler's project was an actual
survey of an 80 acre farm,
building it to scale and show
ing its capabilities.
COURT OF HONOR FOR BOY SCOUTS
Another violator and a recipi
ent of several tickets, paid the
village marshal $7.00 and a
number of others have requested
a "breakdown"' of what they
owe in meter fines.
In an unprecedented move, the
village officers are making an
all-out attempt to enforce the
village ordinance on parking
meter violations.
The ordinance states that after
a period of two hours if the fine
has not been paid then it in
creases to $1.00. A charge of 25c
is assessed if paid within a perixi
of two hour?.
Continued on page two
House Trailer Tax
Due Prior March 31
Owners of house trailers are
advised that taxes are due and
will expire March 31.
According to County Auditor
Stanley Osier licenses must be
renewed prior to April 30 to
avoid paying the penalty. After
the April deadline, a penalty of
$1.00 per day will be assessed the
applicant.
Last year approximately 40
house trailer licenses were
issued in the county. Licenses
for the year cost $18.00.
Fifty Year Masons
Honored At Banquet
Other projects receiving les
ser ratings were entered by
Larry Bailey, Sue Phipps, Jim
Leonard, Barbara Picken
paugh, Janet Ramsey, Lois Tet
ers, Lynn Seamster and Judy
Serdy.
Judy Walters' project was
Concerned with work on the
law stating that the transport
ing power of a stream varies
as the sixth power of its
•velocity.
second class.
Back row: Scott Hartman Jerry Beaver,
Star Scout Sam Gregg, second class Arthur
Beyer, second class Gary Lahue, tenderfoot
and Randy Smith, Star Scout.
Freddie Anderson is the scout master and
George Daugherty, assistant scout master. Neal
Racey was not present when the picture was
taken.
Photo by Journal-Leader Staff
58 Applicants
Will Take Exam
For Mail Joir
A civil service examination
for the rural mail carrier's job
out of the Caldwell postoffice
will be given Saturday, March
28 at Marietta.
Postmaster W. E. Cecil said
that an unprecedented number
of applicants, totaling 58 local
residents, will take this examina
tion which is to be given at the
Marietta high school.
The vacancy was created on
Caldwell route 2 when Steve
Parrish retired. Joe Foraker has
since been serving as the tem
porary carrier.
Appointment by the postoffice
department will not be made
until a later date.
Legion Auxiliary To
Sponsor Egg Roll
All members of the Belle Val
ley American Legion unit Auxili
ary No. 641 are asked to donate
one dozen eggs for the annual
Easter egg roll that will be held
on Sunday, March 29, at 2:00
p. m. Please bring eggs to the
Legion hall not later than 2:00
p. m. on Saturday, March 28.
The Easter egg roll will be
held on March 29 at the Belle
Valley grade school for all chil
dren of Legion members and of
the community for ages of one
year to 12 years sponsored by
the American Legion Auxiliary
of Belle Valley.
Thurman R. Hazard, of Cambridge, formerly of Caldwell, Ira
Murphy, of Caldwell, and W. U. Ferguson, deceased, were honored
Thursday night by the presentation of fifty year pins as members
of the local Masonic lodge.
The presentation was made a
Lower Salem Youth
Struck By Automobile
Charles Stille, 8, of Lower
Salem route 1, was injured Fri
day at 3:50 p. m., when struck
by a car driven by James R.
Harris, of Barberton. The youth
was crossing USR 21, just north
of Lower Salem, according to
the state patrol.
The boy was treated at the
office of a physician for a bump
on the temple, an abrasion on
his chin and a bruised hip.
NOTICE The City Dump north
of Caldwell has been closed by
action of the council. Flagrant
mis-use by the public resulted in
the dump being closed. Mayor
Chester J. Howiler. 3£ 39* 40
the annual father-son guest night
held in the local Methodist
church. Members of the com
mittee in charge were John
Kirchner, chairman, M. A
Brienza and John C. McKibben.
John Kirchner and Rev. Wal
ter Brown presented the 50-year
pin to Mr. Murphy. Bill Heddle
son, a grandson, received the 50
year pin for his late grandfath
er, Mr. Ferguson. Mr. Hazard was
ill and unable to attend.
The local lodge now has four
50-year members, including Bud
Hurst, O. J. Lorenz, Thurman
Hazard and Ira Murphy. Mr
Lorenz was the only other 50
year member to attend the ban
quet.
Those wfio received 40-year
pins from John T. Kirchner were
Earl Tilton, D. A. Bowron, Ben
Continued on page two
The project submitted by
James Leonard was on irriga
tion in Ohio when population
pressure becomes too great
for general farming.
Barbara Pickenpaugh and
Janet Ramsey displayed action
needed on highway rights of
way.
Sue Phipps displayed "What
Happened to Noble County
From 1860 to 1960." She dis
tplayed a mathematical bar
graph showing population
trends for the past 100 years.
Miss Lois Teters gave a
graph showing population
trends in Ohio from 1860 to
1960.
Lynn Seamster and Judy
Serdy composed a bar graph
showing the number in each
of the Belle Valley high school
graduation classes from 1935
to 1959.
Larry Bailey applied the
kinetic energy formula to rain
fall.
A large number assisted in
the projects and the science
department expressed its ap
preciation to all concerned.
200 Acres Are
Burned By Grass
Fire Tuesday
The worst of several grass
fires which have plagued this
area the past week occurred
Tuesday afternoon at 2:24 o'clock
when the Caldwell fire depart
ment was called out to battle a
fire which raged over 200 acres
in the Ball Hollow community.
Sheriff Donald Conaway and
Fire Chief Malcolm Parks said
the fire started when Mrs. Ada
Smith was burning papers and
the flames got out of control.
Center of the grass fire was in
the Archer's Ridge community
seven miles east of Caldwell.
Members of the Senior classe
from Caldwell and SarahsvilK
were dismissed to aid the depart
ment in bringing the fire undei
control.
At 30 p.' m. Tuesday, th(
a w e i e a n a n s w e e
another call in the same area
for another minor grass fire.
This fire is believed to have
been originated by a 12-year-old
boy who pretended to be a fire
fighter and started his own fire
for this purpose, since he missed
all the excitement of the fire
earlier in the afternoon.
Deadline Tuesday
For Auto Plates
According to a report from
George Estadt, local registrar for
motor vehicles, the sale of 1959
auto license plates is lagging in
this county.
On Tuesday afternoon, the
local registrar reported that
1550 sets of plates were sold and
the number to be used next was
W-653-H.
It was predicted by the local
registrar that a last minute rush
would be evident on Saturday
Monday and Tuesday, when ap
proximately 1,000 license, plates
will be sold.
Four Traffk Violators
Fined At Belle Valley
Four traffic violators wore
fined in the court of Mayor Eddie
Bailey, Belle Valley, over the
weekend for various violations
The arrests were made by Mar
shal Lawrence Macenko and
Patrolman J. C. Pacheuta.
Robert Stewart, of Clarksburg
W. Va., was fined $10 and costs
for dis-regarding a traffic light
Jack Preisse, of Akron, was
fined $5.00 and costs for illegal
passing.
Harold Limvete, of Cleveland
was also fined $5.00 and costs for
illegal passing.
John Compton, of Dayton, was
fined $10 and costs for driving
left of center on USR 21 near
Ava.
Album Release For
Local Song Writer
The Sur-Crest Recording
Company, Hollywood, Calif.,
has notified Miss Bernadell
Sayre, of Ava, route 1, that
they are considering for
recording and national album
release a song which she has
written, entitled "Like A
Butterfly."
Miss Sayre is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ancil Sayre,
of Ava route 1 or the Halley's
Ridge community. She at
tended Forest Grove high
school.
This is the first song to be
published by Miss "Sayre.
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VOL. 100 NUMBER 39 ESTABLISHED IN 1859 CALDWELL, OHIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1959 FOURTEEN PAGES THIS WEEK SINGLE COPY 6c
The annual Easter Egg roll, sponsored by the Noble County
Chamber of Commerce will be held Saturday afternoon, March 28,
beginning promptly at 2 o'clock.
John W. Hazard, a director of the Chamber of Commerce, will
serve as chairman of the committee, according to Robert S. Ralston,
president. He will be assisted by
Donald Reed and Robert Steven
son.
All merchants are asked to
contribute at least two dozen
eggs and they are urged to make
each one of them a prize winner.
Prizes should not be more than
25 cents.
If every egg is a prize winning
one, this will automatically eli
minate the possibility of there
being a number of disappointed
kiddies, such as occurred in the
past.
This is the first year the C.
of C., has asked that all eggs be
marked with the store's name
and it is expected they will re
ceive 100 percent cooperation.
Merchants are again being
asked to bring their colored eggs
to the first corridor of the court
house between the hour of 9:00
Continued on page two
$320,051 Paid In
Unemployment
Claims For 1958
Claimants for Unemployment
Compensation in the Noble
county area received total bene
fits amounting to $320,051.00 in
1958 according to Donald L.
Robertson, manager of the Cam
bridge Bureau of Unemployment
Compensation office which
serves Noble county. An aver
age weekly number of 258 claim
ants was recorded during the
year just past.
Total payments in 1957 to
claimants in Noble county were
$120,002.00 and the average
weekly number of claimants was
90. County wide totals of, gross
amount of benefits and average
weekly number of claimants dur
ing 1956 and 1955 are as follows
1956. $96,820.00 (78) 1955, $116,
620 (84).
The substantial increases of
1958, both in the number of
claimants and the amount of
benefits paid follow a pattern
established in the majority of
cities in Ohio. Throughout the
state a total of $275,830,997 was
paid in benefits and the average
weekly number of claimants was
206,783.
Previous highs were recorded
in 1954 when gross benefits
totaled $126,701,830 and the aver
age weekly number of claimants
was 96,304.
Parked Car Runs Loose
And Hits Another Auto
A 1957 Ford station wagon
owned by Marjorie Estadt. and
parked at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Harley Estadt, West
Main street, caused extensive
damage at 11:30 a. m., Saturday
when the brakes released and
the vehicle hit the parked car
of a neighbor. Wayne Wiley.
Marshal Jack Oliver, who in
vestigated, said the brakes let
loose on the station wagon and
it rolled down grade backward
approximately 90 feet before
striking the front end of Wiley's
1956 Packard. Both cars were
unoccupied.
The Estadt vehicle was dam
aged on the rear bumper and
fenders and the Wiley car was
damaged extensively on the
front end. Marshal Oliver said
that both cars were covered
with insurance.
BURNED IN FIRE
Bill Heddleson. son of Mr. and
Mrs. Barney Heddleson, Spruce
street, suffered severe burns
Tuesday while helping to put
out the fire in Ball Hallow. He
was treated and dismissed in the
office of Dr. E. G. Ditch and
Dr. Fred Cox.
A POLKA and square dance at
St. Michael's Hall, Carlisle,
Easter Sunday night. Public wel
come. 39
STATE LIQUOR AGENCY No
735 will be closed all day
Good Friday, March 27. 38,39
Three Re-enlist
In Ambulance
Co. 26 To Date
Sharon Township Democrat Appointed
As New Recorder For Noble County
Easter Egg Roll
For All Kiddies
Is This Saturday
Re-enlistments, who have coip
pleted three years of service with
the Noble County Ambulance
Company, Ohio National Guard,
now number 26, according to
Capt. Charles J. Coyle, com
manding officer.
Recent enlistments include:
Sgt. James H. Cunningham, of
Harriettsville, for three years
Pfc. Delbert Hill, of Summer
field, for three years and SP/3
Roger Love, of Harriettsville, for
three years.
Present company strength
totals 55, including three officers
and 52 enlisted men.
Sgt. Lee Truex, administrative
technician, stated this week that
a number of young men in the
area are being carried on a wait
ing list, and should vacancies
occur their applications will be
given first consideration.
Capt. Coyle reported this week
.JUiat the local ambulance com
party will leave Caldwell or
July 26 for the annual summer
field training, to be held again
this year at Camp Breckinridge
Ky. The company will remain
in the field for two weeks.
Beginning October 1, this year
the local ambulance company
will be equipped in the new army
green, replacing the old conven
tional wool "OD".
Regular training drills are
held every Wednesday evening
at the local armory on SR 285
Caldwell Schools Give
$127.18 in Polio Drive
The Caldwell schoi is have con
tributed $127.18 to the March of
Dimes polio campaign, accord
ing to Bobby J. Miller, fund
chairman, who announced today
that the drive has come to
close.
A total of $35.00 was received
from the Noble county coaches
and county senior benefit basket
ball game which was held a week
ago Saturday. The coaches, by
the way, won this game 80 to 69
This brings the grand total of
the drive to $2150.
Chairman Miller also e*
pressed his appreciation today to
all those who assisted in any way
in making this drive a success.
DISREGARDS LIGHTS
Richard Dwignt Sexton, of
Elyria, was arrested Friday by
Marshal Gorby Wells on a charge
of disregarding traffic lights. He
was fined $5 and costs when he
appeared before Mayor Chester
Howiler.
Benny i. Fowler Resigns And
John Kuntz Will Fill Vacancy
John Kuntz, of Sharon township, was appointed Noble County
Recorder Monday at regular meeting of the board of commissioners.
This action was taken after Benny J. Fowler had submitted his
resignation in this capacity to accept a state job.
The new appointment will be effective Wednesday, April 1st,
for the duration of Fowler's un
expired term.
Recorder Fowler steps down
in this capacity after serving
capably and well for the past
ten years and three months.
His new duties will be as a
traveling auditor for the regis
trar of motor vehicles out of Co
lumbus with headquarters in
Caldwell. A prominent Demo
crat, Fowler secured his appoint
ment under the new Gov. Mike
DiSalle administration.
The new recorder is also a
Democrat and has never held
public office. He made one un
successful attempt in the race
for county auditor.
He is the son of Mrs. Sciesta
Kuntz, of Sharon, and the late
Ira Kuntz. He attended Forest
Grove high school and has been
engaged in farming for the past
few years. He is married to the
former Frances Marquis and they
have one daughter, Cheryl, aged
12 years.
Mrs. Dorothy Fowler, who has
served for a number of years as
deputy recorder, will continue as
clerk in the office under the new
administration.
It is understood there were
three applicants for the job Mon
day when the appointment of
Mr. Kuntz was made by Commis
sioners Franz McNutt, Clarence
VanFossen and Ernest Secrest.
Secrest and McNutt voted yes
but VanFossen abstained from
voting.
The committee viewed and dis
cussed three possible building
sites namely the present football
field, a site with acreage, and a
site bounded by Fairground
street and Lewis street.
After much discussion the com
mittee recommended that the
board of education proceed to
option property along these two
streets that would include the
area from the gym to Lewis
street and approximately 250
feet from Fairground street north
on Lewis street.
The committee also recom
mended that the board of educa
tion advise the architect to draw
up preliminary plans for a build
ing. It was agreed that the com
mittee would meet again in
about six weeks to view these
plans and make possible changes.
Speech Clinic Scheduled
For County This Summer
Floyd Henderson, president of the Noble Society for Crippled
Children and Adults, the local Easter Seal agency, announced today
that the county society will sponsor a speech clinic for an eight-week
period this summer, at a cost of approximately $1,000.00. A trained
speech therapist will be in
Summerfield Annual
Homecoming June 10-13
The annual Summerfield
homecoming will be held June
10, 11, 12 and 13 this year ac
cording to Helen Meek, president
of the American Legion Auxili
ary that sponsors the event.
The Mid-west rides from Co
lumbus will again be secured and
every effort is being made to
have this homecoming an out
standing one.
VISIT CARL'S for your shoe
wardrobe while, our stock is
Complete. Carl's Shoes. 39
WINDOW GLASS cut to accu
rate size. See us for your needs.
D. D. Nichols, CaldwelL tf.
charge
It is estimated that about 10%
of all school children in the
county have a speech or hearing
problem, many of which can be
helped in a summer clinic. A
survey to determine the number
of children who need speech
therapy is to be conducted in
the near future by the Ohio
Society for Crippled Children,
with the cooperation of city and
county school officials.
Speech problems are expected
to vary from mild articulatory
difficulties, or distortions, to the
more severe types, such as stam
mering, stuttering or those suf
fered by cerebral palsied chil
dren with brain damage.
The clinic, which will be free,
Continued on page two
JOHN KUNTZ
Area PRR Stations
To Change Status
The Public Utilities Com
mission Wednesday granted the
Pennsylvania railroad permission
to change the status of seven
freight stations in Noble and
Washington counties to carload
only stations.
The stations are Dexter City,
Belle Valley, Caldwell and Ava
in Noble county, Macksburg,
Whipple in Washington county.
Advisory Committee Approves
Option Of More School Land
The members of the Caldwell board of education and the
advisory committee met last night in the Caldwell Heights Elemen
tarv building.
Members present were Paul M. Clark, Herbert Clark, Maurice
Colley, Forrest McKitrick, Donald Nichols, Dr. F. M. Cox, W
Marshall, Paul Seffens. William
Estadt, and Kenneth Leighton.
The commitee and board of
education decided on the follow
ing duties and responsibilities:
1. Review site possibilities with
the board of education, 2. Review?
plans for a building and make
suggestions so as to gain maxi
mum utility from the building.
3. Serve as a sounding board for
the board of education regard
ing ideas that may be expressed,
4. Make suggestions on how to
make the FACTS known to the
public, 5. Help sell the building
to the people.
Noble County
Fair To Receive
State Monies
Ninety-two county and in
dependent fairs in Ohio, includ
ing Noble county are sharing
this week in the second annual
distribution- of $619,717.64 of the
Ohio Fairs fund, State Auditor
James A. Rhodes announced
today. This is $166,188 more than
the fairs received last year.
Thirty fairs which do not con
duct colt races will receive
$2,500 for operating expenses,
$2,500 for horse race purses and
$500 for track maintenance.
Noble county fair board is one
of the 30 that will be receiving
this amount, totalling $5,500.00.
The Ohio fairs fund was creat
ed by the previous session of the
legislature which put an ad
ditional tax of one-half of one
percent on pari-mutuel betting
at Ohio race tracks for the bene
fit of the state, county and in
dependent fairs. This tax went
into effect June 11, 1957, yield
ing $453,530.13 that year and
$619,717.64 in 1958, the first full
year of its application.
The money received by the
Noble county fair board must be
used for its intended purposes
listed above and for no other
expense.
The "fair board acted accord
ingly and increased their racing
purses from $400 to $600.
NOTICE—The person who picked
up the 31 application forms for
special licenses in our office is
asked to kindly return them at
once. Persons who signed for
special numbers, ranging from
W-TOjO-H to W-999-H. are asked to
resubmit their individual request.
George Estadt, Deputy Registrar.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS—The
Auditor's Office and the Treas
urer's Office in the courthouse
will be closed Good Friday, Mar.
27, for church services from 11:30
to 2:00.
ALL DOGS, tagged or other
wise, that are running loose
v.ill be picked up by the Dog
Warden and disposed of unless
claimed. The dog warden will
concentrate on Caldwell for sev
eral weeks and his action will be
backed 100 percent by the village
council. Mayor Chester J. How
iler. 38, 39, 40