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VOL. 101 NUMBER 13 T1O THERE ISN'T ENOUGH TO GO AROUND! Steps are being taken to curb all expenditures of county money at least until more becomes available. In order that a closer check can be maintained over the spending of money by the county offices, it will be neces sary for each office to issue a requisition for a purchase order which must be approved by the county commissioners. Former Caldwell Boy Killed In Accident State Highways Being Repaired In Noble County According t.o Supt. Archie VanFossen, local state highway director, the crane is cleaning creek channels on SR 146 be tween Sarahsville and Pleasant City. The ditch crew is working on SR 215 into Belle Valley clear ing the ditches and mud. The crews are patching SR 78 east to Summerfield. Supt. VanFossen said that SR 566 and SR 285 are not sealed but the stabilization is completed. The department is starting to get in calcium chloride and salt for the ice program. The crews are still mo ving •weeds in and around the country. The Nick Scordas contracting outfit from Bridgeport, is paint ing three bridges on SR 145, one on SR 565, and two on SR 285. Local Members At Buckeye Trail Session Marietta and John Wargo, of Belle Valley, partici pated iiji the inaugural group making the first efforts of establishing a footpath from southwestern to northeastern Ohio. A group of Columbus scouts and leaders officially opened the proposed Buckcye Trail. They joined members of the Buckeye Trail Executive committee at Ash Cave in the Hocking Hills Saturday morning. They followed the division of parks trails to Old Man's Cave and finished the hike at Wildcat Hollow early Saturday evening. Both Marietta and Wargo are members of the executive com mittee and if completed, the trail will cross Noble county. SEEKS DIVORCE Erin Lou Kimbrel, of Cald well, has filed suit in Common Pleas court asking that she be divorced from James T. Kim brel. In her petition she charges extreme cruelty. They were mar ried in 1932 and have five chil dren. The plaintiff is represented in this civil action by Atty. Ed mund G. James. FIRE ALARMS The Caldwell fire department answered two calls within an hour Monday, Sept. 21. The first came at 2:23 when a truck caught on fire at the Ford garage, and the second call was at 2:59 for a grass fire on the Bunk Metheney farm near Belle Valley. Very little damage was reported in both cases. ATTEND FUNERAL SERVICES Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Secrest, of Walnut street and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Powell and daughter, Marilyn, of Mt. Ephraim, at tended the funeral of their cou sin, Lewis W. Moore, Sr., which was held at Canton, Monday afternoon. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS meeting, Thurs. Sept. 24—8:00. 72 HOURS SERVICE on color pictures. Color film must be left at the studio. Six days on movie film. Black and white film, one-day service. Teters Studio, North Street. 48 tf. WINDOW GLASS cut to accu rate size. See us for your needs. D. D. Nichols, CaldwelL tf. ESTABLISHED IN 1859 Commissioners Take Action To Curb County Spending If the order is approved, meaning that there is money in the county coffer, the audi tor, serving as clerk of the county commissioners, will pre pare a purchase order. The need for such action by the county commissioners was deemed advisable in that the county funds are rapidly be coming depleted. Persons or firms, who in the A ten-year-old former Caldwell boy was struck and killed early Tuesday when he ran in front of a rural mail delivery truck on USR 35, four miles west of Gallipolis. The Ohio highway patrol said Larry Allen Walters, a son of Frank and and Ruth James Walters, of Bidwell route 2, was struck by a truck driven by Lowell D. Bush, 37, of Rio Grande, as the boy ran across the highway to await a school bus. The boy died instantly of a fractured skull. The accident occurred at 7:50 a. m. on a straight stretch of highway near the victim's home. The driver was not held. The patrol said Walters ran across the highway instead of waiting for the bus to make its return trip. Another boy, Ran dolph Pratt, 9, also of Bidwell route 2, had crossed the high way and was waiting on the other side when his companion was killed. The victim, who was born in Zanesville and lived in Caldwell, had moved with his family to Continued on page two Birthday Calendar Program Completed By Local Lion's Club Approximately 425 birthday calendars were sold in Noble county by the Caldwell Lion club, according to an announce ment made today by Walter Quick, president. C. D. Elliott, general chairman for this program, said the above also included 1323 listings for birthdays, anniversaries, club meetings, etc. Robert Stevenson and Charles Meek served as captains for the two teams and they did a wonderful job, accord ing to the chairman. All the information has been forwarded to the printing com pany and they should be returned and ready for distribution early in December. President Quick estimated that the local club would clear $425 on this project which will be used for the sight saving pro gram. Meeting Tuesday To Form Cub Scout Troop There will be a meeting of all youngsters interested in joining a cub scout troop Tuesday even ing at 7:30 o'clock, Sept. 29, at the Church of Christ, North street. Parents or guardians are asked to accompany the youngters to the meeting. Mothers of youngsters who are interested in helping or willing to serve as den mothers a asked to attend. past have received business or orders from the county offices, will be advised of this require ment in the form of a letter from the county auditor. Three Top Producing Herds In Noble County The three top milk producir RETURNS TO PULPIT Rev. Fred H. Eastman, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Caldwell, returns to his pul pit, Sunday, after an absence of twelve weeks. He is making a very fine recovery from the heart attack suffered in June, but will be forced to limit his work some what for a few weeks more. ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL Henley Kirkbride, of the Sar ahsville community, was ad mitted Wednesday to Guernsey Memorial hospital, Cambridge, for observation and treatment. Should an order be received and delivered to a county of fice without following the re commended procedure, Auditor Stanley Osier stated that cer tification of payment of the order would definitely be de ferred. It is likely, too, that pay ment will be completely ignored should that particular office's appropriation be de pleted. It was noted that with all the added caution taken to operate the county as economically as possible, it will end the cur rent year with a deficit. Auditor Osier was emphatic in his remarks, particularly when he said, "There just isn't enough revenue or money com ing in to operate the county on the current inflated basis." Board Accepts Road Petitions Five road petitions were ac cepted by the Noble county com missioners, Monday, at their regular meeting. They included: Wayne Williams, Wayne town ship Charles W. Mallett, Stock township Miles Mallett, Stock township Charles Forshey, Stock township, and Joseph Thompson, Stock township, all for the establishment of public roads. The commissioners will review these proposed roads on Oct. 5 and public hearings will be held Oct. 13, beginning at 10:00 a.' m. The above petitions will be advertised with the understand ing that the township trustees of the respective townships assume all costs of culverts, bridges and material and grading, according to a resolution adopted by the board of commissioners. In another action, the board transferred $20,000 from the auto license fund to the road and bridge fund. They also authorized the in stallation of a telephone in the Civil Defense office on the second floor of the Caldwell Building & Loan Co. Transfers of $706 to the unan ticipated emergencies and $755.65 to the auditor's stationery and supplies fund were also auth orized. Red Cross Makes Appeal For Clothing The local Red Cross chapter sent out an appeal today for clothing, which is needed by a family of 12 children, now in destitute circumstances. Investigation revealed that the father is ill and unable to work and the children are badly in need of clothing. Their ages run from one to 12 years old and there are both boys and girls. The Red Cross office is open every morning and more information may be sec ured by calling 15, Caldwell. DISMISSED FROM HOSPITAL Warren Oliver was dismissed from Good Samaritan hospital, Zanesville, Saturday to his home on Fairground street. The August summary of Dairy Cattle production testing has just been filed by Testing Supervisor H. S. Pennell. The report includes records from twelve herds. Six are D. H. I. A. cooperators and six Owner Sample cooperators. herds on D. H. I. A. test were Linden Farm, Lewis Davidson and William Rich. Their records were 1111 pounds, 1080 pounds and 694 pounds of milk per cow respectively. In butterfat production Linden Farm led with 40.8 pounds, Lewis Davidson was next with 40.3 pounds and Dale Hedge third with 30.8 pounds of fat. The individual cow records showed Linden Dairy leading in milk production with an aged cow that produced 2120 pounds of milk and a 4-year-old cow with a .2100 pound record. Lewis Davidson had an aged cow that rated third with 1970 pounds The record of fat produced by Continued on page two NOBL? Sewer Line Project Under Construction The Caldwell maintenance crew is working on the Main street sewer line project that extends over the property of Mason Dyer. They will lay 200 feet of 18 inch tile which will then be reduced to 15 inches. The entire length of new pipe line w^ll exceed 500 feet. This addition will take care of sewage originating from prop erties that are presently dump ing into the Main street sewers. This installation will affect ap proximately 20 property owners and will eliminate a condition that has steadily grown worse during the past year. Game Protector Is Receiving Training A school for trainees of the Division of Wildlife is under way at Columbus with 23 enrolled for the course that will end Nov. 30. The training officer is Don R. Ziegler, public service section and also division airplane pilot. The group includes Cletus Carsey, Caldwell, Noble county game protector. Classes are being held at Columbus and at the various district offices of the Wildlife Division. One of the features of the school will be "on the job" train ing for a six-week period. A number of students already are employed by the division and their assignments are considered as promotions. The students were picked from a list of more than 300 applicants. CORRECTION In the grand jury story of last week, and more particularly the indictment against Raymond Trenner for non-support, it was stated his wife was pregnant, but this report is erroneous. MOVED TO CALDWELL Mrs. Lena Shaw will move Saturday to Caldwell from Cum berland, where she will make her future home in the McKee apart ments on Main street. Mrs. Shaw is employed at Ralston's Rexall store. ouNry LiK£ CALDWELL, OHIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1959 HIGHLY HONORED AT 4-H CLUB CONGRESS Miss Susan Long, of Dexter City, who was a counselor at the 42nd Annual Ohio Club Congress, is shown discussing her re sponsibilities with Miss Bea Cleveland, Associate State 4-H lead er. Miss Long was given the honor of representing the spirit of 4-H in the candlelighting service that marked the end of the con ference. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Long and has long been active in the Four-H club work in this county. The theme for the week was "Our Challenges Today and Tomorrow." The first day dealt with our challenges in our 4-H clubs and featured a panel dis cussion followed by group dis cussions on "Apply My 4-H Leadership into Community Leadership." The second day's session fea tured Rev. Harold Myers of the Indianola Presbyterian church discussing the challenge to "Know Yourself—Be Yourself." On Monday the group as sembled at the State Capitol for Continued on page two Noble County Well Represented At Annual State Meeting In Columbus Five 4-H members and one 4-H advisor and the County Exten sion Agent, 4-H represented Noble county at the 42nd Annual Ohio Club Congress at the Ohio State University last week. During that week they had an opportunity to make new friends, become better acquainted with the University campus, learn more about state government and associate with other young people. T-HG. New Chairman Named For Local Red Cross Unit Mrs. Genevieve Jacobs, of Sarahsville, was named chair man of the Noble County Chap ter of the American Red Cross at their annual meeting held Tuesday evening in the Red Cross rooms at the courthouse. She will take over her new duties immediately and replaces Mrs. Sara Young, of Caldwell, who has capably served for the past two years. Bae Marshall, of Caldwell, was named vice chairman Mrs. Helen Harmon, recording secretary Mrs. Ellen Douglass, treasurer, and Ewell Smith, fund chairman for the 1960 drive. The new members on the board of directors who will serve for three years include: Mrs. Natalie Dahood, Mrs. Adaline Jordan, Mrs. Ruth Wheeler, Mrs Lois Ziler, Helen Meek, Rev. Roy Wikander, Stanley Osier, Ila Clymer, Cora Marquis, Harry Continued on page two Passenger Injured When Car Overturns Buddy Joe Ritterbeck, 18. of Caldwell route 1, \*jas cited and a companion injured when their speeding auto went out of con trol and overturned on the Chandlersville road, 11 miles east of Zanesville early Monday. The Ohio highway patrol said the auto driven by Ritterbeck was traveling at an excessive rate of speed and failed to nego tiate a curve. The auto went out of control and overturned when the left rear tire blew out. Ronald Lahue, 19, also of Cald well route 1, suffered lacerations of the arm and head and was treated and dismissed at Good Samaritan hospital. ASSISTS IN TOUR Terry Wharton, of Summer field, who is with the Whitehouse Army Signal Agency in Washing ton, was one of many who took part in President Eisenhower's recent visit to England and France. Wharton spent two weeks in London and Paris, prior to the President's visit, in the interest of setting up the neces sary facilities. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Wharton and spent the past weekend here. FAILURE TO YIELD Q. E. Wylie, 70, of Beverly, was cited into court at Mari etta Tuesday to answer a charge of failure to yield right of way. The patrol reported he was in volved in an accident at the in tersection of Ohio 76 and 77 at 5:30 Saturday. The other car was driven on Ohio 77 by Ken neth Potter, 37, of New Concord. SuNf-uiN-z' Taxpayers Eligible To Appeal Work of Board of Revision The Noble county board of re vision has checked the tax re turns and reviewed the valua tions in the various county taxing districts at a meeting held recently in the office of the county auditor. County Auditor Stanley Osier stated today that complaints against the valuations or assess ments will be heard by the board of revision on or after January 20, 1960. V a u a i o n s o a s s e s s e n s established by the state tax com missioner will not be heard since the county board has no auth ority or jurisdiction to act on these properties. In the event that a taxpayer wishes to register a complaint, Auditor Osier stated that it must be in writing and on forms fur- Continued on page two Reappraisal Of Real Estate In County Planned Noble county is going to have another property reappraisal which eventually will mean an increase in taxation for prac tically every property owner in the county. Only preliminary plans have been completed for the holding of this reappraisal and it will not materialize until late this fall or the early part of 1960. The possibility of bringing in a firm from out of the county to complete this reappraisal ha^ been discussed, since it is be lieved to be more fair than using local appraisers and property valuation will be more uniform throughout the state. It is known that the depart ment, of taxation in the state favors the use of an outside firm although it has not yet been determined what method will be used in this county. It is generally felt though that property valuation on the tax duplicate is much too low here and there will be a considerable increase if property in Noble county is valued on the same level with that in the rest of the state. Higher reappraisal of property in this county will, of course, mean higher taxes if the valua tion is placed where the state thinks it should be. Reports Of Vandalism Received By Sheriff Sheriff Donald Conaway stated today that he is already receiving reports of vandalism in the coun ty, although it is yet a month un til the observance of Halloween. Sheriff Conaway said that these pre-Halloween tricks will not be treated as such by his office and the parents of the children in volved will be held responsible As in the past, a number of persons will be deputized to as sist the sheriff's office during this Halloween season and an all out effort will be made to keep vandalism at a minimum. IN HOSPITAL Gerald Lovett. Railroad street, entered Cambridge Community hospital, Saturday, where he underwent major surgery this week. School Robberies Are Solved With Arrests FOURTEEN PAGES THIS WEEK SINGLE COPY 6c Summerfield Man Begins Sentence In Penitentiary Arraignments Are Held On Nine Indictments Returned By Grand Jury Wilson Hill, of the Summerfield community, entered the Ohio penitentiary at Columbus, Friday, where he started serving a sen tence of one to five years. He was taken to Columbus in the custody of Sheriff Donald Conaway. Hill entered a plea of guilty to a grand jury indictment of break ing and entering when he appear ed before Judge W. Vernon Ar cher in the Common Pleas court Thursday. He received the above sentence. A double indictment of break ing and entering on the Mary Rose Miller property in the Sum merfield area was brought against Hill. He entered a small wash house and using a stolen mattock broke through an adjacent smoke house where he took two home cured hams valued at $40.00. His bond was fixed at $1500. Hearing for Jerry Andrew Slo vak was continued by Judge Ar cher until Monday morning at 10 o'clock. He was also indicted for breaking and entering and lar ceny. He is alleged to have taken two rifles from the home of Paul Rich in Seneca township. They had a value of $125.00. Charged with assault and bat tery and failure to support his family, Raymond Trenner of Continued on page two The increase ^ill along the line will be somewhat comparable. Consumers of 18,000 gallons used to pay $6.05 but they will now be paying $9.00. All over 18,000 gallons will be 25 cents per thousand. A ten percent charge will be added to the rate of all out-of-corporation consumers. The last water raise in Cald well was effective July 1, 1953. The board claims that the in creased use of water in the village necessitates the enlarge ment of the filtering system and the equipping and activation of the third, unused, settling basin. DISMISSED HOME Steven Lee, fourteen months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schott. of Park Heights, was dis missed Saturday from the Good Samaritan hospital, Zanesville, where he underwent surgery for the removal of his appendix. SALES TAX COLLECTION Sales tax collection in Noble county for the week ending Sept. 5 amounted to $1,787.11 compared to $2,429.36 for the same period last year. The motor vehicle sales tax collection for this same week amounted to $633.31 in the office of Clerk John H. Snyder. The robberies and vandalism at the Elk local and Jackson schools last Thursday night was solved today when Charles Hardesty, 20, of Dexter City route 1, admitted to the crime and implicated an older man from the Lowell community. The other man implicated was James Mugrage, 35, of Lowell, who has a past criminal record.* Hardesty and Mugrage are now being held at Marietta for three charges of breaking and enter ing in the city of Marietta but for the past several days Sheriff Conaway has been working closely with Marietta officials on this case. Mugrage has previously served time for a car theft and burglary. It will be recalled that at Elk local high school, the culprits took $200 from the safe in the principal's office and only $4.76 from the Jackson school. There was also quite a bit of vandalism in both school build ings and all the rooms had been Continued on page two DRIVERS PERMITS According to Don Lowe, state highway examining officer, six applicants passed their drivers tests here Monday. They are as follows: Stella Eileen Koval, Caldwell Freda Crock, Caldwell Wanda Jean Odlivak, Caldwell Jane Irene Burlingame, Cumber land Geraldine Willey, Caldwell route 3 and Carol Willey, Cald well route 3. MAYOR IN HOSPITAL Mayor Chester J. Howiler en tered the Good Samaritan hospi tal in Zanesville, Tuesday after noon, for observation and treat ment. He underwent major sur gery Wednesday morning. First Frost Visits County Sept. 17 Two weeks a^o, ans sweitered in Noble a heat coun wave surging that sent temperatures into the middle 90's. One day last week, countians got up and it looked as though the day was to be another scorcher, but around noon, the sun went out and a wind came up accompanied with drizzling, cold rain. If anyone had watched a thermometer, they would have seen, almost a constant down ward movement taking place. Last Thursday morning, people awoke to view (and feel) the first of "Jack Frost.'" The tempera tures had been down in the low 40's last week but a warm trend is now covering the area. Increased Water Rates In Effect With New Billing Another increase is in store for water consumers in Caldwell and area November 1 when they receive their monthly billings. According to a check with members of the board of public affairs, it will go into effect on this date, which means an increase to all water consumers in the village. The hike in rates was recom mended by the board of public affairs and approved by the village council. Under the new set-up, the minimum charge will now be $2.00 per month rather than $1.50 as in the past. Warren Bruns Gets Promotion Warren Bruns, manager of the MeConnelsville plant of the Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co., the past three years and former ly associated with the Caldwell plant, has been promoted to the position of General Manager of the Clevite Electronic Compon ents division at Cleveland. He will be succeeded in MeCon nelsville by M. E. Melton, Cleve land, who has been manufactur ing coordinator for the four branch plants of CGB. Mr. and Mrs. Bruns and family will move to Cleveland as soon as possible. In his new position as general manager for Clevite Electronic Components division, Mr. Bruns will have four plants as his responsibilty, two in Cleve land, one in New Jersey and a fourth in Puerto Rico. Continued Claims Reflect Increase Continued unemployment com pensation claims filed this week in Noble county reflected an in crease of ten over the previous week, according to the Caldwell office of the Ohio State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation. The number of continued claims filed for the week ending Sept. 19 totaled 67, compared to 57 listed during the week of Sept. 12. Initial claims dropped to six, showing a decided decrease from 18 filed the previous week. A total of 73 persons received assistance for the week ending Sept. 19, two less than was reported the previous week. NEW STORE MANAGER Gilbert Cubbison, of Cam bridge, originally from Derwent, has been named manager of the Caldwell & K store. Before taking over his new assignment, he served as an assistant man ager in the Cambridge store. His wife, Jean and their two boys and a girl will move to Caldwell in the near future. MY BEAPTY SHOP will be closed Friday, Sept. 25 until Tuesday morning, Sept. 29. Miss Opal Renner, North street, Cald well. 13 ST. HENRY'S FALL FESTIVAL, Harriettsville, Sunday, Sept. 27. Dinner: 11 to 2 dance 8:30 to 11:30. Amusements in afternoon and evening.