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NUMBER 15 Pictured here is the last standing tribute to Crumtown. This was once Mr. Mason's general store from which he supplied the vicinity with Over 1,000 Pencils In Collection It is not unusual to hear of someone selling pencils, but to hear of someone collecting them is rare indeed. Henry W. Mason, now almost 80 years old, lives in Crumtown, which is now a gone and for gotten area. But to Mr. Mason and his wife, there are memories of "the good old days" when their town was alive and the sound of hobnailed boots could be heard pounding down the road and up the step? 'nfr hir general store. Let's go back into the past to the year 1879, in Jackson county, near Raven wood, West Virginia. This is the time and place of Henry W.'s birth. He came to Crumtown in 1896 and worked as a farmer on his own land. In 1906, he opened a general store out in front of his home where he sold everything from women's corsets to home made sausage. Here in this quaint, road side town, he and his wife raised two sons, who later presented them Continued on page two Lack Of Attendance Results In No Meeting The regularly scheduled meet ing of village council on Tuesday evening was cancelled when only four members showed up. In the absence of Mayor Ches ter J. Howiler, who is home recuperating from major sur gery, President of Council Homer Johnson could not act as a mem ber, leaving the council without a quorum to act on any official business. Present were Homer Johnson, Ernest Dutton, Don Nichols and Ed Ullman. Worl W. Thompson was absent due to illness and G. T. Jennings was out of town on business. ENTERS PLEA Marietta police reported Friday that Benny J. Fowler, of Cald well, entered a plea of innocent in municipal court on a charge of driving while intoxicated. He is also alleged to have hit two parked autos at 11:35 p. m., Thursday, in Marietta. Bond was set at $300 and his hearing will be held at a later date. Wildlife Division Releases Five Beavers In Seneca Lake Region Included now in the wildlife family found in Noble county are five beavers, the first of this specie to be released in the area for several years. Among the five beavers released in the Seneca lake region by Noble County Game Protector Cleetus Carsey are four females and one male. According to V. A. Carpenter, area wildlife manager of Woods field, the lake area should pro vide ideal habitat for the beav ers. 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. BEAGLE ... for TRUSTEE ESTABLISHED IN 1859 CRUMTOWN'S FORMER STOREKEEPER HAS UNUSUAL HOBBY boots, fencing, and house- foodstuffs, shoes, hold utilities. •i A*? "frAsi **585 Photo by Journal-Leader Staff COLLECTING PENCILS IS HIS PRIDE AND JOY Pictured above is Mr. Henry W. Mason holding his pen and pencil collection. The rack containing the pencils was made by his grandson, Delbert, of Stark county. Most of Mr. Mason's collection has been gathered within the last 15 years. New Officers Elected For Home Demonstration Mrs. Janice Watson, of Sarahsville, was installed as president ol the Noble County Home Demonstration council at their annual meet ing held Wednesday on the third floor of the courthouse. Other officers installed for the ensuing year were Mrs. Lavona Whitcomb, vice president Mrs. Emilene Schramm, Harriettsville secretary and Mrs. Emma Mc-1 Donald, Seneca Lake, treasurer. Mrs. Nora Stewart is the out going president and she presided for the candlelighting ceremony of installation. The setting in cluded a table covered with antique linen, accented by a single red rose in a milk glass vase and pale green candles. Following the installation ser vice, the new president took charge of the meeting. The council discussed their program for the coming year and different phases which they might want included. Continued on page two PLACED ON PROBATION Jerry S. Slovak, of Zanesville, entered a plea of guilty Tuesday in Common Pleas court to the grand jury indictments of lar ceny and breaking and entering the Paul Rich property in Seneca township and stealing two rifles. He was placed on probation for three years by Judge W. Vernon Archer and must pay the costs of both cases. Trapped in northeastern Ohio, the beavers vary in weights from 28 to 47 pounds. Wildlife division officials claim the number re leased is sufficient to cause the 'specie to multiply in ample num bers over a period of several years. Two beavers were also re cently released at Monroe lake, Monroe county. It is expected that a similar number of beavers will be released soon some where along Duck creek in Noble county as an experiment to Continued on page two Noble County To Have One Inductee Larry Ray Jennings, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Jennings route 6, Caldwell, leaves for the service October 20. Fi^e Noble county men have been called up for their physical examinations on October 13. They are George Samuel Ditch North street, Caldwell Kenneth Bradly Williams, route 1, Seneca ville Paul Joseph Kochovec route 2, Cumberland Raymond Harry Clark, route 1, Senecaville and Stanley Kyle McElfresh route 1, Summerfield. Belle Valley Motorist Is Fined On Two Charges Ralph Cobb of the Belle Val ley community was arrested Sat urday night by Marshal Law rence Macenko following an ac cident in which he knocked on a telephone pole on USR 21 Belle Valley near the Corpu Christi church rectory. Cobb was charged with reck less operation of a motor vehicle and leaving the scene of an accident. He was arraigned before Mayor Eddie Bailey where he received a fine of $15 and costs for reck less operation and $20 and costs for leaving the scene. ASSAULT CHARGE Larry Mitchell, of Macksburg was fined $25.00 and costs on charge of assault upon James Kemp also of Macksburg. The hearing was held in municipal court, Marietta. COURTHOUSE TO CLOSE The Noble county courthouse will be closed all day, Monday Oct. 12, in observance of Colum bus Day. This includes all the offices. Banking institutions also observe this holiday. Applicants must take a written test for this position. They must have resided within the delivery of the office for one year im mediately preceding the closing date of the examination. In ad dition, they must have reached their 18th birthday on the closing date of acceptance of applica tions. There is no maximum age limit. However, persons who have passed the age of 70 may be considered only for temporary renewable appointments for one year. Complete information about the examination requirements and instructions for filing ap plications may be obtained at the post office for which this ex amination is being announced Application forms must be filed with the U. S. Civil Service Com mission, Washington, D. C. and must be received or postmarked not later than the closing date. Caldwell Band To Massillon For Preview The Caldwell high school marching band will take prominent part in the band pre view to be held at the Massillon stadium, Saturday evening, Oct. 10, beginning at 8:00 o'clock. Among the other bands par ticipating will be Louisville, Minerva, Canton Lincoln, Parry and Massillon. Director Marvin P. Wood said that the Caldwell band would leave Caldwell by chartered bus at 3:00 p. m. Saturday and return to Caldwell following the gigan tic preview which 'annually draws thousands of people to the stadium. The Caldwell band, one of the smallest to be participating, will put on a 15-minute show. The preview is not considered in any sense a contest and there is no competition involved. Auditor Speaks On Local Reappraisal Noble County Auditor Stanley Osier was the principal speaker Thursday evening when a direc tors meeting of the Noble County Farm Bureau organization was held at their building on Mill street. Auditor Osier had been re quested to speak on the proposed reappraisal for this county. Reappraisal of property in this county will be started just as soon as the Noble county com missioners approve the procedure and appropriate the money for this purpose. The Noble county Farm Bureau did not indicate at this meeting whether they favored a profes sional concern or local apprais ers. JUVENILE CASE HEARD A youth from Center township was brought before Judge Earl McGinnis on a traffic charge re cently. He was reported speeding recklessly through a school zone and striking a school sign. He was fined and his license was suspended for a 90-day period. 23 New Cars Sold Here In September NOBL-G. ZouNTy Li^a T-uzSuNf-HIN-e.' CALDWELL, OHIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1959 Examination Slated For Summerfield Mail Carrier An examination for rural carrier for the Post Office at Summer field, Ohio, will be open for acceptance of applications until October 27, 1959, the commission announced today. The vacancy at Summerfield occurred several months ago when Ross Watson was stricken with a fatal heart attack, according to Postmaster Albert E. Randolph Youlh Work Wins Honor For Legion Belle Valley Post No. 041 of the American Legion has been awarded a special citation by the American Legion National head quarters in Indianapolis, Ind., for carrying out the most outstand ing child welfare program in the 11th district. Announcement of the award was made today by Roy Seam ster, commander of the Belle Valley post. The commander gave much of the credit for winning the award to Woodrow Teters who is child welfare chairman of the post. The special activities for the young people included an Easter "Egg roll, Halloween party Christmas party, representative to Boys state and a softball dia mond for use of all the children of the community. The special citation was pre sented by Mrs. Marjory Nocera district child welfare chairman It is personally signed by na tional and state officers. Friday evening of this week the Legion will hold a short meeting and John Wargo will show colored slides of Australia New Guinea and the Philippines Saturday night, they will hold a dance at the Legion hall with Ray Shaeffers orchestra furnish ing the music. Routine Work Is Occupying State Highway Forces According to local state high way superintendent, Archie Van Fossen, the work crews are doing about the same thing as last week in such as mowing weeds, clean ing ditches and channels are con cerned. The crane has been moved to SR 566 where the department is preparing to widen the bridge near the tabernacle grounds. The department received 4200 gallons of MC-4 for patching road surfaces. There is a work crew concen trating on the drive way up to Sunset Hills that comes off SR 78 east of Olive. The contractors have finished the sealing process on the stabi lization. A patching crew is working 9n SR 285 between Sarahsville and Senecaville. Caldwell Lions Club To Sell Christmas Trees The Caldwell Lions club going into the Christmas tree business, according to Walter Quick, president of the organiza tion. Last Thursday afternoon and evening, a group of Lions club members visited the John Wargo Christmas tree farm and picked out a number of trees which will be cut by the owner during the Yuletide season. Noble County Clerk of Courts John H. Snyder reported today that 23 new cars had been purchased in the month of September. In addition to new car sales, there was a total of 16 used trucks, 165 used cars, 11 pick-up trucks, andil4 other used vehicles that changed ownership during the month. Clerk Snyder reported the fol lowing new car owners: Edna G. Morris, car, Buick Stock Local School District, school bus, Chevrolet Andrew A. Mil ler, car, Rambler James Potts, car, Ford John E. Mendenhall, car, Chevrolet Joseph H. Yontz, car, Buick. Johnny M. Neely, mobile home, Regal Bruce Miller, car, Ford Clarence A. Tindall, pick-up, Ford Richard L. Williams, car, Vauxhall Caldwell Motors, Inc., Ford J. Herbert Rich, car, Ford Brady D. Forshey, ranch wagon, Ford Ray Key lor, car, Chrysler. Phyllis M. Leach, car, Ply mouth Dennis F. Gerst, car, Dodge Dean Roe, car, Chevrolet Caldwell Motors, Inc., pick-up Ford James Sholtis, car, Chev rolet William B. Schott, pick up, Ford Zaile G. Martin, car Ford Marie Smee, car, Edsel Joseph Hohman, car, Ford. Clerk Snyder turned over to the treasurer of Noble county $393.98, $57.00 to the.- state for the wildlife division, and $80.35 for the state department motor vehicles. Monies collected for the deal ers tax for the month of Septem ber amounted to $3,247.07 and the sum of the sales tax for said month was $691.84. LT. HOWARD S. BEALL New Battery Commander Takes Over New Duties Lt. Howard S. Beall has as sumed his new duties as com manding officer of Battery C. 2nd Automatic Weapons Battalion, 174th Artillery, Caldwell, Ohio National Guards Lt. Beall took over the duties when Capt. Charles J. Coyle was transferred to Hq. & Hqs, De tachment, 112th Medical Bat talion, Columbus. As a civilian, Mr. Beall is em ployed by the Farmers Home Administration, Woodsfield, serv ing Noble, Monroe and Belmont counties. Petition Asks Of 83 Acres The acreage incorporated in the petition to be annexed to Caldwell is a part of the former Garfield Danford farm, now owned by Crock & Schafer, area builders and developers. Signatures appearing on the petition are those of Gertrude McGregor, Leander Crock and Ruben Schafer. It will be remembered that the largest acreage ever- to be an nexed to the village was in Octo ber, 1957, when over 300 acres were accepted by village coun cil. Included in the annexation at that time were two local ceme teries, Olive and Mt. Olivet, the unincorporated village of Olive, section of the Arthur Davis farm, the entire Milberry Johnson farm Continued on page two WILLIAM NAEGEL New Chief Inspector Named For CGB Plant William Naegel, production supervisor for Cleveland Gra phite Bronze company at their plant in Bridgeport, has been named chief inspector for the Caldwell plant, according to an announcement released by Wil liard Brown, CGB president, Cleveland. The new chief inspector, who will fill the vacancy created when Jack Ferrell was promoted to head of the bushings depart ment in the Cleveland plant, has been with the company for the past five years. He is married and his wife, Connie and their three children, Scott, 6, Skipper, 3*6 years old and Nancy, six months old, are still residing in Bridgeport. They will move to Caldwell as soon as housing facilities are avail able. Both Mr. and Mrs. Naegel are natives of Cleveland and he is a graduate of Ohio University Athens, in 1953. Jack Ferrell assumed his new duties in Cleveland last Wed nesday, although he will continue to spend weekends in Caldwell until they find a new home in Cleveland* Annexation To Caldwell Caldwell continues to grow area-wise in the direction oi Olive, or that section more familiarly known as Sunset Hills. Filed with the Noble county commissioners Monday was a pe tition signed by the majority of adult freeholders residing in the area adjacent to Sunset Hills, requesting approximately 83 acres to be annexed to the village of Cald well. SIXTEEN PAGES THIS WEEK SINGLE COPY 6c Bond Issue Aired At Board Meeting Of Caldwell School Cafeteria Fund Shows Deficit For Opening Month of September Progress on the bond issue in the amount of $524,000 lor the proposed new Caldwell high school building at the Nov. 3 election and routine matters were discussed Tuesday night at regular meet ing of the Caldwell exempted village school board held at the grade school building. President Hilles Keeton pre sided with members Fred Mc Donald, Robert Lorenz, Dr. S. J. Doudna and Charles Dyer in attendance, in addition to Supt. Clayton S. Smith and Clerk Margaret Archer. Supt. Smith informed the board as to the progress of the speaking bureau which has been carrying the bond issue cam paign to various local organiza tions as well as their plans for distribution of literature. The board recommended that J. Cerrillo be named assistant Continued on page two Absent Voter Ballots Now Being Mailed Applications are now being re ceived for absent voters ballots in the Nov. 3 general election ac cording to a check at the office of Clerk Harry G. Richcreek of the local election board. The absent voting started Mon day, Oct. 5 and will continue through this month until Thurs day, Oct. 29 at 4:00 p. m. Voting may be done at the election board office or those who are residing elsewhere tem porarily and will not be present here on Nov. 3 may make ap plication for absent voter's bal lots. When the application has been returned, the ballots will be mailed. A check revealed that five had cast their votes last Monday. 68 Unemployment Claims Filed in County The unemployment office in Caldwell reported that seven initial claims were filed for the week ending Oct. 3. Continued claims totaled 61. The unemployment office serv ing Noble county and area is located in the Knights of Co lumbus building, West street. Personnel from the district office in Cambridge maintains office houre on Tuesday morning from 9:00 to 12:00 for the convenience of persons submitting unemploy ment claims. ATTENDING UNIVERSITY David Milligan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Milligan, North street, Caldwell, has enrolled as a sophomore at Ohio University, Athens. Driver's Permits Issued By State Highway Patrol Five people successfully passed their driver license examinations, Monday, according to the ex amining officer, Don D. Lowe. They were as follows: Gillium W. Waddell, route 6, Caldwell: Clara M. Stillion, route 2, Pleas ant City Sylvia Capello, Cald well Ronald V. Sutherland, of Caldwell, and Vera M. Kirkbride, route 1, Caldwell. Ivan Eugene Foraker passed his test to operate state equip ment. Chauffers licenses were issued to Frank A. Fernese, Caldwell Roy David Addis, Caldwell, and Graydon Lewis Gibeaut, Water ford. James Allen Whetstone, Cald well, and Roy Kenneth Davis, Pleasant City, passed their teste for school bus operators licenses, along with Glen Willard Mallett, Caldwell and Floyd Curtis Myers of Kimbolton. Thirty-day motor bike permits were given to Thomas Whitlock Cayce, Caldwell Dwain Ddl Dyer, Caldwell, and Geoffrey Randy Smith from Caldwell. Hepatitis Cases Reported In Area Four cases of hepatitis were reported at the board of health meeting held Monday night at the courthouse. It was reported that one case was in Belle Valley, two on Cald well route 6 and one in Summer field. The two in Caldwell are in the same household. Members present at the meet ing were A. R. Rich, L. K. Mar quis, Charles Meek, George Hyatt, John Wargo, sanitarian and food inspector, Dr. N. S. Reed, county health doctor, and Mrs. Vera Cunningham, county health nurse. Two men from the state health department, Delaware, have been in town on a routine check of Duck Creek. John Wargo, sanitarian for food service operations in Noble county, has completed the four courses sponsored by the state health department at Delaware. The fields of study included water, sewage, milk, and food operations. TO HOSPITAL Lawrence Woodford, of the Three Forks community, was re moved to the Marietta Memorial hospital, Wednesday morning for treatment and observation. Middleburg Is First Unincorporated Village In County To Get Street Lights The "old lamp lighter" is now completely obsolete in Middle burg. Never again can the shade of darkness be pulled down over this enterprising community. The people in Middleburg, unincorporated village in Jefferson township, wanted something and they pulled together in one diree tion and got it. Their award for" this was eight sparkling new street lights. The source of electricity comes from REA in Marietta and the approximate cost per pole per month is $3.00. There was no one person in strumental in having this need fulfilled. The people in the com munity started talking to one another about it in the general store. The longer they talked, the more enthusiastic they became until they marched down to see the trustees of Jefferson town ship and placed their plans and ideas before them. When they emerged from the meeting they had their area lighted. With the permission of the trustees to go ahead, the people decided to add to the pot and they gave donations from their own pockets. This is an another example of the saying, "If you want some thing bad enough you can acquire it." Cooperation is indeed the key word! CALDWELL MOTHERS Club will sponsor a bake sale on Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Permian Oil & Gas Office, West Street, starting at 10:00 o'clock a. m. 15 1 ti THERE WILL be a free jamboree held at St. Henry's Church par ish hall. Harriettsville, Sunday, Oct. 11. starting at 2:0.0 p. m. Six orchestras will furnish the music for both round and square danc ing. Refreshments and other amusements will be enjoyed. The public is invited* 18