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Voters of the Sharon local
school district will have an
opportunity at the Nov. 8 elec
tion to decide whether they
want to join the Caldwell ex
empted village school district.
A petition, containing 164
signatures, was certified over
to the board of elections, Mon
day and the question will now
be placed on the ballot. A 55
percent count of the electors
in the school district was re
quired on the petition or 124
names with the petition hav
ing more than enough signa
tures.
This means that both the
Sharon and Fulda districts will
fee voting on the question this
doming November as to wheth
er they want to join the Cald
well exempted village school
district.
Parking Meter
Receipts Show
Little increase
Parking meter receipts for the
month of July amounted to
$788.75, according to Clerk Violet
Morgareidge. There were four
collections as follows $199.00
$188.25 $203.50 and $198.00.
This was slightly more than
for
the same month in 1959 when
tfoe total collection amounted to
$773.20.
This shows a
$15.55
in­
crease.
The collection for July of 1959
was only five cents less than
the collection of June, 1960. July
of 1959 read $773.20 and the col
lection of June in 1960 was
$773.25.
The highest amount collected
in the month of July since 1956
was $912.50 in 1957. The drop
that is indicated from that year
and the present year amounts to
$123.75.
Permian Gas Cor
Seeks Gas Rate
Increase In Area
The Permian Oil & Gas Co. is
seeking a hike in its natural gas
rates for customers in sections
of Noble and Belmont counties.
The company asked the Public
Utilities Commission for auth
ority to increase monthly rates
from $1.00 for the first 500 cubic
feet to $5.00 for the first 2000
cubic feet in the Batesville area
in Noble county.
They asked that the rates for
customers in the Temperance
ville and Somerton areas of Bel
mont county be raised from $1.50
monthly for the first 500 cubic
feet to $5.00 for the first 2000
cubic feet.
It will be remembered that
both the Permian Oil & Gas Co.
and Ohio Fuel Gas Co. were
granted a raise in Caldwell a
short while back by the Caldwell
village council.
Permian Oil & Gas executive
vice-president, A. K. Schletzer
said the present rates in the
Batesville, Temperanceville and
Somerton areas of Noble and
Belmont counties "no longer
afford sufficient income and re
venue to meet rising costs of
operation and natural gas."
CLEAN-UP FINAL! On all Sum
mer Casuals. From $1.00 to
$2.99. Carl's Shoes in Caldwell.
Sharon Seeks To Join Caldwell System
There will also be two other
local issue ballots of a school
nature with the county seeking
the formation of two school
districts, by referendum peti
tion.
Those voting on the creation
of the northern district will
include Beaver, Belle Valley,
Brookfield, Buffalo, Center,
Seneca, Stock and Summer
field school districts.
Voting on the formation of
FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICE
Burglars Get $100
At Service Station
Sarahsville Man Cited
For BUC Irregularity
The Noble county sheriff's de
partment reported the theft of a
1960 sedan Monday night which
was owned by United Presby
terian church pastor, William F.
Mclntyre. The car was recovered
a few hours later in East Green
field, near Massillon, and two
15-year-old boys were appre
hended by the Massillon auth
orities in conjunction with the
stolen vehicle.
THERE WILL BE an Ice Cream
Social sponsored by the mo
thers of Boy Scout Troop No.
$80 of Belle Valley, Friday, Aug.
12 at 7:00 p. m. at Carnes lawn
in Belle Valley. There will be
home waHft ice cream and cake.
the southern district will be
the Southern Noble and Elk
school districts.
In addition to the school
issues, the county electorate
will also receive a local ques
tions and issues ballot on the
county TB issue asking for the
approval of .60 of a mill for
tile care of tuberculosis pati
ents in hospitals.
£f ts!
There is a local option issue
but it will apply only to the
THUNDERBIRD DESTROYED BY FIRE
Shown above is an unidentified member nold of Caldwell who stated that he and his
of the Caldwell volunteer fire department girl friend were traveling toward Caldwell
cautiously nearing the burning 1957 Ford when they noticed flames coming out of the air
Thunderbird that caught on fire and burned ^scoop on the hood indicating a gasoline fire.
Wednesday evening on county road 13-A at the Jp' He stopped the auto and was attempting to
A. R. Beyer chicken farm west of Caldwelfc' pin-point the blaze when the car rolled down
There was a possibility that'the cui• could ex«- the road, through a fence and stopped, com
plode at the time of this shot. •$ pletely ablaze, in the Beyer field.
The blazing vehicle belonged to Francis At- Photo by Journal-Leader Staff
The General Telephone company applied to the Public Utilities
commission, this past Friday, for permission to extend its service
into certain areas of Noble, Monroe and Washington counties.
The three counties are now served by seven smaller companies.
They are the Harriettsville, Dalzell Farmer, Brownsville, Grays
ville Mutual, Heslop, Lebanon
and Plainview Mutual companies.
the
Burglars who entered
building by prying open a rear
window got about $100 in change
from a safe in the Edwin Reed
Sohio service station in Cumber
land, Saturday night, it was re
ported to t'he Guernsey county
sheriff's office..
There was no evidence of the
safe combination having been
smashed, Reed said.
The window which was en
tered had been fastened with a
bent spike that has been twisted
loose.
Nothing else was reported dis
turbed or taken. For some
strange reason the owner said
that 13 silver dollars were not
taken by the culprits.
The Noble county court under the jurisdiction of Judge Clayton
(Jum) McKee had seven cases this past week. They included:
Ira L. Longfellow, 57, of Sarahsville, was cited for false cert
ification and misrepresentation to the Bureau of Unemployment
Compensation. He entered a plea of guilty to the charge and was
fined $250. Two hundred and
STOLEN CAR FOUND
twenty-five dollars of this fine
was suspended making payable
$25.00 and costs. Longfellow was
ordered to repay the sum of
$89.00 he had falsely obtained
from the bureau and also the
line, which he did.
George King, 19, Caldwell, ex
ceeding the speed, fined $5.00
and costs.
William Buckey, 56, of Sarahs
ville, driving while intoxicated,
entered a plea of not guilty and
was bound over to the grand
jury under $100 bond. He failed
to provide the bond and was
committed to the Noble county
jail.
Richard Hanes, 19, Summer
Continued on page two
Seven Telephone Companies
Likely To Lose Identities
General said in its application
to the PUC that many subscrib
ers and most of the smaller tele
phone companies have requested
that an adjacent larger company
extend its service into the three
county area.
General's service lies west of
the territory concerned and the
Ohio Bell Telephone Co. serves
areas on the east, south and
north of the area.
The number of telephone sub
scribers involved in the proposed
plan total approximately 1250.
Of this number it has been esti
mated that 250 patrons, prim
arily located in the areas of Har-
Continued on page two
Jobless Claims Up
In County Area
A reverse in the economic
trend that has been apparent in
Noble county for the past four
weeks was reported last week
by BUC officials, when an in
crease in claims was noted in the
Caldwell office.
The switch applied to both the
initial anlsl continued claims.
Jobless applications in the
county last week numbered 214
compared to 186 for the previous
week, representing an increase
of 28.
Initial claims reflected the
greatest increase with 40 against
15 the week before. The 174 con
tinued claims maintained a level
comparable to the previous week
when 171 jobless applications
were filed.
The Noble county office,
located in t'he Knights of Co
lumbus building, West street, is
open every Tuesday morning
from 9:00 to 12:00 o'clock.
WINDOW GLASS CUT to accu
rate size. See us for your needs.
D. D. Nichols, Caldwell. tf
SMALL MOTOR service, lawn
mowers or what have you
Long's Tractor Sales, Caldwell,
Ohio. 2 tf.
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VOL. 101— NUMBER 7 ESTABLISHED IN 1859 CALDWELL, OHIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1960
voters of Noble township,
ex­
clusive of the Belle Valley
corporation.
In addition to the presiden-"
tial ballot, there will be the
state, district and county bal
lot and the non-partisan judi
cial ballot.
Clerk Harry G. Richcreek
of the election board estimated
that at least 40,000 ballots or
more will be needed in the
Nov. 8 election for this county.
Seven Drivers
Granted Permits
State highway examiner, C. F.
Euga, reported seven people
passed their driving exams this
past Monday at the courthouse
in the patriotic room. They were:
Sarah Elizabeth Kohut, of
Senecaville Inez Ludmilla Oliv
er, of Caldwell Homer Clarence
Crow, of Cumberland Elaine
Mildred Coleman, of Pleasant
City Edward Francis Scheil, of
Caldwell George Lewis Yoho, of
Caldwell and Dean Edward
Schott, of Harriettsville.
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ouNry LIK& T-UZ SUNC-NIN-E
Noble County
Gets $19,129.93
In State Taxes
Treasurer of State, Joseph T.
Ferguson, announced yesterday
that the money paid into the
local government fund at the
state treasury by the financial
institutions of Ohio, which in
clude banks, building and loan
associations, credit unions, and
dealers in intangible taxes
amounted to $28,500,369.09. Noble
county will receive $19,129.93,
the auditor said.
As provided in the general
code, these figures were deli
vered on Monday, Aug. 8, to the
auditor of state for distribution
to the various counties in which
the taxes originated. The larg
est county, Cuyahoga, will re
ceived $7,547,405.52 in contrast
to Monroe county, the smallest,
the recipient of $9,707.84.
The following is a list of Noble
and nearby counties and the total
amount each will receive:
Noble," $19,120.93 Guernsey,
$86,774.63 Monroe, $9,707.84
Morgan, $22,286.96 Perry, $34,
897.30 and Washington, $107,
545.44.
Athletic Board
Plans Sale Of
Football Tickets
A meeting of the athletic board
of the Caldwell exempted village
school system was held Monday
evening at the high school build
ing in their initial planning for
the fast approaching football
season.
Those present were Athletic
Director Dwain Dyer, Coaches
James Smoot and Harry Boal,
Principal Gilbert W. Weekley,
Supt. Clayton S. Smith and mem
bers, Robert C. Moore and Fred
McDonald.
The 22 was
designated as the sale of reserved
seats for the football season with
Marvin W. Rinker, band director
in charge, assisted by Dyer and
McDonald. During this week,
all those who have been reserv
ing the same seats for several
years must make their reserva
tions and purchase tickets.
The week of August 29, the
sale of reserved tickets will be
thrown open to the general pub
lic.
The first week of school, a
concerted effort will be made to
have all students purchase sea
son tickets.
The board also voted to con
struct a platform on one of the
light poles surrounding the field
and this will be used by the op
erator of the official scoreboard.
Robert C. Moore made a finan
cial report on the joint athletic
banquet held last spring and
noted there was only a deficit of
$11.00, including payment of the
speaker.
ENJOYING VACATION
Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Moore
and son, Skipper, of Sunset Hills,
are enjoying a three weeks vaca
tion, with her mother and other
relatives in Amesbury, Mass., as
well as Boston and other points
of interest.
DALE GARVIN AND HIS J-3 PIPER
FIRST PLANE LANDS ON NEW AIRSTRIP
The first plane to land on the Three Forks Flying Service,
Inc. field near Caldwell was flown in by Dale Garvin of Cam
bridge, Sunday morning. The plane was a J-3 Piper from the
St. Clairsville airfield.
The Three Forks field is now ready for service, although the
planes still have to fly under the REA electric lines midway
across the field. This situation is expected to be remedied in
two or three weeks.
Located five miles southwest of Caldwell on county road 7,
the airstrip was built on the farm owned by Mr. and Mrs. Irvil
Garvin. This strip was made possible by an additional tract of
land purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Oscar King with their son,
Glen King cooperating.
A plane owned by Dr. J. B. Jenkins of Caldwell was flown
to the field Monday by James Perry, instructor from Marietta,
who made several landings and take-offs in testing out the
strip.
Walter Hutchins
Is New Sheriff
Of Noble County
The Noble county commission
ers appointed Walter Hutchins,
the present deputy sheriff, to
serve out the remaining term of
Sheriff Donald Conaway.
Conaway resigned at the last
meeting of the commissioners on
Aug. 1 and will move to Tempe,
Arizona, where he will secure
employment. He has served as
sheriff of Noble county for
seven and one-half years.
Hutchins replaced Art Taylor
as deputy sheriff for Conaway in
1955. He is a native of Noble
county having been born in Dud
ley in 1908. He graduated from
Caldwell high school and has
been a farmer, worked in the
hardware business for about ten
years and also in the oil well
fillds.
At present Hutchins has no
comment as to who he will ap
point as matron of the jail and
deputy.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Hutchins, south of Cald
well.
Free Methodist Pastor
Returned To Caldwell
Cletus Schoeppner, son of A.
G. Schoeppner, local contractor,
was badly cut and bruised last
Friday afternoon around 2:30
o'clock when he was working on
the remodeling project of the
Building and Loan building at
the corner of West and Main
streets.
A pillar was being taken out
which was. under a metal plate.
As the pillar was removed, the
loose plate fell and struck
Schoeppner on the head and
shoulder.
He was taken to the office of
Dr. Fred Cox for emergency
treatment and then removed to
the Good Samaritan hospital in
Zanesville for observation and
x-rays. He received several
stitches and was reported in good
condition.
TO ENTER SCHOOL
Miss Betty Jane Miley, daugh
ter of Harry Miley, of Sarahs
ville route 1, will enter Carnegie
Institute in Cleveland, Sept. 12.
Miss Miley, a graduate of Sarahs
ville high school with the class
of 1960, will major as a labora
tory technician.
NOBLE COUNTY SECTOR KEY TO PROJECT
ENTERS HOSPITAL
Gerald (Dutch) Miller entered
Mt. Carmel hospital in Columbus
Sunday where he will undergo
major surgery. Miller was in
jured almost two«years ago at
the city light and waterworks
plant and has been receiving
treatment since for an injured
spine.
THE FARM BUREAU Ice cream
supper has been changed from
the Noble county armory to the
K of hall. The date still re
mains Aug. 15 at 7:30 p. m. 7
ROLLER SKATING at Fulda
hall, Friday, Aug. 12, 7:3ft to
10:00.
FOURTEEN PAGES THIS WEEK SINGLE COPY 0e
Five Caldwell Youths Have
Miraculous Escape From
Death In Auto Accident
Vehicle Upsets On SR 78
Near Green Valley Church
Five Caldwell youths, ranging from 15 to 22 years of age, were
hospitalized following an auto accident early Sunday morning on
SR 78 east of Caldwell in which they barely escaped death. The
accident occurred near the Green Valley Church of Christ at the
Isaac Bates lane.
Following an evening in Cald
well and a snack at the Lone
Elm on USR 21, the youths felt
it was too early to go home and
decided to head for Carlisle to
a wedding-dance being held
there.
Speed and a bad curve placed
these five youths in the hospital
with bruises, abrasions and con
tusions of the body, lacerations
about the head and arms, and
two with brain concussions.
Those involved were:
The driver and owner of the
vehicle, Woodrow Milligan, 17,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Philander
Milligan, of Caldwell, lacera
tions of the head and ears and
a brain concussion.
Charles Thomas, 15, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Thomas, of Cald
well, lacerations of head, arms
and fingers, receiving over one
hundred stitches in one hand.
James Heddleson, 15, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Heddleson,
of Caldwell, abrasions over his
Rev. James L. Mason, popular pastor of the Caldwell Free
Methodist church, was returned to this charge for his seventh year,
according to an announcement made Sunday following the close of
the 82nd annual Free Methodist conference held the past week at
Clefus Schoeppner
Injured On Project
Continued on page two
Hf-iVl!
Mansfield.
Rev. Mason had completed his
sixth year in Caldwell at the
time of the encampment and
his return here for another year
is considered a testimony to the
popularity of the local pastor.
Rev. Leroy Hiett was returned
to the Ava and South Olive
churches for his seventh year
and this is also quite unusual.
For the southern district, Rev.
G. A. Hall was returned as super
intendent with headquarters in
Zanesville.
Rev. R. S. Terman, also well
known in the county, was re
Continued on page two
St. Michael's Picnic
Be Sunday, Aug. 14
The annual picnic at St. Mich
ael's church in Berne will be held
Sunday, Aug. 14, according to an
announcement made today by
Rev. Fr. Rudolph Wargo.
Chicken and beef dinners will
be served to the public from
11:00 a. m. to 1:30 p. m. with
the cost being adults $1.25 and
children, 50 cents.
There will be pony rides,
games and other amusements in
the afternoon with a dance in
the evening.
There will be a mass at 10:00
a. m. for the convenience of
former parishioners, according to
Father Wargo.
Thousands Will Find Pleasure
In Hiking The Buckeye Trail
The stage is rapidly being arranged for the ficst official showing
of the Buckeye Trail thru Noble county.
A field workshop is being set up on August 19 and 20 to com
plete the first segment of the trail, according to Merle Marietta and
John Wargo, two local top-notch enthusiasts.
In order that Noble county
might share prominently in the
development of the Buckeye
Trail, much work is yet to be
done on a local level, and that
is the prime purpose of the pro
posed field workshop.
Marietta and Wargo have ar
ranged for the Aug. 19 meeting
to be held at the Caldwell
u n i i a u i i n s a i n
promptly at 9:00 a. m.
Persons vitally interested in
promoting the trail thru this
section are asked to attend the
meeting. To accomplish 'the great
amount of work to be performed
on this worthwhile project,
Continued on |pg* two
Labor Foreman
Seriously Injured
By Shovel Bucket
Edgar Douglass, of Batesville,
past superintendent of the state
highway garage, narrowly es
caped death Wednesday after
noon at 2:15 o'clock when he
stepped from under a bridge
being constructed on SR 724 in
Stock township into the path
Oi
a falling shovel bucket.
Fortunately he looked up in
time to shove the bucket enough
to keep it from killing him in
stantly. Dr. Fred Cox of Cald
well was summoned to the scene
and gave first aid after which
Douglass was taken to Guernsey
Memorial hospital in Cambridge.
He was reported in serious
condition, suffering from should
er and head injuries along with
a jammed vertebrae in his neck.
Douglass is the labor foreman on
the SR 724 bridge job.
The new bridge, being con
structed by the local crew, is
located between Carlisle and the
Elk Fork pump station. It i*
better known as the Carl Mal
lett bridge.
Youngster Drowns
In Pacific Ocean
Jerry Eugene Farson, of Im
perial Beach, Calif., a great
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Norris
Bigley, of Caldwell, lost his life
by drowning in the Pacific ocean
Wednesday, according to word
received here.
More than 60 policemen and
1,000 Navy men searched for his
body until Thursday evening
when it was found in some back
water and debris by a boy who
was playing near there.
The nine -year -old youngster
was born Nov. 20, 1951 at Can
ton, a son of Eugene Noble and
Janet Brillhart Farson. In ad
dition to his parents, he is sur
vived by a sister, Beverly.
Belle Valley Soldier
Qualifies As Expert
A
brother, Roger Lee, preceded him
in death.
Also surviving are his grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Brill
hart, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Brush
all of Warsaw and Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar Farson of Florida, form
erly of Noble county, in ad
dition to the great-grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Bigley, of Cald
well.
Funeral services and burial
were made in Imperial Beach,
Calif. Address of the parents is
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene N. Farson,
500 Hi-Way 75, Imperial Beach,
Calif. Lot No. 65.
Army Specialist Four Aubrey
McCune, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Owen J. McCune, Belle Valley,
recently qualified as expert in
firing the M-l rifle while serv
ing with the 4th armored division
in Germany.
A cook in Company of the
division's 54th Infantry in Heil
bronn, he entered the Army in
December 1958, completed basic
training at Fort Hood, Tex., and
arrived overseas in May, 1959.
McCune is a 1955 graduate of
Belle Valley high school. Before
entering the Army, he was em
ployed at the Belle Valley Red
& White store.