The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-11-06
Bonus Bill Passes ST
AS 1860 Voters Go To Polls
Close Vote Marks
Race I or Trustee,
Dewey Wells Wins
Strong Write-in
Vote Puts Wiley
On Village Council

Despite a drizzling rain
throughout the day, one of the
heaviest off-year elections in
Noble county was held Tuesday
and the voters overwhelmingly
supported the Soldiers Bonus,
which occupied the lime-light in this
county as well as over the state.
Noble county electorate went
along with the state in granting a
bonus to the soldiers by majority
of 2201 votes on the bonus. Total un-
official returns in Noble county re-
vealed that 3514 votes were cast for
the bonus and only 713 against. The
| other three state amendments also
received favorable vote in Noble
county and the state as well, but
not the same overwhelming major
ity as the bonus.
BY majority of 1186 votes, Noble
county favored retaining the tax
monies derived from highways for
the sole purpose of improving the
roads and no other.
An unofficial abstract at the
Noble county election board office
shows that 1880 voters went to the
polls Tuesday in the "a precincts of
this county. This is unusually large
for an off-year election.
There was only the one special
issue question in Brookfield town
ship and it was renewal of three
mill levy for school purposes. The
levy was passed by vote of 100.for
and only 20 against.
In the wet and dry fight through
out Beaver township, exclusive of
Batesville, the dry forces won a
clean cut victory. On all five issues,
in addition to the c. & D. permits,
A total of 942 voted against the sale
of beer and liquors and 421 voted in
favor of it. The dry majority was
listed at 521 votes.
In. Olive township, the fight for
trustee proved interesting as well
as close. In the final returns, Dewey
Wells of Caldwell nosed out Fred
Haines of South Olive by only three
votes. Wells received 354 votes; Fred
Haines, 351 votes and Arthur L.
Davis, $40 votes, low man in the
three corner fight.
In the village of Caldwell. most
of the candidates were un-opposed.
Dwight Wiley showed strong
following when he nosed out Dan
Barlow for member of the village
council by write-in vote. Wiley re-
ceived $40 votes, by the write-in
channel, to 274 for Barlow. Other
elected members of the council were
William Hill, Chester Hayes, Warne
G. Rogers, George Bliss, L. E. Potts
and Dwight Wiley.
Violet Morgareidge, running un-
opposed for village clerk, was high
candidate on the ticket.
E. o. Bond and O.. Gibson were
un-opposed as members of the Noble
County Board of Education, with
two to be elected, and each received
a large complimentary vote.
This was also true for w. v.
Archer and Paul HI. Clark, with two
to be elected and running un-op-
posed for members of the Caldwell
exempted village school board.
With one, two and three members
to be elected in various local school
districts throughout Noble county,
the total vote cast for these MEM
bers IS carried in another election
story returns by The Journal.
On the village tickets throughout
the county, Frank Atkinson was
named Mayor of Batesville by a
write-in of nine votes.
Up in Belle Valley, where the
voting was heavy, Orville Shafer
was named Mayor over j. A. Taylor
by total of "a votes. The new coun-
ell members are Harvey Gorby, John
Llsak, Harold Matheney, Andy
Milk, John Sklenar and Joe Brown.
Hazel Starr for clerk was high on
the ticket with 159 votes.
In Summerfield, by virtue of a
write-in vote, Dean Oliver was
elected Mayor with 83 votes. Harold
McGinnis is the village clerk and
A. K. Batten, treasurer. Members
OF the council are Kyle Day, Tom
Reed, Amos Leasure, Wilbur Oliver.
Howard Wharton and Richard
Smith.
George Kent was named Mayor of
Sarahsville with 18 votes. all write
IN. John Grimes is the clerk and
Orpha Swain, the treasurer. Grant
Schafer, Eli Rogers, John Gibson.
Clarence Carter, Timmie Cooper and
II. Z. Sullivan are members of the
council.
AT Dexter City, P. r. Blake was
named Mayor over Albert Hayes by
a vote of 48 to 81. III. C. Danford
IS the clerk, defeating Ila Clymer
by vote of 43 to 81. Members of
council are B. C. Schilling, w. T.
Warren, Charles Wickens, George
Moseley, Harry Hutcheson and E. Z.
Jeffers.
A complete list of the trustees and
clerks named in the various town.
ships is carried elsewhere in The
Journal.