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Evening star., 1947-09-05
J. H. Kesecker Dies;
First Secretary Of
Federal Employees

James H. Kesecker, 72, first Sec
retary and a charter member of
the National Federation of Federal
Employees, died yesterday after a
Evening star., 1947-09-05
FIemming Named Chairman
OF Federal Churches Unit

Arthur S. Flemming of the Civil
Service Commission, a prominent
Methodist layman, has been ap-
pointed chairman of the depart
Evening star., 1947-09-05

MacARTHURS ATTEND RITES CRASH VICTIMS-Gen.
wife shown they entered Army CHG
Chapel Tokyo memorial services for victims
Army plane which crashed in the Honolulu
with the Ambassador George Acheson
jr Gen. Macarthur wearing mourning band his sleeve
appeared services The pictured wreath was the
largest of the floral offerings -AP Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1947-09-05

Stroop, %; Mrs. Raymond Stotts
/ and Miss Mariel Talbot, 20, all Of
Dayton. 80
Evening star., 1947-09-05

Wool jersey can be used to make
attractive drapes.
Evening star., 1947-09-05
FOUND,

DOG, black cocker spaniel, found Il
MONTGOMERY County, Md. WI. 1881.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-10-02
THE SMALL TOWN NEWSPAPER

The smalltown newspaper peculiarly
ne VISUAL expression of the American belief in free speech In
tent it here " ' ~ - ~ ~ ~ -
The desire to publish part produc
on OF ucn newspapers turks the hearts of nnumerabe boys
almost the fisherman locomotive
engineer aviator The printing the daily
nu weekly news sheets thousands American villages and
towns also the edit
VINO become widely known and greatly loved the late
William Allen White
This particular kind of become lost the
growth OF nation The extension of the into
the small community cannot should it. For its
contain something intimate the and
woman VINO spend their lives the thousands OF towns with popua
outside the births
deaths
sports and all the affairs that make community life
Yet for easily understood these smatown
interesting potential worth They fundamentally regular
town meeting the daily weekly individual opinions
Instead of being only for the of the community
gathered written by the employees should
belong to each and all of
We have all CT concerned entirely with selfish lives
something world have ideas and
each happening whether be the the
United Nations When talk about them dis
is the of We not have solution but
have
Why should the smaltown be the vocal well
page page
and the of take sides desire? Perhaps Joe
will Bill Bit Joe from good will and not
prejudice and Bill replies in the spirit the intellectual ho
both will all who will the
The possibilities for communal good such of small
unlimited AS meeting place for convictions
and IDEAS it without equal There print what think
it's the record; seed type that flower better
understanding
day will happen somewhere. a
in the community bonnet it could happen first In town
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-10-02

the Athens Messenger and then went
to Columbus in 1886.
was a reporter for the Ohio
State Journal for five years; then l
| joined The Citizen staff six years
ago. l have covered sensations, in
vestigations, exposes, big events,
catastrophes, gun battles, murders,
fires, train wrecks, plane crashes,
electrocutions and famous-person
interviews. | have written of screw
balls, and / have done screwbali
things to make story.
Now l am writing a daily column
! for The Citizen. l have completed
the circle. l am writing the little
stories in the column, stories similar
to those | wrote for The Journal.
After years of page-one work, had
to refocus myself, readjust myself
to the little stories that people like
to read.
In doing this, l got to thinking
about how / covered the Dexter City
beat. What made news for me there,
would again.
The narrow guage is gone, the
Cumberland Charlottesville road is
paved and Model rs are scarce-but
l have many recollections of those
days.
was born in Middleburg-
Hoodleburg, as Dick Headley always
called it. In 1912 this was the town
of the HessonS and the ClarkS, of
Elvin Mitchell and Belts and Tat
and Pete and Harry Eichhorn.
And the Estadts, Henry and Joe,
took their blacksmith shop to Cald-
well after the 1913 flood. The valley
south of Hoodleburg was the land of
Jackie John Pryor, Ike Hayes, Wood
Huffman, Little Dan Williams, the
Pickenpaughs, Charley Wilson, Sam
Armstrong, Aleck Shafer and Henry
Morris.
The little things l remember-I
hid under bed when Sheriff Fred
Dientsbach came. l called myself a
Bull Mooser" and didn't know why.
The time | waded deeper than my
gum boots and sloshed up the main
street of Hoodleburg with the whole
town hooting. The flu, and how my
whole family was sick. The pan of
custard Aunt Annie sent tasted so
good ! The bonfire and parade when
World War I ended. And the time
Ernestine Van Fossen cut her leg
with an ak. And how Rath Pryor
gripped by ankle as Dad pulled a
huge thorn from my foot.
haven't forgotten, | think of
Noble county often. When. I was
eight, we moved to Dexter. Uncle
Tum took our furniture on his
wagon and it showed that day. A
table fell off in front of John Sal
ings' house. Two legs were broken,
but Dad fixed them.
In Dexter, met Jigger Crossen
who / maintain was funnier than
Will Rogers ever was. Lots of people
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-10-02

Today in Caldwell there re-
mains the ingenuity that was so
evident in the times of the early
pioneers who settled the wilds of
the Northwest Territory.
: To create a replica of an old
time grist mill, Jonah Evilsizer set
upon the task late this summer,
and now delights in showing the
result of his efforts to the many
who already have visited its site.
The mill and the dam are COM
plete to the nth" degree. Detail
ing their operations was the most
complex problem confronting Mr..
Evilsizer during the months of
construction.
Depicting a unique setting in
the extreme northwest corner of
his flower garden at his residence
on East street, the builder spared
little to provide the interested
spectators with a background
typical to that sought by the
builders of grist mills when they
were an important promotion to
any community's progress.
Constructing a mill pond at the
base of the mill, the water is
pumped up to the mill dam. From
the mill dam the water emergeS
through the raceway, which in
turn operates the "overshot"
wheel, which is approximately
Is inches in diameter. 1t is this
picture that provides the on
locker with the idea of how the
early mills operated. Needless to
say, the water from the mill dam
onto the "overshot" wheel pro-
vided cheap operating mainten-
ance for the early mill owners.
Instead of equipping the mill
building with ordinary grist mill
type of machinery, an electric
pump, capable of throwing 1000
gallons of water an hour, was in
stalled. When in operation, the
"overShot" wheel maintains
speed of several hundred revolu-
tiOnS a minute.
The dam proper is built of sand
stones and cement, and creates
fall of apprOXimatelV 35 inches.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-10-02
NOBLE COUNTY
IN REVIEW

Noble county is divided into two
main slopes by a dividing ridge
across it, nearly east and west,
through the townships of Marion,
Center, Noble, Buffalo and a corner
Of Brookfield. The streams north of
this ridge are Wills Creek and it's
tributaries, which flow into the
MuSkingum river near Coshocton,
and those south are Duck Creek and
its tributaries, which flow into the
Ohio river, four miles upstream
from Marietta and Meigs, into the
Muskingum river to the west.
The county is generally hilly and
undulating, containing many natural
mounds. The hills are not so rugged
but what they can generally be cul-
tlvated to their SUBMITS. Hence
there is but little waste land. Much
of the land is now being stripped
mined for coal. An abundance of
limestone is found in the uneven
sections, even to the tops of the
largest hills. The limestone ~contin-
ually exposed to the air crumbles
and mixes with the soil, rendering
it akin in fertility with the lower
levels. The mineral resources are
abundant. Coal abounds in nearly
all the hills with thick veins at a
greater depth. Nearly all the hills
contain iron ore, building stone,
petroleum, etc.
The early settlers of Noble county
were largely of foreign birth, but
many came here from Pennsylvania,
Virginia and from the New England
states. Many of them came from the
Marietta settlement; they had fol-
lowed up the Duck creek valley and
formed settlement at the point
where the village of Olive now
stands. Hence Olive became the sec
ond settlement in the Buckeye state.
A monster tree near Sarahsville
stood as late as 1880 and was one
of the mammoth white oak trees
for which this section of Ohio be-
came famous. In 1875 this tree was
measured by Gen. r. B. Hayes and
Hon. John H. Bingham, while on a
political tour. Above the articula-
ton of the roots its girth was thirty
four feet and six inches. It's trunk
tapered but little and ran up to the
height of seventy eight feet without
single bend. At that height it
branched out into one of the most
majestic tops ever found on a tree
of its kind.
Gen. James A. Garfield, later
president of the United States, on a
visit to Noble county in 1879, having
heard from the two gentlemen above
mentioned of this remarkable tree
and being somewhat skeptical, went
out and measured the tree and
found their statement to be correct.
This monarch of the forest was up
rooted by storm in 1880 and was
later converted into fence rails and
its top branches into a bonfire,
burned to commemorate the cleo
ton of Mr.. Garfield to the presi-
dency that year.
Another novelty tree was, many
years ago, a crooked tree in Jack
son township, for which the village
of Crooked Tree derived its name.
A mound was opened in Seneca
township of 1872, one of the numer-
Gus Indian mounds in the neighbor-
hood, and among other things were
found the remains of three human
skeletons about eight feet in height.
The three had double teeth in both
front and back. Upon exposure to-
the atmosphere the skeletons soon
crumpled back to Mother Earth.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-10-02

there had influence upon me-Roy
Wickens, George Robinson, E. l.
Hutcheson, Benson Day, E. N. Dye
Henry Barnhart and my uncles
Harve and Ellis. / think often OF
Shep and Jane Rucker, Joe and Ad
Dillehay, Bill Tilton, Buzz and Joe
Clark, and Thad Van FoSsen. re-
call the appearances of Joseph K,
Hall.
Along about this time the Klu
Klux Klan flourished This afforded
us the famous battle of Low Gap
l recalled the time the county fair
board refused the xxx permission
to demonstrate at the fair. So the
xxx held fair of their own across
Duck Creek. But that was the Sep
tember the Shenandoah crashed
This excitement ruined both fairs.
| think these old soreheads are
gone. l am proud of my father for
many reasons, but Pm proud when
l recall that he attended Oss Cur
It's funeral Oss was a black man,
but Dad never gave this fact a
thought.
]. o. Miller was another man
from whom l learned tolerance. The
boys of Dexter would hoot and
throw stones at trampS. J. o. would
caution us to halt.
I'll bet you are stoning a pretty
nice fellow" he would say. Get to
know that tramp, bet you would
like him"
think at that age we knew there
is some good in every man. And J.
O.'s gentle statement made us feel
uncouth.
When Mig Turr had grown to
manhood, he told my cousin, Gerald
Hayes: Il always liked you because
you never called me a Hunkey."
And there's one other angle to
this little sermon: Some people who
live in Caldwell consider themselves
better than those who live in the
county outside. | trust this false at
titude is diminishing. Viewed from
Columbus, it seems extremely silly.
am proud to be from Noble
county, and this is proof I carry
many memories of my boyhood
there. 1t was fun reciting a few of
them, and if a slight preachment
about tolerance (or lack of it) crept
in, please realize that l consider all
Noble county people great people.
II anybody can stand more of this,
/ will tell how l made possum gravy,
and how we never could rid the
dish of the aroma of possum gravy.
It's rare smell.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-10-02

To add to the observers interest,
a spillway is a part Of the oul!d-
er's plan, and equally shares with
the raceway in controlling the
water level in the mill dam.
The grist mill building, 2o
inches wide and Is inches long,
compliments the entire construc-
ton with it's tawdry appearance
The roof, topped with old-taSh-
ioned clapboards, gives a pioneer
setting. The boards were secured
from the old log house, now IN
ruins, on the late Frank EStadt
homestead in Enoch township.
Wishing to emphasize the out
door beauty in his miniature pro-
duction, Mr.. EVilSizer has envel-
oped the entire surroundings with
roses, asters and golden glow
flowers, ferns and vines.
Perhaps influenced a bit by an
cestral heritage, Mr.. EVilsizer is
a nephew of Jonathan EVllsizer,
builder of the now partly remain
ing old grist mill at SenecaVille,
a landmark in the community
where it stands. The same Jona-
than EVilsizer is repeatedly the
builder OF the grist mill at fifteen,
in Washington county, which was
destroyed in the 1913 flood.
AS news of it's completion
spread, many have visited the un-
usual piece of mans handiWork,
and pictures have been taken and
reproduced to show its splendour
in many distant cities.
And so, the spirit of the early
pioneers continues to live in the
hearts of men who inhabit this
'whirling" world of today. A
master piece of mans handiwork
appears in Jonah EVilsizer's back
yard. A show place for those
whose memories linger in the
greatness of the yesteryears.
Mr.. Evilsizer stated today, that
due to the IateneSs of the season,
beautifying the surroundings have
been temporarily discontinued,
but plans on a bigger and better
show with the advent of the l948
summer
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-10-02
Built Around Our Country Correspondent

The Journal dependent large degree
loyal of correspondents These and fill
the of Theirs
not the job to make sensational headlines
Rather do the daily happenings
the little neghborS
To members of the community
the kind the
world
newspaper
your the daughters
enlistment
pope hats with cards sticking their hat bands
things Whi
parties and dances Rather they look about the
the community.
proud of them They the typical American people
what
censorship They collect
while their chores tending store selling insurance
policies after hours
the credit this being integral
community its welbeng They help make all of
acquainted with each other sympathetic to each others prob
lens n the daily performances
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-10-02

Many years ago / wrote that par
agraph for The Journal, the news
paper you are now reading. / have
since written millions of words for
newspapers. At the end of the re-
cent war, / wrote for five hours
without stopping. 1t was the Citizen
extra lead story, columns long des-
cribing the joyful celebration.
Despite intervening years and
work, ! still remember the heart
ache l suffered in writing the item
about the pair of pigs we got at
Aunt Blanche's. Dad and l had a
wonderful time on that trip over
into Muskingum county.
Our Model T Ford bouncing over
the rough dirt roads, we raced a
narrow guage passenger train. 1t
would be neck -and-neck. Then Dad
would get stuck in a mudhole. The
narrow guage engineer would wave
and leave us. But he had to stop at
stations We would catch up and
wave so long to him. Then another
mudhole
Ike DeVolld on his dun horse
could have outdiStanced both auto
and locomotive-but it was a glor-
ious day back there when | was a
Noble county boy, I knew couldn't t
put it in the paper. / also wanted
to mention the wonderful dinner
Aunt Blanche cooked, what my
cousins said, and how their dog
leaped up and hung by his teeth,
etc.
But it was business trip. I got
to mention the pigs-then period
You read the story in the news
paper - but the story behind the
story is the one that fascinates. My
recollections of the trip to get the
pigs probably is trivia; some would
call it trash or just the memories of
a mind cluttered with unimportant
details
But / contend the little things are
the ones that count. My grand
mother, nearing 90, recalls the hu-
morous incidents that occurred at
Half Acre when she was teen-age
girl attending church there.
began my journalism career on
The journal when ] was hired as
the Dexter City correspondent. /
went TO Ohio University, worked on
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-10-02

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CON.
STITUTION OF OHIO
Proposing to amend section 8 of Article
VIH of the Constitution of the state Of
ohio to increase the number of mem
bers of the board styled "The Com
miSsioners of the sinking Fund" by
providing that the governor and trea-
urer Of state shall be members thereof
in addition to the present membership
consisting of the auditor of state, sec
retary of state and attorney general
Be it resolved by the General Assembly
of the state of Ohio. three -fifths of the
members elected to each house there
of concurrng therein, that there shall
be submitted to the electors of the
state of Ohio, in the manner prescribed
by law, at the general election to be
held on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November. l947, a PROPOSE
ton to amend section Of Article VTII
of the Constitution OF the state of Ohio
to read as follows:
ARTICLE VIII
Section 5. The governor, treasurer of
state, auditor of state Secretary of state.
and attorney general, are hereby created
board of commissioners to be styled,
The Commissioners of the Sinking
Fund. -
If a majority of the electors voting on
the foregoing proposed amen ndment adopt
the same it shall become a part of the
Constitution of the. state Of Ohio. and ex-
isting section of Article VIII of said
Constitution shall thereupon be repealed
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF OHIO
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
OF STATE
l. EDWARD ]. HUMRTEL. Secretary of
State of the State of Ohio, do hereby
certify that the foregoing is an exempIi-
fled copy, carefully compared by me with
the original now on file in my office and
in my official custody as Secretary of
State and found to be true and correct
of a Joint Resolution adopted by the
Ninety-seVenth General Assembly of the
State of Ohio, on the 18th clay OF June
I947. and filed in the office Of the Sec
retary of State on the 18th day of June
I947. proposing to amend Article VIII
Section 8, of the Constitution of the
State of Ohio. relative to increasing the
number of members of the board styled
THE Commissioners of the Sinking Fund
by providing that the governor and
treasurer of state shall be members
thereof in addition to the auditor of state
secretary of state and attorney general
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, have
hereunto subscribed my name and affixed
my official seal at Columbus, Ohio, this
5th day of September. 1947.
EDWARD ]. HUMMEL
Secretary of State
(SEAL)
12-l3-14-15-16
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-10-02
Editor of The Journal
Caldwell, Ohio

Editor of The Journal
Caldwell, Ohio
Dear Editor:
national observance of Newspaper
Week, it is the proper time to pat
the weekly newspaper on the back
and in few words / would like
to tell you what ! think you have
meant to our community.
Each week when you are deliv-
cred, it is like a visit with each and
every friend we have in the county
We look to see who is visiting who.
We find that so and SO has come
back from very nice vacation. We
see that some of our friends have
been sick and some have died. There
is the latest civic news. Reports of
meetings of all kinds both social and
civic. In short it is a general weekly
catchup on everything that has hap
pened that week in our community.
In this day of more and more
Capitalization, it seems to me that
our local weekly papers are doing
more to keep Democracy alive than
any other agency. They don't
bother much about what is happen
ing in Europe or even in Washing
ton, but give us just what we crave
and that is honey news about our
own doings and that of our friends
and neighbors. That is what Amer
lea needs and why we badly need
the weekly home papers.
Yours Truly,
WALTER QUICK
Caldwell, Ohio
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-10-02
FRANK BOYD
Rural Carrier No. 2
Dexter City, Ohio

The Journal
Caldwell, Ohio
Dear Editor
For sometime l have felt the urge
to write you expressing my views
as to what your paper means to me
and this community. AS a cores
pondent and reader for so many
years. have come to look upon il
as "our" paper.
We may wander far from home on
vacations but be it ever so humble
there's no place like home.
We may read the news of far
away China or Europe but there's
nothing that will soothe our salts
faction like reading about our
friends and old acquaintance in our
local newspaper through which
they are at liberty to express their
views and ideas for d better living.
Too many big daily papers are
interested in the bigger problems
and forget the little things which
makes the big things, it is the COM
munities that make the county, the
counties that make the states that
make our nation.
The seeds for any great move
ment must be found in the various
communities first.
often hear people criticizing our
paper for things they do not do.
They do not stop to think that the
failings or success of any public
service is caused by people receiving
such service, and there is scarcely
week that do not receive letters
or cards from friends and relatives
stating the Caldwell Journal is Just
like letter from home and to
please keep sending in all local
news and we all look forward to
Thursday Journal Day."
Respectfully,
BESSIE MILLER
Harriettsville, Ohio
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-10-02
The Journal
Caldwell, Ohio


Caldwell, Ohio
Dear Sirs:
would like to express through
the mail bag" my appreciation to
the weekly field for the much need
of news, especially when one lives
in the country, that reaches me each
week. enjoy every time and the
farm news and the market reports
are especially interesting. am al
ways looking for the rural news"
letters to see what my neighbor is
doing. Even during the dark days
of the war, my boy who was forced
down in Switzerland learned to
know the value of the weekly news
letter from home.
The Journal has been in our home
through all these years. My father
was subscriber of your paper, as
far back as l can remember.
Carry on the good work, which
know you will do, and believe me
when say I appreciate the Journal
! really mean every word of it. Good
luck and thanks.
Sincerely,
ELLA KANE BURKHART
Coal Run, Ohio
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-10-02
WHATTHE WEEKLY MEANS TO YOU
AND THE COMMUNITY

Editors Note - In observance
of National Newspaper Week,
beginning October ! through
October 8, The Journal is carry
ing a number of letters from
various readers on the above
subject. Their thinking reflects
the trend of the weekly field.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-10-02

States with copies OF returns filed. Anv
violation of the provisions OF this section
shall be isderneanor punishable by n
fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars
lS50OOOl or imprisonment for not more
than 80 days or both for each such viola
ton, Any employees of the Village found
guilty of violating the provisions of this
Section shall be Immediately discharged
from his office.
Section 10 This ordinance shall TAX.
effect and be in force from and after
the earliest period allowed by law
Passed September 30 1947.
Attest; VIOLET L. MORO AREIDGE
Approved: S. M. SECREST Mayor,
- 13
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LEGAL NOTICE

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
IN. NOBLE COUNTY. OHIO
Plaintiffs
vs.
FRED J. STOUT, ct. al.
Defendants
:. Gertrude Towns. whose residence is un.
rIn nLloWn and cannot with reasonable dill
snat ma on the 18th day of May, Ie47, Ora
stout and Dorothy Stout filed their Peti-
uon IN the Common Pleas Court of Noble
the above named parties and other.s Draw
u. ing ior qu1eting of title to said premises
situated IN Sharon Township. Noble
Said party is required To answer On or
De1ere the 18TH day OF October. lo47.
ORA STOUT,
w 49,. DOROTHY STOUT,
7es 10 IL IL