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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-12-30
CONTEST RULES

Rules in The First Baby Contest for ls4s are very
simple. The established home OF the wnnns JOY
be in the Third Commissioners district which inciuoe'
Kennswick Richland Finley Hover and Plymouth areas
The winner will be the first baby born IN is4s J"
Fl -. contest area There are other restrictions
The proud father some other relative musi 1es
,.r n the office not later fnan noon
January g. ls4s establish time OF birth ana 1e''as
If you think you have chance don' ia' 20 'Sp'1
the prize. represent considerable value.
The merchandise and other prizes offered are a.
,;.a ~ ,h..a PAGES by each merchant putting up me
prixss @a@a ~ ~. -,
n case Of twins. several Offering to double
their gifts. .>,.;.x y
- RI. contest i. being sponsored by the Kennew'ek
y Courier Reporter. ~. s
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01
1948-A YEAR OF HOPE

If to note trends of thought among
the practical businessmen and housewives of America he
would discover the growth of gradually deepening despair
future security international tension
strained than years ago An aggressive Com
munSm looms dreaded foe than the once-poWer
full Nazi-Facist bloc Our domestic pattern grows
chaotic each weeks of the Wages prices
continue their maddenng toward the goal of initiation
The breakdown of the home widespread juvenile delin
quency general disregard for the moral law all conpire
istence In the face of threatening future many have
thrown up their hands in beWilderment Others have OBJ
snatey refused to consider the fuurethey live for the
day afraid face their future real individual problem
Neither bewildermen fear human intelligence
offer solution to the problems that confront
Indeed if to depend merely human ef
forts the future would offer little security Fortunately
have higher hope to sustain 1t hope that is
based upon the wisdom and the goodness of God Who
all things to work together unto good. 1t hope that
that firmly rooted in faith and charity Men who do
believe and who do not love have neither hope
happiness security In the hearts of those who believe
in the Faherhood of God and the brotherhood of
in light of Christian love- the believing Christian
there be such thing despair at the dawn of the
New Year
Many things threaten to destroy confidence in God
but Christian hope strong vigorous virtue that refuses
despair in the face of difficulties If tempted to
loose trust in heavenly Father this New Years day. let
look back week to the feast of Chrstmasthe BIRTH
day of God At His birth the heavenly choir sang
peace earth to of good wi and this peace,
which only Christ bring offered to today 1t
peace that fashioned by atomic bombs and United
meetings. by debates and articles fear and by
of Christ fashioned from love- for good
will is but the expression of love- love rekindled by the
believes This why the Christian hope in the
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01
Religious Service
Planned For Dec. 81

Rev. L. c. Waters is inviting the
public to attend the special watch
night program to be held at the Free
Methodist church in Caldwell, We'd
nesday evening, December 81, be-
ginning at 800 o'clock.
The program will open with the
singing of "All Hail the Power of
Jesus Name, followed by the scrip
ture reading, Wilbur Grimes is in
charge A session of prayer with
Robert King leading will conclude
the first half hour.
The remaining program is as fol-
lows: $50 p. M, resolutions and dis
cussion of same; special song, peace
and Goodwill, trio and a season of
prayer; 900 p. m, sermon by Rev.
John Grimes; $50 a. m, question
box discussion, Mrs. Waters in
charge.
1000 p. m, Bible study conducted
by the pastor, special music and
season of prayer; 1920 p. m., special
readings on New Years, Lois Jen-
nings and Ruth Pickenpaugh, song,
Only For Thee, season of prayer
and special music by Bird Davis,
Lemuel Davis and Lavina Larrick.
11:00 p. m, sermon, Rev. Red
mond Archer; 1l:30 p. m, testimony
service; 11:35 p. m. sermon by Rev.
John Guffey; l1:55 p. m, rededica-
ton at altar and benedictions by the
ministers.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01
New Water Schedule
Will Go Into Effect

The new raised water rate for
Caldwell and vicinity will go into
effect next Thursday but as rule
not single property owner will
notice the difference.
The large consumers of local
water will be paying higher rate
during the months of January, Feb
ruarv and March. This reading will
be taken in March and the April 1st
bill will note the change, if any.
The increase in the water rate was
authorized by the board of public
affairs and council for only the three
months period.
Many local officials still believe
that the rate should be even higher
and there is a possibility that an
other increase will be authorized
especially to the large business con-
sumers.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01
Grand Jury Will
Convene Monday

Members of the January grand
jury have been called for duty, Mon
day morning, January S, at $50
o'clock, according to Judge L. B.
Frazier
The jurors, recently drawn for
this duty, will convene at the COM
mon pleas courtroom but it is not
expected that the session will be a
lengthy one.
According to the docket, only a
few cases will be submitted for their
investigation. They are now being
prepared by Prosecuting Attorney
Leo Carter.
The jurors have all been notified
officially to appear on the above
date by Sheriff Clayton Mckee.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01
Mercury Sinks To
New Low Monday i

The mercury skidded right down
to zero, early Monday morning, for
Noble county's coolest weather to
date during the current winter.
Frank Burlingame of Sharon, Of
ficial weatherman for the county,
said the government thermometer
stood at ten degrees above zero for
the official reading but that lower
readings were constant throughout
the remainder of the county.
Several farmers reported low of
three degrees above zero in differ
ent communities.
Warmer weather was on the way
Tuesday evening with some rain
predicted and then another cold
snap.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01

Sam Cartel is receiving treatment
for a knife wound in the back and
eleven other people received med
ical treatment for injuries sustained
in a series of accidents throughout
Noble county during the Christmas
holiday weekend. Adverse weather
conditions and the slippery high
ways were advanced as the cause
of the accidents.
Sam Cartel of the Sharon com
munity is improving at the st. Fran
els hospital, Cambridge, where he
is receiving treatment for a knife
wound in his back, resulting from
freak accident at the home Of his
parents in the Hiramsburg COM
,nunity.
Young Cartel had been assisting
with the butchering at the George
Cartel home, Christmas day, when
he slipped and fell on the blade of
butcher knife which had been
placed point up in his hip pocket.
He was given first aid treatment
at the office of. DR.. E. G. Ditch and
then removed in the McVay-Shilling
ambulance to the Cambridge hosp
ital
1t was at first thought by attend
ing physicians that the knife blade
had penetrated the liver and kidney
| region but a complete examination
revealed it only as flesh wound
His condition is now that of i'm.
proved. Cartel married the former
Helen Caldwell of Sharon.
/ Later on the same day, Cartell'.
mother, who was enroute to see hel
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01

son in the hospital was injured in a
head-on collision near Ava on u. S.
Route 81.
Three persons were injured in this
accident which occurred at 200
D. M, just north of Ava. A machine
driven by Kempis c. Williams, 33,
of Parkersburg, w. Va, skidded into
car operated by John Cartel of
Caldwell route six.
The injured were Mrs. Ruby l..
Williams, wife of Kempis Williams
and their three year old son, Oar
rell E., who suffered cuts and
bruises about the face.
Mrs. George Cartel received a
slight conclusion of the brain, chest
injuries and bruised left arm. They
received treatment in the office of
DR.. E. G. Ditch, Caldwell. Mrs. Car
tell was later removed in the Nc
Way Shilling ambulance to her home
in the Hiramsburg community.
Alfred Cant, retired farmer of the
Sharon community and two others
were injured when the machine IN
which they were riding skidded on
the icy pavement and ran into a
bank on the Sharon hill road, two
miles west of Caldwell.
Cant and the driver, Delbert
Clark, 18, were removed to Marietta
Memorial hospital in the McVay,
Shilling ambulance. Cant was re,
ported to have sustained concus.
sion of the brain while Clark sus,
tanned a fracture of the pelvic bone
The third passenger, Harry And
erson, also Of the Sharon commun
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01
District Prince OF
Peace In Marietta

The district Prince of Peace de-
clamation contest in which Miss
Barbara Hutcheson of Dexter City
will compete, will be held Sunday
evening, January 4, at st. Pauls
Evangelical church in Marietta.
Other counties to be represented
in the competition will be Belmont,
Gallia, Meigs, Athens, Morgan and
Monroe, in addition to Noble county
The winner will receive gold
medal and will become eligible to
enter the state contest in Columbus,
in which cash prizes and college
scholarships will be awarded.
The contest at Marietta is one OF
20 district competitions to be held
throughout the state with 1873 high
school boys and girls participating
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01
Noble Countians Share In Public Debt
Listed AT s., ,789 Per Individual In l947

Washington, Dec. 80 - We are
about to close eleven decades of ris-
ing public debt. Since 1887 the treas
ury has been going deeper into the
red.
Today the u. S. federal debt is
about $25S, ,OoO,Ooo,0Oo your share is
$l789, and if you have a family OF
four, you owe a little more than
$1,000. You are paying interest on it,
in taxes, at about two per cent per
year. -
Your forefathers in 1885 and 1886
owed not a cent of public debt. The
account had been practically wiped
out by good husbandry and sale OF
public lands.
In 1887, because of depression,
the Government began little bor-
rowing-$336, ,0O0-and the long up
ward climb began. The debt has
been in the millions and billions
since 1888.
The United States started out in
life with a debt, total of $75,88O,
900 in 1890 (per person, $19.32). This
comprised chiefly revolutionary war
expenses of both the federal gov
ernment and states.
The small young nation frightened
it's belt and achieved a remarkable
reduction of the debt to 45,OO0,oOO
by the time the war of 1872 began.
This was despite President Jeffer-
sons expenditure of $ll ,250,O0O for
the Louisiana territory, deemed a
gross extravaganza by many
The whiting was done largely
through plan of Albert Gallatin,
fourth secretary of the treasury,
whose statue was recently erected In
front of our debt burdened treasury
The debt first went into billion
dollar figures after the Civil War.
The Union in 1866 owed $2,755, 763'
600 ($77.69 per person). This debt
was retired slowly, but fairly con-
sistently, until the South American
War gave it boost.
Construction of the Panama Canal
and some other expenses kept the
figure high.
The national debt was about
$1,000, 100000 in 1914. The first
World War raised it to SIS, ,484, 500
600 (s253 per person). In the 1920s
we paid off at the rate of about
two and half per cent a year and
reduced the total to $16,3O8, ,OOO,O ,OOl
in 1880.
Deficit spending in the repression
years brought the debt to $40,
4l7,0OO in 1899: To finance the last
war we borrowed about $225,00O
100000 bringing the national debt te
its all-time peak of $27s, 764, ,OOo, ,00(
on February 2S, 1916.
No people in the world ever owee
so much real money as we do. For
eign nations debts through none
tary initiation have reached numer
lcally higher figures, but every dol
lar of our debt is government OBJ
LEGATION which can be cashed in fol
money. 1t is, of course, an interna
debt-owned by large portion O
our people, financed by the whole
people.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01
School Will Resume
Monday After Holidays

All schools in the Noble county
system, as we'll as the Caldwell
schools, will resume Monday morn
ing at the usual time, following the
two weeks Christmas vacation.
Students of the Caldwell schools
will return for mid-term examina-
tions.
The local basketball season will
not get under way until Friday eve
ming when the Redskins journey to
New Concord for a tussel with the
Muskingum valley league leaders.
Superintendent H. c. Secrest said
that the regular schedule would be
resumed in all the county schools on
Monday morning.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01
Large Gas Producer
Hit On Morris Farm

A large gas we'll, said to be pro-
ducing 100000 cubic feet Of natural
gas, was drilled in Saturday on the
Boots" Morris farm on state route
285, near the Caldwell reservoir.
The we'll is owned by the Permian
Gas Co. and their third in this field.
James & Lowe were the drillers in
charge.
The third well is the largest to
date, the other two now producing
81 900 and 100000 cubic feet.
The Permian Oil and Gas Co. is
located at Marietta but represented
locally by Nell Wells.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01
Sam Cartel Improving From Knife Wound Received Xmas
In Freak Accident Eleven Others Injured In Auto Wrecks

ity, was treated by local physician
for minor injuries and dismissed. It
is said that the men were enroute
to the stock sale at Marietta, when
the accident occurred.
Mrs. Ruth Cincinat, 3d. Of Shoals,
Pa, received cuts and bruises and
her son, Joseph, 6, suffered bad
cut on the chin at 1:30 p. m. when
an automobile driven by her hus-
band, Raphael, was struck bv a
machine driven by Charles A. Will
liams of Parkersburg, w. Va, The
accident occurred on route 2l near
Belle Valley. Both cars were badly
damaged.
Two Cleveland residents escaped
serious injury when their auto
skidded off the road and overturned
four times near Pleasant City.
They were given medical treat
ment at the office of DR.. E. G. Ditch
They were Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Buck
ner, who completed their journey tc
Charleston, w. Va, by bus.
oscar ScnultelS, %, ol odVeiio
route two, formerly of Macksburg
is in Marietta Memorial hospital
suffering from scalp wound, {
possible skull fracture and chest in
juries which he received in an &C
cident Tuesday evening near War
ner.
The accident involving an autt
driven by Schulteis and trucl
driven by Myron B. Pryor, 10, O
South Olive, resulted in destruction
of the Schulteis car and near de
struction of the truck. Pryor wa
not injured.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01
Ralph Hicks Will Run
For Commissioner

A Ralph Hicks, for eight years
superintendent of the Noble county
home and a we'll known farmer, an
nounced today that he would be a
candidate on the Republican ticket
for the office of commissioner.
This will be the first political Of
flee that Mr. Hicks is seeking in the
county.
To date, five Republicans have an
nounced for commissioner but not
a single Democrat.
The Republicans include H. G.
Williams and Charles Rayner, both
of whom are seeking a second term
Frank Craig of Summerfield, Bethel
Bates of the Summerfield commun-
ity and now Mr. Hicks There are
two to be elected.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01
Public Officials
Will Take Over
New Duties Here
Many Will Take
Oath OF Office
Thursday, Jan. 1

All public officials in Caldwell
and the other municipalities of the
county, together with trustees and
school board members in each town.
ship will be sworn into office this
weekend and Thursday will begin
their new tenure of duty
Other than Caldwell, where
Mayor S. M. Secrest will again serve
in this capacity, up in Belle Valley,
Orville Shafer will begin his first
term as mayor of that village. He
is succeeding Johnny McCune in
this capacity, who did not seek an
other term Hazel Starr is again the
village clerk and Cora Farmhouse
will serve as treasurer. Members of
the village council will include:
Harry Gorby, John Lisak, Harold
Matheny, Andy Milk, John Sklen-
ar and Joe Brown.
Strictly on write-in campaign,
George Kent will take over as the
Mayor of Sarahsville, January /.
John Grimes is the clerk and Orpha
Swain will serve as treasurer.
Council members are Grant Shafer,
Eli Rogers, John Gibson, Clarence
Carter, Timmie Cooper and H. E.
Sullivan.
Frank Atkinson will be mayor of
Batesville, Harold Roe, the clerk and
William Deal, treasurer. Council
members are Ira Wehr, George
Forbes, Howard Giesey, Kenneth
Carpenter, Frank Griffin and Ray
Newhart.
Perry r. Blake was the successful
candidate for mayor at Dexter City
and he will officially take over in
this capacity, Thursday. H. c. Dan
ford is the clerk and Josephine
Blake, the treasurer. Council men,
bers are B. c. Shilling, w. T. War
rem, Charles Wickens, George Nose
ley, Harry Hutcheson and E. E. JEFF
fers.
Dean Oliver will be the new
mayor of Summerfield, Harold Nc
Ginnis, the clerk and A. R. Batten,
treasurer. The council members are
Kyle Day, Tom Reed, Amos Leasure,
Wilbur Oliver, Howard Wharton
! and Richard Smith.
E. o. Bond and Charles Gibson
| were elected members of the Noble
county school board and the organ
national meeting will be held at the
, call of Superintendent H. c. Secrest.
The new trustees and clerks who
| c,,,ooccf,I1 tho NNx,ar,o
election and who will officially take
over the first of January, include:
Beaver, trustee, Briscoe Goodhart
and clerk, George Hyett; Brookfield
township, trustee, Freeman Foraker
and clerk, Laura McNutt; Buffalo,
trustee, Andrew Lestock and clerk,
Alice Knight.
Center; trustee, Mark Rossiter and
clerk, Roy Wentworth; Enoch, trus-
tee, Ed Schell and clerk, Raphael
Gerst; Elk, trustee, Foster Forshey
and clerk, Clarence Schoeppner;
Jackson, trustee, Elmer V. Groves
and clerk, Clarence Doebereiner;
jefferson, trustee, Charles Schnee-
berger and clerk, H. c. Danford.
Marion, trustee, Harold King and
clerk, Mary Muchelnaus, Noble
trustee, Ernest Mckee and clerk
Owen J. McCune; Seneca, trustee
w. E. Stevens and clerk, Edith Will
liams; Sharon, trustee, Todd John
son and clerk, Charles Ramsey.
Stock, trustee, Fred Warner and
clerk, Eunice Horton; Wayne, trus-
tee, Wayne Williams and clerk, Ures
Massie; Olive, trustee, Dewey Wells
and clerk, Cleo Hutchins.
= Continued on Page Four)
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01
Tax Books Now
Open. In County

Noble County Treasurer Ira Pryor
announced today that the tax books
in Noble county are now open for
the collection of the first half of
real estate in 1947.
There are many who will pay
their taxes for the entire year which
results in this collection always be-
ing the larger of the two
Treasurer Pryor did not indicate
when the tax books would be closed,
as this deadline will be fixed by the
State Tax Commission.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01
WINS FIRST PRIZE

The J. w. Evilsizer home On East
street took first prize for the best
decorated home, during the Christ
mas season. The T. M. Ehlermann
home on West street took second
prize. Honorable mention was given
to Robert Clark and Maurice Colley
for their home decorations.
The first and second prize win
ners will receive a check from the
Noble County Chamber of Com
merce
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01

Miss Rose Marie Harper, who
received her degree in bachelor
of science in home economics at
Ohio State University two
weeks ago, will leave Friday for
Massillon, where she has been
named director of home service
for that city and community.
Miss Harper will be connect
ed with the Ohio Power COM
pany in that city. The new posi-
ton is one of Importance with
this company and reflects the
ability of this Caldwell girl.
Miss Harper, who is a daugh-
ter of DR.. and Mrs. w. c. Har-
per, West street, graduated
from Caldwell high school with
the class of 1943. She was the
only one in a group Of 69l
graduates at Ohio State Univer-
sity from Noble county.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01
REMOVED TO HOSPITAL

William Heron, janitor of the
courthouse, was removed from his
home on Playground street, Sunday
afternoon, in the McVay-Schilling
ambulance to Mt. Carmel hospital,
Columbus, for observation and
treatment.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
IN NOBLE COUNTY
The Tax Books Are Now open
For Paving Tax On the First Halt
Of tie 1947 Real Estate.
IRA PRYOR,
County Treasurer.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01
PARTITION CASE

A partition case has been filed IN
Common Pleas court by Robert H.
Broedel against Olive Broedel, Ell
mer Broedel, Margaret Dugan, Ell
eanor Broedel, Howard Broedel and
Howard Broedel as guardian of Ell
mer, Laura Alden, Lloyd, Clarice
and Freda A. Broedel. L. c. Young
is attorney for the plaintiff. The
real estate is situated in Jefferson
township.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01
ENJOYED VISIT

T-Sgt. Glen E. Wilkinson, who has
been stationed in Italy for the past
two years, spent last week with Mr..
and Mrs. Jerry Hupp and family on
North street and his mother, Mrs.
Ora Wilkinson, Cambridge
He left Sunday for Camp Kilmer,
N. j., for reassignment for another
year. He reenlisted in 1946 for a
period of three years.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01
AT CONVENTION

AT CONVENTION
superintendent H. c. Secrest is
representing Noble county at the an
nual Ohio Education Association
meeting which opened Monday for
three days at Columbus. Ward
Bishop of Summerfield was the del
egate from Noble county but due
to illness could not attend.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01
REMOVED TO HOSPITAL

Mrs. John Shattuck, of Ava. was
taken to, the Good Samaritan hosp
ital, GAINESVILLE, Monday afternoon
in the McVay-Shilling ambulance
for treatment of injuries she re-
ceived in a fall at her home.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01

UNDERGOES OPERATION
Mrs. Everett Hill was removed to
the st. Francis hospital, Cambridge,
for observation and treatment IN the
Shilling ambulance.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01

REMOVED TO HOSPITAL
William Rice, prominent painter
in Caldwell for number of years,
entered the Ohio Valley hospital at
Wheeling, w. Va, Sunday, where
he will undergo surgical treatment.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01
DEADLINE MONDAY

DEADLINE MONDAY
All dairymen in northern Noble
county interested in artificial insem-
nation must file their application
with Agent Floyd Henderson by
Monday, January S. This deadline
will not be extended said the county
agent.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01
COUNCIL TO MEET

Regular meeting of the Noble
county extension council will be
held Thursday evening, January 8,
at the office of County Agent Floyd
Henderson, Caldwell. Only routine
business will be transacted.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01
TO MARIETTA HOSPITAL

Mrs. Milo King was removed from
her home in Belle Valley in the
ay-Shilling ambulance to the
Marietta Memorial hospital, Mari
eta, for observation and treatment.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01
RECEIVE ORANGES

RECEIVE ORANGES
Mr.. and Mrs. Warn G. Rogers of
the Fern restaurant received a
bushel of Florida oranges during the
Christmas season. They were a gift
from James Meek of Byesville, who
is spending the winter there.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01
REMOVED HOME

Mrs. George Warner and infant
son were removed from Thompson
hospital to their home near Sum-
merfield Saturday in the Brubach
ambulance.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01
INDEPENDENT GAME

The highly touted Cozier Crates
will tangle with the Byesville
American Legion quintet on the
local floor, Monday evening, jan
uary 5. The main attraction will be-
gin at 500 o'clock. A preliminary
game is being planned with the local
Junior high teams.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-01
HOLIDAY DANCE

HOLIDAY DANCE
Sponsored by the American Le-
gion, a mixed dance will be held
at their hall on Main street, Wed-
nesday evening, the hours being
from 900 to 100 o'clock. Noise
makers and hats will be furnished
and the public is invited