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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-06-15
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
STATE OF OHIO
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Columbus. Ohio
June 10. 1850
FnOinaar of CaIaS anaJ Tz,,

NO. 50-252
UNIT PRICE CONTRACT
Sealed proposals will oe received
at the office of the State Highway
Director of Ohio, at Columbus. Ohio.
until 1000 A. M, Ohio Standard
Time, Thursday, July 6, 1850, for i'm
provementS in:
Proposals Nos. / to inclusive are
offered as one project and will be
awarded as one contract.
Proposal No.
Noble County, Ohio on Section 0.0C
lPart), State Route No. las, in JEFF
ferson and Elk Townships, by apply
ing a bituminous treatment, Items
T30 and T-32.
Pavement: Width l8 feet
Length 45.566.40 feet or 1858 miles.
Proposal No. 2
Washington County, Ohio. on Sec
tons 600 and 698. State Route No
76, in Belpre and Barlow Townships
hv APPLYING a bituninous treatment
Items T-30 and T-32. ,-,. -.-as .--se.r.-
Pavement: Width 20 feet; Length
II ,352 90 feet. I" r@.-'' 5
Width IS feet; Length 11,14o8O feet
Total Length 22,492.8o feet or 4.2t
miles.
Proposal No. 3
Washington County, Ohio, on Sec
tions 600 Lower SalemD, and 049
State Route No. las, in Salem Town
ship, by applying a bituminous treat
ment. Items T-30 and T-32.
Pavement; Width l8 feet. Length
2,537 20 feet.
Width 18 feet, Length 14.7s4 90 feet
Total Length 1872 feet or 3.2S
miles.
Proposal No. t
Washington County, Ohio, on Sec
ton 0.00 State Route. No. 55. in Bel
pre-, Decatur and Fairfield Town
cI, hxF ofnnIuifl0 hiftITniYOnItc
treatment, Items T-3o and TSP.
Pavement: Width l6 feet.
Length 50,476.80 feet or 9.56 miles.
Proposal No. 5
Washington County, Ohio, on Sec"
ton 1903, State Route No. 676, in
Warren, and Watertown Townships
by applying a bituminous treatment
Pavement: Width 18 feet.
Length 80 SAT 20 feet or 6-24 miles.
Proposals Nos. ! to inclusive OF
this project to be completed not later
than October Is, 1850.
The minimum wage to be paid to al
labor employed on this contract shall
be in accordance with the Schedule
of Prevailing Hourly Wage Rates As
certained and Determined by The De-
partment of Industrial Relations appi.
cable to State Highway Department
Improvements in accordance with Sec.
tions l7-3, 17-4, 17-4a, It's and lisa oi
the General Code of Ohio.
The bidder must submit with his
bid a certified check in the amount
of S5,824.00.
Plans and specifications are on file
in the department of highways anc
the office of the division deputy di-
rector.
The director reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
T. J. KAUER.
State Highway Director
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Legal Notice
Common Pleas Court
Noble County, OHIO
Carbide and Carbon Corp


Noble County, OHIO
Union Carbide and Carbon Corp.
Plaintiff
Nelson Rowlands. ct al
Defendants
No. s049
Harold Thomas Haas, a minor, 1907
Mountain Avenue, Ell Paso, Texas, and
George w Haas. father and natural
guardian of Harold Thomas Haas, a
minor, 1907 Mountain Avenue, FL Paso,
Texas. will take notice that Union
Carbide and Carbon Corporation has
! filed an action against said Harold
Thomas Haas, a minor, and others in
the Common Pleas Court of Noble
County, Ohio. Plaintiff is the owner
, of fee simple interest in and in pos
session of the lands described as. fol-
: lows
/ Situated in the State of Ohio, Coun-
| ty of Noble and Township of Enoch
and being that part of the Southeast
quarter of the Southeast quarter of
Section 80, Township 6, Range which
lies East of road running through
said Southeast quarter of the South
east quarter of said Section 80 as the
same was located on December Is,
1876 and South of a line parallel to
and 81 rods North from the South line
of said Southeast quarter of the South
| east quarter of said section 80 con-
f! tanning one acre more or less but
! subject to all legal highways.
/ Said Harold Thomas Haas is a
grandnephew and heir at law of Jonas
| Morland RoWlands of Noble County,
Ohio. who died intestate on February
| II. 1889. Plaintiff acquired title to an
undivided one-half interest in the
premises hereinbefore r i b c d
/ through a deed from o. p. Rowlands,
administrator of the estate of said
Jonas Morland RoWlands. which was
! executed and delivered pursuant TO
the order of the Probate Court OF
| Noble County, Ohio, in an action to
1 sell said lands to pay the costs of
| administration and the debts of the
estate of said Jonas Morland Row
lands. Said deed described the prem
ises thereby conveyed as an un-
divided one-half interest in and TO
4 Fraction No. ] in the Southeast quar-
| ter of the Southeast quarter of Sec
| tion 80, Township 6, Range 8. BY long
| established custom in Noble County
| Ohio, such description was used as a
| short method of describing the same
premises as were described in the lat
est deed of record in the chain oi
title in which metes and bounds
| description had been used and on the
basis of which the premises had beer
plotted and numbered on the tau
maps of the county. The prayer of the
petition is that the title of the plain.
| iff be quieted against the claims oi
said Harold Thomas Haas, a minor
and the claims of other heirs at Law
of said Jonas Morland Rowlands. Said
| defendant Harold Thomas Haas. q
minor, is required to file his answer
| i'm said action or or before the 22no
! day of July, 1850. or judgment viii
be taken against him.
| L. c. YOUNG,
SQUIRE, SANDERS &, DEMPSEY
Attorneys for Plaintiff
46-52
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For Sale-DwELLINGs LOTS

FOUR ROOM house with full
basement. AZ acres of land On
good road close to Dexter City.
GOOD MODERN seven room
house in Caldwell, Bath, gas,
electrity, furnace, and garage.
FIVE ROOM house in Macks-
burg. Gas, electric. Very low
price on this home.
SEVEN ROOM house in cald-
well. Gas, electric, bath, auto
matte gas furnace. Modern built
in kitchen. Garage on paved
street. Good location. Reduced
aprice.
GOOD SIX room house in
Belle Valley. Paved street.
Close to school and church. Gas
and electricity. Lots of good
furniture included. A bargain
GOOD SIX ROOM house in
Macksburg. Paved street. Gas
and electricity. Bath, Very rea-
sonable.
GOOD FIVE ROOM house in
Caldwell. Paved street. Gas,
electricity, running water, bath
In good location.
125 ACRES WITH good five
room house. Electricity, free
-gas. Full basement, good barn
\ and on good road. See this now
CHESTER HOWILER, Salesman
516h West st. Phone 250-W
Caldwell, Ohio
Thurman r. Hazard, Broker
Central National Bank Bldg.
Gam hridoa Obio
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Common Pleas Court
Clyde Williams.
Plaintiff,
VS..
Ella Persing.
Case No. 9043
Notice is hereby given, that on Sat-
1850. at the hour of 10 100 o'clock, A NJ.
will offer for sale at public auction
at the west door of the Court House
in Caldwell, Ohio, the following real
estate, situate in the County of Noble
and State of Ohio. and in the Town
ship of Jefferson, to-wit:
And known as the East part of the
Southwest quarter of Section Thirty
Six 1861 Township Six l6l and Range
Eight (8) beginning at the Southeast
corner of said lot of land. thence west
sixty rods 1907. thence North one hum
dred and sixty rods t160), thence East
sixty rods t601 thence South one
hundred and sixty rods (160), to the
place of beginning containing sixty
acres (60).
Appraised at $l5OoOO. and cannot be
sold for less than TWO-THIRDS of
that amount.
Said premises to be sold as the
property of the parties 70 the above
action, on an order of sale IN Partition
from the Common Pleas Court of
Noble County Ohio. and directed TO
me the undersigned Sheriff.
TERMS OF SALE: CASH IN HAND
AT TIME OF SALE.
CLAYTON MCKEE,
Sheriff of Noble County, Ohio
BY George w. Mckee. Deputy
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FOR SALE
For SaIe-DWELLINGs LOTS

WHERE is the young fellow
who would like to have a 40
acre farm with good seven room
house and other buildings. So
cheap. To see it is to buy it.
WELL, 1T is mighty good l27
acre farm, with good build
ings, which we will gladly show
you at any time. and it is priced
right.
WELL, IT'S a new home in the
country, short distance from
Route 81. Improved road. 25
acres. Nice place to live. Good
buildings.
GOOD CEMENT block service
station and repair garage. On
U. S. Route 81. Stock at invoice
price. Tools and equipment.
JUST LISTED a good seven
room house with bath. Cen
trally located. Priced to sell.
WELL, IT'S mighty nice clear
stock of groceries and all fix
lures in A No. l shape-good
town in Guernsey county, 2(
years in business at same loca.
tion-retiring. A moneymakel
for the right fellow.
WELL, IT'S a nice location or
U. S. Route 81. 26 acres priced
to sell. ....
ONE OF the best building lots
in Caldwell. Fine location
Priced to sell.
Any one of the properties well
worth the price.
HOWARD M. SHAFER
! Office l25 Residence 333
iao-c1l D,1l1- NNtl-,on HL;-
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

Estate of Orville McGarry, Deceased
Notice is hereby given that Paul
M Clark. of Caldwell, Ohio has been
duly appointed Administrator of the
Estate of Orville McGarry, deceased.
late of Jackson Township, Noble
County, Ohio.
Creditors are required to file their
claims with said fiduciary within four
months or be forever barred.
Dated this 9th day of June, 1850.
OTTO POLLING.
Probate Judge of said County
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SEE JOE AND RED for the
best property deal in town.

SEE JOE AND RED for the
best property deal in town.
A GOOD dairy farm on Route
rs. east of Caldwell, 81 acres,
equipped to produce grade A
milk. Twenty-eight head of
dairy stock and all farm equip
ment can be purchased if de-
sired.
100 ACRES of stock and tractor
farm with free gas, seven room
house, two barns and other out
4 buildings. Oil wells ON farm. Old
age is reason for selling.
STORAG ROOM and three
room apartment in Olive.
Could be converted into home.
SEVEN ROOM house and bath
on Belford Street.
ONE LOT in Caldwell at the cor
ner of Miller and Playground
Streets.
SMALL FARM of q acres near
South Olive. Six room house,
chicken house, smoke house, hog
house, corn crib, two-car garage,
small barn, John Deere LA trac-
tor, trailer, disc harrow, l4-inch
plow, cultivator, three milk cows,
steer calf, two hogs and fifty
barred rock hens.
ONE BUILDING LOT on North
Street, West.
SIX ROOM house in Olive, gas
and electricity.
FARM of 257 acres in Beaver
township. Eight room house,
with water electricity and free
gas in house; II other buildings
including three b arms, silo
brooder house and chicken
houses; well watered through
out; good cattle and sheep farm;
located on good country road; on
school bus, mail route and two
milk routes. Priced at $4,000.
LOTS FOR sale on Routes21 op-
posite state park. Pick your
lot early and get first choice.
ALI lots 100 #. front by l20 it.
deep.
l66 ACRE farm. Good stock or
dairy farm. Plenty of good
buildings.
SEVEN ROOM house ON Fair
ground street. Furnished and
modern.
EIGHT ROOM house with two
extra lots on North Street.
Modern.
HAVE DEMAND for $4,000 to
$4,000 homes.
REDMOND G.. ARCHER
Salesman
IOOF Bldg. Basement
Phone 1871 Caldwell, Ohio
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SEALED BIDS will be received
at the office of the clerk, in
Caldwell, Ohio, for one Tappan
Deluxe CPV665 gas range, until
1900 o'clock noon, Friday, June
%. The board reserves the right
to reject any or all bids.
By order of the Caldwell EX-
empted Village Board of Educa-
ton. w. Vernon Archer, Clerk.
1880
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EIGHT ROOM house, gas fur
mace, bath, incomplete, full
basement; six room house, mod
-@ern, except for furnace, full
basement; eight room house
with bath, good heating system,
Sfull basement, garage. All in
Summerfield. Also a 81 acre
dairy farm close to Summer
field. Dairy herd, farm and
dairy equipment also, if desired.
= Hallack Real Estate Service
(. A. r. Fogle, Mgr.
Summerfield, Ohio.
1880
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NOTICES

CEMETERY LETTERING. We
are equipped for lettering OF
monuments already erected IN
the cemetery. For complete sat-
isfaction in any kind of monu-
mental work call or write,
Parks Memorials, Caldwell, Ohio
Phone 1861, Box Isl, Malcolm
Parks. owner. 48-51
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MODERN SEVEN room house on
North Street, bath and furnace,
See Bill Estadt at Wehr's Store,
Caldwell, Ohio. 1880
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'sS ss WANT AID SECTION z9SGsgSg s,;;' ss
Phone
SO
PUBLIC SALES

SOLD my home in
Sarahsville, | will sell at public
auction the following personal
property on
FRIDAY, JUNE Is, 1850
Beginning at 100 O'clock
Living room suite, piano and
bench, dining room table with
three extra boards, straight
chairs, stands, hall tree, chest of
drawers, secretary, two congo
leum rugs, small four burner gas
stove, gas heaters, table model
radio, electric mixer, Is quart
pressure cooker canner, kitchen
stool, porch swing, screen door
frames, fire screen, cabinet base,
22x27, baby buggy, bathinette,
bassinette, garden pillow, lard
kettle, mail box and other
articles too numerous to mention
DONALD HANNAHS, Owner
Joe Secrest, Auctioneer 4S
HAVING SOLD my farm, l am
offering for sale at public auc-
ton, in Berne, Ohio, the follow
ing household goods on
SATURDAY, JUNE II, 1850
Beginning at LOO p. m.
Kitchen cabinet, round kitchen
table, davenport, library table
electric lamp, antique bureau
dresser, Warm Morning coal
heater, iron bed, wooden bed
blankets and quilts, rocking
chair and also other chairs, a
number of dishes, copper cold
packer, some garden tools ano
other articles.
Terms of. Sale-Cash.
! RAYMOND SMITH, Owner
48-4S
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ANYONE NEEDING Full e r
brushes, refills and Fuller's
Debutante cosmetics phone Cald-
we'll 295-R. 49-50-5lch
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WANTED TO RENT

WANTED TO RENT. Five or six
room house in c ldw e i /.
Phone 237-W, Caldwell, Ohio.
48-50pd
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NOW rs THE time TO check the
condition of your lawn mower
For expert sharpening and re-
pairing see Joe Estadt at The
/ Caldwell Implement & Supply
CO.. Caldwell, Ohio.
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FOR SALE
For Saie--PLANTS

PLANTS OF A healthy variety,
including tomato, celery, and
cauliflower. See George Craft,
BIS Playground Street, across
from Cozier Container Corp.
49-52pd
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FOR RENT

FOUR ROOM apartment. Pri-
vate bath and entrance. 813
Lewis Street, Caldwell, Ohio.
49pd
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NOTICES

BABY HICKS s. Last hatch
June 18th. We will have extra
White Rocks, New Hampshires,
and White Leghorns. Started
chicks, SO White Leghorns, three
weeks old and SO one week old,
25 pullets, week old. Buckey's
Hatchery, Caldwell, Ohio. 40
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DOES YOUR LIVINGROOM
SUITE, odd chair or any of
your household furniture need
to be upholstered? If so, expert
and satisfactory work can be as
sured by calling 219, Caldwell.
We pickup and deliver. 37tf
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-06-15

SEE US for your bottle gas
needs. We are agents for Ash
land bottle gas. Quick and de-
pepdable service on your bottle
gas needs. See us for your
needs. Donald D. Nichols, Cald-
well, Ohio. 36tf
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WANTED

MIR. AND MRS c. E. Tilton will
arrange to turn over their
home in GAINESVILLE, Ohio, to
some man and wife, without
children, who will move in and
care for them the rest of their
lives. Those desiring this oppor-
tunity will please write to c. E.
Tilton, 1903 Wheeling Avenue,
GAINESVILLE, Ohio. 49
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SIX ROOM house with base
ment. Two acres of land.
Water in basement, well, plenty
Iof fruit. Located at junction of
State Routes 78 and 146. Also a
service station on the property.
SD. E. Kinkade, Summerfield,
Ohio. 49-5lpd
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NOTICE
The undersigned will offer for sale
at public auction on the 18th day Of
June. 1850. in the Directors Room of
the First National Bank in Caldwell.
Noble County. Ohio, beginning al
1000 o'clock a. m, Ten f10) shares of
capital stock of the First National
Bank of Caldwell, Ohio
TERMS OF SALE-Cash on con-
firmation of sale.
A L. SCHAFER Executor of the
Estate of c. w. Smith. Deceased
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SIX ROOM house, modern with
b a h. Conveniently located,
one block from public square.
Priced $4800 Mrs. R. c. Moore,
Caldwell, Ohio. Phone 266.
1880
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SWEET POTATO plants any,
time as long as they last. Also
nice tomato plants. Donald Reed
613 Spruce Street, Caldwell,
Ohio. 49tf
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AUTHORIZED DEALERS i'm
Rock of Ages monuments.
Other popular stones. Come In
and we will help you i'm your
selection. Guernsey Memorials,
Fred Legraen, Manager, CaId-
well, Ohio. 3Otf
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COAL HAULED - From any
mine. Lime hauled from White
Cottage, GAINESVILLE. Order yours
,iowl Sand, gravel, and crushed
limestone hauled and spread.
Amos Franklin, 204 East Main
Street, Caldwell, Ohio, Phone
207-W. 45tf
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LOST

SET OF false teeth in the vici-
nifty of Olive Green Church.
Teeth were in a red baseball
cap when lost. Finder please re-
turn to The Journal office. 40
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SIX ROOM house in Byesville,
all newly redecorated, cleo
tricity, gas, city water and two
additional large lots. Priced to
sell. Take over CT loan. Inquire
at 215 Watson Avenue, ByesVille,
Ohio. 48 81 pd
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For SaIe-MTSCELLANEOUs

1-16 h. p. Scott-Atwater mo-
tor. Used two hours. Dealers
cost. Fleeman Pontiac Co, u. S.
Route u, south of Caldwell,
Ohio 1850
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LATE TOMATO and cabbage
plants. Is cents a dozen or
Sl.00 per hundred. Pepper plants
three dozen for so cents. Mrs.
Ellis Eicher, Sharon, Ohio. 49pd
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SIX ROOM, one floor plan
house with basement. Located
in SummerfieldA Hot and cold
running water, coal furnace, new
automatic gas hot water heater
and venitian blinds. New Sc"
sink and six foot Snack bar in
kitcnen. Price $3,TU0. Write
V'Non West, 329 Florence Street,
Washington, c. H., Ohio.
46-49pd
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NOTICES

GRINDING AND mixing, 800
o'clock A. NJ, TO 400 p. NJ.
except Thursday: 300 O'Clock
"A. NJ, to 1900 noon. Sunshine
Feed Store, Caldwell Ohio,
Phone ia. 24tf
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SHOATS AND eight weeks old
pigs. See John Anderson, Ball
Hollow. 49pd
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For Sale--FARMS
For Sale-LIVESTOCK

BLACK DRAFT mare, eight
years old, sound; also Is pigs
to go anytime. G. w. Ankrom,
Quaker City, Ohio, Route /.
49-51pd
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HAVING SOLD my home in
Sarahsville, will sell at public
auction the following personal
Tarnfnnrfrr On
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For Sale-MACHINERY TOOLS

MILWAUKEE BINDER. In very
good condition. Can be oper-
ated either by tractor or horse.
II, S. Nicholson, Pleasant City,
Ohio, Route 2. 49pd
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PLANTS FOR sale. Tomato, cab
bage, pepper, celery and sweet
potato. Also few flower plants.
See Mrs. Ira Pryor, last house on
east Bridge Street, Caldwell,
Ohio. 47-49pd
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WELL PUMP with 40 feet of
pipe. Good condition, $40. 200
good used slate, 12"x15" Price
lOc each. Mrs. N. S. Reed, phone
93-M. 47-49pd
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FRIERS, 35c lb. on FOOT. 55c ID.
dressed. Harry Merritt, Phone
74O-F-3, Caldwell, Ohio. 47-49pd
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$50 POUNDS of strictly pure
EUSTON standard white lead.
Price $4,000. Heppner's Sohio
Service, Caldwell Route A. in
Olive. 1880
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For Sale-HOuSEHOLD GOODS

KITCHEN RANGE in good con-
dition. See DR.. H. B. Hume,
Caldwell, Ohio. 49pd
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Sheriff's Sale
In Partition

The State of Ohio,
Noble County. Ohio
Common Pleas Court
Clyde Williams.
Plaintiff,
| VS..
Ella Persing.
Defendant
Evening star., 1950-11-10
MRS. MELICE.

MRS. MELICE.
st. Joseph's Church ,Das the
scene OF the recent Wedding
OF Miss Rutchdrine BolSehd-
koaDc to Mr.. Joseph Melice,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Me
lice, NTH Father John Vincent
Conner Officiating.
Evening star., 1950-11-10

MRS. TICKLE.
Miss. Dorothy H.. Wentworth,
daughter OF the Req. and Mrs.
C. d. Wentworth OF Augusta,
Maine, was married recently
to Mr.. Lee F. Fickle, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Floyd Fickle OF Null
berry, Ind. The ceremony took
place In the Mt. Vernon Place
Methodist Church with the
Req. Wentworth and the Req.
A. H. Warner Officiating.
Harris -E,Ding Photo.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1950-09-29

VI OtOIAAcA AAVUN4 "a - ~--A~> UAAG wa IA
in answer to the communist pre-
tensions, and that's a splendid
vision," Mr.. johnson continued.
"But Brotherhood b gins. on a
man to man basis here at home
in our states, communities and
neighborhoods for a single
week in any year but day by day
and year by year."
The National Conference of
Christians and Jews was organe
lied in 1928 to promote UNDER
standing and goodwill among all
groups in American life. It's
Brotherhood Week observance is
held each year throughout the
nation during the week of Wash
ington's birthday.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1950-09-29

nelghborS and served with them.
Yet in religious practice they
were, in the beginning, strictly
Orthodox with the ritual of the
Portuguese Jews. Joseph Tobias
was the first president of Kahal
Kadosh Beth Elohim in the year
1850. Il like to believe that he
was the ancestor of Thomas J.
Tobias who is the president in
the year 195O)
found that toward the end of
the 18th century Jews were i'm
portant people in the varied life
of Charleston. They were in pub
lie office. in medicine. in art and
literature. in public philanthropy.
in large public works. in the
clubs and in the general social
life: they contributed generously
to Christian and non-sectarian in
stitution.
They fought in the War of 1912
and in the Mexican War; 1872
Charleston Jews went with the
Confederate army in the War Be-
tween the States; Is were kill
ed.
In the year of 1924. AZ of the
members Of Kahal Kadosh Beth
Elohim broke away from the
congregation and organized the
Reformed Society of Israelites.
but in 1888 there was a roconcil-
iation. Yet when in 1910 the ma
joritY of the congregation voted
to install an organ. 40 conserva-
tive members seeded and es-
tablished another congregation.
Thus Reform was Graded in
Charleston, South Carolina. Now
it has a bigger brother = the
Orthodox Birth Shalom Congre-
cation, born in 1856, whose men,
bership of East European des-
cent, exceeds that of Reform Ka-
hal Kadosh Beth Elohim, 200
years old. The two congregations
are good neighbors over the brick
wall that encloses Kahal Kadosh
Beth Elohim. The men under the
fading stones in the old cemetery
are the revered fathers of both.
Finally, getting statistical for an
instant, I should report that the
Jews of Charleston number some
25OO)