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East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1952-12-11

/ on Tuesday, December 9th, at 6:1I
p. m. at the Windermere Metho
dist Church. Mrs. Samuel Forbes
will show movies of her recen
trip to Europe.
Gifts for the Older People a
City Hospital will be collected b!
Miss Lois Wedel, Welfare Chair
man. Following group singing o:
Christmas Songs there will be i,
gift exchange. In charge of ar
rangements are Mrs. C. J. Regal
buto, Mrs. John H. Ward, ant
Mrs. Christ ]. Chermely, jr.
The st. Philomena Guild will
hold their business meeting as wei
as their Christmas program, OF
December 18th instead of the usua
date. The Holy Name Society has
been invited to attend the socia
part of the meeting at 900 p. m.
The Mems Choir, under the
direction of Frank Parker, will
sing Christmas numbers and Mrs
Lawrence Bender, head of the
youth department, will direct ski
Christmas song and chatter"
Mrs. Barth, will serve pie and
coffee.
Christmas decorations will in
clude a Christmas tree.
Mothers of the students of the
Creative Writing Class at Shaw
High School were guests of the
class at a Christmas luncheon
Tuesday noon. The school room
was decorated with wreaths and
other holiday motifs made by the
boys while the girls prepared the
holiday table
After lunch the students read
their original poems and essays
and Mark Shapiro gave piano
selections.
The annual Christmas party of
the Women's Association of the
Windermere Presbyterian Church
will be held at the Church Tuesday,
December 10Th. An excellent pro-
gram of special music and Christ
mas stories has been arranged by
the chairman, Mrs. w. H. thinner
man.
Sewing will begin as usual at
$3.50. Luncheon will be served at
1890 by Mrs. Ralph Beebe. AS is
customary for the Christmas lun-
cheon make your reservation at
the Church office, GIL. 1-085O by
Sunday, December 14th.
Mrs. J. H. Barnes will lead de-
votions for the afternoon program
at 1880. All women of the Church
are cordially invited to attend our
Christmas party.
The Lutheran A Capella Choir,
of choir members from
Lutheran c hurc h e throughout
Greater Cleveland, will sing carols
as their contribution to the huge
Christmas celebration being staged
by the city on Public Square. Their
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1952-12-11
SANTA is COMING

SANTA is COMING
Santa is coming to visit the Pre-
schoolers of the Caledonia School
District. He will drop in at Gale
donia Library about 10:15 the
morning of Wednesday, the 18th,
He will have a gift for every little
boy and every little girl he finds
in the library.
The gift exchange at the Ladies
Aid Party of Calvary Lutheran
Church is being tied up in neat
little package Of one big gift for
Osterlen Home this year. The in
dividual gifts for the children will
come from the Martin Luther and
Married Couples groups. Grille pa
tients will relish the cookies from
the Calvary women, kitchens and
three lap robes will accompany the
cookies.
The Aid Society Party at noon,
December 18th will reveal the
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1952-12-11

hour is 700 pm. December 22nc
and George F. Strickling directs.
"Silent Night, Holy Night" -.
at Came Upon the Midnight Clear
and other Christmas favorites will
be sung at the Vesper service in
East Cleveland Baptist Church
December 21st.
GIFTS FOR CHILDREN - On
Wednesday evening, December
17th, the Alumnae Association of
the Huron Road Hospital School
of Nursing will hold their Christ
mas meeting at 500 p. m. at the
hospital. This year, instead of the
customary gift exchange between
the members, each one Is asked to
bring a gift wrapped toy for a
child up to IL years of age. These
will be then taken to Children's
homes in the city.
Following the business meeting,
entertainment will be furnished by
the Singer Group of the Terpsicho-
rean Club.
Members of the East Cleveland
Woman's Club can really enjoy
their own Christmas party next
Thursday. For they will come
laden with gifts for Blossom Hill,
Rainbow Hospital and Hudson
Farm. They know too, that already
their Christmas checks have been
sent to the Salvation Army and
the Crittenton Home.
For their party it will be carol
singing and a Christmas story by
Mrs. Hazel Richardson Grey,
Daniel Huston, grandson Of Mrs.
Guy T. Rockwell of the club, will
entertain with magic and real
live Santa Claus will distribute
the inexpensive gifts.
Hostesses for the party are
Mrs. F. E. Blasse and Mrs. Arthur
W. Battles.
Christmas news about your club
and its members add to the merry
chain of Christmas participation
by East Clevelanders. Call your
item to PO. 1-3378-or mail it
early for the 5 p. m. Tuesday
deadline for next weeks issue.
The Wesleyan Home Builders
class of Windermere Methodist
Church will hold their annual
Christmas supper and party for
all Windermere Church members,
their families and friends on Fri
day, December 10th at Stroup
Hall.
A complete hot buffet Christmas
supper with special goodies start
the activities at $50 p. m. foli-
lowed by full evening of enter
tainment and festivities for the
entire family a real old time all
church yule party.
This years party is under the
direction of Mr.. Wilbur Lawrence,
chairman of the entertainment
committee and Mrs. Lester Hanson,
chairman of the food committee.
All church members and friends
are invited to attend and renew
old friendships on this festive occa-
sion. Tickets are available from
any class board member or reserva-
tions may be made with Mrs. Han
son at KE. 1-7465. no later than
Sunday, December 14th.
Plumb pudding and spice for the
Business and Professional Wom-
EMS club of Hope church, 1922 Tay-
lor rd., at its annual Christmas
dinner on December 18th at 6:30
D. m. at the church. Officers for
the coming year will be installed
at the business meeting at 8
o'clock, following which there will
be a gift exchange. All business
and professional women are in
vited to attend; however, dinner
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-10-16

through the so cent tax rate, which
was initiated by a Democratic con-
trolled Mayor and Council and kept
in effect by the present Republican
controlled Mayor and Council
Nobody can deny that there have
been differences-serious at times
between the Mayor and the mem
bers of his Council, but those differ
ences have no bearing on this present
tragic situation and l am sure that
the five members of the Council
will be guided, in making their deci-
sion, on the evidence presented at
tonight's meeting.
So | say, without hesitation, that
you taxpayers, if you have any in
terest in your city whatever, should
turn out in large numbers tonight
and give the members of the Coun-
Gil the benefit of your opionion.
This is your city and it is your
money that is being spent, what do
you want done about it?
With the elections just nineteen
days off, the Republican trend seems
to be gaining ground every day.
There is no let-up in the tremendous
and enthusiastic crowds that greet
Eisenhower everywhere he stops and
l just can't believe that this outburst
is just hero-worship.
l repeat again what l have said
many, many times before, that the
voters have very definitely made up
their minds to get rid of the present
administration and they believe that
General Eisenhower will prove to
have very definite will of his own
and will surround himself with the
best brains in the country, despite
the charge by the administration that
he is just a yes-man for the old
guard Republicans.
The voters of these United States
want Eisenhower for other reasons
too. They want him because: he is
not a politician; they want him be-
cause he has not spent years and
years in Congress getting emmeshed
in the "you scratch my back and I'll
scratch yours" political trading, that
has been for so long, unfortunately,
the common practice in Congress;
and they want him because he will
bring to Washington a new concept
of government "Of the People, For
the People, and BY the People.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-10-16

Mayor Herman l.. Mills, speaking
at the regular weekly luncheon
meeting of the KiWanis Club, held
at the Hotel Alexander on Thursday,
told his audience that, due to the
tremendous housing development in
the city, brought about because of
the long time restrictions on build
ing being removed, plus the present
industrial boom, the city finds itself
faced with requests for streets, al
leys, sewerage and water that it is
impossible to provide under the pres
ent so cent tax rate.
"If we are to provide the taXpay-
ers with the facilities they are en-
titled to-" said the Mayor, land at
the same time provide other neces-
sary improvements, such as new
sprinkler for the Municipal Light
Plant and a more modern method of
garbage disposal, to mention just two
items, we are faced with two alter
natives: ID To raise the tax rate to
$500 instead of the so cent rate now
in effect; or ~ To float million
dollar bond issue, which can be
amortized over a period of twenty
years by simply increasing the tax
rate from so cents to 60 cents" The
Mayor then stated that he strongly
recommended the bond issue instead
of the $500 tax rate.
The Mayor explained the opera
ton of the city's finances. He point
ed out that, under the charter, the
Mayor and Council must set up a
budget for the ensuing year and that
under the law that budget cannot be
exceeded.
The budget, he said, allots the
necessary funds for the normal op-
GRAFTON of the city, such as the OPP
Grafton of the light, water, sewerage,
police, engineering and street de-
partments. After all these have
been totaled up, the balance Of the
total budget left over is set aside for
capital improvements, such as the
building Of new streets and other
major improvements.
The Mayor then pointed out that,
with the funds available from all
sources, it is a physical impossibility
to have a capital improvement bud
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-10-16
Parade Seats To Go
On Sale Next Week

Officials of the Alsatia Mummers
Parade, to be held on Thursday, Oc-
tober 80, announced on Monday that
tickets for seats along the line of
march will be placed on sale next
week, although the exact day has not
yet been decided upon.
All seats will be reserved and they
will be at the following locations:
Grandstand seats will be placed in.
all four corners of the Public Square:
another grandstand, seating 900 peo-
pie, will be erected on the lot in
front of the Sheetz property in the
400 block of North Potomac Street
across from the A & p store, while
yet another grandstand seating
1000, will be set up on Memorial
Boulevard, with an adequate flood
light arrangement so those in the
Memorial Boulevard grandstand will
have a full view of the parade.
AS was announced previously, the
route of the parade has been changed
this year and that is why there will
be seats on Memorial Boulevard.
Parade officials also announced
that entries are pouring in for the
various parade groups and all indi-
cations point to the biggest and best
parade since this annual event was
inaugurated by the Alsatia Club.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-10-16

Mr. William p George, Division
Cost Accountant of the Air-Condi-
tioning Division of the General Elec-
trio Company pictured above), will
be the guest speaker at the regular
monthly meeting of the Hagerstown
Chapter of the National Association
of Cost Accountants, which will be
held tonight at the Anthony Wayne
Hotel, Waynesboro, Pa Mr.. George
will speak on the subject, Super
visors and Cost Control"
Mr. George is a graduate of the
University of Kansas, where he re-
ceived a degree in Engineering. He
also holds degree in business adj
ministration from Drake University.
He joined General Electric in 1884
and is a graduate of that Company's
Business Training Course.
While on assignment in the Com
pany's Office Accounting Group in
Schenectady, New York, he was in
charge of the complaining and re-
porting of profit and loss and re-
lated accounting statistics by pro-
ducts. He later served as a travel
ing auditor and in 1941 was assigned
to the Conditioning Division on
a Methods and Procedures survey.
He has since been supervisor of costs,
works accountant and division ac-
countant, the latter named position
the one he currently holds.
Mr.. George has served as an in
structor in various Company ac-
counting and cost courses and is a
mepber of the Newark Chapter Of
the National Association of Cost Ac-
countants.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-10-16
ROBERT A. KELLEY, USN
RETURNS FROM FAR EAST

Robert A. Kelley, electronics tech
nician third class, USN, son of H.
Alvin Kelley, Clear Spring, recently
arrived in Long Beach Calf, aboard
the heavy cruiser .USS Bramerton
after tour of duty in the Far East.
While the Bremerton was in the
combat zone, she fired more than
$4,000 rounds of ammunition into
enemy targets destroying 268 bunk
erS, A mortar positions, large sup
ply dumps, and large fuel and am
munition depots. She ranged from
front line positions to within few
miles of the northern border of Ko-
rea, blasting the enemy at every OPP
portunity.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-10-16

get sufficiently large enough to come
anywhere near providing the inn
provements required, some of which
are most urgent, as long as the pres
ent so cent tax rate is in effect.
'The city" he said, thus faces the
necessity of either raising the tax
rate to $500 in order to provide the
money, or borrowing a million dol
lars and raising the tax rate from so
cents to 60 cents, which will be suffi-
Gent to pay the bonded debt in full
in twenty years.
The Mayor told his audience that
the owner Of a house assessed at &c.
900 pays exactly $4,000 a year prop
erty tax. But the proportionate cost
of providing the owner of that home
with a paved street, sewerage, water
and probably an alley as well, would
be around $500. In other words, he
said, a taxpayer pays $4,000 taxes
per year but wants the city to spend
an immediate $500 on city improve
ments for his property.
In support of his contention, the
Mayor also stated that 100000 will
be needed for the rebuilding of one
of the generators at the light plant
and there is a strong possibility that
a law might be passed at any time
prohibiting the feeding Of garbage to
hogs, adding that such law is al
ready in effect in Canada.
In closing, Mr.. Mills, emphasized
strongly that the city is not broke,
but is simply in a position Of finding
itself with a present revenue unable
to keep pace with the demands for
city service that the ever increasing
number of property owners are en-
titled to.
The meeting was presided over by
President Albert NJ. Long, and the
Mayor was introduced by Roy A.
Letter, chairman of the reception
committee, who arranged the pro-
gram.
Guests at the luncheon were: By
ron McCandless, Hagerstown; State
Senator Dewitt Hyde, Chevy Chase;
and Kiwanians Harvey Bernhard,
Oak Ridge, Tenn; and Julian Roland,
Park Forest, Ill.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-10-16
Three Ministers
Are Assigned Here

At the Evangelical United Breth-
rem Conference, held in Chambers
burg last week, the following new
ministers were assigned to churches
in HagerstoWn.
Rev. Earl Eugene Redding, ST., to
Grace cub. Church. He will sue
coed DR. G.. I. Rider, who has retired
after completing 43 years as pastor
here.
Rev. John w. Fisher to Emanuel
cub. Church, succeeding Rev Rus
sell o. Oyer, who has been transfer
red to Hanover, Pa.
Rev. Joseph H. Yeakel, assistant
minister at st. Paul's E.U.B. Church,
succeeding Rev. Gerald D. Kauff-
man, who has been named pastor of
the Third Church at York, Pa,
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-10-16

an outstanding member of the IBM
Speakers Club. His seeing-eye dog,
Lady, accompanies him to work
and, as shown above, remains with
him at his bench.
Previous to Mr.. Warren's sug-
gestion, the scale and guide mark
ings had been put on by the decal
process. Since this had to be done
entirely by hand it was a slow
method. When the silk-screen pro-
cess was first suggested it was con-
sidered impractical because of the
close tolerances necessary and the
clarity of the print needed to go
with the modern styling of the
typewriter. After careful investiga.
ton and development work, how
ever, it was found that the process
was excellent for the job and Mr..
Warren won his award.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-10-16
TWO LOCAL BOYS ARE.
ABOARD USS MINDORO

Two Hagerstown men-Harold E.
Spickler, airman, U S Navy, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey O. Spickler,
Route 4, and Rodger D. Rhodes,
machinist's mate third class, U S
Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald H.
Rhodes, 644 N. Mulberry ST. re-
Gently participated in the operation
Main Brace aboard the escort air.
craft carrier USS Mindoro.
In daily maneuvers the NATO
naval forces conducted air and sur
face operations, fueled at sea and
trained in communications designed
to bridge language barriers and the
differing techniques among the in
ternational forces.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-10-16
THOMAS KERFOOT SERVING
ABOARD USS OLYMPUS

Thomas J. Kerfoot, seaman, u S
Navy, son of R. D. Kerfoot, 1927 Vir-
ginia Ave, recently participated in
the operation Main Brace aboard the
amphibious force flagship USS
Mount Olympus.
In daily maneuvers the NATO
naval forces conducted air and sur
face operations, fueled at sea and
trained in communications designed
to bridge language barriers and the
differing techniques among the in
ternational forces.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-10-16
Historical Society
Will Meet Tonight
James w. Foster, Director Of
The Maryland Historical So
ciety, VIII Be Guest Speaker.

James w. Foster, director of the
Maryland Historical Society, will be
the guest speaker at a membership
meeting of the Washington County
Historical Society, to be held at 800
o'clock this evening at the Mansion
House in the City Park. Mr.. Foster
has chosen as his subject, early
Homes Of the Eastern Shore" sup
plemented by a series Of color slides.
During his visit here, Mr.. Foster,
who is a staunch hacker of the JON
athan Hager House restoration pro-
.ject, the chairman of which is Mrs.
Frank W. Mish, Jr., will inspect the
work on the project. He will also
investigate the authenticity Of sew
eral pieces of Amelung glass that are
owned privately in Hagerstown.
A recent exhibit of Amelung glass
ware, the first ever undertaken by
the Maryland Historical Society,
created considerable national inter
est, with particular attention being
paid to a signed Amelung goblet
purchased by the Maryland Histor-
zeal Society for $4,000. The rare old
glass is traced back to a factory at
Bremen, at the mouth of the Mono
cacy River, and is well known to
historians through the collection of
Henry du Pont, in his Delaware
home, ''Winterthur," now open to the
public as a museum.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-10-16
RUSSELL HAM SERVING
ABOARD USS TURNER

Russell J. Ham, Jr, fireman, u S
Navy, 10 South Potomac Street,
recently participated in the opera
ton Main Brace aboard the radar
picket destroyer USS Turner.
In daily maneuvers the NATO
naval forces conducted air and sur
face operations, fueled at sea and
trained in communications designed
to bridge language barriers and the
differing techniques among the in
ternational forces.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-10-16

speaker at the regular luncheon
meeting of the Kiwanis Club to be
held at the Hotel Alexander at 1915
p. m. today.
Mr.. du Pont, who is the admins
trative assistant of the du Pont Com
pany's Public Relations Department,
will speak on, We're Working While
Rome Burns" during which he will
draw some basic conclusions on the
American business and industrial
picture as he sees it today.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-10-16
AROU&IsS TOWN
WITT THE EDITOR

Perhaps the most important meet
ing ever held by this, or any other
Mayor and Council, will be held to-
night at 7;3O o'clock in the City Hall,
when Mayor II. l.. Mills will formally
present to his Council the full state
ment of the present financial condi-
ton of the city, and give his recon-
mendation on what should be done
about it.
As you know, the amount of money
that the city can spend during any
current year is based on the antici-
pated revenues for that year. IN
fortunately, however, due in large
part to the ridiculously low so cent
tax rate for a city the size of Hagers-
town, the revenue, for several years
has not been big enough to provide
a budget even to take care of the
normal requirements of the city.
As a result of this, the Mayor and
Council now find themselves in a
position where their budget for 1852
is exhausted, with thousands and
thousands of dollars worth of i'm
portant projects left undone, and.the
tragic part of it is, that unless some
action is taken at tonight's Council
meeting to step up the anticipated
revenue for 1858, the end of that
year will find the city in an even
worse position than it is in today.
Taxpayers who live on Devon
shire Road and Nottingham Road, to
cite just two Of the many projects
that cannot be taken care of because
the budget has already been spent,
are without proper streets, proper
sewerage and proper water facilities.
Home owners on these two streets
have been begging and pleading for
these facilities not just this year, but
for the past three or four years or
more, and all they have got has been
unfulfilled promises. But these same
people have had to pay their city tax
rate just the same as home owners
who have been provided with every
city facility.
1t will be shown at tonight's meet
ing that it will take at least a mil
lion dollars to complete the back
long of city improvements-all of
which are urgently needed - and
these projects include, in addition to
streets, alleys, sewerage, water and
lights, such major projects as: a
new sprinkler system at the light
plant, a modern sanitary garbage
disposal system, and the rebuilding
of one of the generators at the light
plant
The five members of the Council,
who must decide what to do with
the Mayors recommendation, which
he has already stated must be either
a very substantial increase in the tax
rate-as high as $3.50 or $500 or
the floating of million-dollar bond
issue, which the Mayor has stated
can be amortized in full in 20
years by raising the tax rate only 10
or Is cents.
The members of the Council are
only human like you and and it is
your duty, as a citizen and tax
payer, to be present at the meeting
tonight and tell these five men your
ideas, to help them in coming to the
best decision.
This is not political question, for
the present unfortunate situation
has been largely brought about
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-10-16

DESPITE total blindness since
- birth, Roger T. Warren received
an award of $1,130 from the Inter-
national Business Machines Corp.
for suggesting the application of
the silk-screen process to speed
time-consuming phase of typewrit-
er production. As a result of his
suggestion, the time required to put
the front paper scale and paper
guide markings on the lBM electric
typewriter was reduced. More than
three hours in production time was
saved on every 100 machines by
Warren's method.
Employed as an assembler at
the company's Poughkeepsie, N: Y.
plant since 1912, Mr.. Warren has
completed course in radio serv-
icing and is an accomplished pianist
and accordion player. He is also
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-10-16
German Students At O. OF Md.

Seven young German penologists
have entered upon a years study at
the University of Maryland, College
Park, in preparation for work with
German penal institutions. The six
men and one woman were selected
by the U. S. High Commissioner for
Germany to make the study. The
program is under the auspices of the
State Department.