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Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29
FREDERICK
By Mrs. Emma HOYey
Phone Frederica 1911

Church News;
FTederica Methodist Church
Rev. Roy L. Jones, Pastor
Sunday School, 10 a. m. Mr.. John
Woodrow, Superintendent
Morning Worship, II a. m. Ser
mon by our Pastor.
Sunday evening service: 8 p. m.
Thursday evening service: 500
b. m.
June is just around the corner
and folks will be saying: Happy
the bride the sun shines oni It's
true, who ever saw an unhappy
bride or wants to.
Summer vacations start in full
this month; school is NOver and
children are happy. So much to do
in the summer time and too lazy
to do it. Well, the cool banks of
the old fishing hole looks inviting,
SO let's wander there awhile, no
matter if the fish aren't biting.
We can lie back on the grassy
banks and dOze off a spell. Grand
pa would rather dOze than fish,
and a larger fish can be caught,
in a dream, than on a bent pin"
anytime So let's dream awhile!!
Come on!
Don't forget the Strawberry
Festival this Friday evening, May
29th, at Frederick School grounds.
1t it's not clear, it will be held
inside. Come out, folks.
Mrs. Elsie Fisher and son, Mr..
Harry Fisher, spent Tuesday and
Wednesday in Philadelphia and
Camden, N. ]. They visited with
Mr. and Mrs. William Williamson,
while in New Jersey.
Mrs. Linwood Clark and children,
Eddie and Sharon of Wilmington,
were Sunday visitors with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Rob-
bins
5 Sunday dinner guests Of Mrs.
Merton HOvey and Mrs. Lurline
Neel we're Mr.. and Mrs William
Seaeord, Mrs. Ellen Belts and Ellen
Louise.
Saturday guests of Mrs. Lucy
Kersey at Web5's Nursing Home
were Mrs. Ella Melvin, FELTON,, and
Mrs Howard Melvin of New York.
Mr. and Mrs Floyd Kemp of Ger
mantOwn, Pa, were her Sunday
guests.
Mrs. Ada Davis of New Castle,
Delaware, visited her mother, Mrs.
ShOckley, on Sunday at the Webb
Nursing Home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer T. Hopkins,
Sr., and Mrs. Margaret Satterield
entertained their son and brothers
family, DR.. and Mrs. Homer T.
Hopkins, Jr., and daughter, Becky,
Of Beltsville, Md, on Sunday. Their
other guest was Mr.. Darlington
Burgess of Harrington.
= Mr.. "Al" Warrington, as he was
known to his many friends and
neighbOrs, passed away on May
10th. He resided here for several
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29
scHooL EoR WAIIREssEs

SALT LAKE CITY-(P)-Hash
singers are plentiful but we'll
trained mattresses are scarce.
To overcome the scarcity in this
section, a school is conducted to
teach how to tote that tray and
lay that platter down. The salt
Lake Area Vocational School, with
the cooperation of the Utah State
Restaurant Association, gives a
sfx-week course to mattresses.
Students are lectured on person.
.al appearance, how to keep the
thumb out of the soup, and safe
ways to carry large trays Of food
or an armload of crockery.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29
EURoREAN BoRN aYANkEEs.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. tR)- If
you think Connecticut is the home
of the Yankee The largest ele-
ment among the foreign horn IN
this state, according to latest cen-
sus tabulations, is the Italian-born
group, Of which New Haven has
the largest number. Second is the
Polish group. with New Britain
having more than any other Nut
meg city. Third are those Of Cana
dian origin, principally French
speaking, of whom there are more
in Hartford than in any other city
in the state.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29

Jr., of Greensboro, Md, spent sun
day with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Bishop, Sr.
Those from town attending the
Junior Prom in honor of the senior
class were Katherine Flanagan,
Dickey Gordon, Dick Morris and
George GOoden.
Anyone sending news items to
me by mail, please have it in by
Monday. Thank you.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29

A quarter of the live girl babies
born in 1900 in the United States
died before there were % years old; !;
today a quarter of the girl babies
born are not likely to die until
they are more than 66 years old.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-01-22
Operating SherfS SOfce Cost
GeangaG.5 .52perPeronm52

County officers made 476 ar
rests during the past year, ac-
cording to the report. Thirty
one of the arrests were women;
SO were juveniles and 382 were
men. Approximately one out of
every four men arrested were
Negroes. Thirty of the arrests
were on felony charges and
356 non miSdemeanors.
The county Jail during the
past year served 5,183 meals
to prisoners. The telephone rang
993 times as Geauga people
called in complaints. There were
25,650 radio messages ex-
changed with deputies cars or
nearby police stations.
The department investigated
and filed reports on 470 auto
mobile accidents during the past
year. (This figure does not in
clude accidents in Chardon or
Middlefield village or by the
state patroD.
The sheriff's department dur
ing the past year operated with
four deputies regularly on the
road and three radio operators.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-01-22
Fire DESTROYS
Barn at Troy

A large barn housing 40
head of cattle was destroyed
by fire on the Eden Russell
farm on Rt. 700, Troy Town
ship, at 2:26 am. today.
AS the Burton Fire Depart
ment was engaged in fighting
the East Claridon school fire
with three other departments,
the Chardon Fire Department,
also at the school fire, took
over the Burton run.
|. The Parkman Fire Depart
ment also was at the scene,
along with the Middlefield Fire
Department.
46 valuable cows were res
cued. Three others were so
badly burned they had to be
killed. Also destroyed was a
atractor, considerable farm
equipment and other contents.
Eden Russell is a brother of
Marvin Russell, chief of the
Burton Fire Department.
Fire Chief Jack Maynard of
Chardon department said at
tention was given to saving the
: several adjoining farm build
ings successfully. 4.
Firemen estimate the loss at
SIS, 900 or more.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-01-22
Men in Service

WITH THE IND. ARMORED
DIV. IN GERMANY - Pfc.
Kenneth c. Kronk, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Kronk, Chardon,
Ohio, recently arrived in Ger
many and is now serving with
the End. Armored Division.
Part of western Europe's
NATO Army, this division is
undergoing constant field train
ing in Germany.
World War II veterans will
remember this same division
Belgium and crossed the Ger
raced across France in the sum-
mer of 1914, drove through
man border at Schimmert on
the 18th of September. They
encountered fierce fighting in
! deep snow that winter in the
Ardennes forest while helping
to reduce the German Bulge"
Kronk entered the Army in
January, 1851, and was sta
toned at Camp Polk, La, be-
fore receiving orders transferr-
! ing him to Europe.
A former student of Ohio
State University, he was en-
ployed in civilian life as a
salesman for Van Gorder Hard
ware, Chardon.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-01-22
,Geauga Has
5th Fatality
of Year

n Three men riding home on a
dark road from an evening
spent in taverns failed to turn
on the curve on Route 86 at
Dewey Rd. in Montville about
2:30 Saturday morning and as
a result Albert SCHNEIDER, SO,
of Mentor, driver of the car,
Yis dead and Geauga marks up
its fifth traffic fatality of the
year.
Two passengers in Schindler's
car suffered only minor in
juries. The men had left home
about ten o'clock and had been
6yisiting near Orwell and were
on their way home. After the
car rolled over the two called
neighbor. who rushed the
three to Lake County Memorial
hospital where, SCHNEIDER was
dead on arrival.
The accident victim was bora
m Cleveland and lived in
Hambden. before moving to
Mentor township about four
years ago.
SCHNEIDER was a partner in
the construction firm doing
business as "Bill and Al Con-
struction Work"
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-01-22

trees, of course, must be obtain
ed from commercial sources.
The Extension Office in Burten
also has available a list of
of sources of tree planting
stock.
The lack of sufficient labor
has resulted in smaller paintings
of trees in recent years. With
the advent of the tree planting
machine, this problem can be
partially solved. Last years
trees were planted at the rate
of 700 to 1000 trees per hour,
depending on the openness of
the site.
If you are interested in using
tree planting machine it is i'm
portant that you call or write at
once to reserve the machine.
Contact Ture johnson, Farm
Forester at Burton. Ohio
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-01-22
Plan Special
Train to
Maple Feae

At a maple festival board of
directors meeting Monday eve
ming at the Court House, first
plans were made for the 1888
festival, April 10, IL, and IL.
Three new members of the
board are Ture Johnson of Bur-
ton and Donald Ellicock and
Fred Austin of Chardon.
Three officials of the National
Railway Historical Society, mid
way branch, Barberton, Ohio,
were present to confer with
the board relative to running
a special train into Chardon
on one day of the festival,
probably Sunday. The men
present were Clark Lord, presi-
dent of the society, L. F.
Cahoon, vice president, and
Howard P. Weaver, publicity
director.
Mayor Don Muchmore and
Donald Ellicock, publicity dir
ector for the festival, were ap-
pointed to work out the details
with the railway men.
The train would originate at
Canton with stops at Akron,
Youngstown and Warren.
The board decided to again
have golden wedding and old
timers parties, to have antique
displays by dealers, and to
have a hobbies exhibit, for
which Mr.. Ellicock offered the
use of the rooms over his real
estate office at the south end OF
the square.
Mr.. A. B. Carlson, chairman
of the board, returned from
Florida to be present at this
board meeting. Another meet
ing will be held in two weeks
with weekly meetings there
after until the festival.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-01-22

War l. He served as a pilot and
was honorably discharged April
%, 1919.
For 16 years, Richmond was
manager of the Shepard Bus
Co. of Mayfield Heights. He is
a former Chester Township
trustee, justice of the peace
and once served on the Chester
school board.
At the present time he is
director of training and defense
in the Geauga County Civil
Defense Organization.
He assisted in the organiza-
ton of the Chester Fire Depart
ment of which he is secretary
and treasurer, and is a former
secretary of the Geauga County
Firemen's Association. He is a
member of the Geauga Advis-
ory Council. Also he is affil-
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-01-22

Probate Judge Harold j.
Richmond was promoted to the
Common Pleas bench by ap-
pointment of Governor Frank
j. Lausche last Friday.
Judge Richmond succeeds
William K. Thomas, who re-
signed to practice law in Cleve-
land. He will serve out the
term of Judge Thomas, which
expires in 1855.
Geauga's new. Common Pleas
judge has spent almost his en-
tire SIS years in Geauga. He
was born in Cleveland but his
family moved to Geauga a few
years after he was born.
He was graduated from Ches-
ter high school in 1915. He
received his law degree in 1880.
He is a veteran of World
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-01-22

1t cost approximately $l52
per person for police protec-
ton in Geauga according to
year end figures released
today by Sheriff E. John Phelps.
Total expense of operating
the seven man sheriff's force
and the county Jail was $40,-
601.04 for the year. In fees
and fines $11, ,001.06 was col
lected. The sheriff's figures, of
course, do not include the cost
of operation of the police de-
partments in the various COM
munftieS.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-01-22

Mothers are serving dinners tC
workers in the Town Hall at
noon and are keeping hot cof-
fe on the stove at all hours for
the workers.
The board of education is fur
nishing the lumber and the nails
and Claridon is furnishing the
manpower. They expect to have
their school reopened within
two weeks.
The decision to depend on vol
unteer help to put the school
back in operation was decided
at an emergency mass meeting
of township folk at the town
hall Sunday afternoon.
Besides deciding to 60 ahead
and start their repair work var
ious organizations suggested and
are starting on various fund
raising projects to cover the loss
which probably exceeds the in
surance coverage.
About 40 men worked all day
Monday and about 80 more
worked Monday night clearing
away the debris from the fire.
Poles were erected and the IL
uminating company posted flood
lights so the work could 60 on
until eleven o'clock at night.
All nearby schools offered the
use of facilities to the Claridon
school board. The eighth grade
students have been sent to Char
don and Burton. The rest are
getting their Spring vacation"
now.
Preliminary estimates of dam
age range between $50 thousand
and a hundred thousand dollars.
Two classrooms, offices, toll
ct, cafeteria and kitchen were
totally destroyed in the fire. But
the new addition which was in
the process of construction was
only slightly damaged.
| Volunteers expect to put a
temporary roof over the boiler
pump and electrical panel tc
provide the remaining portion
of the building with heat, elec
tricity and water.
The new construction inclueS
a gymnasium which can be con
verted temporarily into class
room use.
The fire apparently broke out
in the walls about noon last Fri
day and the schools 172 pupils
were evacuated when smoke
started Seeping in.
Burton fire chief Marvin Rus
sell said the smoke came from
a burning chimney and a hole
was burned through the roof
He ordered the school closed fol
the day.
Fire broke out anew Friday
night and firemen fought and
stood by the smouldering build
ing until Saturday morning
Four Geauga fire departments
cooperated in fighting the blaze
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-01-22

ional county chairmen. This
campaign closes on Saturday,
Jan. 81, but the big event will
be the Mothers March" on
January 20, between 7:30 and
$3.50 pm. At that time each
and every house in Geauga
county win be contacted.
During 1852 the Geauga
County Chapter of The National
Foundation of Infantile Paraly-
sis paid the expenses for SIS
of the So polio patients. This
program and these financial ar
rangements are made available
by the . generous donations of
the people of Geauga county.
In 1852 the people of Geauga
county contributed approxim-
ately $11, 10000. Due to the
great amount of additional ex-
pense the committee has set
as a goal this year SIS, 100000.
Out of each dollar collected
for The March of Dimes, soc is
retained in Geauga and the bal
ance is sent to the National
Federation for disbursement
either back to Geauga county
or to other chapters that have
need therefor. The local chap
ter has had to borrow from
the National Foundation in each
of the last four years, because
our funds were insufficient.
More mothers are needed, so
for the benefit of those having
questions there follows a list
of the campaign committee. Just
contact your Township Chair
man:
Chardon Village - Mrs. F. T.
BoStwick.
Chardon Township Mrs.
CONTINUED on page ten)
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-01-22
'Dairynnen's S
Banquet Is
Friday Eve

Geauga County Dairymen and
their wives are set for an eve
ming of fine entertainment and
delicious food - plus a chance
to meet and talk with other
folks who have the same prob
lens that they do.
All this will be available at
the annual all-county Dairy ban
quet to be held January %, Fri
day evening, at 7:30 pm. at the
Claridon Town Hall.
Appearing on the program
will be BaSk Reading, County
D Agricultural Agent of Fremont.
Mr.. Reading has recently return
ed from Germany where he was
associated with the Mutual Sc
curity Administration. His sub
ject will be Our Neighbor, Ger
many" Mr.. Reading has a col
lection of $50 colored slides to
. supplement his talk. We believe
you will enjoy them.
The annual business meeting
of the Dairy Service Unit will
include the selection of direc-
tors, short summary of the dairy
activities and a discussion of the
All Building program.
r Tickets may be secured from
any of the following people:
Lloyd Ober, Newbury; Audre
Blair, Newbury; Howard OFT,
Auburn; George Binnig, Thomp-
son; Sterling Timmons, Auburn;
Harold Thomas. Newbury; Paul
McNish, Middlefield; Raymond
q AOSborn, Chardon; Ignatiius Cav
anagh, Auburn; Don Van Meter,
Chardon, Mark Fennel, Lock
wood, Ohio.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-01-22

lated with the knights of Py-
thiaS.
On Oct. II, 1925, Judge
Richmond married Miss Flor
ence Caswell of Cleveland.
They are parents of two chill
dren, Harold, Jr., 26, student
at Toledo University, and DON
aid, 10, at home.
The new Common Pleas
judge is the son of Mrs. Milli-
cent Richmond, who resides in
Chester. His father is not living
He has five brothers, Roland
and Carl of Cleveland, Ray
mend of Chester, Thomas of
East Claridon and Leonard of
St. Louis, Mo-; and three sisters,
Mrs. James Kothera of Middle
field, Mrs. Gleason Jacobs of
Talmadge, O., and Mrs. Ira
Lamoreaux of Columbus.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-01-22

The members of the
AquariuS Club of ChardOn
under the leadership of their
president, Mrs. F. T. BOst-
wick, have undertaken the
ChardOn March of Dimes as
a club project.
"We will need more help
for the Mothers March on
Polio" and would like to ask
any of the women in Char
don who would like to help
to join us in making this the
most successful campaign ever
held in Chardon," Mrs. Bost-
wick said today. 'The wor-
kers will meet at the Thra-
sher House at Z o'clock
Thursday evening, Jan. 29.
Anyone who would like to
help is asked to call Char
don 5-47O1."
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-01-22
Award Prizes
to Schools
for Essays

Cash prizes of $3.50 each
were awarded by the Geauga
County tuberculosis and Health
Association to Thompson and
Burton schools for their school
newspaper entries in the An
nual School Press Project spon-
sored by the National, State
and local tuberculosis Assoc
iations. Editors of the "Citi-
zen" published by Thompson
school are: Conny Corrigan,
Neil Corrigan, Susan Tuttle and
Jerry Wagner. Franklin Thorn
as is editor of the Flash, ''
published by Burton school.
Mrs. Myrtle Rodgers, Exec
utive Secretary, reports the
judges for the entries in the
contest were Mrs. Walter Corey
and F. r. Schofield, Executive
Committee members of the
Association. According to their
decision the efforts of both
schools were equal which re-
suited in a tie, giving each
an equal share in the
prize money offered by the
to the schools in
Geauga County participating in
the project.
Copies of the school papers
of Thompson and Burton will
be forwarded to the Ohio
tuberculosis and Health Assoc
iation to be entered in a
State wide contest for prize
awards. The State prize win
1ers will be entered in the Ma
tional contest for final winners.
With the School Seal Sale
Mrs. Burdell Bican,
Chairman, reports Newbury
school ranks high in the county
With an average of 1857 per
pupil. CIaridon school second
olace - 1882 per pupil and
Vest Geauga, Russell ranked
bird place with an average of
1858 per pupil.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-01-22
Ask Mothers
to March in
Polio Drive

Twenty-Five hundred mothers
are needed in Geaug acounty
for help in completing the an
nual Geauga county Mothers
March" this year, Chairman
Charles H. Hall, stated today.
During January the March
of Dimes campaign has been
carried on most effectively by
a corps of township and divis-
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-01-22
Charles Schwan,
Is, Died Saturday

MIDDLEFIELD Charles
Schwan, rs, retired farmer who
had resided the last IS years
in a home he built on Main
St., died Saturday in the Dora
Ann Rest Home, Mantua, where
he had been confined since
Nov. 9. He had been i'll since
suffering a stroke in October.
Born Dec. z, 1875, in Cleve-
land, Mr.. Schwan came to the
Middlefield area "a years ago.
He and his wife lived on a
farm on Middlefield Parkman
Rd. before moving to the Main
st. address. They had planned
to celebrate their 50th wedding
anniversary Nov. 26, but illness
necesSitated cancellation of the
plans. Mrs. Schwan is the for
mer Sophia Behrend, also a
native of Cleveland.
Surviving besides the wife
are four daughters, Mrs. Ethel
Young, Mrs. Gladys Welch and
Miss Dorothy Schwan, all of
Middlefield, and Mrs. Myrtle
Baker of Chardon; a sister,
Mrs. Emily Stein, and brother,
William Schwan, of Cleveland,
four grandchildren and four
great grandchildren.
Rites were to be held Wed
nesday at the Laraway Funeral
Home. Burial was to be in Mid
dlefield cemetery. The Rev. AL
bert S. Wolstencroft, pastor of
the First Methodist church was
to officiate.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-01-22
SO Attend
Hearing on
zoning

MUNSON - About fifty citi-
zenS of Munson Township met
on Monday evening, Jan. 19,
1853, at the Town Hall in Fow-
lers Mills to consider changes
in the Townships Zoning Res
olution. Martin Miller, Chair
man of the Zoning Commission,
presided. Each proposed change
was read to the group and COM
ment was invited.
The changes having to do
with rear lot areas, distance
between dwellings, boarding
houses, guest houses, and tenn
porary builders shackS were
all dealt with in turn. The con-
sensus of the meetinog was IA
vorable in each case to the
changes. Where objections to
the changes were heard, they
were that the Zoning
or thechanges were
not strict enough.
The proposal to permit Bass
Lake Incorporated to have peat
removed from the area north
and east of the present Bass
lake and thus enlarge the lake,
received the. most discussion.
After thorough analysis of the
the majority of the
seemed in favor of
the peat removal.
A second hearing is to be
held before the Township trus-
tees on Monday, Jan. 26th at
pm. in the town hall. All
interested citizens are invited
to attend.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-01-22
offer Trees
forPhnting
in GeaHga

There are still some one mil
lion trees available for reforest-
alton from the state nurseries in
Ohio, but they are going fast. If
you intend to make a planting
this spring it would be advisa-
BILE to send in a request immed-
lately. Application blanks are
available in the Extension office
at the Old School building in
Burton.
Many persons in Geauga coun-
ty are interested in establishing
Christmas tree plantings. These
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-01-22
RESERVES - Chardon 8.
Bainbridge SO.


Chardon's high flying Hill
toppers rang up their fifth
straight Western Reserve Lea
que triumph here Friday night,.a
80 to 20 win over Kirkland.
In all, five Chardon players
and two Hornets got into twin
column scoring. /
Chardon hoped off to an
18 to 9 first period lead and
moved out to Al to 33 at the
half. In the third period they
raised their lead to SO to ~.
Then, in the final period Kirt-
land came to life outscoring the
home forces by % to IL.
The defeat pushed Kirtlaud
deeper into fourth place in the
WRL with one win and three
losses
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-01-22

Chardon won the jayvee
game, 80 to "a with Walt Nc
Masters II points leading the
way.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-01-22
NEWSPAPER

Is made possible by the
support of the Merchants in
your Community. Trade at
home and support your local
Merchants.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-01-22
ChardonCag
Loose to
Bainbridge

BAINBRIDGE Wayne
Aranta's 27 points paced the
cambridge High Bombers to a
63-47 basketball win over
Chardon Tuesday.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-01-22
START REPAIRING CLARIDON SCHOOL
Volunteers Expect to Open
Burned SchooIm Two Weeks

CLARIDON - Claridon fathers are taking time off
from work today to volunteer their help in repairing their
school, guted by disastrous fire last Friday those
who can't take time off working evenings by foodghts