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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-08-20


as of this date, the following
teaching assignments have been
announced:
Russell Elementary.
Mrs. Cherrie Mintern-Prin-
cipal.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ladd - 1st
Grade.
Miss Nancy Schroeder - 2nd
Grade.
Mrs. Christine Matthews =
3rd Grade.
Mrs. Ida Mum - 3rd Grade.
Mrs. Dorothy Lee - 4th
Grade.
Miss Helen DeVoe - 4th
Grade.
Mrs. Charlotte DeLong - 5th
Grade.
Mr.. Dwight Ladd - 5th
Grade.
Miss Marian -Leuty - 9th
Grade.
Mr.. Robert jackson - 9th
Grade.
Chester Elementary
Mrs. Jocelyn Benjamin-Kin-
dergarten.
Miss Catherine Ryal - 1st
Grade.
Mrs. Kate Ridge 1st
Grade.
Miss Mary Upham - 1st
Grade.
Mrs. Pauline Denniston-2nd
/ Grade.
West Geauga High School
Mrs. Mary Eykyn-Librarian.
Mr.. Levi Hartong - Com
mercial Studies.
Miss Bettimae Jones - En-
glish. Social Studies, Art
Mr.. Charles Jones - Mathe-
matics.
Miss Trudie Marchand - En-
| glish, Girls Phys. Educ.
Mr.. Carl Maukenon--Science.
Mr.. David Maurer - English,
French.
Mrs. Blanch Russell - Social
Studies. Latin, Speech.
Mr.. Paul Shellhammer -
Music.
Mrs. Marilyn Sheppard -
Home Economics.
Mr.. Andrew Savchuk - BIZ
ology, Health, Boys Phys. Ed.
Mr.. Raymond Stone - Indus
trial Arts, Driver Training.
Mr. David Blauch - 7th
Grade.
Mrs, Mary Coates - 7th
Grade.
The two teaching vacancies
which still exist are for an ad.
ditional End Grade teacher al
Chesterland and an additional
4th Grade teacher at Russell.
Efforts are being made to de-
termine the possibility of Sc
curing a full-time vocal music
teacher for the West Geauga
| Schools at this time, in addition
to Mr.. Shellhammer, who here
tofore has been handling all
music instruction in the schools.
| Coaching assignments in the
high school will be: Football
Coach, Mr.. Savchuk; Assistant
Coach. Mr.. Maurer; Basketball
Coach, Mr.. Maurer; Assistant
Coaches, Mr.. Jones and Mr.
Savchuk; Baseball Coach, Mr.
Savchuk; Track Coach, Mr.
Jones.
Organized as a five-year high
school in practice, West Geauga
will offer departmentalized in
struction for the 9th Grades
including required courses in
music and home economics OF
shop.
Pupils new to the West &c.
auga School District may reg.
ister on either Thursday or
Friday, August goth or 21st,
and should bring their birth
certificates or other legal proof
of birth date for recording on
school records. Pre-school chill
dren entering the kindergarten
or 1st Grades may secure their
physical, check-up and register
at the Pre- School Roundup
at the Chester Building from
9 to II and / to 3 on Aug. goth
and 21st.
For the present, bus routes
will continue the same as last
year. Parents and students
should note that school lunch
rooms will be in operation the
first full day of school, Wednes-
day, September 9th. Lunches
will continue at SOC per day.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-08-20

FIRE DEPARTMENT.
At a meeting Of the Munson
Fire Department last Wednes-
day, the group regretfully &C
cepted the resignation of Earl
Bigam as Chief. Mr.. Herb
Root was elected to fill the va
cancy of Chief. Mr.. Root ac-
cepted this position and stated
that he hoped to continue the
good work started by Mr..
Bigam.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-08-20

Munson Little Leaguers seem
to have developed a winning
form they defeated Middle
field 2. All of the boys
played excellent ball with good
team work.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-22
Governor Battle.
Budget Advisers
Here Monday

Governor John S. Battle and a
big encourage of state budget adj
Vlsers visited LongWood College
Monday for conference with DR..
Dabney S. Lancaster, on the in
Stltution's financial needs.
The visit here and similar ones
have kept Governor Battle busy
travelling since September 10 and
the chief executive will continue
more throughout the week. The
visits are preludes to formulation
OF the commemorative fiscal
budget for 1854 Sc.
The governors visit everywhere
is preceded by budget forms sent
out to Commonwealth agencies
and institutions. On these are
listed the financial needs for the
blennlum ahead. When these
have been studied, the Richmond
encourage sets out for its trek
across Virginia.
The visits provide the governor
with a personal check of needs.
In addition to a midday stop
here, the Governor and his adj
visers were to visit Piedmont
Sanatorium. at Burkeville. and
the Lynchburg State Colony. in
addition to the Longwood College
visit.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-22
Good Times l p Tax Commissioner 5
Work To HaIf-MiIlion Operation

Good eve sight, a clear mind. a
knack for figures and strong
resistance to pencil cramps are
becoming more and more a neces-
sity for Commissioner Of Revenue
V. c. Womack. as the tax volume
handled through his office APP
proaches the half million dollar
mark.
The Prince Edward county com
missioner is just now coming out
rom under the landslide of tax
levies that totaled $3.50 .97l 80. in
state taxes. and 1902 .559.l2 in
local taxes. Together they add to
S472,53l.01.
In return for the one third Of
his salary paid by the state, Com
missioner Womack devoted So per
cent of his assessment efforts to
state taxes.
State LevieS
Assessed for Commonwealth
taxes were the following income
tax, sl03.420.69: Intangible per-
sonal property, sl2.334.79; capita
ton tax, SIS 1874 80 bank stock
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-22

tav. S7737 81. and business and
professional license taxes. 500
'87.C4. The total is Sl69.97l.89
For local purposes. the commits
slOner made the following levies
real estate, S158,338O8; personal
tangible property, S62,378.71:
machinery and tools. 1858 go;
merchants capital, Sll,053 80.
and public service corporation
taxes. S67,04444 That totals
S30255 and represents ga per
cent of his work for the two
thirds Of his salary paid by the
county
Values Soar
To Obtain that almost half
million dollar tax volume, the
commissioner had to keep his wits
about the county's total of s12.-
923,l34 in assessed values of all
kinds of taxable property:
That l2-million plus total for
the county was an increase Of
S433,384 over the previous year.
and produced S9,434 in additional
tax reYsnue
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-22
Owen Sanford Drug
Company Moves
To New Location

Sanford Drug Company
has opened in its new location at
22l North Main Street. owners,
Hampton c. Owen and Leland B.
Sanford, have announced.
The new establishment will fea-
ture modernized prescription
department, and is adding "a feet
of self-Service display facilities. A
lunch counter, fronted with stools.
will continue the luncheonette
feature Of the former establish
ment
An all-glass, visual front adds
to the attractiveness of the store
and to the rapidly changing COM
plexion of Main street business To-
cations.
The store will remain open dur
ing the moving of the next few
days. and the owners hope that
customers will bear with us dur
ing the interim"
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-22
Longwood College
Classes For 653
10 Start Thursday
252 New Students
Start Orientation
Program Sunday

Longwood College opened its
doors to incoming freshmen and
transfers for the fall semester,
Sunday. when period of orien-
tation for all new students be-
gan.
New students accepted number
252. and i0l old students are ex-
pected to return for the fall SEM
ester making a total Of 653. This
is an increase in the student body
of 9 per cent over the enrolment
on the opening Gay of college last
year.
President Dabney S. Lancaster
welcomed new students and intro
duced Miss Mary Denny Wilson,
Of Danville. president of the Stu
dent Government Association at
a. m. today. Monday. This was
followed by the first meetings of
new students in groups of IS with
their orlentation leaders
Traditions Told
At these meetings oirentation
leaders Will discuss the customs
traditions. and regulations of the
college. Each group will have a
leader chosen from the senior class
and an assistant from the junior
class.
Students toured the campus at
4 p. m, Monday, and the YWCA
will give 4 party for all new slut
dents in the Recreation Hall at
$50 p. m.
Heads of academic departments
will discuss freshman courses at
$50 a. m, Tuesday and the Jun
ior class will give a green and
white party fer the new students
at 8 p m. Green and white are
the colorS Of the freshman class
every other year. and red and
white in alternate years
Both old and new students Will
register for classes Wednesday.
Gnu viz OupplilE SCI VIE. III WHICH
the sophomore cap the freshmen
will be held in the Recreation Hall
at 9 p. m. Glasses will begin Thurs
day, September "a.
The Big Sister Little Sister re-
ception, formal affair sponsored
each year by the YWCA. will be
held IN the Recreation hall at 8 80
p. m, Friday, September 25. A
picnic for the entire student body
viii be given by the college at its
historic Lonewood Estate at p.
m, Saturday, and churches of all
denominations in Farmvjlle will
give parties by students at p. m.
Activities Of the first week will
end at p. m. Sunday, When Pres
ident and Mrs Lancaster viii give
a reception for the freshmen in
their home
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-22
Disaster Status
Not Sought Here.
Hay, Needed Most
Not Available

| No present advantage would ac-
crue to Prince Edward county in
Being classified as drought dis
aster area, county Agricultural
Mobilization Committee members
feel
That is the opinion expressed
IN statement prepared here Fri
day by committee members in
preparing report for a state
summary Of drought conditions
One big reason for the commit
tees stand is that hay. the coun-
tvs chief need, is not included
among emergency supplies to be
made available through Com
modify Credit Corporation chan
nelS to disaster areas.
The committee put at 80 per
cent Of normal the present sup
ply Of hay and put pasture con-
dltions at 30 per cent Of normal,
in establishing these as the hard
est hit here.
II there is any change in pres
ent regulations. such as hay being
made available we would like to
reconsider our decision. the COM
mittee members wrote INTO the re-
port however
Members feel that there is suffi-
Gent local credit available to meet
most every need Of LIVESTOCK owner
IN the county. They expressed the
View that lenient emergency at
titude OF creditors, such as those
holding notes for farm machinery.
toward farmers would be helpful
in easing the situation at this
time
In arriving at its decision. the
committee placed present crops at
these percentages Of normal. hay.
80; corn so; pasture 80. and to-
haco SIS. Livestock numbers to be
fed, according to the totals re-
ported. are: horses 800: cattle
8,0n0: hogs. 1852, and sheep $50.
The committees estimate Of
crops which might be ordered
here through the Commodity
1 Credit were: cottonsed meal, SO
tons: oats 1000 bushels: corn
1000 bushels. and wheat, very
small. if any
| Members Of the committee are
T. c. HiX, chairman, r. w. Du-
puy, soil conservation supervisor:
j. F. Glenn, Production Credit AS
ISOLATION; County Agent F. F..
Striplin; H. E. Lacy. Soil Con-
I serVationist; r. p Brierley, dis
| tIict forester. and Don Spencer
Farmers Home Administration
supervisor
WeatherWise. the committee S
reports puts at SIS per cent Of
normal the county's rainfall for
the months Of June. July and Au-
gust
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-22
Preliminary Bout Fought
In Buckingham For Fair

A preliminary bout for Five
County Fair honors was fought
Friday at Buckingham Central
High School, That was the day
for the annual Buckingham
County Junior Farm Show for
Al, FLA and FILA members Of
the county.
Exhibitors at the Junior Farm
Show will bring their wares to the
Flvc-COunty Fair in Farmville.
this week, to compete with other
club members from Prince Ed
ward, Cumberland, Charlotte and
AppomattoX counties. First and
second place winners in the Trac-
tor Operators Contest will COM
pete in a similar contest, Wednes-
day afternoon, at the Five-County
Fair.
Buckingham County Board Of
Supervisors provided SIPS for
prizes in seven divisions of the
show fc~ boys and two for girls.
Tractor Contest
Winners Of the Tractor Opera
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-22
County Growers
Start Leaf Votes
Old Belt Market
Chants Go Monday

Prince Edward county's flue
cured tobacco, like the story book
porker went off to market today.
/ More correctly. Old Belt bright
tobacco markets Monday began
sales Of the years crop in South
side Virginia Prince Edward
county growers will have the har-
vest from 1927 acres to sell
The county crop this dry.
weather buffeted year is expected
10 average out somewhere between
800 and 900 pounds per acre. down
from l952's acre average Of 1900
pounds.
Price View Good
Price outlook for the county's
All bright tobacco farms is fairly
food based on sales at ware
houses in the bright belts further
south. Several county growers,
Who had leaf ready early. sold at
Rocky Mount, N C. and averaged
about sixty cents per pound
South Boston, Chase City and
Kenbridge are the markets used
most frequently by county grow
ers, The county's AVERAGE size all
lotment is one and six tenth acres
If the price holds up TO that
established on other belts, growers
can salvage some comfort from a
pretty distressing growing season
The county'S bright leaf acreage
slightly outstrips that in fire
cured tobacco. which is restricted
TO ll427 acres this year. The
number OF dark leaf planters,
however, exceeds bright tobacco,
1865 to All The difference in de-
rand accounts for the countv's
average sized allotment for
bright tobacco, 26 for dark leaf
lis acres.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-22
Iron, Metal Company
Shed, Equipment
Lost In Fire Here

A $4,000 loss was sustained BY
Farmville Iron and Metal Com
pany Monday morning when a IS
by 25-foOt she'd and paper bag
balllng equipment were destroyed
IN blaze discovered at PAS a. m.
The loss was estimated by
Phillip F Gay, proprietor. The
Farmville Fire Department re-
sponded to the single, early morn
ing alarm, but was unable to pre-
vent loss Of the blazing shed. \
The fire also cut through trunk
telephone lines linking Farmville
IN state communication lines
Telephone crews arrived shortly
afterWard to begin repairs to the
line.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-22
c. Ivey Smith, Jr..
Wins Promotion
With DUPONT Firm

c. Ivey Smith, Jr. former
Farmvllle resident, has been
named technical superintendent
at Du Points Newport. Del, plant,
it was announced today. Mr..
Smith, formerly a group super
visor in the Du Pont engineering
service division, is now associated
with the titanium metal develop
mcnt in the Pigments Depart
ment.
Mr.. Smith, graduate Of
Farmvllle High School, joined
Du Pont in 1916 after three years
service in the u S. Navy. He was
graduated in 1943 from the Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute,
Blacksburg. Va, with bachelors
degree in chemical engineering.
He lives at 10 Korda Drive,
Brookside. Newark, Del. He lived
here with his parents and some
years ago when his father was an
insurance executive with offices
here.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-22
Presbytery Men At Rally
Hear Nodet' at0r Of Synod

About so attended the annual
fall rally of the Men of West
hanover Presbytery, Sunday after
noon, at the Farmville Presby-
terrain Church. Col. Francis
Pickens Miller, recently elected
moderator of the Synod of Vir-
ginia, of Charlottesville, was prin-
cipal speaker.
During a business meeting, new
officers were elected to begin
their duties in January. G. B.
Lancaster, of Old Providence
Church, was elected president.
Other officers elected were Dr.
D. M. Allan. of College Church,
Hampden Sydney, vice president
and j, A. Thomas. of Olivet
Church, near Charlottesville. was
reelected secretary treasurer OF
the group.
L. A. Brunton, this years presi-
dent, Of Charlottesville, presided
over the rally.
Col. Miller told the men about
tasks worthy Of their beliefs. He
discussed the priesthood of all be-
levers in the reformed Protestant
Church
"Laymen are beginning to rea-
lie their responsibilities to their
churches. We are entering a new
era" he explained.
In connection with tasks worthy
OF mems beliefs in the church
Col. Miller talked about support
of Christian colleges and the
forthcoming discussion about the
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-22
Five County Fair Gates Will Swing Open
Community Represented On
VIRGINIA UN association

morning in the ballroom of the
jefferson.
The Virginia United Nations
Association is headed by Dr. j.
Earl Moreland. president of Ran
dolph- Macon College at Ashland.
Mrs j. L. Blair Buck. Of Rich
mond, is vice president. an d
Alexander Hudgins, also of Rich
mond, is secretary treasurer.
Civic Clubs Help
According to Dr.. Moreland, the
Virginia United Nations Asocia-
ton is an organization to encour-
age interest and support from
citizens in Virginia in the United
Nations program. He adds that it
is not another organization de-
signed to take up the time of busy
people by holding meetings.
Mayor Fitzpatrick states that
he plans to ask representatives
from local civic organizations to
attend this meeting along with
Mrs. Crawford,
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-22

Mrs. F. r. Crawford has been
named by Mayor w. G. Fitzpatrick
to represent this community on
the state committee of the Vir-
ginia United Nations Association.
and to help develop local interest
in that organization.
A wide conference will be
held on September IS at Hotel
jefferson. in Richmond, which
Mrs. Crawford will attend, along
with other interested persons in
this section.
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. wife of
the late President Franklin d.
Roosevelt, will be guest speaker
at the Mosque at 8 o'clock that
night. She will talk on the I'M
portant phases of the United
Nations and try to encourage in
tereSt in "today's greatest hope
for world peace.
State Officers
Civic leaders from all parts of
Virginia will join in discussion
conference at III O'Clock that
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-22
Three Injured
In 400 Accident
Texas Woman
Leaves for Home

Two Fort Lee soldiers and
Prospect Negro were injured in an
early morning accident, Monday,
on Route $50. three miles west of
Dowdys Corner.
The soldiers, Pvt. Billy Miller
and Pvt. Kenneth Bales or Ten
neSsee, stationed at Fort Lee. and
the Prospect man. John Watson,
were brought to Southside Com
munity Hospital for treatment.
Cars involved in the accident
were seriously damaged
According to J. w. Harper, State
Trooper, who investigated the ac-
cident, the soldiers were headed
east on Route 400. and the Pros
pect man was driving west. It
was head-on collision about
Sis a. m. Monday.
The Keysville man. Thomas
James, "A, who was injured in an
accident, last Tuesday. about a
mile south OF Kevsville. was re-
ported fairly good" by the hospi-
tai. Monday morning He suffered
a fractured ear, head decorations
and possible fractured shoulder
in the non-collision accident.
Stephen Chapman. IS. of
Farmville, was DISCHARGED fr0~,
the hospital. Sunday. He broke his
ankle when he jumped from a
horse, last Tuesday
The hospital also reported that
Mrs. Clarence Burnett. Of Waco
Texas. LEFT for her home in Texas
Monday afternoon. Mrs. Burnett
has been patient at the hospital
since July, when she and her hus-
band were injured in an accident
at the intersection Of Routes
$50 and 81 They were on vacation
at the time of the accident
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-22

tors Contest were first, Alton
Ragland, second, Gordon Rush
third, Alvin LeSueur, fourth, Will
liam Firestone, and fifth Ray
mond Thomas.
Equipment for the contest was
provided by farm equipment deal
ers in the area.
Other winners in the Junior
Farm Show were:
Irish potatoes first. John M
Harris second, Charles Whorley
third, Margie Toney.
Best dozen eggs-first, Bernard
Brooks; and second. Cary Bryant
Best 10 ears of white hybrid
corn-John M Harris.
Best 10 ears of yellow hybrid
corn-first Clayton Davis; Sec
ond Glenn Roberts: and third
Bossieux Shepard
Gallon of Wheat-firSt Glenr
Roberts: second, Albert Banton
and third, John NJ. Harris.
Gallon Of oats Carter H. Tay-
lor.
Livestock
Dairy calves, to u months
Ronald Hardiman.
Beef yearling, u to "a months
first, Billy Lee: second. Carter
Taylor; and third Wiley Taylor
String beans - first, Beulah
Fender; and second, Jean Baber.
Apples or sauce first, Nan
Kitchen; and second. Jewel Dun
KUN.
Peaches-first, Betty 10 Hill
lard, second, Nan Kitchen; and
third, Elizabeth Jones.
Beets - first. Shelby Jea n
Orange; and second. Nan Kitchen.
Pears-Beulah Fender.
Tomato Julce-first. June Own
by; and second, Jean Baber.
Clothing
Clothing Elizabeth Jones S.
Janet Nicholas, Josephine Maxey.
Laura Ayres, Doris Ayres, Frances
Ra9land and Beulah Fender.
Apron-June OWnby.
Sewing boX-Beulah Fender.
Pillow caSes-Patsy England.
Hand sewing Jane Alien.
A committee OF aou.t leaders
supervised the annual show. under
the overall direction of County
Agent r. S. Ellis. Members of the
committee were Gordon Baldwin,
vocational agricultural instructor
at BCHS; Malcolm Andrews. as
sistant county agent Miss
Blanche Howard, county home
demonstration agent: Miss Har-
riett Johns. BCHS home eco
Monies instructor: and Mrs. Doro-
thy Morgan. assistant BCHS home
economics instructor.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-22

ern Presbyterian churches.
The Rev. j. r. Kennedy, pastor
OF the host church. gave a report
about the meeting of the Synod of
Virginia at MaSsanetta in Sep
TENDER and the observance of
Laymen's Day in the Presbyterian
Church, next month.
D. w. Paulette welcomed the
representatives of 81 churches in
the West Hanover Presbytery to
the fall rally.
union Of the northern and -outh-