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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-05-14
2 townships
to Merge
Schools

Merger of the Bainbridge
and Auburn school districts will
become effective June 80, men,
bers of the Civic Club were
told at a meeting in the COM
munity hall in cambridge.
While the merger is not as
yet legal, Frank R. Schofield,
superintendent of Geauga
schools said today the matter
will be up for consideration
at the next meeting of the
county board of education and
undoubtedly will be approved.
Under a merger, starting next
fall, grades one through five
would be taught at both schools
grades six and seven at Auburn
only, and grades eight through
IL at cambridge only.
This year, Auburn hign
school pupils have been attend
ing Bainbridge school as tuition
pupils.
w. A. Black, president of the
Bainbridge school board, said
the two boards, meeting jointly,
are expected to adopt formal
resolutions Immediately. Final
approval by the Geauga Board
of Education has been assured.
he said.
The two local board will at
tempt to decide on a new name
for the combined district and
high school. Among names sug-
gested have been "KenSton"
and "Bainburn" or some other
combination of Cambridge"
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-05-14
Plan 'Bombing" of Geanga to
PubHcize MiddzefeH May Dance
south of Route 8.

MIDDLEFIELD - AS a fol-
low-up to last Saturdays most
successful parachute drop over
Middlefield, Hugh Locke, Chair
man of the Chamber of Com
merce Publicity Committee, has
announced a unique publicity
stunt for the afternoon of May
10th.
For those who have not heard
about Middlefield's Bombing"
last week, It happened this
way: AS a means of signaling
the opening of Middlefield'S
festive May Dance" week, four
aerial bombs thundered over
that community at 2:30 on Sat-
urday. Immediately following
the bombing a low flying plane
appeared and dropped eleven
bright red parachuteS to which
were attached bags containing
tickets to the Mu-Mac Theatre.
This Saturday, weather per-
mitting, the plane will again
appear over the villages of Mid
dlefield, Burton and Chardon.
Again local theatre tickets will
be dropped in gaily colored
parachutes. But to top even
this, The Burton Floral Com
pany has donated a corsage with
a pair of dance tickets attached
to be dropped over each COM
munity. To signal the planes
appearance over each commun-
ity, one aerial bomb will be
set off and Immediately follow
ing, the plane will appear with
its windfall of tickets and flow
erS.
In Middlefield, of course,
plans for the greatest May
Dance ever are well on their
way to completion. A poster
contest recently held in Mid
dlefield School resulted in some
of the cleverest art work we
have seen in some time. The
winners of the poster contest
being:
3rd Grade - Linda Hartman.
4th Grade - Mary Mullet,
Emma Schrock e winners).
5th Grade - Marvin Schrock,
Mary Lou Hammond q win
ners).
9th Grade - julius Holz
Heimer.
Much as the posters promised,
however, the c of c Committee
in charge of the dance promised
even more in an evening of
fine dancing. The hall, decora-
ted under the direction of Miss
Catherine Graham will have
as its motif the blossoms and
flowers of our Geauga Spring
and already many, many hours
of work have gone into the
assembly and erection of May
Pole, rose trelliSes, picket fen
ces and an extremely clever
wishing well. The orchestra is to
be one of the finest available.
Hayden Whigham and his group
already having played in Mid
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-05-14

o. ! and 1892 cents per capita
ranked first place in the state
for the 1852 Seal Sale at the
annual "Blue Ribbon" lunch
con meeting of the Ohio TB
and Health Association held in
Columbus on May 7th and 9th.
Geauga holds top place in two
Seal Sale Comparison Reports
submitted by the State office:
One for 88 affiliated Ohio coun-
ty associations and one for Sc
counties with population under
$4,000.
Geauga's "blue ribbon" was
presented to Mrs. Myrtle Rod
gers, Executive Secretary of the
local association. Mrs. Rodgers
expressed her pride in repre-
senting Geauga County at the
States Annual Meeting and ex-
tends her appreciation to the
entire Association membership
for their help in again attaining
this honor. The Geauga Associa-
ton has held top place in Seal
Sale per capita in the state
since 1941.
According to Mrs. Rodgers,
there were eight blue ribbon
awards to county tuberculosis
Associations who had surpassed
Is cent per capita. Of these
presentations two counties had
over 80 cents per capita ratings
Geauga with 34.92 and Colum-
biana with 1898 cents.
Mrs. Ray Hensel of MunSon,
Representative on the State
Associations Board of Direc-
tors, reports the Geauga Coun-
ty TB & Health Association
has fully complied with the re-
quirements of the OTHA con-
tract. All required Program and
Financial Reports were approx
ed by the State Qualification
Committee emitting the Assoc
iation to refund check in the
amount of $933.01 which was
presented to Mrs. HenseI for
the Geauga Association at this
meeting. Mrs. Carl Shaw of
Chardon, volunteer staff men,
ber and Board of Director rep
reSentative also attended the
meeting.
Mrs. Rodgers attended the
annual meeting of the Ohio
Conference of tuberculosis
Workers and the Public Rela-
tionS Advisory Committee meet
ing of which she is a member.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-05-14
Lillian EIdredqe
Rites Monday

MUNSON - Rites for Mrs.
Lillian Eldredge, who would
have been Sc on May 81 were
held at 2 pm, Monday, in the
Burr Funeral Home, the Rev.
c. H. Bowers, pastor of Char
don Methodist church, of which
she was member, officiating.
Burial was in Chardon ceme-
terry.
Mrs. Eldredge died at her
home on Thwing Rd., Munson,
where she had lived 65 years,
Thursday. She had resided in
the township over rs years.
Surviving are a son Lester,
and twin daughters, Mrs. Carl
Hill and Miss Lottie Eldredge,
all of Munson.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-05-14
New Bank
Open
at Chester

CHESTER - At a pleasing
ceremony in the presence of a
large group of interested friends
and customers. Connie Cum
mings, eighteen months old
daughter of the manager, cut
the ribbon which opened the
new Chester Office of the First
National Bank of Burton at
1890 on May 6.
Manager, Robert w. Cum
mings and his staff, also Mrs.
Cummings welcomed the new
customers. Also present to greet
the people were G.. B. Fox,
president of the Burton Bank
and Mrs. Fox, Vice Pres. and
Mrs. M. A. Fox and w. T. Clark.
The attractive room on the
first floor of the Norman Evans
block on Mayfield, which the
bank office will occupy, was
practically lined with flowers.
Many beautiful baskets and
other floral arrangements had
been sent by friends and we'll
Wishers of the new bank.
Among those present were
representatives from neighbor-
ing banks including Eugene
Strum of the National City
Bank; Don Ebright and Lou
Wild of the Union Bank of Com
merce; Ford Steele and John
Wilson of Central National
Bank of Cleveland. DR.. Ralph
Pease, Ward Mcdonald and
James Colvin of the Chardon
Savings Bank; Earl Mizer of
the Mantua Bank.
New Savings Accounts num-
bering 265 besides the CONNER
cial accounts kept the workers
very busy the first afternoon.
The bank gave $1.00 on each
saving account. Souveniers
were given to all present.
Tentative banking hours are
Mondays and Friday 11:30 am.
to 800 pm. Tuesdays, Wednes-
days and Thursdays 1890 am.
to 4:30 pm. Plans are to change
the hours according to the
needs of the patrons.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-05-14
Chardon Hires Three
New School leaders

Resignation of Mrs. Ellen
Smith, second grade Chardon
school teacher, was accepted by
the board of education, Tues
day.
The board hired three new
teachers - Miss Joan Aitken Of
Chester, who graduates this
year from Kent State; Miss
Nancy Louise Noel, Cleveland,
who also is graduating from
Kent State, and Mrs. Teresa
Graves, Claridon, former teach
er in Shaker Heights schools.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-05-14
Start Remodeling
Furniture Store

Work started this week on
enlargement of the Burr furni-
ture store on Water St., near
public square.
Increased business has made
necessary an addition on the
east side that will extend the
building over present space to
the Smith building.
When finished the building of
brick, including the second
floor, will have a depth of SO
feet and frontage of so feet,
according to Hal Burr.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-05-14

dlefield at previous dances are
most popular with all who have
heard them.
So the community is antici-
pating a dance to top even the
popular Snow Balls - Already
cocktail invitations are being
exchanged and it looks like a
big night. The cause is an eX-
cellent one as the dance is be-
ing held to help buy band uni
forms for the school.
Remember Saturday, May 16
- 9 to / - Memorial Hall,
Middlefield May Dance - A
great night! A greater cause!!
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-05-14
Have You Met =

Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis De-
Hart who have just recently
moved into their new home
on Mayfield Road in Chester?
Mr.. DeHart is owner of the
DeHart Realty Company in
Cleveland. They have one
son, Dennis Jr., who is seven.
The DeHart's have moved to
Geauga from Mentor. Their
home is the first house west
of Kentucky Farm and they
plan eventually to reopen the
kennels at the rear of their
property.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-05-14
Benefit Dance at
Claridon on May d

East Claridon school will be
the scene Saturday night, May
% for a benefit dance for the
Geauga County Little League.
Music for the dance will be
donated by THE Versatillions".
A large crowd is expected
as the S100 per ticket donation
will help finance the operation
of the Geauga Little Baseball
League for boys age 8 to IL
inclusive.
Tickets may be purchased
from team managers, local dir
ectors of the league or at the
door.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-05-14
Rev. Robert Patton Honored
on Minety-third Birthday

handicapped his ability. He was
for many years pastor of the
church at Claridon. On Sunday
he was guest of honor at a din
ner given by his children at the
Robin Hood Inn in Kent. His
entire family will gather at his
home on May 80 for reunion
in honor of his birthday. AT
this time those from out of the
state will be present.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-05-14
Chardon P.T.A. Meeting

There will be election of Of
ficers for the next year at the
meeting of the Parent Teachers
Association next Tuesday eve
ming, according to Mrs. Paul AL
word, in charge of publicity.
The entertainment will be a
group of square dances tripped
by Chardon's sixth grades. Fol-
lowing the meeting there will
be "open house" in the Chardon
uptown buildings.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-05-14
ATTENTION WEST
GEAUGA MOTHERS

West Geauga mothers of
children who will reach the
age of five on or before Nov
ember Is are asked to register
these children for Kindergarten
on the afternoon of May %.
Registration will be at both the
Chester and Russell buildings.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-05-14
KINDERGARTEN
REGISTRATION

Mrs. Anne Schultz head of thu
Kindergarten classes of Char
don school, announces that
registrations for the fall kim
dergatren will be taken May
81, 2S and 90, between the
hours of 8 and 3 pm. Boys
and girls entering kindergar-
ten this fall must be five
years old on or before No
vember Is, 1853.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-05-14
Council Discusses
Sewage Problem

Chardon village council and
the board of public affairs
spent Thursday evening dis
cussing Chardon sewage prob
lem but reached no definite de-
cisions. Representatives of a
Cleveland engineering firm esti-
mate it would cost 90 to 95
thousand dollars to bring Char
don's plant up to state specifi-
cations.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-05-14
List Building Permits
at Chester

Clarence Battles, Chester
Zoning Inspector, issued the fol-
lowing permits during the
month of April. Russell Ball,
Ward Drive, Tool House. Ken
meth Lyman, Replacement of
sign. Guy Painter, Buckeye
Drive, residence. John Dressler,
Heath Road, residence. Lillian
Turecy, Nathanson Subdivision,
residence. Michael Juric, Jr.,
Ward Drive, residence. Charles
Ickes, Wilson Mills Road, resi-
dence.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-05-14
Raise Salaries of
Chardon leaders

Salaries of Chardon school
teachers were raised $500 effec-
tive the next school year by
Chardon Board of Education,
Tuesday night.
Minimum starting salaries
will be $4,000 for teachers with
B. S. degree.
The board also voted that
principals be paid $1,000 per
year above base salary of teach
ers for administrative services.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-05-14

Shefchuk graduated
Tech high school, GChardon Pub II sale of Se3O3
in S. Park St "a 90 oon.s - oon;a
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-05-14
Geauga TB
Ranks First
in State

Th~ g County Tubercu
Evening star., 1953-01-15
Arlington Services Set
For Col. Robert Thomas

Funeral services for 1t. Col.
Robert Harry Thomas, 35-year-
old Marine who was killed in
Korea last October 13, were to
be held at 2 pm. today in Fort
Myer Chapel, with burial in Ar
lington Cemetery.
Col. Thomas, a. Washington
native and son of Glegge Thomas,
2311 Connecticut avenue NV,
was senior adviser to a South
Korean Marine regiment. He
was 1888 graduate of Washing
ton and Lee University and had
served as a Marine officer in
World War II at Guadalcanal,
where he was a member of the
1St Raider Battalion, and at
Two Jima and the Mariannas.
Before going to Korea he
served here as an aide to two
Marine Corps commanders.
He is survived, besides his
father, by his widow, Mrs. Mary
S. Thomas, and four children,
of st. Petersburg, Fla, and a
brother. Walter G. Thomas, 4307
North Second road. Arlington.
Evening star., 1953-01-15
Symphony Leader
Loses His Trousers
Durinq Rehearsal
By the Associoted Press

SANTA MONICA. Calf, Jan.
15.-The conductor of Santa
Monica's Symphony Orchestra,
Arthur Lange, had just reached
a crescendo in the Romeo and
Juliet overture when it hap
pened.
The maestro, who has been
dieting lately. pointed his baton
at the brass section, stood on his
toes, whirled the baton upward,
outward. then down, and as the
sounds of cymbals, horns and
drums filled the air, Mr.. Lange's
trousers fell to the floor.
To Mr.. Lange's everlasting
credit. it may. be said that he
missed only about two beats. He
stopped, pulled the trousers back
up over his royal blue shorts and
went on with the overture.
The brief interlude came at
q rehearsal last night.
Evening star., 1953-01-15
Carl F. Hari, EmpIoye
Of Insurance Company

Carl F. Hari, SO. insurance
counsellor with the Travellers
Insurance Co. and former mayor
of Alliance, Ohio, died yesterday
at Doctors Hospital.
Mr.. Hari, a District resident
since 1910, was a native of Alli-
ance and served as it's mayor
from 1928 to 1882. He was active
for many years in the insurance
and real estate business.
He joined the War Bond Divi-
sion of the Treasury Department
here in 1910 and became asso-
ciated five years later with the
Travellers Insurance Co.
Mr.. Hari belonged to the
Georgetown Citizens Association
and was an elder in the Western
Presbyterian Church. 1906 H
street NV. He lived at 1865
Thirty-third street NV.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Hannah G. Hari; two
daughters, Mrs. Harry C.
George. Ann Arbor, Mich. and
Mrs. Donald r. Kelly, Elyria,
Ohio; his mother, Mrs. Christine
Hari. Alliance, and three grand
daughters.
Services will be held in the
Western Presbyterian Church at
GAS am. tomorrow. Burial will
be in Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1953-01-15
Mrs. Henry 5. NOVEL;,
Former D. T.. Teacher

Mrs. Henry S. NOVEL;, 33, o1
829 Crittenden street NV, dice
Tuesday in Emergency Hospital
after an illness of five years
She had been at the hospital
since January 4.
Mrs. NOVEL;. a native Wash
ingtonian and former teacher al
the Wheatley Elementary School
here, was a graduate of Notre
Dame Academy and Wilson
Teachers College. Her husband
is a general engineer for the
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Co.
She is also survived by q
daughter, Patricia Anne, z: her
mother, Mrs. Mary Josephine
Tilson, 1869 1ngleside terrace
NV: two brothers. John C.
Tilson, of the Ingleside terrace
address, and Thomas c. Tilson
Athens, Greece, and two sisters
Mrs. Denis T. Collins, 1543 North
Falkland lane, Silver Spring
Md, and Miss Eleanor M. Til
son, also of 1869 Ingleside ter
race NV.
A high requiem mass will be
sung at II am. Saturday in st
Gabriel's Church. Grant Circle
NV. Burial will be in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1953-01-15
6. 0. P. Leaders Join
Tribute 10 Sawyer

Officials Of the incoming
administration Joined in paying
tribute to an official of the out
going administration last night
in a dinner for Secretary of
Commerce Sawyer.
The dinner at the Mayflower
was given by the Business Ad-
visory Council, a group of top
business executives who consult
with the Commerce Secretary.
Mr.. Sawyer was presented a tray
on which was engraved the sig
natures of 159 council members.
It was Gin recognition of out
standing service to the Govern
ment and Nation" and as a mark
of the members personal affec-
ton and esteem"
The presentation was made by
Robert T. Stevens, retiring chair
man of the council, who is Secre-
tary of the Army designate
Evening star., 1953-01-15
Mrs. John W. Devine,
Wife Of Retired General

BLACKSBURG, Va, Jan. 15.-
Mrs. Annie w. Devine, wife of
Maj. Gen. John M. Devine, re-
tired, commandant of cadets
Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
died yesterday in Jefferson Hos
pital, Roanoke.
Mrs. Devine suffered a stroke
Tuesday at her home on the VPI
campus.
In addition to her husband she
is survived by four children, in
Guiding Mrs. Dorothy Devine
Wurster of Boiling Air Force
Base, Washington.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday at West Point. N. Y.
Gen. Devine became comman-
dant at VPI last August.
Evening star., 1953-01-15
Red Search Asked
But No witch Hunt
By the Associoted Press

NEW YORK. Jan. 15.-Presi-
dent-elect Eisenhower repeatedly
has told his cabinet he wants a
jealous search made for any
Communists or Red sympathizers
in Federal jobs-without use OF
any witch hunt" tactics.
He also is understood to have
made it clear he wants a new
loyalty program set up promptly
for tighter screening of Govern
ment employees and applicants
for positions.
The matter, it was learned
today, was discussed at length
at one of the conferences Gen.
Eisenhower held with his cabinet
and other top appointees Monday
and Tuesday.
Tentative decisions repeatedly
were reached on the general out
line of a new screening program,
but the nature of it is being kept
secret by those who attended the
conference.
Evening star., 1953-01-15
Coast Guardsman
F|ees, Slain by Police
BY the Assoeinted Press

BALTIMORE, Jan. 15.-A
young Coast Guardsman was
shot to death by a plainclothes-
man early today when. police
said. the youth resisted question:
ing and tried to run down the
officer in car.
Police 1t. Alvah Burk identi-
fled the victim and driver as
Joseph L. Sorrells, 20, of the
Coast Guard Barracks here.
They said he originally was
from Chincoteague, Va. but
later moved to Baltimore.
Another Coast Guardsman
was injured when the car
crashed after the shooting. He
was taken to. the United States
Public Health Hospital and iden-
titled as John H. Sterling, 20. Of
Crisfield, Md.
1t. Burk said Officer Wilbur
Rose told him that he and an
other plainclothesrnan, Sergt.
Joseph Hagherty, noticed a We
hlcle parked in a small alleyway
behind a loan company with it's
lights off.
The car backed out Of the
alley, nearly hit the officers car
and sped away. The officers fol-
lowed. got out of their vehicle
at an intersection and Officer
Rose approached the driver.
identifying himself with his
badge.
The young driver tried to run
down the officers and fed. After
giving chase for several blocks.
the officers caught up with the
car and they again got out and
approached it.
The driver once more tried to
run them down and Officer Rose
opened fire with his pistol.
Evening star., 1953-01-15
Agency Seeks Return
Of Adopted Baby
After Father 'sSuicide
By the Associated Press

LONG BEACH, Calf, Jan. Is.
An adoption agency went to
court today in an effort to re-
gain possession of baby whose
foster father died by violence.
The court order which the
Holy Name Adoption Service
seeks is writ of habeas corpus.
This would require Mrs. Edna
James, of nearby Lakewood, to
give up the 10-month-old girl.
E, w. Sheridan, attorney for
the Los Angeles adoption agen-
cy, contends that Mrs. James
husband. Clement, committed
suicide last November, about
seven months after the couple
was given possession Of the
baby.
First Such Court Action.
Since then Mrs. James re-
peatedly has refused to give up
the baby and is keeping her a
prisoner" Mr.. Sheridan charged.
This, he added. is the first time
a California adoption agency
has had to resort to habeas
corpus proceedings to regain
possession of a child.
Mr.. Sheridan said "there is no
question as to Mrs. James fitness
as a mother, but the agency be-
lieves that youngster must have
a father also to assure a normal
childhood"
Able to Provide for Child.
Mrs. James attorney, Elsie M
Farris, holds that the agency has
mo legal right to take the baby
Patricia away" from Mrs. James,
who claims she is fully able to
provide for the little girl.
II love my child" said Mrs.
James, land I'm going to do
everything I can to keep her. We
waited two years to get her, and
she's all I have"
Evening star., 1953-01-15
Mrs. LindIey Hatcher,
Mother Of General,
Virginia Native, Dies

Mrs. Lindley Lovett Hatcher,
native of Virginia and a. Wash
ington resident for 35 years, died
yesterday in the home of a son
in Tucson. Ariz.
Mrs. Hatcher, who would have
been 88 on January 20. was the
mother of Maj. Gen. j. S.
Hatcher, U. S. A.. retired, of Falls
Church, Va. Because of failing
health, she had lived for several
months with another son. Col.
James L. Hatcher, U. S. A. re-
tired, in Tucson.
A third son, Richard F..
Hatcher of Montgomery. Ala,
also survives.
Mrs. Hatcher was born in
White Post, Va. and lived for
many years in Winchester and
Front Royal. Her husband, an
educator in Virginia and Wash
ington, died in 1920.
A member Of the Pen Women
Of America, Mrs. Hatcher had
studied art at the Corcoran
School here and in France. She
was member also of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Besides her three sons, she is
survived by two daughters, Miss
Margery S. Hatcher, headmis-
tress of the Kalorama Day School
here. and Mrs. Ralph H. Byrd,
Evanston. ILL.,; a brother, Richard
Clarke Somerville, Lynchburg,
Va; sister, Mrs. C. B. Welton,
Richmond; five grandchildren
and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be held Saturday
in the First Presbyterian Church,
Winchester. Burial will be in
the family plot in Mount Hebron
Cemetery there.
Evening star., 1953-01-15
Mrs. Frank Woodbury., ST..
Writer Of Old Ballads
By the Associoted Press

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 15.-
Mrs. Frank H. Woodbury., sr.,
writer of a famed tear-jerking
ballad of the COS, "a Letter Edged
in Black" died in a nursing
home yesterday at the age of 81.
Death was attributed to a res
piratory infection.
A son, Thomas H. Woodbury.,
said origin of his mothers most
famous song apparently was lost
in obscurity. as her children were
too young to remember details.
Another ballad she wrote. when
the Leaves Come Drifting Down, -
however, was first sung here in
1899 and enjoyed a wide popu-
larity during that period.