Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-12-30

10 Cnagrn.
Sterling TimmonS, A u b ur
Township conservation d airy
farmer, was appointed to rep
resent Geauga county on the
Cuyahoga Watershed committee
The purpose of this committee
is primarily to study various
methods of approach to use in
getting into an action program
on the watershed.
Mrs. Rebecca Olds of Middle
field and Paul McNish, former
Ohio Grange master, were
selected as the Outstanding"
woman and man of Geauga
county at the annual honor ban
quet held in the school audi
torij. The event was sponsored
by the Burton Middlefield Ro-
tary club, Geauga Business and
Professional Women's club and
Geauga Kiwanis club.
A test well for the village of
Chardon located on the prop
erty of Bass Lake Community
Inc, is yielding steadily 200
gallons a day, according to a
report of Rollin F. Mcdowell
and associates of Cleveland
The firm was employed by
Chardon village to search for
additional water for the COM
munity.
Garland Shelter of Middlefield
was re elected chairman at
the reorganization meeting of
the Geauga county Democratic
party held in the Hosmer Res
taurant at Burton.
The Republican party picked
compromise candidates to head
their central committee. Earl
T. BrandeS of MunSon was cleo
ted chairman; Ralph Schwarz
of Chester was elected vice
chairman.
JUNE
High winds accompanying a
thunderstorm tipped over und-
reds of trees, cut dozens of
telephone and power l in e S
damaged houses and barns and
did damage totalling into thou
sands of dollars in Geauga.
The Geauga county m a
chest X-ray survey was success
sfully complete with a total of
4,023 chest X-rayS by the mo-
bile unit.
Wilma F. Kronk, clerk of the
Geauga county Commissioners,
announced they will receive bids
for jobs of doing some paint
ing on the county home n d
the courthouse.
A school bond issue for 5000,
900 in West Geauga was de-
feated by the voters at a spec
ial election.
Chardon village started to lay
over a mile and a half of wa
ter main from Bass L k
community to the village to au-
gment the villages rapidly di-
minishing water supply.
All traffic stopped, pedes
trians got off the streets to
shelter in the business districts,
fire departments assembled.
warning sirens sounded through
out Geauga county in a test
alert of Geauga county civil
defense.
Chardon'S Mayor, Donald c.
Muchmore, declared a state
of emergency on the use of wa
ter in the village. 1--WE are
asking all people to conserve
as much water as possible e.
If this is not done, all business
es and industries must close"
William Kicker, Is, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Kicker of Troy
Gownship, drowned while swim
ming in Burton Lake.
Water bills in Chardon went
up as a result of the expense
of the new pipeline.
Control of the Chardon Rub
Der Co., was sold for approx
mately $1,600,0OO to the Ball
Co., Muncie, Ind.
Geauga county commission
ers took the first steps towards
constructing a new G ga
county jail. They instructed
their clerk, Auditor Kronk, to
contact architects for suggeS =
tions and estimates of costs of
a new building.
A widely known Geauga coup
lie, Mr.. and Mrs. Car S. God
ell, celebrated their golden we'd
ding anniversary.
JULY
Property damages estimated
at $4,000 resulted from a fire
which destroyed a barn nd
granary and damaged a milk
house and fence at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Thomas
a mile east of Chardon on Rt.
6.
Employees of the Chardon
Rubber Company defeated the
c. I o. United Rubber, Cork,
Linoleum and Plastic Workers |
of America Union by a vote of |
221 to SO in an election held |
by the NLRB.
Sprink1inp 1auynS in Cha rdOn |