Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-04-15

Tom White, veteran county
commissioner, picked up t h e
gauntlet and answered Holmes
points and the talks of t h
two men stole the show from
the nine other candidates for
county commissioner who were
invited to speak.
Three newSpapermen present,
Frank Feigle of the G eauga
TimeS-Leader of Burton, Paul
Denton of the Painesville Tele-
graph and reporter for tn e
Times Leader and John Gore
Of The Geauga Record and The
Geauga News were bitterly
criticized for printing lies.
George Holmes opened h e
attack against the press with
criticism of Denton and Feigle.
He charged that Denton a nd
Feigle "either lied about their
attendance at commissioners
meetings or were in cahoots
with the commissioners in sup
reSSing news"
Tom White spent a portion
of his time answering an edi-
torial criticizing him that. re-
Gently appeared in The Geauga
Record and The Geauga News.
with one exception and ex-
cepting the pleasant things t
John (Gore) said about me
there wasn't a word of truth
in the editorial" said Mr..
White. with the one excep-
ton it was a complete lie"
Mr.. White explained that his
apology for his attack on Hilda
Kibler was complete apology.
'It was one thing 1 have done
as county commissioner that I
have been ashamed of and I
completely apologized."
White charged that the story
of the improving the road near
the Raible property was in
correct.
In answering the charge of
Holmes about the county road
deal he in the main agreed
with the facts presented by
Holmes but indicated tn a t
Holmes was making much of
little.
He asked Denton if he had
regularly attended commission
ers meetings and Denton an
sWered Correct" He a ter
directed a similar question to
Gore who answered, Its your
speech, Tom"
The nine other candidates
who spoke briefly but were
overshadowed in the whit E.
Holmes dispute were DurWood
Bezdek of Russell, Audre
Blair of NeWbury, VILLA m
Burns of cambridge, J a m
Werner of Chardon, Lynn Hos
ford of Chardon, James Hunt
of NIiddlefield, Paul Robinson
of Thompson Whitman Thrash
er of Chardon and Carl Hof-
stetter of Middlefield.
A resume of the speech of
Holmes that set off the fire
works for the evening is as
follows:
Mr.. Chairman; Friends of the
Chardon Chamber and Guests:
There was a rumor that 1
would not attend tonight. I am
here; my head bloody but I'M
bowed. I have not retracted
anything / have written or said
and I do not propose to after
tonight. During the many years
that we have lived in Geauga
county, we have made many
friends. We have loved every
day here. But we have n OF
been blind to the poor record
compiled by some of our
county officials. With you I
have griped about the ever
mounting taxes, the poor roads
and the feuding of public fig
ures. With you 1 hung my
head in shame at the disclosure
of slot machines, gambling,
racketeering and the admissions
by Township and Village Off
cials that they had accepted
money or gifts from gamblers.
When the good people of &C.
auga county, threw out h e
gamblers and questionable Of
ficials, we were proud of Ge-
auga county. Tonight 1 want
to tell you of the new evil that
has reared its head in our
community. I am not going to
ask you to vote for me to-
night. But when I am through
tonight, you will vote for hon
esty and integrity.
cover a year ago one of the
largest road building compan-
les in Ohio called me and ask
ed me to sue the county Of
ficialS for fraud and collusion
in the letting of road contracts.
Since they were paving Routes