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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-05-06
DEMOCRATS
School Industrial Club
Wins Gold Award

Judith McNaughton and Ron
aid Fratoe, representatives from
Chardon high school for the
Vocational Industrial club, with
Mr.. L. w. Smith, instructor
and coordinator, attended the
spring convention of the Vo-
cational Industrial club which
was held at Columbus on April
"a.
There were eighteen chapters
present with three contests be-
ing held at the meeting: Job
Application, Extemporaneous
Speaking, and a Parliamentary
Procedure contest.
The Chardon VIC Chapter re-
ceived a gold award for out
standing service performed by
the club. They had an enjoy
able meal at the banquet with
entertainment furnished by the
MaSSillon club as host.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-05-06
White and Chapman
Lose kyBig Margins

Geauga's Republican party, split by party fight
turned Tuesday against veteran county commissioner and
long time state representative and rejected them cand
dates by votes of about two to and three to two.
AS a result James Hunt of Middefield today is the
party candidate for county commissioner and B. A Brough
of Newbury the party candidate for the state legs
ature Hunt carried 33 Geauga precincts by substantial
margins and lost only and tied with White to roll
up total of 1910 to 963. Whitman Thrasher, third in
the commissioner race garnered 481 votes.
Chapman Jared little better He carried the five
voting precincts Chardon carried precinct in Clardon
and Thompson But Broughton made clean sweep of all
the of the 20 precincts in the county and rolled up
total of 1854 to 1912 Robert Lindsey third in the
got 579 votes.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-05-06
Chardon Nine
Loses to
MayeM

WEST GEAUGA - A no-hit,
no-run game was tossed at the
Chardon HilltopperS Thursday
by Mayfield'S Bob Sullivan as
the Hilltoppers were defeated
20 in an exhibition game play
ed at West Geauga.
Chardon'S Dick Carver al
lowed Mayfield only four hits
but two went for doubles and
one for a triple. Mayfield's
Arenswald, short stop, doubled
and tried to stretch it into a
triple but was tagged out. Mao
ole doubled, Anderson tripled
him home and Zimmerman sim
gled Anderson home to make
up the two runs for the victor.
Carver topped Sullivan in the
struckout department by fan
ming nine of his opponents.
Each pitcher had four walks
apiece while Carver had on e
error committed behind him.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-05-06
Court Clears Wa,
for South Russell
Shopping Center

Cedric w. Morrison, Chagrin
Falls real estate broker, an
nounced he would appeal a de-
cision of the Geauga County
Common Pleas Court opening
the way to establishment of a
million-dollar shopping centeron
Rt. 422 in South Russell.
The decision, handed down
last Thursday by Judge Harold
Richmond at Chardon, dismiss
ed an injunction suit brought by
Mr.. Morrison to restrain South
Russell officials from allowing
the site to be used for CONNER
cial purposes.
Mr.. Morrison is developing a
residential subdivision on prop
erty adjoining the proposed
shopping center site, which is
an 18-acre tract on the north
side of Rt. 422, a short dis
tance from the Chagrin Falls
line.
Mr.. Morrison pointed out
that property across the street
is already zoned for CONNER
cial use.
I'VE are not opposing the
creation of a shopping section
in South RUSSELL" he declared
in announcing his intention to
appeal. Our opposition is to
the proposed location only.
"Our opposition lies in tn e
creation of a new commercial
zone when there is a vacancy
in the already zoned CONNER
cial area, especially since the
use of the established zone will
have no effect upon surrounding
residential property"
In his ruling, Judge Rich
mond declared that 1.-The action
taken by the defendant (South
Russell Village) in amending
the zoning ordinances of t h
village was not arbitrary or
capriciouS, was reasonable and
proper, and said amendment
will best serve the interests Of
the community as a whole and
is not unconstitutional"
A. D. Fairweather, mayor of
South Russell, said a decision
from the Court of Appeals prob
ably could not be expected be-
fore August.
Meanwhile, Homer Rowland
of the Rowland R atty Co.,
one of the owners of the pro-
posed shopping center site, said
tenants were being signed up
for the development and a topo-
graphical survey was being
made.
He expressed the hope that
construction still might be start
ed this summer.
Others who have an interest
in the property, Mr.. Rowland
said, are his brother John OF
Lake Lucerne, a partner in the
real estate firm; Lyndall Hugh
es, local realtor; George Hodil,
Lyndhurst insurance agent, and
Frank Stein, retired South Euc-
lid builder.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-05-06
Emory Clifford Rites
Held on Saturday

Services were held Saturday
at the Burr funeral home for
Emory Clifford, "a, retired
mail carrier out of Chardon
Postoffice and farmer for many
years in this vicinity. He died
at the Good Samaritan hospital
in GAINESVILLE, 0.
Mr.. Clifford had been a resi-
dent of McConnellsville, O., for
the last 16 years.
Surviving are three nieces,
Mrs. Florence Mills of Kirkland,
Mrs. Clara Redfern of Cleve-
land, Mrs. Linda Beech of
Chesterland, nephew; ] m S
Clifford of Kirkland.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-05-06

School Isues Are
Approved by Voters

Voters approved two
school issues in Geauga.
The bond issue for a new
school in MunsOn carried
by substantial margin
and the school tax levy in
Newbury was approved.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-05-06
Sells Living Room
Set In One Day

Thursday, April 20, Mrs.
S. E. Zamer of Chardon ad-
vertised a two piece dark
blue mOhair living room
suite for sale. By Friday,
April 80, she had sold it.
This represents another of
the many fine examples of
the quick response you get
by advertising in the Ge-
auga Record.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-05-06

Audre Blair, candidate for
the unexpired term of county
commissioner, who was Spon-
sored by the White Chapman
group, made a better showing
against his opponent William
Burns but still lost out by 1904
votes to iii for Burns.
Surprising was the show of
strength made by George
Holmes of Munson as a candi-
date for the uneXpired term of
county commissioner. Holmes
was not endorsed as candidate
by either faction in the fight
in fact he was opposed nd
attacked by both factions. Han
dicapped also by being almost
total newcomer in the politi-
cal arena he still managed to
win 500 votes. He carried his
home precincts in Munson by
substantial majorities. His to-
tai ran ahead of Thrasher, Bez-
dek, and Werner.
Surprising too was the close
race between Wilma Kronk,
county auditor, and Roy Par
sons of Chardon. Parsons was
put forward by the anti
White Chapman group. Aside
from making regular appear
anceS at political meetings, Par
sons did practically no cam
paigning. Nevertheless he came
within 48 votes of Mrs. Kronk.
The totals were 1923 to 1880.
White and Chapman's bid
for party control apparently is
headed for failure. D e pite
some local victories for pre-
cinct committeeman, their own
failure to win nomination will
probably block them from con-
troll of party politics.
But Tuesday was a bad day
in Geauga for political boss
eS." Jim Garwick, chairman of
the Republican committee was
defeated in his own township
OF Auburn. 1t was the attack
against GarWick that was cred
tied with starting the spark
that upset White and Chapman.
Now all three apparently have
lost out.
Reports were that Chapman
and White planned to install
Charles Hall, Chardon attorney,
as Republican chairman. With
their own defeat it seems un-
likely they will be able to force
Halls election, even though
Hall won a place on the COM
mittee by defeating Jim Dins-
more in their Chardon pre-
cinct.
Scores on the committee
fights were as follows: In Char
don Hall beat DinSmore by SIS
to As; Elsie DeGroft beat
Whitman Thrasher by 63 to 81;
Jay Dee Parsons beat Jackson
by 63 to 50; in Hambden vet
eran Luther Battles beat Bert
Barnum by 81 to "A; in Mum
son McGeough beat Reiter by
80 to SO and Brandes won over
Warner. In Claridon Kronk
beat Slagle by 45 to 81 and in
Montville Scheller beat Tate by
IS to IL.
DEMOCRATS
Governor Frank J. Lausche
lead the Democratic ballot in
Geauga with 1913 votes. Isabel
Kochert, candidate for the state
legislature won 533 votes. Lynn
HoSford beat Paul Robson for
the county commissioner NOM
ination by 354 to 294. Carl G.
HofStetter received SIS votes for
nomination as candidate for
the unexpired term of county
commissioner.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-05-06

GEAUGA ACTIVITIES GET
MANY DOLLARS WORTH OF
FREE space in every issue of
The Geauga Record. Worth
while community activities do
not have to PAY to get publicity
in a Newspaper.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-05-06
Real Estate Officers
at Convention

Geauga county Real Estate
Board members had a busy
month. r. o. Wolcott, presi-
dent; and Hazel M. Ernst, dir
ector; attended a presidents
and directors two-day session
in Columbus. On April the 18th,
fourteen realotrs and statesmen
attended District l, Northern
Ohio conference, an all d y
session at Hotel Cleveland. q,
At the regular meeting held
at Hosmer'S in Burton, Tues
day, April 27, fourteen realtors
and one salesman were pre-
sent. The guest was F. Ross
Ellis, vice president of Dis
trict No. l, a round table dis
cussion was the program, per-
tanning to real estate and
realtor problems.
Margaret Ellicock was elect
ed to active membership. r.
o. Wolcott, president, presided.
Evening star., 1954-06-26
The Posing Show
Ihe Possing Show
A British Life With Father
Heidi at 3 Theuters Here
By Joy cormody
By Joy cormody

English families also are
headed by males called fathers.
This might at any time lead
to an English version Of the
great American comedy, Life
With Father"
In truth that is precisely what
it has done, in the film isn't
Evening star., 1954-06-26
Radio Commentator
Sued for 81 Million

A Chicago manufacturer of
ball-point pens yesterday filed
a 81 million defamation suit
against Radio Commentator
Frank Edwards. the AFL, which
sponsors Mr.. Edwards broad
casts; Radio Station WWDC
and the Mutual BroadcaSting
System.
The suit, filed in the U. s.
District Court for the District
of Columbia by Paul c. Fisher,
charged he was DETAINED in ra-
dio broadcaSts on September 26.
1852, and January IA, 1854 At
issue were comments allegedly
made by Mr.. Edwards on Mr..
Fishers labor practices.
Evening star., 1954-06-26
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
And Time of Showing
Stage.

Stage.
Arena-"Room Service; 2:3O
and $3.50 pm.
National South Pacific;
2:20 and 8:20 pm.
OIney outward Bound;
$40 pm.
Screen.
Ambassador - Hell Below
Zero: ITO. 3:15. 500. 7:25 and
9:35 pm.
CapitOl-"The Student Prince;
II am. los. 3:15. 5:25, 7:35,
$40 and 11:5O pm.
Colony Tomorrow Is Too
Late; 6:15, sos and 9:55 pm.
COlumbia-"The Long Watt:
11:40 am, lao, $40, $40, TAO,
$40 and 11:40 pm.
Dupont THE Captains Para
disc; 1, 2:45. 4:30. 6:15, 8:05,
9:55 ana 1l:45 pm.
Keith's-"Johnny Dark; 11:15
am, 1:2O. $3.50. 5:35, 7:45 and
9:55 pm. and IL am.
Little 1.-The Queen in Aus
tralia";; l. 1886. 6:10 and OILS
pm.
MacArthur-"Isn't Life Won
derful";; 2:05. 4, 6, 8 and 9:55
pm.
Metropolitan Hell Below
Zero; 11:40 am. 1:4O, $40,
$40. TAO, 9:45 and HAS pm.
Ontario-"Tanga Tika";; lis,
$40. $40. 7:05, 9:05 and II pm.
Palace-"Three Coins in the
Fountain; 11:1O am, 1:15, 1920,
5:25. 7:35. 9:4O and 1850 pm.
PlayhOuse-'Knock on Wood:
11:15 am. l:20. 1920, 5:25, 7:3O,
$40 and 11:40 pm.
Plaza-"One Summer of Hap
plnesS"; l ap., 12:45, 2:25, 4:1O,
$50. 7:4O. OPS and 11:15 pm.
Trans Lux The French
Line; 11:15 am, 1:15, 1920,
$50, 7:40 and $50 pm. and IL
am.
Warner-"ThiS Is Cinerama":
2:3O, $50 and $40 pm.
Evening star., 1954-06-26
Warren Will Give Talk
AT Judicial Conference
BY The Associated Press

HOT SPRINGS. Va, June 26.
Chief Justice Earl Warren is
scheduled to preside over the
Tuesday morning session of the
oath Judicial Conference of the
Fourth Circuit at the Homestead
here. He will deliver the open
ing address.
Claude M. Dean of Richmond,
clerk of the Court of Appeals,
will be honored at the annual
dinner Tuesday. Mr.. Dean, 80,
is retiring after SO years of
service.
The three-day parley, sched-
uled to open Monday with an
executive session for the judges,
will be attended by about 400
persons.
The Fourth Circuit embraces
North Carolina, Virginia, South
Carolina, West Virginia and
Maryland.
Evening star., 1954-06-26

manifest again in the Aim,
Heidi" which opened yesterday
at the Apex, Langley and Nay
lor Theaters. This is the Lazar
Weschler production, shot in the
loveliness of Switzerland, and an
international prize winner rich
ly deserving of its honors.
Coupled with white Name" the
story of a brave boy and a proud
horse, it is an irresistible pack
age not merely for the young
but for all the reasonably pure
in heart.
Weschler's Heidi" takes lib
critics, forgiveable ones, with the
Johanna Spyri story but it never
forgets that it is telling the
tale Of a heroine of invincible
innocence. It's Heidi, played by
a plated charmer named Eliza
beth Sigmund. is as radiant as
the Alpine atmosphere in which
she moves. In her aura, human
frailty endureS only long enough
to learn its essential shameful
ness. And, co-incidentally, long
enough to provide the contrast
of pathos the happy narrative re-
quires for dramatic flavor.
Wechsler, who knows all the
tricks of capturing the enchant-
ment of landscape in the magic
of photography, has framed his
child actress in constant beauty
in this Heidi" production. The
idyllic serenity of Heidi's Alpine
home is viSually as vital a part
of her story as any of its more
baSically dramatic elements.
This concern of the producer
for his setting is not conducive
to pace in telling his story. It
is, however, Weschler'S way of
making a picture and in this one
he has given every one another
reason to cherish the small
Swiss girl whose simple virtue
persuaded life that it owed her
happiness.
white Mane," a 40-minute
account of a French Swampland
boys tanning of a wild white
stallion, is a sharply contrasting
cinema narrative. Shot against
the stark and reedy waSteland
of Southern France, it has about
it rugged realism for which
the gentlenesS of Heidi" is the
perfect antidote.
The latter, incidentally. is in
dubbed English which at least
has the merit of sparing young
and old the need to read SUBJ
titles.
Evening star., 1954-06-26

Next to the small girl to whom
you read her story. Heidi is the
most loveable feminine mini
ature any man knows.
That her charm is one of the
worlds few imperishables Is
Evening star., 1954-06-26

Life Wonderful" which opened
last night at the Macarthur
Theater.
With the Messrs. Churchill
and Eden in town and amity at
a premium, the diplomatic thing
would be to avoid direct COM
parison between the American
and English versions of the COM
edy. This, regrettably enough, is
journalism and not diplomacy
At the formers less gracious
level. the comparison is un-
avoidable. It is also unfavorable
to isn't Life Wonderful" which
for all the loving care that went
into it, seems more contrived,
strained, and visibly purposeful
than the Native product.
Nevertheless, as seen through
the eyes of a small, red-headed
boy, the family headed by Cecil
Parker in the Macarthur film is
an amusing group. There is even
one respect in which it is more
comically blessed than the ia
nous Clarence Days.
This is in its possession Of q
character funnier than father,
an Uncle Willie who keeps stain
ing the family'S name with high
proof whisky. Uncle Willie,
played by Donald Wolff. adds
greatly to the humor of isn't
Life Wonderful" by his constant
disheveling of the family'S dig
nifty. In the fashion of his
inebriate kind. however. he also
injects touches of tedium.
Brock Williams screenplay,
adapted from his novel, Uncle
Willie and the Bicycle Shop" &"
covers quite a swatch of upper
English family life. At the CEN
ter of this. stands Actor Parker
as the choleric father who would
be a tranquil man if only his
family and the Government
would do what he tells them.
Since both of these and even the
family's longtime servants have
minds of their own, Father
Parker knows only torment and
turmoil.
As a period piece set in the
dawn of the motro and bicycle
ages, isn't Life Wonderful"
proceeds at the tempo of that
era. not this one.
Nevertheless. the film is acted
at that standard which gives
English comedy a tempting
flavor in spite of a few flaws.
AS the righteous father and way
ward uncle. respectively, Mr..
Parker and Mr. Wolff are su-
perbly cast. Young Peter Asher
with the flaming red hair is Just
the skeptical heir a father like
Parker deserves and Eileen
Herlie is affecting as the mother
who cannot find enough oil for
so many troubled waters.
isn't Life Wonderful" has
been given the lavish production,
including Technicolor, that upper
strata domestic comedy demands.
Evening star., 1954-06-26

ISN'T LIFE WONDERFUL" an As
sociated British Picture Corporation pic
ture. produced by Warwick Ward. di-
rected by Harold French. screenplay BY
"Uncle Willie and the Bicycle Shop"
At the Macarthur.
Evening star., 1954-06-26
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LOO, 3:55. 6:50. 9:45; OLSEN and
JOHNSON in I'm A PADDED CELL"
at 2:45. $40. 6:35. Plus 2 Cartoons.
Evening star., 1954-06-09

2.659. .021. For 1854 (estimated)
-2. SOC, 900.
EnrollmentS are down now be-
cause the Hood Of veterans has
subsided and the colleges are
now getting the short crop Of
children Of the depression 1930s.
But the retreat in numbers is
believed only temporary. There
are predictions they will be 8
million by 1857, 4 million by 1865
and even 5 million by 1857.
Colleges Take Graduates.
The significant point is that
the colleges are taking the gradu-
ates Of the schools. OF course,
there are some State universities
that operate on the philosophy
that the graduate of any high
school in the State is entitled to
admission. Sometimes the high
Continued on Page A-9.)
Evening star., 1954-06-09
Fourth of q Series

the college of his choice, can get
as good preparation in public
schools as in private schools.
Furthermore, there are indica-
tions that the public schools are
doing a better job than they did
formerly.
There is also available study
of the records of freshmen stu
dents in Virginia colleges which
shows that public school grad
yates did better than private
school graduates.
There is no intention here to
disparage the private schools.
Since they are traditionally COLI
lege preparatory schools, the 11g-
ureS relating to them are used
as standards against which to
measure the public schools.
Some Busts, Some Brilliant.
Nor is it to be inferred that
the public schools turn out stu
dents uniformly well-prepared
for college. They don't. The
schools send to college some ter
rife misf1ts who are busted
out" promptly when mid-year
examinations roll around. But
the schools also send some bril-
lianS students who graduate from
the college with honors.
The chief data on the capacity
Of the public schools to prepare
for college is from the College
Entrance Examination Board.
This is an organization of col
leges and universities, now 100
In number, which has been hold
ing examinations for candidates
for college since 1901.
It's latest report gives the
mean scores in the various tests
given in 1852, divided between
public school pupils and, inde-
pendent (private) school pupils.
Here is the data:
Evening star., 1954-06-09

1t will be seen that the mean
score for public school pupils
exceeded that for private school
pupils in 10 of the tests, was
less in four of the tests and
there was one tie score.
1t should be noted that public
school pupils taking the Col
lege Boards (the term students
use for the examinations) tend
to be select group. Passing
the examinations is not a pre-
requisite for a college education,
for the student may go to a col
lege which admits on certificate
from an accredited high school
or on the principals recon-
mendation. Therefore, the stu
dent who might otherwise take
the tests may avoid them If he
does not feel hopeful of passing
with an acceptable score.
1t is assumed larger propor-
ton of private school pupils take
the examinations. That is part
of the private school tradition.
DR.. Hobart M. Corning, super
1ntendent of the Washington
public schools, cited the figures
given here in a statement to the
Board of Education.
"It is quite obvious from these
statistics" he said, "that the
modern (public) schools are sue
ceSSfully preparing students for
college entrance, and that in
spite of the larger classes and
more heterogeneous groups Of
children the records Of public
school students compare very
favorably with those Of the in
dependent schools in scores at
tanned. :"
No State Breakdown.
Unfortunately. no breakdown
by States or cities is available
in the College Entrance Exam
ination Boards report. The
data that is given, however,
shows a record of Improvement
In the scores of public school
students in comparison with
those of private school students.
In 1910, for instance, public
school pupils made better rec
ordS in four examinations and
private school students main
tanned this lead or bettered it.
Then the public school pupils
went into the lead and main
tanned it.
The board supplied figures
Evening star., 1954-06-09
ING With obr Schools?
What's Wrong With odr Schools?
First Rate Training for c College
Available to Public High Pupil

from 1941 through 1852 for II
examinations where the mean
scores were comparable. An off,
cial of the board wrote, 1.-The
thing that impreSses me most is
the smallness and inconsistency
of the differences between the
public and independent means
de-, mean scoreS) and the
smallness and irregularity ofathe
changes in means from yeaY to
year." IA
Nevertheless, this table shows
that independent school students
topped the public school stu
dents in a majority of the exam
nations through 1914, and the
public school students have led
beginning with l945 and through
1852. Later figures than 1852
are not available.
The proportion Of public school
students to private school stu
dents taking the examinations
has steadily increased. Back in
the early 1930s only about one
in three youngsters was from a
public school. Now the public
school students are about IS. per
cent of the total.
Performance in Test.
One test Of preparation is how
the students perform when they
reach college. The study of
freshman students in Virginia
colleges, already referred to, was
for the year 1948-49.
This study was made by AL
fred L. Wingo, supervisor of re-
search of the Virginia Depart
ment of Education. The data
used here is based on the records
Of 4,974 students in % colleges.
Comparison of records was &C
cording to the percentage of
student semesters" completed
without failure. For example,
eight student semesters would
Evening star., 1954-06-09
By Froncis P. DouaIos

How good a job do the public
schools do in preparing students
for college?
The records show that an alert
student. determined to get into