Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-02-11

White, County Auditor Wilma
Kronk and State Representative
Newton Chapman, who ar e
moving to oust James Garwick,
chairman of the County Re
publican committee and ap-
parently the six executive COM
mittee members.
Under the sponsorship of
White and Chapman 81 oppoSi-
ton candidates have filed for
the jobs of the Republican Cen
tral Committee. The Central
committee in turn elects t h e
executive committee headed by
Gawick.
Practically since his election
as a county commissioner IL
years ago Tom White has been
the proverbial boss" in t h e
courthouse. He has taken little
interest in the Republican party
as such although he has been
a candidate on the Republican
ticket.
James GarWick, head of the
Republican executive commit
tee, has had little to do with
the courthouse directly and has
been principally concerned with
the internal workings of t h e
local Republican party. In the
state he is an unoppoSed can
didate for the state central
committee to represent the 18th
district.
County auditor, Wilma Kronk,
is considered as working for
White and State representative
Newton Chapman is supposed
to have been irked by Gar
Wick's having at one time been
candidate against him for
the state legislature.
The feud now starting to
blaze has been smoIdering for
a long time. Garwick wa S
criticized for taking advantage
Of his position to conduct the
campaign in Geauga for United
State Representative, Oliver P.
Bolton. The fact that Bolton
won more votes than any other
candidate did not ingratiate Gar
wick with county officials. The
county executive committee has
irrtitated local officials by en-,
dorsing candidates in the pri
mary. Their endorsement o1
James Dinsmore for prosecut
ing attorney againS the in.
cumbent Harold K. Bostwick
was a particularly noticeable
event.
The interparty fight apparent.
ly came into the open over the
appointment of a county com.
missioner to replace Carleton
Lowe, who died last December.
According to Garwick, Ford
probate Judge Robert) and
Hollenbeck County Recorder
Howard HollenbeckD came tc
see me and asked the Republi.
can committee to make reco.
mendationS to fill the vacancy
called a meeting of the ex,
ecutive committee and they ir
turn decided the central com.
mittee should be called. At a
meeting of the central commit.
tee they decided to submit the
names Of Ignatius Cavanagh fc
Auburn and William Burns ot
Bainbridge.
Il do not know why but
after asking us for recommen.
dations, the appointing board
ignored our recommendation
and appointed Albert Caste
mire."
'Mr. Gastemire came to me
afterwards and asked for party
support for the uneXpired term
Later he decided not to run. .
The filing of opposition tC
the central committee members
was organized principally by
Newton Chapman, Geauga's
representative in the state legis
lature. He succeeded in obtain,
ing eighteen opposition candi'
dates. The apparent hope ot
upsetting the executive com.
mittee is to elect their can,
didates and seek defections in
the ranks of the central com.
mittee.
And while opposition candi,
dates have filed against h e
officials involved, Garwick to.
day said neither he, the execu.
tive committee or the central
committee had endorsed any,
one.
Filed against Tom White is
Whitman ThraSher of Chardon
and James Hunts of Middle
field. Thrasher is considered a
GdrWlcR sponsored canQlQate
and Hunt is considered running
independently of organized sup
port. Thrasher has been a
Chardon village councilman for
several years and Hunt is the
owner and operator of the
telephone company in Middle
field.
Roy D. Parsons has fill e d
against Wilma Kronk for coun-
ty auditor. Parsons has lon G
been active with Garwick in
the central committee and Mrs.
Kronk is considered an asso-
ciate of Tom Whites. B. A.
Broughton, a member of Gar
wick's executive committee, has