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Evening star., 1955-06-05
HTS-I6 CANDIDATES
Falls Church to Elect
City Council June IA

crate Ivc critics In comment
ing that there Is too much har-
mony" in Ivc circles.
Charter Change
Mr.. Taylor, who has served on
the council since June, 1881.
when he was appointed to ill .
vacancy. advocates . charter
change to provide for . stag.
|gered term Of ONCE on the gov.
erning body.
Speaking for the Ivc slate.
Mr.. Seymour declared:
I'VE haven't tied our coattails
to anyone and we don't intend
to. As far as being obligated
to anyone or any group. that Is
nonsense"
Other candidates running on
the IVC slate are John r. Blow
ers. budget officer Of General
Services Administration: Edgar
j. Fagan, distribution chief Of
Navy publications; william L.
Grenoble. an employe OF the
United States Information
Agency; william r. Pierce, an
attorney and former Assistant
Chief Counsel, Office Of Price
Sterilization. and Samuel C.
Vanneman, an administrator in
the Department of Agriculture.
Not Affiliated
Mr.. Benn, one of the three In
dependents not associated with
either group. is an attorney for
the Foreign Claims Settlement
Commission. He was elected two
years ago. Mr.. Benn was elected
on a slate with other IVC cam
didates. Although he has de-
clined to run on a ticket, he
lis not in the same situation as
Mr.. Fink, who is frowned on
by IVC.
One Of the candidates in the
united Independent group, Fran
els w. Trapp, formerly served
three years on the School Board
and one year on the Board Of
zoning Appeals.
Mr.. Trapp, an official with the
Potomac Electric Power Co. was
not reappointed to the School
Board by the council when his
three-year term ran out last
year.
The IVC majrity on the coun.
Gil opposed his reappointment.
Like other members Of the
anti-IvC ticket, he is consid-
cred to be conservative, but In.
dorsed the recently-passed $99I,.
900 school bond issue.
Ran Before
Two other anti-IVC hopefuls
were unsuccessful candidates In
the 1853 council race. They are
Elmer L. Bleekfeld, q Navy De-
partment ordnance engineer, and
Thomas A. O'Halloran, telephone
company engineer.
Jewell H. Petersen, q patent
examiner for the United States
Patent ONCE, and DR.. John A.
Swartwout. chief Of anesthesi-
ology at Arlington Hospital, are
making their first bids for coun-
Gil seats.
Voting places will be the City
Council chamber in the police
station for Ward I. Madison
Elementary School for Ward II
and either Broad Street Motors
or Northern Virginia Hardware
in Ward III.
City councilmen and the city
attorney are elected to tWo-year
terms. A councilman receives
$25 q month. Salary of the city
attorney is $500 a year.
\The new council, when 1t takes
office in September. will elect
one Of its members as mayor.
Evening star., 1955-06-05
Fronco Names Aide

MADRID, June 4 (R.-Gen.
Francisco Franco, Chief Of State.
has named 1t. Gen. Carlos Assem-
sio Cabanillas new Chief Of the
High General Staff.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-28
james Listed AS
Outstanding" In
General Assembly

Rep. Edmund G. James, of
Noble county, has been selected
as one of II representatives from
1856 members as being the most
able and outstanding in the 10lst
General Assembly by a panel Of
Legislative correspondents for
Ohio newspapers.
So far as these men who
watched and reported the per
formance of legislators during
the session recently ended, Rep.
James earned a place on the "all
star" legislative team of 1855.
Another member of the all star
team is Rep. Harold w Oyster
from neighboring Washington
county.
Only four members of the
Senate were given the same rat
ing by this group of newspaper
men. The outstanding legislators
were selected by the following
newspaper correspondents: Clyde
Mann, Akron Beacon Journal
Tom Reynolds, Toledo Blade;
Brady Black, Cincinnati Enquir-
er; Jerry Poston, Dayton News
Tom Vail, Cleveland News and
Bob Vincent, international News
Service.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-28
Additional Lumber
Needed For pr0ieci

Approximately $4,000 board
feet has been sawed for the All
club barn and show arena which
is being constructed at the Noble
county Playground but several
logs are still needed to complete
the project.
A. Paul Jonard, associate
agent, specified that a donation
of the following sizes is absolu-
tely necessary for the realization
of this club project:
Fifty, eight foot logs; four, ten
foot logs; twelve, IA foot logs;
ten, 18 foot log and two, II foot
logs.
If there is anyone in the
county willing to donate this
lumber for such a worthwhile
project, they should contact the
extension office in Caldwell i'm
mediately.
A committee meeting of 18 men
from as many communities in
the county is being held this
Thursday evening at the fair
ground in order to organize the
volunteer labor needed.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-28

of a new fire truck.
The queen of the firemen' S
festival will be crowned Sat-
urday evening at 1000. The
winner of the contest will receive
d $4,000 war bond from the fire
department and a Lady Elgin
watch from A. r. Briggs. Each of
the girls in the contest has
already been presented with
framed portrait of themselves
which was placed in the voting
booth on the square.
Each evening will see plenty
of activity with parades sched-
uled for Thursday and Saturday
nights On Friday night the
exhibition drill team from the
77th Marine Corp Reserve unit
in GAINESVILLE will put on a
marching demonstration on the
west side of the square. This
unit has participated in other
civic events in Caldwell and
has been well accepted on all
occasions.
CONTINUED on Page Two)
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-28
Two Farm Ponds Are
Completed By Noble
Soil Conservation
Spring Development
Also Finished On
AIvo Wofson Farm

Frank Calvin, NSC technician,
Roger King and Paul Wheeler
conservationist aids for Noble
county, have just completed this
week the building of two farm
ponds and one spring develop
ment on three farms in Noble
county.
The first pond was built on
the Charles Stoneking farm in
Brookfield township which holds
the capacity of $50 thousand gal
Ions of water.
Mr.. Stoneking has been short
of water since moving on his
farm four years ago and came to
Frank Calvin for help. Calvin,
at once, went to his farm and
helped in mapping out plans for
a pond which now accommodates
all of his livestock, household
needs and is also a fire protec-
ton for his farm. This pond was
under construction for one week.
The second pond was built at
T. E. Bircher's farm in Summer
IIS1d Will SAlOSlL Ci ldIl dOAllS
the bulldozing. The pond is built
on a ~ acre ground and will hold
between 100000 thousand gal
Ions of water and is compared in
size to the Boys Scouts Lake off
State Route 285.
Roger King and Paul Wheeler
were the conservationists who
helped with the plans for this
large farm pond.
Alva Watson has just complet-
ed spring development on his
farm with the aid of Frank Cal
win. This development will hold
$50 gallons of water and is a
concrete structure.
Technician Calvin revealed
today that the NSC technicians
have aided in building approXi-
mately so farm ponds and 1870
spring developments since work
ing in Noble county.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-28
Additional Petitions
Filed By Candidates
Charles l.. Dyer Seeks
Another School, Term

A total of % persons have fill
ed petitions for offices at the
Noble county election board.
Since July Is, ten new petit
tons have been filed, according
to Harry G.. Richcreek, clerk of
the board. One trustee and one
clerk, and all of the village of
ficials will be up for reelection
as well as various school board
members.
Those who filed petitions are:
Curtis Lamp, trustee, Jackson;
c. B. Shackle, trustee, Marion;
Elmer w. Miller, trustee, Olive;
Robert E. Merry, clerk, Center;
Felix E. Arnold, trustee, Jeffer-
son; Ray Wentworth, trustee,
Seneca; Mark H. Rossiter, trus-
tee, Center.
Charles L. Dyer, school board,
Caldwell; Mary E. Muchelnaus,
clerk, Marion and Lewis c. Bond,
school board, Belle Valley.
In Caldwell, members of the
council, board of public affairs,
the mayor, clerk and treasurer
are all up for reelection. Mr..
Richcreek emphasized again that
all petitions must be filed by
August 10 at 400 p. m.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-28
Lille Rain Reported
In County For July
Hot Weather And High
Humidity Are Recorded

Noble Countians have been
plagued with hot weather, extre-
mely high humidity and very
little rain, according to Richard
Burlingame, of Noble township,
new government weather Of
ficial for this section.
According to his readings, the
greatest amount of rainfall in
the county during any "a hour
period occurred last Sunday
morning when AT hundreths of
an inch fell.
Prior to that time, the great
est amount had been % inch
which fell on July 8.
The total amount for the
month, including last Sunday
morning, is only 1.20 inches,
which is considerably below
normal.
The highest temperature re-
corded in Noble county for the
month occurred on Friday, July
20, when the mercury jumped to
"a degrees. It was also on this
date that the humidity was ex-
ceptionally high.
Since July Is and continuing
thru to July %, the mercury
stood at 80 degrees or higher.
Following the rain last Sun
day morning, the mercury drop
ped to a low Of SO degrees.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-28
Three Fire Trucks
Zoon Right Post
First Glass BIoze

Where was the fire department
at the Firemen's Festival?
Tuesday evening saw series
of strange events take place on
the corner of West and North
streets. A car driven and owned
by Mr.. Raymond Stravarce, of
Cleveland, was stopped at the
traffic light in front of Ralston's
drug store. One of the persons
standing on the sideline waiting
for the parade to begin, noticed
that smoke was pouring from the
auto and discovered that it was
on fire.
Shortly after the discovery,
the parade passed the scene of
the accident and three fire trucks
went buzzing past with nary a
stop. The smoke was still pour
ing from the vehicle, but the
fire was actually under control.
The brake mechanism of the
car caught fire and spread to the
tire. Several members of the
local fire crew jumped to the
rescue with small hand fire
extinguishers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stravarce, Cleve-
land, were enroute home when
the accident occurred. Mr.. Straw
acre stated that he had the
brakes adjusted earlier in the
afternoon but they were evident
ly too tight. The car was taken
to Bakers garage where it was
repaired.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-28

Silas Thorla, one of Noble
county's Oldest and most respect
ed citizens, will celebrate his
Goth. birthday anniversary, Sun
day, August l, at the home of his
daughter, Mrs, Frank Moore,
GAINESVILLE.
A lifelong resident of Brook
field township, Mr.. Thorla has
resided for the past several years
in GAINESVILLE, although he makes
frequent trips back to his native
county for a visit with the count
less friends which he has in
Caldwell and Brookfield town
ship.
Mr.. Thorla is now residing at
416 Woodlawn avenue, Zanes-
vile. He would appreciate hear
ing from his many friends here
and a number of them are plan
ming a birthday card shower.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-28
Seneca Lake Fast Becoming
State s Leading Tourist Spot

Here in this small county of
Noble, there exists one of the
finest swimming and picnic
parks in Ohio.
Seneca lake, approximately
eleven miles long and covering
$500 acres, is the second largest
body of water in the state. The
lake is operated and managed by
the Muskingum ConserVancy dis
trict of New Philadelphia, ana
serves thousands of people each
summer.
B. R. johnson, the gatekeeper
for the vacation spot, stated that
last year there were 46 states
represented at the lake, and that
in one day cars representing Al
counties were checked as they
entered the park. The results of
a traffic check on Ohio license
plates indicated that Guernsey
county was high with Belmont,
Muskingum and Noble placing
second, third, and fourth,
On Sunday, July II, over 1000
people attended he park and
their average attendance for Sun
days ranges from 3400 to 1000.
On the biggest day at the park
over 5000 people paid admission
and over 1000 were counted IN
Continued on Page Two)
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-28
Record Breaking Tax
Collection Completed
$309, ,425.9o Reported
For Current Year

A record breaking tax collec-
ton has just been completed by
Treasurer A. r. Hicks for Noble
county.
The tax books were closed
last Wednesday for the second
or last half of the 1854 collection
on real estate in the county and
a total of $129,723.l2 was taken
in by the treasurer.
For the first half of the 1854
collection, a total of $179,702.78
was taken in making a grand
total of 5000, ,425.90 in taxes on
real estate only in the county for
the year.
According to the records, this
is the largest collection ever
made for one year in Noble
tcounty.
Treasurer Hicks is now pre-
pairing the settlement with
Auditor c. r. Atkinson and in
the near future, a distribution of
the last half of the collection
will be made to the political sub
divisions.
A large portion of the taxes
taken in by the treasurer was
attributed to payment by the
public Utilities, who have hold
ings in the county.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-28
Eleven Noble (ouniians
Attending Camp Piedmont

Looking up and living men
tally" is the theme of the rural
homemakers camp which is being
held this week at Camp Pied
mont with eight counties parti-
The ladies attending from
Noble county are: Hattie Van
Fleet, of Olive; Pauline Wickham
of Brookfield; Emma Massie, of
Kennonsburg; Marie Wheeler
and Helen Davis, of Sarahsville;
Mildred Law, of Mt. Ephraim;
Elsie Smith, of Caldwell; Helen
Douglass of Batesville; Kathryn
Dysert, of Summerfield; Mildred
Day of Wills Creek and Evelyn
Bond, of Mt. Ephraim. They
were accompanied by Mabel Sar-
baugh, home demonstration
agent for the county.
The camp started Wednesday
and the ladies will return home
on Friday. While there, they will
enjoy sketching, lamp making,
hammering metal, basket weav-
ing, etc. They will also enjoy
which will include
swimming, camp fires and YES
pers.
Colored slides will be shown
by Miss Dora Henry, of Jeffer-
son county, "On a tour of the
Holy Land.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-28
One Accident And
seven Arrests Are
Reported BY Sheriff
Young People Injured
Near FuIdo, Following
Wedding Reception

Sheriff Donald Conaway re-
ported a very busy weekend with
one accident and seven other
cases involving traffic violations.
The auto accident that Sheriff
ConaWay investigated occurred
Saturday between 800 and 400
o'clock p. m. The car was owned
by William Hill, of Canton, and
driven by his daughter, Dorothy.
She was taking her brother,
Junior Hill, IA, Linda Crum and
Paul Thompson for ride on
County Road 2.
She lost control Of the car on
a gravel road, approximately 11a
miles east of Fulda, hitting a
tree.
Injured in the accident were
Dorothy who suffered lacera-
tions of the face and abrasions
of the right elbow and Junior
Hill, who received head lacera-
tions, abrasions of the face and
a badly sprained left hand. They
were taken to the Bethesda hos
pital, GAINESVILLE, in the McVay
ambulance for treatment Linda
Continued on Page Two)
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-28
LEARN To Swim" !"
Program VIII Open
Monday, August 8
Miss Virginia Rolston
VIII Be Instructor In
Choree Of The Course

Miss Virginia Ralston will be
the instructor in charge of the
Learn to Swim" program which
will be sponsored by the Noble
County Red Cross at Pine Lake
during the month of August.
The swimming program will
open Monday, Aug. 8 when all
those interested in taking the
course are asked to report to
Miss Ralston at 100 p. m, on
that day, at the lake.
When it has been determined
how many children from the
second thru the eighth grades in
the county are going to partici-
pate, then the schedule will be
set up, Miss Ralston said. Swim
ming classes will be held both
morning and afternoon for three
weeks.
The older adults interested in
taking the Junior and Senior
life saving course should also
report at the same time. These
last two courses will not be held
unless a sufficient number is
interested, Miss Ralston said.
The Learn to Swim" program
was sponsored for the first time
last year by the Red Cross with
approximately $50 children en-
rolled.
Two students from the Dexter
City community, who qualified
for life saving certificates last
year, will assist in the course
during the coming month of
August.
The form, appearing elsewhere
in this paper, should be mailed
or taken to the Red Cross office
IN the court hn1lcn
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-28
Mayor Johnson viii
MOI Seek Reelection
Age And iii Health
Are Reasons Given

Mayor Homer Johnson an
nounced today that he would
not seek another term as mayor
in the coming November elec-
ton.
Mayor johnson, who has been
one of CaldWelIs outstanding
officials, said today that he
would not seek office again, due
to his age.
Mayor Johnson has served two
full terms in this capacity, in
addition to being a member of
council for a number of years at
different intervals.
Prior to that time, Mr.. john
son served for many years with
the Caldwell Produce company
and chief of the dairy and foods
division under Director of Agri-
culture Frank FarnSWorth when
Thomas J. Herbert was governor.
No other candidate has been
mentioned for the post since
Johnson's surprise announce
ment.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-28
Richard LOreY Wins
piQ In Club pF0jeCt

Several years ago, a pig chain
for All club members in Noble
county was started by the exten-
sion office thru Virgil Moore, of
Ava.
Associate Agent Paul Jonard
said today that Richard Lorey,
of the Forest Grove club, has
been selected to receive the gilt
or young sow for this year.
Two years ago, Fontella Great
house was the recipient and
Lorey received the first pig from
the litter.
In 1856, Lorey will give the
first pig from his litter to another
lucky All club member.
George Pickenpaugh is advisor
of the Forest Grove club.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-28

action came when Judge Yer
non Archer notified Gov.
Lausche that he would no
longer serve in an acting ca
pacity, without pay.
The last Republican to serve
in Noble county as probate judge
was Frank Cox, who was defeat
ed by the late Otto Polling in the
democratic landslide in 1882. Cox
is now serving as prosecuting at
torney for Morgan county.
Mr.. Polling served 21 years as
probate judge until March II,
1858, when he was stricken with
a fatal heart attack.
Judge w Vernon Archer,
Common Pleas judge for the
county, was then appointed by
Gov. Lausche to serve in an act
ing capacity.
The new probate judge is the
son of the late James M. Nc
Ginnis, who served more than
20 years on the Common Pleas
bench in this county.
The new probate judge attend
ed the University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, where he studied
law and several years later pass
ed the state bar examination
for Ohio.
He has been practicing law in
Caldwell for the past 39 years
or since 1916.
He was born and reared in
Caldwell and still resides in the
home on Main street, where he
was born.
He is married to the former
Ethel Richner, of Sarahsville
and they have two sons. 1t
Robert McGinnis is an attorney
with the Adjutant General;
office, Hamilton air force base
Hamilton, Calf. Richard McGin,
mis- is attending Ohio Wesleyan
University. Delaware and will bt
. sophomore this fall.
McGinniS announced toda!
that Bernice Mills would be tht
new deputy in his office. Sh,
will take over her duties OF
Sept. l. Mrs. Donald Conaway
the former Helen Johnson, ha!
served in this capacity for almos
IA years.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-28
George GOmbeda Found
Guilty OF Petty Larceny

George Gombeda, Al, Byes-
vile, formerly of Florence
Addition was arraigned in Cam
bridge, Thursday on a petty lar
ceny charge. He was accused of
stealing and carrying away a
burnside stove and four steel
wagon tires, valued at $50
He was found guilty by Judge
Delbert Tedrick, acting judge in
the court and fined 500 and
costs and sentenced to 80 days in
Jail. The Jail sentence was sus-
pended as well as 500 of the fine
on condition Of good behavior
foy, six months
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-28
VarhoIa To Grand Jury
Following Auto Accident

William Southern, of Winston,
North Carolina, has filed an
affidavit against Mike Varhola,
of Belle Valley, as the result of
an auto accident on u. S. Route
81, July II.
According to the affidavit,
Varhola was driving left of
center and in so doing caused an
accident with the truck driven
by Southern. He is employed
with the Overland Trucking
company, of Winston.
Varhola pleaded not guilty to
the charges in the affidavit and
was bound over to the grand
jury. He appeared before Mayor
Roy Seamster, Belle Valley.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-28
Five Drivers Permits
Issued Monday By Patrol

There were only five persons
who applied to take driver ex-
aminations on Monday and all
five of them received their driv-
ers license according to the state
patrol.
Those who passed the test
were: Marjorie Spear, of Cleve-
land, Walter Hutchins, Ruth
Boyd and Ruth Smith, all of
Caldwell, and Virginia Schoep-
pner of Cumberland.
They were issued permits by
Registrar Frank EStadt.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-28

David Beckett was second
in milk production. His IS
cow herd produced 838
pounds of milk per COW.
There were Isl cows on Of
ficial test. Forty of the 151 cows
produced over 1000 pounds of
milk each.
The highest pproducing indivi-
dual COW was June, d fioistein
COW owned by Lewis Davidson.
June produced 1850 pounds of
milk.
Second highest was Matilda,
another holstein from Davidson's
herd, producing 1910 pounds of
milk.
The highest record of butter.
fat production was 39.5 pounds
Continued on Page Two)
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-28
Driver Picks Wrong
Vehicle To "TaiIQaie" >"

Ivan Dean Sandy, 20, of Park
ersburg, w. Va, picked the
wrong car to "tailgate" while
driving south on U. S. Route 21
at Lower Salem on Saturday.
Sandy was following Sheriff
Donald Conaway at so to 65
miles an hour, Sheriff Conaway
said. The driver was fined $40
and costs by Justice of the Peace
Clifford D. Fleming on charges
of speeding.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-28
nNE-CAR ACCIDENT

Two persons were reported IN
jured at 1880 a. m. on Monday
in a one-car accident at Warner
on u. S. Route 81, when the car
driven by Lawrence Toler, 20,
of Cleveland, failed to make the
sharp curve, ran off the road
and crashed into a railroad car
standing on a railroad siding.
Toler received bruises on the
chin and forehead and a passeng-
er, Joan Toler, 90, also of Cleve-
land. received head decorations.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-28

front of the grandstand and
a horse pulling contest will
follow at 800.
Judging of the entrants in the
various contests will be held
Thursday and Friday afternoons.
AT 800 p. m. each evening from
Thursday on, a night attraction
will be presented in front of the
grandstand. The W.L.W. Mid
western Hayride, STARS on Par
ade", and the Mardi GraS Revels
will be the three featured shows.
Harness racing will be held
Thursday and Friday afternoons
with purse of $4,000 for each
race. At 100 p. m. on Saturday
afternoon a tractor pulling con-
test will be featured with four
specific class weights.
Continued on Page Two)
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-28
NEW HOME

A. @. Schoeppner is construct
ing new home for Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Schockling on CaldWells
newest housing development,
Lindsey court. The structure will
be wood frame with a partial
stone veneer covering. This is
the second home to be built at
the new development on North
street. The first structure, built
by Duton and Waller, is rapidly
nearing completion,