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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-04-14
May Start
Polio Shots
This Friday

Geauga county school child
rem may start receiving Salk
vacinne shots against infantile
paralysis this Friday or prob
ably Monday at the latest DR..
w. P. Edmunds, county health
commissioner announced today.
Vaccine for the state of Ohio
is being shipped into Columbus
by airplane. From there it goes
to distribution centers. Geauga
will receive their allotment from
Cuyahoga Falls where auto
mobiles are ready to start dis
tribution as soon as it arrives.
DR.. EdmondS will administer
the shots personally to the first
and second graders with tn e
help of the school nurses and
county nurses. The injections
will be in the shoulder or back
muscles, said DR.. EdmundS.
Children in the Amish schools
are not taking the vaccine ac-
cording to DR.. Edmunds. He
said their teachers reported
they believed the catching of po-
lilo would be an act of God in
which prevention was not JUS
titled. The Conservative Men
nonites in the county, however,
have asked for vaccination.
DR.. EdmundS plans to use
the two shot course recommend
ed by DR.. Salks which will also
enable him to vaccinate more
children with the first supply
of vaccine. The third shotwill
not be given unit fall when
there will be plenty of vaccine
available. ......
DR.. EdmndS also revealed to-
day the county is attempting
to buy enough vaccine to take
care of all the school children
in Geauga county. The present
free vaccineS are limited to
the first and second graders.
Parents would have to give
permission and pay small fee
for the shots for the older chill
dren.
Private physicians are expect
ed to limit their first supplies
to pre- school children and
rates throughout the county will
be uniform.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-04-14
Belle GoIdthorpe
Rites Monday

Funeral services were held
last Monday in Chardon f o r
Miss Belle Goldthorpe, 134
Court st. Chardon, who died re-
Gently at the Pope home, Troy
Rites were conducted by Rev.
Charles Strong, pastor of the
Pilgrim Christian church and
burial was in Chardon ceme-
terry.
She suffered injuries in a
fall on ice Feb. % and failed
to recover.
Miss Goldthorpe, who spent
her entire life in Chardon, and
resided in the house where she
was born in September, 1873,
was the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Goldthorpe.
She was a member of the
Pilgrim Christian Church of
Chardon and was devoted to her
home.
Surviving are three brothers,
Henry, Hollywood, Fla; Glenn
of Lakewood, and Paul of Lor-
ain; a sister, Mrs. Fred Fer
ris, 1874, Court ST., Chardon.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-04-14
Red Cross
Is Seeking
Volunteers

The Geauga county Chapter
of The American National Red
Cross needs volunteers.
The success of our Chapter
depends of course, on the people
in Geauga county.
If you would like to be a Red
Cross volunteer, will you
please call Mrs. Earl T. Evans
at Chardon 5-4159, the Red Cross
office, Chardon 5-4911, or drop
a post card to Geauga Coun.
ty Red Cross, ThraSher House
Chardon, at your earliest con-
venience.
Our Fkeld Representative
Miss Ruth Lewis, is planning
to come to Chardon in the near
future to give us our orienta'
ton to Red Cross and orienta'
ton to Volunteer Services ano
Staff Aide Service, which car
be done in an afternoon, or ir
an evening.
If you have had previous ex
perience in Red Cross work,
please let our Chapter profit
by another'S loss.
Red Cross and Civil Defense
are now working together ir
preventing or tightening m a n
kinds sufferings and it behoov
eS each of us who can to pre-
pare, organize, and get into uni
form so that we will not be
caught mapping in the face o.
want, disease, natural disaster
or war.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-04-14
Former Chardon
Resident. Died

Mrs. Bertha Wood, 70, for
mer Chardon resident and wild
ely known Portage county
businesswoman, residing in At
water died Friday at the home
of her son, Robert A. Wood,
in Ravenna. She had been in
failing health for several month
Mrs. Wood was born in Gre
enville, Pa, spending her ear
ly years in Warren.
After her marriage to h e
late Walter Wood, they moved
to Chardon in 1906 and oper-
ated a laundry on North st a.
bout three years.
In 1909 Mr.. Wood went into
partnership with Henry Burr,
as Burr and Wood, furnitre
and undertaking.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wood moved to
Atwater in 1912 where they op-
Grated the Wood Funera a |
Home. In 1888 they opened the
Wood Funeral Home in Ra =
VIENNA Both businesses are in
operation today.
Mrs. Wood was active in the
business until her recent retire.
ment. She was a member Of
the Atwater Methodist church
and the Order of Eastern Star
Palmy Chapter in Palmyra.
Surviving are a son, Robert
A. Wood, and a daughter, Mrs
Grace w. Baker, both OF Ra'
VIENNA; two grandchildren ano
three great grandchildren.
Services were held in the
First Methodist church, Raven
ma, on Monday.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-04-14

of funds in the county's bond
retirment program. The posi-
bility Of use of such money
was mentioned, and the COM
miSsioners asked Prosecuting
Attorney James DinSmore to
look into the matter.
Still in a financial vein, the
board suggested that 1.-The pro-
visions relative to the issuance
Of poor relief bonds ondelin =
quen taxes be explored"
Suggeted, " because of the
potentially large increase of Sc
nile and custodial care pa.
tients," was an increase in at
tendants and supplies. Three
women around the clock" and
additional beds and mattresses
were seen needed at the County
Home. More cooking and house
keeping help was requested for
the Pope Home.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-04-14

thrills youth. Mrs. Eccles is ac-
commodating her husband in tn
capacity of special sacred mu-
sic.
Easter Sunday instituted in
the Assembly the Loyalty Cam
paign" for the Sunday school.
The objective of the campaign
is for every student to strive
for perfect attendance in Sum
day school for the following
seven Sundays. This promotion
plan was first organized by the
General Council of the Assem-
blies of God, Springfield, Mis-
souri,, for every church within
its constituency.
The choir of the Assembly
will not have rehearsal until
after the present revival meet
ings.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-04-14
Report Dynamite
Used at Reservoir

Reports that persons h a d
been dynamiting fish in the Ak
ron reservoir near Stillwell Rd.
in Claridon, were investigated
Friday by Game Warden For
rest Tuttle.
Mr. Tuttle said he interview
ed persons in the vicinity who
claim they heard an explosion
in the direction of the res
ervoir but couldn't be sure ex-
actly where it was.
Mr.. Tuttle said he found no
! dead fish floatin in the water
or any other evidences of an
explosion.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-04-14

all clear signal is completely
eliminated because of the haz-
ard of radioactive fall out,
may preclude bringing the pub
lie, ou of shelters in all areas
simultaneously. Instructions to
come out of the shelter will
be given by other means of
communication.
"a wall card containing this
information will be presented to
every home in Geauga at the
time of the county wide sur.
vey within the next few months
said Mr.. Eppley.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-04-14
Enroll SO
in Geauga
Civil Defense

Responding to a call for vol
unteer aid by the Geauga Civil
Defense, so men and women
signed up to do their share at
meeting in Chardon a t
week.
Robert j. Eppley Jr., head
of the Geauga organization, ad-
ministered the loyalty oath to
the group and enrolled them in
the ground observer corp.
Sgt. James Mullett of the U.
S. Air Force stationed at Cam
ton filter center showed tw o
films, a plane and bomb air
defense of a surprise mock at-
tack on New York City BY B.
29's. He stressed the need for
civilian observers to fill in ra-
dar gaps.
"A Chardon ground observer
post is greatly needed by the
Air Force" said Sgt. Mullett.
Mr.. Eppley announced that
steps will be Immediately taken
to establish a post in Chardon.
Chardon lumber dealers some
time ago volunteered to furnish
building materials when ,oSt
here was built.
The location will be determin-
ed by Mr.. Eppley and Mayor
Muchmore. The group present
authorized appointment of post
officials.
Although so were pr e.
sent at the meeting, a total of
65 has volunteered for the work"
said Mr.. Eppley. "Severl were
from the Chester area which
may have a post. Sgt. Mullett
emphasized that jet intercepter
planes must have accurate in
formation from human obser-
vers, against low flying planes
which escape our radar net. l"
Attending the meeting were
William T. Hartman, post sup
ervisor, and Hugh Locke, chief
post observer, both of the Mid
dlefield Post which has 83
members. They offered their
services to the new Chardon
group.
Paul E. Denton was appoint
ed director for public informa-
ton of the Geauga Civil De-
fense Staff. He succeeds B. A.
BroughtonWho servee since 1850
and is unable to continue be-
cause of his election to the Ohio
Legislature.
Robert j. Eppley, Geauga Ci-
vii Defense head, has received
official instructions from t h e
Ohio Civil Defense Corp and
the Federal Civil Defense Ad-
ministration that the defense
public action signals are chang
ed, effective Immediately.
There are two signals, alert
and take cover, and they may
be sounded in any order and
may be repeated.
The alert is a steady blast
on a siren, horn or whistle of
three to five minutes duration.
The take cover is a Wailing
tone or a series of short blasts
of three minutes duration.
The altert signal indicates to
the public to act according to
the plan of the local civil de-
fense. In cities or target areas,
the alertsignal will indicate E.
vacuationS. In most non-target
areas, of which Geauga is one,
the same signal will mean that
the Civil defense forces are to
mobilize. In both cases, further
instruction will be biven to the
public by all possible means of
communication.
The take cover signal means
that an attack is imminent and
the public must take the best
available shelter. The former
all clear signal is cOmDletely
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-04-14

Pvt. Corless w. Mitchell, son
of, Mr.. w. w. Mitchell of Fair
mont rd., Newbury, has COM
pleted eight weeks basic train
ing at Fort Knox, KY. F o l.
lowing a short leve he will re-
ceive additional specialized trail
ming before permanent assign
ment.
4
FORT EUSTIS, VA. - Army
Pfc. Gerald P. Degreen, whose
wife, Judy, lives in Chesterland,
Ohio, is a member of the 417th
Transportation Terminal Serv-
ice Company at Fort EuStis,
Va.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
DeGreen, Burton, Ohio, he en-
tered the Army in October 1858
and completed basic training
at Fort Knox, KY. A graduate
of West Geauga high school, he
worked for the Oliver Corp
Cleveland, before entering the
Army.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-04-14
Assembly of God
Hold Revival

At present, the Assembly of
God church is engaged in a
Revival Campaign with the Rev
William Eccles from Mansfield.
Rev. Eccles' former activity,
before entering the ministry ),
was that of an pugilist. He has
an inspiring testimony tn a t
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-04-14
Chardon Man Is
Jailed in PainesvilIe

Stanley H. Kipp, Auburn Cen
ter Rd., Chardon, changed a
previous plea of not guilty in
Painesville's Municipal court
last week to guilty of driving
while intoxicated. Fined ST 90
and costs, sentenced to three
days in jail, right to drive suS-
pended one year. Also pleaded
guilty to driving while under
suspension, fined $100 andcosts,
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-04-14

Pvt. Lloyd S. Clarke, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. David Cark OF
r. D. l, Chardon enlisted in
the U. S. Army on March IA.
He left For Knox, KY, a t
week, and will be stationed at
Camp ChasSee, Arkansas. Lloyd
will be 19 years old in August,
He attended Burton high school.
His address is.
Pvt. Lloyd S. Clark 23391093
Company BAlBCCB
5th Armored Division
Camp Chassee, Arkansas.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-04-14
NOVELTY BO YREPORTED
BITTEN BY DOG

NOVELTY - Pat McGrath,
Novelty, was bitten by a dog,
Saturday. He was taken to Cur
tbs Clinic, Chagrin Falls, tor
treatment according to a sher.
iff's report.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-04-14

A shed and leanto containing
ST 300 work of antiques was gut,
ted by fire at noon, Monday,
on the Hitchcock estate on
Mentor Rd.
Mentor Fire Department had
been summoned and started on
the blaze, but left on the ar
rival of Chardon Fire Depart
ment as the blaze was in Ge-
auga count.
The antiques were owned by
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Carver who
reside on the estate. Mrs Car
yer conducts the business of
buying, repairing and selling an
tiques. She said the antiques
stored in the building were val
ued at 1900.
Firemen carried several of
them out. Most had been drench
ed with water and smoke. Chef
Jack Maynard said the amount
of loss could not be estimated
at this time. The building was
of rough construction
According to Chef Maynard,
Mrs. Carver had been burning
some refuse, and before light
ing the fire had taken precau-
ton to wet the ground around
it.
The wind changed, blowing
burning leaves and sparks a.
gainSt the building.
L. N. Chaffee, local histor-
ian, reports the house to have
been built in 1884. "Pat" Clapp,
Geauga's representative to the
Ohio Legislature at the time,
was the first owner.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-04-14
Fire Department
Starts on
Busy Season

The Chardon fire department
was called to the residence
owned by Frank Beech, Wash
ington Ave, at $3.50 pm. Sat-
urday. Wires rubbing on a tree
shorted, according to Chief Jack
Maynard. Insulation of a ground
wire was burned in the house,
filling the residence with smoke
No damage resulted.
EmberS from fire from
burning brush at the home of
Kenneth R. Bender, 1T North
ST., landed on the side of the
newly painted garage of Harold
K. BoStwick, lis North st. Sun
day morning. A section of the
north side of the building was
blistered. The fire department
was called.
The Chardon fire department
extinguished two grass fires on
Friday afternoon. While return
ing from a blaze at the Earl
Ribbett property, Colburn Rd.,
west of Route A, firemen re-
ceved an alarm by radio to GO
to the property of Mike Moore
Tuttle Hill, Rt. 322
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04
Eisenhower Optimistic
On Strike Settlements

fireman from Ashland City,
Tenn, was shot from an open
convertible as it drove past pick
cts at the terminal yards.
The railroad tower, a 35-foot
timber and steel structure used
for loading phosphate, blocked
the Tennessee Central line for
about three hours. The Ten
nessee Central is not on strike.
Work Curb Ordered
The Alabama Service Com
mission yesterday ordered the
LIN to stop operating trains
with nonstriking personnel who
are not qualified. The commits
sion acted on a complaint from
strikers that trains were being
run by personnel who had not
been licensed as required by law.
A bright spot in the rail strike
situation appeared at Louisville,
KY, yesterday when a 5-day-old
strike against the Kentucky and
Indiana Terminal Railroad was
settled. Terms of the settlement
were not disclosed.
Three operating crafts went
on strike Friday with the claim
that the LEN strike made con-
ditions hazardous" on the k&I
The K&I said the strike was
called to bolster the LIN walk
outs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04
| SwindIer Draws
| Seventeen Term

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, May
4 (P.-Clarence Marvin Lawson,
36-year-old mountaineer, was
centenced Monday to seven
years in Federal prison for
swindling Bible and encyclopedia
publishers.
Lawson admitted he sold
100000 worth of books in eight
years and never paid the pub
fishers for them.
In the So days he was held
at the County Jail. he received
$3,228.50 in installment pay
mentS from customers.
"You are the cleverest crook
that has ever been in my court"
Federal Judge Harry Watkins
declared as he imposed the SEN
tence on 20 counts of fraud.
Lawson pleaded guilty and &C.
knoWledged he previously had
been convicted of bigamy, child
deSertion, perjury, theft. fraud
and desertion from the Army.
Lawson's home is at Superior,
small town in Southern West
Virginia. He operated mostly in
Logan, Beckley and Princeton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04

President Eisenhower said to-
day he understands that pros
poets for settlement of strikes
against the Louisville & Nash
vile Railroad and the Southern
Bell Telephone System are very
bright indeed.
The President told his news
conference he had been in
formed that disputants in both
long strikes have come very close
to a settlement.
On the question of Federal
intervention. the President said
the law would not permit such
intervention unless a strike can
be considered a national emer-
gency. He indicated he felt
there was no such emergency in
the two strikes.
Earlier, Labor Secretary
Mitchell said that considerable
progress" has been made toward
settlement of the L. &S.N. strike.
"A settlement now seems feas-
ible," Mr.. Mitchell said.
Confers With Governors
Mr.. Mitchell conferred with
Gov. Wetherby of Kentucky to-
day before issuing his statement.
He had conferred yesterday
with Mr.. Wetherby and Gov.
Clement of Tennessee.
Chairman Francis A. O'Neill,
Ir., of the National Mediation
Board called a session today
on the heels of yesterdays nego-
tiations to end the Gripping
strike.
Its pretty doggone close, I'd
say that" Mr.. O'Neill told re-
porters at the end of yesterdays
session which lasted throughout
the day and continued almost to
midnight.
He said the strike was really
a lulu"-the first time in 80 years
that incorporating unions have
struck major rail line.
FBI Arrests FlOridian
In Atlanta, Federal Mediator
William o. Pierce and Southern
Bell Telephone officials met yes
terday with representatives of
the CLIO Communications Work
ers of America, but immediate
reports on the result of the meet
ing were not available Addi-
tional meetings were planned,
Bell officials met yesterday with
representatives of the CLIO
Communications Workers of
America, but immediate reports
on the result of the meeting
were not available. Additional
meetings were planned
New developments IN the
strikes include:
The FBI at Mobile, Ala, an
nounced the arrest early today
of a Florida man in connection
with the burning of an LIN
trestle near Bombay, Fla.
Gordon B. Shanklin of the
FBI said R. D. Josey, As. was in
custody on charge of setting
fire to the bridge and tracks
with intent to derail, disable
or wreck train or engine oper-
ating in interstate commerce"
The penalty for the crime is
$4,000 fine or 20 years in prison
or both.
- Striker Shot
At Nashville, Tenn, a striking
railroad worker was shot and
slightly wounded at a downtown
terminal, and a suburban load
ing tower collapsed over a Ten
nessee Central Railway track
last night.
Police said R. A. Ferrick,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04
Fire for Economy

BREVARD, N. C. (R.-After
taking bids on the razing of an
outmoded house on the campus,
Brevard College took a cheaper
/ way out and had the building
burned. Cooperating was the
fire department. which used the
flaming structure for a fire.
fighting demonstration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04

Thursday soo-Agon Thuda 10 to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04

KannsTrd Floor-WaShinoton: Lo,Oer Levet-Arlineton
Evening star., 1955-11-10

when It plunged into an empty
parking lot shortly after taking
on from the Lockheed air
terminal at Burbank, Calf.
Killed with the 25-year-old
actor were Mrs. Audrey Ann
Dosch. "a. who had played minor
film roles under the professional
name Of Ann Russell and Irving
George Meyer, 38, a business
partner of movieland's Joe Pa
looka, Actor Joe Kirkwood.
The CAA reported that the
three new from Burbank to
nearby Ventura Air Park. earlier
on the day Of the crash. and
that the plane approached the
field so high 1t had TO make at
least two wide circles In order
to lose excessive altitude.
Witnesses said the subsequent
takeoff from Ventura which fol-
lowed was poor" and that the
plane almost hit trees at the end
of the runway.
The party then new to Santa
Barbara for lunch. On return
ing to Burbank, the CAA said,
the pilot kept the engine running
for 10 or Is minutes while Mr.,
Meyer made q telephone call. A
witness said that as the plane
TAXED to the runway its engine
had the sound Of. ian engine
loaded up because Of long idliue
on the ground"
The engine sputtered and quit
on takeoff, and the plane new
into the parking lot.
Evening star., 1955-11-10
Fifth Wife Divorces
Actor Grunt Withers

Los ANGELES, Nov. 10 tR1 -
Actor Grant Withers, So. was
divorced yesterday by his NTH
wife, the Cuban-born singer,
Estalelita Withers, rs.
She testified in Superior Court
that she is good enough to get
top billing In night clubs, but
received nothing but criticism
from her husband.
Married In Reno. New. in 1858,
they have no children. Mr..
Withers did not contest the suit.
Evening star., 1955-11-10
Selznick to Remuke
A Farewell to Arms

HOLLYWOOD. Nov. 10 R.-.
"A Farewell to Arms" Ernest
Hemingway's novel Of love in
Italy during World War /. viii
he remade as a movie.
Producer David o. Selznick
said yesterday he has acquired
screen rights and will film the
picture in a big-screen process.
Helen Hayes and Gary Cooper
starred in the original ver-
sion in 1882.
Evening star., 1955-11-10
MIDTOWN NEW YORK
BY ROBERT SYLVESTER.

got OF to q real acting start In
mo Time for Ginger" and then
made the Aims when she fol-
lowed her husband west.
Everything seemed fine with
"The Young and Beautiful.
Wesley Smith is teaching at
Princeton: they bought q house
there and Lois has been COM
mutine. It looked as though the
days Of chasing each other
around the country were over,
Then the mailman brought
Smith that letter. Hen 60 into
the Army In q couple Of weeks.
- " i
Jane Russell. still another
pretty girl, has collected half the
beauties in town to help her with
q thing called WAF, which
stands for Women's Adoption
Information Fund. and is raising
money to help bring European
orphans here. Some 1000 Euro
pean orphans Of all types and
colors are eligible to be brought
here by the end Of 1856. but such
q migration costs money, and
Miss Russell's gals are busy rais-
ing same. They're raising the
loot by throwing cocktail parties
at SIS q head.
Ax&
DeBeers Consolidated Mines,
the big diamond shovelers, are
out with q new advertisement
which makes me feel q bit