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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-08-11
List Results in American Little LEAGUE

Five to two was the score
Monday night when the fir t
place Chardon Indians defeat
ed the second place Chardon
White SoX in county Little Lea
que play. The Indians now have
a 6 and 0 record and t h e
White Sox a 4 and 2.
The Indians scored three runs
in the third when Worthy VOL
pert led off with a single. Bob
by Woodin also singled. Char
lie Grant got on base on an er-
ror bringing in Wolpert and
Woodin. Kenny Temple was on
base on an error driving Grant
in. Ed Zamer singled and came
NIT scored on a single by Wood
home. In the fourth Dick Ham
in on Don Deia's single.
The White Sox came alive in
the last inning when Ray Pru-
sha doubled. Joe Huxel doub
led bringing in Prussia. 10 h n
Kangas singled driving in Hux-
el.
Winning hurler Charlie Grant
struck out II, walked one, and
gave up five hits. Ray Prussia
of the White Sox struck out
ten, walked two, and gave ur
six hits.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-08-11
Plan Reunion
of Seminary
in Chester

CHESTER - The rs annual
reunion of the students of Gea-
uga Seminary will be held at
the Chesterland Baptist church
on Saturday August 13.
A chicken dinner will be SER
we'd at 1890 at $3.50 per plate.
Reservations are not necessary.
A special program is being
planned in honor of the 18th
anniversary. All connected with
the Seminary also the earlier
students of Chester high school
are urged to be present. Come
and help perpetuate the mem
ory of Geauga Seminary of
which all Chester should b e
proud.
Offic S planning for the
meeting are Charles Murphy
Chagrin Falls, President; Lynn
Parr, vice pres; Mrs. Lucille
Hadlock, secand treas. Pro
gram committee, Mrs. LIE n a
Cottrell Moss; Mrs. Mabelle
Matthews and Mrs. Rachel Ma
pes.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-08-11
Plan Drive for
Swimming Pool
for Chardon Area

The Chardon Recreation coun-
Gil committee has been at work
for some time on plans to put
100 feet by 80 feet swimming
pool on the school acreage in
conjunction with a recreation
area afor the public VIII ic h
would include tennis and soft
ball.
Committee m m ber met
Thursday noon at the county
health department offices to dis
cuSs plans for a fund drive
for the pool. Layout for the
area is being worked out by
Bruce Huston architects, Char
don.
Committee members said
they were confident that the
pool would be in operation next
year.
Charles Hall is Council pres
ident, Ward Mcdonald, treasur-
er; and Mrs. Robert Morse,
secretary. Other board mem
bers are Rex Thornburgh, Aatos
Nikkila, Mrs. Ralph Burgess
Donald Day, county sanitarian;
Dorothy Wedge, president OF
AquariuS Club, DR.. William
P. EdmundS, health commits
sioner; Harry keenan,, county
restaurant inspector, and James
ColVin.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-08-11
Hold Youth
Service at
.Hamhden Church

HAMBDEN - Last Sundays
youth service at the Hambden
Congregational church was well
attended and was enjoyed by
all.
After the song service, the
responsive reading was led by
Virginia Garn of Toledo. The
scripture lesson, tn e fir t
Psalm, was read by Margaret
Fazekas.
This was followed by devo-
ton in prayer, with the Lord S
Prayer led by Walter Bookman.
Providing music for the ser
vice were Ted Wedge and Don
Castora with the duet, III
Hands.
An offering was taken with
John Landon and Kenneth ri,
kursh serving as ushers. John
Koritansky offered the consec'
ration prayer.
Speakers and their topics
were: Away at School" by
Sara Landon, youth Activi
ties" by David Steingass, I'm
dustrial Contacts" by Don Cas-
tora and Social Problems" by
Audrey Grumney.
Barbara Johnson gave t h
benediction.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-08-11
HuntsburgGrang'
Holds Annual
Inspection Meet

HUNTSBURG - HuntSb u G
Grange 2541 held a yearly in
spection meeting at the town
hall on Monday evening. Pre-
sent to do the grading were:
Mr. and Mrs James Blair of
Burton, Grange Deputy and
Matron Deputy, who gave a
final rating of good" at the
close Of the meeting
High lights of the lecturers
hour was the speaker, Mr. Paul
Calkins, Civilian Defense dir
ector in Huntsburg who gave
a resume on the operations OF
Civilian Defense in this area
A grange skit presentation
"Clothes-line gossip" was enact
ed by Mrs Jeanne Schikowski
Mrs Victoria Dietz and Mr. An
son Rhodes
eShmentS were served
and prepared by Mr. and Mrs
Ralph Byrne and Mrs and
Mrs. Steve Kamany.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-08-11

Filing for election to the Char
don Board of Education are
Charles w. Strong and r. S.
Mcintosh.
Robert P. Wirh has filed for
the office of Justice of the
Peace of Chester township.
New West Geauga school board
candidates are Robert T. Viii
liams and Eugene Painter.
Three new candidates have
filed for board of education of
Claridon township Ralph Ran
dies, K enne h E. Ostrosky,
Mary A. Smith.
Four new candidates have
filed for Hambden offices: Ro-
bert Wheeler, justice of h
peace; Frederick Zikursh, con-
stable; John J. Cell, trustee;
and Charles KoritanSky, board
of education.
Filing for Middlefield village
offices are: Herbert E. Craig,
council; Anna Burnett, clerk
treasurer; Herbert HoSmer,
mayor; and F'rieda Shute, board
of education.
Two persons are candidates
for the Montville board of edu-
cation: Herbert Koerner and
William Mausling Jr. Other
Continued on page 81
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-08-11
Huntsburg
Rain Dancers
Bring Rain

HUNTSBURG - You can't
hardly find them kind no more"
Indian rain dancers, that is
If you wondered where on
weekend showers came from,
they came through the courtesy
Of the Hopi Indian Rain dance
which was enacted at Camp Sti-
gwandish in Madison on Friday
evening at the Camp fire cere-
monies Among the peculiar
ceremonies of the Hopi Indians
who inhabited northeast Ari-
zona is the Rain or S n a k e
dance during which the per-
formers dance about with live
snakes in their mouths
In this instance, the Hopi Ind
ians were members Of B o y
Scouts of Americas Order of
the Arrow" group who in real
life are: Gilbert Erkkila Of
Painesville, Bob Che n ey OF
Chardon, Jim Carney of Viii
loughby, and Courtney Wike OF
Thompson
The Order of the Arrow" is
a natioal society of Boy Scouts
and Explorer honor campers
who are elected through their
post or troop to become mem
bers Membership in the order
is based on. exemplification O.
the Scout Oath and Scout Law
in daily living
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-08-11
.MiddlefeH Will Welcome Thousands
to Annual Homecoming This Weekend

MIDDLEFIELD - This is the
week Middlefield sponsors it's
greatest Homecoming celebra-
ton! Friday and Saturday, Aug
uSt IL and 13, will find thou
sands of northern Ohioans head
ed for Middlefield to take part
in the fun and gayiety being
offered there.
Exhibits, paradeS, talent
shows, bands, radio broadcasts,
kiddie rides, fish fries and dam
cling is only small part Of
the outstanding program which
begins at noon on Friday and
closes at midnight on Saturday.
The entire festival is being
sponsored for a new fire sta
tion within Middlefield's rapid
ly growing village.
Many guest stars and cele-
brities from radio and tele-
vision will be present to enter
tain midway crowds including
such popular personalities as
Johnny Andrews, Jackie Lynn,
Karl Cramps" Bates and Hen
ry Hot Lips" Levine.
WICA is bringing to Middle
field many of their wi el y
known radio and television an
nouncers and entertainers in
cluding John StraSen, program
director, Donald FaSsett, gen.
eral manager, Arlene Kramer
star Of the "Woman's World
program, Michael Tobie and
popular DECAY Andy Holecko
The outstanding round and
square" dance band, THE Erie
Valley" Boys will also be or
hand to entertain midway
crowds with their popular coun'
try-style music. This group is
heard over WICA each Thurs
day from tbs to 7:45 p. m
The group is composed of Gene
Williams, Mitch Robertson, Ker
Kennel and John West. Andy
Holecko emcees the Thursday
evening program.
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less exhibit has amazed every
one wherever it has been ex-
hibited.
Adding color and sparkle to
the big celebration will be the
display by the United States
Army, their color guard, exhi-
bit of small arms equipment
and thrilling motion pictures
which will be screened con-
tinously during the entire week
end festival.
Two parades will be featured
this year, one on Friday after
noon and another on Saturday.
The Friday parade will feature
units of marching children at
4 p. m. while Saturdays par
ade will be composed of floats,
bands, soldiers and heave equip
ment. Saturdays parade is SCH
eduled at l p. m. with forma-
ton at 12:15 p. m. at the Gea-
uga Industries parking lot.
Gordon Petrick, Perry Hos
mer and many talented per-
formers will head an hour and
a half talent show on Saturday
afternoon while Fred Austin
and his Geauga County Fair
Band will offer several band
concerts during the afternoon
Friday evening at 9 p. m. will
find homecoming crowds gath
ering at Middlefield's Mu-Mac
Theatre for the annual Home
coming queen contest.
Fifteen lovely young ladies of
Middlefield will vie for the hon
or Of becoming Miss Middle
field of 1885,. Glen Rynearson
public relations director and
Homecoming chairman will EN-,
Gee the event. The Women's s
Flower Club Of Middlefield will
furnish flowers, corsageS, and
a beautiful crown of royal bios.
SONS to the lucky Queen anC
her most worthy attendents
The Women's Club will also fea
Continued on page 81
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-08-11
GeaHga Rotanans Hear
Discussion on atomic Enerqv

Thirty-four Rotarians met at
Hosmer'S Restaurant WedneS-
day evening, August 3, on one
of the hottest evenings of the
year, to listen to a discussion
of the hottest subject in the
world, Atomic Energy.
Ray Stannich, research engin-
eer for Thompson Products of
Cleveland, discussed "The At
ON" in the language of tn e
average layman. Mr.. Stannich
was introduced by Bob Ban
mister, program chairman. Mr..
Stannich gave a brilliant and
humorous talk that reduced this
highly scientifec subject into
everyday terms.
This subject will be introduc-
ed at the international Confer
ence on the peaceful uses of
atomic energy, which begins
August 8 at Geneva, Switzer-
land. The worldwide interest in
President EiSenhower's program
for atomic energy triggered the
discussion. At the conclusion of
the program the assembly Ro-
tarians had received a course
in general science and advanc-
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-08-11
Council Tangles With Smoke Problem

road called attention to the fact
that by Federal law there must
be whiStling for all crossings.
Mayor Donald c. Muchmore
said that from 1870 a. m. on a
recent early morning he had
counted 81 prolonged whistles
within short period of time
We don't have that many
crossings" he commented. I
would like to have some Of
ficial of the railroad stay one
night at Chardon Motel, near
the railroad, and I am sure
that Council would pay for this
officials one-night lodging"
Harwood Skinner was a p
pointed by the mayor as third
member of the Chardon Gene
terry board. Previous new mem
bers appointed were Mrs. Shir-
ley Werner and Phil King. The
three succeed the members OF
the old board who recently re-
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-08-11

ed physics from Aristotle to
EinStein.
The same evening President
A. John Rose announced the
Burton Lakes Library had been
completed and would be dedicat
ed on Sunday, August 7. The
new library will be called
The Rex Hosmer Memorial
Library, in memory of Rotar-
ian Rex Hosmer, who was a
charter member of the club and
who provided the meeting place
for the Rotarian's weekly as
sembly.
The members voted unami-
mously to dedicate this COM
munity project to one of the
outstanding citizens of Geauga
county.
On Wednesday, August 10, the
Rotarians will journey to Cleve-
land Stadium in a body where
they will see the Detroit Tigers
and the Cleveland Indians play
night game. Walt Moore and
Bill Opper have charge of this
event and have chartered a
bus on which members will
have a picnic style dinner.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-08-11

In response to petition re-
ceived at the July meeting of
Chardon council prote sting
against smoke from Chardon
Rubber Co. and smoke and ex-
ceSsive WhiStling from Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad loco
motives, Council notified h e
corporations and replies were
read at the regular meeting
Thursday night.
Chardon Rubber Co. said that
the matter wuld be considered
and studied by engineers who
are engaged in construction of
the So million enlargement of
the plant.
The B. and o. Railroad said
it had turned the matter of the
smoke over to it's engineers for
study and that officials would
check on the reported exces-
sive whistling of locomotives
during the night season. The
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-08-11
Geanyga Pomona Grange
PLaus Annual Flower Show

Colds, zinnias.
Glass c - House Plants: Afr
lean Violets, Begonias Coleus,
Geraniums, Gloxinia, Oxalis, Su
ltana, ANY Other.
Glass D - Bowl arrangement
of non-blooming plants such as
Ivy, Snake-plant, Spider-plant,
Caladium, Philodendron, etc.
Glass E - Best arrangement
of wild material.
Class F - Best arrangement
of ANIMALS.
Glass G - Best arrangement
of fruit and flowers.
Glass H - Best arrangement
of vegetables and flowers.
Glass J - Pair vases.
Glass K - Best arrangement
of miniatures.
Glass L - Best arrangement
of centerpiece.
Class M - Best arrangements
by a man
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-08-11
Youngs Hold
Reunion Sunday

HAMBDEN - Dorothy and
Leo Kempf held the Young re-
union at their home last Sun
day, August 7.
They also celebrated the 25th
wedding anniversary of Hell
en- and Bud Garn of Toledo,
cousins of Dorothy. A beautiful
three tier wedding cake, made
and decorated by Dorothy Kem-
pf, graced the table.
There were Al relatives pre-
sent, from Toledo, Lorain,
Lakewood, Cleveland, Lyndhur-
st, Painesville and Hambden.
There were nine relatives from
Michigan who were unable to
attend.
The bride and groom" rec
eived numerous gifts.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-08-11
Former Chardon
Resident Dies

Mrs. Mabel HoSford Hatha-
way, sister of Mrs. Fred Stat
ford of E. King st. died Sunday
July "a, at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Burt Ochling,
in Berlin Heights, Ohio.
She was the daughter of Char
les w. and Ester A. HoSford
and was born on S. Hambden
st, Chardon, on June 2, 1876.
She attended Chardon sch ools
and was a member of Chardon
Congregational church. On June
18, 1907 she married John M.
Hathaway, of Claridon. In 1909
they, with their infant son,
Keith, moved to Painesville
where much of her life was
spent.
On April II, 1923, her hus-
band died very suddenly with
apoplexy, leaving her with two
sons and a daughter.
With long hours of hard work
and mother-love, and their help
they graduated from Harvey
High school in Painesvine.
After the children married
she made her home with he1
son, Edgar and family in Men
tor, but she always cherished
her Chardon friends, and hel
last visit here at her sister
home was last October.
On October 27, while visit
ing her son Keith and family
in Cleveland Heights, she fel
down stairs and has since
spent many weeks in hospitals
and a rest-home.
Her three fine children, Keith
H. of Cleveland Heights, Johr
Edgar, of Mentor and Esther A
Ochling of Berlin Heights die
everything possible to alleviate
her suffering.
Besides her children, she
leaves 7 fine grandchildren, hel
sister, Mrs. Stafford, neice!
and nepheWS and many friends
The funeral services were
held at The Burr Funeral home
on Wednesday, July 81 with Rev
Klusattel, Pastor of Mentor
Christian churc h officiating
Interment was in Chardon Gem
etery.
After moving to Painesville
she transferred her churcl
membership to Painesville Con
gregational church.
She was a past chief in th'
Daughters of America and
very loyal American mother.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-08-11

Geauga County Po m o n a
grange will meet at Munson
on Saturday, August 20. This
will be an important meeting,
with the sewing contest, the
election of Geauga's G r a n G e
Prince and Princess, election
of officers, and the annual
flower show as some OF the
things in store.
1t is to be hoped that there
will be a good attendance and
a large number of entries In
the sewing contest and the flow
er show. The classes Tor the
flower show are as follows:
Class A - Vase OF Cut Flow
ers: Asters, Calenduals-orange,
Calendulas yellow. Cosmos,
Chrysanthemums, Dahlias, Gla-
diolus, Marigolds, P e u n las,
Roses, Scabiosa, Snapdragons,
Zinnias-large, zinnias-sman.
Glass B Ba S k is: AS
ters, Dahlias, Gladiolus, Mari
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-08-11

signed.
Council voted to set up a
plan for vacations and sick
leave with pay for village en-
ployees.
1t was voted to advertise for
bids for widening the north
south sidewalk through the park
and black toppong it.
The mayor and clerk were
instructed to enter into a con-
tract with the CEI for putting
up wires for the proposed traf-
fic lights on public square.
Legislation was passed for
improvements by 24-feet wide
paving of Maple ave. to Char
don ave; North st. to Maple
ave, with strom sewers and
basins; Maple ave. ext ension
Chardon ave. north 870 feet;
Memorial dr., Chardon ave.
north to terminal on hool
grounds. Bids for the work are
to be advertised.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-08-11
MysteyiousCaHey'
ARprehended by
SheriUD Deputy

A Michigan youth was appre-
hended August l by county
sheriff's deputies for using OBJ
scene and profane language ov-
er the telephone to women in
Chester.
Mrs. Willard r. Duns of TT.
2, CheSterland, notified the She
riffs department on August
of the phone calls, and two de-
puties in plain clothes were
sent to apprehend the caller.
The deputies told Mrs. Duns
to make an appointment with
the youth, which she did. But
when Mrs. Duns took a deputy
to the appointed place, t h e y
could find no one.
Later on, the deputy found
the youth, who said he was
picking blackberries. The depu-
ty took him into custody when
the deputy noticed he had only
three blackberries in his pail.
The sheriff received this let
ter of thanks from Mr.. and
Mrs. Duns this week:
I'VE want to thank you for
your help in apprehending the
mysterious telephone caller.
We had tried to get help from
the telephone CO., but received
absolutely none. We then called
your department and through
your help were able to catch
the caller. This now relieves
the minds of several of the
women in the Chesterland ar,
ca "
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-08-11
MontviIIe Teacher
Attends w Workshop

MONTVILLE-Daisy Trask, a
teacher in the elementary school
here, was among 40 teachers,
nurses, school administrators
and representatives of commun-
ity health and welfare agencies
who attended a health educa-
ton workshop at Kent State
university.
The workshop was July 25
through August 5.
Sponsored by the health and
physical education department
at KSU, the workshop empha-
sized good school probrams in
hearing, speech and vision.
Highlighting tn e prog r a m
were talks on August by DR..
Franklin Foote, president OF
the National Society for the
Prevention of Blindness.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-08-11
Ohio Boystown
Buys Geanga
County Property

Title to 535 acres of land for
a proposed Ohio BoystoWn, a
part in Geauga County, has
just been transferred to Ohio
BoystoWn Inc
The land, including 428 acres
in Scion and 107 in cambridge
will be used for a nonsectar-
ian, interr a ci a | development
housing 100 boys as permanent
residents and providing week
end camp facilities to many O.
theirs
The 1O7.44 acres in Balm
bridge were transferred by the
owners, Ruth Palmer, Joyce L.
Cochran, Norma Wilson.
Mirabeau M. Kraus is presi.
dent of Ohio Boystown Inc. He
sealed purchase of the / a n d
previously held under option
by payment of $4,000 Total
price is $4,000
Mr. Kraus said now that the
group is assured of the prop
erty, fund raising activities
would be intensified.
"Our program will be state
wide" he said. 1T will be baS'
ed on a study made over the
last four years covering many
similar projects in operation
We also plan to care for emo
tionally disturbed boys"
Paul Hackett of PaineSville is
Lake county chairman of the
organization.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-08-11
Geauga Fair
Premium
Books Mailed

The fair bug" is beginning
to invade Geauga county again
With the opening date of Gea-
uga's 132d annual consecutive
fair only three weeks away,
the county fair board this week
mailed the fair premium book
to hundreds of Geauga county
folk.
The premium book contains,
among other things, the clas-
sifications for displays, which
range from ceremic sculpture
to swine, from water melons to
crocheted wool baby bonnets.
The book also contains the
financial statement of the
Geauga county Agricultu r a
society, sponsoring organization
of the fair, dates of other
Ohio fairs, and a complete
calendar of Geauga fair act.
ivitieS.
Junior Fair Day will be OBJ.
served Friday, September 2
following the usual custom.
Friday morning junior fair act.
ivties include dairy cattle judg.
ing, All horsemanship judging
and sheep Judging. In the after.
noon beef cattle Judging and q
tractor rodeo are on the agenda
The All band will play Friday
evening, when the coronation
parade and the crowning of the
fair king and queen will be
held. Trophies will be present
ed in the evening, and a horse
square dance and style show
are also on the agenda.
A NEW department h a S
been established this year or
hay and grass silage, accord
ing to Leland D. Schuler, coun
ty agricultural agent.
THE classes for this depart
ent may be found on page A o
the premium books Schulel
said. Glasses include mixec
hay and chopped hay. Sectior
A is for loose hay, and section
B for baled hay. The grass sill
age is included with baled hay.
THE LEAGUE of Womer
Voters of Geauga county will
have an exhibit at the fair, &C
cording to an announcement
from the group.
Where Does Ohio Stand Ed
ucationally' will be the theme
of the exhibit which the Lea
que will have at the fair. Thi
exhibit will be in the education
building on the fair grounds
The committee in charge O
these arrangements include
Mrs. Jud Townley, chairman
Mrs. A. John Rose, Mrs. C. P
Titus, Mrs. James Fenner, Mr.
Ed Worthington, Mrs. Bircl
Matthews and Mrs. Frank Mem
&c.