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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07
Highway Worker
Severely Injured
When Hill By Auto
lvon Mitchell, FIosmon,
Struck BY Driver Who
FoIls Asleep At Wheel

Ivan Mitchell, l8, of Belle
Valley, was struck Tuesday
evening at Dudley by a car driv-
en- by Gertis Steve Brewer. of
20l North 4th street, E. Gadsden,
Alabama.
Mitchell was working as
flagman for the Charleston con-
struction company at the Dudley
crossing. Sheriff Conaway in
vestigated the accident which
occurred at approximately 1920
p. m. Brewer was travelling
south on Route 81 at an estimat-
ed speed of so miles per hour.
He said that he evidently fell
asleep and failed to make the
turn onto the new highway. The
car, a 1854 Nash, hit Mitchell
and knocked him about 80 feet.
Conaway charged Brewer with
reckles operation of a motor
vehicle. The accused was enroute
to his home in Alabama from
Akron where he was looking for
a job.
The construction south of
Caldwell had progressed beyond
Dudley with the two lanes of
concrete. Traffic was routed
onto the new highway and Nit
chell's job as a flagman was to
indicate the sharp right-hand
turn.
He is the son of Mrs. Celeste
Mitchell, of Belle Valley, and
a graduate of Belle Valley high
school with the class of 1855. He
was one of the students who won
state recognition with a science
project from that school.
It is believed that Mitchell
sustained a fractured hip and
pelvis. He was removed to the
Bethesda hospital in GAINESVILLE
by the McVay ambulance.
Brewer was taken before
Mayor Homer Johnson, WedneS-
day morning. He pleaded guilty
to charge of reckless operation
of a motor vehicle and was fined
$4,000 and costs. The total cost
and fine amounted to S3707.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07
Only Two Minor
Accidents Occur
In Noble County
Sheriff Don Conowoy
Hos Busy Week With
Many Traffic Violations

Sheriff Don Conaway. of the
Noble county sheriff's depart
ment, announced that there were
only two minor accidents in
Noble county over the July 4
weekend.
The first of the two incidents
occurred when car driven by
Bobby Leasure, %, of route 2,
Summerfield, struck a car driven
by Jessie Merry, 10, of route 4,
Caldwell. The accident took place
at the corner of West and Main,
Sunday evening at tbs o. m.
Leasure was on the wrong side
of the highway making a left
hand turn and failed to yield
the rightof-way. Upon investi-
cation, it was found that he did
not have drivers license and
was operating the vehicle on
ficticious plates.
He was brought before the
Mayors court and charged ON
three counts. Leasure was found
guilty of driving left of center,
operation without a license, and
operation with ficticious plates.
The total fines and costs amount
ed to approximately $103.25.
Friday evening, Sheriff Con-
away picked up Donald Ray
Cats, of Louisville route 8, and
Robert j. Spaulding of 706 street,
Canton. Gait, 18, was charged
with the operation of a motor
vehicle in an unsafe manner and
pleaded guilty to the charge be-
fore Mayor Homer Johnson. He
was fined $500 and costs.
Spaulding, 10, pleaded guilty, at
the same hearing, Of consuming
intoxicating liquor in motor
vehicle. He was fined $500 and
costs. The two youths were COM
mitted to Jail for several days
pending the payment of the
fines.
The second accident in Noble
county occurred around 800
a. m. Tuesday morning three
miles east of the Perryopolis
church. Clyde E. Morris, route
/, Fly, went off the road in a
heavy fog, resulting in property
damage only. The car struck a
fence owned by Harden Everly
Continued on Page Two)
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07
Famed Rifle Shot To
Appear On Exhibition
Ken Keesie Sponsored
By LocoI Rifle Club

The Noble county Rifle and
Pistol club has made arrange
ments to bring Ken Beegle, an
internationally famous marks
man, to the fairgrounds, Sun
day, July II at 100 p. m.
The exhibition, winch is open
to the public free of charge, will
feature outstanding feats of
craftsmanship using fourteen
varied types of firearms. Mr.
Beegle is proficient with the
rifle, shotgun and pistol.
During the exhibition, Beegle
lectures on the proper and safe
methods of gun handling. He is
assisted by his wife thru-out the
performance. The couple is
sponsored by the Remington and
Peters Arms Co.
The local club is an affiliate
of the National Rifle Association
and they welcome all new mem
bers. Their officers are: Leland
Hesson, president; DR.. Charles
Thompson, vice president; Maur-
ice Colley, treasurer and Waiter
Hutchins, secretary.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07

a fractured skull in a 10 To 70
foot fail from the concrete
wall atop the levee to the.
stone and concrete riprap
below
The Zanescville authorities is
sued a formal verdict of acci-
dental death and police said
there was no indication of viol-
ence or foul play. Two city
youths found the body and mott
fled the police. The weeds which
were fIattened in the area in
dicated that Sewers had rolled
off the wall where he had been
sleeping since Sunday morning.
The GAINESVILLE authorities said
that the victim had been arrested
Saturday night on an intoxica-
ton charge and released at 1880
Sunday morning. After the re-
lease Sewers met a friend and
Continued on Page Two)
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07
Fire Department
Will SeIecl Queen
For Local Festival
Committee Shaping Up
Plans For CornivoI
Beginning July 70

The Caldwell fire department
has announced the plans for a
queen contest to be held in con-
junction with the annual home
coming and firemen's festival,
July 26 thru the 30.
Merle Barnhart, chairman of
the committee, said that ballot
boxes and ballots would be
placed in business establish
ments in five surrounding COM
munities. The contest will start
Saturday, July 8.
Barnhart said that girl
would be chosen from each COM
munity by popular vote to rep
resent that village during the
week of the carnival. The win
ner of the contest from each local
community will be given a fram-
ed photo which will be put or
display here in Caldwell. From
these six contestants a queen
will be chosen.
The lucky girl will receive a
OCdGtlAuA SALL 11Olll Ll1C IRE uG~
partment at the completion Of
the contest, and will be crown
ed queen of the festival.
To enter the contest, a girl
must be Is years old or over and
unmarried. All contestants will
be welcomed and they need not
be residents of the community
in which the ballot boxes viii
be placed.
The contest choosing the sis
representatives will be oper
only one week from July 9 to the
l6. The queen will be chosen
during the week of the carnival
with the ballot boxes located on
the square in Caldwell.
The six communities which
will be represented and the loca-
ton of ballot boxes are: Cald-
well, Henry's, Ralston's, Schaf-
er's; Belle Valley, Matheney's
Red and White; Sarahsville,
Highman's; Summerfield, Hav-
enor's Red and White; Dexter
City, Moseley's Dexter Market,
and Sharon, Marquis Red and
White.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07
Telephone Employee
Attends TeCh. School

Phillip Harding, of Caldwell,
an employee of General Tele-
phone company of Ohio, attend
ed the company's new five day
technical training school last
week.
Harding is engaged as an in
staller and a rapairman serving
the communities of Caldwell,
Summerfield, Senecaville, Pleas
ant City, Dexter City, Lower
Salem, Beverly, Barlow, Water
town, Lowell, and surrounding
areas.
Harding completed a 40 hour
course studying the latest and
most modern methods of basic
installation and maintenance Of
telephone equipment.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07
Court Development Underway

Construction has started on
Lindsey Court, CaldweIl's
newest possible housing deve-
lopment.
The three acre section of
land is owned by Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Parry, and is located
adjacent to their home on
North street. The property
extends from that street
directly south to the Caldwell
corporation line.
Midway through the pro-
perty, an undeveloped, city
owned street, runs north and
south from the present road to
the city limits. There are IA
lots in the development. Four
of them face North street, and
the other ten are divided on
either side Of the non-existent
road.
At the present, Ernest Dut-
ton is building a home for
Andrew Schockling on one of
the North street lots, and
Edward Schockling has pur-
chased a building site and is
expected to start construction
of a new home in the near
future.
MIR. Parry said that four lots
have been sold thus far, and
he hoped that modern deve-
lopment could get started in
the near future. He stated that
Main street could be extended
up the hill parallel to North,
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07

OF worship for the past 43
years
In a letter received from
The Right Rev. John Mussio,
bishop of Steubenville, and read
Sunday at both services by the
local pastor, it is the desire of the
bishop that construction plans
be formulated Immediately and
actual building begin at the
earliest possible date.
Following the recommends
tions of contractor from Mar
tins Ferry, who made a thorough
check of the conditions of the
wooden building, Bishop Mussio
requested FIR. Pekalla to start
working on plans to construct a
new church.
The report submitted to Bishop
Mussio by the Martins Ferry
contractor stressed the hazardous
conditions prevailing in the con-
struction of the present building.
Many existing faulty features of
the building contribute to the
urgency stressed by Bishop
Mussio in his communication to
the Caldwell pastor.
The present wooden frame
building was built in 1912 during
the time when Rev. FIR. Joseph
j. Herman served as pastor. It
was expressed by members living
now that the building cost less
than $4,000, complete with
affairs and seating facilities.
During the past eight to ten
years the Caldwell congregation
has experienced a substantial
growth in membership and at the
two services held Sunday, the
seating conveniences had been
taxed to the limit.
A meeting of members of the
congregation was held Wednes-
day night in the parish hall to
discuss building plans and ways
and means to finance the new
edifice.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07
u. ). II 10 Receive
Black Top Treatment
Stote Let's Project For
Buffolo-Noble Sector

Director of Ohio highways, S.
O. Linzel has announced the
awarding of federal projects sub
iects to federal approval, which
will effect Noble county.
The Tri-State Asphalt corpora
ton of Martins Ferry has been
given the contract to lay an
asphaltic concrete surface on
various parts of route 81 in
Noble county. In proposal No. l.,
section 1876 in Buffalo and
Noble townships, will receive the
new surface for a length of 3.39
miles and width of 90 foot.
In proposal No. ?, section IRIS
will receive a similar coating in
Buffalo township. The new sur
face will continue for Ats miles
at a width Of % feet.
The date set for completion of
the project is September 80, 1855
and it will cost an estimated
S49,00.00.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07

crease. The Maryland Ave.
Baptist church of Canton
built one of the cabins at a
cost of $500. The other struc-
tudre was donated by the West
wood Baptist church of Cincin-
natl and cost approximately $500.
Both of the new cabins will be
used as boys housing units. Last
year, an addition was made to
the large house on the property
for eating facilities. The building
now serves as cafeteria and a
girls dorm.
The daily activities range from
classes in the morning, recreation
In the afternoon, to camp fire
services in the evening. Baseball,
swimming, boating, horse back
riding, volleyball, basketball and
croquet are offered for the sports
minded youngsters.
There are about 20 churches
cooperating in the camp activi-
ties. Youths from all sections of
the state attend the camp. The
supervisors and counseiors also
are from various sections and
churches thru-out the state. The
first week will be for children
from the age 8 to 8 years. In the
following three weeks the age
groups will range from 10 to Ii,
IL to l3 and IA years up.
The camp is located on the old
route 81 1t is situated around
Pine Lake and includes several
structures. There are four boys
cabins and one staff cabin for
David Doan, the director. All of
the cooking for the camp is done
by church members from cities
like Akron, Canton, Dayton, Gin
cinnati and Caldwell.
David Doan, pastor of the
Amelia Baptist church is the
camp director, and ]. Z. Finni-
gar, pastor of the Dayton Baptist
church is dean of the camp. Rev,
Roy Wikander Of Caldwell. is the
treasurer of the local organiza-
ton.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07
Noble County Receives
S46,756.73 License Fees

The first distribution of 1855
motor vehicle license fees to
townships and counties has been
released by state auditor James
A. Rhodes.
The money is allocated on the
basis of a county or townships
road mileage, and the ratio this
mileage bears to the total county
or township road mileage in the
state.
The counties in the Is district
received the following amounts:
Noble county fund, $25,035.91,
township fund, $21 ,220.82; Mon
roe county, $38,4l5.47, township,
$22, 1882; Morgan county, $42,-
825.70, township, $15,225.62; Mus
kingum county, $53.278.83, town
ship, $28,533.51; Perry county,
$24, ,562.40, township, $29. .323.84.
Washington county, $31, ,996.19,
township, $37,399.92; Guernsey
county, $42,735.00 and township,
SOS -742 "a
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07

Wnen ne allowed more imam
usual" picture coverage.
In meeting at Marietta, the
OPPA will be holding It's second
consecutive summer session
along the banks of the Ohio
River.
Some play is in store for
members of the statewide organ
ization, but a serious note will
be sounded during the business
session on Sunday morning when
election of officers and problems
facing today's press photographer
will be sounded
The business session will be
in charge of George Smallsreed,
Jr., OPPA president, of Colum-
bus, and Bob Jacobs, secretary,
of Dayton. !.
A e30-minute radio broadcast
over WHOA from the Hotel
Lafayette, meeting headquarters,
also will highlight the National
Press Photographers session in
Colorado early in June with
Smallsreed giving report of the
week long event.
Judge Riecker, a former F.B.I.
agent, practiced law in Toledo
before returning to his home
county of Morgan where he
served as prosecuting attorney be-
fore being elected to his present
post in the late 30's.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07
Mercury Hits High OF
"a Degrees Sunday
Only I.l6 inches Of
Roin FuIls In June

Hundreds of Noble Countians
flocked to Seneca Lake Sunday
and Monday to escape the torrid
heat which hit the highest for
the year on Sunday when the
mercury scared to "a degrees.
Richard Burlingame. official
weatherman for this county, said
the thermometer reading for Sat-
urday was 80 degrees, "a on Sun
day and dropped to 90 degrees
Monday.
The humidity was especially
high during the weekend. A cool
er breeze moved in following a
torrential downpour in the
Seneca Lake and Mt. Ephraim
communities on Sunday.
Burlingame said the high
reading for June was 80 degrees
and the low was As degree on
June Is. The greatest amount of
rainfall in any "a hours was go
inch on June %.
Total rainfall for the month of
June measured 1.16 inches.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07
Noble County Without
Government Debt In 81

Noble, Monroe, Guernsey and
Perry are among 36 counties
whrich have reported no govern
ment debt in 1854.
All over the state, however,
local governments went $685.
226,378 deeper in debt last year.
Total debt Of cities, villages,
counties, schools and townships
was $1,298,513,421 on December
81, 1854.
The figure has more than
doubled the local government
expenditure for 1948 and is an
all-time record.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07
FISHING GUIDE HERE

Waiter Taylor, Of BroOksVlIIe,
Fla, fishermen's guide at Gulf
port on the shores of the Gulf
of Mexico, is spending this week
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Brumbach at this place
and greeting many other friends
in Caldwell, with whom he has
become unusually popular Much
of the success of anglers efforts
has been due to Walters know
ledge of fishing and otherwise.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07
TO ENJOY CAMP

Several Junior campers from
the First Church of Christ in
Caldwell will leave next Sunday
afternoon for a week Of camp
ing activities at Round Lake
Christian Assembly, near Loud
enville. The group will include
Billy Hayes, Ricky DeVolld, Ray
David DeVolId, Phil McKitrick
and the pastor, Ira j. Brandon.
Mrs. A. G. VanFeet will serve as
cook for this week.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07
BUYS ENTTRE INTEREST

Robert Robey has now pur-
chased the entire interest in
Skaters Coffee Shop and possess
sion was given last Friday morn
ing. Mr., Robey first bought out
the interest of Ralph Shafer on
Wednesday and the following
Gay closed the deal for the re-
naming interest of Miss Mabel
Gordon
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07

The name, Lindsey Court,
was chosen because Mr.. and
Mrs. Cephas Lindsey, the
grandparents of Mr.. Parry,
formerly owned a farm on
which the property is located.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07
ACCEPTS POSITION

Wilma Bates, of Sarahsville,
has accepted the position as
bookkeeper at the court house
for Auditor c. R. Atkinson. She
will assume her new duties July
rs
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07

During the past Is years he has
filled the bench in % Ohio
counties, including Noble, Cuya-
hoga, Muskingum, Franklin,
Athens, Meigs and Washington.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07

and tie-in with the main road
of the housing section. He also
added that ample room has
been allocated for each build
ing site, and provision has been
made for alleys.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07
Cumberland Man Killed; ;
Falls From River Levee
Leroy N. Seevers, Formerly OF Ava, Dies
In Unusual Accident On MuSkinuurn River

Leroy Mancel Sewers 49, of Cumberland route l. was
killed Sunday afternoon in GAINESVILLE
Sewers body found along the Muskngum river
levee where he apparently fell while sleeping Dr. S. S
Da Muskngum county coroner said that Sewers sustained
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07

NOTICE My greenhouse will
be closed starting Saturday,
July 8, and continuing thru Au-
gust l. Mrs. Frank BurIingane,
Sharon Ohio. Ia
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07
Judge Carlos RieCker To Address Annual
Meeting OF Ohio Press Photographers

Ohio PHOTOGRAPHERS will hear Common Pleas Judge
Carlos Recker of McConnesve during woday summer
session of the Ohio Press Photographers Association
July $40
The Morgan County jur became friend
working during the McConnevie
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07
1ri-State Youth Camp At Pine Lake
10 Open Sunday; Hundreds Expected
Over 400 Young People VIII Descend
On Local Youth Center Durinu July

The third annual Ohio Conservative Baptist church camp
will get under way at Pine Lake July 10.
Two cabins have been constructed handle
creased membership Last year approximately youths
attended the local camp the number is expected tn in
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07
TO HOLD REVIVAL

Revival services are in pro-
gress at the Archer's Ridge
church this week. Mrs. Alice
Grimes is occupying the pulpit.
Services will be held each even
ing at 7:45 o'clock. A youth
quartet, led by Ronald Wells,
will be assisting with the music.
The public is cordially invited.
John Grimes is the pastor.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07

SEE US FOR your Bottle Gas
needs. ID. ID. Nichols, Caldwell,
Ohio. 47tf.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07
st. PhiIon,ena Members
To Build New Edifiee
Old Wooden Structure Built In 1912
VIII Be Replaced BY Modern Building

According to announcement made Sunday by Rev.
Stephen j. Pekaa, pastor of ST. Philomena church, new
church will be constructed in CALDWELL replacing the
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-07-07

BABY CHICKS! Popular breeds.
See us for your needs. Donald
d. Nichols, Caldwell, Ohio.
35tf
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-03-03

score was 80-74 giving the Red
skins a record of 1876 to date.
Ralph Butch" Antill Of
WoodsfieId set a new sectional
record with 80 points, crasine
he old mark of 81 scored last
wear by another Woodsfield play
", Floyd Baker in the semi
finals against Caldwell Antill is
averaging "a points per game.
Sarahsville led in the second
ana third periods by as much as
IL POINTS but Woodsfield came
on with a last quarter surge to
win the game.
Sarahsville lost the service o"
Mel Davis, Joe Clark and Clay
ION Perkins in the final stanza.
while Woodsfield lost Chuel
Helbling.
Fer the Ped Devils, Davis an
Clark led the scoring with Is
points each, while Gerald Snodc
tailed II and Larry Bates Is.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-03-03
IV News

Peter Pan" the immortal fan
tasy of childhood by Sir James
M Barrie, has been enchanting
audiences since it's London pre-
miere a half century ago. But it
will make history all over again
on Monday, March Z, when Pro
ducers' Showcase" presents Mary
Martin in the tWo-hour COM
patible color musical version on
WTRF-TV from 1880 to $50 pm.
This production of Peter Pan"
is unique in several respects. 1t
marks the first time that stage
hit has been transposed intact
from the Broadway boards to
television, as well as the first
time that a successful stage show
has substituted video for ma
tional road tour. The two-hour
running time is also unusual,
previous Producers Showcase"
offerings having been ninety
minutes in length.
The shifting of peter Pan"
from the Winter Garden theatre
to NBC-TV's Brooklyn Color
studios will be feat in itself.
Everything in the TV Peter
Pan" will be exactly the same
as it has been on Broadway.
The presentation of television's S
national Emmy" awards for the
year 1854 in 81 categories will
be made on Monday, March 4,
over WTRF-TV. The awarding Of
television's famed statuettes in
an hour -and-a-half telecast of the
Academy of Television Arts and
Sciences seventh annual award
dinner will be presented on
Steve Aliens Tonight, which
will have special West Coast orr
| gination that evening.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-03-03

Belle Valley was ousted by
the pre-tourney favorite Beverly
l06-69 in the opening game Mon
day night The Washington
county team, with seven games
already played on the field house
floor, set a new sectional record
as they out-goaIed the Riders
40-21.
On free throws, it was even
Stephen. Belle Valley converted
u out of AZ, Beverly 26 out of
Al. Fouls played a definite part
in the outcome, however, as
Belle Valleys two top scorers,
Mike and Ernie Varhola, were
Whistled to the showers while
the Bruins lost a sub, Ronnie
Nichols, in the final quarter.
Mike Narhola netted l6 points
the first half before fouls cut
in, and finished with Is. Ernie
had Is and Jim Devolld 13, but
Beverly's Bill Malster trimmed 33
for top honors. 1t was BeverIy's
twenty-second win in rs games
this year.
Sarahsville led Woodsfield for
three quarters in Mondays other
game, but lost in the final
stanza after three of the Red
Devil starters fouled out. Final