Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-04-12


mated almost 10000 visited
Chardon Square to eat. to buy,
to look and to get nipped by
the uncooperative weather.
According to Mayor Vain l.
Parsons, the attendance figure
for the three days was upwards
of 100000
By 3 pm. the cars were bum
per to bumper ON Route 6. Less
than one hour later on Route
"A the cars were backed up in
a four mile line. The State
Highway Patrol had IA men as
signed to the area in addition
to the local police and auxili-
aries.
AS bearded pioneers and erin.
oline-clad women, tough woods
ment and just plain corncot
smoking cowboys roamed Char
don, the bands played, the
marchers paraded and Gov
Frank Lausche made a speech
He touched upon the maple
syrup war being waged by Yer
mont, New York, Pennsylvan
ia and Ohio on whose is the
. best. The crowd backed him
/. when he said Ohios was the
best. He is sending a telegram
/ 10 Gov. Averill Hartman OF
! New York, informing him Of
that unanimous stand
. Lausche rode at the head Of
a picturesque parade with the
Maple Festival Queen, Mis-
/ Sharon Nelson of Parkman.
Prizes for the top bands fol
lowing them went to Riverside
school. Painesvi1le, first: Crest
wood school, Mantua. second
and Brooklyn Heights, third
Float winners were Geaugs
County Hospital Association
first prize; Going West" a GOV
cred wagon and six horses, sec
ond, and Melody Ranch third
Plies for the most authenti
pioneer costumes went to tn
following:
Single pioneer woman, Mr.!
= H J. McAnaney, Chardon; sir
= gle pioneer man, Stanley Rot
ertson, Middlefld; Davy Crock
EFT adult. Robert Carver, Hamt
den; pioneer children, Judy RAJ
ick and Candy Russell, Char
don; children in Davy CrOcket
outfits, Charles Hawk and Dal
Baptie; oldest pioneer couple
Mrs. William Hendershotf
Chardon, and her father. Jane
Post, Chesterland
Beard winners were:
Longest and bushiest, Robel
Carver, Hambden; neatest ROt
ert Arnold. Chardon; most o.
namental, Fred Ineman, Cha
don.
h A gallon of maple syrup We
] presented to a four-generatio
# family in pioneer garb. consi:
y ting of James Post, IA, Cheste
: land; his daughter, Mrs. Will
Y am Hendershott. 46, Chardon;
r grandson, James Russell, 2!
t Chardon. and a great-granc
+ daughter. Candy Russell,
G ChardOn.
d The Boy Scouts of Geaug
County made creditable shov
d, ing. Troop 1872, Huntsburg, g
a a top honor for its first aid e.
+ hibit. Barry Hensel, Burton
s Troop 81; Charles Kraus. Mic
n dlefield, Troop "a; Ted Rel
v and Dick Horton. Troop 10:
Chesterland; and Dan Parke
Middlefield, Troop "a, won firs
;, prizes for specified Boy Scot
skills.
: At a parcel post auction pacl
= ages from Fred Waring. Clar
: Booth Luce, Walt Disney, Vic
y President Richard M. Nixor
, Lwrence Welk, Red Skeltor
Bob Crosby, Gov. Lausche an
Paul Brown went to the highes
bidders.
Among the gayest merrymak
ers were $500 visitor that cam
on special trains from Clevelan
and from Akron, Canton an
Warren. They slayer four hours
The big business of Saturda
was the awarding of the Cleve
landPlain Dealer cup, for tn
best maple sirup of 1856 wem
off on schedule.
Stanley P. Barnett, assistan
editor of the Plain Dealer, pre-
sented it to a first-time winner
Frank c. Marcus, So. Snyde
Road, Bainbridge.
His sirup was selected from
1913 cans submitted after rigi
scientific tests by the Judges
Charles A: Reese of the Obi
Extension Department and T. W
Rothacker of the Pure Food
Section of the Ohio State De
partment of Agriculture.
They said there was NOR
AA-grade sirup than they eve
had seen before, 35 percent o
the entries.
Marcus has resided on hi
farm of 81 acres in Bainbridg
since 1927. He is married an
has a son and daughter. Hi
neighbor, c. H. Post, won tn
Plain Dealer trophy last year
and Marcus came in sixth. Blu
it's different this year. Their
has been a lot of friendly rival
ry for that cup through tn
years.
'I've been trying for severa
years to get the honor and tn
cup and I'm so happy I hav
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