Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-04-12
,000Attend F FestivaI;
Roads damned Sunday


of Auburn and seventh, Law
renee Battles. Chester.
Winners in the other maple
classifications:
Most novel design in maple
sugar Tom White, Chardon:
Franks Maple Products, Au-
burn; w. S. Richards and son,
Chardon; N. c. Patterson and
son, Chester; E. r. Sperry and
son, Chester.
Two one-pound maple bricks
Richards; Frand's; Robert Bar
nes. Chester; Patterson; Sperry.
Maple cream Richards:
Franks; Tom White; Patterson;
Sperry; Barnes.
Small sugar cakes Franks;
= Richard; Sperry; Patterson also
White and Mrs. Wallace Blair
- of Newbury.
Stirred sugar Richards;
Barnes; Franks; Sperry; Patter-
son; White; Mrs. Blanr.
Bender Speaks.
The festivals goth golden
wedding party. was addressed
by U. S. Sen. George H. Ben
, der.
He also congratulated the
{ prize winners.
Geauga county couples win
ming awards were:
Couple with most living chill
: dren Mr. and Mrs. John Col
s Inns, Chardon Township.
Couple with most unusual
p honeymoon Mr.. and Mrs. Her.
: man Toussaint, Chardon.
Couple married on either
birthday Mr.. and Mrs. L. w.
McClintock. Thompson, married
on his 25th birthday,
Couples who married broth
= ers and sisters Mr.. and Mrs.
George Painter, Mr.. and Mrs.
p N. c. Patterson all of Chester
q land. The women are sisters.
Mr.. and Mrs Mark Randles, Mr..
: and Mrs. Joe Randles all of
! Chardon. .--.-.-. .. -...~.a
} Oldest woman present Mrs.
: Kit Carson. 81.
} Oldest man present Kit Car
r son, 81, who drove his own car
: to the festival.
e Attorney James L. Werner,
= president of the Chardon Cham
l. ber of Commerce, said the fes-
5 tival had put the area and its
maple Sirup on the map.
r This county produces half of
the states maple sirup," he
:. said "and Ohio is the third pro-
!. ducer in the country. topped
only by New York and Penn
. sylvania. The festival brins fn
- a good income in addition to fos-
- tering the sale of maple sugar
= and maple sirup."
a Peak of Fridays program was
9, the presentation of this years
J. maple sugar queen, Miss Sharon
: Nelson, II, of Parkman. She
and her court of seven maids
"a made their official bow. She
" won the crown by selling the
1t most booster buttons. Her seven
K attendants were runners-up.
4, At the Old Timers party,
l. sponsored by the Geauga RecorE
IF and the Geauga News, Matte
5, Pierce, 80, of Chardon, won
r, woman present and Charles
st Maynard, 88, of Chardon got
1t one for being the oldest man
there.
( Charles Downing of Syracuse,
e N. Y. got a prize for the man
e having come the greatest dis
L. tance. Mrs. Charlotte Glenden-
!, ming got the prize in the wom-
q ems division. She came from
81 Rocky River.
Mrs. Elva Ellsworth of Ra-
q VIENNA was awarded prize for
= being the youngest woman and
y Hal Burr of Chardon for being
:. the youngest man present and
. Mrs. Blanche Toussaint of Char
~ don for the nearest birthday.
: Everyone had to be at least
e 65 to register for the party.
Prize winners in the bakery
It contest were, first to third pri-
= zes in the order given:
:, MAPLEE SPONGE, CAKE
+ Mrs. Richard Barnes, Chester
land; Mrs Claude Howard. of
n Bainbridge;M Ralph Kneale,
q Chesterland
j. MAPLE SPICE CAKE Mrs.
y Claude Howard, cambridge;
l.. Mrs. William Gaylord, Chardon;
> Mrs. Leonard Conrad, Auburn.
MAPLE PECAN PIE Mrs.
O Sam Patterson, Chesterland;
Jean McConahy. Burton; Mrs.
f Leo Valentine. Chardon.
BOSTON BROWN BREAD
S Mrs. Richard Barnes, Chester
e land; Mrs. Lynn Reiter, Char
don; Mrs. Claude Howard, Balm
S bridge.
e MAPLE BREAKFAST ROLLS
:, Mrs. Elmer Franks, Auburn;
It Mrs. Richard Barnes, Chester
e land; Mrs. Claude Howard O.:
l. Bainbridge.
e Other events of the day in
cluded an exhibition of square
i dancing by Chardon sixth
e graders, band concerts by the
e Chardon Junior high and high
school bands and preliminary