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East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1957-11-28
MAYFAIR and CHAMBERS
PRF-SCHOOL DISCUSSION


A discussion will be held We'd
nesday, December 4th at North
Branch Library at 1890 by the
Mayfair Chambers Pre- School
mothers on the topic, "How the
Housewife is Swindled." The lead
ers will be Mayfair Pre-School
Chairman, Mrs. Louis Komaromy
and Chambers Pre-School Chair
man Mrs. Edward Kent, with the
help of Mrs. Elna, branch librarian.
I The children will be treated to
stories and games by Miss Jean
Hoffman, children's librarian.
CHECKING ICE SKATES
With the new ice rink due to
open in January, Mayfair PTA
Ways and Means Chairman, Mrs.
Howard Eller is making survey
regarding outgrown lin size) ice
skates in usable condition to sell
or exchange at the December 18th
Christmas meeting.
Anyone interested may contact
Mrs. Eller at MU. 1-5215 by Fri
day, December 18th.
Announcement is made by May
fair PTA President, Mrs. Otto
Guenther, that board meeting
will not be held in December, only
the regular meeting of December
18th.
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Churches

At the Communion Service, Sun
day morning, December 1st, the
Rev. VIM. E. Towner, pastor Of
the East Cleveland Baptist Church
will speak on "God and This
World"
December 4th is the date Of the
next Woman's Society meeting at
the East Cleveland Baptist Church.
Meeting will start with study and
discussion Of "Baptists and the
Church" led by Rev. William e.
Towner.
Following luncheon at 1890
Miss Janet Sprinkle will give the
Christmas Devotions entitled "The
Christmas Story" with the assist
ance of the Nursery children.
Speaker of the day is Mrs. F. c.
Wheaton whose topic will be
christmas Around the World"
The Junior Choir of East Cleve-
land Congregational Church will
join with the young people from
twelve other northeast Ohio
churches in a Festival of Music
at the Church of the Saviour, Lee
rd. at Bradford, Sunday, December
1st at 700 p. m. Four-hundred
voices will sing the Christmas
story under direction Of Marion
Harger Stewart Of Alliance.
Westminster Fellowship Of First
Presbyterian Church will have a
hayride Friday, November 29th.
They will meet at the church at
700 to go to the Hurd Farm in
Chagrin Falls for the evenings fun.
Mrs. Hazel C. Jackson, assistant
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Will Tots
Get Toys
Christmas?

At their kickoff luncheon held
last Thursday at Hotel Carter, the
"Toys for Tots" committee outlined
their plans for this years drive to
an assembly Of representatives
from Cleveland's newspapers, radio
and television stations.
Launching their third successive
yearly drive for toys for Cleve-
lands less fortunate children, the
'co-sponsoring activities announced
goal of 25O,0OO toys to brighten
the faces of over 10000 children
on Christmas morning.
Slated to begin on Friday, No
vember 10th, the campaign will be
conducted in the following manner:
persons desiring to donate new or
usable toys can take them to any
of the 140 Shell Service Stations
in the Greater Cleveland Area
which will serve as collection
points. From here, the toys will be
picked up by the Volunteers of
America and delivered to the Mar
inc Corps Reserve Training Center
at 1889 East Ninth Street where
they will be sorted and readied for
obstruction. \
Persons desiring toys for their
children will apply at any of the
Volunteers of America Stores in
Cleveland where their request will
be screened to determine their elig-
ibility as Recipients. Cards will
then be given to those persons and
they in turn will present these
cards on distribution day. The
drive will continue trough Decem-
Der 18th, with distribution slated
for December 21st at the Marine
Reserve Training Center.
Heading the $500 Kiwanis men,
bers of Greater Cleveland in this
joint endeavor will be Lieutenant
Governors Elroy E. Habert of the
18th division and Clarence A.
Rauch of the 10Th Division.
Local Kiwanis Chairman is
Charles Russo.
Colonel William T. Altman
will direct the operations of the
Volunteers of America, Lieutenant
Colonel Carl L. Sitter will head
the Marins, and Shell Oil Com
pany will be represented by M. S.
Termwilliger, District Sales Man.
ager; R. L. Berg, Sales Supervisor;
and John Sandy, retail sales.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1957-11-28
Clubs

Club news should be mailed
to Elsa C. Berg, 14600 Euclid
ave., to be received by Monday.
Please include name and phone
OF sender.
80
A demonstration Of modern
dancing will be given by the Muir
ray Dance Studio to the Golden
Age Sunny Monday Club here
Monday, December End. The club
meets at the East Cleveland Wo-
mans Clubhouse, 1747 Lake Front
at 1880 p. m.
Christmas is in the air and the
Christmas luncheon for the Junior
Board of Huron Road Hospital in
cludes giving as we'll. Each men,
Der is to bring a Christmas Tree
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CHAMBERS PTA

CHAMBERS PTA
"It's the Bow that makes the
Package"
The Christmas season, with it's
shopping, gift wrapping and nu-
merous other chores preparatory
to that gala day, is upon us and
Chambers PTA is opportune with
"It's the Bow that makes the
Package" topic, Thursday, Decem-
Der 9th. The meeting at 1920 p. m.
is in the auditorium. Mrs. j. Wade
Price will give members of the
audience an opportunity to try
their hand at the bow tying art.
Program co-chairmen, Mrs. Rus
sell Riegler and Mrs. James Min
ardo, guarantee a "Know How" to
make beautiful bows for your
Christmas packages.
Hostesses will be the Fifth grade
mothers. Child care is provided
for pre-schoolers and after-school
movies will be shown for the school
children while mother stays for a
social time with the teachers and
other friends.
Anyone interested is cordially
invited.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1957-11-28

decoration to be used for the
Christmas tree the Junior Board
members purchase and decorate q
tree for the children who must
spend Christmas in the hospital.
Each child also receives a small
gift on their decorated dinner tray
Christmas Day.
Mrs. Richard J. s. Beck is open
ing her home for the luncheon and
the assisting hostesses are Mrs.
Paul Evans, Mr.. H. A. Hallsteind,
Mrs. William LaRiche and Mrs. j.
w. .Woodworth.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1957-11-28
New Books

Books added to the East Cleve-
land Public Library the week of
November 18th:
Hartley, r. E., complete book
of Children's play. U. N. Edu., Sci
entific & Cultural Organization,
"The positive contribution by I'm
migrants" Cleveland Church Fed
Grafton Social work dept, "Pas-
tors guide to social welfare"
Woodring, Paul, "Fourth of a ma
sion." Allen, Betty, "Mind your
manners" SCHNEIDER, j. A., ". i.
Woman's guide to better living"
Love, E. G., "Subways are for
sleeping"
Brinskerhoff, R. F., Smashing
he Sound Barrier" Stollberg,
Robert, "You and TV." Burnett,
r. w., "How Long Do You Want
to Liver" DeRopp, R. S., drugs
and the Mind" Burnett, Raymond
W., "Operation Moon" Sherman,
r. c., "Life and Death Of the
Soil" Corn, Saul, "The Electronic
Brain and What 1t Can Do" Ros-
enberg, Bernard, MASS Culture"
Argan, G. c., "Boticelli." "Volley-
ball Guide, 1957-59."
Roller, L. R., Hunting Annual"
Braddon, Russell, "The White
Mouse" Hall, Roger, you're Step
ping on My Cloak and Dagger"
O'Connor, Richard, "Johnstown:
the Day the Dam Broke" Wells,
Helen, "Barnum, Snowman Of
America" Davis, Hassoldt, "World
Without a Roof" Grimble, A. F.,
"Rturn to the Islands" Hilton,
C. NJ, "Be My Guest" Van Drut-
en-, John, widening Circle"
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1957-11-28

George McHendry of Windermere
st. will take the part of the shoe
maker in the Play House Curtain
Puller's presentation of "The Elves
and the Shoemaker" beginning Fri
day at the Euclid-77th st. theatre
at 2.
Other performances will be Satur-
day, November 30th and December
1st, 7th and 9Th at either the IL
a. M. or 2 p. M. hour.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1957-11-28

director Of the Maternal health
Association will talk and lead dis
cussion at the Couples Club Of the
church Sunday, December list, at
the Willis Manse at 7:90 o'clock.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1957-11-28
PAIGE PALMER is
TEA GUEST SPEAKER

The East Cleveland Woman's
Club expects a record attendance
on December 9Th at their 2 O'Clock
tea, when the speaker will be
Paige Palmer Of TV fame. Miss
Palmer has just returned from a
European trip and East Cleveland
women will hear themselves COM
pared with Continental Women"
Tea table arrangements are
under the direction of Mrs. Will
liam H. Morris. Hostesses are
Mrs. W. C. Sibbison and Annabel
George.
Ushering in the Christmas
month with Christmas party will
be the Terrace Garden Club. They
are being entertained on the 3rd
at home of Mrs. C. w. Titgemeyer,
1916 Oakridge rd., with Mrs. A.
Eugene Rinear as the assisting
hostess. Mrs. Ethel B. Thompson
will talk on Christmas Then and
Now.
Christmas means giving and in
this spirit Theta Lambda Phi
Sorority members start off their
holiday season. Their Christmas
dinner at Windermere Methodist
Church Wednesday, December 4th
will find them bringing gifts and
clothing for patients at Cleveland
State Hospital. Mrs. Stanley ].
Johnson, the welfare chairmon,
is in charge of this part of the
evening.
Christmas music will be played
by Mrs. Robert D. Walter, Mrs.
John O.Geissbugher will give read-
ings. Arrangements for the party
are being made by Mrs. Clay
Herrick, jr.. Mrs. James B"rch,
Mrs. Jack S. Robinson and Mrs.
Herbert Homans.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-10-17

A few of the excerpts men
toned in the above letter are as
follows:
'The Readers Digest has mis-
represented the general picture
of schoolhouse construction in
this country"
1.-THE article is replete with
assumptions based on partial
fact or pure fiction. And this is
Technic No. 3, the art of jump
ing to conclusions from a few
isolated examples"
again and again, the article
carried the assumption that
learning takes place only within
four walls of classroom. Con
sequently, anything built in 6
school building that isn't class.
room is wasteful."
The blurb for the Digest article
queries: What can be done tc
bring down needless building
expense?" But the author didn't
try to answer the question" he
didn't want to. He ignored II
suggestions for obtaining econ
omy from James M. MacConnell
director of the School Planning
Laboratory at Stanford Univer'
sity."
"Dr. MacConnell urged Mr.
Harvey to recognize that cheaE
construction is not necessarily
economical construction"
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-10-17
Caldwell Exempted Village
School District
October 10. 1857


October 10, 1857
Dear Editors:
/ was interested in your edi-
torial of the October 10 issue
quoting the article from the
Readers Digest written by Hol-
man Harvey entitled 'Do School
Pupils Need Costly Palaces?"
| believe this should awaken in
terest in our own bond issue and
should build confidence in the
minds of our citizens.
The editorial refers to class
room costs on two buildings. On
one building the cost was $4,000
per classroom. On the second the
cost was very high because of
the additional services for which
the building was designed.
The points on which | think
our architect and Board of
Education are to be congratulated
are - l. plans for classroom con-
struction on the proposed local
eleven room building will be
less than the $4,000 figure ac-
cepted as a reasonable cost in
the Readers Digest article; 2. the
Caldwell Board of Education and
architect have included in their
plans a multipurpose room to
which the Readers Digest article
refers as being highly econo-
mical.
These two proceeding items are
commendable and are examples
of the careful consideration the
Board Of Education has given
this whole problem of building
needs and costs.
The remainder of the funds
being sought will go towards
needs renovation of existing
buildings, replacement of worn
and obsolete equipment, site i'm
provementS and other needed
purposes.
The proposed school has an
additional advantage in that it
is of a flexible type which when
needed can be converted easily
through the addition of two
wings into complete high
school. This flexibility the Board
of Education feels is necessary
because of future high school
growth or the possibility of con-
solidation at a future time.
Many leading educators and
architects claim the Reader s
Digest article to be PLANNED
propaganda" detrimental to the
educational interest of our school
children.
You will wish to present both
sides of the question. / am send
ing with this letter three page
discussion taken from the Octo.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-10-17
THE JOURNAL MAILBAG

Der issue of the Nations Schools
which refutes the article written
by Mr.. Harvey for the Readers
Digest.
This article entitled Planned
Propaganda" purports to show
that Harvey's article has - l.
misrepresented the general pic
ture of school house construction
in this country; 2. that testimony
of prominent school building
authorities is given saying that
they were quoted out of context;
3. that the article has been basi-
cally unfair to school boards,
school architects and administra-
tors. / trust you will print this
letter along with the context of
the Nations Schools story to
enable readers to a broader and
discriminatory understanding.
Thanks so much.
Cordially yours,
Charles &. Davis,
Superintendent of schools
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-10-17

4Gentlemen:
At recent meeting of the Cald.
well Teachers association the
bond proposal and building plans
were discussed. I feel the Board
of Education has planned wisely
to take care of not only present
needs, but future developments.
The building planned, to be con-
structed Immediately, would
bring relief within the near fu-
ture to those pupils on double
shift and would prevent the ex-
tension of this abbreviated sched-
ule to higher grades where the
academic loss would be greater.
The boards thinking that this
proposed building could later be
made into high school in case
of need caused by growth or con-
solidation is sound. There would
be no financial loss by immediate
building and future conversion
since in the event the building be-
came part of high school plan
not only the building, but the
debt would be taken over.
Here is a chance for an immed-
late cure of present overcrowded
conditions; a practical means for
meeting future high school needs
and a plan which is economical
in that no funds would be wasted
regardless of future Develop
ments. Sincerely yours,
Paul Mckee, President
Caldwell Teachers Association
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-10-17

Not only in numbers of COM
plants and orders has the COM
missions output nearly doubled,
but they have been aimed at
business evils wherever they
could be found. Most of these
ETC actions have been of direct
concern to the public, while the
others have had a pronounced
effect on equally serious illegal
business practices a step or two
removed from the retail sales
counter.
False and misleading advertis-
ing has been a prime target.
Among the outstanding efforts
has been the commissions chal-
lenge of health and accident
insurance advertising as promis-
ing wider benefits than actually
are provided by the policies.
Another major attack was made
on false claims for medicines
claimed to cure arthritis and
rheumatism when nothing on the
market can do more than pro-
vide temporary relief,
Also under ETC fire are the
practices of bait advertising by
which merchants offer phoney
bargains to attract customers for
more expensive goods, and of
"pre-ticketing" involving the use
of manufacturers fictitiously
high price tags to give retailers
a chance to mark them down to
bargain" prices.
The list of sly operations being
stopped by the ETC as fast as
they get underway also includes:
quick diploma correspondence
schools that promise high paying
jobs to people whose sole quail
fication for the course of instruc-
ton is the doWnpayment; adver-
tising schemes by real estate
operators who have anxious but
non-existant buyers for the prop
erty of elderly folk who want to
retire; photographers who bar
gain to parents of specially
selected" children; and nurseries
that offer an Eden of fruit and
flower and deliver understood,
tired and dead plants.
"Such violations as these" says
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-10-17

adlibbing false claims. A moni-
toring system was instituted last
year, and thus far six complaints
have been issued against firms
on charges of falsely advertising
medicines and cosmetics.
Fright now, we're monitoring
radio and T-V on the basis of
complaints we receive from the
public" Commissioner Secrest
said. They spot the ones that
look like phonies, and our in
vestigators move in fast to find
out whether the law is being
violated.
He pointed out that the public
can help ETC in its work simply
by inviting the commissions at
tention to false advertising and
gyp schemes. A letter to the
commission, giving the facts, is
all that is required. The FTC
never reveals the identify of a
complainant.
The other major field of the
~ D WI N 1lSS III lldlIlllS lllCSdl
restraints on trade, such as price
discrimination, exclusive deal
ing, illegal brokerage, and i'm
proper allowances for advertis.
ing and promotions. The prin-
cipal target among these law
violations whereby the big gel
bigger and the little get smaller
and fewer, are mergers designed
to reduce competition illegally
These are the tough ones tc
identify because of their com
pleXity and to proceed against
because of the power and deter
mination of the corporations tc
defend their acquired properties
Nevertheless, the ETC during the
past fiscal year nearly doubled
the number of its formal actions
and succeeded in winning three
of its major cases, while losing
none.
These efforts by small agency
may not be all that are required
to keep a $3.50 billion economy
on the straight and narrow, but
Bob Secrest and his fellow
commissioners are convinced that
the would be law Violators know
that the ETC has come to life
and is proving to be a pretty
capable watch-d dog.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-10-17
5eUest Elected State
Representative In
80, Served One Term

1t was only natural for the
people of Noble county to think
that once Robert T. Secrest got
into the Swing of things" at the
Federal Trade Commission head
quarters, Washington, something
would change :. even if it was
just added activity.
This situation always developed
when Noble county's Bob Secrest
got himself firmly established in
any new venture. His unlimited
energy just has to give way and
his keen sense of appreciation fol-
good government eventually
crops out somewhere.
Born in Wayne township, Noble
county, near Senecaville, Bob's
first employment was in the coal
mines of this area, and later in
a pottery at Cambridge.
When Noble county sent him
to Columbus in 1880, at the age
of 26, as their representative, il
wasn't long until Bob was being
heard from and the results were
of great Importance and concern
to all the people of the state.
At the early age of %, after
serving only one term as state
representative, Bob became Noble
county's first congressman. His
college training proved most help.
full in debating national issues or
the floor of congress.
At Muskingum college he was
f, prominently identified with The
debate team, and it is reported
| that while he was a member O.
the team, it gained recognition a.
the outstanding team among tn,
smaller colleges of the country.
| While in congress, Bob was ;
champion of flood control, con
servation, good roads, rural elec
trification, new industry, bette
schools, national defense ane
clean government.
| 1t has been said many times
that Bob served his constituent
conscientiously, in that he con
sidered every bill and every
question on its merit.
Politically, Bob is held in higl
respect by members of both part
les, Republicans and Democrat
alike.
A distinction held by Nobl,
county's favorite son, is that h,
was the first member of congress
to quit his job and 60 in the ser
vice.
| Quoting an editorial appearing
| in a district publication, it ha'
| the following comment concern
| ing Bob Secrest: "On his recorc
| he is indeed a true statesman :.
a man honest in his convictions
and Jealous in his integrity; an,
a man with an ultra determine
ton to offset the evils seekin
to demoralize the standards 0
our great American Republic"
| Bob's accomplishments ar
many, bringing countless benefit
to thousands of farmers and NOR
employment for miners and in
dustrial workers.
| Noble county has reasons fo
being proud of Hon. Robert T. Sc
crest, member of the Fedora
Trade Commission.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-10-17

Bob Secrest, won't wreck the
economy, but we feel the public
is entitled to know what it's
buying. Our big antlmonopoly
cases are important, but so are
the ones where false advertising
gyps people who have to live
on a tight budget and who
deserve an honest representa-
ton of the product or service
they buy"
Another principal battle-ground
on which the ETC has moved
ahead dramatically concerns
false advertising and labelling of
Woolens and furs. It's policing of
the laws requiring proper labels
for these products created a
healthy respect for the need to
abide by the letter of the law
For example, during the past
fiscal year, the commission issued
26 complaints against firms for
improper labelling of woolens
and AS for improper labels on
fur products. This compares with
only II wool and 26 fur COM
plants in 1856.
Were going to keep after
en-" says Bob Secrest, until
when a furrier sells a rabbit, he
calls it a rabbit"
Still another FTC drive has
been against false advertising of
products on television and radio.
In former days, scripts had to be
submitted in advance by these
two media, but this gave the
commission no chance to deter
mine whether there was visual
deception on TV or whether an
over enthusiastic announcer was
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-10-17

reputable businessmen from the
hucksters who promise anything
for a buck and their more digni-
fled brethern who sneers at the
laws of fair competition.
To those who knew the ETC
In the days of its ponderous
dignity, Bob Secrest is a strange
and welcome sight - strange
because he'll be at work on a
holiday, cheek full of tobacco
and wearing a binding sports
shirt, and welcome because he
has helped shake the dust off a
vital public agency. They will
see a man more concerned with
enforcing the laws the Commits
sion administers than in admir-
ing his judicial hat.
The same can be said for the
other four commissioners, three
of whom are Republicans and
one, like Secrest, a Democrat
The Republican chairman John
w. Gwynne from Iowa is q
former congressional colleague
oy NOillpoSltIoIl llIG COIlIIllSSIOll
is a non-partisan body; and the
odd thing is that by character
it really is.
Bob Secrest has contributed
much to this. 1t may be that at
age IA when his high school
vacations were spent as a coal
miner, he found that the way tC
dig coal was to dig coal and to
let politics take care of itself
Perhaps he learned the secret
as principal of the Senecaville
high school or as superintendent
of schools in Murray City. More
likely, however, he found out
during Is years Of representing
the 18th District of Ohio in Con
gress that no politicking is {
substitute for doing the job al
hand the way it ought to be done
On this theory, Bob Secrest
commenced in 1858 to pour his
then 49-year-old concoction o.
discipline and enthusiasm into
the commissions work. The frs
four years of his seven-year tern
bear witness to his contribution
to the fact that ETC has come
to life as never before in its 43,
wear history.