Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1957-12-05

year-old acting director Of the
Geauga County Welfare Depart
ment, said today he is very in
tereSted" in becoming director
of that department and would
accept the position if it is offer
ed to him.
I'VE have been well satisfied
with Chapman's work." Rev.
Edward Kuehnel, chairman of
the county's w elfare Advisory
Board, declared today.
Rev. Kuehnel, who is also pas
tor of the Fowlers Mill Commun-
ity Christian Church, said he un-
derstandS there have been other
applicants for the job. He indi-
Gated it would be up to the Ge-
auga county commissioners to
make the choice.
I'm the past the commissioners
have named a person and then
soug h the boards endorse
ment," Rev. Kuehnel said.
Who ever is appointed will
succeed James D. LiSle, who the
Geauga county commissioners
are now in the process of firing
on three charges, one of immor-
al conduct.
The commissioners were Sty-
mied Monday morning when
they found Lisle's discharge no
tice must be written on forms
provided by the Civil Service
Commission in Columbus.
The proper forms are to be a.
; vailable at the next regular COM
miSsionerS meeting on Dec. 16,
Commissioner Edwin T. Hofstet-
ter said, Eat which time we in
tend to dismiss him Gisle).
1T is our extreme wish that
we could have discharged him
today" Commission chairman
william Burns said Monday.
Commissioner James I. Hunt of
Middlefield was not present at
the meeting.
On Nov. 25 the commissioners
suspended LiSle from office for
80 days without pay. Commits
sionerS said today if they order
his dismissal on Dec. 16, LiSle
will have Is days within that
30-day period in which to file an
appeal with the Civil Service.
Lisle, who said in a formal
reply to commissioners Monday
that these charges are entirely
with foundation and cannot be
proven" has repeatedly indicat-
ed he would file an appeal if
commissioners do dismiss him.
LiSle, married man with three
children, has admitted he is the
father of an unborn child carried
by Mrs. Patricia Lee MarkSz,
35-year-old Munson Twp. divor-
Gee.
However, the suspended well
fare director declared that his
relations with Mrs. MarkSz were
not adultrous, but Stemmed from
purity of heart"
Rev. Kuehnel said today he
had been aware that Chapman
would like the welfare director s
post, but stated he understands
the commissioners will take no
action until the Civil Service
acts on Lisle'S protest, if he
makes one.
Chapman has been a case
worker in the Geauga Welfare
Department since he started
work here in 1851, and is now
carrying a double load both as
acting director and case work
er.
Born in Willoughby and a life
long resident of northeastern O
hio, he was graduated from Kirt-
land High School in 1913 and
is enrolled in psychology cours-
eS at Western Reserve Univer-
Sity. He has been forced to skip
classes in recent weeks because
of his double job with the well
fare department.
The acting director uses crut-
cheS as the result of a spinal
injury received ten years ago
while he was playing basketball.
He said it was this injury
which developed his interest in a
type of work which would ben
eft others. During the time
spent in hospitals I became
more interested in other people
and their problems" he said.
About $50 families are depen-
dent, to some extent, on the re-
lief checks distributed by the
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