The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-10-17
Political Matters
And Otherwise
By JESS S. HARRIS

Il
H BY JESS S. HARRIS II
Continued from Page 2-B)
many days, thereby again plac-
ing the National League at the
head of the championship list
However, the American harvest
ed the greater number of scores
in the total series by earning IS
| to the Braves %. The Yankees
were shut out" in the fifth and
seventh games; the Braves earn
ed scores in each games. The
1857 baseball season is now a
thing of the past and is i'm
mediately followed by football
to almost the end of the year in
sports and later to be followed
by basketball.
A Texas eighty-year- r-old father
complained to the FBI that his
thirty-year-old daughter was
having too many boy friends. An
investigation was made and the
father was informed that his
daughter could have as many
boy friends as she cared to. That
settled the matter.
| Glasses at the New Concord
college were dismissed the great
er part of the past week because
of an epidemic of flu but not
of the Asian kind. Some 400
| students were affected.
| 1t is believed that the 1857
farm crop throughout the nation
| will equal that of 1948. The esti-
nation was made by the federal
| department of agriculture.
The number of Asian flu cases
in the United States is known
to be far above one million at
the present time. The greatest
| number are in New York City
and the southern states.
The situation in the unfortun-
ate public school affair at Little
| Rock, Arkansas, seems to be
rapidly improving, as 500 federal
troopers were Withdrawn on
Tuesday and only small num-
Der of state militiamen are re-
tanned. Possibly the prayers of
church ministers and members
last Saturday had much to do
with it.
| At Little Rock, Ark, twenty
five colored Baptist ministers
have formed an organization in
prayer for the return Of segrega~
ton in the public schools OF that
city. Another organization OF
white ministers has been formed
for prayer for a cessation on the
integration trouble in the same
city.
Ohio now ranks second in the
number of cities and incorpor-
ated villages. There are six Of
the latter in Noble county
Illinois ranks first.
| A sleeping cigarette smoker
caused a bed fire in a Lima
| hotel last week that entailed a
loss Of $4,000 and burns to him
self.
This column cordially well
comes Olive as a portion of the
corporation of Caldwell, which
becomes officially so today, Oct.
II. In so doing Caldwell becomes
the second location in what is
now the state of Ohio, the first
being Marietta, and it extends
the Olive branch to each of the
new residents. And may we long
live together in perfect peace
and harmony.
There were seven deaths the
latter part of last week as results
of automobile accidents on ONO
| highways, the smallest number
of any such time this year.
Gov. C. William O'Neill, in an
address at GAINESVILLE last Sun
day, said that the public schools
in Ohio are open to all students,
regardless of color, race or
creed.
Should you care to visit the
scene of the location of the new
industry in Monroe county, leave
| Caldwell on Route IS to Woods
| field, then take Route to Fly,
then Route east to the site a
few miles to the east. You will
be amply repaid for having made
the trip by motor. d
| Monday of this week was
President Eisenhower's sixty
seventh birthday and he was
presented with large cake in
| celebration of the event.
The travelling expense of the
Ohio state highway department
the past year is reported as hav-
ing exceeded three million dol
lars.
When the electors in Noble
county go to their voting places
on election day, Tuesday, Nov.
| 5th, each will be handed Rus
| sianized ballot legalized by an
act of the recent Ohio legislature.
The ballot will contain no blank
space for write-in purposes and
only the printed names can be
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