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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1957-02-28
CLARIDON
BY Mrs. Howard Ensign

BY Mrs. Howard Ensign
Telephone f. Claridon 6-6217
CLARIDON - Mrs. T. L.
Hathaway injured one leg and
is in Corey hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Linden
entertained Sunday, Feb. II in
honor of his parents wedding
anniversary.
There was a good attendance
at Woman's Fellowship last
week. A film was shown by
Mrs. Marshall Bigler about
World Day of Prayer. The next
meeting of the Woman's Fellow
ship will be Friday, March 8
which is World Day of Prayer.
Burton and HuntSburg ladies are
invited to meet with US, so
please plan to attend. A social
hour in church Social Hall at
! pm. Program will be in the
Sanctuary at 2 pm.
The As, You Like 1t met
Friday afternoon with Mrs. Nor
man Pollock with twelve men,
berS present.
There will not be any Golden
Rule Fellowship party at the
regular time, March 9, but the
group will serve a dinner for
Rotary Club on March 16, at
Claridon Town Hall. The group
served refreshments following
the Farm Bureau Coop Stock
holders meeting at Town Hall
last Saturday night.
Mrs. George Wellman was in
! a Cleveland hospital last week
/ for observation.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Rich
mond were home over the week
end. On Sunday their families
entertained them at Manor
House at Punderson Lake in
honor of their birthdays. Mrs.
Buschman of Cleveland was
also in this family group.
A ID. son was born to Mrs.
Elsie Spurlock Wednesday, Feb.
20. His name is Lawrence. Both
are doing fine and returned
home Sunday.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Junior
Grosvenor were at the home OF
his parents over the week end
There was not. any school
Wednesday because of Difficult
ties with the boiler. No school
Friday because Of Washington's s
birthday.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1957-02-28

winners will receive $40 each.
Each high school senior has
prepared a six minute speech
on the subject What should
our State Department policy be
on foreign affairs?"
One of the objects Of Rotary
is the advancement Of inter-
national understanding. Youth
and Community Service is also
a very important part of the
Rotary program.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1957-02-28
TO THE EDITOR

Dear Editor,
For the past six years the
Burton Volunteer Firemen and
the Auxiliary have served Pan
cakes and Sausage every spring.
This year committees have been
working and we start serving
March 3 at IL am. and serve
continuously until pm. every
Sunday thru April z.
We have become famous for
those hot pancakes, Smothered
with country butter, and good
sausage. Last year we served
over 1000 people in one day.
This year there will be souv-
enior pitchers for sale filled
with golden syrup, something
for you to take home. Due to
so many requests We had to
find something as Souveniors
that was reasonable but yet
nice enough to sell to our many
friends.
If you haven't come to Bur
ton for this treat plan to join
us this year, it will be a treat
you will want to repeat year
after year.
Sincerely,
Lillian Smith & Doroles Hill
Chairmen Publicity.
Mr.. John Gore
The Geauga Record
Chardon, Ohio
Dear Sir:
AS our first step in the review
of the defeated Bond Issue of
$415, 100000 for a jail and re-
modelling of the Court House,
the following information was
obtained in an interview with
the chairman of the Building
Commission appointed by the
County Commissioners, to sur.
vey and recommend to them a
solution for the problem of houS-
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1957-02-28
BROUGHTON'S
Report from
COLUMBUS

While action in the standing
committees of both House and
Senate has settled down to the
long grind of morning, after
noon and night hearings on
bills already introduced, new
bills continue to pour in, prob
ably there will be a flood of
them between now and the
March 5th deadline for. the in
PRODUCTION of new bills.
Among bills cleared by stand
ing committees and passed in
the House are these: an in
crease in the monthly pensions
of dependents of members OF
police and firemen pension
funds, widows from sixty dol
lars to seventy-five dollars a
month, minor children from
thirty dollars to thirty-five dol
lars a month, with only a small
participation by the state in
the pension funds a bill to
make some minor changes in
the soil conservation act to per-
NIT our state to take full ad-
vantage of federal participation
in this field a bill authorizing
a committee to investigate the
adviSability of having the state
acquire Malabar Farm, from
the estate of the late Louis
Bromfield, to take advantage of
and continue the highly success
full experiments in soil conser-
walton and productivity that
Mr.. Bromfield carried on there.
The Senate Education COM
mittee continued its hearings on
possible changes in the school
foundation program, and the
state participation in the cost
of new school building sites and
classroom facilities hearings
were held, also, on a bill to
prescribe a minimum of 176
days of actual classroom in
struction each school year to
qualify for state aid this is
more of a Qualification of pres
ent requirements than a change
in them.
Other Senate standing COM
mittees had many bills under
consideration, including a prop
oSed amendment to the Ohio
Constitution to lower age re-
quirementS of voters to 18 years
and a bill to provide for hav-
ing polls open until 900 PM
on election days.
Hearings were begun in the
House committee on Metropol-
itan Areas on a proposed Ohio
Constitutional amendment to
permit counties, by vote of the
electors, to adopt home rule
types of charters a practical
method is desired, especially by
the large cities and their sub
urbS, under which area-wide
services such as sewers, water
and transportatin can be oper-
ated by a county government
instead of a group of separate
but adjoining government units.
Perhaps it will be interesting
to some readers to follow a
bill through the steps that take
place in the enactment of a
law under all ordinary circum-
stances. With that in mind, !
will report briefly on each step
in the action on H. B. 40,
mentioned last week as a bill
to permit probate judges to act
for common pleas judges under
certain circumstances. Follow
ing the first hearing in the
house Judiciary committee, re-
ported last week, the bill came
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ing prisoners the present jail
having been condemned by the
Grand Jury as unfit for jail
I. THE COMMISSIONS FIND
INGS FOR USE OF ADDITION
TO COURT HOUSE FOR JAIL:
l. Close-knit operation between
the Court and Sheriff's Of
flee.
a. Availability for lawyers
and prosecuting attorney.
b. Transportation of pris-
oners to Court House.
C. Close cooperation with
Chardon police force.
2. Economy of this plan.
a. CuStodial care under
one head.
b. One heating plant to
serve both Court House
and jail.
C. Installation of much
needed elevator to serve
Court House Installation
Of elevator in new con-
Struction will be much less
eXpensive.)
d. Remodelling of Court
House for more office
space.
e. Room for Prosecuting
Attorneys office in Court
House.
f. Immediate use of Sher-
iff'S quarters for a des-
perately needed receiving
home for neglected child
rem.
3. Provision for preservation
of village square.
a. Addition will extend
Court House fifty feet plus
twenty feet for foyer and
housing of elevator.
b. No barred windows.
c. No trees disturbed.
d. Provision for cruisers
to enter and leave Jail
with prisoners without OBJ
Servation by populace.
e. At no time will prison
ers be seen by the towns
people.
f. Finished appearance of
new jail would be that of
an office building.
II. THE COMMISSIONS REAS-
ONS AGAINST A NEW SITE
FOR JAIL.
l. Maintenance and operating
costs of separate jail
a. Extra cuStodial care.
b. Increase in sheriff S
office personnel.
C. Extra vehicle for trans
portation to and from
Court House.
d. A new jail on another
site would cost approx
mately $265, 100000 (This
does not provide for cost
of land or for remodelling
of the Court House,
In our next letter we hope to
present other plans for a solu-
tion to this problem.
Thank you for your interest and
for making available space in
your paper for the publication
of all the facts and information
Smyrna times., 1957-04-25
ARCHIVIST AT
LIONS MEET
VIM. HI. McCauley Tells of
Organization of State
Archive Commission
NAME DELEGATES

William H. McCauley, assistant
state archivist, State of Delaware
was the guest of the Smyrna
Lions Club Monday night on a
program arranged by Henry T.
Price, who presented the speaker.
Mr.. McCaully told of the organi-
zation of the State Archives Com
mission in 1909, with six men,
bers, two from each county, and
of its work and activities. He
spoke also of the added RESPONSE
bility with the acquisition of the
State Museum and the Dickinson
Mansion, giving the background
to the purchase of the latter by
the Colonial Danes, and its re-
storation. The rcords kept in the
archives fall in three categories,
he said, state, county and NUM-
cipal, with the state the most ex-
tensive. Other duties include re-
cords of the Bureau of Vital Sta
tistics, the erection and mainten-
ance of the historical highway
markers, and the jurisdiction and
Continued on Page Five)
Smyrna times., 1957-04-25
Celebrates 95th Birthday

Mrs. Tabitha M. Mills celebrat-
ed her 95th birthday on Thursday,
April Is at her farm residence
near Clayton where she is still
active. She received over one
hundred cards, flowers, and gifts.
Many friends and relatives called
during the day and she entertain
ed her guests by playing hymns
on an accordion. She is the SEN
ior member of EwellTs-St. Paul
Church, Clayton, and senior MEM
ber of the Woman's Society of
Christian Service of Delaney's S
Church. She has three children
living, Mrs. Ernest Davis, Roland
Mills, Sr., both of Clayton, and
Martha M. Marshall, New York
City. One son, Thomas M. Mills
is deceased. Also, nine grand
children, fourteen great grand
children, and two great-great-
grandchildren.
Smyrna times., 1957-04-25
W.S.C.S. ELECT
NEW OFFICERS
Asbury Group Hears Report
on Home and Outpost
Missions
LIST OFFICERS

officers of the Woman's Soci-
ETY. of Christian Service of AS
bury Methodist Church were
elected as follows: Mrs. Clay
Bailey, president; Mrs. S. Allen
Moffitt, vice president; Mrs. Med
ford Potter, recording secretary;
Mrs. Andrew ID. Cole, treasurer;
Mrs. William Nowland, promotion
secretary; Mrs. Arthur CHM, Sec
retary of social relations and loc-
al church activities; Mrs. William
Short, secretary, children's work;
Mrs. Oscar Attix, secretary, stu
dent work; Mrs. Henry T. Price,
secretary, youth work; Mrs. The
odore Ferguson, secretary, spirit
ual life; Mrs. Ernest Blendt, Sec
retary, literature and publica-
tions; Mrs. Walter Downes, Sec
retary, supply work; Mrs. Harry
Johnson, secretary of status of
women. The recording secretary
also acts as publicity chairman.
The post of secretary of mission
ary education and service will be
filled. Mrs. Townsend Vaughn
was chairman of the nominating
committee. Mrs. William T. Now
land conducted the business meet
ing. The devotions were in charge
of Mrs. William Knots, who also
was program chairman. The top
/ ic: "Our Plus Becomes a Cross. "
Mrs. Knotts gave a reading on
home missions in the national
news, and progress in the out
post missions. Mrs. Bailey read,
1--WE Beheld His Glory in Alaska"
and also told of a report to the
governor by committee appoint
ed by the Council of Churches to
study need for training in re-
ligion and sex in public schools.
There was discussion on possible
ways religion might be included
in courses of study, and members
We're asked to be alert for future
developments. Mrs. Joseph Colds
borough presented a picture of a
community center. The local WIS.
C.S. will be hostess to Zone on
Monday, May 20 at pm. when
the Clayton W.S.C.S. will present
the program. Mrs. Ernest Matti-
ford and her circle were hostesses
at the social hour.
Smyrna times., 1957-04-25
FIRE co. BAND
REORGANIZED
Twenty Men Report for the
First Rehearsal Tues
day Night
MORE ARE NEEDED

Twenty men showed up for the
first rehearsal of the reorganized
band of the Citizens Hose Com
pany on Tuesday and played un-
der the direction of Rodney Dan
iels, music instructor at Smyrna
High School. 1t was a good re-
hearsal, dynamic and exciting
and considerable enthusiasm was
shown by the boys. Any inter-
ested person who can play an in
strument is welcome to be on
hand for the next rehearsal which
is scheduled to be held at the fire
house Sunday afternoon at two
o'clock. With only two weeks
before the bands appearance in
the parade at the firemen's con-
vention in Cambridge on May s
the band will need regular re-
hearsals. With a large number
OF professionals in the personnel,
the band is assured of making a
good showing at the convention,
The committee, Lex FAIRIES, Mar
tin Golden, and Paul B. Grier
were pleased with the interest
shown at the first rehearsal and
look for it to be maintained when
they rehearse on Sunday. II Is
expected that a list of band MEM
bers will appear in next weekbs
issue of The Smyrna Times.
Smyrna times., 1957-04-25
First Presbyterian Church

First Presbyterian Church, the
Rev. o. c. Jones, minister, an.
nounces services for Sunday, April
%: Morning worship, II am;
Sunday School, 10 am. The Mis-
sionary Society meets on Monday
evening, April 29th at s o'clock.
Miss Florence Lurty will be the
guest speaker. The New Castle
Presbytery meets in Port Deposit
Presbyterian Church, Maryland,
on April 29 and 80. On Wednes.
day evening at 8 o'clock the adult
choir, under the direction of Mrs,
Vernon Westfall, meets for prac-
tice. The Sacrament of the Lords
Supper will be observed on May
5, during the morning service,
Smyrna times., 1957-04-25
Death of Walter ID. Belts

The town of Clayton suffered a
great loss in the sudden death of
the mayor, Walter D. Belts, SO,
who died early Monday at Kent
General Hospital, Dover where he
was taken after suffering heart
attack at his home. Mr.. Belts
was taken ill about midnight. DR..
John ]. Lazzeri, of Smyrna was
summoned. The mayor was taken
to the hospital where he died soon
after arrival Funeral services
were held at the FAIRIES Funeral
Chapel Smyrna on Wednesday
afternoon, with the Rev. William
B. Kitchens, pastor of Ewell's-
st. Paul Methodist Church offic-
iating. Burial was at st. Johns
town Cemetery, near Greenwood
An engineer on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, he had made a run
from Camden, N. j., to Harris
burg, returning to his home on
Sunday. Mr.. Belts had lived in
Clayton since 1912 and had been
elected mayor for several terms.
He was a member of Harmony
Lodge No. IS, A. F. and A. MI
Clayton Lions Club, the Delaware
Mayors Association, and the
Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers. The son of the late Ed
gar B. and Mary E. Long Belts,
of Greenwood, he is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Bessie E. Belts;
three daughters, Mrs. Howard
Spicer, Harrington; Mrs. Wood
row Draper, Pennington, and
Mrs. Franklin Morris III, Smyr-
ma; also eight grandchildren.
Smyrna times., 1957-04-25
ANSWER TWO ALARMS
Volunteers Called to Aid Town
send at BIackbird Landing

send at Blackbird Landing
The volunteers of the Citizens
Hose Company had two alarms
during the weekend. They were
called Saturday at $50 pm. to
assist the Townsend Fire Com
pany when fire destroyed an un-
used tenant house owned by AL
fred Shane at Blackbird Landing.
On Sunday at 9 pm. they re-
sponded to a call to the home of
DR.. Fred Englert, East Commerce
Street for a slight chimney fire
caused Oy a faulty oil heater
There was no damage. The Cit
liens Hose Company will be rep
resented at the annual convention
of the Delmarva Volunteer Fire
mems Association at Cambridge,
Md, May rs, by the following
delegates: Howell Barnes, Stout
Bickling, Wilson FAIRIES, Harold
Hufschmidt, and David Mills. AL
ternates: Merrill Burlington, Will
liam Carson, Ralph G. FAIRIES, Jr.,
Franklin Morris III, and Albert
O'Neal. The local firemen and
their band will take part in the
convention parade on May 8 at Z
o'clock pm. Harper Jones, men,
ber of the local company, is treas
urer of the state organization
Smyrna times., 1957-04-25
LAST WEEK TO
ENTER ROAD-e-O
Registrations For Teen-Age
ROad-e-O Must Be in This
Week Jaycees Announce
TO BE HELD MAY 4TH

The Smyrna-Clayton Junior
Chamber of Commerce announces
that this is the last week of reg
istrations for those who wish to
enter the Teen-Age Road-e-o to
be held on Saturday, May 4 at
pm. in front of the Smyrna Ele-
mentary School. The deadline for
entries is Friday, April 26. The
final details for the annual event,
open to boys and girls within the
Smyrna-Clayton postal area are
being made by the Jaycees COM
mittee headed by Richard E. En-
mis- and including Philip Denney,
William Voshell, Fred Heinold, ,Jr.,
George D. Wright, and Arthur
Thomas. Prizes will be donated
by local banks, and the awards
will be made at an assembly at
Smyrna High School the week
following the Road-e-o.
Smyrna times., 1957-04-25
CONFERENCE
HERE SATURDAY
Legion Auxiliary Child We'll
fare Conference to Be Held
at Elementary School
PROGRAM LISTED

The Child Welfare Conference
sponsored by the American Leg
ion, American Legion Auxiliary,
and 40 and 8, Department of Del
aware will be held at the Smyrna
Elementary School, School Lane
and South Street on Saturday,
April 27. Luncheon will be served
at 12:15 pm. by the Auxiliary to
the David C. Harrison Post No.
IA, American Legion. Local ar
rangements have been in the
hands of Mrs. Grant G. Garis, de-
partment secretary, Legion Aux
iliary, assisted by Mrs. George
B. David, president of the local
auxiliary. The luncheon commit
tee includes Mrs. Helen Grier and
Mrs. Florence Ford. John G..
Leach, vice president of Goldey-
Beacon College, will be the lunch
con speaker. The program will
include a mental health play by
girls of Smythe Hall, University
of Delaware, Tomorrow is a
Day." followed by a discussion
led by Merton A. Berger, execu-
tive director of Mental Health As
sociation of Delaware. A panel
discussion, Cure of Juvenile De-
linquency Begins in the Home, :"
with panelists, Simon Krakow,
director of the Jewish Federation
of Delaware; the Rev. Francis S.
Dougherty, acting director of
Salesianum High School, Will
mington; the Rev. Park w. Hunt
ington, past national chaplain and
first vice commander of Delaware
American Legion. A panel dis
cussion on the Mentally Retarded
Child, with c. w. Phillips, presi-
dent, Delaware Association for
Retarded Children, and William
T. West, Jr., executive director,
the panelists. Contributions will
be made to Fairlee Camp for
Crippled Children. Toilet kits,
toy and games boxes, and blank
cts win be presented by the
American Legion Auxiliary units
for children in camps for migrant
workers.
Smyrna times., 1957-04-25
FORD SHOWING
NEW HIDEAWAY
Hardtop With Retractable
Steel Top Feature at Ennis
& Deakyne Showing
ALL MODELS ON DISPLAY

Ennis & Deakyne's spring show
ing of Ford cars and trucks VIII
be held this Friday and Saturday,
April 26th and and 9th. All mod
els will be on display but the
highlight of the showing will be
the worlds only Hide-Away Hard
top, "the Skyliner". This excit-
ing new miracle car is harttbp
model with a fully retractable
steel top which at the touch of a
button slides automatically into
the cars trunk.
To Award Model
OF interest to the children will
be the awarding of "Sunliner
Jr.", an authentic model big
enough for junior to ride in. Each
child accompanied by an adult
will receive a free chance. It will
be awarded Saturday, April 27.
The ladies will also receive a free
gift.
Smyrna times., 1957-04-25
CLEANING AT
SCHOOLS HERE
Students Find All Rooms and
Halls Had Spring Clean
ing Last Week
EASTER VACATION

Students returned to the schools
of the Smyrna Special School
District this week to find that all
rooms and halls had had the us
ual annual spring cleanup during
the holiday week. Custodians and
cleaners worked from Monday
through Friday of Easter vaca-
ton week giving all areas a
thorough cleaning. At the Smyr-
ma Elementary School, Fred Shane
and his assistant worked to scrub
and wax the floors of all class-
rooms, corridors, offices and cafe
torium. Walls and work areas
were busted or washed. Outside
work included wedding the areas
around all shrubs. Four custodi-
ans and three cleaning women
worked the week at the Smyrna
High School building. Ben Scorah
and Hazel Lockerman worked on
cleaning and waxing all class
room floors throughout this build
ing. The women cleaners washed
all windows in the building. Sew
eral cracked windows were re-
placed. The oil burners were clean
ed and checked. One room was
completely sanded, sealed and
waxed. The gymnasium floor was
sealed and waxed. The Thomas D.
Clayton School was also cleaned
William Sullivan, custodian, spent
considerable time working in
trimming and wedding about the
shrubbery. Earlier the entire field
back of the school had been i'm
proved by having the growth OF
weeds and bushes about the edge
cleared away. The schools in the
Smyrna District are given very
thorough cleaning each summer
Custodians use the Christmas and
Easter vacation periods to work
in keeping the buildings in good
shape. During the evaluation OF
the high school in February, the
evaluators commented number
of times on the cleanliness of the
building and on the good attitude
of the students toward the clean
liness of the building.
Smyrna times., 1957-04-25
Laura RebeIxahs Installation


Officers of the Laura Rebekah
Lodge No. IL were installed this
week py Mrs. Josephine Wechten-
hiser, president of Rebekah AS
sembly of Delaware, and her staff.
They are Mrs. Elsie Warren,
Noble Grand; Mrs. Ann Hutchins,
vice grand; Mrs. Pearl Hutchins,
recording secretary; Mrs, Ann
Tush, assistant recording secre-
tary; Miss Cora Ford, financial
secretary; Mrs. Mary Fleming,
treasurer. All officers were pre-
sent including nine appointed Of
ficers. Representatives of nine
lodges in the state attended with
a total of 6s present. Among the
special guests were John Dicker-
son, Grand Master, IOOF, and
three of his staff; three past
grand masters, five past presi-
dents of assembly, and William
Arterbridge, Grand Patriarch and
nine of his staff.
Smyrna times., 1957-04-25
CASES BEFORE
THE ALDERMAN
Severe Motor Vehicle Acct,
dent Cases Taken Before
Town Alderman
$500 FINE COLLECTED

The Smyrna police have been
busy investigating motor vehicle
accidents since the breaking of
the 45-day period with none oc-
curing on the streets of Smyrna.
Several cases were taken before
Alderman William M. Doughten
on Monday and others are pend
ing. Damages estimated at $3.50
resulted when a car operated by
Robert D. Pen, Glover Hill Lane,
Wayne, Pa, going west on Route
300 at corner of Union Street
was sideswiped by car operated
by Elmer T. Cove, of Clayton. At
u. S. Route 13 and Route 300
damages of SITS were sustained
when a car operated by Louis G.
Blizzard, of Seaford, parked at
the curb on U. S. Route 13 was
sideswiped by car driven by
Robert D. Davis, Sr., RID 1,
Smyrna. At intersection of Route
13 and Route 300 car operated
by Joyce A. Power, of Worcester,
Mass, going south turned east
on Route 300, running into car
waiting for the traffic light on
Route 300, operated by Eleanor
Lewis, Audubon, Pa. Richard
w. Carmean, Jr., RID. 8, Milford,
paid a fine of 5000 on a charge
of driving drunk. Donald Penne-
well, Smyrna, fined $40 on a
charge of assault and battery.
Smyrna times., 1957-04-25
Century Club Meets

The annual business meeting of
the Twentieth Century Club will
be held this afternoon, Thursday,
April 25 at 2 pm. at the club
house. Yearly reports will be
heard. Miss Mary Holland, presi-
dent, is chairman of the hostess
committee, which includes Mrs.
]. Everett Lofand, Mrs. Edward
Wootten, Mrs. Charles Wallace,
Mrs. Lawrence ]. Ellery, Mrs.
Daniel Farrow.