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s-THE RECORD, cHHARDoN, o, APRIL 80. 1859
n E W S from c Fl E S I E R

Mrs. White, of Circle w.
Farms, Chester, was the wi
dow of the founder of tn e
White Motor Company. She
died on April % in Sumter,
South Carolina.
Mrs. White left on March
/ to spend two months at the
Borough House, the 200 year
old family plantation o n
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1959-04-30
FOLKS WHO SER We YOU

Ward Baptie, Aqhilla Rd.,
Chardon Rt. 1, has b e n
working for L. II. Burgess
and Son grocery, Main St.,
Chardon, almost since tn e
time he started to work.
His job in the stores meat
department was acquired
only 4 years ago, but for 18
years prior to that he worked
with produce and groceries
in the same store.
Born in Claridon Twp, the
son of Newton and Ada Bap-
tie, he was brought up in the
farm house just about across
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1959-04-30

the street from his present
home. He attended Claridon
and Chardon schools, and is
a graduate of Chardon High
School.
During World War III h e
spent three years In France
with an armored tank battal-
ion.
Baptie, a member of the
Chardon Methodist Church,
lives with his wife, Ruth, and
their five children: Thomas,
l6; Gerald, IL; Dale, 7; DON
ma, 5; and Pennie, /.
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which she was born In 1888.
Her husband died in 1880
from injuries suffered in an
auto accident. A lifelong me-
mber of the Episcopal Church
Mrs. White belonged to a
great many committees and
was at one time, Ohio rep
resentative on the board of
the National Cathedral In
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-
dinner with Colonel and Mrs.
Myron T. Herrick.
The story of a movement
for a new gymnasium for the
Young Women's Christian
Association had a place in
the paper.
An article suggested C o n
certed action for prayers for
Col. Robert c.. Ingersoll, the
great agnostic.
Some streets prominent in
the news were Bond Street,
Sheriff St., Seneca, Pearl,
and Erie Streets.
Some advertisements b y
firms that we see advertis-
ing in todays Cleveland pub
lications were by Cowell &
Hubbard and Webb c.. Ball.
Fries and Schuele Advertised
all wool serge 38 inches wide,
in a full line of colors at 19
cents per yard; 38 inch all
wool suitings for 25 cents a
yard; 81 inches wide for rs
cents per yard.
A shoe sale advertised wo-
mems shoes from SO cents
to $2.47; Mems shoes were
$100 to $4.00.
Fancy potatoes were 25
cents per bushel; Apples, 81.
Is to $2.75 per barrel. Choice
creamery butter, 10 to 81
cents a pound; Eggs, strict
ly fresh, 20 and 81 cents
per dozen. Roasted coffee, 19
cents to 80 cents per pound
~
Golden Age Club
The next meeting of the
Golden Age Club will be held
on May 4 at the Chester Com
munity Church. At the last
gathering a change was made
in the time of meeting on
May 4. A picnic dinner was
announced for IL noon. Mem
bers are asked to bring a
contribution for the meal and
own table service. For any
Information call Mrs. George
Mapes Park 9-7269. Program
chairman Mrs. MarthaWick-
life, announced that there
would be a talk on Puerto
Rico by. Miss Amanda Yea
ger and a movie, D e S IF
Flowers, shown by E. H. Ell
lerine of the Cleveland Press.
Roast Reef Dinner
A roast beef dinner will
be served to the public al
the Chester K of P Hall on
Friday May /. Serving will
be from $50 to 7::30.
Past Chiefs Entertain
The past chiefs club o.
Maple Leaf Temple enertain-
entertained the Clubs in the
II District at the hall or
Tuesday, Luncheon was ser
we'd to approximately so.
Games were played in the
afternoon. Guests were pre-.
sent from Willoughby anc
West Pennington.
Chester News Briefs
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyle Battles
are touring Florida and other
southern states. They expect
to be away for about a month
Ramon Battles is enrolled
at Kent State University fol
graduate work.
Mrs. Bessie Thompson, for
merly of Chester, fell some
time previous and fractured
a hip. Since then she has suf.
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ing the nation that they care
for the world around them
and will do their share t o
improve it and keep it in the
best and most useful condi-
tions.
Joan Hollis, representative
of the Horizon Club, formally
preseted ten trees to til e
West Geauga School Board.
They were accepted by Mr..
Robert Lindsay, superinten-
dent of schools, after which
the trees were planted n the
front yard Of the High scool
by the girls Of the following
Camp Fire groups: Nah We
to-ma lead by Mrs. Albert Me
inke; O-da-ka (Mrs. Edward
Fink; Wee nah ma-chick
(Mrs Richard Dreyer and
Mrs. Delbert DeVoe) ;, Ma-ka-
wee (Mrs. Norman Harris) !,
Ia wan ka (Mrs. Joseph
Mihalic); Wa ka ka (Mrs.
James Taylor) No we TOM
pat : imm II (Mrs. Anthony
ert Lease; No we tom :
pat imm III (Mrs. Anhony
DiCillo); and Ne : top : pew
(Mrs. Richard Szabo).
The maple trees were do
mated by Peter Rub of Sunny
brook Farm Nursery. Bloom
Bros, Chester Lumber and
william Klouda also donated
equipment neceSsare. Mr..
Robert Ranney, Geauga Coun
BY Planning Commissioner,
suprvised the planting. The
Camp Fire iris are grateful
to the many fathers who as
sisted them by doing tn e
heavy spade work.
\
Musical Messengers at Bap-
tiSt Church
Starting May 4 and contin-
uing through May 10 at 7::30
each night, the musical mes
sengers will appear at t h e
Chesterland Baptist church.
Joe and Marian Talley, the
Musician Messengers will
appear with golden trombone
electric steel guitar, piano
organ and banjo, in music
with a message. These musi-
cal artists have appeared in
many of the largst city aud
itoriums in America. have
been featured on over 800 ra-
dio stations in Canada and
the United States including
the Mutual Network. TIL e
Rev. Samuel D. Davis i S
pastor of the church.
A Glimps Into the Past
Recently George Painter,
Chesterland, found an o d
newspaper on the back of a
large picture. 1t was a copy
of the News and Herald print
ed In Cleveland on November
90, 1895. The price was mark
ed as one cent.
Like papers printed 63
years later Cuba occupied an
important place on the front,
page. A prominent story told
of the troubles and insurrec-
tions in Cuba.
An item stated that a Mic
araguan Canal Project was
opposed by President Grow
er Cleveland.
According to the News and
Herald, Ohio's Governor and
Mrs. william Mckinley spent
a quiet Thanksgiving. They
attended church services in
the morning and later had
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1959-04-30
BY LEHMAN b. BOND
Phone Park 9-7016

Mrs. Walter C. White
Funeral services for Mrs.
Mary ". Saunders White
were held at st. 'chisto-
pliers by the River on Mon
day, April 27 at 3 pm.
Burial was in Gates Mills
cemetery.
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Washington.
Surviving are a son, Wal
ter H. White, of Minneapolis
Minnesota, four daughters,
Mrs. Robert S. Stockton, of
Chesterland, Mrs. Richard K.
Anderson, Panama City, Flo
rida; Miss Martha White and
Mrs. Wilbur Merkel, Gates
Mills also IA grandchildren.
West Geauga Recreation
The trustees of the w e S t
Geauga Recreation Council
invite all citizens interested
in the future Of the West Ge-
auga Day Camp to attend a
meeting in the high school
auditorium at 8:15 Thursday
May 2. Proposals will be in
order concerning a new site
and the cost involved. For
the trustees to make a wise
decision 1t will be necessary
to have expressions of opin-
ions from those whose chill
dren participate.
The Recreation Councils
adult recreation program is
sponsoring a story telling
workshop. The teacher will be
Mrs. Hallee L. Craytor, pro-
fessional librarian recently
retired from the Cuyahoga
County Library. The sessions
will be held four Mondays
in May from 8 to 10; pm.
CAN Mrs. Robert Baniater
for further information.
r 4
Notice Change OF Date
The Rurnmage sale announ-
ced at the East Hill Aid
Building will be held on
Saturday, May 8. The sale
Will start at 10 am. and con-
tinue until 2 pm. Lunch will
be served at IL noon. All
interested are invited.
Geauga County Artists AS
s0ciatiOn.
The Geauga County Artists
Association will be held at
Parkside Recreation on May
4 at $50 pm. A picnic supper
bring a dish to pass and your
own table service.
Camp Fire Girls
In Arbor Day ceremonies
Camp Fire Girls of the West
Geauga District planted SUI
gar maple trees at West Ge-
auga High School and New
bury Community Church on
Sunday, April 10. The project
under the direction of Mrs.
Milton McMillen, District =
program Chairman, is a part
of the Camp Fire Girls two
year national Golden Jubilee
Project entitled "She cares
Do You?" This program is
concerned with tree planting
and conservation. 1t is in
this way that the Camp Fire
Girls of America are show
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REALTORS TO MEET
NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT

Geauga County Board of
Realtors will meet Tuesday
May 5, at 7 pm. at the Ma
nor House, Punderson Lake.
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DIR. T. Roman Young =.
DIR. T. Roman Young 5.
Noted Educator Comments
Catholic School System

SACRAM ENTO, Calf. =
Parents should feel very OPP
timistlc about what is going
on in our Catholic schools"
an educational expert said
during a visit here.
The opinion was express
ed by Or. r. Roman Young,
associate professor in charge
of the graduate school pro-
gram at Mount ST. Mary Col
lese, Los Angeles.
These words of praise for
the Catholic school system
carry weight. DR.. Young is
West Coast advisor for the
Scholastic Testing Service,
Inc, of Chicago, whose bust
ness it is to compute scholas-
tic medians for students of
many sections of the United
States.
DR.. Young was in Sacra-
mento introducing a new di-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-10-09

Christopher Columbus,
whose likeness above,
stands in front of the
Columbus City Hall, the
largest city in the world
named for the great seafarer,
will finally come into his own
throughout the state this
year.
A law passed by the 103rd
Ohio General Assembly made
Oct. II, Columbus Day, an of
ficial state holiday.
Civic and church groups
had been observing the day
for many years in honor of
the great discover. The CO.
iumbus Register. predecessor
to The Catholic Times, had
campaigned vigorously for a
special recognition for Amer
ica's discoverer.
In l94q, in a front page edi-
forial, written by staff writer,
Timothy A. M0rnane, now
with the Catholic Universe
Bulletin, Cleveland, the Do
cesar newspaper hit the "fok-
en- observance" of Columbus
Day and called for q eelebra-
fion which would attract ma
fionai attention.
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Pope Says
St. Francis
Is sAntidote'

VATICAN CITY - Radio,
NC) His Holiness Pope
John XIII has upheld the ex-
ample of st. Francis of Assist
as an antidote to present
world problems.
In a general
granted on the vigil of the
feast of st. Francis (Oct. -,
the Pope compared the pres
ent-day race toward wealth,
domination of others, and the
confusion Of ideas with the
poverty, humility and sim
plicity of the little man" of
Assist.
On the following day the
Pontiff led ceremonies from
his private chapel that hon
ored Our Lady of Pompeii.
Priests in his chapel and over
100, 900 clergy and faithful at
the shrine of Our Lady, Pom
peii, Italy, who heard the
Pope's voice by radio, Joined
with him in reciting the Rosa
ry and in prayer.
It was recalled here that
Pope Plus KITS last public
appearance was when he per-
formed a similar ceremony a
year ago.
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Feast OF
St. Disrnas
Sunday

Father C. Valerian Luz
cier, O.P., Ohio State Peni-
tertiary chaplain, will be
the celebrant of a Solemn
High Mass this Sunday on
the Feast of st. Dismas in the
Catholic Chapel at the Ohio
State Penitentiary. He will be
assisted by FIR. Norbert Nc
Paul, OPP, and FIR. Ronald
Henery, O.P. The sermon will
be preached by FIR. Gerald
Crombie, OPP, president of
Aquinas College High School.
The day is known as st.
Dismas Sunday in more than
$50 penal institutions in the
United States. Catholic chap
lains are permitted to offer
the Mass of the Good Thief by
special permission of the Holy
See.
Father Crombie in his SER
mon will stress that forgive
Continued on Page q
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ocesan testing program for
both Religious and lay teach
ers of the elementary schools
of the Sacrament diocese.
The young professor, a ma
tive of Toledo, noted the high
results in the basic subjects
of students educated in Ca
tholic schools. At the same
time he readily admitted the
weak spots in the system
one is the science courses,
another, the reference mater
ial.
They are continually being
improved" he stated. "How.
ever, they obviously are the
areas where the greatest ex.
pense is incurred. This nafur.
ally presents an obstacle TO
private schools which have no
resource TO state money.
"The tools of science pro-
grams are expensive and, even
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-10-09
Diocesan
Students In
INNS Finals

Seven local students,
representing three Dioce-
san high schools, have
been named semi-final-
lists in the 1959-60 Nation
al Merit Scholarship COM
petition.
They are Gary Cocks, Thorn
as BaUeh, David Schweiekart
and Martin Steel, from Bishop
Wafferson High School; Eliza.
beth Jackson and Mary Ellen
Ficeeils, St. Mary of the
Springs Academy; and Charles
r. Mecreery, ST. Charles.
Local students are among
10000 of the highest scorers
on the National Merit Scholar.
ship Qualifying Tests, the ma
tion-wide test of educational
development given in more
than 14,500 high schools last
spring.
The semi.finaIisfs outscor.
ed more than $4,000 class.
Continued on Page p
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lISSudY IilOiIllIlS.
Seventy girls, students Of
Rosemont school, 10 nuns
and q cook were evacuated
from the sishfy year old
feur-sfcry dormitory, which
sdioined the buildins in
which the fire broke out. No
one was injured.
Mother Mary of the Angels
superior of the convent
praised the work of the fire
men who started battling the
blaze at GIT am. and quick
ly had the fire under con-
troll.
Tuesday evening, the fire.
men were called TO the Con-
vent to put out a small fire
caused by q hot plate. The
fires were not thought TO be
connected however.
No cause for the second
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more so, are Libraries which
call for hundreds of high
quality reference books"
The professor said: per
haps parent groups or book
groups could lend needed aid
by Substituting these two areas
Of their chiIdren's education"
The testing program, new
to the Sacramento diocese,
encompasses all scholastic
fields for the students-lan-
guage, which includes gram
mar and spelling; arithmetic,
reading, religion and social
studies.
Each test paper will be
corrected by the teacher
where given, then a copy sent
to the University of st. Louis
Research Center so that
norms may be developed in
terms of perennial ranking on
Continued on Page %
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Father McOuade To Speak
DCCW Readies
Convention Plans

Action and Christmas is
Christ's Birthday" Follow
ing a 2:15 coffee break the
concluding workshops on Civil
Defense, Legislation and In
ternational Relations will re-
sumo at 2.45.
Exhibits hishlishsins The
convention theme: I'VE Are
Partakers of Christ" in the
areas Of Family Life, Youth,
Parenf-Teaeher Association,
Religious Activities, Cathedral
Book Shop and Resources will
be of particular interest TO
convention participants.
Mrs. Franklin J. Eyerman,
DCCW president, will preside
over the 400 pm. business
session, with Mrs. w. F. Lang
ley serving as parliamentary
ian.
At the closing banquet, Miss
Elizabeth Reid, Australian edi.
tor.reporter and photographer
Of Far Eastern news events,
will be introduced by Mrs.
George ri Nueei, Diocesan So
eiaI Action chairman, who will
serve as POSTMASTER. The sub
ieet of Miss Reid's talk is
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Use old Stone Church
Bishop to Dedicate
Shrine at Shawnee

it was announced by the pas
tor. Father Peter McEwan.
The shrine was built by the
men and boys of the parish
from the ruins of the old ST..
Peter Church, affeetionafeIy
known as the "old Stone
Church."
This old church was begun
not far from Shawnee in 1886
from stone quarried from the
ground and hand-hewn by a
very few early Catholic set
tiers who expressed in stone
for all to see their belief in
Our Lords words to Simon:
"And | say to thee that thou
art Peter and upon this Rock
! will build my Church and
the Gates of He'll shall not
prevail against IL.
Officers of the Mass will be
Father Thomas Duffy, deacon;
Father Robert Manning, sub
deacon, and Father Michael
WeIlnitz, arehpriest. Dsscons
of honor will be Fathers Fran.
els Yonkus, o.P and Julian
Selaefer.
Masters of ceremony will be
Monsignor James J. Carroll
and Father Charles Foeller.
The Xavier Glee Club Of
Columbus will sing.
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Columbus Day -. Now State Holiday
Americas DiscOverer
Receives Recognition

that would attract nationwide
attention, fit for transmission
TO the nation and even the
world via newsreels, radio and
television b roadeasts. We
could rival the Mardi Cras of
New Orleans with our parades.
our floats, our wholehearted
cooperation in honorins the
man who opened the gates Of
q westward immigration that
now totals more than 145,000,.
600 people in The United
States ..."
Are we in Columbus 60
ing to wake up and pay tri.
butte to our namesake in a
manner that reflects we'll in
our city, our state, our coun-
try?"
Tim Murnane's plea for a
bigger and more fitting tri-
butte to Columbus, hasn't
been completely fulfilled but
the celebration has improved
since 1949.
In 1855, a new 20-foot
statue (pictured above) was
presented to the City of Co.
lumbus from the City of
Genoa, Columbus birthplace.
Since then civic groups have
joined the ethnic and relig-
ious organizations in improv-
ing the homage paid to Co
lumbus.
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Final plans for the con-
vention of the Diocesan
Council of Catholic Wo-
men, scheduled for We'd
nesday, October IA, have
been completed by Mrs. Will
lam H. DuBrul, general chair
man of the Convention and
her various committees.
Father James J. McQuade,
81, National Promoter of
Sodalities, will address the
Convention at the II p m. Gen
eral Assembly in the Neil
House. FIR. McQuade's talk
will follow the IL am. Com
munion Brunch. He has chosen
for his topic "The Spiritual
Formation of the Lay Apos-
~tolate." Mrs Frank ". Mich
OILS, Brunch POSTMASTER, will
introduce the speaker.
In addition to FIR. Nc
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Thy creative word has made
the armament, the earth and
the sea; blessed and slorified
be Thy name in all places.
May Thy majesty and domi-
nion be exalted forever and
ever, as Thou has permitted
Thy holy name TO be made
known and spread by the most
humble Of Thy servants in
this hitherto unknown portion
of Thy empire" He then bap-
tined the land in the name OF
Christine island Of San
Salvador.
Columbus is a giant stand
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ken of the generation that
witnessed it. For we have
since come to learn that in
1892 the contact between the
eastern and western halves
of our planet was first real
ly begun, and the two streams
of human life which had flow
ed on for countless ages
apart were thenceforth to
mingle together" John
Fiske.
THE magnitude Of the event,
the efficacy and the variety
of the benefits which have re-
suited from it. tend assuredly
to celebrate him, VINO was the
author Of it, by a grateful re-
membrance and by all sorts
of testimonials of honor"
Pope Leo XIII.
His influence in civilixs.
ron was Unreasonable. He
completed the world. He real
lied in the physical unity of
the globe. He advanced far
beyond all that had been done
before his time. The work OF
Cod--the spiritual unity Of
the human race" - AIphense
De Lamarfine.
The same writer describes
the landing of Columbus thus:
"On landing, he fell on his
knees to acknowledge by this
act of humility and worship
the goodness and greatness of
God in this new sphere of His
works. He kissed the ground,
and with his face OH the earth,
he Wept. 4.
Almighty and eternal
God" he prayed in thankssiv.
ing, "whe by the energy Of
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ing on the confines between
medieval and modern times.
and by his existence marks
one of the greatest epochs in
the history Of the world"
Baron Won Humboldt.
Columbus was unquestion.
ably a man Of genius. He was
a bold, skillful navigator, bet
ter acquainted with the prin-
ciples of cosmography and as.
tronomy than the average
skipper of his time, a man of
original ideas, fertile in his
plans and persistent in car
rying them into execution -.