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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1959-09-10

mems Work What Is It?"
Mrs. Gray is presently serv-
ing as diocesan chairman for
the Diocese of Ohio on Uni
fication of Women's work.
She formerly was Akron Re-
gional chairman of the Epis-
copal Women of Ohio and is
a past president of the Wo-
mems Guild of Christ Chur-
ch, Hudson.
Cost of the luncheon is
$1.25 per plate and a toddler-
watching service will be pro-
vided. Reservations may be
made by calling Mrs. How
ard X. Rigdon, Jr., at AVen-
ue 6-5226 or Mrs. Mary B.
White at Avenue 6-4179. Any
interested woman in the
county is welcome to attend.
Officers of the Women's
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1959-09-10

Guild are Mrs. Rigdon, pre-
sident: Mrs. Jack M. vo1l-
mer, vice president; Mrs.
White, secretary; and Mrs.
Thomas Kenny, treasurer
This year the guild expects
ito continue its practice o I
taking a tea party and enter
tainment to the shut : ms at
Ingleside Farm Hospital on
the third Saturday of e a C h
month. Also plans are being
laid for a bridge party, sale
of gift items and tea to be
held some Monday in Nov ;
ember at Chardon Lakes Inn.
The usual date of meet :
ings for the Women's Guild
is the second Tuesday of
each month at 800 pm. at
the home of one of the mem
bers. All Episcopal women
are automatically consider :
ed members and all other
women interested In st.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1959-09-10

land and Scotland and flew
across the Chanel with t h e
car. He and his friend spent
a week in Vienna, taking the
back roads and seeking local
color. Three or four days in
Munich, and some time in
Belgium, France, Switzer :
land and Italy.
Miss Millie Green and Mrs.
Ada Banfield with a party of
six ladies visited Niagara
Falls and Canada last week.
Attention Your cores .
pondent would like to receive
calls about college students
and where they plan to at.
tend college for next week s
letter. Phone PA 9-4743.
Cheryl, David and Stepher
Battles of Chardon were al
their grandparent, Mr.. a n
Mrs. Lynn Battles over Labor
Day.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1959-09-10
Women of St. Luke's
Plan Luncheon Meeting

The Women's Guild of st.
Luke's Episcopal church of
Geauga county will have its
first meeting of the fall sea-
son on Tuesday, Sept. Is, at
100 pm. 1t is to be a lunch
con meeting at Chardon
Lakes Inn, Rt. A, Chardon.
Speaker for the affair will
be Mrs. Robert Gray Of Hud-
son, Ohio, speaking on "Wo-
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1959-09-10

es, Fla. The Reynolds report
ed that Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Reynolds and family, have
purchased a new home in
Florida, and their new ad ;
dress is 1122 Hillcrest Court,
Eustis, Fla.
Keith Clark of Poston, Ari-
zona, called on the Glen n
Russells one afternoon last
week.
Mrs. Jean Heffter, 2510
Cedar, has returned from a
two weeks vacation in Maine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Ball and
son Rodney have been on a
II day trip to Maine and
New England States.
MIR. and Mrs. Claud Barb
er and Mr.. and Mrs. Nor :
wood Barber of Akron, Ohio,
former Chester residents
plan to soon make their hon.
eS In Arizona.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Battles were in Columbus
and attended the Ohio State
Fair last Saturday and Sum
day.
Mrs. Robert Burns and fa-
mily, 355 Sperry Rd., has re-
turned from over a months
vacation camping trip at
Kentwater, Mich. The camp
site had a " mile frontage
on Lake Michigan.
Roger Hoffman of Tokyo,
japan, visited at the Carl
Dill home a few days last
week. He Is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Hoffman,
former residents here, W h O
left with their family for ia
pan 4 years ago. Mr.. Charles
Hoffman is the Auditor Gen.
eral of the Air Force there
Roger has graduated from
high school in Tokyo, and Is
now enroute to enroll as a
freshman at Duke University
In Durham, NC.
The Robert Russell family
have had several family par
ties in August celebrating
the birthdays of Patti, w h {
was 2 years old August 10 anc
Susie Jane, who was 5 year.
old Aug. 81. The mother, Mar
ilyn also had an August birth
day, Aug. 81.
/ Kenneth Graft, II, son O
Mr.. and Mrs. s. w. Graft
805 Chillicothe Rd., was Sc
lected for the third year tt
play in the All Ohio's Boy!
Band at the Ohio State Fair
He plays the piccolo and tn,
flute. Mr.. and Mrs. Graf.
and Gordon and Carter lef
Thursday for Columbus, to
attend the final concert OF
Friday, and Kenneth return
ed with them on Saturday
Kenneth is a senior at Wes
Geauga this school year.
| Robert Eddy, son of M r
and Mrs. Roy Eddy, Mead
ow Ridge Rd., who has beer
taking a 10 weeks tour O
Europe with a college frienS
will return to United State!
by plane next week. The triI
was a gift from the st. Paul
School in Concord, N. H.
where he teaches higher ma
thematics. On Labor Day
Robert or Bob, will be il
Amsterdam. He purchased :
car in Europe, toured Eng
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1959-09-10
Salvatore M. Crispo
Named Auctioneer

NEWBURY 49, Common
Pleas Judge Harold Ric h
mond has appointed Saliva :
tore NJ. Crispo, Newbury, as
auctioneer. He was required
to furnish $1,000 bond.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1959-09-10
BY FLORENCE BATTLES
Phone PZrk 4-4743
BENJAMIN HIackf0rd

BENJAMIN Blackford, IS OF
800 Chillicothe Rd., Chester,
died Tuesday morning, Sept.
Evening star., 1959-06-07
Randolph E. Myers

For more than 40 years Randolph
E. Myers devoted his heart and mind
and energy to character building among
the youth Of Washington. His efforts
contributed substantially to the growth
Of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton during his long career with it in
various on1cial positions-and especially
during the past decade in which he held
the top administrative post Of general
secretary of the Metropolitan Washing
ton YMCA. He helped the organization
to expand not only to all sections Of
the District but to all parts Of nearby
Maryland and Virginia. His death at 81
came as he sat at his desk in the Gen.
trail "Y," actively engaged in managing
the affairs of the association. His pass
ing is sad loss to the community.
Evening star., 1959-06-07
Not q Local Road

NJ, A strange reason has been given for
the killing by the Senate Appropriations
COMMITTEE Of the 81 million item for
extension of the George Washington Me-
mortal Parkway through Prince Georges
County. Chairman Hayden Of the COM
dnittee, himself in favor of the project,
said that some Of the committeeman
objected to putting the Federal budget
out Of balance to build local road"
., But by no stretch Of the imagina-
tion could this vital link of the parkway
dbe considered to be Just local road. 1t
sis an eight-mile section of a Federal
parkway which Congress authorized
many years ago as memorial to the
first President. The original purpose to
have the parkway run along on both
. sides of the Potomac River from the
Evening star., 1959-06-07
End Of an Era

What q poignant moment
In history the other night
when the Voice Of Fire.
stone" went on the air with
its final half-hour program
after 81 years Of radio and
television. Mr.. Firestone
stated the discontinuance Of
this best Of all musical pres
entations was due to the fact
that a suitable program spot
was no longer available on
any Of the networks. Now we
shall probably have another
western" or another "jam
session."
Free enterprise is fine, but
this Is commercialism run
ming rampant - q heartless
offense to those few paltry
millions who do love an oc.
casional bit Of opera or SYM
phony in their TV fare. I
know Of no better bit Of
propaganda for the Russians
to exploit than this debacle
Of culture. In q very real as
well as symbolic sense, al
most irretrievable harm has
been done to the American
scene by those in TV who
are responsible for this un-
fortunate decision. It should
be reconsidered and reversed.
joseph BENJAMIN.
Evening star., 1959-06-07

Mount Vernon area to Great Falls would
be defeated II the Prince Georges end
of the parkway Is not built. Under the
Capper- -Cramton Act, Maryland would
match the Federal appropriation
as Virginia has done on the opposite
shore.
To characterize any part of the
parkway as q 'local road" is to evidence
a gross Misunderstanding OF the entire
undertaking. If Congress decides to
postpone completion Of the parkway, or
to make the postponement permanent.
the action should not be based on a
misconception as to the nature Of this
project.
Evening star., 1959-06-07
Too Many Lows?

Proposed legislation max,
ing health insurance COM
pulsory smacks Of total
itarianism. But the Gov
ernment and courts can do
most anything, since they
have already dictated with
whom we must have social
contact.
The powers-that-be seem
to be working overtime to-
ward further curtailment Of
ones freedom. What mat
ters II every human and
animal in this country Is not
covered by some form Of
so-called health insurance?
Those who want such. have
1t. The individual is best
fitted to Judge his own needs,
without Government inter-
ference.
OF what merit Is our two
party system Of government,
when this administration is
seeking to carry out ideas
developed by the late F.D.R.2
Mary J. Davis.
Evening star., 1959-06-07
Charlea W. Carter.
CopitoIism Vonishes

Your editorial (June ID,
"Odd DoinGs in Albania. de-
plores the strange show"
Premier Khrushchev has been
putting on In Albania. In
cluded in his threats Is the
prediction Of capitalism's in
evitable decline.
Mr.. Khrushchev Is way be-
hind the times. He doesn't
know, and many Americans
don't either, that we aban-
doned capitalism" long ago.
Originally conservatives re-
fused to accept the term
capitalism" as q designation
Tor our economic system. In
an article in the Unpopular
Review. April-June. 1914,
(reprinted in Essays In Social
} Economics, 1880, Alvin
johnson said: There Is no
such thing as capitalism, say
the conservatives. It Is an
empty sound. q curse in the
name Of a false god. directed
by the revolutionaries against
the world Of things as they
are, as they always have been
and always shall be. Capital-
ism is a reality. say the radi-
Gals. It is the appropriate
designation Of the current
system-a vulgar, hideous
system, q brute mechanism
set In motion by the energy
Of blind greed, a mechanism
through which human values
and human lives are thrust,
to emerge smudged and fiat
and dead" In the first part
Of this century the conserva-
tives denied body and the
radicals denied soul to cap
italism.
Now conservatives are split
on the subject. Some glory
In the name Capitalism. i"
regard itias holy, and con-
slider It unpatriotic, perhaps
disloyal, to question it. Others
feel the need Of modifying
the term. In March, 1856,
President Eisenhower circu-
lated a digest Of a lecture by
Prof. Massimo Salvador say
ing Capitalism" had to be
defeated not only In "eco-
nomic" terms but also in
social" terms. Let's call it
social capitalism" he said.
The same thought is behind
the term peoples capital
ism" In 1858, Henry Cabot
Lodge, our Ambassador to
Evening star., 1959-06-07
100 Years Ago

A woman who set tongues
wagging in the 1830s was in
the news again 100 years ago.
The Star. on June 8. 1859, re-
ported: I'VE hear that on the
day before yesterday the Rev.
Mr.. Rogers united in holy
bonds of wedlock Sr. Antonio
Buckignani and Mrs. Mar
garet L. Eaton. The an
nouncement Of the marriage
Of this lady will create quite
a stir in the world Of fashion
the country over; for no other
in the Federal Metropolis has
been better known since the
accession Of Gen. Jackson to
the presidency. She will
be recalled by those who
frequented Washington dur
ing the seasons as the bril-
liant wife Of the Secretary Of
War Gen. John H. Eaton (to
whom she--then the widow
Of Purser Timberlake--was
united, If we remember cor
rectly, in 1929 or 1830) in
whose behalf the old man Of
iron will separated from his
first cabinet. on the occasion
Of social diff1culties in their
families. :"
Evening star., 1959-06-07
Like Father, Like Son

That man who draws those
funny pictures at the top
Of the page really made q
real good one with them two
monkeys and "our" bear. !
don't remember his name
but I can tell you that his
father was the best drawer
Of funny pictures and maybe
the reason the son is so good
is that his father learned
him how to do 1t.
Pat DantOn.
Evening star., 1959-06-07
Tribute to Dulles

One Of your readers paid
very fitting tribute to John
Foster Dulles by quoting a
passage from II Maccabees.
I wish to add to that the
beautiful lines from George
Elliot's lovely poem. THE
Choir Invisible:
"Oh. may I join the Choir
Invisible I OF those immortal
dead. who live again ! In
minds made better by their
presence"
To which also might be
added one line from Ugo
Bassi's Sermon In the Hos
pital"::
Those who suffer most
have most to give"
Priscilla Dexter Kern,
President. Cured Cancer Club
Of Washington, DC.
Evening star., 1959-06-07
AnoIyzes FoHout

Armaments do not deter
mine war or peace. Hammer
all swords into plowshares
and there would still be war
as long as the physical,
rather than metaphysical,
conditions Of life are deemed
by the worlds leaders" to
be the controlling conditions
for peace. Such men are war
lords paraded in politics
democratic or autocratic)
as princes Of peace.
Today the public mind Is
being poisoned pacifistically
by the word poison applied
to radioactiyity. The extent
Of radioactivity Is being
meticulously measured as II
it were an assured evil in
any quantity. so the only
problem presented is to de-
termine how much mice and
men and fruitflies can toler-
ate and still live.
The public should be re-
minded that vitamins in
large doses are poisons; that
trace elements" which are
essential to physiology in
living species generally. are
similarly poisonous In guam
tity. Heat waves are as fatal
by their absence as they are
by their presence-outside
q narrow range. There is no
evidence whatever that does
not apply to irradiation by
other wave forms. Certainly
life has not evolved in their
absence.
All the conditions Of life
are inimical to life outside
Of critical ranges. The as
sumption that this rule ap-
plies only where those ranges
are known statistically is
unwarranted and plays upon
fear Of the unknown to serve
the ends Of demagogues.
Good intentions in such
counselors do not prevent
them from paving the road
to hell with multilane high
ways.
Indeed, only life itself is
inimical to life; only q nv-
ing germ can spread q con-
tagion. Radioactivity does
not spread: 1t cools at diverse
rates depending on the sub
stance energized. AS for its
relation to cancer, here is
plain ignorance. No one
knows what makes q tuimor
become Indignantly alive,
spreading like o contagion
which is not contagious.
Alden Potter.
Evening star., 1959-06-07
No Defeotist

Whether letter writer Sam
uel Michaelson Of Philadel-
phia Is the innocent victim
or the willful purveyor Of the
post Sputnik Communist
line. I have no way Of know
ing. In either case. however,
the constant repetition Of this
threat-Surrender to Russia
or diel-is intended to ac-
complish through fear that
which Russia can never ac-
complish through military
might. the defeat Of capital
istic America. As O matter
Of fact, Russia's vaunted
military might would most
probably vanish IN q show
down, for that might Is built
on a foundation Of captive
peoples.
It may be recalled that
when Sputnik / scared into
the skies. there arose from
our domesticated Communists
q chorus Of pleas to surrender
to Russia before she annihi-
lated us. A SchOolgirl In
California submitted q win
ming thesis on this argument
and her work was reprinted
in q London newspaper and
then reprinted in America.
The greatest threat to
America today Is not the
Kremlin's armaments but the
Samuel Michaelsons right
here who repetitiously repeat
this clever but untrue Zine"
for domestic consumption.
Americas strength is in
the freedom and initiative Of
her own people as enunciated
in the United States Consti-
tuition and Bill Of Rights.
So long as those principles
survive. so long as we value
and protect them above
everything else. just so long
we need not fear Russia
beyond keeping our powder
dry. When the day arrives
when we allow ourselves to
be deprived Of these things,
either through lack Of interest
or an unwillingness to fight
for them against foreign or
domestic foes, we viii neither
deserve nor retain our free
dom.
Evening star., 1959-06-07
Is Years AGO

The old Calvert street
bridge was being moved aside
Is years ago to make way for
a new span. On June z, 1894,
The Star said: "It was NOV
ing day today for the Calvert
street bridge and the con-
demned 43-year-old steel
structure was taken for q
long ride toward a tempo
rary new location 80 feet to
theSouth, where it will enjoy
a new lease on life prior to
its demise. A large gallery Of
interested spectators, includ-
ing the Commissioners, pub
lie and private engineers,
and hundreds Of citizens,
were on hand to 1lguratively
cheer the rusty, gaunt old
span as 1t started uncere-
moniously on a carefully
guarded roller-coaster jour-
ney. =.
The District got the word
from high up 25 years ago
that it ought to try to re-
main a beautiful city. The
Star, on June 13, 1894, re-
ported: "As President Roose-
velt today pondered the
designation Of q local agency
to administer the alley clear
ance bill, which he signed
yesterday, he stated he would
like to see Washington be-
come the best residential city
in the United States. Mr..
Roosevelt said that while
Washington is being devel-
oped as a city Of beauty and
one of real homes, industry
and factories should be dis
couraged. He said the Ma
tional Capital should not
aspire to become an indus
trial and manufacturing
city. :"
Evening star., 1959-06-07

bring In o verdict, not 90 big,
at least the confession helps
to cut down to size our tower
ing, strutting egotism.
No matter what else we may
say about O person. he Is no
bigger than his motives. Al
ways our motives test US for
size-those hidden things
that really move us. Always
the why" is more important
than the what" Then no
man is bigger than his in
terests and his sympathies.
Always we must try on the
range Of our feeling for
others to ascertain the size
Of our outreach. Never can
I forget standing one day in
the devastated city Of Seoul,
Korea, gazing with compass
sion upon the. shepherdless
multitude thronging the
streets. Near me was q big
businessman from America,
representing vast CONNER
cial enterprises. Assuming
that he was interested In that
medley Of people. ! remarked
how unique and different it
was from our American
scenes. ! was amazed at his
unfeeling reaction. / turned
to him and said, you mean
that these people do not In
terest you?" mo, they do
not" he replied. I'm Just
here to represent my firm in
America. I'm here for the
money ! get. I'm not inter-
ested in Korea" Several
times after that I saw him
looking at the city through
his cold unseeing eyes. I
didn't bother to talk to him.
It's that sort Of Americanism
which sows the dragon teeth
Of misunderstanding. I
don't care how big his busi-
ness. He was a little man.
Then ones size always Is
indicated by what he does
with envy. which roots in
that green-eyed enemy Of
greatness, jealousy. And no
man Is any greater than his
forgiveness. Forgive as I
forgive" is the petition of
fered daily by millions, null
titudes Of whom do not real.
ize that they are condemning
themselves, pronouncing SEN
tence on themselves. We have
a glimpse into the real great
ness Of Lincoln in his reply
to one who wondered why he
did not get even with some
OF his enemies. Said he.
you have more Of that feel
ing Of personal resentment
than ! have. Perhaps I have
too little Of it. but I never
thought 1t paid"
The title Of a modern book.
loaded with dynamite for
SNUG complacency is, "Your
God Is Too Small" It is
astounding how small is the
God pictured by little people.
A dear preacher friend OF
mine, now gone into the
heavenlies, is remembered by
his saying again and again,
I'VE cannot hope to have the
world with a religion founded
on our littlenesses. Mini
NUNS cannot be tolerated in
the church for today. The
hour is the supreme challenge
Of a great opportunity. I
call to q big privilege. for big
souls, to do big things. We
must not represent q great
God on q diminishing basis
In such a day as this. We
have maximums Of belief, ex.
perience, service and trust,
and maximuns will warrant
maximums. And God. with
us, will save the world"
That is indeed q clarion
call. Surely there is no more
humiliating experience than
q mans inner consciousness
that in some ethical test he
has failed to measure UP. that
he has proved to be q small
person when the situation
called for greatness, and that
his size belongs in the cate.
eyOrx Of fIno SlaiY1iv1ntHV,1c
Evening star., 1959-06-07

the U. N. exhorted Soviet
leaders to abandon-in the
interest Of world peace-their
foolish idea" that the Unit
ed States Is q "capitalistic
country" He proposed JAG
ques Maritain's term "eco-
nomic numanism."
Secretary Of Labor Mitchell
says: "The American econ
oFny Is always changing, often
ahead Of terms to describe
1t. AS q result we often find
ourselves trying to fit new
meanings into old phrases.
The words capitalism and
socialism In their 18TH
century sense, for example.
are no longer meaningful as
opposite benchmarks in de-
scribing the American econ
omy Of today"
Sidney KOretz,
Evening star., 1959-06-07

Government Office space
was q problem a century ago.
also. On June 10, 1859, The
Star said: "The clerical force
connected with the agri-
cultural division Of the United
States Patent Office have
changed their apartment,
from the basement story Of
the west wing. where they
have been for some time. to
the southwest corner of the
third story, same wing-con-
sidering an ascent, we sup
Evening star., 1959-06-07
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry iDriter's correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden.
sdtion.
Evening star., 1959-06-07
so Years Ago

The iceman's prices brought
some discussion SO years ago.
The Star. on June Z, 1909. re-
ported: The cost Of ice used
by the District government
was the subject of a confer
ence by the Commissioners in
board session this morning.
-. The fact that the District.
which purchases about l.l50.-
600 pounds of ice every year,
pays 40 cents per 100 pounds
for ice, while hotels, saloons
and other large users Of ice
pay only IS cents per 100
pounds, was brought up, and
it was pointed out that the
ice purchased by the District
must be delivered to many
different points around the
city and only a small guam
tity is left at each point. 1t
is practically delivered in the
same quantity as to resi-
dences and the rate is the
same. :"
Washington Irving was due
to be honored in the Nations
Capital SO years ago. On
June Q. 1909. The Star said:
"A bill has been introduced in
the Senate by Senator Nc
Cumber providing for the
erection Of a granite pedestal
and bronze standing statue Of
Washington Irving on the
northwest corner Of First and
B streets Southeast. The bill
has been referred to the Com
mittee on the Library. It pro-
vides for an appropriation Of
$4,000. 80"
Evening star., 1959-06-07
FROM THE STARS FILES

pose, to be more agreeable
than q descent"
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1959-04-30
Injuries Fatal
To Pedestrian

julius Pomerene, "a, of 1885
Mount Union ST., died in Huron
Road Hospital Monday, April
9th Of head injuries received
when struck down by an auto
mobile on Euclid ave., near
Vassar.
The driver was not held.
Mr.. Pomerene born in Holmes
County was a member of a dis
tinguished Ohio family. Hi s
father, the late julius Pomerene
was a former state senator, and
a second cousin, the late Atlee
Pomerene advanced to the U. S.
Senate.
With law in his mind as a
career, Mr.. Pomerene acme to
Cleveland but transferred to the
finance field, first with the Sc
curities department Of the First
National Bank until it's merger
with the former Union Trust,
after which he devoted his time
to personal investments.
Services are being conducted
today by the Rev. Ronald K.
Willis, of First Presbyterian
Church.