The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-10-29
Close Race
COnunued from page one

least, the village was happy to
settle down to some peace and
contentment.
Obviously, this was not the
intention Of those who were left
on the outside looking in, and
only the beginning of what cleo
ton day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, will
settle.
The row reached tempest stage
last August when the Davis
group filed a protest with the
Noble county board of elections
charging a member of the Archer
faction with illegal procedure in
securing signatures for the peti-
ton filed with the county board.
In this skirmish, the Davis
group failed to show up at the
hearing, held in the courthouse
in Caldwell, and all evidence
presented to the board disproved
the alleged charge. The board
declared the petition valid and
by its action provided the Davis
group with opposition at the
coming election.
With this, the first thunder of
battle hardly dimmed in its
echo, the Archer group occupied
what it considered a most envi
able position and a definite adj
vantage in this political run-off,
Redmond Archer, former
mayor of Sarahsville, is taking
the campaign to the people in
this Center township village. He
is publicly voicing concern over
the program being followed by
the present administration.
Archer is primarily directing
his remarks against the village
street Improvement program and
the strict rule established in en-
forcing the village traffic laws.
On the other side, Mayor Davis
| is claiming his administration
has rendered a service to the
village His office and the village
council have worked together
during the past two years and
have been in full accord on every
major village issue.
Mayor Davis pointed out that
hot-rodding in the village is no
longer tolerated and that there
is sufficient money available to
continue with fine job on main
tanning a street program or to
render some public service.
And SO the charges move un-
relentlessly from one camp tc
the other, each side hoping fol
break to gain additional sup
port.
, Looking for victory are the
following members of the Davis,
led faction: Brittle M. Gibson
candidate for village clerk; Mary
! Rogers, candidate for village
treasurer; James E. Cox, Ralph
t Mellon, Eli Rogers, Dean V
;, Stottsberry, D. w. Bates ant
Jimmie Cooper, all candidate!
for reelection to village council
Redmond G.. Archer, forme,
mayor, is leading the groul
determined to unseat the Davi
administration. His ticket is mad
> of the following: Mary Rossiter
candidate for village clerk
: Charles R. Meighen, Don c
g Moore, Charles West, Mile,
a West, Clyde Archer and Ray c
! Archer, all candidates for villag
u council.
, This reply was Forthcoming
i from a Sarahsville resident whel
asked to comment on the loca
IS Situation: 'It seems that tn
r battle lines are drawn tightly
4, and it will be a long time befor
y the peopie engaged in thi
political struggle will entirel
It forget"
! Political observers of the are
are hesitant to predict tn
IS elections outcome, but on
n thing for sure, it will be close.
Both sides are confident of vic
tory. A heavy vote is expecte
III to be tailed in Sarahsville be
cause of the contest.
Sarahsville has a population c
D. 200, and normally polls 100 vote!
I'd Politically, Sarahsville precint
leans strongly toward the RI
u publican patronage in state an
national elections.
q For the politicians this or
v might be a tough situation t
-, figure what will be tn
repercussions in this politics
er up-heavel in predominantly RI
publican Sarahsville?