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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-12-15
Sheriff, Deputies, Quiet
Tail Disturbance

was a little rumbling." he
said.
The seventeen men in the
main cell block started bang
ing and kicking on their cells
at about 1890 am. "Once in
a while we have these distur-
Dances they usually start af-
ter midnight. " the sheriff
said. people who live in the
area could hear the racket
and called in this morning"
This is why a jail should
not be in town one Of the
reasons"
81 was out on the road, and
called in. the sheriff said.
"One of us would go back
and they'd quiet down, then
when we'd left, they'd start
again"
I'VE tried to quiet them un-
til about 800 am. The noise
was interfering with the ra-
dio, but the disturbance was
not serious
"At about three am. we
used the tear gas. They "cri-
ed" a little, but this quieted
them RIGHT down -
Every so often" the She
riff explained, ga group of
confined men will make a
fuss. We had no warning that
this was going to happen"
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-12-15
Officials Sued for
Destroying Trees

HAMBDEN - Trustees of
Hambden Township and Co.
unity Engineer Clyde Pome-
roy were made defendants in
a suit for injunction brought
by George j. SCHNEIDER Jr.,
Radcliffe Rd., Hambden, for
destroying his trees.
SCHNEIDER charges the tru-
SteeS passed a resolution re-
quiring Pomery to remove
his pine trees said to cause
snow in the road and that no
hearing as required by law to
assess compensation or dam
ages was held.
He also charges that Ben
Babcock, a trustee, malici-
ouSly sprayed the trees with
a destructive chemical.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-12-15

Geauga County Commission
nerS passed a resolution on
indicating intent to
purchase six and a half acres
of land IN MunSon as site for
the county jail for which a
1915 900 bond issue was voted
in November.
This will be advertised four
weeks in two county news
papers and handbills issued
as the law requires.
The acreage is $500 feet
south of Bean Rd., on Rt. "A,
Commissioners have an op-
tion on the property owned in
part by Geauga Community
Hospital and J. Pabst, accor-
ding to tax records.
Commissioners set Jan. 8,
at 8 pm, to hear any rem
onStranCeS or assent to the
proposed purchase.
A letter was received from
court house officials that as
the holiday season is appro-
aching they ask if the COM
missioners would favor clos
ing of the court house this
year on Saturday mornings
before Christmas and New
Year.
Commissioners replied that
they have no authority to act
on the request but the discre-
ton of closing is the respon-
sibility Of each elected offici-
al.
Rates for the TB and health
tests for cattle were approx
ed. In Parkman and Burton.
65 cents for the veterinarian
and Is cents for helper. In all
other townships, rs cents for
the veterinarian and Is cents
per helper.
A request for $4,000 for the
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-12-15
w. l.. Grant
Died Sunday

William l.. Grant, 81, of 367
South Hambden ST., Chardon
died early Sunday NOR
ming at Geauga Community
Hospital, where he had been
confined six days.
He was born July 18, 1873,
in Hambden and had lived
there the past SIS yearS.a
He retired two years ago as
farmer. He was married in
1893 to the y former Noma
Trask, who preceded him in
death. MIR. Grant was a mem
ber Of the Pilgrim Christian
church.
He is survived by two sons,
Lloyd and Roy Of Chardon;
18 grandchildren, % great
grandchildren, and one great
great : grandchild.
Services were Wednesday
at 2 pm. at the Burr Funer-
al Home on South ST., Char
don.
Rev. Fred zacharias, pas
tor, officiated.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-12-15

Scores on


NEWBURY Eighteen
students at Newbury high
school took the Preliminary
Scholastic Aptitude Test on
October 18. This test is ad-
miniStered under the direc-
ton of the College Entrance
Examination Board and is de-
signed to help determine a
students eligibility for col
lege and also serves as a ba-
sis for the granting of some
college scholarships. Twelve
Juniors and six Seniors took
this test.
The test is divided into two
sections verbal and mathe-
matical with raw scores and
national percentile rankings
given for each section. Raw
scores range from 20 to 80
on each test section.
The Juniors from Newbury
taking the test were Henry
PoVolny, Marilyn Bizjak,
John Haluska, Darlene Will
liamS, Gerald Brezina, Bar
bara Sprinkle, John Brinker-
hoff, Daniel BaSkin, Kathryn
Blair, Carl Sohl, Bob Thom-
as and Jay Monigold.
Verbal scores for these ju-
niors at NeWbury range from
20 67, placing our people
in national percentile ranks
ranging from a low Of Is to
a high Of SO. Mathematical
scores ranged from 55-62, CIV
ing a percentile range from a
low Of 43 to a high of 96.
The Seniors taking the test
were Jim Bottger, Kathleen
Campbell, James Dimond,
Alfred Carson, Betty Prots,
and Dean Scafe. Verbal Scor-
eS for the Seniors ranged
from 30 81, placing them in
a national percentile range
from a low of 40 to a high of
90. Mathematical scores ram
ged from % = SO, giving a cor
responding national percen-
tile range from 4 to "a.
AS a result Of this testing
program taken on the option
al basis, it would seem to in
dicate that the students of
Newbury high school are re-
ceiving a good education and
should be capable Of doing
satisfactory work at the col
lege level, according to w. R.
Titus, principal.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-12-15
NghmanS TO Have 6Oh
AnnlrersaryParty

Mr.. and Mrs. Norman S.
Nighman. who have resided
at 229 South Hambden ST.,
Chardon, since 1905, will have
been married go years on De-
cember %
An open house for the oc-
caSion will be at the home of
their son in law and dau-
ghter, Mr.. and Mrs. Newton
B. Chapman, 2 to 4 pm, Sum
day, Dec. 18, 125 ClaridOn rd.
The former May Bailey,
born near Gallon, and Nor
man S. Nighman, born in Lee
roy, the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Stephen Nighman, were mar
ried at the brides home in
Montville in presence Of the
immediate families. Rev. o.
70 NeWcomb performed the
ceremony. The attendants
were Mr.. and Mrs. Shirley
Bailey.
Mr.. Nighman was a rural
delivery carrier out of Char
don PoStoffice from 1905 to
retirement in 1885. He also
devoted his life to farming
He is a member of the knight
of Pythias, Chardon Chamb-
er Of Commerce, and was a
charter member of the first
Kiwanis club organized in
Chardon.
Mrs. Nighman is a men,
ber of Chardon Methodist
church, Pythian Sisters, Pro-
gress =. Research club, and
was a charter member of the
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-12-15

high school music staff. Bar
bara Olson will sing.
The West Geauga Kiwan-
is club is bringing the Orph-
Gus Choir to Chester as a geS
ture Of good will at the Christ,
mas season and there will be
no admission charge or re-
quest for contributions.
Everyone is invited.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-12-15
Sell
Candy for
Camp

CHESTER twenty-five
Camp Fire Girls in the West
Geauga District will receive
free 1861 memberships and
special certificates for selling
48 or more candy boxes in
this years annual sale of the
Cleveland Council Of Camp
Fire Girls, Inc. Another 26
girls from NeWbury, Russell
and Chester Townships will
receive certificates for selling
"a or more boxes.
West Geauga girls sold
nearly 1000 candy boxes as
compared with 3,O14 boxes
last year, according to Mrs.
Kirk Benson of Chester, dis
trict sales chairman.
Five cents from each box
will go the group Of which the
girl is a member. The bal
ance of the profit will be used
to make improvements at the
Camp Yakewi, the big camp
operated by the Cleveland
Council near Austinburg, o.;
maintenance Of a cabins for
group camping; and camper
ships for needy girls.
Newbury girls to sell 48 or
more boxes are; Gale Bopp,
Laura DeCapite, Cindy Bat
es, jeanne Mecsko, Stephan
lie Gray, Shelby Chambers,
TereSe Kren, Rondi Hill, Lau-
rene Bates, Sharon Spryszak
Donna Davis, Theresa Sprin-
Il and Linda Thompson.
Russell girls include Beth
Lee Buchanan, Karen Jack
son. Kathy White, Bonny
Dryer. Susan Pritchard, Lin
ola Hodge and Joy Thompson
and from Chester, Marilyn
Sipan and Yvonne Smith.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-12-15
Chester to
Have Xmas
Eve Party

CHESTER CheSter'S
first community Christmas
eve party and carol sing will
take place on December "a
from 400 to 600 pm. in the
Chesterland park at the cor
ner of Routes 3O6 and 322.
The program will include:
Christmas songs, led by the
West Geauga high school, the
chorus with Mr.. Parmalee.
Gifts from a real Santa
Claus riding in a horse-drawn
sleigh; cocoa and doughnuts,
and a giant bonfire.
This program is a COM
munity program which is not
being sponsored by any sing
le organization.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-12-15
NeWburv
Announces
Honor>R

NEWBURY The high
school has announced it's ho-
nor roll for the second six
weeks, according to w. r.
Titus, principal.
Highest HonorS in the twel-
fth grade went to Larry Kol-
Ter, Mary Lou Brent and Sha-
ron Waltman.
Eleventh grade: Darlene
Williams and Marilyn Bizjak.
Tenth grade: Judy Hanish
and Fred Kleve.
Ninth grade: Donald Gift
ford, David Kitko, and Joe
Kutina.
On the honor roll for the
twelfth grade are: Karen Bell
Kathleen Campbell, Betty
ProtS, Joyce Rakowski, Jim
Bottger, John Tracy, Bonnie
Cline and Kathleen Grubisic.
Eleventh grade: Ronnie We
sely, Kay Blair, Gerald Bre-
zina, and Larry Strike.
Tenth grade: Dan Ogden,
Kathy ReimerS, JoAnn Tom
ay, Michael ProtS, and Bar
bara Beck.
Ninth grade: Ronald Bax-
ter, Joseph D'Amico, Donald
Povolny, William Truesdell,
Jeanne Blair, Patricia Gala
CHER, Karen Herwig, Gloria
Wesley, David Byler, James
Mecsko, Greg Zachman and
Lauren Ford.
Receiving honorable men
ton in the twelfth g"ade are:
Tim Boyd, Hunt Sn tn, Den
mis- Brent, Gene Saj ley and
Victoria Kutina.
Eleventh grade: Laddie
Marcus, John HaluSka, Car
Marx and Henry Povolny.
Tenth Grade: Barbara Me-
ntal.
Ninth Grade: Victoria De-
Capite, Karen Reimers, Dou-
glas Carpenter and Carolyn
Berghauser.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-12-15
Sunshine Unlimited
Figures Finances

Anyone wishing to assist in
any way, may call Mrs, w.
j. Eardley, coordinator.
Good toys may be placed in
the containers provided at
CarlSOn'S Hardware Store,
Chardon and Van Gorder
Hardware Store, Chardon FL
nancial contributions may be
sent to the treasurer, Mrs.
Harry B. Keenen, Garfield rd.
ChardOn. Any contribution
will be greatly appreciated
1t will be used to promote
this work of love" stated Mrs.
w. J. Eardley.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-12-15
Chardon PTA
to Meet in
Afternoon

Chardon Elementary PTA
will hold its first afternoon
meeting on December 20 at
loo pm. in Maple school.
A festive program of holi-
day music will be presented
Jointly by the Park and Ma
pie schools music groups. Fe-
atured on the program are
the elementary Glee club un-
der the direction of Mrs. Di-
voky and the elementary Or
cheStra led by Mrs. Bartunek.
A brief business meeting
will follow the entertainment.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-12-15
Missing Defendent
Found Guilty

When Common Pleas Judge
Harold Richmond and a jury
assembled for the second day
of the trial Of Harold Lining
er, SO, of 002 High ST., Fair
port, on a grand jury indict-
ment of grand larceny, Lin
niger was absent.
He was charged with steal
ing six tires valued at over
$500, property of Don McCul-
Tough, from a gravel pit in
Chester last Aug. 20.
Judge Richmond ordered
the trial to proceed as Lin
niger had given no notice of
explanation for absence.
The jury, out only as min
uteS, returned a verdict of
guilty.
Judge Richmond said this
was the first instance in &C.
auga County where a defen-
dant became missing in the
middle Of trial.
1t was learned that some
jurors had been previously
inclined to favor the defend
ant, but when he suddenly
left they leaned to a change
of minds as they wanted to
hear what Linniger had to
say.
Linniger's attorneys were
Louis Turf of Wickliffe and
James Werner of Chardon.
For the State was Larry Do
Ian, assistant prosecutor.
A PaineSville surety agent
is notified that Linniger'S 81,
600 bond is forfeited and he
must be produced within 80
days.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-12-15

will be sung by the Junior
High Girls Chorus as well as
The Birthday Of a King.
The following boys are re-
sponsible for the settings and
will serve as stage crew: Pc
ter Petersen, Leonard Small
wood, Paul Christian, Clar-
enCe Anderson, Robert Will
son, John Byler, David Kel-
logg, Robert Antol, Gary Ko-
SinSki, Chris Hill, Jerry Law
renee, Collin Brown, Jack
Hess, Jim Zorich, Charles Pa
lanSky and Bill Hyde.
Mrs. Leila Bennett will be
the aCcompanist, and the pro-
gram will be directed by Mrs.
Esther Black.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-12-15
Deer Hunting
SeasonOpensT Today

The Ohio Division of Wild
life announces that deer hunt
ers will take to the woods at
9 am. Thursday today and
that hunting season will con-
tinue for two days, from 900
am. to 500 pm, today and
tomorrow. Farmers are adj
vised to keep their cows and
horses out Of harm S way.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-12-15
German Club,
Students Hold
Banquet

CHESTER - The West Ge-
auga German Club and Ger
man students gave a Germ
an banquet under the Spon-
sorShip Of Mr.. Paul Kuestner
present German teacher and
the assistance of Mrs. Blan-
che Russell retired former
German teacher of West Ge-
auga high school.
The meal included Sauer-
braten APPEL Strudel and hot
German potato said.
Singing and dancing of old
time polkaS and Waltzes plus
a few modern variations kept
everyone quite Interested
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-12-15
Receive $500

Largest amount in minors
claims for injuries, SIS, 700,
was approved n Probate
Court for three children of
Charles w. Hahl, R. D. 2,
ChardOn.
They were badly injured in
a collision of autos last Aug.
90. While denying any liabili-
ty Clark J. Whan and Santa
ton Unlimited offered the a.
mounts-to Joy Ann Hahl, Is,
S5 ZOO: William R. Hahl, II,
$40, 900; Charles w. Hail Jr.,
10. S700. The father was NAM
ed to receive the payments.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-12-15

General receipts of Geauga
Sunshine Unlimited, incIlids
ing sales at festivals. fair,
and flags $249.72. Refund
from contributions Of en-
ployees of a Cleveland firm
who reside in Geauga county,
were $50000, totaling $2,949.
70.
The expenses: Christmas
baskets q years., $807.15.
Driving expense (Aid for
Aged $500.
T. V. Set for County Home,
$4,000.
Maple Festival, Fair Elk =
penses, $268.O1.
Incorporation expense $33.
03.
set braces for Geauga Co.
unity child, $4,000.
Paint set for handicapped
person, So .25.
Purchase of Flags for re-
sale, $4,000.
Repair TV set for handi-
capped person, $500.
Wheel chair for Geauga re-
Sident, $4,000.
3 display cases for arts and
crafts sales, $4,000.
Camp program q years. :,
$694.89.
The balance on deposit is
$716.49.
Receipts from townships to
date for contributions to the
wheel chair from bake sales.
Montville, STA
HuntSburg, $1,000
Hambden, $1100
Munson, $500.
Thompson, S28.00
Parkman, S8.O
Chardon, $24.50
Middlefield. $16.55.
Russell, $500
NeWbury, S18.40-
Total donation: $279 SO.
Motion made that the bal
ance. after payment for the
wheel chair, be used for me-
eting additional expense that
may be incurred for rehabi-
litation of the party for whom
the fund was raised, or Sme-
one in Geauga county, IN 81
milar circumstances.
A meeting Of township rep
reSentativeS of Geauga Sun
shine Unlimited was held at
Chardon Lakes Inn, Novem-
Der 9. Plans were made for
the Christmas program that
Is sponsored by Geauga Sun
shine Unlimited, under the
direction of Geauga County
Welfare Department and Dl-
vision of Aid for Aged. Toys
will be given to less FORUM
ate children and baskets are
packed for 275 families. The
school children are bringing
canned goods to school, as
directed by their school prin-
cipals and scout troops are
sorting and packing the can
ned goods into boxes and will
deliver them to National
Guard Armory, at Best'S Air
port on Rt. "A. The baskets
will be packed for Christmas
gifts Dec. 10, and 20.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-12-15
Ashba Caught
on Bad Check
Charge

Kenneth AShba, %, of Ais
N. Hambden St, wanted by
ChardOn police on charge of
a bad $3.50 check cashed on
Oct. 10 at Thrasher Market,
was arrested by Los Angeles
police.
On receiving notification,
Chief of Police John Boil left
for Los Angeles to bring Ash
ba back. Chief Boil was ex-
pected to be back Tuesday.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-12-15

Emanon club organized over
so years ago.
Give and take" is the cou-
pies recipe for 60 years of
married happiness.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-12-15
Hambden Grange
Plans Xmas party

HAMBDEN - The Grange
will have their Christmas pa
rty at the Hambden Grange
Hall, Dec. 18 at $50 pm.
There will be a so gift eX-
change for the adults mark
ed man-WOman.
Parents will bring gifts for
their own children, and pic
mic lunch.
There will be a program,
followed by a Santa Claus
handing out candy and pop
corn balls.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-12-15

A disturbance in the Geau-
ga county jail was quieted
Wednesday Morning with
tear gas according to Sheriff
Louis A. Robusky. There
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-12-15
Commissioners Resolve
to Buy Jail Land

1861 program was not grant
ed pending completion of the
budget.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-12-15
Relief Corp
To Meet

The Woman'S Relief Corp
No. 81 will meet Friday, Dec.
Is at 2 pm. in the Chardon
Village hall.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-06-24

(U.S.) government and volun-
tary agencies had been" He
said that prior to the disaster
there was mixed feeling to-
ward the United States be.
cause of the summit failure.
But, he said, the reception
given the American military
forces was one of great af-
lection.
THE SOLDIERS were won-
derful," said the priest, they
even stopped on the street to
feed the children, many of
whom were already orphans"
Father Ortega reported that
the major need is shelter, be-
cause the south of Chile is
now in the winter season.
There are workers available,
he said, but they have no ma
terial with which to work.
Father Ortega's arrival in
New York was the result of a
request by Father Wolfgang
Wallisfurth, Chile Cartitas
secretary-general, who with
Nathaniel Hicks, CRS-NCWC
mission director, handles the
distribution of relief supplies
and US. government surplus
foods.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-06-24
Priest Tells Of Chilean Disaster

II brothers and sisters, who
live in the earthquake zones,
were still alive. But their
homes were completely de-
stroyed, he said.
Calling the situation in San
tiago grim, he said that "the
victims of the quakes con-
verged on the city, sleeping in
the streets, in theaters, on
benches or wherever there
was any conceivable shelter
There was continual rain, the
priest added.
Referring to the extent of
the damage, Father Ortega
said he had heard estimates of
$500 million in damage, and
that it would take at least 10
years and possibly Is, for the
nation to recover from the dis
aster.
The ~Redemptorist missioner
said that he had personally
counted 81 planes, including
US. Air Force Globemasters,
that arrived with relief sup
plies. The Communists had
been telling victims that they
would receive no help from
the United States, he said.
IN REcITlNG the events
of the tragedy, the priest
made this observation: what
a great force for better rela-
tions between South Amer
lea and the United States the
emergency aid effort of the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-06-24
New Bishop
Studied To Be
witch Doctor

GHANA (NC)-The loca-
ton OF a White Fathers mis-
sion in northern Ghana 35
years ago led to turning a
would-be witch doctor toward
the path which has led to his
conservation as the Bishop of
Wa.
The new Bishop-one Of ID
ro~nsecrated by Pope John
XIII in st. Peters hasilica
on May 8-is Peter Derry, a
member of the Dagati tribe of
West Africa. In 1925. when
he was ten years old, the
people of his village of Zemo-
pare had never heard the
term Christianity" Peter
already was being trained to
assist, and eventually sue
coed, his uncle in the re-
spected position OF witch doc
tor of the community.
Then came the turning
point. Peters father, Pore
kun, heard that white men
were teaching about their
God in a mission 25 miles
away. He walked the Is miles
to hear why anyone would
worship God instead of the
traditional spirits. He was
impressed with what he heard
and repeated his visit to the
White Fathers Mission the
following week, taking along
his two elder sons.
In 1885. Peter Derry entered
the White Fathers minor
seminary at Tamale, northern
Ghana. Seventeen years later
he was ordained, the first
member Of the Dagati tribe to
become a priest.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-06-24
Marriage

Continued from page d
but there are some husbands
who feel servile if made to
dry dishes and wash diapers.
There are some women who
take advantage of their preg-
nancy and impose during that
time on their husbands. 1t is
certainly no excuse but some
men use gambling as an
escape hatch.
Some men feel a sense of
mastery when they are gam
bling. They feel self-confi-
dent, they stand equal with
their fellows. They may have
been failures in business, in
character, in marriage, but
now they are masters at
cards, they are sure they can
beat the wheels. They know
that in gsmbling there is al,
ways a chance. But what a
chance!
Your wife, B.P., would have
to really trust you though she
is sure you do not deserve it.
She has much to gain if she
makes you feel like a success
again, if she gives you many
proofs of her love, If she
awakens in you your slumber-
ing self-respect. She will have
to help you become a more
dominant partner in mar
riage. Once she understands,
she will not brush your wish
es aside without considera-
ton. 3s4
You may have to find an
other job in the evening, one
which will help you pay your
present bills, one that will
keep you away from the temp
tations of gambling and bore
dom. This extra work may al
so alleviate feelings of guilt.
SOME DAY YOU may want
to give up your salesman's job
and enter the type of bust
ness that you yourself want
to do. But it is not possible
to set a man in a chair, to
serve him a portion of will
power and make him swallow
it. You yourself will have to
make up your own mind to be
a real husband and father
the representative of the
family in society.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-06-24

NEW YORK A mis-
sionary priest whose II
brothers and sisters sur
vived the earthquakes in
Chile said here it would
take the nation at least 10
years to recover from damage
it has suffered.
Father Fernando Ortega
Roa, C.SS.R., a native of Chile,
was offering Mass in the city
of Cauquanes, 240 miles south
of Santiago, when the first
quake struck May a. He left
the following day for San
tiago to assist Catholic Re-
lief services National Catho-
lie Welfare Conference and
Chilean Catholic Charities
tCarltaS) In distributing relief
supplies furnished by the
American Catholic Bishops
agency.
REFERRING to his visit to
the cities of Valdivia, Concep-
cion and Puerto Mont, those
hardest hit by the tremors,
Father Ortega reported that
from 400 900 to $780, 900 per-
sons were left with nothing"
He added that the cities of
Puerto Saavedra, Corral and
Niebla were engulfed by the
raging waters caused by the
quakes.
IT TOOK FATHER oRTEGA
six days to find out that his