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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-10-19

1845 Sperry Road have re-
turned from a trip Of three
weeks to Oregon and Califor-
MIA. They drove west on
Route 80 and report some ice
and snow entroute. They Wis
tied friends in Oregon and
saw Crater Lake They took
the coStal route to San Fran
cisco and continued to Mon
terey. They visited the art
lists colony at Carmel BY =
The Sea. The return trip
was via Of Denver.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Bat
ties are visiting their daught-
er and family, the Paul Lees
in Vincennes, Indiana. They
went via of Delaware, Ohio
and visited the Richard Lees
there.
Mrs. Harold Richmond was
in Bowling Green, Ohio over
the weekend. S h e and the
maternal grandmother cared
for the twin daughters of Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Richmond
Jr. while they took a short
vacation for their wedding
anniversary.
Mrs. Murray LaMoreauX
and daughter, Laura were at
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NUMBER AZ

Hellriegles on Thursday eve-
ming for an Andrews School
alumni roundup.
Mrs. Walter Bird of Pacific
Grove, California is expected
this week to be a guest of
Mrs. P e t e Petersen, 1850
Mayfield Road,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward O.
Laughlin of indianapolis. In
diana are visiting her par
entS, Mr.. and Mrs. RalEh
ShanoWer.
The Charles ChriSty family
visited Miss Carolyn Christy
at Muskingum College, New
Concord on Sunday.
Word has been received
from EuStis, Florida, that
Mrs. w. L. Askue is much
improved in health but still
confined to her bed.
Mrs. Frank E. Downer en-
tertained a meeting last week
to make plans for the Geauga
County Federation of Womens
Clubs which will meet at the
Baptist church on October 26.
Present were Mrs. Kenneth
Sperry, Mrs. Edward Glaze,
Mrs. M. K. Rear, Mrs. Nelson
Ray and Mrs. Forrest Bond.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-10-19

on travel to foreign countries,
collections Of stamps; wood
carvings; antiques; miniatur-
eS; paintings; science speci-
mems; ceramics etc, also in
formation on services which
parents have volunteered to
give to the school. All this is
now a v a i ! a b | e when the
teachers wish to use it.
Mrs. Ida Munn'S fourth
graders are searching for an
imal tracks. This science pro-
ject is making plaStercaStS
Of these tracks. Karen Coul-
man has finished the first
one. Another project is a col
lection of hurricane photo
graphs. The class is reading
Aesops Fables and compar-
ing various interpretations as
they appear in the ever-chan-
ging patterns of literature.
A first grade pupil, William
Roenbaugh, in Mrs. Ruth Bis
hops class, has brought a
scale model croSS-Section of a
TWA Upstream airliner tc
school. This has been shown
in many of the clasSroomS.
Chester News Briefs
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Woo
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-10-19

November 4 from noon until
TOO pm in the Middtlefield
school.
The next meeting of the
Chester group will be on
Thursday evening, Nov. 2 at
the home of Mrs. John Jar
vie, 200 Cedar Acres Rd. At
that time a "Nickle Auction"
will be held.
WestwOOd BreeZes
Have you read a new book
today?" is a frequent ques-
ton in Mrs. Fontene Baty's
second grade class. With the
aid of her student teacher,
Miss Kay Baxter, Mrs. Baty
has provided her classroom
with 81 books from the school
library, the local libraries
and the Kent Free library
The books have been selected
on all levels of interest. Many
children have read 10 books
or more, the highest number
is %.
Mrs. Orville P. Johnson
has completed the task Of
compiling some valuable re,
source data for the teachers
at the request of the principa
Philip Runyon. Information
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-10-19
BY Lennah b. Bond
Home of the Month

Home of the Month
Pictures of a home which
appeared in recent issue of
the Sentinel'-Tribune in Wood
County are of i n t e e S t to
Chester readers. In Wood
County an outstanding home
is selected each month. This
is photographed and descrip'-
tionS of the home and it's fur
niShings are prepared for
publication.
Last month the home sell
ected was that of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leland G.. (Pete) Evans
formerly of G h e r. The
location is on Route los eight
miles from Bowling Green,
Ohio in the community of
Scotch Ridge. The address of
the Evans is Pemberville. A
picture of the exterior of the
home was used in the Sentir-
al-Tribune also the kitchen
and the stone stairway which
leads down to the family
room, and the combination
gold fish pond and planter
located just inside the front
entrance to the home. The
house which was designed by
Mr.. and Mrs. Evans has four
levels and II rooms. 1t is
locat e d on three acres of
land. The article states that
Mrs. Evans said that the
house was 10 years in plan
ming" Sometimes I look at
that spot and / think I'm still
dreaming.
The plan and much of the
work was done by the Evans
themselves. They have lived
in it two years and still work
ing on it. Mrs. Evans said
that they were entirely salts
fled with it and would not
change anything about it. The
Evans have two sons, David
IL, and Robin, seven.
Leland G.. Evans and Aud
rey Burkhardt were married
in Chester 13 years ago in
November. They S tar t e d
housekeeping in a very mod
est apartment. They later
bought an old home in Bowl
ing Green, where Mr.. Evans
is in the electrical business.
This they remodeled into a
beautiful home which was
sold very profitably. During
this time they were planning
and dreaming Of their fine
home of the month"
Lodge HOnors Couple
The Chester K of P Lodge
and Maple Leaf Temple hon
ored Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Battles, a bride and groom of
SO years, at the K of P Hall
on Thursday evening.
Over 80 lodge members and
invited guests were present at
the dinner and program given
in their honor.
The tables were decorated
with yellow flower arrange
mentS and golden and white
candles. A very large sheet
cake decorated with yellow
roses and with the inscription
in gold, Clarence and Sipha"
was placed on a small table
near the dining table.
The bride of so years wore
a dark blue dress with figur-
eS in a lighter shade of blue.
She was presented with a cor
sage Of yellow and white
chrysanthemums.
Following the dinner there
was a program of toasts to
the honored couple. This was
in charge of Levi Hartong.
Mrs. Battles was presented
with a past chiefs pin from
the Maple Leaf Temple to re-
place one which she had lost.
The presentation was made
by Mrs. Jerry Inkster. The
couple was given a golden
horseshoe bearing a gift of
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-10-19

They're all here now for you to see. . the most
dazzling array of new cars ever in our show
rooms! See the luxuryline 1862 Galaxies - '62
Station Wagons :. '62 Falcons! A line of Fords
so long, so full of tomorrow, so rich in choice
that one will be the Ford in your future, as if
designed for you alone. You will see cars that
introduce twice-a-year maintenance :. cars of
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gave this gift in behalf of
both lodges. The couple made
appropriate responses.
The guests were then asked
to go to the Lodge ROOM for
the remainder Of the pro-
gram. This consisted of mus
ic and fun. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jerry Inkster and A / b e r t
Parks supplied the music. A
mock wedding was carried
out by members of both lodg-
es and a "style show" by the
Men Of the Lodge. Mrs. Al
bert Parks and Mrs. Alvin
Sharp were announcerS.
Miss Suzanne Ayster of Cat
eS Mills modelled the wedding
gown worn so years ago while
Mrs. Inkster played and sang
Memories"
Blue Birds Meet
The first fall meeting of
the Happy Blue Birds was a
wiener roast at the home of
their leader, Mrs. Eugene Ge-
hri, 125 Woodside Drive, the
girls had a leaf hunt and iden-
titled 5 leaves.
Ohio Rural Health Council
Mrs. Glenn Russell from
Chester attended the recent
Northeast Ohio Rural Health
Council at Kent State Univer-
sity. The program wa S ar
ranged by Denver Jividen,
Geauga county Supervisor of
High Schools and Florence
Hellman, Associate Professor
of Health and Physical Educ
alton at Kent State Univer-
Sity.
The principal speakers were
DR.. Dwight Arnold Of Kent
State and Mrs. Litta Rober-
son, director of Women'S act
ivities of the Ohio Farm Bur-
eau.
Carl Maukonen and Miss
Alta Trask of West Geauga
schools ere members of
panel discussion with Mrs.
Josephine Urpi on youth
Problems"
Chester Grange Installs
Officers
Mr.. and Mrs. James Blair
of Burton were in charge Of
the installation of officers at
Chester Grange No. 2479 on
Tuesday evening Oct. 10.
Murray LaMoreaux was in
stalled as Master; Levi Har-
tong, overSeer; Mr. S. Law
renee Battles, lecturer; Yaro
Sojka Jr., steward; Ralph
Smith Jr., assistant steward;
Mrs. Arthur Battles, chap
lain; Mrs. Clarence Battles,
treasurer; Mrs. Yaro Sojka,
secretary; Ralph Smith Sr.,
gatekeeper; Mrs. R a | p h
Smith Sr., ceres; Sue Ellen
Smith, pomona; Mrs. Level
Harton, ftlvora; Mrs. Ralph
Smith Jr., lady assistant ste
ward; executive committee,
Roland MapeS.
Others who will serve in
Grange work for the coming
year are Mrs. Forrest Bond,
legislative agent; Mrs. Ralph
Taylor, home economics
chairman; Mrs. Murray La
MoreauX, community service
chairman; Yaro Sojka Jr.,
youth chairman; Mrs. Levi
Hartong, sunshine chairman;
pianist, Mrs. Roland MapeS.
Chester grange has been in
vited by the Kirkland Grange
to exemplify the Second De-
gree late this month.
4
Card Party
A card party has been an
nounced for Saturday evening
Oct. % at $50 pm. at the
Chester K of P Hall. The pub
lie is invited. Pinochle and
Five Hundred will be played
Prizes and refreshments.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-10-19
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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-10-19
NEWS from CHESTER
one welcome.

one welcome.
The League of Women Vot-
erS will hold an all member
meeting with husbands and
guests on October "a at $50
pm. in the cafeteria at West
Geauga high school. The
speaker, DR.. H. P. Roth from
the S p e a k e r Bureau of
Cleveland Council on World
Affairs. DR.. Roth has had the
study of foreign affairs for
many years. His topic will be
United Nations"
Chester Hospital Auxiliary
The last meeting of the
Chester branch of the Geauga
Hospital Auxiliary met at the
home Of Mrs. George Rich
mond. The 25 present worked
on projects for a bazaar,
This will be held in connec-
ton with the annual Dutch"
dinner for the benefit of the
hospital. This will be held on
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Chester Baptist Church
On October % the Rev,
Samual Davis will use for his
topic at the HOO am. SER
vice 1.-The Fate of those who
have never heard" At the
TOO p. m4 service he Will
speak to the older youth and
dults on Christian APP
proach to Family Conflicts"
At 800 on Oct. % there will
be orchestra practice. Oct. "a
at 800 pm. the Missionary
meeting will be held at the
church. HosteSSes Mrs. John
TruShell and Mrs. Carl Whit
mer. The speaker will be Mrs.
Henry Truesdell of Cleveland.
October Is at TOO pm.
Prayer time at church. Every
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-10-19

Blue Birds Meet
The first fall meeting of
the Happy Blue Birds was a
wiener roast at the home of
their leader, Mrs. Eugene Ge-
hri, 125 Woodside Drive, the
girls had a leaf hunt and iden-
titled 5 leaves.
Evening star., 1961-03-24
Statue of Bryan,
Once on Potomac,
Going to Illinois

Secretary of the Interior
Stewart L. Udall said today a
bronze statue of William Jen-
nings Bryan, now stored tenn
porarily in a maintenance yard
at Hams Point. probably will
be sent to Salem, ILL.,, Bryan's
birthplace.
For nearly 27 years, the 8a-
foot high statue of "the Great
Commoner" stood at Rock
Creek parkway and Twenty
sixth street NV, overlooking
the Potomac. Last June, the
bronze was removed from its
7la-foot marble pedestal to
make way for approaches to
the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge.
Secretary Udall said he is
arranging with Senator Doug
las, Democrat Of Illinois, to
move the statue to Salem on
an indefinite loan" basis. He
indicated the transfer will be
made If Salem officials care to
provide a suitable setting.
The Secretary said officials
have been unable to find an
appropriate site" here for the
bronze, work of Sculptor Gut
zon Borglum.
A National Capital Parks
spokesman yesterday said per-
manent relocation of the statue
would require an act Of Con-
gress. Secretary Udall said,
however, he has the authority
to move the statue on o loan
basis.
Evening star., 1961-03-24
Youth Sentenced to Die,
Judge to Ask Mercy

I The controversy arose as
Judge Holtzoff indicated to
Mr.. Murray that he expects the
defense attorney to appeal the
conviction to the United States
Court of Appeals here. He also
asked Mr.. Murray to send the
request for executive clemency
to Attorney General Robert
Kennedy.
The judge said that he feels
very strongly that the applica-
tion for executive clemency
should not await the outcome
of the appeal"
There is no sense in keeping
the defendant in mental agony
and torture for a year." the
judge added.
But Mr.. Murray said he has
equally honest and strong
views" on this point. The judge
then suggested and Mr.. Murray
agreed that another lawyer
should be appointed to handle
the appeal of the case.
Mr.. Murray later told news
men that he doesn't feel the
appeal of the case should be
diluted" by the request for
executive clemency at this time.
The lawyer added that the
clemency request would, in ef-
feet. be an admission on the
part of the defendant that the
appeal is not being made in
good faith.
Evening star., 1961-03-24

mately $35 million has been
committed of this amount.
Plans called for the full amount
to be used up by fiscal 1865.
City officials estimated to-
day the SIS million will be
spent a year ahead of schedule.
They nave 80 years to pay back
the loan at an interest rate of
about 4 per cent.
Also, they had hoped to get
authorization for $75 million
additional borrowing, to run
UP through 1867, from the
House District Committe G
where the matter still is pend
ing.
While refusing to spend Fed
eral money on the District, the
Appropriations Committee did
restore a number of items, cut
by the House, which will be
financed from District funds.
Also. the committee allowed
three new items In the defi-
cheney request, although it
trimmed a $73O,000 Welfare De-
partment item down to $575,-
600.
Senator Byrd said he had
been assured by the Commits
sioners the reduction in the
welfare request would not
mean any reduction in services.
He also announced that Com
missioner Walter N. Tobriner
had promised to dispatch a
task force to investigate the
steadily increasing number of
public assistance cases.
Evening star., 1961-03-24

Because Mrs. Lacek was ex-
perienced in such emergencies
she did not pull the cord from
her switchboard. If she rad,
there would have been no way
to trace the call.
Instead, she called her super
visor, who in turn called the
plant department. From the
cord in the switchboard, It was
possible to trace through Gen.
tral office equipment the source
of the call.
Within az minutes, Mrs.
Lacek was given the church's s
number. Her call to the church
was answered by the same boy.
When he refused to answer her
questions he was told to get an
adult to the phone.
The boy called his mother,
and Mrs. Lacek explained the
situation. She asked the mother
to see If she could find a fire.
In four or five minutes the
mother returned to the phone
and answered negatively.
She returned to the church
basement with her son. About
40 minutes later a passerby no
ticed smoke and turned in the
first alarm.
The fire caused damage esti-
mated at $65,000 by insurance
adjusterS, according to Deputy
Marshall Kelly, who said his of
flee would have an official esti-
mate within a few weeks.
He said the break In the in
vestigation came when the boys
mother remembered her tele-
phone conversation with Mrs.
Lacek and told Investigators
about it.
Evening star., 1961-03-24
D. c. old to Borrow
To Meet 1861 Budoet

The District has been directed
today to borrow its way out of
its financial dilemma-for the
current fiscal year.
The Senate Appropriations
Committee, acting on the city's
deficiency request, yesterday
refused to restore a $5.7 mil
lion Federal payment, but did
grant the Commissioners au-
thority to borrow the money.
Senator Byrd, Democrat of
West Virginia, head of the sub
committee on District finances,
said the Commissioners ap-
proved of the idea after he
met with them Wednesday. 1t
was his position that there was
no chance of talking the House
into acceptance Of a SIS million
additional school payment for
this year when the item goes
to conference. He sees no diff
ficulty over the borrowing in
terest.
Thus. the city has suffered q
major defeat of its plan to win
a $31 million Federal payment
this year - a plan based on
the authorization by Congress
of a $32 million payment.
The action further confuses
the picture for the next fiscal
year and forces the city into
debt at a faster rate than was
anticipated. Senate and House
approval is forecast.
In fiscal 1858, the city was
authorized to borrow SITS mil
lion for public works. Approx
Evening star., 1961-03-24

helm be compelled to reopen
the much-discussed Melchoir
case.
The order noted in a one
sentence postscript that Judge
Thomas D. Quinn, one member
of the three-judge municipal
appeals court, would have
granted the rarely-sought writ
on the basis of the United States
Court of Appeals ruling in the
Lynch case.
The meaning of language in
the recently decided Lynch
case was the main issue in a
simmering week-long contro-
versy between the United
States Attorneys Office and
Judge Kronheim over the han
ding of cases involving mental
illness.
In the Lynch case, the Court
of Appeals said a judge can
refuse to accept a guilty plea
from a defendant if he has
evidence the accused was men
tally Ill at the time of the
offense or needs psychiatric
treatment.
1--WE suggest it would have
been a plain abuse of discre-
tion for the trial judge in these
circumstances to allow a plea
by which society would brand
such a person with a criminal
record" the Lynch opinion said.
United States Attorney Oliver
GaSch, in seeking to have Judge
Kronheim ordered to reopen
the Melchoir case and reject
the woman's guilty plea on two
bad check charges, maintained
Evening star., 1961-03-24

District Court Judge Alex
ander Holtzoff today sentenced
John A. Naples, 10, to death in
the electric chair for the De-
cember, 1858, Staying of Miss
Edna Jewel in her apartment in
the 200 block Massachusetts,
avenue NE.
But the judge then added
as he had announced in reach
ing a guilty verdict in the case
two weeks ago-that later
today he will ask the Attorney
General for communication of
the death sentence. which was
mandatory, to life imprison-
ment.
AS the judge spoke, Mrs.
Agnes M. Hardesty, Naples
mother, sat in the court room
and dabbed at her red-rimmed.
tear-filled eyes.
Naples was found guilty of
fatally stabbing Miss Jewel, 81,
a Pentagon employe, in the
neck and chest when she sur
prised him ransacking her first
floor apartment. He took less
than SIS from the apartment,
police said.
Naples attorney, Charles B.
Murray, chief of the Districts
Legal Aid Bureau, told the
judge that he is opposed to
sending through Immediately
the request for clemency to
President Kennedy.
Evening star., 1961-03-24

the judge ignored the man
date" of the Lynch case.
Judge Kronheim, after ac-
cepting the guilty plea from
Mrs. Nora L. Melchoir, 81, of
the 1900 block of GAINESVILLE
street Sc, gave the woman q
retroactive 30-day sentence, in
effect setting her free.
In arguments Tuesday be-
fore the Municipal Court of
Appeals, Assistant United
States Attorney James j. Flood,
jr., said Judge Kronheim "cut
off" the prosecutor at Mrs.
Melchoir's trial and failed to
inquire into available evidence
of mental illness.
Mr.. Flood said the judges
ruling released into society a
woman who needed mental
treatment "if she is not to be
in 'and out of jail the rest of
her life if she continues writ
ing bad checks"
Judge Kronheim, at the
woman'S trial, said writing bad
checks was not a crime of
violence. He said that Mrs.
Melchoir, arrested last August
and confined at st. Elizabeths
Hospital since October, should
not be tortured any further
for these checks"
United States Attorney oliver
Gasch said he has recommend
ed to the Department of Justice
that the Government appeal
today's adverse ruling by the
Municipal Court of Appeals to
the United States Court Of APP
peals.
Evening star., 1961-03-24
Yacht Club
Loses Plea
On Dock Site

The Redevelopment Land
Agency today rejected the Cap
ital Yacht Club proposal to
amend the renewal plan for
the Southwest waterfront be-
tween the Municipal Fish
Wharf and Fort McNair.
The yacht club last week re-
quested that it be allowed to
stay on the waterfront in an
expanded site near its present
one at the foot of Eleventh
street S.W. j. Lester Ayres,
commodore Of the club, said
RLA's rebuilding of the water
front would ruin SIS million
worth Of docks in front of the
club.
Neville Miller, chairman of
the RIA, in rejecting the yacht
club proposal said only about
so slips" in front of the club
will be destroyed at a loss of
between $50,000 and $10O, 900. "
He said this is outweighed
by substantial increases in land
value potential and a straight
line bulkhead" resulting from
execution of the RIA water
front plan.
Meanwhile, the proposed Co.
lumbia Plaza redevelopment
project, construction of luxury
apartments and townhouses in
Foggy Bottom, was indorsed
today by the Commissioners
Urban Renewal Council.
Under the proposal. a syndi-
cate would build the apart
and townhouses on an
8-acre site bounded by Vir-
ginia avenue and E. G and
Twenty third streets NV.
The Commissioners will hold
a public hearing on the pro-
posed redevelopment project at
10 am. Monday in Room 500
of the District Building.
Evening star., 1961-03-24
Phone Operator Praised for Part
In Trocing Church Fire to Boy, 5

Fire investigators credit an
alert telephone operator with
leading them to an 8-year-old
boy now blamed for last Sum
days four-alarm fire at a
Northwest church.
Mrs. Jewel c. Lacek supplied
a very important link" in trac-
ing a mysterious telephone call
from the church, Second
Deputy Fire Marshal Warren
c. Kelly said.
He said her action enabled
investigators to close the case
yesterday, when the boy ad-
mitted causing the late-after-
noon blaze which swept the
Simpson Memorial Methodist
Church, Thirteenth and Monroe
streets NV.
Officials ruled the fire ac-
cidental, but said the boy would
be referred to the Commits
sioners Youth Council for pos
sible psychiatric help, since his
mother said he may have once
set a fire in his own home.
Mrs. Lacek, 26, who lives at
3ll6 Eighteenth street NV,
said she had had a similar ex-
perience several years ago in
jackson, Mich.
Just after becoming an
operator. she said, she traced
a call from q terrified woman
which led to the capture of an
escaped convict who had
broken into the woman's house.
This time, her call led to a
third-grader who had been
playing with candles. Deputy
Marshal Kelly and Fire Inspec-
tor Burton w. johnson re-
constructed the church fire as
follows: