The Sun, 1947-06-18

              Town Meeting Vs. Pressure Groups
The fundamental weakness of Democracy is its vulnerability to pressure groups, demanding- special concessions or special protection for their own interests. Time and ag-ain we
have seen the devastating effect of these groups upon our
political and economic structure, for pressure groups breed
intolerance both from without and within.
, What we need are fewer pressure groups and more town
meetings. It is hard for a pressure group to thrive in its own
community, if discussion is open. There is nothing so tongue-
tieing as the steady stare of those who know you. And there
is nothingihore deflating to the ego than the common sense
barb in a neighbor's homely phrase.
In a democracy no one class or group should ever aim to be
^n control for the American form of government was designed to do away with class. The best defense of America is a
strong, educated, informed citizenry. And the best way to.
keep them informed is, through the town meeting.
The town meeting gives the opportunity for men and
w^omen to heat* authoritative settements, to .join in open discussion. , This is an American way of life, as oppose^ to the
pressure group which is the personification of gang rule. This
is. the way to unity, not to rifts within the house of the nation. The Government may be the pilot, but it is the people
who run the ship.
The town meeting is the ideal of democracy for in it the
people can talk wit their many problems, with all sides presented so that men may make their own conclusions and learn
something of their neighbor's views. If men are free to talk,
they can more clearly crystallize their own thoughts. They
can learn to see their case as others see it and there is time
for compromise and change before the heat of combat.
A true democracy is an expression of identity of interests
of all the people. The ideal of a democracy is net people merely, tolerant of-one another, but of pebpler working" together
without regard to class, race, creed or color. To keep this
ideal before the people there is no better way than the town
meeting. This is the American way.
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The Thrill of the Flag
The date June 14 will always be a landmark in the life of
the United States, as on that day in the year 1777 the present design of the flag was adopted, except that as new states
have been admitted to the Union, one star has been added
for each new state.
' The adoption of a flag for the country was a recognition
that the 13 original colonies, which originally were largely
independent settlements, realized that they had become one
country, and that they had to stand together.
The flag may be considered a symbol of the affection vyhich
our people feel for the land where they live. A very powerful
factor in developing that aifection is found in the realization
that our country is a land of opportunity that it offers education to all, and that it gives the people the free chance to.
develop their own lives.
If people were living in some remote foreign country
where their lives were subject to some perils and dangers,
the sight of that flag would be a wonderful assurance. They
would know that their country stood back of them, and would
do its utmost to protect them, and that its arm would reach
out over vast spaces to defend them.
t^ The sight of ths flag is a thrilling thing to those who are
Ptraveling of living in foreign lands. It is a reminder of a
homeland that is very dear to them. The hearts of many,
as they see that flag, are stirred by the desire to get back to
the land over which it waves.
In our home life the sight of the flag should be a thrilling
one. It is a reminder of what we owe to. the country, and of
what it has dohe for us. The people should be stirred by the
sight of its waving folds to cooperate as best they can to
keep the country true to its high ideals.
Fire's Toll Among Children
Speaking over a recent radio broadcast sponsored by the
National Board of Fire Underwriters, Mrs. Ruth Bryan Rohde, daughter of the late William Jennings Bryan, told of the
terrible toll fire takes among the children of the 'country.
In 1944, said Mrs. Rohde, 6,000 children under five years
of age died in home accidents—and burns accounted for 2,000
of their number.   In 1945, 7,500 children seriously crippled
from burns were being cared for by state agencies.    The
^number of similar victims in private homes is not known,
J-tbut must be far greater.
"These children died or were crippled needlessly," added
Mrs. Rohde. "These tragedies in most instances were due to
adult carelessness or negligence. Let us not wait until tragedy has brought the full force of this to us. Let us begin a
campaign of prevention at once."
It is not the children who make the mistakes of omission
and commission that are responsible for most fires. It is
not the children who are inexcusably indifferent to the danger. It is, instead, parents who fail to take the simple precautions that will prevent the great majority of fires—and
the communities which lack adequate fire safety laws.
"' The ghastly .toll will continue to grow—until every adult
in the country joins in the campaign to .conquer fire.
VOL. 23—No. 36
NORTH CANTON, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, J.UNE 18, 1947
1.00 A YEAR
Horse Show at
Fairgrounds
June 20-21-22
One hundred fifty horses
had been entered in the
eighth annual horse show, of
the Stark County Saddle
Horse Association when program entries were closed, Mrs.
Walter J. Firestone, show secretary, announced Saturday.
Approximately 200 horses
are expected to show during the
three-day program which begins
Friday night, June 20, at 7 at the
Stark County fairgrounds. - Post
entries will be accepted u.p until
one hour before the time scheduled, for the class.
Horses from Youngstown, Columbus, Pittsburgh, Ashtabula,
Cleveland, Dover, Kent, Gates
Mills, East Liverpool and Akron
are. among those entered. Most
classes have from 6 to 10 entries.
Paul Brown, coach of the Cleveland Browns football team, .will attend the opening night show, present a trophy and speak briefly. S.
E. *h-iheen of Nor*h Canton will
exhibit his Arabian costume on his
horse. "Piince of Bagdad," Sunday. Henry A. Selinsky -will exhibit his high school'horse and Anthony Diano will have a calliope at
the show as special features.
Seventeen Sign
Up For Life-Saving
Training
• Ever mindful that a good swimmer can be better and of help to
those less fortunate then' themselves, seventeen North Cantonites
are taking Life Saving training at
the North Canton Community Pool.
Among them are Matilda' Streby,
Patsy Post, Don'Spitler,*Don Lesh,
Tom Ashburn, Max Willaman, Ronnie Morrow, Janet Pow;ell, Dick
Wise, Clayton Carson, Don Studer,
Harry Jordon, Gary Lesh, David
Hopple, Jim Masline, Barbara Russell and Bill Bushong.
1253 persons used the pool in
the first ten days it was opened in
spite of the cool weather.
Pictured above is a partial view of North Canton's new Memorial Stadium grounds. At the right is
the steel work for the grandstand. At the left the bleachers for the baseball field. Bill Hoag and Wayne
Graybill, chairman and co-chairman, discuss plans for the big homecoming to raise money to complete
the project.
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North Canton Homecoming at
Stadium Grounds, June 26, 27, 28
The North Canton Homecoming, which will be held on
June 26-27-28 at the Memorial Stadium grounds will have as
its chairman William J. Hoag; Jr., president of the North Canton Junior Chamber of Commerce, and Wayne Graybill as co-
chairman.
The proceeds from the three day homecoming will go to
help  complete the hundred thous
Plain Township 4-H
Clothing Glub
The Plain Township 4-H Clothing Club will meet on Wednesday,
June 18, at 1:30 in the afternoon.
Miss Patty DeLashmutt, Jean Tinsler and Mrs. Russell Hinton are
hostesses. The program will con-
girls. Carol Schreffler will demon-
girs. Carol Schreffler will demonstrate, making a plain hem; Carol
Reymier making a napery hem;
and Josephine Halter will demonstrate an overhand stitch.
EDGEWOOD FARM
WOMAN'S CLUB MEETING
JUNE NINETEEN
Mrs. H. E. Coi-1 and Mrs. W. E.
Anderegg, program chairman will
be hostess to the -members of the*
Edgewood Farm Woman's Club
when they meet at Fish's Manor
on Thursday afternoon June 19, at
1:30 o'clock.
Program topic will be "Welfare".
Pauline- Grossman, president of Rural Clubs will give a report on the
State Convention held in Columbus
on May 6 and 7.
and dollar Memorial Stadium.
Each service club in North Canton
is to have a concession stand. A
1947 Pontiac, electric refrigerator,
and a gas stove, will be given awa.y
on Saturday night, June 28. A
band concert by the North Canton
High School and. the McKinley
High School will be held on the
same night. The climax will be a
giganic fireworks display.
On the evening* of the 26th the
Middlebranch High School band
will play, and the following evening the Jackson Township Hi-gh
School band will play. A baseball
game; between the Hoover Co. and
Goodyear Aircraft will be played
at 2:30 p. m. on the 28th at the
new Memorial Stadium baseball
diamond. It will be the first game
ever played on this field.        «      ;
The. soft drinks and food concessions will be handled by the Junior
Woman's club, Navy Mothers club,
P.T.A., and the Senior Woman's
club. The other service clubs include the Jr. Chamber of Commerce, Sophomore Hi-Y, Phalanx,
Sportsman club, Catholic Order of
Foresters, American Legion, Booster club, Rotary, Optimist, Cavaliers boys club1, and the Playground
Committee. Germaine Swanson is
general chairman in charge of
Publicity.
AGENDA CLUB HOLDS
MEETING AT HARTVILLE
Mrs. Maynard Oswald of Hartville .entertained the Agenda Club
on Tuesday evening, June 10.
Eighteen  members  were  present.
Mrs. Walter Young gave a short
reading on "How Your Mind May
Make You 111." Club members gave
'experiences they will never forget*.
Refreshments were served by
the hostess. The July meeting will
be h^ld in the home of Mr. Walter
Gottschali of Middlebranch.
dirk Trip To Zaiesks State
Forest Planned For June 23-27
J. F. Cooper
New Red Gross
Safety Director
Lawrence E. Connelly, chairman
of Canton Red Cross, announced
Saturday Joseph F. Cooper 31, of
Baltimore, has been appointed director of first aid, water safety and
accident prevention for Canton
Chapter, succeeding the late Hugh
Stewart.
Mr. Cooper arrived Monday to
to become a full-time member of
the chapter's professional' staff.
He was employed by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad from 1936
to .1940_ and during-, this- time he
was interested in Red Cross work
as a volunteer. From 1940 to 1943,
he was assistant director of first
aid, water safety and accident prevention for Baltimore Chapter and
he then became a field director for
the eastern area serving in that
capacity until he entered military
service in August, 1944.
Returning from the European
theater in the spring of 1946, he
returned to work for the B. & O.
He is a graduate of St. Charles
College, Baltimore, is married and
has  two children.
SISTER OF NORTH
CANTON MAN DIES
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
A trip for girls to Zaleski State: Forest has been planned
for next week' from June 23 through 27, by the Community
Building. While this trip was planned originally for seventh
and eighth grade girls, this year the girls from fourth, fifth
and sixth will also go as their trip
which was planned for this week
has been postponed until then. Jean
King, girls director" at the building will accompany the girls, while
Bill Blank will go along as chauffer and advisor.
Five full days of hiking, boating, fishing and swimming have
been planned for the girls entertainment and enjoyment, in this,
beautiful park situated among the
rolling hills- of - southern Ohio.
Sixteen boys were -among the
campers who spent four fun filled
days at Cook's' Forest in Pennsylvania, last week. A little cold foi
swimming, a snipe hunt, and a
treasure hunt provided fun for all,
Some trout was caught. Rain the,
last day made packing a little
messy but all sixteen boys agreed
they had a swell time. Among the
group -who w«*nt were: Donald
Knob.e, Carl Knobe, Paul Dolan.
Neal Dolan,' BUI Bushong, Bot
Horr.er, David VanDyke, Garry Jir-
ard, Philip Tambling, Earl Greenho, Bill Boltres, Russell Zimmerman, Ralph Seemann, Donalc1
Floom and Robert [Lancashire. Jim
Boettler accompanied the trippers
as Bill Blank's assistant. !
The regular annual trip to Fred-,
erickstown, Ohio, by past high
schoolers has* been" planned as usual for the-fourth, of July .weekend. Many making this trip have
been on it several times and look
forward to the outing with pleas
ure.
If you are planning a trip be
sure to contact the building and
get your reservation in. y
Players Needed for
Playground Softball
League
Director Mike Waddell of the
Community Builing is looking for
baseball players in the North and
South ends of town to form, representative teams for each part of
.own to play the East and West
.earns which are already < formed
md playing. Any boys living in
-he- north or south end of town arc
urged to get in touch with Mr.
vVaddell at the Building and sign
up. /
Last Tuesday the West Team
defeated the East team" with a
score of 19 to 16. Don Spitler made
-a home run for the East, while
Bill Fye made two and Lancashire
madfe one for the' West. The winning pitcher was Fye and 'the losing pitcher Don Spitler.
ROBERT KIDDER AMONG
THIS YEAR'S GRADUATES
Mrs. Salome A. Schneider, wife
of Dr. George L. "Schneider of Canton, died Friday night, June 13 in
Aultman Hospital after a brief illness. She was 67.
Mrs. Schneider was a charter
member of Bethel Lutheran Church
and one of its most active members. She taught the Philathea
Sunday School class 25 years, and
was a member of the Ladies Aid
Society. A life resident of Stark
County, she was a daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Bear.
In addition to her husband, she
leaves one* daughter, Mrs. Arlene
Dennis of Cleveland; three sons,
Wilbur L., Glenn L. and Dale E.
Schneider of Canton; two brothers,
John Bear of Downey, California,
and Leon F. Bear of R. D. 7, North
Canton,  and  three grandchildren.
Funeral services were Tuesday,
June 17, at 2 p. m. in Bethel Lutheran Church, conducted by Rev. L.
G. Fritschel. Burial was made in
Northlawn Cemetery.
")7th WERSTLER
FAMILY REUNION
AT LAKE-O-SPRINGS
JUNE TWENTY-FIRST
Members of the Werstler Family
will hold their 57th annual family
reunion at Lake-O-Springs on Saturday, June 21, with a dinner at
12 noon.
Robert Werstler is president and
Lorene Werstler, secretary. All
members of the Werstler family
are urged to attend, the shelter
nearest the swimming pool has
been reserved, and the reunion is
being sponsored by the Henry Taylor family.
NAOMI CLASS OF ZION
REFORMED TO MEET
THURSDAY, JUNE 26
Robert Kidder of Portage Street
/Extension, was" grauated from Hiram College on June 8. Gideon Seymour, managing editor of the
Minneapolis Star-Journaljand Tribune, delivered the commencement
address. Rev. R. H. Welshimer, an
1897 graduate, -spoke at sQie bac-
oalaureate-sewdces. -
The N,aomi Class of the Zion
Evangelical and'Reformed Church
will meet on June 26 in the church
at  7:30  o'clock.
Motto for the meeting is "It
Takes Less Sense to Find Fault
With All Than To Be Fair With
All." 	
Mbs,. Bertha McEIroy is hostess
chairman and she will be assisted
by Mrs. Mada McCamant, Mrs. Etta MaHin,- Mrs. lyiamie Marchand,
Miss Anna- -Metzger, Mrs. ,'Clara
Johnson and Mrs. Sue Holl.
FORMER NORTH CANTON
RESIDENT DIED
IN ALLIANCE
Saturday To Be Hoover D$y
At Idora Park, Youngstown
All North Cantonites are hoping the weatherman is planning warm sunshine and a clear day for Saturday, when they
will travel to Idora Park at Youngstown for the annual
Hoover picnic.
Headed by Ralph Bowers, the Hoover picnic planners have
arranged 1G free rides, sports contests, swimming, dancing, baseball
games and other events to make
this year's outing the biggest and
best one ever.
Contests for children and adults
will start at 9:30 a. m. while a
Softball game between an office
girls team and a factory girls team
will begin at 1:30 p. m. A Hoover
team will take the field against a
Youngstown nine at 2:30 p. m.
Free coffee, ice cream and
orangeade will supplement the
contents of picnic baskets. Buss
transportation will be furnished to
and from the picnic grounds.
August 6 Deadline
To Qualify for
Fall Elections
Mrs. Charlotte Ann Ream, formerly of iNorth Canton, died in her
home on Freshley road, R. D.* 1,
Alliance, following a heart seizure.
She was 51.
Mrs. Ream leaves her husband,
Adney Ream; one daughter, Mary
Catherine, and one son, Josaph
A. Ream of the home; two brothers, Cyril Pierson of Pomeroy and
Peter Pieison of Canton, and two
sisters, Mrs. Agnes Schisler of
Carrollton and Mrs. Elsie Ward of
Canton.
Funeral service's were held Mon-
dav June 16, at 9:30 a. m. in St.
Paul's Catholic Church. Rev. Fr.
Raymond Steiger singing the requiem High Mass. Burial was made
in the church cemetery with the
Lewis funeral home in charge.
Petitions now are available at
the county board of elections in the
courthouse annex to candidates
who expect to enter the November
4 election by petition for township,
village and school'' offices.
The last day for qualifying by
filing petitions with the board is
August 6 at 6:30 p. m.
In the fall election Stark County's 15 villages will elect these
officers: mayor, clerk, treasurer,
six councilmen, three members of
boards of trustees of public affairs
and two members of boards of education.
Each of the 17 townships will
elect one township trustee, a clerk
and members of the board of education. Also to be nominated by
petition are members of the board
of'education for special school districts. Two members of the county
board of education are to be elected.*
Eleven of the 17 townships -will
elect justices of peace and constables.
Waco Homecoming
Opens June 24
For Five Day Event
The Volunteer Fire Department No. 2 at Waco, is presenting their homecoming
this year on June 24, 25, 26r
27, and 28th, with a different
program planned for each
night's .entertainment, .Band,
concerts will feature each "evening's entertainment- star-ting
with the Waco Teen-Age Syncopa.-
tors on Tuesday night, June 24;
the Louisville High School band under the direction of Howard R.
Smith will hold the- spotlight on
Wednesday night, June 25; Thursday night, June 26 will" see the
Buckhill Plowboys with their old-
time music and square dancing on
hand and the Slabtown Teen-Age
Girl Syncopators there to add to the
Band under the direction of. Craig
Westlake will be on hand Friday
night to entertain the listening
public and Saturday night will see
the Jr. O.U.A.M. Band of North
Industry on hand with "Duke"
Harry Strobel directing.
This year's event is planned to
raise money for a playground^ for
the children in the community.
With the money raised in other
years, the fire department has built
one of the finest equipped fire
houses in this territory and a community house which is used by the
Girl Scouts, the Canton Township
Chapter of the " Stark County
Sportsman's Club, th& Ladies Auxiliary of the Fire Department and
the Teen-Agers group.
The hqinecproing committees are
headed by George Marlow, general
chairman; Wilbur Deckerd, president and, trustee; Joe Huff, Treasurer and trustee; Louis Rosing,
trustee; Walter 'Dieffenbaugher,
secretary and Howard Middleton,
assistant secretary. Ray Graham is
in chargs of publicity; John Larsen
and Walter Hershey, decorations;
Dwight Flohr, S. A. Stein, Jay
Reynolds and Russell Kiko will
have charge of the sound system.
Eats are, under the supervision of
Wilbur Deckerd, Don Sponseller,
ar.d G. B. Wallace.
Henry Thouvenin, James Treacle,
Gene Deck-erd, Bob Dye nad Lester
Sickafoose are iri charge of Music
and tickets. The concessions will
be under the direction of Howard
Middleton, .LeRoy Thompson, Melvin Deckerd, Dean Brooks and L.
Marlett. John Larsen, Floyd >May-<
er, Al Lesh, William Cox, Harry
McMillen and Art McMillen are in
charge of the exhibits. The
grounds committee consists of Elmer Dieringer, Howard Taylor,
George Breehl, Bill Huther, Dean
Smith, Ronald Meiser, George Hesse and Paul Farver. Electricians
are Ray Taylor, .Walter Dieffenbaugher, Lee Dieffenbaugher and
John O'Wesney. '    - |
As in past years on Saturday
afternoon all children under the 12
year age limit cam rid<^ on the Merry-go-round, the, Ferris Wheel1* the
Kiddie Auto Ride, Chair Plane and
Ponies for a" small fse.  -    • ■'-■—-'-
CADET WAYNE CARSON
GRADUATED AT
COLLEGE PARK
Cadet Wayne Stanton Carson,
son of Mr. and Mis. Wayne H.
Carson, Witwer Street, North Canton, was a member of the graduating class at G.M.A., College Park,
Georgia. Cadet Carson made an
unusually fine record as a first year
athlete and student. He was a
member of the varsity basketball
team on which he was the outstanding young player. He was
most successful in academic work,
being an honor student and a member of the literary society. Cadet
Carson was a member of the school
band which won a class "A" rating
Willowdale Group
Attended National
Red Gross Convention
A group from the Willowdale
Woman's Club attended the National Red Cross Convention, held
in Cleveland, on Tuesday, June 10,
The di/ferent sessions attended during the day were: volunteer service; disaster; service to hospitals
and services to ths armed forces,
all of which proved interesting to
the group attending.
At the evening session the
Cleveland Summer Orchestra played several numbers after which a
musical pagsant was presented by
students of the Cleveland Lincoln
High School.
Those attending from Willowdale
have given 2C0 hours or over of
their time during the war to the
Massillon Red Cross and were:
Mrs. Hugh Kline, Mrs. Robert
Bressler, Mrs. John Schsiring, Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Hetzel. Mrs.
Hetzel is Red Cross chairman of
Jackson Township.
To Be Held July 9
Final  plans   for the  Greentown
       _          Community   picnic   weie   madi
in the "state.' It'is particularly note" jthe meeting of the Civic Ass.
worthy for a first year student to 1 tioni Wednesday night. June 11
play such, a .prominent ,par£ on- theIL. E. Anderson, president, w;
•campus. ch%;s~-
The picnic will he held at
O'Springs Wednesday, July <5"at
6 p. m. The committee includes
Roy" I. Mot?, food; Richard Black
and Park Hershberger, assistants
and Fred Diffenderfer. transportation. Ice rrfam and soft drinks will
be furnished.
DEADLINE FOR
ENTERING SUMMER
READING CONTEST
The deadline for entering the
summer reading program at the
North Canton Library is June 28.
The end of the "contest is July 31.
156 boys and girls are now registered.
Ten books must be read in both
the ballgame and the bookland
readers. Each reader must give a
brief reprt on each> book he has
read, to receive credit in the ball-
game. Younger children will qualify for bookland with their books,
but 4 th graders and up are in the
book ballgame, hurry if you want
to join in and have some fun.
THOMAS SCHICK
GRADUATES FROM
UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN
Among the students fror
area receiving degrees froi
University of Michigan at^
Arbor was Thomas Schick, of Donner Road who received a Bachelor
degree, on Saturday, June 14, at
the 103rd Commencement of Lhe
Universiiy held at Ferry Field.
Intricate Carvings By Albert Gloor
On Display At Little Art Gallery
Typical examples of Mr. Gloor's work are on display afa>vH&*rm\
Little Art Gallery of the North Canton Library. Fine jigsaw
wox'k as filled with creative expression and soul satisfying accomplishment as embroidery or knitting is to a woman. But
just   as   in  needlework   there    are     ff-" '  "
few besides the artisan who appre-     f ■
ciate the painstaking    work    even
some of the small- pieces involve.
Mr. Gloor, a Swiss gardner,
j learned ' the   art     when   he   was   a
small boy in Zurich, Switzerland,
, taking th*? training as a part of his
'-regular school  work.  Much  of  his
early    enthusiasm    was    acquired
from his father,    who    also    had
wood-working as a hobby. One of
his  cherished    possessions    in  his
honie on the W. W. Steele  estate
is a handsome wall clock on which
he and his father worked.
Operating a jigsaw entirely by
hand utilizing blades of almost
hairlike thinness, he cuts intricate
designs of birds, flowers, leaves
and vines from quarter-inch plywood onto which he has transferred a pattern with tracing paper.
Both the patterns and the saw-
blades are sent to him from Switzerland by his brother, who is a
photographer.
;     Once the pieces are cut, they are
1 joined    together    by glue or tiny
, hinges to fashion boxes, baskets,
scrapbooks    or    other    decorative
■ pieces.
I Since Mr. Gloor works at wood-
carving only as a hobby while he
listens to .the radio or talks to
friends, completipn of the piece.s
takes much longer than it otherwise would. A scrapboolc cover,
such as the one he is making in the
photography , requires about' 40
hours of work that is so detailed,
he cannot work on it for more than
an hour at a time.
Baskets such as the one pictured,* -require about six months of
actual work thought-he spent two,
.yeaVs completing- -this one.
7   Albert Gloor . .-'7
And His Handwork