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VOL. 25—No. 33
NORTH CANTON, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1949
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Communism Can Be Abolished!
. Eerhaps the most discussed subject the past two years
and the subject about which the least is known by the rank
and-;file of the American people is the subject of Communism.
Most everyone knows that it is a system of government
Unfriendly and hostile to this government of ours, but they
do not know what it is, what it stands for, or how its hopes
to accomplish the things that it promises to its recruits.
A good many people, are attracted unwittingly to Com-
(*fciunism. They become enmeshed in its toils before they are
aware of what they are being led into. This is due to two
reaspms. In the first place those seeking to sell Communism
to a new recruit put forward their best front. They magnify
the imagined disadvantages of our present system of government and minimize its advantages. At the same time they
magnify the so called advantages of Communism and say
nothing of its disadvantages.
'     Under our system of government which allows every individual the freedom of speech and religious worship and
guarantees the freedom of the press, it is not difficult for a
new ism to gain a foothold and secure followers. As long as
th'ey do not advocate overthrow of government by violence
and the force of arms they are free to carry on their operations openly and without restraint. In no other country in
tlie world -would this be possible. In the countries that are
given over to Communism these freedoms are not allowed.
They are not allowed because it is known that to permit free
and open discussion might lead to the repudiation of Communism. The Communists can't take this chance and guard
against anything that might make it a possibility.
The most. effective way to combat Communism is not
alone by attacking it and chasing its leaders underground or
making martyrs of them but by exposing its fallacies by
education through the press and the radio.
• I believe that intelligent beings if they know the facts
about Communism will be able to see why it cannot do the
things that its promoters say it will do. I believe that the
■' -people should "be"sBown through ,the press and over the radio
and by aaiy and all other means available the kind of government Communism has given every country in which it has
^gained the ascendency, they would see for themselves that.it
ib not the thing they want and it is not the system of government under which they would care to live.
I am in-hearty accord with a plan to eliminate from our
government circles any who may be there with Communistic
learnings or sympathies. I would do this completely and
ruthlessly because no one with favoring sentiment toward
Communism can do- justice to ANY job of administering
this government.
At the present time the matter of eliminating Communists from our 'government circles is not being- taken sufficiently in ^earnest by enough people. We are worrying at it
like a- smaliterrjer with a rat, instead of disposing of it summarily and .once and:for all as would a mastiff. I am aware
that this government as long as it is set up as jt Is cannot-
make pr cofhp'el'its citizens to abstain from adoption of Communism. It-Is powerless to do this. It cannot control these
things, but it can control and should' control the -type of
persons who administer its government and have access to
its secret files.   '   " '       .
Akron<T0aniorc
Airport's Control
Tower Opened
The Akron-C anion A i r-
port's new control tower was
officially opened Thursday,
December 80 at 7:40 a. m.
Open house was held Tuesday
night at the control tower.
Since the new airport opened May 1, 1947, there have
been no control tower facilities at
the airport. Pilots received their
instruction through the tower at
the Akron Municipal field.
The new control tower's equipment consists of two high fre-
guency transmitting and receiving
units and two very high frequency
(VHF) radio sets for standard
ground - to - air cc.nt.munications. In
addition to this is an instrument
landing system (ILS) used in
guiding aircraft to safe landings
through fog and low clouds.
"In the past, the airlines have
been able to maintain only 85 percent of their flight schedules,"
John Mclntire, civil aeronautics
authority director of the control
tower, said," "Now, with the facilities of ILS, 95 percent of
schedules to the airport should be
completed with flights being cancelled only during the very worst
flyin.<r weather.
"The radio equipment is the basic requirement according to CAA
standards for central tower operation," Mr. Mclntire stated. "We
have already gone ahead and had
the .instrument landing system installed. Within a few years radar
flight control mechanisms will supplant ILS.
,fCAA has recently developed a
15-year plan which will bring aboi-.t
absolutel" all-weather flying. Radar equipment will be installed at1
all major airports and Akron-Canton will be one of these.
"Chicago, Washington and New
York airports are already radar
equipped," he added.
"Under the 15-year plan,-" he
stated, "it is possible that Akron-
Canton Airport will have radar
equipment installed within the next
two or three years."
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Greentown Firemen pomplete
Fire Station Enlargement Project
j AGENDA CLUB TO
MEET JANUARY 11
Mew Organ Amplifier
M Christian Church
fo Be Dedicated
The new orf*ari amplifier at the
Community Christian Church will
be dedicated at 10:10 on Sunday
morning by Rev. C. H. Kerr in
memory 0f Ralph Young.
Mrs.   Kalph   Young  and   family
Steady There!
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'-,-. Have:you ever been caught in a panic stricken crowd?
I17you have, you will never forget the experience. I was on
ah^ overcrowded, overbalanced .boat, on Lake Erie, one time
when ;I;wa§*a child and T rem.einber the blind panic of the
crbwd as the ship listed heavily. They rushed from one side
to -another—pushing and crowding, hysteria rising rapidly
as?the panic spread' and the vessel listed more heavily with
eacft-.surge 'of ihe^mob. ,
r- ./~The_., jusj^wjien it seemed the ship would overturn with.
the.h'exit rush—a man jumped on the rail and cried, out in a
cata;-determined voice, "Steady There!" The,surging crowd
stood*still for a moment. And in that pause he told them that
if^they: kept their heads, they would be. safe. They must
staWd "quietly where they were and then cooperate in order to
k;eep; the balance of the boat so that the captain could bring i
fi' safe (to shore again. The crowd steadied under his calm
counsely and the vessel came safely to its dock in the harbor.1
In ithis! hour of strife and turmoil, of quickened resent-
|snts and of increasing tension, we need men who will cry
Iteady there!", who can recognize the dangers ahead and.
plan to face them. But* even more than such men, we needs
people everywhere who can stand steady in the face of im-1
pending dangers, and avert them because they know the
'value of cooperation and refuse to be led into blind panic;
people who. can. wait- until they know the facts; and people'
who can then take their proper places in the fight so as to,
fassist the leaders at thejielm to bring the ship to shore.
We must hold steady now—today and tomorrow, .We.,
must npt.s'lip into, $he error of pessimism that accepts the
>worst as an established fact—the pessimism that ends in
- disruptive apanic. .We must hold steady against those sub-
fvdrsive; forces who are -always trying to arouse our suspicions,", our ^prejudices, our fears and whip them into the un-
Ithinking, unreasoning- terrors that send the crowd into wild
k'oui. ' I'    »„;,.,      ., .-   .
,,; ■'-.,~ Over three hundred years ago John Bunyan wrote in
r;his;"Holy~War'-,-"F<)r-'here--lay-the excellent wisdom of him
|that-;buUt'Mansoul, that the walls could never be broken
-down nor hurt, by the most mighty adverse potentate, unless
'the* townsmen gave consent thereto."
.Steady- There! That is the immediate task of each of us.
Twenty-Nine Prize Winning
Pieces Of Art on Display
Ralph Young-
and the Young family have presented the organ {amplifier to the
church in memory of Mr. Kalph
Young, who' was-well known here
in North Canton, having served as
■manager, of the North Canton
Brapch of . the . Citizens Savings
and- Loan Company ' for many
years. • -
A  civic-minded i citizen,   he  was
active in church and civic affairs.
LUTHERAN MISSIONARY
SOCIETY MEETING
The Women's Missionary Society
meeting. of the Zion Lutheran
Church will be held on Wednesday,
January 12 at 1:S0 p. m. in the
heirr.o of Mrs. Gordon Carle on
Portage Street. '
Mrs. Paul Daneker will present
the afternoon's topic which will be
"Parish Education".     ' '
Fire Chief H. C. Kissinger [of the Greentown Volunteer
Fire Department has reported the completion of a $30,000
fire station enlargement project at a cost of only $6,000. The
volunteer firemen beat the high cost of building by donating
their time and labor and by sponsoring several commuunity
projects to raise money.
In 1939 the department was organized with two "soda
water trucks". The firemen erected |
a   building  just  large  enough  for
the trucks and equipment in 1942.
Vacations were waived and spare
time donated by the firemen for
the building of the enlarged station.
In August, an eight-inch, 408
foot well was completed with a
turbine pump capable of handling
C50 gallons of water a minute.
Work was immediately begun on
the present building.
All the work was done by the
firemen with the exception of one
employed driller for the well and
about 20 hours of professional
service on the outside wall.
A   3,250    gallon   water   storage
tank   was   also   completed   dun,
the summer. "_S_§
Money for the project wasTi
at an all-day festival and «___
auction and by collections ofwasts
paper and scrap metal. Donated
.livestock, poultry, canned goods',
and new and old furniti-.re was
sold at the auction—and $3,000 was
netted for the day.
A 1,300-gallon tank wagon, a
500-gallon-a minute pumper and a
portable pump, plus new hose, were
also purchased with money raised
through  community  projects.
To be completed in 1949 are a
shower room and a game room for
the" men. A second floor large
enough for a gathering of 300
people has .been taken over by the
women of the village—the Garden
Club, the Y.W.C.A. and the Women
of the Civic Association.
Women from the three groups
formed a planning committee
which is studying a kitchen, lavatories and an assembly room.
Painting and decorating will be
done by the women.
The floor will also be used as a
town meeting hall.
Chief Kissinger reported that
the department now has 18 men
and has answered an average of
12 calls a year during the nine
years it has been operating.
The firemen hold weekly practice
sessions and annual inspection of
public buildings.
Fred Metzger is assistant chief;
other officers include Captain Harold Kaufman and Lieut. Dellet
Baftlett.
Firemen on 'the force include
Carson Bowers, John Fleischman,
Jr., Warren Martin, .Stanley Fil-.
hour, Harold Bailey. -Peter Donat;
Ralph ' Wise',' Creighton Traxler,
Ed -Freese, Howard Hartong, Howard Roth; Clarence Swinehart, Herbert-' Myers' and James McEwen.
The Agenda Club will .meet at
the home of Mrs. Hubert Brumbaugh on North Market Street extension on Tuesday evening, January 11 at 8 o'clock.
The the'me of the meeting is
"Parties", and in keeping with this
Mrs. Christian Wingerd will speak
on "Decorations and Favors" and
Mrs. Dwight Shawk will speak on
"Party  Fun".
Election of officers will take
place at the business meeting.
The display at the Little Art
Gallery of the North Canton Public Library during the month of
January will include twenty-nine
prize winning examples of High
school and Junior High School art
work.
The magazine Scholastic spon-
s.QRfcs^flSsannual contest 'for schools
ut the nation with awards
lade by the Aitr.erican
Company, under whose
sponsorship this display is being
made.
The display includes oil paint'
ings, drawings, silk screen prints
and block prints on fabric.
This exhibit should be of special
interest to teachers and students
in this area, and it will be displayed during library hours in the
Little Art Gallery until January
29, Robert Rainey, director of the
gallerys announced.
LITERARY CLUB
MEETING JAN. 10
Given Warning to
Pick up Tax Notices
Property owners who have
moved and left no address since
the last real estate property bills
were mailed were warned by Coun
ty Treasurer Frank A. Hoffman
that they must pick up their tax
blls at his office to avoid payment
of -penalties.
Mr. Hoffman said all tax bills
for the last half of 1948 have been
wailed but between 500 and 700
letters have been returned by the
postoffice and no forwarding address is available. Included in this
figure are a number of persons on
rural routes who have not moved
but whose routes have been changed by the postoffice, Mr. Hoffman
said.
"It is the responsibility of the
taxpayer in these cases to see that
the bills are picked up at the tax
office in the .courthouse and paid
within the time required by law. If
they are not paid, the bills will be
subject to penally charges as set
up by law," Mr. Hoffman stated.
The last date for payment of
taxes on the current billings is
January 29.
TAX COLLECTORS TO
BE IN NORTH CANTON
JANUARY 10
The County Treasurer's office iwill
send one of its deputies to the
Citizens Savings and Loan Company, ,North • Canton Branch • on
Monday, January 10, to collect
taxes for the North Canton Village
and Plain-Township.
First Accident at Akron-Canton Airport
Caused by Landing Gear December 31
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Th collapse of the landing gear
on a Miami-Detroit Eastern Airlines DC-3 on Friday, December
31, marked the first accident at
the new'port. ' ,<
The fifteen passengers _nd three
crewmen, Captain M. Delosche, the
pilot, R. Jar.rendt, "co-pilot" and
flight attendant, H. E. Potter, were
jarred but uninjured,'late Friday
afternoon, when ,the;plane .struck
a bank' short of •'■the'-runwayl as it
was coming in for a,, landing and
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when it .bounced onto the landing
strip', the wheels were driven up
into the wings	
C.A.B. field agents were at the
port Monday conducting an investigation.' H. M. Brown, 'station
manager for Eastern said a strong
wind gripped the slowed plane and
turned it.
A crew, of mechanics .were flown
H. W- Hoover
Awarded Medal
The North Canton Literary Club
will meet at the home of Mrs. H.
C. Price on Monday evening, January 10 at 7:30 o'clock.
Mrs. O. P. Kidder will present
the biography of Madame Louise
Homer famous opera singer with
musical accompaniments. Mrs. Dan
W. Roush will .present the biography of Marian Anderson another
well known opera singer.
Installation of officers will be
made during the business session.
Those-to be installed include: Mrs.
M. A. Cossaboom, president; Mrs.
Harry Mohler, vice president; Mrs.
Albert Conrad, secretary; Mrs. A.
R. Fish, assistant secretary; Miss
Ethel Brown, treasurer; Mrs. E.
E. Clouser, assistant treasurer;
Mrs. F. M. Crawford and Mrs. H.
D. Wise, chaplains.
ZION REFORMED
MISSIONARY MEETING
The Women's Missionary Society of the Zion EvangelicaL and
Reformed Church will hold their
January meeting on Thursday the
13th at 7:30 p. m. in the social
rooms of the church.
A playlet, "The Gift Bpxes," will
be presented by .members of the"
Rebecca Class.
H; W. Hoover was recently honored by King George VI of Eng
land when the King's Medal for
Service in the Cause of Freedom,
a decoration given in recognition of
services rendered to the Allied
Cause during World War II, was
presented to him through the British Embassy at 'Washington D.C.
The presentation was made in
connection with Mr. Hoover's
efforts in' bringing the English
Guest Children here to America in
'August 1949, where they remained
until after the war was over.
The, medal is made of silver and
bears the King's head on one side
and a • knight and Roman's figure
on the reverse side jvith appropriate wording.
PEO SISTERHOOD
MEETING JANUARY 10
Chapter BB of the PEO Sisterhood" will .meet at" the home of Mrs.
R. T; Warburton, 303 Cordelia
Road,' North - Canton, on Monday
eyeping, January 10 at-8:30 p. m,
here "from Miami,^- Florida to .give[ Mrs.. Louis Acheson will assist the
the plane a thorough overhauling, hostess.
Evangelical, Reformed Churches
Sponsor Leadership Training School
The Evangelical and Reformed Churches and the Presbyterian Churches of the Canton Area are uniting- to sponsor
a Leadership training school for six evenings at First Church,
Evangelical and Reformed, Canton. These classes will be held
the last three Tuesday evenings of
January and the last three Tuesday  evenings  of Februry,  7:30  to
9:30 p. m. This program is arranged to aid the churches in' preparing  more  adequately  trained teachers  and  leaders for" the  church
schools. Anyone" interested in these
courses may enroll.
Courses are prepared to give
teachers instruction in both Biblical Content and teaching techniques.
A course in "How the Bible Came
to Be" will be taught by Dr. Ja,mes
Anderson, the Professor of Bible
and Religious Instruction, College
of Wooster; "Jesus and His Teachings", by' Rev. Dr. Edgar A. Walker, General Presbyter of Mahoning, 'Steobenvile," and Wooster
Presbyteries, Presbyterian Church
in the U.S.A.; "Understanding Our
Pupils'.', by Mr. Melvin Bixler, assistant superintendent,' Stark
County Board of Education; "Ways
of Teaching"," by" Mr. Dwight
F. 1 o h r, superintendent, grade
school, North' Industry. Each evening -these -classes will meet -in
two sessions.
The school program is registered
and regulated through the Boar«l
of Christian 'Education of the Evangelical, and' -Reformed Church
with the International Council of
Religious. Education^'      .       . _
Between "the, twp class sessions
will be held'a worship service under the supervision of Rev7Arthpir
Harsh and * Rev. Earl "Wynn. _The
faculty* an'd''curriculum committee
Mild December Weather Put The
Year's Temperature Above Normal
Temperatures averaging 4 to 7 degrees above normal
with a half inch of rain was the way the last month of .1948
began. Increasing cloudiness and milder was the weatherman's predictions, while a dense fog made driving anywhere
in Ohio dangerous during the early morning hours on December 2. Haze and smoke added to the hazard of fog on the
4th while temperatures started to
drop and by the 9th of the month
snow covered the .ground rather
scantily in places and slippery
streets' made for traffic hazards
during the early morning rush,
hours. A stonm. and a pre-wircter
cold wave sent the mercury tumbling down' to mid-winter iraarks
over parts of the north central
states. At Pembina, North Dakota
the mercury had dropped to 25
below with the cold wave extending
over the eastern Dakotas and
parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and
Iowa.
This part of Stark County was
caught in the tail end of a blizzard on the 5th with wind recorded
at 40 miles per hour at the airport
weather station.
Another cold wave hit here on
the 10th of the month with the
heaviest snowfall of the season
causing .many minor accidents,
throughout the area.
A soup-like fog tied up air operations over most of Ohio on the
13tb and slowed highway traffic
to a crawl. The Akron-Canton airport reported that' not a . single
flight was made to or from the airport until afternoon 'because of the
fog. It was the first time that the
■field had become so blinded by fog
as to halt operations. The Akron-
Canton airport, situated on a high
tract of ground, was thought to be
elevated enough to avoid serious
trouble from fog. However, a
weather observer at the port said
that at noon the fog. still had not
lifted enough to enable nights to
continue, although the fog was reported thick all over the state. A
low temperature of 32 degrees was
rcorded.
Late in the afternoon of the
14th, the most persistant fog seen
in this area in years lifted and as
visibility improved the airport became a busy place with irrany delayed flights taking to the air.
Heavy rainfalls in the Southern
section of Ohio forced the closing
of at least three highways, while
sleet fell in Medina County on the
15th.
Fog and rain were still with
Stark County residents on the 15th
and a little snow fell. The'tem-
perature started .to rise during the.
night and reached its highest
mark of 57 degrees early on the
morning of December 16, At 8 a.
m. the mercury started to nose
dive and had fallen to 42 by noon.
Summery rains commenced to fall
and a total of 1.68 inches fell in
30 hours. Across the country, the
unusual weather included hard
freezing in the California citrus
belt, fog stopped air traffic in
much of the West, floods In the
South Central States and three
inches of soft hail fell in New-
York.
Nine United States airmen who
were stranded on a wind-swept
Greenland ice cap were bogged
down by bad weather and kept
there as the efforts of those who
went to rescue them went for
aught due to the bad weather conditions and heavy winds.
The threats of serious floods
hung over,many of the river towns
and three highways c«»t of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, were blocked
by high water.
Winter once again slipped up on
Stark County residents when the
themoimeter tumbled down to IS
dep-rees, six points under the season's previous low. While we had a
taste of cold weather New York
Citv was buried by a blizzard and
Boy Scouts from the Massillon
area played Santa Claus early to
New Yorks postoffice and shipped
them two pairs of snowshoes in
answer to their pleas.
The end of the month and year
saw California and Nevada experiencing quakes of moderate intensity.
The average temperature for (he-
month of December was 32 ^ degrees as compared with an av^rap;«
of 30.9 degrees . and the month's
precipitation of 3.13 inches was AU
of an inch above the average
The mean monthly .temperature
for the year was 50.6 .degrees as
compared with the average mean
of 50.0 degrees over a 64 year
period. The total precipitation was
40.29 inches as compared with an
averai» of 38.52 inches for the
saiiuc period.  ■ >
Conrad W. Traut, vocational director of The Hoover Company
has been certified as a trainer in
the safety improvement program
of Training Within Industry, Inc.,
L. O. Mellen, president of T. W. I
announced.
Now in operation at the North
Canton plant of The Hoover Company, the progra.m is aimed at im
proving safety conditions and preventing accidents through training
of executives and supervisors.
STARK COUNTY CABIN
CRUISER CLUB TO MEET
Members of the Stark County
Cabin Cruiser Club will meet a-
the Community Building on Friday evening, January 7, at 7
o'clock. '   . '
A covered dish supper will precede the business meeting.
.„ ,  ;  is headed',"Dy>Mf. C., W, Studer.'
Skberfi Erlanger
Named Ghairifi.an
Of Stamp Show
Robert H. Erlanger has been
named chairman of McKinley
Stamp Club's 18th annual exhibition, which will be held April 24
and 25. W. G. Saxton is honorary
chairman.
Other committee heads chosen
by the club are Paul Vlgnos, auction and bourse; Mrs. Anna Mac-
Kenzie, registration, and Miss Esta
Stoner publicity..  -
The exhibition place has not
been selected.
Bud Groshan Speaker
For Optimist Club
The Optimist Club met In
the Community Building on January Sth a   .6:30 p. m.
Mr. Bud Groshan of the Groshan
Graphic- Arts Co., of Canton
snoke on' "Recent Development of
Color Photography" and showed
.mpv'ies to demonstrate the new developments in color photography.
The invocation was given by
E. C. Roberts, and nrosic was
under the direction of Russ'ell'C
Rudy. Lester Rineljart, Chub Prcsi-^
dent, presided. . t   ,>'
f.owei! Stoner Now
President of Stark
County Sr. 4-H Club
Lowell Stoner, of R. D. #0,
North Canton, was .elected president of the Stark County Senior
4-H Club at a meeting held in the
Y.W.C.A. He succeeds John Rpgu-
la of Beach City.
Other officers elected were- Stanley Fohl also of'-R. D. #6, Nor.th
Canton, vice-president, and Dorothy Whiteleather of , R. * D. #3,
Minerva, secretary - treasurer." ,!A_
program committee for the coming
year was also appointed. ,.    ^- -1
More   than   60- "senior-members •
sang   folk   songs   led   by   Robert
Meyers of Hartville. Square dancing followed with, Willis Biery. 6£ ■
Alliance call i,n g. Refreshments,
'were served, -       " *--.7"7'';«;
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