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THE". SUN, NORTH CANTON, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1953
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Vote Yes On
Amendment No. 2
This Little Pig Has "Membership Appeal"
UTT ERBUS - One whe
dumbs refuse out of
his automobile along
the {public highways
Vote to Solve School Crisis
No matter how good our schools are now, they can be
kept up to the high standard we want for our childreii only
if all of us keep constantly interested, constantly alert to the
needs and demands of changing conditions.
The key to good schools . . . schools that are always
improving ... is the keen continuing personal interest of
every citizen. Without it, we may wake up some day to
find that our classrooms have suddenly become overcrowded,
our buildings inadequate, our vitally important teachers
frustrated and discouraged.
We will all have an opportunity to help when we go to
the polls on November 3, if we will VOTE YES on Amendment 2.
Amendment 2 creates a state board of education,, which
would operate the state department of education. The state
director (of education would be selected by this board.
Forty-four states now have boards of education, in Ohio one
man tries to distribute some $115 million dollars annually.
Imagine if you can, one man trying to run a business involving the expenditure and distribution of that amount of
money, without the help of a board of directors.
In Ohio we are trying to struggle along with one man,
Ohio's superintendent of public instruction, whose position
was created in 1912, when the duties of the office were
nominal. Now they have grown to such proportions, that
even he himself admits not being up to the task.
A state board of education will allow the people a voice
in school matters at the state level as they have at the local
level through their local school board.
It will permit long term planning for the schools, of Ohio.
It does not take away any power from local, boards of education,'buirir'wlH^^ help'ffiem'cTo" their work Tri aft* even beirter"1
manner than they are now doing.
A state board of education is needed for the same reasons your local board of education is needed.
The proposed constitutional
amendment on the November
ballot to establish a state
board of education in Ohio
has won widespread favor
among local school boards,
and teachers associations.
The proposal, which will appear as Amendment 2 on the
state issues ballot, provides that
the State Department of Education would be administered on
the same basis as each, of the
more than 1200 local school districts in the state.
'A non - partisan board of education would appoint the state
director of education. Under a
1912 provision of the constitu -
tion, the state director is now an
appointee of the governor.
The proposed change has been
endorsed by all four of Ohio's
regional associations of local
school boards — the northeastern, northwestern, southeastern,
and southwestern associations,
according to Mrs. Lorin Staats,
Athens, chairman of the statewide Committee for Amendment
2. In addition, many individual
school boards formally have approved the issue.
The state board idea is not a
new one. Forty - four states have
boards.
"Today the biggest single function of our state government is
public education, but the State
Department of Education is terribly handicapped by the administrative system set up 41 years
ago," Mrs. Staats said.
"Long range planning and the
resulting improved services to
local school systems are needed
now as never before in these
times of peak enrollments,
teacher and building shortages.
The present system does not permit it.
"Approval of Amendment 2,"
she said, "will place the State
Department of Education in a
much better position to serve
local schools."
What Kind of Defense?
Americans accustomed to thinking of war in terms of
conventional conflict are having their thinking sharply revamped these days. It is no longer possible to visualize war
aa __ kind of deadly football gpme, fought by chosen teams,
using regular plays under rules agreed upon by the participants. On the contrary, the kind of war whidh all of us
must fear and. for which we must be prepared, mentally as
well as physically, entails a struggle of civilians as well as      ^
direct combatants, with no rules, and no referees to call a sociate professor of English   at
Local Teachers Attend
English Conference
• Two local teachers, Miss Hope
Bahler of 334 East Maple St.,
and Mrs. Patricia Williams of
1408 Cleveland Ave. N., attended
the sixth annual English conference for secondary teachers and
principals, held at Kent State
University on October 9.
Approximately 600 teachers of
English and KSU English majors and minors attended the all-
day meeting which was offered
by the KSU College of Education as a service to high school
superintendents and principals
in an effort to give their staffs
in - service training.
Miss Regina  E.  Hanway, as
h^lt.
For this kind of potential conflict, there may be defenses, but no one has yet been able to describe them. As
of this moment, the answer seems to be an adage borrowed
from the world of sport. . . "The best defense is a.giood offense." It is this attitude which has led to the virtual collapse of a Civil Defense program. In very few communities,
is it possible to arouse any real interest in the development
of a Civil Defense. The population lials taken the view that
nothing substantial can be done to protect them against att
A-Bomb, much less an H-Bomb, hence no one bothers at all.
It is certainly time for our military leaders to chart a
specific plan of action for recommended defense. When we
have it, communities which are currently contenting themselves with installing sirens can then organize intelligently
and foresightedly as they must. What we need is the plan
of operations. If we don't follow it then, there is something
wrong with us. Until we have such a plan, no one really
knows what lo do.
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Odd Year" Voting Important
On Tuesday, November 3, a General Election will be
held throughout Ohio as well as locally. The various local
offices to be filled in this election and the many county and
state-wide issues, to be decided upon are of the utmost importance to all our citizens, and to the welfare of our community, county and state.
It is an undeniable fact that the local government affected by this election is a fundamental foundation of all
government, and affects everyone, inasmuch as election of
members to our local school board is also on the ballot.
This year when Ohio is celebrating its 150th birthday
as a state, it is of the greatest importance that we remember
the struggles and hardships of the people who formed the
very fabric of this nation and whose efforts were responsible
for the creation of this, the 17th state in the nation.
The right to a free and s'ecret biallot was then recognized as a fundamental necessity to the republican form of
government under which this state and nation has grown...
one of the guarantees which can best be preserved 'only by
everyone  making full use of this voting privilege.
KSU, was chairman o'f the con>
ference.
Miss Bahler and Mrs. Williams
are members of the faculty of
North Canton High School.
Greentown High School
Damaged By Vandals
More than $200 damage was
done inside Greentown High
School Wednesday night of last
week by vandals who broke into
the building.
Superintendent David Heim reported several desks damaged
toy attempts to pry open the
drawers. He also said glass in-
several doors was broken to
gain entrance to the rooms.
Give What You Can Afford But
Give Gladly To United Fund
Pictured left to right are Gene Valentine, President of the Jaycess, Major Howe of ONAG, Don
Davis, first winner of "Herkimer the pig" and Leonard Woodruff, chairman of the membership
drive. In the background are Don Menk and Robert Kreighbaum. "Hergimer" is now the best
known pig in these parts.
North Canton Jaycees Double
Membership With Unloved Pig
The Membership Committee of the North Canton Jaycees have come up with the answer to any membership, drive.
"Herkimer"—the pig nobody wants!
The committee purchased a small pig from a farmer.
They made up a roster of the members by drawing their
names from a hat. The top man was presented with the pig.
The pig was to remain in his hands until he had procured a
new Jaycee.
When the member presented
the signed applicant's card, he
was given the name of the next
man on the roster and that man
received the pig. The members
could get their names withdrawn
from the roster at any time if
they procured a new member,
before their numbers came up'.
The  pig was  delivered   complete with feeding instructions:
skimmed &nd_- hp.moginize.d .milk-fl.
with cereal.  Many experiments [children
Firemen Plagued
By Grass Fires
North Canton's Volunteer Fire
Department have been called
out to put out eleven fires in the
past seven days, most of them
caused    by    rubbish burners or
Notes From A
kywatcher
Heard of a fellow who thought
this sky watching was all a
bunch of nonsense. It would be
if it were not a part of North
America's Civil Defense plan,
which incidentally was promulgated by the Defense Chiefs of
the U.S.A. and Canada. This
plan is continental in scope and
depends entirely upon cooperation and mutual helpfulness of
all its peoples. Our nation's Civil
Defense is administered in every
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Jr. Woman's Club
Will Meet For
"Husbands' Night"
"Husbands' Night" will be observed by members of the
North Canton Junior Woman's
Club Monday night, October 26,
at 8 p.m. in the Community
Building.
Mr. Sherlock Evans, well-
known in Canton and Massillon
area circles as a humorist, will
be guest speaker of the evening. Music will be presented by
the Treblettes, a girls' trio composed of Francia Ames, Mary
Lou Klinger and Martha Myers.
Serving as hostesses will be
Mrs. Harry Dutka and Mrs. Harold Royer.
Chairmen of the meeting is
Mrs. Jack Underwood. She will
be assisted iby Mrs. T. K. Harris, Mrs Robert Allard, Mrs.
Ashley Austin, Miss Burdeen
Willaman and Mrs. Robert Frye.
on the likes and dislikes of a
young pig were conducted.
"Herkimer," the pig, is thriving
on his diet. It is definitely true
that a pig eats just like a pig!
The results were astounding
and to date more than 53 new
members have signed up — but
not before many a family spent
the night listening to the grunts
of a 4 week old porker. A few
of the members discovered how
elusive a young pig can be.
Thinking that such a young pig
could not get away, they put
Herkimer on the ground to feed
it. Between barking dogs, irate
Jaycee and screaming pig the
neighborhood will take some
time to get back to normal.
Many youngsters tried to persuade their Dads to not get a
new member; they wanted to
keep Herkimer.
The committee who dreamed
up this nightmare was composed
of Leonard Woodruff, chairman,
Paul "Berndt, Robert Kreighbaum  and  George Varga.
Semper Fidelis Class Plans
"Hard Times" Party Oct. 23
The Semper Fidelis Class of
the Zion Lutheran Church will
meet Friday, October 23, at 8
p.m. in the church for a "hard-
time" party. Host and hostesses for the evening will be Mrs.
Gordon Carle and Mr. and Mrs.
Leo Snyder.
Jaycees Plan Annual Halloween
Mardi Gras For Saturday Oct. 31
The committee in charge of the North Canton Junior
Chamber of Commerce Halloween party, headed by Floyd
Shambaugh are busy putting the finishing touches to the
last minute details.
To The Scoffers
Mr. Shambaugh h a s announced that a parade of all
costumed persons, led by the
North Canton High School Band,
will leave the square at 7:15 p.m.
and travel down Portage Street
to West Street and hack to the
Square on West Maple Street.
Costume judging will take
place immediately after the
parade, in the area, on East
Maple between Main and McKinley, Streets, where the party
following will be held.
'After the judging, Bob Fishel's
six - piece orchestra will provide music for round and square
dancing until midnight.
Many prizes will °e awarded
during the evening, one prize
will be given to the best cos-
the
To those of you who scoff at thenew^Observation Post
and laugh at the efforts of those foresighted enough to try ^^f^1  another for   ....
and protect not only themselves but you by .scanning tiie best costumed adviit, and one for
toAvlns    . . Remember Pearl Harbor . . . had.theipe.been;the ..best costumed high school
isomeone on watch ... many lives Could have been saved!    Istudent; and six other prizes;
three for the boys and three for
the girls will be given for each
of the best costumed grade
school children of various age
groups. The latter to be divided
into First and Second grades;
3rd and 4th grades; and 5th and
6th grades, and fourth into 7th
and 8th grade age groups.
There will be many attendance
prizes donated by local merchants among which will be included two grand prizes, one a
Hoover sweeper and the other
a General Electric cabinet model ironer.
The entire affairJs free to the
people of North Canton and vicinity, including all the cider,
and coffee they can drink and
all the donuts'they can eat.
They spent a total of 19 hours,
\ fighting those fires away from
the Village, which could have
meant disaster to the town, had
a fire started here in the Village ,
during that time!
Everyone is cautioned to he on |
the alert and not to burn grass;
and leaves during this drought,
and too keep a watchful eye on
any trash burners until    every
last spark is out. I
This continued warm unseas-
sonable weather is beautiful, but
it also has left all our homes
dry as tinder, one spark now
can do much more damage than
it would during normal rainy fall
weather. _
j On Tuesday, October 13 fire-
men answered a call to Adam
Willaman's place on Huckleberry Road where they spent three
hours trying to put out a fire
I that was burning in a swamp
there. To date it is still burning.
On Thursday, October 15 a
grass fire at the Lawrence Fur-
bee place on Dressier Road
took one hour to control.
Another call the same day
took the firemen to the William
Love Farm on Elmhurst Road
where three hours was spent trying to put out a fire burning in a
swamp.
On Friday, October 16, two
more , calls were answered by
North' Canton's Volunteer Fire
Department, one to the D. N.
Phillips residence at 1012 Wood-
row Ave, in North Canton where
an hour was spent getting a
grass fire under control. The
second call that day took the
firemen to the William Sibila
Farm on Everhard Road where
a swamp and woods was on fire,
they spent three futle hours trying to extinquish 'the fire which
made so much smoke that it has
caused four wrecks already on
nearby roads. The fire is still
burning at this writing.
On Saturday, October 17, a
grass fire .hat was threatening
the Mohler Lumber Company's
yards on Portage Extension took
the firemen one hour to get under control.
Monday, October 19, firemen
answered three 'calls spending
an hour at each one. The first
one was a grass fire at the W. I.
Miller residence on Portage St.
Extension, the second another
grass fire at the L. Weideman
[home at 514 Viking Street and
the third hour Monday was spent
giving the Ma!ss__lon.,and ..Canal
Fulton Fire Department an assist to get a huge grass fire under control.at the Kendall 'Al-
lottment near Massillon.
Tuesday, October 20 saw the
firemen spending five hours but
of town trying to put out two
fires. At the first fire they spent
three hours at the "William vLbve
The 1953 United .Fund Drive got under way in earnest
this week as 1,200 volunteer workers started knocking at
doors trying to contact an estimated 75,000 people in this
part of Stark County, in an effort to raise a reaord-break-
ing campaign goal of $685,660 in ten days.
Twenty - four area agencies
and four national agencies *W"«
participating in the drive this
year. Success of this fund-raising effort will assure these agencies of the necessary operating
expenses for the coming year.
The four national agencies are
Muscular Dystrophy Association,
United Defense Fund, USO,
American Cancer Society, and
Canton's Crippled Children's Society sponsored by the local Rotary Clubs.
The drive was set in motion
Monday night with a kickoff
dinner, attended by some 750
workers in the St. Francis Hotel. Lawrence Hamaker, a former Canton resident, and now
the general sales manager of
the Republic Steel Corp. in
Cleveland was the principal
speaker.
He told the workers,. that the
kind of a town they lived in depended on the success of the
drive, for a large degree of the
sucess of business firm depends on the ability to get first
rate employees, and capable,
skilled workers or competent office help. That kind of help he
stated does not come from neighborhoods where juvenile delin -
quency is rampart, the children
of today are the future citizens
of tomorrow, and the kind of environment in which they grow up
and the training which is given
them, governs the kind of citizens they will become.
The campaign goal is a modest price to pay for keeping
this area a good place to live
and work and raise your children in he continued.
He went on to say that there
are strong forces agitating today
for the government to take over
the work now being done by the
agencies that comprise the
United Fund group. He pointed
out that unless the job was done
adequately and voluntarily at
the local level there were
chances that the government
would take over. When that happens he pointed out the taxes
demanded   by  the   government
any
the
Dr. Gerald Brooker
Speaks On Human Urges
The meeting of the Stark County Academy of Osteopathic Medicine was held in the American
Legion Hall, Canton on Wednesday, October 21, at noon. The
speaker was Dr. Gerald Brooker, his subject was Human
Urges.
Looal Club Celebrates Toastmasters
international 29th Birthday
The 29th birthday of Toastmasters International is be-
ing celebrated locally and throughout the land during the
month of October. The North Canton Toastmasters Club,
holding Charter 915 of the International organization, will would be far greater thar
honor the occasion at their regular bi-weekly dinner meeting
Monday evening October 26 at The Pines.
The meeting has been
designated as Old Timers Night
and invitations have been mailed to all former members of the
local club.
Dr. Ralph C. ■ Smedley, the
founder,   organized    a club   he
. In case of rain the.affair will
be held..in Willis' Pontiac. gar- Farrn (where they had previous
age. (Continued on Page Three)
Water Supply
Low - Ban
Sprinkling
Mayor Raymond Evans
has asked all the people in
North Canton and vicinity,
who are supplied by the
North Canton Water Department, to abide by the
"NO SPRINKLING" re -
quest.
Due to the continued
drought and a recent break
in a main water line the
wells from which North
Canton's water supply is
drawn are dangerously low
Mayor Evans pointed out,
it would- be far easier to
leave the grass die for
lack of water than to go
without drinking water
ourselves.
With the cooperation of
everyone concerned, Mayor Evans stated, the "No
Sprinkling" ban would be
the only ban imposed, however if the drought contun-
ued and the water level becomes any lower than it
already is, there may have
to be other restrictions
placed on the use of water.
The Mayor cautioned
against burning of fields or
yards, until after several
heavy rains have fallen,
due to the unusually dry
weather, and the lack of
water to fight any fire
that may be caused by pne
o'f these grass fires, wtiic_i
get out of hand' so easily.
He called attention to the
big fire over at Alliance,
which could have been put
out before much damage
had been done, had there
been a supply of water on
hand, however Alliance
like all towns all over this
area, has very little water
to spare for fires due to
the continued drought.
called the Toastmasters. His
idea was simply to improve public speaking. This first group
met October 22, 1924. The program was designed to aid its
members in thinking and talking on their feet before audiences, large or small. To help
achieve that purpose, Dr. Smedley evolved the procedure of
having the members criticize
one anothers speech or by evaluation as it is called now by
Toastmasters. That basic plan is
still the foundation of Toastmasters procedure.
Still actively engaged in Toast-
masters International as honorary President and Educational
Director, Dr. Smedley is witnessing the burgeoning of this
idea into a great organization of
approximately 1400 Toastmasters clubs with some 40,000 members on both sides of the Atlantic. It is the fourth largest service group in number of clubs
and growing by leaps and
bounds.
Each club is limited to 30
members so that virtually all of
them participate in the speaking and discussions of their two-
hour meetings. The work of the
local clubs, of which there are
six in Stark County, is supervised by Toastmasters International, a non - profit corporation
made  up of all the  clubs.
The fundamental purposes of
the Toastmasters Clubs are to
build personality, develop leadership and create general use-
fullness through practice and
development of ability in the art-
of speech. To this end the club
seeks to improve its members in
oral expression of thought, to
develope their ability to appear
before audiences, to provide constructive criticism and comment, to provide instruction in
chairmanship, to promote good
fellowship among congenial, ambitious men, interested in self-
improvement and to correlate
the training with business.
The officers of the local club
extend an invitation of all men
over 21 years old who are interested in the purposes of Toast-
masters club to visit one of their
meetings. The officers are Irvin
Spence, President; Frank Berrodin, Vice President; Harry Robinson, Secretary; Willis Baugh-
man, Treasurer; Wells Ellis,
Sargeant at Arms; Walter Yohe,
Deputy Governor and Lloyd
Hine, Educational    Chairman.
Paul Evans, a member of the
North Canton club is, Secretary-
Treasurer- of District 10 Toast-
masters International.
amount given voluntarily
fund drive now.
Local workers in this    drive
are:
Mrs. W. S. Waltenbaugh Jr.,
Chairman, Mrs. Wayne Baughman, Mrs. Wm. Brown, Mrs. M.
F. Burt, Mrs. Chris Cochran,
Mrs. W. D. Cropley, Walter '<•".'_."..
tenbaugh, Mr. Wayne G: £_-'_'*"-
Mrs. Orin Herrington, Mr.. Harold Hershberger, Mrs. La-vrer.ee
Honnold, Mrs. Donald Le__rr._.r.
Mrs. Curtis Martin, Mrs. John
Peterson, Mrs. S. W. Pfouts, Mrs
Dallas Schilling, Mr. Aaron
Schontz, Mrs. Wm. Sirr.r-'on,
Mrs. Jack Underwood ar.-* ".Mrs.
Willard Wright.
The last report meeting  v.:.
be held on October 27, at a n._..
day luncheon meeting in   th
Onesto hotel.
Jaycees Volunteer
Zoning Survey
For many years the North
Canton City Council has been
planning a zoning ordinance. The
plans have never been completed due to the cost. The biggest
expense involved is carrying out
a  survey of the village.
The North Canton Jaycees
have volunteered to conduct this
survey under the direction pf
Cooper, the village engineer.
Plans are proeeding to have this
survey completed in the near future.
Jaycee. Clarence Blasier has
been very successful in his
post as contact man with the
village council in this matter.
Grade School
To Hold
Open House
Parents and friends of
the North Canton Grade
School are invited to attend "Open House" on
Monday, October 26 from
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
While parents are, wel.
come to visit the school.at
any time, "Open House"
is a special opportunity for
them to visit the school,
see the work of their children and meet ain'd become
acquainted with the teachers.