The Sun, 1953-12-23

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VOL. 29 NO. 12
THE SUN, NORTH CANTON, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 19S3
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Christmas Memories
"And there wtere shepherds abiding in the fields, keeping watch over their flocks by night."
Each of us has his or her own Christmas memories.
Memories that often because of things that were and are
no more, keep us from a full recognizance of the Day of
Days.
Perhaps your memory is of songs and laughter and a
full gathering of family around a festive board. Perhaps
it is a fir tree gay with candles. Perhaps it is the crustiness
of snow and the sheen of stars against a deep blue sky as
you walked home from midnight service.
Mine is the verse with which I began, and with which
my mother always opened the holiday. If-1 shut my eyes
I can still smpll the piney fragrance of the Christmas tree
and see the whiteness of the frost on the window panes, and
feel the sureness of her hand holding mine.
"And there were shepherds abiding in the fields keeping watch over their flocks by night. And the angel of the
Lord came upon them. And the angel said unto them, Fear
not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy."
The years have passed. Sorrows may have come upon
us. There may be longing in our hearts. But Christmas remains and if we will but let it in, it can bring into our hearts
fragrance and joy.
Christmas is a day not to be celebrated, but to be kept.
It is not dependent upon money, but upon love. It is a day
not for one, but for Bill. It is the day of proof that love is
the strongest thing in the world — stronger than hate,
stronger than evil, and stronger than death.
None of us is too poor or too lonely to keep Christmas.
We can share that which we have with those who have less.
'mere is no price tag on well-wishing or on friendly speaking or kindly doing. The gates of our hearts can swing wide
at a, touch. We can each of us bring cheer to some lonely
child or a,word of friendship to the lonely and forgotten men
•"; ^Eor. nb one can keep Christmas alone.   As Henry Van
'DyR'fe wrote in his great Christmas prayer:
'■'..''' .".' "Tte'ach" ifte that I am not alone,
•;,'.'        But that many hearts all round the world,
Join with me through the silence,
While I pray in his name."   Amen.
Riehl Scholarship
Contest Announced
The rules for the William
Leonard   Riehl   Memorial
' Scholarship Contest were recently announced. It is open
to North Canton High School
students only.
Entrants are to construct models o'f Wm. A. Riehl's 'Prize-
Winning House in the 1953 National Home Week contest from
plans and specifications furnished. One entrant may submit
any number of models he or she
desires.
Models may be constructed of
any materials and built to~ any
scale entrant may choose. Art
students may choose to build
model houses of cardboard set on
plaster of pans or papier mache
lot, showing topographical detailing. Industrial Art students may
fouHd models of wood showing
room layouts and scaled construction and interior details.
Models are to be judged on
their individual merits, not as to
their media of construction.
There are no limitations as to
cost involved in each, model.
Winning models become the
property of the sponser.
Sponser reserves the right to
purchase any other entries he
desires at prices agreeable to
entrants.
Contest closes in May 1954,
exact closing date will he announced later.
Entrants may view house located at 833 Church Street in
Riehl's Lindale Allotment from
which models are to be patterned from outside only,
although ideas 'can be gathered
as to interior detailing by inspecting any other houses in construction at any time.
Scholarship awards range
from $150 for first, $100 for second and $50 for third.
Judging the contest will be Mr.
Raymond Trachsei, superintendent of the North Canton Public Schools; Mr. Vernon Sell,
publisher of the North Canton
Sun, and Mr. Robert Rainey, art
director oi the North Canton Library's Little Art Gallery.
Nativitu Scene at Zion Lutheran Church     N. Canton Community Building
Holiday Schedule For December
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Pictured above is 'the Nativity scene that has been erected  on the  lawn in front of
Zion Lutheran Church on West Maple Street here in North Canton.
the
Uniontown Fire Chief
Heads County Group
. The Uniontown Fire Chief, E.
K. Martin was elected president
of the Stark County Firemen's
Ass'n. at a recent meeting.
Other new officers of the association include Chief Dale
George of the Minerva Fire Department as vice president;
George   Irey,  of  the  North  In-
Hattersley, President of The Hoover Co.
Predicted 1954 To Be A Better Year
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W. Nimishillen Church
Of Brethren
Keep Christmas Safe
The Ohio State Fire Marshal urges all persons to guard
against home fires thfe Christmas.
' He states that it is virtually impossible for an unskilled son Township Volunteer Fire De-
person to flamepHoof a Christmas  tree with chemicals or.partment was elected treasurer       „,,__._ ..,,___,.___ „_.,____ 	
paint. The best idea for Christmas fire safety is to follow i   Th<L ne^. meeti«g of the Stark, dtment   t Th   Hoover Co.,
fr       j. -ui      ,,i„„ County    Firemen's   Association' - -
these few sensible rules. 'will be held on Friday evening,
Choose a small tree instead of a large one. A small tree j January 29 in the new fire sta-
he stated
that while lr53 had been a good
year for the Hoover Company,
it was not as good as 1952 from
the profit  point of view.
But. he predicted that 1954
would be a better year for these
reasons: . {,,.-.
New products in the -course <3
being introduced to the market,
the possibility of increaed defense orders and more intensified advertising and promotion
activities. ,
Dinner was followed by a floor
show. Charles Pickens' orchestra
played.   L.   E.  Connelly,   vice
dustry Fire Department  as  re-  president of industrial relations,
cording secretary; E. P. Myers I was master of ceremonies.
of  the   North Canton  Fire  De-j 	
partment   was   named   corre - j George Conrad, 35 Year
sponding   secretary,   and   Fire; Hoover Co. Employe, Dies
Chief Jack Weimer of the Jack- j  _
j    George S.   Conrad of Canton,
' a 35-year employe of the motor
J. F. Hattersley, president'
of The Hoover Company, pre-1
sented gold watches to 35.
employees who had competed; GhrJStmaS PrOgTam    '
2d years of service with thej  w
company, at a dinner in their | The chi]dren 0f ttie west Nimi-
honor Thursday evening, De-jshillen Church of the Brethren
cember 17. \W1^ present their Christmas pa
in a short talk before nearly: geant "Because of Jesus' Birth-
900 veteran employees and their! day" Sunday night, December
wives and  husbands   "--   -'—'--1  ^   ■
can be just as pretty and less of a hazard
Cut the Christmas tree at an angle about an inch above
the original cut and set it in water or damp sand. Bo not locate it near radiators, heater's or fireplaces.
Use only flameproof Christmas tree decorations. (The
Ohio State Law forbids the sale of any other kind.).
Have a substantial screen for the fireplace,
tion in Jackson Township.
Greentown Girl Scouts Sing
Carols At Maplecrest Home
Members   of  the   Greentown
Girl Scout Troop sang Christmas
. carols at the Maplecrest conval-
Keep Christmas wrappings from accumulating. Kemiove escent home at Uniontown Wed-
them as soon as the presents are unwrapped. 1 nesday evening, and also sang
Do not smoke close to the Christmas tree and provide ion the village square. A party
plenty of large ashtrays.   Keep matches away from children. 1 **}*&** ex*angG0 ™Te, *% in
P     £se only electriAght 4» ***** th/ *T™} °f ^ 2^- -&?' £"£&£*
Underwriters Laboratories.    Check sets for frayed cords, j
loose connections and broken sockets.   Do not overload your j
circuits and be sure lights are turned off before retiring or
leavipg the house.
4void celluloid or other inflammable toys.  Toys that re- j
quire gasoline, kerosene or alcohol are especially dangerous, j
.■.-v. When needles start falling from the tree discard it at I
died Sunday noon, December 20,
in Aultman Hospital after a long
illness. He was 68.
Mr. Conrad had retired from
his work at The Hoover Co. last
July. He resided at 3717 Cleveland Ave. NW.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Anna E. Conrad; a son, Harry L.
Smith of Canton; a foster son
James Armstrong of Edgefield;
two sisters, a brother, three
grandchildren.
A Jehovah Witness service was
held in the Arnold Funeral Home
Wednesday afternoon, and burial
was in Westlawn Cemetery.
Only 133 Students Registered For
January 4 Income Tax Schools
Area Student Debaters
Participate In Contests
Area debate team, including
those from North Canton and
Jackson Memorial high schools,
took part in a National Forensic
League tournament at Wooster
Saturday, December 19. The subject was the abolishing of the
eletoral college.
Louisville High School's team
took honor in the tournament,
with Canton Lehman and Massillon Washington High t i e d for ^
second place. No third pla.ce win.
ner was announced.
Others who participated in the
11-team tourney included McKinley, Cantort South, Doyles-
town, Wooster, Barberton, Port
Clinton and Hartville.
The next contest for area debaters will be sponsored by Canton -Lehma_i~ and Will be held
January 9 at Canton McKinley
High School.
27, at 7:45 p.m. in the church,
the play, written by Elsie
Duncan Yale, with music by Stewart Landon, is climaxed by the
Nativity scene.
Soloists will be Betty Nutter,
and Mary Lou Watkins, and
Mary Alice Myers wiU .sgjyeji§,
pi'Snist. "*"""'
Following the children's presentation, the entire congregation
will participate in the white
gift offering, in which each class
contributes a Christmas gift
wrapped in white to be given to
relief, and the candle-lighting
service.
Rev. Edwin C. Petry is pastor of the church.
From 11:15 p.m. until 12 midnight that same evening, the!
church choir will present a pro- . The North Canton Ladies
gram of Christmas music over j Literary Club which was first
radio station WADC in Akron.; founded 60 years ago in 1894,
Originally scheduled for October. recently held its annual ban-
SAS?ffiaS,ofPSffii?^ ^ the Community Chris-
work's presentation of "T h e ' "an Church.
Messiah" the night of the 20th.
Many activities have been planned to keep the yori_
people of North Canton busy during the month of Decem^ur
and particularly during the holiday week. "/.
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Beginning on Monday, December 21 at 9 p.m. there wasr*
Comadsqua Christmas P a t £y
Wednesday, December 23 at-,3
p.m. there was regular Craft 8S&
Gym schedule at 3 p.m. for boys'
and girls groups. At 6:30 Wednesday the Prep Friendsmj*
group went caroling and wound
up with a Christmas Party, Beginning at 8:30 on Wednesday
night there was one of the highlights of the Christmas season
the High School Christmas
Dance with refreshments and later caroling. ;..
Thursday December 24 beginning at 10:00 a.m. there wilTIje
special Christmas movies, at <^t»
there will be open gym session
and Game Lobby, with the Cttt^-
muriity Building closing at 5-ih
the afternoon to enable the st&B.
to have Christmas in their <j*to
homes. '*''
On Saturday December 26" at
9 a.m. there will be the regular
Saturday Schedule for all groins
and in the evening starting. 5ft
7:30 there is to toe a Baskfitbtgl
Carnival. .   "' *
On Monday, December 28, the
regular Saturday schedule r3l
craft movies and gym will Hfe
held for all youths, while at TtSJO
in the evening a Camper's reunion party will be held.       --
On Tuesday, December 29,
regular Saturday schedule
again be held starting at 9 a.m,
with a Foul Shooting Contest &**
ginning at 1 in the afternoon for
boys in grades 7 through 12.
Wednesday morning December
30 the regular Saturday schedule of Craft; movies and gym
will start at 9 a.m. and on Thursday, December 31 a Dog Shgw
will be held starting at 10;30
a.m. and the Building will close*
at 5 p.m. to reopen on Saturday
morning, January 2. The g.yjn
however will remain closed, aU
day Saturday, so the commit^*
can decorate it for the "Srfows
ball Dance" another highlight <jf
the holiday season. The danfce
will begin at 8:30 p.m. with Ju.Jd
Warstler's Orchestra playiig tot
the merry makers.
Jackson's New Fire
Hall Dedicated
Dedication ceremonies for
Jackson Township's Volunteer
Fire Department and Fire
Station were held last week art;
the station were held last
week at the station located
off West Blvd. at Lake Cable.
Jack Weimer heads the Jackson  department   as   Fire  Chief
and   in that   capacity officially
turned the station over to Township Trustees Adam Rohr, Melvin  Rohr and  W.  J.  Schalmo,
I while Paul Deville, chairman of
i the   Lake   Cable   Recreation
j Ass'n., performed a similar task
: by turning over the land to the
j trustees.
I The new station which is val-
Jued at more than $15,000, was
j constructed almost entirely with
i volunteer help furnished by the
firemen and with many of the
j materials donated.
I It is equipped with a modern
; 500 gallon per minute pumper
1 which carried 800 gallons of waiter. Some finishing work lemaint;
j to be done on the station DUt it
j is complete.
j Trustees purchased the fi r e
truck which, with equipment,
cost approximately $14,000. During the next year, firemen hope
to 'be able to raise enough to
purchase a water tank truck and
an ambulance. Space for these
vehicles was made for them in
the new station house.
A   45-foot   hose   tower,    constructed of masonry and housing
the siren is mounted on top of
station.    The    department
Ladies Literary
Club Founded
60 Years Ago
Among the numbers presented
will be "O Come, All Ye Faithful" with Mrs. G. H. Watkins as
obligato soloist; 'Silent Night,"
"Glory To God" by Lee Rogers
and "Cantique De Noel" by Adol.
phe Adam. Mrs. Robert Graf will
accompany  the  choir.
-When
OJWfe, . |
'  •' Have the fire department number plainly posted and:
ii^the event of a fire call them AT ONCE, and get everyone out of the house.
Let this Christmas in '53 be fire free.
OfficiallyThere'saSanta Clavs
Since this is the season for the perennial question, "Is
there REALLY, a Santa Claus?" we are happy to be able
to assure oifr readers of all ages that there certainly is,
and that he" really does live in the town of North Pole.      ,—— — 0n"fiiiing out simpli
While it has been long.rumored that he maintained his ^c/t0aTreturns wWle the after
residence and work-shop at the North Pole, this is now an nO0n C0Urse iS f0r more ad
official fact, recognized by the United States Post Office vance(i students
and the postal services of many other lands. This town,
which is 14 milels south of Fairbanks, Alaska, recently provided Santa with a' tract of five acres for his permanent
headquarters, which will be known as Saaitaland, and where
all the youngsters of the world can address their Christmas
letters The main street, which will be 100 feiet wide, will
be called Santa Claus Lane, and the other streets will be
named for the reindeer — whose.names you all know without our repeating them here. .iWv-...W..w-. -	
Besides the'workshop, Santaland will have a chapel, a January 4 in the Elks clubrooms.
recreation center Jind a display hall.   And. if you go up to J The Alliance school will be held
Santaland next sumriter, you can see Santa and his helpers
at; work in their shop, and the reindeer will be there ,too,
nibbling and resting up for their ChristmJte Night's work.
■■>    But Santa, of course, will be coming to see YOU before
Earl D. Grtoss, area federal tax collector, reported that
only 133 had enrolled for the income tax school to be held
in Canton on January 4 and 31 in Alliance and only 33 in
New Philadelphia.
He stated that this was only
half of the enrollment he had
last year, and that he needed
more students to sign up.
The two three - hour courses
which are being offered without
cost in each city, will be divided
into two groups. The one to be
held in the morning will be a ba
'Gross stated that any one
might enroll for either course or
for Iboth courses.
The morning course will be
from 9 a.m. to noon. The advanced course will be from 1 to
4 in the afternoon. Enrollments
should be mailed to U.S. Internal Revenqe service, Post Office
Building, Canton 2, Ohio
Zimmerman Diners
Lose Holiday Tilt
To Akron Cagers
The Zimmerman Diner cagers
lost the final holiday tournament
tilt in Akron Sunday night when
they dropped out in the final
game to Akron City News by a
74-66 count.
They moved into the final
game Sunday afternoon after an
84-64 win over the Olson cagers
of Barberton. High scorers for
the winners were Earl Hall with
The Canton School will be held 124 points and AlVie Fye with 18,
Fye was high scorer in the Sun.
day  night  final,   again  with 18
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January 7 in the American Legion Home at 141 West Main
Street. The New iPhiladeiphia
school will be held in the American Legion hall there on January 6.  ;	
points.
The Diners entered the semifinal round Saturday night by
beating the Naval Air.Reserves,
66-35.
Middlebranch Garden
Olub Honored For
Best Flower Show
The Middebranch Garden
Club was honored for its 1953
Flower Show by being presented
with the Bessie Martin Flower
Show Award, given annually by
the Garden Club of Ohio for .the
best flower show in the state.
Announcement of the award was
made by Mrs. J. C. Black at the
group's luncheon meeting in the
Timken 'High School tea room
Friday, December 18.
Mrs. M. B. Homer installed
the following officers: Mrs. H.
H, Birch e r, president; Mrs.
Black, vice preident; Mrs. R.
J. Han'ford, secretary; Mrs. A.
P. Garland, corresponding secretary; Mrs. S. J. Barnes, treasurer, and Mrs. J. A. Martig,
press reporter.
*Joy of Giving" was the theme
of the meeting, which was attended by twenty-two members.
Mrs. F. L. Boli presided. The
story of "The Little Hunchback,
Zia" by Frances H. Burnett was
reviewed by Mrs. Louis De-
Marsh. A white elephant sale
was arranged by Mrs. H. A. Arnold, and Christmas carols were
sung.
Blue ribbons were awarded for
Christmas arrangements to Mrs.
F. L. Boli and Mrs. R. H. Evans,
and red ribbons to Mrs. Black
and Mrs. S. S. Fall. Mrs. W. L.
Thomas judged the arrange -
ments.
Hostesse    for   the    afternoon
were  Mrs.  Homer,
Jackson, Mrs. L. S
Mrs. C. E. Howes introduced
the new officers for the club
year of 1954, they were Mrs. A.
R. Fish, president; Mrs. R. H.
Yanney, vice president; Mrs.
Earl Waltenbaugh, secretary;
Mrs. A. L. Morrison, assistant
secretary; Mrs. O. Jester, treasurer; Mrs. George Haak, assistant treasurer; Mrs. F. M.-Crawford, Chaplain and Mrs. H. G.
Evans assistant Chaplain.
Mrs. Earl Waltenbaugh, program chairman for the banquet
meeting, introduced the speaker,
Mrs. Elizabeth Bricker, head of
the North Canton Public Library,
who reviewed "'Pilgrimage - A
Star Over Bethlehem."
Rev. C. H. Kern opened the
meeting with a prayer and Rev
Melvin E. Beck gave the closing
prayer. Mr. O. P. Kidder led the
group in singing Christmas Carols.
When the club was organized
back in 1894 Mrs. Emma Wald-
ron was its first president. There
were thirteen members then,
Mrs. Harden Coleman, Mrs. W.
C. Steele, Mrs. W. H. Hoover,
Mrs. J. O. Kreighbaum, Mrs. H.
C. Price, Mrs. C. C. Price, Miss
Margaret Evans, Mrs. Isaac
Warner, Mrs. Elta Schick, Mrs.
Jason Riley, Mrs. Milton Young,
Mrs. J. C. Bonnell and Mrs.
Waldron.
Down through the years there
have been a total of some 58
presidents. Forty seven of its
members have, traveled on into
the great beyond. Many of it's
members have since moved
away to other localities.
The year books for the coming year were made by a committee composed of Mrs. M. M.
Rubright, Mrs. A. R. Fish, Mrs.
O. P. Kidder, Mrs. C. B. Williams and Mrs. F. M. Crawford
which is manned by 28 volun.
teers, has answered eight alarms
even though it did not officially
go into operation until December 16.
Fire calls in the township have
previously been answered by volunteer firemen from Canal Fulton and North Canton who were
under contract with Jackson Township trustees.
Incoming fire calls at the new
Jackson Station (9-6666) will be
received by employes of the East
Ohio Gas Co. at the Gross Farm
pumping station, which is located directly across from the station. They in turn will trip the
fire siren and notify the firemen
where the fire is located.
The Volunteers have been
trained by the state under the
Ohio Department of Education,
Vocational Division. The truck is
to be equipped with a two-way
radio to keep firemen in touch
with the sheriff's office while out
on call. The station also will be
one of those associated with the
Stark County Mutual Aid group,
and they will be hosts to the
next meeting of the Stark County Firemen's Ass'n., when it will
meet with them in the new hall i
on January 29.
Register Now Ht
New Series Of
Art Instruction
Srownies Of Troop 01
Hold Christmas Party
The annual Christmas party
for members of Brownie Troop
61 and their leaders was held
in the Community Building Wednesday, December 16. Mrs. R.
C. Hart and Mrs. Lee Frymire
were in charge.
Registration cards were pre -
sented, following which the
Brownies finished.
After receiving their registration cards, the Brownies finished
their Christmas gifts for their
mothers. An exchange of gifts
among the girls was held. Each
girl was given a Brownie handkerchief by the leaders, Mrs.
Carl Deimling, Mrs. A. J. Gilbert, Mrs. Jack Hendershop and
Mrs. C. Norris Smith, and each
leader was presented a brass
planter by the member of the
troop.
After the singing of Christmas
carols, refreshments of ice
cream and cookies decorated
with a Christmas motif were
served. The cookies were provided by Mrs. Harold Hohler.
The next meeting of th group
will be January 6, 1954.
Robert Rainey, director of thte
Little Art Gallery of the North
Canton Library, has announced
that all students and adults Interested in taking art lessons
next year may now register for
classes at the front desk of the
library. j
The series of eight lessons for
adults will begin Monday, January 11, at 7:30 p.m. The course
for students, also an eight-week
series, will begin Saturday, Jan-
uary 16. All lessons will be held
in the studio room at the library.
The students' lessons will be
divided into two groups on Saturdays. The 9:30 a.m. class wUl
be for children through the
eighth grade, while the 2 p.m.
studio workshop session will he
for high, school students.
Fees for the courses will he _JS[
for adults and $6 for children.
Registration will close Saturday,
January 9.
Stanley Filhnur Heads
Greeniown Civrc Club
Christmas Program  ■
At Middlebranch
High School       ^
Students at Middlebranch H1|S
School presented a Christmas
program on Thursday eveoWg,
December 18 in the school audi.
torium, titled "One Christmas
Street". Elsie Duncan Yale, tt.
Austin Miles and Clyde Willaird
are co-authors of the play.     '
Taking part in the production
were Nancy Bierwirth as Mrs";
Santa Claus; Mariam Wetoer as
fhe daughter, Sally Santa Claus-
Delbert tteddlestone, as ttittV
bookeeper, -"Bill Wright; and
Bruce Vogelgesang as Sartt«
Claus. '•■"'
Members of the Smile Club W
eluded Susan Friedman aa Ca>
rie Joy; $fa6 Goldsmith ««
Glady Hart; Thomas Machatwr
as Harry Hustle and Cary tleltki
as Sam Shaw.
The Brass Ghoir was compoSSd
of High School students.
Stanley Filhour was recently
elected president of the Green-
On'Monday, December 28, Mrs town Civic Club. Other officers
Mrs. Dorothy Edwards.
R. M. Harpold will lie hostess to
the Club members at a 2 o'clock
tea in her home on Hilltop Drive.
Roll Call will be answered by "A
Christmas wish" from each
Mrs. Carol j member. Miss Eta Stoner will
Symes and I give the story of 'Famous Ma-
Jdonnas"
are Peter Donat, vice president,
F. L. Weirath, secretary, and
Dellet Bartlett, treasurer.
Richard Black was named
chairman of the membership
committee, and fire board members include M. C. Kissinger, C.
C. Traxler and Mr. Bartlett.
Public Affairs Committee T-l
Reports on Zoning Survey X
Clarence Blazier of the tW«&
Canton Jaycees, reporting dn $&•
public affairs committee state«
that the zoning survey is about
75 per cent complete.
Everyone has probably seel
Jester, Menk Currie, Brown taii
M. Mohler of the Jaycees arotUfil
|town using their big njajp* ^'