The Sun. (North Canton, Stark County, Ohio), 1971-02-03

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Vol. 48 • No. 21 - One Section — 12  Page*      NORTH CANTON, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1971 10c per copy; $4.50 per year by Mali; $6.00 Outside County
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Spending Doubles In Ten Years
In less than ten years the federal budget has shot
up from $100 billion to more than $200 billion, and
most any taxpayer will willingly agree that s quite a
jump. _, ,    ,
You see, it took nearly 190 years for federal
spending to reach the $100-million level. Everything
is moving faster nowadays.
Now that the budget has breached the stupendous mark of $200 billion taxpayers should be taking
a close look at where their money is going. Let s examine two categories. t
First, defense spending. At $73.6 billion for fiscal 1971, this Will claim the smallest proportion (37
per cent) of any federal budget since 1950.
Second, spending for human resources. About
$81.9 billion will be devoted to the betterment of people — education, manpower training, health, income
security, veterans' benefits, and welfare programs
too numerous to list.
As spending in the defense category goes down
more needs can be met in the human and environmental areas, and that's as it should be. But the
sheer enormity of federal spending demands that the
Congress and the various administrative agencies set
priorities. Every appropriation should be scrutinized
with utmost care. And deficit spending should never
again be tolerated except in a national emergency because we have learned the hard way that excessive
federal spending and unbalanced budgets lead to inflation.
Just because the taxpayers, individual and corporate, dig up $200 billion for Washington to spend
doesn't mean there's so milch money we can afford
iscHbe caftr?fc^ IBfchr date'
with Uncle'Sam rtt^da us that he's our rich uncle
only because we give him money. Let's keep an eye
on how he spends it! '
COMING (Maybe) 4-Day Week
' Fhe five-day week was a milestone of great significance in the history of American labor. This has become the normal work pattern for millions, blue collar
and white collar workers alike.
Now there' are indications that there's a four-day
week in our future, and that it may not be long in
coming. The Wall Street Journal reports that this
pattern Talready is operative in some 20 corporations
employing more than 7,000 people. That, is a small
j5tart,>6ut big things are expected to come of it.
Reaction to the coming change is in marked contrast to attitudes engendered by the trend toward
the five-day week during the four decades preceding
World War II. This time around, the shorter work
week is being heralded by management as well as labor. Many employers believe it increases productivity,
boosts worker morale, and decreases labor turnover
and absenteeism.
There are negative aspects. Where the abbreviated week has meant longer days—nine or ten hours,
in some oases—workers complain of fatigue. Employers
also fear moonlighting by some of the labor force.
Some wives are said to balk at having their husbands,
"around the house so much."
There is some reason to think that the change
jis coming despite these and other obstacles. The
findings of a survey conducted by a graduate student
at the Massachusetts institute of Technology are suggestive. The student, Riva Poor, concludes, on the
Basis of this study that the four-day week "will sweep
the country and much faster than the fivewlay week
replaced the six-day week." We shall see.
The Anti-Filibuster Move
An aura of echo and ambivalence surrounds the
promised effort to modify the Senate's cloture rule
to limit use of the filibuster. Past attempts of this
sort are echoed in the present maneuvering, and as
always there are mixed feelings as to whether the
filibuster should be weakened.
Such ambivalence is found even among some who
acknowledge that for the most part the filibuster has
been used to stymie progressive legislation favored by
a majority in the Senate. Even though this is eyi-
dentty true, there is some fear that curtailing use of
|he filibuster, might at some time make it impossible for a sound minority to prevent bad legislation.
_ We believe this is a risk that must be taken.
Moreover, it strikes us that the proposed modification of the cloture rule is defensible as a temperate
move., What the senate will be asked to do is to require a three-fifths rather than a two-*thirds majority
of senators voting to close off debate. That cannot be
branded as an attempt to kill the filibuster outright.
A leading proponent of the change, Sen. Frank
Church of Idaho, put it succinctly: "It means the
filibuster no longer would be king of the Senate, but
it would remain the crown prince."   A
This notion does not appeal to those who for
reasons of their own like the present cloture rules.
They will undoubtedly try again to thwart the move
to ease the debate-closing vote requirement. We think
the legislative process would be better served if they
Were to lose and the three-fifth requirement were
'adopted.
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Seniors Medicare
ProgmmFeb. 10
Open to Public
Newest facts on Medicare
will be explained at a meeting
of North Canton Senior Citizens
on Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 1:30
p.m. at the Community Building-YMCA.
Because of the widespread
interest of the subject, that
portion of the all-day meeting
will be open to the general
public.
Charles J. Davis, field representative, will speak and conduct a question and answer
period. Miss Mary Jo Mayer,
assistant manager, will give
a series of slides on the program.
This will follow the noon
covered-dish dinner for members.
Wednesday, Feb. 17, the Seniors will have their monthly
birthday party.
Thursday, Feb. 18, they will
tour the new Canton Cultural
Center in the morning, have
lunch at the Ponderosa Steak
House and join Downtown Senior Citizens for an afternoon
party.
The final Seniors program
of the month, Feb. 24, will
feature special music by Mrs.
Jessie Schiltz, Mrs. Ada Walker
and Miss Iona Geckler.
Schedule for local seniors
also includes swimming on
Mondays from 12 to 1 and
bowling on Thursday at 1.
. Seniors marking birthdays in
February include Irene Livingston, Isabele McFeely, Marian
Fosnight, Evan Jones, Dorothy
Russell, Ralph Willaman, Harriet Gibler, Anna Lutz, Elizabeth Becher, Ethel Barricklow,
Helen Kula, Howard Lesh, Mason Wallace, Florence Oberlin,
Elsie Heintzman, Elmer Raush-
enbaugh and Alvera Dwigfat.
TOP JA COMPANY. Denny Williams (right) of The Hoover Co. admires
the placque which the Junior Achievement firm he advises—Mini-Ho-Co—received for being named the top company of the month for December. Left Ito
right firm member David Kepler, Hoover senior; top salesman Pam Shafer,
Oakwood junior, and company president Eva Jakso, Central Catholic senior,
share the honor before a display of the company products that included a miniature shuffle board, notepaper packets, trunk lid,holders arid a colorful candle. The club's total sales 'through December passed the $1,500 mark. J. A.
Mutchler, JA executive director, made the award. Jim Clayton, Tom Essig and
Joe Stoadle of Hoover's also assists the club.
Planners Recommend
Vacating NE AHey
^il} North Canton City Planning
Commission recommended vacation of an eight-foot wide
alley running1 to the rear of
homes on Hower St. NE between
taft. and Pershing Aves. NE
when it met Monday night in
Council Chambers.
Council must now set a public
hearing before it considers the
recommendation. The vacation
would be subject to drainage
easements. The alley near the
old city tennis courts has never
been opened and has been cared
for by the surrounding property
owners.
In other business Planners:
APPROVED amending the
new zoning map to keep the
southwest corner of E. Maple
St. and McKinley Ave. SE In
an office building category to
provide, parking area. Other
land in the block is zoned park
and Institutional.
AGREED to send copies of
its recommendations and other
action to the president of City
Council after each meeting.
Elementary Attendance
Areas Are Under Study
Attendance areas for all elementary pupils in
the district will be set as soon as necessary study is
completed, Dr. James Brandau, superintendent of
schools, said following action by the Board of Education: on Wednesday,' Jan. 27,* to relieve the problem
of overcrowded facilities at Hoover High School.
"For the present time, all   lowing a two-hour public" dis-
elementary pupils can be housed
comfortably in existing classrooms, including the new North-
wood Elementary School now
under construction," he said.
"The reassignment of pupils
as approved by the board last
week will require certain physical improvements be made at
the Portage and Junior High
buildings," he reported.
"Instructional areas requiring improvement to facilities
include science, languages and
physical education," Dr. Bran-
dau said. He also reported a
number of improvements in the
instructional program, grades
7-12, will now be possible.
-Decision Necessary-
The need to proceed with
scheduling of classes and assignment of teachers was given
as reason for the special board
session called immediately fol-
Dr. George Parkinson Is
Chamber Award Speaker
Dr. George E. Parkinson, minister of Christ
United Presbyterian Church at Canton, will be the
featured speaker at the fourth annual Recognition
Award Dinner sponsored by the North Canton Area
Chamber of Commerce to be held on Tuesday, Feb.
28, at the Holiday Inn on Everhard BA.
The Chamber of Commerce
Recognition Award will be presented to the outstanding business and the Wayne Carpenter
Award will be given to the individual who contributed the most
to the Chamber in 1970.
Past business recipients have
been The Hoover Co., Hummel's
IGA Foodliner and Mathie Coal
& Supply. Judging of the award
is based on a company's contribution to civic and community
affairs.
The Wayne Carpenter Award
was named in honor of the
late Wayne Carpenter who had
been a long time member and
booster of the North Canton
Chamber. Past winners of this
award have been Charles T.
Bogardus and George Armour.
During Dr. Parkinson's twenty-eight years as pastor, the
Christ . United Presbyterian
Church has grown to become
one of the largest and most
active churches of this denom-.
ination in Ohio. He is a graduate of Oberlin College and the
Western Theological Seminary
in Pittsburgh. Four colleges
have, conferred honorary degrees on Dr. Parkinson, the
most recent being Malone College in June, 1970.
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Dr. George E. Parkinson
Committee for the banquet
is Howard Buker, chairman;
Joseph J. Sommer,; Dr. Fred
Kavanaugh, ■ Fattier J. C.
Welsch, Merle Mottice, Jack
Sinn, James. Jester and Dr.
John Smith:
Women.are invited and reservations may be made by calling the Chamber office at 499-
5100by Feb; 17.
cussion on the subject, attended
by 165 interested citizens and
parents.
The decision followed several
months of study by the board,
superintendent and school personnel when it became apparent
that the already overcrowded
facilities could not- accommodate the expected increase
of 150 pupils to Hoover High
next September.
Fewer than 300 seniors are
slated to graduate in June from
a student body of 1,502 that
already overtaxes Hoover facilities. The problem of 450
incoming freshmen, 403 from
the Junior High and 47 from St.
Paul, required immediate board
action.
This action offered a four-
point solution:
1. High School enrollment
will be limited to grades 10-12.
2. Grade 9 will remain at
the Junior High School; that
school's enrollment will be
composed of grades 8 and 9.
3. Grade 7 will be assigned
to the Portage Building.
.4. One class of each grade
level, Kindergarten - Grade 6
will also remain at Portage.
Other actions taken during the
special Jan. 27 meeting were:
ACCEPTED Don Hertler's
resignation as head baseball
coach.
APPROVED assignment of
Gordon Knisely as headbaseball
coach and Robert Berrodin as
assistant baseball coach.
ACCEPTED the following
resignations effective at the
end of the current school year:
John A. Mazzarella, high school
English teacher, and Marlon
Krabill, high school social studies teacher.
ACCEPTED the resignation
of Mrs. Pearl Brown, secretary, effective March 3.
EXTENDED contract for the
remainder of the school year
to Scott Sturtz, assistant bus
mechanic.
AUTHORIZED purchase of
two school busses.
AUTHORIZED purchase of
bleachers for the Junior High
School.
The next regular monthly
meeting of the board will be
Feb. 17, at 7:30 p.m. at Hoover
HighSchool.
Stark Rose Society will meet
on Monday, Feb. 8 at 8 p.m.
at the First National Bank here.
The program will be given .
by Mrs. Pete Zimmerman.
Hostesses will be Mrs.
Bonner R. Hall, Mrs. E. A.
Stewart and MissKathryn Wise.
Board Adopts Plan To
Reassign 7,9th Grades
At a special executive session following a public
meeting Jan. 27 on school overcrowding, the Board
of Education voted to put into effect the plan that
will keep the 450 eighth graders at the Junior High
for their freshman year and send all seventh graders
to Portage. With graduation of 300 seniors from Hoover in June, the new plan would reduce pupils per
classroom at Hoover next fall from 29.5 to 22.3.
why the old Community Building
YMCA could not be used for
temporary classroom space, it
was stated that the building is
scheduled for demolition in
March.
To a suggestion that an addition be built onto Hoover High,
Dr. Brandau said "a high school
should not go beyond a certain
point in size. We have already
added to the school and have
had problems. I feel it would
be a mistake to make the building larger, and no funds are
available for doing this."
However, Mr. Strausser said
plans are underway for some
use of the courtyard at the
school.
To fears that youngsters outside the high school building
would live in a "forgotten
world," Dr. Brandau saidbetter
curriculum and better guidance
would be offered. He added that
the mechanics of participation
in sports and music, bus transportation, laboratory faculties
and teacher assignments would
be worked out.
One father received applause
when he gave the board a "vote
of confidence." He said "for
many years I accused the board
of solving all problems with
checkbook, but now I think I
was wrong. I feel that the administration can provide the
best education with the facilities
available with  its planning."
A woman declared "I don't
think education can be meas-
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Dr. Brandau To
Speak at Portage
PTA Tuesday
The regular monthly meeting
of Portage PTA will be held
Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 8 p.m.
in the multiple purpose room.
Dr. James Brandau wiU exr
plain and discuss the changing
of pupil assignments in the
North Canton schools.
Special music wiU be pror
vided by the Interest Song Group,
of the Malone Association of
Women.
Mrs. Barbara Hartong is in
charge of devotions.
In charge of the flag ceres
mony will be the Neurological*!.
Handicapped Cub Pack 1 Den ft
The leaders are Mrs. E$
Haueter, Mrs. John Smith andf
Mrs. Gust Chuchanis. Den 14.
will assist. Their leader 1$
Mrs. Ron Crum.
February Is
'Heart Month'
Mayor Charles B. Strausser
has officially proclaimed February as "Heart Month" with
the .issuing of the following
proclamation:
"Whereas diseases of the
heart .and blood vessels are
responsible for • more deaths
than all other causes cbiribined,
causing widespread suffering
and of ten' creating serious economic hardship in our homes
and businesses;
"And whereas, your Heart
Association carried forward a
relentless fight against these
diseases through its programs
of research, education and community service, as made possible by public contributions to
the Heart Fund;
"Therefore I proclaim February to be Heart Month within
the jurisdiction of my office,
and call upon all our citizens
to support this important drive
with their gifts and voluntary
services."
Volunteers will be conducting
the drive throughout the month
with special emphasis on Feb.
21, which has been designated
as Heart Sunday. Mrs. Vincent
Bann is chairman for the local
drive and could use the assistance of a number of volunteers
who may call her at 499-5647.
The some 200 persons at
the special public session
earlier, were almost unanimous
in their agreement that the
district does face an overcrowding problem and the discussion drew many suggestions.
George Nickles, curriculum
coordinator, presented the
board's plan that the high school
be limited to grades 10-12;
the eighth and ninth grades
be assigned to the Junior High;
seventh graders attend Portage
School; and one section of each
grade kindergarten through
sixth remain at Portage.
Many elementary students
are to be assigned to the new
Northwood School, set for opening in September.
Complaints ranged from "my
youngster is looking forward
to attending Hoover High. as
a freshman" to "the Junior
High School is a ratty place
and should be abandoned."
Some suggested "split
shifts" at the high school, with
some students going early in
the morning and leaving around
noon and the afternoon shift
staying late.
Yale Strausser, board member, recalled that the plan was
tried several years ago and
met with "much dissatisfaction."
"Aren't we merely avoiding
the issue of passing a bond
issue?" one parent asked.
"I'm confused," another
said, "We built a new elementary school because you said
we were overcrowded. Now we
need a junior high and a high
school."
Dr. James Brandau, superintendent ' of schools, said a
recently completed Stark
County Regional Planning Commission report on North Canton
schools, recommends a new
high school, junior high and
another grade school in the
future.
"We all knew these extra
students were coming," a man
said, "why the sudden effort
to do something?
'i think our money can be
put to better use than to fix
up the Junior High. Why not
move the portable classrooms
to the high school, enclose the
courtyard, eliminate study
halls, or go to half day sessions," he asked.
A mother said "the biggest
mistake the schools made is
to permit routing of 1-77 traffic
past the Junior High. It's not
safe to pick up a youngster.
The building should go."
In answer to a question of
ZAT YOU DAVK? Behind that fuzzy beard, is Jaycee public relation^
director Dave Metro, who with his wife, Lynne, preview their costumes for the
public "hard-times party" North Canton Jaycee Wives are staging Saturday,
Feb 13. The party, at which costume prizes for the best worst-dressed man
and woman, will be given, is set from 7:30-12 that night at the local K. of C.
Hall on Mississippi Ave. SE. Games, prizes and a buffet are planned by Mrs.
William R Bailey, chairman. Mrs. Metro is refreshment chairman; Mrs. Don
Faust decorating; Mrs. .Dennis Fleftehn'er, entertainment; Mrs. Karl Schulze,
arizes' Mrs. James Hinderer, tickets, And Mrs. Thomas Haynes, social chairman. Tickets may be obtained from Mrs. Hinderer, Mr. Bailey or Mrs. Haynes.