The Sun, 1971-05-12

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WE NEED A NEW DOCTOR!
Ancient Printiny
Printing may be 2000 years older than, has been
thought. This is suggested by new archaelogical data.
Half a century ago an archeologist in the eastern
Mediterranean island of Crete discovered a clay disk
in a Cretan palace, containing hieroglyphic characters
which, it is now agreed, were made by movable
"type." This find, known as the Phaestos Disk from
its place of discovery, has been studied by would-be
readers many times, but neved deciphered.
Now Prof. S. Davis, a South African archaelogist,
announces that he has solved the puzzle. He dates
the disk as from 1700 to 1600 B.C., and says that it
is in the Hittite language.
The Hittites, a people mentioned in the Old Testament are known to have had a great empire in
Asia Minor between 2000 and 1000 B.C. They traded
in the Mediterranean, making it possible that the disk
is one of their products.
Davis may be right, but equally, confident announcements about the disk have been made before.
Of these a British authority observes that "the attempts so far to read the characters do not. deserve
notice." Perhaps the new report may be more of the
same. If not, it may open a new chapter in the ancient history of the Near East.
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Our Changed World
When I was ten-going-on-eleven, I read the line
"In these days of scientific progress, Jules Verne's
books have been moved from the fiction shelves to
the scientific shelves in the library." As I had but
recently come to the reluctant conclusion that you
couMHft-t^^
mediately went to the library.
No, they hadn't been moved from the fiction
shelves, but that was how I discovered Jules Verne
and a whole new world.
Times has proven his fantasies to be based on
fact. And even his wildest dreams are but everyday
conversation in average homes today.
Do you remember when you were first studying,
history, and how you wished you could have lived in
the exciting days, when the whole face of the world
changed overnight? It is those days in which we live
today.
We do not sense the greatness of the hour because it is too near. We do not fully realize the opportunities unfolding before us because we are afraid
of change. It is too big for us to grasp.
By the time the children of today are grown,
the frontiers of time and space will have been pushed
still further. They will be explorers of a whole new
world, of new skills, of new crafts—there will be new
opportunities before them.
There is no reason to fear the future. It may not
be what we have known. But neither was what we
have known familiar to those who preceeded us. We
do not discard the past, even while we are adapting
ourselves to the future.
This is an exciting age in the history of the
world—to date. Let us make the most of it, and be
glad that we have a chance to live while the world
is changing around us.
No Clear Solutions
Just trying to keep abreast of world developments is becoming a maddening rat race. The population explosion in a shrinking world compounds the
difficulty.
To no problems—Berlin, Cuba, Latin America,
Southeast Asia or even those here at home — are
clear-cut solutions evident. For every compulsion to
act, equally compelling reasons arise to refrain from
action. And behind all the military and diplomatic
quandries are equally agonizing economic problems.
For example, employment is at an all-time high,
yet seems stuck with a hard core of more than four
million jobless. The obvious remedy would seem to be
to create new jobs. We haave created new jobs—millions of them in the past ten years and still the jobless army remains about the same size.
At the same time, industry is screarriing for great
numbers of technicians. Our schools are not producing them fast enough. Experts declare they never
will be able to, without federal aid. Yet federal aid to
education is one of the measures that has taken the
hardest beating in Congress.
As the British author John Strachey has declared, the free world has no room for either complacency
or the counsels of despair. Nor dare we shun economic
issues merely because a world of nuclear weapons
seems too dangerous a place in which to concentrate
on those issues. For in this perilous age it is precisely
in the economic field that democracy faces its greatest
challenge.
If this picture worries you; if sometimes, in
pummeling your brain for answers to the world's ills,
you suddenly come up with a frightening hunch that
you are slipping cogs mentally, don't be alarmed.
Our best minds are experiencing the same sort of
bafflement.
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Vol. 48 - No. 35 ■ One Section  1* P*8W NORTH CANTON, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1971
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Income Tax
Hike to Fund
Water Facility
The city's planned $3.6 million water treatment plant will
be funded by a combination of
a 1/2 per cent payroll tax
hike and increased water rates.
Voters gave an overwhelming
approval Tuesday, May 4, to
the Income tax hike from 1 to
11/2 per cent. Total was 1,995
for the tax raise and 1,077
against It.
Mayor Charles B. Strausser
said "this is the method I
favored for financing the water
treatment facility. I felt the
income tax was the most reasonable way of paying for it
and I'm glad the voters agreed.''
"But the most Important thing
now is to build the plant," the
Mayor added.
A contract is expected to be
awarded July 1, with a two
year building schedule. Water
will be chlorinated, softened,
and objectionable chemicals
will be removed. The plant would,
be on Freedom St. in Jackson
Twp.
Present minimum water rate
will be raised from $7.20 per
quarter to $9.
The average bill of $8.55 for
15,000 gallons of use per quarter will go to $13.50. Without
the income tax it would have
risen to $24.60. The minimum
water rate without the income
tax would have been $16.20.
Water users outside the city
will pay 100 per cent more on
their water bills.
City officials have urged
building of the water facility
because the Ohio Department
of Health has been pressing
for chlorination of the city's
water. Chlorination at the individual, wells would have been
costly, inefficient, and would
not have removed chemicals
or softened the water.
If voters had turned down
the tax increase, the plant would
have been built anyway and
funding would have come
entirely from increased water
rates.
■•••; Future plans 'include provide
ing at least two more wells as
water sources at the centralized plant, better water pressure, new water storage towers and further extension of
water lines.
The 1/2 per cent Income tax
raise wlU bring some $320,000
more into the city. The present
1 per cent tax brings in about
$640,000 annually.
City officials said the income
tax can be voted out in the
future if the citizens desire
it. Water bills will soon be
sent out monthly instead of
quarterly.
The 1 1/2 per cent tax becomes effective July 1.
Advisors had pointed out that
passage of the income tax hike
to 1 1/2 per cent would benefit
those making less than $9,000
annually. Anyone with a higher
income would find it cheaper
to pay for the treatment plant
by higher water rates only.
The plant will be paid for
over a 30 year period. Bids
will be asked for by June 1.
The site covers 22 acres and
the plant will centralize pump-
ing water from the five wells.
City to Advertise For
Bids on Fire Station
If present plans go according to schedule, the
City of North Canton should have a new fire station
by the end of the year. City Council approved an ordinance Monday night, May 10, to advertise for bids
and let the contract for a new fire station at the
northeast corner of N. Main St. and Hower St. NE.
Construction is expected to take six months.
'       Council also approved con-
Dress - Conduct
School Code
Being Studied
WEAK A POPPY FRIDAY. Mayor Charles B. Strausser accepts the
first memorial Poppy from seven-year-old Mariann 'Bishop, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. J. Bishop of 466 Hillcrest Ave. NWj He has proclaimed. Friday,
May 14, as Poppy Day in the city, wWich will find American !Legion Auxiliary
members distributing the memorial flower in the downtown area. Made by hospitalized veterans, thei poppy is worn in remembrance of America's War Dead.
Donations from 'the sale are returned to the hospitalized veteran in the form
of rehabilitation and assistance to the families of these veterans. Mrs. Mildred
is" cihainnan«f<r^>*e local UnSt 419 project, m    ;.'. <-Y,    ., ,->-.*
NC Elementary
Band-Strings
Concert May 22
On Saturday, May 22, the
North Canton Elementary Band
and String Ensembles will present their concert at 8 p.m. in
the Junior High School gymnasium.
The elementary band is made
up of fifth and sixth grade instrumentalists from the four
elementary schools in the North
Canton School system. There
are approximately 95 students
involved in this year's elementary band. They will be performing 'Salute to Brahms",
"Melodies That Were Broadway" and several others.
The fourth grade string ensemble consists of approximately fifteen string students
and the fifth and sixth grade
string orchestra consists of
about 35 string students.
The string students are under
the direction of Miss Annette
Durato and the band students
are directed by Henry Leitner
and Robert McCleaster.
Tickets for the concert may
be obtained from the instrumental students or at the door
the night of the concert.
Farewell Reception Set
On Sunday fior Rev. Bell
A farewell reception for the Rev. and Mrs. Winston C. Bell is planned Sunday, May 16, from 2 until
4 p.m. in Fellowship Hall of Community Christian
Church. Rev. Bell will close his pastorate at Community Christian Sunday. He has accepted a call as pastor of the Southport Christian Church in Indianapolis.
In addition to his pastoral
leadership with the Community
Christian Church, Rev. Bell
is a member of the North Canton
Rotary Club and has served as
president of the North Canton
Ministerial Association. He is
first vice president of the
Council of Churches of the
Greater Canton area.
A member of the State Board
of Managers for the OhioSociety
of Christian Churches (Disci-'
pies of. Christ) and various state
committees, he Is the general
chairman of the District VII
Christian Churches (Disciples
of Christ). He has previously
served on the national Board
of Recommendations for the
International Assembly of the
Christian Churches (Disciples
of Christ).
Rev. Bell came to North Canton in June 1963, after serving
an eleven year pastorate in
Niles. Rev. and Mrs. Bell have
a daughter, Mrs. Kerry A. Mc-
Calla, who lives in Nashville,
Tenn., and a son, Ronald, who
Is a sophomore at Case Western
Reserve University in Cleveland.
NC Summer
School Signup
Is Underway
Registration is currently underway for summer school sessions for the North Canton
School District.
Elementary classes will be
June 15-July 16 from 9-11 a.m.
daily at Orchard Hill School.
Jack Hudson, who is co-ordinating the classes, reports registration ends May 28.
Courses offered include primary reading for pupils in
grades 1-3; intermediate reading for grades 4-5-6 and elementary mathematics for
grades 2-6. The courses offer
help for specific problems in
reading and math and incorporates new materials to assist
the individual pupil.
High school summer school
dates are June 24-Aug. 6, with
no classes July 2-5. Registrations through May 21 will determine whether courses will be
given and late registrations will
be accepted through June 23
for sections not already filled.
Six courses will be offered:
American government, American history, general science,
general math, algebra I, all
to meet 8 to 12 noon daily,
and personal typing, which
meets for 90 minutes each day.
Driver training classes are
filled.
Junior High summer session
will be from June 14-July 16.
Work offered includes basic
English and math courses for
7th and 8th graders. Depending upon demand, classes will
run either one or two sections.
A single session would be
from 9-11 a.m. daily and a
double section would have
classes from 8-10 and 10-12
each day, principal Don LaHue
reports.
7th and 8th graders are also
eligible to take the personal
typing course being offered at
the high school.
Deadline for registration is
May 28.
Aifport Manager
Rotary Speaker
John Doyle, manager of Akron-Canton Airport, will report
on its "Growth and Expansion"
when he speaks to North Canton
Rotary Thursday, May 13. The
6:30 dinner meeting will be at
Community Christian Church.
He will be introduced by Dr.
James Brandau, program
chairman. Dale Gerber and Jim
Griesinger will act as greeters
and Jack Hudson will' give the
invocation.
A board of directors meeting will follow the dinner.
Navy Petty Officer Third
Class Thomas R. Regula, son
of Mrs. Naomi C. Regula of
7184 Braucher St. NW, was
graduated from Electronics
"A" School at the Service
School Command, Great Lakes,
111.
Reports are being compiled
by separate student, faculty and
citizen committees as a preliminary step toward preparation of a new statement of
policy on dress and behavior,
the Board of Education announced at a special meeting Tuesday, May 4.
Dr. James Brandau, superintendent of schools, said the
Hoover High School student
council is conducting a survey
of student opinion. He added
that principals at the various
schools are gathering faculty
opinion.
Harold Pinney, board president, said the board has appointed an adult committee to
work on the policy, also. He
stated that the names of the
committee members may be
announced at the May 19 regular board meeting.
In other business during
this meeting, the board:
EMPLOYED the following
teachers: Mrs. Deborah Dybvig
of Delaware, O., to teach French
at the Junior High School; Donald D.Airhart of Bowling Green,
English at the Junior High;
and Mrs. Charlotte Davis of
North Canton, half day kindergarten.
Also employed were: Paul
Keller of Canton, special education at Hoover High; Mrs.
Margaret Steinhoff of Norm
Canton, elementary; John Eb-
inger of North.Cantos-, general
science" at the Junior High;
and Miss Susan Adams of New
Concord, health and physical
education at Portage School.
GRANTED a leave of absence
to Mrs. Barbara Hartong, elementary teacher at Portage
School, for the 1971-72 school
year.
LEARNED that Dr. Brandau
will make a survey of possible
year around school plans and
will report to the board.
APPROVED a summer driver
education program.
HEARD from Robert Braucher, clerk, that cleaning crews
will work in each school building this summer, and that work
will also be done on basement  Hines,   Amy   Kistler,
ceilings and shower rooms at  Lockler, Kris LundstromJScOtt
Portage School and plumbing  Mackall, Lisa Miller, Bern Ann
at the Junior High. Morrison, Tom Queen and Joan
WAS TOLD by Dr. Brandau Sheehan.
that construction at Northwood     The program is under the
School is progressing weU.        direction of Mrs. Dorothy Lowe
SET tbe next meetihgfor 7:30  Define,
p.m. Wednesday, May 19, in the     Tickets are available at tbe
Hoover High School library,  door or from students.
tracting for demolition of buildings on the fire station site.
In other business Council:
DISCUSSED proposed use of
the new city park to be built
on the square and a clarification of the loitering ordinance.
About an hour or almost half
the meeting was devoted to the
questions raised by tne Rev.
William L. Brown of Faith
United Methodist Church. As
chairman of the North Canton
Committee on Community Relations and as a member of
the Ministerial Association he
presented a motion passed
unanimously by both groups.
It reads: "We urge that the
specific needs of the youth in
relation to the total community
be considered in development
of the park and other downtown
facilities and that the Committee on Community Relations
proceed with such plans prior
to problems which might develop.
"It is further urged that a
study be made of the loitering
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7th Graders In
Concert Friday
The Seventh Grade Boys and
Girls Glee Clubs will present
their annual spring concert in
the North Canton Junior High
Gym on Friday, May 21,
at 8 p.m.
The boys will sing ' Joshua
Fit the Battle of Jericho",.
"Havah Nageelah", "Water
Come's Me Eye", 'Til Go Home
With Bonnie-Jean" and 'fThis
Land is Your Land". £
Girls Glee Club will otter
"There is a Balm in CHlead",
"What the World Needs Now",
"Little French Clock", "The
Unicorn" and "A Wonderful
Day Like Today".
Seventh Grade Girls Ensemble will sing "Do Lord" and
"Where is Love".
As an added attraction the
Eighth Grade Select Choir wift
perform four selections 'Tan**
fare for Thanksgiving", "John
the Baptist", "Coffee Grows
on White Oak Trees" and "The
Crawdad Song". ,::p
Student accompanists Willie
Barbara Ball, Joy Boldt, Ltutfel
Linda
PARK SITE CLEARED. This was the scene Monday as workmen completed the first day of demolition that will clear the area from E. Maple St.
to the new Community Buildiing for a new city park. The garage that onctf
housed Harpold, Guenther and Dungan Motors and the Main St. frontage that
had been borne for the Chamber of Commerce, Jaycees and a restaurant went
the first day. Beaver Excavating Co., which has a 20-day contract to complete
the clearance, report the remaining two buildings, the old CB-YM and
Hummel-Nye store site, should come down this week weather permitting. Removal and cleanup of tjie area is expected to tiake* about 10 days, before back-
hoeing and leveling of the area can start.
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