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NORTHERN STARK COUNTY
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An Independent Newspaper That Plays No Favorites Among Advertisers or Subscribers, and With One Price To All
VOL. 9.—NO. 35.
NORTH CANTON; STARK COUNTY, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1931.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
•LEGION SENTINELS
PLM THIS EVENING
First County Tournament Game
At 5:30 In Witwer Park
Ought To Attract a Number
of Fans—Local Lads Are Able
To Put Up Stiff Opposition.
CANTON TEAM TO BATTLE
The Legion Sentinels, a classy
bunch of young baseball players backed by, the American Legion Post of
North Canton, will play the'first coun-
Yty tournament game on Witwer park
field at 5:30 this Wednesday -eve-
. ning. The Sentinels opponents, will be
the Legion team of Canton, The admittance price Is 10 cents.
SentinelsrGoing'Good ' .: - .
The SehtirieTs, have been going good
.of late and The Sun would like to see
an enthusiastic crowd of rooters give
the North" Canton lads "hope and
pep?' on Witwer field this evening.
Glenn Schiltz is in direct charge .of
the Sentinels.
GAME OrSATURDAY
Told Without
Varnish
Battle o'f Gettysburg and
Years Later.
By BEN LONG
Harpold    Motors    Will . Play
"Grotto Club Here.-
Nazir
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Manager Red Bowers has signed the
Nazir Grotto of Canton for a game on
* the ball field on Portage street extension on Sunday afternoon at 2:30.
The Grotto players have been winning from strong clubs this season
and they expect to add the Harpold
Motors to their scalp string. But
then,.you never can tell. Our guess
is that it is going to be a-close contest.     ' ..-. 7       '7 :  -
-Around the'Diamond    j v-'Y
That was* a Ygreat .'reception "the
Cambridge fans gave' Red- Bowers on
Sunday even-if their ball club did'win
the game. And that 'was a hard one
to lose. For five minutes it was nip
and tuck, and then came the explosion
in the sixth.frame when four Gam'-;
"ferivoe ro?n .cl*0Ssed the plate...In the
seventh Cathbridge' nailed two more
runs. Until the sixth frame'Red's
heaving was aH'that could be desired.
Other ba'sebai)["news"will he-'fburid
on other pages o£ The Suh today.
- Haak & Kolp Bros, have a team
wearing their ^colors, and'.-,the manager
would like to get a fewYgames with
good clubs.       -::","' ■■-_;.-      '■;'•'..
BAN ON FIREWORKS
Any Person Exploding Them In This
>■      Town Will Be Fined.
THIS Wednesday, July 1, the great
battle of Gettysbuig started.
Hundreds Of readers of The Sun
annually visit the ancient Pennsylvania town, and each year the North
Canton high school and the Community Building send young men and women to look at the many monuments
erected on- what is considered "the
world's greatest battlefield."
When this-writer was a young man
he made several trips to Gettysburg
for a Philadelphia morning newspaper. In, those - days the Civil War
wounds had hot healed, and in consequence some of- the rankest blah-blah
wag poured into the ears of the public by" men from the north and from
the  south. ■■ :>
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Hungry Governors
THE incident I am going to relate
was a;standing joke among newspaper men in Philadelphia, Baltimore and New York for several years.
A number of Governors met in the
.''best hotel in Gettysburg*" Keep in
mind, this happened many years ago.
The rates were $5 a day, including
board. A high price in those days
for a, small "town'hotel.
The dining'room was well furnished
and colored waiters were around in
force, but the. three kinds-of meat
could not be cut with a razor and the
rest of the food, like the meats, had
been cooked by the rays of the sun.
LEGION FESTIVAL IS
ONE GLORIOUS NIGHT
Display of Fireworks, Music By
the North Canton Community
Band and Hundreds of- Happy
Men, Women and Children
Make It One Grand Event.
If you don't want to get in "dutch" with the police
of North Canton stay away from fireworks
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MANY   VALUABLE   PRIZES
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Do you; want to pay a fine for
breaking,.a" village ordinance?
Then explode fireworks within'" the
corporation limits ?;.
The' ordinance' is several years old.
It is against the law7to sell or setoff any kind Of .fireworks in North
-Canton.' 7* ;■' ;--V-' .**"*-.7'7Y'V-Y::7"'-'
■ '.' The. police say they will play no
favorites, and that anybody exploding fireworks will be. brought before
the local court and .charged with violating an ordinance members of'^Council passed to put an- end to what had
become a public nuisance.
Reason For the Ban
The authorities several years ago
reached the conclusion... that as the
American Legion, annually staged a
real fouith of July exhibition of fire-
' works it isn't necessary for the general public—mostly young people—to
jeopardize life, limbs and property by
playing with fireworks within the
•town. '
Many of the LegiQn men. "mixed it
up" on the battlefields of Europe and
they know the danger of monkeying
with gunpowder. Consequently they
■engage an expert to explode the fireworks at their -annual show which is
free to the public.
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Must Face Mayor
Charged, with driving while-under
the influence of liquor and nearly
causing a wreck when his. auto Jan.
into a<car at Ream and Portage street,
a man whose name The Sun did hot
learn, must face the Mayor oh Friday night.       '.-...
Everyone was hungry, and everyone was boiling mad. -r sat next to
a Governor, aiid just to be pleasant,
risked him -if -he' would reprieve the
•cook if he-stood within the shadow
of .the. gallows.
"Ti-~-rt\ him, I'd hang him, and
I'd do it with my own hands,, too,"
muttereb\ the Governor of a great
state, as he glared at the nearly-raw
"foiled ham" pn his plate.       ,JIJ^.
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Full Meal For 25 Cents
I'M HEALEY, astar;repbrter on the
old'New York Sujv-^DahS?s;Sun
7—had-left the dihiiiTg room earlier
in the day. Jim located a restaurant
in the; center "of town and entered it
to try his luck, as. he expressed it:
An hour later he was standing in
front, of the hotel, happy as a lark.
;A little later he headed a parade
composed Of Governors, their staffs,
army, and navy officers and newspa?
per men down the street to the restaurant where the owner's wife was
chief cook. The room was too small
to hold all the giiests, so many stood
outside until there was a vacancy at
a table. • - - ." •     r  -
That "was a meal! And the price
was 25c!
That evening , six or seven Governors wanted to appoint Jim on their
staff with the rank of colonel.
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Fake Souvenirs
ANY men and- boys made a living: selling souvenirs of the battle;; to gullible visitors.- They
'were pests were the peddlers. They
followed . strangers everywhere. "I
found this in the Wheat Field," or I
picked these things up near Little
Round Top," they .would say. The
articles had been 'covered with soil,
that was plain to be seen.
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Several years la.t'er this writer was
sent to Connecticut on a political mission for his paper. While there he
did not see wooden nutmegs, but he
did see hundreds of boxes containing
souvenirs which were to be sold on
former American battlefields.   -
"Yes," said the mah'ager of the factory, "we make 'em here for the
northern man and the southern man.
We place them in soil specially treated to give them the appearance of
age. Here's one marked C. S. A.;
here's one" U. S. A. It is only a sideline, but these war souvenirs bring us
in about $20,000 a year."
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7 "If it's in The Sim, it's so."
The big festival staged by the
members of North Canton American
Legion Post is history, but it is his
tory that leaves^ a bright page concerning the activities of the local
men and that equally excellent and
patriotic organization, the Legion
Auxiliary.^ '.
Judging from the hundreds of ex
pressions heard on Saturday night the
festival was not only a success, it was
"the best ever held," and evert the
weather 'man came in for congratulations ori the ideal brand he served
.the'public ori Saturday night. As a
result, everybody was happy.
Fine Display of Fireworks
The fireworks was the best, yet secured by the Legion for their festivals. The. finale, representing a battle with the Stars and Stripes raised
above. the victorious forces, andl the
national anthem played by the North
■Canton Community Band gave a
splendid patriotic touch. As usual,
Leader Fondriest and his musicians
played in great style.
Winners of Prizes
.The   following  were   awarded   the
grand prizes:
General Electric refrigerator, Robert Mayer'of East Maple street extension: - - ..
Hoover   Electric    Cleaner,   Frank
Harman. ',..'■' * '
• Philco Radio, C. D. Johnson of the
Geo. D. Harter Bank, North Canton.
Hoover Dustette, S. R.'Kerns of the
Hoover sales department.
The silk rug, Miss Agatha Davis of
The Hoover company.
A number of other prizes were
awarded to men and women.
new p. oTkours
North Canton  Oflice . Will Close At
.2 p.m. Each Saturday."
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Owing to the. 44-hour week law
which goes into effect today, July 1,
for postal employes, the North Canton postoffice will close each Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m.    "*"".'"■
This laWapplies to Canton and all
cities in the United States. It is not
merely a summer schedule, but is an
all-year rule.
Each city postmaster fixes the
hours. The Sun understands that in
Akron the' hour of closing oh Saturday will be one o'clock.
ROTARYOUB
J. Frank Gross Will Be Inducted Into
Office  On  Thursday.
• On! Thursday evening after an excellent dinner in. The Community
Christian church dining hall, High-
field Johnson will [retire as president
of the North Canton Rotary club and
J. Frank Gross will become his successor. .
Other officers, including secretary,
will take over the .work," the Rev. Paul:
A. Rempe getting the job T. G. Denton has been holding down ever since
Ben Long resigned. Everyone predicts that the Rev. Mr. Rempe will be
a good secretary. He certainly has
the best wishes of Denton and Long.
Lee T. Lewis is the new vice-president; Ralph Young is treasurer, and
the'redoubtable Bill Evans is serge-
ant-at-arms. .
HAAkTkOLP TEAM
Defeats Colored  Giants  At Waynesburg In Close Game, 8 To 7.
Haak & Kolp Bros. Garages is the
name the former Oakwoo.ds are traveling under this year, and the change in
name certainly   brought them   good
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FORD YOUNG WEDS
.BEATRICE RODOCK
They Go To Wellsburg, W. Va.,
Where They Were Married By
the Rev. B. D. Evans, Pastor
of the First M. E. Church
of That Town.
WILL RESIDE ON WEST ST.
Ford Young and .Miss Beatrice
Rodock bf Coshocton, drove to Wells
,burg, W. Va.,.on Thursday and were
quietly married by the Rev. ,B. D.
Evans,, pastor of the First M. E,
church of that town.
Mrs. Young has, made her home
with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Zumbach
for the past year, and is employed by
The Hoover company. She will continue in. her position for several
weeks.
Mr. Young is well and favorably
known in The Sun's territory as a
straightforward young business man.
Mr. and Mrs. Young will reside at
129 West street, North, Canton.
MRS. SARAfiOTLER
FUNERAL ON MONDAY
A Resident of Greensburg Practically All Her Life, She Was
One of the Most Highly Respected Citizens of Summit
and Stark Counties.
MANY MOURN HER PASSING
Telling of the Activities of North Canton American Legion Post No. 419 and of the Legion Auxiliary
Baseball Gaines
The North Canton American Legion
Junior baseball team played their'first
game in" the league with the three
Canton teams, sponsored by the Canton Post, last evening with the City
Semce  Oils
Thursday evening, July 2, the first
borne game wHl be played at Witwer
park There will be u game at home
evei v Thursday from then on with the
■exception of July 16. If you want to
see some good baseball come out and
±,ee these boys play- Several of the
youthful pitchers are developing into
mighty good hurlers.
The Xenia home appropriation has
;not as yet been passed by the Geneial
v.     Assembly.   The American Legion has
backed this bill beeausethere is such.
' urgent need oi funds for repairing the
>, -.^buildings and making adequate provi-
> batons for all who are in that inrtiCu-
sM§£&k>Poia* of the rooms Jn the Jbuijd:
"    tl'
ings are veritable death-traps and unsafe for'habitation, it is* alleged. Postponed" action by the legislative bodies
may. again.,bring criticism*: and disgrace to this State, such: as came after the.£onflagration at the Ohio State
penitentiary last "Easter:
However, the Xenia home is not filled with adults but children, the oi-
phans of foirner- soldiers and sailors.
The**State is obligated to protect these
dependents and we need to
car* Jest we "offend them "
Drum Corps To Compete
The North ..Canton. Drum Corps
will compete in the contests at Massillon on July 4. The public is invited to attend this celebration, and
it will be the largest of its kind ever
held In the state. There will be
thirty-five drum corpg'eompeting.
FlagerTo Float
The Boy Sdouts willZhelp place'the
flags the' monjjiig of July £   These
loyal  young citizens.-are   always* on
hand to honor the flag and our coun
try. .       V.
Trophy To Pupils
The American Legion Post of North
Canton awards a.' tiophy to the pupils
who are highest in scholaiship in the
eighth grades of the public school and
St Paul's This yeur the winner m
the public school eighth grade was
Miss Elizabeth Schiltz, and the win-
exercise ner in St. Paul's was Kenneth Floom.
Miss Schiltz is the daughter of Mr.
ancl Mrs. Haiold Schiltz of 307 Mckinley street, and Kenneth Floom is
the son of Mr. and Mis. Norman
Floom of Jackson township. These
awards will be presented as soon as
a public meeting offeis the oppor^
tunity, *-
' , ,Y   For'State Commander
4ohn Elden.the present State Coin-
imvjider .lSjou-fecfojr the National .Coir?
Mrs: Sarah Spitler, aged 70 years,
: widow of Amos Spitler, was laid to
rest in Greensburg cemetery on Monday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock. She
was one of .the most highly respected
residents of Summit county, and she
counted her friends by the hundreds.
Funeral servic.es were held in the
home of her son, Clinton Spitler, 322
Hower street, North Cariton, the Rev.
W.' EYSeesholtz being-in charge. She
died in the home of Clinton on Friday.
Surviving her are three sons and
two daughters, Clinton, Stanley and
Donald Spitler of North Canton; Mrs.
Carl Colleen of Kent, and Mrs. Ralph
IJinman of North Canton. There are
seven grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.
•Mrs. Spitler was a member of the
United Evangelical church and had
lived in Greensburg practically all her
life.
In the death of Mrs.. Spitler, Greensburg and its vicinity loses not only a
loyal citizen but also a faithful and
efficient church worker. No plan for
betterment, no cry of need ever failed
to catch her listening ear. She was
foremost in all good things everywheie She has left behind her only
affectionate memories in a"great many
heaits
Boss Hoover Gave Example
of Peace-Time Patriotism
When He Accepted the Office of Mayor of North
Canton and Helped To Build a Firm Government
Here, Declares Attorney William R. Thorn In
Eloquent Speech Before Stark County Jurors'
Association In Witwer Park.
Judges Praise Citizens Willing To Serve
Attorney William R. Thorn of Canton delivered an eloquent
speech at the luncheon of The Stark County Jurors' association in
Witwer park pavilion on Saturday afternoon. His subject was
"Peace-Time Patriotism," and he drew attention to the fact that
W. H. (Boss) Hoover was willing to serve North Canton as its
first Mayor because he felt it his duty to "do his bit" for his
home town.   ~     •
Tribute To Boss Hoover
Said-Attorney Thom: ■
.."Another obligation rests upon men of training and experience Who have" reaped the benefits of our system of education and
government, and that is the duty of service in public office, in
those minor places of Village Mayor, Councilman, Township Trustee, and the like. There are many who strive for the high places
of honor. Not so many, however, are willing to take on the duties
of these smaller offices which have so much to do with the everyday working of our government processes.
"Here in North Canton we have.a living example of peacetime patriotism in this respect. Business affairs of great moment
did not keep W.-H. Hoover from sitting in the office of Mayor
of North Canton and doing his bit to build up the government of
his home municipality. How many men of wide interests in a
manufacturing way would show a like interest ?
"His material success laid upon him and all men of his kind
an obligation to serve their country, and Mr. Hoover did not forget that obligation as so many do."
ASSOCIATION MEETS
Eminent Jurists and  Clerk of Court
Give Some Good Advice.
The Stark County Jurors' associ
ation enjoyed an excellent meal, heard
several to-the-point short addresses
by eminent Jurists and elected Ralph
Peters of Canton president and Harry
W. Melllivane of Canton vice-president at the annual meeting on Saturday in Witwer park pavilion.
The members decided to meet next
year on the last Saturday in June in
the same place.
Y Among the distinguished guests
were,Judge Edward W. Diehl, Judge
Henry W. Harter, Jr., Judge James L.
Floyd and Clerk of Courts B. B. Beck.
These men gave some sound advice on
the duty of a citizen when called for
jury service. - Mr. Beck's address will
be found on page three.
THOM'SADDRESS
Canton  Attorney  Stresses  the  Point j
That "We Must Do Our Duty.        I
ATTORNEY WILLIAM THOM
Card of Thanks .
With grateful hearts we wish to
acknowU dgc the sympathetic kindness
of oui fiiends and-neighbors during
the illness and death of our mother,
Mrs   Snah Spitler.
We wish to include the Cloverleaf
class of The Community Christian
church, the Swope Trio, and express
appreciation for tho many floral offering.. The Spitler Children.
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If You-Miss The Sun
^ Dial 9005 and?a,cdpy will be deliver-
ou. Fleaee-call on Wednesday,
The principal speaker was William
R. Thom, Cantoii attorney, who was
the nominee for Congi-ess at the last
election. Mr. Thom is an eloquent
orator—one of the best in the county,
and he always says something worth
remembering.
A close student of all that pertains
to law and law-making, he never
wearies'of that devotion, and he never |
minces words to express his thoughts.
His remarks covered "Peace-Time
Patriotism."
Attorney Thom said:
,We need in our democratic society
a greater emphasis on peace-time patriotism. Our response in war times i
when we are threatened by foreign1
or domestic foes and the call comes
for soldiers and war-funds is always
up to pur, proudest expectations and
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He   Praised "Boss   Hoover   For
Loyalty To North Canton.
His
the most robust type, but somehow
the response to the demands of patriotic citizenship in times of peace is
not so gratifying. In other words,
the ideals of self-sacrifice ami loyalty
and devotion seems, to burn most when
danger hovers about our national
existence and not so brightly when we
fall back to the less exciting and less
romantic days of peace.
In this respect jurors such as you
are not lemiss, but I believe that the
formulation of a creed of peace time
patriotism will enable you to better
understand how the responsiveness to
public duty you exhibit should be
communicated Jto other citizens, and
especially through the medium of the
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AUTO DRIVER RISKS
TWO LIVES TO SAVE
WOMAN AND BABY
Michael J. Mente of .Washington,
Pa., Steers His Car Up On.
Sidewalk and Smashes Large
. Window In the Gross Hardware To Avoid Hitting Mrs.
Martha Cobb and Child.
MRS.   MENTE   IS   INJURED
Preferring to risk his own life and
the life of his wife rather than run -
down a young woman with a baby in
her arms, Michael J. Mente of 14
Atchison street, Washington, Pa.,
crashed his Ford coupe into the large
window of the Gross Hardwai-e store
on the corner of North Main and Portage street on Sunday morning about
10 o'clock.
Wife Thrown To Pavement
His wife was thrown through the
door to the pavement, face up, and
the flying glass made small cuts on .-'
her arm necessitating four stitches by
Dr. Frick. How Mrs. Mente escaped
having her eyes and face cut is one
of those mysteries associated with accidents. In the fall to the sidewalk
she received several body bruises. She
is 40 years of age. ..s
The Police Account /7
According to 'Marshal Bachtel, who
witnessed the accident and investigated the case thoroughly, Mr. Mente
was driving his Ford coupe north on .-■'
South Main street, having the signal
light with him. Following Mente's
car was an auto driven.by Edward
Forest. Mr. Forest put but his left
hand for a left turn on Portage, _.,,.
street.
Woman In His Path
Mrs. Martha Cobb of 426 Wearstler
street, with her baby in her arms,
stepped from the curb of Portage
street and North Main. The signal
light was in her favor but she was - .
directly in the path of the Forest car.
Mrs. Cobb stepped back on the curb,
then stepped out on the street to
cross. As she did so the Mente car
was coming toward her.
Dashes TSfta?rtriftdow -X'k:"k
Seeing that his car would strike
Mrs. Cobb and her baby, Mr. Mente
turned his car quickly to the right
and into the Gross Hardware window.
His wife was injured as stated above.
William F. Steadman assisted the hus-
band in taking Mrs. Mente to Dr.
Frick's office. Mr. Mente's car was
towed to the Chevrolet garage.
NEWSPAPERS PRAISE
COMING CHAUTAUQUA
Cities and Towns Where Red-
path Is Showing This Year
Are Most Enthusiastic Over
the Plays, Music and Lectures
Furnished the Geneial Public.
TIMELY   TOPICS   PROGRAM
The coming Redpath chautaqua program, which opens on Monday afternoon, July 13, in the tent auditorium in Witwer park, seems to offer ah
unusually interesting group of attractions. Timely topics of the day are
discussed by authorities in these fields;
the music seems to be of an exceptionally high standard and the field of
the drama is well taken care of in-the
presentation of three modern com.-
edies.
Comment from both tlie press ancl
public in the cities where the coming
program has already appeared has
been most enthusiastic. There seems
to be an unusually attractive list of •
features with the variety sufficiently
wide to appeal to all tastes.
Three Plays
Three plays will be given this season. On the opening night the recent
Metropolitan comedy success "Broken
Dishes"; on the third night the hilarious success "Her Husband's Wife"
and on the fifth night the ever-popular comedy drama "Grumpy."
On the fourth afternoon Francis
Copee's classic "The Violin Maker of.
Cremona" will be given with special
stage setting and costumes of, the
period. This operetta is one of great-
beauty with a plot of romantic inter- Y
est.
Metropolitan Singers
On the fourth night the Metropoli--
tan Singers, a double mixed quartet,
will give a varied program of vocal,
music from the oldest sacred music on
through to the modern composers of.
the tlay.
On the last night Enola Handley
will present her Phil-Harmonica orchestra in a program of the best instrumental music with many . added
features of interest in jpecial costuming and staging.
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Fire Plug Damaged
The tow i ope got under the wheels
of a tiuck that was being pulled into
dry dock; the truck careened, hit a
fire plug in front of Lewis & Greenho's furniture store, and upset the
plug. All this happened on Monday
evening at 5:10.
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