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VOL. 10.—NO. 6.
NORTH CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO, DECEMBER 9, 1931..
$2.00 PER YEAR.
FIRE DEPT; MNf FT
NIGHT OF PLEASURE
A Letter to Santa
Chief Joe Smith and His Merry
Men and a. Number of Guests
Enjoy Excellent Meal and
Then Go To Headquarters For
Social Hour and Cards.
FIRST    AID    ILLUSTRATED
The annual banquet of the firemen
of North Canton is always an enjoy-1
able affair, and this year was no ex-,
ception to the rule. ,
The firemen and their ' ladies; i
Mayor-elect Frank .M. Evans and Mrs. J.
Evans, Clerk Lester Braucher and!
wife; Councilmeh-elect Orrin F. Gill,
Logan W. Becher, Earl Waltenbaugh,
each with his wife; Councilman A. E.
Baab, John 3. Smith, James A. Mansfield, John Shook, Henry Harman and
their wives;' Ben Long, Mrs. Eleanore Hall, Miss Alberta Gilbert, Miss
Charlotte Smith, Mr. and Mrs. "Willis
•Wood; Mr. and Mrs. 0. E. Bordner
of Warren, Ohio, and several other
"guests, whose names have escaped
this writer pronounced the meal perfect.
A Splendid Meal
It was a full-course chicken dinner
and it was cooked and served by the
ladies of Zion Reformed'church in the
dining hall of the church. The ladies
have a wide reputation- as cooks par
excellence. They lived up to their
reputation on Wednesday evening.
Long's Short Speech
After the dinner, Harry Mohler, as
chairman of the banquet committee,
called upon a number of guests for "a
few'words.'' Harry was generous and
• he told the first speaker, Ben Long,
that he had "sixty minutes." Long
misunderstood the chairman, and
thought he said "sixty seconds," so he
' cut his speech to . 58 seconds. The
brevity pleased the firemen and their
guests, so they gave Ben some applause.
Councilman Baab said to Long: "It
was a fine speech, but you missed a
great opportunity. Had you limited
your talk to eight seconds the applause would have been deafening."
Praises Fireman's Wife
Mrs. Eleanore Hall took as her sub
ject the wife of a fireman. She pic
tured the woman at home wondering
\ if her husband would return to his
\family as physically strong as when
nerushed from the house in the early
moaning hours to 'answer the call of
the fire whistle;^  . . — ■"'
She discussed the dangers of fighting a fire, and said that while it is
absolutely nedessary that a fireman
must be a brave man his wife must be
equally brave because of the unknown
dangers she knows her husband faces
when he answers an alarm.
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.Books and "Blurb"
By BEN LONG
FROM SIR HUBERT
What a Former Star Newspaper Man
Thinks of The Sun.
FIRE CHIEF WARNS
"Be    Careful   In    Handling    Flimsy
Decorations," Says Joe.
Occasionally newspaper men in the
big* cities stop work just long enough
to send a few lines of greeting to the:
persons responsible for The Sun. Of
j course they say something nice about
I this newspaper and they wonder if the
people in this section of Stark county
appreciate the time, effort and talent
required to publish a paper like The
Sun.
Our answer is invariably the same:
"Bright people in this part of Ohio
read ancl appreciate The Sun. The
other kind—well, their opinions would
not sell well at a public auction."
From An Old Star
Chester W. Ruth, (who fought with
the Marines in France when they
tackled and defeated the famous Prussian Guards, made an address before
the Rotary club of North Canton on
Armistice day. It was a dramatic recital because, it was couched in the
purest English and told without ostentation.
Last week The Sun received a letter from Mr. Ruth, who before the
war was a star reporter and desk man
on a Cleveland daily. His brothers,
by the way, are eminent in the newspaper world. "Praise from Sir Hubert
is praise indeed." So read what he
says:
Mr. Ruth's Letter
"Let me express my honest appre
ciation of your newspaper. In the
course of my newspaper experience of
years ago, I have worked on college
papers, small city dailies, also on a
couple of large city papers. I have
had occasion to inspect many hundreds of'.newspapers, in all sorts of
communities.
"I have never, jread vone -which surpasses yours ih ** 'attractive -make-up,
sparkling editorial '■ style anclfyge'neral
newspaper appeal. I have of fen wondered if North Canton ancl the.? district you serve really appreciate what
a valuable asset they have in The
Sun.
"It is the very mainspring of all
worthwhile activiity in the community, it seems to me.
"Sincerely,
"CHESTER  W.  RUTH.
1815 Harvard ave., Canton.
Editors' Note—Mr. Ruth is an executive in The Republic Steel Corporation of the United States.
Joe Smith, chief of the North Canton Fire Department, gave a short
interview to, a writer for The Sun this
Wednesday morning.
"Now that people-are preparing for
Christmas it is well to remind them
that fire hazards are numerous. The
flimsy things used in decorating_ trees,
many electrical toys and electric wiring, if not done by an experienced
man, may prove disastrous.
"The business men, I am glad to
say, are co-operating with the Fire F°r
Department, and are burning in their'
furnaces excelsior and other inflammable material.
"As I have said several times, we
have been fortunate in North Canton.
Let us continue so by displaying disci etion when we start in to decorate
our homes."
Another Opinion
Here is what the Rev. Dr. H. Nevin
Kerst, pastor of Trinity Reformed
church, Canton, thinks of The Sun:
"The Sun is in every way a high-class
newspaper."
OFFERS A PRIZE
SECRETARY C. B. WILLIAMS of
•the Community Building protested to this writer for The" Sun
against the extravagance of the
"blurb" on the jackets of .books. "The
glaring untruths justify people in rising up and calling them a fraud. There
are several books on my desk, all making faire claims for themselves on
their jackets," he said.
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That the "blurb" does frequently—
one may say almost invariably—make
extravagant claims, not at all justified by the matter in the book, is entirely true and we can readily understand the resentment of the book-
buyer against the publisher. The publisher, of course, wants the "blurb"-
to help sell the book. It is an adjunct
of salesmanship. He aims to say the
best that can' be said for the book.
But it is dishonest advertising, and
honesty is the best policy in selling
books just as it is in anything people
purchase.-
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HERE, by the way, did this unpleasant' word "blurb" come
from? Who invented it? Our
impression is that it was invented by
Oliver Herford. But Oliver has said
so many smart things, and invented
so many pat characterizations, that
all such inventions are attributed to
him, just as all the stories are fathered on Abraham Lincoln.
"Blurib" must have been portman-
teaued out of "blow" and "disturb."
It is a word that has some affinity to
such words as murmur, bubble, purl,
gurgle, sputter, spurt, as well as blab
ancl blow. Before it, of course, went
the "word "puff" for somewhat the
same thing.
VINE'S BARBER SHOP
PURCHASED BY MAYS
WHEN INDIANS LIVED
IN THE WOODS HERE
It Was In 1806 That Leonard
Willaman Came To North Canton and Took Up Homstead
Land From the U. S. Government, Says Clement Willaman,
Great Grandson of Founder.
Town Gives Practical Aid to Needy
BEAR,     DEER     PLENTIFUL
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E. R. Has Closed the One He
Conducted Under the Acme
Store and Is Now Located At
126 South Main---.HasY Four
Up-To-Date Chairs.
GOOD   STAFF   OF   ARTISTS
Bitter But Sweet
Patience is .bitter, but its fruit is
sweet.
the  Best  Article   Written   Concerning the Philco Radio.
Harvey B. Lesh Radio Co., 'which
sells the Philco Radio, is offering a
prize for the best article written about
the Philco.
Read the ad on page five ahd try
your ability to write.
This is a contest, in which the prize
will be awarded for skill.
You may have Ijhe talerit to write
a goocl ad. Read the ad'aiid try to
win.
A business transaction of more than
iocal interest is the purchase of the
John A. "Vine barber shop, 126 South
Main street, North Canton, by E. R.
Mays, on Monday, Dec. 7.
Ml*. Mays has long been known as a
barber of great skill and in his shop
under the Acme store have sat hundreds of men, women and children.
From now on Mr. Mays'will' greet
the public at 126 South Main street,
and the personnel will be Mr. Vine,
Mr. Metzler, Mr. North and Mr.
Mays.
Famous Barber Shop
During the past ten years the barber shop at 126 South Main street has
j had several proprietors but it always
did a flourishing business. The barbers retained by Mr. Mays are not
only first-class workmen, but they enjoy the respect of the people of this
town, and it is a pleasure to know that
they will remain at the old stand.
Mr. Mays will make several changes
in the shop, thus making it the last
word in sanitary requirements and
comfort.
Clement H. Willaman of. North
Main street, North Canton, visited
The Sun office on Friday and said
that the article, "When North "Canton
First Saw Daylight" was "mighty.interesting reading." He went on to say
that J. W. Hujjhmanic of Canton,
author of the article, had made two
mistakes.
One was the statement that the
land upon which .North Canton stands
was originally owned by P.eter Willaman; the second error was Mr. Hugh-
manic's assertion' that the fii*st log
cabin was erected here in 1815.
According to Clem Willaman, the
first cabin was built by the first owner of. the land, Leonard Willaman,
great grandfather of Clem, in 1806.
Clement submitted to The Sun the
following data:
First To Come To America
In order to give a comprehensive
history of the Willaman family, it
will be necessary to go back to our
great-grandfather, Leonard Willaman, who was a native of Europe, and
in 1773 started for America with nine
children of whom seven died while
crossing the ocean. Those who survived were Leonard Willaman, Jr., ancl
Maria E. Willaman. *
Cabin Built In 1806
While crossing the Atlantic ocean,
our great-grandfather accidently fell
ancl sustained injuries from the effects
of which he died soon after arriving
in the New World.
From these two children sprang the
present numerous ,Willaman family.
Leonard Willaman, Jr., was sixteen
years,old when he came to America.
We find that he married Mary Elizabeth Yenzer, and Maria E. Willaman
married Jacob Yerrick.
From" this point forward, we will
follow only the history of the descendants of Leonard, because, if we were
to follow the descendants of Maria
E., it would make oui* paper entirely*
too lengthy.. Should anyone .of the
offsprings of Maria E. wish to be mentioned, we think it would be their duty
to furnish the records of their side
of the family.
Leonard Father of 12 Children
Leonard had twelve children, namely: Barbara, died when 18 years old;
John, .died in 1812, aged 24 years;
Leonard, died in 1824, aged 33 years;
Catharine, born 1791; Peter, bom
1793; Margaret, bom 1795; Jacob,
born in 1797; Mary, commonly called
Molly, bora in 1799; George, born in
1802; Jonas, born in 1804; Samuel,
born in 1809 and Elizabeth, born in
1811.
These children were all horn in Cen-
FINE ENTERTAINER IS
HELPING RELIEF FUND
The town of Bedford, Mich., has devised a practical means of aiding its
jobless. Besides providing clothing and food, the local community, house hns
a shoemaker ancl barber, set up by the townslijp, whose sole duty Is to attend
to the wants of those in need. Thus job seekers are;not handicapped by
a shoddy appearance. The photograph shows the town shoemaker at his
work.
Clarence L. Burgderfer Is Com-
i   ing To Community Building
On  Friday Night To  Assist
Girl Reserves Raise Money-
Impersonates Notables.
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ter county, Pennsylvania, except Samuel and Elizabeth. Leonard Willaman came to Stark county in 1807, ancl
settled on the northeast quarter of
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The North Canton Relief Committee is going to get a financial boost
on Friday night, Dec. 11, if the Girl
Reserves have their way. These young
girls are sponsoring Burgderfer's entertainment, and The Sun lias the
word of Executive Secretary C. B.
Williams that "Burgderfer's performance is worth one dollar of anyone's
money," although the price of admittance to the Community Building will '
be 10 cents for school pupils and 25
cents for adults.
Burgderfer deserves great credit,
for his part in this transaction. When
he learned that the Reserves were going to turn into the relief, fund every-
penny of their share of the admittance money, he generously declared
he would do his part by lowering his
scale to just enough to cover his expenses.
Twenty Years Entertaining
Clarence L. Burgderfer has been an
entertainer for twenty years. He has
long been recognized as one of the '
outstanding* successes of the chautauqua tent, the lyceum platform ancl the
legitimate stage. He is a marvelous
mimic and has powerful ancl wonderful dramatic ability, say those who
have seen him.
All his make-up work is done in full
view of the audience, thus eliminating
"tiresome waits." The characters portrayed are the human, likeable type
that in their humor or pathos quickly appeal to one's risibilities or tug at
one's heart-strings.
Keep in mind that Burgderfer is
coming to North Canton on Friday
not to make money for himself but
to help the Girl Reserves contribute
to the relief fund which is distributed
anions- tbe few needy families in this
town.
He is delightfully original, embarking upon the unusual in wit and style,
making his entire program a wonderful mixture of mirth, story, joy and
sadness, laughters ancl tears, running
rthe gamut of the gotesque to impressive oratory, carrying his audience
whither lie will. His performance begins at 7:45.
WINTER SPORTS GET
I UNDER WAY TONIGHT
GRANDMA WILLAMAN
NAMED RECEIVER
Eugene   Schafer   Takes   Charge
Drug Store In Canton.  •
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Blessing or Curse
A sense of humor is a blessing or a
curse according to your philisophy.—
Woman's Home Companion.
Telling of the Activities of North Canton American Legion Post No. 419 and of the'Legion'Auxiliary.
Membership
Get in touch with Adjutant Zengler
concerning your 1932-membership by
Friday of this week in order that we
make a good showing when reports
are called for at Columbus on Saturday.
District'Meeting \.
The long-heralded District Initiation meeting has come and gone and
it was a success in every way. The
addresses by Department Commander
Herbert and by -VicerCommander McCaw were easy to listen to, for they
were well planned and proved instruc
in euchre, and the bridge prizes were
awarded to Mrs. Joe Strang and Paul
Strausser.
Comrade Moye
At the Post meeting' on Monday
evening there was read a.letter from
John Moye, who recently left our community after a series of. encounters
with hard luck. . He has a warm place
in his heart for North Canton, North
Canton Post:419, and for many personal friends. Moye would like to
hear from his friends who may secure his address from Commander
Bixler. Such a hold did this community have on Comrade Moye that he is
Sub-District Meeting-
After a. brief meeting* of the local
Post on Monday evening, a regular
meeting of Sub-District Three of the
Tenth District was held. This includes Stark and Caroll counties and
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Eugene Schafer, son of Mr. ancl
Mrs. Charles Schafer, has been appointed by the Court receiver of the
Thomas Devine drug store at 1701
West Tusc. street, Canton.
Eugene is a registered pharmacist
ancl he also has a practical working
knowledge of conducting a drug store.
So efficient was his handling of the
affairs of a drug store in Canton after he was appointed receiver about a
year ago that when the Devine place
decided to close the creditors turned
to Eugene to straighten things out
and the Court readily agreed to appoint him.
MUSICAL CLUB
For Boys and Girls-^First Meeting On
Tuesday- Evening, Dec. 15.
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
SEEN IN CHURCHES
Pastors, Superintendents, Choir
Leaders and Teachers Are
Busy Preparing For the Great
Day—Early Morning Services
Will Be the Rule.
Samuel and Elizabeth were bom.
Forest When He Came
When Leonard Willaman came to
Ohio, the country was almost unbroken
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AUXILIARY MEETING
Two Basket Ball Teams Swing
Into Action In the Community
Building—Church League Has
the Honor of Opening What
May Be a Good Season.
North  Canton Well
Sessions In
Represented
Shreve.
At
CANAL FULTON, SATURDAY
PULPIT   AND   PEW   NOTES
tive.    More about this meeting will il^T" ^T™ ' VT-p
be found in another column, *but in I hoplng-1-°-^ ]o-cated wlthm eaf?y ac'
this space we want to express appre
ciation to all who helped to make, the
evening a success, especially to the
members of the Auxiliary who gave
■their help in serving refreshments.
"• Card Party
Because of. the effort of a number
of our Po»t' members the card party
last Tuesday was successful, there
being fifteen or sixteen tables of players. Five-hundited honors, went to
Mrs. Harry Storch and to Ray Lentz.
-Mr.'and Mrs. Walter Snyder won out'in Ohio,
cess of North Canton,
National Commander's Banquet
Commander BMer and Adjutant
Zengler were authorized by the local
Post at the regular meeting on Monday evening to attend the National
Commander's banquet. This has been
the practice in former years. The
Deshler hotel in Columbus will be the
scene "of this banquet, which will be
this coming . Saturday, Dec, 12.    At
this   meeting' National   -Commander ^ „_
Stevens wIJl make hfe first appearance I keep'these facts ininind and saye~tfae
Card Party Tomorrow
The ladies of the Legion Auxiliary
will sponsor a card-party on Thursday afternoon (tomorrow), beginning
at 1:30.   Admission, 25 cents.
The next Auxiliary meeting will be
held as- usual in the Community
Building and will open at 7:30 p.m.
A special Christmas program will
be presented and some business of
considerable importance must be acted upon.   All members are asked to *
A musical club for boys ancl girls is
being formed under, the leadership of
Mrs. Harvey Warstler. The first
meeting.is to be held with Ervin Royer bf Woodrow avenue on Tuesday
evening, Dec. 15, at 7:30' o'clock.
: The club is for the benefit of those
who would like to learn more about
the great composers ancl their music.
There will be piano solos, ensemble
playing and various other sorts of entertainment.
GROVERWOLF
Returns  From   Cincinnati  Hospital—
He Thanks His Friends."
The churches in North Canton and
the district served by The Sun are
preparing for Christmas services.
Following their usual custom, there
will be special music appropriate to
the great day and other features bearing on the birth of Christ. Pastors,
superintendents, teachers and choir
leaders are busy.
Editors' Note—On page five will be
found the announcements of the pastors concerning Christmas programs
in the churches.
Special to The Sun
Shreve, Ohio, Dec. 9.—The district
meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary opened here this Wednesday
morning. Delegates are numerous
and it promises to be a successful
session.
How to help sick or disabled ex-
service men and tlieir families is the
main thing on the minds of the delegates. "We are not going to sit with
folded arms during this business depression and see a World War man's
family starve," said a North Canton
Auxiliary melnber to The Sun correspondent this morning. "We know
there is much ^misery and suffering
and we are going to clo our befet to
make men, women and
happy "'
Winter sport activities in the Community Building will be given new
impetus with the opening of the
Young Men's Church Basket Ball
league season this (Wednesday) evening at 7:00 o'clock. There will be
two matches. The first will be between the Community Building team
and the Greentown M. E. team. This
will be followed by the tilt between
the First U. B. team of Canton and
the Zion Reformed team.
Canal Fulton, Saturday
The Canal Fulton Merchants will be
here at 8:30 on Saturday evening so
play the Community Building aggregation. Preliminary to this, the Midgets and Young Men's teams will
play. While the opponents for these
chifdren' lat';er h-rve not yet been chosen, it is
hoped two fast fives will .be on hand.
Tho$e from North  Canton attend-'     The   Community   Building   Young
ing are: Mrs. Roy Harpold, Mrs. H.  Men's team was defeated 30 to 21 by
L. Zengler, Mrs. Harry D. Wise, Mrs.   the Canton Young Men last Saturday.
Otis Jester, Mrs. Homer Sloan, Mrs. j Individual scoring'follows:
Harry Smith, Mrs. Florence Herbruck, |           [Continued on back pa°*e]
Mrs.  Ralph  Hess  and     Mrs.  Velma ;  o °
Sponseller.
INITIATE A CLASS
PLAY SANTA CLAUS |.   AUTO SERVICE
Youngsters Ask You To Help Them jM,l,er & Son Havc 0pcned Statio" At
Make Others Happy.
North Main and Sixth Streets.
Help the L. T. L. and Junior Y. P. B.
to be Santa to children  less fortun-i
ate than you are.
These children will repair toys,
games, dolls, beads, or any thing
that will make children happy.
If you have an old doll, that has
.any one part good, send it. That part
may be just what we need at this doll
W. B. A. Lodge Will Go To Canton
This Wednesday Night.
Members of the W. B. A. lodge will
go to Canton tonight (Wednesday) to
initiate a class for a panton lodge.
The officers now serving were elected during the last meeting to serve
another term. The W.- B. A. fancy
work club will meet on Wednesday,
December 16, with Mrs. John B. Mohler.
Grover Wolf,  World  War veteran
who participated in hard fighting in '
France, has returned from the hospital  {"a:> ■l3e1
in' Cincinnati and  at this writing is |     ,?l__.
at his home.
He asks The Sun to sincerely thank,     „ .,, , ,
for him the many friends who have1,, °"r own community will be served
cheered him in illness with words of, fir|t' a,n(' th°n elsewhew-
encouragement and for the letters and ;„Se"d ,to frl, ^frrave, 339 East
cards he has received. I MaDle strpet' North Canton.
LITERARY CLUB
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date, Thursday, Dec, 10.
Needless to add, The Sun does so
cheerfully. Grover Wolf is a victim
of the war, ancl a veteran of his outstanding worth is entitled to the best.
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Hard To Conceal
Loye   and  smoke  are  two
' which cannot be concealed.
things
One of the most modern and up-to-
date automobile service stations in this
Vicinity has just been opened on
North Main street at Sixth, by Miller
& Son. Here you may buy gasoline,
oil, batteries, tires, have your car
greased, tires or battery repaired, and
minor adjustments made.
An important feature of Miller service is specialized lubrication.    There	
Manv people have beads they do not' j* *, sPf|al S^ase. gun and  special Annual Banquet Will'Be On Monday
;e.    Pass them on. j lubricant for every part of your auto- Evening, December 14.
' mobile  Avhich   performs   a   different
kind of work. This insures against n the Ladies Literary club of North
loss of grease.and guarantees maxi- yanton will hold their annual banquet
mum efficiency of all moving parts.      *" the soclal rooms of Zion Reformed
See .- your    spark    plugs    operate  ch"T.ch on Monday, December 14.
through a glass under conditions simi-' .. V>e new calendar booklets will be
lar to those existing in your automo-  distributed at this time.
bile,' then you will know whether or| " °	
not they are operating properly. North  Canton  Library
This is but one of the courtesies of      A record in circulation was set by*
„  -•   „      . - - Miller service.   Tire, battery, fan belt  the North Canton public library for
from Russia and will give an instruc-; and fuse inspections also made with-   the month of November     37C3  vol-
tivc address. -j out charge. umes were loaned to readers.
Will Speak About Russia
Tlie Canton Ministerial Group will
be the guests of the Akron Ministers
at North Hill M. E. church on Monday, Dec. 14.    The guest speaker is