The Sun, 1940-04-24

              The Forest Prime Evil
In a Pennsylvania forest there is a fire prevention sign
which consists of a huge reproduction of a match,-with the
following words: "This is the forest prime evil."
That terse slogan speaks volumes. For destruction to our
priceless forests is one of the most tragic phases of the fire
problem. Anyone who has traveled in timber country has
seen the wastelands, covered with black stumps, which fire
leaves behind—the ruin where once were stately trees, busy
communities of wild life, and beautiful recreation areas.
It will not be long now until the dangerous forest season
is upon us. Good weather brings mounting hazards.. Trees
and underbrush dry to the point where they are virtually explosive. One touch of flame may be sufficient to cause a holocaust. And death and disaster follow.
The primary causes of forest fires are well known. Inexperienced and careless campers are among the worst offenders. Every man and woman who goes vacationing in the
woods should keep this everlastingly in mind! Never leave a
camp fire while a single spark remains alive. Douse it thoroughly with water or smoifeerj^with dirt.
Motorists ar^**" also responsible .for ruinous forest fires.
A cigarette butt castfronT3*"**fTe15fmg car may supply the tiny
flame that ^StSpread until it has devastated thousands of
"acres of splendid woodland. Most of the states have laws designed to prevent this, but policemen and fire wardens can't
be everywhere at once to see that the law is enforced. The
public must cooperate.
Let's all work to save our forests this year. It takes centuries to replace great trees—and only seconds to destroy
them. Don't forget that-'
Subjugated Countries
If Germany is able to mjaintain permanent control over
Denmark and Norway,-this will add two more to the-large
groups of countries held down only by conquest, contrary to
the will of their people. History has shown that empires built
on such foundation are very unstable. They may seem smooth
on the surface, but currents of human unhappiness and revenge and revolution are flowing under the seemingly quiet
exterior.
It may be said there is nothing that the subjugated inhabitants of countries like1 Poland and Czechoslovakia can do,
-when,all their weapons are taken away. However they can
spread revolutionary propaganda, they can perform acts of
sabotage that make production and transportation subject to
interruption. A nation is not made stonger by annexing millions of unhappy and desperate people.
The success of the British in sinking seven Nazi destroyers at Narvik suggests that the job of conquering Norway
will not be s oeasy as Mr. Hitler thought.
More Selling Power Needed
In the sales—jobs campaign that was promoted some
time ago in a nationwide movement, the statement was made
by one noted speaker that the salesmen of the land have not
in the past asked enough people to buy. He told how great
results had been achieved just by a more energetic solicitation of trade. He named a leading city where twice as many
automobiles were sold through this campaign as had been
during the period preceding.
It is a principle of trade, that the more people you ask to
buy, the more people will get interested in buying. Solicitation from door to door may or may not have any great result.
Sometimes the home folks get tired of solicitors.
If you keep presenting to people the advantages of buying something they want and need, some of them will loosen
up their idle money and buy these things. Probably that is
the best method of breaking depressions. And don't forget
that the least expensive way of asking people to buy is
through advertising.
VOL. 17—No. 26
NORTH CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO," WEDNESDAY,  APRIL 24, 1940
$1.50 PER YEAR-
Rotarians
Converge
On Canton
43 Clubs From Northeastern
_ Ohio Represented at 158th
District Conference Held
Recently
Broader Horizons
The philosophers T3ay people need broader horizons. The
young'folks often say" they would like one broad enough and
far enough away from home so Pa and Ma can't watch everything they do.
The broader horizon is a wider interest in life with less
thought of petty interests. You don't have to go away from
hom'e to lind it. Many people living in great cities have very
narrow horizons," consisting only of the little sporting world
in which they- move- Meanwhile there are plenty of folks
along the back roads of Ohio who have.broad horizons. They
read newspapers and magazines, and they know what is going on all over "the world. The broad horizon depends more
on-what you read than where you live. ■ t      " - ***
The man who goes fishing may not 'seem to the public
to employ his time in any very productive way. His wife may
feel that the strings of fish he brings home are usually of
negligible value as a food supply.
But the fisherman gets something besides the fish. If
he is a fairly successful fisherman, he has-probably learned
patience. He has discovered that it takes a quiet and philosophical mind- H he breezes and blows around making plenty
of noise and disturbance, he is not likely to get many bites.
Now if he can carry that self control and patience and
philosophy into daily life, it will give him a habit of perseverance which is'of high value.
Approximately 300 Rotarians and
their wives were on hand at the
opening session'of the 158th district conference in Odd Fellows
temple in Canton on Thursday with
43 clubs in the northeastern section of Ohio being represented.
Registrations were made at the
Temple and through the medium of
conference discussion groups, banquet at Congress Lake Country
club, attendance at talks, and annual election of officers, it is estimated that nearly 1,000 were registered.
Opening program was started
with an invocation by Rev. H. N.
Kerst, pastor of Trinity Reformed
church and a member of Canton
Rotary club. Greetings from the
host club were offered by Clarence
J. Parker, president. Response for
the district was given by Floyd
Withrow, president of the Barberton club.
George Warburton, Rotarian
from England, addressed the morning session and urged Rotarians to
defend the principles of liberty
which have been won so strenuously and at so great cost.
Stating that the. United States
is proof that democracy is neither
antiquated nor out of date, he issued the warning that this nation
should be prepared to defend her
democracy with all her might according to mind and inclination.
"Though democracy is still only in
its infancy," he added, "it has many
adjustments to make and problems
to solve,""but in the United States,
it is safe to grow."
At the luncheon which followed
the program, Frank Phillips, third
vice president of Rotary international, spoke on "Radiating Rotary."
Highlight of Thursday's program
was the annual banquet, attended
by more than 500 Rotarians and
their wives. Dr. M. S. Rice, Methodist minister and Rotarian of Detroit, told the convention delegates, "never to overlook the possibilities in America's underprivi-
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' "Some of our greatest men, in
the fields of education, science,., religion and government have risen
out of obscurity because of .the
benevolent interest of some man or
woman or some organization such
as Rotary," Dr. Rice declared. He
related several instances where
friendly individuals and organizations were responsible "for making
a valuable citizen out .of some
youth who> otherwise might have
lived out his life span to be a drag,
if not a decided. handicap, to that
smooth functioning of our social
system."
Local Rotarians and wives attending included: Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Carper, Dr. and Mrs. A. R.
Basinger, Dr. and Mrs. H. Corl,
Mr. and Mrs. Todd Eaver, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Harpold, Rev. and Mrs.
N. B. Emch, Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Holl, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Lewis, Mr.
and Mrs, Ward Mathie, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Schafer, Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon Sell, Jtfr. and Mrs. Park
Surbey, Mr. and Mrs, Ralph Young.
At the meeting of the local organization on Thursday of this
week, election of officers will be
the main item of business.
County W.C.T.U.
Institute Held
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To L. C. Rockhill
WASHINGTON"; D. C—Members of the United States Supreme Court
tuije since the induction of former U. S. Attorney General Frank Murphy to that august body... Photo shows left to right: Associate Justices
Owen J. Roberts, William O. Douglas, James Clark McReynolds, Stanley F. Reed, Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, Associate- Justices
Felix Frankfurter, Harlan F. Stone, Frank Murphy and Hugo L. Black.
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Vocal Groups
Rated Excellent
Local Members Take Part In
Alliance Program
Stark County W. C. T, U. Spring
Institute was held in the First
Methodist church at Alliance recently with over 150 attending.
Thost participating frorn the local
union were Mrs. Ida Willigmann,
Mrs. Delia Werstler, Mrs. Grace
Baughman and Mrs. Beulah Starks.
Mrs, Lottie Riehl,. county president, in her address reported the
W. C. T. U. has studied the liquor problem for 65 years. For seven years the study has been concentrated on scientific aspects of
alcohol. Great advances have been
made in science and research she
revealed yet none have disproved
the assertion that beverage alcohol is the greatest single enemy
of man and society.
Mrs. Baughman talked briefly on
"Institute Aims" while a parliamentary discussion "was conducted
by Mrs. Harriet Porter of Alliance.
A quiz on W. C.T. U.„ activities
was conducted by "Mrs; Werstler
and Mrs. Starks. .
B- F. Stanton, Alliance's superin-
intendent of schools, who gave the
address of the aftetnobn, declared
"T-emperance education in public
schools would be an easy task if
the public realized the effects of
alcohol,"
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Annual Tea Planned
Annual silver tea of the Women's Missionary society to which
all women of the Community Christian church are invited as guests,
will be held Wednesday afternoon,
May 1 at 2 p. va. at the home of
Mrs. O. P. ladder.
Speaker for the afternoon will
be Miss Jesse Jerome, authority on
Asiatic conditions, from Hiram college. Special music will be provided.
Students Participate in State
Contest Over Week-end
Excellent ratings were accorded
the three North Canton high school'
music groups which competed in
the state music contest held in Columbus the past week-end.
In the-Class BB division in which
North Canton was entered, Ada
girls' glee club advanced to the national event. The local group received an excellent plus. Louisville girls received an excellent rating in this class. -. • -,-
""* Youngstown Science'ville emerged as national candidate in the
boy's glee club division, receiving
the superior rating, Here North
Canton was awarded an excellent
minus.
The mixed chorus* received a
s straight excellent rating. Ashtabula advanced to the nationals in
this division.
In the band division, both Covington and Rittman will advance to
the nationaU competion. Jackson
township, Stark county entry, emerged with an excellent rating.
Grades To Offer
Pageant May 5
Religious Education Program
Directed by Miss Fliehman
"The Christ" a pageant in six
episodes will be presented by the
North Canton grade school Religious education classes, Sunday evening, May 5, at 7:30 p. m. in the
high school auditorium.
The participants will be costumed and perform on a colorfully
lighted stage which will have as a
prominent centerpiece, a large
white cross.
The program as given out by
Miss Minnie Fliehman, instructor
of the classes and director of the
pageant is as follows:
Prayer, Rev. N. B. Emch. Introduction, Miss Fliehman. "The
Christ" Max Humbert and Doris
Day. Episode 1, "Nativity," Worship gy fourth grade. Duet, Episode 11, "'Inasmuch of serving
memory and activity."
Episode III, "In the Fellowship
of Prayer." Poem, "Some One Had
Prayed." Art and prayer by the
first grade. Episode IV, "In the
Fatherhood of God." Drama by
fifth grade. Episode V, "In His
Book and In His Word," third
grade. Remarks by Rev. M. E.
Beck.
Episode VI, "In His Word" a
pageant by the sixth grade. The
concluding number of the program
will be the benediction by Rev. M.
A. Cossaboom.
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Will Reopen
Blacksmith Shop
Announcement Made by J. A.
Peters, "Village Smithy"
Soon the ring of hammer on anvil will again be a familiar sound
to North Cantonites with the announcement by J. A. Peters, the
"village blacksmith" of the reopening of his shop at the rear of his
residence at 211 Portage street, on
Wednesday, May 1.
He is equipped to do horseshoeing, 'blacksmithing and all kinds of
repair work and has added latest
grinding equipment for sharpening
garden and farm tools.
Mr. Peters has a background of
extensive experience in this line of
work, having had his own shop in
North Canton for 18 years, spending seven years with the Hoover
company and 12 years with the
Akron Pure Milk company.
Late News Pictures Of
World Events
Hartville Man Sucuiribs After
Brief Illness
Lorin Curtis Rockhill, -55, member' of the board of trustees of Mt.
Union college and .former sales
manager of Goodyear Tire and.
Rubber company, died early Monday morning in Akron City hospital from bronchial pneumonia
Mr. Rockhill became ill at- his;
farm home at Congress lake Friday.
He was taken to the hospital later
in the day but his condition grew,
steadily worse. \
He was born in Canton, the
youngest son "of Samuel H. Rock
hill, first principal of the old Blum
Street school, now known'as Wells-
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"Union college in 1906.
Following his graduation he entered the office of the Cleveland
Press in the advertising depart'
ment. In 1908 he joined the Qood-
year'Tire and Rubber company and
became widely known in that industry. In recent years he had confined his activities to managing the
Congress Lake farm where he resided and a farm implement and
blacksmith shop at Hartville. which
he purchased a few years ago.
He is survived by his widow.
Grace; three children, Mrs. Earl
Shanafelt of Rootstown, Jane, a
teacher in the public schools at
Newell, W. Va., and Curtis, a student at Mt. Union -college; one
brother, Harold K. of Tacoma,
Wash., who is now visiting in" Canton and one sister, Mrs. Wallace S.
Foulks of Canton now in Coral Gables, Fla.
Funeral services will be held on,
Thursday at 2 o'clock   from    the,;
home and burial will be    in
Peace cemetery at Hartville.
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Spring Cleanup
Next Week
LITTLE FALLS, NEW YORK—A general view from an elevation of
the scene of the wreck of the Lake Shore Limited, crack New York-
Chicago express of the New York Central railroad, where 33 persons
\jrere killed on one of the worst rail tragedies near Little Falls Friday
night... Derailed while speeding around a curve, the powerful locomo-
-tise crashed into a rock wall and exploded. Dead and injured were
trapped in the telescoped cars and were released with acetylene torches.
An estimated fifty persons were seriously hurt; a score of others suffered minor injuries.
Residents    Asked    to    Place
Waste in Containers
It's time for the annual spring
cleanup* in North Canton and Mayor Guy W. Price has announced-
that collectors will call at every
home between April 30 and May 3.
Both dates are inclusive and the
men will haul away all accumulated
worthless materials which cannot
be burned, such as cans, bottles, etc
Residents are asked to put all such
articles in receptacles and place at
alley or street curb. Ashes and
other materials must be removed
by residents as these are not included.
For the purpose of making the
collection, the village has been divided into four sections and one
day only will be assigned for each
section.
On Tuesday, April 30, the section east of North Main street and
north of East Maple, including all
streets in that section will be covered. On Wednesday, . west of
North Main, and north of West
Maple, including all streets in that
section.
On Thursday, May 2, the cleanup men will move to the other side
of town covering the territory
west of South Main and south of
East Maple, including McKinley
avenue.
Camp Trips
Arousing
Interest
Outstanding Vacation Jaunts
Being Offered To Adults
and Youth Through Efforts,
of Community Building
E. E. Clouser
Dies at Home
NEW YORK CITY—Mrs. Edith
Graham Mayo of Rochester, Minnesota, widow of the noted surgeon,
Charles H. Mayo, of the Mayo
Clinic, who was selected last week
by The American Mothers' Committee of the Golden Rule Foundation, of New York, as "Representative of the best there is in womanhood, the voice of inarticulate millions of mothers throughout the nation." Mrs. Mayo is the mother of
eight children.
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Spring Swing
Date Announced
Will
Junior  Women's  Dance
be Held May 4
The Junior Women's club
"Spring Swing" will be held Saturday evening. May 4, at the Colonial house with Hughie Shea and
his orchestra providing: the music.
This announcement was made at
the club meeting held Monday evening at the Community building
by Miss Mary Jane Sponseller.
Miss Jane Reeder, president,
gave an interesting talk on the
Federated Woman's clubs convention held in Canton recently and
Miss Rose Emma Peters, chairman
of the finance committee announced that the "Pot 'o Gold" drawing
would be made at the club's annual
banquet on May 20.
The musical portion of the program, supplied by William Graham,
accordionist, was in charge of Mrs.
James Meyer and Miss Helen Warburton.
The May 13 meeting of the organization will be in charge of Miss
Annabelle Clay.
WED 48 YEARS .
S. W. Good's Celebrate Wednesday
• With Informal Dinner
On Wednesday evening, Mr. and
Mrs. S. W. Good celebrated their
48th wedding anniversary with a
chicken dinner at the Mohler restaurant.
With them were Mr. and Mrs. *M.
M. Mohler, who served as attendants at the wedding and Mr. and
Mrs. J. S. Surbey.
The occasion also marked the
celebration of. Mr. Mohler's and
Mrs.  Surbey"s birthdays. ,
Services Will Be Held Thursday Afternoon
Emmon E. Clouser, 60, died at
his home, 401 McKinley avenue,
Tuesday afternoon. He had been
in ill health for quite some time.
A life resident of North Canton,
he was employed at the Hoover
company for 25 years in the cooperative  department.
He is survived by his widow, Mildred; one sister, Mrs. John Surbey
of North Canton and two brothers,
Albert of North Canton and J. R.
Clouser of Akron.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon at 3 p. m. with
the Revs. M. E. Beck and M. A.
Cossaboom officiating. Burial will
be made in North Canton cemetery
by Lewis Funeral parlors.
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Youth
HeldJELere
Rally
JAMESTOWN, R. I. — Spl CFI
Photo to The Sun by Herb Foster
—Governor William H. Vanderbilt
of Rhode Island (left) inspects new
Jamestown bridge with E. L. Mac-
Donald, chief engineer. This $3,-
000,000 project crossing the west
channel of Narrangansett Bay, connecting U. S. Route 1 near Saun-
derstown, R. I. with Cananicut Island, on which Jamestown is situated, replaces a ferry that has
been in| operation since 1670 and is I
said to be the oldest transportation
facility in continuous operation in
the United States.
May Party Set
Annual Event Scheduled For
Witwer Park May 18
Saturday, May 18, has been selected as the date for the 37th an-
May party, which will be held at
Witwer park.
Mrs. Thelma Ake, secretary and
treasurer of the' group which sponsors the event, will serve as hostess this year.
All ladiesi and girls whose birthdays are in May are invited to attend. A basket dinner will be served. Those attending are asked to
provide their own table service.
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Mothers Will Meet
Grade School Mothers" Study
group, for mothers of children in
kindergarten through the sixth
grade, will meet in the American
Legion room of the Community
building on Wednesday evening,
May 1 at 8 p. m.
Mrs. Beth Shorb will address the
group. All mothers of children
within this age group are invited to
attend.
To Tour Timken Plant
Next regular meeting of the
Hoover Engineers' chib will be held
Wednesday May 1, when the group
goes on an inspection tour of the
Timken Roller Bearing company.
Members are asked to assemble
at the company where all arrangements have been made for the tour
by Bert M. Donze, general factory
manager.
Glenn   Royer   Elected   President of Group
Youth Fellowship of the Canton
district of East Ohio Synod of Evangelical and Reformed churches
held its spring rally Sunday at
Zion Reformed- church here.
.The meeting opened with a worship service in charge of the young
people of St. Paul's church of East
Canton. The. message was brought
by Rev. Clarence F. Hammen of
St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church of Massillon.   .
Officers elected for the coming
year during the business session
included: Glenn Royer, North Canton, president; Betty McGaughey,
Canton, vice president; Dorothy
Phillips, Louisville, secretary; and
Ray Harter, East Canton, treasur-
tr.
A recreation period was enjoyed
and this was followed by a fellowship supper at 5:30 served by members of the Naomi- class. The evening program was built around
the theme, "The Call of Camp and
Conference" with motion pictures
of the church's supper camps and
schools being shown.
150 Attend
Political Meet
With school vacation only a few
short weeks away, interest is gradually turning to the camping trips
to be offered during the summer
months under the sponsorship of
the Community building.
These trips are designed for
both boys and girls and cover periods of from one to three weeks.
Even the adults have not 'been overlooked in this respect with two
outstanding vacation jaunts being
offered late in July.
The first of the scheduled events
is the annual Washington trip for
high school seniors in the county,
from June 1 to 14. Then follows
in rapid succession, a Cook's forest jaunt for younger boys from
June 3 to 7, a Michigan trip from
June 10 to 14, another Cook's forest trip for younger girls from
June 17 to 21, Mary Eells conference for high girls from June 24
to 30, and a Mohican forest trip
for younger boys from June 25 to
28.
Present plans also call for another World's fair trip during the
first week in July. A girl's bike
trip to historical places of interest
in this section of the state has been
arranged for July 8 to 17 with a
trip to Marblehead from July 9 to
15 planned for High boys.
-Starting on July 20 and lasting
.through August 2, comes the first
of the trips for adults. This is the
Smoky mountains vacation which
is open to the entire county. At the
same time, another outstanding
trip will be offered, this is a trailer trip to Mexico City for young
men.
The granddaddy of all trips, in so
far as bovs are concerned, will
wind up the season's wanderings.
This is the three week's vacation
to Yellowstone National park.
This is perhaps one of the most
ambitious undertakings planned for
the summer.
According to Jack Coughlin, boys
and young men's activities secretary, and Miss Frances Seederly,
girls' and women's secretary, all
registrations .for the various trips
must be made by June 1. Trips not
signed up by this date will be.can^.
celled.- Information • as to expense
and other essentials can be obtained from the secretaries.
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Woman's Club
Meets May 6
Mrs. Seth Wolff  of Youngstown Guest Speaker
Next meeting of the North Canton Woman's club will be held on
Monday, May 6 at 2 p. m. in the
Community building with Mrs.
Paul Hahn in charge of the program.
Speaker for the afternoon will
be Mrs. Seth Wolff of Youngstown
who is to talk on parliamentary
procedure.
Mrs. E. J. Cathon will be chair-
'man of the tea committee. She will
be assisted by Mrs. Robert Castle,
Mrs. Glenn Green, Mrs. Glenn
Spangler, Mrs. H. W. Hart, Mrs.
J. E. Sauter, Mrs. E. B. Combs,
Mrs. Ross Baxter, Mrs. L. A. Rice,
Mrs. J. M. Oyster, Mrs. R. L.
Wearstler, and Mrs. Gordon Lowther.
Date and place of the June
luncheon has been announced for
June 3 at Congress Lake Country
club.
Candidates Speak Before Woman's Study Club
Plain Township Woman's Republican Study club held a political
candidate meeting at Middlebranch
high school Monday evening which
was attended by more than 100.
Mrs. Fred Boli, president of the
club, gave the address of welcome
and Mrs. Maude Bailey was in
charge of the program. State Senators were limited to three minutes with all other candidates al-
loted two minutes.
Following the talks, refreshments' were served by a committee
composed of Mrs. H. E. Corl, chairman, Mrs. Rose Garland, and Mrs.
Marcella Booth. The meeting closed with the singing of "America"
led by Mrs. Walter Reeder of
North Canton.
The club's next gathering will
be a tea for new members. This is
to be held at Middlebranch high
school on May 3 between 2 and 4
p. m.
HAVE ANNUAL DINNER
The annual father-daughter "dinner on the jump" sponsored by the
ring group of the Senior Girl reserves was held at the Community
building Monday evening.
The toast to the fathers was given by Jean Lowry and the response
by her father, Millard Lowry. A
quiz contest between the fathers
and daughters was staged.
This was followed by the presentation of rings to Wanda Blatti,
Inez Climes, Janice Hanel, Dorothy
Kolp, Helen Kolp, Jean Moore,
Ruth Schreiner, Pauline Snyder,
Blanche Wenger, Phyllis Willaman,
and Ann Wolf.
Songs between courses of the
dinner were led by Maxine Sponseller.
75 Planes In
Legion Round-up
Membership Drive Closes   on
Sunday Night
More than 75 airplanes ranging
from the latest type of military
speedsters to palatial sky cruisers
already have been entered in the
8th annual aerial membership
round-Up with which the American
Legion will climax its 1940 enrollment campaign, Sunday, April 28.
These entries have been received
at national headquarters in Indianapolis from 20 departments,
and more departments are still to
be heard from. Based on these advanced Teports, the annual sky derby will fly a cargo of at least 75,-
000 membership cards and dues to
Indianapolis from all sections of
the nation.
Local Post _ No. 419 announces
that Legionnaires are always welcome to join the post which meets
the first and,third Monday nights
of each month. The next post
meeting is Monday evening, May 6.
REPUBLICANS GATHER
Committeemen Select Robert Graham as Next Chairman
Twenty-one committeemen were
present when the Plain, Jackson
and Lake townships Republican
groups met in the Citizens Savings and Loan in North Canton.
Guest speakers were Paul Gnau,
Roy L. Gabel, Rube Meir and Robert Graham. Graham''was unanimously endorsed by the committeemen as the next 'chairman of .the
Stark County Republican committeemen. Leland S. Wood served as
chairman of the meeting.
Refreshments were served.
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