The Sun, 1942-03-11

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Normandie and My Kitchen
The French liner, Normandie, one of the greatest ships
any nation has ever built, lies, prostrate on her side in the
harbor of New York and all America is concerned about it.
I am doing my everyday housework more thoroughly and
conscientiously than ever before since I read the details of
this disgraceful disaster. And what connection is there between a great Atlantic liner and my little house so far inland? Why does the shocking tragedy of the ship spur me
on to better work?
The Normandie burned and then capsized, they tell us,
not because of sabotage, but because of carelessness. Because
the men at work transforming her from a luxury liner to a
great troop ship were not doing their level best in the most
workman-like way they knew, and because improper precautions were not taken.
Had this catastrophe been the result of enemy activity,
10i it would be bad enough and the whole country would mourn
the loss. But to have it happen because of inefficiency and a
spirit of "this'll do—this'll get by" is something infinitely
worse. It points a ruthless finger at a soft spot in our national life. So I am going to clean my cupboard shelves this
morning and from now on keep them tidy. I'm going to the
market and pick out all the fruits and vegetables and meats
• I buy instead of ordering them by 'phone. I'm going to keep
strict household accounts as John has always wanted me to
do.
It-isn't much—my own conversion to hard, conscientious
work. It isn't going to make the country over. But, if every
woman in the United States who was shocked by the fate of
the Normandie were to take herself and her family in hand,
the whole country would change—and quickly, too! A new
standard for efficient**;, n-yl t^qj; "Highness, would be ;*->». yid
wes would be able to take the offensive in this war many
months sooner than we will if we continue to bungle.
We've been an easy going, pleasure loving people. Things
have come to this generation with very little effort. Even in
recent months, we've laughed at the idea of real danger. A
country the size of this with all of our resources will win the
war hands down!
j|fe But will we—if we continue to let things like the burn
ing of the Normandie happen? Will we if every one of us
does, not buckle down now to do his very best ? This is a war
of production and every workman in every factory needs to
feel his responsibility and to do his job, no matter how small
it is, with care and skill and pride.
Too many of us have lost the sense of responsibility and
«hard work that enabled our forefathers to carve a great nation out of a wilderness. We've relied on the other fellow—
or on the government.
, We're all in this war together—you and I in our homes,
the men in the factories and offices, as well as the boys in
uniform. We expect them to do their best no matter how
difficult or unpleasant. Isn't it their right to expect us back
home to do the same?
VOL. 19—No. 20
.NORTH CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO,. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1942
$1.50 PER YEAE
Legion to Collect Scrap Metal Here Saturday
Stark Farmers io
Get Quesiionaires
Employment Service Conducts
Survey to Aid Study of Labor Shortage
As a preliminary step toward
avoiding a farm labor shortage in
Stark county during the coming
months, more than 4700 farmers in
the Stark county district will receive post card questionaires this
week from the Canton office of the
United __States Employment Service.
Questions asked the farmers are
"Will you need farm workers during 1942? and Will ycu be available to work on other farms dining
1942?"
According to John M. Hayne, local employment office manager,
the same technique which has enabled the employment service to
function as the labor recruiting
agency for war industry will be
used in supplying the farmer with
adequate help. He pointed out that
expanded field office facilities will
be provided wherever necessary to
meet the farmer's needs.
"Our main concern right now,"
he stated, "is to get these cards
back properly filled out. Just as
soon as we find out how many
farmers need additional help, we
will begin a campaign to recruit,
classify and allocate workers where
they are most needed."
Stoner Funeral
Held Tuesday
Retired    Farmer    Life-Long-
Resident of Lake Twp.
John B. Stoner, 87, outstanding
farmer in this district for many
years and life long- resident of
Lake township, died at his home in
Mt. Pleasant Saturday afternoon,
March 7, 1942.
He retired from active farm life
about 20 years ago after spending
46 years on his farm.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Sarah Stoner; one son, Harrison Stoner of R. D. 6; one daughter, Mrs. Homer Correll of Ravenna; one sister, Mrs. Lydia Vine of
Greentown, and four grandchildrer.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from the home in
charge of Rev. S. D. Dillow and
Rev. M. Dean Marston. Burial was
in West Nimishillen cemetery with
the Myers & Son parlors in charge.
Police to Get
New Booth
Fire Caused By Short Burns
Interior of Old- Building
Village council approved the
erection of a new police booth at
their meeting Monday evening, following a fire which burned out the
interior of the present booth early
Saturday morning.
The blaze apparently started
from a short in the radio shortly
before 2:45 a. m. and was discovered by William Willaman, acting
police officer at the time. The fire
department was called and extinguished the fire which destroyed the
radio, telephone and damaged
other contents of the booth. Damage was estimated at $40.
The property committee of the
village council will determine the
construction of a new booth and
where it is to be placed. At the
present time the structure stands
I on the north east corner of the
square but council members feel
that this is a hazard that can be
eliminated if it is erected at another place.
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licbael Ghefpka Sr.
Dies in Home Saturday
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon for Michael Chelpka
Sr., father of Michael Chelpka of
North Canton, who died in his
home at 1441 Harrisburg rd. NE.
late Saturday afternoon, March 7,
1942, following a brief illness.
Mr. Chelpka, 67, was a retired
tinplate worker. His wife died six
months ago.
He is survived, in addition to his
son in North Canton, by three other
sons, John and Steven Chelpka of
Canton and Paul of Cleveland;
and four daughters, Mrs. May Gal-
ias of Youngstown and Susan,
Kathryn and Anna Chelpka of the
home.
- The body was taken to the home
Sunday afternoon from the Jack
parlors and the funeral was held
from the Church of God at llth St.
SW. with Rev. W. C. Roark officiating. Burial was in North Lawn
cemetery.
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SCOUT
SO ANNIVERSARY
WEEK-MARCH 1218
Girl Scouts Observe Anniversary
With Pledge of Service to Nation
at the home of Mrs. Elma Nelson
on Tuesday. Mrs. Harry Wise gave
a review of "The Shaker Adventure." The next meeting will be at
the home of Mrs. Richard Everett
on Woodland ave.
Church Contest
to End Sunday
Thirty-One   From   Reformed
Church Place Entries
Thirty-one boys and girls who
attend the Zion Reformed church
have entered the 20th annual Stewardship and Essay poster contest
sponsored by the Evangelical and
Reformed churches of the United
States.
The contest, which started the
first of the year will end on Sunday, March 15. The entries will be
judged and two for each of the four
age groups in the contest will be
chosen as the local winners and
sent to Philadelphia, for final judging.
The theme of all the entries is
"God's Plan for Christian Living."
Miss Sadie Richards is in charge of
the contest, which is open to all
persons between the ages of 9
and 21.
Those who are making- entries
are Mary Ellen Smith, Ned Stull,
Mary and Alice Messenheimer, Bill
Poole, Bolon'Downey, Violet and
Leland Schneider, Mary Surbey,
Shirley DeMuesy, Yvonne Tunni-
cliffe, Richard Domer, Florence
Earle, Mary Jane   Elson,    Shirley
It I Had Known!
. We can no longer afford the luxury of post-mortems but
we cannot afford to ignore the lessons we saw learned in
blood and suffering- abroad.
We cannot afford differing- or disunity among our own
people—the thinking in terms of groups, the demanding of
special privileges, the constant asking for special favors or
concessions.
This war can only be won by the active participation and
all-out effort of every one of us. There are no longer any non-
combatants. We are all in it. Wars are won by all the people,
not by any one group.
How can we hold out for personal advantage when we
consider the sacrifices being made by those who are fighting
to keep the enemy from our shores ? Their lives are laid down
for us, and-it is up to us to put aside differences and critical
discussion of each other to get together and back up our
soldiers.
We cannot afford to be separated. We have seen what
happened abroad when disunity entered. We have seen what
seeking after special privileges cost. Thyssen learned it in
Germany when the monster his money had helped ereate devoured him. The French workers learned it, when the trade
union movement was dissolved in France.
There is one paragraph quoted in many papers today
which I wish we all had to learn:
"What does that Frenchman—soldier, workman, politician, or business man think today? Probably it's something
like this, 'I wish I had been less greedy for myself and more
anxious for my country; I wish I had realized you can't beat
off a determined invader by a quarreling, disunited people at
home; I wish I had been willing to give in on some of my
rights to other Frenchmen, instead of giving up all of them
to a-foreigner; I wish I had realized other Frenchmen had
rights, too; I wish I had known that patriotism is work, not
talk; giving, not getting'."
, We must stand together. We cannot afford the luxury of
standing on our rights. We must work today for a common
aim, for the good of ALL of us if ANY of us are to survive.
We do not want to have to say "If I had known"1 when
it is too late. ' „
Boys Build Model
Planes for Navy
Local Club to Start Work in Near* Future on Project to Aid
Country; Use Hobby Skills to Do Part in War Effort
mi    XT   -ii. /-.    a     t.   i    i t. _. jJ.Trott, Betty Thomas, Dawn Bovill,
The North Canton Book club msSfo^ Capfey) Bealah   „„,  -3^
Myers, David Mathie, David and
Bob Shaw, Jane Miller, Jay and
William Bishop, Lois George,
Barbara Bierly, Richard Creviston,
Dorothy Lowry, and Dan Howes.
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Patrolmen Arrest Six
for Overloaded Trucks
TINY CRAFT USED TO TRAIN GUNNERS
_ America's youthful aviators—those who are too young
lo fly in the armed forces—are doing their own part for the
government today by working more industriously on model
airplanes.
In cooperation with the navy department, boys in model plane
clubs throughout the country are
building tiny navy models to scale
which are used in training gunners.
The planes are not flying models.
The North Canton club, working
through the Akron Y will start on
this project in the near future. The
models they will build are approximately eight inches long and will
be built.from plans furnished by
the navy department. The materials will be furnished by the Akron Wonjjan's N. A. A. who are
sponsoring the Akron activities.
When they are completed they will
be turned over to the navy division
in Akron.
The members of the club expressed an interest in this navy
projeet and the work was arranged
and planned by Bill Blank, club adviser. The club is one of the most
recent to be organized at the Community building and has been carrying on an active program.
While American fighting men are
winging their way across battle
skies these younger boys' at home
who are keenly interested in aviation can do their part to keep those
fighters safe as they work at their
model planes, helping the U. S.
Navy train men for the service.
Cinema Glub
With
The North Canton Cinema club
met Friday evening at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Elson. The
host showed news reels of high
lights in 1941 as well as some
movies which he had taken.
The February meeting was held
at-the home of Ed Schmidt on Mt.
Vernon Blvd.
Crater Made by Explosion
SELMA, N. C.—The photo shows the huge crater made by the explosion that occurred when- a truck loaded with munitions, collided with
a car..This photo was made after workmen had already started filling
the gaping hole. The blast completely demolished the Hotel Tilton.
Three people, were killed and several were injured in the accident.
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Ten   Others   Charged
Traffic Violations
Six truck drivers appeared in
mayor's court this week on charges
of overloaded trucks, placed against
them by state patrolmen. All were
arrested during the past week on
highways in North Canton vicinity,
They were Russel Raymond Eg-
gert of Akron, Lloyd Walter Bris-
tor of Massillon,, Sherman Herbert
Rardon of Canton, Dan B. Beachy
of Uniontown, Augie Mastroine of
Waynesburg, and Lester John Hoover of Canton.
Village police officers reported
ten traffic arrests for the week,
with one of the drivers, Virgil D
Tallman of Akron charged with
driving while under the influence
of liquor.
The other drivers arrested were
Nick Armbruster of Akron, Richard J. Dete of Akron, Emery J.
Nemith of Canton, George J. Brubaker of Akron, Marvin McCullough of Akron, Edward Haggerty
of Elyria, Joseph Morana of
Cleveland, Albert H. Mohler of
Canton and John Hosier of Canton.
Canton District Troops to
Light Candles on Thirtieth
Birthday of Organization
Pledging themselves to conscientious duty as they never have before, the Girl Scouts of America
will observe their thirtieth anniversary from March 12 to 18.
Thirty years ago Juliette Low
started the first -girl scout troop in
Savannah, Georgia and since then
it has grown to embrace the whole
United States and is known in
many countries under different
names, such as the Girl Guides of
England.
Designed to give the girls social
activities together, the girl scout
program is also planned to teach
them to be helpful and train them
for work which must be done.
- Today the Girl Scout organization stands with the Boy Scouts in
offering its service to its country.
Although they may not take an active part in collecting metals and
paper for the government,    many
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Data Still Incomplete
on Sugar Rationing
Latest Information Calls for
Individual Registration
Although sugar rationing is to
go into effect in the near future,
definite plans have not yet been
made for handling the registration
of individuals for their quota of
sugar.
According to the latest information available all persons over
eighteen will be required to regis
ter for themselves while the head
of a family will register for all
those under eighteen years of age.
The registration will be conducted in the elementary school build-r
ing over a four-day period from 4
to 6 o'clock and from 7 to 9 o'clock
in the evening.
The state has not yet announced
when the rationing is to go into
effect but those in charge of the
registration expect to receive their
instructions in the near future.
Residents Asked to Search
Property for Old Iron, Steel
Entire Community and District Given Chance to Help War
Effort By Keeping Steel Mills Working to Supply Arms
and Equipment
Gospel Tabernacle
Announces Revival
Start
Lyrians to Appear or
Glub Program Monday
Musicians, Narrator to Give
Stephen Foster Music
A Stephen Foster Mosaic given
by the Lyrians will be the program
for the North Canton Woman's
club next Monday evening at 7:30
in Zion Reformed church auditor
ium.
The quartette for the program is
Evelyn Chenot, Josephine Brong,
Genevieve Richards and Beulah
Wisniewski. Jean Morrison is
violinist and the music director and
accompanist is Mrs. Blanche Wehl.
Beth Murray Shorb is narrator.
Receptionists for the evening
will be Mrs. C. E. Boger and Mrs.
W. P. Healy. The meeting is open
to the- public.
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Legion and Auxiliary
Meeting Monday
The joint meeting of the North
Canton American Legion and Auxiliary will be held Monday evening
at the Community building with a
pot-luck dinner to start at 6:30.
Superintendent Raymond Trachsel will be the guest speaker for
the evening and there will also be
movies and special music.   •
All members of the Legion and
Auxiliary^ are asked to be present.?
Two-Week   Series   to
Monday, March 16
Special revival services will be
held at the North Canton Gospel
Tabernacle on Charlotte street
from March 16 to 29.
Evangelist T. M. McCracken of
Rochester, Pa., will be the - guest
speaker for the series of services
and there will also be special singing and guest musicians. The Bate
sisters, who appeared here a year
ago will again be present for the
services.
A cordial invitation is extended
to all those who wish to attend the
Home Ec Field Day
at School Saturday
All County High School Girls
Invited to Program
A home economics field day for
all high school girls in Stark
county, sponsored by the County
Home Economic association will be
held at North Canton high school
Saturday in morning and afternoon
sessions.
The program will start at 10
o'clock with music by the band un
der the direction of William
Finefrock. A fashion show from
the Cotton Textile Institute will
follow the music and Miss Clara
Bancroft of Ohio State university
will give a talk on the theme, "Vocational opportunities for girls,
particularly in Home Economics."
In the afternoon there will be
special music by music groups under the direction of Miss Jean Morrison. Six home economic experts
in the county will give brief talks
on their work with home economic
training and there will be movies
including "Facts About Rayon"
shown by Miss LaVon Thompson of
Stark Dairy Council and Food and
Health movies.
''"-' Miss* Helen" Schleppi Is .president
of the county association sponsoring the field day and Miss Dorothy
Beckman of Minerva and Miss
Florence Gordon of Washington
high school in Massillon are chairmen of the program.
Any mothers who are interested
are invited to attend the meetings
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Mrs, Hess Dies in
Home on Monday
In America's all-out war effort each a*tid every American
is being given a chance in some way or other to contribute
their- bit to help the cause.
On. Saturday of this week North Canton citizens will be
given' an excellent opportunity to show what they can, do .to
keep thir soldiers well armed and their steel mills rolling
with more equipment for the far flung battle fronts. That'is
the day set by the American Legion for the local drive for
scrap metal.
In order to keep the steel mills
going full force there must be more
scrap iron and this must come from
the homes and the farms of Americans throughout the country. There
is no other source for it.
So it is up to every home and
every individual to contribute anything they can to this cause. Only
a. small donation from each home
will do much to replenish the supply of sfirap metal needed—which.
must be obtained if America is tb
win the war.
Members of the North Canton
American Legion Post and the boy
scouts will meet at the village hall
on Saturday morning at 8 o'clock
to start the canvass of the village.
All those* who have metal to contribute to the drive are asked to place
it at the curb or along the alley so
the workers may gather it as fast
as possible with the least waste* of
time. They hope to cover the entire
village in one day. Several village
trucks will be used in the collection drive, each with a crew of several men arid scouts. •—.
Families living outside the ..village limits who have metal to contribute are asked to call 9464 and
leave their name and address and
a truck will be sent out to pick it
up.
On farms there is a great deal of
waste metal from old tools and
machinery that are no longer of
-ajiy^Aige,.,milk.jeans-and old-wash
tubs, wire fences and posts, old
pumps, and other items made of
metal which can no longer be used.
Around the home there may be
old bed springs and other, metal
furniture, old pipe, fire screens,
hangers, nails, ash cans or other
such items. All this will help in
swelling the collection.
Money received from the proceeds of the drive will be used to
aid the local Civilian defense council in buying equipment for village
protection and other necessary expenses. Harrison Cline is chairman
of the drive.
Funeral Service  to  Be  Held
Thursday Afternoon
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock
funeral services for Mrs. Lucinda
Hess, wife of August Hess, will be
held in her home at 226 E. Maple
St. with Rev. M. A. Cossaboom officiating.
Mrs. Hess, 85; died in her'home
on Monday morning, March 9, 1942
after an illness of several weeks.
She had lived in North Canton for
62 years, coming here from Wooster, and was a member of the Community Christian church.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Hess were active in community life and on last
Christmas day they observed their
62nd wedding anniversary.
In addition to her husband she
is survived by two sons, Walter
and Ralph Hess of North Canton;
a sister, Mrs. Daniel Derr of
Wooster; five grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren.
The body was taken to the home
Wednesday noon from tlie Lewis
parlors. Burial will be in North
Canton cemetery.
Aged Greensburg Man
Magician on Program at High
School Thursday Evening
"Picture From Rags" Part of
Original and Mysterious Entertainment
One of America's leading magicians will appear in North Canton
Thursday evening in the third of
the lyceum series sponsored by the
North Canton Booster club.
His original tricks and humorous
remarks and situations as the evening progresses.keeps the audience
highly entertained even as he mystifies them with his more difficult
feats.
One of the novelties of the program is his "Picture From Rags"
when he takes strips of cloth and
places them artistically on a large
easel to form pictures which are
unique and beautiful.
During the past fourteen years
Mr. Frye has appeared in the leading auditoriums and theaters in
every state in the union as well as
each province in.' Canada and has
received -wide acclaim for his performances.-   	
Those who are looking for. -an
evening of light entertainment
closeYto home will. appreciate the
program which is offered through
this lyceum series. It is to be held
in the high school auditorium and
will start at 8 o'clock.
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Auto Licenses on Sale
Ohio motorists have until April
1 to get their new license plates
for the automobiles but that is the
deadline and custom in the past
years has not been to extend it.
In North Canton the new plates
went on sale March 2 at the Willis
Motor Co. on W. Maple. Thus far
the sales have been moving very
slowly. Hours for getting the license plates are from 9 a. m. to 5
p. m.
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Council to Accept Bids
At council meeting Monday evening council voted to accept bids
for street lighting in the village
for a ten year period.
Council members also granted
authority to the Board of Public
Affairs to advertise for bids for
power to operate pumps used in the
village water works foi a ten year
period.
Funeral Service for  Solomon
Hartong Held Wednesday
Solomon Hartong, 88, oldest resident of Green township, died Sunday morning, March S, 1942 in the'
East Akron hospital.
Mr. Hartong was born on June
29, 1853 in Green township 'wher$
he spent his entire life. He was-a.
progressive farmer and a leader in
civic affairs in the community. He
was a member of the Grange and
a member of the Evangelical church
for 72 years.
He married Mary Foltz who preceded him in death on February
22, 1939. He is survived by one
son, Stanley of Green township, and
a sister, Mrs. Celia Stein of Akron.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon from the A. C.
Myers & Son funeral parlors in
Greentown. Rev. H. A. Etling was
the officiating pastor and burial
was in Greensburg cemetery.
STUDY CLUB
The Grade School Mothers' Study
club will meet Thursday evening at
S o'clock at the home of Mrs. L.
K. Acheson.
Dr. C. E. Ehlers will speak on
"The Care of the Teeth."
Hawaiian Air Head
HAWAII.—Photo is of Brigadier
General Willis H. Hale who is&om-
manding officer of the Hawaiian
Aairforce Bomber Command. '