The Sun. (North Canton, Stark County, Ohio), 1942-05-13

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// Air Raids Come
In our cqastal cities whenever two or three people are
gathered together, there is one subject that is always under
discussion. Will the spring bring air-raids ? Feeling rides high
on this subject as those who say "Impossible" and those who
say "Certainly" thrash out their respective strategies.
But, while we prepare nationally and locally for air raids,
let us reason it out. If an air-raid comes, what will the enemy
hope to attain? We all admit that the destruction would be
comparatively small considering- the size of the country —
"though that thought is of small comfort to those who are
bombed.
The enemy, however, has one bigger object, in view—to
create panic. There are those among- us who say that would
be the case. I do not think so. I have infinite faith in the
ability of our people to face a crisis or a crushing tragedy
with calm fortitude. We have always risen to the need of the
occasion and we will not fail.
But the enemy feels that we will become jittery, that
our morale will be shaken, our nerves upset. That is what
they want to accomplish. Are you going to give in?
How can we face the crisis when and if it comes? We
know the rules. We can obey the physical ones—that is
merely a matter of intelligent cooperation. But how "can we
conquer our instinctive reactions? How can we remain cool?
How can ve best the Axis nations at their own game?
One way we can do this is by self-control. No air-raid
can last forever. We can't run away from it. But we can obey
;*»rders and then hang on for just a little longer. It may call
gfor-all our staying qualities, but we can do it—if we face
f^the unescapabie facts that—we are in a war: It is a war
which must be fought until it is won: There must be no retreat on the home front.
There is one aWdij)*r thins* that will .help vus ,hold...l|v'm.
We~cah follow tlie 'command of __im who said "Let not your
heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." For in the words
of the Psalmist: "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the
most High, shall abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will
say ,of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress. My God,
in Him will I trust."
VOL. 19—No. 29
NORTH CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO, "WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1942
$1.50 PER YEAU
Rev. Cossaboom to Speak
at Baccalaureate Sunday
Glass Asks Driving
;e From Motorists
$> Rationing Goods
High School Days Draw Near
End for Eighty-one Seniors
High school days are fast drawing- to a close for 81 North Canton
high school students who will
maich down the aisle in the high
school auditorium Sunday evening
at 7:00 in the baccalaureate processions!, the first of the exercises ro
herald the commencement program.
Ths high school orchestra, under
the direction of William Finefrack,
will play the music of the processional and the recessional at the
end of the program.
Rev. M. E. Beck will offer the invocation and the congregation will
sing the doxology. The girls' glee
club will present three numbers,
"Czechoslovakian Dance Song,
Prayer from "Hansel and Grete't
ani "Love Lies Over the Hills."
Rev. Howard Yeager will sive
the scripture reading and the main
address of the evening will be presented by Rev. M. A. Cossaboom.
His topic will be "Getting Along
in tlie World."
The benediction will be offered
by Rev. Beck and the senior class
members will retire in the recessional.
Commencement exercises will be
held on Wednesday evening, Mav
27 at  8:15  o'clock.
Youth Day to be
Observed at
Zion Reformed
P-T A Holds Final
Meeting Tuesday
Large   Number   Attend   Pol-
Luck Supper at School
Mrs. Catherine Neff Cox was
guest speaker at the final meetipg
of the year for the Parent-Teachers association held Tuesday evening in the high school auditorium.
Her topic was "What the Home
Means in Defense."
The meeting, which was in the
foim of a pot-luck supper, was well
attended. Mrs. Acheson presided at
the business meeting ancl then
turned the duties of her office over
to Mrs. Smith Witter, incoming
president. Mrs. Witter presented
Mrs. Acheson with the past president's pin and was in turn given
her president's pin.
Reports of the committees for
the year were given, as well as reports on the recent northeast district conference.
Music on the program was presented by a girls' chorus, under
direction of Miss Jean  Morrison.
Mrs. Walter Trott was hospitality chairman.
Young People of Church to
Assist at Regular Sunday
Service
The first annual Youth Day at
Zion Reformed church will be observed with special services Sunday
morning during the worship houi'.
Rev. M. E. Beck will bring a
message as a challenge to th£
youth and the scripture reading
and prayers will be in charge of
young people in the church.
Special music will be. given by
the Junior choir under the direction
of Miss "Wilma Kasserman.
The committee in charge of ths
Errangements for the service are
Miss Lois George, Miss Jean
Warstler, Miss Kathryn Beck,
Glenn Myers and Glenn Royer.
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Local «!r_ Red Cross
Completing Busy Year
Boys and Girls Fashion Variety of Articles for Hospitalized Soldiers at Ft. Dev-
ons, Mass.
With the school year drawing to
a close, the Junior Red Cross is
completing a busy year of successful activities.
Among the things which they
have been woiking on dm ing the
year are an afghan, which thev
knit for soldiers hospitalized at
Fort Devons, Mass., cushion coders, bed pan covers, convalescent
slippers and bedside bags.
Articles which boys in the organization have been working on
during the year include reading
racks and lap boards. The students
have also made a quantity of nut
cups which are used to decorate
the trays of men in the hospital
over holiday seasons.
Girls in the unit have been doing
the sewing- over a period of several months both as classroom and
individual piojects and the boys
have been busy with their hand
work.
■ In addition a number of the students have participated in a Junior
Red Cross first aid class.
Evelyn Metzger is president of
the Red Cross council, Richard
Creviston is vice president, Frances Roush is secretary ancl Jeanne
Smith is treasurer.
"Students   Aid   in   State-wide
Drive as Part of Project
As their final class project of the
year, students in the government
class at North Canton high school
are cooperating with the request
of Governor John Bricker in helping to get Ohio motorists to pledge
themselves to aid in the war transportation conservation program.-
The students will send pledge
blanks into each home in the community and are asking the drivers
to sign it if they are willing to
cooperate in the program. It
pledges the drivers to drive less, at
no time to drive more than 40
miles per hour, to swap rides in
older to help others and conserve
automobiles, to protect tires, and
to help prevent accidents.
When the pledges have been
signed the students ask that they
be returned to them so that they
may be sent into the state depart-
•nent of highways.
The students are asking the full
cooperation of all the drivers in
this pledge campaign as one of the
things thev can do toward the all-
out war effort.
t Blanks are being distributed now
and will be collected at the end of
the week. i
North Canton's Scholarship
Team Wins State Honors
Funeral Held Monday
for fflrs. Mary Myers
Funeral sendees were held Monday afternoon for Mrs. Mary E.
Myers, wife of E. P. Myers, who
died in her home on R. D. 6 Friday, May 8, 1942.
In addition to her husband Mrs.
Myers is survived by five sons, William C, Harry H., Louis E., Emanuel P. and James B. Myers; two
daughters, Mrs. Walter Maurer and
Mis. Donald Hossler, all of North
Canton; two brothers, Simon Ebie
of Kent and Milton Ebie of Hartville; three sisters, Mrs. Ida Hildenbrand and Mrs. Nettie Kandle
of North Canton and Mrs. Katie
Mohler of Middlebrannch; 23 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Rev. Theodore Myers officiated
"at the services at the home and in
Orion Dunkerd church. Burial was
in North Canton cemetery in
charge of the A. C. Myers and Son
parlors.
Rationing- of a few scarce articles has begun. President
Roosevelt's recent message said that when any important
article becomes scarce, rationing- is the equitable solution.
The American people have dwelt in a land of fertile
abundance, where fields and forests and mines and water
produced the necessities 6f life in superfluity. People adjust
themselves to limitations on this abundance to win victory
in war, but they should try to conserve their supplies and resources more careful ly.
Our people have in the past been famous for wasteful
habits. They are said to throw vast quantities of good food
into garbage pails. It is said that some people will take a
roast of meat, and after one or two meals from it, will throw
away large remnants, when these would make perfectly good
food if the housewife knows how to cook. It has been said
that the French people, who are thrifty and economical,
could live on the stuff thrown away in America. If our people
wish to escape food rationing, they should avoid the wastes
of the past.
In some war-torn countries, clothes are now rationed.
Perhaps you need to take better care of your old garments. A
skilful job of mending will make many an old suit or dress
look fine again. Some men used to be ashamed to have a pair
of shoes resoled. The world does not look at shoes to see if
the original sole is there.
With thousands of factories turned from ordinary production into war goods, many things we have regarded as
necessities .may be scarce. Even at that, we shall have all
we need to make life comfortable. The things we have would
have been called a peak of luxury by our ancestors.
Victory Garden Owners Keep
Eye on Weather, Crops
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Red Poppies for Memory Honor
Soldiers of Yesterday and Today
Phyllis Groom. Carl Lindenberger Hold Top Place in State
Final Rating in Division Two; Sixteen Place in Uppei
Bracket: Eight Others Get Honorable Mention
State Patrolmen
Arrest Hit-Skip Driver
for
Registering the Women
Plans are being considered for a voluntary registration
of all women between the ages of 18 and 65, to enlist full
support of the nation's manpower for the war. If asked to
register, those who are able to give service of any kind will
no doubt do so with willingness and enthusiasm.
The women of America long: for peace. But they rise up
in wrath and indignation ag-ainst the men and governments
that have broken the peace arid committed unspeakable outrages. They demand that such governments be put down, and
taught a lesson they will remember. Whenever women are
asked to aid'the nation in this grand crusade, they will respond with all the ardor of their natures.
Superior Work
The weather these days has assumed a new importance for a
number of Hoover Co. employees.
They might well be seen casting
an anxious eye at the sky to see if
it looks like rain, or smiling broadly when the sun shines, certain that
it is just the thing they want.
' All this because of their victory
garden plots which they started
within the last few weeks as their
part in raising their own food.
The project was sponsored by
the Hoover Co. which plowed and
prepared for planting two plots,
one between 7th and 9th St. north
of the village and the other east
of Orchard street.
Those who were interested in
victory gardens applied for the
amount of land thev wanted and
the garden committee assigned
them to their space in the plot.
Oliver Horton, Edson Gerber and
Louis Walters were the committee
handling the applications and filling
them.
The average size of these gardens is about 50 by 100 feet and
may contain anything from radishes to corn. The seed is furnished
by the gardener and all the work
is his responsibility from the time
of the planting until the harvest.
All the food which the individual
glows in his garden will be for his
own use.
Before the summer is long gone
it is probable that there will be
many stiff backs and sore muscles.
And more folks will begin to have
greater sympathy with the other?
who earn their living at keeping
the weeds down and the crops
growing.
But it is the results that count
and next fall when they go out to
pick the final vegetables for their
table they may count the hours
well spent that helped them save
for the war effort of their country
by growing at least a portion of
their own food.
People win out in business by creating superior products.
Tcwns also win out when the products they turn out are superior. Anyone who can do something better than his competitors attracts attention, and people will make a special effort and pay more money to get that product. •
Ralph Waldo Emerson said that if a man, will make a
better mousetrap, the world will make a path to his door,
even if he lives in the woods. It is so in everything. Instead
of finding fault at your bad luck and failure to get anywhere,
try to do things better than they have been done, and the
world will buy your product.
Two Arrested for
Auto Theft Face
Federal Charge
Boys Take Stolen Car Across
State Line; Also Accused of
Service Station Burglary
Two youthful law breakers, aged
15 and 16, were held in the North
Canton jail early this week on
charges of burglary and auto theft.
Wanted by the FBI, the Detroit
and the Toledo police, they were
picked up here Sunday morning at
10:15 by Marshal Russel Smith
who stopped them for questioning.
They admitted the theft of the
automobile in Detroit and by bringing it over the state line automatically committed a federal offense.
One of the boys is out on probation for a similar offense in Atlanta, Ga. Both admitted stealing the
car in Detroit but neither admitted
the burglary of a service station in
Toledo with which they are also
accused.
FBI officers were to take the
two to Cleveland this week where
thev- will formally be charged with
theft*
Mothers Feted at
Annual Banquet
Home Ec Girls Entertain Parents With Program Wednesday Evening
Mothers of girls who were enrolled in home economics courses
at North Canton high school during the past year were entertained
at an annual Mother-Daughter banquet at the school Wednesday evening.
The banquet was prepared by
girls from the home ec classes and
served by a group of boys.
Miss Barbara Dom extended the
welcome to the mothers and the
response was given by her mother,
Mrs. Walter Ddrn. The eighth
grade girls presented a short play
titled "The Modern Generation."
Other girls modeled articles which
they had made in class work in a
style show for their mothers. Movies on health and nutrition were
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American Legion Auxiliary to
Sell Gay Red Flowers on
Thursday. May 21 for Veterans
Red poppies for memory,
made by soldiers of the last
war who still carry the marks
of it in their daily lives.
That is what members of
the American Legion auxiliary will be selling* Thursday,
May 21 on annual Poppy Day.
The Poppies, made by disabled
war veterans, are sold by the anx-
iliaiy members to raise funds for
the veterans and their families.
The poppies are made to resemble the flowers that grew wild
in mass profusion in the Flanders
fields. Throughout the year the
veterans work on them for poppy
day throughout the nation when
thev aie sold in memory of those
who didn't come back as well as
for those who must spend the remainder of their lives in veteran
hospitals.
This year for the first time Poppy day will be celebrated when
America is again at war and it
will be a badge of patriotism a*
well as of memory. For it honors
the soldiers again in the field as
well as those who are at home.
Worn on the lapel it says to the
world that America is proud other soldiers, and it serves as an
inspiration to her people to face
the long clays of hardship ancl soi-
row ahead with courage—courage
that rises above war and death i/j
bloom in little red flowers made by
soldier heroes of a past war.
Individuals and
Clubs Join USO
Drive This Week
Notice
Beginning Monday, May
25, subscription rates for The
North Canton Sun will be
raised to $2j00 per year.
General production and op-'
erating costs make necessary
the rise in cost of the paper
to the readers. This increase
is fifty cents a year, less
than one cent tor -each copy
of the paper.
Junior Class Contributes $25;
Others Give Support to Program for Men in Service
Clubs, individuals and various
other gioups are working together
this week, throughout the nation to
put the USO chive over the top
for the men in service.
In North Canton all persons are
being asked to contribute through
various agencies. The Rotary Civic
.committee, in general charge of the
campaign is contacting business
houses and other individuals while
members of the various women's
clubs are asking their members for
contributions.
The women's organizations in
Canton area are asked for .$5,000
of Canton's quota and all women
are being contacted through their
clubs. Mrs. Theodore Hahn, general chairman of the women's division in North Canton has contacted
the presidents-of Woman's club,
Junior Woman's club, the Book
club, Literary club, American Lesion auxiliary, and the P. T. A.
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Picture of Your Home?
NCCC Will Take It
Gathering scholastic honors as they went along the
North Canton high school scholarship team won superior
rating- in the state final 'ranking of the tests they took recently in the district meeting at Kent.
The scores each student earned in the tests there were
sent to state headquarters and compared with the high place
winners from the other districts.
Phyllis Groom and Carl Lindenburger held onto their
first place positions in the state in competition with all other
schools in Division 2. They took the examinations in Social
Studies and French I respectively.
Second place honors in the state
final selection went to Inez McDowell in Latin 1 and Carol Price
in Latin 2. Robert Smiley and Ruth
Frye each' took third place in
chemistry and French 2 respectively. Fourth place honors went to
Kenneth Schug in physics, Arthur
Schneider in algebra, Louis Acheson in plane geometry and Joe
Kintz in English 12. Three student-
who won seventh places in their
courses were Charles Howes in social studies, Doris Chelpka in Latin
1 and Ed Bierly in English 9.
Evelyn Metzger won eighth place
in French 2, David Fry was ninth
in American history and Richard
Firestone took a tenth place in biology.
In addition to these 16 students
who earned high rating there were
eight others who were given honorable mention for placing in the
first 20 in the state in their various divisions of work.
They ara Gene Shook, Tom
Smith, James Wolf, Jack Kintz,
Robert Ebel, Paul Schwaliie, Dolores Kintz and Virginia Lesh.
Out of the thirty-two students
who took the exams at Kent 31
placed in the upper group while 24
of these won top places or honorable mention in the state rating.
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Six    Others    Arrested
Traffic Violations
A hit-skip driver, who struck the
automobile driven by Miss Laura
Myers, North Canton grade school
teacher, last Wednesday evening,
was later picked up by state patrolmen when he was involved in
an accident on the North Canton-
Canal Fulton road.
The driver, James Howard Wells,
skidded into Miss Myers' automobile on North Main'St. late last
Wednesday when she was on her
way home from the school. The
Myers car was damaged and had to
be towed to a garage but neither
Miss Myers or Mr. Wells were injured.
He immediately proceeded on his
way but was shortly afterward
picked up by state patrolmen when
he was slightly injured in another
accident.
Arrests in the village during the
past week for other drivers who
violated traffic  laws totaled six.
Sue Cooper of Canton was.charged with operating an autdimobile
without a driver's license. Others
who were arrested were Clare Hed-
delson of Caldwell, William Rhodes
of Mogadore, Wallace G. Wheeler
of Canton, Rudolph Saylor of Massillon and Joseph H. Swainson of
Akron.
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Five Legionnaires
Join Auxiliary
of State Patrol
Men Spend Weeks Studying*
Various Phases of Work for
Emergency Duty Throughout State
Five membeis of the local American Legion post have just completed a course in study as auxiliary aids to the state highway patrol and are now prepared to go
on active duty with the patrol in
the event of an emergency anywhere in Ohio.
For the past several months
thesa men, F. I\I. Oberlin, I. M.
Keith, D. W. Roush, R. L. Owen
and S. W. Gray, have been attending- class sessions weekly in Alliance, learning- many phases of
work with the state patrol so that
they will  be  ready when needed.
.4= members of the American Lesion aux'iliaiy of the patrol, they
ai-e subject to call anywhere in the
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Model Plane
Contest Sunday
Sunday "afternoon at 1:30 ths
Viking Flyers will have a flying
contest in their regular place in. u
field off Schneider road.
The contest is open to anyone
who wants to enter it with a gasoline powered model plane.
It will be divided into two
groups, with Class A and B models
in one group and Class C in another. Prizes will be awarded to
the winners.
Donald Wensel, Bob Wyler and
Jim Bratt are in charge of the
contest.
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Diefenbach to Attend
Bankers Convention
A. G. Diefenbach of the North
Canton branch of the George D.
Haiter bank will attend the 52nd
annual convention of the Ohio
Bankers association to be held in
Cleveland  May 20 and 21.
The convention will be devoted
to the study of war time financing
and other subjects bearing directly
upon the Avar.
Outstanding speakers who will
attend the convention include A. C.
C. Hill Jr., of Washington, D. C,
assistant to Donald'Nelson, Paul
M. Jones of Medina, C. E. Harrelt
and R. B. Hays of the Federal Reserve bank, C. C. Shively of the
State Industrial bank, Carroll D.
Alcott, Dr. Warren G. Harding and
John E. Wise.
H, W, Sonnhalter
Burned in Accident
firs
Iioys Plan Photo Campaign to
Purchase Equipment
Next week North Canton is going to be invaded bv a group of
his I youthful NCCC enthusiasts. They
have announced that they are going to "shoot" the town, but instead of using guns they plan to
use cameras.
The NCCC stands for North Canton Camera club and the members
a ia starting a campaign to have
folks own a picture of their own
homes.
They  will  take  pictures   of any
H.  W.  Sonnhalter received
and second degree burns    at
home  last Friday afternoon when
he was working on his automobile.
It is believed that gasoline on
his hands became ignited when he
touched the starter of the automobile, causing a fire to start.
The North Canton fire    depait-
ment was called to extinguish the
blaze and Mr. Sonnhalter was taken  to  alercy hospital    for    treat-,
ment. He sustained    first    degree j home if the owners want   it   and
burns on his back and  second degree burns on his hands.
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MISSIONARY MEETING
The .Missionary Society of Women's Service at Zion Reformed
church will meet Thursday evening
at 8 o'clock.
A review of the book, "A Christian Imperative" will be given by
Mrs. C. B. Williams and current
events -will be reviewed by Mrs.
"j Herbert .Baughman.
will take it as requested or as they
think best. Eight by ten enlargements will be made and presented
to the owners. There is no fee
charged for this service, but any
donation which the home owners
wish to give will be used to buy
dark room equipment for the club.
Those who are interested may
contact Bill Blank at the Community building. Boh Smith and Fred
Schug are also on the committee
Local Artists Reveal Talents
in First Annual May Show
Wide Variety of Exhibits Including Oils, Crafts, Photographs, School Work Win Recognition as Outstanding
Workmanship
Nortli Canton artists, many of whom are exhibiting
their work for the first time in the May show in the North
Canton library, are drawing surprised and enthusiastic recognition from their friends and neighbors.
Talents that have been quietly put aside are now showing* in many of the excellent pieces which have been entered
in the first annual May show for local artists at the library.
Ninety-four pieces are in the ex
hibit, with some of the artists in
each division entering several
pieces. The three rooms on the second flooi of the building have been
devoted to the exhibit, with the
school arts in one room, the photographic exhibit in another and the
paintings and craft in the Little
Gallery.
A special award of merit was
presented to Margaret Basinger
for a hand-carved chest, which has
been admired by the many visitors
who have seen it. Those who have
examined it closely marvel at the
fine precision of the design, which
took countless hours of patient
work to complete.
A tiny model of the historic
battleship "Old Ironsides" is another rare piece of workmanship.
Complete in detail to the rigging
working-    out   the    picture-taking  it too shows infinite patience and
campaign. . I outstanding workmanship.
In the competitive entries, first
prize in oils went to Thelma Latta
for her picture "South American
Rhythm"; second prize to Emily
Warburton for "Apple Blossoms";
third prize to Burdeen Deppish for
"Gourds"; and honorable mention
to Rena Pottorf for "Spring."
In water colors Pauline Whitfield
took first prize for "Street Scene";
Emily Warburton took second with
"Win'ter Sunshine"; Lucy Everett
won third with "Red Rhododendron"; and Thelma Latta won honorable mention with "Portrait of a
Rose."
There was a tie for first place ia
crafts with C. J. Groom exhibiting:
work in copper and pewter and
Pauline Whitfield exhibiting in/ceramics. Second prize in jewelry -went
to Ruby Summers and • Kenneth
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