The Sun. (North Canton, Stark County, Ohio), 1942-12-23

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The Secret of Happiness
Many centuries ago, Pericles, the great Athenian, said,
"The secret of happiness is freedom; and the secret of freedom is a brave heart."
. We realize this truth anew today as we face the changes
wrought by total war. We know that every threat to freedom
is a threat to our personal and national happiness, and because of this we gladly lay aside for the moment our liberties
and place restrictions on our freedom for the sake of a strong
defense and preservation of those liberties and of that freedom.
Happiness is the result of free choice: of the ability to
give freely and not upon the demand and according to the
\vill or whim of some self-imposed overlord. Happiness is
found;-in the freedom to live according to the laws of right
and justice: to work in a spirit of friendly intercourse with
■pur fellow men, unhampered and unhindered by prejudice
fei'gainst anyone, because of race or creed or color or class.
' Happiness rests in freedom to worship as our conscience dictates: to pray to God as a free man, at peace with one's own
soul, and to see to it that our neighbor has the same privilege. There could be no happiness, for a free born and free
spirited American under totalitarian rule.
Freedom is the absence of fear—of that corroding dread
of impending evil, that cancerous mistrust of one's " closest
comrades which is tlie deadliest weapon pf the dictators.
Freedom is the security given by peace of mind in a world in
which men are motivated by respect for the rights of others
and by a sense of their own obligations to society. Freedom
is the knowledge that success or failure depends upon one's
oym self and the way in which one's talents and abilities are
-i^iJiz^d^'-i^ijedoirvi^^t^^v.y of h*£c for.men^-\vho- are ..r-et
afraid of living.
A braV-e heart is one that has courage and faith. It has
courage to go ahead; to believe in the integrity of others; to
combat evil wherever it exists.; to fight loyally and wholeheartedly to the bitter end; to face the unknown because of
the guiding light of purpose, the hope of a finer goal. It has
faith—faith in one's self, in one's fellow men, in the God of
one's~T5elief—and in the future whether it be a future in this
world or beyond our earthly ken.
W ■     "The secret of happiness is freedom; and the secret of
freedom is a brave heart."   v. " "
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NORTH CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 23, 19-52
2.00 PER YEAE
Men and Women
Must Enlist on
Production Line
Hoover Company Needs More l-
Workers Now;   Appeals   to
Elderly Men and Women
If Hoover company officials had
their wish foi Christmas come true,
they would find approximately SOO
additional workers, most of them
women and gills, applying for work
at the factory within the next few
weeks.
For that is about the numbei
who are needed to help the local
plant get under full war production and turn out materials as fast
as they are needed.
The company is appealing to
elderly men and women and to
gills and boys above IS years of
age to do their patriotic duty at
this time when their help is needed for war production. Certain restrictions placed by the war manpower commission prohibit hiring*
farm workers because they are
needed'where they arc. But women
can help fill this need, both old and
young women.
But any physically able person,
not now employed in an essential
place in industry, who realizes the
need for their help aie asked to apply for a job. There is one waiting
for them. And there is someone on
the firing line who is waiting foi
the equipment they can produce.
Eight hundred additional employees—that is what the Hoover
company needs. Eight hundred
physically able men and women
who are ready to help win the war
oil the production front.
thri$tmas 1942
Annual Christmas
Program at High
School Tonight
Angel Pantomime, Playlet,
Choral Music and Carols in
Community-wide Entertainment
This Wednesday evening there
will be a community program at
the North Canton high school for
every person in the village and
school district who likes to get together for Christmas entertainment
and caroling.
The program is scheduled to start
at 7:30 with a playlet in two parts,
presented by the seventh • and
eighth grade. The play, "The Boy
They Turned Away," is directed by
Miss Helen Schleppi and is the
story of. the chance a group of-
people threw away of serving tlie
Christ Child by refusing to help
those who needed help.
BULLETIN!
With Frank Burkholtz pouring 17
points through, the hoop. North
Camton handed Jackson Twp» a 50
to 27 loss Tuesday evening. North
Canton led 10-1, 25-9, and 37-22 at
the quarter'marks. Daily posted 12
points for the Bears. The Reserves
cf North Canton idso won 24-14.
On this, the second war Christmas, home circles are
broken all over this land of ours. War has touched etfuntless
fjamilies throughout our nation. We are separated from those
whom we love. We are face to face with broken homes,
changed lives. Chrstmas gaiety is far from the hearts of
many of us.
- .-But we can still keep Christmas in our hearts. Christmas
is not merely a time of personal rejoicing and good fellowship, important though that is. Christmas is the one holiday
that cannot be celebrated alone. Christmas is not getting, but
giving—not~bf mere material gifts but of ourselves.
^ * All over this world, on the battlefronts where the armies
^bf right fight'the battle of Him who taught "Thou'shalt love
thy Neighbor as thyself"; behind the battle lines, in palace
and In humble home, in crowded city and on lonely "farm;
deep 'in tlie conquered countries where every act" of worship
is watched "with, suspicious eyes, men are keeping Christmas
in thejr. heart's, praying that the Prince of Peace may rule on
earth.'.*   y
- : yVn, the fortunate ones, in- this land protected by our
valiant iqrces fr6m the onslaught of the aggressor, have the
opportunity, to answer the challenge ahd to share our Christmas cKSer.with all. We who have much,to' give, must give
much tp jbrh-g" comfort to the desolate and happiness to the
sick at efiVari. We may be lonely) we may be sad, we may be
impoverished. .'But there' is none of us who "cannot give in
some way: Onljr in giving can we keep the Christmas light
burning^brigKt: Oiily in giving may we follow the Star.
Ensign Mohler Sneaks
ai Rotary Tuesday
The North Canton Rotary club
heard Ensign Robert Mchlei speak
at a' special luncheon meeting in
the Community building Tuesday
noon. He told of some of his experiences in service.
Ensign Mohler has seen active
service at sea and wa*, stationed on
the naval aircraft carrier Wasp until it was sunk last fall.
The Rotary club will meet again
next Tuesday at a luncheon meeting at 12 noon in the Community
building. This changed time is due
to the holiday season.
Fire Damages Home
Near Township Line
Believed   to   Have   Started
From Overheated Furnace
Fire which is believed to haw-
started from an overheated furnace
cause approximately nine hundred
dollars worth of damage to the
Joseph T. Morris home at 1123
Lakeview Terrace road near the
Plain township line last Thursday
evening.
Mr. Morris was home at the- time
of the fire and had been ill. Neighbors saw the flames and notified tht.
fire department. Using a small gai-
den hose they kept the fire back
until the firemen arrived, thus sa^. -
ing the home from greater damage.
The flames were quickly brought
under control when the depaii-
ment arrived. The loss is covei c 1
by insurance. Contents of the home-
were only slightly damaged !>;
smoke.
A Treasured Tradition     %
Special Programs
The management of Park Tlic-
ter is offering special matinee pei -
formances on Christmas day anr:
New Year's day. Theie will also hi
a special midnight show on Nev;
Year's eve. _
These movies wil! be in addition
to the regular performances at th.-
local theater.
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It may seem just a little
odd this year to be wishing
a Merrv Christmas to everyone. -For there are few homes
left untouched by the demanding grasp of wajr. There
are few homes from which
one member will not be absent on Christmas day and
there will be some homes
where the loss will be veiled"
in sorrow for that one who
will never come back".
Yet we do wish a Merry-
Christmas—we call it to our
friends and to our neighbors.
It rings out gladly and cheerily across the snowy streets
of liome.
For it is one of the ways
America is learning to carry
on. Chin up and eyes bright
—ths people of America
know that they hold closest
and safest to those treasured
days they refused to overshadow with fear. And they
know that the boy away from
home will be"' remembering
lighted windows at night,
starlight and candle shine on
Christmas eve and the laughter that rings out as merrily
as Christmas belis in thc
quietness of a snowy Christmas.
Somewhere in the hot tropical lands where so many of
them have gone they will be
lemembering the colorful
beauty of Christmas trees
they knew. And because they
are remembering these things
as the things of home, their
families will carry on in the
same familiar way. The/
inus-t keep Ihob'j traditioni?
until the day he comes home
again.
So it is a Men\ Chi ist mas
we wish ringing out loud and
strong so that all the world
may hear.' A Meri\ Christmas to everyone with brig'h:-
er days ahead.
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Stores to Close
Early Thursday
.Ninth Canton stores will observe
thsii regular business hours on Saturday, thu-* breaking  a    three-day
holiday which might cause    incon-j
vemence for   shoppers    and   food I
store  nunagers. ' i
Tho only exception to this is
Sehaiui-?>l. -t-eily Dsug Co. which
will obsei'vt its regular   hours    on
be closed
opening again on
Sundav nmining for    the    regnlai
time
The (.the* stores in town will
close lailier on Thursday evening,
Christ o us. f\c. than they ordinarily
do on llu night before holidays
They ml' close their doois at 7
o'clock in outer to give their em-
•j ploje'-s and managers a chance to
Jl ■ spend Christmas eve with theii
■^ | families and friends.
Following this theie will be several selections presented by the
high school choral ensemble- Their
selections will be "Song of the
Pedlar" by Williams; "Green Cathedral" by Hahn; "Swiss Skiing
Song" by Krone; "Morning" by
Speaks-Baldwin; and "My God and
I'" by Sergei.
The third part of the piogram
will be tlie annual angel pantomime, "Silent Night" by the fourth,
fifth and sixth grades under the
direction of JVliss Jean Morrison.
The piogram*Will be concluded
by the entiie congregation joining
in the singing jf Christmas carols.
Qeorge Young Dies in
Monday Evening
&i Thursd.u evening but wil
ic  all clay S.ituiday, openinj.
Uniontown Man Was State
Highway Inspector 12
Years
George "W*. Young, 75. died Monday c-.-ening, Dec. 21,* 1942 at his
home- in   Uniontown.
Hc is suivived by his widow,
Mrs. Jennie Young; one son, Ward
E. Young of the home; a brother,
John Young of Uniontown and five
giandchildroli.
Mr. .Young was a lifelong and
"ctive member of St. John's Lutheran  church.  Prior to  his  last ill-
|Are You Doing All You Can?\x
Red Cross Needs Your Help!
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The Goal is the Same
Smiley, Scholarship Contestant,
Carries Well-Rounded Schedule
of Work and Recreation at School
About the only good things that can be said for any war,
were said last week at the National Chemical Exposition in
Chicago. There was exhibited at this wonderland of industrial
development a wide Variety Of "war babies," war-opportunity
products; which will alter drastically the economics not only
of the chemical industry hut of the many industries dependent upon" chemical research.
It fe significant too that improvements.and* inventions
-have not been wholly confined to arms ahd armament alr
though most of our efforts are in that* directum Products are
being" produced more cheaply, as industry, " working with
largelwar orders, carries to new heights the miracles of mass
production" technique's. Time is at a preniiuto during a war,
and raduflri'al research, meeting the requirement of the-day,
must ?ac(Me^ate its pace1 asnever befofe.     . ?
/Mansf':ciyifian products have come forth in industry's
th*el^s,%e^ch*t6r substitutes as priorities   curtail' regular
production. '■'.A.'- A .-•;. ' '     -
MosfctKihgs'archest judged under duress, and American
mdusl^-h2tS*'W?0tfM**m* these trying tiMes that, although bur-
•   de^d>ith^ o^r^s aim is still W make life   in   J^I^^^SS^
Ameyifian home andtoffxee and factory as easy: and pleasant j ^^ his feiiow students.
What is he like—North Canton's
entry in the scholarship quiz contest heard weekly over radio station WHBC?
That is what many folks have
been asking as they cast their bond
votes for Robert Smiley, North
Canton high school senior, lo help
him in the race.'
In his work at school Robeit has
consistently taken an active pait in
extra-curricular work. Jyt the same
time he has kept up a high record
in his school work—and the courses
he takes have not been the easiest
ones.
At the present time he has on
his schedule trigonometry, English,
algebra, physics and American gov- ]
eminent—and -that, any student
will tell -you, is not exactly a snap
course. i
For the past four years he has
been a.student manager of the various athletic teams. In the scholarship ranks he has consistentlv
placed'on scholarship te&ms and in
the past three years he placed first,
second or third in the county^ qualifying in the general science division.        • •
He is not an. .obtrusiye...person,
his instructors will agree, but    a
does   kno*w. when -he   is
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i Sewing Class Meets Each Friday for All Day Session at
Community Building
; The Red Cross sewing class
I \\hich has heen meeting at the
' Community building each Friday
j for the past several months will not
i meet during the holiday season.
.' Classes will be resumed Friday,
' Jan. S when women who realize the
need for their contribution meet to
Mork on garments for the war
fetiicken and needy.
The American government    has
not yet seen fit to draft women for
work in some war   activity.    But
_ many of them are aheady giving
; full time in war work in factories
and  offices.   Others are contributing their time in charity work in
Red Cross,    as    nurses'   aids,    as
teachers    of      Civilian      Defense
classes, and in other such activitiss.
Yet there are some women who
feel  that they are too busy with
their  own  activities  to  help   with
anything else. Because   they    are
bies and he makes it produce
suits by using bis knowledge
taking pictures for the high school j
annual. At the present time he is**
also taking pictures for the^jfcewlv
oiganized victory ^corps   organization.
That is what he is* like at school
—as his teachers and his associates
see him. He is not a book worm,
because he is too busy with othei
things to spend all his time with
books, but he has learned early the
value of knowing the joy of true
scholarship, of appreciating books j
and the vast knowledge they mayj "too busy" to help their country at
women who, in keeping their lionr.'s
neat and the meal** well piepaicJ,
feel that there is no further lued
for their services.
In Red Cross production the con*.-
munity is falling far behind lhe
quota set for it. Those .women who
have not yet gi\ en all they c::n lo
help are the ones who must help to
bring that quota up. ,,
No one can call a pei son a slacker today, for everyone is busy. But
each person must decide for huself
if she can give even more of her
time to  the cause    of    humanity.
CContinued   on
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contain. His is a well rounded
couise of study and play combined.
That is the boy for whom many
pei sons have already cast their
:votes and he is the one for whom
manv others are asked to vote. Th
war, because they are "too busy"
to  help  another person    in    utter
Funeral Held Saturday
for Mrs. Lucy Findlay
Funeral services wtre held Saturday afternoon for Mis. Lucy "M.
Findlay, 85, who died at the home
of her daughtei, Mis. Ida Schrantz
on Bonnot Toad, Thursday, Dec. IT.
1942, from the infirmities of age.
She was a member of Zion Reformed church and Ruth Bible class
Tin Aricncau Legion Auxiliaiy
held r- annual Christmas paity
last V* i- ii i\;ila> evening at the
ComnMni''   building.
JVJein'Ki-* ol tlie urbanization
broughl gift !ufndkerclnt:l*b foi
World wm nurses in tlie home at
Madison.
Mis. U H. Hannon was in.
charge of the iefreshments and the
table iv aa decorated with Christmas to'-i-ns and lighted candles.
Mrs. Hanison Cline and Mrs. Hen-
iy Hfcibnick poured.v
A sl-o-t business meeting was
held during the e\ening.
I ness he wos an Ohio state highway
! inspector for 12 years.
1 Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. in St.
John's Lutheran Church with -Dr.
H>.nry C. Roehner officiating. Burial will be in Gveenlawn cemetery.
The body will lie in state at the
chuich an hour befoie the time of
seivice.
Friend:-- ni'jy call at. the Mvers
funeral home in Greentown "Wednesday morning.
Due to the New Year holiday. The Sun will go to press
early next week. All correspondence and news items
should icach The Sun office
no later than Monday morning in older to be printed in
the New Year's issue.
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Observe Christinas pth
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want and distress, because they are f01- the last 35 years,
"too busy" to see the tragic need
of every bit of help they might be
able to give, some other woman in
bs pbs^Wgrior^all ;jfeoj!^?»'; good times or, bfd.
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Photography•-is one:of his hob- the regular closing time~
race may be finally determined by (this community must carry a
 the j double load of responsibility in order that North Canton may do its
share in the war work.
There are women in this community who are employed at full
time jobs away from home who
still find time for Red Cross work,
who still find time to attend civilian defense classes and know that
they are doing everything they can
to help their, country. In addition
to this some of them are also doing Red Cross sewing and knitting.
And. there, are   North   Canton
I the number of bond votes if
quiz points are close.
Listen to him over the radio and
give him your support at the bond
window. Those who know him are
convinced that he deserves the full
support of his friends and boosters.
VILLAGE HALL CLOSED
The North Canton village hall
will not be open on Saturday, Dec.
•26." Jt will he closed for the weekend-starting Thursday evening, at
In addition to Mrs. Schrantz, she
is survived by four other daughters, Mrs. Frank M. Evans.. Mrs.
Harry H. Reigler, and Mrs. Floyd
Stover of North Canton and Mrs.
A. L. Posey^of Canton; a son, Fred
A. Findlay of Park2-rsburg; five
grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren.
Rev. M. E. Beck officiated at the
services, assisted by Rev. M. A.
Cossaboom. Mr. and Mrs. A. A.
Swope sang a special number and
her grandsons served as pall bearers. '
' . Burial was in the North Canton
cemetery in charge of the Lewis
parlors.
Christmas will be observed in tlie churches of North
Canton with special services marking the anniversary of the
birth of Christ.
Candlelight and Christmas carols will mark most of the
services which are well attended each Christmas season.
In Zion Lutheran church theie |
will be a candlelight service at 11
p. m. on Cnristmas eve. The church
choir will participate in a candle
procession and give special numbers at the service. In his message
to the congregation Rev. Howard
Yeaser will speak on '"Peace on
Earth."
The annual candlelight service
will also be held at Zion Reformed
cliurch, starting at 11:15 o'clock;
with organ music, followed by the
devotional program.
Christmas morning services will
be held ih The Community Christian church* and St. Paul's Catholic
church.    .
Masses'!will be. held at St. Paul's
at 5 o'clock, at 7 o'clock, 8 o'clock,
JT o'clock and 10 o'clock. There -will
be no midnight mass on Christmas
eve as in previous years.
The Christmas morning service
at the Christian chijrch will be held
at 7:30 o'clock, opening- with an organ prelude. There will be special
music on the program, including a-
ladie**.' trio, solo by Miss Jeanne
Myers, solo by C. H. McAnany with
violin obligato by James Rice and
a violin solo hy Mr. Rice; anthems
by the Junior choir, two selections
by the young people's choir and two-
anthems- by the senior choir. Rev.
M. A. Cossaboom will " bring " the
morning message.   .    -  "
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