The Sun. (North Canton, Stark County, Ohio), 1972-12-20

              HAPPY HOLIDAY
Christmas 1972
Of all the holidays, this season of the year has a
special quality that is both intangible and very real:
Being home for Christmas is a Universal desire.
Brotherhood is proclaimed and ^practiced more
than at any other time.
Differences are subdued and all of us concentrate
more on how we are alike than on how we are not
alike.
We think more about what we can do for somebody, rather than what we can do to somebody.
Each of us has his or her own anticipated excitements and the o|dds are better than usual that realizations will live up to expectations.
' _For this period, whatever our age, we all become
young in attitude; whatever our faith, we share the
holiday spirit; whether our collars are white or blue,
we-can resolve to do something special for our fellow
human beings to add to the joy of living.
. :The ridiculoUsj postUre_of thpse who, loudly .assert
focHS; rec&fltiy by Rev. Gary R. Gael, pastor of the
Trinity Lutheran Cinuroh cf Spencer, Iowa in a few
brief .remarks before the Metropolitan Dinner Club of
Greater Spencer, m Northwest, Iowa.
'iV.'.-jSaid Rev. Gabel:
v"We keep forgetting all, of those who lived before
us, We keep forgetting those who lived, and worked,
and prayed, and sang, and built long before we were
bom.
i  "We commit the sin of assuming that everything
begins with us.
"We drink from wells that we did not find.
"We eat food from farmland we did not develop.
■  "We worship in churches we did not organize, or
build.
"We enjoy freedoms which we have not earned.
"We should be grateful for our heritage, and turn
our minds in grateful appreciation to those who lived
iji another day, and under vastly different circumstances, po that we can live a better life today. We should
be acutely aware of the peop?e from divergent backgrounds, traditions, cultures, from many nations and
of iriany colors who forged out this nation so that we
cah live a better life today. We are thus enabled to
conquer the elements together, but not alone, not without each other, and not without God."
vtThe assorted hippie-yippie-.slo.ppies who rant and
raye.against "the establishment lack the intellegesnce
to, .comprehend the simple truth pointed out by Pastor
Gabe. If others had not established that which we
have, today, and if dedicated Americans did not today
maintain our "establishment", the hip-yips would
either starve to death or die from exposure in a matter
of,jjfays.
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•rrffi   \„Jt, , '.,'.    i
of Stamp Licking
It is well known that, speaking generally and with .
due regard to special tastes, the flavor of postage stamp
gliteiis not one of the world's notable gourmet delights.
Sohe U.S. Postal Fervice patrons have on occasion been
heard to come right out with the view thaj the glue
tastes awful.
i >Jrhis opinion has now been given formal voice by
Df. Rdbert Shaw -f New Ipswich, N.H;, a physician
concerned about the welfare of stamp tickers; He finds
tpj^jiue's flavor rather nasty, all right, but gives
priority to health aspects of the matter, to wit: "The
st-thlps are unsanitary, contain unknown chemicals
which are virtually unregulated, and are particularly
distasteful." To c'inch it he added this observation in
hisilatters to .pertinent federal agencies: "In fact, this
year'above all the stamps taste terrible, are larger
than normal, and contain more glue."
v J fo be quite honest about it, the stamp-licking risks
fa'ipne's health had never occurred to us. Dr. Shaw
n-j-ai* be right, though: perhaps, germs and mysterious
cemicals make it hazardous. What the world clearly
ripens, at least until the Postal' Service sanitizes and
purifies its glue and offers it in .six tasty flavors, is
a patented automatic stamp licker.
I Vol. 50 - No. 8 —   One Section    -*24 Pages
Community T
Plans Events
For Students
North Canton Community,
Building YMCA will sponsor'
a  number  of events during
the Christmas vacation period  for  interested students.
A community Christmas
party, open to non-members
as well as members, is set
for Friday, Dec. 22, from 7-8
p.m. The Y Puppet Club will
present a skit and the Y Singers will lead carols. A visit
by Santa and a short Christmas
movie are planned..
Tuesday, Dec. 26 will be an
all day trip to the Cleveland
Zoo and the Aquarium. Those
going will leave the 'Y* at 9
a.m.  and return at 4 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 27 will
be ice skating at Kent State
University Ice Arena leaving
the *Y' at tl a.m. and returning at 4 p.m. .'.:■■>
On Thursday, Dec. 28 the
pool, multi-purpose room and
gym at the Community Building will be closed from 7:30
a.m. to 6:30 p.m. for the Girls
Swim Team Christmas Invitational Relays.
An all day trip to Camp
Tippecanoe is planned for Friday, Dec. 29. There will be
ice skating and sled riding,
weather permitting, hiking,
and more. Those attending will
leave the 'Y' at 9a.m. and return at 5 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 30 will be
skiing at Peek'n Peak in upstate New York. The-bus
leaves the *Y' at 6:30a.m. and
will return at 9 p.m. Registration must be paid in full
by Thursday, Dec. 28.
The Community Building
will be closed Sunday, Dec.
24, Monday, Dec. 25, Sunday,
Dec. 31 and Monday, Jan. 1.
Everhard Rd.
J^eWffidzt
Over Estimate
Three bids submitted on the
Everhard Rd. Sanitary Sewer
project were nearly $100,000
over engineering estimates
when they were opened last
Thursday, Dec. 14, by the
Board of Control at City Hall.
Frank A. Thomas & Associates of Willoughby, consulting engineers, had estimated '
the job would cost $228,000or
less.
Lowest bid received Thursday was $316,937.
Mayor David W. Johnson
said consultants will be asked
to to over the project again
and new bids could be sought
in a month.
There has been considerable controversy' in recent
months over how much the
sewer will cost residents it
will serve.
Much of the complaining has
been done by residents ln the
Wllkshlre Circle area oh the
north side of Everhard. They
contended assessments
weren't fair.
Two assessment equalization boards tried to iron out
problems but there still was
some dissatisfaction evident
last Nov. 13 when City Council
gave the go-ahead on tlie project.
NORTH CANTON, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1972 46c per copy; $4,50 per year by Mall; $6.00 Outside County
City-Citizens Exchange
Downtown Properties
North Canton Mayor David Johnson hailed the recent exchange of property between Citizens Savings and the City of.
North Canton as another step in the progress and development of
North Canton's downtown area. In the exchange, Citizens Savings deeded to the community a section of property bounded by
Portage Street, Ream Street and the Portage School property. •
North Canton, in turn, deeded the old city hall property bounded
by West Maple and the old and new Ream Streets to Citizens
Savings. Demolition of the building began Tuesday morning.
The city needed the Citizens
LIVE NATIVITY SC£$£. The Youth Fellowship of the Congregational United Church
of Christ at 1530 Easton St. NE will recreate this live nativity scene both Saturday and
Sunday evenings; ItcairlJgviewed from 6until 8 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday from 6 until
7:30 ahead of mechurch'siiChristmas Eve service. Characters of the scene are portrayed
by (1. to r.); Dale Ro&rts, KirkBruce, DebbieBbtt, Linda Schmucker, Glen Adkins,
Lorie Boydelatour,. Blake Schmucker, David Kessler and Mark Bruce. The pastor,
Rev. John W. Bruce,"served as,advisor on the-undertaking. Community Christian
youth are also planning tb stage a Jive nativity on the church lajvn Saturday from 7:30
to 9:30 and on Sunday fcQm 6 until 7:15 p.m.
ArmMhu^ Serviced
The holiday weekend willbe marked in area' churches with
special Christmas I've services and musical programs. Three
of this area's churches are: staging live. Nativity scenes both
Saturday and Sun<i_-_^erdngs. Jn the downtown area the Christian Youth Fellowshlp'Srid junior high Chptho groups will present
the Hf-tiVlt)' -CBJtfi. on^|it_f|__lftwn of Copttnunity Christian Church
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'5:15 until 7:15. ■'
St. Jacob's To
Stage Live
Nativity Dec. 23
The Youth of St. Jacob's
Lutheran Church, North Canton, will stage a live nativity
scene on December 23 and24.
Involved In
Crash Sunday
Mrs. Betty J. Henderson,
34, of Massillon, was in guarded condition Monday, Dec. 18,
in Aultman Hospital with head
injuries suffered Sunday, Dec.
17, at 3 p,m. in a two-car
crash at Hills & Dales Road
and Brunnerdaie Ave. NW..
A car driven by Mrs, Arden
E. Turtle, 42, of 6188 RonaldSt.
NW, northbound on Brunnerdaie Avenue, collided at the
intersection of Brunnerdaie
and Hills & Dales Road with
the westbound auto driven by
Mrs. Henderson.
The state highway patrol
said the signal light at the intersection was not in operation at the time and that it is
not covered by any other
traffic device.
iMtens Morning Prayer
At Community Christian
Community Christian
Church Men's Prayer Group
will hold a morning prayer
daily at 6:30 a.m. weekdays
from Monday, Dec. 26 through
Friday, Jan. 5, excluding holidays and weekends.
Men of the community are
invited to join In this short
fellowship.
St. Jacob's Lutheran'
Church, located at 1460 State
St. NE, will have a live nativity on Saturday from 7 until
9 and again Christmas Eve
from 8 until 10 p.m.
Youth of the Congregational
United Church of Christ atl530
Easton Stj NE will enact the
manger scene on Saturday
from 6 until 8 p.m. and again
Christmas Eve from 6 until
7:30 p.m. i
Services planned by area
churches to mark the Birth of
Christ include many congregations which have set family
services at 7:30 on Christmas
Eve. Among these are First
Baptist, Congregational United Church of Christ, Community Christian and Northminster United Presbyterian.
Other churches are planning
both early family services and
later Christmas watch services.
Zion Lutheran will have a
7 p.m. family worship with
the Junior and Youth Choirs
presenting "The Talking
Christmas Tree". They'll
follow this with an 11 p.m.
candlelight Communion service with music by the Chancel
Choir and the Christmas message "Disguised" by Rev.
Kurt Mueschke.
The striking "Chrismon"
tree will be ablaze with 850
miniature lights at Zion United Church of Christ for both
the 7 p.m. family worship and
the traditional Candlelight
service at 11 p.m. The tree
is floodlighted throughout the
day for those wishing to stop
by the church to view this
unusual tree that uses just the
white and gold Chrismons or
monograms depicting, the
church year.
Holy Cross Lutheran plans
a children's service at 7:30
arid an II p.m. Candlelight
Choral service on Christmas
Eve as does St. Mark's Episcopal Church and Grace United Methodist congregation.
Faith United Methodist's
family servicewlllbeat7p.m.
with Rev. Kenneth Crooks telling the Christmas Story. Rev.
William Brown will speak on
the topic "Rich Little Poor '*'
Boy" at the lo p.m. Candlelight Service.
Grace Brethren Church
plans a 7p.m. Christmas Cantata "Joy to the World" and
Greentown. Church of the Nazarene choir will give the cantata "Love Transcending" at
7 p.m.
St. Stephen Martyr Lutheran
Church at 4600 Fulton Dr. will
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7-9 p;m. on Saturday aiidirom'
h'_*'e.rtwo services on Christmas, gvCy a family worship at 7
and Holy.pommunion at 11 p.m.
Little; Flower Catholic
Church will have 7:30 p.m.
Blessing ofthe Crib on Christmas Eve followed by a Mass
in Latin; the „High School
choir will sing for the Midnight Mass and high school
students will serve Mass,
usher and take part in the
service. Carols will be sung
at the 8,10 and 12 noon Masses
on Christmas Day.    ■
Greentown United Methodist
Church plans one service,
Christmas Eve at 10 p.m. The
Chancel Choir will sing the
Christmas portion ofthe Messiah and Communion willbe
served. .
8-10 on Sunday evening.
In addition to the nativity
figures, there will be live animals. The church is located at
1460 State St. NE.
NC Rotary Breakfast
Meetings Scheduled
North Canton Rotary will
hold 7 a.m. breakfast meetings
at Community Christian
Church on Thursday, Dec. 21
and Thursday, Dec. 28, due to
the holidays.
They'll resume regular
Thursday night meetings on
Jan. 4,. when they will hear a
talk by Rotary exchange student Mark Johnson who'll be
returning to his home inSoulh
Africa next month.
Savings property to provide
parking facilities for the new
city hall. The portion of land
next to the school property was
needed for future relocation of
Ream Street.
In making the exchange with
Citizens Savings North Canton
Manager, C. Rick Bardine,
Mayor Johnson expressed his
gratitude. He said, "This is
a good example of total cooperation between a business
firm and city government.
While for practical purposes
this is an even exchange, we
know that Citizens Savings
must now spend many extra
dollars to revamp their present auto-teller and parking
facilities.
-Relocate Windows-
Currently, Citizens Savings
television teller equipment
and drive-up windows are located on the property behind
the new city hall. Mr. Bardine
said this operation would continue until these units can be
relocated early next year.
When the old city hall building is razed the area will
provide Citizens Savings customers additional parking,
while relocation of the auto
teller facility is planned.
Citizens Savings has agreed
to the use of a portion of the
old city property for city parking until the auto feller equipment can be removed next
spring.
Mayor Johnson said, "I hope
this cooperation and assistance by Citizens Savings will
what can be accomplished ih
this area through our theme
of 'cooperation through communication' among those who
are a part of this community.
When business and government cooperate, the whole
community benefits."Hesaid,
"This significant step is a
tremendous boost toward the
completion of the entire plan
for downtown improvement in
North Canton."
Chatham Area
'Lights Up' for
Christmas Eve
Chatham Hills Woman's
Club is again sponsoring the
luminaire project that was
such a striking success last
year throughout the allotment.
Driveways to homes In the
area will be lined with the
lighted luminaries starting at
about 5:30 on Christmas Eve.
They will also illuminate the
Christmas tree on Prince Circle, which looks out over the
allotment.
The group also staged a
Christmas party on Saturday
for the some 30 youngsters
in the allotment under the age
of 8. Mrs. Richard Weir of
314 Hume NE was hostess for
the two-hour party, which included games plannedby older
girls of the area.
Some 46 of the 62 residences
in the allotment are represented by membership in the
club. ■ Mrs. Clinton Ashby Is
the retiring club president;
Mrs. Jack Patrick, vice president; Mrs. Thomas Knipfer,
secretary-treasurer, and
Mrs. G. Timothy Watts, program chairman. They planned
;^_j«^i^_8toit_i-.iri
New officers include Mrs.
Knipfer, president; Mrs. Robert Sumser, vice president;
Mrs. Thomas Griesez, secretary-treasurer and Mrs. Tim
Wood, program chairman.
They'll plan the group's June
family picnic, July corn roast
and annual Halloween party.
WEATHER GROUNDS  SANTA.
The snow and high winds of last Saturday forced a
In-
Jaycees Seek Names
For Service Award
North Canton Jaycees are seeking nominees for the annual
Distinguished Service Award they'll present at the DSA-Boss
Night banquet on Jan. 23 that will highlight observance here
of National Jaycee Week. The event, open to the public, will
be held at the Imperial House.        ^mis Flechtner. tne 1971
DSA winner, is accepting
nominations for the award,
which will go to some young"
man between the ages of 21-
35 who has made outstanding
volunteer contributions to this
community.
Nominees, need not be
members of the sponsoring
Jaycees. Names and resumes
should be sent to Mr. Flechtner etl036ValleyviewSt.NW,
North Canton, 44720, before
Wednesday, Jan. 17.
Judges for the award willbe
Judge William Morris and the
managers of the three area
branch banks, C. T. Bogardus
of Peoples-Merchants Trust,
C. V. Curran of Harter Bank &
Trust and C. Rick Bardine of
Citizens Savings.
The program will begin at
6:30 p.m. with a cocktail hour
followed by dinner,-Wards and
a speaker, still to be announced.
William Lhota is chairman
for the banquet, which.will also
include a highlight-review of
the 26-year-history of the local Jaycees. This Is being
prepared by David Alvarez..
Gary Baughman will be dinner master of ceremonies.
Other committee members not
already mentioned include Ron
Braucher, Larry Breckenridge, Mike Long and coordinators Marty Johnson.,
director, and Tom Haynes,
vice president.
The banquet will also single
out the top "first year" Jaycee
in the local chapter.
'aJnee in clans for Santa's stop-over to visit with North Canton area youngsters. In-
■  sffofVs^cheduled helicopter arrival, he had to transfer to one of the shiny red
trucks of the local fire department to get into the city. He's shown flanked by (left)
'Savor David Johnson and Gus Zielasko, president of the North Canton Area Chamber
-.-•"  of CommSce,  seniors of his visit. Instead of greeting visitors In toe wind-swept
-Law"Srtt he moved.to the Chamber office at 121S, MainSt. to give out his gifts of
candv canes and coloring books.   Area merchants and professional people donated to
the 'Santa Sponsors" project, which also provided the new lights on the trees in the
'park and funds to operate the other Yule decorations which the chamber presented to
-the city in past years.
Eastern Star Metets
A Christmas Program will
be held when William H. Hoov-.
er Chapter of the Order ofthe
Eastern Star meets Thursday,
Dec. 21, at the Canton Masonic
Temple at 8 p.m. Canned
goods will also be collected for
the needy.