Service Men News from Chesterland Korea and New Front
Neil E. LaDow serves with the 40th Infantry Division on the central front in Korea. He is the son of Mrs. C. L. Swift of Char don Ohio and Neil A. LaDow of Newbury Ohio. Front conditions include mud and recent Communist attacks and patrol skirmishes. LaDow joined the Army in 1948 and arrived in Korea early this month for a second tour.
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40Th Infantry
Korea
M-Sat
Neil E. LaDow
C. L. Swift
E. Kingsr
Chardon
Ohio
Neil A. LaDow
Hillview Rd
Newbury
LaDow
Camp Breckinridge
Geaugans Win Syrup Awards at State Fair
Geauga County residents sweep maple syrup prizes at the 1952 Ohio State Fair in Columbus. W. S. Richards of Chardon wins top in best dealers class and multiple firsts in syrup and sugar products. Raymond W. Osborn of Chardon earns top in best producers class and several awards in syrup and sugar categories. Other Geauga honorees include Anson Rhodes Huntsburg and Florence J. Stone Chardon with multiple placings across producers classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Richards
Raymond W. Osborn
Chardon
Columbus
Cliff Rossiter
Richards
Osborn
Geauga County Folk
Anson Rhodes
Huntsburg
Florence J. Stone
Fahnestock Bros
N. Cc. Patterson
Chesterland
C. H. Post
Chagrin Falls
E. R. Sperry and Son
N. C. Patterson and Sons
Strong's Hold Reunion Held in Huntsburg with 70 Attendees
The Strong family descendants of Elder John Strong held their 93rd reunion at Rhea Strong's Huntsburg home on Sunday August 17 with 70 people present. After a picnic, Mrs Floyd Strong of Lake Aquilla organized children games. A brief meeting then elected 1953 officers: John White president Rhea Strong vice president and Rose Huntoon secretary treasurer. Earl Strong and wife of Youngstown directed a program.
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Strong
John Strong
America
Northhampton
Mass
Rhea Strong
Huntsburg
Floyd Strong
Lake Aquilla
John White
Rose Huntoon
Montville
Earl] Strong
Youngstown
Edwin Hofstetter Admitted to Bar in Cleveland
Edwin T. Hofstetter of 114 Water Street Chardon was admitted to the Ohio bar after a ceremony at the Hollenden Hotel Cleveland. He holds a BS in rural economics from Ohio State University 1941 and an LLB from Cleveland Marshall 1952. He is active in Huntsburg Grange Chardon Junior Chamber of Commerce and area farm groups.
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Edwin T. Hofstetter
Water St
Chardon
Hollenden Hotel
Cleveland
Carl V. Weygandt
Hofstetter
Huntsburg High School
Ohio State University College of Agriculture
Cleveland - Marshall Law School
Ohio State Bar
Columbus
Huntsburg Grange
Chardon Junio Chamber of Commerce
Auga County Farm Bureau Federation
Delta Theta Phi
Anna May
Chardon Rubber Company
Central National Bank
Powers and Company
Blind Folk Enjoy Tea at E Claridon Camp
Misses Paul McNish and Nellie Wright attended a tea hosted by the E Claridon Methodist church. More than thirty vacationers and Highbrook Lodge staff joined in activities at the camp near Geauga County Home. Camp opened June 24, hosting 210 guests from Cleveland with two from Lorain County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlefield
Paul McNish
Nellie Wright
E. Claridon Methodist Church
Lorain County
Eileen Shea
John Bendekovich
Viola Baum
Mr. Bendekovic
Highbrook Lodge
Society For the Blind
Cleveland
Cleveland Society For the Blind
Ninety Third St
Geauga County
West Geauga to Explain School Plan Changes at Public Meeting
The West Geauga Board of Education calls a public meeting for September 2 at 8 00 p m in the high school auditorium to explain modifications to the new building plan. Architect A Sidell outlines sixteen changes amid funding shortfalls and rising costs, with $434 600 of the original $500 000 bond left and $40 000 reserved for repairs.
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West Geauga Chester
West Geauga Board of Education
West Geauga High School
Thomas Butz
A. Sidell
Sidell
West Geauga Board Considers High School Building Plan
At a August 25 meeting vice-chairman Charles Osborn floated using new buildings as a grade school. If approved, the current building would house high school students after removing younger grades. The board schedules a Friday meeting to finalize September public plan.
Women's Hospital Ass'n to Meet September 3
The Geauga County Women's Hospital Association will hold its regular monthly meeting September 3 at 8 00 p m at the Burton Congregational church. Miss Mary Ellen Sullivan of the Dairy Council Cleveland District will speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geauga County Women's Hospital Association
Burton Congregational Church
Mary Ellen Sullivan
Dairy Council of
Cleveland
Frank Fink
Munson
Melva Friel
Pauline Silvernail
Isabel Brinick
Becky Phipps
Olive Samuel
Bowling Leagues Forming at B and V Recreation Chardon
John Vese of B and V says leagues for fall and winter bowling are being organized today at the B V Recreation bowling alley in Chardon. Additional teams may be organized and interested parties are invited to contact him at the alley to join or sponsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. and V. Recreation
Chardon
John Vese
New Doctor Joins Geauga County Practice in Chardon
Dr. Dale Hawk of Strasburg Ohio will move with his family to 119 Tillden avenue next month to assist Dr. Ralph C. Pease in Chardon. A New Philadelphia native, 31, he earned a Kent State BS in 1947 and a Hahnemann MD in 1951 after four years Marine Corps service. He interned at Atlantic City hospital and married in 1943. The Hawk family includes three boys Charles Elliott and Steven.
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Geauga County
Ralph C. Pease
Chardon
Pease
Dale Hawk
Strasburg
Tilden Avenue
Dr. Hawk
New Philadelphia
Marine Corps
Kent State University
Hahnemann Medical College
Philadelphia
Atlantic City Hospital
N. J
Hawk
Charles
Elliott
Steven
Maynard Reunion and 89th Birthday Celebrations in Chester
Chester residents hosted the Maynard family reunion on August 17 with 64 attendees from Malvern Olmstead Falls Lakewood Painesville South Euclid Lyndhurst Cleveland Chardon and Claridon. Charles Maynard of Chardon was the oldest present. Officers elected included Maynard F. Elliott as president and Mrs W B Maynard as secretary treasurer. The group voted to repeat hospitality in 1953. Lena Schumaker celebrated her 89th birthday on August 20 with a luncheon and family gathering including Chester visitors Arthur Schumaker and Walter Schumaker. The Patterson reunion occurred in St Johns Michigan on August 17 with Chester attendees N C Patterson George Mapes Sam Patterson and families.
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Gordon Wright
John Maynard
Heath Rd
Chesterland
Maynard
Malvern
Olmstead Falls
Lakewood
Painesville
South Euclid
Lyndhurst
Cleveland
Chardon
Claridon
Charles Maynard
Larry Lawson
Maynard F. Elliott
W. B. Maynard
Memly
Chester
Mtaw
Fred Siebert
Rainbow Rd
Siebert
Schumaker
Arthur Schumaker
Walter Schumaker
Patterson
St. Johns
Michigan
N. C. Patterson
George Mapes
Sam Patterson
Jimmie
Tommy
Mary Lou
Kenneth Sperry
Keith
Wayne
Fire Destroys Barn on Pope Road
BURTON The large barn on the farm of Art Grootegoed on Pope Road burned to the ground Thursday afternoon August 21 from spontaneous combustion about 1245 p.m. Loss estimated at 12500 to 15000 dollars. About 80 tons of hay 30 tons of chopped straw oats and machinery including a wagon and a potato grader were lost. Burton and Parkman fire departments fought the blaze all afternoon and evening. The farm operated by Art Grootegoed and Earl Miller. Mr and Mrs Miller saved most of the machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Grootegoed
Earl Miller
West Geauga Recreation Honor Leaders at Final High Point Program
The West Geauga recreation program honors Carl Maukonen and others for a varied seven week effort ending at High Point. Gifts are given for story telling and leadership while juniors earn Life Saving badges. A Sleeping Beauty dramatization closes the event with crafts on display and two parent training workshops planned for winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dona Rode
Bass Lake Trustees
Janita Huth
Cathy McGeough
Olive Osborn
Marion Bannister
Carol Johnson
Mary Hartong
Dot Shenkel
Dorothy Kus
Mildred Traud
William Matthews
Muriel Holder
Mae Brown
Edward McGeough
Norman Moss
Willard Parker
James Stoner
Walter Hirst
Rita Evans
Hallie Crayton
Ralph Neil
Delores DeGreen
C. H. Sutherland
Alan Thomas
Williams
Claridon
High Point
Ward McDonald Enrolls in Bankers School at Wisconsin
Ward McDonald vice president of Chardon Savings Bank left last Sunday to attend a two week session at the School of Banking in the University of Wisconsin Madison. It is his first year and the program requires two weeks residence annually for three years to earn a graduation certificate. Between sessions students complete extension banking problems during the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward McDonald
Chardon Savings Bank
School of Banking
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Geauga County Fair Opens with 4-H Focus and Weeklong Events
The 129th Geauga County Fair starts today in Burton, running through Labor Day. Registration by 6:00 p.m. features exhibits from ceramics to crops, with junior fair day Friday celebrating 4-H through the years and a parade with prize money for floats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geauga
Burton
Leland Schuler
Imogene Dean
Lillian White
Local Little League World Series Playoffs Advance
Russell Arslanian pitched Munson Red Sox to a 7 3 win over Claridon White Sox in the first World Series game. Claridon Red Sox clinched second half and will meet Munson in a best two of three series starting August 26.
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Russell Arslanian
Munson Red Sox
Claridon White Sox
Gene Young
Abe Weaver
Chardon Giants
Claridon Red Sox
Giants
Red Sox
White Sox
Morosak
Jack Meyers
Jack McDonald
Yanks
Dodgers
Yankee
Indians
Huntsburg Woman Earns College Degree
Mildred E. DeMuth of Huntsburg will earn a bachelor of science in education as part of about 223 Miami University graduates tomorrow. The registrar W. C Smyser announced the list and noted honorary degrees for commencement speaker Dr Claude V Courter and Dr Edward S Matthias both to receive Doctor of Laws degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsburg
Mildred E. DeMuth
Miami -University
W. Cc. Smyser
Claude V. Courter
Cincinnati
Elmore Reynolds Quits as Munson Clerk
Munson township clerk Elmore Reynolds resigns effective August 31 and moves to Windsor. Jack McDonald appointed to fill the unexpired term starting September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmore Reynolds
Munson
Jack McDonald
Mr. Reynolds
Windsor
Postpone East Claridon Church Supper Due to Gatherings Ban
East Claridon Methodist Church postpones Friday August 29 supper in compliance with Dr Edmund's August September gathering ban. The event is delayed to honor health directives and local safety concerns.
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East Claridon
Edmund
East Claridon Methodist Church
Charles P Taft to Visit Geauga Fair Today
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Charles P Taft plans a campaign stop at the Geauga County Fair today. Taft is expected to speak on local issues and meet voters amid the fair program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Taft
Geauga Fair
Gover
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E. Claridon
Women’s Hospital
Ass’n
Lennah B. Bond
Lena Schumaker
Carol Ann Larmi
Parkman
Carol
John Larmi
W. Geauga Recreation
Bankers
Fred Austin
A. J. Cromwell
Epply Products Co
W. E. Moore
Carlton E. Lowe
Kenneth G. Peterson
Richard Burnett
Edsel Prabe
Howard Hollenbeck
Middlefield Banking Co
First National Bank
Charles A. Riley
Vern’s Hardware
Geauga County Fair
G.R. Beardsley
Audre Blair
Novelty
C. H. LaMoreaux
Giants White Sox
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