Men in Service Here Addressees from Geauga Boys
New addresses received for service members from Geauga County include S. F. C. Robert A. Cooper NG 23390753 Co K 2nd School in TECR Fort Belvoir Virginia. Pvt. Kenneth C Post W.S. 52080007 H Q Seoul Air Command Co E Detachment AP O 301 c/o Postmaster San Francisco California. Paul Judd US 52080027 Hdgt Hdgt Co 2nd Prov Engr Const Bn AP O 59 PM San Francisco California.
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Geauga
Robert A. Cooper
K” 2Nd School
Tecr
Fort Belvoir
Kenneth Post
Kenneth C
W.S
H. Q
Seoul Air Command
Co. E
A.P.O
San Francisco
Calif
Paul Judd
U. S
Women Meet at Chardon Church
The first meeting of the Woman's Association of Pilgrim Christian church in Chardon on October 24 drew 75 attendees in the sanctuary on South Hampden Street. President Mrs. Nelson Burgess led reports as Miss Hazel Johnson presented the secretary's note. Mrs. Hal Burr sang with pianist Mrs. Frank Schofield, and Bertha Park, executive secretary of the Christian Women's Fellowship, shared insights from her Europe trip as a society representative comparing American and European women's lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Association
Pilgrim Christian Church
South Hampden St
Chardon
Nelson Burgess
Hazel Johnson
Hal Burr
Frank Schofield
The
Paino
Bertha Park
Christian Women's Fellowship
Europe
America
Organize for Sale of Xmas Seals in Geauga County
The 1951 Christmas Seal Sale planning meeting of Geauga County Tuberculosis and Health Association was held October 25 at Thrasher House Club Rooms. Mrs. Lewis Bostwick announced township chairmen and co chairmen list while noting progress depends on volunteer efforts and annual health programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geauga County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Thrasher House Club
Lewis Bostwick
Bostwick
Auburn
Chas. Bucha
Bainbridge
S. R. Fraser
J. M. Erdelac
Burton
Bessie Buss 73 Died After Illness In Chardon Rites Held
Mrs. Bessie Buss aged 73 died at 11 30 p m last Thursday at her home 227 S Hampden St following an illness. She was born in Munson Township and was affiliated with the Chardon Rebekah Lodge. Survived by a sister Allie Mae Hazen Munson and a daughter Betty Hanus Chardon. Funeral rites were at Burr Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Buss
S. Hampden St
Bessie Brainard
Buss
Munson Township
Chardon Rebekah Lodge
Allie Mae Hazen
Munson
Betty Hanus
Chardon
Burr Funeral Home
Irene Downing Rites Friday
Irene Downing wife of the late Eugene Downing and mother of Charles and Dana Downing has died. Friends may call at the Burr Funeral Home where services will be held Friday November 2 at 2 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irena Downing
Eugene Downing
Charles and
Dana Downing
Burr Funeral Home
Chardon Sees Major Blood Drive With 167 Pints Donated
Geauga County residents contributed 167 pints of blood at the Chardon Methodist Church during the Red Cross Bloodmobile visit. Donors from Chardon and seven surrounding townships plus out of county workers filled the center, with 168 of 188 scheduled donors appearing and 20 unscheduled volunteers including seven Minute Men.
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Geauga County
American Red Cross
Chardon
Chesterland
Montville
Huntsburg
Munson
Thompson
Red Cross
Chardon Methodist Church
Korea
Geauga Blood Committee
Frederick W. Klingemeier
Klingemeier
Scott S. Bostwick
Cleveland
Corey Hospital
Orchestra to Play at Chardon PTA
The Chardon school orchestra Hilltop Syncopaters will perform at the PTA meeting on Tuesday November 6 in the school auditorium. Boy Scout Troop 93 led by Mr Fred Austin will present a program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chardon School
Hilltop Syncopaters
P.T.A
Boy Scout Troop 93
Fred Austin
Seek Aid for Retarded Children Meeting Planned
A Geauga County Federation of Women’s Clubs committee will meet Dr. W P Edmunds on November 9 to discuss services for 13 retarded children not in school. Attendees include judges, supts, Kiwanis and Rotary reps, nurses, doctors, the ministerial association, and committee members Mrs Forrest Babcock Mrs Samuel Patterson and Mrs C G Stevens.
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Geauga County
Adelbert LeBar Rites Saturday
Adelbert E Le Bar 79 died after a long illness at his Hameden home. Born Richburg N Y he moved here 70 years ago and farmed most of his life. He belonged to the Odd Fellows Lodge. Surviving are his wife Eva a daughter Aline Smith Dorset two sons Wayne Michigan and Hallie at home three brothers Wilson Chardon Charles Michigan and Roland in California. Funeral rites were Saturday at 2 30 the Burr Funeral Home with burial in Chardon cemetery.
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Hameden
Adelbert E. LeBar
Richburg
N. Y
LeBar
Odd Fellows Lodge
Eva
Aline Smith
Dorset
Wayne
Michigan
Hallie
Wilson
Chardon
Charles
Roland
California
Burr Funeral Home
Chardon Cemetery
County Over Quota In Bond Sale
Geauga County Defense Bond Chairman Maurice A. Fox announced nine days remain in the Bond Drive and Geauga had reached 106.8 percent of its $27,000 quota. Reports from the Federal Reserve Bank cover September 3 through October 19 and final totals depend on 88 issuing agents. Harrison County leads with 192.1 percent, Summit 113.0 percent among major metros, Mahoning 102.6 percent, with eight counties over 90 percent.
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Maurice A. Fox
Geauga County Defense
Federal Reserve Bank
Harrison
Summit
Mahoning
Fourth Grade Halloween Party At Methodist Church
The fourth grade class of the Methodist church hosted Mrs. Bunder's fifth grade class for a Hallowe'en party at the church last Saturday afternoon. Twenty five children wore costumes and played games. Thanks go to the mothers of Mrs. Barone's class for the refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Auburn Couple to Celebrate 50th Anniversary at Farm Home
Clarence Franks and Ellen Walden mark fifty years of marriage with an Auburn farm home celebration. They spent 47 years on the Frankson farm, with two sons and two grandsons, Allen and Edwin, ages 16 and 14. Gifts requested to be omitted. They were married November 6, 1901 in Middlefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankson
Franklin Rd
Auburn
Ternoon
C. C. Franks
Elmer
Ivan Franks
Elmer Franks
Chester Voters Face County Levies and School Bond
Chester voters head to the polls on November 6 to decide two county tax levies, one needing a majority and the other 60 percent. West Geauga Local School District asks for a 500000 dollar bond, plus a four point seven tenths mill levy, and a constitutional amendment to allow more than one probate judge. Local race details include Chester Township offices and West Geauga School Board candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
West Geauga
West Geauga Local School Dist
State of
Ohio
Chester Townsip
Lyle Battles
Charles Christy
Russell Braund
Raymond Richmond
Constable
Raymond Beech
Thomas Laughlin
Neal Pendleton
James Sipan
Justice of Peace
Williard Steinfurth
Clay Eddy
Merle Hadlock
West Geauga School Board
Robert Williams
Samuel Patterson
Charles Osbourn
John Traud
Alvin Rood
Lawrence Battles
Earl Genske
Felicia Jones
B. J. Shanower
P. J. Smith
Harland Resigns From Civil Defense Post
Sheriff Harland requested relief from civil defense duties this week citing manpower shortages and an overflow of civil papers. He sent a resignation letter to Judge Harold J. Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harland
Civil Defense Post
Stuart
Harold J. Richmond
Mrs. R. H. Peterson Suffers Broken Leg
Mrs. R. H. Peterson wife of Dr. Peterson sustained a broken right leg in a fall at her son Laverne Peterson’s home last Wednesday. She is confined at Mount Sinai hospital in Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton
R. H. Peterson
Peterson
Laverne Peterson
Mount Sinai Hospital
Cleveland
Hensel Discusses Year Round Health Control Program
Mrs. Ray Hensel of Munson spoke to the Montville Ladies' Aid on the Geauga County Tuberculosis and Health Association programs and showed film strips. The association’s Speaker's Bureau offers voluntary talks to clubs through a phone request to Chardon 5-4811 with a panel including Leighton Starr and B A Broughton among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Hensel
Munson
Geauga County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Association
Montville
Geauga County
Chardon
Rodgers
Leighton P. Starr
Auburn
B. A. Broughton
Newbury
Carl Law
M. A. Fox
Burton
Robert Fenwick
Claridon
J. M. Erdelac
Bainbridge
B. J. Shanower
I. M. Cavanagh
Wm. Rowley
Middlefield
W. A. Reed
M. D
Lewis Bostwick
Hampden
F. R. Schofield
James W. Dinsmore
James Williams
Walter C. Corey
Former Chardon Resident Dies at 52
Earl O. Rockey 52 a building contractor and former Chardon resident for 18 years died Sunday at Reed City Hospital after a recent illness. He was born Sept 7 1899 in Ada Ohio son of Dayton and Rachel Rockey. Surviving Florence his wife two daughters Rachel Rice and Loretta Hines four grandchildren and a brother Elmer. Funeral services were held at Livingston Funeral Home Reed City with Masonic rites and burial in Webber Township Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl O. Rockey
Chardon
Reed City Hospital
Mr. Rockey
Ada
Ohio
Dayton
Rachel Lappin Rockey
Masonic Lodge No. 93
Rockey
Clara Culbertson
Florence Richards
Florida
Rachel Rice
Middlefield
Loretta Hines
Collingswood
N. J
Elmer
Baldwin
Livingston Funeral Home
Reed City
Robert McCleary
Webber Township
Geauga Republican Record Tops Local Circulation
The Geauga Republican Record boasts the largest paid circulation in Geauga County's trading area, highlighting its dominant reach among local newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geauga
Gambler's Testimony Sought in Sheriff Trial
Ernest A. Reilender named as special commissioner to take deposition from George Gordon in Geauga County case against Sheriff Stuart Harland. Gordon, known as Joe Green, is a key witness facing charges over jail conduct and permitting calls from prison. Deposition set for Cleveland then returned to Geauga court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest A. Reilender
Cleveland
Geauga County Common Pleas
William K. Thomas
George Gordon
Pettibone Club
Stuart Harland
Charles P. Baker, Jr
Gordon
Ohio
Joe Green
Harland
Geauga Court
Grace Trowbridge Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Grace Wood Trowbridge age 73 were held at the Fairhill Home of the Milliard Son and Raper Co. Burial followed in Lakeview Cemetery. Survived by brother Roy A. Wood of Phoenix. she died October 21 at Rock Haven Convalescent Home after a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Grace Wood Trowbridge
Fairhill
Milliard Son and Raper Co
Lakeview
Trowbridge
Fred Trowbridge
Vera
Myland
Roy A. Wood
Phoenix
Arizona
Fullertown Road
Rock Haven
the Baptist Church
Western Reserve
Daughters of the American Revolution
James Boyd
The
Chester Baptist Church
Kiwanis Square Dance Tonight At Claridon Town Hall
Geauga Kiwanis members will hold a square dance at Claridon town hall tonight. Attire is overalls or ginghams and music will be by Art Carlson and his Musical Cookies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geauga Kiwanis
Claridon Town Hall
Art Carlson
Geauga County Ballots Range Across Tax Levies and Officials
Geauga County voters will decide on bond issues and tax levies in multiple districts and select about 250 township and village officials. Read lists show Aquilla Village Mayor William Hendersh and many clerks, trustees, constables, and education boards for each township and village including Chardon, Chester, Hambden, Middlefield, Montville, Munson, Parkman, and Geauga County Board of Education Felicia C. Jones among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geauga County
Geauga
Aquilla
William Hendersh
Lillian Borgman
Adelbert Borgman
Ray Jones
Cliff W. Manchester
Richard Ruple
Auburn Township
Fred Dietz
Eln Franks
A. E. Button
Charles Glen J. B. LaRue
Eleor E. Dayton
Board of Education
Byrant
Peter Clemens, Jr
J. Flock
Elbert Gastimire
Bainbridge Two
Clell Taylor
Lloyd Adams
Willard Franks
Howard Taylor
Ernest Wilson
Charles H. Giles
Earl J. Miner
Elizabeth Taylor
Dorothy Nichols
Daisy Ritchie
Burton
Robert Grief
Betty McIntosh
Kathleen Russell
Jack Bollinger
William Clark
Robert Ford
George Green
Fred Kinsley
Kenneth McIntosh
Howard McNish
Clyde Blair
Kenneth Blair
John Dingman
Henry Gill
Karl Goff
Page Russell
Armand Horwath
Roy Coats
Linda Hess
K. I. Ernst
Lawrene Burt
Art Narrow
Edward Taylor
Bruce Scott
Kathryn van DeWeer
Albert Rowland
Ward Larence
Chardon Village
J. W. Moats
Donald Muchmore
Huntsburg
Paul T. Calkins
Anson Rhodes
Elizabeth Allen
Marion L. Texter
John M. Allen
Louis Meyers
Eugene H. Rose
Theodore Taylor
Edgar Goff
George Pilarczyki
Merrill D. Spurrier
June Thurling
Middlefield Village
R. J. Eppley, Jr
Anna Burnett
Hazel Ohl
Walter Dreyer
Vaughn Ishee
E. J. Kleinfeld
Walter Minnick
Kenneth Mumaw
Charles Russell
Grant Schmid
Board of Affairs
Wayne Adams
Don Anderson
William J. Barnes
M. N. Dietrich
Geo. McIlroy
Gayle Williams
Middlefield Township
Jack Smallwood
S. F. Laraway
Nelson McGuver
Hary Poorman
James Spangler
Thomas R. Rowley
Joe D. Byler
M. M. Foust
J. I. Hunt
James Kothera
Edna McIlroy Mumaw
Raymond Rhodes
Frieda Shute
Montville Township
Fred Hoffman
Carl Webster
Clarence Wodolan
Mildred Skinner
Joseph Blanger
Earl Edeburn
Keston Peters
Albert Robatin
Robert Lafferty
Joe Ineman
Herbert Koern
Troy
E. J. Mattson
Cornelius Benkoe
Clarence V. Sager
Lawrence Bond
Raymond Hatcher
Henry Lucas
C. H. Russell
Lloyd Carey
Howard Cochran
Perry Sanborn
Joseph Wolanski
Geauga County Board of Education
Felicia C. Jones
B. J. Shanower
P. J. Smith
Faculty to Confer at Chardon PTA
The November meeting of Claridon PTA will be in the school Friday at 8 p.m. An open house lets parents tour rooms and meet teachers. A business session and program follow with three minute talks by election candidates for the School Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claridon
Claridon P. T. A
Joseph Antone
Mary Smith
Kenneth Bender
Kenneth Ostrosky
Ray Evans
Agnes Reier Hein former Geauga resident dies at 70
Agnes Reier Hein aged 70 died October 28 at her daughter’s Cincinnati home where she lived with husband Henry Hein. A former Montville and Chesterland resident, she is survived by nine daughters and two sons, including Clara Hobson and May Biard, and by 18 siblings. Funeral services will be Friday at St Mary’s Church at 10:00 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montville
Agnes Reier Hein
Cincinnati
Henry Hein
Chesterland
Clara Hobson
May Biard
Lucille Reier
Isabelle Gotchett
Louise W. Wooton
Frances Wisniewoski
Chardon
Kathryn Byler
Burton
Dora Geisman
Dorothy Brooks
Wooster
Raymond
Joseph Hein
Hein
St. Mary’s Church
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Irene Downing
E. Pribram
W. P. Edmunds
Chardon Pta
Adelbert LeBar
Geauga Republican
Gambler
Grace Trowbridge
Erman Dreyer
Max Greenler
Chardon Township
Raymond Osborn
Anna Clause
E. A.arks
Ray K. Thrasher
James Colvin
Charles W. Strong
T. Thayer
Claridon Township
Jason Jameson
Jon Pinzone
June Kellogg
Gerrude Lyon
Bella Wilmot
Grace Antone
Kenneth R. Bender
Richard Shanower
Mary A. Smith
Chester Township
Russell Brand
Willard Steinfurth
Chester and Russell
Charles Osborn
Sammuel A. Patterson
Larence Battles
Earl W. Genske
Alvin A. Rood
Hambden
Gail D. Adams
Lloyd Carver
Norris Rhodes
Geo. Steffancin
Frederic Zikursh
J. Edward Kogelka
A. A. Mansfield
Ry. Board of Education
Robert C. Johnson
Margo Munn
Elmer A. Smith
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