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Newspaper

The Canton Repository

Location

Canton, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1949

Page

5

Shanghai Life Returns to Normal After Siege

Shanghai, May 28 AP The city of 6 million under Communist rule moves toward normalcy as new currency unsettles the market and old networks of trade restart. Rail service resumes, coal is short, shipping remains limited, and officials begin banks takeovers while interviews are denied. Street life returns with traffic jams, hawkers, and reopened stores as siege scars fade.

Shanghai U. S Nanking-Shanghai Soochow Creek

Mohler Lumber Co. President Myron Mohler Dies at 79

Myron M Mohler president of Mohler Lumber Co North Canton died Friday at Aultmann Hospital after a year long illness. He organized the firm with his brother John B Mohler and remained active. Survived by daughter Mrs Clarence J Rohrer son Lester Mohler 12 grandchildren 7 great grandchildren. Body at Lewis Funeral Home. Services at Zion Church Monday 2 p.m. Burial North Canton Cemetery. Funeral home will transport to church Monday 11 a.m.

Myron M. Mohler Mohler Lumber Co North Canton Aultmann Hospital John B. Mohler Mohler Portagerd Zion Lutheran Church Clarence J. Rohrer Lester Mohler Lewis Funeral Home Zion Church Paul R. Daneker

Poetry Society Names Winners In Its Verse Contest

The Canton Poetry Society named RAND PRIZE winner Miss Lyrel Bresson for her poem Progression in its annual contest during National Poetry Week. Sixty-three entries from Stark County were discussed at the society banquet with readings by Mrs. Martin Schmid and remarks by Prof Ralph Hinsdale Goodale on Poetry and Science.

Poetry Society RAND Canton Poetry Society Lyrel Bresson 15Th St NW Stark County Canton Ralph Hinsdale Goodale Hiram College Goodale James Bean Mt. Vernon Martin Schmid Eve Miss Bresson West North School WHBC Don Lopez Frieda Leitner National Poetry Week

Canton Common Pleas Petitions and Local Advertisements

The Day in Canton lists common pleas petitions including Everett Waltz & Co. versus Daniel J. Ackerman for 365.78 cognovit note and James T. Dougherty versus Paul C. Frederick for 1295 rent overcharge, plus Letitia Ackerman against the city of Canton for 5000 in a sidewalk fall injury. Also First Federal Savings & Loan Association versus Mack E. McKenzie for 5853.04 mortgage foreclosure. Alongside are ads for Geraniums 39c 40c, Zane's Carpet Sale, flag sale for Decoration Day, plumbing materials from Saltz Plumbing, lawnmower service, Readers Digest offer, and insurance ads.

Common Pleas Everett Waltz & Co Harter Daniel J. Ackerman Minerva James T. Dougherty Chicago Paul C. Frederick 18Th St NW Letitia Ackerman Ralph City of Canton Arlington First Federal Savings & Loan Association Mack E. McKenzie

Marriage License Applications and Divorces Granted

Marriage license applications listed for multiple couples with ages and addresses in Canton Alliance Massillon and surrounding areas. Divorces granted include Harold Deane Seely at Muroc Army Air Base Calif and Ilene May Seely at 936 Gibbs are NE plus addresses on petition.

Harold Deane Seely Muroc Army Air Base Muroc Calif Ilene May Seely Gibbs

Local listings advertise venues for meetings and dining

An assortment of notices offers a hall for meetings including parties and weddings on Monday Tuesday and Thursday at 1832 Cleveland Street with phone 40800 ad. A Richville and Perry Road SW dairy shop advertises milk ice cream groceries and meats with dial 3077L ad. The Farm at Rt 62 S Kelp Farm announces an all day Sunday chicken dinner with home cooked foods and pies by Mrs A Howard ad. The Blue Bird Pottery Canton Massillon Road proclaims the largest exhibit of pottery in Ohio open daily 9 am to 10 pm ad.

Smith Dairy Richvillerd Perry Rd Dial A. Howard Kelp Farm Rt. 62 Ohio Blue Bird Pottery Canton-Massillon Rd St. Peter’s Cleveland G. N. Habig St. John the Baptist McKinley 6Th Owen L. Gallagher St. Joseph’s Tuscarawas W Sacred Heart Clark Joseph J. Krisko St. Paul’s Mahoning Rd Ernest J. Smith St. Mary’s Thomas R. Heimann St. Anthony’s James McLaughlin St. Joan of Arc Mt. Marie Academy William J. Fitzgerald All Saints Henry SW Adolph J. Bernas Little Flower Middlebranch James J. Stevenson St. George’s E. Crihalmean Sancta Clara Monastery of Perpetual Adoration Clement Crock

Birth Announcements May 26 Mercy and Aultman

Birth notices list multiple families in Hartville Dellroy East Sparta and surrounding areas with May 26 dates. Names include Harold Kandel Mason Robeson Sol Flickinger Edmundo DeSantis Andrew Hershberger Earl Ledford Wesley McCoury Paul Latimer Donald Merryman Robert Pifer Thomas Walavite Ned Overcasher and their newborn sons and daughters at various addresses.

Mercy Harold Kandel Hartville Son Mason Robeson 5Th St Sol Flickinger Harrisburg Rd Edmundo DeSantis Henry Aultman Andrew Hershberger Earl Ledford Mainst Dellroy Wesley McCoury Allen Paul J. Latimer Lawrence Rd Donald Merryman Carn-Wisebird Robert Pifer 6Th St Thomas Walavite RD 1 East Sparta Ned I. Overcasher Park

Special eight dollar permanent at Walzer's Beauty Shop

Attractive offer for a perm at Walzer's Beauty Shop located at 605 Clarendon NW. The special price is $8 with an additional note of a contact dialing 28492-ad for more details.

Walzer’s Clarendon Dial

Mt Union Announces Trustee Candidates for 1952

Mt Union College president Dr. Charles B. Ketcham has announced four candidates for two trustee positions for the term ending in 1952. The alumni nominees are Miss Corda Peek of Cleveland Sam Shrimp of Uhrichsville Mrs Roy Clunk of Massillon and Larry Brown of Ravenna. Election results will be announced on Alumni Day June 4.

Repository Bureau Alliance Mt. Union College Charles B. Ketcham Corda Peek Cleveland Sam Shrimp Uhrichsville Roy Clunk Massillon Larry Brown Ravenna

Tulip Thief Nabbed in Merrymount Park by Mistaken Claim

In Quincy Massachusetts police nabbed a man found on his hands and knees amid tulips in Merrymount Park. He claimed he was not stealing flowers but hunting for night crawlers as a fisherman. Local officers questioned the unusual scene and released him.

Quincy Mass Merrymount Park

Plant Layoffs Drop for Week

Washington reports a rise in total unemployment claims to a 1949 yearly high of 2,057,750, while new industry layoffs fell by 7,600 to 336,800. States like Michigan and Massachusetts saw notable declines, with idle workers returning to work in several states. Connecticut Maryland New York Kentucky led the list of rebound areas.

Washington Bureau of Employment Security New England Michigan Massachusetts E. L. Keenan Bureau Connecticut Maryland New York Kentucky Virginia North Carolina

Martin School Damaged By Low Grade Vandals

Vandals entered Martin School at 1253 3rd St SE Friday night and caused extensive damage. Police report broken windows, ink spilled in a room, damaged walls and rugs, cut motion picture screen, stolen telephone receivers, a camera, a radio phonograph, and torn report cards. Nearly every room was entered according to police.

Martin School 3Rd St SE

President Takes Party On Cruise For Weekend

President Truman sails today aboard the presidential yacht Williamsburg with a party that includes Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy. They head for a weekend excursion along the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay. Truman plans to attend services at the U. S. Naval Academy in Annapolis and will be represented at Memorial Day services by military aides.

Washington Truman Williamsburg William D. Leahy Potomac River Chesapeake Bay U. S. Naval Academy Annapolis

Minister to Receive Doctor of Theology Degree

Named for Degree N MONDAY June 6 Rev. Rembert Stokes pastor of St. Pauls A M E Church since last July will receive the doctor of theology degree at commencement exercises at Boston University in Boston. Rev. Stokes majored in social ethics and was graduated from Wilberforce University in 1940. He earned the bachelor of sacred theology degree at Boston University in 1943 and received credit toward the doctorate for studies at Harvard Divinity School. A native of Dayton he came to Canton after a six year pastorate in Cambridge Massachusetts. The congregation will honor Rev. Stokes at a reception in the church parlors Tuesday at 8 p m Mrs Stokes will accompany her husband to Boston.

Rembert Stokes St. Paul’s A.M.E Boston University Boston Stokes Wilberforce University Harvard Divinity School Dayton Canton Cambridge Mass St. Paul’s

Titlists Named At Massillon Wooster Marble Tournament

Four more ministers have fought their way to city championships in The Repository marble tournament, two in Massillon and two in Wooster. Paul McGilton won the Massillon boys title by defeating Terry Dray of Lorin Andrews School. Beatrice Regueira is Massillon’s girl champion, and Wooster crowns went to Robert Starr and Anna Mae Carafelli of St. Mary’s School. The champions will compete in The Repository grand finals next Saturday at the armory.

Massillon Wooster Paul McGilton Terry Dray Lorin Andrews School Paul Horace Mann School Beatrice Regueira Lorin Andrews Robert Starr Anna Mae Carafelli St. Mary’s School Repository

Akron Man Quits Post In German Occupation

Franklin Germany May 28 AP Leland E Spencer of Akron Ohio has resigned as chief of the Anglo American commerce and industry group American officials said yesterday He will return to Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co from which he had a leave of absence Previously lived in Topeka Kansas and now leaves the post to rejoin the firm

Frankfurt Germany Leland E. Spencer Akron Anglo-American Commerce and Industry Group Spencer Topeka Kan Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co

Church Directory and Hours of Services Baptists and More

A comprehensive church directory lists addresses pastors service times and Sunday School hours for Baptist Catholic Christian and many other denominations across Stark and surrounding counties. It catalogs dozens of congregations with locations from Tuscarawas to Market streets and notes worship schedules including morning and evening services plus midweek activities.

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Red Chi Chao-Ting Central Bank Myron Mohler North Canton Lumber Concern Stow Duncan Hines The Automobile Association of America Hudson Akron Overdale Mr. Mouse Grace Long Harriet Cone Elizabeth M. Bowman Jane Weiler Corbett Alliance John N. Adams Elda Mae Piero Barbara Gottlieb Allan R. Simpson Jr Lake O’ Springs Adams Piero Gertrude Shisler Greenwood Flora Schneider Ruth Lehmiller Campbell Insurance Agency Eddleman Warner Church Rd Zane’s Zane’s Warehouse 321 2Nd SE Canton Repository Saltz Plumbing Cherry SE Leonard Shoe Repair Minnie Mullally America M. L. Killian Charles E. Shaheen Plain Ave Betty Mae Georges Market Ave Alva H. Waltamath Cleveland Ave Lois A. Cox Jack V. Pearce Ann Carwley Paul William Kraus Wells Ave Jennie D. Slemboski Magee Pl Frederick S. Maus Jr W. Markett Dorothy D. Morris S. Cherry Ave Raymond R. Calvo 3Rd St Gloria M. Likens 20Th St Joseph S. Hopp Tremont Joann Marie Swihart Lincoln Way Francis X. Lauterbur Ricest Mary Berea S. Webb Cleveland S Mt. Union Rev. Rembert Stokes District Church Briefs Alfred E. Ransom DeKoven Calvary Presbyterian Church John B. Barker Paul E. Allen Bach Demorest Grey Woodward Ruth Bible Albert Baker Gertrude Ochsenfeld Halen Zerbe First Brethren Church Ralph Colburn Winona Lake Ind H. L. Henderson Bedford Avenue United Presbyterian Church Lois Kier One Foundation Boy Scouts Christian Crusaders Bible Class Hattie Mans Mt. Calvary Baptist Church J. R. Sanders Divine Heritage Ella M. Stokes Youngstown J. T. Highbaugh Indiana Otto Fangmeyer Martin Luther Church Women's Missionary Society Altar Guild Harvey Farmer North Africa Canton City Tuscarawas St E Farmer J. H. Satterfield First Baptist Church Wilma Kasserman Angelus Massenet Raff Wagner Bernard Griffin Bob Johnson First Congregational Church Bethany E. U. B Floyd Moore M. A. Hayes R. E. Carmany Albert Rosoner St. Paul’s Reformed Church East Canton Kenneth Wairough Lawrence Fudge St. Jacob’s Lutheran Church Mudbrook Rd Jackson High School Fudge St. John’s Canal Fulton Paradise Reformed Church Judy Christensen Anna Harsh Drenna Sprandel Carl W. Bermuth Tuscarawas C. B. Jones Calvary 2Nd St Whipplerd Mark L. Mitchell Zion Cherry Ave A. Thomas Wm. C. Cotton Harold Henninger Mt. Calvary Shiloh Nimisilla J. S. Sanders Jerusalem Liberty R. T. Harris Antioch Baptist J. Roy McDonald First 2Nd Hartford Jesse Hall Christian Endeavor 7Th E. J. Beckley Louisville John T. Byler Edward Lewis Church OF the Brethren First Church Arnold and Hoover Glenn H. Bowlby Center Church Harlan Grubb Maple John Meyers Eden G. H. Sheets Glen M. Baird East Nimishillen Arthur H. Hess West Nimishillen Edwin C. Petry Christian First P. H. Welshimer Cc. H. Kern Sherrick Rd Phillip Bellisario North Industry E. Ll. Russell Indian Run Church of Christ Ss. J. Compton Church OF God Church of God Bentley NE T. R. Maddox Young NE D. E. Levers Mt. Zion 11Th St J. Inman Five Points Shepler Road Paul F. Snyder E. G. Evans Unified Young Peoples Church of God 13Th St Cc. P. Heards Crystal Park 10Th NE William Hull Ninth Street 9Th Don Vanney R. W. Calvin East Spartard Jesse Rossiter Methodist First Clarence R. LaRue Dueber Tth Don P. Mueller 31St E. K. Himes Navarre Rd O. N. Addis Centenary Waynesburg Ted Vandall Christ Community 35Th St William K. Hogg Carnahan NE G. W. Moore St. Paul’s A. M. E 13Th Willett SE Genoa BE. . Hammond Newman M. Powell A. F. Uphoff Epworth Christian Science First Church of Christ, Scientist Congregational First Charles W. Recard Episcopal St Evangelical Congregational First Evangelical Congregational Lippert Rd F. Robinson Evangelical United Brethren Bethany Edwards R. E. Carmariy Fairhope R. E. Appel G. B. Wetherbee H. Naumann Grace Oscar V. Latta Paul Murphy Emerson R. Rugh Magnolia O. EE. Babler Mapleton Charles E. Masters Tuscarawas FE Karl Koepke A.m. Grace 23Rd NW Arthur Harsh A. m Richville Paul F. Berkenstock Trinity Willard Hackenberg Martin Luther Walnut Bethel Broad and 7Th NW Ll. G. Fritschel A. m. Zion 9Th St Tom B. Hominghausen Our Savior Rowland NE Richard E. Meinzen Herbert E. Troge Cairo W. FE. Weber Holy Trinity Middlebranch Road W. E. Weber St. Jacob’s Mudbrook Road Laurence Fudge Emanuel H. O. Roehner L. G. Fritschel Paul E. Lautenschlager Israel Paris Aemonite Beech N. Johns Sra St SE J. J. Hostetler H. N. Troyer Stoner Heights O. N. Johns Missions Goodwill Melvive Thomas Lawrence Shaffer Charles Street 13Th SE Harry M. Kimbel Nazarene Nazarene Herbruck R. J. Smeltzer Milled M. R. Hershberger Westminster Merler Homesteads Robert W. Bricker Waynesburg Presbyterian Norman Riedesel United Presbyterian First 14Th St Walter R. Young C.U Bedford Bedford Ave Canton Friends Church 31St St Harrison William A. Atchison Salvation Army Walnut SE Charles McCrea Salvation Latter Day Saints Court NW Gospel Center H. J. O'Dell Pentecostal Holiness Tuscarawas E F. E Alfred Moore Christian and Missionary Alliance Concord Gerald Hayes Bethel Tabernacle Niels P. Thomsen North Canton Tabernacle W. D. Cowan Unity Center Daisy V. Daggett Sherrick Waco C. B. Garren Nettie E. Lopp Christian Tabernacle Elgin Paul J. Sorensen South Canton George Rains Christadelphians Eagle Temple Market Seventh-Day Adventist Corner 6Th Smith SW EB. F. Herzel Lillias Garrett Full Gospel Tabernacle E. E. Hart Walnut Hill Osage Road LaRue Bird Mt. Nebo Melncheimer F. Johnson Christadelphian Berean Spiritual First Alliance Nasly Studio N. Rev. J Onesto Hotel Riven Our Fur Service W. Tusc Restauerant
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