The Press Gazette from Hillsboro, Ohio • 1

149th Volume No' Behind Schedule f6 1 5 SMI District Democratic Caravan Arrives Two Wrecks Tuesday Reams Blasts Rhodes Are Reported car The board accepted the bid of John behind it 9 REGULAR BILLS $8 37045 were paid from the general fund In addition Title II bills to taling $2070 and Title I bills total council the an Hire ive Teachers Accept Supply Bids by in Inter County Tural Electric 1 Members Okay Merger Plan It" in in in Marvin Morris manager of Hills United Department Store and chairman of the retail mer (Kontinued OM PAGE 2) grcssive program for Ohio statingit could not afford to go through Another four years of lead ership" 1 attack on Rhodes includ ed these remarks: been campaigning for the past 3'2 years on the hit the wall close to him sounded like a he told his parents He was right near a bookstore when the gunfire cut loose On a television program Tuesday night special on the shooting the Biestands caught a quick glimpse of a truck in some filnu ofthe sheeting possibly 1 "1 Council Considering Income ax Reject Realty Tax Plan him we have a governor who is a recreation director more inter ested irrselting upa Navy Ifi Lake Erie or ice fishing or watchingTKe buzzards come in to roost at Hin ckley than in the plight of the pa tients in our mental hospitals out of the State House more than in If you want to find him go to the State House a man who would rather have his picture taken cutting a ribbon than trying to solve the pro blems of the 1 Jeff Wylie county (CONTINUEDON PAGE ASKS SURVEILLANCE Dick Rannells superintendent of the Bright Local School District asked the Highland County Sher Department to place the school under surveillance Monday Rannells said prowlers had beenx noticed in the OPTIONS HAVE been taken bv the Brloht School land about zb acres each as Members of the Inter County Rural Electric Cooperative'" at a special meeting in Hillsboro Mon day approved the proposed merger of the firm with South Central Power Company of Lancaster Members of the firm will hold a special meeting on Aug 18 REAMS PROMISED a real pro VI A former resident of Hillsboro was an eyewitness to massacre in Austin and in fact was a possible target for at least one shot from the cannon ading by Charles Whitman the tower slayer John Hiestand son of Mr and Mrs Paul (Pete) Hiestand who is a student at the University of Texas was walking along Guadaloupe St when the firing broke out He was headed home from classes? He called his parents Monday night shortly after they heard about the mass murders on the news His mother was just going to phone when his call came through John said he had been to a class and wasreturning to his home on the street where he was "walking when he heard thred shots initially One splattered a wall about three feet from him There were other persons around but that one could have his name on he figures He dived for cover The nearest thing was a truck parked along the street He stayed there for the en tire hour and a half of gunfire Before he took cover he saw a boy on a bicycle keel over down the street? He said he realize TV Performer Buys Property at Lake Al Lewis star of the Uncle Al show on WCPO TV each morning lias' been a visitor air Rocky ork Lake Uncle Al was accompanied by his wife Wanda Lewis also on the TV show his brother Dr Slowik arid father John Slowik and Mrs De: light Hambene Lewis has purchased some lotsatUheJakeOJhf the Warita Linga Restaurant to vote on proposal and if ap proved then this will clear the way to effect the actual merger Direc tors' of the two groups had worked out details over a period of several months prior to this "The vote at the local session held at the Hillsboro High School was 179 in favor and 49 against the merger Nearly 400 persons attend ed the gathering which was also declared to be the annual meeting of Inter County Three directors were named to two year terms during a business meeting Re elected were Charles Blackburn Highland County Tom Robinson Brown Clermont County Howard Kline Ross County George Robey from the Ohio Rural Electrification Association Columbus showed some films of a new electric plant at Brilliant ollowing the membership meet ing directors met at the headquar ters here and re elected officers for the coming year They include Charles Wyckoff Pike County president Harold if line vice presi dent and sec retary 1 PAUL BROWN told Predmore that at the special council meeting held July 25 council voted four to two to invite the firm to Hillsboro Aug 8 The Highland County Board of Elections said Tuesday that the deadline for filing referendums is 90 days prior to the election or Aug 10 Therefore if council acts on the matter after Aug 10 the people will not beTible to vote on it before November of 1967 matter which involved heated discussion was the second reading of an ordinance changing Hillsboro parking meters to the nickel type enner said the street committee composed of Hubert Robison Edward Thomas and enner (chairman) recommended that council only try the idea out first by changing a few of the meters At this point Stinson iiioved that council vote on the sec ond reading The matter was ap proved by a vote of five to two Employment of five teachers ac ceptance of bids on various supply items purchase of two new school buses and approval of a Neighbor hood Youth Corps program were main actions of the Hillsboro Board of Education Monday night at a reg ular August session or once building construction problems took a back seat since the board had taken care of most of this in a special session last Sunday Teachers employed included Del mas Workman Pricetown industri al Somber Traffic Note: TAbuse it aiijl yourlight to drive could cost you your right to live mine who comes within that cate gory? 4 Will this income tax be based on only the amount one receives from his labor? Ur will it also elude income from rentals and vestments 'of each individual addition to salary wages etc? 5 What method do you propose whereby the information disclosed by a city income tax will be assured of privacy and not become common knowledge? 6 How much revenue approxim ately will be collected from such an income tax yearly in the city of Hillsboro? And will the income tax if passed do away with the share of the present tax on real estate? Or will we have both? 7 Will this income tax include salaries of post office employees of the Hillsboro Post Office including rural mail carriers land other fed eral employees who reside in Hills boro but work largely outside of Hillsboro Ohio? a And will it include State? High way employees who live in Hills boro but work entirely outside of the city of Hillsboro? Also' other state employees living in Hillsboro? And will the lax apply to the sal aries of each school teacher employ ed by the Hillsboro Board of Ed ucation whether or not such teach er or teachers live in the city of Hillsboro Ohio? 8 Will this income tax apply to persons living in Hillsboro who work in another city which is also collectingcitv income tax from this same person? Hoard of Education on two tracts of possible building sites pending further approval from the state The one at the left Is the Cecil Brown property and the one at the right is the Ervin Griffith' property Both fall within the original site circle approved as part of the merger vote at the May primary Staffs of the schools in the coun: ty system are nearly completed with only three vacancies at pres ent County Superintendent Rich: ard Pulliam reported today ive teachers were employed recently Several vacancies he also an The current vacancies include a combination mathematics" andsci ence teacher at Lynchburg Clay High School and two elementary positions at airfield Schools at Leesburg one in the second grade the'Other in the 'sixth grade Charles Ellis of West Union has' been employed as science math teacher at Mowrystown He is a graduate of Morehead (Ky) State College and holds a de gree from Xavier University He also took advanced work at the University of Idaho He has had al arts in the high school Charles Carr special education class for grades 7 to 12 Mrs James (Helen) ord kindergarten Paul George Jamestown seventh grade history teacher and junior high coaching Edgar Post Webster School teach er as assistant at the high school with some teaching as signments Harry Bennett superinteiident reported that Workman has been teaching at ayetteville Carr re signed from the staff in the spring He had been a civics instructor He took a special summer course in "Special education George? 22 re sides at Jamestown Rt 2 and is a graduate of Jamestown High School He took his training aj Wilmington College holding a minor in math which was an im portant factor in his recommenda tion of him for employment The board approved hiring of all five of these teachers in one motion Eyewitness oShooting In Austin OLD BATTERIES TAKEN The Highland Stone Division of Lynchburg reported to the High land County Department Monday that 12 or 15 old batteries were stolen from the plant during the past two weeks: The company also someone damagednoldtnjdcy atLhe quarry sevfen years of teaching experience Mrs Harold1 (Glenna) Hottie Hillsboro Rt 7 has been employedas art instructor in the Lynchburg Clay School District She is a grad uate of Otterbein College Mrs: 'James Cramton Martins ville has been hired as home econ omics teacher at the school level at Lynchburg Clay High School Irvin Rhodes of Sinking Spring has been employed as an elemen tary teacher at Lynchburg Larry Grover of Marshall has been employed aS junior high Eng lish teacher and coach at airfield High SchooL He replaces Bob Pat ton A student at Asbury (Ky) Col lege he took other work at Ohio State University He is a graduate of Hillsboro High School This will be his first year bf teaching The Democratic caravan compos ed of state apd district candidates visited Hillsboro Tuesday evening for a rally at the courthouse All state' candidates with two excep tions participated in the meeting which attracted a good attendance considering the 6 schedule was razier Jr candidate for governor Otherstate candidates here were James Nolan candidate for sec retary of state Thomas ergu son auditor of state William Colemarilieutehant gdvernor Eld on Brown state treasurer and Clif ford Brown and Joseph Bryan Supreme Court Clarence Knisley candidate for short term for state auditor left the caravan at Waver ly whiles Robert Sweeney candi date for attorney general is serv ing in Congress" Mr Reams said that Gov Rhodes had coined the phrase is not a dirty word in but ask ed what meant if it did not aid all the people He cited the fact it did not apply to schools since the administration has failed to provide necessary aid to schools' thus throwing on the local districts He also pointed out that Gov World of should be good since the book under that title cost over a million dollars and nobody reads it Reams said the governor promis ed no new taxes a unique cam paign promise but at the same time mental hospitals and schools are suffering because of low salary scales Hillsboro City Council revealed publicly for the first time Monday night that it has been considering a city income tax The disclosure was made when Dr enner made a motion to put a three prill levy on the November ballot ex plaining that property owners he had talkcd'AVith had said theywould rather pay a levy than an in coriie enner said putting Jhe levy on the ballot this November would give council a chance to demon strate the need for money to meet operating' expenses "If the John said he saw two other per sons fall apparently from bullets There was little he could do except stay under cover He was joined by some others behind the truck he said He said he had difficulty in call ing his parents because phone lines were jammed He went to the home of a cousin Ed Hiestand son of Mra and Mrs Joe Hiestand Hillsboro who is stationed at a nearby Air orce field and called from there 7 7 Tohn has been aUthe university since last September working on his degree in1 library sci ence He is a graduate of Ohio State UniversityTIe will finish up his work at the end of August He is a graduate of Hillsboro High School His parents live a 453 Vine Street Hillsboro vote Walter Higham voted nay enner yea Edward Thomas nay Brown yea Hubert Robisbn nay and Allen Stinson nay defeating the measure four to two Later just before council ad journed Hillsboro attorney Harold A Predmore who had been sitting in on the meeting addressed the councilHe saidTTe haffireardwa rious rumors the effect that as "city fticome tak into effect after the deadline for filing a referendum had passed thereby denying the people a vote on the matter until November of 1967 He said he wanted to know if it was the inten tion of council shut people off from a in the matter 4 Predmore also asked if were true that the accountant who will the tax into effect will Re paid tlie neighborhood of $15000 for I work Allen Stinson said the accountant (the firm evidently is the Emer son Davis and Company Account ing and Auditing 504 Union Bank uilding Youngstown) will be paid about $875 per month for 12 months An additional $5000 to $6 000 willbq needed to pay for per sonnel and printing RAZIER REAMS JR (center) Democratic candidate for governor talks animatedly with Ottie Reno candidate for Sixth District Congressman on the Democratic ticket during a visit of Reams and his entourage Hillsboro Tuesday night Jeff Wylie chairman of the Highland County Democratic Executive Committee host for the affair looks on at the left 'V (Staff Photo) or ast MovingClassified Ads Phone 393 3456 24 PAGES SINGLE COPY 7 CENTS IS a Year in Ohio Man Sentenced To Workhouse A Peeblcs man drew term in the workhouse whenhe appeared in Highland County Juvenile Court Monday on a charge of contribut ing The charges were filed by a Hills boro woman who claimed Donald Page of Peebles kept her 14 year old daughter out the wish es and without the consent of the Judge Richard Davis senten ced Page to 90 days in the Cincin nati Workhouse and ordered him to pay the court costs A WORKMAN INSTALLS part of the heating system in Hills new combination post office and federal building which is being constructed on North High Street The Dawson Evans Com pany of Cincinnati is'the general contractor fo the job Construc tion Superintendent Walter Gaebels said Monday that he would not be able to meet the Aug 8 completion date The hold up he explained is due to a shortage of skilled workers Terrazzo and tile workers are the main problem A contractor is supposed to supply men he saidbut did not have enough for the job (Staff Photo) Poses Questions On Proposed Tax No One Is Injured In Tuesday Mishaps The Ohio State Highway Patrol investigated two accidents in land County Tuesday morning one involving' stolen car 7 At 4 A on SR 124 three miles west of SR 41 at 1966Mustang was westbound and went off the righi side of the highway on a curve hitting a guardrail and a bridge abutment The car con nu through the bridge and hit the other end spun around in the road and stopped The car was identified as the same one stolen from the Dddrill ord Agency in Wellston The patrol said the driver left the scene and has not yet been found The Mustang suffered heavy dam age to the right side 0 The second accident occurred at 9:30 A on Rt 50 eight miles east of Hillsboro Helen Lov ett 26 of Rainsboro suffered min or injuries after her eastbound 1962 ord skidded off the right side of the highway on a curve and hit an ernbankment a fence and a telephone pole breaking off the pole The patrol said there was mod erate damage to the front and rear of her auto She did not require treatment for her injuries She was cited into Hillsboro Mu nicipal Court for driving at a speed excessive for conditions 1 ollowing the "legal procedures 4 in vol cd inischobl? buUdirig plan i 7 ningrthc board of education of the I Bright Local School District taken options on two tracts 01 jana 1 as building sites Both tracts of land fall well within the boundary bf the site eircle' as previously approved by the people of the Bright District levy were defeated this fall he said at least the public would know th city needed funds badly Then if the council had to resort to an tax at least the people would know that the measure was necessary After Paul Brown seconded en motion the matter came to vote It was the first time in over a month that the council had full membership? Ar 0 ESffertyT elected by tlie council to "fill the fourth ware spot vacated by AHen Stinson was sitting in for the first time Lafferty( abstained" on this 1 at the May primary election The local board of education and architects' chose six possible build I inn sites After much discussion and investigation of soil conditions availability of water ease ot trans I portation cost central location and factors required by the State De partment of Education the follow ing two tracts were selected: The Cecil Brown property ap proximately two miles west of Me Corner on SR 247 and the Ervin Griffith property ap proximately one half mile north of Corner on SR 247 In accordance with state stand ards both sites will contain approx imately 25 acres of land The state had advised the board to proceedwith securing the options The state would come" in and run soil and water tests and de termine if these sites meet all standards before final approval is given to one of the sites by the state This be done how ever until after the bond issue de cision on Sept 1 at a special elec tion in the district ive New Teachers Employed On Staffs of County Schools until iheshqt inese covered the special summer classes A transfer of $4000 from the contingency fund to the other educational fund was ap proved prior to okaying the bills ive insurance bids were receiv ed on the including 11 school buses a trac Damage Suits Are Brought $254676 Askd As Result of Accident Three suits totaling $25467666 have been filed in Browm County Court of Common Pleas as the after math of a fatal three vehicle col lision on SR 32 two miles east of Sardinia on April 15 1965 Named "as defendants in all actions were the Wardlow Transfer Co of Sardinia and Kenneth Swearingen of Winchester George Burgel of Mowrystown administrator of the estate bf Ron ald Burgel 17 who was fatally injured in the crash seeks $100000 7 Hugh of Sardinia fa ther arid guardian of James Purdy j9 also injured asks $12967666 ph a i 1 to 1 8of Ly civ biirg is petitidfiing for $250001 The accident involved a tractor trailer owned by the Wardlow Transfer Co and driven by Mr Swearingen and autos driven by the Burgel youth and Maynard Rosselot 17 Sardinia Rt 2 Burgel died twojlays after the crash in Bethesda Hospital Cin cinnati Purdy was a passenger in his car Hamilton was riding with Rosselot Three other youths were injured in the wreck State highway patrol reported at the time that Mr Swearingen had stopped the tractor trailer outfit and was preparing to back into a loading dock at the Wardlow Cor Both cars which were eastbound struck the truck The plaintiffs all allege that Mr Swearingen caused the accident by committing several acts of negli gence Hillsboro attorney Harold A Predmore who appeared at Mon day city council meeting to question tactics concern ing a proposed city income tax pos ed several questions for council members Thursday He said these questions should be answered for the public before council proceeds further with the tax Predmore pointed out that it would be possible for council to suspend the rules at the special Aug 8 meeting and push the in come tax through He said should first be sure it has swers to these questions: 1 It has been estimated that the cost of the City income tax for the first year would be approximately $15000 to $17000 What is your estimate for the cost of the income tax yearly after the first year for personal supplies and eniorcementr 2 I have been informed that law you cannot impose a city come tax in excess of 1 Tc 'if' rnrrobi If so what rate of income tax does this council expect to impose 1 or less than that? If less than 1 how much? 3 Is the city income tax based on the entire earniqgs of each in dividual living inside the city of Hillsboro and also all people living outside Hillsboro who workin Hillsboro? And how will you deter The Press Gazette ONEO OHIO'S OLDEST NEWSrArtKo ESTABLISHED IN 1BIB HILLSBORO OHIO 45133' RIDAY AUGUST 5 1966 Post Olfico Hillsboro under the Act of March 3 1879 Jack Chaney Insurance (Pioneer) for coverage after discussing it in some detail His bid was $75630 Other bids were: Jack Walker $824 Hilliard $798" Wilkin Wilkin $886 Paul Hamilton $915 40 The bid of Swonger Dairy of Hillsboro was accepted for supply ing milk to the school cafeterias for the coming term The firm bid 519 cerrts per half pint Othen bids came from Cedar Hill Meadow Gold and Meadow Pure all for 60 ive bids were 'received on bread products for the cafeteria The bid of Miami Maid Bread of Dayton at 225 cents for buns was accepted Three bids at 235 cents each caine from Pennington Ohio Valley Bak ing American Bakeries while Con ON PAGE 3) I School Board Secures Option on Two Tracts Take Action WitlrOkay vr orare Wk: 1 A tz Xkit' £4 I 11 tl Srxi ii 4 HU i al zr 71 A Wt f' Vlldr i TAT ya 4 i mu I £4 4 iflL I 1 HZ MAWf cv AM Ml WiNtT' 'Z V' 1 A ti Bl Jtf TA rx 4 II I 1 1 tf I Vi 12 fljru ii 4 A TmTIr (T JM iffl 1 Yu'T 111111 1.