The Press Gazette from Hillsboro, Ohio • 1

1 X4 149th Volume No 75 WUHTADS Phone 393 3456 or ast Moving Classified Ads 24 PAGES SINGLE COPY 7 CENTS $5 a Year In Ohio The Press Gazette ONE OHIO'S OLDEST NEWSAPtRS ESTABLISHED IN i8i8 Published Tuesdays and ridays at 209 High St i lSfrsAv Hillsboro Ohio Entered as second class matter a HILLSBORO OHIO 45J 33 RIDAY OCTOBER 7 1966 Post Office Hillsboro under the Act of March 3 1879 1 1 1 wwinv wihv 1 1 Jf NsT" 7 Membership Drive Is Planned :4 A ii Wll mI BM WmhMb jz Jiis I a i 1 1 IWJyBBIBi dbs I MAYOR' AN PRESIDENT COUNCIL give the upcoming membership drive of the Web ster and Washington Parent Teacher Organizations (PTO) a start by buying the first mem bership tickets issued James Byrd Hillsboro City president gets a membership to the Webster School PTO at left from Gib Thompson 7 a second grader at Webster Mayor Christof fel receives his Washington School membership card from Emily Ruggles 11 a sixth grader at that school Dues for both PTG's are 50 cents per person The official membership drive opens Oct 17 and lasts through Oct 24 Mrs Joe Thompson of Webster School and Mrs Clyde Ruggles of Washington School will serve as co chairmen for the drive (Staff Photo) i i Income Tax Gets Approval Effective In January '4 Annexation Is Sought to Parry by electric stove was caus Highland County Man Thought to Be Country's Oldest Practicing Architect ATLEE BERNARD AYRES in Teams Organized In Water District Ayres II in honor of hisfather who died one weejc after his birth' Nathan Tandy Ayres I was the fourth son of Peter Ayres and was 10 years old when the family arrived here He became a Metho dist minister and preached at Qhapel His mother Lydia Black Ayres married Thomas Roads in 1847 and they became the parents of three children rank Robert and Clara After Mr' Roads death she married William Bernard who owned a large tract of land hknded down through a land grant from his services in the Revolutionary War jacket under his head for a pillow and stretched out across the front regular monthly night in various funds routinely at the Lester lint of Wace Texas and Raymorid Phelps Sr of San An tonio Texas who secured passage WHEN OUND the switch was still on the battery was down and it was out of gas Officers got the car started briefly and noticed that smoke was pouring from the muffler and tailpipe The heater of the car was still on the emergency brake was on and the car in neu tral Dr Gustin' estimated that the Youth ound Dead in Car Monoxide Poisoning Victim TWAS AIR COOLER This newspaper was in error in a story in which it stated that Lloyd Rhoads 29 of Hillsboro Rt 8 was treated at Highland Dis trict Hospital riday after he drop ped a beer cooler on his left foot Rhoads dropped an air cool er oq his foot not a beer cooler In 1890 he went to New York to study architecture at Metropolitan School of Art where he won first prize in the Design Com petition" for an entrance to a Mu seum of Natural History This school was a subsidiary of Colum bia University He also attended Mental Hospital and was appoint ed by the assistant secretary of the Treasury as local chairman for a Public Works Project in 1933 34 A book which he authored Mexi can Architecture was publishedrin 1926 in New York a copy of which is in the 5th Avenue Library Mr Ayres was six when his fam ily moved to Houston and in 1888 they moved to San Antonio At various times during his life he lias been a theatre usher a minjir actor a jewelry repairman a soft drink seller a railway news agent a restaurateur a tailor a photog rapher and in the summer during the painted large pictorial advertising bulletins on housetops along the elevated and elsewhere for 0 Gude Co one of the prodigious outdoor Queen and Her Court MINOR ACCIDENT The Hillsboro Police Department investigated a minor accident at the Aero parking lot 'Monday The mishap occurred at 4:08 when Sue Berry 27 of Hills boro Rt 7 driving a 1962 Ply mouth had her car hit in the left rear fender by a car driven Thelma Wardlaw 35 of 146 Holmes Street Hillsboro Police issued no citations' About eighty Southern Highland County residents met with the steering committee of the South ern Highland County Water Dis trict Monday and Tuesday to learn what progress was being made on the water supply project In addi tion team captains were chosen from the townships and organized for a solicitation drive The first meeting was held at the Salem School auditorium at Pricetown to familiarize residents of the southwest part of the county with the water district and to or ganize and inform residents of southeastern Highland County The steering committee asked persons attending to pitch in and help to solicit in the southern part of the county for an initial deposit of $10 on the $75 tap in fee One team captain was chosen from each township The team captains have the responsibil ity of finding persons to assist them in conducting the drive The steering committee urged persons to assist the team captain of their township out the great amount of territory each captain must cover in the solicitation drive The team captains received in structions on solicitations includ ing question and answer sheets THERE WAS some heavy drain on repair funds this year he add ed A new roof was put on the gym at Marshall there were furnace re pairs at both Marshair and New Market buildings and a boiler had to be replaced on a furnace at Washington School The school was recently compli mented on its new library facilities by the Ohio Department of Educa tion In a letter to the librarian re cently Robert Case School Li brary Services in the state depart ment stated: 4'I must again compliment you on the outstanding'collection of li brary materialswhich you have se lected There is a most positive picture of library development evi denced in Much of the credit for develop ing the library and its proper op eration goes to the librarian Mrs Cora Chance Bennett said The dis trict with the aid of some federal funds purchased" about $10000 worth of new books for the library during recent months Some of these are still coming in The board agreed to meet on Monday Oct 17 at 11:30 A to take action on designation of de pository for district funds This is required by law and maps to aid in the explanation of the water system project to po tential customers The steering committee decided to meet again Monday Oct 10 at the Inter County Rural Electric Cooperative building in Hillsboro to review progress oh the project committee also set a tenta tive date of Oct 17 for a large open meeting in Hillsboro for the purpose of answering any ques tions which may arise during soli citation The committee xsaid the project engineer JohnLPritchard will be present at this public meet ing At the Monday andTuesday meetings Pritchard informed per sons attending about the results of the pre preliminary survey he recently conducted and pointed out that the project was certainly fea sible Pritchard is an engineer for Sieco Inc of the firm which will design and build the water system MR AYRES has been active public service too He served as chairmaiof the board for the San Antonio Beautification Committee IREMEN CALLED Hillsboro firemen were called last Thursday to the Yochum farm on Karnes Orchard Road where an ing some difficulty Damage was relatively light NATHAN Tandy Ayres II was reared at the beauti ful Bernard manor7 house located about Two and one half west of Hillsboro When Atlee Ayres visited Highland County in 1959 he pointed out the marks where the grandfather had kept track of the growth (He was a cousin of thecate Ed Ayres Jn) Nathan Ayres IIserved Three years in the Union Army during the Civil War returning to High land County one year after his service was endedrwith his south ern bride He went to work on the farm and served the county in var ious capacities until 1879 That year the family decided to move to Houston Texas the cattle and all other business is really Records show that Nathan Ayres 62 was one of the who visited Hillsboro during the centennial year of 1907 Nathan Ayres I was a broth er of Dr Robert Ayres who had an office in a log cabin on East Walnut Street directly back of the Tocationof thd Highland House Later he took over the Lilley Laboratory oh South High Street and was one of the early postmas ters Of Hilkhnrrr Lash to Play At 1 Bair Oh Saturday The annual Ball will be held Saturday Oct 8 at the Hillsboro Armory under the spon sorship of the raternal Order of Police Highland County Lodge No 83 Dancing will be from 9 until 1 A to the music of Cliff Lash and his band from WLW TV and radio Tickets are on sale among members of the police force and department Proceeds will go to the OP benefit fund port from Architect William Brown agreed To await compld tinn nf nnnrhJict ilnms nf ronnirc hr construction details before finah payments to contractors are auth orized Supt Bennett submjttd a writ ten list ui ruies xor usage or scj property The board approved them by formal motion These are to be printed and posted on all buildings In brief the rules specify that school property cannot be ushd by any group or individual without first obtaining a permit from the office only re sponsible groups may use facilities and are responsible for damage non school groups must pay a nom inal charge State law requires that such jules be adopted of state legislation in 1937 for the licensing of architects to practice Mr Ayres received License No 3 Just last year the San Antonio Light newspaper featured marks a la Two of the most imposing landmarks which he personally designed are the exterior of the 'Municipal Audi torium and the Administration Building at Randolph Air orce Base known as the with a tower which conceals a 500 000 gallon water tank or the Mu nicipal Auditorium constructed in 1923 the firm received a gold medal in 1929 at the 16th A I A Southern States Convention8 in Memphis Tenn Another landmark is the Spanish designed McNay Art Institute with a large patio and fountains? In this building he has at present a one man show of his oil and colors The firm nf AtUo Xf BENNETT REPORTED that an application for federal funds for the coming year is being written It will ask for 75 percent of the amount received last year $109 000 for special summer programs The superintendent also report ed that two new school buses or dered under a state bidding jplan are scheduled to arrive in January It is expected that the boatd will pay about $3400 on each bus and the state the remaining $3100 Ben nett said that if funds are available he will recommend pur chase of more buses next year Looking forward to next appropriations to be made in Jan uary the superintendent also drew an expression from the board on the possible renovation of the school auditorium In this respect he would like to refurbish the au ditorium completely new seats (lower hall) painting etc It could run anywhere from $8000 to $12 000 Here again it will be a matter of available funds The board jtgreed to the project orally Bennett explained that the dis trict must use a insofar as maintenance and repairs are concerned By this he explain ed have to pick out one or two projects and concentrate repair funds on them the next year pick youth had been dead about 18 hours This would have placed his arrival at the spot some time Sun day night He was about a half mile from his home on SR 247 Two sacks containing coffee and sandwiches were found on the floor of the car Relatives said he had been scheduled to go to work on the night shift at Moore Drop Sunday night He had worked at that plant the 'last time on Sept 29 He was the son of Henry and Janice Sluss Jennings Hillsboro Rt 8 Besides his parents he is survived by two sisters Mrs Imo gene Willey Hillsboro and Miss Juanita Jennings at home three brothers Elmer Hillsboro Rt 3 and Charles and Ralph both at home his paternal grandmother Mrs Virgie McCloud Hillsboro and his maternal grandmotherMrs lorence Sluss Hillsboro Services were held on Thursday at 1 PM at the Miller uneral Home with Dr Paul Jones officiat ing and burial following in Hills boro Cemetery Transfer of funds adoption of rules for building use superintend ent and architect reports and sev eral routine matters drew the at tention of the Hillsboro Board of Education in a meeting Monday About $14000 was transferred request of Mrs Beverly Rhoads clerk and superintendent Harry Bennett as the calendar fiscal year begins its slide toward the end Af ter these were approved by 'joint motion the board authorized pay ment of monthly bills totaling $18 60211 The board after hearing a re COURTING THE QUEEN Homecoming Queen Nancy of Hillsboro High School poeee wlth her cortege of attendants She will be crowned in ceremonies riday night prlor to the Hillsboro Wilmington football game the queen In front She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Tom Parry near Boston Others Include second row Jane Hern Junior attendant daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Hern and Kathy Pavey (right) senior attendant daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Pavey third row Laura Booth freshman attendant daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Booth and Nancy Bur kett (right) sophomore attendant daughter of Mr and Mrs Clar ence Burkett (Photo by Ivor Jones) Homecoming Dance Planned The Hillsboro Jaycees will spon sor a homecoming dance riday Oct 7 at the Hillsboro Armory fol lowing the Wilmington Hillsboro football game atthelocal field The event will start shortly after 10 PM 5 The Ambitions a young musical aggregation from the community will play for the event The dance is under the supervision of Jaycee Jim arrell officer in charge and Larry King chairman Special dec orations are planned THE NAME of 'Atlee Ayres is Well known in San Antonio and the immediate surrounding territory His firm Atlee and Robert Ayres is located at 342 West Woodlawn Avenue It wasMr Ayres and two other architects Approve Papers On County Airport Plan Additional actions in regard the county airport project were taken by Highland County Com missioners during a weekly ses sion Monday This included authorizing the county prosecutor to prepare a set of zoning regulations in regard to airport development and comple tion of a lease agreement on pur chase of a three acre plot of land In other matters the officials received a petition for annexation This came froth Wylie Greenfield and askjuinexation of one" plfis l48 7 Square rods from Liberty Township to the city of Hillsboro The area involved is the Eat 'N Time drive in property along Rt 62 at the north edge of the city which abuts on city park property Commissioners set a hearing date of Dec 5 at 10 A on the petition The commission also authorized the county engineer to purchase a bridge for installation on County Road 21 (Peach Orchard Road near Belfast) from Ohio Bridge Company Cambridge at a cost of $18300 An accompanying action provides for the leasing of equip ment from the Bridge Construction Company of Cambridge an affiliat ed firm for actual installation of the bridge at a cost not io exceed S3 700 A letter from the Contract ing Company of Columbus was of ficially noted on the journal re leasing thecounty from an agree ment' with firm tcTresurface Mad River Road Routine transfer of funds was completed A letter from Judge Darrell R7 Hottie of common pleas court recommended that if commission ers are contemplating renovations of the courtroom: that they con sider the possibility of carpeting specific areas father than using floor tile because of acoustic prob lems The commissioners authorized Miss Carlene Phillips to attend a meeting at Columbus on jobs for Ohioans at Columbus to be held Thursday Oct 6 The York during evening hours On Sundays he studied painting un der rank Vincent Dumont Mr Ayres returned to San An 8 tonio with his diploma in 189 where he worked for various ar chitects He then moved to Mexico for several years where he prac ticed architecture but in 1900 he returned home and began to practice' architecture for himself In 1924 his son Robert became a member of the firm'' Mr physical and mental acumen at the age of 93 is no accident He is a firm believer in plentybf exercise When he was in New YOrk studying he began exercising at the YMCA very af ternoon for two hours because he was He started swimming then and has continued summing jn summer anij breaking the ice in winter He likes to walk hunt and fish and as a matter of' fact did hook a 16 foot hammer head shark at Port Aransas in 1896 He has traveled widely around the world on the Continent in Asia South America the Caribbean and Can ada WHEN DISCUSSION was com pleted on the ordinance accepting Emerson Davis and Company as the tax accountants Thomas moved to suspend the rules and pass the ordinance as an emer gency measure His motion was seconded by Higham and the vote was as follows: Lafferty yes High am yes enner noj jThomas yes Brown yes ftobison yes and Stin son yes Then the move to actually adopt the ordinance was made by High am and seconded by Lafferty The vote was the same as for suspen sion of the rules and the ordi nance was adopted effective im mediately by a vote of six to one The proposed issuance of $30000 in refuse disposal bonds was brought to attention by President James Byrd Byrd ex plained that the 1964 65 council voted to borrow $30000 for im phovement of The city landfill The money was used to buy a new "bulldozer to build some new buildings and to acquire addition al land City Auditor Helen Jones said only $7297 was left of the original amount The old council voted to author ize the mayor to borrow the neces sary funds for one year from a lo cal bank The loan is due this fall aq4 thenew council will have to vote to issue bonds to repay the money Byrd said The bond issu ancewouldbe approved 'in the form of an ordinance The ordi nance calls for the advertising of $30000 in bonds with an offer of 4 percent interest The bonds would run for a ten year term or until 1977 A lengthy discussion ensued until Stinson moved to suspend (Continued on Page 2) jfcJi W' Okayed on 5 2 Vote The one percent city income tax became a reality Monday night as Hillsboro City Council voted five to two to adopt the tax ordinance and its accompanying resolution on the third and final reading Council also cleared up some business left by the 1964 65 council by passing an emergency ordinance providing for the issuance of $30000 in re fuse disposal bonds Council members first step in implementation of the im comtrtax by passing an emergency ordinance accepting Emerson Davis and Company 504 Union Bank Building Youngstown as income tax consultants for the city and authorizing Mayor Chi istoffel to contract with the firm The ordinance provides that the firm will and supervisor and will set up the proper system for col lection of the tax It was estimated earlier that Emerson Davis and Company would be paid $875 per month for 12 months for putting the new into effect Edward Thomas made the motion to approve the third reading of the tax ordinance and Walter Higham seconded the motion Arnold Lafferty voted yes Higham yes Dr enner no' Thomas yes Paul Brown no Hubert Robison yes and Allen Stinson yes The motion to ap prove th? third reading of the ac companying resolution was made by Thomas and seconded by Robi son and was passed by the same vote urm oi AtieeiJ Kooert Ayres 'received the Diploma of Honor trom the 5th Congreso Pan American de Arquitectos Exposi tion Montevideo Uruguay for their exhibit in the Traveling Ex hibit sponsored American Insti tute of Architects in 1940 I Atlee Bernard Ayrfis born on a farm near Hillsboro July 12 1873 recently celebrated his 93rd birth day at his home in San Antonio Texas It is thought' by the American Institute of Architects in Washing ton that he is the oldest practicing architect in the United States He still puts in an eight hour day at his office in San Anton io Atlee Bernard Ayres was born and reared in Highland County He is the great grandson of Peter Leake Ayres who freed his slaves at Jamestown Virginia in and came to the county the same year He settled on a farm on the Anderson Pike and in partnership with James Trimble raised prize Durham cattle imported from Eng land Mr Ayres received his name from his step father William Bernard and his mother whose maiden name was Mary Atlee His 1 father was named Tandy letcher Ayres when born August 11 1845 but was renamed Nathan Tandy monoxide fumes creep ing through the floorboards of an old car apparently caused the' seat death of its youthful owner here The victim was identified Ronald Ray Jennings 19 Hillsboro Rt 8 whose body was found in his car near the end of Bigelow Street Monday afternoon Dr Ronald Gustin deputy coun Ty coroner Hillsboro ruled that it was an accidental death due to car bon monoxide poisoning Two passing youths found Jen nings about 2 Monday and notified authorities They were identified by police as Dale Willey and Terry Burba They said they thought at first that he was just asleep Officers after checking the scene theorized that Jennings apparently pulled his car off the street parked left the motor run ning and went to Hehad taken off his shoes and put his In 1938 Mr Ayres was of the board of the State by Cordell Hull Secretary of State as a delegate to the 16th Interna tional Congress of Planning and Housing Mexico City to represent the United States Mr Ayres isTi charter member of tle Texas Society of Architects as well as a charter member of the West Texas Chapter of the Ameri can Institute of Architects" He is a past president of this organiza tion Among other prominent build ings designed by the firm of Atlee Robert Ayres are: The 35 story Transit Tower Office Build ing The 450 room Plaza Hotel The 400 room Menger Hotel The Groos National Bank The rost National Bank Municipal Airport Adminis tration Building Bedell Building Moor Building State Land Office School Board Hears Report Blind Institute Slate advertisers Mental Hospital Court house jails hospitals churches etc Six build ings at University of Texas ft' I 1 4 Bo jiiwv Jiri ik i 03 I SV 1 I 1 ai ll fl I I vr iiiH IJbb I.