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Akron Beacon Journal etropolitan News Wednesday, August 30, 7975 Ex-Akron teacher donates historic home ID) Courier's go-girl because she seldom sits still. She is not the traditional homebody driving to New England overnight, rushing into Akron for a doctor's appointment, hurrying off to Kenley Players or Carrousel Dinner Theater. MISS KYLE started teaching in 1928 at Grace and Henry elementary schools, then at McEbright. After contracting diphtheria, she temporarily lost her voice. While home on leave, she taught a voiceless year in Canfield School.

Her sister, now Mrs. Katherine Ikeler of Pittsburgh, did the talking in the classroom. Returning to Akron in 1934, Miss BUERLING said Loghurst will be operated as a farm of the second half of the 19th Century. Some buildings may be opened in 1980. Hale Farm and Village in Bath Township is a living history museum of the first half of the 1800s.

It was bequeathed to Western Reserve Historical Society by Akron-ite Clara Bell Ritchie, whose mother was a Hale. Miss Kyle inherited Loghurst from her parents who bought it in 1903. Her father, Arthur J. Kyle, farmed until his death in 1963. A year later his teacher-daughter retired from Akron Public Schools with nearly 35 years' service and remained at home with her mother, the former Ina L.

Warrick. At her hometown weekly newspaper Miss Kyle is called the Canfield Kyle taught at Mount Hope, "my missionary school," where the furnace had to be fueled and the water supply was in a pail. She spent seven years at Fair-lawn School and 25 years in physical education at West Junior High. Miss Kyle owns five harness racing horses that are raced from Medina to Vermont. She collects miniature horses and has three real rough-coated collies.

There almost wasn't any house to give the historical society. Awhile back the Ohio Turnpike sliced through the Kyle property. It left an "orphaned" 53 acres across the pike. Last year the land was given to the Department of Natural Resources for the Arthur J. "IT IS THE oldest dwelling known to exist in the Western Reserve," said Siegfried Buerling of Bath, the historical society's director of properties, after a presentation luncheon in Cleveland.

It will be the first historical facility that the society has with a background in- the anti-slavery movement and the underground railroad. The house was built by Conrad Neff who came from Berks County, in 1802. He sold the property to Jacob Barnes, an abolitionist who was born in New Haven, Conn. History books tell of Barnes befriending and assisting persecuted fugitive slaves and how he carried loads of Negroes in a covered wagon from his house to the next station in Hartford, Trumbull County. By FRANCES B.

MUBPHEY Beacon Journal Staff Writer A former Akron school teacher, Josephine Kyle, is making certain that her family home in Mahoning County will continue to be a living history lesson. Miss Kyle Tuesday gave Log-hurst, a historic home near Can-field, its contents, eight acres and outbuildings to the Western Reserve Historical Society. She provided a trust fund to support the property gift and retained residency rights for her lifetime. The farmhouse on Canfield-Boardman Road was constructed in 1803 the same year Ohio became a state. It was built of hand-hewn walnut logs, now covered with clapboard siding.

Summit GOP chief is denied new county post lit ii if iHF-' w- Miss Josephine Kyle Kyle State Nature Preserve. That is another educational legacy Josephine Kyle has provided. Alex Arshinkoff the other two commissioners in turning down the transfer request. "It wasn't worth fighting about," he said. Cole refused to comment on why he was not supporting Arshinkoff's transfer to unclassified civil service.

Last week, Cole had said he thought the transfer was a good idea. Ravenscraft said he wouldn't go along with Stephens' request because there was no official county policy to comply with the state law. He said he expected to have one in the near future, but said he wasn't ready to accept all the wording in the policy proposed by the personnel department earlier this summer. "Alex has been a discredit to every employe who puts in a full day's work for a full day's pay," Ravenscraft said. "He has been making threatening statements to other employes about what would happen to them if he was unclassified." Ravenscraft said he was referring to Arshinkoff's statements that if the commissioners enforced the state law on political activity for him he hoped they would do the same for any Democrats in similar positions.

HELLO? THIS 15 At trit" rv 600D GRIEF! I DlALEPTHE URONa) NUMBER! 15 THAT VOL1, chuck IT SOUNPS LIKE IT 15 HOUI HAVE YOU BEEM? Beacon Journal photo bv Marcv Nighswander. from Bryan Elementary School who have been transferred to Bettes Elementary School this year. Bryan and Henry Elementary School have been closed under the Akron Plan for closing schools and transferring students to improve racial balance. The two girls' first-grade teacher, Mrs. Joan Zwisler, welcomed them with name tags for their new lockers.

Then she asked Christine to put her bottle of perfume, which she is sharing with Tammi, back into her very own locker. Everything's new For thousands of Akron school children, this morning meant new clothes, new friends, new teachers and new classrooms. For Christine Johnson, left, and Tammi Boggs, the first day of classes also meant a new school. The two are among about 60 students case against Figetakis is dismissed charge of assault was dismissed. The court record shows Figetakis was released on Jan.

25, the same day he was arrested, after posting a $500 cash bond and a $500 signa By MARILYNN MARCHIONE Beacon Journal Staff Writer Alex Arshinkoff, Summit County Republican Party chairman, will not become an administrative aide to County Commissioner Don Stephens, commissioners decided Tuesday. In addition, Democratic Commissioner Mark Ravenscraft blasted Arshinkoff for his performance as assistant county purchasing agent. Ravenscraft said Arshinkoff "doesn't come in to work on time and hasn't given us an honest day's work since he's worked for the county." Arshinkoff said he had no comment on Ravenscraft's allegations. "I do my job," he said. Arshinkoff has been assistant purchasing agent for a year and a half.

He is paid $15,800 a year. STEPHENS, a Republican, wanted to transfer Arshinkoff from his classified civil service job in the purchasing department to the classified slot as Stephens' aide so Arshinkoff could comply with a state law that says no classified employe shall hold a partisan political job. Stephens said Cole and Ravenscraft had told him they would go along with the transfer because of the state law. But Stephens said news reports that he would be accepting a job as director of the Akron Regional Development Board (ARDB) later this week apparently led the other two commissioners to change their minds on Arshinkoff's transfer. Stephens said he did not oppose ture bond.

Subsequent hearings were held Jan. 27, Feb. 13, Feb. 27, April 5, April 13 and April 17, according to the court record. Four See TRIAL, page D-4 4 firms Commissioners also approved $375,000 in bonds for the Trumbull Supply Co.

of Youngstown to expand and acquire additional land next to their offices on Perkins Street in Akron. A company spokesman said it employs 24 persons and would hire about six more when the expansion is finished. Governmental units can revenue bonds to help companies finance capital improvements that would attract jobs to the area. Companies must repay the bonds, which enable them to construct their projects at a lower interest rate than if they had borrowed the money from a commercial bank. Payne said he and Cadle realized who they had stopped when they saw the driver's license.

"My partner (Cadle) told him he really enjoyed his program," Payne said. LANIGAN replied with a chuckle, according to Payne. "He was a really pleasant individual," Payne said. Lanigan, 35, is to appear in Akron Municipal Court on the speeding charge at 9 a.m. Tuesday.

Lanigan has a daily morning radio show on Cleveland station WGAR and an afternoon television show on Channel 43. build and expand plants guilty of obstructing official business and he was fined $100 and court costs by Municipal Judge James Winter. The jury found Aydin not guilty of resisting arrest. A To Summit Summit County Commissioners have approved issuing nearly $3 million in industrial revenue bonds to help four, companies that plan expansions or new facilities in the Akron area. Commissioners approved $1,150,000 for Bowman which makes hospital equipment and supplies, for a new distribution center to be built in the AKCAN industrial park near Akron-Canton Airport.

A company spokesman said Bowman would add 15 to 20 employes, raising its staff to about 60. Commissioners approved $800,000 for the City Machine and Wheel 1095 Home Akron, to buy and renovate the Westinghouse Assault By RICK REIFF Beacon Journal Staff Writer Akron restaurant owner Mark Figetakis, who was accused of assaulting two Summit County sheriff's deputies last January, has had the case against him dismissed because of a legal technicality. Akron Municipal Judge Donald B. McFadden Tuesday dismissed two charges of assault and a charge of resisting arrest against Figetakis because Figetakis did not get a trial within the 90-day limit set by law. McFadden discounted an argument by assistant prosecutor Bruce Lane that Figetakis' lawyers requested the delays for which they subsequently sought dismissal of the case.

Roundtable speaker set Richard Fleming, executive vice president of Air Products and Chemicals of Allen-town, will speak to members of the Akron Roundtable during a noon luncheon Thursday at the Akron City Club. Fleming, 54, is the author of the book "Scale Up In Practice," published by Reinhold Co. Fleming has a master's degree in chemical engineering from New York University. He is a director of the Allen-town Hospital and the Allentown and Sacred Heart Hospital Center. FORMER TEXAS Gov.

John B. Ccnnally will be the speaker at the Sept. 14 Akron Roundta--tole. The Akron Roundtable is made up of people in business and the professions and is sponsored by the Downtown Kiwanis Gub, Beacon Journal, City Club and the Akron Regional Development Board. THE JUDGE who handled most of the preliminary hearings in the Figetakis case, Joyce George, said defense lawyers made several requests for continuances.

But Angelo Fanelly, one of the two defense lawyers in the case, disagreed. He said only one request for a continuance was made, on Feb. 10. McFadden said he did not consult Mrs. George, but relied on the court record, which showed only the Feb.

10 request for a continuance. Mrs. George said the normal court policy is for defense lawyers to sign a continuance slip for insertion into the court record when they request a continuance. Apparently that was not done in this case, she said. Mrs.

George said that as a result of this case she probably will change her procedure to assure that court records in the future specify which lawyer requests a continuance. McFadden said he also was displeased with the handling of the case and would seek a new, court policy for handling similar cases in the future. Complicating the Figetakis case was a fugitive warrant from Pennsylvania, McFadden said. FIGETAKIS, who operates The Mark restaurants in Fairlawn and in four other states, and one of his employes allegedly scuffled with deputies who served Figetakis with a fugitive warrant from a Mead-ville. court Jan.

25. Figetakis was wanted in that city for failing to pay $42,481 in sales tax allegedly owed by the Mark Motor Inn. Deputies Bill Chevrier and Doug Jenney said Figetakis swung a phone at them when they came to arrest him in his restuarant at 2930 W. Market St. After they wrestled with Figetakis and handcuffed him, their way was blocked by restaurant employe Matin Aydin, the deputies said.

On April 24 a jury found Aydin bonds aid Electrical Co. plant on Commerce Drive in Stow. Company officials said the in bonds will include about $125,000 for equipment. The firm employs about 30 persons now and would add 20 after the move. COMMISSIONERS also approved $600,000 in bonds for Northampton Associates, which makes heavy machinery.

Company representatives said they are renting a facility on Ninth Street in Cuyahoga Falls and plan to build an office in the Wyoga Lake industrial park. Northampton Associates employs 30 to 40 people and anticipates another 17 jobs will be created with the move, company officials said. Cleveland radio and TV personality John Lanigan gave his autograph to a couple of his Akron fans early this morning as he passed through town. The autograph was on Lanigan's driver's license and the fans were police officers Ralph Payne' and Dave Cadle. The officers stopped Lanigan for speeding on 1-77 near the White Pond Drive exit at 1 a.m.

after clocking him at 94 miles per hour. Lanigan said he was trying to rush from an engagement in Akron to his Hinckley Township home to catch a few winks before going on the radio at 6 a.m., Payne said. Akron 6 fans9 slow down TV host IF IT ISN'T. IlWAT VO I CASE HOW i 1 1 Of jLmmmmX John Lanigan.