The Daily Reporter from Dover, Ohio • Page 11

Red Hill teachers unanimous-principal unnecessary SANtetMoTSMw) Can a pnbllc school get along better without principal? Could your shop operate without a boss? This term, the Red Hill Intermediate School was run entirely by Its 13 teachers, and now they are unanimous that they don't want to go back to the old way of doing things. "You are a better teacher if you must take full responsibility for your actions," says Mrs. Doris Homsberger, a science teacher." You take more pride in your In some ways, the Red Rill teach ers miss having a boss but not for the reasons of special talent and wisdom that principals everywhere would expect. His value, they say, is in handling some clerical duties, representing the faculty at administrative headquarters, and just being an extra adult body around the yard. THE RED HILL situation developed when their principal died a month before the opening of the school year last September.

The teachers, already accustomed to being involved in School decision making, feared the replacement would be somebody with whom they couldn't get along. After hasty phone calls, the teachers asked the superintendent to let the question of a replacement slide. He agreed, and as time went on, things went so swimmingly the matter never came up. Red Hill, which has 245 pupils, includes the 7th and 8th grades. Because it offers numerous elective courses, scheduling classes is a complicated headache usually handled by the principal.

This past term the school Was run by teacher committees. Problems were discussed before classes open, over rest hour coffee, during lunch, and at two weekly after-school meetings lasting until dinnertime. Ordering of supplies, first calls from parents, and other contacts with the outside world were handled by the school secretary, If a parent was worried, he talked with the teacher. If unsatisfied, he could talk with a teacher committee. If still unhappy, he could go to the superintendent.

MISS SUE MCDOWELL, physical education instructor, said she sometimes longed for "somebody to handle the crap from the really irate parent." Others insisted they wouldn't want anybody to take the trouble but themselves. Miss Pat Holland, a journalism teacher, worried that in the long run, personal clashes might sometime go unsolved and worsen. But Bill Mills, a French teacher, said, "Peace is longer in coming, but when it comes, it lasts longer." Miss Holland thinks the teachers' attitudes reflect "a lack of confidence in administrators generally. They base decisions on too many factors unrelated to the teacher and classroom." In spite of some misgivings, no Red Hill teacher took a chance for a transfer. "I don't think we can ever accept a traditional principal again," says Harry Warr, a math teacher.

If anybody at all is to fill the Red Hill principal gap, the teachers think he should be "an assistant to the teacher," "a partner," or "a consultant" who stops by, perhaps, just two hours a day. Everybody's Col umn Let us be practical. Honesty is not only morally right, it is good business. This is what a representative group of local used car salesmen are saying in answer to a recent survey by a team of University of Connecticut psychologists who made a study of 20 major occupations in relation to the public attitude toward these occupations. More than 400 people were allegedly interviewed.

As a result of these interviews, the psychological team says that used car salesmen rank 20th on the list, one notch lower even than politicians. Physicians led in public trust and confidence followed by clergymen, dentists, judges, psychologists, college professors, psychiatrists, high school teachers, lawyers, law enforcement officials, TV news reporters, plumbers, business executives, U. S. Army generals, TV repairmen, newspaper columnists, auto repairmen, labor union officials, politicians and used car salesmen. The psychologists rated the 20 occupations on three counts of truthfulness, competence and altruism.

The answer to reversing the scale is: "If you want someone to trust you, you have to tell them the truth." It goes without saying that used car salesmen in the New Philadelphia-Dover area deeply resent the implications found in this survey. For the most part, however, they good naturedly denied the story. Ed Penick, Humphries Motor City: "There is not only'a personal pride in honesty but it builds a Clientel. We must depend on repeat business for survival. I would hate to go out and find a new customer every time 1 sold a car.

I.think that Survey team should go into the smaller cities and communities where the salesman must live as a neighbor and friend with his customers. I think they would find that our customers know us and trust us more." Del Linard, Prince Motors: "I would like to talk with that survey team for five minutes to tell them how important honesty is in our business. Do you think we are crooked?" Max Dapoz, Ferris Chevrolet: In the long run it would not do us any good to lie. I am not saying that all salesmen have been honest but I am not also saying that all people have been honest with salesmen. I have been lied to before." Bob Webb, Graef Ford, Bolivar: "I sell new cars, this does not apply to he laughed, "but seriously, the general public has always suspected the honesty of automobile salesmen.

This is a cross we have to bear. Why? Why not take a survey on salesmen of major home appliances? I know and have known many automobile salesmen. All are honest or they are not in the business." Ed DeGraw Lou Regula, Weaver Buick: "In addition to ethics and repeat business, it is a question of being able to sleep at night. I have been here 10 years and I have slept good every night, knowing that myself and my company have been honest with the people I have met. I suppose there are honest and dishonest people in the world but I think it is unfair and unjust to put any class or any occupation in one group or the other." Bill Malcolm, Central Chrysler: "I think we are pointed to because of the nature of the business.

Who can tell about an automobile until he or she has driven it. If it does not feel right, if something goes wrong, someone has to be blamed and it is usually the dealer. We are vulnerable, always in the public eye with our product. in a field of 20? Well, we can't get any lower than that. A bad apple may eventually spoil a barrel but why condemn the whole orchard?" We also would like to quote from Mr.

Anonymous, a veteran car salesman of the area in charge of a local agency: "You want to talk about honesty in car dealing, let us look at both sides of the coin. "An automobile is only as good as the salesman who sells it. The company cannot be behind every deal but it is responsible for the salesman. There is a common complaint that automobile dealers turn back the mileage on speedometers. This is wrong, but I also know that owners have taken cars into private garages and had the speedometers turned back before the car is traded in.

I ask you who is misrepresenting the car then? The salesman who sells it without the speedometer or the previous owner who lied about the car? "I would advise all buyers and sellers to write everything down. No verbal promises or guarantees on either side: A company or agency should not be responsible for a verbal guarantee and by the same token a customer should not be promised he has 30 or 36 months to pay and the written agreement comes back saying something else. "But all in all, it is a bum rap. Used salesmen are not the most dishonest people in the business world. Everyone of us can give an incident where he felt he did not get value received but no one asked us to condemn FUNDRAISING projects being planned by Dover High majorets will help finance the purchase of extra uniforms and equipment, not military-style ones as stated Wednesday, Band director Fred Delphia said today.

He explained that extra money received in the Dover Band Boosters' fund drive for new band uniforms already had been applied toward the cost of the military garb. More disaster training urged for local firemen WASHINGTON (AP) The National Transportation Safety Board today called for improved disaster training for local fire departments across the nation to avert potential disasters spawned by derailments of freight trains carrying explosive cargoes. The board made the recommendation in its report on the derailment of a freight carrying liquified petroleum Barnhill man is served with counter-charge Forest E. Bonner, 48, a Barnhill councilman, this morning pleaded innocent in central district court to an assault and battery charge filed by Robert Cross, also of Barnhill. Bonner, who was released under his own recognizance by Judge Richard Musgrave, filed an assault and battery charge Oct.

27,1971, against Cross as a result of an incident at the Bonner home the previous night. The charge against Bonner, which Cross filed a few days later, was a result of the same incident. Bonner, who was served with a warrant at his home.last night, claimed today he knew nothing of the charge against him. Sheriff John Barlock said his deputies told him they had made attempts to arrest Bonner since receiving the warrant last November but they had not found him at home. Cross posted a $100 bond on the charge against him.

gas near Crescent City, 111., in 1970. Sixty-six persons were injured and the entire city evacuated in the fire and subseqent explosions of the propane cars. More injuries would have resulted if a state police sergeant had not warned the firemen of the potential dangers and begun evacuation of the farming community, the board said. "The injury of the firemen and spectators was due to the lack of appreciation by firemen of the large scope of fire and explosion which would occur in a fire of this type," the Board said. "If the first explosion had occurred before the state police sergeant had warned the firemen and before he had started evaucation of the town, many more could have been injured seriously." The board recommended the Department of Transportation study means to improve training of firemen on local departments "so that they can upgrade their skills in their handling of emergencies created by the increasing transportation of hazardous materials." Five of the 15 derailed cars of the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad freight train loaded with liquified petroleum exploded.

The blasts hurled debris for 1,600 feet. Twenty-five homes and 16 businesses were destroyed. Damage was estimated at $1.7 million. iTimes Thursday, July 13,1972 Dover-New Philadelphia B-l disaster purse proposed by President Nixon SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (UPI) President Nixon has proposed a $1.7 billion program, calling it the richest disaster relief purse, ever, to give $5000 grants and loans at 1 per cent interest to victims of tropical storm Agnes.

"Confronted with so massive a disaster emergency, our response must also be massive," Nixon said. "Conscience demands it; humanity impels it." The floods caused by Agnes devas- JOHN SCHWAB OF COSHOCTON Indian fan extraordinary He'U be 100 tomorrow By DIANE YALE Nick Mileti would have to look a long way before he found a more loyal fan of the Cleveland Indians than John Schwab of 912 Orchard Coshocton. He's been a fan longer, than anyone else can re- mefiiber, because Schwab will celebrate his 100th birthday Friday. A neighbor, Mrs. James Zubal of 918 Orchard wrote a letter to the Indians, telling them of Schwab's loyalty, and Mileti, owner of the Cleveland team, sent him a letter of thanks and a 1972 yearbook.

His niece, Mrs. Thelma Hamilton of Columbus, said he doesn't miss a game but is annoyed when they don't win and turns off the television set. Schwab is a friend to all the neighborhood children who call him "Uncle John" or "John-John." He talks to them and gives them candy and cookies and shows them his pipes, Mrs. Hamilton said. Although he's a quiet man, Schwab is in excellent health, his sister, Mrs.

Charles Clark, said. "He still gets around, sweeping the porch and trimming the shrubs outside," she explained. She said he's been sick only once that she can remember and he eats regularly and gets plenty of sleep. Schwab has resided with his sister since 1959 when his wife died. He also has two other nieces, including Mrs.

Glenn Bible of New Philadelphia, four nephews and six grand-nieces. The immediate family will help Schwab, a retired carpenter and bricklayer, celebrate his birthday with a dinner and cake. tated areas of the Eastern states. Residents of six states New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Florida would be eligible for the disaster relief, if passed by Congress. Nixon called it "the largest single amount ever allocated to recovery efforts in this country." He said it is needed to ameliorate the suffering caused by "the worst natural disaster in the whole of America's history." UNDER THE proposal, announced in a five minute radio speech Wednesday, more than 120,000 homeowners and small businessmen who were wiped out by the floods would be eligible for grants of $5000each.

An estimated 115 homeowners and 600 small business owners would be eligible for the disaster relief. The first $5000 would be an outright grant, and sums above that amount could be repaid over a 30 year period, at one per cent interest. The President's proposal was a substantial liberalization of existing disaster relief regulations. It doubles the current provision for $2500 grants, and would haul interest rates down from 5Vs percent. There earlier had been widespread criticism that relief efforts fell far short of what was needed, a criticism to which the President was especially sensitive in this election year.

MORE THAN $100 million has already been spent on flood relief, and the President recently signed a measure authorizing another $200 million, said Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler. More than 80 persons died, and about 128,000 homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed, by the massive floods set off by Agnes, which poured down torrential rains as it moved up the East Coast from the Florida Panhandle last month. Nixon said he would request the new legislation when Congress reconvenes July 17. He also announced that a meeting of about 500 mayors and local governmental leaders would be held next Friday in Washington to expedite the delivery of federal relief services. Fischer loses 1st game REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Bobby Fischer today was reported threatening to break off his world championship chess match with Boris Spassky unless all movie cameras are, removed from the playing hall.

"It's quite serious. He may not play at all," said a member of Fischer's entourage who asked not to be identified. Fischer was scheduled to meet the world champion from the Soviet Union later today at 1 p.m. EOT for the second game of their 24-game match. The American challenger lost the first game Wednesday night.

Fischer staged a 30-minute walkout shortly after the play began Wednesday, complaining that a movie camera 150 feet away was making him nervous. The camera was hardly visible in the dimness outside the lighted players' circle, and it could not be heard by Fischer, but aides said the knowledge of its presence unnerved him. Chief referee Lothar Schmid of West Germany, who makes the decisions on all contested points in connection with the match, told Fischer during his walkout there Was nothing he could do about the camera. 1 Film and television rights) for the match have been sold to an American promoter, and Fischer and Spassky are to get a share of the proceeds, estimated at a minimum of $27,500 each. "It's up to Lothar Schmid whether Bobby plays," one of Fischer's advisers said today.

With a maximum of 23 more games to be played, Robert Byrne, the second-ranking U.S. grandmaster, said Fischer's loss "isn't necessarily all that significant. Either of these players can come back and win." A victory yields one point, a draw half a point, and after Wednesday's match Spassky needed 11 more points in the 24-game series to retain his title. Fischer needs points to end the 24-year Soviet monopoly of the title. Today he plays the white pieces, which gives him the first move and a slight advantage.

The first game in the match began Tuesday, and Spassky adjourned it after. 40 moves with Fischer in bad straits. Five minutes after the game resumed late Wednesday afternoon, Fischer stood up, spoke animatedly to chief referee Lothar Schmid of West Germany and strode to a backstage dressing room. Schmid followed him, and Fischer said he wouldn't continue play unless a movie camera 150 feet from the board was shut off. Schmid said he couldn't order the camera removed.

Fischer stayed away for 30 minutes, then came back and resumed play. After Spassky's 56th move Fischer resigned. He reached over and stopped the clock after 63 minutes had elapsed, offered Spassky his hand, folded his scorecard and walked out. He paused once to wave to the audience, which was applauding Spassky. Hot dog High court challenged by female job hunter WASHINGTON (AP) It's not that the Supreme Court won't hire female it's just that they would be "a little awkward." That's what the court's spokesman says Maryann Cifford, 22, was told when she applied for one of the half-dozen summer jobs at the court customarily filled by law students.

Ms. Clifford-a title she she was told "I'd be a liability because all the messengers share the same lounge." Ms. Clifford, who is enter law school at Catholic University in the fall, said she applied for one of the messenger jobs June 19 after a friend, already a messenger, told her there were two openings. U.S. Marshall Frank M.

Hepler told her she was the first woman to apply for the job, she said. It was Hepler, she said, who told her a fe- male messenger would be "a liability." Bert Whittington, public information officer for the court, said Ms- Clifford "was never told she couldn't have a job We said it might be a little awkard." 585 unemployed The New Philadelphia office of the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services reports 585 unemployed persons registered in the week ending July 8. Of these 105 were newly- unemployed, 480 represent continuing claims. Figures for the week a year ago were 701, 118 and 583, respectively. He said one messenger job has been filled since Ms.

Clifford was turned away "but he applied ahead of her." "We went out of pur way to help her find another job," Whittington said. "We called the Federal Judicial Center to see if they had anything for her. We don't dp that for everyone." The center is a research center for the federal courts. Any job there would have been a clerical one, Whittington said, but there was no job available. The Supreme Court messengers carry messages between the justices, run errands, sometimes act as chauffeurs and office helpers.

They are paid $3.37 an hour. Ms. Clifford said she will file an administrative charge against the U.S. marshall's office today, claiming she was denied a messenger job on the hasie of hoc cov "Sure, I like to play ball as well as the next guy," explains Jock, a 10-month-old mixed wire haired terrier. "But it's not a very exciting game when you're the lone player.

I'd trade in my favorite bone to get just a scrap of the attention Bart Starr knows." Like most athletes, Jock is a good sport with children who are his most avid fans. The young dog has had all his shots, including rabies, and any family can draft him for their home team by contacting the Bryant Farmers (343-7209) on RD 1, Sherrodsville, County Rd. 92. The frisky canine is a ward of the Tusco Animal Aid Society until he wins someone's heart. A small handling fee is charged.

The shelter is open weekdays from 9 to 5 and Saturdays by appointment and is closed Sundays..