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TWO TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 19M SALMAGUNDI William Griffiths of 951 Cornell st NE is a patient at Massillon city hospital. Urn. John Lillo of 1133 Erie st is confined to Massillon city hospital where she was taken Saturday. Born, Friday, to Mr. and Mrs.

Ralph Speck of Mill st, Dalton, in Dunlap Memorial hospital, Orrville, a daughter, Gail Elizabeth. Born, March 17, in Aultman hospital, Canton, to Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Plympton, 3354 Hilton pi NE, a son.

Roy Holman of 16 Raymond ct NE hi i gone to the Mayo clinic at Rochester, for observation. Freda Hoopingarner of, Roesch Is Disturbed By Mayor's Remarks A greatly disturbed chairman of city council's public utilities committee left the matter of negotiating with the East Ohio Gas Co. for a new natural gas rate contract in the air when the issue was raised at the lawmakers' Monday night session. GOP Councilman-at-Large Jack S. Roesch, who heads the committee, informed his fellow councilmen his group cannot meet with the gas company until Mayor Edgar L.

Lash clarifies a remark he made last week regarding the utility's request for a rate increase THE EVENING INPEMPTDgNT. MASSlLLO)ff. OHIO York School Entered; Car Stolen Here A stolen car, a buiglary at York school, 2219 Massachusetts ave SE, and the theft of a mirror from a parked car were reported to police late Monday. Reprimand 2 For Shooting Firecrackers in a news story published Saturday in The Evening Inde- toW he parked pendent, the mayor was attribut-' in led with the belief that the 13 SgV andVhTalYp' 'per cent rate boost the gas com-1day. He went home, leaving the pany is seeking can be shaved car parked.

He and members of family were unable to find the car and reported it stolen at I down to 11 per cent. THE COMPANY, currently p. m. Monday. for new rate contracts; Worker Out Of Cave-In With Hands -g almost buried alive Monday when a ditch in which he was working vrc.

Jf ed ted with sav Jones' life is Randall Lewis of 517 1st st NE who dug Jones out from under a pile of dirt with his hands. According to Jones' wife, Joyce, Jones had jumped into the ditch at 433 Water ave NW where Jones and Lewis were laying sewer pipe, to make sure the ditch was level. Just as Jones stood up, a wall of the ditch caved in knocking him against the opposite wall and covering him with dirt. Beach City Official Gets Salary Hike or cb a with a metal her residence from Aultman hos- reprimanded Canton. (Officer Fred i They were back in Mrs.

Robeit McGrady and in- day. f. W. Snyder, fant daughter, Susan Kay, of 141 high school principal, Tremont ave SE have been tak- school ha a policy of suspend- en to their residence from Mas- ing all pupils caught breaking the sillon city hospital. covering possession and charging of firecrackers.

Mrs. Lee Patrick and infant son, Randy Lee, have been removed to their residence, 2608 Lincoln Way NW, from Massillon city hospital. mayor's statement! Entrance was gained Inst week, however, at no time! a door at the west of the build- the gas company that had been removed dur- hereiing new construction now in prog- caye-m and jumped from the machine to rescue Jones. A shovel the men were working with had been buried with Jones so Lewis had to dig with his hands. David E.

Huff, owner of the said Lewis dug until The Beach City village council at a regular meeting Monday evening voted to grant a five per cent increase in salary to William Younker, superintendent of the village light and water department. Council met for the first time in the new combined village hall and fire deparment, construction is requesting a 13 rcss. The plastic covering on the ft rr dug nreaeparrnent, construction in muni-! door was torn. Pins from an in- 01 Jones'arms, which nearly completed. nf i -I In th Jmun11 do io Pins Irom in and Ispresumcd wl11 Cr ube were removed the sa me locally.

Roesch. who informed council-school. permit the burglars to enter the Mrs. Norris Brannan of 720 Lincoln Way was taken recently to her residence with her infant son, Timothy Michael, from Massillon city hospital. Mr.

and Mrs. Norval Bucklew of Moffitt Heights have received word that their son Robert, who is itationed with U. S. Air Force, Biloti, has been promoted to airman second class. Suffering from a broken ankle received in a fall at her home Monday noon, Mrs.

Ethel Morrison of Navarre rd, Brewster, ii confined to Massillon city hospital. Robert B. Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E.

Moore, 1456 Keuper blvd NE, has been pledged to Phi Kappa Tau fraternity at Miami university, Oxford, where he if a freshman. 'Mrt. Glenn Heckert of 850 PblHipe rd NE was taken to her residence Monday from Massillon city hospital where she underwent The condition el Mn. Heckert is much improved. Born, Monday, in Maisillon city hospital, a daughter to Mr.

and Ura. Steve Markus of RD 1, Canal Fulton. Bare, this morning, a son to Mr. aad lire. Thomas D.

Mul- 1 Mobile X-ray At Navarre Friday SNYDER said puipls are not he wa rcatl by the Sai the missing books! Jone taken to rmitted to have firecrackers in rf asked Lash if he were found torn in pieces in 'he'sillon city hospital bv permitted their possession, to pass on have been misuoted v.cinKy of the school. Jones to free the arm and thus get air and breathe. Lewis continued digging with his hands until he had freed Jones. was taken to city hospital by for abrasions of to other pupils' or to discharge re £arding the statement in Sat-; The burglary is thought to them in the vicinity of the school. urda Independent.

occurred Saturday or Sunday. The policy of suspending pupils The committee chairman pref-: F- Bonk, jr, of RD 2, Mas-! ba Vat work fhU until the juvenile officer has acod nis question with the re-'sillon, told police he discovered! morning. dealt with them is a safety meas- mark that East Ohio Gas side view mirror missing from ure, Snyder pointed out. a vel not submitted any formal'his 1950 Studebaker sedan when Two other teenage boys were figures to the public utilities ne to ok it from his garage at released from Stark county juve- 1 group at the latter's request. p.

m. Monday. nile detention home Monday and Roesch explained the He sa he had placed the car; placed in custody of their ents by Horst. Aged 16 and 14, they were par- tee made this request of the util- in tn garage Sunday night after because it is presently in the parking it in Weirich blvd NW TT. III TT 1IC- UWS v.

iV 1 miners me iaea mac tie Had been A Canfni wnman i LU ie omer action, council passed and a half after leaving home, speaking in general terms about voh-ed Mondav in Medina Count Coron ordinance under 0 edUl gas cnm over-all rate accident in I Kars ruled lhe death, action approving village build Is a hear ng on delinquency charges boost request thronffhn.it iu route 30 ln whteh-of Charles F. Keener hie code which hart Thursday in Stark county juvenile court in Canton. The 14-year-old boy admitted stealing a bicycle here last November. Horst said the identity of a een-age boy reported to have attempted to molest a 10-year-old jirl on Lorin Andrews junior iigh school playground is still being sought. X-ray of Stark County Tuberculosis Heetti ascodation will be stationed in downtown Navarre Friday to provide free X-rays to all residents of the community over 15 yean of age who have not taken advantage of the service this The business and public committee of the Navarre Xiwanis club is in charge of or- ftnizint and promoting the project in cooperation with the association.

The unit will be located near the public square on Canal st from ft a. m. to 8 p. m. PLEADS GUILTY, FINED Bernard W.

Harwig, 44, of 1205 lit at NX, scheduled for a municipal court jury trial Thursday after he pleaded innocent Feb. 15 to a charge of drunk driving, entered a guilty plea today to an amended charge of reckless operation and was fined $50 and costs. 1 FIVE-DAY FORECAST Temperatures will average near normal; normal high 48 north to 55 south; normal low 29 north to 34 south. Warmer Wednesday through Friday, turning colder over weekend; precipitation will picked up by police with a with the Ohio Edison; of negotiating a new rate wnile attended a local theater. 11 companion last Wednes-jCo.

and must have time to clean day for curfew violations. i up this agreement first. THE 16-YEARrOLD ac-, LASH, WHO DID NOT flatly cused of harboring the 15-year- claim he had been old while the younger boy played attempted to convey to the law- truant from school for a week makers the idea that he had been Two Hurt In Auto Crash were house when the building is completed and equipped. THE RESIGNATION of Paul M. Smith, fire chief of the village volunteer fire department for nearly nine years, was accepted.

Mayor Joseph Barron. who presided, appointed a committee of councilmen including Charles Agnes, George Harrold and Kenneth Sampsel to meet with firemen to discuss problems of the department as they arise pending the appointment of a successor to Smith. The former fire chief to Smith. The former fire chief, Continue Hearing For Canton Man A preliminary hearing, which began today in municipal court for Victor E. Kaufman, 37, of 515 Warner rd SE, Canton, charged with malicious destruction of property, has been continued to No Decision On Welfare Proposals The first public discussion of a report recently presented to Stark (county commissioners by a citi- Kaufman, free under committee recommending bond, was arrested March 11 at consolidation of stark coun'lv tax his residence by Stark countyjsupported relief and welfare sheriffs deputies on an was held Monday at a signed by Tulley Foster of 5055 i luncheon meeting of the Massil- Tuscarawas st Canton.

'-New Officers Are Elected By Teachers Mae Heyman. teacher at Ion Social Planning council in the Y.W.C.A. Attending the meeting were Joseph T. Nist. Oliver Kuhn and Glen Sponseller, stark county commissioners and Mayor Edgar L.

Lash, ALTHOUGH THE report was thoroughly discussed the session ended in somewhat of a stalemate 116 no decision was reached on Andrews junior high the question of which agency of U'9C uu i school, was elected president of the Massillon Teachers' association at a meeting in the Washington high school auditorium Monday afternoon. Keith Rigdon, who teaches at Harvey school, was chosen as vice president, Miss Mary Lou Hall member of the faculty of Wash- high, was named secretary tul i county or' the municipal administrations of Massillon, Canton and Alliance -should initiate action to bring about the proposals contained in the report. The discussion centered around these questions: Should the county ask the various cities in the county for authority i 1 and Paul Lieberman, teacher at'or the county to take treasurer. over mi- mAU WVcr WCl- frr" JUm Igh was departments now operated the cities or should the cities take steps asking the county to HLYAIAN succeeds Wil- lassume responsibility of opcrat- i. nil-.

iy (ji UpCTal- liam G. Nagel, speech teacher all welfare and relief agen- Washmgton high, as head of the C1CS? association. She served as treas- These questions, however, were sceedcharfi succeeds Charles Bantz and Miss Laura Taylor. to hold AKRON (AP) A factory! ach City civic affairs, said he worker strangled his wife in her resigning as head of the de- bed and then threw himself under! partment because of the many the wheels of a passenger train I act ivities which require his time at nearby Wadsworth early to- an( efforts, day, the In other action, council passed county nor the cities have as exposed an official opinion The social Panning council il- lhe operating levy to be suh- su- mitted to electors of the district' Com Issl Nist said that at the May 8 primary election funds are to be available boost request throughout its entire field of operations. the crmn- during ths term speaking for publication when! hvo 5 CharleS Keener 34 and hk code which had been drawn minor Dol res 27 murder and by a committee of council- 55 Scssion i- i rics as CI ted the suicide.

men and renewed a fire nrotec- 1 Huf showed a motion aS5 jbtele h.ghway patrol for driving) tion on tr act with tnwn ture whlch he took a' 3 without turn signals. 1 11 town trip he and his The cjtizens committee to'inves'tf- 3ate reliof operations in Stark stressed county, any move toward con- wnman he made the remark in question identifi but had offered it as an opinion in a conversation. THE BODY of Keener first at an Erie ave Canton, crossing not far from his home admitted to the he should have known bet-- than to make such i has been ordered to appear in student in side por er 'sustained school. Roesch, not satisfied with explanation, said he was still iwu turned and stated the matter had placed the committee in an almost impossible position. The committee chairman point-i ed put that if his group decides' against fighting the proposed in-i court, said the injured in- Mary Ann Maylor, in Wadsworth.

When Dr. Karson and Sheriff Charles Williams tion contract with Wayne town was, sh for another year. Four representatives of Boy Scout troop 30 of Beach City'were present and requested council's permission to meet in the council went to Keener's home to notify rooms of the old village hall. The Jus wife, they found her partly request was granted, clothed body in bed, an electric Badly Hurt In Accident A former Washington high school and Ohio Wesleyan university star basketball player, Jack Buttermore, of 731 Commonwealth ave NE, is in serious condition today in Jane M. Case hospital in Delaware with injuries sustained in a traffic crash at 1:55 p.

m. Monday. State Highway Patrolman T. I. Wurm of Delaware said a car driven by Buttermore crashed head on into a car driven by Jack W.

Wylie of Middletown on route 42, seven miles'southwest of Delaware. Buttermore is suffering from severe head injuries, a dislocated! hip and a shattered left arm, his mother, Mrs. Russell D. Butter- rd fr a fan lashed around slight neck injury, her neck. ft of the 1 had con chin.

They were taken to the Mas- city hospital but an attend- there said neither required Brewster To Upstairs, the Keener's two daughters Virginia May, 8, Darlene, 3 were sleeping! 1 peacefully. Sheriff Williams! awoke them, and asked Virginia I The Brewster village council what happened. at a meeting Monday evening' ssillon, Canton and Alliance. trip he and his to Jhe Rc Jamcs Lon chair Europe. man of social planning coun- Icil.

presided. i Mr. Long and Mrs. Ben Schrad- were Massillon members on the citizens' study committee. i i MRS.

SCHRADER discussed jthe effects the proposed consolidation on saying of consolidation the loss of local Fined $25 And Costs A shooting charge and a count of intoxication lodged 39-year-old Massillon crease, it will place the members a false position. i Vhy Daddy took Mommy to awarded two contracts to the of Massillon women were pas-j work," said Virginia r- or eye, OTHERWISE, Roesch said, dr committee has been embarrassed said. to investigating offi- if it asks for" rate Tower Than the Canton woman, who was one granting an 11 per cent boost.i ingt east 01 rou £, 30 iust west Consequently, the committee of Canton made a tur across chairman said, there can be no medial strip of the four-lane meeting with the utility until thel neaded back we st and mayor can clarify his statement made left turn wi or say it was merely an off hand 5i Iin 0 D. Daniels 21, of 3104 Roosevelt the Keeners worked in a match materials. ave a mac as factory; he on a day shift and shej The firm's bid of $25 charge, peace, and given city relief and has to go to Canton to the Soldiers and Sailor Re- was lief commission for aid.

Under the on a proposed consolidation, the veter- tne an would be able to go 1o remark. Otherwise, on a night cents a 'gallon for 20,000 gallons, more or -n" Jajl iv UU IJIUIC Ui The sheriff said he learned less, of m-c5 street oil and sur- bc Tavlor of good she said. up in Massillon, from neighbors that the Keenersiface treating asphalt delivered' Newm al told to had been having domestic and applied and a bid of $340 court costs of a of, Neighbors described Keener as for 550 more or lesT of costs im a n- ZS-' ordinarily shy and quiet No. 6 slag, spread and rolled a ter had changed an earlier ea of 1Imocent "tered last Dec. a the shenff said.

we re accepted The bids were fr Dc P. endent Patrolmen said the Canton mo- said, the turned into the path of committee will get the same "go Daniels also driving west, about around" it got during its nego- 9 20 tn Ohio Service Co The gas which holds Williams said Mrs: Keener lowest received, according to 2 char of disorderly con-; been killed around midnight. Mayor Ellis Witting, who duct Keener then drove his car to theled. railroad crossing where he died at about 1:30 a. said the sheriff.

more, of 309 Snyder pi, SW, said contract with the city negotiat- today. However, the hospital re- ed ln October, 1952, charges local ported that X-rayi taken today J. ume the first MANSFfELD. (UP)-Memor- showed no serious internal in- 1 000 cubic feet or less and 60 ial service will be conducted juries. a thousand for all addition-Thursday for Louis Bromfield, 59, i Buttermore is a salesman for as used.

ifamed author-conservationist, who Hill Rubber Co. of Chicago and! According to the proposal of a kidney and liver ailment was driving to Cincinnati from ffred by East Ohio to University hospital in Colum- Massillon at the time of the rates would be boosted Sunday night 1 for first 1,000 feet and) A member of the family said is married to the 68 cents per 1,000 feet after the body would be cremated and! the ashes buried at a private service at a later date. Bromfield, a 1926 Pulitzer Prize winner, had been hospitalized for nearly three weeks prior to his death. ITlllCl Boys Johannah Bldle and is the father: the first 1,000. of four children.

His father superintendent of the composing room of The Evening Independent. LiOCal -nr WlllS iContest Award Improper Turn Edwin D. Holsworth of 1764 Guilty, Fined Osage ave SE, recently was' a $5 check as an honor- $25 Clarence D. Brakefield, 28. of ment jze in the Nation' i Lawrence, involved Salur- fct wuncil's February morning frostbite the face and hands after a raft they were piloting in Meyers Lake ran aground on a mud flat, stranding them.

Stark county sheriff's deputies said Frank R. Woodrift, a resident near the lake, saw the boys after they had spent several hours of fruitless efforts in trying to return to shore and rescued them in his boat Investigating officers said the Council passed a resolution cepting surface a of telling their to several different agencies, she said. of about four miles of route 93- Msyor -revolver at the recommendations Speeder Fined, License Revoked A 20-year-old North Lawrence driver, James W. Schaer, was fined $35 and costs and had his operator's license revoked for a Early Run Made By City Firemen ty to study welfare here. The commission is preparing a report on welfare conditions iri Ohio, which will be presented the next session of the Fire in an auto was responsible re with a view lo ssih 'e revi vnuai i-tHin-si Robert E.

Ashbridge, 24, of 439 ion A HoIsSorth works for 9 1 st SW today leadcd guilty, boys told them they went to the ion at Cherry rd NW ext and steel RepubllC i'n municipal court to a charge of, 1 school yesterday after- average .50 to one inch occurring 9 i P'caded innocent today il 1 a mem- disorderly conduct where ai showers or ThursV" 1 11101 1 to a charge of day and again late Friday or malcin 8 improper left turn Saturday. a in was set for May 9. alrpirl wtitkcr lUtUn) M. M. Jt A.

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conduct and was fined where they commandeered a raft they saw lying on the lake ss finns belonSnl Ashbrid 5 arrested and went floating into the iirms belonging to the today near 2nd st NW and Lin- lake. 51 V. Heir, 60, of Clayton, who sustained a laceration In the mishap. by who told to pay $10 and costs, also, for speeding. a man torn of a stairs after a nose pair of roller skates.

iplaint the defendant tried tojto walk back to shore but another driver off the road. down in the mud. ctocr cloudy Lew 33 Bcwton. cloudy Cleveland. 13 Atlanta, MUml.

York, cloudy 2 7 7:15 a. m. last Saturday. Request For Court Trial George Wilson, 30, of 922 13th st SE has been granted a request for a municipal court trial, sched- Lenten Meditation By Tie REV. THOMAS J.

MAXWELL Minister, the Wesley Methodist Church THE PRICE OF A SLAVE "What will you give me if I deliver Htm to Matt 15 I suppose that one of the most terrible statements ever made Natlonal Honor society today took COLUMBUS CAP)-Most Ohio slave. We are horrified at the deed and can only have contempt Judas. Judas betray Jesus? Why does anyone betray Him? 1 SJ i closed by high water. who Slippery spots were reported in 1 grades the area bounded by Ashtabula, Akron, Cantoa and Youngstown, to be make tie bounded by Sandusky, Washington high students 1 at ok the tes hl jury tntL took the test Taleri The defendant is of were Galileans and Judas was from Judea, he became gloomy, 1 and lonely in this Galilean group. Others say that Jud nd that he may have hoped for a lofty and Cloeed by bifh water are U.

S. from Mohawk to Mill and ford Jim StewartTjlm San- WeSSdaJ" 3 Schlub, Donna Schrock. Bob school rJ.i .11 dra Schlub, Donna Schrock, uw Packer, Sandra Whitman and Ted Sinclair. high school. Canal Fulton, when members of the class will assume the superinten- an earthly Messiah.

Or Judas Jesus to dis la His Messianic powers. Still others think that Judas may have foreseen what was about to happen and was afraid of what would happen to the followers of Jesus. In other words, he was trying to save his own skin. There was greed, jealousy, and proud ambition in the heart jud No mtn can 11 indifferent to Christ. He will either be for Him or against Him.

He will either Ivnt Him at long last or he will betray Him. Have you a love for Him, no matter how blundering, or have you forsaken Him, or betrayed Him? Jesus holds no man by force. "My Jesus I love Thee, I know Thou art mine: For all the foUitc sia I 23, of 661 Guy st NW M. Morris, 28, of Akron, speeding, and Hubert 32, of 1842 8th st NE, too closely. A.

Matthews, Berdel ave NE, Canton, Charls fnr Si0n of welfare laws. Curtew Ordered apparently slapped a midnight curfew on leaking Ia "ta teen-agers under 18 in an. before noon Monday i effort to halt juvenile tent to the residence of icy. Police Chief Herbert Jikutz at 904 llth st NE toj issued the order after an investi- a sl citcu it in ajgation into juvenile problems by ch burned wir-'the Fulton county grand jiu-y and ofLthe dryer. I the aldermanic police committee.

Legionnaires To Hear Safety Talk Legionnaires of Massillon will be briefed on prevention and re- sulk of traffic accidents when Massillon Post No. 221 meets tonight at 8 in the post home. Sgt. Weaver of the Stark county auxiliary patrol will be the speaker. After the business meeting and talk refreshments will be served.

AH members are urged to attend by Commander Ted Willoughby who said "There are 35 reasons why each and every member of the be in attendance." Newsboy Injured In Fall On Ice Readers.of The Evening Independent in Wilmot might have received their newspaper a trifle late Monday. Nelson Reed, Independent carrier in the village, sustained an injured right ankle yesterday when he slipped on some ice while on the way to school, Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Reed of Wilmot, was given emergency treatment in the Massilloo city hospital and re- Thekiddtes with their Easter Met. the family i it, L- th le rade are kt So, get ready to snap tw 3r tfce best bays in photo supplies.

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