The Press Gazette from Hillsboro, Ohio • 1

No 64 'W Colors Going Up 1 jji 3 i (Staff Photo) ENTRY' BUNK OR BEAUTY CONTEST Name Age Addrew Phone In a Height tary I Pack MARKET PLACE 7 The second major work for Miss Violet Morgan county his torian will be off the press on Oct 15 The fiction work a love story based on the Indian folk lore of Highland and neighbor ing counties and centered in the bill sections of these areas is entitled The book is being printed by the Greenfield Printing Pub Read the Press Gazette Classified Ads RESIGNS POST Philip Partridge of Hillsboro has submitted his resignation as secre tary of the Hillsboro Cub Scout Hillsboro High School Indians face a fair severe test when they pry the lid off the 1955 grid season riday night on (he local gridiron Their foe will be a rather formid able West Carrollton team from Montgomery County look rough for an but not too rough we hope" Head Coach Hen ry Schroth commented The Carrollton crew has an all Southwestern Buckeye League guard back on deck along with a regular guard both weighing in at 190 pounds as compared to the In 153 pound guards Their cen ter is a three year letterman weigh ing 210 pounds Patrolman Hired or School Area TA Employs Man As Lunch Period Guard air Closes ollowing Ninth Run Event Is Termed Successful THE RESERVE champion mar ket hog exhibited by Linda Kelley along with her championship pen of three sold for 29 cents a pound to Hillsboro Livestock Company During the hog sale the Harold Kelley and Walter West families donated an animal to the sale It brought 79 cents a pound wtth the proceeds being turned over to the junior fair building fund Kel ley bought the animal back him self Champion market lamb "of the unlor show exhibited by £arolyn Hastings Berrysville brought this top of 77 cents a pound Two steers were purchased by the Highland County Bankers As sociation for use in the beef bar becue scheduled for Sept 24 lishing Company Galley proofs were cdmpleted last week The book will be a limited edition The cover in color is an original drawing by Milton Caniff famed comic strip artist and Hillsboro native The 50000 word story is that of a part Indian girl Sarilda Other main characters include her great grandmother known as the Woman" and Kane lover a young man of the hills There are a number of lesser characters who portray the customs and legends of the arca The author has drawn the characters as more or less coon terparts of actual persons to lend emphasis to the facts and history of the region Orders for the book are i al ready coming in After the edi tion is off the press headquar ters for the publication will be at Clothing Store Cost will probably be $395 each not including mailing or similar costs Miss Morgan a native of the area completed her other major work olklore of High land in 1946 A NUMBER of local citizens other than school officials have ex pressed interest in the traffic pro blems in the high school area not only the problems created by stu dent drivers but others who drive in that vicinity during the noon period Mrs Scott appointed a commit tee to check' into this problem ollowing a meeting with Walter Shannon high school principal the group recommended the em ployment of a patrolman as the first step in the safety program Patrolman Hixon will be charged with control of the traffic in the school area both on the public streets and on school property Student drivers and other persons driving on school property will be asked to limit their activity to one trip out and one trip back dur ing this period i THE RESERVE champion steer owned by Daun Hauke Mowrys town weighing 1160 sold for $66 per hundreds to It was a black Angus The champion market hog own ed by Ernest Roll Greenfield sold for 42 cents a pound to Highland Producers Previous sales of the champ hog were as follows: 1954 52 centsrl953 46 cents 1952 37 cents 1951 42 cents THIS ARRAY coupled with two 200 pound tackles provides the Montgomery Countians with one of the strongest lines in the area The Carrollton crew also comes fully equipped with two quarterbacks (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5) lire Second Teacher Mrs Harold Hennison city has been employed as the second teacher for the Lincoln elemen tary school Paul Upp superin tendent announced today Mrs Helen Ash is the other instruc tor and principal of the school Several residents had requested that a second teacher be employ ed at Lincoln Miss Electrical Jamboree of 1955" 138th Volume THE CRASH in which the three youths were injured occurred when eastbound car went out of control on the Danville Pike 179 teet west of the Oak Street inter section The' car went off the left side of the street careened across Oak Street continued east on West South Street then went off the right side of the street a parxea car owned by Jack Stethem West South Street city aryl a util ity pole Stethem is a city patrol man The left front of auto and the right front of the Thomp son car were damaged The right front fender and wheel of Thomp auto was sheared off when the car struck the polej (CONTINUED ON PAG! I) WINNERS listed Saturday night with the owner rider and horse listed in that order (r behind name means owner was rider also): Lead in (1) Betsy Grimes (r) Itty Bitty Bender (2) Mike Webb (r) Pride (3) Billy Pitstick Pitstick Penny (4) Mary Lou Barrett Patty Hodge Naughty Lady Pleasure (1) Carol Jean Geisler (r) Golden Peacock (2) I Richard Bissantz (r) Ginger (3) Mary Clawson Joey Clawson My Silver Toy (4) Mary Lou Barrett (r) Dark Serenade Palamino (1) Janet owler (r) Chico Mio (2) Carolyn isher (r) Gio Boy (3) rank Kinkey Barbara Yancy Golden Sander (4) Hugh ration (r) Ronny Hamess pdny a) Dennis Glenn Xmas Spirit Don Morrisrfr) Canadian Dream (3) Wood Lumber Company Leroy Wood Ebony Charm (4) Paul Hults (r) Sugar Sweet (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3) 23 Witnesses Called our Persons To Testify Tuesday Hurt in Series Before Grand Jury Of Six Crashes our Cases Are AG 1 THE NUMBER of cases to be con sidered by the grand jurors rose late last week when four addition al cases were placed on the Com mon Pleas Court criminal docket Two cases were filed against Leonard Sapp and Marion Stan forth who were named in several larceny cases filed earlier in con nection with a hog theft ring The last two cases charge the men with breaking and entering and larceny "Transcripts from Mayor Karl court were filed in the cases of Dennis Ray Donohoo charged with assault and Emerson Jones charged with manslaugh ter EMININE Carolyn Hastings 13 of Berryavllle had the champion market lamb of the County Junior air Thio le her fourth year In 4 club work her second In livestock projects 8ho le a member of the Berrysvllle Livestock Club Her lamb now weighing 97 pounds was born March 10 (Staff Photo) Local Woman Writes of Indian Lore Love in Published Book Local Youth Hurt i In Clinton Crash A Hillsboro youth suffered in juries in a highway accident in Clinton County Saturday Injured was George Garman 22 of 331 West Walnut Hillsboro He had lacerations of the head and left hand and possible hip fracture Garman was injured when the southbound 1950 Chrysler sedan he was driving went off on the right side of the road en Route 66 in Westboro at 12:10 Satur day and hit a tree Garman was apparently alone in the car the state patrol reported The car was demolished Garman was treated at Clinton Memorial Hospital Wilmington vur nrK women Hurt in Train Crash our persons were injured in a series of six crashes here over the week end Jack Thompson 19 South East Street city Donnie McDermott 18 East North Street city and Robert Woolard 18 Holmes Street city were injured about 9:30 Sun day when their car went out of con trol on West South Street and crash ed into a parked car and utility pole Mrs Viola Crum 47 Hillsboro Rt 6 was injured at 3:35 Sat urday when a diesel switch engine hit the pick up truck in which she was riding at the 0 railroad crossing on air Street 4 SUPPORT YOUR HOSPITAL! 2 Join The Highlands CommunityfJ Hospital' Association Buford Girl Js Winner in Beef A Cattle Judging Weight (PleeM attach snapshot If possible) Thia oontsot entry may be deposited at an appliance store LeesburgStore Is Burglarized Early Sunday Burglars broke into the Dunlapgrocery store in Leesburg late Sat urday night or early Sunday morn ing and made away with between 100 and 125 cartons of cigarettes plus several items in the cosmetic line it was reported Sheriff Gustin said that the burglars gained entrance to the store by forcing open the front door with a wide metal bar Although the exact time of the break in could not be determined Sheriff Gustin said that residents in the vicinity of the store reported hearing an auto drive away from the curb in that area about 2 A Sunday The Dunlap store has been bur glarized a number of times in the past few years Distribution Of Vaccine Is Sei Dr Mortimer Herzberg county health commissioner said today that he has received official word from the state department of health that Salk vaccine for children who received their first anti polio shot last spring will be distributed lo cally aboutOctober 3 or 4 The commissioner said that no details of the distribution were in cluded in the note from the state department but that exact distri bution dates will be given later After these dates are announced local health authorities I will work out a schedule for administering the vaccine to pupils in" this coun ty Dr Herzberg said the vaccine will probably be administered dur ing the period from October 10 to 15 The Highland County air drew to a close Saturday night after what was described by observers as its run In Its nine year history With a better physical plant than ever before and hopes of further expansion looming bright i ly a start on next exposi tion will be launched with a barbe 5 cue on the grounds on Saturday 4 Sept 24 Proceeds will go for jun lor fair buildings A record attendance was set 1 during the fain Paid admissions for the four days exclusive of passes for exhibitors helpers and others" totaled 6740 500 higher than "last year according fft TTillslinwi who handled the Last year's paid admissions also a record high were 6325 for four days according to fair board records' Car admissions paid during the four days amounted to 2076 Attendance Entries Are Highest Ever Horse Show Draws Large Attendance The" two horse shows of the County fair held riday and Sat urday nights drew both a consid erable number of entries as well as spectators Judge for both nights was Her man Ingram of Washington II Ringmaster riday night was red Mount and Davis of Hillsboro served in this capacity Saturday I night Tucker was the an 1 nouncer both nights ifteen class es were held riday night which was limited to county entries and 16 were presented Saturday night which was open Entries from throughout southern Ohio were re corded Saturday night Various merchants throughout the county donated prize money trophies and ribbons for the classes" Officials said that entries in the lead in pony class and the pony fancy turnout classes were the heaviest in the history of the fair Saturday night The seventh annual Highland County Junior air livestock Sale was held Thursday night at the fair before a packed sale tent Buyers from throughout this sec tion of the Etate Including Colum bus Dayton and Cincinnati plur many iocsi men toox part the The sale was conducted by a force from the Hillsboro Livestock Company with Ove Swlsihelm as auctioneer Both A and 4 club animals including steers hogs ant lambs were consigned to the sale The champion steer of the junior fair a 1190 pound Hereford ex hibited by Dianne Rosselott ot Bu ford sold for $1 a pound The buyer was Albers Supermarket Previous champs sold as 66 cents 1953 85 cents 1952 80 cents 1951 48 cents 1950 39 cents brief Informal eeremonv ririv nlnht ment dealers' show tent two new buildings on the county fairgrounds were dediLtVw rJ? fnplc were left to right Cook fairgrounds development committee A West county cammilfr Part Carl (Pete) Wallace chairman of 4 club council of county Charles Blackburn ehairm? arm Bureau Cooperative and Stanley Kibler fair board president The building include barn and a building mciude a new dairy (Staff Photo) ire Destroys Barn North Of Leesburg Area A large barn on a farm owned by Mrs Edith Cesslar of Leesburg was destroyed by fire Saturday riight It is located on Route 62 just north of the Highland ayette County line in the neighboring county Robert Chain is tenant in the residence on the place Edwin Sexton Leesburg fire chief said that the first check in dicated that lightning may have started the blaze A storm struck just north of Leesburg in the early afternoon Saturday The fire broke out about 1:30 Leesburg firemen and Staunton equipment reported lo the scene and kept the blaze from spreading to cribs the dwelling and other buildings 'No livestock was lost in the blaze reports indicated and there was only a meager amount of grain and feed and equipment the building so the loss not learned was con fined chiefly to the structure itself A rain shower prior to the fire may have helped in preventing flames from spreading to nearby buildings Sexton said The Press Gazette ONE OLDEST NEWSPAPERS ESTABLISHED IN 1818 HILLSBORO OHIO TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 3 1955 NEW Repreentatives of the Rymond Stout Port 129 American Legion presented a new flag to the county fair board as the county fair opened its ninth annual run Left to right durlna the flag raising ceremony are Stanley Kibler fair board president and Legionnaires William McCrei0ht Claibourrte Jr Leslie Speelman and Deari King King Is commander th yssf in a had the grarid champion star of the Highland County Junior air She le shown with: her Hereford animal at the left" She la the dfuahtai of Mr ihd Mm Bernard RiiIap ai at Mowryrtown with her block Angut teer reserve champion Both rglrle are 4H elub member Champion Steer Soldfor flPer Pound at Auction Sale Thursday Appeal for Aid or lood Area Cancelled HereThe American Red Cross last week cancelled its appeal for funds to aid flood victims in the north eastern section of the United States after contributions went over tho top of the $10 million nouest Red Cross officials said that they are "very with tho re sponse to their appeal for flood re lief funds It was something for fund raising campaigns to be cancelled in such short order be 7 cause the goal had been reached? Locally Mrs Walter 1 Davies executive secretary of the local Red Cross chapter said that ap proximately $400 has been contri buted to flood relief here More 1 money was to come in from var lous churches in the county early this week she said The local chap ter had been striving to reach a $575 goal' As Soon as all contributions are' received the money will be for warded to the Red Cross flood re lief headquarters The church con tributions bad been pledged priori to the time the appeal was can celled Plans to have a cahhister donations at the Red Cross booth at the county fair last week were cancelled after it was found that! the $10 million goal had been reached 4 Mrs Davies expressed thanks on behalf of the Red Cross and all the flood victims for the aid which a was offered by local residents 4 GATBM1N BAID that as usual membership cards and 'h other passes rsn about two to one over paid admissions so actual per sons on the grounds during the fsir will run considerably higher than the 6740 who nald to thn exhibition at various sessions Gross receipts at the gate amounted to 14112 The Rotary Club win receive $20560 on a five I percent commission basis This money will go into the Crippled fund of the club A i Gebhart admissions chairman? re ported Here is the day to day break down on attendance: Wednesday 1242 paid admissions and 414 paid cars Thursday 2082 and 584 ri 'j day 2152 and 696 Saturday 1264 and 382 or comparison hinre are i the figures: Wednesday 946 uu ana 380 riday 1970 and 779 Saturday 435 and 470 This Indicates that attendance was up for the first three days of this tion but rfrnnrwxl nttta hit ah Saturday from 1954 A rain Satur day afternoon may have cut the? crowd to some although it settled the dust at the grounds (CONTINUID ON PAa I) Indians to Open ootball Season HHS Squad to Meet West Carrollton 11 Added to Local Court Docket Twenty three witnesses have been subpeonaed to testify before the September term Highland Coun ty grand jury when that group meets here Tuesday to go over cases in the criminal docket Although subpeonas were issued for only 23 witnesses other prose cuting witnesses will undoubtedly appear in front of the panel before the two day session is ended Witnesses named on subpeonas Issued late last week were: Police Chief iVoolard Sgt Willard Parr Dr Hoyt Dr rairoiman jenKins ana rank Wright county dog warden Walter Higham Gene Caplinger Joseph Moses Thelma Clutter Ei leen Trent Cora Kittrell Junior Curtis John Irvin Howard Bor den Charles Pease Mr and Mrs Albert Dillon lora Mae Dillon and llfary Hughes THE COMMITTEE studied the possibility of assigning a different parking Area to student drivers and also discussed a plan whereby student drivers would not be al lowed to move their autos during the noon hour Both of these plans were shelved for the present time since the committee felt that driv ers should be given a chance to show that they are responsible and can obey cpmmon sense safety rules before any drastic measures are taken (CONTINUED ON ACE 3) 1 LINCOLN IS OPENED Lincoln School opened 4donday morning with 29 pupils registered school officials reported Enroll ment there at the start of the 1954 55 term was about 22 youngsters A noon hour patrolman whose job it will be to police vehicular and pedestrian traffic at the high school area 'during the lunch per iod has been employed by the Hillsboro Parent Teachers Associa tion as the first step in a long range program aimed toward pupil safety Mrs John Scott Jr presi dent of the TA reported today TTrmn 4 XWlJcIia JaIaUR ORv 01 SpCClal Piemen menu ppnlnUdtle the Hillsboro Police Department has been employed for the school patrolman position This program is being out on a 40 day experimental plan and will be continued for the re mainder of the' school year if the PTA can obtain financial assist ance or unless more drastic steps are needed to solve the traffic problems at the school I A Bipf ir i 4 a Tjf as 5 I ATT iSSH' WWB' sh fir '4 DC' BnHKraWyKwMBHH 'a'vo cj i A sw 5' 4 a Ai "A I i jk 21 I rX 'rife.