The Greene County Guardian, January 10, 1957

4 JANUARY 10. 1956 the greene county GUARDIAN SIDEWALKS AND WELL DRILLING Jamestown Faces J a m e s t o wn wheeled into 1957 facing a couple of ma­ jor projects - - an extensive, doomed-to-be-controversial sidewalk and c u r b program and the s i n k i n g of a new wa t e r well to backstop the village's lone supply. Financially, the village is sitting well with $40, 921. 76 in the bank, a c c o r d i n g to the year-end report prepared by Village Clerk Dean Sess- lar. However, most of this mon­ ey is tabbed for bond retire­ ment and remainder that is not n e e d e d for day-to-day o p e r a t i n g expenses of the village will probably be ear­ marked for the well project. Also on the future book for Jamestown taxpayers is the a l mo s t certain opportunity they will be g r a n t e d five mo n t h s hence, in the May primary elections, to approve a one-mill tax that woul d f i n a n c e a doubling of the lighting in town. The levy b e a r s the l i g h t scars of one defeat in Novem­ ber, a result of insufficient information on the part of the citizenry, most observers believe. < Meanwhile, in closing the docket on 1956, the record shows an active year for the village. Official family of the vil­ lage was shuffled around a bit with departures and resig­ nations, a rash of burglaries here was ended with a spec- 11,000 Foot of (2as Main Laid More than 14, 000 feet of gas mains were installed in C e d a r v ille and Jamestown last year by Dayton Power & Light Company, part of over 29 m i l e s laid in the Xenia district. In Cedarville, 10, 392 feet of ma i n were put in while 4, 507 were laid in James­ town. The construction was part of a program to provide greater capacity so that fa­ cilities will be available as the demand of gas increases, District Manager L.V . Nil- son said. Legal Notice NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT Notice is hereby given that, the assessment of the cost an<( j e x p e n s e s necessary to con-i struct a sanitary sewer in Elmi . Street and in Cedarville Pike, { from the p r e s e n t sewer line; terminus northwardly approx­ imately 1850 feet, on the loti and lands benefited and to bei charged therewith, as set forth in R e s o l u t i o n No 1-19561 pas s ed on the 3 0 th day ofj j January, 1956, has been re- I ported to C o u n c i l and said j! assessment is now on file in U the o f f i c e of the C l e r k of | C o u n c i l of the village of I Jamestown, for the inspection g and examination of all per­ sons interested therein. Objections to such estimated assessment must be in writing, and must be filed in the office ; ofsaid clerk within two weeks after the e x p i r a t i o n o f this notice, to wit, five weeks af­ ter the date hereof. BY ORDER OF THE COUNCIL O f TOE VILLAGE OF JAMES- j TOWN, OHIO j t a c u l a r c a p t u r e , and a $21, 000 sewer extension was laid in the Hornberger addi­ tion and on East Xenia street. In a d d i t i o n , the village s ew a g e disposal plant was completely re-done, a new addition built for a combined cost of $81, 000. And a fire chief resigned after 25 years of service to the municipal­ ity and surrounding country­ side. C h a n g e s on the vi l l age council saw the election of Frank W e l l e r to serve the unexpired term of Howard Fairley after Fairley's resig­ nation in January. Mrs. Helen Heifner submit­ ted her resignation on Feb. 20 and Robert Ringer was e- lected to fill her term. But Mrs. Heifner was not long absent from the council table for she was re-elected by the council members after the resignation of Arthur English on June 4. He n s on Talbott ended a n umb e r of years of service to the village when he re­ signed in October upon his departure for a new home in F l o r i d a . His vacancy was filled in December with the election of Paul Ballentine. A brief plague of burglaries that kept store owners sleep­ less ended in November when Police Chief Howard Wright captured a former Jamestown r e s i d e n t after a 100-mph chase b e t w e e n Jamestown and Cedarville on State 72. The confessed burglar, Robert Hosier J r ., 32, was to appear b e f o r e the grand jury this week. C l o s i n g of 1956 also saw the close of Dora L. Fields' quarter c e n t u r y service as Jamestown fire chief. Fields, who became chief simultan­ eously with the arrival efthe old Reo pumper, moved aside because he figured he "had done one job enough. " Nowwearing the fire chief's h e l m e t is Delmer Shinkle who has been in the depart­ ment for the past eight years and was moved up from the post of assistant fire chief. With Shinkle's appointment came a $100 raise in annual pay, boosting wages to $400 yearly. The additional $100 was voted by township trus­ tees who joined with village council members in the ap­ pointment of Shinkle and, at the same time, strongly urged that the fire depart­ ment be e n c r e a s e d t o 2 0 firemen. F i r e m e n also received a 50-cent across - the - board boost in wages. On the expense side of the ledger last year went a 1956 C h e v r o l e t cruiser for the police department, cost for. removal of a tree from the village right of way, fee for sweeping of the streets every Friday night, a tractor out- f i t t e d with a backhoe and other equipment, cost of e- recting a number of stop signs and r e p a i n t ing both street signs an.1 Tire hydrants. f —- ■ -—_• Legal Notice PUBLICATION FOR DIVORCE C o n s t a n c e Neely Points, whos e place of residence is unknown and cannot after the exercise of reasonable dilli- g e n c e ascertained will take notice that on the 6th day of December, 1956, the under­ signed, Charles F. Points, filed, his petition against her in the. Common Pleas Court, Greene; County, Ohio, said case num­ ber being 30740, praying fo^ la d i v o r c e and relief on the! i g r ounds of gross neglect of duty. Said cause will be for hearing on and after six weeks from the date of the first pub­ lication hereof. /S/ Charles F. Points Shaw and Cox, attorney = 3 We are now booking Sp orders ring Seed M A S T E R Order Now-Deliverv * when vou’re readv • * Farmers Exchange Company Jamestown Dial 4-A471 4 Problems for 1957 Also accomplished was a remodeling and redecoration of the mayor's o f f i c e and installation of lavatories and toilets in the mayor's office, trustees' room, and library; blackiopping of a number of a l l e y s in the v i l l a g e and graveling of four additional alleys; and installation of a water tap in the fire depart­ ment to facilitate filling of the water tank. In the mill now is installa­ tion of a part-time light at the school intersection of N. Limestone, State 72 and the South Charleston Pike. The state h i g hwa y department has approved the l i g h t but financing is a lo c?1 matter. But p r o b a b l y the biggest problem facing the village officials today is a talked-of project that will encompass a large number of home own­ ers in the village--extension of s i d e w a l k s and curbing throughout the town. Postal officials turned down late last year a village re­ quest for house - to - house mail d e l i v e r y principally b e c a u s e of the absence of all-weather sidewalks in a large portion of the town. Council members are mul­ ling over a plan that would extend the present sidewalks. Details are still vague be­ cause a clear local reading on what constitutes an "a ll- weather" sidewalk in the eyes of the postal department has not been available locally. Hal J. 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