Mariemont Town Crier, December 1979, Vol. 5, No. 3
Mariemont is "O N E" C ommunity
Shortly befo re e lection , an art icle about Mariemont appeared in a Cincinnati daily newspaper. It implied - or even flatly stated -two things that by their nature could not possibly have been verified thoroughly . One -that Mariemont is bisected by Wooster Pike not only geographically but socially and politically into two groups with great differences , and two-that our v111age 1s run by a clique with selfish motives .
Anyone who thinks Mariemont is a tyranny shou ld take a large r part in T own Meet ing T he ot her c harge canno t be r e fut ed fo r the same re aso n t hat it co uld not ha ve bee n ver ified -it ha d to ha ve be e n a case o f hea rsay. Because Ma ry Emery would h a ve been sho ck ed by that article , let us reply to it in a very
serious mood If t he re is a ny t ruth to it whatsoever , or if no nresidents so much as think there is any truth to it , it is not good for our future , not good for our property values , and much more serious than that , not good for our children
Mariemont's greatest asset is not the neat appearance of its apartments and group houses , nor the beauty of its lawns and gardens , not even its church and school buildings and activities from MariElders to the preschool study group Its greatest asse t has always been the responsi ble, s ensit ive, fri en dly s p irit of its c itizens. It ha s no t bee n perfe ct-no hum a n si tuation e ver is , b ut it has been re ma rkab le Fo r fifty years a nd mo re, ch ildren have grown up surrounded by that spirit. Let us
never lose it , nor even appear to lose it.
How can we hold on to it? Perhaps some reade r has a good idea A spirit is an att itude behind words and actions. You who have cared enough to read this far , whichever side of "the pike" you live on - are all your Mariemont friends on the same side? Do you really feel suspicious of all those on the other side? If by any chance so , will you try to take another look at your own opinion -perhaps ge t to know someone on the other s ide a lit tl e b e tter? And will you be carefu l wha t you say, a t home o r abro a d? Fo r th e goo d of al l ou r lives , our prop erty an d mos t of all, for the good of our c hild ren le t us not be divided, but un ited .
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One of the special things abou t the Christmas season is that it is a time when we are in close touc h with our heritage and we honor our tradit io ns. Can you imagine Christmas in Mariemont without the official tree lighting on the Square and Santa's arrival on the fire engine a mid the collective squeal of joy from the little ones ? Each year the holidays are enrich e d by reenacting such ce r emonies
Christmas is a time to st a rt n e w trad itions, too. La s t year's C h ristmas Walk a rra nge d by Mar iem ont merc h ants was a fes tive o cca s ion. Th e ir c oord in a te d dec o ra t ion s adde d to the holida y scen e and th e walk is sc h edul e d a ga in this ye a r. The Village is rich in tra d itions as pub lic as th e Ch r ist mas Tree Bo nfire-- o r as personal as a heaping pl a te of G randm a 's spec ia l cook ies
At this t ime of honoring traditions , The Town Crier is glad to note that we are on our way to becoming a Village tradition This December issue marks the fifth Christmas that we have brought news of Village celebrations and extended our best wishes for Happy Holidays to all of you. If you have enjoyed the news of your neighbors and the information that has been brought to you over this past year and you have not yet become a subscriber a nd supporter of The Town C rier, NOW is the perfe ct time . A lo t of sma ll checks from a lot of rea de rs could fill out our Christm as stocking. Please don 't forget us when you make out your Ch ristmas lists.
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Kiwanis Lights Up Mariemont
On ce again the seas on to be jolly is close at ha nd an d on ce a gain the Kiwa n is C lub of Mariemon t is sponsoring the annual tree lighting on the Square to officially send the Village into the Chr istmas season .
On Wednesday evening, December 5, at 6:30 p.m Mayor Davies will accept the Christmas tree and turn on the lights as it is pres e nte d by Kiwanis president , Wil Caldwe ll
Music by the Mariemont High School Wind Ensemble, directed by Kim Pretzer , will ent e rtain the villa gers .
Th e n the climatic appearance of S a nta Claus via the Mariemont Fire Engine , al o ng with helpe r Dana Hammersmith , will bring the joyous presen tation to a cl ose . There will be candy ca n es for all th e yo u ngs ters and th ose who are you ng in he art. Ki wan ia n and cou ncil man J oh n Pai ne an d Ray Park er ar e co-ch a ir man for this ev e nt T he ir committ e e a nd the Ma riemo n t Fire Department assi ste d in the ra ising an d tri mm ing o f th e t ree .
Rem ember t he dat e , Wed ne sday , De c ember 5 an d "co me to the tree li ghting "
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Christmas Cheer for the co ming Season will be gene ra ted for 20-20 members on Friday , December 7, when they meet at the Parish Center of Mariemont Community Church. Dinner will be served at 6:30 followed by a brief business meeting and program.
Mayor Art and Ann Davies, chai rpersons for the evening , have arranged for the Mariemont High School Breakfast Club under the direction of Robert Dominique to present their everpopular Christmas arrangement. Speaker Max Leichty from Cincinnati Bell will speak on "Life with the Telephone in the 80's" To complete the Christmas party there will be a S ing-a-long
for the group led by Russ and Marilyn Coburn
Dinner arrangements are in the hands of George and Lillian Parker and their committee consisting of Margaret and Clarence Erickson, Mildred and Ken Jones, Alice and Don Fems, Hannah Steinert, Lucy Huggins and Ruth Voelker. Table decorations will be provided by Bert Tobler and her committee
Guests whose names begin with A to I are asked to bring desserts; J to Q casseroles; and R to Z salads.
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The renowned, 75 voice Cincinnati Boyschoir will appear in Mariemont on Friday, December 21 , as a part of the annual Community Christmas Program s ponsored by Columbia Chapter, Order of DeMolay .
The Boyschoir , now in its fifteenth season, is one of the large st performing boyschoirs in the world , averaging about 75 boy s who represent a true cross section of the Queen City 's young men. Formed to provide a singing experience for boys in grades four to six , the Boyschoir participates in many civic functions The choir has performed frequently with th e Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under such eminent conductors as Leonard Bernstein , James Levine , and the late Thomas Schippers. Director of the Cin-
cin nati Boyschoir is William E. Dickinson, Principal of the School for Creative and Performing Arts
The Community Christmas Program, first presented in 1976, is a wonderful musical program for the entire family
Until this year , the program was presented at Mariemont Masonic Temple Due to the tr emendous response from the community, a larger facility is required and this year 's program will be held at Mariemont High School. The program will begin at 8:00 p.m
The Community Christmas Program is presented as a public serv ice by the DeMolay organization in Mariemont. There is no admission charge and everyone is welc ome to attend.
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Well, Vicki , you did it. As past a nd present chairwomen o f the Pre-School Parents Grou p , we would like to extend our thanks to Vic toria Schwartz for her efforts toward our new Tot Lot.
Her efforts included chairing a committee of mothers which was comprised of Kathy Rubery, Bobbie Ba hler, Carolyn Tuttle , and Suza nne Bischoff. These gals went before Council to present ou r idea . They rec eived a parcel of land and began searching for equipment suitabl e for pre-schoolers. Then they supervised the assembly of the equipment. Finally they organized a ground-breaking cerem ony enjoyed by all present.
The committee will also maintain th e area and be res ponsible for future equipment as funds become available.
A re al commitment was ne eded and given by Mrs Schwartz and we all tha nk her.
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Return of the Native
When Dr. Robert Clark and his wife, the former Debbie Stites, together with their ch ildren, Andrea and Amy moved to 6624 Chestnut Street in August of 1978, Debbie was literally "coming home " Her family roots run deep here. She lives only a stone's throw from the brick house on Plainville Road (across from the tennis courts) known as the Ferris House which has been included in the National Register of Historic Places Significantly, it was built about 1812 by Deb's great , great , great grandfather , Eliphalet Ferris In thi s same house her great great grandmother and her great grandfather were born. Nearby at the corner of Plainville a n d Wooster Pike, where the prese nt Mariemont Middle Scho o l stands , her grandfather li11ed for nearly a quarter of a century and in this same house her father was born Her ancestors sleep in the Ferris cemetery in back of the Mariemont C ommunity Church.
Deb's forebea rs first came to this area in the late 1790's from Greenwich , Connecticu t. Eliphalet and his two brothers Joseph and Andrew purchased farm land lying between Plainville Road and Red Bank Road and cultivated it in partnership. Later they divided their common property The youngest brother , Andrew, took his share in cash and bought property where the Children's Home now stands on Madison Road He built a mansion on this spot which later was torn down. Joseph Ferris built his mansion on Wooster Pike in Fairfax. It still stands and is across the way from Frisch's Mainliner Restaurant.
The Eliphalet Ferris house still standing in Mariemont was made from native clay, sun-dried into
bricks in the yard Before the large fireplace in the living room friendly Indians , passing through this area, once slept. Many people have inquired about the date of this house. Although Eliphalet acquired the property (some 341 acres) through a deed from his brothers which was signed March 22, 1821, he probably built the house before this date. The date 1812 seems to be the right one for two reasons : 1) Deb's father , Benjamin Ferris Stites, recalls being taken as a c hild by his father up to the att ic of the house where he saw scratched into one rafter the date "1812". (The scratching ha s since been los t in the re no vation .) And 2) The late Alice Langdon who died a year or so ago when she was in her 90 's remembered well her father telling her that the house was built in 1812 . He was in a positi on to know because he was a clo se fri en d of the Ferr is families and served as executor of Joseph Ferris's estate
Deb has a double connection with the area, for she is not only a descendant of the Ferris family but is also a descendant of the Stites family, who, at one time, owned much of modern Mariemont. The families were intimately related through repeated marriages The first connection occurred in 1794 when Hezekiah Stites, Sr. (who had settled in Columbia with his brothers in 1788) married Deborah Ferris who was the sister of Eliphalet, Andrew and Joseph Ferris. They
had five children , including Hezekiah , Jr. When Deborah died, Hezekiah, Sr. chose Elizabeth Ferris for his second wife .
Hezekiah Stites, Jr. became prosperous in the corn and pork business. When it came time to marry, he chose as his bride Ruth Ferr is, daughter of Eliphalet and Catherine Knapp Ferris He bu ilt a suitable house for his first wife on a broad expanse of land in Columbia that commanded a river view. They called it "Sunny Acres ." The house , still standing on Stites Avenue, has been eclipsed by a row of houses fronting on Eastern Avenue in the suburb now known as East End in Cincinnati.
Hezekiah , Jr. and Ruth Ferris St ites had a number of child ren mo st of whom died in infancy or young childhood. Two children of thi s union liv ed to be adultsCharles Ferris Stites and Mary
It was Charles (Deb's great grandfather) who in 1853 bought the land belonging to Eliphalet and Catherine Ferris, his grandparents, for $25,598. He also purchased some 35+ acres which Eliphalet had bought from David Gerrard in 1846. His holdings comprised most of what is now Mariemont. It was Charles, also, who had erected the monumental tombstone to his grand-
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parents, Catherine and Eliphalet Ferris, now standing in the cemetery next to the church.
Though Charles lived much of his life at "Sunny Acres, " straitened circumstances resulting from spiraling land taxes and a disastrous fire which destroyed his uninsured iron measure factory in East End brought him back to the Mariemont area. He built a "modern" home on Plainville Road at Wooster Pike (which was later moved to Pocahontas Avenue ) near the turn of the century Here he lived until his death in 1912 Charles ' s son , Benjamin, built a house next door to his father's house Deb ' s father , Benjamin Ferris Stites, was born in this house
And so, with Deb 's return to Mariemont, the Ferris-Stites saga runs full cycle
Tot Lot Dedicat ion Combines w ith I.T.C. Celebration
At 3:15 on Wedn e sd ay , Octobe r 24 , fest ivities were conducted at the Be ll Towe r Park with the presen tation o f awards and a gro undbrea k ing cere mon y fo r the Tot -Lot. Present at t he c e remony was Warren Par ks, lifelong resident and Village Historian The spec ial guests of honor , were , o f c ou rse , the children .
T h is year 's observance was to focus on c urrent issues before the Un ited Nat ions , as well as to conduc t an International Year of t he Ch il d c elebratio n To instill this awareness of the United Nations , a poster con te st was held at Dale Park El ementary School. Each child was asked to draw his own interpre tat ion of the meaning of the Inte rnational Year of the Child. Jack and Bonnie Binkley , U N. Day Chairmen , announced the following poster cont est winners : Anne
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The program was then turned over to Victoria Schwartz , chairperson o f the Tot-Lot Committee, and Warren Parks cu t the ribbon to dedicate the first piece of playground equipmen t, a Bridge Slide Mrs Schwart z expressed appreciation to the Binkle ys for their work as chairmen of the Un ited Nations Day and also for their hard work and coope rat ion ; to the village council ; to members of the PreSchool Parents Association , Pla inville Concrete Company , Nelson Cragg, Peggy Walker and June Weiglein, and to all the fathers who gave their time to assemble and install the slide , especially Stephan Schwart z and Norman Miller . She asked the children to enjoy the equipmen t and to use it wisely
The establishment of a permanent Tot -Lot in the Bell Tower Park was a three year long ende avor by the Pre -School Parents group. It became a reality with the groundbreaking conducted by pre -sc hoolers Megan Wing , Jonatha n Tuttle , Emily Bahle r , Matthew Rubery , and Darre n Schwartz In her closing remarks , Mrs Schwartz quoted Abra ham Lincoln :
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"A child is a pers on wh o is going to carry on what yo u ha ve sta rted He is going to s it where you are sitting , and whe n you are gone , attend to tho se things which you think are im port an t. You may adopt all the po licies you please , bu t how they ar e carr ied out depends on him . He will assume control of your c ities , s tates and nat ions He is going to move in and take over you r c hu rc he s, sc hools , universities , a nd c o rpo r ations the fate of humanity is in his hands ."
Goodi e bags were then dis tributed to all the c hildren, cou rtesy o f the Mar iemon t Pre -School Parents Assoc iation and the Borma n En grav ing Company. The parents le ft the ce remony knowing t hat the vill age o f Ma riemon t is con tinuin g to meet the c halle nge of providing a hig h qua lity of life for a ll its citize ns-e ve n the youngest ones. C o mpl et io n of the Tot -Lot is e xp ected by the summer of 1980. Please watch the Bell Tower fo r further developments
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Congratulations to Jane Stouffer, a senior at Furman University, who has been listed in the 1979-80 edition of Who 's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Jane is the daughter of Betty and Bill Stouffer of 6611 Mariemont Avenue.
Kudos to the 11 and 12 year old boys soccer team which reached the SAY finals under
the direction of coach Lou Widmeyer
13 and 14 year old girls so ccer team made it to the finals of the SAY tournament. Their coac h is Don Gurne y.
Steve Boyd and Lucy Hoffman , Mariemon t seniors, attended a seminar on county government sponsored by Rotary Club of Cincinnat i, at Camp Campbe ll Gard YMCA camp near Hamilton. Chris Doo ley and Julia Miller, also MHS students, attended the Twelfth Annual Youth and Science Conference at Ohio State University .
Our thanks to the students in Newtown who are helping to spread the word on the correct pronounciation of Mariemont. These third grade students of Shirley Taylor have been studying Mariemont as a planned community; as part of their study, they wrote letters to local television stations telling them that Mariemont is pronounced Mary -mont. Let's hope some of the broadcasters remember what t he youngsters have told them. And thanks to our Newtown friends!
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Junior Fire Chief Winners
The Junior Fire Chief Contest was held at Dale Park School during National Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 7-13. The contest is part of the annual activities conducted by the Village of Mariemont Fire Department. This contest is sponsored by the Mariemont Firefighters Association and fhe Village of Mariemont. Pupils of grades one through three, inclu d ing EducableMentally-Handicapped classe s one an d two, participa te by dra wing posters pertaining to fire safety , fire prevention, or a fire depar tm en t oper ation Grades four and five write essays
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Winners were announced at an assembly at school. They are Andrea Clark, first grade; Tricia Wisbey, second grade; Starratt Alexander, third grade; Kaycee Herring , fourth grade; Todd Burgin, fifth grade; Jerry Bender, E.M.H . 1, and Danny Evans, E M H. 2
Winners were picked up at school for a tour of the village in the fir epumper. The day's activities continued with lunch at the fire station and presentation of awards Each winner received a certificate naming him or her Junior Fire Captain grade 1 through 4 and the winner from fifth grade was Junior Fire Chie f. The Junior Fire Chief was awa rded an official fire chief's helmet. All of t he- winners were presented with a $25 savings bond . The day 's activities concluded with a return trip to school on the fire pum pe r.
L. to R. Jerry Bender, Tricia Wisbey, Andrea Clark, Fire Chief Tom Lyttleton , Todd Burgin, Starratt Alexander, Kaycee Herring, Danny Euans
Personally Speaking
Welcome to the world to these brand -new citizens.
John and Bette Vallor of Elm Street are the proud parents of their first child, Cynthia Marie The little girl was born on October 14. The Vallors have only recently moved to Mariemont having lived in Californi~ previously .
There was a race between the stork and the moving van at Suzanne and Jeff Bischoff's house, as their second child arrived just before they were due to move to Troy , Michigan The baby, born Sept. 19, has been named Spencer R_yan . Proud grandparents are Marion and Bill Bischoff and Virgin ia Bay
Ruth and Ken T iem an are rejoicing at the arrival of t heir firs t grandch il d The Ti eman's daught~r a nd son-in-l a w, Diane a nd Keit h Powell, had a baby girl on October 11. The baby has been named Erin Christine
Well -known Mariemonters Jim and Loretta Ray of 3801 Homewood are retiring to condominium life in sunny Florida P_ompano Beach to be exact'. Jim says there are five golf courses nearby. The Rays sold their home to Jim and Vivian Morgan Jim is maintenance engineer for Hilton Davis while Vivian is credit manager for Velva Sheen . Hail and farewell!
Over on Indianview there are some changes taking place Moving into the Bischoff's former home are Ron and Susan Snow, who had lived at 6723 Murray . Ron is with the John Schoen., Company while Susan works for Thriftway
It just wo n't seem t he same on the street when Helen Crance leaves Hele n's h usband J ohn b uilt the h ou se himse lf a nd the y moved in back in December 1926. The house was rented fo;
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From the Mayor's Desk
The soccer season has just ended for 240 boys and girls. Mariemont should feel very proud of its coaches, referees, and soccer fields. They are the best in any league.
The soccer program took much time, effort, and many out-of-pocket expenses on the part of many people to provide a wonderful , happy, and successful program for our young set. Thank you.
Two teams reached the SAY Tournament and three more participated in the Loveland Invitational.
As this will be t he last issue of the Town Crier in 1979, may I say adieu as your Mayor. Many thanks to everyone in Mariemont for giving me the privilege of serving as a Councilman from 1958 to 1977 and as Mayor
from September , 1977 to the present time. It has been an honor to serve you and I am grateful to have had the opportunity.
Thank you all. Merry Christmas.
Art Davies Mayor of the Town Beautiful
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Jerry Sasson, the new psychologist in the Mariemont School District, is sure to have a lasting influence not only on the school system b u t in the village itse lf.
In addition to hi s myriad duties within the schoo ls , Jerry is writing "Pa rent Pride " eve ry mo n th for the School Bulletin. Although Jerry describes this as a psychology newsletter to parents, he presents many premises and guidelines which are applicable not only to parents but to all of us in our daily lives. Good reading!
Presently living in Monfort Heights with his family, Jerry is a native of Brooklyn and New Jersey. One of eight children in a "great family", Jerry is still a "great family man" preferring to spend his R&R time doing things
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Jerry comes to us with eight years experience in the Hamilton County Office of Education. He was a teacher and guidance counselor in Middletown and has worked in Norwood and Madeira schools.
Jerry, a graduate of the University of Dayton, with Bachelor and Master degrees, spent six years in the same dormitory as residence hall counselor and has done additional graduate work at Xavier and UC In addition he works as a consultant to area pediatricians
His wife , Marilyn , is a native Cincinnatian, graduate of Mt. St. Joseph and registered nurse. They have three lively childr en , Jenny, 8, Brian , 7, and Kevin , 5 . Jerry's immediate goals are to familiarize himself with the five s c hools in our dis tri c t and thei r n eeds , to init iate more t esti ng fo r lea rn ing disa b ili tie s and to rewrite the standa rds for special education.
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School Levy Thanks!
"I personally think this is the finest community in the United States in which to live and work," enthused Dr Donald Thompson following the passage of the Mariemont School District 8 .95 mill tax levy "I am gratified with the result and want to thank all the voters and reassure the community that we will cont inue to br ing quality education and improvements to the district when and where possible . Passage of the levy brings us a step closer to realizing our obje c tive of be ing o ne o f the best s ubu r ban school dis t ricts in Ha mil to n C ounty
"The Board of Education and I recognize that it took all different age levels of vote rs to help pass this ," Thompson continued "In recognizing that, we are tremendously proud of t he total community. We thank everyone who worked on the campaign; it
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Dr . Thompson projected that it will be three years before the board would conside r any other tax increase. Asked about statements in the daily papers that Mariemont was improving their program with the addition of the gifted child program and a foreign language program in the Middle School , Thompson replied that those statements were misleading and erro neous He said that t he t eachers for the forei gn language p rogram are already e m p loyed a t the h igh school and have merely r earranged their schedules t o teach at the Middle Sch ool also . The gifted program has been a goal since last January and the cost is minimal, between $40005000 , Thompson stres sed
The major project facing the school district now is the improvement of programs and curriculum in such a way that there is continuity from kindergarten through grade 12, Thompson says
With the resignation of Dr. Gary Stamm, high school principal who is leaving to become superintendent of the Lockland School District, the Board and superintendent will be working on developing the criteria for selection of a new principal. Thompson says the criteria will have input from teachers and (continued page 8)
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During the annual Kiwanis Labor Day Festiva l, Carolyn Schwenkmeyer received t he award for her winning design of the Mariemont flag from Mayor Art Davies , representing the Village of Mariemont .
Elsewhere in the Town Crier you will enjoy reading an interview with her talented son, Barry, who was home recently and attended the Assembly's Steak-Out.
Mariemont Police Blotter
There we re eight c ri mes of larceny co mmitted in the vill a ge during the month of October . Police we re able to clear four of them Five adults , four men and one woman were charged with possess ion of marijuana All we re set for hearing in Mariemont Mayor 's Court.
Three juveniles were arrested on liquo r law violations and hearing was set before the area juvenile referee. One juvenile was ch arged with Petty Larceny and referr ed to the Hamilton County Juvenile Court .
There were fourteen auto accidents , no fatalities, four persons injured ._ Sixty -seven persons were charged with moving traffic violations, four of which were D .U.I. cases . Three juvenile traffic offenders were referred to Hamilton County Juvenile Court. Twenty -fi ve parking citations and four courtesy citations were issued during the month.
Recently two pedestrians were struck and injured while crossing in th e middle of Madisonville
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Road, just a few fee t fr o m a crosswalk and a utomatic pedestria n/ traffic signal devices. Both of these accide nts could have been avoided by making use of the traffic signals at the int ersect ion.
Officer Charl es Marcks completed a Law Enforcement Computer Terminal Operators Course held at the Regional Police Academy. Officers Kevin Stall and Greg Colvin are presently attending the same classes.
On October 9, a Bicycle Safety and Halloween Safety presentation were made to the students of Dale Park School. The department took this opportunity to introduce the three new members of the Police Department to all of the children.
On October 13 and again on October 20, the Bicycle Safety Lane was in operation on the parking lot of the municipal building.
The total number of incidents of record handle d by the police during the month of October numbered three hundred and four.
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MariElders December Merriement
Wednesday, Dec 5 - 9:30 a.m
MariElders will board the Metro for a tour of St. Mary's Basilica, St. Peter in Chains Cathedral and Isaac M . Wise Synagogue. Tour will be climaxed by an Italian luncheon at Caruso's. Trip cost: $10.50.
Friday, Dec. 7 - 11:00 a.m - it's a trip to the Miami Purchase Association's restored village in Sharon Woods to celebrate the holiday season in the good old fashioned way Trip cost of $8 50 in cl udes a home cooked luncheon
Monday, Dec. 10 - 1:00 p .m . - it 's time to trim the tree and deck the halls of the center at the annual Trim the Tree Party
Thursday, Dec 13 • 1:30 p m., Dr. R. W. Krantz of the University of Cincinnati Medical Center will present an informative program on dental hygiene
Wednesday , Dec 19 - 5:00 p.m. is the annual December Potluck (please note date and time change) . Bring a covered dish and your own table service to enjoy the sio session and
Adelic ious dinner followed by a choral program at the High School. (Volunteers are needed to provide transportation)
Friday, Dec. 21 - 2:00 p .m. and it's the ann ual Christmas Party high lighte d by a concert by the Merry Moo res and lots of holiday goodies .
Holiday closing is, of course , December 24 and 25
Thursday, Dec 21 - 1:00 to 4:00 p m. - monthly blood pressure screening
All in all, a full and spirited Holiday Season for the MariElders
School Levy Thanks!
(continued from page 7) citizens. The plan calls for a brochure to advertise the position by January 1, deadline for applications in late February, interviews during March and the selection of the new principal in Apri l.
To im prove comm unicat io n
"Thank Y ou"Letter
"As chairpersons for the Mariemont School Tax Levy we want to say "Thank you" to all voters . We feel proud of our community and all of the people who n:iake it so special.
We were optimistic going into this campaign because Mariemont has a tradition of supportits schools. We feel the main reasoR for this success is because we have people who care and people who are willing to work .
Let us take thi s opportunity to t hank all the precinct and block leaders in Mariemontwhat a combined effort this was .
Let us also thank Helen Cantrell and Millard Rogers who
chaired this campaign throughout the district. They provided strong leadership , infectious enthusiasm and a well-organized campaign which led to success
We feel good about our schoo l and their fu t ure How fortuna te we are to have such a quali ty school system This is due importantly to the fact that Mariemonters have always regarded education as a top priority ."
Susan a nd Bob Moore
Village Ch a irperson s -Mariemont
Councilmanic Changes
At the Nov 12 Council meeting, mayor -elect Clarence Erickson presented Council with his resignation , to be effective Dec 31. Erickson requested Mayor Arthur Davies to notify Town Meeting Chairman Ed Thomas of the resignation in order that a caucus may be scheduled for District 3 to nominate a replac em ent for Erickson.
Erickson explained that he is taking action at this time in order that District 3 may schedule the c aucus in time for Council to act upon the nomination at their only regularly scheduled December meeting on Monday, Dec 10.
Reliable sources indicate that selection of a new council member will be a hotly-contested race.
with parents in the district Dr . Thompson has initiated an "open door" policy He will be available to concerned paren ts for discussion of schoo l related topics On Tuesdays he will be available at 10:00 a .m., no appointment needed and on Thursday evenings by appointment.
What's Going On - - What Isn't
There will be no observance of the 50th anniversary of the Bell Tower. Both the Emery Memorial and the Village declined to underwrite the cost of a plaque honoring the event.
That blue structure going up behind Keebler 's is a computeriz ed storage rack which is being added to the warehouse , Building Commissioner Ken Tieman t ells The Town Crier It will have no floors but will consist of a number of racks to support pallets . The blue structure you see is the racks themselves, plus their supports . All will be enclosed in metal walls with a normal roof There will be a small computer room in the area , manned by three employees.
Kroger's have no plans at present to move from their current location in Mariemont , according to Charles Crague of the Kroger Company The Company would like to have a larger store but as yet they haven't found a large enough site with proper zoning, Crague told the Town Crier.
You must be care ful crossing the streets aroun d the Square. There have been several very painfu l accidents recently , fortu-
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MariEld ers
The Monday Crafters of MariElders have been invited hy the Ohio Commission on Aging to contribute a decoration for the official State Christmas Tree on the Statehouse Lawn in Columbus The group has chosen the theme, "A Carillon Christmas" ,md their ornament will depict the Bell Tower surrounded by a greenery wreath
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(continued from page 6) a while when the Crances moved around the country during the war years but they came back in 1945 and have lived there ever since John , who died a few years ago , loved to garden and to build bird houses Helen , who will be 90 in December , took care of all the children in the neighborhood She still gets letters from her former charges, now grown up, and some come by to see her when they're in town . Taking care of the children has helped keep her young Now Helen is mov ing to Florida to be near her son and enjoy som e well-deserved leisure. We 'll all miss he r and wish her well
In Memoriam : Burritt Fleming, October 31.
Robert Heck, 6955 Cambridge Ave., November 9.
Caucus
A ca ucu s of District 3 will be he ld on Sunday, December 2 to nom inat e a successor to Claren ce Erick son for Council. Time and place of the meet ing had not been established at The Town Crier ' s deadline .
Earnings
MariElders earned nearly $245 for the distribution of the Board of Education calendars Every home and business in Mariemont and Terrace Park received the calendars through the efforts of the MariElders.
Mariemont Directory
The new Mariemon t Directo ry will be distributed during the last half of Decem ber to all residents and busine sses in the Village Members of Mariemont Boy S co ut Troop 149 will accept contributions of $3.75 per copy of each Director y This contribution covers the actual cost of production only, i.e , paper and printing.
As in past years , the Directory was prepar ed by Scouts and parent volun teers Every effort was made to make the p u blication as error free as poss ible . Please check your listing. If corrections are necessary, please co mplete the cou pon, clip and mail to t he Director y Committee An errata sheet will be published within two months of initi al sale/ distribution and distributed with an issu e of the Mariemont Tow n Crier.
PRINCIPAL LISTING
Name
Address _ _ Telephone No. _ _
OTHER TELEPHONE NUMBERS AT THIS ADDRESS
Name _____ Telephone No ______ Mariemont Directory, P O. Box 1981, Cincinnati , Oh io 45201
Helen Cantrell and Millard Rogers the school administration Board of Education members the School Tax Levy Committee and the hundreds of volunteers who made it all happen
Inc. 4200 Plainville 271-5106
Absentee
School Election
In the election of school board members, Barclay C a mpbell received 1837 votes, Richard Savage 1824, and Ray Bucy of Terrace Park 1822 -- an
extr emely tight race that broke down this way before the final count which put Savage ahead of Bucy. Mr . Bucy has requested a recount.
Garden Club Meets
The December meeting of the Mariemont Garden Club will be held on December 5 at I o ' clock at the Parish Center. The pro -
gram will be "Christmas with a Flair" presented by Mary Pfaltzgraph. Guests are welcome.
Village Election
By now most Mariemont residents know the election results To recap , in the race for mayor , Clarence Erickson received 985 votes t o 641 for Allen Parker ; Bob Naugle received 1486 votes for clerk ; for council , Martha Bartlett rece ived 1349, Diana Karr 1097 (two to be elected) Parity for the firemen with the police passed 1031 to 501. The school tax levy passed with 943 for, 617 against.
To give you an in-depth look at voting , here is a break-down of the votes by precinc t.
You ' ll be amazed at
Fire Report
The depa rtment made the following number of runs dur ing the month of Oc tober: 7 fire, 7 service and 17 life squad
All 152 fire hydrants in the village were checked and serviced for winter and 79 man hours were devoted to fire se r vice t rain ing
An approximate $4 ,000 loss oc curred from a car fire on Petosky Ave The car had parked off the street on top of a pile of leaves and we feel that the catalitic converter came in contact with the leaves causing the fire I would like to caution anyone with a catalitic converter on their car to avoid parking over any c ombustible materials
Tom Lyttleton, Fire Chief
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"Word Smith, Maybe"
He's a successful author , but you won ' t find his name on the cover of a book . Inst ead he is listed on th e acknowledgement page as "project editor." For people in the publishing world, Barry Schwenkmeye r explains, that's underground shorthand for ghost writer.
With his blond good looks, there's a definite California air about him, and indeed he makes his home in Marin County . In Mariemont rec ent ly for a visit with his mother Carolyn , Barry talked about the books he has authored anonymously They are "Crea tive Divorce" (which turned Mel Krantzler's seminars on overcoming the trauma of divorce into the written word) and "She rlock Bones" (the adventu res of a man who traces missing pets).
"Creative Divorce" is a tremendously succ ess ful book which is used by professional consultants. Barry characterizes it as a "ve ry powerful book that blends the theory of mourning with the the ory of crisis intervention ."
Sherlock on the other hand, though based on fac t, is a lighter warm-hearted story
" I prefer non -fiction because it's easier to make money there, " Barry says , " bu t fiction is more inter es ti ng to write . Fiction really develops what's in you, independent of other events In non -fic tion, other things apply ; it has more to do with following interes ts , you must be more aware of trends in the world "
Barry likes writing books more than articles and currently has a chapter and outline of a no vel circulating among editors. Meanwhile he is looking for another ghost writing project. "I get all kinds of offers, but there has to be some connection of subject matter with me and the other people I have to be interested to explain what the other perso n knows but can't write."
Versat il e is the word for Barry ; his output ranges from articles on divorce for Cosmopolitan to speeches for clie nts in corporations or foundations There have been articles on education and a cover story on Joan Baez for San Francisco Magazine which was reprinted by the Chicago Tr ibune and then Australian Men 's Vogue
Barry's life is an adventure in itself Following graduation from Mariemont High School and subsequently Harvard University, he taught English at a community s c hool in Barranguilla, Colombia After a year in South
Am erica, he journeyed to Europe with friends and lived in Spain for awhile. A visit to a friend in Vienna brought Barry the opportunity to teach in a private school the re When his application to work with the United Sta tes Information Agen cy was accepted , he returned to Washington , D.C., fo r three months of training. In O ctober, 1%3, Barry was sent to Tehran , Iran, for two years as the director of co urse s for the English langu age prog ram. Two years later he was transferred to Laos "Each had it s own separate set of advantages," Barry said "I love d them all."
With this backg round, it seemed logical for Barry to join the Foreign Service. Coming home for Christmas in 1966, he stoppe d in Berkeley to vi sit Jim Si mmons, another old Mariemont friend "Ironically , though I had lived in the Far East, I h ad not learned a lot abo ut American policy I realized that if I joined the Foreign Service , I wou ld have to be explaining that to the rest of the world and I didn ' t want to do that." Instead Barry headed back to Harvard Graduate School of Education for a Masters degree
Barry soon discovered that while school was a high point of life for a student overseas , this definitely did not hold true at Newton School. With that experience to guide him , he bypassed a teaching career and ended up in New York for five years with an educat ional planning organization .
In that capacity, Barry wrote reports , proposals , speeches, and brochures, yet he never c onsidered himself a writer. "Writer sounds so exalted ," he observes "Wor d smith , maybe " One day at lunch a friend asked him if he knew anyone who would be interested in go in g to California for t hree months to ghost write a book about divorce Barry replied, "Yeah me !" This was t he start of his collaboration with
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To wr it e the book , Barry attended some of the seminars which had already made Mel well -known ; he listened to tapes of group discussions and after a month of absorp tion, star ted to wri te . "As I got to know more an d more, I wou ld write more and more ," Bar ry say s . "I would talk to Mel and then come back and wr ite fifteen pa ge s ." Mel would look over Barry 's work and make suggestions if necessary "I have a theory about how-to books," explains Barry. 'They don 't t ell people how to do anythin g They just give people permission to acknowledge situations they're in . People never know until th ey read the books th a t others feel the same way th ey do. "
Sherlock was a completely differ ent process. "Sherlock is story telling," Barry notes . " I sa t down and talked with John Keane, the Sherloc k of the story , and became fasc inated with the story fo r what it repre se nt ed in terms of growth ." John Ke ane kn ew nothing ab out writi ng , so Barry had the oppo rtu nity to do much more " shapin g. " Fortun ately dialogue comes easily for him . The s t ory had been started once before , after Keane had made appearances on Me rv Griffin and been featured in T im e magazine , but it ran into difficulties. Barry wrote the first chapter and an outline and his agent optioned the book to Lippincott Publishers . Now it' s in its second printing and there 's talk of a movie sale.
Barry had returned to New York after " Creative Divorc e " and found t he city in the mids t of a heat wave "The streets were dirty and the produc e in the store looked like what they throw off th e trucks in California," he said Barry now liv es in Mill Valley , but he misses New York and tries to get back frequen tly. He also enjoys his visits to Mari e mont, saying, " Every time I come back , it looks prettier. "
Combustion Air
Cold weather is on the way and the heating seaso n will start. Due to the energy "crunch", everyo ne is going over their homes to eliminate places where heat might leak out. The following should be kept in mind
It is your responsibility to provide for sufficient outside air to assure proper combustion The fire in your furnace or boiler consumes oxygen and it must have a continuous supply. The air content of a large house c o ntains only enough oxygen to supply the burner of the heater for a short time unless outside air can enter the house in sufficient quantity to replace that used by the burner.
1. Heating Plants Located in Unconfined Space
If your heater is located in the basement of a conventional house, the air that infiltrates (enters) through the cracks around door and windows will usually be adequate to provide air fo r combustion and ventil ation When the heater is in the basement the stair door should not fit tightly and you should not caulk the cracks around the windows in the basement
2 Heating Plants Located in Confined Space
When heater is installed in a utility room you should install two open grilles in a wall or door communicating with the rest of the house. One grille is to supply comb ust ion air; it is located at a low position near the floor. The other grille is for ventilation and is placed in a high position close to the ceiling leve l. Each grille shall have a free area of not less than one square inch for each 1000 BTU/ HR of the total input rating of ALL the appliances in the confined space
If the house is of tight construction with weatherstripped windows it is probable that
not enough outside air will ente r to maintain safe conbust io n. In this case, install a duct or pipe le ading from a point near the burner, to the outside or ventilated crawl space where a ir is freely available. The duct or pipe should be at least as large in area as the smokepipe on the Boiler or Furnace.
3. Fire plac es , Stoves , Exhaust Fans
If you use a firepl ace (or heating stove), you s hould install an outside air intake, see Item 2, regardless of boiler or furnace location This is also true if you use a kitchen or bathroom exhaust fan. These devices exhaust large amounts of air and will rob the burners of adequate combustion air . When using fan or fireplace open a nearby window to get extra air
If Any Doubts Exist About Sufficiency of the Fresh Air Supply - Add More Air _ Adequate air in sures proper combustion. It is also assurance to the occupants that no hazar do us condition will develop due to lack of oxygen
Christmas Cookie Sale
Members of MariElders will again be baking fancy Christmas Cookies to buy for your holiday parties
Orders may be placed before Friday, December 7, by calling Mary Heilker, 271 -3428 or the MariElders Center , 271-5588. Price per dozen is $1.00.
Cookies ordered may be picked up at the MariElders Center between 10 a.m. and 2 p m. on Saturday, December 15
CONTRIBlJTIONS TO THE VIL.LAGE ASSEMBLY
$5 a year per family. $3 a year per single person _
$6.40 a year per non-resident
$15 to $25 and up for a sustaining membership_
Send Contributions to:
Robert T. Parker , 6972 Thorndike Rd-, Mariemont, Ohio 45227
Dec 2
M.C.C . Advent Workshop 5:30 - 8 p.m ., P.C .
Dec 5
Kiwanis Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony , Square, 6:30 p.m
Dec 7
Double 20's, M C C ., 6:30 p.m , P.C.
Dec 12
M.C .C. Guild luncheon 12 :30 p m., P.C. Program : Colleen Sharp Murray
Dec 18
Middle School
Christmas Concert 7:30 p m and Unified Arts Open House
Dec 17 & 19
High School
Christmas Concert, 7:30 p.m
Dec 20
Dale Park
Christmas ~::~;:• 7:30 p.m
DeMolay Christmas Program 8:00 p.m ., H S.
Dec . 24
M.C .C . Christmas Eve Services, 5, 7, 8:30 & 10:00p m
