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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-24
PRIZES TO BE OFFERED IN
CHRISTMAS PARADE DEC. I3
Minor Accidents
On County Roads

Thanksgiving passed off un-
eventually except for two minor
accidents reported by Sheriff Har-
old r. Bidwell.
Three cars, northbound on u. S.
Route AZ, piled up near the light
at the intersection of State Routes
% and AZ at 8:d5 Thanksgiving
morning.
Mrs. Robert A. Donaldson, of
Cincinnati, an occupant of the
second car involved, received
slight head and leg injuries. The
three cars also were slightly
damaged, according to the sheriff.
The sheriff's report stated that
car number one, driven by Will
liam A. Caputo, Norwood and the.
second car driven by Robert A.
Donaldson of Cincinnati had stop
ped for the light when the third
car, driven by Reginald X. Ban
mister, u. S. Navy, failed to stop.
rammed into the rear of the Dom
aldson car and threw it into the
rear Of the car driven by Caputo.
Bannister, Sheriff Bidwell stat
ed, was bound for Akron with
several u. S. Navy buddies. Be-
cause of the fog and slippery
road, it was believed he failed to
see the car ahead in time to avoid
the collision.
Bannister was arrested by the
sheriff on charge of reckless
operation. He was fined SIS and
costs in Mayor E. P. Speasmaker's S
court. Twenty dollars Of the fine
was suspended, and Bannister was
released after paying five dollars
and costs.
In the second accident. about
$50 Thursday evening, no one
was badly injured when a car
driven by Mrs. Laura Fuller, 40
South street, London, going north
on the Spring Valley Road, near
Madison Lake, was sideswiped by
a southbound car driven by Henry
Little, of London, Sheriff Bidwell
reported. q.
A small child in the Little car
was slightly injured the sheriff
stated.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-24
Three Concerns
BureIarized

Burglars evidentalIy planning to
quickly dispose of their loot for
Thanksgiving failed to obtain
scores of dressed turkeys and
rabbits Sunday night at a South
Charleston poultry market, one of
three concerns visited by thieves.
A safe containing about $3.50
was taken from the Nelson m
surance Company.
Also entered was the Peoples
Market but the Clark County
sheriff reported nothing missing.
R. NJ. Williams, operator of the
poultry store, said he went
to the establishment Sunday
right. He said when he entered
the darkened store he heard the
burglars flee through rear door.
Upon investigating, Mr.. VIII
liams stated he found tubs OF
dressed turkeys at the back door
where the thieves apparently set
them in preparation to loading
them on. a truck.
Looking further. he said he
found other tubs lined up in the.
dressing room where the intrud-
ers apparently were preparing to-
fill them from the supply of ice
packed dressed turkeys and rab-s
bits there.
Mr. Williams said he presumed
the burglars had truck parked
nearby. He said that his truck,
containing 800 live turkeys, was
parked beside the store and that
the thieves very well could have
taken it had he not appeared at
the scere.
Sheriff Shunan of Clark Coun.
ty reported the safe taken from
the insurance office was a small
one, weighing about 400 lbs. Mrs.
Mary Nelson, widow OF Homer
Nelson, operates this establish
ment. uEGo
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-24

AFTER: Gay, smiling, happy
Dimitrios shown after he received
his new artificial limb which was
a gift from the Madison County
Weekday School of Christian
Education through Foster Par
ents' Plan for War Children.
car or even building more than
one story high.
After the boy had received the
artificial leg he was asked what
he wanted most while he was in
Athens. He replied he wanted
most to ride in a street car. He
was amazed by these wonderful
contraptions.
Little Dimitrios Stavridis has
returned to his village in the
mountains of Greece, but richer
by new leg from the children
of the Madison County Weekday
School for Christian Education.
Foster Parents Plan for War
Children has been caring for
children in war ravaged countries
since 1887. For SIS per month
Americans adopt a European
child. The adoption" is entirely
financial and not legal. The child
remains in Europe but does cor
respond with its new parents in
the United States.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-24
Youth Visiting Girl Near Plain
City Confesses Six Auto Thefts

George f. Schmidt, 1S, of
Marion, Ohio, arrested by a
Marysville officer last week has
confessed stealing six automobiles,
according to a Marion newspaper,
He was arrested by Officer Dick
Simpson while driving a stolen
car near Pharisburg, Ohio.
According to Schmidt's confess
sion, he stole four autos in Mar
ion to drive to near Plain City
to call on his girl friend, stole
a car in Plain City on one oc-
casion to take the girl ride,
and stole car In Mechanicsburg.
Schmidt's auto theft activities
ended shortly after he wrecked a
Ford coupe stolen in Marion
while driving too fast on a curve
near Plain City. He hitch-hiked
to Springfield and Nov 18th
hitched-hiked to MechanicsDurg
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-24
TO ITS MANY
FRIENDS At
CHRISTMAS
CELEBRATION
Snow And Winter Weather
Settle On Madison County

Madison county residents ex-
perienced a sharp change In
weather conditions from Thurs.
day to Friday morning.
Thanksgiving Day afternoon
was comparatively mild. About
dusk the temperature at the Mad
ison County Experiment Farm
was 30 degrees and barely freez-
ing.
At $50 a. m. Friday the Their
Hometer at the Experiment Farm
registered three degrees above
zero, H. W. Rogers, superinten-
dent of the farm reported.
According to Leonard McNeaI,
who records the weather at the
London Sewage plant, the tern
perature dropped from 30 degrees
maximum Thanksgiving TO min
imum Of four above Friday morn
ing. This, McNeal stated, was
the coolest November day which
he had registered in his seven
years as weatherman. The tam
perature had gone up to 6 apoS !,
at II a. m. Friday.
London residents returning
home from the Thanksgiving hoIi-
day started the trip in bright
moonlight, drove into drizzling
rain and then snow, arriving at
their destination with the family
car covered with ice, as the mer-
curry continued its drop to the low
of Friday morning.
Winter settled down on Mad
ison county with q vengeance
Monday and the heaviest snow
fall of the season following the
rain and wind storm of Sunday
night. IN
Force of the wind was eyidenc-
ed in the tree limbs and branches
iittering the streets Of the city
Monday morning.
In some parts of the county
the force of the wind reached
even stronger proportions.
Mrs. Donald Cooper Of Mt.
Sterling, who suffered injuries In
directly due to the storm, was III
Memorial Hospital at Washington
c, H, Monday for treatment.
While driving from Mt. Ster-
ling to Sedalia her car crashed
into a tree that had blown across
the road.
Mrs. Cooper was taken to the
hospital BY her husband Details
OF the accident were not learned.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-24

BEFORE: Dimitrios Stavridis,
z year old Greek child who lost
his left leg when he was wound
ed during the Greek Civil War
Is shown here as he hobbled about
on a crutch. The child is under
the care of Foster Parents Plan
For War Children.
Early this year the children of
the Madison County Weekday
School of Christian Education
raised S35. 40 which was forward
ed to Foster Parents Plan for
War Children to purchase an arti-
fical limb for child in Europe.
Foster Parents Plan, which
cares for war children in Europe,
Immediately purchased an artifi-
cial leg for little seven year old,
Dimitrios Stavridis, who lives in
a small village in northern Greece.
The lad, whose father had died
during the Nazi occupation, was
hit by shell fragment during the
Greek Civil War and his left leg
had to be amputated above the
knee.
Foster Parents Plan had the
child sent to Athens, Greece,
where he was fitted for a new leg.
This trip to Athens was for little
Dimitrios the first time he had
ever seen the sea, ship, street
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-24

of this corps are being trained by
the Air Force in the field and at
the Columbus Filter Center, 33
West Gay street.
Some $1,000 men and women
are needed to man, "a hours per
day, the 600-odd observation posts
being set up every eight miles
over Ohio
Observers are supposed to be
only five seconds from telephone.
The majority Of them are sta
toned in the small communities
or open countryside where they
have unlimited views of the sky
ways. Most of the city volunteers
will have to take to the house
tops or tall buildings for their
surveillance duties.
Post at Lilly Chapel
A few miles east of London on
Route 665 is a post supervised by
''Dink" E. E. Killeen at Lilly
Chapel. Other posts are at Sc
dalia and South Solon super
vised by Eldon Whiteside and
Keith Rowand,
IN referring to the number of
persons needed for Madison Coun-
tvs program, Director Robinson
said that Allen County recently
conducted a mock bomb attack
against their civil defense pro-
gram and learned that $500 per-
sons were necessary to carry on
the county wide alert.
It is estimated that between
1900 and 1000 will be able to
handle the Madison county pro-
gram because of the county's
smaller population.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-24
Seven To Report
For PhysicaIs In
December Quota

Only seven Madison county
men will be called for pre-induc-
tion physical examinations I'M
der the December Selective Ser
vice orders received by the Local
Draft Board. The men will be no
titled to report to Fort Hayes
Columbus December 20 for their
examinations.
The induction quota for the
county for December is ten, the
Draft Board announced last
Thursday Those to be inducted
will include men born before
July l, 1929. These include the
21-year-olds. They are to report
to Fort Hayes on December II.
Names of the inductees will be
unavailable until later date, it
was reported at the Draft Board
office Tuesday.
December quotas for other
nearby counties for December
were reported as follows: Cham
paign, Is for induction and eight
for physicals; Green, 18 and 16;
Logan IA and 10 and Clark, Al
and 33.
No inductions will be made
Thanksgiving Day, it was an
nounced at Fort Hayes Induction
Station. The draft will also take
Christmas holiday with no in
dHctions scheduled between Dec.
20 and Jan. /.
The Ohio National Guard in
cluding the. Air National Guard
has issued a directive to all units
to. begin recruiting men II to "a
years with or without previous
military experience. It was en-
phasized that under present mo-
bilization plans the Gallup of more
guard units is not contemplated.
The State Selective Service Di-
rector Col. Chester w. Goble,
said orders have been issued to
local draft boards not to draft
men at present who were born
after July /, 1929. The draft
orders are to 90 to 1880 Ohioans
for induction by Dec. 19 and a
January quota of 2210 has been
given the state.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-24
Organizations
Asked TO Join
In Celebration

London Chamber of Commerce
today announced that prizes will
be offered to bands and floats
participating in the giant Christ
mas celebration which will be
held in London Wednesday even
ing Dec. 13.
A number of firms have al
ready made known that they will
have floats in the parade. All
schools, veterans organizations
and other interested persons will
bc contacted and urged to take
part, 1t was said.
Too, street decorations will be
put up in the very near future.
Lights will be strung over the
streets and the street lights will
be decorated in the form of huge
candles.
The grand parade will march
down Main street all the way to
Center street. Every effort Is
being made to make this years
parade the biggest and best ever,
ii was said.
Many surprises are in store and
several committees are hard at
work perfecting plans. Practically
the whole population of London Is
interested in the celebration and
Chamber Of Commerce officers
extend an invitation to all resi-
dents of Madison County to take
part.
As one member put Il,
"This Is London's biggest
event of the year. We want
all Of our friends to come TO
London anG enjoy themselves
London wants to show its
hospitality and good will 70
everyone. It's all free and it
ID our sincere wish that
both urown-ups and children
alike will come here for the
celebration"
The London Chamber urges
anyone interested in further de-
tails To contact secretary Rich
ard Cutlip. Arrangements viii be
made for any or all persons or Or
natsizations to take part, IT was
said.
Further plans will be announced
from time to time.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-24
Police, Firemen
In Toy Project

Police officers and firemen will
assist the London Federation of
Women's Clubs in its Christmas
Toy project again this year, ac-
cording to Mrs. Glenn Sponsler,
chairman of the Federation's Toy
committee.
For many years now toys for
the children's Christmas has been
a cooperative project between the
two groups. The Federation is as
usual making an appeal for used
toys. They are to be left at the
engine house as soon as possible
ard the helpers will start at once
on the work of repairing, recon
ditioning and repainting. getting
all in readiness for distribution at
Christmas.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-24

Rev. r. Wobus, for 36 years
pastor of the ST. Paul Evangelical
Church in Sidney, Ohio, will be
the speaker at the Annual Mad
ison County Dairy meeting and
banquet. Tuesday evening, De-
cember 5, at the basement of the
London Methodist Church.
Rev. Wobus, a noted humorist,
will speak on the topic of Where
Is We Drifting, and Who Stole
the Anchor ?" Richard Kellogg
Manager at Central Ohio Breed
ing Association will attend the
meeting and show colored pictures
of Eew dairy sires and other pic
lures concerning his work. Four
new dairy directors will be elect
ed. The All members completing
dairy projects will be honored
guests at the banquet.
Directors are: Chairman, Phil
Ferguson; Vice Chairman. Loren
Noble; Sec'y-Treas. George Ash
more; Donald Elliott, Henry
Smith, Lennie Boerger, Evans
Elliott, Delbert Grouse, E. B.
Converse, Harold Friend, Rich
ard Hume, DR.. L. H. VanBusk-
irk, John Buehl, Jr., Charles Phil
lips. Director to COBA, Russell
Lightle.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-24
F. n. GaIbreath
Former Mayor OF
Mt. Sterling Dies

Francis Hill Galbreath, "a,
father of Columbus realtor John
w. Galbreath, died Thursday in
his home at 2134 fremont Rd.,
Columbus.
A graduate of Valparaiso Uni
versity, Valparaiso, Ind, he was
associated with the Sante Fe Rail-
road during the extension of its
route through New Mexico and
Arizona in 1889 served as mayor
of Mt. Sterling in 1889-90, and in
1893 went to Oklahoma, where he
staked land claim near Perry
when the Cherokee Strip was
opened to homesteading.
From 1907 to 1910, he worked
in the Glen Pool oil fields in Okla
homa, and continued to spend
much time in Oklahoma until
1927.
He was a member of the Ma
sonic Lodge of Mt. Sterling.
Surviving are two other sons,
Dean Fl. Galbreath of Columbus
and Gerald Fl. Galbreath of Tulsa,
Okla: three daughters, Miss Ma
Lei Galbreath, at home, Mrs. Har-
low o. Davis of Columbus, and
Mrs. Harry E. Kinzie of Tulsa,
and two brothers, Herman Gal
breath of Mt. Sterling and Rob-
ert Galbreath of Tulsa.
Friends may call at the Schoed-
niger funeral home, 229 r. State
st. Services there at 2 p. m. Sun
day. Burial in Sunset Cemetery.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-24
Denyes Captain
Of Masonic Club

Bob Denyes was elected captain
of the Craftman's Club of Chand-
ler Lodge. No. 13s F. & AM.
when the election Of officers was
conducted at the annual dinner
meeting of the club at the Ma
sonic Temple Monday evening.
Bud Putnam was elected lieu-
tenant and Frank Rockwell, sec
retary-treasurer. Mr.. Denyes, sue
eeeds H. A. Bainan. Jr.. as
captain of the club. Women of
the Eastern Star served the din
ner attended by forty-four club
members.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-24
FORMER RESIDENT
SENTENCED TO PEN

Albert Bean. 81, of Wilmington,
Ohio, formerly Of London. was.
sentenced Friday one to three
years in the Ohio penitentiary by
Common Pleas Judge James F..
Bell as a probation violator.s He
was previously sentenced in April
for failure to provide.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-24
Youth Held Here
In Check Case

Carl E. Carpenter, %, released
Tuesday from Mansfield Reform
atory where he had served 38
months on sentence from Clin-
ton county, was taken into GUS
tody by Madison county officers
and lodged in the Madison coun-
ty Jail to await grand jury action
on charges of issuing fraudulent
checks.
Sheriff Harold Bidwell said
five other Ohio counties also want
Carpenter on similar charges. He
allegedly took a quantity of blank
checks from a bakery formerly
operated in. London and issued
them in central Ohio counties.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-24
West Jefferson
Woman Succumbs

Mrs. Maggie Strauss, 70, died
Tuesday night at the home of her
son Wilbur on Fry Avenue, West
jefferson.
In addition to her son, Mrs.
Strauss leaves five grandchildren
and two great grandchildren.
Funeral services at the RAIDER
Funeral Home Friday at 2 pm.
Interment in Pleasant Hill Gene
terry.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-24

e our
"a I Town y
BEEF

h EEF
Heard about a fellow who
complained about his wife's
complaint that he wasn't
romantic anymore" Said
the downhearted husband
Holy cats! How does she ex-
pect me to be romantic?
The way she dresses around
the house, jeans and her hair
up in curriers'! Why she looks
more like my brother than
my wife!"
80 WHAT
A new recipe booklet by
Maine potato growers shows
80 ways to prepare potatoes.
Some spuds!
TURKEY
Every year about this
time we are reminded of the
old one about the woman who
didn't get Thanksgiving din
ner on the table until eleven
at night. Said she Tt
took just hours to get the
bird stuffed because he had
such a small throat!"
SPORTS
Now that basketball is the
order of the day, / am re-
minded of a story Tippy Dye
tells about back woods
team that didn't even have a
gym. The team practiced in
an open-air court. Surprising
ly the team reached the fl
nails in the state tournament
and one of the officials no.
ticed that the teams foul
shooter always tossed the
ball and went back to
his position without t watt
ing to see whether the
ball went through the
hoop or not. 1t always went
through but the boy didn't
wait. The official asked the
boy. How do you know
the ball will always go
through the basket?" Said the
boy There amt no wind
in heret"
HuH7
Greatest disappointment of
the hunting season came to
a guy who owns a fine and
well-bred pointer. Fellow took
him out hunting the first
day and all the dog would
point was, of all things,
CATS!
LAST WORD
+ can buy it cheaper across
the street! -
IT'S NEW
You've all heard of book
of-the-month clubs and other
such but here's a new one
called Cheese of the Month
Club" Company up in Chi
cago win send cheese to
people. All you have to do is
pay EN-. We don't know
whether it is complimentary
to send cheese or not. What
would you think if somebody
sent you couple. of pounds
of limburger every month?
WolDS
A new word catches the
eye from time to time and
now we've run across one that
has us baffled completely.
The word is .'fnushfaking."
Hope someone will tell me
what the word means. Do
UTNTY Irv,~sxxtn
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-24
owe SHOT GETS TWO

Mike Beekman. Mt. Sterling, an
employee Of Murry's Service sta
ton. East High St. London, bag
eed two pheasants with one shot
while hunting south of London
near Route 56. He saw one bird
on the ground, fired and got two
The second bird had been out
Il his sight. A third also flew up
but was missed BY another hunter
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-24
TRAINS AT LAKES

u. S. Navy Recruit Ralph Jones,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. M. D. Rob-
ertson, of London. Ohio. Route 2,
Is undergoing basic training al
the Great Lakes Training Station,
Chicago, Ill. Jones enlisted in the
Navy Sept. %. 1850.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-24
County Schools
Close "Wednesday

Madison County schools were
dismissed Wednesday afternoon
for Thanksgiving week end holi-
day.
They viii reopen Monday.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-24
IN HOSPITAL

I'm fFOSPiTAL
Mrs. Bertha Barnhart, 122
Western avenue, is recovering in
University Hospital, following a
major operation Monday. Her
room number is B-204.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-24
ANNOUNCE BiRTH

ANNOUNCE tBlRTH
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Yerian,
180 East First street, announce
the birth of a son, Bruce Allen,
at White Cross Hospital, Satur-
day, November 18.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-24

IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. Marion Burr, Sedalia, un-
derwent an operation for appen-
dicitis at Doctors Hospital, Thurs
day.
Evening star., 1950-06-22

Secretary of State, Gen. George c.
Marshall. His management of the
difficult innovation has survived
many Congressional inquiries. The
coming Tydings report is expected
to praise him and bouquets from
other Congressional sources are In
prospect.
Mr.. Peurifoy chose the difficult
Greek assignment. Among its 9TH
er drawbacks will be a flood of
Soviet abuse but perhaps he can
be said to be hardened to such
impediments. Actually his recent
experience helps to qualify him
for service in the key Greek out
post Of the cold war.
Humelsine in Line for Job.
His appointment to succeed
Henry F. Grady who is going to
another trouble spot, Iran, will
reach the Senate shortly. Mr.
Peurifoy will not leave Washing
ton. however, until Congress has
adjourned and all present in
quiries ended.
His deputy. Carl Humelsine, is
in line for the post. It was perhaps
in anticipation of the choice of a
Peurifoy successor that Mr.. Hum
elsine got a trial run before the
Governors Conference, where he
Evening star., 1950-06-22
On the Record
Handing of Cold War Back to Reds
Who Started 1t Is Proposed

war. So that from one end of the
world to another the Soviets are
confusing the peoples into believ-
ing that America started the cold
war while the Soviets are up
holding the resistance-a COM
plete reversal of the truth.
One recalls the condition de-
scribed by Lincoln in the second
inaugural address:
"One-eighth of the population
were colored slaves localized
in the southern part. These
slaves constituted a peculiar e.
interest to strengthen, per-
petuate. and extend this interest
was the object for which the in
surgents would rend the union
even by war. while the govern
ment claimed no right to do
more than to restrict the terri
torlal enlargement of it,"
Resistance Through Unity
That describes our situation
with the Soviets. At no time has
there been thought Of waging hot
or cold war on the territory or
population Of the Soviet Union, or
of liberating its slaves, or inter-
fering in its internal affairs. All
that we have belatedly determined
is to restrict the territorial en-
largement Of that regime and
state by defense resistance.
Lincoln also said,
while (the Government) was
devoted to saving the Union with
out war. inSurgent agents were
seeking to destroy it without war
;. and divide effects by negotia-
ton. Both parties deprecated war
but one Of them would make war
rather than let the nation sur
vive. and the other would accept
war rather than let it perish"
The West has decided, in
strengthened unity. that it will
accept war rather than perish.
Every measure we have taken has
been to warn the Soviets~ that we
Will accept war. II they make it.
Western leaders are convinced
that this is the only deterrent
that can pave the way for even
tual negotiation and settlement.
We are working for peace. And
we should hand the cold war back
to its initiators, never use the
phrase again, and describe ourI
struggle correctly, as defensive
resistance, through unity and
strength.
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