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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-21
Three Chosen On
Sheep Committee

Arthur Meeker, Route 2, PLAIN
City; Robert Hunter, Route 2,
South Charleston; and Kenneth
Dorm, Route l, South Solon; were
elected to serve for three years on
the Madison County Sheep and
Lamb Improvement Committee at
the recent Annual Sheep and
Lamb Banquet, according to Rog-
er. c. Walvoord, Associate
Agricultural agent.
Summary of the Sheep and
Lamb improvement programs for
the 1949-3O season showed a re-
duction in the total of the sheep
and lambs received at the Mad
ison County Lamb Pools, fewer
registered rams purchased thro-
ugh the committee, and fewer
farmers participating in the par
asite control program. This de-
cline is explained in part by the
reduced number of breeding sheep
and farms in the county at the
present time. Many farmers, it is
believed are saving eve lambs
for replacements.
The quality of lambs market
ed during the past year continued
to show Improvement in quality
in comparison to previous years.
Heavy lambs, weighing over 500
pounds Tor which there is poor
consumer demand sold at re-
duced prices even though they
showed good quality and finish.
The outlook for the sheep in
dustry in the county for the COM
ing year appears favorable pro-
viding farmers continue to inn
prove their sheep management
practices.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-21
Milkmen Agree On
Tri County Permit

Representative of the milk
plants located and operated in
Delaware, Union and Madison
Counties met with Health Com
missioner Robert A. Vogel and the
three local sanitarians in the
Health Department offices at
Marysville, Thursday March IS,
to make final arrangements for a
reciprocal milk flow and inspect
1t was agreed by all that any
1t was agreed lby all that any
milk plant owned and operated
within the tri-county area and
packaging their milk and milk
products within one of these
plants and under permit and in
spection supervision from any
one of the three local health de-
partments would receive recip-
rocal permit and inspection rights
from all three Boards of Health
of the tri-county district.
With this arrangement any loc-
ally owned and operated milk
plant authorized to distribute
Grade A pasteuriZed milk and
milk products in any one of the
tri-county areas is also authorized
to distribute their products throu-
ghout the tri-county district This
agreement became effective as OF
March 16.
The various owners and oper-
ators have organized as a group
and appointed Mr.. Timmons of
Timmons Dairy, Madison County,
as acting chairman.
The Board members of Union,
Madison and Delaware Counties
and Delaware City Health De-
partments have unanimously a.
sented to this new agreement ac-
cording to the terms as set forth
by the tri-county health COM
missioner.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-21
Expenditures To
Be Requested In
Census Of Farms

In the 1850 Census of Agricul-
ture, Madison County farmers
will be asked to report the amount
of cash expenditures they made
in 1949 for number of selected
items entering into the cost of
operating their farms In addition,
they will report on amount of
taxes paid or payable) on
land and buildings owned. Farm
ers in all parts of the Nation will
make these reports in April dur
ing the 18th Decennial Census of
the United States.
The selected expense items on
which farmers will report their
cash outlays are labor hire, ma
chine hire, machinery and tractor
repair, feed purchases, livestock
and poultry purchases, gasoline
and other petroleum fuel and oil
purchased for the farm business.
and purchase of seeds, bulbs.
plants, and trees.
Inquiries on expenditures for
machine hire, for machinery and
tractor repair, and for seeds, are
being made for the first time. In
quiries on expenditures for new
machinery and for fertilizer and
lining materials, made in other
censuseS, have been dropped.
In 1914, the year covered by the
last farm census, a total amount
of S1,S61 million was reported
by 2,799,026 farms for hired labor
compared with S781 million by
1888, ,999 farms in 1919.
Feed purchases amounting to
S2,427 million were reported for
1914, by 4,271,642 farms COM
pared with 1912 million in 1899
by 3,342,715 farms and $1,097
million in 1919 by 3,511,121 farms.
Expenditures for gasoline and
other petroleum fuel and oil
purchased for farm operations
were first reported in 1889. with
a total of 1923 million by 1885,
GA farms.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-21
BUSINESS CONCERNS OPERATING
IN MADISON COUNTY INCREASE

Figures just released by the
U. S. Department of Commerce,
based on social security tax re-
ports, shows that the number of
businesses in operation in Mad
ison County are on the increase.
A total of 346 commercial enter
prises small, medium and
large are recorded. Of this
number, 216 are either owner-op-
Grated or have three employees or
less. Those establishments with
four to seven employed number
IA and the ones with eight to
nineteen workers add up to i3.
The remainder are larger COM
panies.
The data was cleaned from the
tax reports submitted to the Fed
eral Security Agency for the first
quarter of 1948 by employers IN
connection with the social sec
urity program.
The 346 local businesses repre-
sent a gain from the 332 found TO
be in operation the previous year.
Small business is well establish
ed in the county, the figures in
dicate. There are 333 firms, or
96 percent of the total, with less
than twenty employees each. This
is a greater concentration than
is found elsewhere in the country,
where small business represents
81 percent of the number of going
enterprises. In Ohio, businesses OF
such size amount to 80 percent Of
the total.
Gainful employment, is provid-
ed by Madison Countys CONNER
cial establishments to zoos people,
more than in the previous year
when the local companies absorb
ed 1894 workers. The figures re-
present only those engaged in
non-public employment and sub
ject to the social security tax pro-
gram. Excluded, in addition to
public employees, are domestics,
railroad employees and most agri-
cultural workers.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-21

Rev. Minsoo Pal, a native of
Korea, will be the speaker at the
Lenten Service in the Presbyter-
ian Church on Thursday, March
%, at s p. m.
Mr.. Pal, a minister Of the Kor-
can Presbyterian Church, will
speak on the subject Can Com
munism and Christianity Work
Together ?" Mr.. Pal was twice
imprisoned by the japanese for
his efforts for the freedom of
his native country He is a grad
uate of Union Christian College,
Pyeng Yang, and of Mccormick
Theological Seminary of Chicago.
He is we'll qualified, linguistically
and otherwise to present a strong
message for our times.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-21
Approve Soil
Applications

Nine applications were review
ed and approved by the Madison
Soil Conservation District Super
visors Thursday. The applications,
from Range and Pleasant Town
ships, were: F. Albert Anderson.
81 acres; William Folsom, 60
acres; George Balo, 1923 acres;
Floyd Bogenrife, lis acres; Oscar
Dials, Sc acres; Myrl Lewis, 80
acres; Thomas Coplin, SO acres;
c. r. Worley, 98 acres; and A.
H. Sells, Sc acres.
Also received were individual
applications from Mrs. Marjorie
Turner, 152 acres Somerford
Township; Arthur and Ed Harp
er 28O acres in Somerford Town
ship; Edgar and Robert Dear
dorf 173 acres in Deercreek Town
ship; Don Powers and James
Stanley, 215 acres in Jefferson
Township. The years program OF
tours and demonstrations was set
up. This includes couple OF
county tours in northern ana
southern parts of Madison Coun-
ty in the spring, also tour TO the
University Experimental plots
and a farm or two in Delaware
county. Additional plans were
made for Unconstitutional plots
at site of the county plowlng
match July 81. Tentative plans
were made to hold an annual
meeting for all cooperators next
winter.
Attending the meeting were
Supervisors John Buehl, Jr.,
James Littler, James Miller ana
Delbert Grouse; also Curtis Steele
District Conservationist; William
Reese, soil surveyor; John Moore
Extension Agent; Paul Bangnam
and Dorman Wright.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-21
Store Manager Trapped As
Auto Overturns In Greek

Gene Vernon, manager of Stiff
flers Store, London, is recover
ing from shock and exposure after
narrowly escaping death by
drowning when his auto ran off
the road and overturned in a
creek near Junction City, Ohio,
Sunday.
Trapped in the car when il
turned over on its side in the
water Vernon had a narrowing ex-
perience trying to free himself
as the water flowed in and filled
the car.
Frantically he kicked and strug-
gled to break the glass. One OF
his business associates reported
that if it had not been for metal
cigarette lighter he was carrying,
he might have been unable to
get out of the car. He used II
to help break the glass TO make
the hole large enough to crawl
out In going through the broken
glass his coat was literally shred
ded to pieces, but he escaped
without injury.
After struggling up the en-
bankment to the side of the road,
he was SO exhausted he was un-
able to further help himself and
was forced to remain there an
hour or more before he was found
by a Junction City man and taken
into the town for medical atten-
ton. His wet clothing had frozen
stiff in the meantime.
Mr. Vernon, whose home is IN
New Lexington, Ohio reported for
work at the London store Monday,
but was still so shaken by mis-
experience, that he had to be
relieved from duty by another
Stiffler manager.
He was expected to be able 10
resume his duties by Saturday or
Monday, it was reported at the
London store Tuesday.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-21
Need Actor To
Be w Washington

Got friaad who looks like
George Washington? Do you
think he Gan act?
If SO put him in touch with the
Ohio Development and Publicity
Commission or the Ohio Histori-
cal Society who are helping in a
nationwide search for some one
to play the role of George Wash
ington in symphonic-drama
which is being written by Paul
Green, Pulitzer prize winning
playwright.
It'll all be part of the Free
dom Fair in 1950-51-52 as part
of the sesquicentennial of the
nations capital
How do you know if your friend
looks like George Washington?
Is he a rugged, heavy, almost
craggy person? Is he at times
jovial, and other times deadly ser
ious? Does he have big hands
a big-featured face, with wide
spaced, level, honest, penetrating
eyes? Does he have lips that are
slightly heavy not beautiful
not ugly? Does he have voice
of authority?
These are part of the require
ments according to Paul Green
Green also called for person
just past fifty years, with gray
grizzled hair, and slightly taller
than the average man.
Detailed description and a pho
tograph, if possible of the person
you think looks like the first
citizen of our country are needed
in making the search. The two
state agencies looking for a CIV
in Ohio are both located in Co.
lumbuS.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-21
Engineers Meet
At OSU April 3

Ohio's highways will get a YER
bal and visual going over April
3-6 when the annual Ohio High
way Engineering Conference
meets at Ohio State University.
State, county and city engineers
will attend the meeting sponsored
jointly by the universitys de-
partment of civil engineering and
the State Highway Department.
Speakers include Columbus.
state and national authorities on
all phases of highway construct
ion. Professor Emmett II. Karrer
is general chairman. Registration
is 9 a. m Monday, April 3, in
University Hall. A road show will
be set up under the east side ct
Ohio Stadium.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-21
Bond Sales In
County $I9, I25

Paul M. Dwyer County Savings
Bonds Chairman announced to-
day that sales of series E Bonds
in Madison County in February
totalled S19,125. Sales for the
month last year were $50,287.
Meanwhile, State Volunteer
Chairman Loring L. Gelbach ex-
pressed with state totals in view
of the extended employment drop
due to coal and steel disputes
February sales totalled 500, ,147,-
9O8 as contrasted with February
1949 sales of S23, ,292, ,16S.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-21
First Ward Leads
Red Cross Drive
Total Now $3.50

The Red Cross thermometer on
the court house lawn was given
a decided boost on it's way to-
wards the goal Thursday, Marcn
16, when Mrs. Thibaut, Captain
of the First Ward of London,
appeared at the Red Cross office
with complete returns from her
workers and turned in $233.25 to
Kenneth Peck, Fund Campaign
Chairman. Not only did Mrs. Thi-
baut's excellent helpers win hon.
ors by being the first ward to
complete their canvassing but they
almost doubled their assigned
quota of $120.
The collections to date stand
at $3.50, states Mr.. Peck, but
he points out the fact that the
full goal can be reached only
if the other units that have not
finished their work take inspir-
alton from such reports as have
been made and do their best to
meet their assigned quotas.
Other units that have completed
their canvassing successfully to
date are Range West, with Mrs.
Chester Kelso as captain, the
London Prison Farm, under the
direction of Mrs. Jackson, Mon
roe Township, with Mrs. Alfred
Kronk as captain, and Third
Ward, directed by Mrs. A. r.
Hooking. Darby, Jefferson, and
Somerford Townships have re-
ported almost completed goals
also.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-21
Former Resident
OF County Dies

Earl B. Young, a former re-
sident of the Summerford Com
munity, died at his home in War
rem county, Saturday, March Is.
Surviving are his wife, the foe-
mer Miss Ida Potee of Sumne"-
ford, a brother and sister-in-laW,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Potee, Elm
street, London.
Funeral services at the Vale
Funeral Home, Morrow at 10
O'Clock, Tuesday morning. Inter
ment in Somerford Cemetery.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-21
Ohio In Fourth
Naval District

Ohio will become part of the
Fourth Naval District, with head
quarters at Philadelphia, as re-
suit of shifts announced by the
Navy to change the size of two of
10 continental Naval Districts to
make their boundaries conform
with Army and Air Force Com
mand Areas.
Ohio has been in the Ninth Dis
trict with headquarters at Chic
ago. Kentucky will be transferred
from the Ninth District to the
Fifth with headquarters at Nor
folk, Va.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-21
New Lights On
E. High Street

Two new traffic signal lights
have been installed and are now
in operation on East High Street.
One of the lights is at the inter-
section of Walnut and High and
the other at Union and High
Streets. Traffic, which was ac-
customed to high -balling" on
East High Street, has slowed up
considerably.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-21
Parking Zones
Are Designated

The police department of Mt.
Sterling, has erected green and
white street markers on London
street in the village.
Fifteen minute parking zones
have been established in front
of the postoffice and bank build
ing, with loading zones with fif-
teen minute parking periods
placed on various locations on
the main street.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-21
Perry County Teams
In Class B Battle

Perry County's Corning and
Miller City are billed to play in
the semi-finals of the Class B
Ohio high school basketball tourn-
ament at the Fairgrounds Coils
cum in Columbus Thursday night.
In the other semi final Class B
contest Thursday afternoon Eaton
will play Geneva. The teams la
the running won regional champ
ionships Saturday night.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-21
Major Marsh To
Retire March 81

Major Edward Marsh of 10
Deland Avenue, Columbus who
has been on the Ohio Adjutant
Generals staff since 1928, will
retire March 81. A veteran of
World War l, Major Marsh was
adjutant of the State Selective
Service during World War II.
He is a native of London and
Madison County.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-21
Eagles Hosts For District
Conference Here March 25

Order of Eagles has been chosen
host aerie for the welfare con-
ference of Zone 8 of the order in
Ohio, which will be held Saturday
and Sunday, March 25 and 26,
Worthy President Donald Dillon
announced.
Zone welfare conferences of the
order have been held twice year
ly in Ohio. The previous session
was at Pomeroy.
London was chosen because of
its location and the fact that the
newly remodeled home has ample
facilities for such large gather
ing.
Delegates from the 27 aeries in
the Zone will attend. London aerie
has set up pretentious program
for the hundreds of visitors who
will be at the two-day confer
ence.
Members of the Ladies Auxili-
aries in the zone will also attend
a zone conference here the same
dates.
Speakers for the two days will
be Grand Aerie Treasurer Will
liam p Wetherald, of GAINESVILLE,
a former mayor of that city. Mr..
Wetherald is widely known as a
fluent speaker and will talk to
the auxiliary conferees as we'll
as to the Eagle delegates.
Saturday afternoons session
will be entirely devoted to the
business affairs of the order.
Plans for child welfare work and
the extension of humanitarian
legislation will be discussed and
reports of the aeries' charitable
work in their home communities
will be reported.
Progress of youth guidance
programs will be described by
tllG NdI lCduGIS,
Parade Planned
Sundays program will start
Off with a parade shortly after
noon and several aeries are bring
ing bands and other musical or
ganizations. Following the par
ade a mass initiation of candi-
dates is scheduled.
The parade will include six
bands, three floats, four drill
teams. auto and implement deal
ers. clowns, representatives of the
aeries, London and Madison coun-
ty officials and the State Higlr-
way Patrol.
Among the bands are the Lon
don Community and London High
School, the Mt. Sterling, West
Jefferson, Madison Rural and Co.
lumbus 297. 1t is expected that
several other organizations will
also join in the parade, according
to representative of the London
Aerie. 81
London aerie has planned
special entertainment for the visi-
tors after both the Saturday and
Sunday afternoon sessions. The
aerie also is making available a
church directory SO that visitors
may attend the church of their
choice on Sunday morning.
Each aerie in the zone is auth
orized to send five official dele
gates to the conference and many
more members attend the sessions
in an unofficial capacity.
Delegates will attend from
aeries at Portsmouth, Chillicothe,
Ironton, Waverly, New Boston,
cambridge, Chesapeake, Circi-
Vile, Mt. Sterling, Athens, Wells
ton, Jackson, Pomeroy, Macarthur,
Gallipolis, Oak Hill, Murry City,
Crooksville, New Lexington, Lam
caster, Logan, Somerset, and the
five Columbus aeries, No. 297,
Aguila, Linden, MillerM Main and
Southside.
disqualification of the ritual
for the Sunday afternoon initial
ion will be handled by the Ports
mouth aerie degree team, aided
by the Columbus aerie drill
team.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-21
4 OUR
"a [T0NWN

BUSINESS
We don't know what effect
it will have on the London
grocers but it is interesting
to note that caviar will be
cheaper. We can't state
whether this price drop is due
to less Russians or more
surgeons!
HOUSING
Another interesting busin-
ess note land no fooling) is
the fact that if you have a
lot on an improved street it
is possible to build a house
on the lot for $42 per month.
The down payment? Only
$50!
Yuk!
Just for the record we want
to mention the one about
the Englishman with the short
arms he had to wear
his monocle in his mouth!
A. A.
Purpose of telling you
about Alcoholics Anonymous
was in the hope that someone
would read about ii and ask
for help. Well, we did some
good because we had Severa.
people ask us about it. We
do not know how many made
direct contact without con-
sulting anyone, but feel that
many did.
MADISON CO.
In a recent article we read
the following about Madison
County Better go slow,
stay out of debt. Might get
so you can't make the grade.
Politics raging. Soft heads
working for good salaries.
Edward Hamilton, March 6.
(hunh?)
GRoUcHo
Groucho Marx is fast man
with a gag and frequently
says and does some very out
landish things. Once he at
tended a seance where a bril-
liant mentalist had great sue
cess in talking with the dead
and other impossible feats,
The medium was flushed with
pride as he asked if there
might be any further quest
ions. Groucho jumped up and
calmly asked, What's the
capital of South Dakota ?"
DAFFYNlTioN
To many a ball fan an UNI
pire is merely baseball play
er whose eyesight has begun
to fail.
WHEW!
You've no doubt heard
about the mama and papa
skunk who are expecting a
little stinker in the Spring,
so l won't mention it.
SPRING
This year like last always
brings out the expression
In the Spring young
mans FANCY period Which
reminds me that it won't be
too long until bathing suits
will again be barely seen.
Fellow told me that a wom-
ans bathing suit is a piece
of material which only pre-
vents the gals from being tan
ned where they ought to be.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-21
ANNOUNCE BIRTH

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Lewis OF
Port William, announce the birth
of a daughter, Anna Marie, Sat-
urday, March II at Doctors Hos
pital, Columbus. Mrs. Lewis and
her daughter are at the home OF
her mother, Mrs. George Graham,
London r. f. D. No. 4.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-21
IN FALL

Donald Shoemaker, 14-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Shoe
maker, near Big Plain, broke his
left thigh when he fell off horse
Thursday He was taken to City
Hospital, Springfield.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-21
DAuGHERTY At HOME

Glenn Daugherty, Madison
County Commissioner, is recover
inc at his home in Plain City fol-
lowing a major operation al st.
Francis Hospital. Columbus.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-21
ANNOUNCE A BIRTH

Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Downing,
Orcutt road, announce the birth
of son, Larry Edward. March
10 al Grant Hospital.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-21
HOSPITAL

Ed Davey, who has been a pat
lent in Mt. Carmel Hospital, re-
turned to his home on West Hish
street. Friday.
Arizona sun., 1950-03-24
Vicksburg News

Mr.. and Mrs. Johnnie Brooks are
now driving and enjoying their
new Dodge :. We regret that Mr..
George Jones is not so well. He
is a good farmer and harvested a
fine crop last year Mr.. E. J.
Relf and son Edward, motored to
Los Angeles to visit relatives and
friends. While there Mr.. Relf will
have physical checks-ups Mr..
Frank Williams and Mr.. J. A.
Washington motored to Blythe on
business Our two churches
here are now making plans for
their Easter program.
Viclsburg February News
Among February visitors to
Vicksburg were Sgt. L. Scott of
Northern Calf; Mr.. and Mrs. T..
Matthews, Oakland, Calf; Attor-
ney Hayzel B. Daniels, Phoenix;
the very popular Rev. Allen l..
Johnson, Phoenix; Mrs. Ann AL
britton of Los Angeles. Mrs. AL
britton was a house guest of Mrs.
r. L. Riley lifelong friend. Mrs.
Riley accompanied by her guest
motored to Yuma and Phoenix on
business and to visit friends. Also
Rev. w. M. Scott and Frank Will
Jams made a business trip to Phoe-
nix by automobile. Mr.. James A.
Washington returned from a two
week business trip to Los Angeles.
Mrs. Estella Jordan went to Los
Angeles hospital for health
check-up.
The George Washington Birth
day Community program was held
on February IA, and was very sue
cessful. The program was as fol-
lows: "Star Spangled Banner"
sung by congregation, and Flag
Raising; Prayer, Rev. w. M. Scott;
America" congregation; "Wel-
come Address," Ira c. Jordan;
"On ward Christian Soldiers, !"
Christian Women Willing Work
ers Chorus; remarks, George Will
liams; solo, Mrs. Alma Relf; Battle
Hymn of the Republic, congrega-
ton; address, Rev. Allen L. john
son; Negro National Anthem,
C.W.W.W.; address, Attorney Hay
eel B. Daniels, guest speaker; God
Be With You, congregation and
benediction, Rev. w. M. Scott.
Program in memory of Abraham
Lincoln and st. Valentine, also Ad-
mission Day were also staged here
in VickSburg.