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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-05-09
Sexton Defeats
British GrappIer

The Sedalia flash, Frank Sex
ton, retained his heavyweight title
by defeating Lord Jan BlearS two
out of three falls in the main
event of the wrestling show al
Springfield Monday night.
To top off an exciting mat show
which had the large crowd stand
ing on its feet most of the show
Sexton returned, after losing the
first fall to the British champion,
to show why he was recognized as
the champion of his class.
AS little incentive, a check
for $1,000 was TO be awarded the
winner. This sum was made up
from wager between the two
grapplers. The Scdalia farm boy
showed that the challenger was
too weak in too many depart
ments to be putting up such a sum
on his abilities.
After being awarded the check
Frank was congratulated by the
naughty Britisher for job well
done. Blears stated that the champ
was just too much but with a
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-05-09
tons per acre each season.

tons per acre each season.
Unfortunately, continues tie
agronomist, this erosion resistance
OF sod is comparatively short-lived.
When plowed sod land was culti-
waited for two years the erosion
in the second year of cultivation
jumped back to nearly equal 10
that of the land where no sod had
preceded the blowing. This erosion
resistance of the sod left the soil
in one year or less.
In general, the better the sod
plowed under the less is the ar-
osion. The erosion rom corn
land plowed from a 5-year-old
alfalfa orchardgrass meadow was
compared with that from a 1-year
old thin timothy sod plowed and
planted to corn The erosion from
the latter was Al tons per acre
per season while that from the s.
year-old alfalfa orchardgrass sod
i'll the same crop sas only 80
tons per acre. Goo. sodS also
mean good meadows which pro-
duce valuable forages abundantly.
SO soil conservation and good grass
and hay crops go hand in hand.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-05-09
SPORTS
Cycle Races At
Lebanon May Is

The Dayton Motorcycle Clubs
fourth annual spring three-star
race meet, postponed last Sunday
because of a heavy track, will
be staged under the lights at Le-
banon Raceway on Saturday, May
13, with time trials to start at
; o'clock and racing at $50. Night
motorc lcle racing is not new in
this area as the Dayton Club stag
ed nocturnal event last year
that attracted hundreds of race
fans.
More than 80 riders from 10
states and Canada have already
signed up to participate in events
ON May l3, according to Carl Dice,
president OF the Lay ION Club.
Some of the nations top racers
VINO viii be OF TO set new marks
under the maZaas include Bobby
Hill, Columbus; Dick Klamfortfl,
GroVeport; Bill Mathews, Canada;
Bill lube, Reading, IA. Chet
Dygraff, q. and Re- Soids, Michigan;
Jim Chana, Trenton, N. ], and
Harry ke..oy, -, who will De
riding a New triumph Grand
PreX racing n.aching made i'll
Coventry, England.
Chuck Leisure. Cc!Lm m5rs one
of the nations leading c.DWn rid
ers will perform during the even
ing.
Nine events are on the eve.a-
ing card with purses amounting to
$1,000.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-05-09
Highway Game
Kill Is Heavy

Field men of the Wildlifc Divis-
ion of the Department of Natural
Resources report a heavy kill Of
game, particularly rabbits, on the
highways Of the State.
E. B. Cooke, supervisor of Wild
life Conservation District No 4
with headquarters at Cambridge
renorted count cf IL rabbits
Eilled in 7r mines on recent 20
20 Columbus.
Every year when the States rab-
biz population is up. the high
way kin is estimated at around
one million according to DIR. E. D.
Martin, chief of the Divisions s
game management section. Add to
this the loss of females carrying
young ones and the loss to hunters
is almost unbelievable.
Whether or rot night drivers
can reduce tbs highway kill, has
always been debatable even among
the most careful drivers. Dodging
rabbit that insists on remain.
ing in the beam of auto headlights
is extremely difficult, and often
dangerous when traffic is heavy.
Nevertheless, night drivers are
urged to give wildlife a brake"
to help reduce what seems to be
an unnecessary loss u game.
Drivers in recent years have
reported some success with The
trick of pressing the DINNER
switch two or three times and at
the same time give out with a
number of s.i,rt t,asts of the
horn.
The heaviest xiii of game seems
to take place in the early morning
hours before daybreak. Rabbits
during the mating season move
about more than usual and seek
the warm highway to dry after
excessive travelling through the
wet grass.
Game management officials of
the Division are looking for ways
and means of reducing the high
way kill but have failed to find the
right answer to the problem.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-05-09
Ohio Fishing
Maps Are Free

Maps indicating the fishing
waters Of Ohio, where normal re-
strictions of creel limits, minimum
legal lengths and closed season
have been lifted, are. now avail
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-05-09
BY BARB AND CONNIE


f ore e!' The Lbs golf
team played Marysville Saturday.
After Is holes the opponents went
weeping home with only one
point to London Highs nineteen.
By the way, is it true what they
say about Ben Hogan coming to
London to get few pointers
Miss Long and Miss Goodson
herded their democracy and civics
classes through the courthouse on
two mornings last week In con-
nection with their studies, the
LESers visited several of the
county offices and the Common
Pleas Court. Just for fun, theJ
climbed to the top of the tower
to see the clock. When we asked
for statement, the seniors just
groaned. "Ohh, my aching feet"
Also on the gad-about list were
Mr.. Hocking's shop classes. The
little yellow school bus whisked
them to the General Motors plant
in Columbus where they learned
what goes under the hood OF 4
car. Wait till the Ford Company
hears about this!
, Soft lights sweet music :
punch and cookies Um hum.
we're talking about this years
double-smooth Junior Senior Prom
which was held last Friday night.
In honor of the occasion, the Lon
don Country Club was decked
out in the seniors class colors,
blue and white. The climax of
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-05-09
Foxes Bring h
s III In Bounties

Thirty-nine Madison County
foxes brought Silt to IL persons
who turned the feet in to Deputy
Sheriff Kenneth Johnson. Paid
bounties at So per fox were:
Elmer Kuhn, Darby Township
SIS; Mrs. Robert Buchanan, Range
Township, SO; ]. Duncan, Paint
Township, So; Nelson Teri y
Union Township, $12; John Sim
nlSins, Fairfield, $6 Herb Keye
Union Township, Sc; Mrs. Evely-
Terry. Oak Run Township, $18;
Harold E. Freye, Range Township
S27: Mrs. Janice Clover, Somer-
ford Township, SO, and Robert
Morris, Oak Run Township. So.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-05-09
Raiders Winners
In tourney Tilt
Milford Center
Bows To London
BY I4-3 Tally
BY lYG siARTiN

Lbs Raiders got eff to a good
start in the 1850 aseball tCurn-
ament Friday afternoon by wal
loping Milford Center at Grand
v.aw 143.
London grabbed the lcs1 L. the
second inning by scoring A .Ins
to 2 for Milford Center. from then
on in, it was completely London
ball game The Raiders ratified
the M. G. team in the fourth inn
ing so bad that the Milford Center
lads let them steal bases, make
4 hits, and total runs in that one
inning that's the story; Milford
Center panned out after the sec
ond.
Monday the Raiders play t!leir
second tournament game at four
o'clock over in the OSU diamonds.
They'll have plenty of opposition
that day, Worthington. That will
be a game to see; Worthington rs
London in the 1850 baseball tour
nament.
BOX SCORES
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-05-09
able to fishermen at the Wildlife
Divisions seven district Offices.
BY DIVISION OF WILDLlfI

DIVISIONS S seven district OFFICES.
E. l.. Wickliff, chief of the fish
management section, announced
today that there is no charge for
the maps. Fishermen may call or
write for the maps as long as the
supply lasts.
District office headquarters in
clude: No. l, Ottawa, 218 w. Main
ST.; No. 2, Tiffin, 112 u E. Mark
ct ST.; No. 3, Twinsburg, Box
256; No. a, Cambridge, 521 n.
10th St.; No. 5, Columbus, 7O7
Wyandotte Bldg; No. 6, Urbana,
113 S. Main ST.; and No Z, WAY
erly, 112 w. 3rd Street.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-05-09
Sod Crops Aid
In Control Of
Soil Erosion

Sod crops not only con;rol er-
osion while they are CT the land
but they also contribute material
ly to erosion contri lfter they
are plowed under for cultivated
crop, Agriculture and the Ohio
Agricultural Experiment Station.
In a 9year Ohio comparison,
corn land on a II percent slope CT
Muskingum soil, where no mead
ow Sod was plowed under, lost 81
tons of soil per acre t2/3 inch)
each year during the corn grow
ing season. Corn land plowed from
a 2-year-old meadow lost less
than half as much soil or about 40
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-05-09
lNS Golfers Beat
MarysviLIe High

London High finally beat
Marysville.
The Raiders 5 man golf team :
Kulp, MCGUIRE, LeBeau, Miller,
Decker-got revenge for all the
times the Monarchs had defeated
London this year tonce in foot
ball, twice in basketball, and
once earlier in the season in golt)
BY completely flattening the stunn-
ed Marysville golfers 1871 Satus-
day morning.
The scores for the London team
are as follows:
Ronnie kulp o.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-05-09
South Charleston

The last meeting of the Monday
Night Club for the 1949-1950 year
was held in the home of Mrs.
Harold w. Driscoll on May 1st
Mrs. Wilbur Hume of London re-
viewed South Pacific" the Broad
way hit awarded the 1850 Pull
tizer prize for drama.
The musical setting was pre-
sented by Mrs. Herbert Mans
field, accompanist, Mrs. Donald
White, Mrs. Richard Mead and
Miss Gloria Hume who sang sew
eral of the song hits from the
play.
Following the program officers
for the coming year were elected
as follows: President, Mrs. Robert
L. Rhodes; Vice President, Mrs.
Cecil D. McIntire; Recording Sec
, retary-Treasurer, Mrs. Cecil n.
Rea Jr, Corresponding Secretary,
Mrs. Donald L. Ballengee
The retiring president, Mrs.
Edwin c. Mattinson thanked her
committees for their cooperation,
and turned over the gavel to the
. new president, who named her
committees for the 195O-51 year
The club was adjourned until Oct
ober. Mrs. Rhodes named the
following committees: Executive,
Mrs. W. II. Fields, Chairman, Mrs.
Raymond Battin, Mrs. r. 0. Hard
man, Mrs Ralph Gilbert and Mrs.
Paul NJ. Halbrooks. Ways and
Means committee, Mrs. Cecil III.
Rea Sr., chairman, Mrs. Merritt
E. Roberts, Mrs. II. j. Raine, Mrs.
Raymond Edminston, and Mrs
Boyd Butz. Publicity, Mrs. Homer
T. Nelson.
c. S. Battin and daughter. Mrs
J Jessie Shafer have returned to
their home here after spending the
winter in Florida.
Mrs. David Ench, and daughter
Mary Elizabeth, Mr.. and Mrs
Paul Jones and son bud all OF
Ashland were recent guests ot
Mr.. and Mrs. D. L. Ballengee and
Mrs. William Francis.
The Progressive Bible Class oi
the Methodist Church met in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Kittles on Sunday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. John Porter assist
ing.
Mrs. j. P. Parker was surprised
with family party and potluck
dinner last Sunday evening in hon
or of her birthday anniversary
Attending were: Mr.. and Mrs
Grin Slagle and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred T. Parker and family
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sharpp and
daughter, Betty Ann. The only
members of the family unable to
attend were Mr.. and Mrs. Roger
Hackett and family. Mrs. Hacketi
called her mother from her home
in Phoenix Ariz., while the party
was in progress.
Mrs. II. T. Nelson was in Spring.
field Friday attending a luncheon
meeting of the Springfield Insur.
ance Agents Association held II
the Hotel Shawnee.
The PYADS of the Presbyterian
Church are planning Mother
Daughter banquet to be held
in the Church dining rooms on
Thursday evening, May 18th. The
guest speaker will be DR.. Sheila
Kwong, a graduate of Shang:,i
Medical College. whose husband
is now on the staff of the Spring
field City Hospital.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-05-09

the evening came with the draw
ing to see who would be the king
and queen of the prom. Maxine
Witbeck and Jimmy Herman were
the two lucky persons to don the
shining crowns. Long live the
king and queen OF Promland!'
The afternoon chemistry tpro-
nounced chem-misery) class has
been discovering that this teaching
business isn't as easy as it looks.
The students have been taking
turns in leading the classroom
discussion while Mr.. Roudebush
stands by. The reason for this
visa-versa experiment is to have
the material presented to the stud
ents by a student, thereby making
those "brain-twisting" equations II
little easier to digest.
With a record of one win, one
loss for the two games played
earlier in T.: week, the Red Raid
ers stormed into the District Base
ball Tournement to whack four
teen points to Milford Center's
three and win their first ganA of
the tournament last Friday. Four
teen cheers for our side!
The biology classes piled into
"Ye Old School Bus" last week
to take the annual trip to the Ohio
State Museum. The "frog-cutter-
uppers had a fine time looking at
the skeletons and stuffed anir,als
Who knows, maybe they'll all
grown up to be morticians some
dayin
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-05-09
BASS SEASON CLOSED

The Ohio Black Bass season
closed May l for all waters of the
state except those opened to lib
eralized fishing. The season .e-
opens June 16. Fishermen are
"dvised 10 acquaint themselves
with the unrestricted waters by
securing law digest at local lic-
ense agencies.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-05-09
Dick MCGUIRE
Bob LeBeau
Bob Miller
InnL nnnLnr

This Friday the boys will play
IIid-Six league match at Marys-
vile. The teams competing will be
London, Marysville, Westerville,
Worthington, and Circleville.
Grove City, the sixth member
school, does not have a golf team
this year and will not be repre-
Sented
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-05-09

few more years experience he was
sure that he would be able to hold
his own.
Frank used the jack knife hold
to gain both of his falls, while
Blears used the flying head scis-
sors in disposing of the champion
in the first fall.
Evening star., 1950-12-22
This and That

Even the lightest snow helps bring out
the beauty of the chickadee.
And Of other birds, but Of this one,
especially; surely no creature deserves
more props to its '1ooks," nor needs
them less.
This small man-of -the-woods with the
cap on his head is everybodys favorite.
Hailed as the cheerful chickadee" in
the song, he abounds in our suburban
sections. much to the delight Of all
watchers.
Even If one does not claim to be q
"bird watcher" in the official sense, no
one can fail to note this bird.
His friend, the titmouse, is another
small beauty.
Somehow, the titmouse lacks the ap-
peal of the chickadee.
1t is impossible to believe that this
appeal lies solely in what has been
built up around the bird. It is innate.
The chickadee's appeal is there at all
times, on the wing, when the happy mite
is perching or when asleep.
His smallness has something to do
with it, but more the clean combination
of quiet colors, the cap on the head,
the swift way of getting around.
Few birds are more happy in their
choice of companions.
Wherever there Is chickadee, in the
Evening star., 1950-12-22
To Speed Up Civil Defense

Reassuring to those who are worried over the
indecision and confusion evident on the civil de-
fense front was the overwhelming vote by which
the House passed the national civil defense BILL
Similarly prompt and decisive approval by the
Senate will help to stir the civil defense pro-
gram from the dodrums attributable to made
quate top-evel leadership.
indicative of the apathy which has afflicted
the domestic preparedness program in many
places were the reported comments of officials
In Prince Georges County in response to civic
demands for immediate action on local plans
The county civil defense director said that
nothing could be done until after January
because people are so busy with holiday activ-
ity." county commissioner remarked: There's
plenty of time" Happily, this complacency is
not universal District authorities have been i'm
patient over fund delays and other Illustrations,
Montgomery County is making organizational
progress and Arlington County is seeking spe-
cial session of the Virginia Legislature to con-
slider civil defense problems.
But the plain fact is that no real progress
can be expected in the States counties and cities
until the Federal Government places civil defense
on a firm, statutory basis Not until Congress
creates national civil defense agency, with
proper powers and adequate funds, will 1t be
Evening star., 1950-12-22
By Charles E. TroceweN

cold, there is likely to be seen titmouse,
and a white-breasted nuthatch.
The latter is the chunky one with the
peculiar habit of walking head-doWn on
tree trunk.
1t is to attract the nuthatch that it
Is good to put small feeding station
on tree.
Not too high. say about feet from
the ground, SO that 1t may be filled with
seed easily.
This feeder should not be the only one.
1t is well to have at least two, and maybe
three places. where the wintering song
sters can come to eat.
If these are distributed around the
garden. the birds will enjoy flying from
one to the other and the window
watchers will find the constant move
ment adds to the happiness of the scene.
1t is to watch the nuthatch circle
downward, however. that is the main
purpose of the tree trunk feeder
Suet nailed to the trunk will have the
same effect.
Comradeship among the birds is
very real thing.
Another grouping is that of the little
doWny woodpecker and the brown
creeper.
Both of these abound in our outlying
districts. All persons who regularly feed
the birds will see them together. now
and then.
Evening star., 1950-12-22
Research in Aid of Artists

DR.. Edward r. Weidlein. director of tho
Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh has announced
the establishment of a fellowship sponsored nv
tne National Gallery of Art "to develop new
materials and techniques for the fine arts, both
for use in original work and for restoration
with special view toward permanence" This
means that new approach is to be made to one
of the problems which fascinated Leonardo da
Vinci in the fifteenth century and Rembrandt
IN the Seventeenth-the problem of how to make
colors that will endure and how to apply them
to materials that will last.
Both the great artists mentioned failed.
1.-THE Last Supper" in Milan and "The Mill"
right here in Washington have deteriorated.
Pigments employed in their creation have
altered, the bases to which they were applied
have been affected by climate, efforts to correct
these changes have not been successful The
elementary difficulty in executing any painting.
it seems, is that of discovering permanent coors
and placing them on permanent background.
1t other words, what the artist must do is to
defy the 1mpermanence, the mutability, of
nature.
Such a challenge is in itself a mighty mott
vatlon. The painters who decorated the palaces
and temples of Egypt and Crete devised methods
and techniqueS and invented materials measur-
ably equal to their need. They were chemists
engineers and pragmatic philosophers in the
SclSc IIldI IIley realized GnaG LQelr WORK was
vain from the start unless 1t were done with
Intelligence enough to insure durability. Their
successors in Greece and Rome and in the Gothic
middle ages did not excel them invariably
Thousands of important achievements have been
lost because their authors simply did not possess
the technical skill they required Dr. Weidlein
in his announcement of the National Gallery
fellowship, says there has been decline in the
craft of painting in recent years. Hence the
assignment of a scientist who also is an artist
to the task of studying artists materials. Dr.
Robert L. Feer an alumnus of Dartmouth and
Rutgers is to be the first incumbent. His work
will be watched by painters with keen interest
1t likewise may be matter of concern to the
lay public, especially it, as the Mellon Institute
hopes it yields results of notably constructive
character Anybody who ever has painted a
barn door with his heart in the job must feel
kinship of sort with Leonardo and Rem
brandt and every other artist who has tried to
labor not for the moment only.
Evening star., 1950-12-22
To the Editor Of The Stor:

NEWS from behind the Chinese Iron
Y Curtain has a way of reaching the
outside world. and what little seeps out
indicates that the Chinese people are
suffering under the Communist yoke and
that revolt within the Red army has
begun Hundreds Of thousands of SOL
diers and civilians are already reported
to be in open revolt against the Red
regime.
AS Chinese addressing American
readers, cannot say too often that the
people of China-not only those who
remain silent but also many of those
who join in the anti-American chorus
have by no means lost their love and
respect for the people of America. They
are merely doing what they are forced
to do.
In 1949, when the Red army was
sweeping southwark over China, Com
munist propagandists went all out to
induce the people to submit peacefully
to the conquest. To the average Chinese
peasant the promises of the Communists
were attractive-especially after eight
years of privation and suffering caused
by the japanese invasion. Agrarian re-
forms were outlined. Russia was boosted
as CnnaS S only 1r1enQ, ana the united
States and other Western nations were
depicted as the enemy greedy capitalists.
imperialistS, aggressors. We Chinese, as
a race, are not too gullible. Our people
did not believe everything they were told,
but they hoped for better living condi-
tions and thought they would wait and
see what the Communists had to offer.
They waited, and their disillusionment
is now complete. They now realize that
instead of obtaining better living condi-
tions they have had their standard
lowered to the starvation line. Their
young men are taken for Russias cannon
fodder in Asia and are given narcotics
when sent into action. The Communist
doctrine has ruthlessly set aside ancient
Chinese traditions. religion and culture.
Mao Tse-tung has even destroyed books
containing the classical literature of
China's ancient sages, for fear of its
pacifying effect on the Chinese mentality.
Now. therefore, the Chinese people
are truly in terrible plight. Famines
sweep the country. Discomfort is ramp