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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
If You
Don't Vote
Don't Complain
Schools To Close
Friday Nov. 3 For
Teachers Meeting

Ali London and Madison county
schools will be dismissed Friday
Nov. so that teachers may at
tend the annual meeting of the
Central Ohio Teachers Associa-
ton meeting in Columbus.
1t will be one of the largest ed
ucational meetings of the year.
with approximately 5000 men,
bers of the association expected to
attend the 18th convention.
There will be an forenoon ses-
sion or general meeting of the
teachers in the coliseum beginning
at 9 A. M. and closing at 11:30,
with 81 sectional gatherings and
Is luncheons.
The programs were arranged
under the direction of the as
sociation afficers; Philip @. Free
man, Bellefontaine, president; Ed
win E, Banning, Marion, vice
president; Merrill M. Berry, Chill
licothe, executive secretary; Miss
Mary B. Hannabery, Springfield,
O.E.A. representative; Walter L.
Arnholt, Columbus, Miss Martha
K. Schauer, Dayton, and William
F. Weller, Springfield, members
of the executive committee.
The principal speakers at the
general sessions which will be
held Friday morning at A. M.
will be Dr. John H. Furbay, author
world traveller, and popular speak
er whose subject will be "Global
Minds in a Global World" and
DR.. Kenneth MacF arland, super
intendent of schools, Topeka,
Kan, whose subject will be
Which Knew Not Joseph
Practically every public school
and many private schools in all
the % counties, 25 cities and 13
exempted villages in the Central
Ohio District will be closed all
day November 8, in order that
teachers may attend the conven-
ton.
The Columbus city school will
act as host for the meeting with
local arranging committee under
the direction of Stanley Gingery.
assistant superintendent of
schools.
Music for all general sessions
has been arranged by Kenneth
Keller, supervisor of music in
Columbus.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
DIT & | Denied
Passenger Cut
By Ohio PUG

The Ohio Public Utilities Com
mission Wednesday denied the re-
guest of the Detroit, Toledo and
Ironton Railroad Co. to abandon
passenger service between Spring
field and Jackson.
The railroad asked to abandon
service because it lost money. The
railroad said its net loss for 1949
on passenger trains Nos / and 2
between Jackson and Springfield
was SIT ,585.
The commission said its study
of the revenues for the trains
showed a net profit of S8271.52
for last year.
Towns served include South
Charleston, South Solon, Bless
ings, Jeffersonville, Parrott, He'd
lers, Washington c. H., Good
Hope, Greenfield, Fruitdale, Hum
boldt, cambridge, Storms, Spar
gusville, Summit. Denver, Wav-
erly, Givens, Beaver and Cove.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
Child Shooting
Victim In Game

Rita Powers, 5-year-old Cedar
vile area girl, accidentally shot
in the abdomen with a 12-gauge
shotgun. during game of Cow
boys and Indians" was reported
only slightly improved in Spring
field City Hospital Wednesday.
She was said to be in critical con-
dition.
She is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert Powers, Cedar
vile, r. r. 1. The shooting oc-
Cured at her home.
Sheriff deputies said Rita, her
brother, Harold II, and Richard
and Joyce Chaplin, children of Mr.
and Mrs. Lowell Chaplin, 122 S.
King St, xenia, were playing in
the yard of the Powers home.
One of the children saw the
shotgun on the back porch dur
ing the game ard, apparently
thinking it wasn't loaded, picked
it up, aimed it at Rita and pulled
the trigger.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
Candidates At
Bureau S Dinner

County ard state candidates,
both Democrats and Republicans,
were invited to a special dinner
meeting of the Legislative Com
mittee of the Madison County
Farm Bureau at the Chooman
restaurant, Thursday night.
Resolutions, as set up by the
committee, were read and COM
mented on by the candidates.
Attending were, Frank Climer,
Democrat and c. I. Powell, Re-
publican, both Clark county, cam
didates for State Senators; Elton
Kile, Kileville, Republican can
didate for State Representative
from Madison county; Rodger
Baker, Republican candidate for
county commissioner. Other can
didates sent expressions of regret
because previous speaking engage
ments elsewhere, prevented them
from attending.
Also attending were Alvin Barr,
F. H. A. chairman, and John
Moore. Madison County Exten-
sion agent.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
Mrs. Bertha Turvy
Dies In San Diego

Funeral services were in San
Diego, California, for Mrs. Ber-
tha Turvy SO, former resident of
Clark County who died in San
Diego, Oct. s, after an illness of
over a year.
She was born July 3, 1897, near
Catawba, Ohio the youngest
daughter of VIM and Eliza Silvers.
Surviving are the husband, VIM.
H., two daughters Helen at
home and Mrs. Virginia Murphy
of North English, Iowa; three
grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs.
Laura Keye. Columbus; and Mrs.
Herbert Keye. South Charleston;
three brothers. Perry Silvers. Me-
chanicsburg, Howard and Omer
of South Vienna; four nieces and
nepheWs.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
Farm Bureau To
Hear cotterman

Prof. H. r. Cotterman of Cap
ital University, will be the guest
speaker at the annual meeting of
the Madison County Farm Bureau
Wednesday evening Nov. l, at the
Lafayette school building.
The program will include the
business session, speaker, award
ing of door prizes, refreshments
and dancing.
During the business session,
three directors of the Farm
Bureau Board are to be elected
for a three year term. The nom-
inees are: Mrs. Ina Foster. Mrs
Maxine Hart, Mrs. Jane Smith,
Austin Harbage, Glenn Tootle,
Harold Friend, Kenneth Slyh,
Charles Phillips, and Robert Shee-
rim. One woman and two men are
to be elected.
Three delegates to the 1851
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation An
nual Meeting are also to be elect
ed. The nominees are: Mrs. Effie
Tootle, Mrs. Martha Roby, Mrs.
Anabel Call, Austin Harbage,
Jesse Hart, Donald Laird, Rob-
ert Hunter and Paul Holway,. One
woman and two men are to be
elected.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
CITYT0 BEGIN GARBAGE
COLLECTION NOVEMBER |

City councilmen are complet-
ing final plans for inaugurating
the garbage collection system in
London November 1.
Details concerning operation of
the new Sanitation Department,
which will be responsible for the
collection and disposal of garbage
and refuse from London homes
and business establishments, were
virtually completed in a special
session of council Wednesday
evening.
The new garbage truck, recently
purchased by the city, has been
received and serviced ready for
the first collection.
Charles Wallace of London has
been engaged as superintendent
of the Sanitation Department and
according to councilmen, will pro-
badly be given two assistants.
All garbage and refuse collect
ed by the city will be buried in
the disposal trench east of the
city, adjoiEing the old city dump.
which is also to be buried to
comply with health standards.
Councilmen have emphasized
that each family will provide its
own garbage container near an
alley for easy trucking. The ca
pacity of the containers is limit
ed to 20 gallons. Unused containers
are to be treated with a solution
of not less than five per cent DDT.
The city ordinance covering op-
Grafton of the system also re-
quires containers for refuse to
be handled by the Sanitation De-
partment and that wood and
similar material will be tied
in bundles for removal.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
Glass Pledges
Help On Church

Recently members of the Mari
ners Class of Trinity Methodist
Church Mechanicsburg pledged
$500 to the church improvement
fund and adopted a unique way
in which to make the money.
They rented so acres of land
from Walter Allison to be sown
to wheat and harvested next
summer.
The proceeds will be used to
meet the pledge.
All of the help and machinery
will be donated for planting.
About a dozen men will be
working with six tractors, four
discs and two drills.
The wives of the workmen will
be on hand at the noon hour with
a picnic dinner which all will en-
joy at the scene of labor.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
Patrol Rates All
School Buses Ok,
rs Are Inspected

Report on the inspection OF the
as buses of the Madison County
School system and the bus OF
the London Village school, con-
Quoted by State Highway PATROL
man N. j. McClurg, has been re-
turned to the office of Supt. w
c. Smith.
All buses were given a salts
factory rating after the inspection
for As possible defects. One of
the buses was given perfect
score while II to Is had only
one mark against them.
Buses for Fairfield, Madison
Rural and Monroe schools, aver
age ten years of service each
Though they were given a salts
factory rating, because Of theil
age, it was recommended on the
report that they be replaced bS
the beginning of the school tern
next September.
AS of October 2169 pupils are
transported daily to schools o.
the county system.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
Francis Mcclure
Dies Thursday

Francis T. MCGUIRE, age Sc,
lifelong resident of London and
former justice of the peace, died
following a six years illness at
his home 81 North Oak street,
at z o'clock Thursday morning.
He had been in bed suffering with
arthritis since February, 1914.
He had not been in a critical con-
dition until Monday when he suf-
fered heart attack.
Mr.. MCGUIRE had served as a
justice of peace in London for
25 years; was secretary of the
London Fire department for eight
years and was a member of Lon
don Aerie Fraternal Order of the
Eagles.
Surviving are = daughter, joan
ne and son, William, both of
London; a sister, Mrs. Helen Plat
foot of Toledo; two brothers,
Robert E. of Toledo and Patrick
E. of London and his parents,
Daniel and Mary Mcclure, North
Oak street.
Friends may call at the Schle-
chty-Fichner Funeral Home.
Funeral services at $50 Sat-
urday morning at st. Patrick s
Church. Interment in st. Patrick 5
Cemetery.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
Counterfeit $40
Bills Circulated

Secret Service agents Thurs
day warned bankers and business
men to watch for bogus SO bills
on the Federal Reserve Bank of
Dallas, Texas.
The counterfeit bills have re-
Gently been circulated in this area.
Ralph Robuck, special treasury
agent in Columbus said. He de-
scribed them as being of the
series of 1934-C, bearing a green
seal and serial numbers and a
large letter *" enclosed in a
double circle to the left of the
portrait.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
Woman Recovering
From Eye Injury

Mrs. Ernest Vallery, London
Route l, returned home Saturday
after eight days in Grant Hospital
where she received surgical treat
ment to save the sight of her
right eye injured when her glasses
were broken by the branch of a
tree at her home Oct. Is.
Mrs. Vallery was walking to
the house from the garden when
her glasses were caught and
broken by a tree branch. The
broken glass cut her eye SO Sc
verely. it was feared she might
lose her sight.
Mrs. Vallery was reported re-
covering Thursday and was able
to see with the injured eye.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
Times Grow Better
ONCE MEANT A COW
IN SCHOOL HOUSE, WAGON ONROOF

Hallowe'en en- or All Saints Day
is just around the corner"
Once time of high excitement
for youth of high school age, it is
today little more than an after
noon tea party in comparison.
Old timers chuckle often in re-
calling the morning after the
Halloween celebrations of their
day.
And those who were youngsters
then remember how puzzled they
were about the express wagon
astride the school house roof and
the COW tied on the second floor
of the building.
The wagon on the roof was
evidence that ghosts, goblins
and witches actually whisked
large objects through the air.
However, in time the explana-
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27

ton leaked out After the young
jewellers had INDUCED in liberal
amount of corn-throwing, ratified
the tick-tack on the windows and
pulled the rosined string through
the lard-can to create unearthly
howls, yowls and groans to trouble
inhabitants of the neighborhood,
a crowd of older revelers disassem-
bled the express wagon and car
ried it to the school house roof
piece by piece. Others reassembled
the wagon as the pieces were
brought up.
The COW was easily led up the
steps to the second floor.
Nearly any movable object was
target for the pranksters to
transport elsewhere. Benches,
swings, wheel barrows, carts, farm
gates and even the garden gate
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27

were apt to be found the next
morning in the most unlikely
places.
Better trained and wiser youth
today, celebrate Halloween in
happier more wholesome ways.
Neither property owners nor
law enforcement officials tolerate
the pranks once accepted as vir-
tually unavoidable on Halloween.
Numerous organizations, con-
cerned with the guidance of young
Americans everywhere go out of
their way to help youngsters OBJ
serve the season by safe, sane, and
far more enjoyable events.
And the youth out of respect
for this consideration apparently
no longer delight in such things
as cows in school houses or wag-
ons on the roof.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
-Four Eligible
For Hearings

Four men committed to Ohio
State Reformatory from Madison
County are eligible for hearing
before the Ohio Pardon and Parole
Commission on or after December
l, 1850.
Charles E Donaldson, convicted
January 80, 1850 is serving a SEN
tence of one to 20 years for for
gerry.
Herman E. KizZie, convicted
January 80, 1850, is serving a
sentence of one to 20 years for
operating a motor vehicle with
out the owners consent.
Richard c. Miller, convicted
February g., 1850, is serving a
sentence of one to Is years for
breaking and entering in the
night season. .s
Robert F. Davis, convicted Feb
ruary IA, 1850, is serving a sem
tence of one to Is years for break
ing and entering in the night
season.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
Kin Of London
Woman Victim Of
Auto Accident

Double funeral services for Rob-
ert and Virginia Heck, 33 and 81,
prominent Christianburg, Ohio,
couple killed Sunday in a traffic
accident south of Miamisburg, o.,
were to be conducted Thursday at
2 p. m. at st. Paris, Ohio. Mrs.
Heck is a granddaughter of Mrs.
Florence Miller, 1917 South Main
ST., London. Interment was to be
in Upper Honey Creek Cemetery
north of Christianburg.
The Hecks died enroute to
Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton,
after their auto had crashed in
to a wrecker truck and careened
into second car on u. S. Route
25 just north of Chautauqua at
1905 p. m.
Still in critical condition in
Middletown Hospital with a pos
sible fractured skull is Larry
Heck, 8, who was a passenger in
Ills parents dulO.
The family was enroute to
Christianburg from Hamilton
when the car, driven by Mr.. Heck
crashed into wrecker towing a
wrecked car and driven by George
Burton, 81, of Middletown.
Mrs. Heck is survived by her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Mil
Ter, Sr., st. Paris rural route;
three brothers, Lester, Jr., Troy;
Donald. in Arizona, and Robert,
st. Paris rural route, and her
grandmothers, Mrs. Miller, of
London. and Mrs. Walters of Me-
chanicsburg
Mr.. Heck is survived by his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Heck,
st. Paris.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
Mayor S Proclamation

spcasmaker Mayor of the City Of London Ohio do desa
"GO TO CHURCH MONTH.
London cooperation with the national
"Reigon in American LIFE. &
the native foundation Of democracy;
providing moral
and spiritual teaching for citizens;
Whereas churches community providing the strong
est deterrent of juvenile delinquency
Whereas churches of community providing the
portuniy for citizens worship Almighty God according to
dicaes of conscience;
community working
things which community
of village undergrad
the the II churches of village through attendance
persons choice during the month of November, 1885,
Signed,
e. p. speasmaker, Mayor
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
Woman Injured In
Fall From Auto

Mrs. Willard Brown of Grove
City, formerly of London, is re-
covering in Doctors Hospital, CO.
lumbus, from severe injuries suf-
fered when she fell from an auto
on Route AZ near South Charles
ton, according to Mr. Brown.
The accident occurred when
Mrs. Brown accidentally struck
the auto door handle causing the
door to open suddenly, Mr.. Brown
reported. Injuries included severe
laceration on top of her head, dis
located right shoulder and severe
injury to the right leg from the
hip to the ankle.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
Soybean Price
Takes A Jump

Soybeans jumped 8 cents per
bushel according to a market re-
port Wednesday, October 25, with
price quoted at 1922
The beans are said to be of
good quality, with an average
yield of 26 to 80 bushels per
acre, with some fields yielding
slightly higher and still others
slightly lower than the average.
The price of 1922 was the
highest since August 81, 1850,
when the same price was paid On
Auguct 80, 1850, before the new
crop, $2.28 per bushel was paid
by some markets.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
Moose Women To
Receive Gifts

Women of the Londen Moose
lodge will take gifts Saturday.
October %, in London for chill
dren who reside in Mooseheart
Child City in Indiana.
The gifts are to be anything
that will please children ages one
to eighteen years or money with
which to purchase gifts.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
Your Vote May
Be The Deciding
Vote Nov. I
DeadIine For Absent Voters
Ballots Noon Friday Nov. 3

Applications for absent or dis
abled voters ballots, will be ac-
cepted in the office of w. H. Gull
peper, clerk of the Madison Coun-
ty Board of Elections, South Main
street, until $50 p. m. Thursday,
November 2, according to advice
from the office Thursday morning.
Deadline for return of civilian
ballots to the office of the clerk
is IL noon, Friday, November 3.
Absent ballots for soldiers will
be accepted until IL noon, election
day, November Z, according to
Mr.. Culpeper.
Up-to-date 26 applications have
been filed, Mr.. Culpeper stated.
Twenty-three of these are civilian
disabled and absent and the other
three for men in the service.
If all verbal inquiries are fol-
lowed through, Mr.. Culpeper
stated that he expected at least
SO applications.
Voting precincts for Lon
don, November 7, will be:
FIRST WARD Methodist
Church basement.
SECOND WARD - McSav-
aney Real Estate office, East
High street.
THIRD WARD - Presbyter-
ian Church basement.
FOURTH WARD - Resi-
dence Mrs. J. {. Byers, East
First street.
FIFTH WARD - Residence
Mrs. Fan Conway, South Main
street.
SIXTH WARD - Residence
Mrs. Nettie Barnes, South
Main street.
SEVENTH WARD - Hanson
office, West Second street.
EIGHTH WARD and UNION
ToWNSHIP-Basement Of
Court House.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
GuIick Funeral
At MI. SterIinq

Funeral services Friday p. m.
at Mt. Sterling for James Gulick.
So, who died at his home near
Derby. Interment Mt. Sterling
cemetery.
Leaves wife, Anna; daughter
Josephine and one grandson;
mother, Mrs. Laura Gulick. He
was member of Mt. Sterling
F & Am.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
Frost Here

Jack Frost hit Madison
county in the early morning
hours Thursday. The weather.
man had warned Wednesday
that a light frost, especially
in the low places, could be ex-
pected Thursday. A clear
moonlight night accompanied
by a dipping mercury full
filled the prediction.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
Sewers Rites
At MI. S+erIinq

Funeral services Friday 1890
a. m. at Mt. Sterling for Mrs.
Mary Hanna Sewers, 81, who died
at here home there. Leaves one
son, Gilbert; one daughter, Mrs.
Dema Becker; four grandchildren
and five great grandchildren. In
terment at Mt. Sterling cemetery.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
PLEDGED TO SORORITY

Mariana Brown, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence L. Brown.
r. r. Ne. 2, London, has been
pledged to a sorority at Witten-
berg College. She is a pledge of
tthe Alpha Nu chapter of Gamma
Phi Beta, one of the six national
social sororities on the Witten-
berg Campus.
Miss Brown, freshman, is a
graduate London High School
where she was active in Band.
Orchestra, senior service scouts
and 4-H Club. She is majoring in
education.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
ANNOUNCE BIRTH

Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Guffey. 81
Toland street, announce the birth
of son at Doctors Hospital. Sat
urday, October 21. The mother is
the former Grace Call of London.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
LEAVES HOSPITAL

Mrs. Ray Vaughn has returned
to her home in Sedalia where she
is recovering after a major op-
GRAFTON at City Hospital, Spring
field two weeks ago.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
ANNOUNCE BIRTH

Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Tumblison,
London, announce the birth OF a
daughter at Mt. Carmel Hospital,
Saturday, October %.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27
ANNOUNCE BIRTH

ANNOUNCE BIRTH
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Hutson,
Lundy Lane, north of London, an
nounce the birth of a son at
Grant Hospital, Saturday, October
%.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27

Yo:; are Duty Bound To Vote
viii on Fail!
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27

LEAVES HOSPITAL
Alice Thomas, 218 West High
street, returned home Thursday
from Grant Hospital
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-27

Our Fighting Men vofe-Do
You?
Evening star., 1950-10-18
Korean AirIift Hits Peak
OF ESQ Planes in AUGUST
BY the Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. ia
peak schedule of $50 planes oper-
ating on the Korean airlift of
men and supplies was reached in
August. but is being cut back
now, Brig. Gen. Henry c. Kristof-
ferson told a National Defense
Transportation Association meet
ing here,
Gen. Kristofferson. who COM
mands the airlift, released the
formerly secret figures as some
$50 military and civilian delegates
discussed military transport meth
ods and their possible improve
ment yesterday.
The speakers reported figures
on the Korea supply effort as
follows:
Some $4,000 passengers and g.
600 tons of cargo moved by all
to Korea and Japan.
A total of 404 ships used b,
the Navy to transport 185,00(
passengers. 3 million tons of cargo
and Z million barrels of petroleum
to the war area.
Evening star., 1950-10-18
WaYnesboroCityBuy
Fishburne Academy
BY the Associated Press

WAYNESBORO, Va, Oct. 18.-
In deal that caught many per-
sons here by surprise, the city of
Waynesboro announced today
purchase of Fishburne Military
School for municipal uses and
temporary educational facilities.
In exchange for the Fishburne
property the city is to pay the
school $4,000 in cash and turn
over to it the present city hall
building and part of the old
Wayne Inn property.
Under the agreement, a cash
payment of 100000 is to be made
by the city in December.
The city will take possession of
the school property at the close
of the present school year, Fish
burne's 72d session.
Pliny Fishburne, president of
the school, said today that for
some time it has been our opinion
that city is the wrong place for
a preparatory school.
I'VE have considered moving
outside the city. but no final
determination has been made. A
plan will be worked
out to take care of students who
are not graduating this year"
Mr., Fishburne said no plans
had been made by the school for
use of the property it will acquire
from the city in the deal.