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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
Schedule Band
Rehearsals And
Music Classes

The Beginners Band, Reserve
Band, and the High School Band
will hold rehearSals at the Lon
don High School Auditorium
through June and August, accord
ing to Ray Creighton, Director of
Music. There will not be any re-
hearsals in July. Members of the
groups are urged to attend these
rehearsals and alumni who have
been members of the high school
band are invited to take part in
the summer band program.
Reserve Band and Beginners
Band rehearsals will be held on
Tuesday evenings beginning June
IL. The Reserve Band will meet
at 7:30. Beginners Band (this in
cludes all students who began in
strument study the second semes-
ter of the past school year. will
meet at 800.
The Band will rehearse on
Thursday evenings beginning June
Ia at 7:30. Band students who
have not turned in their uniforms
are urged to do SO at the next
rehearsal in order that they may
be dry cleaned and stored for
the summer.
During the summer is an OPP
perfume time for band instrument
students to study their instrument
with a private teacher, Mr.
Creighton said. Private study of
fers many advantages: the stud
ent can progress more rapidly
than in a class as his own indi-
vidual problems can be dealt with
more directly. his progress is moi
retarded by the slower students
he can advance beyond the limits
of class depending upon his OWE
ability and initiative. He win gair
confidence in himself and be more
proficient.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
COUNCIL ENACTS
LONDON'S FIRST
BUILDING CODE

Future building construction
within the city limits Of London
will be regulated for the first
time in London's history under an
passed by city council
as an emergency measure effect
i've Immediately. Another ordi-
nance establishing a Planning
Commission was also passed.
The regulation prescribes re-
quirements for excavations for
buildings, either masonry or
frame; chimney, foundations.
flues, wall thicknesses, electrical
work and sanitation.
Council noted In the ordinance
the measure was enacted to inn
prove the city and promote the
health. welfare and safety of local
residents.
No building, repair or alteration
will be permitted in the city with
out approval from the Planning
Commission and a written permit.
The fee for the permit will be
$40.
When application is made for
a commercial building, plans and
specifications, approved by the
Department of Industrial Rela-
tons of Ohio, must accompany
the application.
A fine of not less than S1.00 nor
more than $40 is provided for VIZ
olations, each day of violation
constituting a separate offense.
Under the requirements for
sanitation the ordinance stipulates
that no dwelling. cabin. cottage
or building used for living quart
ers shall be constructed, moved.
installed or placed upon any lot
of parcel of land within the limits
of the corporation without being
equipped with an inside toilet
with running water and sewage
connections with the city sanitary
sewer or septic tank approved by
the County Board of Health.
The ordinance was recommend
ed by the City Planning Com
mission and prepared by Solicitor
Forrest E. Sidener.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08

George Withrow
Dies Thursday

George NJ. Withrow, lifelong
Of London and Madison
county, died of a heart attack
early Thursday morning in Mt.
Carmel Hospital. He had been in
falling health the last two years.
lie was the son Of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. David Withrow, of
Paint Township, a pioneer family
in the county.
Mr.. Withrow retired in May,
1850, after serving as mainten-
ance foreman at the London Pris-
on Farm 20 years. He was MEM
Der Of the London Methodist
Church more than 80 years: a
member of Chandler Lodge r &
A WI and the London Shrine club;
a past president of the London
Kiwanis club and served on the
London council.
Surviving are his wife, Nell
Parrish Withrow: sister, Mrs.
Mary Heironimus and a nephew
James Heironimus of Columbus.
The family will receive friends
at the Schlechty-Fic Funeral
home from z to 8 Thursday; from
3 to 5 and 7 to 9 both Friday and
Saturday
Funeral services at the Meth
odist Church Sunday at 2:3O
o'clock. Interment in Paint Town
ship Cemetery.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
Open Blue Cross
Enrolment Here
Friday June 18th

June IA marks the opening day
for the Blue Cross Community
Enrolment in London and Mad
ison County.
In the early SOS group of
school teachers. faced by a COM
mon inability to meet the cost
of the unexpected hospital bill,
banded together and started Blue
Cross. The idea was so good that
the hospitals took it over and
the name Blue Cross was offici-
ally brought into the picture. The
name Blue Cross comes from its
symbol, a Blue Cross on which
appears the Official seal of the
American Hospital Association.
From this insignificant begin
ming at baylor University, the
most amazing growth in history
started. In Is years forty million
persons have joined this voluntary
movement. Never before have SO
many men, women and children
joined together of their own free
will in a program designed to help
them meet a common hazard :
the hazard of an unexpected hos
pital bill. Blue Cross members
live in every state, in Puerto Rico
and in Canada
Blue Cross provides hospital
care in member hospitals for
thirty days in each contract year
as well as. room and board, gen.
eral nursing service in the hos
pital, special diets, operating room
as many times as necessary, lab
oratory work done in the hospital
drugs and medicines, vaccines
serum, penicillin, streptomyein
sulfa drugs. dressings, biologicals
oxygen, plaster casts and intra.
yenous preparations.
The ease of operation all
you need to enter the hospital is
your physicians recommendation
and your Identification card =
the lack of red tape, and the un-
excelled benefits of the Plan
should make it worthy of con.
sideration and support.
Enrolment headquarters are II
the Citizens Loan and Saving!
Co. building.
Farmers may visit the Farm
Bureau office, 38 w. First st.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
farm HOME DESTROYED
BY OIL STOVE FIRE

Fire from a kerosene stove
was blamed for destruction of
tenant house farm home on the
Gregg Mill Road five miles south
of London Wednesday afternoon.
London firemen were powerless
to save the house because of the
lack Of a water supply and rapid
progress of the fire when the
four-room home of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Garrett was leveled shortly
after 800 pm.
The entire contents of the house,
including clothing furniture and
personal possessions were lost in
the fire. The loss was roughly
estimated by local firemen at ap-
proximately $6500.
Mrs. Garrett, who was alone
at the house, told members of the
family she had just gone out to
the garden. Looking up she saw
the fire and ran for help from
her father-in who lives in the
main farm house on the opposite
side of the road.
According to Mr.. Garrett the
oil stove had apparently exploded.
He said the fire was all over
the floor when Mrs. Garrett first
saw the fire, indicating the stove
had 'let go" and scattered the oil.
Fireman Charles Mercer an
swered the alarm with the Lon
don fire truck, but the fire was
entirely out of control by the time
the fire truck arrived on the
scene.
Mr.. Garrett said there was some
money in the front part of the
house which they thought they
might save by entering the house
through a front window, but when
they broke the window open the
fire shot out almost ten feet from
the building coming SO near Mrs
Garrett it singed her hair.
The farm is owned by Mrs
Katherine Stone of Columbus and
is managed by the Dunlap Broth
erS.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
County Trustees
Session June Ia

The summer convention of the
Ohio Association of County
Trustees and Clerks, will con-
vene in Cleveland June IA through
is, Bernard Conway. secretary
treasurer of the Madison County
Association has announced.
Business sessions will be each
morning in the Hotel Cleveland.
In the afternoons the visitors will
be taken on tour of the Republic
Steel Company plant and General
Electric's world famous Nela
Park. The banquet will be Thurs
day evening and the Executive
Committee. luncheon Friday noon.
The convention will adjourn Sat
urday noon.
A number of the Madison Coun-
ty Association of Trustees MEM
bers are expected to attend, Mr.
Conway stated.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
Officers AIerted
For Gunman Here

London and Madison County
law enforcement officers were al
erted Thursday in the search for
a 29-year-old man wanted for
shooting two Cincinnati detectives.
A man answering his description
was reported headed east from
Springfield this morning.
CINCINNATI, I,-dPl-A slender
29-year-old Cincinnatian fought
two gun battles with Cincinnati
police within less than week and
then gave up Thursday night
The man was Paul William, %.
He is charged with wounding
detectives Harry Batter and Viii
liam Donovan in a wild gun fight
i'm the downtown district last Mon
day midnight.
He traded shots with patrolman
Kenneth Davis Thursday night
without either being hit.
Williams was shooting as he
ran. He threw his gun away and
finally tagged a taxicab. The
driver, Albert Jacobson. 26, said
Williams directed him to take
him to police station but as they
reached the downtown district the
man saw a motorcycle officer and
surrendered to Patrolman Nolar
Bradley.
Williams had been the object
of widespread search since the
affray Monday night.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
INJURIES FATAL TO BOY
HIT BY AUTO THURSDAY

Injuries suffered when he
was struck by a neighbor's
auto while playing or his
scooter Thursday evening
were fatal to Lester Frey, IL
year-oid son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Noah {. Frey OF near Rose
dale. The child died In
Doctors Hospital Columbus,
about 4 am. Friday. He was
the fifth child of the Madison
County couple.
The accident occurred while
the boy was riding the scooter in
front of his home. Hospital at
tendants were reported saying he
suffered compound fractures,
shock, and severe decorations OF
his left leg.
A brother of the youngster said
he thought Testers leg had been
caught in rip on the cars fender
when he was struck
Driver of the car was Red
LeMaster, according to tn {
brother, who said that Lester
drove his scooter from the Frey
lane into the path of the car near
the highway between Mechanics
burg and Rosedale.
The family, 1t was reported
lives on a road about five miles
from Mechanicsburg and just of
the. highway.
An ambulance from Mechanics
burg took the injured boy to tht
Columbus Hospital.
Madison County officers were
investigating the accident Frida.
morning.
The Madison county officer
were informed by the family Fri
day that the boy died of loss o
blood; that they thought wnel
he saw the approaching car h
pressed the accelerator on hi
motor bike instead of the brake
Funeral arrangements in charg
of the Ferguson Funeral Home
Plain City, are incomplete.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
Squire" Mathews
Succumbs Friday

SPRINGFIELD. O., June s -
tP,-James NJ. Squire" Matthews,
Sr., Mad River Township JUS
tice of Peace for % years died
today at his home. He was 81.
The aged Justice Of the Peace
had been iii since 1912. a year
after he retired as Mad River
Township squire. He served ais
Justice of the Peace from 1909 un-
til 1941.
esquire" Matthews was the
last surviving charter member
OF London Aerie No. ESQ,
FraternaI Order of Eagles.
He had been an Eagle men,
Der for 47 years.
Funeral services will be held
Sunday at pm. In Springfield's
Littleton Funeral Home. Burial
viii be in Enon.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
Pa+roImman Nabs
4 GlS Fugitives

Four inmates of the Girls In
dustrial School at Delaware es-
capped from the school Monday
night by jumping from a window
of their cottage.
The inmates, ranging in age
from 20 to 25, hitched a ride on
a truck which took them to Plain
City. They got out at the Public
Square and were seen by Patrol
man Morse Anderson, who had
been notified of their escape. He
started in pursuit and was assist
cd by Harold Page, Paul Fer
gus0n and Carl jackson. The chase
lasted about two hours before all
the girls were rounded, up and
taken to the Plain City Jail.
A physician was called to treat
them for cuts and bruises suf-
fered when they jumped from the
window. One girl was believed to
have fractured ankle.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
Lewis NJ. Smith
Dies tuesday

Lewis M. Smith, 96, died at
1910 pm. Tuesday in the home of
his daughter. Mrs. Daisy Minturn
of Springfield, Route A Jackson
Road. He had been i'll with pneu-
monia approximately 10 days.
A prominent violinist in Clark
county circles for many years. Mr..
Smith was born in Madison Coun-
ty June II, 1854, a son of Samuel
and Lydia Smith. He was retired
farmer and a member of Emory
Chapel Methodist Church.
Survivors include Mrs. Minturn,
with whom he resided, and two
granddaughter. The body was
removed to Richards Memorial
Home for services at 2 pm. Fri
day. Burial in Kirkwood Cemetery
London.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
Yerian Rites
In California

Funeral services and interment
for Leo Lewis Yerian, ga, former
Madison county resident who died
in San Lorenzo, California, May
28, were in San Lorenzo Thurs
day, May 81.
Mr.. Yerian was the son of the
late John r.. Yerian who died
in London in 1901 and Mrs. Yerian
who died several years later. He
was born in Resaca, Madison
county, February 8, 1887.
He left Madison county about
1906 and resided for some time
In Colorado, Montana and Wyom-
ing. Far is years he was in gov
ernment service first with the
Home Owners Loan Corporation
and later with the War Assets
Administration. AS manager of all
the Home Owners Loans in the
Hawaiian Islands, he resided in
Honolulu for five years He was
residing there just two blocks
from Pearl Harbor when it was
bombed in December, 1941, some
of the bombs falling in the yard
Of his home. At the time of his
death he had retired and was
living in San Lorenzo.
Surviving are his wife; one sis
ter, Mrs. ]. K. Beeson (Gladys
Yerian) of Sheridan, Wyoming;
three uncles, Lewis of London
Charles of near South Solon and
Oscar B. of Yuba City, California
who attended the funeral services
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
Walter Mooney
Dies Suddenly

Walter F. tSport) Mooney IS,
of Plain City. died suddenly Tues
day evening at the home of friends
in Urbana. following cerebral
hemmorrhage.
Mr.. Mooney was well known in
harness racing circles, having
driven and owned horses for many
years. He also operated a prod
uce business for several years in
Plain City.
He is survived by his wife.
Eleanor; two daughters, Miss
Jane Mooney of Cincinnati, and
Mrs. Eleanor Hubbard of Mesa
Ariz.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
Jamboree At Lake
Set For July 4th
BY r. G G. Group

July 4th will be a big day at
Madison Lake.
Officials Of the Madison County
Fish and Game Association en-
phasized this today in announcing
that the association has planned
another jamboree for sportsmen
and their friends at Madison Lake
on independence Day, July 4th.
Features to be included in the
full-day program will include a
trap shoot, coon dog field trials
and contests and prizes for the
children.
Full details cncerning the pro-
gram are to be announced later,
the Fish and Game officials in
dicated Wednesday.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
Cut ThisfIes. Stop
Using Air Guns In
City. Mayor Warns

Mayor E. P. Speasmaker to-
day announced that all property
owners in London having Cana
dian thistles growing on their
premises should have the thistles
cut before they go to seed
At the same time, Mayor Speas-
maker warned that any person
using an air gun in the city Tex
cept those at targets or using the
guns in a safe place. will be fin
cd and the gun confiscated.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
Columbus Man
Is Held Here

Hollis Drummond of 81 East
First Avenue, Columbus, charged
with leaving the scene of an ac-
eident, is being held for failure
to pay S10O and costs after a
hearing in Mayor E, P. Speas-
makers court Wednesday noon.
Hollis was arrested Wednesday
morning by Cpl. II. A. Hurst of
Springfield, on charge Of leav-
ing the scene of an accident on
u. S. Route 30, Monday, June 4,
according to Madison County
authorities.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
Newsprinf Up
$40 Per Ton

WASHINGTON, -tR- Two
Ohio Newspaper publishers are
among "a who have been asked to
confer with Price Director Mich
ale v. Disable Tuesday on the
newsprint situation.
They are Charles F. McCahill of
The Cleveland News and Roy D.
Moore of the Canton Repository.
Seven Us. newsprint manufac-
turers also have. been invited to
the conference, called after a So
a-ton boost in the price of Can
adian newsprint.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
View Of Farm
Identified

1t is the Larkin farm. The
picture of a Madison County
farm, published in this news
paper in the Lucky Farmer
Photo Quiz, was identified as
the George Larkin farm on
Route AZ near London.
An aerial view OF another
Madison County farm, un-
known to anyone connected
with the Lucky Farmer Photo
Quiz, will appear In the June
IL edition OF your newspaper.
Watch for IL!
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
Father And Son
Banquet June Is

A father and son banquet will
be given in the Presbyterian
Church dining-rooms, June IS at
z pm.
Guild 5, Mrs. II. II. Porter,
leader, is planning a program in
which fathers and sons of the
church will participate and will
serve the dinner.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
Participates In
He eaIth Discussion

Judge James F. Bell on Wed
nesday took part in panel dis
cussion on Legal Aspects of
Sanitation" at a state meeting of
County Health Commissioners at
Lake Hope.
William Veigel. chief of the
Bureau of Vital Statistics Of Ohio
was moderator. Others taking part
were, Paul j. Mikus, prosecuting
attorney of Lorain county and
Max Dennis of the office Of the
Attorney General of Ohio.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
SERVING IN NAVY

The Springfield Navy Recruit
Ing Station has announced that
Charles Wesley Burchnell OF
Madison County Children Home
was accepted in the U. S. Navy
Monday June A.
Burchnell is at the Great Lakes
Naval Training Center where ne
viii receive IL weeks of recruit
training. Prior to his enlistment
Burchnell attended and graduated
from London High School with the
class Of 1851. -.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
I04 Issues For
One Dollar To
Service Men

Effective today a subscrip-
ton to this newspaper to men
in the armed forces Is only
s1.oo.
That means the subscriber
will receive 1o4 issues for s1.0o.
This rate will apply to the
members of the armed forces
serving overseas As well as
those stationed in the United
States.
News Of the men in the SER
vice IS always welcomed. Send
in pictures Of your men if you
wish. Pictures should be in our
office as early IS possible
ahead Of the date Of puhllca-
ton to allow sufficient time
for having the engraving made.
usually three Or four days. All
photos vii be returned.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
Represent Plain
Civ Lions Club

Ralph Nelson and Ronald
Smucker viii represent the Lions
Club of Plain City at the Ameri-
can Legion Buckeye Boys State
at Camp Perry on Lake Erie from
June Is TO June "a.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
Father UY Local
Man Succumbs

Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Meade
and their son, Chandler Avenue,
were called to Mr.. Meade's home,
Cattlettsburg, Kentucky, Thurs
day by the death of his father, l..
H. Meade.
Mr.. Meade died suddenly Thurs
day afternoon while he and Mrs.
Meade were on a fishing trip to
Smithville, Tenn.
Funeral arrangements were in
complete when the message came
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
KENNEDY AT HOME

Robert Kennedy returned We'd
nesday to his home on East Sec
ond Street from Mt. Carmel Hos
pital Mr.. Kennedy Is slowly re-
covering from serious burns re-
ceived when his factory here was
destroyed by fire May Is.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
MURRAY IN HOSPITAL

Judge FRANK j. Murray, North
Oak Street, is a patient in Room
405 Cleveland Clinic Hospital,
Cleveland. Latest word from the
hospital stated his progress is sat
isfactory.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
BOOST INCOME TAX

WASHINGTON. JUNE TT
A 1919 per cent increase in in
dividual income taxes and a boost
of five percentage points in cor
porate tax rates won final ap-
proval today from the House
Ways and Means Committee.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
ON wLW-rv

ON WLW-rv
Linda Diffendal of South Solon
will make an appearance on
Schiff's Star-M Makers Review in
Cincinnati, Sunday, June 10 tn.
She can be heard and seen on
Channels 3-4-5.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
HOSPITAL

Mrs. w. r. Spittle returned
Sunday from Grant Hospital
where she had been a patient for
treatment the last week :
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
RECOVERING

Mrs. Lewis Davis eileen Sui
livan) is recovering at her home
here. after a major operation at
Doctors Hospital, Columbus
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08

Full Associated Press leus-
ed wire service Tor sfofe. nc-
sfionul and world news. The
Associated Press IS entitled
exclusively 20 use al Iocol
news in This newspaper.
TELEPHONE 81 Or 81
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
Weather

Showers and scattered fhun-
deFsforms toniehf and Sctur.
duY. Low tonight so 70 IS.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-08
REPORTED Ill

Thomas Geopoulus Is recovering
at his home on East Fourth Street
after a several days illness.
Evening star., 1951-01-13

At long, long last you can get complete
Maryland suburb, at reasonable pricei
A year ago you would have thought such
value improbable; today it seems almost
impossible But it's true! The home of
your fondest dreams: the home in which
you want your children to grow up hap
PLY, is 1aoa0 Uithin your reach!
The fact is that the Willard Construction
Corp. had ordered the fine materials for
Evening star., 1951-01-13

and members of the Washington
and Oregon Congressional delega-
tions are giving him luncheon in
the Speakers dining room on
January Is.
Doc Watkins, former head of the
AP Regional Service at the Capt.
tol, has been special correspondent
for AP papers in Washington and
Oregon for IL years.
Senator Magnuson, Democrat
of Washington. said:
DOC Watkins dispatches con-
stitute neWsman's history of the
Pacific Northwest" -..
Representative Holmes, Repub-
lican, of Washington. said yester-
day in the House that Doc" is
loved and respected by all who
know him.
He was born in Montrose, Mo
He began AP service in 1910 at
Kansas City, Mo. and later served
in AP bureaus at Omaha, Neb.,
indianapolis, Ind, Albany, N. Y,
New York City and Denver, Colo
He came to Washington in 1927.
He and his wife, Olga. live in
University Park, Md. They have q
son, Orville Watkins.
Evening star., 1951-01-13
Rent Increase Approved
For the Kennedy-Warren

An increase of nearly Is per
cent in apartment rentals at the
Kennedy Warren, 3133 Connecti-
cut avenue NV. has been ap-
proved by a District rent control
examiner, it was announced yes
terday.
The Klingle Corp. sought the
increase on grounds of increased
operating costs and real estate
taxes since January /, l941.
The new rent would range from
$6250 month for two rooms and
bath to $21850 for units with
seven rooms and three baths.
The former rents ranged from
$54.50 to $3.50 a month.
The increase was recommended
by Examiner William F.. Mansfield
and may go into effect within 10
days unless appealed to the Rent
Control Administration.
The increase covers 305 apart
ments.