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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-23
Wound Fatal.
ToFarn1er::
Probe "opens
Fred Long. Found In
Field After t4un+inq
Dog In Sheep

Fred Long. So. q Clark County
farmer, died in Springfield City
Hospital at $40 pm. Thursday
of a bullet wound in the head.
An investigation of his death was
launched BY Clark County author
tiles Thursday night.
Mr. Long, who lived on the
Houston Rd., London 2, was found
wounded and unconscious in
field about 200 yards from his
home by Mrs. Long Thursday
afternoon. Mrs. Long reported
that he had left the house with
his p repeating rifle to look for
a dog bothering his flock of sheep
The investigation OF his death
is being conducted by Clark
County Sheriff J. Arthur Shurnan
and County Coroner Austin Rich
ards.
Mr.. Long was apparently
wounded a.hout ii am. His wife
after finding him summoned son
Clifford, 38, from his residence
on the Summerford Road
A London physician was also
called and administered prelin1i-
nary treatment before sending the
wounded man to the hospital in
a London ambulance.
The hospital notified the Spring
field Police Department which
in turn notified the sheriff.
MIR. Long, apparently never re-
gained consciousness. Deputies
said the bullet wound was about
two inches above the left eve. IT
was undetermined whether the
fatal Shot came from Mr. Longs
own gun which was found at the
scene and returned to the house
by members of, the family. ar
cording to deputies.
The coroner, Ii was reported
stated that it would be necessary
to examine both Mr.. Longs Gun
and the fatal bullet before ruling
out the possibility of the bullet
having come from another source
Deputies said there were no
powder marks on the forehead.
Survivors include the widow
Hazel B., the son, Clifford and a
daughter, Kathryn.
Other survivors are his father,
James f. Long, Zanesfield, Ohio:
two brothers, Ralph of Zanes-
field; George of Blackjack.
Funeral services Sunday 2 pm.
at Lukens Funeral Home. Inter
ment Somerford Cemetery.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-23
STORM RIVALS CLOUDBURST
FLOODING MANY AREAS HERE
Harbage Chosen
Spokesman For
7+h District

Austin Harbage, Canaan Town
ship. president of the Board of
Directors of the Madison County
Farm Bureau and chairman of the
Legislative Committee of the
county organization, was elected
Congressional Spokesman for the
Farm Bureau of the Seventh Con-
gressional District, at a meeting
of farm leaders of the District
at the YMCA in Springfield Tues
day.
Each of the nine counties in
the district had one vote in choos-
ing the spokesman. Mr.. Harbage,
on the first ballot, received six
votes of the eight counties repre-
sented at the meeting. The nine
counties that comprise the dis
trict are, Madison, Clark, Fayette,
Champaign, Union, Logan, Clin-
ton, Warren and Greene.
At the same meeting, Mrs. A. II.
Mccoy N. Vienna, Clinton County
was elected Homc@and Con-
munity Committee Congressional
Representative for the district.
Mr.. Harbage and Mrs. Mccoy,
with spokesmen and representa-
tiyes from other congressional
districts will go to Washington
probably some time in March.
There they will meet with Char
les Brannan, Head of the United
States Department of Agriculture
and farm leaders in Congress to
discuss needs of the farmers.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-23
Officers Wife
Polio Victim
Flown To Ohio

(NOTE-Robert A. Me-
Murray, Jr., mentioned in the
following APP dispatch is the
son of Mrs. Robert McMur-
ray, Lucas Pike, u. 8. Route
az, near London. The McMur-
ray farm is near Fettrows,
at the junction of Routes 40
and Az
COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 23-tAP)
A 24-year-old Air Force Majors
wife, stricken by polio in the
Philippine Islands last August,
has completed an 11,000-mile air.
plane flight to join her husband
here.
Mrs. Ruth McMurray was flown
to Columbus in an Air Force
plane so she could enter a hos
pital and be near her husband,
Mai. Robert A. McMurray, Jr.,
stationed at Loclbourne Air Force
Base.
She became paralyzed from the
neck down by polio while with
her husband in Manila. First
flown to-. San Francisco, then
San Antonio, she was taken later
to, the, home of her parents in Pat
erson, n. ].
At the time the major was
transferred to Columbus. a plane
from Mitchell Field was rigged
with special iron lung run by
gasoline. A portable lung can not
be used in the plane, officers
said. because it loses pressure at
high attitudes.
The flight was considered the
longest and most critical ever
made by a polio victim.
Upon arrival here Mrs. McMur-
ray was taken to Children's Hos
pital, widely known for its treat
ment of polio. Doctors said she
has improved to the point where
she can spend great part of the
day outside the iron lung, al
though she is still paralyzed.
Originally, the couple had in
tended to bring with them their
22-months-old son, Robert, but at
the last moment it was decided
to leave him with his maternal
grandparents, MI. and Mrs. Louis
Westra of Paterson, N. J.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-23
Roads Hard Hit BY Weather
Heavy Repair Program Seen

Madison County's road-system
suffered heavy damage from the
severe winter weather and a
tremenduous amount of repair
will be necessary to restore them
to satisfactory condition.
George Taylor OF the Board
Of County Commissioners stated
Wednesday that repair of the
roads will be started as soon as
weather conditions will permit
satisfactory work to be accomp-
lished.
Meanwhile he urged that all
county motorists exercise proper
caution in use of the roads to
guard against accidents or dam
age to their cars because of the
road conditions.
Resurfaced roads have suffered
especially severe damage from
freezing weather, often leaving
the road poc-marked with deep
holes difficult for motorists to
see until too late to avoid them.
Workmen examining one road
near Plain City dug into the road
and found water Is in. beneath the
surface showing part of the cause
for roads giving away. Temper
ary repairs have been made in
some areas until improved wealth
er permits permanent repair.
Madison County officials, acute
" aware of the urgent need for
repair of the roads, urged We'd
nesday that the public be con-
siderate of the necessary delay.
All we need is suitable wealth
or" Commissioner Taylor said.
The roads will be repaired as
quickly as possible.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-23
REFUSE COLLECTION SCHEDULE

schedule of residential collections of refuse by the city
beginning March l, follows:
north of w High Street and between Big Four
and including the section north OF
Avenue.
TUESDAY, High south of Park Avenue
east of North Main Street
WEDNESDAY: District Street south of East
Street and north or Center Street.
District of South Main Street and south Of West
Lincoln for Rainey Addition and Dog
Hill
FRIDAY :Rainey Addition, Dog Hill Riley Addition.
work of collectors the Sanitation Depart
be in front the
500 assigned collection day when
conditions do permit alley piclup)
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-23
Registrars For
County Named

COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 20 -
(AP) = II. E. Foley. State Reg
istrar of Motor Vehicles, today
announced the appointment of
more than 800 deputy registrars
to handle the sale of 1851 auto
license tags, beginning March L.
Motorists should take good care
of the 1851 tags, he said, because
they may have to use them sew
eral years if a steel shortage de-
velops.
Foley also requested motorists
to turn over their old plates to
filling stations and garages where
they will be saved for contpibu-
ton to any scrap steel drives.
The new deputy registrars in
clude Madison County: London
Maurice Beathard, Z s. Oak ST.;
Mt Sterling Olga Junk, 244 NJ.
London; Plain City-Dorse D.
Mckinley. 228 w. Main St.; Sc
dalia-- Donna S. Rihl, Main St;
South Solon- Ada P. Rowand,
Washington and Main; West JEFF
ferson-Marcella Lovelcss, 66 E.
Main st.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-23

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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-23
L-aymen's Sunday
AT Local Church

The Annual Laymen's Sunday
will be observed in the London
Methodist Church by a special
program at the morning service
and congregational visitation in
the afternoon.
j. E. Allensworth, President of
the Mems Bible Class will pre-
side and Gene Dunkin will read
the scripture lesson. Arnold Fet-
ter will sing the baritone solo,
Calvary" by Rodney and the
mems chorus will sing The
Spacious Firmament" by Haydn.
Brief addresses will be given by
Forrest Hanson. Robert Lukens
and William Holton.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-23
Tournament
Wind Up Set
orFriiday
Both Mt. Sterling And
Plain City To Play
In District Tourney

Plain City Scotties annexed the
losers bracket title in the Mad
ison County high school basket
ball tournament at Midway We'd
nesday night by downing West
Jefferson SAP. With Mt. Ster-
ling, who took the winners brac-
ket, the Scotties are now asstlr-
ed the right to play in the dis
trict tournament.
West Jeffersof's Bob Ingles
staged a stellar scoring spree In
the outset of Wednesday nights
contest, but the Plain City ag-
gregation forged gradually ahead
to nail down the victory. Ingles
made 30 of the losers AZ points.
In an earlier setto the Plain
City Reserves downed Mt. Ster-
ling 1882 with Ray Phelps pnc-
ing the victors with 18 points and
Pete Witch with % providing
the fireworks for the Mt. Sterling
team.
Wind up OF the county tourna-
ment is billed for Friday night.
Plain City will meet the Mt.
Sterling Greyhounds, victor of
the winners bracket.
In the event Plain City should
win, a playoff contest will be
mandatory for Saturday night.
However, regardless of the out
come both teams are to play in
the Westerville district tourney.
The preliminary game for Fri
day night will be Monroe VS. Mid
way, a Junior High contest set
for 700 o'clock.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-23
Taylor Serving
At San Diego

Larry L. Taylor, airman, USN,
of 46 East Fourth St, London,
is serving with Fleet Aircraft
Service Squadron 691 at the Ma
val Air Station. San Diego, Calf.
The squadron, formerly based
at Columbus, is team of avia-
tion specialists set up to keep car
rier squadrons in top fighting
condition. Since their recall to
active military duty, squadron
personnel have been keeping
abreast of the latest developments
by attending schools and under
going an intensive training pro-
gram of their own.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-23
Two Runaways
Held In London

Two runaway youths were talk
en- into custody at Plain City
Wednesday by Deputy Sheriff
Bob Allison.
Charles Arthur Daughenbaugh,
IA, who the sheriff reported
runaway from Meadville, Pa,
was taken to London to await ar
rival of his parents.
A 16-year-old girl who walked
away from the Longview State
Hospital at Cincinnati, gave her
self up at Plain City business
concern and later told the officer
she wanted to return to the in
stitution. Previously in the Girls
Industrial School at Delaware.
she had also ran away from that
institution.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-23

The largest newsgathering staff
in existence and the worlds most
extensive system of news wires,
cables and wireless facilities join
ed forces with The Madison Press
and Madison County Democrat
Monday February 10.
On that date, The Associated
Press started delivering its world
news report to the two Lon
don, Ohio n ews papers. APPS
globe-g n d ling communications
system includes:
A 320,OO0-mile network of tele-
type circuits in the United States,
under exclusive AP control;
A 24-hour AP cable connecting
the New York and London
bureaus; parallelling this. an ex-
elusive London-New York radio
teletype channel;
A 24-hour AP teletype network
connecting London, Paris, Rome
and other European capitals;
Many thousands of miles of
regularly used wireless channels
flashing AP news to and from
other areas of the world.
These facilities, thoroughly in-
tegrated for lghtning-fast trans
mission of news, will keep The
Democrat in practically instan-
taneous touch with London. Buen-
os Aires, Moscow. Tokyo and
other world capitals. as we'll as
with Washington and our own
state capital.
APPS. domestic news wires criss-
cross the United States like rail
road tracks. Main trunk lines
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-23
SCHOOL STREET
one WAY ONLY

In an emergency measure, the
London city council has made
School Street a one-way street
from High to East First Street.
Traffic will be required to move
in southerly direction only
when using this street, once the
street has been adequately mark
ed with signs designating it a
one-way thoroughfare.
The signs. already ordered, are
expected to be received by the
city in comparatively short
time. Danger to school children
from traffic using this street is
said to have prompted council to
limit traffic on the street to a
single direction.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-23
MEN FOR
HIGHWAY PATROL JOB

COLUMBUS. O., Feb. 23-(AP)
The State Highway Patrol to-
day is conducting examinations
and interviews to select 40 can
didates for training as patrolmen
in April.
Corp. j. L. Binkley of the Co
lumbus Post said he is interview
ing applicants from Columbus
and nearby localities, including
Lancaster, Newark, and London.
Applicants must be from n to
35 years old, American citizens,
residents of Ohio for five years,
and have high school diplomas
or equivalent education.
They must weight at least 168
and be at least five feet, eight
inches tall
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-23
Worlds Largest News
Staff Serves Democrat

key city in the United States and
abroad, and in many smaller
cities. In this area there are AP
bureaus at Columbus, Cincinnati
and Cleveland. With approxima-
tely $500 full-time employees, AP
has nearly dc able the staff of any
other service covering world
news. AP spends $22. 100000 an
nually nearly twice as much
as any other agency TO re-
port the news rapidly. fully and
accurately.
When news of special interest
to London breaks at Washington,
an AP man is there to get the
story. APPS Washington bureau IS
the largest in the national capital,
with more than 100 reporters and
editors. 1t has several specialized
sections a Senate staff, which
covers the Senate and keeps up
with legislation pending there,
House staff, a White House staff,
others for the State Department,
Supreme Court and other agen-
cies.
Also, there is a special Ohio
reporter whose sole duty is to
report news of particular interest
to readers in Ohio He is. in eff
feet, The Democrats special cor
respondent in Washington.
APPS coverage of World War
III was hailed as the greatest col
lective journalistic achievement IN
history. After the war, AP re-
opened IFS bureaus in enemy and
enemy-oecnpied countries and es-
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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-23
Soldier From
County Wounded

Madison county's third casualty
IN the Korean War was reported
Thursday in a telegram TO Mrs.
Dorothy Lambert, Old Xenia
Road, concerning injuries to her
brother, Pfc. Vernon <. Oyer.
The message to Mrs. Lambert
stated: THE Secretary of the
Army has asked me to express
his deep regret that your brother,
Pfc. Vernon Z. Oyer was Slight
~ wounded in action in Korea,
February IL, 1851.
Edward F. Whitsel,
"Adjutant General of the Army"
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-23
Plain City Man
Is Found Dead

Burrell Lewis, 38, Plain City
Plasterer, was found dead in
bed by neighbors at his home on
South Chillicothe ST., in Plain
City, Wednesday morning.
Cause of his death was unde-
termined and London physician.
representing the corners office,
had the body removed TO Uniyer-
sity Hospital, Columbus, for an
autopsy.
Lewis lived alone Investigators
found indications that he had been
i'll.
Funeral arrangements are
being completed by the Ferguson
Funeral Home, Plain City.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-23
KeaIth Work In
Schools TO Begin
In County March |

DR.. Robert Vogel, Health Com
missioner and representatives oi
the Health Department VIII begin
visiting the schools of Madison
County March / to give vaccina-
tions and imnunization treat
ments as part of the county's Civil
Defense program.
The schedule follows
March fst - Mt. Sterling
School.
March 7th - West Jeffer-
son School.
March 9Th Madison
Rural School.
March 12 - somerford-La-
fayette Schools.
March 10 - South Solon
ana Sedalia Schools.
March % plain City
School.
March &c jefferson -"
School, Fairfield School.
April 2 - Rosedale and
Plumwood Schools.
April 6 -PlalnvieW Christ
ian and Canaan Schools.
April Q - Danvitle School.
April 13 - London Schools.
Earl Robinson, Civil Defense
Director, has requested that al
personnel cooperate with the
Continued on Page Tap0l
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-23
SUPERVISOR HERE

Miss Edith Keller, Supervisor
of Music for the State Depart
ment of Education, visited the
London Public Schools, Tuesday.
Miss Keller observed the work
of Ray Creighton, director of
music in the schools and his as
sistant, Mrs. Dale Race. in their
classes of vocal music in the
fourth and eighth grades; the
Girls Glee Club and several in
strumental classes.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-23
Renick Funeral
At Mt. S+erIino

Funeral services for Mrs. Sey-
mour Renick, age SO, a former
resident of London, who died at
her home in Mt. Sterling, were
in Mt. Sterling Thursday after
noon. Interment in Pleasant
Cemetery.
Surviving are the husband, a
former Madison County Engineer.
a daughter. Mrs, Helen Stevens:
two sons, Ben r. and Marcy Rem
lex; sister. Mrs. Neil Cook and
a brother, Charles Marcy.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-23
West jefferson
Families Forced
TO Leave Home

A record rainfall of near cloud
burst proportions dumped more
water on London and Madison
County Tuesday night than the
streams could carry away, result
ING IN out of the ordinary situa-
lions in many sections of the
county Two and one quarter
inches of rain fell from 2:15 pm.
Tuesday to 200 am. Wednesday.
Leonard McNeal, weather
observer for this area, report
ed the 2.25 rainfall was the
greatest for any 24-hour per-
iod since March 1919, 1o43
when Il was 2.45 inches.
West jefferson reported a flood
when Little Darby went out of
bank and caught residences in low
land areas. The families were
driven from their homes We'd
nesday morning by Little Darby
waters inundating the land in
vicinity of where the creek crosses
Middle Pike Continued hard rain
that started Tuesday evening
swelled the stream until it rose
six inches between 10 and II
o'clock Wednesday morning.
J. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Travis
and their three children were
evacuated in a rowboat from their
home on Burnham Avenue, when
the water rushed into the house
and covered the floor a depth Of
two feet.
The homes of Mr.. and Mrs.
Worthy Curtis and Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Smith, near that of the Tray
is family, and on slightly higher
ground, were threatened by the
flood. The families left their
homes when the water began to
come in, but their safety was not
imperiled because of the location
of the houses
Mrs. Henrietta Lhenos, owner
of the three homes, stated We'd
nesday that the water was the
highest she had seen since the
flood of 1913.
The water was static at .
o'clock Wednesday afternoon ac-
cording to Mrs. Nye S. Alter of
West jefferson.
Athletic Field Flooded
In London storm water sewers
filled to oyerflowing. Oak Run
went out of bank flooding the
London athletic field under about
two feet of water, leaving it lit
tered with debris.
Madison Lake grew rapidly in
to many more acres of water
when Deercreek went On a ram--
page and flooded ali the lower
area of the London Country Club
golf course.
Fields throughout the county
were inundated.
London city personnel went to
work early Wednesday morning
using the newly purchased power
pump to remove water from the
over loaded storm sewers in East
High st. The pump operated
throughout the morning hours TO
alleviate the condition.
The heavy downpour of rain
was another manifestation of the
unusual weather conditions Mad
ison County, like the rest of the
country, has experienced this win
ter.
Had the weather been colder
translating the downpour into an
equal amount of snow, Madison
County would be digging out OF
another blizzard. according to To-
cal oweather students"
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-23
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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-23
Lives With Bodies
OF Murdered Family

LORAIN, o.. Feb 20 - lAP) -
Coroner Paul F. Tillfnan ruled
today Manuel Maltos, 55, bludge-
dgeoned his wife and stepdaugh-
ter to death and then lived two
days in the same house. with their
bodies before committing suicide.
The body of the Spanish steel
worker was found in water fill
ed ditch at a deserted rifle range.
There was a bullet hole entering
his head from the mouth.
DR.. Tillman seid Maltos crush
ed the skulls of his wife, Mer-
cedes, 50, and her pretty daugh-
ter, Angela, Is. Thursday night
or Friday morning. The girls
throat was. also slaslled.