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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-01-25
By Saddle Club:
Officers Chosen
Herd is Honored

Robert Burnside was elected
president of the Heart of Ohio
Saddle Club during the meeting
at Farm Bureau hall recently
succeeding Homer Herd. Also
elected were Victor LeVan, Mil
ford Center Rt. /, vice president;
Mrs. Roscoe Connolly, Marysville,
secretary, and E. H. Eerb, Milford
Center, treasurer
Elected to the executive COM
mittee were w. L. Wilson, Urbana;
Charles Longbrake, Milford Cen
ter; A. l.. Watts, East Liberty; r.
c. Kirby, Redwood and DR.. F. c.
Galloway, Marysville.
The club was organized three
years ago by the retiring president
and as token of appreciation the
members voted a life time mem
bership to Mr.. Herd and his wife.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-01-25

Leonard and Margaret (Gundcra
mani Hoffman, both deceased. He
was member of the Eagles Lodge
of Delaware and a former memb or
of the Marysville Trinity Luth-
eran church. For years he was
associated with his father in the
restaurant business here.
Also surviving besides the
brother at whose home he died
were three brothers, Edward Hoff-
man, Toledo; Elmer Hoffman, Co
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-01-25
Mrs. Spoin Winner
Of $500 in Contest

Mrs. Jessie Spain, of 66 Grove
ST., was presented $500 at noon
Saturday a winner of the Dis
patch Treasure Hunt contest.
Present during the presentation
ceremony were Mayor G. l..
Kingsmore, who gave Mrs. Spain
the award on behalf of the Dis
patch, and Bill Foley, Dispatch
photographer, and members of
Mrs. Spain's family.
When asked what she intend
ed to do with the money she had
won, Mrs. Spain replied: I'm 60
ing to buy a few things and then
save the rest.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-01-25
Bad Check CHARGE

R. B. Parmenter, Shawnee Hills,
was bound over to the grand jury
on a bond of $10O by Justice Will
liam Snodgrass on a charge of
issuing a bad check to Rawlins
Garage, New California, in the
amount of $4432. He was arrested
by Sheriff Walter L. Galloway.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-01-25
Deaths in the County

William Hagenlocker, Raymond,
and two grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
2 pm. Thursday al the Robinson
Hanrahan funeral home, conduct
ed by the Rev. L, r. Chapman. In
terment was in Mill creek ceme-
terry, in charge of Robinson
Hanahan funeral home, of Della
ware.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-01-25
JANUARY rs. 1851

lumbus, and Fred. Hoffman, Con-
norsville, and sister Mrs. Eliza
beth Ruble, Marysville.
Funeral services will be held at
2 p. m. Saturday in the Lee Fu-
neral Home, conducted by the
Rev. E. j. Goedeking. Interment
will be in Oakdale cemetery, in
charge of William Lee, funeral
director of Marysville. Friends
may call at the funeral home after
/ D. m. Thursday.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-01-25
From where | sit e. by Joe Marsh
Right Under Our Nose!

From where l sit, we volunteer
fremen had just been too blamed
busy keeping everyone else on the
ball-and not realizing eur own
firehouse was not up to snuff.
Like the man who worries so
much about his neighbors about
whether they work hard enough,
about whether they can really af-
ford their new car, about their en-
joying a temperate glass of beer
that he forgets to take a good crit
ical look at himself now and then.
2e M~4e
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-01-25
RAYMOND
al 10 5 43ITotals
Hunter Fined SIS

Wayne ContrelI, Union town
ship, was fined SIS and costs by
Justice William Snodgrass on a
game violation charge. He was
found guilty of hunting coon
with improper lights. He was ar
rested by Game Warden Eldon
Sturgeon and released after pay
ing his fine.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-01-25
CHARGED with Bad Check

William Pharis, Urbana, was
bound over to the grand jury by
Justice William Snodgrass on a
bad check charge. He has been
charged with issuing a check to
Jesse Cook, MarysviIle, in the
amount of $110.40. He was arrest
ed by Sheriff Walter T. Gallo
way.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-01-25
Raymond Cagers
Defedt Union. 1888

Raymond defeated Union 43-
33 Tuesday night in the Raymond
gym. The Raymond reserves al
so won their game 29-18.
Massie was high scorer for the
winning team, with IL points,
and Harbold scored 10 points for
the losers.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-01-25
Carl Hoffman

Carl (Charlie) Hoffman, age 81,
former resident of Marysville
died at the home of his brother
Ernest, of Columbus, at 7:30 a. m.
Wednesday after long illness.
He was born in 1884, the son of
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-01-25
Ernest Claude Fields

Ernest Claude Fields, age 4S, of
Redwood Rt 3, died in San An
tonic hospital Kenton. at 1850 D..
Evening star., 1951-04-02

Boy" he said with great indig-
nation, what would your daddy
say If he was alive and heard you
talking like a damn fool, too"
New Future Opens Up.
The new farmers who have al
ready purchased farms outside the
area and moved have taken their
tenants with them. Others will be
relocated the same way. But an
entirely new future-a little in
secure but dazzlingly wealthy
compared with the past--is open
ing up for many of them-the
able bodied share troopers who
can qualify as laborers for Du-
Pont, which is building the plant
and its contractors. Those living
in the area have been assured
priority on jobs and some of them
are already working, stacking lum-
Der along the Ellenton siding OF
carrying a shovel to trim up the
work of the great earth-movine
machines on the construction sites
Amos Ward, who is representing
the Agriculture Department in
helping the population of the area
to relocate, is of the opinion that
few of these will go back to the
land. After getting that pay en-
velope every week. $50 for 40 hours
at 80 cents an hour-and there's
bound to be some overtime-they
are going to buy second hand
automobiles. become mobile and
look for other such jobs when
this one is over, he believes.
Evening star., 1951-04-02

One of the first of the land own
ers to settle with Uncle Sam was
David Sims, a resident of Ellen
ton. The writer found Mr.. Smis,
who is in his Cos, busy checking
lumber for the Dupont Co., a job
that pays $50 week. He said he
was quite satisfied with the deal
the government had given him. He
had accepted their offers without
haggling. He is to get $14,092 for
a tract of 272 acres "in a high state
Of cultivation" Last year he grew
grain, cotton, peanuts and corn
on it. He also accepted their offer
OF 1880 for a 36-acre tract which
had been sewn with grain. He had
owned the property for eight
years. Understandably he would
not say what he paid for it. It must
have been much less than the $50
plus an acre he averaged in selling
it. He still has 80 acres to sell in
section 8 Of the project, which the
Government will not need until
next year, and his attractive home
in Ellenton, which he must vacate
by June, 1852.
$50 An Acre Is Average.
Fifty dollars an acre seems to
be the average price the Govern
ment is paying for farmland. It
was learned at the Aiken Office of
the Army's Corps of Engineers,
which is doing the buying, that
as of March 7, the Government
had acquired II tracts totalling
1896 acres at a cost of $141 ,872.
Evening star., 1951-04-02

You ask what they are going to
dots their last year on this
land.
The answer is always the same !:
1--WE don't know yet"
Unbelieving at First.
The Negroes know now that
they will have to go. For time
they found it hard to believe.
One of the favorite stories of
Mike Cassels, Ellenton's leading
businessman who owns the big
general store there among other
things. is what Mac Bates, an
'82-year-old Negro, said to him
a few days after the Govern
ment's announcement late in No
yember.
Uncle Mac, greatly disturbed,
sought him out in the radius of
the pot-bellied coal stove in the
center Of the store.
He reported there was some
thing wrong out his way.
Crazy men," he reported, were
stirring up the colored folks with
IA lot Of talk.
That's not just talk" replied
the local Scattergood Baines.
We've all got to move away
from here. I've got to move. This
store has to go. The Govern
ment is going to build a big plant
here and will need all this land" /"
That was too much for Uncle
Mac.
He pulled his seniority on Mr..
Cassels who is only So.
Evening star., 1951-04-02
Fairfax Exam Applicants
Have Until Wednesday

Applications are being accepted
through Wednesday at the Fair
fax School Board Office from per-
sons interested in taking high
school completion examinations.
Schools Supt. w. T. Woodson
said any one residing in Fairfax
County who has not secured a high
school diploma, but who has COM
lpleted a course Of study equivalent
to that offered in high schools OF
by other means has acquired the
equivalent of a high school edu-
cation is eligible for the examina-
ton.
Those passing the examination
will be recommended for admis.
sion to the colleges of Virginia
without further examination. Pro.
fessional agencies will be askec
to give such persons the same
consideration as would be given il
the person had a diploma from
an accredited high school. The
examination will be given in the
school board Office at Fairfax al
10 pm, May 4.
Evening star., 1951-04-02
Silver Spring. Takoma Park
|US0 Program Planned

A USO program for service per-
sonnel in the Silver Spring-Ta-
koma Park area will begin some
time this month at the "Y" Cot
tage in Jesup Blair Park.
The program, which will be un-
der the direction of Miss Elizabeth
Campbell, Montgomery County
USO director, was authorized this
week by the "Y" Cottage operat-
ing committee.
Recruitment Of junior hostesses
between 18 and Is years of age,
will begin Immediately under the
direction Of Mrs. Theodore S. Rep
plier, 4. Springvale Lane, Silver
Spring. Junior hostesses must
take short training course, Miss
Campbell announced.
Senior hostesses also will be
needed, she said. Volunteers fol
this service should contact Mrs
Theodore r. Ellis, 106 Schuyler
road. Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1951-04-02
Mother of ? Annapolis Middies
Found Dead in Hotel Room Here

The mother of two Naval Acad-
Iemy Midshipmen was found dead
early today in her room at the
Annapolis Hotel, Eleventh and II
streets NV.
The body Of the woman, Mrs
Ella B. Grover, "A, Of Lexington
Ky, was discovered at 1890 am
by special policeman who broke
into the room after efforts to
arouse her had failed.
Mrs. Grover had arrived Thurs
day to visit her sons, David
Grover, %, a second-year man al
the Academy, and Paul Grover, 10
a f1rst-year student there.
Homicide squad police said they
found four types of pills in the
hotel room on the ninth floor
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
was to perform an autopsy today
William Harting, 1915 S. Utah
Evening star., 1951-04-02
Police Push Investigation
In Alexandra Man, S Death

Alexandria police are investi-
eating the death of Edward j.
Skeris, 35, whose unclothed body
was discovered yesterday at his
residence at the Mason Hall
Apartments. 1920 Mount Vernon
boulevard.
An autopsy failed to reveal the
cause of death and the contents
of Mr.. Skeris' stomach were sent
to the State medical examiner in
Richmond for further examina-
ton. Police said they did not
suspect foul play.
Dan Fore, jr., who shared the
apartment with Mr.. SkeriS, told
police he discovered his friends
body on returning home after q
brief errand. Police said Mr..
Fore, a chemist at the Naval Re-
search Laboratory, told them that
he and Mr.. Skeris had been drink
ing heavily for about a month
Inspector Hawes said Mr.. Ske-
ris' body had a number of bruises
and a cut over the right eye which
Mr.. Fore attributed to fall in
the bathtub several days ago.
Mr.. Skeris was dismissed from a
job at the Washington National
Airport in February, Inspector
Hawes said.
His closest surviving relative is
his mother, Mrs. Anton j. Skeris
of Sheboygan, Wis.
Evening star., 1951-04-02

fore the padlocked door and wait
patiently until the owner comes
in from his fields or out of his
house and opens it for them
While the stock within is modern
canned food, cigarettes, hard cam
dies, etc., the store is much the
same as the plantation shack
from which the supervisor used
to issue yard goods, ground meal
and an occasional pot or pan to
the slaves. !.
Credit Is Keynote.
Although there are some auto
mobiles among the sharecropper
population which would take them
to town, this type of store survives
because it provides credit. The
store man can make sure through
the boss man that things are paid
up at reckoning time.
All the Negroes do not live this
limited existence. Some have
bought a few acres of their own
from their share in the crops. One
of the farmers to be displaced is
Baldwin Black, who went to a
Negro land grant college, operates
a successful farm and owns a
tractor and a new Buick. But he
is the exception.
You drive along the sandy roads
past cotton fields and peach Or
chards. You knock at the doors
Of the unpainted shacks. usually
after frightening away a hog who
/ is trying to tumble it down by
roofing under the foundations
Evening star., 1951-04-02

avenue. Arlington, whose brother
married Mrs. Growers sister, said
Mrs. Grover was separated from
her husband, Capt. Paul M. Grover
|of Seattle. Wash, a Naval Re
serve training officer.
Mr.. Harting had been in tele-
phone communication with Mrs
Grover since her arrival. Yes
terday morning Mrs. Grover had
breakfast at the hotel with her
sons. About 8 pm. Mr.. Hartine
went to the hotel with the sons
found Mrs. Grover sleeping and
did not disturb her.
About 10 pm. Mrs. Growers
sons went to her room again and
found it latched. Later they got
in touch with Cameron j. Maurer
special officer at the hotel, who
had an engineer saw the chair
on the door. They found Mrs
Growers body on the bed.
Evening star., 1951-04-02
AIexandrians Reminded
|0f Emergency Number Use

The Alexandria Fire Depart
ment today asked callers to re-
frain from using the telephone
number Alexandria 5100, except In
case of fire or other emergencies
The numbers to call for busi-
ness other than an emergency
are Alexandria SOL or 5102. Resi-
dents are particularly urged not
to call Alexandria 5100 when they
want to know the location of a
fire.
Beginning April Is. calls other
than emergencies will not be han
died over Alexandria 51oO.
Evening star., 1951-04-02
Railway Accident
Causes Demolition
OF Station Wagon

A Government-owned station
wagon was demolished today in
an accident with a freight train
in Alexandria.
Police said the station wagon.
which was unoccupied, was parked
beside a loading platform at a
Government records building
which formerly was the Naval
Torpedo Station.
A Southern Railroad freight
train was passing on the tracks
in front of the newly constructed
loading platform and the third
car OF the train hooked into the
platform.
Police said the platform was
jammed into the station wagon
and the latter was showed in
between the second and third
cars Of the train. No one was
Injured. /.
Evening star., 1951-04-02
By George Kennedy
Stor Staff Correspondent

ELLENTON, S. c., April 1.-THE
big majority of the 5000 to 1000
persons to be moved from the
H-bomb plant area in South Caro-
lima are landless Negro share
lcroppers. The Atomic Energy
Cor,mieeion has mapped out a
tract of 100000 acres. an area
about five times the District of
Columbia. on the Savannah River
about 25 miles below Augusta, Ca.
and the last crops will be grown
there this year. BY the beginning
of the summer of 1852. the people
must all be moved according to
IpreSent schedules.
The white people Of Ellenton
(pop. 1872 and Dunbarton (pop.
Evening star., 1951-04-02
Men, 2Women Held
In Prince Georges
After Liquor Raids

Four persons, two OF then
women, face Prince Georges Coun.
ty Court action this week as 9
result of liquor raids late Satur.
day and early yesterday.
A fifth, District truck driver
was arrested for reckless driving
by two of the raiders as they re-
turned to headquarters from the
earlier arrests.
Those arrested by the squad
made up of Police Chief F. Allen
Richards, Deputy Sheriff Guy E
Curtis and II other men were:
Raymond Forrest, 81. of the
1000 block of Fifty-eighth street,
Fairmont Heights; held on ST.
600 bond for the sale of untaxed
whiskey and possession Of lottery
slips.
Mrs. Sadie Davis, SIS. owner of
a tavern in the HOO block of
Sixty fourth avenue, Cedar
Heights. charged with illegal sale
of whisky. The tavern is licensed
for beer sales only, according to
Deputy Sheriff Curtis.
Maurice Davis, 81, her son
charged with assault with q
dangerous weapon and released
on $4,000 bond. Mr.. Curtis said
young Davis pulled a .38-calibe1
revolver on Chief Richards but
tossed it away when the CHIEF
reached for his own weapon.
Mrs. Katie Tillman, So, of the
5000 block Of K street, Cedar
Heights. charged with sale of un-
taxed whisky. Mr.. Curtis said the
raiders found 80 gallons of moon
shine liquor in the place. She
was released on $500 bond.
AS Deputy Curtis and Detective
ISergt. Charles Perrigo returned
from the raid they arrested Ray
ford Rowe, 40, of the 1000 block
lof Thirteenth street Sc. on q
charge of reckless driving.
Evening star., 1951-04-02
Legislators Rushing
Maryland Measures
To Adjourn Tonight
By J. L. MichoeI
c&.x St.ff rarxasno,rIsnt

ANNAPOLIS, April Back on
the job after a weekend rest,
Maryland legislators are working
at a fast pace to complete action
on top legislation before Senate
and House adjourn at midnight
tonight.
Under the constitution, the 90
day session must end by midnight
even through some of the more
than 1900 bills introduced may
mot have been cleared.
And there are indication that
State House pigeonholes will be
filled with dead legislation when
formal procedure is tossed aside
for the merrymaking which tradi-
tionally precedes sine die adjourn
ment.
Among the legislative wrinkles
to be ironed out was Gov. Nickel
din's plan to shift nearly 50 mil
lion in State police expenses from
general to motor vehicle funds.
Bonus Proposal Pending.
Other issues due for decision
include proposals to raise the pay
of school teachers, the projected
$50 million veterans bonus. the
location of the new SIS million
State Office building, and the fate
of Montgomery County's beer
monopoly.
The police fund transfer, stub
bornly fought by Senate Demo-
Gratis. is the first major battle
plan mapped by opponents OF
the Republican administration.
Senate Democrats amended the
bill to affect the fund shift ir
such manner that Gov. McKeldir
called the revised measure a farce
and a joke" and said fatty that
he would veto it.
Joint Report Awaited.
The Senate passed the bill any
way but the House, backing the
Governor, approved it as original.
| ly written. A committee of three
members of each house is expected
to report agreement today.
The teacher pay raise move
started in earnest at the eleventh
hour, breezed through the HOUSE
early yesterday with short rcl
call and went to the Senate.
1t would give teachers a $30(
a year across the board advanc,
and would be financed by increas.
ing the income tax rate on cor.
porations from per cent to PEI
cent. Gov McKeldin has said HI
will veto any measure that woulc
raise tax rates.
State Controller j. Millarc
Tawes' bill to wipe out Montgom-
cry County's beer monopoly syS-
tenn came to the Senate today
after the House approved it 1922
at the close of the bitterest par
tisan clash of the session.
An identical bill backed by Mr.
Tawes was tabled in the Senate
last week by a Is to IA vote.
Evening star., 1951-04-02
Family Argument Leads
To Shooting in Arlington

An Arlington man, shot in the
stomach yesterday during a fam
lily argument, remained in critica.
condition today at Arlington Hos
pital.
Police said George L. Dent, 43
was shot in his living room in the
$500 block of North Lexington
street by his sister-in-law, Mrs
Thelma r. Edwards, after he al
legedly struck his wife.
Mrs. Edwards, according to po-
lice, used a .32-caliber revolver
owned by Mrs. Dora Reed, mother
of Mrs. Dent and Mrs. Edwards
Mrs. Reed and Mrs. Edwards live
in the upper floor of the Dent
home.
Police charged Mrs. Edwards
with felonious assault. She was
released on her personal bond.
Evening star., 1951-04-02
Cameras Worth $545
Stolen From Home

Three cameras valued at $545
were stolen from an Arlington
home while the family was on va
cation. county police reported
today.
The. loss. was reported by Mrs.
A. w. Ritchings. of 1920 North
Courthouse road. Police said the
house was entered through a base
nent window. ,r
Evening star., 1951-04-02
z Soldiers Arrested
After Stolen Car Is
Chased al High Speed

Two soldiers were arrested early
today after a car. which police
say was stolen. was chased at high
speed from Hyattsville into the
District.
The taxi of Elliott Francis
Moore, 3706 Bunker Hill road,
Brentwood. was struck from the
rear in the $50 block of Baltimore
boulevard, about 2::30 am. Police
said the automobile, containing
the two soldiers, pulled around
the cab and sped away toward
Washington.
Mr.. Moore radioed his Office,
the Blue Bird Cab Co., reported
the incident and took off after the
fleeing car, a 1851 Kaiser. The
cab dispatcher, Mrs. Ester Flynn,
4004 Gallatin street, called police
and kept them informed of the
whereabouts Of the car chased by
Mr.. Moore's cab.
Lose Control at Turn.
The vehicles roared through
Hyattsyille to Bladensburg and
then into the Districts on Blad-
ensburg road. Police, meanwhile,
had reached Washington authori-
ties, who sent scout cars to the
area.
Mr.. Moore was quoted by police
as saying his speedometer read
between 80 and 100 miles an hour
when he crossed the District line.
Police say the soldiers lost con-
troll Of the automobile when they
attempted to turn off Bladens-
burg road into New York avenue.
The car crossed the street, went
onto a sidewalk and then came
back to the street where a police
cruiser, occupied by Pvts. Lurty
c. Houff and Glenn A. Young had
been waiting.
They Borrowed the Car"
Police pulled alongside the
soldiers car and blocked it with
their own vehicle. They then ar
rested the two soldiers, who were
listed as Pvt. Richard F. Brittle,
II. of Fort Meade, said to have
been the driver, and Pfc. Robert
w. Null. q. of Boiling Air Force
Base.
The soldiers were quoted by po-
lice as having said they "bor-
rowed the car to take little ride. u
Police, however. say the car was
stolen from Sergt. Howard L.
Busbee of Fort Meade and they
charged both with unauthorized
use Of an automobile.
The soldiers. police say, waived
extradition and were taken tc
Hyattsville where they were jailed
Brittle also was charged with op-
Grating a car without a drivers
permit. failure to stop after COL
liding and reckless driving. Both
are held in lieu of $500 bond on
each charge for q hearing in
Hyattsville Police Court Thursday
Evening star., 1951-04-02
Jewish Center Women
To lhstuII Club Officer.

The Washington Highlands
Jewish Center, 141 Xenia street
S.W., will install the following
officers of the Woman's Club at
$3.50 pm. tomorrow:
Mrs. Lillian Friedman, presi-
dent: Mrs. Hilda Lieberman, vice
president; Mrs. Ruth Lyman, Sec
retary, and Mrs. Muriel Kaplan,
treasurer. 4
Evening star., 1951-04-02
Five Fairfax Residents
Get NAACP Citations

Five Fairfax County residents
have been awarded citations by
the county branch of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People.
In ceremony yesterday at the
Second Baptist Church, Falls
Church, the association honored
Mrs. Lucy Madeira Wing, Mrs.
Mary Walton Livingston and Mrs.
Fletcher Wellemeyer. Also cited
were two colored civic leaders,
William A. West and Edwin B.
Henderson.
The selections were made by a
committee including Edwin Lynch,
delegate to the General Assembly; =;
Mark O'Sullivan and DR.. Harold
johnson.