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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
SUB ZERO BLAST FOLLOWS SNOW STORM
EkedahI Appointed County
Engineer Replacing Graham

II. G. Ekedahl, Columbus, a
former resident of London, has
been appointed Madison County
Engineer succeeding r. H. Gra-
ham, who resigned from the Of
flee on account Of his health. Mr..
Ekedahl was appointed by the
Madison County Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners and is to as
sumo the duties of his new po-
sition February /.
Mr.. Ekedahl, was once an Of
ficer at Camp Madison. the CCC
Camp operated at the Madison
County Fairgrounds. The family,
including two daughters, resided
on North Madison Road.
An officer in the Engineers
Corps, he returned to active duty
carly in World War II.
Daughters of Mr.. and Mrs
Ekedahl are Mrs. Kenneth Kull-
berg of Marysville and Mrs. E.
F Brandenberger who is re-
siding with her parents while her
husband is serving overseas in the
armed forces.
Graham Resigns
Mr.. Graham, a Pleasant Town
ship resident, who was elected to
a full term as Madison County
Engineer, has resigned from the
post because of illness. He was
the successor of the late II, l.
McCafferty, and was appointed
to the office upon Mr.. McCaf-
ferty's death in October 1949. He
had served as a deputy engineer
under Mr. McCafferty. His res.
ignation was submitted to tho
Board of County Commissioners
this week and Mr.. Ekedahl's ap
pointment followed Immediately
thereafter.
In addition to his work in tht
engineers office, Mr.. Graham
served the county one term as
commissioner. A native of Maids
on County, he had lived prac
tically all his life on a farm nea
Mt. Sterling which has been il
the family since 1900.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
County Receives
$4,000 Gas Tax

Madison County Auditor For
rest r. Hanson, has received a
January apportionment of the
gasoline tax fund from the state
amounting to $4,000 for Mad
ison county.
An additional $500 received
was distributed in checks of $400
each to the Il townships in the
county.
In 1850, the auditor received a
total of S150,O00 in gasoline tax
funds for the county and d total
of S72,800 for the IA townships.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
West Jefferson Members Plan
Country Club Entertainment

West Jefferson members of the
London Country Club comprise
the entertainment committee for
the special speakers night pro-
gram, Monday Feb. 5, according
to president Bob Wood. Charley
Miller is chairman.
Mr.. Norman Dohn of the Co
lumbus Dispatch will be guest
speaker.
Mr.. Dohn will speak on the
historical background of Ameri-
can relations in the Pacific. He
is a graduate of O.S.U. and is
working on his Ph. d. at Otter
hein College at the present time.
A veteran of World War III. Mr.
Dohn, served in the Pacific thea
ire.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
Life Among Pygmies
TO Be Told Here

Details of the mission work
and life among the Pygrnies of the
Belgian Congo, Africa, will be
related TO London audience
Sunday evening when the Rev.
Hardy of St. Helens, England,
speaks at the Church of Christ
In Christian Union.
Rev. Hardy, a missionary of
the Church of Christ, is the Sup
erintendent of a Pygmy Mission
in the Belgian Congo. He is now
on a leave Of absence from his
mission duties TO speak in num-
erous churches of his demomina-
ton throughout the country, ac-
cording to the Rev. c. H. Rice,
pastor Of the London Church.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
KILE INTRODUCES BILL TO KEEP
IDENTIFICATION BUREAU AT LPF

Representative Elton Kile of
Madison County has introduced in
to the legislature House Bill No.
% to permanently establish the
State Bureau of Criminal Identifi-
cation e Investigation at the Lon
don Prison Farm.
The bureau has been located at
the Prison Farm on a temporary
basis since it was moved there
from the penitentiary following
the 1880 fire
Meanwhile personnel of bureau
established homes in London, and
in some instances purchased prop
erty here, knowing that the day
would probably come when the
state would move the bureau back
to Columbus.
The numerous advantages for
keeping the bureau at the prison
farm are being pointed out in sup
port of Representative Kile's bill
to permanently locate the bureau
there.
Housing accommodations for the
bureau in Columbus are virtually
unavailable and the cost of rental
space for the offices practically
prohibitive, supporters of the pro-
posal maintain.
Moving the bureau viii involve
considerable expense to the state
and also to personnel in changing
their residences, according to
those interested in the legislature
favorable action on the Kile bill
Personnel of the bureau, it is
understood, strongly favor keep
ing the bureau at the farm. En-
ployees today total II. L. A. Hol
lingsworth, 144 E. High St.
is the superintendent.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
ATTENDS CONVENTION

Ray Creighton, Director of Mu-
sic in the London Public Schools,
was in Akron Friday and Sat-
urday to attend the annual con-
vention of the Ohio Music Educa-
tors Association at the Mayflower
hotel. &
The outstanding speaker of the
convention was Howard Barlow,
Musical Director of the N.B.C.
Radio and Television program,
The Voice of Firestone."
Other important events includ-
cd band, orchestra, and choral
clinics; music by the Cleveland
Heights High S school Sym
phony Orchestra, the. East Liver-
pool High School A Capella Choir,
the Kent State University A
Capella Choir, and the Baldwin
Wallace College Band; the first
performance of a new Folk
Opera, Smoky Mountain" the
annual O.ME.A. Luncheon and
Dinner meetings with Nevice G.
Fawcett, Superintendent of the
Columbus Public Schools, as the
main speaker; and a Lobby Sing.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
DeadIine Feb. 7.
For May Primary

The Secretary of State has ad-
vised the Madison County Board
of Elections that the deadline for
candidates to file petitions for the
May, primary is Wednesday, Feb.
7, according to H. Fl. Hume, mem
Der of the board. The deadline
previously reported was a day
earlier, Tuesday, Feb. 6.
Notice of the Feb. 7 deadline
was received by the Madison
County Board late Monday.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
infant Daughter
Dies Of Leukemia

Janice Higgins, 3-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Higgins, 918 S. Front St, Co
lumbus, died of leukemia Mon
day in Children's Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. o. Commeans
of Lilly Chapel are the maternal
grandparents and Mr.. and Mrs.
n. J. Higgins of Derby, the pa
ternal grandparents. Also surviV-
ing are a sister, Shirley JOY and a
brother, Charles, Jr.
Funeral services Thursday 2
pm. Simons Funeral Home, s.
High St, Columbus. Interment IN
Pleasant Cemetery at Mt. Ster-
ling.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
Mrs. Cora Cheney
Dies tuesday

Funeral services for Mrs. Cora
Burnham Cheney, 81. a native
of Madison county w h o
died in a Columbus Nursing
Home, were in Urbana Tuesday.
Interment in Maple Grove Gene
terry, Mechanicsburg.
Mrs. Cheney graduated from
Ohio Wesleyan University, Della
ware in 1884. Her husband, Judge
Z. E. Cheney died in 1884. She
had resided in Urbana for go
years.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Harry E. Campbell of Della
ware and Mrs. Paul Slater OF
Ft. Meade, Florida; a sister, Mrs.
Amy Burnham of Columbus,
native of Madison county and
three grandchildren.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
Ro+arians See
WildIife Film

Scheduled for the weekly din
ner-meeting of the London Rotary
Club Thursday noon was the
showing of an Ohio wildlife movie
film by a representative of the
Standard Oil Company. Bob
Wood of the February program
committee announced. Other COM
mittee members are Phil Bacon
and John Moore.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
London Girl Plans
To Become A Nun

Margaret Ellen Sexton, 16-year
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jo-
seph Sexton, RID 2, London, was
to go to Cincinnati Thursday to
the Mother of Mercy Novitiate to
enroll as a postulant in the Order
of Sisters OF Mercy. The Noviti-
ate is a training school for girls
who think they may have a voca-
ton to become a nun.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
SOUTH SoLoN HOME
HAS SMokE-ScARE

A smoke-scare at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Coil Great
ed considerable excitement in
South Solon about $50 p. m. Mon
day. Mrs. Coil, discovering smoke
pouring from the top of the house
Immediately sounded an alarm
and local residents responded. A
thorough search Of the upper part
of the house failed to reveal the
source of the smoke which was
soon dissipated. The investigators
believed 4 small fire may have
started and was then smothered
out. Cause Of the smoke had not
been determined Tuesday.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
Schools Remain
Closed For Week

London public schools clos
Cd Wednesday for remainder
of the week. Closed Monday
and Tuesday, the schools at
tempted to resume full
schedule Wednesday, but found
attendance extremely light
and no buses running from
rural areas. Because of the
weather condition Wednesday
afternoon and possibility of
continued bad weather, Supt.
J. ]. Hartley announced that
the schools would remain
closed the balance of the week.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
ON HONOR LIST

William S. Pierce of London is
on the Autumn quarter honor list
of Freshmen in Ohio State Uni
Versity's College of Engineering
having an average of 3.25 or bet
ter, VIM. D. Turnbull, Junior
Dean, announced.
Maurine Bowen Denkelwater of
London is on the honor roll for
the Autumn quarter in the Col
lege of Arts and Sciences, accord
ing to the list announced by Day
ton Hickman, secretary of the
college.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
POSTPONE POLIO PARTY

The Polio benefit party sched-
uled for the Somerford school
Saturday night, February 3, has
been indefinitely postponed ac-
cording to announcement of the
committee Thursday morning.
The Somerford Community
club is sponsoring the party.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
Truck Operator Fatally Injured
lis Groundhog Day

Friday, Feb. z is Groundhog
Day.
Bright sun Friday morning
assured the possibility Of the
grounding seeing his shadow,
according to those who be-
lleve in the superstition. If he
sees his shadow that means
six more weeks of severe win
ter weather. On the other
hand, no shadow means earl
ier moderation of the weather.
There is no saying about what
happens If the grounding is
In his den and can't get out.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
McAfee Funeral
AT Mt. S+erIino

Funeral services for Clifford
McAfee, age 71,who died SAT-
urday at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Homer Sollars of Lon
don, were at 2 p. m Tuesday in
Mt. Sterling Interment in Mad
ison Mills Cemetery.
Surviving besides the daughter,
is a son, Lewis of California.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
YERIAN RETURNS HOME

Emil Yerian, manager of the
London office of the Ohio State
Employment Service has return
cd to his duties at the London of
flee after six weeks rest in Phoe-
nix. Arizona, recuperating from a
serious illness.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
INJURED IN FALL

Freedman Jones, London RID
No. 4, an employee of the Mad
ison County Farm Bureau, broke
his wrist when he fell on the
ice while at work Monday.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
Emerson viney
Dies OF Injury
At Everett, Pa.
Truck Believed To
Have Jackknifed
On The Turnpike

Emerson Allen Viney, age 28,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Burl Whey,
Sr., Mt. Sterling Pike, Route 10.
died early Wednesday morning,
following an accident with his
truck, near Everett, Pennsylva-
mia.
Young Viney had been a truck
operator for the Atlantic Freight
Lines of Trenton, New Jersey,
since last June. According to a
report to his parents following
the accident, his truck is thought
to have jackknifed with him on
the Turnpike, near Everett while
he was coming west from Trenton
with q load Of freight.
Authorities told his parents he
died in the ambulance enroute
to an Everett Hospital, follow
ing the accident.
The accident is said to have
occurred at 1915 Wednesday
morning. The family received the
call about four o'clock the same
morning.
Young Viney attended the
London Public schools and gradu-
ated from Madison Rural School
in 1943. He was leader of Boy
Scout Troop No. AZ for several
years.
Surviving are the parents; four
brothers, Robert, Russell and
Burl, Jr., of London, Cecil of
Springfield and one sister, Ruth
Ellen Anderson of Arlington, Vir-
ginia.
Pinned In Cab
1t was later reported to the
Viney family from the Standard
Oil Company, by whom young
Viney was employed, that he was
pinned in the cab and killed in
stantly
The tractor part of the truck
was pulled in to Uniontown, Pa.
where tools were obtained to pry
open the cab and remove the
body, the company representa-
tives said
Mr.. Viney and sons Cecil and
Russell and Ebbie Church, left
almost Immediately for the scene
of the accident, the family stated
The body will be taken to the
Lukens Funeral Home where
friends may call until 2 p. m
Sunday.
Services will be at First Baptist
Church at 2 o'clock Sunday, the
Rev. VIM. 7. Ward officiating. In.
terment in Lafayette Cemetery.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
INJURED IN FALL

Mrs. ]. f. Headley, Simpson
Road. fell and fractured both
bones in her right ankle Tues
day night.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
SUFFERS BROKEN LEo

Mrs. Lester Wilson, Lincoln
Avenue, suffered broken right
leg when she fell on the ice
Monday night.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
IN HOSPITAL

II F1OoFI AZ
Mrs. Frank Evans, South Main
street, underwent a major op-
GRAFTON at Grant Hospital, Tues
day morning.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
DEFENSE

JET E NOE
Have been reading a lot
lately about Civil Defense.
It's going to be a hard job
selling" it to the public be-
cause of the ridicule
during the last war. There
is no doubt that it is of prime
Importance now but a lot
Of us are rather cool on the
whole subject. Maybe it didn't
matter much the last time
but we must remember that
conditions are entirely diff
ferent this time. Maybe they
won't drop an atom-bomb on
us here but it COULD happen
and it is POSSIBLE for it
TO happen near-by-Dayton
especially. Lot of people
think that Civil Defense will
never be used and that lot
of time and effort will be
wasted. Suffice to say that
if it is time and effort vast
ed it will be the best waste
ever to happen. We're going
to do our part and then pray
that all of our efforts WILL
be wasted!
Heard a story about a big
time coach who's team was
composed of giant footballers
from parts unknown. The
team was having a red hot
season until they met up
with a team of similar cal
ibre. Players were being car
ried from the field by the
dozens and things looked bad.
The coach. wringing his
hands. turned to an assist
ant and moaned Joe.
IT this keeps Up we're going
10 have to put in some of the
STUDENTS!
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02

For all you folks who like
turkey but dislike buying a
20 pound bird, the turkey
raisers have come up with
something. It's midget turk
called "Beltsyille White" "
Averages between 8 and II
pounds. No longer will you
have to eat turkey for a
week because this little bird
will only last a day or two
according to the size you
buy.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02

CLINIC
Don Byers and l want to
thank a lot of nice fellows
over at the Columbus Dis
patch for inviting us to their
newspaper clinic. We had a
fine time and learned d lot
about the most interesting
business in the world
'neWspapering.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
= our
"a town ):


Heard a fellow on televi-
sion over the week end who
had q sage observation and
made it sound like this
Success cannot be measured
by doing what you like-it's
a matter of liking what you
do" Agree?
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
COACH

AS we write this it is not
known whether Paul Brown
will be the new O.S.U.
coach or not. Our hope is
that he will be. In this way,
those who want someone else
can heckle him and those who
like him can revel in his sue
cess if he has any. At any
rate, a lot of people will
never be satisfied that they
didn't get the best man for
the job unless Paul gets the
chance to show what he can
do. If Paul doesn't get the
job now, he'll never want it
again and if he does get it,
the other candidates will still
be around. Wish they could
get this one settled once and
for all.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-02
RECORD

RECORD
Have seen a lot of records
in print but the one that
impresses me as much as any
is Jesse Owens broad jump
record of 26 ft. 8A in. Our
office is but IS feet long
and if Jesse worked here he
could jump through the front
door into the shop without
touching the floor!
Evening star., 1951-05-12
lightning Sets Fire
Ito Fairfax Residence

Lightning struck a Fairfax
County home yesterday during a
thunderstorm that showered near
by Maryland and Virginia suburbs
with rain and hail.
Damage, estimated at $4,000, re-
suited when a bolt hit the home
of David E. Bayliss, jr., on Tele-
graph road several miles south OF
Alexandria.
The Bayliss family was not
home, and the Franconia and
Penn Daw Volunteer Fire Depart
ments were called by a neighbor
Most of the damage was in the
living room, where fire started
after lightning struck a rainspout
Just outside the living room win
dow.
Numerous broken windows were
reported as a result of hail that
fell during the storm. Hailstones
larger than marbles were seen ir
Fairfax County, where a large
f1oodlight in front of the Grovetor
police substation was smashed by
the downpour.
Police reported trees were dowr
/ in nearby Maryland and Virginia
About an inch of RAIN fell during
the storm. e..
Evening star., 1951-05-12
|1ydings Law Firm
Paid SPAS Lobby Fee
BY the Assoeioted Press

ANNAPOLIS, May 12.-Ths
Baltimore law firm, of which for
mer Senator Millard E. Tydings is
an associate, received $3,248 to
lobby for an insurance group at
the last Maryland General As
|sembly session.
From its Chicago Office. the
American Mutual Alliance has
notified the Secretary of State it
paid that fee to be represented on
Legislation relating to insurance
and related matters"
The law firm is Tydings, Sauer-
vein, Bendon & Boyd.
State House records also show
that James j. Lindsay, former
president of TIE State Senate, got
nothing for services in behalf Of
three race tracks. Ocean Downs
trotting track previously had re-
ported paying Mr.. Lindsay $4,000
as its legislative agent.
The Baltimore lawyer also was
registered as lobbyist for several
other tracks. Southern Maryland
Agricultural Fair Association,
which operates Marlboro: Mary
land State Fair and Agricultural
Society, which runs Timonium,
and Cumberland Fair Association
reported Mr.. Lindsay represented
them without pay.
Evening star., 1951-05-12
Gov. Battle Wonders
If District Virginia
Border Is Closed
BY the Assoeicied Press

RICHMOND, Va, May 12.-Ha.
the border between official Wash.
|ington and Virginia been closed
Gov. Battle is beginning to won.
der.
Earlier this week Federal Mo.
Utilization Director Charles E. vii.
son announced he was asking tht
States, cities and counties to de.
LAY all projects not urgentl,
needed. Gov. Battle waited for {
letter from Mr.. Wilson so he coule
study it before deciding whethel
Virginia was affected and wha
should be done.
He's still waiting.
Last Wednesday there was an.
other report from Washington
that Secretary of the Army Franz
Pace, Jr., had written all Cover.
|nors asking for nominations for 6
successor to the Acting Chief oi
the National Guard Bureau, Ray.
mond H. Fleming, who is to retire
next month.
Gov. Battles still waiting.
Evening star., 1951-05-12
Liquor Fines Total $3.50
In Prince GEORGES Cases

Fines totaling $3.50 were imposed
lin Upper Marlboro Police Court
yesterday for liquor law violations.
Fined $3.50 each after pleading
guilty to selling whisky on Sunday
were Mrs. Lula E. Kutolas, oper-
lator of Strick's Restaurant at
Branch avenue and Naylor road,
and William D. Keating, 46, a bar
tender at Club 81 in the 3100 block
Iof Naylor road.
Robert L. Reynolds, 25, a driver
for the Maryland Taxi Service.
1851 Suitland road, was fined $3.50
after he pleaded guilty to selling
liquor without a license. A charge
Iof keeping whisky for sale without
Ia license against the taxi service
proprietor, Melvin Huffman, ~,
was nolle pressed.
A 500 fine was imposed on
Henry L. Spangler, 81, of Balti-
more, who admitted selling two
miniature bottles of whisky with
out a license at the Bowie Race
Track April %. Spangler. a pea
nut vendor. told the court he made
the sales "aS a favor"
Evening star., 1951-05-12
Tobacco Market Suit
Settled for $4,000

A s150,000 damage suit filed by
operators of the long-jinxed
Waysons Corner Tobacco Market
against the Upper Marlboro To-
bacco Board of Trade has been
settled out of court.
j. Irving King, president OF the
American Tobacco Growers Corp
which owns the auction ware
house. said today that his COM
pany has agreed to accept a $685.
600 cash settlement and will with
draw the action Monday from the
docket of Federal Court in Balti-
more. The case had been set fol
trial May %.
A further condition of the
Observation-Disclosures Of hi:
group to the Upper Marlboro
Trade Board-has no significance
at this time because his company
became a member of the boare
last March, Mr.. King said.
The growers corporation alst
has agreed, Mr.. King said, tt
withdraw a complaint it had fllet
with the Federal Trade Commis'
sion against the same defendant
The complaint, tentatively set fol
hearing May "a, charges th'
Board of Trade with monopolisti'
practices. It names as respond
ents Edelen Bros. Tobacco Ware
house, Planters Tobacco Ware
house, the Marlboro Tobacc'
Warehouse and several individual
Sonnected@Fith them.
Evening star., 1951-05-12
|0xon Hill Blast Fire
Laid 10 Gas Fumes

Prince Georges County detec-
Itives have concluded that gas
fumes from kitchen stove caused
the Oxon Hill CMd) explosion in
which the wife of an Air Force
officer and their three children
were burned May 4.
Detective Sergt. Ralph Bond
|said the injured woman. Mrs
Mary Alice Fortune, had lighted
the oven to warm up her apart
ment at 1909 Southern avenue.
Later, noticing that the pilot
light was off when she wanted tc
cook on one of the top burners
she lit a match and the fumes
exploded.
Sergt. Bond said the flames or
the oven burners apparently hac
gone out some time earlier anc
the fumes had spread through the
two bedroom apartment.
The detective said Mrs. Fortune
told him she turned off all tht
stove burners after the blast. Sh'
also said that she had had trouble
with the flame going out in thu
oven on previous occasions.
Mrs. Fortune, wife of 1t. Leol
r. Fortune Of Boiling Air Fore
Base, is recovering in Walter Reet
Hospital. The children, Sharon
Lynn, 31a; David Leon, 2. ant
Diane Elizabeth, 9 months, ar
still at Children's Hospital.
Evening star., 1951-05-12
Montgomery Board to Propose
55 Minimum for Retiring Police

The Montgomery County Per-
sonnel Board will recommend to
the County Council minimum
retirement age of S. for county
policemen with rs years service
and half-pay disability pensions
for injuries suffered in line of
duty.
The proposed changes in the
county retirement and pension
laws came after lengthy corre-
spondence with the county's Police
Association in which both groups
Iindorsed general overhaul of re-
ltirement and pension rules in the
near future.
The Personnel Board will also
recommend an increase in widows
pensions from $50 to $50 pei
month and in orphans payments
from S10 to $40.