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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-29
Creath Store At
St. Paris Hard
Hit BY Storm

Wednesday nights storm roared
over London and Madison County
with considerable force. although
no serious property damage was
reported here. Limbs were broken
from the trees in several sec
tions of London. Lightning struck
one farm home near London.
Robert M. Creath, London
grocer, who is a partner In
ST. Paris, Ohio, food market,
reported that his ST. Paris
store was hard hit by We'd
nesday nights tornado in
that community.
The roof was completely blown
off the store, which operates
under the firm name of Creath &
Fueston Food Market Other dam
age to the store included; front
window blown in, awning ripped
off, water damage to merchandise
and fixtures.
The only Madison County dam
age outside that done to the tele-
phone lines was at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. David Harbage on
u. S. Route AZ, two miles north
east of London.
Lightning burned off insula-
ton on the guy wire on the tele-
vision antennae; slightly damaged
a few of the shingles on the ROOT
and scorched the Dashboard IN
one room where the lead wire tG
the television entered the house
Amount of damage to the property
was reported slight.
C. j. Eichman, wire chief foi
the London branch of the Ohio
Bell Telephone Company statet
that he and crew of four line.
men were called out early Thurs
day morning to repair damage Il
lines that had knocked out o.
use between 40 and so telephones
caused mostly by the repeated
severe flashes of lightning.
'The storm didn't seem TO con
centrate in any one spot, line
were down over widely scattere,
area. covering a large part of tn
county. Our men are working il
all directions out of London bu
we hope to have lines repaired s.
service can be resumed by mid
afternoon Thursday" Mr.. Eich
man stated.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-29
Golfers Interest
On Club Events

Interest of golfers at the Lon
don Country Club is being aroused
in two new events that have been
added to the list of summer tour
naments.
The first of these is the Bogey
Bucket contest, starting July Is,
for players with handicaps OF
Is or above. The trophy in this
event viii be a large galvanized
pail. The winner each year viii
have his named painted on the
bucket.
The second new event, the Sem
ior tournament for golfers IS
years or over. wiz start July %.
A trophy viii be provided in this
event.
Bob Powers. 1851 champ Of the
course. viii defend his title in
the London Country Club Cham
pionship tournament starting July
s.
The annual London Country
Club Handicap tournament open
ed Monday. June 25.
IN addition to the tournaments
At home. members Of the Lon
don club have several Inter- City
matches on the summer schedule.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-29
Route AZ Traffic To Detour
On Old Springfield Road

Route AZ traffic will be detour-
ed over the Old Springfield Road
during the rebuilding of six
mile stretch OF Route AZ in Mad
ison County scheduled TO begin
in about six weeks.
A joint county and state bridge
Is under construction over Oak
Run on the Old Springfield Road
in preparation for detouring the
Route AZ traffic.
Construction of the bridge, ac-
cording TO County Engineer Fl. G.
Ekedahl. will probably be COM
pleted by mid July or few days
later The detour for Route AZ wf1l
be from London to South Char
lesion.
G. E. Edgington and Sons, Find
lay, We're announced by the State
Highway Department as low bid
der on the Route AZ project, six
miles of grading and paving.
The bid of the Findlay firm,
announced at $4O5, TIC, also in
ciuded construction of d concrete
slab bridge over Paint Creek. The
rebuilding of Route AZ win be
in Paint, Union, Madison and
Harmony Townships, according to
the Highway Department. Esti-
mated cost of the project was Civ
en- as S452. 400.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-29
PILOT HURT IN
PLANE AcCIDENT I
AT PLAIN CITY

A pilot was injured when his
light plane crashed at the Plain
City airport Thursday afternoon,
State Highway Patrolman N. j.
McClurg reported.
Charles w. Hunt, of 154 Vincent
St, Chagrin Falls, suffered lac
erations about the head and in
jury to his back when his single
place Mooney Mite plane crash
landed at the airport. damaging
the planes nose and landing gear
After receiving treatment at the
office of a Plain City physician
he was flown back to Chagrin
Falls by another pilot at the air
port, according 10 PatrOlman Nc
Clurg, who Investigated the ac-
cident.
The plane. property of the air.
port, was still a little too high
when the pilot throttled down
for the landing, it was reported.
Frequently pilots passing the
Plain City Airport stop to make
pleasure flights In the planes sta
toned there, Mr.. Hunt had rent
ed the plane for the flight.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-29
Jailed 8 Months
Man On Probation
In Livestock Case

John Queen, of Champaign
County, indicted by the January
Madison County Grand jury on
grand larceny charge in alleged
livestock rustling by a central
Ohio gang. was placed on two
years probation Friday morning
by Judge James F. Bell. Queen
has been held in the Madison
County jail for the last eight
months.
In giving his decision, Judge
Bell admonished Queen as fol-
lows:
John, YOU turned states evi-
dence in the trial of George Gar
vey and testified against him in
that trial. That action on your
part was appreciated by the state.
You realize, however, that YOU
took that course voluntarily with
out any promise made to YOU
by the prosecutor and the pros
ecutor has not suggested to me
that he thought any special CON
sideration was due by the court
because of any commitments he
had made to you.
IT is not the usual practice for
this court to put a man on pro-
baton who has pleaded guilty to
an offense of the magnitude of
yours. I do not feel that you
should take the rap for the rest
OF the gang merely because you
attempted to cooperate with
the authorities in this prosecu-
ton. / do not feel any necessity
to send you to the penitentiary for
your part in these offenses when
a jury has seen fit to acquit one
of your co-defendants and in view
of the fact that you have already
spent more than eight months in
jail, | am going to place you on
probation for a period of two
years"
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-29
Mrs. John GiIlivan
Dies Wednesday

Mrs. John Gilliyan, 50. a life
long resident of Madison county,
died at her home in West jefferson
Wednesday evening at $50 o'clock
after long illness,
The former Anna E. Hume,
daughter of the late F. M. and
Susan Edwards Hume, she was
born in Big Plain November 3.
1863. Her husband, John Gillivan,
also a lifelong resident of the West
jefferson community. was In the
hardware business there for many
years. He died in 1881.
Surviving are two sons, Ralph
GiIlkan, who is carrying on the
hardware business established by
his father: Allan o. Of Grand
Rapids, Michigan: one daughter,
Mrs. Lucille Ewart of Cuyahoga
Falls; a sister, Mrs. Lucy Sher-
wood of Plain City; five grand
children and three great grand
children.
Friends may call at the home
where funeral services will be at
2 o'clock Saturday, the Rev. G. w.
Eiey officiating. Interment in Oak
Hill Cemetery, London.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-29

Plans are being completed for
the Madison County farm aerial
tour scheduled for July 30 at the
Orleton Farms, Austin Harbage,
Chairman of the committee an
nounced today.
A group recently laid out the
landing area for the plane at the
Orleton Farms. The landing site
has been approved by the Ohio
Aviation Board.
Included in the group We're: John
Sawyer, Assistant Manager OF
the Orleton Farms: Neil Fauber
and Dick Burwell of the Ohio
Aviation Board: Austin Harbage,
Chairman OF the County Aerial
Tour; and John Moore, County
Agricultural Agent.
Representatives OF the Ohio
Aviation Board viii pAsBt sisl ths
morning of July 6. iplvb pssskauI
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-29
Scholarships
Won BY Three

Three Madison County All
members are winners Of scholar
ships to the College Of Agricul-
ture, Ohio State University. Rob-
ert L. Eby. Associate Agent, an
nounced today
They are Eileen Overturf,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Vivian
Overturf of Route 2. London;
Richard Dorm. the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Dorm. Route l, Lon
don; and Russell Byerly. Jr., the
grandson of Mr.. and Mrs. Gusta
Byerly, Route 2, London.
Miss Overturf and Dorm have
each been awarded a Kroger
Company scholarship and Byerly
received one from the Opekasit
Farm Management. Inc.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-29
Abandonment 0f
Local Train Is
Delayed By Puco

COLUMBUS, O.,--tRt - The
state Public Utilities Commission
told the Pennsylvania Railroad
today it cannot carry out its am
nounced intention to abandon by
July 8, two trains operating daily
between Dayton and Steubenville.
The PUCO said the railroad can
not abandon the trains without
permission and this can not he
done by July 8.
A. NJ. Donnan, Pennsylvania S
general counsel, told PUCO We'd
nesday it would stop the two
trains which originate at Pitts
burgh and st. Louis. However,
PUCO has jurisdiction only In
Ohio.
The two trains. IS and 26,
operate one round trip daily.
intermediate Ohio points are
MIngo Junction, Broadacre,
Onionpore, JeWeEgs Scsog
Rowerstown, Dennison, Gna-
denhutten, Newcomerstown,
West Lafayette, coshocton,
Trinway, Frezeysburg, Han
over, Newark, Heath, Patas-
kla, Biacklick, Columbus,
London and Xenla.
The PUCO said the railroad
had announced to the newspapers
that service would be abandoned
July 8. Then Wednesday Donnan
informed the PUCO personally OF
the decision.
Donnan, a PUCO spokesman
said, contended the railroad did
not need permission.
PUCO said the railroad was
wrong and that if the trains are
abandoned July 8 the attorney
general will be asked to bring
action against the railroad.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-29
AERIAL TOUR OF MADISON COUNTY
FARMS PLANNED FOR JULY 3OTH

of farmer leaders to take them
on a tentative air tour. They will
also take pictures of representa-
tive farms which those going on
the regular air tour, July 30. may
see before they go up.
The aerial tour, sponsored by
the Madison Soil Conservation
Supervisors, will be in conjunction
with the County Flowing Match.
Trophies have been provided for
the County Flowing match for
first and second place.
To participate In the County
Flowing Match plowmen should
contact one of the Supervisors,
the Soil Conservation Office, or
the Madison County Extension Of
flee. The Soil Supervisors for
the County are: John II. Bnehl
Jr.. Chairman, James Miller. Del.
bert Grouse. Harold Friend and
james Littlar. isi l. g
apKnaM tt8s49ltaI
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-29
Local Priest Is
Transferred TO
Hamilton County
CINCINNATI, JUNE 20

CINCINNATI, JUNE 20
Up Priest appointments by
Archbishop Kari J. Alter
announced hare today by the
Archdiocesan chaHcery in
cluded:
The Rev. David Powers,
Pastor of st. James Church,
White Oak (H mi lton
county.l
Fr. Powers returns TO the
Archdlocesan clergy from
London, O., where he was
pastor of ST. Patrick Church
and former chaplain of Lon
don Prison Farm. The London
parish, once . part of the Gin
cInnati Archdiocese, has been
in the Columbus Diocese since
1914.
The appointment is effect
I've Ialy IL.
The Rev. Frs Powers has
served the St. Patrick parish
in London since March 1s42.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-29
0hi, Bell Seeks
Increased Local
Telephone Rates

The Ohio Bell Telephone Comp
any has filed application with the
states Public Utilities Com
mission seeking approval of a re-
vised schedule of rates the comp
any estimated would increase
gross revenues is per cent. The
new rates affecting all the comp
any's ITS exchanges would in
crease annual gross revenues
about S22 million. The company
has pointed out that Ii has in-
creased rates only once in the last
Is years.
The cost of materials and
equipment has increased adding
to cost of doing business and the
upward trend is continuing, &C.
cording to the company state.
ment. For example the cost ol
wire has more than doubled In
10 years; poles are UP Us pei
cent and cable 123 per cent.
Local increases
For the London and West JEFF
ferson exchanges, the application
proposes the following MONTH,
increases in rates for residence
telephone service: Individual line
so cents; four-party, so cents; anC
rural, IS cents.
For business service, the in
dividual-iine rate will be increased
so cents a month; business two
party service would be upped 81
cents a month and business rural
$100
Minimum rates for day station
to station long distance servic
within Ohio would be increases
five cents on calls between mos
points. 10 to 10 miles apart. Tn
day person-to-person rate o.
most calls would be hiked fiv
to 10 cents for the initial 3-minut
period.
The company proposes to appl
a monthly rate from 60c to IS
for residence extension telephone:
and rates of 25c TO Is cents an
25 to 40 cents a month respee
lively for additional business an
residence listings in directorie:
Increases also are proposed i
rates for PIX switchboards an
other equipment sand services.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-29
Ex-DubIin Boy
Killed In Baler

The accidental death of a form
er Dublin, O., boy was reported in
London Friday to diSpel rumors
the victim was a Plain City boy.
Frederick Purdum, age 13, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Purdum of
Blowenburg, New Jersey, form
erly of Dublin, was killed when
he fell into an operating hay bal
er on q farm four miles out OF
Blowenburg, N. j. June 19. Fun
eral services were at Wesley
Chapel near Dublin, June p, and
interment i'm the chapel cemetery.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-29
Bonds $1,000 Each
In Livestock Case

Three men indicted by the
Madison county grand jury are
being held in the county Jail in
lieu of $1,000 bond each after
pleading innocent Tuesday TO
grand larceny charges before
Common Pleas Judge James F.
Bell.
They are John Garvey, Ernest
and Glenn Gilbert all Of Urbana.
Indictments were returned against
the men in connection with al
legged theft of livestock by a gang
of rustlers operating in central
Ohio.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-29
C0UNTY's SHARE IN FOREIGN AID
SPENDING ESTIMATED S1,366,77o

Federal governments proposed
$500. 100000 foreign aid spend
ing for the 1882 fiscal year, to
residents of Madison County,
would be approximately 1866
ITO if the program is enacted by
Congress, President @. /. Weaver
of the Ohio Chamber of Com
merce said Thursday.
This amount compares with
1922, ,996. the cost of operating
public schools in Madison Coun-
ty for the school year, 1949-50.
the most recent figure available.
The one-year cost to the State
at-large for foreign aid would be
S487, ,050. 900, or approximately
S61.29 for every man, woman, and
child in Ohio, according to the
statement.
The States estimated share of
S487, ,o50.000 in this ''give-away"
program to foreign countries, Mr..
Weaver said, represents approx
mately double the amount Ohio
requires in local taxes and State
subsidies to support its public
schools for one year.
Local taxes to support public
schools in the school year of
1949-50 were approximately S154,-
100000. The States contribution
for the same period was S90,O00,-
600, the combined total being ap-
proximately S244,0O0.OOO. For two
years the approximate amount
would be $488. 900, 900, or almost
identical with the States share
of the proposed one-year's foreign
aid.
The States share of the pro-
posed gifts TO foreign countries
also represents almost S100,000,-
coo more than the cost of all ex-
penditures, including construction.
by the State for one year. The
Ohio General Assembly has just
made a record appropriation of
$781, 100000 to operate the State
government during the two-year
1888 biennium.
In other terms, Mr.. Weaver ex-
planned, if Ohio's share of the
foreign aid program had to be
raised by levies on property, il
would require tax of $3491 pei
$1,000 of taxable value. Or, If il
were raised by sales tax similar
to Ohio's three per cent sales tas
law, the rate required to raise
S487. .050.000 would be los pei
cent.
MIR. Weaver pointed out tha
this and all other spending pro
grams must be financed by taxei
collected from the people of tn
48 states, the soaring income Ia,
being a principal source.
The proposed foreign aid out
lay. the Ohio Chamber officia
declared, exceeds BY more thar
$5O0,000,0O0 the total taxes col
lected in 1850 for the support o
all AZ State governments com
bined.
With taxes for all governmen
. = Federal, State, and local = ex
pected to take approximately one
third of the income of the Ameri
can people, the size of the hug
foreign grants have become
backbone problem of tremendou
! Importance to the Ohio taxpayer
Mr.. Weaver said. Such Fedora
expenditures directly limit on
, ability i'm financing schools, an
. State, city and county govern
, menfs, he asserted.
, How long such a rapidly in
! creasing Federal tax burden ca
! be borne without inpairing III
|, productive growth of the natiol
, Is a vital issue to Americas eco
nomic safety, he stated.
Mr.. Weaver urged that Obi
!, members of the Congress take
: realistic look at the new program
determine the results of prexiou
. programs. and help bring 70 q
, end the continuous voting of hug
expenditures.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-29
Moore To Speak
At Country>Club

Clyde Moore, witty and oft
quoted Columbus columnist, will
be the guest-speaker at the reg
ular monthly meeting of the Lon
don Country Club. Moore will
speak before the club on Monday,
July 2, at a dinner-meeting. Gem
mittee members state that this
will be one of sle best meetings
Of the year and large turnout Is
expected to hear Mr.. Moore.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-29
FIGHTING DIES
DOWN AS CEASE
FIRE IS TALKED
BY oIen Clements

TOKYO, JUNE 29tRs--Chin-
ese Reds hurled small attacks
early today at the center of the
United Nations line on the gem
orally quiet Korean front.
Fighting died down across the
peninsula as cease fire talk in
creased.
There was more activity In the
air. Propeller driven u. NJ. Mus
tangs tangled Thursday with Red
jets. One Russian-made Jet was
damaged, the Mustangs unhurt,
far east air forces said. Two
American jets were shot down by
ground fire.
On the ground a few hundred
Reds struck in the early morning
darkness Friday in the Kunhwa
area. A series of earlier Chinese
attacks in this same corner of the
old iron triangle" were beaten
back during the night and day
light hours Thursday.
Communist radios at Pyong-
yang in Korea and Peiping in
China ignored cease-fire talk.
United Nations sources In Ja-
pan and Korea would not COM
ment.
But a spirit of optimism was
apparent in u. S. Eighth Army
headquarters.
Clarence Ryee, a south Korean
government source predicted the
shooting war could stop within
the next few days"
In Tokyo Gen. Matthew b.
Ridgway. supreme Allied COM
mander, was reported ready to
carry out at a moments notice
any instructions be might receive
from Washington to end the war
Ridgway's spokesman said the
general would not comment or
reports ne might be instructed tc
enter truce talks with communist
commanders in line with Rus
sian cease-fire suggestion But
Ridgway was expected to fly te
Korea in the next few days fol
conferences with his field com
rnander, 1t. Gen. James A. Var
Fleet.
The Korean legislature unan
imously adopted a resolution op
posing truce on the 38th paral
ell, 20 miles south Of the most re
cent fighting.
Sources at Eighth Army head
quarters speculated that Kaesong
ancient capital of Korea, wouli
be a logical place to talk abou
a cease-fire order. The town
three miles south of the 38th par
allel, west of the western froni
The Reds still hold 1t.
While possible truce plans o
military leaders were shrouded i
secrecy. doughboys In the lin
were jubilant over prospects 0
an end to the fighting. But the
kept wary eye on the Reds.
Front line dispatches sal
Thursday night was one of tn
quietest nights of the war an
there was little change Friday
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-29
Ellsworth Foster
Dies ednesday

Ellsworth Foster. 88, died
Wednesday morning after a ling
ering illness at his home. 30 East
Lincoln Avenue.
Born in Newport, September 5,
1862, Mr.. Ellsworth was the son
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Ellsworth.
Surviving are two nephews,
Floyd Foster of London and Ross
of Newport.
Funeral services at 2 pm. FRI
day at the Schlechty-F -Fichner
Funeral home. Interment in Paint
Township Cemetery.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-29
Sheriff Has Bull
Owner Unknown

An unusual "prisoner" was to-
day In custody Of Sheriff Harold
HidweII and deputies. Its a bull.
The officers said ID was stray
they captured Wednesday, a
valuable animal, owner unknown.
What they want now Is for the
owner to make himself known
and relieve them OF their respon-
slhIlity for the bull.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-29
Dorm Farm In
Aerial View

Mr.. and Mrs. Ressie Dorm
live on the farm shown in
the aerial view in the Lucky
Farmer Photo Quiz In this
newspaper. They identified the
picture Tuesday as a view Of
their farm six miles south OF
London on Route 38. Another
aerial view of Madison coun-
ty farm will appear In the
Photo Quiz in this newspaper
next week.