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Evening star., 1951-07-11
HOWARD BERNSTEIN,
JEROME MALIN,
Y5.7.9.11 II. Trustees.
THOS J. OWEN & SON, Auctioneers,
435 Southern Building,

Trustees Sale Of Valuable ONE
STORY ROW FRAME DWELLING
BEING KNOWN AS PREMISES NO.
l22O DELAWARE AVENUE, SOUTH
BY virtue Of a certain deed of trust
duly recorded, in Liber No. S6l6.
Folio 252 ct sea, Of the land rec
ords of the District of Columbia.
and at the request of the party
secured thereby. the undersigned
trustees will sell. at public auction
In front of the premises. on MON
DAY. THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF
JULY. AID 1851. AT TWO
THIRTY O'CLOCK PM. the fol-
lowing described land and premises.
situate in the District of Columbia.
and designated as and being Lot %
In Temples subdivision Of Square
west OF 597 as per plat recorded
In the Once Of the Surveyor for
the District of Columbia in Liber
13 at folio 100. Terms: Sold subject
to q prior deed Of trust for ap-
proximately Ss7s. .4s, further par.
ticulars of which will be announced
at time Of sale; the purchase price
above said trust to be paid in cash.
A deposit Of $4,000 REQUIRED. Con-
veyancing, recording, ETC., at pur-
chaser's cost Adjustments made as
OF date of sale Terms to be COM
piled with within thirty days. other
wise deposit forfeited and the prop
erty may be advertised and resold
at the DISCRETION of the trustees.
THORNTON W. OWEN.
ROBERT W. KIDWELL.
Jy5. .7.9.l1 Il. Trustees.
Evening star., 1951-07-11
AUCTION SALES
THOS. J. OWEN g. SON, Auctioneer,
ass Southern Building.

T5qssfs sTosS zsli aN6 of bAgaMasf gaaass TMS EoS
BRICK DWELLING BEING KNOWN
AS PREMISES NUMBER 1921 WAL
LACH PLACE. NORTHWEST.
BY virtue of a certain deed Of trust
duly recorded. in Liber No. g1S9.
Folio 516 ct sea, of the land rec
ords Of the District Of Columbia,
and at the request of the party Sc
cured thereby. the undersigned trus-
tees will sell, at public auction in
front Of the premises. on THURS
DAY. THE NINETEENTH DAY OF
JULY: AID. 1851. AT THREE
THIETY O'CLOCK PM. the follow
ing-described land and premises.
situate N the District Of Columbia.
and DESIGNATED as and heinz Lot
155 in Clagett and others subdiyi-
sion Of lots In Square 237 as per
plat recorded in Liher IL at folio
LAB in the Once Of the Surveyor for
the District OF Columbia
Terms: Sold subject to prior (build-
ing association deed Of trust for ap-
proximately $5.052.67. further par
ticulars of which will be announced
at time Of sale; the purchase price
above said trust to be paid in cash.
deposit OF $500.00 required. Con-
yeyancing. recording. etc. at .pur-
chaser's cost. Adjustments made as
Of date Of sale Terms to be COM
wise deposit forfeited and the prop
erty may be advertised and resold at
VAC "'''fuo'Ss HoWARp q BE sERNsTEfN. sasT1sfS
J. J, KELLIHER.
tyQ11 I31612 TrustaeS
Evening star., 1951-07-11
THOS. J. OWEN a. SON, Auctioneers.
435 Southern Building.

STORY ROW BRICK DWELLING
BEING KNOWN AS PREMISES
NUMBER 33S FIFTEENTH STREET,
BY virtue Of q certain deed of trust
duly recorded in Liber No. 1854,
Folio 235 ct seq, of the land records
Of the District Of Columbia, and at
the request of the party secured
thereby, the undersigned trustees
Will sell at public auction in front
OF The premises, on MONDAY THE
SIXTEENTH DAY OF JULY AID,
1881 AT THREE O'CLOCK PM,
the following described land and
premises. situate in the District
and being. Lot s5 In Williams sub
division of Square 1914, as per plat
recorded in the Office of the Sur
yeyor for the District of Columbia
IN Liber 81 at folio 80.
TERMS OF SALE ALL CASH A
deposit of $4,000 will be required
at time Of sale All conveyancing,
recording. revenue stamps, etc, at
cost Of purchaser. Terms Of sale to
be complied with within thirty days
from day OF sale. otherwise the trus-
tees reserve the right to resell the
property at the risk and cost of de-
Iaulting purchaser, after five days
advertisement. Of such resale in some
newspaper published in Washington.
Evening star., 1951-07-11
AucTIoN SALES
ADAM A. WESCHLER d SON,
Auctioneers.

Notice is hereby given that on FRI
ND AT $50 AM. and eontfnuins
II necessary each Tuesday and Fri
day thereafter, we will sell at pub
lie auction at Weschler's, 905 Z st.
NV, to enforce our liens for storage
and/or other. charges, goods stored
with US in the name Of r. Horton
Henry. 1852 N Lake Avenue, Pasa-
dena. California. LION TRANSFER
AND STORAGE COMPANY; BY D.
MED1NS, Auditor. jy11,19
THOS. J. OWEN q son, Auctioneers,
435 Southern Building.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-07
"4-H On Parade
Planned For Fair

The Madison County 4-H Coun-
Gil has planned program for the
first afternoon of the M disc n
County Fair entitled All on
Parade" according to Robert
Hunter, Chairman of the commit
tee.
Half of the grandstand receipts
will 60 to the All Council, to be
used for Madison County's part
of the All Camp Improvement
Program. Starting at 200 pm.
Monday the program will consist
of recognizing the five outstand-
ing All girls and the five out
standing Al boys; 80 minutes of
amateur numbers; a fashion par
ade; tug of war; creased pole
contest; dairy showmanship win
ners for the past five years penny
scramble; creased pig catch con-
test: with music by the Franklin
County All Club Band.
Robert Miller, Farm Program
director for WRFD, is to be Mast
er of Ceremonies.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-07
LATE NEWS BRIEFS

SINGAPORE auxiliary workman on rubber
estate attack ~ Communist
worst terrorist ambush reported tns year.
TAIPEH FoRMosA today former nation
private m
In Korea killed in action recently
WASHINGTON (Dca chairman Of the House
United
expanding the Air Force TO 65 wings
nearly for the construction
aircraft carriers
NJ named for
Hambetonan today assuring tomoo winner the richest re-
history The will be worth approx
winner Last the
race lad "A Of T52o912 record
ANCHORAGE ALASKA discovery human leg and
beach at Yakuts
possible fate of Korean airnt plane mis-
Tenth Squadron
the craft along shore waters
the Yakutat
NEW YORK AUG major meeting
baseball commissioner today
ing hours, then broke up for lunch
FRANCISCO contno, a. popular aceordonist
prison fined $4,000
draft evasion charge.
wAsHlNeToN rejected Russla
state Department violated obligations
world lost confidence IN the soyets
respect for treaties"
YORK something different dnner7
ostrich S45 each
Auodads Carcbu Goats Reindeer
81 pound. a#
CARLO EGYPT, 7Egyps
the mutual defense treaty BY the end OF this
treaty Britain
between the countries the
World War II. s-.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-07
New Phone Book
Distributed Here

Telephone customers in TIL G
London exchange area of The
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
will receive something extra with
Ohio Bell Telephone Company will
this years new telephone direct
ory, which is being mailed to sub
scribers this week, it was announc-
ed by M. P. Stevens, commercial
manager.
This extra will be a copy Of
The company's new convenient
size, blue bound personal direct
ory, for use in listing frequently
called numbers" Stevens said.
With operator dialing of long
distance calls directly through to
the out-of-town party rapidly ex-
tending throughout the nation, it
is becoming increasingly import
ant to be able to give the opera
tor the number of the party you
are calling" Stevens stated. Long
distance calls can be completed
twice as fast if you have the num-
Der available. This is one of the
principal reasons the personal di-
rectories are being distributed
this time, in order that telephone
users will have handy place in
which to jot down frequently-call-
ed numbers of out-of-town friends
or business establishments. 1t
should also prove a time saver in
locating telephone numbers of
frequently-called friends and fav-
orite family shopping spots in the
London area"
This year 4,250 copies of the
directory will be sent out as COM
pared with 4,026 last year. The
new directory contains 49 pages
Of alphabetical listings and So in
the yellow classified section. Also
included in the directory is ar
eight page civic section containing
interesting information about Lon.
don and West jefferson, city maps
important statistical figures. pos
office information and traffic
regulations.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-07
LESTER JONES
dies ENR0UTE
TO HOSPITAL

Lester Jones, 35, tenant farm
er for Agricultural Lands, Inc,
died in an ambulance near West
jefferson Friday evening, enroute
to Grant Hospital, Columbus, fol-
lowing an accident when his trac-
tor upset and fell on him.
He suffered fractured skull,
compound fracture of the right
arm and left leg, and fractured
left arm. He was treated by a
London physician and rushed to
the hospital.
THE accident occurred about s
pm. on the Agricultural Lands
farm on the Old Xenia Road,
about five miles southwest of
London.
According to Sheriff Harold r.
Bidwell, Jones, who had been en-
ployed on the farm for seven
years. was returning from baling
straw when the accident occurred.
He stated that the tractor ap-
parently went out of control as
Jones rounded sharp curve on
a graveled roadway and turned
over on him. The Coroner's YER
dict was accidental death.
Jones was a native of Poin t
Pleasant, West Virginia He is
survived by his wife. Clara; five
sons, Charles. Eugene, Lester Jr..
Thomas and Roger Lee; four
brothers, Wesley and Friedman of
London; Edward of St Paris and
Charles of Columbus; two sisters,
Mrs. Ruth Meeks of Gallipclis
Furnace, w. Va, and Mrs. Ida
Whit of Henderson, w. Va.
Funeral services at / pm. Tues
day in the Methodist Church al
Mt. Carmel, w. Va, with the Rev
George Anderson. officiating. In
terment in Mt. Carmel Cemetery
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-07
Mans Body Is
Found In River

The body of Ora Stidam,' AZ,
of Plattsburg, was found floating
in the Little Miami River at til e
foot of Clifton Gorge Frid ay
morning. The fully-clothed body
of the New York Central section
hand was reported discovered by
a Paul Hazelbaker of London. At
Springfield Hazelbaker was S d
to be driver for Meadow Gold
Dairy Co.. London. The Meadow
Pure Dairy reported they had no
driver by that name.
Greene County Coroner, DIR. H.
c. Schick said Mr.. Stidan1's death
was due to broken neck, al
though drowning might have been
a secondary cause. He withheld
a verdict pending investigation as
to whether the man fell acci-
dentally or jumped from the So
foot cliff into the river.
The dead mans car was found
in the parking area adjacent to
the gorge and Identification W S
established by Sheriff Georg e
Hinkle's office from the auto Ii
cense number.
This is the second fatality in
rocky Clifton Gorge in two weeks.
On July 81, a Springfield youth
William Manning, "a, fell to his
death in the gorge, located on
State Route 343 just west of Cliff
ton.
Mr.. Stidam was born Sept. IL,
1908 in Brown County, KY. He
had lived in Plattsburg five years.
Surviving are the widow, Ethyl;
a daughter, Verla: two sons, Rom
ME Ray and Ralph Cecil, both at
home; his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Albert Stidam, Moorehead, KY;
two brothers, Cecil, Moorehead
and Orville, Dayton, and two sis
ters, Mrs. Bertha Pelfrey n d
Mrs. Rennie Thornburg, both ot
Moorehead.
The body was taken to the
Sprague funeral home at South
Charleston. Services and burial
at Moorehead, KY.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-07
Stock Yards To
Handle Al Sale

The London Stock Yards will
handle the Ali Club and FLA
sale at the Madison County Fair
on Thursday afternoon. August
%. the Extension Office reported
today.
Gwynn Burr, John Gaynard and
other personnel at the Stock Yards
will help with sale matters. The
terms for the sale viii be h e
same as in the past.
This Is the third year that the
London Stock Yards has conduct
ed the Junior Fair Sale. TIL e
swine sale will start at 200 pm.
Thursday afternoon, August %.
followed by the market la m b
and ending with the fat steer sale.
According to OPS Regulations.
individuals or groups Of indivi-
duals are eligible to purchase jun
ior Fair Livestock.
Certificates will be available at
the sale to exempt buyers from
marketing quotas anG price regu-
laflons. Proper certificates viii be
available for individuals who care
to buy Junior Livestock for cold
storage lockers in order that they
can legally have II slaughtered.
This certificate also exenpts the
regular slaughterer from having
the animals added to mis- slaugh-
ter list.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-07
County's Flowing
Champ Is Third In
District Contest

Dean Roberts, Madison County
Flowing Champion, won third
place in the District Flowing
match Friday at Delaware.
Nine contestants were in h e
match, won by Carl Theirgartner,
Milford Center, Union County.
Mr.. Theirgartner, who took time
out from his honeymoon, to COM
pete in the blowing match, chalk
ed up a score of 77.9 points to
capture the district title. Paul
Schaber of Marion County, with
74.2 was second.
Kirk Moreiand, Marion, Route
/, won the contour blowing event,
in which Earl Stout of Milford
Center took second place. Coun-
ties represented Friday included
Madison, Morrow, Marion, Union,
Wyandot, Crawford, Delaware,
Franklin and Pickaway. The con-
tests were staged on the John
Rowlands farm three miles west
of Delaware on Route 81.
The district winners will enter
the state matches near McCon-
nelsville, Aug. S-9.
McDorman Implement Company
furnished transportation for the
Madison County contestants trac-
tor and pillow to the District Con-
tests.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-07
Driver Fatally Injured
When Tractor OyerturnS
Judge Harvey B. Edwards
Dies Early Sunday Morning

Judge Harvey B. Edwards, Sd.
who would have completed 1S1a
years as probate judge of Madison
county August s, died at four
o CLOCK Sunday morning at his
home on East High Street after
a several weeks illness. He would
have been 55 years old August IT.
Judge Edwards was born in Big
Plain, August II, 1896, the son
of Mr.. and Mrs Wesley Edwards.
He was a lifelong resident of
Madison county.
He graduated from Fairfield
High School and attended Ohio
University, Athens.
After he taught in the Madison
county schools for several years
he went into the insurance busi-
ness and later the automobile
business.
L 1925 he was elected Madison
County Clerk of Courts, the first
Democrat ever elected to that Of
flee I'M the county He served un-
til 1929.
Following his term as clerk of
courts he was claims adjustor for
the Ohio Department of High
ways for several years. He then
graduated in law from Franklin
University Columbus and passed
the Ohio Bar. He was sworn in by
Chief Justice Carl w. Weygandt in
1888. Elected probate judge Of
Madison county the preceding fall.
he was at the same time given
the oath of his office by Judge
Roscoe g. Hornbeck, of the Sec
ond District Appellate Court.
He began his first term as pro-
bate judge February 8, 1888, and
had served continuously, with
duties of juvenile judge added sev-
eral years later. Judge Edwards
had the honor of never having a
decision reversed in higher
court.
He was a past master of Chand-
Ter Lodge F & AN. a Scottish
Rite Mason and past president
of the London Shrine Club, was
secretary-treasurer of the Mad
ison County Bar Association and
a member of the Probate Judges
Association at the time of his
death. He was veteran of World
War /. member and first adj
jutant Of Madison Post Ameri-
can Legion and member Of Lon
don Aerie FOE.
Survivors are his wife, Helen
Plimell Edwards; a daughter,
Mrs. Willard Price dorothy Jean
Edwardsl and a granddaughter,
Linda Sue Price, of West Palm
Beach. Florida; his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Wesley Edwards and a
sister. Mrs. Herman Webb. all of
Big Plain.
Masonic funeral services will be
at the residence Tuesday evening
Services at the Masonic Temple,
Wednesday at 2 pm, The Rever-
end Sanford Lindsey. of Trinity
Episcopal Church officiating min
ister and a Scottish Rite service.
Interment in Kirkwood Cemetery
Friends may call at the resi-
dence on East High Street.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-07
Former Democrat
Editor Succumbs

Carl L. Johnson, 67,. of Della
ware, a former editor of The Mad
ison County Democrat, died un-
expectedly last Wednesday even
ing as he sat reading on the
porch at his home.
He was the son of the late Mr..
and Mrs. j. w. Johnson and had
been in the newspaper business
in London, Waverly, Jackson, Co
lumbus, Delaware and Paris, KY
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Pauline Britain Johnson; two
daughters, Jeanne and Ann
Louise; a son, John; two sisters,
Mrs. J. L. Jay of Wilmington
and Miss Carrie Johnson of Circle
Vile, a brother Paul A. Johnson
of CirclevilIe.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-07

With the recent addition of a
2-ton hippopotamus. a guarantian
tapir, a jungle-bred rhinoceros,
and and herd of giraffes, Kelly
Miller is the only circus now. ex-
hibiting that strange jungle crea-
ture The Tapir." and only Ring
ling Barnum and Kelly-Miller
Circus can boast of being the only
two American Circus now exhibit
ing a herd of living giraffes n d
a jungle-bred rhinoceros.
Aside from these unusual ami
mails, the vast managerie of the
Kelly-Miller Circus has long lines
of cages, dens, corrals, and enclo-
sures containing lions, tigers, po-
lar bears, leopards, purnas, jag
uars. chimpanzees, ostriches,
laughing hyenas, kangaroos, the
rarest of the cat family" tn G
olack leopard, and many beautiful
tropical birds.
Also many zebras, can1els, la
mas, gnu. yak, antelope, zebus,
and dozens of smaller animals too
numerous for mention.
A special invitation has been
given to children of all ages (from
s to 60), especially the school
students to visit the circus grounds
at nine o'clock the morning of
Thursday, August 9th, to see the
unloading, feeding. and watering
of the many wild and strange
beasts. This free treat is an OPP
portunity for many persons to see
a vast zoo within the very short
distance of their own vicinity.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-07
At Veterinarians
Defense Me,e+inq

Four from Madison County at
tended the State Civil Defense
meeting for veterinarians and
county agents Friday evening,
August 3, according to the Ex-
tension Office.
Biological warfare as it is re-
lated to civil defense, was h e
topic for discussion. A picture on
foot and mouth disease in Mexico
was shown followed by a discus
sion of the State Veterinarian DR..
Fl. G.. Geyer on other contagious
animal diseases that might be
used by a foreign agressor.
They stressed that it was inn
portant that all livestock m n
be conscious of the possibility of
this threat of biological warfare,
stressing that all producers. vet
erinarians and others concerned
should report Immediately any
contagious diseases that m ig h t
exist SO the spread could he con-
trolled in its early stages.
Dean Walter r. krill, State Vet
erinarian College, emphasized the
fact that biological warfare tact
les could be used before open at
tack to decrease the food supply
as much as possible.
Attending from Madison Coun-
ty were DR.. Kenneth McWilliams,
Plain City; Dr. B. III. Gibson, Lon
don; DR.. c. A. Sayre, London, and
John Moore, County Agricultural
Agent.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-07
No License Needed
By Service Men

COLUMBUS S,-Servicemen on
active duty with the u. S. Armed
forces who like to fish and hunt
when they come home on leave
or furlough, will be happy to learn
that they can do so without pur-
chasing an Ohio hunting or fish
ing license.
The 99th General Assembly,
which adjourned recently, enacted
a section of law in House Bill No
46 that permits servicemen or
women on active duty to hunt or
fish in the state of Ohio while
on official leave or furlough
without license. ss
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-07
Driver Fined

Robert Carlos, Jeffersonville.
was fined 500 and costs in Mayor
Stanley MarsF's court at South
Scion, Sunday. on a charge of OPP
Grating an auto while intoxicated
Carlos was picked up by Sheriff
Harold R. Bidwen at 2 am. Sun
day, after a call from South Solon
and was held in Madison County
Jail until his hearing Sunday
afternoon.
Carlos paid his fine, $50 of
which was suspended BY Mayor
Marsh, and was released.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-07
Spears Services
At JeffersonviIle

Funeral services for Sherman
Spears, SO, of Jeffersonvllle. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Spears
of Sedalia, who died at Memorial
Hospital, Washington G. H., Sat-
urday, were in Jeffersonville Mon
Monday. Interment in Fairview
c metery. Jeffersonville. He
had been in i'll health the t
year.
Surviving are the parents; his
wife, Betty, two sisters, Mrs.
Esther SheeIey of SedaIia and
Mrs. Dora Thomas of Seattle.
Wash, and one brother. Stanley,
who is with the u. S. Navy, sta
toned in California.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-07
BaIIenger Hurt
In Auto Mishap

Earl Ballenger, North Main
Street, carrier on London RID
No. 3 for the London postoffice,
suffered a slight concussion, fac
ial cuts and severe bruises on the
right side of his body about 4
pm. Friday when his car struck
a culvert on the Spring Hill Rd.
Bal had pulled out fer a
tractor that was pulling a load
of baled hay He presumes that
his car slipped in the heavy stone
dressing. He was thrown into the
culvert near the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Tanner.
The car was badly damaged.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-07
BARBER FOR SIXTY
YEARS RETIRES

Charles Z. Lower, barber at
South Solon for 60 years has re-
tired because of his health. He has
given up his shop and the busi-
ness. according to word from the
family. MIR. Lower served his trade
in the same room at South Solon
40 years.