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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
Harlan Wilson,
World Famous
Surgeon Dies
Renowned Bone
Specialist Dead
Of Heart Attack

COLUMBUS, %. LPD-Dr. Ed
ward Harlan Wilson of Columbus,
internationally known children's
bone specialist, died Sunday night
after a heart attack. He was 81.
He was well known in London
and this community having attend
ed a great many local patients
over the years. A great humanitar-
ian, DR.. Wilson was greatly ad-
nnired for his generous support of
many charities as well as his many
personal acts of kindness.
DR.. Wilson, head of the Depart
ment of Orthopedic Surgery, Ohio
State University, was attending a
Christmas party at Children's Hos
pital when he was stricken.
The Columbus specialist was
head Of orthopedic surgery at
Children's, University and Mt. Car
mel Hospitals.
In 1852 DR.. Wilson became resi-
dent director of the American Hos
pital in Oxford, Eng, one of
staff of so sent from the United
States.
He was a member of many ma
tional medical and surgical groups.
an honorable fellow of the Exeter
College, Oxford, Eng, and men,
Der of the Robert Jones Club, ex-
elusive English physicians organi-
Zation.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
Engineer Lists
Improvements

County Engineer, Helge Exc
dahl, has made a report to the
County Commissioners on the ac-
tivities of his department for the
past year. The report has been
presented to and commended by
Madison County Commissioners,
George Taylor and Roger Baker.
The report shows that nine and
a half miles of gravel roads were
black-topped during the year. Too,
over rs miles of county roads
were surface treated by the depart
rnent.
Approaches to bridges and cul-
verts were given additional pro-
lection by the installation of more
than 1000 feet of guard rail, it
was said. Approximately $500 tons
of patching material and $4,000
gallons of oil were used on the
county road system.
Ten bridges, four culverts and
five bitches were completed during
the year with three bitches under
construction, the report said.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
Fred |. NeWsoI1
Appointed To
Prosecutor Post

Fred L. Newsom Jr., son OF
Fred L. Newsome Sr., well known
here and in Madison county, has
been appointed assistant pros
ecutor in Franklin county by
Frank H. Kearns, prosecutor
elect.
Newsom has relatives in Lon
don and spent much time here as
a youth. He is a graduate OF
Ohio State University and Frank
lin Law School. Residing at ITO
Fair Ave, Columbus, Mr.. New
som has been practicing law for
several years with offices at $50
S. High street, in Columbus. He
was graduated from East High
school in 1888.
He is member of the Ohio
State and Columbus Bar Asso-
Citations, YMCA, Mt. Vernon AME
Church and several civic groups.
He resides with his parents at the
Fair Avenue address.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
Mrs. {. 6. Harris
Dies At IT

Mrs. Edward c. Harris, II, died
Sunday evening at her home in
West Jefferson, following a long
illness.
She was a member of the Au-
Hillary of the B.O.F.L.E. and the
Auxiliary of the BILE.
Surviving are her husband; two
daughters, Mrs. Roy Taylor, and
Mrs. Leslie Morris, both of Co.
lumbus; one brother, George B.
Weatherman of Basil; four grand
children and three great-grand-
children.
Funeral services at the RAIDER
Funeral Home on Wednesday at
2:30 o'clock in charge of Rev
erend Schellhaas. Interment in
Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral
home.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
Crime Commission
Honors Witnesses

CLEVELAND OP)-The Cleve-
land Crime Commission presented
plaques Sunday honoring two War
rem witnesses in the robbery trial
of Julius Petro and Joseph Sanzo.
Mrs. Helen Alden accepted both
awards since her son, Carter, has
returned to studies at the Univer-
sity of Missouri. They testified
they saw the two ClevelanderS in
a speeding getaway car.
Petro, 30, and Sanzo, %, were
convicted last Wednesday of hold
ing up the branch manager of the
Union Savings & Trust Co. in War
rem for $1,000 on Aug. IA.
Petro was sentenced to 25 years
in the state penitentiary Sanzo
has not been sentenced yet.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
Cattle Test For
TB Starts Jan. I

Madison County is to have an
area TB test of all cattle starting
the last of December or the first
of January, according to w. E.
Beavers. United States Department
of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal
Industry. The cooperation of all
farmers is solicited in order that
a test may be completed as soon as
possible and the county may be
re-accredited. The county will be
TB accredited if the amount of in
fection is less than 5 percent. This
test is compulsory for all cattle
except feeder steers which are
maintained separately from all
other cattle. The present accredita-
ton expires in July, 1853. County
practicing veterinarians are coop
Grating in this area test. Following
is a list of veterinarians and the
townships they will be working:
Pike-Dr. Robert Morgan, Me-
chanicsburg, Ohio.
Darby. Monroe, Jefferson-Dr.
Kenneth McWilliams and DR.. Vic
tor Humm of Plain City.
Canaan-Dr. F. H. George, Plain
City.
Somerford-Dr. c. A. Sayre,
London
Paint and Deercreek-Dr. w. c.
Hackett and DR.. Harry Crawford
of London.
Oak Run-Dr. H. N. Heath, Lon
don.
Pleasant and Range DIR. r. H.
Packer and DR.. ]. E. Jones of Mt.
Sterling
Fairfield and Stokes Townships
unassigned.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
VA Dividend Due
Again Next Year
Majority To
Receive $50

WASHINGTON Up - Another
dividend will be paid next year to
about five million veterans hold
ing National Service Life Insur-
ance policies, the Veterans Admin
istration said today.
The first payments will be made
in February. The size of the in
dividual dividends for most policy
holders will be the same as this
years dividend, with the vast ma
jority of men getting flat $50.
The dividend is the second regu-
lar one on NSLI policies-the first
was paid this year-and will total
18O million dollars. Two special
dividends also have been paid. The
four total nearly four billion dol
lars.
Payments to individual policy
holders, the V. A. said, will be
made from 80 to 40 days after the
anniversary date of the policy.
That's the date the policy first
went into effect.
To be eligible, the policyholder
must have paid premiums for any
three or more months between the
anniversary date of his policy in
1852 and the same date in 1853.
The method of payment will be
the same as this year unless the
policyholder informs the V. A. he
wants to be paid differently, by
writing to the V. a. office to
which he pays premiums.
If he holds a term policy, he
can get the dividend in cash or
he may tell the V. A. to apply it
as advance premiums to his policy.
If he has permanent plan policy,
he has these choices or he may ask
the V. A. to put the dividend on
deposit That way it will draw B
per cent inerest and will be added
to the cash value of the policy.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
1000 Treats To
Be Given Away

The London Retail Merchants
Assqiation' who have been respon-
sible for the street decorations and
other activities during this Christ
mas season, have announced that
Old Santa" will be on hand to
give away over two thousand
Christmas treats" on December
18.
Ray Ballenger, president of the
association, said that the program
has been set so that the smaller
children will be able to receive
their treats before school lets out.
In this way the small children will
not be caught in the rush and all
small children will have the op-
portunity 10 see Santa Claus first.
The program will start promptly
at 2 pm, Mr.. Ballenger said.
The program as outlined is a
part of the plans of the association
for the coming year. The Retail
Merchants Association has been
newly organized here and has a
membership of about rs business
houses with more expected to join
as the drive continues, president
Ballenger stated.
Plans have been completed for
Santa Claus to visit the stores in
London over a period of several
days. The special Christmas treat
IS donated by firms and business
houses who are members of the
Retail Merchants Association.
In the coming year, the Associa-
ton plans many special events and
other activities which will be of
genuine benefit to London and
Madison county. Anyone wishing to
donate to this worthwhile cause
may do SO merely by contracting
any member of the Association, it
was said.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
Gamma GlobuIin
Program, Will Be
Greatly Expanded
Polio Prevention
Believed Reality

Madison County Chapter Red
Cross along with other chapters
of the nation has received a state
ment from z. Roland Hartman.
president of the American National
Red Cross regarding its new gam.
ma globulin project.
The Red Cross has been called
upon to undertake an immediate
and dramatic expansion of its par
ticipation in the National Blood
Program to make available all the
gamma globulin possible for the
prevention of paralysis from poll
omyelitis, Mr.. Hartman stated.
Experiments conducted over the
past two years in Provo, Utah,
Houston, Texas, and Sioux City,
Iowa, under the auspices of the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis and as a part of their
total research program, have dem
onstrated the effectiveness of this
treatment. The Red Cross provid-
ed the gamma globulin used in
these experiments without cost.
Since the gamma globulin is also
needed for the modification of
measles and in the prevention of
infectious hepatitis there will of
necessity be a shortage of the SER
um at the height of the polio sea-
son.
The Red Cross will not allocate
or distribute the gamma globulin,
Mr.. Hartman stated. 1t will furn-
ish its total supply to the alloca-
ton agency without charge for the
product in keeping with the policy
now governing its distribution of
blood and blood products, he con-
tinued.
Fortunately we are we'll equip
pid and organized to meet this
new challenge. We have responded
to this emergency appeal, all
chapters have been alerted and we
are relying upon the cooperation of
everyone concerned. We are con-
fident that the people in turn will
respond with blood and money so
that within the near future new
hope for children who are exposed
to polio will be piling up in blood
bottles across the nation and the
pipeline to processing facilities will
be kept full" Mr.. Harrimans mes
sage concluded.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
Advisory Council
Of Agricultural
Extension Meets
Wednesday, Dec. ~
Set For Reports

The Madison County Agricul-
tural Extension Advisory Com
mittee will meet next Wednes-
day, December II. at 1:30 pm, in
the Extension Office.
Representatives from each of the
livestock and crop Improvement
committees, home demonstration
council, 4-H club council and farm
organizations, are members of the
council. Reports of the past years
accomplishments in the different
areas will be given by the respec-
tive representatives. Suggestions
for the improvement for the COM
ing year will be made. A report on
the State Extension Advisory COM
mitttee will be given by Mrs. Joe
Hook.
The Officers of the Council are:
President-Mary Kay Halterman;
Vice President-H. w. Rogers; and
Secretary-Mrs. Lowell Snyder.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
Earl Rohinsons
60 To Florida

Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Robinson,
East High Street, will leave for
Ft Lauderdale, Florida on Tues
day, Dec. IA While there they
will visit their daughter and SON
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mes
senger who live in Ft. Lauder
Gale.
The Robinson's son, Bill, home
on leave from the u. S. Navy
will accompany them to Florida
before returning to duty in North
Carolina, it was said.
MAYOR ILL
Mayor E. P. Speasmaker has
been confined for several days
with leg ailment He is reported
to be improving, however.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
PLANS BIG CELEBRATION
Gilmerr Wins
infantry Badge

WITH THE I'D INFANTRY
DIV. IN KOREA-The Combat In
fantryman Badge for excellent per-
formance of duty under enemy fire
in Korea was recently awarded to
PFC Strawder D. Gilmerr. son of
Mrs. Christine f, Gilmerr, Route l.
London, Ohio.
He is a member of the ID Infan-
try Division, which gained fame in
two of the hardest fought battles
of the Korean war. 1t captured
"Heartbreak Ridge in October
1851 and took "Old Baldy HilI'
this summer.
Gilmerr entered the Army in
October 1851 and joined the di-
vision last May.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
Santa Claus Is
Coming To Town

All youngsters under the
age of twelve are invited to
congregate at the big Christ
mas Tree on Main street, Dec.
Is, at 2 PM, when Old Santa
will give away over two thou
sand treats to the children of
Madison county.
The special event is spon-
sored by the London Retail
Merchants Association in the
public interest and all Madi-
son County children are in
vited to attend.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
Ardrey Reelected
Trustee OF Ohio
Auto Association

Mr.. Neil Ardrey attended the
Ohio Automobile Dealers Assoc.
meeting at Cleveland, Ohio and
was reelected to the board of
trustees. His Duties as member
of the board consists of Madison,
Fayette, Clinton, Pickaway, and
Ross Counties. The Meeting took
place December 8, 9, and 10.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
Capt. Joe Dwyer
Here On Leave

Captain Joe Dwyer, u. S. Ma
rine Corps, will return to duty
shortly after a visit with relatives
here. Captain Dwyer will be as
signed to head up a Marine unit
at Aurora, Illinois when he re-
turns to duty, it was said. He was
recently stationed at Camp Pen
dleton, California, but will go to
the East coast before taking up
his new duties in Illinois.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
Ohio Wesleyan
Student Named
Rhodes Scholar

COLUMBUS, 0. LP,-A 21-year-
old Ohio Wesleyan University stu
dent was the only Ohioan named
Sunday for a Rhodes scholarship.
William McCulloh, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Ezra McCulloh of Wor-
thington, said ne would study clas-
sizes, English literature and phil
osophy for two years at Oxford
University, England.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
CHEST x-RAY
REPORT READY

Word has been received by the
Madison County tuberculosis and
Health Association that films of
the Chest x-ray Survey held in
London, November 81, have been
read and reports will be sent to
those persons x-rayed within the
next few days.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
Axter Home
From Korea

SAN FRANCISCO Up - The
transport Gen. M. c. Meigs ar
rived today with 4,178 combat vet
Grams from Korea. Men from Ohio
included:
Pfc. William E. Axter, I'll S.
Walnut St, London.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
CELEB RATES
Goth BIRTHDAY

Mrs. Thomas Garrett, London,
Route 8, recently celebrated her
8Oth birthday at her home here. A
large number of friends and rela-
tives were guests at a party held
In her honor.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
M RS. CONWAY
I'M PROVING

Mrs. Lillian D. Conway, North
Main Street, is recovering after a
serious knee operation performed
at Mt. Carmel Hospital, Thursday.
Her room number is 1872.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
NJ RS RICHARD
RECOVERING

Mrs. James Rickard is recover
ing at her home "a Midway
Street after gall bladder opera
ton at Mt. Carmel Hospital.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
MADISON ELECTION BOARD
ONE HUNDRED PERCENT

According to a release from of
flee of Ted Brown, Secretary of
State, Madison County Board of
Elections was one of II counties
in the state which had one hund-
red percent representation at the
meeting of Ohio Association of
Election Officials in Columbus,
December seventh, through ninth.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16

Tan-hared Barbara McCrght a. of Lakewood the
candidate the title Miss Ohio
in the states 50th birthday celebration
and professional dancer she selected by the Cleveland
Chamber Commerce Cuyahoga county Charles
Fvew Park center combining duties refinery
Standard Oil Co. Ohio) with presiding the queenshp
David Humphrey u Steel right Cleveland
Gee chairman JayCee and county ssqnten
na committees throughout Ohio cooperating
ves for the final judging the JayCee state meeting 2425
at Columbus
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
Cuyahoga Asks
Court Void Tax
Increase

Columbus, Ohio December IL
"Cuyahoga county commissioners
asked the Ohio Supreme Court
today to void an order by the
State Board of Tax Appeals for
a 25 percent increase in the
county's real estate taxes.
ANNOUNCE BIRTH
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Cligrow
announce the birth of a son,
Michael Andrew at Mt. Carmel
Hospital, Monday, December 8.
Grandparents are Mr.. and Mrs.
Edgar Myers and Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas CligroW, London.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
e OUR
E7T[ TOWN
INVENTION

N~ST"
INVENTION
For years we've thought
how nice it would be to own a
refrigerator with an automatic
ice-cube maker. Now a fellow
has come up with one which
is said to make the cubes
automatically and which
pops the cubes into tray
ready to use! And when you
use the cubes from the tray,
the gadget starts UP and re-
plenishes the supply!
GOVERNMENT
A pessimist, nowadays, is
merely a guy who really
knows what's going on!
VIEWPOINT
Old Haywood Snugg, the guy
who sells sport shirts to Harry
Truman, says that girls who
call men beasts are just nurs-
ing a desire to become animal
tanners.
MISTAKE
This actually happened!
A man here in town called
local dry cleaner to come for
several pieces of apparel for
cleaning and pressing. The
man was slightly hard of hear
ing. Soon a knock came on the
door and a uniformed man
asked:
Have any suits, pants or
overcoats"?
Our man replied, Sure dor
And handed over the bundle
After a half hour or SO, an
other knock and another uni
formed man. Our friend told
him that the stuff had already
been picked up but the man in
sisted that it hadn't-not by
his company, anyway. Came
the dawn! Our friend then
realized that he had given his
entire wardrobe to the Saliva
ton Army!
HUMMN!
Civilization is no longer at
the crossroads. It Is running
the red light!
INGENUITY
A candy butcher" on a
train once came across large
bag of salted peanuts with a
large hole in the bottom.
Couldn't sell it, of course, but
he had a better idea. He got
spoon and gave each passenger
some. Appetites whetted, the
passengers bought his entire
supply the next trip through
the car. 1t pays to advertise.
INITIATION
Latest report from our
Washington correspondent
says that the price of wooden
nickelS has jumped to a dime!
HOLY MATRiMoNY
Many a man marries a cover
girl but expects her to be as
open as a book, as durable as
a Bible, and as brainy as an
encyclopedia.
JUDGMENT
A minister gave sermon
on the topic, Judgment Day"
and, after Church let out, a
little man approached him and
said:
"Parson, do you mean to
tell me that when Gabriel
blows his horn everyone in the
world will be gathered togeth-
er in one place at one time?"
Eyes, my son." said the Par
son.
And" asked the little man,
"Do you mean to tell me that
Cain and Abel, Rita and Ally,
Harry and Bess, Olsen and
Johnson, David and Goliath,
Proctor and Gamble, Irishmen
and Englishmen and everyone
will be there to be judged?'
Eyes, my son, what do you
think of that?" said the minis
ter.
well, all I've got to say,
said the little man sis that
there'il be damn little judging
done the first day!"
GIFT
We know a man who loves
his mother-in-law so much
that he's having her favorite
chair electrified for Christmas.
WELLL7
Aunt Molly never hangs any
mistletoe in her house. Like
she says-'I'll be derned if
I'll advertise for ordinary
courtesies lady's got a right
to expect"
LAST WORD
There is hardly anything in
the world so dull as an old
A.~~..~- - c,,% ,x~
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
MAYOR Ill
80 Loaned -
81 Missing!

New YORK-Members of
President-e lect Eisenhower's
staff were asked today to ex-
anime their consciences con-
corning 50 missing portable
radios.
The sets were among GO
radios lent by Radio Corp. OF
America for use of the staff
on Eisenhower's Special cam
paign train.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
Christmes Cantata
At Stokes School

The Stokes township schools
will present a Christmas can
tata at eight o'clock Thursday
evening, December 18, in the
school auditorium.
Mrs. Maybelle Lawrence, in
structor of music at the school
will direct the cantata.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
IN HOSPITAL

IN HOSPITAL
Miss Geneva Mounts, North Oak
Street, entered Grant Hospital
for treatment for injury to her
back when she fell recently in Co.
lumbuS. Her room number is 118
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
PAID CIRCULATION

This newspaper is NOT dis.
fributed tree. All nofionoI
surveys show fhof a GOOD
newspaper is q PAID news.
paper.
Evening star., 1952-11-11
by the Assoeiaisd Press

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. IL. -
After watching Michigan States
unbeaten Spartans win at Purdue
two weeks ago and at Indiana o.
last Saturday. about the only ad-
vice Hoosier fans can give Notre
Dame for Saturdays game at East
Lansing is to chain the Irish de-
|fensive linemen together.
Michigan State can kill you with
it's quick openers. Backs like Billy
Wells, Evan Slonse and Don Nc
Auliffe squirt through cracks in a
| line before the victims know the
ball has been snapped. And they
don't stop rushing at a touch.
There was one play in the In
diana game that illustrated Hoosi-
er Coach Bernie Crimmins' re.
marks that Michigan State backs
are exceptionally hard runners ane
officials should have used fastel
whistle in order to prevetn pilint
on. Six of Crimmins' men wer'
Thrown out of the game for un
necessary roughness.
:. Wells came charging into tn
lime on one of the few Spartal
|quick openers that didn't work
! la big Indiana tickle embraced Bill,
Evening star., 1952-11-11
Terry Moore Says
His Firing Came at
|Stonky's Request
BY the Associuted Press

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 11.-Terry
Moore said today he was fired as a
Cardinal coach at the request OF
Manager Eddie Stanky.
Fred Saigh, owner of the Card
inals, announced yesterday that
Moore had been granted a "tem-
porary leave" as coach at his own
request to take care OF outside
business interests. -----
I'm sorry this leaked out
Moore said. mot for Stanky's
sake, but because I have only the
friendliest feeling for Fred Saigh
"It was okay with me when il
was announced that I was taking
|a leave of absence to give my at
tention to my bowling alley busi.
ness. But since some one ha
talked about the true situation II
have to admit it."
Moore started with the Card
Iinals during the era of the famec
Gashouse Gang.
The 40-year-old Moore SAT-
lSaigh offered him q job as man
lager Of a Cardinal farm club or IL
the Cardinal Office at the SAM
salary he drew as a coach.
"I didn't feel that I could hav'
lgiven the job 100 per cent service
which is the only way I'll work,
Moore said. II would have fel
Uncomfortable in any Cardinal jol
knowing that the manager Of tn
club didn't want me around"