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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18
Mrs. Peck Hostess
At Garden Party

Mrs. Leroy Peck was hostess
Friday at an informal garden sup
per and party at her home in Sc
dalia.
The buffet table had decorative
fruit and floral arrangements,
while the small tables scattered
over the lawn were centered with
vases of sweet peas and other gar
den flowers.
During a musical program by
Mrs. Ressie McClimans, pianist,
came ensemble singing of Happy
Birthday" with a gift for Mrs.
James Smith, whose birthday oc-
Cured on the party date.
Attending were Mrs. Smith, Mrs.
William Morris, Mrs. Christine
Phillips, Mrs. AL B. Cauley, Mrs.
Paul Fettrow, Mrs. McClimans,
Misses Dell Chambers Margaret
Tracey, Mary Davis, Miriam Le-
Beau, and Margaret Converse.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18
Queens Cousin
In Swank Weddinq

: LONDON P--Gerald Lascelles.
cousin of the Queen and 18th in
line for the British throne, Tues
day married a former showgirl,
Angela Dowding. The romance
blossomed in jazz clubs.
Queen Elizabeth had been listed
among the guests but Buckingham
palace at the last minute announc-
ed a slight chilP' kept her from
attending.
Both Lascelles, %, and his 33-
year-old bride are jitterbugs.
Society women and 'hepcats"
rubbed shoulders on the sidewalks
outside the church for Britain's
swankiest wedding of the year.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18
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SPEASMAkERS HAVE
GUESTS FROM THE EAST

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Luff and
their three children of Philadel-
phia, spent the weekend at the
home of Mayor and Mrs. E. P.
Speasmaker, South Main Street.
The Speasmaker's daughter, Mrs.
r. w. Whitson and her children,
Debbie Kay and Teddy, of Bristol,
Pa, came to London with the Luffs
to remain for this week. Mr.. Whit
son will come over the weekend
and take his family to Chicago for
a visit with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. M. Whitson.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18
NJ. j. CURL FAMILY
HERE FROM PANAMA

Mr.. and Mrs. N. c. Curl of 78
Lincoln Avenue, have as their
guests their son and daughter-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson j. Curl,
and their twin sons, Michael and
Steven, of Panama City, Republic
of Panama. The Nelson Curls will
return to Panama City where Mr..
Curl is airport manager for Pan
American World Airways, via Mi
ami, Florida, the first of August
after months vacation in the
United States.
The guests from Panama recent
ly arrived in London after two
weeks in Decatur and Chicago, ILL.,,
where they were guests of Mrs.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18
Flower Lover Club
Show August |

Mrs. Bert Laird and Mrs. Rob-
ert Goodan were hostesses for the
July meeting of the Flower Lovers
Garden Club.
New officers for the coming two
years were announced, Mrs. Roy
keye, president; Mrs. Glenn Toot-
Ie, vice president; Mrs. Milton
karn, recording secretary; Mrs.
ira Hunter, treasurer; Mrs. Donald
Laird, corresponding secretary and
press correspondent.
Mrs. Donald Laird, program
chairman, gave an interesting talk
ON Garden Enemies and the
Remedy" She stated that bulb
plants are freest from disease of
all plants, making them one of the
most popular with gardeners. The
best preventive against diseases of
all kinds, Is cleanliness; remove
diseased plants, old top growth,
weeds and add new soil in flower
beds each year, for best success,
she stated. Mrs. Laird stated she
found D.D.T. plant spray most ef-
fective for most diseases and in
sects, such as rose slug, leaf beetle,
ants and leaf-hopper and sulphur
dust for mildew.
The Fairfield school cafeteria
was chosen for the Friday, August
i, Flower Show and tea, at which
time the club will entertain ''The
Forget-Me-Not,' club. The guest
club is invited to participate in the
show which will be judged by an
accredited judge.
All entries are to be in place by
las o'clock the day of the show.
Each members is expected to bring
three arrangements patterned
after the Madison County Fair
schedule of last year. Anyone de.
string further information may
contact Mrs. Glenn Tootle.
A social hour with refreshments
followed the program.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18
GENE TAYLORS HERE

Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Taylor and
their two children of Falls Church,
Virginia, spent the weekend with
Mr.. Taylor's brother and sister-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Taylor,
and family, South Street. On Sun
day the Taylor families went to
Griggs Dam north of Columbus
where they were joined by Mrs.
Gene Taylor's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Miller and her aunt,
Miss Gladys Brenizer of Carding-
ton for picnic dinner.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18

County. Ohio, the same being cause
No. 1916 in said court: wherein IL
is sought in an action relating to
personal property in this state
when defendant claims an actual in
terest therein and plaintiffs relief
demanded wholly or partly in ex-
cluding said defendant from any In
terest therein and to fix a lien
thereon an to declare a trust and to
decree ownership in plaintiff and 10
pay the same to him, namely the
sum of $6.000.00 and for all proper
relief Said defendant is required to
answer said petition on the 9Th day
of August, 1852 or Judgment will be
taken against him.
Gerald A. Baynes, Plaintiff.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18
GUESTS FROM SOUTH AT
EARL ROBINSON HOME

w. E. (BilD Robinson, of the
u. S. Air Force Base at jackson
vile, Florida, is here on a ten day
leave with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Robinson.
He has just completed eight
weeks training in airmen's funda-
mentals and 10 weeks training for
aviation electrician. When his
leave expires he will go to Weeks
vile, North Carolina, to serve in a
helicopter squadron.
Miss Dorothy Elfers of Ft. Lau-
derdale, Florida, is also a guest at
the Robinson home this week.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18
MRS. TUMBLESON
RETURNS TO TEXAS

Mrs. Robert Tumbleson and her
daughters, Jill and Penny, have re-
turned to their home in Longview,
Texas, after a visit with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Lam
ming. Jill Tumbleson will enter
Cheer Leader school at S.M.U.,
Texas.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18
DIANA WOOD GUEST HERE

Miss Diana Wood, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Wood, Aus
tin, Texas, arrived in London Tues
day for a two weeks visit with
her grandmother, Mrs. f. j. Wood,
North Main Street, other relatives
and friends.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18
SOCIETY, SOCIAL EVENTS AND NEWS OF THE CLUBS

day of Mr.. Hardins mother, Mrs.
Ada Hardin.
Attending were, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Hardin and Lon Hardin
of London; Mr.. and Mrs. Claude
Travis and sons, Rickie and Rom
ME, Columbus; Mrs. Paul Lanning
and son, Paul, of Springfield; Mr..
and Mrs. Charles McCasland of
DAYTON.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18
Rhodes Proclaims
Employee Day.

Mayor James A. Rhodes of CO.
lumbus today proclaimed Friday,
July IS, PUBLIC EMPLOYEE
DAY" and urged city officials and
citizens generally to lend every
assistance to public employees to
assure success of their Basket Pic
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18
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HOW TO KILL IT.
IN ONE HOUR,

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STRO NG fungicide SLoUGHS
OFF the outer skin to expose
buried fungi. Kills 1t on contact.
Get Greaseless, instant-d ry 9
T-4-L at any drug store. Today
at STRINES DRUG.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18
DIckERsoNs TOUR
NEW ENGLAND

Mrs H. w. Dickerson and
daughter, Miss Anne Dickerson,
Elm Street, returned Saturday
from a ten day motor trip through
New England.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18
RoYCES RETURN
FROM VACATION

Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Royce, Big
Plain Pike, have recently returned
from two weeks fishing trip to
Timber Trails near Hayward, Wis
conSin.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18
HOME FROM CALIFORNIA
BEFORE GOING TO HAWAII

Jerry Kennedy. United States
Navy, stationed at San Diego, Cal
ifornia, is home on twenty day
leave before leaving for Hawaii.
He came to London with Robert
10 Herriott, Richard, Ben and Ed
die 10 Kennedy, who had been
visiting him in San Diego for two
weeks.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18
GUEST OF MOTHER

Mrs. LaDow Johnston and her
daughter, Susan, of Toledo, are
guests this week of her mother,
Mrs. Bessie Kilgore, North Main
Street.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18
LEGAL NOTICE

Eli Il. Kimmel who resides at 94S
South. Ffguevoa, Los Angeles Is.
California, will take notice that on
18th day of June 1852, that the
plaintiff. Gerald A. Baynes, filed his
petition against him in the Court
of Common Pleas of Madison
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18
BOSSES CRITICIZE
YOUNG EMPLOYEES

NEW YORK UP, - The trouble
with recent high school graduates
employed by its member firms.
says the Commerce and Industry
Association of New York, is that
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18

their spelling is bad, their hand
writing illegible, their arithmetic
unreliable and they expect too
much pay and too rapid advance
ment. 9e
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18
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GRAN DPARENTS

Maxine Allard returned to her
home in Columbus Sunday after
a two weeks visit with her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Good
son, North Union Street.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18

VISIT RELATIVES

Mrs. James r. Willard and her
children, Nannette and Master
Chris, were guests last week of
Mrs. F. E. Willard and family, Co
lumbus, and Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley
Lucas of Springfield.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18
GUESTS OF JENkINsoNs

Cynthia and Karen S nit h,
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. Kelsey
Smith, of Urbana, former London
residents, are guests of Nancy
Jenkinson, North Main Street.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18
co1Ts ON VACATION

Mr.. and Mrs. William M. Alcott,
West Center Street, are spending
their vacation at Hillman, Michi-
gan.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18
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q OF I HAVE PICNIC
At MADISON LAKE

The Daughters of Isabella held
their annual outing at Madison
Lake Monday evening. The Rever-
end Father Paul Bernier was a
special guest at the occasion.
Following the reading of the
picnic report, the members and
guests participated in games. Eu-
chre awards went to Mrs. William
Gallagher, Miss Nell Connor, and
Mrs. Tom Daugherty. Bridge
prizes were given to Mrs. Russell
Ridenour and Mrs. All Langen. The
canasta prizes were awarded to
Mrs. Robert Riggs and Mrs. J. M.
Pope. Mrs. Harold Higgins receiv-
ed the attendance award.
The outing committee consisted
of Mrs. Dan Higgins. Mrs. Richard
Higgins, Mrs. William Carter, Mrs.
John Cauley, Mrs. John Gaynard,
Miss Mary Connor, and Miss Cath
crime Higgins.
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SIMS HOME FROM VACATION
Mr.. SIMS IN MICHIGAN
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Sims. North
Main Street, returned Saturday
from a two weeks vacation at
Becker's Hotel, Old Forge, N. Y,
in the Adirondack mountains.
Mr.. Sims left Sunday for Lans-
ing Michigan, where he is taking
an administrative course this week
at Michigan State College.
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GUESTS AT DINNER
Judge and Mrs. James F. Bell
and family. Richmond Avenue, en-
tertained Mrs. Engard's parents,
DIR. and Mrs. p. T. Engard. of
Marysville at dinner Wednesday.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18

Curls parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond L. Gidel. Mr.. and Mrs. N. C.
Curl were also guests at the Gidel
home in Decatur last weekend.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-18
DINNER FOR MRS. HARDIN

Mr.. and Mrs. George Hardin en-
tertained at dinner Sunday at their
home, 1874 Maple Street, in cele-
bration of the eighty-fourth birth
Evening star., 1952-06-01

concluded with a brief trip to
the lion house, where Billy and
Hannah are living in connubial,
rotational bliss.
The pigmy hippopotamuses at
the elephant house are ranged
in the cages along one entire
side. and each cage has it's own
tank. A sign informs the pub
lie that "the pigmy hippo
potamus is a smaller edition Of
the more familiar species,
hippopotamus nmphibious. but
usually has only one pair of
incisors in the lower jaw"
To keep things in perspective,
there is also a pair of normal
hippos in the elephant house,
Bonzo and Pinky. each of which
weighs around 5000 pounds, as
compared to the mere 500
pounds Of a full-grown pigmy.
Pinky has had five babies, but
they all died, because, in the
disguised words of Keeper Nor
ris. "The gosh-blasted ole hussy
g won't nurse them" The Zoo
hasn't given up hope, however.
Moving along from cage to
Evening star., 1952-06-01

hair. black eyebrows, and one Of
the gentlest manners toward
animals - and reporters - that
you are likely to encounter any,
where. Even his expletives are
gentle-"Gosh blast it," "gad
dog it," and so on.
Nov let's untangle this thing
once and for ALL" he said brave
ly. Billy was given to President
Coolidge by Harvey Firestone in
1927. The President turned him
right over to us, because what
are you going to do with a pigmy
hippopotamus in the White
House? And then Hannah was
presented to us in 1929. Then
the Gmdrops began to arrive.
Both Billy and Hannah lived at
the lion house then, and, be-
cause Hannah was made very
nervous by the roaring, the first
three babies didn't survive.
"Since 1897. Billy has lived on
at the lion house-the cats can
roar all day and all night, for
all he cares-but Hannah and
Mathilda and the kids live here
at the elephant house."
"One moment, please"
Hannah and Mathilda are
taken to visit Billy in-er-rota-
ton. And all Billy's babies born
since then have survived-right
down to Gumdrop XII. who was
born on April 18th, 1852. and
got his picture In Life and every
thing. Incidentally, I captured
Mathilda myself during the
Harvey Firestone. jr., expedi-
ton to Liberia in 1910. She had
her first baby in 1943."
which Gumdrop was that?"
Shouldn't be hard to work
that out. Mathilda's had seven
and Hannah's had i've. All well
and good. The earlier ones were
Hannah's. of course. but after
Gumdrop ~ came you have to
figure that every other one has
been Mathilda's. A little better
than every other one, actually,
because Hannah went of av-
erage on babies for quite q
stretch in there. and we all be-
gan to wonder If her child bear
ing days were over. But pretty
soon she was laughing up her
Evening star., 1952-06-01

cage-in which Gumdrops were
variously munching hay, star
ing into space, opening their
mouths wide in hope Of at
tracing a peanut. or only dim
ly visible as they explored the
bottom of their tanks-Mr.
Norris volunteered further hip
popotamic lore.
He Shudders at the thought
that it will soon be time to start
another generation. Then it'll
be Gumdrops dropping out of
our ears" is the way he puts it.
Pending that time, he has his
hands full keeping his present
charges from Cd catching
pneumonia and (2) inexplicably
going off their feed.
Posting Period
About a year ago." he rem
inisced, "Gumdrop VIII-or was
it IX?-began to just pick at
her food. Every day she got
more peaked, until finally she
was so delicate it was enough
to break your heart. We fed her
cod-1iver oil, reconditioning
powder, cracked corn and every
Evening star., 1952-06-01
By Edword Boykin

Of Hancock's victory at Gettys-
burg, he still was considered
a candidate acceptable to the
South. Hancock was no po-
litical campaigner but he had
polled substantial votes in the
1868 and 1876 Democratic con-
VentionS.
AS Reconstruction Governor
OF Military District S, compris-
ing Louisiana and Texas. Ham
cock had administered his
duties so justly as to win the
respect and confidence of thou
sands of SouthernerS and to
ALLEVIATE the radical Republicans
at Washington, who forced his
removal. This alone made him
an ideal candidate for votes in
the Southern States. He was
warmly indorsed by the ex-
Confederate generals and lesser
military lights. who Swarmed at
the Democratic convention at
Cincinnati.
The Republican platform
made the protective tariff the
chief issue. The Democrats
pledged the party to tariff for
revenue only"
A Tocticol Blunder
In a newspaper interview
Hancock, who ran his campaign
from his military headquarters
at Governors Island. New York,
virtually repudiated the Demo-
cratic tariff plank by declaring
the tariff was a local" issue.
1t was his chief campaign utter
ance. A great tactical blunder,
it touched off a wave of ridicule.
Newspapers went into editorial
panic. How could a presidential
candidate speak so disrespect-
fully of the sacred tariff COW?
Republican campaign orators
whipped their audiences into
frenzies over Hancock's ill-ad-
vised words.
Even so, the Democrats put
up a terrific battle. Hancock
lost by less than 10000 popular
votes in the then-largest voting
spree in the history Of presi-
Dental races. Ten million votes
were cast. The South had rail-
lied behind him as never before
behind any candidate. OF the
popular votes Garfield had
4.449, 900: Hancock, 4,442, 900.
In the electoral college Gar
field captured 214 votes; Han
cock, 155. The II Southern (se-
cessionist) States Of the former
Confederacy gave Hancock 95;
the border States, 35. Hancock
carried only one Northern State.
New Jersey. Nevada voted for
him, as did five electors from
California.
Winfield Scott Hancock never
Evening star., 1952-06-01

vitamin in the book. Finally
she got well. but 1t was a near
thing"
He gazed fondly at Mathilda
and her cute little Gumdrop
XII.
"Mathilda," he said, sis an
ideal mother, and she's just
plain silly about XII. The other
day she stood for an hour with
her left hind leg in the air.
Why? Because ole XII was sound
asleep back there, and she didn't
want to disturb him. There
was 100 people, finally, watch
ing and laughing, but do you
think Mathilda would set her leg
down? Not Mathilda."
Mr.. Norris escorted your re-
porter over to the lion house,
where, in an outside cage in the
warm May sunshine. were Billy
and Hannah, lying side by side,
the picture Of happy married
life.
Crowd PIeosers
Mr.. Norris snorted. Don't
let 'em fool you," he said. THAT
pose Is strictly for the benefit
Of the public. Actually. they're
as ornery as anything in the
whole Zoo. Hannah's mean to
her babies, steps all over 'em,
nurses EN- only If she feels like
It. And Billy is so full Of rheu-
matism you can hear his joints
creak-you really can. When
It's sunny, like today. he lies 30
long in one place that. when
he gets up. he staggers all over
the cage. He doesn't like any
thing or anybody. The men
keep their brooms on the ready
when they clean his CACHED
rush them for two cents. II he
could work up the energy. And
I might mention that he's in an
especially bad mood these days,
because he prefers Mathilda to
Hannah"
"Why?"
"Why? Because Mathilda IL
younger and prettier, that's why.
But she's just had her baby, and
now it's Hannah's turn. whether
Billy likes 1t or not. Cad dog
it."
Evening star., 1952-06-01

Mr.. Mabee declared, IT have
brought much more knowledge
back that can put to use fight
ing insects at home than left
over there" He gave one ex-
ample. PakiStan discovered that
aldrin. once diluted with costly
diesel oil. could, under certain
conditions, be cut with free
as-air water.
Encouraged by plague control
to date, the farmers have been
planting to a maximum, a prac-
tice they avoided in years when
they knew the locusts, not they,
would consume the crop.
Experimentation is planned
in aerial spraying and busting
to control other insects and
diseases that affect crops in the
Middle East, such as cotton and
sugar.
Experts hope this two-world
cooperation a common cause
will be contagious. For it is the
expansion of just such common
causes as the fight against To-
Gusts that could lead the world
out Of the cold war and into q
new era Of peace.
Evening star., 1952-06-01
L0custs
Point Four Leads the Way in World Fight
On Worst Insect Plague in 100 Years
BY Betty Miles

: An old enemy of mankind is
on the ropes, thanks to inter-
national cooperation. Buzzing
planes spraying powerful in
secticides are silencing the roar
of tens of millions of desert
locuStS that moved across the
Middle East in the worst plague
in a century.
From their East African
breeding place the locusts al
ready have swarmed north
across the Arabian peninsula
and on. blackening the skies
and laying waste the fields of
Southern Iraq. Iran and Jor-
dan. The food supplies of IS
nations from the Nile to India
are being threatened by the
hungry insects.
A Seven-country program.
which probably will 60 down
IN history as an example Of
cooperation among nations, is
warding off starvation today.
The primary weapon against
the locusts is air attack. Iran,
long an advocate of interna-
tional locust control, is spear
heading the action in that
country, working with the
United States. Italy, Pakistan,
Turkey, even the Soviet Union.
The Food and Agriculture Or
ganization of the United Ma
tions has loaned equipment and
1nsecticide to the project. Con-
troll Of the great infestation in
Iran will reduce greatly the
number Of swarms that will fly
on to other lands.
Specialists have high hopes
for the future.
If this Coordinate effort is
Evening star., 1952-06-01

drin. four American pilots, two
entomologists. four trucks and
a jeep are in action there. Six
additional planes are being used
by the Iranian Minister of Ag-
riculture. These were brought
to Iran by point-four for last
years anti-locust campaign and
later given to the Iranian gov
ernment. The Iranian pilots
Of those planes are American
trained.
Air attack on locusts, en-
ployed extensively in this coun-
try. was new to the Middle East.
So was aldrin, an American
product. far more effective than
anything yet used in that region.
Other Countries
The other cooperating coun-
tries in Iran, locust-plagued
themselves, have made substan-
tial contributions. The Soviet
Union, some Of its own desert
areas threatened by plaques. has
sent three specialists, one large
plane for transportation. nine
bait-spreading planes and in
secticide. Pakistan sent tons Of
aldrin and ground insecticide.
vehicles and trained technicians.
All Of these countries have had
well-organized ground control
operations for years. based pri-
marily on spreading poisons.
Whole villages and army units
have gone out to apply control
measures over vast areas. But
they are severely handicapped by
lack of mobility and inacces-
sibility to remote regions where
the locusts breed. Further
more, land attacks cannot be
shifted quickly to the scene Of
new outbreaks. The result
billions of locusts escape, to go
on breeding, swarming, devasta-
ting.
So impressive were last years
demonstrations that the plan Of
control over the entire range of
the desert locust was revised to
incorporate effectively the use
of aerial spraying. It proved
that light planes, equipped
with spraying apparatus, en-
ploying a powerful inSecticide,
and working in, close co-opera-
tion with the ground-control
organization can achieve almost
a total kill. Crop damage was
held down to practically moth
ing. And the scope of locust
control operation later in the
year was diminished greatly
because SO few pests had es-
capped the early kill.
Obvious Solution
International control is the
obvious solution. Locust breed
ing and damage Is constant.
season after season. in one place
Evening star., 1952-06-01
By ChorIes Cooke

sleeve at us. Right back on
schedule. All well and good"
He dropped his voice to a whis-
per. IF you ask me-" he said,
she's pregnant again right now
this very minute. Anyway, that
would make Mathilda's first one
Gumdrop W"
But you said"
Cad dog it," cried Mr.. Nor
ris, "Einstein couldn't keep
track of these things, so how
can ~" All I know is, any di-
rection you look in this building,
you see a Gumdrop. Let's let it
go at that. okay?"
Elephont House Nursery
He then took your reporter on
a guided tour of the greatest
concentration of Choeropsis lib
eriensiS in America. This in
volved, at the elephant house.
clese-in views of Mathilda, her
newest born, Gumdrop XII, and
the five other Gumdrops. whose
maternal parentage and nu-
merical designation we did not
further pursue. And the tour