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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-11-28
Singer Sewing
Center Opens
Here Saturday

c. E. Spurgeon, district man.
ager for the Singer Sewing Ma
chine Company, has announced
that a Sewing center" will be
opened at 26 West High Street,
Nov. 29.
Howard E. LOCKER, who has
been associated with the company
for number of years will man.
age the new store, Mr.. Spurgeon
said.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-11-28
Bob LeBeau Wins
Letter At Kenyon

GAMBLER, OHIO-Kenyon stu
dent Robert LeBeau, Jr., son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert LeBeau, of
So w. High St, London, received
his football letter November 18
for his part in one of the best sea-
sons in recent Kenyon history. Le-
Beau, a freshman, is a pledge
member of Phi Kappa Sigma So
cial fraternity.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-11-28
London Girl On
Debating Team

Marilyn Martin, sophomore at
Denison University, Granville, O.,
participated in a practice debate
between women debaters from
Denison and Ohio University,
Thursday, November 20, on the
question, Resolved: That the
United States should enact a COM
pulsory Fair Employment Prac-
tees Act"
She is the daughter of Mrs.
Marian Hornbeck, 116 South Wal
nut Street.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-11-28
Chicago Show Is
Bigger This Year

CHICAGO, Nov. 14-Of the 28
breeds of farm animals that will be
on view here in the international
Amphitheatre at the 53rd annual
international Live Stock Exposi-
ton, November 20 to December 6.
increases in the number of entries
have been made for the contests of
10 breeds, the management re-
ports.
A 10 percent Increase is regis
tered for the entire cattle show.
made up of the major beef breeds
on American livestock farms.
CATTLE SHOWING LARGEST
The Chicago Exposition is an
nually the largest showing of the
year of Aberdeen-Angus cattle of
which 594 head are listed for the
purebred classes this year. Accord
ing to officials of the show, Here
fords, the "white-face" breeds, is a
close second with an entry of $50
head.
Exhibits of Polled Shorthorns
will exceed those of a year ago,
and Shorthorn numbers compare
closely with recent years, it is an
nounced. Competition in this breed
is divided in two divisions consist
ing of the horned and naturally
hornless varieties.
Sheepmen are contributing
much larger showing of the Il
breeds that comprise this years
sheep classes, seven of the breeds
registering increases. The Column
bia is breed of sheep that will be
seen in international competition
for the first time this year.
Total swine numbers are slight
ly under the 1851 tally, but two of
the eight breeds on exhibit regis
ter increases over last years entry.
They are Yorkshires and Tam
worths, both dominantly bacon
yielding breeds.
BIG SHOW OF HORSES
Draft horse numbers are exact
ly the same as year ago, the en-
try reveals. There are three breeds
of the ton-weight horse that will be
in competition at the Exposition
this year-Belgians, Clydesdales,
and Percherons-of which Belgian
and Clydesdale owners are show
ing increased numbers.
Draft horses will also be seen in
spectacular action as six-horse
bitches performing at each of the
exposition's 13 Horse Shows.
The largest exhibition of Quarter
horses ever assembled in the Mid
west is in prospect. This popular
type of saddle horse in ranch and
farm work will be represented by
80 specimens that will come large
ly from the Western and South
western states.
Officials of the Exposition report
that livestock exhibits are being
sent to the 1852 show from the
leading stock farms of 36 states.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-11-28
Bell Is District
Rotary Governor

James F. Bell has been elected
District Governor of the Rotary
international, according to a re-
port received here Wednesday,
Nov. 26. Bell is Common Pleas
Judge of Madison County and has
long been affiliated with the Ro-
tary club, it was said.
The district covers about 80 Ro-
tary clubs in southwestern Ohio
between Cincinnati and Columbus.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-11-28
Budgets Are Set
For Coming Year

Madison County Budget Com
mission is having hearings in the
court house with all local school
districts in the county preparatory
to setting up budgets for operation
the coming year.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-11-28
Clancy Named Air
Force Lieutenant

DELAWARE, OHIO-Theodore
r. CLANCY, 183 n. Main ST, has
been appointed Cadet 2nd 1t. in
the Air Force ROTC at Ohio Wes-
leyan University.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-11-28
LANIGAN APPOINTED

Appointment of Peter F. Lani-
gan, London, as a member of the
Soldiers Relief Commission of
Madison County for period of
five years, has been confirmed in
common pleas court.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-11-28
PAID CIRCULATION

This newspaper is NOT dis.
fribufed tree. All nofionoi
surveys show fhof q GOOD
newspaper is q PAID news.
Paper.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-11-28
4 our
"a TOWN
PoME
People may come,
People may go,
But the guy we hate.
Says, II told you SOL"


But the guy we hate,
Says, "I told you sol"
YoRE
From the ADDS ON
COUNTY UNION" in that
newspapers issue of April 27,
1865, comes this gem of re-
porting +. "Messers. Ludd.
Brothers & Co., pork packers
at Steubenville, have failed for
a heavy amount. One year ago
they were worth $300,00-now
not one dollar"
In this same issue it is noted
that the j. M Winchester
Clothing Store carried large
ad and that B. Gwyne was
cashier of the Madison County
Bank. Noah Thomas, auditor,
posted a legal advertisement
stating that "the commissioner
had levied tax of five-tenths
of a mill for bridge purposes"
Bushrod Paine operated
smithy and w. & j. Farrar
had bought out Owen Thomas
to form a new grain firm.
More of this later.)
WELL?
What we can never figure
out is why anyone would
bother to look for needle in
a haystack and what was the
needle doing there in the first
place? ~
DEED
Our Colorado correspondent
writes of an incident which
happened to a friend OF MS
Seems the friend took lunch IN
a popular restaurant out Den
yer way. When he arose TO
leave his coat was gone
stolen by someone.
After many moons, the man
received a package through
the mail and inside was the
stolen coat and a note. The
note read:>
Dear Friend: Thanks for the
use of your overcoat / hope
YOU didn't have to buy an
other. / was cold and broke
when l saw your coat and took
it I took good care OF 1t the
few times I used it. / got my
iob back and bought a coat OF
nv own. The enclosed one dol
lar is for cleaning and pressing
YOUR coat. thank you. Crate
fully yours. "Cold and Broke.
ToNsoRlAL
Latest report from the local
barber shops is that the prices
of shaves and haircuts VIII
take another jump. According
to our info, the price rise Will
be due to the big-headed Re
publicans and the long-faced
Democrats!
COPS
See by the papers that Cali
u
fornia police had time with
fellow arrested on a drunk
charge. Turned out this bird
was 8 feet, A inches long. Ii
he has hollow legs, he is the
worlds champ at guzzling the
dew. Boy! What hangovers ne
must have!
AGE
Every time Shirley Temple
has another baby, it makes us
feel about 1000 years old.
Shirley was the cutest little
tot that the movies ever pro-
duced.
MOVIES
Speaking of movies-now
the big-wigs out in never
never-land have gone and done
it! They are featuring Jane
Russell AND Marilyn Monroe
in the SAME movie. Which re-
minds me to rush down to the
store and buy a supply of
Jello.
HUMMN!
Always am amused at
story about the famed Lucius
Beebe, who drinks champagne
for breakfast. Once in a small
hotel out West, the waiter who
brought up his tray asked in
shocked voice, why, Mr.. Bee
be, do you drink champagne
for breakfast 2"
Beebe replied, Certainly,
young man. Doesn't every
one?"
LAST WORD
Gimme just one more slice
of turkey, pleasen
LANlGAN APPOINTED
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-11-28

MOVIES
Speaking of movies-now
the big-wigs out in never
never-land have gone and done
it! They are featuring Jane
Russell AND Marilyn Monroe
in the SAME movie. Which re-
minds me to rush down to the
store and buy a supply of
Jello.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-11-28

Fridoy portiy cloudy with
freezing temperatures. Low
obous 20 degrees with un-
cerfoin weafher Saturday.
Evening star., 1952-03-02
By Edwin c. Powell

Iduce flowers of medium size and
show quality. but Antwerp, deep
yellow Pekin, Of a much lighter
shade, and Yellow Idol are very
large. Golden Riot is very free
Towering and very late.
Many bicolors have light yellow
trumpetS like Bruges, a medium
sized flower, but Preamble has
plenty of contrast. likewise Okla
homa, a sensational large flower.
The white trumpet daffodils
have a strong appeal to many.
Alycidon has rather long trum-
pet, Hindustan appears to be out
standing in both size and quality.
Vigil has exceptional substance
and White Empire is a large early
variety. Reversed bicolors are
rare but two should be mentioned.
Spellbinder is large and has a
greeny-yellow trumpet that passes
to white, and Binkie, classed in
the large-cupped division, is clear
sulphur-yellow on opening but
the crown becomes white.
Show Quality Flowers.
The large-cupped varieties, for
merly classed as Incomparabilis
and Leedsii. are the most numer-
GUS. Among those with highly
colored crowns are Castledermot,
an early large flower; Firemaster
brilliant and of medium size;
Fortnight, Fury and Home Fires
that opens early. Mulrany is deep
golden yellow throughout and a
flower of the highest show quail
+ity.
There are many newcomers in
the large-cupped division with
white petals and highly colored
crowns. Arbor, Blarney'S Daugh-
ter. Lingering Light, Lunar Rain
bow, Marshall Tsjockof, and Tu-
dor Minstrel are large and of
exhibition quality. Killala is much
smaller. Signal Light is said to
be practically sunproof.
Among the whites, long known
as Leedsiis, Ave and Jules Verne,
are show flowers. Greenland is
lovely and has proved to be a
valuable parent. Morning Wings
is charmingly informal and Well
Born has velvet smoothneSS and
fine substance.
Formerly classed as Barris,
there has always been a small list
OF yellows. Apricot Distinction
has a lovely combination of
orange-red cup and apricot petals.
Among the bicolors, Clockface is
Evening star., 1952-03-02
Garden Clubs More Popular

many plants native TO this cOun-
try had nearly become extinct,
led naturally to a related interest
in the restoration of old and his
toric homes. So it came about
that nearly every State garden
club federation now sponsors an
annual house and garden tour.
These tours are a joy to the gar
|dener and to the lover of beauty.
In the last 20 years there have
been some 60 new garden clubs
formed in and around the Dis
trict of Columbia. The growth of
our big flower shows has given
impetus to the formation of these
new groups by opening new worlds
to would-be gardeners and to
those who just love beauty and
living things and meeting with
others with like interests.
Adjacent to Washington, the
Virginia Federation of Garden
Clubs has a membership of about
200 clubs. The Federated Gar
den Clubs of Maryland has a
membership of 73 clubs. The Ma
tional Capital Garden Club League
is composed of garden groups in
Washington and the counties
nearby. It is a relatively new
Organization whose need was first
manifested by the National Flower
Show held here in March. 1850.
Whether it be one plant on the
window sill, the farm wife's vege-
table and cutting garden, a small
city plot, or a large garden that
requires a crew to maintain, gar
deners are a dedicated fraternity
whose pleasure it is to share their
love of the soil and growing things
with others.
Evening star., 1952-03-02

Architect Plans
Layout of Show

The design for the springlike
gardens that will bloom this week
at the National Flower Show will
be the work of Boris v. Timchen-
ko, Russian-born landscape archi-
tect. who has won prominence
here.
AS architect in charge of the
show, Mr.. Timchenko will be re-
Sponsible for the overall charac.
ter OF the displays. He was the
architect of the show held two
years ago and his work then drew
national attention.
Like many Russians who came
to. this country after the end o1
World War I, Mr.. Timchenko haC
been an officer in the Imperia,
Russian Cavalry.
During the revolution in hi;
country he came to Paris, anC
there, following his interest ir
horticulture and agriculture, en-
tered French school of landscape
architecture.
He later came to the United
States and to Washington, which
he considered to be an ideal loca-
ton. to follow his profession. After
his arrival, he worked for a time
with a local nurseryman, later
launching his career as a land
scape architect.
Considered as among the most
outstanding in his profession, Mr.
ITimchenko recently was appointed
consulting landscape architect fol
the restoration of Woodlawn in
Virginia.
Evening star., 1952-03-02
Some New DoffodiIs That Bear Wotchino

About SO varieties of daffodils
are introduced each year. many
of which have their brief period
of glory and then give place to
older ones of tried and true merit.
But some are destined to remain
among the leaders for years to
come. A new daffodil variety must
have some apparent points of su-
perority to make it worth while
for the introducer to grow it for
several years to build up stock.
The green thumb average gar
dener will still find that BeerSheba,
Fortune and King Alfred will sat-
iSfy his needs as we'll or better
than most of the new high-priced
varieties. But those who wish to
keep in the forefront, either as
breeders, commercial growers or
exhibitors, need to buy and try
out, in a small way. the newer
kinds.
The Gorgeous Yellow Standbys.
The yellow trumpet class comes
first in the garden and show list.
A half dozen varieties introduced
during the last five or six years
deserve trial and study. Arranberg
GoldSborough and Wexford pro-
Evening star., 1952-03-02
|Annuols, Perenniols Combine
ToMukeC ColorfuI GdrdenPIot

Icultivated. The enriching of the
Icut-f1ower garden with well-rotted
manure, compost or other form
of humuS will do much to keep
plants growing vigorously. Be-
cause they are vigorous growers,
the addition of commercial ferti-
lizer is recommended for all ex-
Icept nasturtiums, which flower
freely in a poor soil.
Watering is a must if the cut
flower garden is to produce good
quality bloom in profusion. How
ever, this means soaking the soil
to a depth of 4 to 6 inches once
"a week, when needed. Frequent
shallow watering is likely to prove
more injurious than beneficial
since such practice encourages
plant roots to grow toward the
surface in search Of moisture.
Good quality bloom should not
be expected from crowded plants.
Each plant needs definite area
in which to develop and feed.
Crowding does not permit good
growth and the lack of air circu-
lation is apt to encourage disease.
Space the rows widely enough so
as to facilitate cultivation and the
cutting of flowers. Some plants,
such as the African marigolds and
the taller-growing cosmos, need to
be Staked to protect them from
heavy rains and winds.
Protection from insects and dis
eases is best taken care of through
the use of an "all-purpose" dust.
Several cutfowers are attacked
by the Japanese beetle and so a
dust containing methoxychlor or
DDT is needed for their control.
A dust containing sulphur is de-
sirable for the control of mildew,
a common disease of zinniaS. The
aphidS which trouble many flow
'ers are likely to be especially
troublesome on the nasturtiums.
However, a painful of good soapy
dishwater, thrown with force, is
likely to be as effective as a spray
or dust in controlling them.
Evening star., 1952-03-02
There'sMore to Gardening Than Recreation
And More Fun With Hoe Than NibIick

Gardening means more to me
than just recreation. I enjoy the
work. I like to see plants grow.
In my garden I grow every. vege-
table Northern Virginia climate
and soil will permit. I sometimes
wish my soil ran a little. more
sandy. say up to about half sand
that is, to good watermelon
growing texture. I can manage,
however, with what I have, espe-
cially where the humuS supply is
maintained-through liberal use
of compost and rotations with
grass and legumeS.
AS to weeds. my garden has all
OF them-Summer and winter va
rietieS, and those that grow the
year around. I hate chickweed,
pennyWort, mouSe-ear, vine-mint,
burdock and purSlane most of all.
Summer weeds can be handled
readily with a hoe, but not chick
weed, which produces seed all win
ter, sometimes even under snow.
Anyway, the grounds usually too
wet at that season for satisfactory
hoeing.
Then, too, I like to eat every
thing 1 grow. There's no trouble
growing these things but getting
them proceSSed through the kitch-
en- setup is not always so easy.
The most effective way for doing
this, have found, is to keep on
eXtolling the merits of ones prod
uce to the family culinary depart
ment. For example, I'll grow this
year nine varieties of field peas
black-eyed, green-eyed, white
eyed, lady peas, half-runners,
early crowders, October crowders,
WhippoorwillS and purple-skinS.
These are supposed to come off
more or less at intervals, but
sometimes they crowd one another
with respect to readiness for the
table. and that's where there's
trouble getting them cooked sep
arately-Which is must, because
each has its own delectable flavor.
Contour Cultivation.
There is no need for any gar
dening trouble in summer. If
there is humuS-rich soil, one can
start hoeing the higher ground
day after heavy rain-if the
sun comes out. There are in my
garden outlets for disposal of ex-
cess rainfall, although I seldom
have an excess. Drought is no
problem. I store most of my rain
fall in the soil by way of strictly
contour cultivation, thereby hav-
ing ample moisture for drought.
AS to work, it's much more fun
than golf, especially when you
can't hit the ball smack in the
face, as 1 can't. But don't go at
it too fast, or you'll get over
heated. Swing your hoe leisurely,
taking a look at the sky or any,
thing beyond the limits of the
garden between every three or
four strokes. When perspiration
closes your eyes, it's time to knock
off Is or 20 minutes for bit of |
rest in the shade. Don't drink
any water until you have cooled
off at least 10 minutes and dipped |
your hands elbow-deep in al
bucket of cold water. IT helps
some to drink out of gourd /
dipper.
Moreover, I've found out, L
think, that within limitations, the
older we get the more we need
gardening exercise and the more
we enjoy it. Sitting around the
house too much develops over
weight. lack of sdppleness, and an
indoor point of view Il think
Teddy Roosevelt called it "closet
Evening star., 1952-03-02

contains more SAND and silt thar
straight clay soil, and for thai
reason is more friable-mellowel
and easier to work.
Also, a good gardener must
know not only the texture anc
structure of his soil. but the slope
of his land and what has happened
to the land as the result of the
way it was farmed prior to ones
stewardship. If all or much OF
the mellow topsoil has washed
off, the exposed clay subsoil will
get you into trouble by way OF
|stubbon workability, hardening
loss of moisture, and lack of pro-
ductiveness. Under such circum-
stances. you may need some rotten
sawdust and certainly you'll need
all the compost you can pile on
Lacked TOpsOiI.
One day my neighbor living or
the slope Immediately above ou1
place came down, where I was
spading a f1attish area of mellow
loan about Is inches deep, to ask
what the trouble was with his soil
When I asked what his trouble
was, he said, MY ground is hard
as rock; my vegetables are dry
ing up"
Then I asked if he wanted the
whole truth.
EYES," he said. "alT of it,"
Trouble is" I replied, "you
have no topsoil."
"Why?"
"Well, erosion has washed the
better part of it down On this
area where am working. although
a considerable part has gone on
into the Potomac River, with some
now occupying made land at the
National Airport"
What can I do about it-haul
in some topsoil?"
well, yes; but that's pretty
expensive business. First you
should try contouring your land,
manuring 1t, and composing it
freely. Those hard. places you
don't have immediate need for
you should put into lespedeza or
white clover mixed with grass" !"
He did it and it worked.
Evening star., 1952-03-02

his ground. You just can't dc
with clay soil what you can dc
with sandy soil, or with loam soil
although many people don't un-
derStand precisely what a loan
soil is and some don't even know
the difference between clay and
loan. Loan is a soil of mellow
structure, easy to keep in good
tilth. It is mellow partly because
it has good texture-a balanced
content of medium and fine sand
silt and clay. Organic matter
contributes the, other part of its
favorableness of tilth-structure.
Loan soil is much less inclined
to crust over enough to impede
the Sprouting of plants. Clay, on
the other hand, is a fine-grained
soil, with little or no melloWness
and much more inclined to crust
or bake" on drying. Clay loan
Evening star., 1952-03-02

Real gardeners never die; they
just s-p-a-d-e away.
fE. E. BrotDn, TakonG Hort. Club
Evening star., 1952-03-02
Types to Choose
For Planter Boxes

! Planter boxes are becoming
more and more a part of the in
terror decorating schemes of homes
and apartments. They provide a
striking contrast to the inanimate
objects of furniture. While there
are few locations so unsuited to
plant growth as the middle of a
steam-heated room, architects and
decorators insist on Situating
planter boxes and planter lamps
there. 1t takes rugged plants to
make go of it.
Some plants, good for growing
in window gardens, will survive,
but some will not because of lack
of light. In any event, give your
plant all the light you possibly
can-either through situating it
as close as possible to windows or
by artificial illumination. Among
the toughest is the aspidistra or
cast iron plant. Some worth
while companions to this one are
bowString hemp or SanSevieria,
variegated screwpine. pandanus,
Chinese evergreen and philoden-
dron. All of these are tropical or
Subtropical in origin, require lit
tie in the way of pest protection,
and can be readily propagated.
Limited to the window are At
rican violets, ice plants, fibrous
rooted and rex begonias, gloxinias
and fancy leaf calladiums. Eng
lish ivy and diffenbachiS need
more light but may be used ef-
fectively in planter boxes or
lamps.
In caring for your plants re-
member that low humidity and
high temperatures are the worst
enemies. If the air is dry, spray
them once or twice a week with
an atomizer. Water them only
as needed-probably twice a week
soaking the soil thoroughly, but
allowing the soil surface to dry
out between waterings.
Evening star., 1952-03-02
Star to Award
Silver Bowls for
Garden Exhibits

Silver bowls will be awarded by
The Star in seven classes at the
National Capital Flower and Gar
den Show, which opens Thursday
at the National Guard Armory.
A silver bowl will be given for
the most meritorious garden ex-
hibit in the entire show.
Two bowls will be awarded for
the two best home gardens in the
garden club section, and two
bowls will be given on separate
days for the best flower arrange
ment in the garden club COMPETE
tions.
A bowl also will be awarded for
the best terrarium in the garden
club section.
The Star also will have a booth
in the Armory, just to the left OF
the main entrance, where copies
of The Star Garden Book. and the
recently published Garden Book
Supplement will be available.
Real gardeners never die; they
just s-p-a-d-e away.
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