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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-04

Lord and leave your problems
with Him"
I'VE started to do exactly what
he said" Flint recalled, "but at
the end of week we would go
back to worrying"
The need for reminder stayed
with Flint. One night the couple
read a passage from the Book of
Matthew about the mustard seed
and faith.
Carried Seeds in Pocket
He got some seeds from the
kitchen and carried them in his
pocket. Then he experimental and
put one between two halves of a
plastic disc.
Flint, a salesman for an air.
craft supply firm, had many OPP
portunities to try out his reminder
in the months that followed.
Il would be nervous and scared
when | arrived at big plane COM
pany 20 make a sale, but as /
went n TO keep my appointment
/ VOL / put my hand on the disc
holding the mustard seed and re-
member the verse from the Scrip
ture,' he said.
He figured that if a mustard
seed proved an inspiration for
him it might help others.
Worked in Basement
After further experimentation
Flint and his wife finally decided
on the plastic ball design. At first
they did the work themselves in
their basement, but as the demand
grew from stores and church or
ganizations, they had to hire help.
set up an assembly line and OBJ
tain larger quarters.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-04
The World I Today

WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi-
dent Truman, whether you like
him or not, is an extremely human
man, quick tempered, as humble
as any man who ever occupied the
White House, almost painfully
loyal to his friends in most cases
and with an astonishing ability to
apear cheerful in the face of ad-
yersity.
When he said he wouldn't run
again it was probably the most
important statement he'll ever
make, from a political standpoint.
But from the strictly human side
he left the most important ques-
ton unanswered: Why did he de-
eide not to run? He or his friends
may explain it some day. May'pe
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-04

knew he had reached low in
popularity.
Of all he's done in seven White
House years there's no doubt he
expects history to judge him on
his leadership and policies in for
eign affairs, the very field which
Sen. Taft, who opposed his foreign
policy, had suggested would be a
main issue in the presidential
campaign.
At the end of it may not be for
if Eisenhower gets the Republican
nomination the Republicans will
have difficulty in aSsailing a for
eign policy to which the general
subscribers; if only in Europe.
And even if the Democratic nomi-
nee loses the election it probably
will enable Truman to step out of
the White House wearing his
cheerful grin if his foreign policy
has come through the shot and
shell of the campaign without
major damage, since it's his baby,
his favorite one.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-04

An estate totallng S45, ,8O6 was
left by Mary Dietsch, late of West
Jefferson, according to the inven-
tory filed in Madison County Pro-
bate Court.
Of this $4,000 was real estate
and 81, ,806 personal property. Her.
man T. Dietsch is executor and r.
w. Recob, Walter Johnson and
Harold B. RAIDER, appraisers.
An estate of $4,000, all real es-
tate, was left by Eliza Snyder,
late of London, according to the
inventory. Marvin L. Snyder is adj
ministrator, Bruce D. Lewis, Will
liam H. Riddle and Graham Me-
gaw, appraisers.
The estate of E., j. Britton, late
of West Jefferson was valued at
S12,598.66 according to the inven-
tory filed. Real estate was valued
at $3.50 and personal property at
S7,208.66. Minnie M. Britton is ad-
ministratrix and Cletus Murray
Harold B. RAIDER and M. II. Mel
lott, appraisers.
WILL PRoBATED
The will of Thomas +. Golden
late of London, left his entire es-
tate to his daughter, Mrs. Henry
(Helen) Coleman and son, Ray,
mond Golden.
INHERITANCE TAX PAID
Inheritance tax from the estat:
of Dovie Miller, late of Pike
township, in the amount of .21 ha:
been paid to Pike township.
LICENSES REQUESTED
Marion Webster McIntire, lab
orer, London, and Norma Marie
Dodds, London Route 4.
Ivan ii. Kaiser, timer, Plair
City, and Helen Irene Trees, reg
iStered nurse, Plain City.
Delbert Rex Wood, United
States Navy, Springfield, and Bar
bara Ellen Pollock, waitress, Mt
Sterling Route /.
James Andrew Palmer, col
maker, foundry, South Solon, ant
Vena A. Barker, South Solon.
LICENSES GRANTED
Herbert r. Straley and Ann;
Dillon.
Marion Webster McIntire ant
Norma Marie DoddS.
Delbert Rex Wood and Barbar;
Ellen Pollock.
DIVORCES ASKED
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-04

it was a simple as this: he was
getting old and his wife wanted
him to take it easy.
But it was probably a lot more
complicated than that because in
the past year unpleasant events
piled up on him, enough of them
to tax the cheerfulness of any
man, even such a professional pol
itician as Mr.. Truman who gave
the impression of walking on the
sunny side even when the clouds
were rolling up.
One year ago, on March %, 1851
he told news conference he had
reached a decision about seeking
another term but would not dis
close it until he was ready and III
spite of repeated needing at all
the news conferences in the year
that followed he managed to keep
the quizzers guessing.
In March, 1851, things were
perking up a bit for Mr.. Truman
The Americans in Korea were be.
ginning to do we'll again, after
their shattering reverses in the
1950-51 winter; General Eisen-
hover had gone to Europe to build
up the North Atlantic treaty
(NATO) army; initiation was still
with us, but moving slowly; en-
ployment was high; and defense
production was making progress.
IL we won the war in Korea, in.
flation was checked, NATO did al
right, and defense production was
rolling, Truman might have beer
able to feel just about this time
in 1851 that he could ask the
voters for another term in the
White House with some feeling o.
confidence he might get it. There
was certainly no other candidate
in the Democratic party who coulC
be considered competition.
But by Saturday night, March
%, which was one year to the day
since he had said he had reached
a decision, rebuffs and reverse:
had piled up for Truman so the
decision he announced not to run
might have been just the opposite
of the decision he had reached 9
year ago.
The war in Korea was begged
down; Truman had suffered a hu
initiating defeat in the New Hamp'
shire primary and even in Mime.
sofa Sen. Kefauver beat him or
the write-in vote; the smell of cor
ruption in government had spread
aerosss the countryside; and he
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-04
MADISON COUNTY COURTS

Joan Lee Whitney, minor II
years of age by her father, Carl
Byerly, VS. Elton Whitney.
Marian Grear VS. Arnold Grcar.
Jennie K. Mattingly VS. Thomas
Mattingly
FILES PARTITION SUIT C
Minnie M. Britton has filed suit
in common pleas court against
Susan Britton, ct al, asking parti-
ton of real estate of late E. j.
Britton in village of Jefferson.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Merriman Cement Products, Inc.
to Warren S. Spryer and Ilene NJ
Spryer lot 7 in Merriman's First
Subdivision, Section l, village of
jefferson.
Harold Biggert and Helen Big
CERT to Norval ]. Snyder and
Edith M. Snyder, 2.48 acres viii
lage of Jefferson.
James C.. Boggs and Edith M.
Boggs to Ralph f. Yutzy and
Katie Yutzy, 1888 acres in Canaan
township.
Thelma S. Fordham to Troylon
Farms, Inc, Dayton, 481.15 acres
in Paint township.
Anna Lorena Kious to Lewis r..
Kious and Leila N. kious, 10
acres in Pleasant township.
Elizabeth kious to Lewis r.
Kious and Leila N. kious, undi-
vided II interest in 1896 acres
in Pleasant township.
Lorena Fisher and Paul j. Fish
er 10 Lewis r. kious and Leila N
Kious undivided u interest in
1895 acres in Pleasant township
Lorena Fisher and Paul j.
Fisher to Lewis r. Kious and
Leila N. Iiious, 1896 acres ir1
Pleasant township.
Lena /. Dixon and Alpha T. Dix
on to Laura M. Crayton, property
in village of Plain City.
Leo A. Wildermuth to The Ohio
Oil Co, tract in city of London.
Harry Lowry and Ruth Lowry
to Clyde j. Sheets, lot 81 in Bige-
lows addition village of Plair
City.
John M. Kramer to Noah J
Kramer and Emma Kramer undi.
vided u interest in 1896 acres ir
Darby township.
David L. Yutzy ct al to David
E. YutZy ct al, trustees, 1885
acres in Pike township.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-04
Answer to Question No. 1:
A HEALTH COUNCIL +.

Answer to Question NO. j:
In Donora, Pennsylvania, smog
caused l8 deaths and $40 ILL
nesses in Ave days. A number
of experiments are under way
to determine just how danger
Gus are the grit, dust, sulphuric
acid, ammonia and other i'm
purities that city dwellers
breathe into their lungs every
| day. Smog can be largely pre-.
vented by using smokeless fuel
| and trapping the wastes as
smokes comes from chimneys.
Cities and industries are acting
to reduce air pollution, and the
problem is being studied further
| Answer to Question No. 2:
| Encephalitis, or sleeping
sickness" is an inflammation OF
the brain that may develop out
of illnesses like mumps or
measles, or may be contracted
in number of different ways
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-04

KANSAS CITY-A Bible verse
put a Kansas City couple in the
mustard seed charm business.
Now Maurice Flint and his wife,
Mary, have all they can do to
keep up with the demand.
They found that others, too,
wanted reminders of the Bible
verse: IF ye have faith as a
mustard seed Nothing shall
be impossible unto YOU"
Letters of Gratitude
They have received letters OF
gratitude from actress Gloria
Swanson and from a missionary
in South America. Dr. Norman
Vincent Peale, New York minis
ter and writer, carries supply
with him for his friends.
Miss Mary Jane Truman, sister
of the President. gave some to
her fellow officers when she was
installed as Worthy Grand Matron
of the Order of Eastern Sta n
Missouri.
Principal part of the charm is 2
transparent plastic ball about !
half an inch in diameter In the
center is tiny mustard seed OF
the black variety, such as is
grown in the Holy Land They
are made up as necklaces, brace
lets, pins and key rings.
Business Worries
Back in 1917 Wien the E'lints
were living in Philadelphia, they
spent a Sunday in New York
Both were worried over business
setbacks. So they went to church
They heard DR.. Peale urge
from the pulpit: Consult the
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-04
Election Office
To Be Open Daily

The office of the Madison
County Board of Elections, 5014
South Main Street, will be open
daily from 10 to IL and one to
three, beginning Monday.
The office will observe these
hours TO accommodate relatives who
wish to make application for
absent voters ballots for men in
the services, or for county resi-
dents who wish to secure an
absent voters ballot
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-04

The travelling public likes to be
romanced and pampered and made
to feel at home, and smart hotels
are now trying to do exactly that.
How? BY streamlining service,
providing better parking facilities,
undermining rooms, installing high
speed elevators.
Everything now is geared to
speed Wangeman said, THE
thing guests hate most is to be
kept waiting. >
Women are playing big role
in influencing change, as wives
often pick the hotel when the FAM
lily journeys together There is also
an increasing number of travelling
women executives.
Women are no more demand
ing than men, but they are more
precise in what they do want
and more appraciative when they
get it," Wangeman said. They
like light, cheerful, well-decorated
rooms with a feminie touch if
possible-roomS that look more
like their own living room. And
they like lighter, well-balanced
menus with choice of salads.
A Sidelight: ever stay at hotel
near railroad station and notice
that its lobby clock seemed little
fast? Well, it probably was
about three minutes fast. That is
to protect dawdling guests.
The closer a hotel is to a rail-
road station" said Wangeman,
smiling, "the more likely its guests
are to miss their trains
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-04
BOY FINDS STOLEN CAR

BURBANK, Calf. (AP)-Nine-
year-old Disler Gamer and his
mother, Mrs. Ina Gamer, left a
Burbank movie recently to find
their car had been stolen.
Mrs. Gamer called police, but
her young son took more direct
action.
The boy spent the next day ped
aling his bicycle UP and down the
residential sections of the town.
Late in the afternoon ahe located
the stolen car. 1t had been aban-
.sdoned by the thief.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-04
Sat. O. Shoemaker
Gets Bronze Star

With the 25th Infantry Div. in
Korea - Sergeant First Class
George c. Shoemaker, 211 S. Main
St, London, Ohio, recently was
awarded the Bronze Star Medal
for meritorious service in Korea
with the 25th Infantry Divisions
35th Infantry Regiment.
The award was presented for
Shoemaker's performance from
Aug. IL, 1851 to Feb. ID, 1852.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-04

Want you now. The emergency IS
over The welcome mat is at the
front door The desk clerk again
says Yes, Sir
Business is excellent, but the
terrific pressure is no longer
there" said Frank Wangeman,
scion of an old European hotel
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-04

Inc room SHOT /
age battles an
noyed some peo-
swore they would
never leave their
they would nev-
or leave their
own h G art h s
again u n / e S s
out by
fire or flood.
Well. the good
news for today
Is YOU can start
the open
road again. fell
lows. II 0 [ e | S
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-04
THREE-LEGGED COYOTE

MINNEDOSA, Man. tAP) - A
coyote minus one leg is roaming
amound 10 miles north of this
town. Spotted recently by Ronald
Firby. the coyote is believed the
same one that escaped from trap
by chewing off its imprisoned
foot.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-04
Firm Chartered

Secretary of State Ted w.
Brown has issued a corporation
charter to Concrete Foundation
Corporation. of Range, Madison
county Listed as incorporators
are c. Ray Sykes, Richard A.
Cummings and Mary A. Risso.
Jerome Jaynes, London, RID l,
is statutory agent.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-04
BY Hal Boyle

BY Hal Boyle
NEW YORK (AP)--During the
last war many a weary traveller
figured it must be easier TO get
the keys to Fort Knox than d key
TO the average hotel room.
Hotel desk clerks were more
powerful than the neighborhood
butcher. Remember how they
looked at you as If you. had the
measles? Yes, even though you as
sned them you'd be wildly con-
tent with a cot in the boiler room
or even a blanket and a sofa on
the meZzanine.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-04
At ashington

John Sawyer, Orleton Farms.
spent the week end in Washing
ton, D. G, the guest of his father,
United States Secretary of Com
merce Charles Sawyer. They at
tended the Jackson Day dinner at
the Mayflower Hotel, Saturday
night
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-04
DlETscH ESTATE $45,so6

An estate totaling $45, ,806 was
left by Mary Dietsch, late of West
Jefferson, according to the inven-
tory filed in Madison County Pro-
hate Court
Evening star., 1952-10-22

put up half the cost Of building primary high
ways, unless Federal funds were available. in
which event the county would pay one fourth of
the cost. And its share of State gasoline taxes
Tor secondary roads would be smaller under q
municipal setup. The aggregate loss to the
county, the commission said, would be $75OOOO
q year or more. Such large loss would require
35-cent increase in the real estate tax rate-at
q time when Arlingtons property owners are
complaining about drastic increases in their
assessments. 49,.
Only three members Of the 36-member COM
mission felt that the loss of highway funds would
be Offset by the advantage of city status The
remaining members saw little benefit to be
derived by a change under the outmoded charter
to be voted on November L. This charter, drawn
up in 1916, calls for several reforms which since
have been instituted by authority Of the General
Assembly. It contains budgetary provisions which
might prove to be in conflict with the subsequent
reorganization Of the school system under an
elected School Board. The commission stressed
that If the charter was approved, it would have
to be amended promptly to bring it up to date
The charter issue in Arlington does not
present q clear-cut choice between rural and
urban government Actually, Arlington functions
along municipal lines now. It's county manager
form Is similar to the city-manager plan in most
respects. In short, the commission believes that
Arlington has very little to gain and much to
lose If it should vote to become city. From all
indications, a majority of Aringtonians already
were of the same opinion.
Evening star., 1952-10-22
This and That :.
BY Charles E. TroceweN

bushes. but no one doing so thould think
for a second that he will see 800 species,
or maybe 400. on them.
These are theoretical averages, made
by long observation on certain trees and
plants.
They are mostly good, such observa-
tions, for giving the home owner another
way to assess the value Of what he
plants. Too often we are inclined to
grow things merely for their appearance.
or because some one else has them, or
because we see them praised in gar
den book.
There are many things to be taken
into consideration when buying plant
material. The foremost should be. we
believe. whether the purchaser likes 1t.
But suppose he has not seen the tree,
plant, or bush. or even o picture?
Then he is thrown back on what
others have to say, but that is not all:
he must take into consideration what
still others say. And that is where such
advice as given may come in handy.
The fact that a certain tree, let us
say the dogwood. attracts scores Of spe-
cies of birds may not play part in the
recommendation Of the garden book.
as such. But the homeowner has other
means Of finding out what he wants.
Out there Is robin, and at first
glance, especially to the observer not
interested in bird life. this may seem
. small reason or no reason ct all for
the purchase OF tree.
Evening star., 1952-10-22

Robins about to leave us for the winter
find feed to their liking in the dogwood
trees.
Dogwood berries appeal to them as
ice cream does to an American child.
They fly from all over the SUBURBAN
communities to spots where these fine
small trees are coloring their bright red
leaves and slowly dropping them.
Such fat robins have never been seen
as this fall; they are so chesty that they
almost seem ready to topple forward
with their weight.
Is there more human bird than our
robin?
Not all species posses this quality Of
appeal.
Some birds, notably the wood thrushes
and some Of the warblers, strike the
observer as not, being quite real.
Things out Of fairy tale, 30 they
seem. but this is not true of the old re-
liable robin.
He is, veritably, one Of us, very hus-
band Of the lawn. almost tilling the soil
daily.
Now that the worm season has about
passed. the robins turn readily to the
berries. notably those of the dogwoods.
Berries are good bird feed. Some Of
the trees and small bushes that bear
berries attract as many as 500 species
Of birds.
It is . good idsa to plant more berried
Evening star., 1952-10-22
Light on District Taxes

The Census Bureaus latest report on
municipal tax loads throws new light on the
disparity between the local taxes paid by citizens
OF the District and the Federal Governments
inadequate payment to the District. It shows
that the per capita District tax is $12861 In
the aggregate, these local taxes pay for 917 per
cent of the District budget. The Federal Gov
ernment'S payment lin lieu of taxes has dropped
over the years from so per cent of the budget
to 8.3 per cent.
Although the Census Bureaus tabulation
shows Washington at the head Of the list Of
large cities in per capita local taxes the COM
parison does not take into account the fact that
the District figures include taxes which would
be listed as county taxes outside of Washington.
For that reason the relative standing Of WASH
1ngton in the local tax list cannot be determined
on the basis of the census tabulation alone.
However as District Budget Officer Fowler points
out, there is no doubt that the average District
tax bill is a substantial one by any standard of
comparison. And there is no doubt about the
inadequacy of the Federal lump-sum payment.
The Census Bureaus report should be helpful
to Congress in studying the perennially trouble
some problem of Federal-District fiscal relations
and in arriving at more equitable Federal pay
ment toward the cost of running the Nations
Capital.
Evening star., 1952-10-22

are the most unintelligible are the most
angry"
On the Republican Party: MEN by
their constitutions are naturally divided
into two parties. Those who fear and
distrust the people those who iden-
tify themselves with the people, have
confidence in them, cherish and consider
them as the most honest and safe e..
depository Of the public interest"
On the American press for Federal
lists read Republicans ''They (the
Federalists) fill their newspapers with
falsehoods, calumnies and audacities {.
I shall protect them in the right of lying
and calumniating."
On McCarthyism: Subject opinion to
coercion: whom will you make your in
quiSitorS? Fallible men; men governed
by bad passions, by private as well as
public reasons
On President Truman: "I am not
among those who fear the people. They,
and not the rich, are our dependence for
continued freedom"
On the Republican vice presidential
candidate. the Junior Senator from CAL
ifornia: ''The time to guard against cor
ruption and tyranny, is before they shall
have gotten hold Of US. It is better to
keep the wolf out of the fold, than to
trust to drawing his teeth and claws
after he shall have entered"
On Gov. Stevenson: II hold it there
fore certain that to open the doors Of
truth and to fortify the habit of testing
everything by reason, are the most effec-
tual manacles we can rivet on the hands
Of our successors to prevent their man
acling the people with their own con-
sent" Harold HI. Buckles.
Evening star., 1952-10-22
Little to Gain, Much to Lose

It looks as though Arlington is destined to
remain county for some years to come. The
adverse report on Incorporation by the Citizens
Study Commission on Local Government makes
it very unlikely that the citizens across the river
will approve city form of government at the
rthcoming referendum. The report leaves no
doubt that the proposed change would be quite
costly to Arlingtons taxpayers-and the tax
payers are in no mood these days to vote for more
costly government at any level
The big stumbling block to incorporation Is
the present system of apportioning State high
way funds in Virginia. AS county, Arlington
is not required to contribute to the cost OF
building any of the primary State roads within
its borders. AS city, however, 1t would have to
Evening star., 1952-10-22

A squirrel. he might say. likes oaks
better than dogwoods.
Or an apple tree, with its strange
beauty, may strike him as better.
But the robin likes the dogwood best,
and he who has soft spot in his heart
for these chesty fellows will understand
this In the autumn.
Robins gather together for the trip
South.
They win fiy into protected yard in
tens and dozens. sometimes as many as
80 or more at time. spreading over the
grass to try to find food.
There may still be o worm or two.
and II there is q dogwood tree they are
happy.
The householder who loves robins will
do well to sprinkle raisins in the grass.
The birds see them, even though they
are lost to the sight Of human eye.
Bread broken into pieces also intrigues
the robin, though it may attract the
starting. They. too. are birds.
No matter how chilly the day, the bird
bath should be kept filled, for water Is
difficult for the birds to find in autumn,
sometimes. Keep it full, these days, and
help the migrating birds.
Editors note-Recently, by slip
Of the pen. this column located Roger
Tory Peterson. the ornithologist, in
nearby Virvinia." It should be Glen
Echo, Md