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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
Mrs. Grant Cline !
Passes Away Oct. 30

Mrs. Grant Cline rs, died at her
home, 1913 West High Street at
two O'Clock Thursday morning fol-
lowing a two years illness.
Born June 2, 1877 near Nation
Chapel, Maude May Cline was the
daughter of Perry and Sarah
Wasky McIntire. She was a mem
Der of the Royal Neighbors of
America, and First Presbyterian
church, London.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cline celebrated
their fifty-seventh wedding anni-
versary April d, 1852.
Surviving are her husband; three
daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Moss
, barger at the home; Mrs. Mary
Cockerill and Mrs. Esta Trego of
Springfield; two sons, Robert Earl
at home and Edward Grant of Co
lumbus; one brother, Elwyn McIn-
tire of West jefferson; four grand
children and three great grand
children.
Funeral services at two O'Clock
Saturday afternoon at First Pres
byterian church. the Reverend Ivan
L. Wilkins of Columbus. officiat-
ing. Interment in Paint Township
Cnpatprv
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
.id-Six Meeting
At Grove City
Approve Summer
Baseball Games

The Mid-Six League coaches,
principals and superintendent
officially awarded the 1852 foot
ball championship to Marysville
and Westerville, approved a sum-
mer baseball league and set the
date for its annual All-Star
basketball program at a meeting
Tuesday night at Grove City.
The group also turned down a
football preview. Instead, Worth
ington, Hilliard, Grove City and
Marysville agreed on a four-team
preview. London has an alumni
game while Westerville does not
like the preseason program.
The circuit also rejected pro-
posed All-Star football game with
a similar group from the Central
Buckeye.
This league will start during
the 1853 season, with a Saturday
afternoon date being considered.
Double-headers are also being
suggested.
The All-Star basketball game
has been scheduled for March 13,
with the championship team
being host. The next meeting is
scheduled for March 10, at Hill
lard.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
Youth Sentenced
To BIS. In Theft
Brother Is
Bound Over
Grand Jury

Richard Johnson, 25, is out on
$500 bond after having been
bound over to the January Grand
Jury by Justice Gerald Baynes,
the sheriff's office said Wednes-
day.
Johnson had been arrested
earlier this week by Deputy
Robert Allison and Chief German
Clark on charges of larceny and
concealing stolen property, it was
said.
Charles johnson, a minor, and
a brother to Richard, was senten-
ced to the Boys Industrial School
by Juvenile Judge, Maurice Beat
hard, TUE sda ay, police said.
Charles was taken to Lancaster
on Wednesday.
Police said that two automobile
radios, oil, gasoline and tires had
been stolen by the pair. Officers
Sherman and Russell picked the
younger Johnson up at the scene
of one of the thefts.
Property had been stolen from
the Martin Shell Station, at West
Jefferson, Clelland Garage and
Dulsky'S. police said.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
$780, 900 Madison Youth
Building Plans Approved
Construction To Start
At Fairgrounds Soon

The Madison Youth Building
will soon be reality. The Plan
ming Committee and the Madison
County Commissioners have ap-
proved architects sketches and
construction will start as soon as
blue prints are available, il was
said.
Commissioners, George Taylor,
Roger Baker and Glenn Daugh-
erty, together with the Planning
Committee, have given the go
ahead signal to the $150,000 pro-
ject.
According to the architects,
Partridge and Associates, of Gin
cinnati, the building will cover
an area of $1,000 square feet and
will be of steel, quonset-type
construction. AS soon as blue
prints are ready the specifica-
tions will be put out to bids, so
that construction may be complet-
CN do oOOii dS pOSS}Dic.
Commissioner George Taylor
said, Unless anything unforeseen
happens, the building should be
finished in time for the 1853 Ma
Olson County Fair. want to per-
sonally thank the Planning Com
mittee for their efforts in getting
this project under way"
The building will contain sew
eral departments, according to
present plans. Aside from live
stock stalls and pens, there will
be dormitory to house exhibi-
tors during the fair season. A
show arena that will seat $50
persons is also planned. Too,
there will be 500 seat assembly
hall complete with stage and kit
chen which can be used for meet
ings, parties etc.
The Planning Committee is
composed of: Chairman, Ray
mond Deacon, John Moore, Mrs.
Edward Converse, Delbert Dorm,
Ira Hunter, Robert Hines, Will
liam Fender, john Sanford and
Henry Snyder.
The. location of the new build
ing will be Immediately to the
left of the main entrance to the
grounds, on what is now the
parking lot. The building will be
centered on the art hall, so feet
away. The ground will be pre-
pared for construction promptly
SO that construction may start as
soon as bids are approved.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
CROP. Meeting
Planned For Nov 5

At a meeting of interested per-
sons held this past month, Ma
olson County Committee for the
Christian Rural Overseas Pro-
gram(CROP) was set up. The
committee has set Sunday, Mo-
vember 9 as CROP Sunday, and
the following week solicitors will
canvas the county.
In preparation for that activity,
a workers meeting lis being cal
led by the chairman. Judge James
Bell, for Monday, November B,
500 pm, in the Common Pleas
Court Room, Court House. Lon
don. All who have been asked to
do soliciting, and all interested
persons are urged to be present
at this meeting The latest CROP
film will be shown.
Working with Judge Bell are
the following persons: Rev. Jessie
Thornton, as Vice chairman; Miss
Gertrude Won Riesen, secretary;
Joseph Londergan, tre easurer
George Owen, commodities chair
man; and Rev. Lawrence t. Rugh,
information chairman.
There are still an estimated Is
million refugees in the world to-
day. This constitutes perhaps the
largest opportunity the Christian
church has ever had to demon
strate its healing power. The
CROP plan of giving food to
those who need has been very
effective during the past several
years. The committee hopes to
keep this county, one of the rich
est farming areas in the state, on
the list of those who contribute
generously for others.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
WORLD NEWS BRIEFS

today
stills of mash
Adkins Ridge County No
BEND,
family said today Friends at Indiana said
kovat had n a
YoNkERs, NJ YGood Time spunky little fouregeed dynamo
today Raceway track
clock caught in 200
IS
IRoNToN oF5i today Of in
woodlands Southern Ohio
Of a
fire department warned today against an in
other
country Federal Trade
the distribution of the masks
and might take action
clEvELAND-Robert Smith, s4year-old World War u vet
gunman backed
the while holding 43 gunpont smith aided
arrived Police iden
him Clarendon St. Canton
Iaborer They Tuesday night
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
farm BUREAU PRESIDENT
SAYS ROAD PROGRAM UNFAIR
Rit+enour Scores
License Fee Raise

COLUMBUS-Th burden for
raising money for Ohio's roads
will be dumped on the shoulders
of Ohio passenger car owners
and farmers if the recommends
tions of the Finance Subcommit-
tee become laws, the Ohio Farm
Bureau Federation charged here
today.
Following a meeting of the
farm organizations board OF
trustees, Everett F. Rittenour,
Piketon, president, made state
ment in which he tabled the re-
port of the Committee (sct up
by the Ohio Program Commits
sion) as unfair and unreaiistic"
and weighted in favor of the
huge commercial trucking in
terestS."
The Committee has voted to re-
commend tax increases to raise
an additional S36,410,00O a year
to launch long-range highway
building program in this state.
The Farm Bureau president
was particularly critical OF three
planks of the Committees recon-
mendations: Cd to increase auto
licenses by 20 percent; (2) to in
crease drivers license fees from
81 to So; and 90 increase farm
truck licenses from % percent to
81 percent.
Rittenour made it plain that
there is need for a better high
way program which calls for ad-
ditional funds, but added that
the Farm Bureau was prepared to
stand firmly against what he
termed "a bald attempt on the
part of trucking interests to load
the costs upon the little fellow" F"
Rittenour said: These propo-
sails would violate almost univer-
sal agreement among Ohio citi-
zens interested in highway inn
provement that people should pay
in proportion to the use they
make Of the highways. These pro-
posals would hit all users of pas
senger autos and farm trucks
much heavier than operators of
commercial freight trucks which
have been shown to cause very
heavy damage to our highways"
CONTINUED on Page TwO)
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
0. (. WARNER
DIES AT 81
Services To Be
Held SUNDAY

%. E. Warner, 81, West Jeffer-
son, prominent retired farmer and
lifelong resident of Madison county
died in Mt. Carmel Hospital Thurs
ay morning. He was admitted to
the hospital following a stroke of
paralysis on October 81.
MIR. Warner member of a pioneer
family of Madison county, was
born, February s, 1868 in Fairfield
township, the son of Charles r.
and Isabel Chenoweth Warner. He
had been active in county organi-
cations until about two years ago
when his health failed.
Surviving are his wife, Lydia
Pringle Warner, one son, Roger of
Dayton, three daughters, Mrs.
Sarah Anderson of Millersburg,
Mrs. Jennie Snyder London and
Mrs. Ruth Hendley, West Jeffer-
son; three grandsons, Wayne Sny-
der, London; Robert Anderson,
Navarro and Jerry Hendley, West
Jefferson and one great grand
daughter, Deborah Anderson of
Navarro. One sister, Mrs. Minnie
Warner Gregg, the last of a family
of IL children in Mr.. Warmers
family who is 80 years of age, re-
sides in Portland, Oregon.
Funeral services at the Big Plain
Methodist Church at 2:30 o'clock
Sunday. Interment in Kirkwood
Cemetery.
Friends may call at the RAIDER
Funeral Home, West Jefferson,
after seven o'colck Friday evening
until noon Sunday. when the body
will be taken to the church to lie
in state until time for the services.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
Supt. j. ]. Hartley
Explains Effect
Of Reappraisal
Urges Residents
To Vote For
School Levy

London school Superintendent,
j. j. Hartley his explained the ef-
feet of the Hoffman law upon the
London schools. Mr.. Hartley told
how the recent tax re-appraisal
may affect state aid for the
schools and that the re-appraisal
may lower operating revenue al
though tax rates have been in
creased. In a statement Hartley
said:
Under, provisions of the Hoff-
man Act of 1949. the State Board
of Tax Appeals ordered the
County Auditor of Madison Coun-
ty to make substantial adjust
ments in the real estate abstracts.
The principal purpose back OF the
equalization program was to pro-
vide moro equitable system oil
taxation, the Board said.
THE State Board OF Tax Ap-
peals has authority to force the
adoption of its orders by author
izing the state auditor to with
hold half of the local government
funds and the school foundation
funds distributed by the state, In
event the county auditor refuses
or fails to make the necessary
adjustments.
1T is this upward revision oil
realty valuations, linked with pro-
visions of the amended school
program measure that is causing
all the financial uncertainties. A
recent school bill specifically in
creased the so-called inundated
local levy for school districts
Continued on Page Two)
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
Township Officials
Oppose Change In
Ohio Constitution

Active opposition to the calling
of a Constitutional Convention is
being made by township officials
throughout the State, according to
the Ohio State Association of
Township Trustees and Clerks.
Ohio voters are being urged to
vote mo" on the question of
Shall there be a convention to
revise, alter or amend the consti-
tuition" Floyd Deck, President of
the Madison County Association
says this is in accordance with the
resolution of the association adopt
ed at its summer convention and
the action of the Legislative Com
mittee taken at a recent meeting.
Reason for opposing the conven-
ton is because the changes pro-
posed would centralize government
and take control away from the
people. Township officials see no
good for Ohio in proposals to de-
prive smaller counties of State
Representatives. and give control of
the legislature to the eight big
cities, or to appoint judges and
most state officials instead of let
ting the voters select their own Of
ficials.
Each township official is not
only being asked to work against
the convention but also to have his
wife and two of her lady friends
telephone the neighbors to get out
and vote mo" on the issue. Trus-
tees can't help but think how won
derful it would be if the cost of
the proposed convention was to be
spent on improving the roads of
Ohio.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
Charleston Woman
Instantly Killed

Mrs. Daisie M. Sollars, 50, was
killed instantly in an auto ac-
cident Tuesday afternoon near
Jeffersonville. The auto in which
Mrs. Sollars was riding skidded
and she was thrown from the
car, witnesses said.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sollars were en-
route to a Pythian Sisters meet
ing in Jeffersonville, it was
learned. Mrs. Sollars was men,
Der of the Jeffersonville Pythian
Sisters. She was also member
of the Rebekah Lodge in South
Charleston.
Survivors besides her husband,
who is a retired farmer, include
her mother, Mrs. May Cox OF
Yellow Springs; two daughters,
Mrs. Mildred Fisher of Arcanum
and Mrs. Frank Griffith of Madi-
son County; one brother, Ray
Lackey of Burbank. Calf, one
stepdaughter, Mrs. Mable Shear
of South Charleston; and one
step-granddaughter, Mrs. Norma
Jean Kingery of Springfield.
The body was take to the
Sprague funeral home in South
Charleston. 1t will be returned
Thursday morning TO the Sollars
residence, located three miles
west of South Charleston, where
friends may call.
Funeral services are scheduled
for 2 pm. Friday in the resi-
dence. Burial will be in James
t,,uyy, CprY1ptprv
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
Scout Committee
Will Meet Nov. 3

Wilbur Hume, London, chair
man of the Madison District COM
mittee announced the regular
meeting of the committee will be
held at Chooman's Restaurant,
London $50 PM. on Monday,
November Bird.
All committee members are
urged to be present to assist in
the planning of program for the
district and to set detectives for
the coming year.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
J. E Webb Dies
In Colorado

Word was received here Mon
day of the death of j. Z. Webb.
81, former London resident, had
died in Colorado Springs.
Mr.. Webb, former assistant
superintendent at the London
Prison Farm, had been i'll for the
past several months.
Surviving are his wife, Alma;
one brother, William Webb, of
Lebanon and five step-children,
Mrs. Donald Morrison. London;
Mrs. Gerald Strole of Rensselaer,,
Indiana; Tom Moore of Park
ridge, Illinois; Phil and Leslie
Moore of Seattle, Washington.
Funeral and interment in Co
dorado Springs Wednesday.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
COLUMBUS MAN
FILES $4,000
SUIT HERE

Marshall Brown, 398 South
Wayne Avenue, Columbus, has
filed suit in common pleas court
here, asking judgment of $4,000
from John Sam Pollard Sr., and
John Sam Pollard, Jr., both of
r. F. d. No. /, Modesto, Califor-
MIA.
The action is brought for al
legged damages in an automobile
accident on July 3, 1852, in which
plaintiff claims that he was
travelling east on the Springfield
Road and had stopped to observe
a stop sign where State Route Sc
crosses the Springfield Road. He
further alleges in his petition that
defendant, also travelling east on
the Springfield Road, collided
with hin when he stopped for
the sign.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
Car Hits Pedestrian
London Youth Held

A London youth, 17-year-old
Robert A. Riley, Route 2, was held
Tuesday by Springfield police after
his car allegedly struck deaf
mute Springfield man. Riley was
charged with failure to yield the
right -of-way to pedestrian, police
said.
The man, II. c. Robson, was
treated in Springfield City Hos
pital and later released.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
I MILL ASKED AT
MADISON SCHOOL
DISTRICT

Madison School District is
asking for an additional mill
for each $f.00 Of valuation in
the Nov. 4 election. The levy
is for additional expenses COW
ering the next four years.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
HORSES! HORSES!
HORSES!

Several riding horses belong
ina to Max Cannon, North
Main street, were on the loose
Monday night. A gate had been
left open.
A frantic search by police
and "neigh"-bors finally turn
ed them up and they are safe
in the pasture once more. One
householder who had seen the
horses 90 past his house, said
to police They went that
away"
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
Wins Fifth Place
In State Contest

Lee Friend of Sedalia Schools,
won fifth in the State Grange Pos
ter Contest, according to Delbert
Dorm, Madison County Grange
Deputy.
Lee submitted a poster i'm the
5 to 9Th grade division. He won the
Madison county contest and was
placed i'm competition with the win
ners of the other 81 counties.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
Bishop Hobson viii
Conduct Episcopal
Confirmation Here

The Rt. Reverend Henry Wise
Hobson, d. D., of Cincinnati, will
conduct confirmation ceremonies
at Trinity Episcopal Church, Lon
don, Sunday morning at IL
o'clock.
JOHN w. MOORE
PASSES AWAY OCT. 81
John w. Moore, 83, retired
blacksmith and former resident of
near Gillivan, died at 100 Friday
morning at his home in Thornville.
Surviving are his wife Sarah;
two daughters, Mrs. Willis Toohey
of Columbus, and Mrs. Eugene
Walker of Thornville; two sons,
Harold Moore of Columbus and j.
r. Moore of Canton; seven grand
children and four great -grandchil-
dren.
Funeral services at the Jerry
Spears Funeral Home, Columbus,
at 1:30 Monday afternoon. Inter-
ment in Sunset Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Lukens
Funeral Home until Monday morn
ing, when the body will be taken
to Columbus.
ANNOUNCE BIRTH
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Denkewalter
of Columbus announce the birth OF
a son at University Hospital, Fri
day morning. The baby weighed
six pounds six ounces.
Mrs. Denkewalter is the former
Maurine Bowen, daughter of Mrs.
Lucille Bowen, East First Street.
SLAUGHTER ACCEPTS
NEW POSITION
George M. Slaughter. graduate
of London High School. who has
been residing in Carlisle, Pa, has
accepted position in the Depart
ment of Marine Engineering at the
u. S. Naval Academy Annapolis,
Maryland. He will be an assistant
professor teaching fluid mechanics
and thermo dynamics.
Mr.. and Mrs. Slaughter and son.
Master Neill, expect to move to
Annapolis in the near future.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
O. &. Warner
Dies At "a

o. E. Warner, "a, of West JEFF
ferson, retired farmer and lifelong
resident of Madison county died
Thursay morning at 11:25 in Mt.
Carmel Hospital.
Mr.. Warner was admitted to the
hospital on October 81, following a
stroke of paralysis.
Funeral arrangements are in
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
ELECTION ScoRE5oARD
AT COURT HOUSE NOV. q

A large election scoreboard'
will be erected at the Court
house next Tuesday evening, SO
that Madison county voters
may see results of the county
election as returns come in.
The Madison Press company
will operate the project in the
public interest.
All local and state candidate
totals will be posted by pre-
cincts. The presidential race
will also be posted as returns
filter in from all over the
country, IL was said.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
Max Dworkin
Seriously Ill

Max Dworkin, 108 North Mad
ison Road, has returned to Uni
versity Hospital. Columbus. for
blood transfusions and treatment.
His condition was reported as not
improved.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
14-YEAR-0LD
GIRL HAS POLIO

Barbara Gecsling, 14-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Geesling, London, r. d. No. /,
who was stricken with polio Sat
urday, was admitted to Children's
Hospital Monday for treatment.
Her room number is 221.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
Health Board
Has New Nurse

Miss Kathryn Kramer of the
Ohio State University School of
Nursing, will be with the Madison
County Department of Health for
two months of experience in public
health nursing, the department has
announced.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
ELSIE no DSON
DIES SUDDENLY

Mrs. Elsie j. Hodson, SO, 2106
Wayne Avenue, Dayton, Ohio died
suddenly at 9:15 pm. Tuesday, af-
ter suffering a heart attack. She
was former resident of near Lon
don and very active in church ac-
tivities at Presbyterian Church
while here.
She is survived by her husband,
Everett F.; one daughter, Mrs. Eli
leen Kitzel, Dayton; five sons, Le-
Droit, Hillsboro; Ronald and Wal
do of Dayton; Dean of Springfield:
Elwin of Linwood, California. Two
sisters, fifteen grandchildren, three
great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at the To-
bias Funeral Home in Dayton at
1000 am. Friday. Burial in New
Vienna Cemetery 1890 pm.
IN NAVAL RESERVE
Thomas r. Beuhler, la South
Union ST.. London, is listed among
new recruits in the Naval Reserve
at Columbus.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31

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PCLLYTICkS
Local wags have it that if
the election doesn't come out
TO suit them, Byrnes will have
the Shivers and Shivers will
"byrne"! Looks like Harry
Truman is following the new
adage I'D rather beat Dwight,
than be PRESIDENT
HuH7
"IIey, Mac, JUS look at dem
boids" said old Brooklyn.
Those aren't 'boids', said
the man from Boston, they
are birds!"
Brooklyn scratched his nog-
gin, and said, "Yeh? OATS fun
ny! Dey cSoips JUS like
boids"
JUSTICE
Paula Hitler-Wolfe, sister of
Adolph, is a penniless woman
on public welfare over in Ger
many. Recently she tried to
get hold of the late Dictator's
wealth but to no result. Legal
authorities told her that there
was no proof that Hitler was
dead and no death certificate
is available.
Paula is in picklement.
Anybody see a dead filier
around?
oDoR,FERous
The peculiar smell in the air
these days is due to being
down-wind from the politicians
as they air their dirty linen.
DWELLING
Read in the papers where
Marilyn Monroe lives In a
house made almost entirely OF
glass, WOW!
DEFINITION
Did you know that the "oro
idiot is derived from the
classic Greek and means, lit
erally. citizens who take
no part in public voting
Welllll!
BARE FEET
Herb Shriner says that out
in Indiana a lot of his rela-
tives 60 barefoot. Herb says
that when you go barefoot ana
track something into the house
you're the first one to know II!
BOOZE
Have been hearing a lot
about the government tax on
whiskev. Seems that there are
lot of bootleggers operating
stills all over the woods. The
practice proves one tning
though-you can now get a
drink of moonshine for only
nickel - recent autopsy
shows!
INSTRUCTION
Washington Biological Sur
vey puts tags on birds legs
so that they can study their
habits. The tags are marked,
Wash. Biol. Surv." Other day
the agency got a letter from
farmer which said, Shot one
of your crows the other day.
Washed it, boiled it and surv-
cd it. It tasted turrible!
RICHES
We read about a newspaper
editor who recently retired
with a comfortable fortune of
$4,000. He stated that he
amassed all this dough
through perseverance, savings
and hard work, and the death
of an old uncle who left him
S49,972!
COMMERCIALS
Wisconsin students say that
the most used words in radio
commercials are, in this order:
you, good, wonderful, better.
fine, best, effective and nat
ural.
Evidently the station the
college kids listened to didn't
use the word NEW. (pro-
nounced N-yoo) According
to the programs we hear, NJ
YOO is used twice as often as
any other word
QUESTION
Manys the time you can SO
phrase a question so that
person can't answer without
putting himself on the spot.
Take this for example. Ask
the next fellow you see if he
still heats hic Uifoi