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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-05-09
Walter NJ, High
Dies In Fresno

Funeral services for Walter M.
High, 70, retired Fresno, Calf,
auto dealer, and brother of
Harry High of Washington Ave,
and Mrs. laura Valley, London,
were conducted Tuesday in the
Tinker Mission Chapel in that
city.
Mr.. liign died Sunday a! his
home, 1911 College Ave. He was
a native of Plain City. Ohio, In
ternent was IN Eelfnont Memorial
Park, Fresno, Calf.
He operated the Studebaker
agecny in that city from 1896, his
first year in Fresno, until 1912,
and the Hudson agency from then
to 1914. He was a member of the
Burlingame Masonic Lodge No.
400.
Surviving him are his widow,
Ida: two sons, Walter, Jr., OF Ar
cadia. and Richard of Fresno;
two daughters, Elizabeth and
Nancy, both OF Fresno; two
brothers, Hairy of London, and
Hosea OF Seattle; two sisters, Mrs.
Laura Valley of London, and Eta
High of Florida and two grana.
children.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-05-09
BaccaIaurea+e
Set for May IL

The baccalaureate service OF the
Catawba high school will be held
Sunday evening, May II at 3 pm.
at the First Methodist church. Rev.
w. Fl. Fields, guest pastor, will
deliver the address. Music will be
furnished by the senior boys glee
club and the senior girls glee club.
and a mixed chorus.
The commencement exercises
will be held at the high school
auditorium, May Is at 8:15 pm.
Rev. Kay Glaesner, pastor of the
st. Johns Evangelical Lutheran
church, Springfield, will deliver
the address. Music will be furnish
ed by Betty Olinger, clarinet solo:
special mixed chorus, and a vocal
bass solo by David Henkie.
Dorothy Venrick is valedictorian,
and Betty Olingcr, salutatorian
The senior class will leave May 21
on their trip to Washington, d. c.,
New York and other points of in
terest.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-05-09

South Solon residents arc cheer
fully paying So per month for
water.
For long time the village has
needed village water system and
now that South Solon can boast OF
having one of the best, the local
residents are said to be more than
happy with the convenience.
Water is supplied local consum-
ers under flat rate system. It's
So whether you use 100 gallons or
1000.
Bills are payable by domestic
users the 1st and End of each
month, according to Mrs. Elsie
Murry, village clerk.
The South Solon waterssystem
includes six inch snainsscthuughsi
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-05-09
SOUTH SOLON TAKES PRIDE IN
NEW VILLAGE WATER SYSTEM

never before possessed.
A volunteer fire department OF
80 men serves the village. They
operate a servicable fire truck and
have been receiving training from
Instructor Walter J. Lauder of CO.
lumbus. M
The water system operates un-
der control of the Board of Public
Affairs including Bruce Baughn,
Clifford Clemans and Bryan
jerks.
Other village officials who have
worked diligently to help provide
the community with a modern
water system are the members of
Village Council and Mayor STAN
ley Marsh. The councilmen are
Eliza Knisley, Howard Murry, Rob-
ert Ellars, Arnold Greer, Charlie
Saunders and Dale Simmermono4
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-05-09
Pick Four Teams
In Little League

Managers for the four London
organizations sponsoring Little
League Baseball, Wednesday night
picked their respective teams for
the season.
Bob Powers, manager OF the
"kcds", sponsored by the Jaycee,:
has the following boys under his
management: Phil Florence, Roger
Clark, Gene Sidncr, James Groves,
Ron Mancini, Carl Oilcr, Jr., Rich
ard Carter, Dick Streitcnberger,
Mace Ferncau, Ronald AckermaE,
Tom Clifton, Donald Fugett, War
rem Rockwell Leo Sexton, Tom
Foody, Bob Bidwell and James
Scarberry.
Roy Sanders, manager of the
"Phils" for London Rotary. has
the following under his manage
ment: Stephen Carr ard, Paul Nc
Claskie, John and James Bailey,
Stephen Wicker, James Wallis.
Richard and Eddie Birmelc, John
Underhill, Larry Thibaut, Pat and
James Hennigan. Bill and Robert
loops, James Andcrs, Ted Kidd,
Mike Connor, Art Witt, Dick
Hunter and Russ Vandcrmark.
Don Morrison, manager for the
Amvets will manage the "Yanks"
with these players: George Thack-
or, Gary Miller, Larry Earles, Bob
Tumblison, Charles Jones, Harold
John Scurry. Arnold Church Tom
Robson. Robert Long. Bob Littler,
Dick Meade, Joe Wilson, Robert
Rea and Ernest Crawford.
Whitley Pfarr, .,1aEaging the
Cubs for the American Legion,
will have playing for him. Richard
Payne, Dick Garrison, Roger Rcy
nolds, John Shipley, Dave loops,
Lowell and Gale Dillon, Godfrey
Chcsbrough. Dennis Reffitt, Mike
Kraft, Dean Crego. Robert Boggs,
Gene McKenzi-, Harvey Buchan-
an, James Murphy. Paul Dov'ler,
Dan E. Policy, Gene Deffenbaugh
and Marvin Blake.
OF these lists of chosen players
for the four teams. the Is most
promising on each will be picked
to play and assigned to positions
five days prior to, the opening
game Friday, May 80.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-05-09
Farewell Sermon
OF Local Pastor
Set For Sunday

On Sunday. May II. at the IL
o'clock service. the Rev. Greer s.
Imhrie will preach his farewell
sermon as pastor of the First Pres
bsterian Church of London, Ohio,
after a pastorate OF AZ years. He
will take as his sermon subject
Final CounSels".
Mr.. Imbrie has been recalled as
a chaplain in the United States
Navy, where he formerly served
for 2I4 years during World War
ii. He will report on May Is to the
Chaplains' School, Newport. r. 1.
for four week indoctrination
course before being assigned to
permanent duty. The recall is for
a minimum period of II months.
During Mr.. Imbrie's pastorate in
London, he has administered bap-
tism to 159 persons. In this period,
233 persons have been received as
new COMMUNICATE members of the
church. The annual church budget
has increased from $470O in 1947
to $4,000 in 1852. During his
pastorate here, Mr.. 1mbrie has
conducted SO funeral services and
has united 80 couples in marriage.
The London Presbyterian Church
now has membership of $50
communicate members.
Mrs. Julia Imbrie, the pastors
wife, will remain in London until
her husband receives his perman-
cnt orders.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-05-09

out most of. the village, ID fire
hydrants, and a $1,000 gallon stor-
age tank, supplied by one well.
The system was constructed by
the G.. Harvey Leach Co., of Belle
fontainc, Ohio, and was completed
and placed in operation last jan
uary.
Village officials and public
spirited citizens worked on the
project during the last three years
and realized their goal when the
system was recently placed in op-
GRAFTON for benefit of the entire
community.
Aside from the benefit Of pro
viding the village and the local
school with pure water. the sys-
tenn has given South Scion fire
sprotection such as the community
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-05-09
Edward Cornell
Dies Suddenly J

Edward Cornell, age "a, of South
Street, found in the yard at his
home where he had been stricken
with a heart attack died in a local
physicians Office about 200 pm.
Thursday.
Mr.. Corhell, a retired farmer,
was found by neighbor and was
taken TO the physicians office By
ambulance. He leaves his wife, one
son and one daughter. The body
was removed to the Lukens
Funeral Home.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-05-09
Total Vote In
Madison County
Primary A,365

Republicans and Democrats are
evenly divided in at least one Mad
ison county precinct for each party
had exactly 100 ballots cast in
Tuesdays primary election. The
precinct is Range West.
In another precinct there was
only one ballot difference. Mid
way had 101 Republican and 100
Democrat.
The total unofficial vote as tab.
ulated at the Board of Elections
was 4,365 of which 3,079 were Re-
publican and l,286 Democrat.
OF the total 3,078 were cast in
township precincts, exclusive OF
London. So
The London total was 1,287 of
which 1,0O9 we're Republican and
278 Democrat.
The total vote for each precinct
follows: fE
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-05-09
PinbaII Machine
Operator Held

Edward Eddie" Nyrop, 81,
Columbus pinball machine distri-
butor, was bound over to the
Madison County Grand Jury on
a charge of grand larceny in
Justice Gerald Baynes' court
Thursday. He is held in the coun-
ty Jail in lieu OF $500 bond.
aNyrop, who was arrested We'd
nesday, has been operating busi-
ness for placing the machines, and
is accused of removing the two
machines which belonged to an
other operator. taking them to CO.
lumbus and returning one slightly
altered to the London VIEW club,
according to Sheriff BidWc-.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-05-09
Mems Night At
At Club May II

London Country club announces
that the regular monthly mems
meeting will be held at the club
on Monday, May 12 Mems night
is a regular feature at the co,ln-
try club and all members are
urged to attend and bring a euest
if possible. The entertainment.
committee has planned a fine cve-
ming with dinner being served at Z
D.m.. it was said.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-05-09
Rites At Mt. Sterling For
Sailor Washed Overheard

Funeral and burial services for
Howard Ray Ycrian, 81, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Yerian, Mt.
Sterling. RID 2, who was washed
overheard from an LIST Navy
transport craft April 20 in the At
lantic ocean, were IN Mt. Sterling
Wednesday.
iearian was an engineer-firc-
man aboard the ship off Norfolk,
Va, when a wave swept him over
board. His body was found April
80. =
He syas graduated from Mt
Sterling High School in 1919 and
entered the Navy April 20. 1850
He had completed seven trips
across the Pacific aboard the
transport Breckenridge, the first
ship 10 return wounded Marines to
the United States.
Following tour Of sea duty.
Yerian was assigned to shore duty
on the cast coast. He last visited
his parents during the Christmas
holidays and upon his return to
duty was assigned to landing
transport as diesel engineer.
Survivors besides his parents.
arc one brother, Captain Carl
Yerian, with the United States Air
Force in Germany. and two sisters,
Mrs. Wilma jean Reiter of Louis
vile, KY, and Miss Beverly Ycrian
at home.
Yerian was cousin of Lewis A.
Ycrian and Emil f. Yerian of Lon
don and Charles Yerian OF South
Solon.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-05-09
Tennis Court To
Open On May l8

The London tennis clubs court
will open officially Sunday, May
Is. Membership dues may be paid
to E. B. Rayburn, Jack Phillips o :
Joe Londergan.
The tennis net will be taken
down during the ensuing week so
that necessary improvements and
pepairsgnaaylba made.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-05-09
i OUR
"a TOWN
LINCOLN

-INCOLN
About a year ago we used
a collection of aphorisms on
our editorial page which were
duly credited to Abraham
Lincoln. We had read them in
some magazine and had been
SO impressed that we used
them regularly.
After several months we re-
ceived many letters and in
quiries as to their validity and
SO we set to work trying to
determine the source. We met
with no success since we had
forgotten where we got the
clipping.
Now it comes to light that
Lincoln never made the state
ments directly and a man out
in California, an attorney,
says that he started the whole
thing. The man says that
while Lincoln didn't actually
state them, the sayings re-
minded him of something Lin
coin probably WOULD have
said!
We agree that Abe probably
would have said them If he
had thought of it and they
ARE mighty profound words
even if he didn't. So here they
are for your own appraisal.
you cannot bring about
prosperity by discouraging
thrift. You cannot help the
poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot establish sound
security on borrowed money.
You cannot build character
and courage by taking away
mans initiative and independ-
ence. You cannot help men
permanently by doing for
them what they could and
should do for thcmselvcs!"
DAFFYNiTtoN
If you take all the automo-
biles in the world and place
them end to end il is
Sunday afternoon!
KIDS
Don't know who said it but
we like the idea. Fellow said
he doesn't believe in modern
day child psychology" and
that his attitude on the subject
was simply that in HIS family
he is boss Further he says
that as far as he is concerned
he owns the house and he's
bigger'n his kids and they'll
do as he says! PERIOD!
PONDER
Chlorophyl is a wonderful
substance. And it really gets
around. Pills, gum and tooth
paste. Now comes a guy with
a practical idea which over
shadows the rest chloro-
phyl inner soles for shoes
which are guaranteed to give
you sweet feet.
ADVICE
Advice, says Haywood
Snugg, the Wimple of Barren
Street, is something people
give you so that you can avoid
making the same mistakes
they made. This enables. you
to make mistakes they would
have made if they hadn't
made the other mistakes in
Stead."
LAST WORD
To be born gentleman is
an accident; to die one is an
achievement.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-05-09
Senator Gray
Is Nominated

State Senator Theodore M. Gray,
Jr., of Piqua. who Madison county
Republican vo:ers gave 1929 vote
to c. /. l'owelrs 1905, VOL the
nomination when the unofficial
tabulation for the Eleventh Twelf-
tn District was completed. Senator
Gray who is serving his first term
will oppose How ard w. CaIlison.
Democrat, ii, the November elcc-
ton. s. -fH
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-05-09
HUME INITIATED

Robert Hume, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Horace Hume, Garfield Ave-,
London, was one of % freshmen
men selected for membership in
Romophos, sophomore mems hon
orary at Ohio State University.
They were initiated May s as part
of the regular May Week actvi-
tics.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-05-09
ih HOSPITAL

IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. Ernest H. Green, East High
Street, entered White Cross Hos
pital, Tuesday for observation and
treatment. Her room number is
244
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-05-09
Bacon, Bidwell, Taylor, Plymell
Daugherty and Wilson Nominated
Vote Light Compared 10
Unofficial Estimate Here

Unofficial Estimate Here
the May primary election the Republican voters 3o7'
and the Democrat I.2s6.
Voting in the city and county eonsdered light tor a
primary election comparison with the unofficial primary
estimates.
In the vsrious county contests George w. Taylor and
Rodney Pyme successful the for the Republican
nomination for while Glenn Dsushterty and j.
Bryan Wilson emerged victorious the Democrat contest for
commissioner
Tsyors vote tsbusted by the Board of Elections
1917; Plyme's 36s; Kleore's "a and Mesaw's 467.
In the Republican contest for sheriff. Harold BdweI re-
ceved 1925 votes to Robert Stewards b99.
Dr. William T. Bacon London physician. received the
Republican nomination for Madison county coroner by DE-
4s2 TO Luken 27 The nomination tanamounf TO election
the Democrats having failed TO candidate.
Democratic voters of Madison county favored Mehoel
Disable for u Senator the field OF tour candidates. They
gave John W. Donshey 333 TO DisaIes 344.
For State Central COMMITTEEMAN, they nominated James
H. Smith.
On the Republican ticket Madison county awarded
their nominating c. Powell in the State Senator
The Republican. favored Charles Taft for governor
giving him 1894 in the county to Thomas Herbert 's and
Roscoe Walcutt's At.
Taft delegates favored by the Madi
county voters the Republican ticket while he Democrat
voters favored Bdikiey over Kefauver delegates
the November election Madison County Engineer HeIse
g. Ekedah who received z o64 Republican votes will have
opposition for the office.
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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-05-09
Weather

Cloudy followed by showers
and scattered fhunderssorms
fhis afternoon and tonight.
Highest today $3.50 north.
60-65 south portions. Low
tonight $3.50 north. 50.55
south portions. Showers end
ind and cooler Saturday.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-05-09
Associated Press

Full AssocIcfed Press lecs.
ed wire service for sfofe. nc.
tioucl end world news. The
Associated Press Is enfifIes
exclusively TO use oil local
news In shis newspaper.
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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-12-19
Christmas a la u. S. A.
CONTINUED from Page la

Continued from Page 14)
leans knew me and l was barely in
troduced to all my future col
leagues. But all of a sudden / was
invited by an American family to
celebrate Christmas with them and
| was greatly astonished. II was an
astonishment which can only be
felt by European. Christmas in
Europe is exclusively a family
feast - one hardly invites ones
nearest relatives, not to speak of
strangers and there is little ex-
changing of gifts except within the
family. And this American family
knew no more of me than | was a
refugee from Czechoslovakia.
have often been asked what
differences there are between the
celebration of Christmas in Amer
lea and in Europe and / actually
did not know how to answer.
There is i'm Europe no Santa Claus
who appears to the children and
we have genuine candles on our
Christmas trees. But things like
that are only unimportant external
differences. The purposes remain
the same.
But are there real differences?
Do the Americans, from the view
point of a foreigner. celebrate
their Christmas worse or better
than Europeans? Do they ceIe-
brate it at all?
l would not answer all those
questions with an absolute yes"
because family celebrations of a
feast like this are hardly its real
real heart If someone has had his
last Christmas tree couple of
years before the end of an endless
war, or if he can not be with his
family, then he hardly cares for
celebration. And if he suddenly
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-12-19
Christmas
In Reverse
By Norman C.. SchIichter

Iceland, in a sense, celebrates
Christmas in reverse. Round the
world children hold the center of
the stage, but in Iceland it's "Old
Folks Time"
II all started at Isafjord, nearly
a century ago, when some young
people got together and decided to
show the older folk of their village
how much they were esteemed by
giving them the best Christmas
they had ever known. No older
person was allowed to do any work
in preparation for the feast. The
young people baked the cakes,
made the candies, and did all the
other things which, in previous
years, had been done for them.
They even tried to bring back the
past by preparing the favorite
dishes of their grandparents. A
play was presented recalling the
joys of an earlier day, and for the
festivities, rich and poor were
dressed alike-in the kind of
clothes grandma and grandpa wore
when they we're young.
The Isafjord idea spread and be-
came a custom throughout the
island. Christmas Day is observed
principally as Holy day, which it
is. and Iceland's special "Old
Folks Time" occurs on Christmas
Eve: the high tea, at which the
special refreshments are served;
the play which stirs old memories:
community singing of Icelandic
and Danish folk songs; in the eve
ming, games and dancing. Special
awards for the oldest person in
various groups are made at the
dance, with top honors going to
those between 80 and 90
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-12-19

sees family celebrating Christ
mas in d peaceful and prosperous
country, he is not apt TO be in
terested in their traditional Gus
toms, he is only able to feel.
A certain being -at-home feeling
suddenly comes upon him which
reminds him of his own lost home,
and he has a feeling of security
which is so unknown and strange
TO the refugee. And he compares
his feelings with those which he
had some years ago and which so
many millions of his fellow suf-
ferers still have. 1t reminds him
of all those people who. like him.
self, lost their property, country,
sons or fathers; of parents who are
looking desperately for their chill
dren; of husbands separated from
their wives and families. He feels.
with all of them, why and how
they all lost hope when they
thought of tomorrow being like to-
day and the next day being like
tomorrow.
And he knows that he never had
feeling like this before as
most American and European fam
lilies do not have it and don't know
how rich they are in the posses
sion of all those things which they
consider a matter OF course-fam-
lily, country, and home.
But maybe, too, nobody can eel
ebrate Christmas as well as people
in misery-people who have been
deprived of all superficiality and
have been guided to the real focus
of Christmas celebration.
l know a very young refugee
who lost everything except his
mother and who did not see her
for months because claw" for
bade her to cross the demarcation
zone. AS Christmas time was APP
preaching, he wrote her with tears
in his eyes how he regretted he
could not celebrate Christmas with
her. with no family and with
out friends.
He showed me her answer: my
son, don't be sad that you have no
human being to celebrate Christ
mas with, because you have
more. Don't make the same mis-
take which we and our parents
have made, forgetting for Whose
sake we were celebrating Christ
mas. Don't be looking for your
mother on the other side OF the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-12-19

Santa Claus, Indiana, which
normally serves about So persons,
handles nearly five million pieces
of mail annually, most of it at
Christmas. This volume of mail
would be normal for city of
10000. other localities handling
extraordinary amounts of mail at
Christmas are Christmas, Fla,
MistIetoe, KY. and seven Bethle-
hens.