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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-01-01
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IESAGl ltldJ we dflIlOQIlCe Tile
termination of our televiSion
program. For almost three
months we tried to please
you all by bringing Madison
County and its people to you
over the telewaves. Perhaps.
this will come as a surprise
to some and relief to others
but nevertheless we did try
to give you the best we had
and our decision to call it
quits comes as a result of al
most unbelievable neglect and
Indifference on the part of
Station WTVN.
Never in our experience
have we ever seen such in
difference and plain procras-
tination as displayed by
WTVN from une office girl
to the business manager. The
only person in the entire or
ganiZation with whom we
came in contact who seemed
interested in us was our
cameraman, Dean Mack. The
treatment we had received
came to be an insult both to
ourselves and those of you
who kindly tuned us in. In
the first seven presentations,
only two could be both seen
and heard. The expression
beyond our control" is over
worked at WTVN. We re-
gret that such was the case
because we genuinely en-
joyed the work and thought
that our efforts might do a
great deal to promote our
county and add a little zest
TO the process.
So there you have it. We
want to thank our loyal
sponsors and our interested
viewers and those who will
lingly gave their time to ap-
pear with us. Maybe at some
later date we can make ar
rangements to resume "Madi-
son County Memos" through
a different station. Thanks
again for your generous ac-
ceptance of what we were
able to give you.
suDN THOT
We wonder how many
subscribers land who know
everything that goes on a.
round here) take our paper
just to find out If WE know
what's going on!
BRIDGE
For those of you who
would like to hold better
hands at bridge comes a new
type of play called, Chou
lie." Difference is that the
deck is never shuffled so that
almost every hand is
freak. Ghoulie players say
that hands are dealt 5-5-3
which makes it possible to
average five slams per hour
and makes for wild bidding
and wilder playing.
CONTROLS
Gloria Swanson, who is
merely great in our book, in
formed the country the other
night that the government
had taken price controls off
crepe SuZettes, rattlesnake
meat and canned fried
worms. We looked this up
and it's true!
Asst WORD
Man opening the umptieth
delirium tremen tie ~.
Just what / wanted!'
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-01-01
z Appointed AS
Special Duputies

Robert w. MeClelland and
Clyde A. Richardson of Mt. Ster-
ling have been appointed and
sworn in as special deputy sher-
ifs Of Madison county. They are
employees of The Ohio Fuel Gas
Go. plant at Mt. Sterling. accord.
Ing to Sheriff Harold Bidwell.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-01-01
Tax Books Open

Madison County Treasurer
Roger Counts today announced
that the tax books are open for
payment of real estate taxes and
statements will be mailed within
the week.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-01-01
ANNOUNCE BIRTHS

Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Johnson,
Mt. Victory. announce the birth
of a daughter, Terry Lee. De-
eember II The baby weighed
eight pounds and IL ounces. Mr..
and Mrs, Emmett Morris of near
London are the maternal grand
parents.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-01-01
IN CALIFORNIA

Pvt. John r. Brown, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Brown,
London, Rt. 2. who was home
for the Christmas holidays has
left for Camp Roberts, Calf Ills
address is: PA John r.
Brown, us 52-162-742 Co. d.
33rd Army Engineer Bait. 7th
Armored Div. Trains. Camp Rob
erts. Calf.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-01-01
ANNOUNCE RlRTn

Mr.. and Mrs. Donald L. Lewis.
Sedalia Road. announce the birth
Of I son, Jeffrey Lyn at White
Cross Hospital. December II. Tho
baby weighed seven pounds. II
ounces.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-01-01
RECORDERS SON VICTIM
OF HUNTING ACCIDENT
ANNOUNCE WINNERS IN LONDON
CHRISTMAS DECORATION CONTEST

did things to the plans of num-
erous residents of London when
it came time to put up their
Christmas decorations, since the
out-of-town judges who toured
London during the holidays, re-
ported not too many on their
cruise, when they submitted their
list of winners TO Mrs. c. /.
Thibaut, president of London
Garden Club which sponsored the
contest.
The icy side streets presented
problem in getting around to
do the judging. in one instance
the car stalling at a street inter-
section, requiring the service of
one Good Samaritan who came
out with ashes to help the judges
on their way.
The judges based their de-
clSions on simplicity and origin
ality and simplicity They stated
that some picture windows were
beautifully decorated but were
not entitled to consideration since
they We're on the inside and clas-
sificationS We're for outside and
door arrangements.
OUTSIDE DECORATION
For the outside, first honor
went to Mr.. and Mrs. Wilfred T.
Dwyer, % Springfield Road. An
original lighting effect pleased
the judges and influenced their
decision.
Second honor went to Mr.. and
Mrs. Wayne Goodyear who had
combined a picture window and
door ornamentation on their new
home on Richmond Avenue.
Third went to Mayor and Mrs.
E. P. Speasmaker, les South
Main Street, who had decorated
with a sleigh and large lighted
tree topped with a glittering
star.
Honorable mention went to Mr..
and Mrs. Lawrence Wood. who
had a large Bible scene lighted
at the side OF their home, 143
Chandler Avenue.
DOOR DEcoRATInNs
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Rankin.
90 Richmond Avenue. were Civ
EN- first place for their unique
display. A large clock was sur
rounded with greens. The numer-
ais on the face We're letters spell
ing Merry Christmas. The
hands pointed to slightly after
II o'clock and from ribbons
swung large pendulum made of
pine cone. A semi-garland of
green and red ribbon was over
the doorway.
In second place, the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alan Kulp, 90 East
Fifth Street, had a lighted Ian
tern imbedded in gr e emery
against a white background.
When they came TO the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul M. Dwyer.
191 East High Street, which they
gave third place. the only COM
ment in the report was, En-
chanting"
The judges stated in passing,
that some of the homes had been
decorated but were not lighted
when they made the tour, making
il impossible to get much idea of
what they represented.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-01-01

Freezing roin and sleef with
hczcrdous driving conditions.
except rain with uhove
freezing temperatures in ex-
freme southeastern portion
fodoy Rein probably ending
early tonight and becoming
colder. Lowest ranging from
about | 5 northwest 70 Is 10
30 southeast portion.
Evening star., 1952-03-23

residents were proud Of its rank
as the "wickedest little city in
America"
Digging into authentic con-
temporary records, Mr.. Vestal
has found literary gold in old
newspapers, "reminiscences, pro-
sale court records. He has no
need to draw a long bow. The
facts themselves are bizarre
enough and bloody enough; and
when he recounts a legend, he
labels it as such. He offers us a
tiltillating gallery Of wild men.
wilder women, bullwhackers, In
dian killers and. on page after
page, the ever-present gamblers
who offered odds on anything.
Bad men were heroes then,
but also some good ones. wyatt
carp Takes a Hand" describes
how one of the officers of the
law made himself felt. Cock
eyed Frank Kills Richardson" is
another zestful section; and
then there are '"The Killing of
Dora Hand" Mysterious Dave"
and a full chapter dealing with
tricks played on newcomers,
scares and alarms for belly
laughs. Throughout the author
shows the result of painstaking
study that is far from painful
for the reader-in itself an
achievement.
Evening star., 1952-03-23
Crime
By Miriam Gutenberg

The Long Green. BY Bart Spicer.
(Dodd. Mead 81 Co.: $500
Red Badge.
The kidnaper had warned the
child's grandfather to keep away
from the police. but everything
conspired to attract the law to
the Jonas ranch house-the
shooting of a deputy sheriff and
the fatal stabbing of a not-too-
innocent byStander. And the
Jonas secret had to be spread
to all the kidnapping suspects.
Enter Carney Wilde to get back
the child alive. despite all these
hazards. How the detective
copes with his rapidly mount
ing problems makes for some
of the fastest. toughest story
telling of this season by an
author who always seems to
turn out a competent Job.
4 4 \ y
Triple Jeopardy. BY Rex Stout.
(Viking Press; $2.50.)
The annual Nero Wolfe three
some involves these problems:
Which of six persons put a poi
son pellet into a vitamin pill
box? What was the clue q po-
liceman was carrying in a fold
ed newspaper that led him to
a barber shop and death? What
shenanigans prompted a pis-
toll switch in the desk Of a comic
strip entrepreneur? The first of
the trio seems the most full
bodied, but all of them give the
inimitable fat man a fine OPP
portunity for mental gym
naSticS.
Murder, Maestro, Please. BY
Delano Ames. (Rinehart ~
Co.; $2.50.)
First somebody took a pot
shot at Jane and Dagobert
Brown and then the cousin they
were supposed to chaperone
confessed between sobs she had
shot her boy friend. Dagobert
couldn't find the body. but
there had been an auto acci-
dent. The music festival in the
remote Pyrenees undoubtedly
was developing some fiat notes.
This is one Of the fancier
Brown adventures. complete
with Zany characters and
enough motivation for several
murders.
Evening star., 1952-03-23
A Contentious Thomas Sugrue Takes
The Catholics Of America to Task

of sending an American ambas-
sador to the Vatican. This was
a political move, as Bishop Leech
pointed out, not a religious
matter. Many Catholics were
opposed to it
But even if they take to heart
some of these charges about
their failure to live their re-
ligion, Catholics will still won-
der why it was that they should
have first appeared in a Prot
estant publication. Parts Of "A
Catholic Speaks His Mind" were
published In the Christian Her
ald,. where they could hardly
have benefited Catholics or re-
assured ProtestantS. In short, it
would not serve to lessen re-
ligious tension, its avowed pur-
pose.
MARY MccRoRY.
Evening star., 1952-03-23
By Florence S. Berryrnon

Paintings in oil, tempera and
water color and a few drawings
by young artists Of Austria. ar;
ranged under auspices Of the
Embassy of Austria, are on view
at the Whyte Gallery. through
March 81. More than 80 works
by 20 artists indicate that they
share the international inter-
est in a multiplicity of modern
idioms.
Also. like some modernS in
various Western countries, cer-
tain of these Austrian painters
Seem to enjoy a freedom from
esthetic discipline which results
in scrawls. smears and generally
amorphous shapes that give
some aspects of contemporary
art an unpleasant flavor.
However. the exhibition has
its good points. Alice Bogart's
"Salzburg." fresh and airy, con-
veying the mountain atmos-
phere; Hans Fruhmann's "Ab-
straction," well painted. with a
color scheme in nuances Of gray
and violet; Gustav HeSsing's
strong High Tension Towers"
Wolfgang Hutter's excellent
surrealist pencil drawing, Ed
gar Jene's eau rendezvous des
phares," Otto Krasnitzky's witty
Umbrellas" Arnuff Neuwirth's
Harbor." Steinwendner's hand
some Golden Room" and To-
ledo's "Boats" all seemed to me
rieritoriouS.
Evening star., 1952-03-23
The Story of Lord Duyeen Of MiIIbonk,
Most Amazing Art Dealer Of All Time
B. S. N. Behrman. Random House; $780,

Of the Treasury had planned to
construct the building Of lime.
stone, but was persuaded by the
Englishman to substitute mar
BILE at an additional cost of 5
millions. Duveen dealt casually
In millions, buying and selling
the work of the old masters
for fabulous prices. He rarely
had a great amount of cash on
hand. but his credit at New
York and London banks was
always good for almost any sum.
He was an eccentric character.
Not every one could buy a
''Duyeen." The question was
whether he'd let a particular
painting go to some one who
wasn't q regular customer, and,
likely as not, he'd refuse. Some
times. for some whim Of his
own, he would sell q picture for
less than it cost him.
The playwright has done an
outstanding job on Duyeen. The
book is q selection Of the Book
of-the-Month Club.
CARTER BROOKE JONES.
Evening star., 1952-03-23

A CATHOLIC SPEAKS HIS
MIND
BY Thomas Sugrue. Harper &
Bros, 81
At the core of Mr.. Sugrue's
contentious little book Is a plea
for more spirituality among
American Catholics. This is a
charge which can be levied on
any given sect at any given time.
Catholics In America being
more blessed than others with
this worlds goods, probably
stand in particular need Of being
reminded that they are. to use
the authors words, IAN aggres-
sive, materialistic, socially am
bilious lot"
In making such accusations,
Mr.. Sugrue says that he is
breaking q taboo against self
criticism in the church. Even
if criticism from within is the
exception rather than the rule,
in all fairness it should be
pointed out that such periodicals
as America and Commonweal
often take their brethren to
task. But leaving that aside,
Mr.. Sugrue makes q number Of
points about sectarianism that
should strike home with Amer
lean Catholics. He overstates
others.
AT the same time. however.
they may be slightly bemused to
see themselves labeled as 20
paranoid pressure group whose
growing domination In the af-
fairs Of the church gives the
immediately hammered mobiles
in the Vatican shivers Of revul-
sion.' They viii note with con-
sternation that Mr.. Sugrue
makes such doctrinal slips as to
say that Jesus suggested q
church, one through which man
might find his way to God.
And they will be downright puz-
zled as to where he got the idea
that he was expected by his
religionists to approve the idea
Evening star., 1952-03-23

/. crumpled back the Federal right
and lost the battle for q be-
wildereded Hooker. The whole
confusion Of that dreadful
night, with friends and foes
mingled inextricably and fires
in the wilderness adding to the
horror. is communicated as If
1t happened yesterday.
"Glory Road is q worthy
successor to 'tMr. Lincoln's
Army" the memorable first
volume In a series Of books
Mr.. Cation is writing about the
Civil War. The author, q for
mer Government information
chief in Washington. is a his
torian who can write with the
color and emotional appeal Of q
good novelist.
+ i +
LOOK DOWN IN MERCY
BY Walter Baxter. Putnam; ;
$780,
This first novel concerns the
adventures of a British COM
pany commander named Tony
Kent during the early fighting
against the Japanese in Burma.
The captain appears, at the
opening of the story, before
his outfit is moved from a quiet
post in India, to be an average
young officer. He has a wife
in England, and he has drifted
without enthusiasm into a mo-
mentary, alcohol induced affair
with a nurse. But when he gets
into the sporadic jungle COM
bat in Burma, he goes to pieces
rapidly. His courage falters
and he develops a homosexual
attachment for his batinan.
The more he endures hardship
and danger the more debased
he becomes.
Mr.. Baxter writes very well
and he has described the Pc
culiar terrorS of that ill-fated
campaign wildly, If with a sur
felt of revolving detail. It is
not, of course, necessary to
make the aeading character in
every war story a hero, and yet
Kent, turns out to be such a
weakling, so completely selfish
and so dominated, in the end,
by degenerate impulses that
you hardly care what happens
to him-no fate seems more
than he deserves. And it is
hard to sustain interest in some
one for whom you haven't the
slightest sympathy. The net
result Of the book is to leave
you slightly nauseated.
Evening star., 1952-03-23
osPossos TrioIogy
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

0A0 44e4A4 VA &<4OVNADA1
BY John Dos Passos. (Hough-
ton-Mt17in.; So
Here a trilogy Of Dos Passos
novels Is published in one vol
ume. The book includes "Ad-
ventures Of q Young Man,
Number One and '.The Grand
Design" In an reduction.
Arthur Mizener suggests that
the novels IN District Of Co
lumbia" be approached by way
Of the tradition Of comedy ex-
emplified In slightly different
ways by Ben JonSon and Swift.
The same standards cannot be
applied to Dos Passos' recent
book that are exacted Of the
realistic novel, he points out,
and he feels that the fiat.
deadly accurate, ironic style
emphasizes the pattern Of the
lives depicted To say that the
talk and feeling Of these people
is commonplace lis to miss COM
pletely the governing irony Of
tlaa urrk NJ
cARTER BROOKE JoNEs.
Evening star., 1952-03-23
DUVEEN

1t was due largely to one man
that such multimillionaireS as
Mellon, the senior Rockefeller.
Frick,, KreSs, the elder Morgan
and B. Altman acquired a major
portion of the worlds MASTER
pieces of art. That man was
Joseph Duveen, the most amaz-
ing art dealer Of all time, who
when he died in 1889 at SO was
Lord Duveen of Millhank.
Lord Duveen had galleries in
New York, London and Paris.
but he spent most of his time
in New York carrying out his
self-appointed mission to trans
fer the art of the Old World to
the wealthy. acquisitive New
World.
Mr.. Behrman brings out in
this fascinating book that
Duveen had a dominant part in
the decision of Andrew Mellon
to leave his great collection of
paintings to the Nation and
build the National Gallery Of
Art to house it and other col
lections. The former Secretary
Evening star., 1952-03-23
TheForeign Service
Boys in Rome
BY Paul Hyde Bonner. lCRarles
ScribneT'S Sons: 81

BY Paul Hyde Bonner. lCHarles
Scrtbner's Sons; $3.J
This first novel by q former
ECA official has an extremely
intelligent air, but when ali is
said and done. it is nothing
more than the tale Of q man
who has his cake and eats it,
too. Like its hero, it lacks cour-
age Of its convictions.
Thes fIails in question is one
Loyat Fraser, first Secretary Of
the American Embassy In Rome,
who is discovered resolving not
to succunnb to Rome. When
the time comes. however, he puts
up q resistance that must be one
of the briefest in Roman history.
Lovat becomes involved with not
one. but two noble Roman
ladies.
Interestingly enough, this
triangle is fashioned into a
weapon in the cold war, thanks
to the fact that a United
States parlor snake is also a
Communist. A most unpriestly
cleric. named Msgr. Walsh, dis
patches the suspected Red Che
is also called Red. If you like
symbolisml to Hungary. It is,
as the supercilious Lovat says,
like a Sabatini novel"
The rewards OF. indiscretion
in Lovat's case are boundlesS.
Interspersed with this implau-
sible action is some very in
teresting talk about Italy.
This is not enough to offset the
undiStinguishable character of
Lovat's two loves and the pre-
posterous monsignor. an I'm
likely combination of Machia-
velli and Going My Way"
MARY McGRORY.
Evening star., 1952-03-23
NewMuuriuc Novel
A M Work Of Austere
And lucid Prose
TIE WEAKLING AND
THE ENEMY
BY Francois Mauriac. (Pel
nrini q Cudnhu. 81

THE ENEMY
BY Francois Mauriac. (Pelle-
grint & CudGlsy; So
Reviewed by Mary MeGrory
III. Manriac Is i giant among
contemporary novelists. He
writes with authority and COM !
passion from q fii1n base Of
moral values. IN his austere
and lucid prose. the great
dramas pf the soul are re-
enacted, the eternal ironies Of
human behavior are outlined
against the grace Of God.
OF these two short novels,
9 The WeaklingD Is . new work;
The Enemy q reissue. Both of
them are studies IN the effects
of passion. The Weaklingo is
q powerful, stark story Of the
last pitiful offshoot Of q noble
French clan. who is farmed out
to the village Communist
oolteacher. Son OF q hercely5
resentful mother and q totally
Intellectual father, poor little
Guillaunne experiences his first
taste of cornradeShip with
the. red scholteacher and
his wife. The schoolteacher,
however. decides that it is
counter to the interests Of the
class warfare to continue the
arrangement and for Guillaume
and his father, it is the last
-insupportable cruelty.
: Part of the irony is in the
title. Is it for the resentful
Paula, trapped in a life she
hates because of her weakness
for aristocracy. Is it hopeless
Guillaume, or his equally futile
father? Or was 1t the school,
master, the revolutionary, the
dialectical materialist who
comes to reproach himself for
having treated q human soul
like "a stray puppy that he
had warmed moment by the
fire."
A Marvellous Sermon.
"The Enemy" reminiscent in
some ways of M. Mauriac's "The
Desert of Love-" chronicles the
corroding effect of passion on
a young man brought up by a
Jansenist mother. The only
intruder behind the great
wall of faith that incloses the
family is the mothers girlhood
friend Fanny. an atheist and a
libertine.
Fanny arouses the sleeping
sensuality of the innocent Fa-
bien. and shortly he becomes a
kept man. The novel is very
short, but within its brief
limits, M. Mauriac investigates
a wide variety of human con-
ditiOnS with his Wonted insight
and economy. 1t is at once a
marvellous sermon on lthe wit
lesSness Of piety without love,
the story of tolerance that
turns to love and Of passion that
Gibbs into q mere desire to be
alive. M. Mauriac's facility for
suggesting countless different
strands Of human ties has never
been more strikingly illustrated
than IN this sonber. subtle
story.
Evening star., 1952-03-23

one saloon for
every so resi-
dents. Such
W as Dodge
City in its
gaudy West
ern prim e..
a n d nobody
has ever given
it its due as
has Mr.. YES
tai in this
fine piece of
Americana, a
lie 6 It'll m a t e
offspring of
aarOnSt cchO1-
Evening star., 1952-03-23

arship and zestful storytelling.
AS one critic observed, Dodge
City called that day lost whose
low descending sun saw no man
killed or other mischief DONE"
And generally, pardner. you
could take your pick of mis-
chiefs, with knife. gun, rope or
sporting girls stiletto. Dodge
was rough and raw, and If you
didn't believe that. ready to
prove it to you. A large proper
ton Of its cowboy and other
Evening star., 1952-03-23

"The Beautiful Bibuious Bab-
ylon of the Frontier" "Hell
on the Plains" a rip-roaring
place with the happy record of
Evening star., 1952-03-23
Eighty Years Of Howes

Art is demonstrably way Of
life for family in which dur
ing three generations, seven
members have expressed them.
selves in paintings and graphic
media. Three Generations of
Howes, 1881-1951" is the title
of an unusual exhibition at
George Washington University
this month. A preliminary
notice was published in The
Star February 81 for the show
which opened 10 days later.
The exhibition is composed of
works by Walter Bruce Howe,
lawyer; his late parents, Walter
and Mary Robins Howe: his
late brother Ernest geologist;
his son Bruce, archaeologist:
his daughter, Molly Howe Lynn.
artist and choreographer, and