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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-02-05

ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.--In
1912 when King Gustav of Sweden
tabled Indian Jim Thorpe "the
greatest living athlete in the
world" little did the famous
athlete imagine what pitfalls of
life lay ahead of him.
For not long after he had re-
ceived the medals and trophies
which he won in the Olympic
Games of that year, he was forced
to return them when it was dis
covered that he had played pro-
fessional baseball while still q
student at the Carlisle Indian
School.
In later years, some sources, in
Guiding Thorpe's wife Patricia,
have tried to maintain that it was
semi-pro baseball which the great
athletic participated in, but the
truth is that Thorpe played on a
professional base&all team in
Rocky Mount, then a member of
the Eastern Carolina League.
While there aren't many base
ball fans around now who remem-
Der those days, the batboy for
that team, Charlie Harris, now an
insurance man, remembers Thorpe
well.
Thorpe was attending Carlisle
during the winter months and
played baseball two summers,
1909 and 1910, for the Rocky
Mount club which was known as
the Tan Heels. AS matter of
fact, there are some who say that
Indian Jim was not even in col
lege when he played here, but that
he was a high school boy at
Carlisle.
Thorpe's flashing fists and his
magnificent throwing arm as we'll
as his baSe-running are legendary
with Harris, who still is in base
ball as official scorer for the
Rocky Mount club.
But the high spot in his me-
mory centers around Thorpe's
base running.
Since most or the towns in the
Eastern Carolina loop (noW most
of them are in the Coastal Plain
League) were short distances
apart, the custom was to play two
games on the Fourth of July with
the two teams playing one game
in ore park then moving to the
other city for the afternoon game.
On the Fourth of July, 1910,
Rocky Mount, with its ace Indian,
travelled to Wilson to play the
first game in the morning. In the
course of the game, Harris recalls,
Thorpe got on base. However, in
a play at home, the Wilson
catcher, Pop Westlake, tagged
jim out. This made big Jim mad
and he turred to Westlake and
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-02-05
Social Security
Checks Should
Come After 3rd

Workers and their FAMILIES in
this area who are entitled to So
cial Security monthly checks
should receive them a few days
after the Bird of each month. This
statement was made today by
c. C.. Darby, manager of the Co
lumbus field office of the Social
Security Administration in the
Old Post Office Building, State
and Third Streets, Columbus.
Some months, due to favorable
conditions affecting the process
ing of the thousands of claims
handled by. the Social Security
area office in Chicago and the
thousands of checks issued by
the Treasury Department, checks
may arrive as early the 3rd of
the month. More frequently, how
ever, beneficiaries do not receive
them until some time during the
six or seven day period following
the 3rd of the month, Darby con-
tinued. Therefore, he urged these
folks to be patient On or about
the 4th Of each month, the local
office receives telephone calls
when, due to circumstances be-
yond the control of the Columbus
field office, the Chicago area Of
flee and the Treasury Depart
ment, beneficiaries have not re-
ceived their checks. These tele-
phone calls continue day after
day, sometimes up to as late as
the 10th of the month, until the
checks are in the hands of the re-
cipients, he went on.
Darby concluded with the as
surance that if you received a
check in the preceding month and
no event has occurred-Such as
employment, de tn, marriage,
divorce, etc.-to cause Suspension
or termination of your benefits,
and your check is not received
by the 18th, appropriate action
will be taken to determine the
reason for delay.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-02-05
Qfsseo's'2S<n
BY Barb, Jan, and Phyl

If you happened to drop in or
London Hi Friday afternoon and
saw a familiar face trying to sell
mouse traps to the assembly and
another calling it her English
class, you don't worry about your
eyes. We had with us Mr.. Ernst,
a psychologist and hypnotist.
While demonstrating his powers
to us, Mr. Ernst found Eunice
Taylor and Don Kennedy very
good subjects. Flabbergasted as
we were, no one was as amazed
as those two when they woke
up!
Friday was our busy day. In
the morning Mr.. Byerly, who is
taking all the pictures for our
yearbook, came over to the school
house to photograph all the teach
ers, bus drivers, janitors, engi-
necrs, and cafeteria staff. Most of
these hard working folk weren't
very used to being out from ce-
hind the scenes, but we think
their pictures are going to look
exceedingly handsome in the Lon
DOMAIN
Also in the cool damp Of Fri
day A. M. the seniors, not cnly Of
London, but of all the county
schools, took the senior scholar.
ship tests. They struggled for
three hours in our study hall over
things they'd long since forgotten,
but they were still able to smile
at the end of it, which is en-
couraging for next years seniors.
Good luck with those grades, kids.
The Senior Service Scouts
proved they had a right to their
middle name last week as they
collected money for the March of
Dimes at the movie. A worthier
cause we can't find, and all the
girls were glad to be able to help.
Tuesday evening the seniors in
the English literature and speech
classes attended the University
Theatres performance of Gold
smiths hilarious "She Stoops to
/ Conquer" They all came back
confirmed theater goers, so it
must have been every bit as Won
derful as they had anticipated.
/ The classy Red Raiders took
billiards by storm here Friday
night and defeated them 1926.
However, Saturday in the Otter
bein gym at Westerville they
were stopped by Worthington 55-
66. Though our hopes for a Mid
Six, championship are shattered
we're still roofing for our team.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-02-05
worthington
Gives London
Double Defeat
BY The jerks

London was handed Varsity and
Reserve defeats in the Saturday
night tits by Worthington, Var
sity-66-55; Reserve-27-2l.
Although London led off they
relinquished this lead to the
Cardinals who led 1916 at the
end of the first quarter. The
Raiders starting five, playing
beautiful ball, narrowed the gap
to give Worthington a bare one
point edge at mid-Game. Bill
MINERS high II came largely in
the first half. wort hi in ton
marked 80 to London's p in the
second stanza. Cox, Rieke, and
Campbell were responsible for the
Cardinals scoring damage with
Is. IA, Il respectively.
The low-scoring Reserve game
ended up with a 27-2l win for
Worthingtcn. During the game in
which London closed in during
the last, Marvin Hughes count
cred nine for London, and Paul
Smith was high for the hosts with
10.
Tuesday, Feb. ), London meets
the Plain City Scottes whom they
barely edged out 1916 the last
time. Friday, London journeys to
Westerville. Six points spelled the
difference in the last London vic
tory over this team. WesterVille
also is the only Mid-SiX team to
have beaten Worthington.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-02-05

and going into the ninth inniri
neither team had a run. Jim final
ly drew walk. The next man up,
Rocky Mount third sacker Jimmy
Gillespie, singled to right field.
The Wilson right fielder took
the ball on the hop ard threw
it home without a moments hesi-
tation.
The fleet-footed Thorpe took off
from first base like a scared rab-
bit and as he rounded third base,
saw that Westlake was blocking
the plate.
When he was some 25 feet from
home plate, Thorpe let out wild
Indian war whoop and launched
himself into mighty broad jump
straight for the plate.
The sight of the full-blooded
Sac and Fox Indian coming
through the air straight for him
proved too much ard Westlake
backed off while Thorpe scored
with the only run of the game.
Back in those days, Harris re-
members, it wasn't uncommon for
college boys to play in the league
and one summer the entire Brown
University team played with
Tarboro.
In 1912, Thorpe went to. the
Olympic Games where he pulled
off one of the most amazing featS
of all time. He won both the de-
cathlon and pentathlon events, but
later had to return the victory
medals when it was discovered
that he had played pro ball in
Rocky Mount.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-02-05
Grow Christmas
Trees Save Soil

COLUMBUS, o., R,-One way
to combine profit with reclama-
ton of worn out soil is to plant
Christmas trees according to
Robert R. Patton, an Ohio Fores-
try Association forester.
He told the annual meeting of
the association in Columbus only
10 per cent of spruce and fir
Christmas trees" sold in Ohio
are homegrown.
Patton said spruce trees adapt
themselves to Ohio soil and eli
mate and are superior to
other Christmas tree varieties in
that they hold their needles
longer"
Ohio farmers have been grow
ing Christmas trees for about the
past 20 years, Patton said, but
it has only been in the last five
years or SO that farmers have
really taken to the idea.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-02-05

ties and an increase in enlist
mentS.
This is the fastest Selectivc SER
vice prediction following a mixup
in which draft Director Lewis B.
Hershey first forecast a sharp in
crease for the April-May-June
period but later, said a mistake
lad been made.
instead of Hershey's original
estimate of 10000 a month. the
figure probably will be between
10000 and $4,000 men called
monthly during the period, Off
cials said
This compares with the Janu-
ary call of $4,000, February 52,-
700, Marco 29600, and the
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-02-05

purchasing a license due to the
new non-restricted fishing policy
adopted for the 1852 season by
the Ohio Wildlife Council. Fish
ermen, with only a few waters
excepted, are unrestricted as to
the number and size of fish they
take nor will they be forced to
observe any closed seasons, il
waters under the !:,rlsdiction of
the Division of vyildlife.
The exceptions are listed on
the new Fishing Digest which
will be available to anglers when
they purchase license.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-02-05
Skeleton Reports
Held Distorted

HONOLULU, Up Tokyo
press reports of Japanses skele-
tons scattered about Two Jima
are "gravely distorted" A U. S.
Naval spokesman said,
An officer of the Pacific fleet
said ''lf you look nard for them.
you're sure to find some skele-
4 rs. And the Japanese Party's
announced mission was to look
for them, and preform last rites
over them"
He referred to an expedition
led by Buddhist priest Jusho
Wachi, a former naval officer.
Wachi's party sent grim reports
Of its findings back to Japan.
The stories and pictures were
given prominent display in the
japanese press.
Another officer said he had
Eeen on Two Five times since
the war and never saw skele-
ton."
Cmdr. L. G. Findley, Navy in
lands officer, said all the dead
on the blood-soaked battlefield
were buried Immediately after
The U. S. marines occupied the
island in March, 1945.
Another officer said tphoons
and erosion might have uncover
ed number of caves and pill
boxes where Japanese bodies
were sealed.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-02-05

son County are cooperating with
this sale.
The organization voted recently
to set up awards for the All and
FLA hampshire class at the
county fair. iH
Officers of the organization are:
President-Ralph Ray; Vice Presi-
dent, Nelson Ingersol; Secretary
Treasurer Donald Rolfe; Direc-
tors; James Littler, Raymond
Ryan, c. r. Worley and Roger
Timmons.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-02-05

monthly average of $4,000 since
the draft was reactivated in Sep
tember 1850. Highest figure was
$4,000 for March, 1851
Officials said Hershey had used
old information on which to base
nis estimates. They said condi-
tions had changed since, due to
he Korean lull and because en-
listments had climbed.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-02-05
BRARY HAS
GALA OPENING

BARRHEAD, Alta. R-Open
ing of a new library is usually
a cut-and-dried affair but the
youngsters really whooped it up
in this small community north of
Edmonton. More than 1900 stu
dents and many parents attended
the official opening of the second
regional library in Alberta.
Twent y-six school buses
brought them TO the modern
Barrhead school. They swarmed
through the corridors, inspected
the art exhibits, had their fill of
hot dogs and soft drinks and
heard speeches by government of
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-02-05

ficials. 1t was topped off by a
program of basketball, boxing,
tumbling, m5vies and dancing.
Persons who attended the OPEN
ing bought library memberships
at 81 each. The money will be
used to expand the original stock
of books.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-02-05
GROUP PLANS SALE

Madison County Hampshire
Swine Association has scheduled
their first bred gilt, open gilt,
and boar sale for April, at the
Madison County Fair Ground ac-
cording to Donald Rolfe, Secre-
tary of the County Association.
Over fifteen members from Madi-
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-02-05
Midway Defeats
Canaan bb-3b

Midway took over Canaan &C.
SO Friday night on the losers
floor. The victory marked Mid
ways 18th against five losses this
season.
Dick Bogenrife was the high
point man for the winners with
% while Wilson led the scoring
for the losers with IA The Mid
way reserves won 1928.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-02-05
West Jefferson
Beats Madison

West jefferson High bucketeers
kept their league title hopes alive
Friday night by defeating Madi-
son Rural 1884. The Jefferson
team has a 6-1 record in the
county league, ranking next to
Plain City's 10 and 80 mark
overall
The game Friday was the fifth
one point decision West Jefter-
son has played this season. Four
of the contests were victories.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-02-05
London Downs
billiards 76-26

London High Red Raiders
swamped billiards 1926 in q
Mid. Six League contest on the
local floor Friday night.
The victory was London's
fourth in seven league starts and
seventh in total games played.
Bill Hunter with II points led
the LondOa attack. The London
reserves Won 1924.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-02-05
COLD YEAR

SASKATOON, Sask. R,-Now
that it's over, weather records
complied at the University of
Saskatchewan how 1851 was the
coldest year he, since190O The
average temperature fcr he year
was 39 regreeS.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-02-05
Spring Draft TO
Be Much Lower

WASHINGTON, TIP Draft
quotas for the spring months
may be far lower than expected
due to a drop in Korea casual
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-02-05
TH0RPE'S DIAMOND FEATS
THRILLED CAROLINA FANS

growled: when the Chief gets on
base, the Chief wants to score"
The second game, played in
Rocky Mount, was a tight one
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-02-05

Scores at end of each period:
Madison Rural w 10 Is "a "a
West jefferson ..... 9 Ia 26 35
Officials-Lehman and Schultz.
ReServes-West jeff, 80; Madi-
son, 26.
Evening star., 1952-12-05
Hollywood Diary
Carson Cancels Job
To See Grid Game
BY Sheiloh Grahom.

Jolson, AIS brother. is doing okay
despite the recent amputation
Also, he has just legally adopted
his two stepchildren. Billie, 16, and
Dick, II.
Celeste Holm is gallivantine
around town with Eastern Author
Jimmy Pollock. :. Ann Blyth gets
steadier with DR.. Jim McNulty-
Dennis Days brother. Ex-
stripper Marcie Hart says she just
bought a barely furnished house
in Coldwater Canyon.
Roberta Peters is pouting be-
cause Byron Palmer's role in ITO
night We Sing" is bigger than
hers. All that and Byron uses
Jan Peerce's voice!
Stewart Granger is on layof
He'd prefer to work and pick ur
the money. His big house in Be
Air is still unsold. And, talking
lof white elephantS-Rosemary
Clooney was spotted with her hanc
inside a baby elephants mouth
posing for Life. Well, Garbc
used to pose with lions.
The new Sands Hotel in La!
Vegas hopes to lure Bob Taylor
to its opening with the acceptance
of Ursula Thesis. Mrs. Jane.
Mason is mothering British Actol
Dick Burton. He's living with
Pam and James.
Claude Dauphin tours Franc,
and Africa in "Toy Department,
before Mile. Modiste"-ing will
Katie Grayson at Warmers.
Evening star., 1952-12-05

of Black Hills land. AS a stalwart
who speaks the white mans Ian
guage, Heston is sent to the Army
post nearby to learn exactly what
are the intentions Of Washington
For while. in association with
these, he tends to revert to white
type. This lasts, however. only
until q villainous Army captain
skaters the Sioux adoptee's illu-
sions by shooting in cold blood the
Indian girl he calls sister" He
returns to the tribe incensed and
vengeful and readily agrees to be-
come the instrument to lead the
white troops into a deadly Sioux
trap.
In the showdown, however, his
anger and lust for revenge fail
him and he becomes q solitary
emissary pleading with both sides
to settle their dispute without
bloodshed.
Heston whose role completely
dominates THE Savage" does as
good job as the script allows in
playing the hero whose loyalties
are so savagely divided. He is up
against a number of implausibil-
tiles. including some high-class
political oratory on the part of
the supposedly reticent Sioux. but
he manages several artful conceal
ments of some of these.
Marshall's direction comes to
the rescue of not only Heston but
also the others by keeping hostil-
tiles fairly seething between the
enemy forces. There is always
battle in the immediate offing and
each of these is whopper. In
one, Heston single-handedly res
cues an ambushed soldier platoon,
Later, he turns a covered wagon
into dive-bomber which he drops
with a load of exploding dynamite
over a mountain precipice.
This is pretty impressive, but
not more so than in a later Sc
quence in which another couple
of wagons are converted into
primitive flame throwers.
X
There is a love story. naturally
running through The Savage
but it is dramatically subordinate
to the more spectacular elements
of the hero's loyalty test and the
pitched battles.
Some attractive secondary spots
of acting are provided by Peter
Hanson as a decent Army lieu
tenant: Richard Rober as des-
picable captain: Joan Taylor as
fiery. decorative Indian girl, and
Milburn Stone as a roguish Army
corporal who picks the hero as his
| fighting partner with the unerring
instinct of a soldier for a natural
leader
Evening star., 1952-12-05
Peqqy Lee Show Is LWeIier
Than Horizons West
By Horry Macarthur

a film which suffers from toe
much talk between the suggests
The plot Mr.. Stevens has con-
ceived is not going to win him
any prizes in any originality con-
tests and probably not even any
honorable mentions. Ryan is the
real son, Hudson the adopted one
of a Texas rancher and his wife.
Riding back to the ranch after
the War. pair of defeated Con-
feder2te officers. Hudson is eager
to talle up where he left off chas-
ing COWS, Ryan not so eager.
oaesino through Austin. Ryan
has seen all that Yankee wealth
and Miss Adams. both of which
look good. Hudson has seen a
Miss Judith Braun, who impresses
him a great deal more than she
impresses any one else around the
premises, including this impress
sionable reviewer. Got a little
bit of plot here. Hudson obviously
is about to be in love with Judith,
who is in love with Ryan, who
can't see her.
Horizons West" finally gets
around to some action when Ryan
decides the ranch life is not for
him, gathers a band of renegades
and sets up in the cattle-rustling
and empire-building trade. 1t is
too little and too late, however.
The prelude to Peggy Lee on
the Capitol's stage bill also has
its lively moments in the eXuber-
ant dancing of Peggy Ryan and
Ray Mcdonald. Others on hand
are Don Cherry, recording star,
and Comic Danny Chrystal.
Evening star., 1952-12-05

Jack Carson Cancelled his New
Years date at the Shamrock
when Wisconsin was booked fol
the Rose Bowl. Jacks from Mil
waukee and he ought to know
lSo is Dennis Morgan. They plar
much whoop-de-do for the team
here.
In spite Of very mediocre re.
view, the crowd wanting to see
"Bwana Devil" at the Paramount
Theater here on opening night
was so big that the cops were
called to regulate the line. :. And
talking of the devil. Vincent Price
writes he's getting into the strang-
lest within the space oi
two weeks Don Juan in He'll" hits
Ia Methodist church, Jewish Syna-
gogue, Catholic college, with 9
Mormon tabernacle coming up
Craig Hill rushed back from the
snow to give Bob Wagner competi.
ton with the boss daughter. He
escorted Susan Zanuch to Ethe
Merman's black-tie farewell-to'
Hollywood affair. Bob six flew in
of course-to see Ethel.
When Stanley Kramer reverted
to a standard Western like "Higf
Noon," he made more money thar
with his previous four artistic
films put together. And did yol
know that, when Carl Foreman
took off for Europe, Stanley recu
the picture himself and injected
the hit title song. Sam Gold
wyn. jr., out Of the Army. remain
in New York for six months of TV
scouting.
Everett Crosby sold his plac,
here to live in the East, and he'
up to his elbows in black Angu
cattle near Poughkeepsie. He
aiming for a herd of 600.
Ann Miller passed up Franl
Ryan. Prince Serge Obolensky ant
Herbie Klotz in New York to fl,
here for a date with Bill O'Connor
Misleading marquee: "Marilyl
Monroe in Ladies of the Chorus. l..
No mention at all of Adele Jergens
lwho was merely the star. :. Harr.
Evening star., 1952-12-05

HORIZONS WEST Universal-Inter-
national picture: produced by. Albert J.
Cohen directed by Budd Boetticher. story
a~1 screenplay by Louis Stevens. At the
Capitol.
Evening star., 1952-12-05
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
And Time of Showing

Stage.
NatiOnal-"Point Of No Re-
turn: $3.50 pm.
| Sam S. Shubert-"Paint Your
Wagon; $3.50 pm.
Arena-"Tonight at $780,; $3.50
pm.
Screen.
Ambassador - The Savage;
1:25, $3.50, $50, 7:30 and 9:35 pm
Capitol-"Horizons West; II
am. LAS, 4:30, 7:15 and 10 pm
12:45. $3.50. 6:15 and 9 pm.
Columbia-"The Shows of Kill
manjaro"; 11:10 am. 1:20. 1925,
$50. 7:40 and 9:45 pm.
! Dupont-"Breaking the Sound
Barrier; /, 3:05, Sis, 7:25 and
9:40 pm.
Keith's - Hurricane Smith;
1880 am. 1870. 3:45, 5:45, 7:50
and $50 pm.
Little-"Miss julie; 6:15, 8 and
$50 pm.
Observation-Disclosures;
12:40, 3:20, 6 and $40 pm.
Ontario-"Somebody Loves Me-:
1920. $3.50, $40. 7:45. 9:45 pm.
Palace-"Plymouth Adventure"
II am, 1:10. 1920. $50, 7:40 and
$50 pm.
| Pix-"Grand Concert; 2, 4,
$3.50, 7:45 and 9:45 pm.
misunderstanding the Sound
Barrier; II am. LOS, $40, $40,
7:25 and 9::35 pm.
Plaza-"Miss julie; II am,
1875. 2:10. $50, 5:25. 7:05, 8:45
and 1925 pm.
Trans-Lux-'The Happy Time;
IL am, 1880, 2:40, 4:30, $40,
$40 and 10 pm.
Warner-"The Savage; 1880
am. 1870. 1885. 5:35, TAO and
9:45 pm.