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Kodiak mirror., 1953-09-19
Plans T0 increase Cattle Herd

The Kodiak Cattle Company plans to add several head of cattle to its herd and to ship Tn farming equipment and other ranch equipment soon, Joe Beatty told the MIRROR last week.
 Mir. and Mrs. Beatty recently purchased 24.000 acres of ranch land from Sid Old, long, time Kodiak rancher. The sale of the property, which includes 22O head of cattle and ranch equipment in addition to the land. was made on August l.
 Old has moved to his 80 acres in Kalsin Bay and will
Kodiak mirror., 1953-09-19
Progressive Party To Meet Monday

and councilmen. The first reading of the ordinance pro viding for a two year term for mayor was read last Monday. Another reading is required before the council can approve the measure.
 The annual City of Kodiak
 lection will be held on Octo-
 e. 6. This election holds con- siderable interest for the vo- CTS. Many have expressed dissatisfaction with the pre- sent and past administrations and intend to make a change this year.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-09-19

A meeting of the Progress ;ive P lrty has been scheduled for Monday to select candl
 ates for city council and mayor in the coming city cleo tion.
 The United Labor Part> held a caucus two weeks ago and chose their candida' es.
 Three councilmen for two year terms and one couaci man for a on7 year term will be selected. A candidate for mayor, either for a ore or two year term, will also be chosen.
 Earlier, the MIRROR stated that five councilmen would be elected this October. The pa per was in error. However, the paper received the infor. nation from the city hall re, garding the number of candi- dates to be elected. A later check shows that only four councilmen are required.
 An ordinance now under consideration by the council will provide for a two year term for mayor if it passes. In past years the mayor served only a one year term.
 Also under consideration by the council is the enactment of an ordinance, which will provide salaries for the mayor
Kodiak mirror., 1953-09-19
PROCLAIM ATiON

WHEREAS, More than three million American men and women in uniform con- tinue to man the nations de- l fense frontier around the world; and,
 ] WHEREAS, The cessation of hostilities in Korea does not remove the omnipresent dan ger of aggression; and. WHEREAS, It is essential that our young people remain under arms at military and , naval stations here and abroad to safeguard our cherished de- mocracy; and,
 WHEREAS, We who remain at home owe them the assur- ance of our warm friendliness and the understanding that we are united in a common cause; and,
 WHEREAS, The USO, com- prisiing Americas of all races and all faiths, is initiating the first national USO LETTER . WEEK to inaugurate an in- tensified flow of correspon- dence between American ci- williams and servicemen; and,
 WHEREAS, Our highest military authorities attest to the value of mail from home in sustaining morale; 1 NOW THEREFORE, I, Lee c. Bettinger, Mayor of the City of Kodiak, Alaska, do : uereDy proclaim the week De- tween September 2l and Sep tember 27 inclusive as USO LETTER WEEK, and call up- ,on all citizens of Kodiak to participate personally in this new USO effort to give ex pression to the unity between our people and our armed forces.
 Dated at Kodiak Alaska thi IA day of September, 1853.
 Lee c. Bettinger
 Mayor of Kodiak, Alaska
Kodiak mirror., 1953-09-19
Library To Be Open
 Five Nights Weekly

The Kodiak Community Li- brary will be open five nights a week, starting Oct. l, Mrs. A. Holmes Johnson, librarian announces.
 Hours will be ' to 8:3O pm, Monday through Friday even- ings.
 Mrs. Johnson has reminded library card holders that many cards expire at this time, hav- ing been in use for a year, and are to be renewed now. Adult cards are Sl.00 and stu dent cards 50 cents.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-09-19

later make a trip to the States Beatty said. Mr. and Mrs. Beatty also own property in Anchorage.
 They are currently living il the John Holland house on Mil Bay Road. Their two sons, Bill, 13, and Jim, 15, are at tending school in Kodiak. We plan to bring in a boaGload of Herefords to add to the herd !" Beatty said.
 He explained that farming and ranch equipment was ex pected to arrive here on the next Alaska Steamship freight CT.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-09-19

Mrs. Merrill Coon flew to Anchorage via PIMA Thursday morning.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-09-19

Outgoing PNA passengers this week were MT. and Mrs R. w. Mcclellan and son. /
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-12-29
Richard S. Wolfe
Dies Suddenly
Columbus Banker And
Publisher Well Known
In Madison County

Richard Stanton Wolfe, vice
president of the Banc Ohio Corp
oration and vice president of the
Dispatch Printing Company and
President of Radio Ohio, Inc,
died Sunday morning while on a
cruise in the Caribbean. He was
46.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wolfe and their
two sons, Richard and Bruce left
New York a week ago on a cruise
which was to have lasted until
after New Years.
A son the late II. P. Wolfe,
he was well known in banking
circles throughout Ohio and was
in military service in World War
II. Mr.. Wolfe is survived by two
brothers, Robert and Preston
Wolfe, and a cousin, Edgar T.
Wolfe, Sr.
The Wolfe interests own and
operate large farm tracts n
Madison County through Agricul-
tural Lands, Inc. The First Ma
tiOnal Bank of London is a men,
Der bank of the Banc Ohio Corp
Grafton of which Mr.. Wolfe was
vice president.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-12-29
Methodist Students
lake Part In Services

The Sunday after Christmas is
the day observed in Methodist
Churches in which students home
for the holidays participate in the
Worship Service; and the day is
known as Student Recognition
Sunday.
At the London Methodist Church
Dorothy Ann Hooking, a Junior at
Ohio University, played Air on
the C String" by Bach; and Mar
ilyn Martin, Junior at Dennison,
led the Responsive Reading and
read the Scripture lessons.
Brief talks on Religion on the
Campus were given by four stu
dents. Mary Ann Drury, Senior at
Ohio Wesleyan, spoke on "Religi-
GUS Outlook for the Teacher; Ar
thur B. Bennett, Freshman at Gin
cinnati University School of En-
gineering, took the topic From
High School Twirl to College
Daze.' Linda Lewis, Senior at Mi
ami, chose Il Look at My College
Activities; and Edwin Lilly, First
Year Medical Student at Ohio
State spoke on the subject, "Out-
look Toward Christian Service"
Each participant gave an inter-
esting, intimate picture of his own
experience in Campus and Class
room setting.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-12-29
ErceII Miller Ill
In California

Mrs. Charles Cheseldine of GOA
Trenton Way, Burlingame, Cali
fornia, has written to Mrs. A.
M. Shenefelt, North Main Syeet,
about the illness of Miss Ercell
Miller, who resides with her in
Burlingame.
The letter stated that Saturday
night, December II, Miss Miller
was rushed to the hospital be-
cause of a sudden loss of sight
in her left eye. Both eyes were
bandaged and she had complete
rest for three days followed by
an operation on Wednesday, De-
cember 10. So far we have hopes
that the sight may have been
saved. She will have to stay for
at least three weeks longer. We
90 every day and talk to her, but
she doesn't see us. She is at Mills
Hospital, San Mateo, California,
second floor, room 229," the mes
sage stated.
Miss Miller several years ago
retired after many years effici-
ent service with the First Ma
tional Bank of London and moved
to California. Many of her friends
are sending special greetings to
her during her illness.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-12-29

man of wide interests, Foust
was active in many organizations.
He was a former Plain City coun-
Gilman, past commander of the
Plain City American Legion Post
No. 240, member of the school
board for 20 years, director of the
Madison County Children's Home
for 10 years and director of the
local March of Dimes campaign
for a decade.
He was a star player on the
Plain City High School basketball
team of 1911. which won the first
state championship. He was a
starting player on the early OSU
cage squads of 1875 and also
played baseball and football.
He was a member of Kappa
Sigma Fraternity and Varsity o at
Ohio State. He was a member of
the Blue Lodge of Masons, the
Shrine, Eastern Star, Ohio State
Grange, Farm Bureau, the Inde-
pendent Livestock Narketers As
sociation, and the Madison County
Democratic Committee.
Although he fors0ok his chosen
field in his youth, he attended an
nualIy the conventions of the Ohio
State Veterinary Medical Associa-
ton.
Except for fair week, when he
resided on the fairgrounds to
handle any problems at any hour,
Director Foust commuted daily
between his Columbus office and
his Plain City home.
He is survived by his wifeI the
former Ruth Reiber; two sons,
Jack, Champaign County farmer,
and Howard, Jr., who runs the
Foust farm at Plain City; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Margaret Ann Weber,
Columbus; seven grandchildren,
and a sister, Mrs. Iva Dunham of
Amlin.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-12-29
Family Postpones
Christmas Until
Son Gets Home

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold G. Grear of
South Solon, have received word
that their son, Cpl. Harold E.
(Gene) Grear, his wife and 10
months old son, were unable to
arrive home from Germany in time
for Christmas, as they will not
leave there until the week follow
ing.
The South Solon family is post
poning tree trimming, opening of
gifts and all kinds of Christmas
festivity until their son and his
family arrive.
Cpl. Grear has served two years
in the Army, the past II months
of which he had been with the U.
S. Army of Occupation, Headquar-
ters for Special Troops, in Heidel-
berg, Germany. He will report to
TT. Hamilton, N. Y. for his dis
charge after his arrival in the
States.
Mrs. Grear, Norma J am
and her infant son, Douglas, flew
to Germany last April to join Cpl.
Grear and during their stay visit
ed in Switzerland, American Mill
tary Cemetery in Luxembourg,
Bastogne, Belgium, Holland and
many places of interest in Germ
aOV
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-12-29
Brothers Jailed
For Assault Here

Bob and Bill Williams, brothers,
of London, were arrested WedneS-
day afternoon near Sedalia by
Madison County Deputy Sheriffs
Robert Allison and Herbert Mark
ley on warrants from Pickaway
County for assault and battery.
The two men are alleged to have
gone to the home of Frank Bru-
baker, near Orient, father-in-law
of Bill Williams and a former res
ident of London, and assaulted
Brubaker.
Bob Williams, implicated with
his brother, was indicted by the
Madison County Grand Jury, Sep
tember term of court, for assault
and battery and resisting an of
ficer. He was placed on probation
in common pleas court and order
ed to leave the county Immediately
and stay out for a period of two
years. He was picked up last week
by Madison County Sheriff's office
for violation of his probation. He
was released from Jail Monday
and is said to have taken a IS year
old South Charleston girl to Indi
ana and married her.
The two brothers were released
Wednesday night to the Pickaway
County Sheriff's office. They will
be held for Madison County Sher
iff after their release by Pickaway
County
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-12-29
County Engineer
Plans Ambitious
Program For 1854

County Engineer, Helge Ecke-
dahl, in a report covering suggest
ed road improvements for next
year, has recommended that over
% miles of gravel roads be black
topped and more than 76 miles of
county roads be sealed. The cost
of black-topping is estimated at
S2100 per mile while sealing is es-
timated at S105O per mile. Thus
total monies to be spent on the
proposal would run to about S49,-
900 for black-topping and $4,000
for sealing of roads.
1t was also recommended that
several bridges in the county will
be rebuilt. Four bridges on the
Yankeetown Pike will be replaced
as we'll as 2 on the Bloomingburg
road and two on the Spring Valley
Road.
Continued on Page Two)
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-12-29
County Beef Meet
Here Wednesday

A county wide beef cattle meet
ing is scheduled for Wednesday
evening, January 13, in the base
ment of the Court House, ac-
cording to a report from the Exc
cutive Committee Chairman, Aus
tin Harbage. The topic for the
meeting will be on Income Tax
Returns. There will be an income
tax authority discuss how beef
men can carry back and carry
forward net operating losses from
year to year. There will also be
a regular business meeting includ-
ing the election of officers for the
coming year. The nominating COM
mittee appointed is as follows: H.
w. Rogers, Chairman, Russell
Dorm and Joe Hook.
Members present at the Exc
cutive Committee Meeting on De-
cember % were: Marion Meats,
Austin Harbage, GWynne Burr
and John Moore.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-12-29
Bond Sales Up In
County By $4,000

Sales of Series E and II Savings
Bonds in Ohio for November re-
verted to the gain column with a
9 per cent increase over total pur-
chases for the same month last
year, Paul M. Dwyer, Chairman,
Madison County Savings Bond
Committee, reported today. Sales
in Madison County were $4O,931,
compared to S28,95O purchased in
November, 1852.
Fifty-four of the states IS
counties showed increases, with
gains in the metropolitan counties
of Summit, Mahoning, Montgom-
cry, and Franklin providing the
largest total dollar volume, Chair
man Dwyer said. Ohio sales total
ed sos, ,567, 1857 for the month. No
vember, 1852, sales were $23,421,- :
973.
Chairman Dwyer also announc-
ed appointment in Washington OF
Earl o. Shreve former ViCe-Presi-
dent of General Electric and for
mer President, United S TIA e S
Chamber of Commerce, to Nation
al Director of the Savings Bond
Program. Secretary Humphrey al
so recently appointed James J,
Newman as Mr.. Shreve's assistant
Mr.. Dwyer said. Mr.. Newman for
merly was Vic e-PreSident in
Charge of Sales for the 3. F
Goodrich COMPANY of Akron.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-12-29
Dairy-SOiI Group
In Annual Meet

Two Franklin County f arm
groups will hold their Annual
Meetings together on Tuesday,
January II.
The Dairy Service Unit and the
Soil Conservation District have
overlapping membership. Begin
ming with a dinner at u o'clock
noon at the King Avenue Meth
odist Church in Columbus, the
members will conduct election of
their respective directors and hear
reports of operations for the past
year. Featured speaker of the aft
ernoon is Russell Hoy, Minister
and Ohio Farmer columnist from
Canal Lewisville, Ohio. Musical
entertainment will be provided by
Paul McMurray and the Big Dar-
by Coon Hunters.
Two members are to be elected
to the Board of five supervisors OF
the Soil Conservation District. All
landowners and occupiers in
Franklin County are eligible to
vote for supervisors. Members OF
the Dairy Service Unit will elect
one director from each section OF
the county for two years, and the
southwest section will select a dir
ector-at-large for one year to serve
on nine-member Board.
Tickets for the dinner are avail
able from breeding technicians
COW testers, farm planner and aid
supervisors and directors, and the
Extension Office.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-12-29
Sanitation Issue Settled
At Special Meeting Monday
Commercial Rates
TO Be Doubled

A special meeting held Monday
night in council chambers here has
brought the matter of garbage and
rubbish disposal to q heaG. The
city council approved rate lncceaS-~
es on commercial service users
which will OF least d)uble present
rates.
The matter has nat with stiff
opposition from scvnra, business
houses and many have discontinue
ed the service altogether, it was
brought out. Too, many business
places have contracted with indie
pendents to have refuse hauled
away.
According to the present sot~up,
commercial rates will remain the
same until March 1st, when COM
mercial rates will be at least
doubled, it was said. 1t was also
brought out that the service had
lost an estimated S940O thus far
this year Council approved an eX-
penditure of general fund monies
to cover the deficit but no more
money will be forthcoming from
that source, officials said.
Residential service will continue
on the same basis as before since
it was found that such service is
able to pay its own way. Receipts
from residential collections brou-
ght in about $1,000 this year on a
once-per-week pickup while COM
mercial collections came to only
$1,000 on a five-times-per-week
basis, it was said.
The Board of Public Affairs, in
charge of the sanitation depart
ment, will call a meeting with the
Retail Merchants sometime in jan
uary to discuss the situation but
little hope is held for the cOntinu-
ance of commercial collections. 1t
was further pointed out that the
service could not continue without
a sufficient number of customers
even at increased rates.
Under the new arrangement, the
Service Director will be response
BILE for the land-fill at the city
dump and the city itself will as.
sumo one half the cost of the bull
dozer expense. This arrangement
resulted in saving of between
and 4 thousand dollars but the
commercial collections are still
about $1,000 short # enough
money to break even, it vas said.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-12-29
ArsheII Taylor
Dies At Age 81

Arshell Taylor, South Oak St,
age 81, died Monday night in St
Francis Hospital, Columbus. She
was the widow of Richard Taylor
and had been i'll for some time.
She had been in the hospital since
falling and breaking her hip. She
is survived by one daughter, Mrs.
Fred Newsome of Columbus; two
sons, Earl and John, both Of Pitts
burgh, Pa; and eight grandchil-
dren. Funeral arrangements are
incomplete. THE service will be
held at Lukens Funeral Home and
burial in Kirkwood Cemetery.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-12-29
Jessie Wood Dies
At San Bernardino

Mrs. Jessie Marshall Wood, Sc,
of Redlands, California, a former
London school teacher, died Sat
urday in a rest home at San Ber-
nardino, California.
A widow of William Wood, she
was one of the oldest members of
the London Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are one daughter Miss
Elizabeth Wood of Redlands, Cal
ifornia.
Funeral services at two o'clock
Thursday at the Schlechty-Fichner
Funeral Home. Interment in Kirk
wood Cemetery.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-12-29
County To Move
Mixing Plant To
Garage Site

The mixing plant of the Madison
County Highway Department will
be moved to the site of the county
highway garage on Garfield Aven-
lie. according to present plans. The
unsightly equipment and piles of
materials seen at the first turn of
the race track at the fairgrounds
are in the process of being moved
and the job will be completed be-
fore the winter is over, officials
said.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-12-29

Farmer, livestock dealer, doctor
of veterinary medicine and ad-
ministrator during his busy life,
Fousts career reached a peak four
years ago with his appointment to
dual role as manager of Ohio's
biggest agricultural show and head
of one of its largest departments.
He was appointed state fair
manager and assistant director of
agriculture by Gov. Frank j.
Lausche in January, 1949. The fol-
lowing September, while retaining
the duties of these posts, he was
named director of agriculture.
Gov. Lausche said Friday:
Il regret to learn that he passed
away. He was a great help to me
as the director of agriculture.
Without fanfare or glamor, but in
the constant Woodworking way of
a farmer, he efficiently performed
his duties in behalf of the public.
To replace him will be diff
ficult task. My condolences go to
his fine wife and children"
With a self-sustaining Ohio
State Fair as his goal, Foust in
troduced many innovations during
his four-year tenure while expand
ing the fairs acreage and facilities
year by year.
He helped push through the 1949
legislation which put the fair on a
rotary basis, with money raised by
the fair turned back for its opera
ton. He added extensive new park
ing facilities for fair visitors and
pushed the policy of renting out
fair buildings for community use
on a year-'round basis.
During this years giant Sesqui-
centennial exposition, largest fair
in Ohio history, Foust kept in his
fairgrounds office the plans for a
10-to-15 year construction program
to expand fair facilities and build
ings on new acreage north Of 18th
Ave.
One of these new buildings, a
million-dollar Youth Center, drew
his special interest in line with his
belief Ohio should continue its as
cendancy in youth services and
Junior Fair programs.
Born in Plain City, the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. Foust, Foust
took over the state agricultural
posts with broad background in
the field.
A graduate of Plain City High
School, he received a degree in
veterinary medicine from Ohio
State University in 1915. Two
years later, he volunteered for
military service, serving II months
with the Veterinary Corps at
Camp Lee, Va.
Sidestepping his chosen field tC
return to farming and livestock
breeding, Foust built the family
holdings through the years to All
acres on the home farm and three
others in Madison, Franklin and
Union counties.
Before his appointment as state
fair manager, Foust served for
three years as president of the
Plain City Independent Agricul-
tural Society and for nine years
as its secretary and director of the
annual Plain City fair.
An enthusiastic civic leader anC
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-12-29
Injured When Car
Strikes Bridge

Donald w. Byers, West High
ST., was in good condition Tuesday
morning following an accident
which occurred early Monday eve
ming at the temporary bridge on
Route 142 at Deer Creek. Accord
ing to witnesses, Byers failed to
negotiate the turn over the tenn
porary bridge and his auto struck
a concrete pillar. He was treated
for broken ribs and facial cuts and
was returned to his home where
he is said to be resting comf1rtab-
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-12-29
Ada Lu+z Dies On
Christmas Eve

Funeral services for Ada Lu-
cile Lutz, 81, who died at $50
o'clock Christmas eve at her
home on Graham Avenue, were
at the Lukens Funeral Home Sun
day afternoon, the Reverend Har-
ley Bennett, officiating minister.
Interment was in Paint Township
Cemetery.
Mrs. Lutz had been in failing
health for about two years but
had not been critically i'll up to
the time of her. death. With her
family, she was unWrapping
Christmas packages, had finished
looking at her presents, and had
S started d preparations for the
Christmas dinner. She complain
ed of not feeling we'll and retired
to her room. Less than an hour
later, she was found dead in her
bed, by q member of the family.
Surviving are her husband, Rob-
ert LHtz; two sons, Richard Row
land, at home and Edmund Row.
land of London; four daughters,
Mrs. Dorothy Cotton, Mt. Ster-
ling, Mrs. Evelyn Huddleston and
Mrs. Freda Gelmore, both OF
London and Mrs. Betty Smith Of
Greenfield, all children by for
mer marriage; four brothers, Joe
McCandless, London, George of
Wilmington, James of Columbus,
and Max of GAINESVILLE; three
sisters, Mrs. Ella Lafferty, Lon
don, Mrs. Anna Clifton, Colum-
bus and Mrs. Norma Weese of
Springfield.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-12-29
Janet Cunningham
Pledged Zeta Tau

ATHENS, Dec. q Janet Ann
Cunningham, 81 T. Lincoln Ave,
London, was recently pledged 10
Zeta Tau Alpha, social sorority
on the Ohio University campus.
The daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Iva E. Cunningham, she is a
freshman enrolled in the Univer-
sity College and a graduate of
London High School.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-12-29
JOHN WILLIAM SHOAF
ARRIVES SUNDAY

Mr.. and Mrs. Rolla Shoaf, Jr., of
East Fifth Street, announce the
birth of a son, John William, at
White Cross Hospital, Room 446,
Sunday, December 81. Master John
weighed nine pounds six and one
half ounces.