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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-22
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The Junior woman's Club elect
Cd as officers for the coming year,
president, Mrs. Malcolm Pinder;;
yice-president, Miss Edna Roberts;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Har-
old Thompson and publicity, Miss
Mary CROUCH.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-22

u you enjoy reading Person
ais, help this column 70 be-
come . regular feature in tho
Citizen BY coming in, writing
or islsphonlns the Society I'd.
itor Of items Of interest abevs
Yeu and your friends.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-22

Henry B. Haskins. assistant sup
srintendant Of lighthouses in this
district, left yesterday for Miami
district to decide on locations for
beacons to be used In connection
with the airport in Miami.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-22

A reception win be held at the
First Presbyterian Church for the
new pastor, the Rev. Charles c.
sellers and his family.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-22

For Bargains Galore, Read
The Citizens Classified Ads
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-22

Miss Minnie Porter Harris. keep
or Of vital statistics in Monroe
County, left yesterday for Miami.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-22

Wednesdays Gulfstream Food
Department Store ad In The Key
West Citizen had Maxwell House
Coffee advertised at $1.69 the
pound can. This should have been
$1.69 for a two pound can.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-22

The Paul Dennises, s4l2 Avenue
Z, have returned from their trim
to Nassau and the Bahamas.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-22

Mrs. Park Trammell. whose late
husband was a Florida State SEN
ator. has arrived here from Cali.
tornia where she has lived for the
past ten years. She plans to make
Key West her home.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-22
Ten And Twenty
Years Ago
A. Taken srem Piles Of
Tks Citizen
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OcToBgN a, 1874
Miss Iieen Williams. secretary
Of the Key West Chamber Of Com.
merce, left yesterday for Wash.
ington.
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The Citizen: A Family Newspaper
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-04
Former Resident
Of Canaan Twp.
Dies Saturday

Mrs. Kitty Millikin, So, a form
err resident of Canaan. Township,
died Saturday in Minneapolis,
MINI. The body was brought to
Columbus where the services were
held Tuesday at 2 pm. at the
Harvey Davis Funeral Home.
Deceased formerly resided on
East Pike on what is still known
as the Millikin farm located about
six miles south of Plain City.
When Mrs. Millikin lived in this
vicinity she was an active member
of the Big Darby Baptist church
and all community affairs. She
was the widow of James Millikin.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Lucille Leonard of COlum-
bus, Mrs. Helen Bossing of Min
neapolis, and Mrs. Frances Lewis
of Cedar Ridge, California. A sis
ter, Mrs. ]. H. Deem of Columbus;
II grandchildren, and 2 great
grandchildren.
Interment was in the West JEFF
ferSOn Cemetery.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-04
Officials Well Pleased With
Results OF Madison Co. Fair
Madison Local
School Gets Eye
Chart From Lions

Eondon lions Club on Wednes-
day presented to Madison Local
School, a Snellen Eye Chart, cleo
trically lighted.
The presentation was made by
Robert Dillingham;, president of
the club to Ralph McCambridge,
superintendent of the school in
the office of County Superintend-
ent r. d. Webster, during a meet
ing of executive heads of the
schools in the county system.
/ In accepting the chart, Super
intendent McCambridge stated
that it would be of inestimable
value in the health program in his
school, and expressed gratitude
for the gift.
Emil E. Yerian, a member of
Lions Club, accompanied Mr.. Dill
lingham to make the presentation.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-04
School Board. Is
Looking For New
Coach At Midway

Members of the school board OF
Midway High School at Sedalia
are searching for new athletic
coach today to replace Don Stras-
burg whose resignation they ask
ed for and received last week.
Strasburg, native of Spring
field. Ohio, was one of the most
widely publicized high school
coaches in the middle west last
year after his basketball team de-
feated Canaan in a regular sched-
uled game by the score of 137 to
46. In this game Dick Bogenrife,
center on the Midway team was
credited with having scored l2O
points. Which set a new all time
high scoring record for individuals
within the state.
This feat attracted almost ma
ton wide attention of the sport
scribes across the country and
Coach Strasburg was hailed as a
wonderful coach. Columbus pa
pers gave the coach and the Bog
enrife boy unlimited publicity, but
they failed to say that this coach
had set the game up to accomp-
lish the feat against a team which
had not then and did not win a
game in the entire Sc" n within
the county.
However, there Oe no mis-
take about it, this Bogenrife boy
was and still is fine boy and a
great ball player. Most certainly
no credit can be taken away from
him. But we felt at the time That
the coach was wrong in his atti-
tude and that he displayed any
thing but good sportsmanship in
running up such a score on the
defenseleSS Canaan lads, and we
said so. We were of the opinion
that he was a man Of low charac-
ter and that his place was not in
the schools of this United States
Today our judgment and opinion
was indeed substantiated by the
fact that Coach Strasburg was
asked to resign by the Midway
School Board.
His teaching days in this United
States are over and he has rightly
and justly been dismissed and dis
qualified from ever again being
associated with schools or society
in this land of ours.
Much credit must be given Har-
old Bidwell, Madison County
Sheriff for the part he played in
bringing the truth before the
school board about this scoundral.
Thanks for a job well done, Mr..
Sheriff.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-04
Polio Patient Is
Returned To His
Home Near Here

Little Loyle Farmwald, three
year old son of Mr.. and Mrs. An
drew Farmwald of near Plain
City, came home last Wednesday,
exactly 13 months 10 the day after
he had entered Childrens Hospital
in Columbus for treatment OF
polio.
It was like going into a new
world for the lad who was TOO
small to remember much about
what his home was like when he
was a well boy more than a year
ago.
The little fellow was transport
ed bodily in an iron lung from
the hospital to his home. The big
respirator was rolled into a Gov
cred truck, behind the truck in an
attached trailer a gasoline genera
tor was mounted which kept the
respirator going while enroute to
the Farmwald home a short dis
tance west of Plain City.
While at the hospital the lad
learned to talk and the friends he
knew best were the doctors, nurs-
es and patients of the hospital. He
was looking forward to getting
acquainted with his brothers and
sisters whom he had been sep
arated from for so long.
Right now the tiny-tot has diff
ficulty breathing without the help
of the respirator and he will have
to remain in the iron lung for
many more months it was said. At
present il is doubtful if the child
will ever fully recover from the
ailment but it is thought that he
will improve as well while here at
his home as he would in the hos
pital. Here he will have the tender
care of a mother and the other
children who have learned to love
him immensely.
1t was said that he is the first
polio victim to ever be transport
ed from a Columbus hospital to
home in an iron lung.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-04
New Members Are
Elected TO Serve
On Fair Board

The Gath Madison County fair
which closed Thursday night, set
several records for FIN" (Fu-
ture Fair Managersl to shoot at.
Both John Sanford, president and
Bob" Hines, secretary of the
Madison County Agricultural So
ciety, acclaimed the exposition as
outstanding in county fair annals.
To start with an estimate of the
overall attendance by the officials,
approximated a possible total of
$4,000 as against $4,000 for the
1852 exposition, which means also
a gain financially they stated.
The rides on the grounds lacked
just $500 by Wednesday of the
total taken in during the entire
fair in 1852, the secretary stated.
Industrial exhibits as a whole
held their own, he stated, with 4-H
exhibits of all types and livestock
open classes topping 1852. The
part of the new $150,000 All
Building was completed in time
for use this year and livestock
exhibits overflowed its capacity,
according to officials.
Four nights of harness racing
under the new $4,000 watt light
ing system packed the grandstand
every night and betters using the
State supervised pari-mutuel sys-
tenn, exceeded last years bets
placed by approximately $4,000,
officials said. Purses for the class
les totalled S11, 900. The night rae
ing is said to have attracted larg-
er crowds than any entertainment
ever provided and horsemen and
followers of the races, stated that
the lighting system was the best
in the state.
Continued on Page TWo)
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-04
Two From Here
Get SCHOLARSHIPS

Two scholarships for students
wishing to enter the field OF ele-
mentary teaching were awarded
in Madison County, according to
announcement from the office of
County Superintendent r. D.
Webster.
Miss Rilla Jenl<inson, London.
will enter Otterbein on one schol-
arship this fall while Miss Mary
Katherine Rhanor, London, will
enter Wittenberg College, Spring
field, on the other scholarship,
which were made available by re-
cent act of the Ohio General As
sembly.
The Madison County Committee
was made up of County Supt. r.
D. Webster, Miss Mary Speas-
maker, Jacob Won Kanel and
Frank Rothwell.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-04
Change OF Law Is
Cited By Clerk OF
Election Board

Several Resolutions filed with
the Madison County Board of
Elections by taxing subdivisions
in the county requesting that re-
newal of tax levies appear on the
November ballot must be revised.
Mrs. Gertrude GiSt, Clerk of the
Election Board, said this action is
necessary to comply with an in
formal opinion given last week by
Attorney General c, William o.
Neill.
The ruling handed down by the
Attorney General states that re-
newals must take into account in
creases or reduction in millage
brought about by revaluations of
property by the County Auditors
office.
The ruling was that the tax
levy cannot be put on the ballot
as a renewal unless the amount
of mills is the same as the num-
ber of mills set after the reyalua-
ton, in other words, it requires
the use of the millage which is
actually being levied at the pres
ent time, instead of the millage
now authorized, in the case of any
renewals.
For example, if a 3 mill levy
passed, and subsequently due to
re-valuation of property, tn e
County Auditor reduced the actual
levy to a 2.8, the figure to be used
on the ballot for a straight re-
newal, would be 2.8. If the SUBJ
division submitting the levy desir-
es a 3 mill levy, it will be neces-
sary to word the ballot, "A re-
newal of 2.8 mills and an increase
of 2 mills"
For their protection and in or
der to insure valid elections those
filing Resolutions for renewals,
renewals and increases, or renew
ais and decreases should check
with the County Auditor to OBJ
tain the existing rate.
Requests for renewals to date
have been filed by Village of JEFF
ferson, for current expenses, Dar-
by Township Trustees for opera
ton of Forest Grove cemetery
and Stokes Local School District.
Deadline for filing tax levy
Resolutions or revising those filed
is Sept. Is, Mrs. Gist said.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-04
Judge Bell Rules Against Director OF Highways
In His Attempt To Make US 40 Limited Route
CANAAN MAN FREE AFTER BEING
HELD POW FOR 80 MONTHS

home after spending and nine months
behind the curtain is CPL Ernie crum Of
e. Plain City.
from Washington last Thursday by
Unionve that crum had been
from prison August 26th and due arrive the
within weeks Mrs. Bliss aunt Of the
soldier.
crum enlisted in the September 2 fs4e at the
received his training at Fort Knox KY He
Fort Lewis, Washington January 1850 for final
training August 18TH of that
than three months when he was
prisoner Chinese His parents who Mr. and
City did hear from him until
August They November 1852. No
physical condi
tion S believed fair health
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-04
Emery Righ+seIl
Taken BY Death

Funeral services for Emery
Rightsell, a lifelong resident of
Madison County, were conducted
by the Rev. Ivan L. wilkins at 2
pm. Friday in the E. T. Snyder
Funeral Home. Mt. Sterling. Ohio.
He is survived by a brother, Hor-
ace of Springfield; one son, Earl
T. Rightsell of London; a grand
son, Don E. Rightsell of Mansfield;
and a step-granddaughter, Mrs.
Richard L. Tracey of London and
two great granddaughters. Burial
In Sedalia Cemetery.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-04
Mercury Reaches
100 Here Tuesday

The mercury hit 100 degrees
Tuesday for the hottest day in
1858 and the hottest September l
on records of Leonard McNeal,
local weather man. The previous
high on a September l was a SO
in 1943.
On Wednesday, September 2,
the mercury had gone up to 101 u
by $3.50 in the afternoon, the high
est record on that date in II
years, the previous high being 81.
The thermometer started at 81
degrees at II o'clock Wednesday
morning. At one o'clock it stood
at 100; at three at 101; at $3.50 at
101 12 and by AIS had receded to
an even 100.
The high on wednesday lacked
just 13 degree Of equalling the all
time high record when on June %,
1914 the mercury climbed to 102
according to Weatherman Nc
Neal.
The temperature was above &c
from August "a through 81 with
maximum of 80 degrees on Au-
gust 80 with the minimum temp
erature of As recorder on the II
and 1S.
Precipitation, recorded only five
days during the month, was 2.0S
inches, lis below normal, accord
ing to the report.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-04

Farmers & Property Owners Loss Will
Mount INTO Many Thousand Dollars

The city OF London and the
rural vicinity was hit by one of
the strongest wind storms Thurs
day evening at about a pm. that
has struck here for a number of
years. Damage to property and
crops will run into the hundreds
of thousands of dollars.
Barns were blown down. roofs
of many buildings torn off, humid
reds of large trees uprooted and
the hail which was mixed in with
the rain stripped the corn stalks
of all but the ears. In many cases
the corn stalks were blown cross
ways of the rows and left in a
condition which will prevent it
from being harvested by power
machinery.
In London the southwest part
of the town was hurt the most. On
West Center Street dozens of big
trees were uprooted and traffic
was blocked. Power lines were
down and telephone service was
disrupted. At the fair grounds the
roof was blown off of the Art Hall
and the limbs of hundreds of big
trees were scattered over the en-
tire grounds. A number of big
trees were uprooted.
Across the road from the fair
grounds a barn on the Ramel
Fades farm was blown down and
parts of the roof blocked the high
way. A few miles up the road a
straw stack on the farm of Clinton
Sickle was struck by lightning
and destroyed by fire.
The roof off of highway gar
age in conjunction with the fair
grounds on Garfield Ave, was
torn off and blown fifty yards in
to a soybean field
1t was impossible for us to- get
a check on damage in other sec
tons of the county due to the fact
that telephone service was knock
ed out. The Madison Press plant
was at a stand still for several
hours, as was many other plants
IN the city during the time the
electricity was off. Newspapers
for that reason were a day late in
being delivered this week.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-04
Jurors Are Drawn
For Sept. Court

The Madison County Jury
Commission, o. ]. Ray and Henry
P. Beathard, drew names of six
teen to serve on the Grand Jury
and 80 on the Petit Jury for the
September term of court which
opens on Monday, September IA.
GRAND JURORS
Bernard Weaver, Pike; Harold
Hisey, Oren Powers and Mary
Gossard, Stokes; Thomas Nc
Neal, C. o. Snow, Elwin Byers,
Mrs. Ann Tanner, Dean Good
year and Mrs. B. w. Savage,
London; Ed Pennington and Mrs.
Newton Crabbe, Pleasant; Mrs.
Leon II. King, Somerford; John
Sanford, Monroe; Neva Beatty,
Range; and George Nelson,
Deercreek.
PETIT JURORS
B. v. Chesbrough, c. A. Holton,
Mrs. Haysel Robson, Mrs. Harry
High, Mrs. Milton Cristee, Abe
Cutlip, Ralph Herman, James
Winchester, London; Mrs. Glad
stone Holway and Mrs. John
O'Donnell, Oak Run; Edward
Bushong and E. N. Orr, Darby;
Robert Savery, Wendell Miller
and Ralph E. Martin, Canaan;
Mrs. d. E. Starr and Dannie
Hix, Pleasant; Harold Bidwell,
Jefferson; Margaret Lightle, Mon
roe; Norman Greenbaum, Pike;
Mabel Humphrey, Range; Bryce
X. loops, Mt. Sterling r. D.; B.
L. jerks and Henry Klever,
Stokes; Raymond Lanigan, Paint;
John Simpson, Mrs. Helen Fet-
trow, Deercreek; Mrs, Charles
Alderman and Louis Fornof,
Somerford; Mrs. Milton Mustard,
Union.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-04
Monroe School To
Open September 8

Monroe township school will
have halliday session Tuesday,
September 8, with a meeting of
the teachers at the school on Mon
day, September z.
The first full day of school will
be Wednesday, September 9. The
cafeteria will start TO serve lunch
on Monday, September IA, accord
ing to Gordon OXley ,superintend-
ent.
All the faculty of last year will
be back except the coach, whose
position viii be filled by William
Fife Of CedarVille.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-04
Judge Says Director Exceeded His
Authority In Attempting To Make
Route 40 A Limited Access Highway

In a decision released today by
James F. Bell, Judge of the Com
mon Pleas Court of Madison
, County, the Director of Highways
for the State of Ohio was enjoined
from depriving the property own
ers along u. S. Route 40 in Mad
ison County of access to the high
way. The decision was the result
of a suit filed by j. Frank Roth
well on behalf of himself and all
other property owners along Route
40 at the time the Director of
Highways attempted to designate
Z S. Route 40 through Madison
County as a Limited Access
Highway"
In holding that the Director ex-
5 ceeded his authority, Judge Bell
held that an existing highway
could be designated as a limited
access highway only if the high
way is especially designed for
through traffic. The evidence in
the case showed that Route 40
was designed and constructed to
serve local as well as through
traffic.
Judge Bell also held that the
equal protection clauses of the
state and federal constitutions had
been violated by the Director in
that he did not treat all property
owners along the highway alike.
From some of the abutting prop
erty owners all rights of access to
the highway were attempted to be
extinguished by the Director. To
others he provided private drives
and none of the owners along the
south side of the highway were
deprived of any of their rights of
access.
Continued on Page Two)
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-04
$4,000 Total OF
Unpaid Taxes In
Madison County

According to a report received
today from County Treasurer.
Roger Counts, there is Sl8, 1908. .O8
due and unpaid on the tax books
to date in the county Oak Run
Township is the only township
in the county that has all taxes
paid in full to date. jefferson
Township with a total of $4278.
is the township owing the most
in back taxes, according to the
report.
We list here for public in
formation the amount each town.
ship owes in back taxes. Included
in this report is also the amount
which the city of London owes.
Canaan 1885, Darby -
2155.6 .68, Deercreek 786.15 Fair
field 327.24, jefferson 4278.5
Monroe 1244.7O, Paint 174.66,
Pike 316.75, Pleasant 2466. .25,
Range 32S.O5, Somerford e.
64040, Stokes $685., Union -
ll28.6l, London Corp. 1867. .18.
Total ,3O3.OS.
Properties IN the various
Townships that have gone de-
linquent for a period of l year
or more:
Canaan 10 Tracts, Darby .
9 Tracts, Deercreek 6 Tracts,
Jefferson II Tracts, Monroe -
6 Tracts, Pike 3 Tracts, Paint
l Tract, Pleasant 8 Tracts,
Range l Tract, Somerford l
Tract, Stokes 8 Tracts, Union
5 Tracts, London Corp. u
Tracts. Co. Total 81 Tracts.
This does not include those
that went unpaid for the June
collection alone. The June col
lection was not quite as good as
in December, according to Mr..
Counts report.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-04
80 New Teachers, 200 More
Students In County Schools

There are thirty new teachers in
the county system, mostly en-
ployed to fill vacancies.
In the IL districts, 13 cafeterias
will be operated this year, the
schools participating in the distri-
button of surplus foods commodi-
ties. Word has also been received
according to Supt. Webster, that
federal financial assistance will be
less this year than in former
years.
The annual inspection of buses
for both county and city schools
will be conducted Monday, Sep
tember %. by the State Highway
Patrol, Supt. Webster announced.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-04
Canaan Boy Winner
At Ohio State Fair

Jay Straley, a student at Canaan
School and an active member in
county 4-H work, showed his two
white face steers at the Ohio
State Fair this week. They were
second and fourth in their class.
Jay is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ben Straley, of Lucas Pike, and
the brother of Gerald Straley, the
new Plain City high school athle-
tic coach.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-04

Madison county schools will
open Tuesday, September 8 with
200 approximated increase over
last years enrolment that affects
practically all districts according
TO announcement from the office
of Supt. r. D. Webster. In most
of the eleven districts, teachers
will meet for short session on
Monday, Sept. Z.
All faculty vacancies have been
filled, according to announcement.
Five districts in the county have
added teachers, with two more
expecting to add to their faculties
if desired teachers are available.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-04
Clyde Hutton Has
Two Fair Winners

Madison County was represent
ed among early winners of Future
Farmer Glasses at Ohio State Jun
ior Fair according TO word re-
ceived today. Clyde Hutton of
near Galloway, placed third with
his Senior Yearling Guernsey
Heifer. Clyde also placed sixth
with his Guernsey Cow.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-04
South Scion Ready
For Celebration

The merchants of South Solon,
have their windows filled with an
tiqueS this week in honor of the
Sesquicentennial Celebration next
Saturday, September 5th. There
are many very interesting articles
in these displays, and people
should make an effort to see them.
Two features of the event will
be the pet parade and horse show.
A fine program has been plan
ned for the evening, beginning at
7:30 pm. at the school auditorium.
The program as follows:
Song, America, Audience; Invo-
cation, Rev. Ralph Miller, Jr.; Pi-
ano Solo, Lynn Pickering; An I'M
itation, Michael Garringer; His
tory of South Solon, and Stokes
Township, Mrs. Frank Dement,;
Song, Star Spangled Banner, Au-
dience; Address, Mack Sauers,
Leesburg, Ohio; Vocal Solo and
Pantomine, Carol Irons; Benedic-
ton, Rev. Maynard Mcpherson.
The remainder of the evening
will be spent in dancing and other
entertainment.
A pony, fully equipped with
bride and saddle will be given
away at IL pm.