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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03

The teas are being sponsored
by the United Church Women of
Columbus and Franklin County
Mrs. Edmund S. Kern, SO Indian
Springs Drive, is President Miss
Jacobs is serving as Chairman of
the teas. Guests at the first event
will include Mrs. Harold B. Buell.,
Al w. South ST., Worthington,
President of the Columbus Dist
rict Women's Society for Christ
ian Service of the Methodist
Church; Mrs. Hugh Heinman, 244
Montrose Way, President of the
Columbus Presbyterial; Mrs. j.
Lawrence Tyree, 1872 SO. Wheat
land Ave, Executive Secretary of
the Women's Department of the
National Baptist Convention, USA;
Mrs. William Miller, 1949 North
west Blvd Spiritual Life Chair
man of the Women's Christian
Fellowship of the International
Council OF Community Churches,
and Mrs. Edmund Kern.
Miss Jacobs, in announcing the
program said, that "this will re-
present the greatest effort in re-
cent years on the part of all
church women to contribute to
the spiritual life of the COM
munity." Each tea will start with
fellowship hour during which
the women will discuss the op-
portunities which the Templeton
Mission will afford their church
groups. This will be followed by
prayer period. 1t is hoped that
the project will spread through
out the Columbus area beyond
the present plans.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
Mrs. Mary Agins
Dies At "a

Mrs. Mary Agins, "a, a lifelong
resident of Big Plain, died Sun
day in st. Francis Hospital, Co
lumbus. She suffered an injured
hip in a fall at her home two
weeks ago.
Surviving are three sons, c. l..
Agins of Los Angeles, Roy of Co
lumbus and Leonard of Big Plain;
two daughters, Mrs. Frank Stew
art of Columbus and Mrs. Lester
Casio of London; two brothers, w.
d. Grubb of Columbus and Step
hen Grubb of Grove City.
Funeral services at the RAIDER
Funeral Home, West Jefferson at
two o'clock Wednesday, the Rev.
erend George w. Eley, officiating
minister. Interment in Big Plain
Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral
home.
POLIO BENEFIT
AT HIGH SCHOOL
A Polio benefit will be present
ed Thursday night, March 5, at 8
pm. at London High School by
students of Margaret Kloes Dance
Studio.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
H0LT0N CHILD
BADLY BURNED

Julia Holton, six-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. William c.
Holton, North Oak Street, a
student in the first grade of the
London school is in Children's
Hospital for treatment for burns.
Her clothing ignited in the
kitchen of the home when her
skirt was thought to have caught
on the pilot of the stove. She re-
ceived second degree burns on the
right arm and lesser burns on
her back and leg, which were ex-
tinguished by her father.
She was given first aid here
and taken to the hospital where
she will remain for approximately
a week.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
Jackson At Air
Force Base

A/3c Luther G.. Jackson, nephew
of Mrs. Rose Cox of London, is
presently training as an Air Force
Technician at the USAF Technical
School at Warren Air Force Base,
Wyoming, it has been announced
by the Commanding Officer.
At this historic former cavalry
post outside Cheyenne, the Air
Force is training young airmen in
the many specialties needed for
air power. Besides clerical skills
such as clerk-typist, clerk-sten-
ographer, and administrative spe-
cialist, the schools at Warren Air
Force Base train automobile me-
chanics, powerman, electricians,
teletype operators and repairmen.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
Two Men Critically Hurt
As Plane Crashes On Farm
Student Pilot
Blamed In Wreck

Samuel w. Mcconnell, 80, is in
critical condition and Victor c.
McClanahan, 26, was said to be
fair following a plane crash at
the home of the formers parents
on a farm about two miles north
of Kiousville, Sunday evening. The
crash occurred at about 5 p.m.;
Highway Patrolman, Albert Mon
as said. Deputies Robert Allison
and Kenneth Johnson of Madison
County investigated the wreck.
The men are in Mt. Carmel Hos
pital.
According to the report, the
plane had been ''buZZing" the farm
house in which McConnell's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur McCon-
nell live. The plane was believed
to have struck a wire about Is
feet high and nose-dived into the
ground. Some said that the plane
may have clipped wing on the
farmhouse before the accident.
Patrolmen said that McClana-
han was a student pilot, not IL
censed to carry passengers. Too, it
was said, that this was McCon-
nelPs first trip in a plane. Nc
Clanahan had taken off by himself
from the Clickenger Airport at
Columbus for local routine flight
and the fact that Mcconnell was
aboard was a mystery as investi-
gators have been unable to deter
mine where Mcconnell got into
the plane.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
Donald Roark In
Is+ Armored Div.

Pvt. Donald c. Roark, Route 4,
London, Ohio, has completed 8
weeks of (Armored) training with
the famed 1st Armored Division at
North Fort Hood, Texas.
Pvt. Roark, has become efficient
with many of the Army's weapons
including the MI Rifle, Carbine,
80 90 so Caliber Machine Guns,
Mortars, BAR Rifles, BOBBY Traps
and Rocket Launchers.
Pvt. Roark is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Pearl Roark, of London.
Pvt. Donald c. Roark, attended
Fairfield School and was active in
basketball and baseball.
Famed as a combat division in
World War II, the 1st Armored
Division was reactivated in 1851
under Major General Bruce C.
Clarke and is at present undergo
ing combat training at Fort Hood,
Texas.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
Barbara GeesIinq
Polio Victim, Home

Barbara Geesling, 15-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Geesling, Drury Road, returned
Friday from Children's Hospital,
Columbus, where she has been
treated for polio since October 27.
Barbara will be able to get
around with the aid of crutches
and leg braces, but will have to be
returned to the hospital three days
a week for an indefinite period Tor
special treatment.
Two other children in the Geesl-
ing family, Gloria, IL and Bobby,
9, said to have been suffering with
positive cases of polio at the same
time, have recovered and returned
to school.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03

3RD ARMORED DIVISION,
FORT KNOX, Feb. 16, 1853 3-Pvt.
James T. Tyson, %, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. II. A. Tyson, 1873 Elm ST.,
London, has completed Army Basic
Training conducted by the 3rd
Armored Division, here.
During the sixteen weeks of in
tensive training, he attended class
es on indoctrination, General Mill
tary Subjects, and had practical
work in various combat skills and
in the firing of basic Army weap-
ons,-the MI rifle, and the NOR
tar and light machine gun.
AS prospective reconnaissance
tank crewman he received special
training in scouting and patrolling,
intelligence, and in driving and
maintenance of various Army
tracked and wheeled-vehicles.
He entered the Army Sept. II,
1852.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03

DR.. Norman Vincent Peale, we'll
known minister, author and col
umnist, will speak Wednesday,
March 18th in Memorial Hall, Co
lumbus, Ohio, at s pm. His SUBJ
ject will be THE Technique of
Successful Living"
DR.. Peele is being sponsored by
World Neighbors and tickets may
be secured without charge by
calling LYceum 1453 or by writing
to World Neighbors, Inc, Box 929,
Columbus, Ohio.
Prior to entering the ministry,
Norman Vincent Peale was a re-
porter on the Morning Republican,
Findlay, Ohio, and later on the
former Detroit Journal. Born in
Ohio, he graduated from Ohio
Wesleyan University in 1920. He
received the degree of Master of
Arts from Boston University and
Bachelor of Sacred Theology from
Boston University School of Theo-
logy in 1924.
He has been the minister of the
oldest Protestant Church in Amer
lea, Marble Collegiate Church of
New York City, since 1882.
His weekly newspaper column,
Confident Living, appears in over
ninety metropolitan daily papers.
His TV show, the Art of Living, is
broadcast weekly over the Nation
al Boadcasting Company network.
This program is the first husband
and wife religious presentation
carried on television.
The book, A Guide to Confident
Living, written by Norman Vincent
Peale, is one of the most famous
best sellers of our time. His most
recent book is, The Power of Posi-
tive Thinking. Collaborating with
DR.. Smiley Blanton, an eminent
psychiatrist, he wrote two other
books, Faith is the Answer and
The Art of Real Happiness.
Norman Vincent Peale is well
known for his application of re-
Hgion to practical daily living.
DR.. Roy A. Burkhart, Minister Of
First Community Church, will
complete the program and he has
selected the topic, "A Channel to
Express our Faith"
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
Jurors Drawn For
Trial Here Mar. 23
80 Notified For Duty
On Louis Potts Case

go jurors have been drawn for
duty at the trial of Louis Potts,
accused of murder in the first de-
gree. The trial will start here
Monday, March %, it was said.
The jurors are being notified and
notification will be completed
March z.
Under the statutes of Ohio, the
Madison County clerk of courts
must draw the jury in this type of
case, it was said. 1t had previous
ly been reported that the jury
commission would make the draw
ing but this was found to be in er-
ror.
The trial will be heard in the
court of Common Pleas Judge,
James F. Bell here. It is under
stood that the defendants attorney
can be granted a request to have
a nonresident judge hear the case
but, thus far, no such request has
been made, it was said.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
Doro+hea Bradley
Services Sunday
Former London
Woman Was 81

Funeral services for Dorothea
Gladys Bradley, 81, who died at
her home 962 East Mound Street,
Columbus, Friday, February 81,
were conducted Sunday afternoon
by the Lukens Funeral Home with
Reverend Arthur Milna, officiating
minister. Interment was in Sunset
Cemetery.
Mrs. Bradley, a daughter of
Byron and Mary Lewis, was born
and raised in London. Surviving
are her husband, John w. Bradley
of Columbus; a daughter, Mrs.
Norma Klick, Columbus; two
grandsons, and one sister, Mrs.
Eva Peterson, Columbus.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03

Governor Frank ]. Lausche re-
ceives the first sheet of Easter
Seals from Georgia McCloy, thus
officially opening the 1853 Easter
Seal campaign in Ohio. Georgia
and Eleanor Douglas, both of Co.
lumbus, Ohio, were the official
ambassadors of The Ohio Society
for Crippled Children, which is
sponsoring, from March 5 to April
5, the 2Oth annual drive to raise
funds for crippled children and
adults in Ohio.
Eleanor and George, each five
years old, have been receiving
therapy for the past two years at
the Cerebral Palsy Treatment
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
JOHN TAYLOR
RECOVERING
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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
Lafayette Store
Robbed Friday

The Warren Norris store at
Lafayette was robbed Friday
night, according to Sheriff Harold
r. Bidwell. The thieves got ap-
proximately 5000 in cash and COM
pletely wrecked the cash register
at the store.
The Lafayette Market was also
entered but no theft was reported
there. The thieves gained entrance
at the rear of both stores.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
Tractor Clubs
Being Formed
Maintenance And
Repair To Be Taught

Plans are being completed for
the forming of three new All
Tractor Maintenance Clubs in
Madison County according to Rob-
ert Eby, Associate County Agent.
Membership in these clubs will be
oper to any boy who is IA years
old CT over and has tractor avail
able to study for the project.
The purpose of the project is to
train the boys on the proper main
tenance of farm tractors to insure
maximum efficiency of fuel used.
They will learn the working prin-
ciples of the different parts of the
tractors such as the cooling sys-
tenn, ignition system, carburetion
and many others. They will also
have an opportunity to participate
in the county tractor rodeo in the
summer.
The Advisors for these clubs
have received training at the Ohio
State University to enable them to
present the material. The eight
meetings will be held at the diff
ferent tractor dealers in the vi
cinity of the clubs.
Clubs will be held at Plain City,
London and Mt. Sterling, provided
enough boys enroll to form the
clubs. The first meeting of these
clubs will be held as follows:
London on Wednesday, March a,
at the Court House; Plain City
group on Thursday, March 5, at
Canaan High School and Mt. Sterl-
ing on Thursday, March II at Josl-
in Tractor Sales.
All boys who are interested
should plan to attend the first
meeting closest to them. Parents
are welcome to attend also. For
further information, contact the
Extension Office.
PIERCE HOME
John Pierce has returned to his
home at Chrisman Chapel after a
several weeks stay in Grant Hos
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
By Their Punches
Shall Ye Know Them

Some people sign their names in
full. Some use authorizations, init
ials, even an x.
And some do it with a punch.
These are the railroad conduc-
tors or trainmen-the men who
pick up your ticket on a train
and you'll never get two different
punches from the same one. Your
ticket won't, that is.
For every railroad ticket collec-
tor has his own personal and dis
tinctive punch mark, or signature.
Each one is registered in his name
(like a policemans revolver) and
there are no two exactly alike on
any one railroad, though there
may be similarities among rail-
roads.
Take a look at the cut-out in
your ticket the next time you ride
a train. 1t may be shaped like a
rooster, or a hat, or a half-moon or
even a fish. 1t will be one of
thousands of designs.
The railroads began the punch
signature system many years ago
to increase their efficiency and to
know just who punched what.
A punch is registered in train
mans name the day he begins col
lecting tickets and he retains it
until he stops. A trainman usually
has two punches with the same
mark, one to be used when the
other is being repaired or sharp
ened. And it's rare when a train
man loses his punch.
MRS. cRAsBE HOME
Mrs. Dora Crabbe, Washington
Avenue, returned Sunday from the
home of her daughter, Mrs. E. G.
Thompson, Columbus, where she
has been for the past three weeks
recovering after a foot operation
at White Cross Hospital.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03

Center of the Franklin County So
ciety for Crippled Children in Co
lumbus, an affiliate of The Ohio
Society for Crippled Children.
Eleanor is now able to sit and
stand alone in braces, help feed
and dress herself and has over
come her shyness through kinder
garten and playroom experience at
the Center.
George needed leg braces to
improve his gait and training to
improve the use of his left hand.
He is now, even in braces, quick
as a cricket, alert and curious as
a kitten, and takes his handicap in
his stride.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
Sesqui Flag To
Be Flown Here

Madison County Commissioners
announced Monday that the Ohio
flag will fly beneath the National
emblem from the flag pole on the
court house lawn in recognition of
the states Sesqui-Centennial cele-
bratiOn
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
ALL IN THE WAY
YOU LOOK AT 1T!

Johnny Wayne Boyer, pupil
in the first grade of the Lon
don School, reported seeing the
first robin while eating his
lunch Monday.
When young Boyer was in
formed that other robins had
been seen earlier he exclaimed,
well, it's the first one I've
Seenw
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
Bussey In Korea
With Infantry

DIV. IN KOREA Glenn S. Bus
sey, whose wife, Jean, lives in
South Charleston, Ohio, recently
was promoted to private first class
in the Army while serving with
the 25th Infantry Division in Ko-
rea.
His outfit has been in Korea
longer than any other American
division. 1t entered the fighting in
July 1850 shortly after the Com
munist attack on South Korea.
Bussey is mortarman in Com
pany D of the 35th Infantry Regi-
ment.
Before entering the Army in No
vember 1851, he attended Madison
Rural High School and was en-
gagged in farming.
Private First Class Bussey's
father, Grover c. Bussey, lives on
Route 1, London, Ohio.
JOHN TAYLOR
RECOVERING
John Taylor, prominent Monroe
township farmer and horseman.
returned Sunday to his home
north of London. from Mt. Carmel
Hospital where he has been a pa
tient for the last several weeks.
Mr.. Taylor is recovering after
two major operations.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
Man Sent To
Jail By Mayor

Sylvester Sargent. London, Ohio,
driving while intoxicated $154.80,
leaving scene of an accident $3.50
and 10 days in county Jail. Resist
ing arrest $3.50.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
4 OUR
"a @fT6SWN

Ca IOWN
WoiDs
See by the papers that leg
islators down South have vot-
ed for a new word. The new
word ''andor" means what it
says-that is, it will replace
"either-or" OR "and-or." Now
If we just had word to re-
place "er-uh" AND "and-uh",
the language would really be
improved. And another article
reveals that the southerners
are considering another favor
for mankind =. they are
pondering a bill to charge
persons who stand up on buss-
es and trolley half fare.
OUCH!
Saw movie not long ago
in which the husband had
rather nasty wife. Upon apply
ing at a ticket window for a
trip to Canada the ticket agent
said, Pretty cold up there
right now. Are you sure the
climate won't disagree with
your wife,"
my good mani" said the
husband, THE climate would
MT dare!'
AUTOS
Fellow told me the other
day that if they keep on maxi
ing automobiles so low to the
ground, people will have to
get into 'em with a shoe-horn.
Nobody seems to have gar
age that'll fit any more. One
guy keeps his in roofed-over
sand box.
INTERESTING
Brad Wilson of the Colum-
bus Citizen had piece in the
Sunday paper which stirred a
lot of interest here. He men
toned former Londoners, Don
and Hilda Ballenger, whom he
met in Florida. Said that
they asked about Herb Lani-
gan and Dawson Owsley who
live here. Jim Hackett also got
a call.
WEATHER
Lot of farmers are COM
planning about how dry it is
but our weatherman tells us
that the average precipitation
is less than an inch below nor
NAL. Could be that 1t is dryer
here than elsewhere but the
snow should help some.
HINT
You can use melted snow
from the inside of your refrig.
orator in a steam iron. Mois-
ture from the air is distilled
same as the other
HuMMN!
It can be said for swimming
that it is one of the cleanest
of sports! I
HEYWooD
Old Haywood Snugg, he Of
the ruby red nose and eyes
to match, says that the only
way to fight a woman Is with
your hat-grab it and run!
Haywood further states that
he is never troubled with i'm
proper thoughts-he enjoys
them!
WELLL7
Maisie, the office cutey was
telling her girl friend that the
boss had taken her up to his
apartment and presented her
with a beautiful new mink
coat.
And what did you have to
do for it 2" asked the sly girl
friend.
well, / had to shorten the
sleeves a littlew said Maisie.
OFFSPRING
And then there's the one
about the mother mosquito
who said to her little ones
"If you behave yourselves, I'll
take you to a nudist colony
this evening.
Eat so7 "vy
There are only two kinds
of girls-those with bowlegs
and those who are afraid OF
mice.
TWIST
Suppose you've heard about
the turtle who went down
town and bought a people
necked" sweater. Well did you
ever consider what Mae West
would wear on plane flight
over water?
PoME
Early to bed.
Early to rise,
And your gal goes out,
With other guys!
QUESTION
What in the world is so
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
MIDWAY DANCE POSTPONED

The $3.50 dance planned by the
Midway Junior class for Saturday
night at the high school, has been
postponed until Saturday, March
IA, to avoid conflict with the dis
trict basketball tournament at
Troy.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
HON & FROM
HOSPITAL

Gladstone Holloway returned
Friday to his home on Lower
Glade Road, Oak Run township,
from Mt. Carmel Hospital. He is
slowly recovering after a recent
major operation.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
PIERCE HOME

PIERCE HOME
John Pierce has returned to his
home at Chrisman Chapel after a
several weeks stay in Grant Hos
pital.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03

Winds from south expected
Wednesday. Mercury will
climb obove IS. Cloudy
skies and some roin.
Evening star., 1953-06-02
News Of Music
Child Piano Prodigy Grows Up.
|Shows Skill at Phillips Recital

Jones, impersonating the latter,
sang with confidence and express
sion. Carl Dosik. as the Notary,
infused some comedy into his
lines.
The production Of Don Pas
quale" added to the experience
of all concerned and surpassed
technically the initial presenta-
ton of the Magic Flute" given
last spring. Time is not dis
tant when these singers will be
able to discard the scores, which
they did not seem to need last
night, and act with the freedom
Of which they are fully capable.
DR.. Fall, in the dual role of ar
tistic director and conductor, has
accomplished astounding results
with his group and is well on
the road to greater things.
Evening star., 1953-06-02
Lutheran Women Plan
installation tomorrow

The Women's Guild and the
Women's Missionary Society of
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Con-
necticut avenue and Everett
street NV, will install officers
at 1880 pm. tomorrow in the
church hall.
Miss A. Barbara Wiegand will
be installed as president of the
guild, and Mrs. Wilfred Tiencken,
president of the society.
Other guild officers are Mrs,
George Ellinger, vice president; !;
Mrs. Martin T. Wiegand, record
ing secretary; Mrs. Flora Eek
hardt, corresponding secretary:
Mrs. w. R. Frye, statistical secre-
tary, and Mrs. Vernon Ferguson,
treasurer.
Society officers include Mrs.
Stuart Mcintyre, recording sec
retary; Miss Louie Dale Leeds,
corresponding secretary, and
Mrs. Ezra Stirewalt, treasurer.