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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-31
4-H Leadership
Club Organized

A new county wide All Junior
Leadership club has been organ
lied in Madison County, according
to Robert Eby, Associate County
Agent. Some of the objectives of
the club are to provide more spe-
cial training for the All Junior
Leaders, to give them an opportun-
ity to share ideas concerning their
role in the overall All program
and to serve as an organized group
in sponsoring such activities as All
officers and Leaders Conferences,
Recreation Parties and other coun-
ty wide events.
Any All boy or girl who has
been in club work for three years
or more and who is Is years of
age can become a Junior Leader.
They can enroll in the Junior
Leadership project in their club
and then join the county wide club
to receive training in that area.
The next meeting of the Madison
County All Junior Leadership
Club will be held Wednesday eve
ming, April Is, at 8 pm, at the
Court House. All Junior Leaders
are invited to attend this meeting
and learn more about the clubs
objectives.
The officers of the new club are:
President, Ted Meeker; Vice Pres
ident, Gary Peart; Secretary
Treasurer, Mary Kay Dillingham;;
Recreation Leaders, Joan Ryan
and Jim Thompson: News Report
er, Dolores Phillips; Refreshment
Co,,,,,,;ttaa Mary 90 Brown
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-31
LONDON SCHOOLS
CLOSED FRIDAY

The London Public Schools
will close Thursday night for a
three day holiday over the Eas-
ter weekend. School will be re-
sumed Wednesday, April 8, ac-
cording to Supt. ]. j. Hartley.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-31
Clean Up For Sprino"

ONO flres IN 1852, according to
Charles r. Scott, State Fire Mar
shal, caused the largest property
loss in the history of the Fire Mar
shaps office. Approximately thirty
million dollars worth of valuable
property was consumed by flames.
He is urging that all Ohio citi-
zens clean up for Spring. Clean
homes and premises seldom catch
on fire, he stated. Your chances
of having your department pay
you visit are indirect proportion
to the amount of rubbish you al
low to accumulate. Rubbish may
not be cause of fire in itself, but
it supplies the fuel for a careless
ly discarded match, cigarette or
stray spark.
Americans probably keep more
rubbish than any country in the
world. We also have the worst fire
ldte. IiiSiE are Two TGdSOflS IOT
this rubbish record. First - ma
tional procrastination - "Tll take
care of the trash barrel tommor-
row. philosophy. Second - we
have a lopsided sense of thrift.
We are a nation of string savers
and trivia collectors. We hate to
throw anything away. We hang
on to things like Uncle JosF's
coonskin coat or broken down
deer head in the vain hope that
we may be able to use them some
time.
Let's forget the keep every
thing" attitude and start now in
the basement (where 57R of all
home fires starD and go through
to the attic and CLEAN UP FOR
SPRING before we are CLEAN
ED OUT BY FIRE.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-31

"The Man Who Came To
Dinner" by Moss Hart and
George Kaufman has been Sc
lected as the commencement
play for the Class of 1853 of
London High School.
This play was popular on
both stage and screen and will
present a real challenge to the
student actors. Try-outs will be
held the first week in April, and
rehearsals viii begin April 20.
Dates for production of the play
are May 26 and q.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-31
Safety Congress
Rounds Out Plan
For 3 Day Meet
Columbus Scene Of
23rd Safety Meet

Nationally-known authorities in
the field of safety and industrial
health will attract a record attend
ance to the 23rd All-Ohio Safety
Congress in Columbus April 14-16,
according to r. T. Spencer, man
ager, who is announcing details of
the program today. More than g.
600 Representatives of labor and
industry are expected for a con-
vention that will be divided into
"a sections with exhibits of safety
devices in IA classifications.
A. H. Zeilinger, superintendent
of safety, Colorado Fuel and Iron
Corp, will come from Pueblo,
Colo. to tell how labor and man
agement teamwork can prevent
accidents in the metal industry.
Other out-of-state speakers will
be Francis L. Brannigan, assistant
chief, fire and accident branch,
Atomic Energy Commission, New
York, who will explain radiation
hazards; Robert H. Heyboer, di-
rector of safety, Borden Co., De-
troit; AL Knight, editor, The Bull
letin, and Milo Gray, safety man.
ager, both of Weirton Steel Co.,
Weirton, w. Va.
Gerald Phelan, manager, Detroit
Industrial Safety Council, Detroit;
John West, safety engineer, Soho
Pipe Line Co., st. Louis, Mo-, and
Burton w Marsh, director of traf-
fic engineering and safety, Ameri-
can Automobile Association, Wash
lngton, d. G.
Demonstrations of accident pre-
vention m e h Cd S in industry,
homes, schools, farms, and traffic
will be presented, designed to be
of practical year-around use.
j. L. Risinger, assistant manag-
er, claim and safety department,
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc, New
York, will explain new method
of extinguishing tank fires at the
general session on Industrial Fire
Prevention He will show techni-
color movie which will demonstr-
ate the use of compressed air in
quenching burning Oil.
Teams of miners from Willow
Grove, Dun Glen, Piney Fork and
Jensie Mines will compete for
awards in first aid demonstrations
under actual working conditions
Chief Judge will be w. Dan Walk
er ,Jr., chief of the accident pre-
vention and health division, U. S
Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, ano
j. Maynard Dickerson, vice chair
man of the Industrial Commission
will present awards.
High school students from rural
urban and metropolitan areas viii
present their driver education pro
grams. Chemical industries viii
hold a safety clinic.
The Safety Congress is under
the auspices of the Industrial Com
mission of Ohio, of which Richard
w. Morse is chairman. James H
. Fluker, superintendent of the di
| vision of safety and hygiene, i!
/. chairman of arrangements.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-31
ROBERT RAUB
BREAKS HIP

Robert Raub, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. M. A. Raub, Fettrow's Viii
lage, fell Friday, when he lost his
balance while sweeping the porch
and broke his left hip. He is ir
White Cross Hospital, room 317.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-31
II Man Jury Hears
Initial Testimony

BY agreement of the prosecution
and the defense, the Louis Potts
case is being heard in Madison
County Common Pleas Court here
by jury of IL persons.
Originally, 13 jurors were to
have been selected in order that
stand by juror, the thirteenth,
would be available to hear all tes-
timony so that he or she could fill
in in the event of illness or other
incapacity of any of the regular
jurors. Six days had been consum-
ed to seat the IL permanent jurors
and over so prospects were ex-
amined before a jury was per-
manently seated.
Opening statements were heard
Tuesday morning by Prosecutor
Forrest Sidener and defense at
torney, Harvey Crow. Sideners
statements to the jury indicated
that he would attempt to prove
Potts guilty of murder in the first
degree by showing that the shoot
ing of Bertha Russell, Potts ex-
wife, was premeditated inasmuch
as the prosecution claims that
Potts left the trailer in which Mrs.
Russell was shot and went to a
nearby shed and produced the %
rifle from which ii is claimed that
the fatal shot was fired.
Attorney Crow, In his opening
address, made 1t clear that his de-
fense would be based on what he
called the accidental discharge of
the gun. Further, Crow said that
he would offer additional evidence
to show that Potts brain has been
impaired through numerous head
injuries and the contraction of a
social disease some years ago.
Crow has entered pleas of 'Not
Guilty and mot Guilty by reason
of insanity"
The permanent jurymen who
will hear the case are:
Louis Guy, Irwin; Mrs. Martha
Baker, Plain City; Mrs. Miriam
Shipley, West Jefferson; Mrs. Hill
dreth Hume, London; Mrs. Jewell
Robinson, London Route /; Mrs. A.
r. Hooking. London: Dale SIM
mermon, South So1on: Max Chem
oweth, Mt. Sterling; C. H. McDan-
iels, Big Plain; Robert Fornof,
Somerford; Mrs. Ruth Faust, Plain
City, and Fanny Vent. London.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-31
ANNOUNCE BIRTH
OF DAUGHTER

Mr.. and Mrs. David Ellies of
New York City, announce the
birth of a daughter, Diane Lynn,
on Friday, March 20. Mr.. Ellies
is brother of Mrs. Wilbur Hume,
North Main Street.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-31

j& OUR
"a [f0TW'N
KID STUFF

<iD STUFF
Other evening a bunch of us
were talking about the good
old days when the medicine
men and the snake oil sales
men appeared on the streets
of our town every Saturday
night and sold their wares by
lamp light. Good friend of
ours came up with a classic on
the subject which we herewith
relate to you.
Seems that our friend, when
a small lad. was standing at a
respectful distance from a
hawker who was selling some
kind of worm medicine. Since
the lot where the show was
staged happened to be near a
railroad, the hawker had to
stop his patter as a train chug-
ged by. AS soon as the train
had passed, the medicine man
said, in awesome tones-"JuSt
now, as that train passed, I
have counted "a people in this
audience who have worms"
Our friend got out of there
as fast as his little legs would
carry him and, after running
many blocks, stumbled breath
lessly into his mothers arms.
whats wrong, boy?" she
asked.
Our once small boy, between
sobs, cried out, "Oh mother,
I've got worms! The man
looked right at me when he
said it!''
PARTY LINE
Farmer had picked UP the
telephone receiver severa !
times but always it was busy
with the same bodies. Once he
overheard one of the women
say that she was cooking
beans for supper. Like a flash,
he interrupted with-"Say, |
can smell your beans burn
ing!" There was a twin scream
and both receivers went up
with a bang!
HEYwooD
Old Haywood Snugg, the
Dan Cupid of Darby Plains,
says that there are three kinds
of marriages-trial, compan-
ionate and fight-to-the-finish.
Marriage, says Haywood, is
a case where a man marries a
woman who has what it takes
to take what he has!"
7???
Modern marriage wouldn't
be such a gamble if people
would get it in their thick
skulls that full house beats
a pair.
Bloated plutocrat to chauf-
feur of big limousine-"Drive
over the nearest cliff, Feeble
dorrster, we're committing
suicide!"
REPARTEE
Lady police matron, arrest
ing man who pinched her
"One good pinch deserves an
other"
ARMY
Story has it that the u. S.
Army recently spent $15O to
get back As cents from a SOL
dier who had lost a service
necktie. The soldier was 5000
miles from the area in which
the tie was lost when the
Army finally presented its bill.
NEWSPAPERS
There will always be news
papers. This fact is evident
when one consi ders the
amount of garbage provided
by the average family and the
number of puppy dogs still
unframed. After all, a small
town is a place, too, where
everyone knows what every
one else is doing and they
read the local paper to see if
they've been caught at it!
MOVIES
Motion pictures have lately
been featuring so-called scien-
tific themes. Latest out of
Hollywood is this plot dream
ed up by a quick-witted story
writer-"Boy meets girl, boy
loses girl, boy BUILDS girl!'
LAST WORD
Juvenile delinquency is just
repetition of the same thing
we did when we were kids!
MRS. sTUCKEY
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-31
Ohio Library Has
1880 Birth Data

Where were you on the night of
June a, 1880?
IF you were in Ohio at that
time" said DR.. Clyde Hissong,
state director of Education, your
name will be listed in the 1880
census records recently placed on
file in the Ohio State Library" If
you were later arrival on this
earth the names of your parents
grandparents and other relatives
living in Ohio that year are given.
Age and occupation of each one is
also provided.
Walter Brahm, State Librarian,
reported the purchase of a micro
film copy of the census from the
National Archives in Washington
where the original census takers
records are maintained. It requir-
ed SO volumes to list all the resi-
dents of Ohio in 1880. Every coun-
ty, city, village and township has
its residents listed by street and
number.
These volumes provide informa-
ton which cannot be found else
where and which has many useful
purposes. They are particularly
useful" Mr.. Brahm said, "for ver-
flying legal and family relation
ships and genealogical research"
Brahm believes the State Lii
brary is the only library in Ohio
which has the 1880 census records.
The State Library also has similar
film records for the 1850 and 1860
census years.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-31
MRS. sTUckEY
HOSPlTALtZED

Mrs. %. M. Stuckey, London r.
D. No. 4, has entered Mt. Carmel
Hospital for major operation.
Her room number is 839.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-31

fsnec;aOne hundred bushels good yield OF
nm Ohio farm and Hastings Ashland County farmers
1874 bushels the
b Corn Crown in the 1862 Selected Ace DeKalb Corn
Growing Contest ~. ,oeo
Their yield topped those Of 5s4 other Ohio farmers the SS5 @
bushels The
had several It received
31212 commercial fertilizer, and planted on May loth
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-31
TONSILS REMOVED

Gary Lee Long, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Long, Sedalia, is recov-
ering following tonsilectomy at
Fayette County Memorial Hospi-
tai.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-31
MRS. LOWE
REcovE RING

Mrs. Helen Lowe, is recovering
after a serious illness with flu at
her home on South Main Street.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-31
M RS. EVANS
RECOVERING

Mrs. William Evans, Somerford
township, is recovering in Grant
Hospital, following major opera
ton Thursday. Her room number
is ITO.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-31
BREAKS LEG IN FALL

Miss Margaret Foody of Colum-
bus, formerly of London, broke
her leg in a fall downstairs on
Thursday. She is in room 753 Mt.
Carmel Hospital.
Miss Foody is a sister of Mrs.
John Tougher and Mrs. Catherine
Dean, South Main Street, London.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-03-15

Here it is. the mghtest diesel wheel built
for general farm works
More than that-it's the smoothest big tractor you
buy. The As plow Oliver ''ee'' is six It's
less firing drive And, you get the response
and Juggling power of its six cylinders.
Another thng-this new ''e9' is true diesel. :.
starts readily diesel fuel normal temperatures.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-03-15
NEW SAFETY STARTING UNIT

You must be on the pIofform to start
the "oo" diesel. Avoids accidental
starting. You ore compelled to dis
engage the clutch (Al to provide
electrical contact tB) for the mon-
UoIIy-operofed starter lCl.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-03-15

And for zero-weather operation standard ether
injection unit enables you to start the "99' in y.
You'll find many other great advancements on the
"9e'-smooth doubledisc steering brakes. sealed
beam headlights and combination food-and-tail
lamp. easy-to-read instrument group. recirculat-
ing balltype gear that reduces steering effort by
much SO per cent. comfortable rubber spring
seat .heavy-duty clutch that be serviced from
the outside
See the powerful, functional '99". Drive it..
Work test it. In addition to the diesel, a
modern, overhead valve 6cylinder gasoline engine
model is also available. Ask your Oliver dealer to
help you select the type that will give you the
greatest economy. The OLIVER Corporation 400
West Madison Street, Chicago g. Illinois.
*DeveIops IS horsepower belt observed during manufacturers
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Utility Records Show
Big Part Of Growth
Going 10 Suburbs
By Donald B. HodIey

The District of Columbia con-
tinues to lose ground in compe-
tition with suburban Maryland
and Virginia, a survey Of public
utility connections on March 81
disclosed today.
Less than a tenth Of the area
gas meters and electric custo-
mers added in the last year were
inside the District, while less
than a third of the additional
telephones were inside.
New records on March 81
showed a gain Of 1888 area gas
meters from a year earlier, in
cluding only 877 in the District,
but 6,465 in nearby Maryland
and 4,476 in the Virginia suburbs.
OF 1900 electric customers
added in the area during the
year, only 1,408 were in the Dis
trict, but 1921 were in Mary
land and 6,751 in Virginia.
OF 35.466 telephones added in
the year. only 10,361 were in the
District, while 16.107 were in
Maryland and 8,998 in Virginia.
Up Sharply Since 1945.
On March 81 the Metropolitan
Area had 84,918 more gas meters.
1898 more electric customers
and 356.209 more telephones
than on the same date of war;
time 1945.
The record totals on March 81
are compared below with the
same dates of 1852 and 1945 In
the various sections:
Evening star., 1953-04-22

and Air Force and many parts
for jet airplane engines. But its
top product is often seen on the
highways of the Washington area
with little hint of the expensive
and complicated equipment in
side. Huge trailers, either bear
ing the Navy or Air Force insig-
MIA and marked "Operational
Flight Trainers" or "Air Force
SimulatorS," are produced at
ERGO at the rate of one every
five or six weeks and each is
worth approximately $3.50, 1000.
These fight trainers account
for more than IS per cent of the
Engineering Research Corp. pro-
duction. Since these devices,
which approach the astronomical
both in their mathematical COM
plexity and in mechanical con-
struction, are a strictly military
product, the company has only
two real customers now-the
Navy and the Air Force. And,
because of these machines and
other more confidential military
work in the plant, the entire
area is under StricteSt security
measures.
When a new military plane is
tested and put into production,
ERCO's engineers are among the
scientific brain trusters" called
to the Pentagon to solve the next
problem-the construction of
training devices to simulate in
every minute detail emergency
and normal flight conditions that
a pilot will encounter in the
actual plane.
Techncians study the first
models of the plane. Every rivet,
wire and instrument in the cock
pit is noted. They fly the craft.
taking a complete survey on its
reactions in flight. Then they
break out the slide rules and
mathematical tables and spend
countless hours over the draw
ing board and in the laboratory.
When completed, the fight simu-
lator will be an exact copy of the
actual planes cockpit and a pilot
enclosed in it will be unable to
tell the difference except for a
few of the physical sensations
encountered in actual fight.
Two Years on Jet.
The F86D Sabre jet trainer
built by ERGO is the result Of
100000 hours Of engineering
brain work covering a period Of
almost two years. Behind the
cockpit is a large room and panels
of intricate electronic equipment
which simulate jet flight. It's 1852
tubes and more than 100000
parts are connected with go
miles of wire. The book of in
structions that is given free with
each trainer purchase contains
between 800 and 900 pages.
When the pilot f1ips his
starting switch, he actually hears
the explosion of the jet engines
burner as it begins firing. All
cockpit instruments give true
readings of the trainers per-
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Obscure ERGO Becomes Area Industrial Giant
By Hugh Humphrey

At the end Of a little-known
road in Riverdale, Md, one of
the Metropolitan Areas largest
and most obscure industries
sprawls across a 232-acre site.
The brain child of q Washing
ton-born inventor. the Engineer
ing Research Corp. came to life
in a small shed at 2014 Fifth
street NE, % years ago.
Today, ERCO's buildings cover
250,000 square feet of space; it
employs more than 1000 highly
skilled technicians. of which
400 are among the Nations lead
ing engineers; and, its gross pro-
duction exceeds $40 million q
year.
Still owned and operated by
Washington natives. ERGO prob
ably is best known as the one
time manufacturer of Americas
safest" light airplane-the little
rudderlesS Ercoupe which was
turned out in volume here just
after World War II. At one
point, ERCO's assembly line was
grinding out "a of these planes
each day.
Then the anticipated postwar
boom in sport flying slumped
and with it. ERCO's production
dropped almost to the zero point.
Another postwar demand was
being felt, however, and the
plant turned its engineering and
mechanical talent to the con-
struction of special-purpose truck
bodies for the expanding busi-
nesses in the Washington area.
Other Scientific Fields.
While building truck bodies,
the planning division of ERGO
had it's eye on a more scientific
f1eld-electronics and aeronauti-
cal engineering-and the door
always was open to young engi-
neer graduate who had the
knowledge ERGO wanted. Before
1850, the corporation had en-
tered the industrial electronics
field, designing and building spe-
cial televiSion equipment and
intricate counters for transit
lines and other businesses.
The natural transition from
peacetime manufacturer to Sc
cret military production was
easy. The engineering depart
ment already had much of the
know-how and the shops were
we'll equipped with giant metal
presses, cutting machines and
other tools. Almost since it's
inception, ERGO has specialized
in making neavy tools for the
aircraft industry and it's skill
paid off when the Korean war
started.
Within months, the boom was
on. Its employment jumped
sharply and today-with no end
of the military orders in sight
its monthly payroll averages
$250,000. There's no slack pc
riod at ERGO. The Pentagon's
defense needs are oblivious to
seasonal trends and the plants
employees benefit. They're on a
full two-shift basis with a size
able number working on special
projects after midnight.
Top Product for Services.
The plant is turning out rocket
launching devices for the Navy
Evening star., 1953-04-22
MetuI Quotations

NEW YORK. April 81. R,.-spot nom
ferrous metal prices today. Copper, 80
12 cents q pound, New York. Zinc. II
cents a pound, East st. Louis Tin,
94E cents a pound, New York. At
Pittsburgh, scrap steel No. heavy was
quoted at 43.50-44,
Evening star., 1953-04-22
How Autograph cuts costs
in government offices everywhere

SHORTHAND vs.. AUTOGRAPH
(National avcrages, based % sasdiss TO date)
Detection speed
with shorthand. ~ words per ziaute
with Autograph. 90 words per minute
Mere then I0oet inereaso
SOeVssaFy's output -
with shorthand. 5S lines per hour
(inclndes taking shorthand and ,yping)
with Autograph. l2O lines per hour
(typine only. no dictation period)
More then 10oe6 ineroass