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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-22

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER %
Deacons meeting at Presbyterian Church. 7:3O
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER %
Patterson banquet at St Johns Lutheran Church $50 o'clock
dweek service Congregational Christian Church, South
Solon, 1880
Garden Club meeting, Club House, 8 o'clock.
Christ Christian Union,
o'clock
Prayer service, Paul A.ME. Church. 8 o'clock.
service, First Baptist Church.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER "a
Fellowship South Solon Christian Church. home Mrs
Ada Rowand
club Harry Turvy III North Main 2
o'clock
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
Three Township Clubs, program,
Monroe School, to 12
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26,
Rummage Sale of c Hail. 10 am Spring Fork Grange.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
Woman's Day Baptist Church, day meeting.
Meeting Lodge Election of Post Officers
All members urged to attend.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER %
London Business and Professional Womens Club Feow, $50
o'clock
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 90
District meeting WSCS Chilicothe
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-22

lege graduate in the nation" A
mere 101 years of age.
This college and the old man
have competition. On June 6, 1853,
DR.. and Mrs. M. K. Weber of Co.
lumbus, Mrs. Johnson and myself
attended the Alumni reunion of
graduates of Ohio Northern Uni
versity at Ada, Ohio. At the BAN
quet one of the most avid appe-
tites and keen minds was present
ed in the person of Henry Gram
Itch, a retired bank President of
Kenton, Ohio. 1t was his birthday.
He was born on June 9Th, 1851.
Ohio University may cutclass
Ohio Northern in some respects,
but they have no right to claim the
oldest living graduate on earth. I
talked with Mr.. Gramllcn. He had
a bright, even tempered mind and
a marvellous physical Speclman OF
strength and power. will wager a
little that our champion could
throw the doctor over the fence.
However, we have to submit in
one respect. Our hero didn't grad
uate until 1874. The doctor made
it in 1870, but probably didn't
know nearly as much as our prot
ege. He couldn't have had a very
thorough university education by
graduating at the age of 18 years.
Any other college have an older
graduate and want to blow about
it?
Respectfully Submitted,
(Signed)
E. w. Johnson
West Jefferson.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-22
P.-T.A. Endorses
Proposed Change
In School Laws

The London P.-T.A, in its first
meeting here last week, officially
adopted a resolution favoring a
State Constitutional Amendment
which would provide State
Board of Education. Such an
amendment would abolish political
appointment of the State Director
of Education, it was explained.
During the discussion, Supt. ]. ].
Hartley explained that a State
Board of Education was already a
reality in more than 10 states. Mr..
Hartley further said that the eS-
tablishment of such a board would
take state policy out of the hands
of an appointee and place the ed
ucational policy in the hands of a
multi-member board who would be
appointed for staggered terms thus
making a long-range educational
policy possible. According to a
spokesman for the P.-T.A., Mr..
Hartley concluded that, to his
knowledge, only two state direc-
tors have been retained after serv-
ing out 4-year appointments. Dr.
Clyde Hissong is the present state
director. It was also brought out
that the measure was given a vote
of confidence at the recent Cover
nor's Conference held at Seattle.
The association also voted to
send delegates to the State Con-
vention at Cincinnati on Oct. 5, 6,
and 7. Plans were outlined for the
coming year and monthly pro-
grams were also discussed. The
next meeting is scheduled for Oc-
tober at which time the new light
ing facilities at the schools will be
inspected.
The finance committee, Paul
Alexander and 3. V. Chesbrough,
is planning ways and means of
raising revenue for the year and
an announcement will follow.
About so members were present
and enrolment of additional men,
bers will be carried on during the
October meeting, it was said.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-22
Mrs. William EnsIey Honored For
u Years AS Presbyterian Organis+

Mrs. William Ensley, organist
of First Presbyterian Church,
London, was honored at an in
formal reception at the conclusion
of the service Sunday morning in
recognition of her most unusual
and faithful record of service.
On Sunday, September 20, Mrs.
Ensley completed twenty-six years
continuous service as organist of
the church and in that time has
missed only ONE Sunday. And, ac-
cording to the record, it is not
fair to count that against her,
for the Sunday she missed was
during the last great blizzard
and when she was all ready to
90. was advised that the service
had been called off.
The reception was a complete
surprise to Mrs. Ensley. Reverend
Frank L. Baldwin, just after the
conclusion of Sundays service, re-
marked, "Now it is my pleasure
to do something that l have been
authorized to do and also request
ed NOT to do"
When it was learned about her
exceptional record, Mrs. Ensley
asked that it not be mentioned
but the Board of Elders of the
Church and the Choir decided
otherwise. Hence it was COM
plete surprise. to the honor guest,
when Reverend Baldwin, invited
Mrs. Ensley to leave her post at
the organ Sunday and lead the
members of the Choir from the
loft to the front of the Church.
Reverend Baldwin told the
story of Mrs. Ensley's service and
then asked Murray c. Lohr, a
member of the choir to present a
gift from the choir; one beautiful
red rosebud for every year of her
service for the church. From the
Board of Elders on behalf of the
congregation, Reverend Baldwin
presented her with a handsome
silver bowl and matching candle
sticks.
AS the morning congregation
came forward to congratulate
Mrs. Ensley and express their
appreciation, with deep emotional
feeling and radiant expression,
she remarked, Il most certainly
do not deserve all this, but the
congregation will never know how
deeply 1 am moved and with
what gratitude I receive your at
tentions. s- $685..
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-22
Nine New Levies
In November Vote

Resolutions requesting that nine
tax levies be put on the Novem-
Der ballot for various subdivisions
in the county, have been filed with
the Madison County Board of
Elections.
Clerk Gertrude Gist, listed the
proposed tax levies as follows:
Jefferson Local School District,
an additional two mills for cur
rent expenses for five years, ma
jority vote necessary.
Plain City Local School District,
an additional three mills, for cur
rent expenses for five years, ma
jority vote necessary.
Mount Sterling Local School
District, an additional one mill for
reconditioning heating system of
the school building, for five years,
$50 affirmative vote necessary.
Stokes Local School District, a
renewal of 2.7 mills and an in
crease of 1.3 to constitute a A mill
tax, for current operating expenses
for five years, majority vote neces-
sary.
Village of Mt. Sterling, an addi-
tional two mills for current ex-
penses, for five years, 500 affir-
native vote necessary.
Village of Jefferson, a renewal
of one mill, for current operating
expenses, particularly lighting of
streets and alleys. for two years,
500 affirmative vote necessary.
Darby Township, exclusive of
the Corporation of Plain City, a
renewal of 4/10 mills and an in
crease of 1/10 mill to constitute a
u mill tax for providing fire pro-
lection, for three years, 500 af-
firmative vote necessary.
Canaan Township, a renewal OF
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-22
Mrs. WorreII VIII
Address District
W.S.C.S. Meet
September ~

Mrs. Ruth Mougey Worrell of
Columbus will address the Fall
assembly of the Chillicothe Dist
rict Woman's Society of Christian
Service. She is an outstanding
Christian lay woman, having
served as Executive Secretary of
the United Council of Church
Women for the state of Ohio and
for the United States. Mrs. Wor-
rell has recently returned from a
world tour during which she Wis
tied many missions and spent last
Christmas in the Holy Land.
Miss Margaret Miller, who was
scheduled to speak at this meet
ing, is in Texas and will be un-
able to fulfill the engagement.
The Walnut Street Methodist
Church in Chillicothe will be the
scene of the meeting on Tuesday,
September 20, at 1000 am, with
Mrs. D. G. Green of Athens pre-
siding. Registration starts at $50.
Rev. Fred w. Knickrehm and
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-22
Charles BurchneIl
Aboard USS Princeton

San Francisco, Calf. (FHTNC)
- Scheduled to arrive here from
the Far East Sept. 21st on board
the attack aircraft carrier USS
Princeton. is Charles w. Burch-
nell, aviation structural mechan-
ic airman, USN, of West Jeffer-
son, Ohio, serving with Fighter
Squadron 152.
One of the first carriers to go
into action in the Korean con-
flict, the Princeton is a veteran
of 457 combat days during three
tours of duty off the Northeast
Korean coast.
After transferring the staff of
Carrier Air Group Is and five
squadrons to their home base at
the Naval Air Station, Moffett
Field, the carrier will proceed to
San Diego to disembark three
other squadrons - two to the
Naval Air Station, San Diego, and
the other to the Naval Air Sta
ton, Miramar.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-22

Dear Editor,
It is often noted that there has
never been a product sponsored to
be the best, most particular or be-
yond the attempts of any other to
compete that there has not been
another that has equalled or sur
passed. 1t is also noted that some
one claiming to be the oldest in
his class may have a rival compet-
ing for the honor.
In your issue of Sept 14th you
have an article about DR.. Philip
Jenner in which it is claimed by
Ohio University at Athens that the
doctor is "The oldest living COL
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-22
Hunt Relatives
Of Ohio Couple

CHICAGO, Ill. - Nieces and
nephews of the late George Ham,
ilton and his wife, the former Fan
ME Daniels, are being sought thr-
oughout central Ohio, to claim a
$7,700 estate of which they obvi-
ously never heard. .
This became known here today
when Walter G. Cox, probate gen.
ealogist, 208 S. LaSalle ST., Chi
cago, who specializes in tracing
missing relatives to settle estates,
took over the hunt with few help
full clues.
"The estate was left" MIR. Cox
said, "by the last known descend
ant of Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton, and
under the circumstances it appears
that the nieces and nephews would
be the surviving heirs.
This is based on the indication
that the George Hamiltons have
no other descendants living and
that brothers and sisters of the
couple are also deceased.
'The search is being centered in
central Ohio because Hamilton
and Miss Daniels are known to
have been married in the region in
about 1873, and it is believed some
of the relatives sought still reside
in the area.
Unfortunately, the exact local
ity in the area is not known.
Neither are the first names of the
cOuDle'S brothars and sisters" 4"
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-22
Sterling Merchants
Honor Al Members AT
Barbecue SATURDAY.

The Mt. Sterling Business Men
honored 4-H club members in the
southern part of Madison County
and in trading areas of Fayette
Counties to a beef barbecue, Sat-
urday afternoon, September 10,
according to a report from the
Madison County Extension Office.
The Businessmen sponsoring the
activities were Paullin Motor
Sales, DR.. r. II. Packer, Veteri-
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-22
Letters To
The Editor

Letters to the editor are en-
couraged and will be wei
coined. To be considered for
publication they must be sign
ed. Anonymous communica-
tions cannot be published. In
the event the author of a let
ter wishes to withhold his or
her name from publication
this desire should be indicated
in the letter. The letter may
then be printed without the
signature at discretion of the
editor II IL contains Informal
ton deemed of sufficient In
terest to all readers.-ED.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-22
AROUND
OHIO
BY George L, Zeis
RN Genrne L. Zeis

While attending a farm meet
ing several months ago, saw an
old friend that I had not seen in
several years. Automatically, I
stuck out my right hand to shake
hands with him.
He, in turn, offered his left
hand. Momentarily, this reversal
of hands caused a certain amount
of confusion on my part.
Caught you off guard, didn't
I?", he questioned with a grim
smile on his face. THE whole
thing was quite a surprise to me
when I caught my hand in corn
picker - and lost it. Your sur
prise won't last long. I'll always
remember mine"
Then he told me how it hap
pened. THE corn picker plugged
up on me. Like most everyone else
I had a lot of picking to do. I
thought every minute saved would
help me get the picking done be-
fore bad weather set in.
Without thinking, I jumped
off the tractor without disengag-
ing the power take-off. I reached
down near the swapping rolls to
remove some corn stalks which
were causing the , trouble. My
glove was caught in the roll be-
fore I knew what happened.
Fortunately there was another
man nearby. He shut off the trac-
tor. Had he not been close, I may
have lost my life instead of one
hand"
Yes, this same sort of thing
happens each year during the
corn harvest season. Most of the
operators realize the danger in
volved in trying to clean out a
piece of machinery while it is
moving. Yet, to save few min
utes time, they throw caution to
the wind and go ahead and do it
anyhow.
Others seem to forget. Their
minds are on something else. But,
forgetting does not bring back
that hand or that life or pay for
the expensive medical bills often
involved.
A modern corn picker can whisk
a loft. stick through its swapping
rolls in one second - or a hand
just as quick. THEY ARE DAN
GEROUS. DON'T FORGET TT.
There are 588,OOO corn pickers
on the nations farms. They will
cause more manning accidents this
year than any other farm imple-
ment.
Production figures tell the story
of what the corn picker means to
the American farmer. One thou
sand bushels of corn can be pick
ed mechanically today in the
same time it would have taken to
hand-harvest 100 bushels in 1910.
These mechanical monsters have
been a boon to the farmer and,
indirectly, to the city dWeller. But
they can be dangerous if not han
died properly. Unfortunately, they
are not handled with the amount
of respect due them.
Safety shields and other devices
have been put on all the new
corn pickers. They have been put
there for a very good reason -
to protect you, the operator. These
safety devices are often removed
to get to the working parts and
never put back on.
When this is done, the trouble
may start. There is no need to go
in all the details of safety rules.
You know all of them anyhow.
You are the only one who can do
something about cutting out this
loss of life or limb.
About the simplest and easiest
thing to remember is this one
statement: Think before you act!
1t may save your life.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-22

4/10 mill for providing fire pro-
lection, for three years, 500 af-
firmative vote necessary.
Darby Township, a renewal for
$40 mills, for Forest Grove Gene
terry, for three years, 500 affir-
NATIVE vote necessary.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-22
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

. NOAASL Of RHEOhN bN
Estate OF Frank A. Sheets De-
ceased Marcia l.. Sheets, London,
qualified as Administrators of the
Estate of Frank A. Sheets late of
Madison County, Ohio, deceased.
Dated this 10th day of September
AID. 1858. Number 1870 Docket
Page 546. Maurice T.. Beathard, Pro-
bate Judge of said County.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-22
Calendar For The Week

NOTE - This feature will regularly and will be
published each Monday and tuesday The service is Free
Please send in copy by Friday for events taking place
the following week. Copy must be submitted before Fri
day noon, deadIne. Thank You!
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-22
Facts About
Folks


John Bacon, who has been visit
ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P.
Z. Bacon, Sr., North Union Street,
left last week for the u. S. Wealth
er Bureau Station on Wake Island
in the Pacific.
~ ~
Mrs. Jesse Z. Chance, North
Oak Street, state chairman of the
National Newsletter Magazine
of the National Society Daugh-
ters of 1912, attended the annual
luncheon of Lucas Sullivant Chap
ter at the home of Mrs. Wilbur
Dyer, 81 Tibet Road, Columbus,
Monday.
Mrs. Richard d. Logan of Tole-
do, was the guest Thursday of her
sister, Mrs. Lillian D. Conway,
North Main Street. She was en-
route to Middletown to visit at
the home of her son, Richard
Logan.
~ ~
Miss Rosemary andrews, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Andrews,
has gone to Rochester, Mimi,
where she is registered at the
Mayo Clinic for two years ad-
vanced work in physical therapy.
She graduated at Ohio University,
Athens, this year.
~ ~
Mrs. Robert Day and her
daughter, Cindy, spent the week
end with relatives in Ada while
Mr.. Day was having a week end
fishing at Kelly's Island in Lake
Erie with Columbus friends.
Mrs. Ada Mitchell of Chicago
is the guest of her brother and
sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Stan
ley H. Reed, East High Street.
s% s%
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Denyes,
Whitaker Drive, were in Detroit
over the weekend attending the
wedding of the formers cousin,
Patrick Armstrong and Patricia
Wigan and the breakfast follow
ing.
~ ~
Mr.. and Mrs. D. F. Strine and
their children, Ruth Anne and
John, Logan Avenue, have return
ed from a vacation at Mindenoya,
Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Can
ada. The Strines reported that the
fish were biting so fast and fur
~ iously that they supplied all their
friends around the resort and
finally had caught so many that
they "just stopped fishing.
~ 4.
Mrs. Raymond Boiler of Oak
Harbor, has returned home after
a visit with Mrs. ]. c. Cromwell
Big Plain Pike. She returned with
Mr.. Boiler who came down Tues
day for his annual visit for the
opening of the squirrel season
with Frank Sultzbaugh, Mrs
Cromwell's cousin. Also a guest
at the Cromwell-Sultzbaugh home
for the next several weeks is
Mr.. Sultzbaugh's mother, Mrs
Lydia Sultzbaugh of near York
Pa, who come to Ohio with her
son, who had spent a few days
in Pennsylvania.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-22

Reverend ]. A. Thornton left
Thursday for a two weeks vaca-
ton. He expected to visit relatives
in Indiana and Illinois and from
there will go to Council Bluffs,
Iowa to visit his son, Jesse A,
Thornton, Jr.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-09-22
Mainly About
People

MIR. and Mrs. William P. Brown
and their daughter, Martha Ann
of Hazleton, Pa, former London
residents are spending a weeks
vacation with Mrs. Browns fa-
ther, Ed Taylor, Elm Street, and
other relatives.
~ ,S
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Creath
have returned from a weeks va
cation in New York City.
Mrs. Hal Winchester and her
daughter, Cathy, Elm Street,
Joined Mrs. Winchester's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Botkin of
Plain City and will enjoy two
weeks motor vacation to Virginia
and North Carolina.
~ -
Mrs. J. Fred Schlegel, South
Main Street, is the guest of her
daughter, Mrs. r. j. Woods on
Grand Island, New York, while
Mr.. Woods is in Europe. On Fri
day Mrs. Woods and her mother
motored to Ithaca, N. Y. to take
Mrs. Woods daughter, Stephanie
to Cornell University.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-10-15
Brick Bungalow
2 Brick CoIoniolS
4eo FINANCING
Nedr Lake

Unusual rurch. 2-cor attached ga
roqe, $4,000 down. $4,000.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-10-15
SOLID BRICK. $4,000

Poneled living room, fireplace, din
inq room. kitchen with extra cup
boards, Q bedrooms. tile bath and
shower downstairs. finished and
another bedroom up. Picture win.
dows; extra toilets and loyGtories
on End and in basement Storm
windows and screens, outomutic
heat. 2-cGr garage. shrubs and
flowers. Ldndscoped lot SO $50.
Location Lake Shore Blvd.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-10-15
DREAM HOME, Sli70o

q yeors old. 8 bedrooms. beautiful
floors. large kitchen and living room.
automotic oil heot dttoched garage;
dnvewoy; storms and screens. land
scuped 50xlS0 lot. Close TO every
thing.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-10-15

ROOMING business, not less than lO
rooms on or near Euclid ave, east
of East 18th ST. Box 604, 8l4 East
1S9fod 81
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-10-15
Eust I9Sth ST. off
Lake Shore

Very cleon; newly pointed Broom
frome colonial, 10 years old, corpet-
inq and storm windows. garage, &C.
ment drive; $4,000.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-10-15
RAMBLING RANCH. sla.soo

Owner moving one year old, i'm
mediote possession; 2 bedrooms. hv-
inq room. tile bath and shower,
extra large kitchen; wusher and
DRYER. blinds. storms and screens.
Lot 60xl60. Country living with city
conveniences.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-10-15

With full basement; some with fin
ished End; ottoched goIuge; bungo.
low type. brick or frame; 3 now
reody for your inspection; will dup
licGte on your lot; see todoY; Sl3.650
to $1,000.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-10-15

BFVERLY Hills. Euclid. room. single,
garage. tile kitchen and nook; new I
roof and cutters; exterior recently
painted, $4,000; principals only w.
I.67O1 after D. m.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-10-15
DANDY FOR sl4.soO

l year old IL story, 2 bedrooms.
living room. tile bath. shower kit
chen ond dinette oreo, unfinished
2nd, full basement oil heat; drive
and large new goroge. lundscuped
lot. Between Euclid and Johnny
Coke RIDGE. Moke offer.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-10-15
Eust Is5th-LuIke Shore

Immaculate ll-Yeur-old Groom CO.
loniol, maintenance free. completely
permostone. all cloY tile kitchen.
curpeting. storms. oversize garage;
Sl7,900.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-10-15

Off S. Loke Shore; immaculate bung-
allow. vestibule entrance. large liv.
inq room, full dining room. Kitchen
with cloy tile sink and nook, 2 bed.
rooms. cloy tile bath and side porch
on lst; beautifully finished bedroom
on End. plus storage; full basement;
gas furnace; double ga1oge; Sl9900
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-10-15
Colt Rood

2.fomily. Immaculate throughout; 5
spacious rooms each suite; double
deck porches; Q new gas turnuces;
SIS month income from End; imme-
diute occupancy Of LIST; 2-cor go
rode. overhead doors; asphalt drive;
SlS,4S0.