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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-07-07
Legal Notices

ORDINANCE NO. 1887
Establishing the Jobs, wages ana
Bonds of Manager and Other EN-
plOyees for the London Swimming
Pool.
BE 1t Ordained by the Council of
SECTION 4;
That there is hereby established
the job of Manager for the City
swimming pool who shall be paid
$4,000 per week and in addition
there to shall be given the right to
operate, at his own expense, a soft
drink, ice cream and other refresh
ments. and give bond in the sum of
100000 payable from the City
Treasury.
His duties shall be those attend
ant the efficient management of the
swimming pool.
SECTION II: 80.
There shall be no more than Is
additional employees to assist in the
operation of the swimming pool as
follows:
Grade I-75c per Hour
Grade II-65c per Hour
Grade III-50c per Hour
As shall be determined by the
Swimming Pool Board.
SECTION III;
The swimming pool board shall
appoint the various employees here
IN provided Tor.
SECTION Nv:
There shall be established a
Petty Cash Fund in the amount of
$4,000 for the use of the Manager
heretofore employed in the dis
charge OF his duties as manager.
SECTION v:
This ordinance Is hereby declared
to be an emergency ordinance be-
cause of the fact that the season Is
upon us and the operation of the
Pool REQUIRES the employees herein
provided for, for the immediate
preservation Of the public peace,
health and safety
SECTION VI
That all ordinances or parts Of
ordinances inconsistent herewith be
repealed and this ordinance take ef-
feet Immediately.
PASSED: 6/22/53
Harold Fl. Sparkling
President of Council
Forrest r. Hanson, Clerk
+. p. Speasmaker, Mayor
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-07-07
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

sealed proposals will be received
by the Board of Education of the
London City School District, Mad
ison County, Ohio, at the office -
the Clerk at the High School
building at London, Ohio, until IL
o'clock noon, Eastern Standard
Time. on Wed, July 30, 1853, for
furnishing all materials and per-
forming all labor necessary for the
carrying out of Concrete Curb and
cutter Improvement adjacent to the
school site in said school District.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-07-07
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

Estate of Della +. Patterson De-
ceased H. S. Mccoy. $40 Riverside
DR., Springfield, Ohio has been duly
appointed and qualified as Admins
traitor of the Estate of Della +. Pat
terson late of Madison County, Ohio,
deceased.
Dated this End day of July AID.
1853. Number 1923 Docket s Page
525. Maurice f. Beathard, Probate
Judge of said County.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-07-07
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

Estate Of Mary Jardine Lent, De-
ceased VIM. +. Lentz. w. jefferson
Ohio has been duly appointed and
Qualified as Executor of the Estate
of Mary Jardine Lentz late Of Mad
ison County, Ohio, deceased.
Dated this 1st day of July AID.
1858. Number 1i.e"" Docket 5 Page
524; Maurice Reathard. Probc.s
Judge of said County.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-07-07
Agent Wanted

NITY$$-Reliable party
to handle wholesale. nationally ad,
vertised brands of candy, nuts ana
gum. You will be associated with
and sponsored by a local civic
group affiliated with a national
organization. Business set up Tor
you. Only supervision needed. Re-
quires about S2250. cash, good ref
erences, car. An all cash, profit
able depression-p proof business. FL
nancial assistance enables rapid
expansion. High income starts inn
mediately. Want party capable OF
earning $4,000 to $4,000 yearly.
This offer will stand your bank
er's inspection. Write fully giving
phone number for local interview
with authorized principal. Write
Box No, "SY'' 27-55
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-07-07
Miscellaneous

DROPROX located in
front of BOB'S DRY CLEANING
for our customers who may de-
posit soiled garments on week
days before s am. or after pm.
also Sundays. Simple instructions
on door opening. We are pleased
TO offer our many customers this
added service for their conven-
fence. Suits, dresses, or coats 95c
each. Nothing old fashioned but
the price. We do our own cleaning
and pressing. 31-54
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-07-07
19 Apartments Furnished .

TWO ROOM APARTMENT, furnish
ed Combination living and bed
room; combination dinette and
kitchen. Large bath and three
large closets. Utilities. 81 North
Walnut Street, Phone 1316-R.
22-54
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-07-07
STORE YOUR CORN
on the
Farm
Protect yourself
against falling
corn prices -.
ond losses vp 70
Ra A.

5o% from rois.
mice. mold. and wsoiheF. HorvsA your
corn eorIy dry and store II In this
omoxing new Moriin HARvESr-HOARo-
ER. Get foil support prices. u poys ios
Itself In sovings. Iosis lifetime.
No concrete work Is required. Put u Vp
yourself quickly and costly in one doy.
low-eost fon does drying lob Of prsvIevs
equipment costing 20 times more.
ORDER NOW for evoronissd delivery.
Don't soerifes your corn OF folIing prices.
er store u II snsofs. wosisfvl wire and
wood pens.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-07-07

Dated this 18th day of June AID.
1853. Number 1875 Docket Page
SIG. Maurice f. Beathard, Probate
Judge of said County.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-07-07
NOTICE OF ApPOINTMENT

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
Estate Of Harry Bussard Deceased
Joseph ;. King, London, Ohio. has
been duly appointed and qualified as
Administrator of the Estate of
Harrv Russard late of Madison
County, Ohio, deceased
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-07-07
Horses Cattle Hogs

cow AND CALF. Gentle, good milk
er. Austin Henry, l II miles south
OF GeorgesVille. 5-o4
HOLSTEIN COW, second calf, vac
cinated. Heavy producer. l.. Nj.
Roudebush, Phone 923-J2. $50
S HEREFORD BULLS. ManJle Farm
on Route Sc, Phone l424-J2.
3-54
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-07-07

IEN-For detassef1ng hybrid seeu
corn in July. Three posltions anu
wage scales available. Special Sat
urday afternoon and Sunday help
needed at higher wages. Appl1ca-
tions now being accepted. Henry
w. Schuer and Sons, West Jeffer.
son, Phone S-8822. 25--tf.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-07-07
Personal

CARD OF THANKS
/ wish to extend my heartfelt
thanks to all my friends for the
lovely flowers. gifts. and cards
which i received while in the hos
pital. also to the Rader-Porter
Funeral Home for my courtesy txlp
home.
Gladys Rightsell.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-07-07

8 I

HAY AND STRAW BALING. Robert
r. Green, Phone 925-J1. 37-tf
ARE YOU READY FOR SPRING
SEWING, oiling and tension ad-
justment free. regardless of make
or age. Phone 708. Singer Sewing
Center, 26 w. High st. SIT
THE HEAT GOT YOU DOWN? YOU
III be fresh as q daisy the year
around with Mitchell Air Con-
ditioner in your home or office. m
summer IL cools. In winter 1t
heats. Get yours from Steve Zak-
any at the Home Radio and TV
Service. Call 6S for free cooling
survey and get guaranteed re-
suits 37-54
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-07-07
Rooms

ROOM-furnished for light house.
keeping. Suitable for couple. ia
South Oak Street. Phone 1879.
42-54
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-07-07
New Merchandise 10

SWEEPER. upright,
years old with all attachments.
Al condition. Phone S-S806.
16--54
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-07-07

IN LONDON rooms,
good location; lot 50x150. Rents
for S65. 90 per month. Possession 80
DAYS. Dallas Deardorff, Broker,
Phone S-S795 West Jefferson.
21-5f
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-07-07
Help Wanted

BE YOUR OWN BOSS-WANTED
fifty drivers with late model cars
or trucks to transport house trail
ers. Age 25 to 55. If you do not
have a suitable car or truck we
will help you trade. Steady work.
if you can qualify for transporta-
ton work. Apply 211 South Wit
tenberg Avenue, Springfield, ONO;
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-07-07
Houses For Rent

TWO ROOM COTTAGE-furnis
Call in evenings, 156 Washington
Avenue, Phone 492-M. 21-54
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-07-07
12( !
Lots For Sale

TWO CONNECTING LOTS on west
side of Madison Lake. Contact w.
d. Goodyear, phone No. IL, be-
pm. 2U-54
Evening star., 1953-12-06

country only few weeks when
he was taken prisoner.
Eds trouble started then,
when he saw his friends die on
death marches, when he saw
them tortured. This he could
not understand. He had been
raised in a large family where
it was necessary for all to get
along without trouble. He
loved the mountains where
there was peace.
Ed had learned about God
and His peace in the little
church in the valley below his
home, and from his mother,
who instructed all the children
from a large Bible that occu-
pies the center piece in their
combination living and bed
room. Ed wanted peace. He
wanted to get along with
people.
He also wanted the best
method of surviving in a
prison camp. His attitude
there was best described by his
attitude in earlier life. Jerome
Wells, one of the hunters from
Big Stone Gap, had invited Ed
on hunting parties when they
spent days together at the
hunting lodge in the hills. He
knew Ed better than most
persons.
The Communists in Korea
were waiting for Ed. Screen
ing their prisoners, the Reds
quickly settled on him as likely
prey. The corporal says they
used two tricks--f1rst threats
of violence and beatings, then
kindness. All they asked was
that he write stories about
prison camp life. In return,
Ed would be treated right.
The soldier with the fifth
grade education wrote the
stories, and survived.
When repatriation started
the Communists had to save
face. They were in a bad spot
because thousands Of their
soldiers had renounced Com
munism and said they pre-
ferred death If they could not
Evening star., 1953-12-06
BY Harry Lever

Statehood for Alaska, an is
sue in which Southern Dem
ocrats and Northern Liberal
Democrats. as we'll as Repub-
licanS have an interest, is also.
a burning issue in Alaska, of
course. 1t is mildly surpris-
ing, however, that sentiment
up there is not 100 per cent in
favor of statehood.
This correspondent visited
Alaska recently, and found a
Staunch minority opposed to
statehood for a variety of rea-
sons. The Senate Interior
and Insular Affairs Committee
has also conducted an on-the-
spot survey recently. Here
are some of the viewpoints of
leading proponents and op-
ponents of statehood for
Alaska.
Mayor Ralph j. Rivers of
Fairbanks goes all out in IA
vor of it. He has lived most
of his life in the Territory
and this, he explains, famil-
iarized him with the Shortcom-
ingS of territorial status and
the political and economic
factors involved.
There is nothing more
cumbersome than dependence
upon acts Of Congress to re-
solve important local prob
lems," he adds. Further
more, without voting power
invested in our Delegate (E. L.
Bartlett), and without two
Senators to speak for us with
the well-known prestige of
United States Senators, we
have two strikes on us before
We even get to bat"
SoImon Industry Angle
Opposition to statehood for
Alaska stems mostly from the
Alaska-canned salmon indus
try headquartered in Seattle,
Mayor Rivers declared. He
added:
"AlaSkanS have made it
clear that If granted state
hood, they will abolish fish
traps, which are probably the
greatest factor in the gradual
ruination of the salmon runs,
but which are presently pro-
tected by Federal laws and
agencies"
He said that the StateSsof
Oregon and Washington, as
well as British Columbia, have
long since abolished the traps.
In their unfiagging Tight
against statehood" Mayor
Evening star., 1953-12-06

Rivers AYERS. "the canned
salmon boys have even con-
vinced several Southern Sena-
tors that Alaskan Senators, as
distinctly northern, would
probably support limitation of
debate in the Senate, and
have thereby further confused
matters by dragging in the
f1libuster ISSUE"
Mayor Rivers added that
further opposition comes from
Alaska Steam as the good
friend Of Canned Salmon"
and from certain mining COM
panies with Stateside head
quarters who dislike the
moderate" additional taxes
which would be required for
operation of full-f1edged
State government.
Incidentally" he asserted,
'the Stateside concerns above
mentioned have resident
agents and attorneys we'll
sprinkled throughout the Ter
ritory who seem to be in
doctrinated with their en-
ployers' viewpoint. They talk
against statehood on the local
scene"
Allen Shattuck, in the bond
and insurance business in the
territorial capital of Juneau,
represented the opposition to
Alaskan statehood before the
committee headed by Senator
Butler, Republican of Ne
braska, when it probed the
subject in Alaska itself.
A resident of Alaska since
1897, he says the additional
costs to be assumed to admin
lister a State cannot be raised
without putting such a heavy
tax burden, upon the people
that it will discourage new
capital and drive both people
and invested capital out.
Mr.. Shattuck declares that
the fundamental question
which must first be solved is
can we raise sufficient reve-
nue. to pay the additional costs
statehood would require? If
we cannot solve this question
all other discussion is futile" :"
he concludes.
He explained that extremely
heavy costs to maintain the
territorial government are be-
ing met because AlaSkans are
paying into their treasury, as
income tax. 10 per cent of the
amount they pay the Federal
Government. This tax yields
almost 20 per cent of the
tax income. These taxes will
Evening star., 1953-12-06

stay on the side of the United
Nations. The Reds had to have
Americans who would re-
nounce their country and &C
cept communism. The natu-
raj targets were men who had
co-operated in any way with
the Communists. Corpl. Dick
enson says the Communists
threatened him. He says he
was told that because he wrote
those stories he would be tried
for treason if he returned to
the United States. He says the
Communists told him that if
he survived a treason trial he
would be hunted down and
killed by gangsters. Ed says
he swallowed their line. He
stayed.
Nightly Prayers
One thing the Communists
did not know was that Ed
Dickinson was relying on re-
ligion to get him through this
rough spot. He wrote his
mother, saying he was pray
ing every night that he would
do the right thing" He wasn't
sure he had. He worried about
"the right thing" for his coun-
try.
Finally Ed made a decision
to escape. The rest is history.
Ed went to one of the Indian
guards at North Camp in the
truce zone. He told the guard
he was Ill and wanted to be
taken to a hospital.
AS soon as Ed was away
from some of the prisoners
who were rabid Communists,
he told the guard he wanted
to be returned to the U. N.
side. That was speedily ar
ranged, and Ed came back.
After interviews by Ameri-
can officers, the soldier was
allowed to meet the press and
give Ibis" reasons for staying
with the Communists. These
reasons he later repudiated as
words of another. Then he
was hospitalized for a month.
During that month in the
Tokyo hospital, little was
Evening star., 1953-12-06

voring statehood but with the
same demarcation between the
urban and non-urban seq
ments."
Sid D. Charles of the Ketch-
ikan Daily News is for state
hood "as a constitutional
right" but not right away.
In the first place, he ex-
planned, there are not enough
permanent industries in the
Territory to support state
hood. outside of the pulp
plant now being built near
Ketchikan and paper mill at
Juneau, he says, what other
industries exist are seasonal.
Alaska still being very much
in the formative stage, its
great resources still await de-
velopment, he added.
The wealth being poured
into commercial channels by
the Government. Mr.. Charles
contends, is reaching its apex.
I'VE must have year-round
permanent industries to sup
port statehood and we must
offer more incentives to get
our resources developed" he
said. Statehood now. with
extra taxes on infant indus
tries, would have a deterrent
effect"
Southeast Is Ready
Mr.. Charles concluded that
Southeastern Alaska is the
only part of the Territory
which could properly support
statehood now.
r. E. Ellis Of Ellis AirlineS
in Ketchikan cites six bene-
fits that he thinks statehood
would provide: An elective
Governor, control of fisheries,
control of all or part of pub
lie lands, a better court sys-
tenn, better police system and
a better road management
system.
Former Alaska Gov. Ernest
Gruening, who now lives in
Juneau, is a staunch sup
porter of statehood. He
mentions Senator Buffers op-
position to the issue, and says:
"He) made a big play about
coming to Alaska so that the
little man could be heard. His
implication was that only the
well-heeled man could afford
to travel to Washington to
testify. Well, the little man
was heard all right and the
overwhelming support for
statehood was, I am sure. an
eyeAopener to the Committee"
Evening star., 1953-12-06

tend. But there were so many
other children in the family
Ed generally got his own way
about school. He was Is while
still in the fifth grade and had
already missed 46 school days
that year. Then Ed quit al
together. He spent his time
helping his father and roam
ing the Blue Ridge noun
tains.
He Loved the Mountains
Men who hunt in the noun
tains near Crackers Neck de-
scribe the area as a wilder
ness, a place where a man
could easily become lost for
days. These men will be the
first to tell you that the per-
son who knew the mountains
best was Ed Dickinson. He
spent every spare moment in
those hills. He lived in them.
He hunted in them. He loved
them. Those mountains and
Eds home were the two things
the boy could depend on.
What seemed like an ideal
life was not all happiness for
Ed, however. He's a sensitive
boy. and he wanted to earn a
living for himself and his par
ents. He had no trade, and
there wasn't much money to
be gained from work as a guide
for hunting parties. So Ed
Joined the Army. The Army
took him, trained him for
awhile, but a few months later
discharged him because of a
rheumatic heart. Ed went back
to the hills.
When the Korean war start
ed, Ed tried again for the
Army. Again he was accept
ed. One of his dreams was
coming true. An allotment to
his family bought a new stove
and washing machine.
Ed spent five months in the
United States and then was
shipped out for Korea. The
allies were not faring we'll
there. Many of our men were
being captured as we were
driven toward Pusan. Ed Dick
enson was in that strange
Evening star., 1953-12-06

rights advocates all of the
time, to the Senate after
statehood. This tends to array
against Alaska statehood the
Republicans and the Southern
Democrats. This, as we have
seen in the past dozen years,
is a tough combination to beat.
But some day, because our
cause is so just, we will make
it,"
G. R. Jackson, president of
the Miners & Merchants
Bank of Alaska, in Nome,
comes out against statehood.
He believes the views he offers
represent those of the people
residing in the sparsely settled
portions of Alaska. In the
referendum on Alaskan state
hood, the Second Judicial Di-
vision, in which Nome is To-
Gated, and the fourth voted
against it.
He says all Alaska would like
statehood, but he is convinced
that at the present time I'VE
are not ready for it" in the
northern and western parts
of Alaska. Mr.. Jackson adds
that it seems to him that a
Territory one-fifth the size Of
the whole United States, with
a population of something over
100000 people, of which a
great many are Indians and
Eskimos, can hardly support
itself as a State under present
conditions.
He said that for a long time
he has felt that the people
in the thickly populated por-
ton of Alaska, who appear to
want statehood, should have
it. but that other portions
where the population is small
should not be included. Alaska
should be divided, he says, or
partitioned on the basis OF
population and economy. max
ing a State of eastern and
southern portions, with the
western and northern portions
being made a district similar to
what Alaska was before it be-
came a Territory.
Mr.. Jackson also believes
the referendum on statehood
was taken too long ago to be
considered valid today. How
ever" he added, "it was most
apparent that the remote and
sparsely settled population Of
the Territory were in opposi-
tion. There is little doubt
that q referendum at this time
would reveal q greater pro-
portion Of the population IA
Evening star., 1953-12-06

be most seriously affected
when Government spending
tapers off.
When this settling time
comes" Mr.. Shattuck says,
"the Territory will have to cut
costs quite drastically to OPP
crate its government, and in
addition it will have to look
for new sources of revenue.
Tax sources are apparently
never analyzed, nor are they
often mentioned by advocates
of statehood, although it must
be conceded that this is the
most vital of all the questions
asked. Excessive taxation, as
it is now generally conceded,
stiles initiative and discour-
ages investment in new enter
priSes. Alaska has no tax
sources for the maintenance of
State costs without doing both
of these things to her econ
omy."
Not Money-Minded
Visiting Congressman, Mr..
Shattuck contended, take little
interest in the financial as
poets of the question.
In my humble opinion" Mr..
Shattuck added, "the Con-
gress could not do a greater
disservice to the Territory at
this time than to burden us
with the unsupportable tax
load which a State govern
ment would impose. There is
no better way to retard
Alaska's development, in which
we are all interested, than to
add statehood costs to those
we now have"
George Sundborg, Juneau
writer and longtime, pains
taxing analyst or the subject,
gives this viewpoint:
IT think every objection
which has been raised to
statehood for Alaska has
complete and crushing answer.
Every committee of Congress
which has looked into the
matter has voted overwhelm-
ingly to advance statehood
bills. At the recent hearings
conducted in Alaska by Sena-
tor Butler, as you probably
have heard, there were 100
witnesses for statehood and
only 10 against. :. j. In the Ses-
sion early this year the vote
was unanimous in both House
and Senate. Our dilemma is
that Alaska is undoubtedly go
ing to send Democrats most
Of the time. and strong civil