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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-11-27

7 and 8 Maple Court addition city
Of London.
Helen D. Hessler ct al to Fanny
L. Williams, undivided 2/3 inter-
est in parcels Of land, city of Lon
don.
Leslie o. Jones and Helen S.
Jones, to Freddie z. Cotton and
Dorothy L. Cotton, 1851 acres
Pleasant township.
John r. Slaughter ct al to Ker-
nit Hankins and Mary Hankins,
part of lot 2 in Cowling's addition
city of London.
John Maxwell Creath ct al to
Doris D. Smith, property on South
Madison Road, London.
John M. Russell and Betty Boil
ender Russell to James Forrest
and Geraldine Forrest, part of lot
IS in Fairview addition village of
Jefferson.
Jesse Byerly to James Forrest
and Geraldine Forrest, part lot Is
in Fairview addition village of
Jefferson.
MacEldin Trawick to George S.
Nelson, undivided 1a interest in
447.93 acres in Deercreek town.
ship.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-11-27

II
tioni A woode1 bridge which is
covered swill fIast approximately
three. times. as long as one which
is not.
There is no denying, though,
that covered bridges have actually
served multitude of purposes. 1t
was a place to get in out of the
rain. Or, these old structures have
served well as a meeting place for
lovers. No doubt many a proposal
has taken place under the cover of
these bridges.
There is no denying, either, that
the old covered bridges were well
constructed. Even though there
were varied opinions as to the type
structure that was the best, each
builder took great pride in his
workmanship as is evidenced in
the length of time the bridges
have stood the rigors of the. years.
Iron was used sparingly-some-
times not at all. Oak pins were
used instead of spikes and bolts.
Approximately 1900 wooden pins
has to be used in a 80 bridges
construction. Even though these
wooden bridges seemed to sway or
creak as they were driven over,
they were extremely durable and
have even held upwell under mod
ern traffic.
Fairfield County holds the ma
tionaI record for covered bridges
in any one county. There are AZ
beamed structures remaining in
Fairfield County. Noble and
Washington Counties have q and
25 wooden bridges, respectively.
There are 20 in Ashtabula Coun-
ty and 19 in Greene County.
Covered wooden bridges are no
longer a common sight on many
of the state roads. In fact, the
Ohio Highway Department lists IS
such bridges on routes under their
jurisdiction Perhaps it is just as
we'll that these old structures are
located on the off roads. Their
life will be prolonged that much
longer.
Considerable work has been
done this year by Will Collins, Ii
brarian, Columbus Public Library,
John Diehl, a Cincinnati engineer,
Charles Davis, Clark Tenny, Reed
Massee and ]. r. Lawwill making
it possible to locate the relatively
few remaining covered bridges in
Ohio. This information was COM
piled for Ohio's Sesquicentennial
anniversary.
A map showing the location of
the various covered bridges in
Ohio is available from The Ohio
State Museum, Columbus 10, Ohio,
for a price of Is cents. 1t would be
well worth the few pennies to have
this map in your possession.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-11-27
AROUND
OHIO
BY George L. Zeis

Slowly but surely the covered
wooden bridges in Ohio are dis
appearing. And to many it is a sad
passing, inevitable as it may be
Almost 200 of these structures
have been dismantled in the past
two years.
But few OhioanS realize that
even at this rate, Ohio can still
claim the title as having the most
covered bridges in America. There
are still 3521a useful bridges in
this state. The other ~" repre-
sents a structure crossing the Ohio
Indiana boundry in Preble County
Ohio's total is approximately
25&o of all the covered wooden
bridges standing in America today
no matter what New Englanders
may say to the contrary.
The American covered bridge
was indirectly derived from old
World covered wooden bridges
Their first acceptance, and usage,
in America took place in the New
England states.
But even then the era of bridge
building in this country came late.
With several minor exceptions and
a few notable ones, ferries and
fords served the needs of traffic
prior to the Revolutionary War.
AS travel increased newer meth
DDS of crossing streams had to be
devised. That was the start of COW
cred wooden bridges in this coun-
try.
A map in the Geographical Re-
view shows the movement of COW
cred bridges going by waves from
the New England states westward
through New York, central Penn
sylyania, south-central Ohio and
Indiana. There were also quite a
smattering of covered built in
Georgia about 1850. Most of the
bridges built in Ohio was around
1920.
Reasons for so many wooden
bridges being built in the eastern
and east-central states in the early
l8OOs was two fold. Settlers
started moving westward about
this time in greater numbers. And,
although bridges were common in
Europe many years before this
time, most of them were made of
stone. In America, however, skill
ed stone masons were scarce. 1t
was also cheaper to build bridges
of wood which was SO plentiful at
that time.
The question has oft been asked,
why were the bridges covered? ?
The real answer was for preserva-
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-11-27
Facts About
Folks

Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Goodyear
and son, Phil, spent Thanksgiving
with Mr.. and Mrs. B. S. Biggert
and Miss Betty Biggert of West
Jefferson. Also present were Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Biggert and dau-
ghter, Bonnie, who have recently
returned from a stay at Medicine
Hat, Canada.
Miss Dorothy Street, near Lon
don, and Miss Geraldine Henry,
East Fourth Street, attended the
Antique Show at the Southern He
tel, Columbus, Sunday.
Mrs. Edward Cox, Mrs. Sam
johnson and Mrs. Chester Roberts,
members of the Open Gate Garden
Club, attended a recent Regional
Garden Club meeting in Urbana.
- ~
Mrs. Roy Livingston, with her
daughter, Mrs. Eloise Hankinson,
and her niece, Mrs. Ursel Waldo,
were guests last week of relatives
in EliZabethtown and Lexington,
Kentucky.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olen Graves, S.
Oak Street, entertained at Thanks
giving dinner, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
mund Graves of Springfield; Mr.
and Mrs. Ted Vickers of Mt. Sterl-
ing; Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Florea
of West Jefferson and A. H.
Graves.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maynard Shasteen
and their three daughters, Brenda,
Sheila and Carol, Mound Street,
had as their guests for Thanksgiv-
ing dinner, Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert
MoSSbarger and son, Maurice, Mrs.
Walter Brown, Mrs. Fannie Run
yam and Amos Shobe.
~ ~
Mrs. Louisa Cramblitt, North
Main Street, has returned from a
visit with relatives near Ostrander.
~ -
Mrs. Emma Brown of Summer
ford, for many years a resident of
Summerford, who will celebrate
her ninety-second birthday in June
is making her home with Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Brown, Columbia Av-
enue.
Ben Bennett, Mrs. Walter
Browns son, student at the Un-
iVersity of Cincinnati, spent the
weekend at his home here.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-11-27
An Editorial
"A CAUSE FOR NATIONAL CONCERN

The present depressed status of the coal industry us
obvious that it is for national concern"
That statement wasn't made by spokesman for coal who
naturally would be Preudced in favor of his industry 1t
instead made by whose sole is the public
interest in coal we'll other energy Secretary
of the Interior Mckay
The Secretary went to expand his views. He pointed
out that energy market huge that great further
Panon is prospect and that cannot get along without
coal He made this significant observation IF of the fuel
industries becomes weak +he other existing fuel industries
endangered weakened fuel industry the first seed for
government control and then for government subsidy.
Soon the other fuel industries forced to compete
with The government and eventually they will fall under
government control Finally he offered the hope that coal
before. through its efforts"
Every citizen should echo that hope because Of
the welfare of he coal operators and workers. but because
of the national welfare.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-11-27
Fabrics" and "GIoves
Topics For Meetinqs
In Pike Township

The Pike Township Home Dem
onstration group was brought up
to date on Newer Fabrics in
Clothing" by Mrs. Helen Stahl
Buck at the meeting last Thurs
day morning in the Rosedale
School House.
The topic was presented in a
most interesting way to Mrs. c. E.
Lippencott, Mrs. Carl Williams,
Mrs. Harold Houck, Mrs. Paul
OVerturf, Mrs. L. E. Boerger, Mrs.
Willard Davis, Mrs. Walter Rem
ner, Mrs. Ray Miller, Mrs. Lonnie
Skaggs and Mrs. Robert Burns.
At a previous meeting of the
group, Mrs. c. E. Lippencott in
structed them in the making and
completing of thirteen pairs of
gloves.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-11-27
SOCIETY NEWS
PdStor Rugh On
committee For
Luther League

The Rev. Lawrence T. Rugh,
pastor of st. Johns Lutheran
Church, left yesterday for Phila-
delphia, Pa, where he will spend
the week at a meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Luther
League of America, national youth
organization of the United Luther
an Church. Pastor Rugh was
elected to four-year term as
clerical member-at-large.
Mrs. Rugh and Master Stephen
accompanied him as far as his
parents home in Charleroi, Pa,
where they will spend Thanks
giving week. All will return to
London Next Saturday.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-11-27
Dinner Sunday At
Coover Club House
For Bishop Hobson

The Vestry of Trinity Episcopal
Church, Sunday night entertained
at dinner at Coover Club House,
honoring the Right Reverend Hen
ry Wise TIobson of Cincinnati, who
was here for confirmation cere-
monies at the church.
Attending were, H. H. Hume, ].
j. Hartley, John w. Stroupe, Blair
w. Savage, B. V. Chesbrough,
Winfield Lloyd, Miss Louise Rich
mond, Mrs. r. L. Clancy, Bishop
Hobson and the Reverend Sanford
{. Lindsey, rector of Trinity.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-11-27

OTHER OFFICES-Metropoan Building jefferson 222
Phone 81 and 81
v-~[1 ~' ~nSs - Michigan Ave, Chicago $40 Invest.
ESSHIG1 US&S0 N<S9oI Building, Washington D. c..
HmSSxaf &gka& ks@&A 5731 Terminal Bldg,
k@e6NQY SaHk** York. Building, Seat
49, WV 49, tile; 58 Street Francisco.
Evening star., 1953-01-13
Author Tells Citizens
OF Works Program

Phases Of the proposed 1868
mlllion public works program for
the District were discussed last
night by one of the authors,
Francis G Addison, before the
Sixteenth Street Highlands
Citizens Association, in the
Brightwood School. Thirteenth
and Nicholson streets NV.
! Although originally planned TO
cost 1919 million over a six-year
period, recent estimates by the
Citizens Advisory Council on
Public Works have increased the
figure and the time by two
years.
The first figures released had
been based on a year-old cost
estimate. In addition to changes
in the labor and materials pic
ture, notifications have been
incorporated in the highway and
bridge sections of the plan.
The largest single new outlay
will be $44 million, for a total of
$l22 million. allotted to con-
struction of roads and bridges. A
total of about sos million had
been foreseen.
The Federal Government would
be asked to finance one quarter
of the program and the Dis.
trict would pay, the remainder.
An interest-free Federal loan
would enable the District to
repay its share in so years.
Evening star., 1953-01-13
Right 10 Know Seen
Under Attack as
Printing Week Opens

National Printing Week began
yesterday with a luncheon in the
,Mayf1ower Hotel. attended by
1000 members of all branches
Of the craft.
It will continue through Mon
day. the birthday of Benjamin
Franklin, patron saint Of
American printing.
The chief speaker was j. r.
Virgins. managing editor of the
Washington Post. He reviewed
the history of press freedom and
warned that the fight for this
freedom is never wholly won.
The rights to publish without
prior restraint and to print with
out fear of unjust reprisal seem
secure now. he asserted.
But the right to know. basic
to the freedom to publish. is now
under attack from four direc-
tions. Mr.. Virgins listed these
as:
81. The executive and inde-
pendent agencies are exercising,
in various degrees of secrecy,
legislative and judicial functions
delegated to them by Congress.
20. The sheer size of Govern
ment makes it increasingly diff
cult to know even the most
important actions of Govern
ment.
SO. Military crises impose rea-
son for withholding from the
public information that might
be of use to our enemies. This
results in concealment of other
information for which the mill
tary crises furnish only an ex-
cuSe.
4. Continuing stresses of the
cold war create a climate favor
able to concealment of informa-
ton and hostile to the free and
easy communication between
Government and the people. es-
sential to the preservation of all
our freedoms"
The POSTMASTER was John j.
Deviny, public printer of the
United States. He used a print
er's mallet owned by Benjamin
Franklin to open the meeting.
The relic was lent by the Asso-
citation of Oldest Inhabitants.
Evening star., 1953-01-13

Chewing foods in Just-right, bite.
size bits for little ones with few
teeth. And they're processed to re-
tain the most of the best in taste.
appealing favor and nutritive values.
Sit back and enjoy life. Good way
to combine bit of relaxation with
a lot of pleasure i. tune in on the
Kate Smith TV Show on Wednes-
day afternoons. Entertainment
galore, cute babies by the score on
the Gerber portion of the show.
Drop in on Kate. You'll love her.
Evening star., 1953-01-13

react When they're
introduced to
Gerber's Junior
Foods. Qt's pretty
hard to build up a
prejudice against
those good-tastine
fruits, vegetables,
meats, and des-
serts.) For Ger
ber's prepare these
Evening star., 1953-01-13

No holds barred. That's how a lot
of tots with a smattering of teeth
Evening star., 1953-01-13

Magic meols for
your toddler =.
and easy as 1873.
Just send for
Recipes for Tod
dlerS." Write me
at Box N45-T,
Fremont, Mich,
foryour free copy.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-09-11

Ray Bolger: There's no place
like home, and many a man is
glad of it."
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-09-11
Mobile, ALABAMA
The Romance Of
Heinrich Heine

Fear for the result of a duel led
poet Heinrich Heine to legiti-
Matte his relations by marriage
to Matilda Mariat in 1841 as he
didn't want to leave her to a
dubious widowhood." Heine'S
bride was wholly uneducated and
Heine sent her to boarding
school to learn to read and write.
When Heine would visit her, in
great excitement she would rat
tie off history which she had
heard for the first time.
In trying to explain this union,
the greatest lyric poet of his age,
said, "a more civilized woman
would have misunderstood me
more pretentiously." Her wifely
faith was wonderful. Never hav-
ing read his books and therefore
undazzled by the glitter of his
fame, she attended him unwearily
and devotedly through his long
illness of eight years.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-09-11

Rabbi Albert Plotin igh of Spokane WASH senior Jewish
Chaplain Of the Civil Air Patrol ChapncY with
Catholic colleagues national chapans
Colorado to increased recruitment Civil
voluntary auxiliary Of the u s. Air
develop pool Of personnel including 100000
civilian cergYmen who Jewish
chpans in the CAP recruited endorsed
Jewish ChaplancY Board.
addition Chaplain Plon the CAP ChaplainY
Schwartz White Y. Reuben Ka4z.
Freeport r. Rabbi Potn of religious
advisory board of CAP with the rank
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-06-11
BluftOn Racquet Wielders Cop First
Doubles Tourney OF Year At Sidney

Members of the Bluffton Tenni!
Club copped all the honors in Mem
orial Day doubles tournament spon
sored by the West Ohio Tennis as
sociation at Sidney.
Championship of the tourney wa.
won by Norm Triplett and Nate
Ganger, the Bluffton duo who are
Bluffton city champs and also Aller
county's top doubles team.
In addition to his trophy as the
Sidney tourney champ, Triplett alsc
received a bronze placque awarded
for the best craftsmanship exhibit.
ed in the meet.
After sitting out a first-round bye
the Triplett- -Ganger combination went
through three straight-set victories
to cop the Sidney tournament cham
pionship.
Against Lonsbury- Wurstner they
won, Ga, 7-5; they triumphed over
George-Bender, 6-2, 6-3; and in the
championship finals downed Foght-
which the local outfit downed were
which the locel outfit downed were
from Sidney.
Doubles teams from Lima, Ada,
Sidney and Bluffton played in the
meet.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-06-11
Sidney METERS Win
Over BIufftOn Club

Sidney tennis players edged Bluff
ton netters by close match score
of 3 to 2, last Sunday afternoon on
the Sidney courts in both clubs frs
league competition of the year.
In play of the day, Sidney copped
four of five singles matches, enough
to assure the match victory, even
though they later were to lose both
doubles.
The lone Bluffton win in singles
was scored by Jim Phillips, playing
in the No. slot.
In doubles Norm Triplett and Nate
Granger, of the Bluffton club, won
over Foght and R. ]. White,
6-3, 6-1; and Woody Little and w.
A. Howe topped Wurstner and Dick
White, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Singles decisions included the fol-
lowing Sidney victories: Foght over
Ganger, 4-6, 60; 6-2; Dick White
over Woody Little, 6-3, 6-3; R. J.
White over Norm Triplett, 6-2, 6-2;
Wurstner over w. A. Howe, 6-3, 6-3.
Phillips scored Bluffton's lone singles
win over Lonsbury, 81, 7-5 and 1913.
Feed rooms adjacent to grain stor-
age may harbor weevils.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-06-11
Triplett Softball Team Will Play
Three Home Games I'm Next Week

Triplett softball team will play
three games at home, during the
next week in addition to one con-
test on a foreign diamond, to prove
busy seven-day period of COM
petition.
Games at Bluffton will be PLAYED
this Wednesday, and next Monday
and Tuesday with Lima, st. Marys
and Bowling Green mines opposing
the locals in contests.
The foe this Wednesday night will
be Kriegel Heating of Lima; st.
Marys Goodyear will play here next
Monday and Bowling Green White
House Hamburgs will be the oppo-
nent for next Tuesday. All three
games will start at s:15 p. m.
Buttons lone appearance out of
town during the week will be a tilt
with Ottoville at that place this
Thursday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-06-11
Services Held Friday
For Earl c. B0gart

Funeral services were held last
Friday in Lima Memorial chapel for
Earl c. Bogart 90, native of Bluff
ton who died at his home in Lima,
last Tuesday. The Rev. E. j. Pen
norwood officiated with burial in
Memorial Park cemetery.
Born in Bluffton, Feb. 16, 1884, he
had lived for the past 80 years in
Lima. He was retired employe of
the SIS Products company.
Mr.. Bogart is survived by his wild
ow, Eva Fay, three sons, Ronald,
Wapakoneta; Darel, Portsmouth and
Morton, Sarasota, Fla; one daughter,
Mrs. Margery Carpenter, Lima; and
six grandchildren.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-06-11
Horses, Liquor
Barred At Park

Horses and liquor are barred from
the Pandora park and automobiles.
must be driven through the grounds
at speed slow enough to protect
children at play, it was decided
last week by the Pandora-G -Gilboa
board of education which controls
the park.
The three rules announced for OBJ
servance during the summer in the
park are as follows:
1. No horses are permitted in the
park at any time.
2. Automobiles must be driven at
speeds safe for children at play.
3. No alcoholic beverages are per-
mitted at any time.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-06-11
Must File For Wheat
Acreage AUOtments

Farmers who did not seed wheat
for any of the years 1861, 1852 and
1858, may apply for a 1854 wheat
acreage allotment if they intend to
seed wheat this fall, according to
Clair A. Patterson, chairman of the
Allen County Production and Ad-
ministration committee.
To be considered for an allotment
on a farm which had no wheat seed
ed for any of those years, the farmer
must apply in writing to his county
PIMA committee by June 25. Blank
applications are available at the
county PIMA office now.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-06-11
Graduates From,
MOOdy Bible Inst.

Wanda Hochstettler daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Hochstettler
of Route 2, Bluffton, will be gradual
ed from the Christian Education
course at Moody Bible Institute, Chi
cago, in commencement exercises on
Friday.
Seventy per cent of the Ill men,
bers of the graduating class plan to
serve in the mission fields all over
the world.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-06-11

The Triplett teams foe next Tues
day, Bowling Green, was Wood
county champion in 1862, won the
Gold Medal tournament at Findlay
in the same year, and has two of
the finest hurlers in the area.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-06-11
Kenny Mast Seeks
SOuthpaW Title Again

Kenny Mast, Bluffton college coach
who is three-time Ohio Left-Hand-
ers golf champion, will seek his
fourth title this summer on the
Shawnee country club course.
Last Sunday the southpaw golfer
shot a three-under-par SO to share a
three-way tie for first place in the
Shawnee country club Best Ball
tournament. Springbrook Pro Bob
Holtsberry and Bob Berry, 1850 Lost
Greek club champion, shared the tie
with the Bluffton coach.
Mast turned in a personal 35-34-69
over the tough 36-36-76 course. He
had one birdie at the turn and scored
three more coming in.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-06-11

The only other Bluffton team en-
tered, Woody Little and w. A. Howe,
lost a first round match to Lonsbury-
Wurstner, Cd, 6-3.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-06-11

APPROXIMATELY one-third of
the richest topsoil of the U. S. has
been washed to the foot of slopes,
into streams and down to the ocean.
Evening star., 1953-08-29
Gov. Battle Renews
Strong Plea Against
FBI Interference
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Aug. 20. - Gov
Battle has voiced anew hi;
strong feelings against Fedora
interference in law enforcement
cases normally handled by the
State.
He said yesterday, in effect
that the FBI has no business
investigating cases which State
authorities are handling or have
disposed of.
Reiterates Complaint.
1t was a reiteration of a COM
plant he made to the National
Governors Conference at Seattle
earlier in the month in which
he said such investigations were
trespassing on States rights.
His latest remarks followed
comments by j. Edgar Hoover,
FBI director, who said in Los
Angeles that the FBI merely
performs duties prescribed by
the Department of Justice.
Voices Praise of FBI.
Gov. Battle conceded this, and
praised the FBI for doing a
great job in its field"
He said his complaint was not
directed at the FBI, but at the
law which permits the FBI to
interfere with State law enforce
ment duties.
Il resent the fact that we've
got such a law, and I resent
the fact that the FBI is being
dragged into it," he told his press
conference.