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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-08-04

Legal Notices
NOTICE

NOTICE
The Board of Commissioners OF
Madison County, Ohio, having pass
ed a resolution on Monday, August
3, 1853 that it would be for the
public convenience and welfare to
vacate the following part of street
located in the unincorporated Village
of Lafayette, Madison County, Ohio,
the general route and termini OF
which is described as follows:
Being that part of Third Street in
said Village beginning at the north
erIy intersection of Cumberland
Street commonly known as Nation
al Route No. 40) and Third Street
and running in a northerly dlrec-
tion to the intersection of said Third
Street and North Street and being
abutted upon the easterly side by
Lots Nos. II and 54 and on the
westerly side by Lots Nos. 16 and
SO in said Village of Lafayette.
Notice is hereby given that SAID
Commissioners will view said prem
ises at the situs thereof on the l7th
day. of August, 1868 and that a
hearing thereon will be had in the
office OF said Commissioners at the
Court House in London, Ohio, on the
18th day of August, 1858.
By order of the Board or COM
missioners of Madison County, Ohio'
Forrest r. Hanson, Clerk
Board of Commissioners OF
Madison County, Ohio
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-08-04

A report on another OF the West
Jefferson library's worthwhile
books concerns Strange Lands
and Friendly People, by Justice
William o. Douglas.
1t is news, the report states,
when a justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States takes
journey, but when he takes a
trip to the Middle East and India
and writes a most interesting
book about the countries, and
people and illustrates it with his
own pictures and those of a
friend, it is important news.
Judge William o. Douglas has
made two trips to Asia to see
for himself the power and
strength of the great continent
which holds the bulk of the
worlds population and its wealth.
His party travelled by jeep,
on horseback, on foot-stopping
to talk with peasants, goat herd
ers, the common people, and for
the most part keeping out of the
lanes of tourist travel. The peo-
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-08-04
Mainly About
People

Mrs. Pat Francis and her son,
Mike, and Don Alter, spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Ken
meth Pfeil and family in Edgerton.
On Sunday Mrs. Francis attended
the annual reunion of her class
that graduated from Edgerton
Mr.. and Mrs. Aubra Persinger
and family enjoyed an outing at
Coney Island, Cincinnati, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Rapp at
tended the Fayette County Fair at
Washington c. H. Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Pfeil and
children and Mrs. Sarah Pfeil left
Thursday morning for ten days
vacation on Georgian Bay, Canada.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rector re-
Gently entertained members of the
Sunshine class and their families
of the Methodist Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Might of
Springfield, were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles A. Cassidy, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Rector and
family were guests Sunday of Mr..
and Mrs. George Rhoades, London.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman Peterson of
Fincastle, were also guests of the
Rhoades family.
Mrs. Laura Keene of Onarga,
ILL.,, is visiting at the home of Mrs.
Grace Shepherd and Miss Annis
Shepherd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank C. Weirz
have returned to their home in
Langley, Virginia, after ten days
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth
Sidner.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-08-04
Home Demonstration
Council At Veterans
Hospital July 28

The Alumni Home -Demonstra-
ton Council sponsored its annual
picnic at the Veterans Hospital at
ChilIicothe on Tuesday, July %.
This activity is one of the coun-
ellis projects for the year. This
group is composed of past Home
Demonstration Counsellors. Those
attending were Miss Dorothy
Street, Mrs. Lowell Snyder, Mrs.
Elmer Flannery, Miss Mary Con-
nor, Mrs. Raymond Lanigan, Mrs,
.Wilfred Garen, Mrs. Harry Pugs-
ley, Mrs. Ben Straley, Mrs. John
Gray, Mrs. Coen Wilson, Mrs. c.
Z. Lippencott, Mrs. Ray Miller
Mrs. Jay Miller, and Miss Helen
Stahl. Miss Louise Richmond, Con-
tact chairman for the hospital and
Miss Kennon accompanied the
group.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-08-04
Sesqui Road Maps
Still Available

Columbus, July %, 1953-"New
highway road maps printed this
year in observance of the sesdui-
centennial celebration are still
available despite the limited sup
ply, said S. 0. Linzell, Director
of Highways.
Linzell added, 1.-THE fact that
the Department did not print
road maps in 1852 plus the
momentum of the sesquicenten-
NAL celebration has increased
demand beyond expectation, but
single copies of the new map are
available to Ohio drivers, and
may be obtained by writing the
Director of Highways, Columbus
Is, Ohio. He continued, They
will also be available at the dis
plays of the Ohio Department of
Highways at the County Fairs
and at the State Fair for those
who do not wish to write"
The new Ohio road map feat
ures an up-to-date marking of
the roads in the state and an
1904 map which outlines the road
situation when Ohio became a
state. The new map is a colorful
reminder that Ohio is celebrating
its 150th birthday.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-08-04
All NEWS

The Sth meeting of the Jeffer-
sonian All Club was called to
order at the home of Nancy
Lovish. The next meeting will be
at the home of RoSanne Rowand,
on July q, at 200. The meeting
was adjourned and games were
played.
The ninth meeting of the JEFF
fersOnian All Club was called to
order at the home of Rosanne
Rowland.
We picked up papers and glass
at the playground.
The next meeting will be at
the home of Jo-Ann Ryan on
August 4, at 200 pm.
Those present were: Rosanne
Rowland, Marilyn Rice, Joan
Craig, Sue Hessler, Leona Wilson,
Nancy Lovish, Sue Wilson, Rose
Corney, Jane Gessner, Mildred
Wilson, Carolyn Johnson, Frances
Morgan, Suzanne Long, Nancy
Lewis, Junior Leaders Jo-Ann
Ryan, Judy Hutr and Leader
Mrs. Charles Craig.
Nancy Lewis Reporter.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-08-04
Pet And Bicycle
Parade August IA

Saturday evening, August s, the
West Jefferson Business Mems As
sociation will sponsor another out
door dancing program, round and
square, music to be furnished by
the Rhythm RamblerS. This will
be the second outdoor dance of the
summer. These dances will con-
tinue every other week through
the annual Ok Roast, Labor Day,
Monday, September z.
Wednesday evening the West
Jefferson Volunteer Firemen will
play an All-Star team composed of
players from the Senior League
starting at 7:30 o'clock on the
Athletic Field.
The Pet and Bicycle Parade will
be held Friday evening, August Ia,
to bring to a close the first season
of the summer recreation program.
The parade will be divided into
the following classes:
Class Typical Boy and Pet.
Class Typical Girl and Pet.
Glass 3-Best Decorated Vehicle
and Pet.
Class 4-Most Unusual Pet.
Glass 5-Greatest Number of
Pets.
Glass 6-Best Decorated Boys
Bicycle.
Glass BEST Decorated Girls
Bicycle.
Glass 8-Best Decorated Tri-
cycle.
The parade will start at 8 pm.
and will be held in front of the
football stadium on the Athletic
Field.
The first prize in each class will
be $500 with a second prize of
$1.00. All the winners from the
eight different classes will be eligi-
bic to compete for the Grand
Prize, boys or girls bicycle,
these to be judged by the applause
of the crowd in attendance.
The new playground equipment,
swings, teeter boards and climbing
tower, have been installed and are
now available for use.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-08-04
Swimming Awards
Presented To ID

The following children received
swimming awards for the week of
July 24-31:
POLYWOG - Joan Daugherty,
Kay Cunningham, Susan Shipley,
Douglas Gildien, Kenny Rebel and
RoSanne Rowland.
TURTLE-Charles Kruger and
Karen Cornwell.
WATERDOG-BilI Pfeil, Ann
Bogard, Jim Higgins, Gilbert Cox
and Ted Cowan.
SHARK-Tom Buscemi, Ray
mond Carter, Marilyn Rice, Ken
meth Hardy and Gilbert Cox.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-08-04
PRORATE NOTICE - Approve

PROBATE NOTICE - Approval and
Settlement of Account. Account and
vouchers of the following named
person and estate have been filed
in the Probate Court of Madison
County, Ohio, for approval and set
tlement: Alma Kuhns, ct al Guard
ianship Number 1856 Docket 8 Page
173.
Unless exceptions are filed there
to, said account will be for hearing
before said Court, on the 9Th day or
September 1853, at which time said
account will be considered and con-
tinued from day to day until finally
disposed Of.
ANY person interested may file
written exceptions to said account
or to matters pertaining to the ex-
ecution of the trust, not less than
five days prior to the date set for
hearing. Maurice L. Beathard, Pro-
bate Judge.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-08-04
Minerva Harbage
To Army School

Miss Minerva Harbage, near
West Jefferson, left Sunday for
Fort Knox, Kentucky, to attend an
Army Service School of Disaster
Cooking and Mass Feeding.
Miss Harbage, daughter of Mrs.
Arnett Harbage, north of West
Jefferson, is Nutrition Consultant
with the State Department of
Health.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-08-04

pie and events he portrays are
real, not fictitious. He travelled
without portfolio or official status
Judge Douglas book Stranger
Lands and Friendly People, -
opens for his readers a new Win
dow in the Middle East and all
do well. to acquaint themselves
with it.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-08-04

Every human beings has a work
to carry on within, duties to per-
form aboard, influences to exert,
which are peculiarly his, and
which no Conscience but his own
can teach.
William Ellery Claiming
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-08-04
Mrs. D. N. Richeson Sr..
Bridqe Club Hostess

Mrs. D. N. Richeson, Sr., enter
tanned the Ladies Night Bridge
Club Wednesday, inviting Mrs. NJ.
A. Silver, and Mrs. Ralph Gillivan
to play with the club.
Prizes for bridge went to Mrs.
Lewis Overturf, Mrs. L. M. Gar
rett and Mrs. J. D. Baber.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-08-04
WEST JEFFERSON NEWS
Businessmen Set August 8
For Outdoor Dance Program
DEER CROSSING

F. B. Gibson, 290 West Main
Street, West Jefferson, reported
Monday morning seeing two
large deer crossing the road
near the intersection of State
Route % and u. S. Route AZ.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-08-04
DAUGHTER ARRIVES

Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Hockenbery,
West Jefferson r. D. No. /, an
nounce the birth of a daughter at
Grant Hospital, Saturday, August
].
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-08-04
Central States News Views

ALYEAR candidate Jim Burst 2 left Washington
University of ST. Lou star athlete who was excused rom
0yard dash track meet then
returned ball Earlier the day Jim spaed
In football make bursting IN
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-08-04

A mans country is not a GER
tain area of land bat it is prin-
ciple; and patriotism is loyalty to
that principle.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-08-04

A song is more lasting than the
riches of the world.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-08-04
M RS. MORGAN
RECOVERING

Mrs. Hannah Morgan, 80 Frank
lin Street, is recuperating after
breaking her hip while vacationing
at Indian Lake, July Is.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-08-04
Book Report

Nancy Lewis = F
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-27
DICK JORDAN QUITS TV
FOR LOST COLONY WORK

Dick Jordan makes his last ap-
pearance of the season on WAR
TV Norfolk, Friday at noon and
he plans to devote much of this
program to the Lost Colony and
Dare Coast attractions. He has
been featured on the Norfolk tele-
vision station for the past several
months and his piano playing and
singing has made a hit with TV-
spectators throughout Tidewater
Virginia and northeastern North
Carolina.
Mr.. Jordan recently took the $5,-
900 year job as manager of The
Lost Colony. He is currently pres
ident of Manteo Rotary Club, and
usually active in all civic matters.
While his regular daily program
is being discontinued due to his
other duties he will likely appear
on TV programs often during COM
ing months in connection with pro-
motional activities for Lost Colony
and the Dare Coast area, it was
stated.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-27
CAPE HATTERAS CITRUS
TREES TO BLOSSOM SOON

Buxton.-Citrus fruit trees here
are scheduled to start blossoming
on or about March Is, it was stat
ed today by Mrs. Maude White,
postmaster at this community. The
new blossoms will be coming at
just about the time the last fruit
are picked from the trees.
Orange, grapefruit and tanger-
ines grow politically here in the
front and back yards of local res
idents. There are also a few lemon
and comquot trees in the area.
Most of the small trees have
been started within the past two
years from the plants provided by
N. C. Department of Conservation
and Development. There are sew
eral old trees also, in the commu-
nifty, some Is years of age. Larg-
est grapefruit tree is one in the
front yard of Mrs. White. This
year she harvested about four
bushels of fruit from the tree and
there are still a few fruit on the
tree at present.
Tourists now driving to the
Outer Banks over the all-paved
Mays Head Hatteras highway
are azed to find citrus
fruit growing in profusion here
far north of the citrus belt of
Florida and southern states.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-27
CANCER CLINIC
FRIDAY, MARCH 6

The Northeastern Cancer Clinic
will be held Friday, March 6, 1853
in Elizabeth City at the health CEN
ter with registration from 12:45-
200. A free chest x-ray will be
given anyone who wishes it along
with the examination of the five
areas of the body where cancer is
most easily found and cured. There
are no limitations as to sex, race,
physical, or economic status at
the center; however, there are age
requirements. Women should be
35 or more; men should be 40 or
over unless referred by your doc
tor, or unless you have one of the
seven danger signals or symptoms.
No appointment is necessary, but
a priority may be secured by writ
ing the Cancer Center, Elizabeth
City, N. c., for one.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-27
CAPE POINT ROAD GRADING
UNDERWAY ON OUTER BANKS

Buxton.-Grading is now under
way for a paved road that will ex-
tend from the new Hatteras Island
highway at its approach to Buxton
and the Point of Cape Hatteras.
The new road, something over two
miles in length, is being routed via
Americas tallest lighthouse, spir-
al-painted Cape Hatteras to the
point of the Cape.
When completed during the
summer of 1858, the new spur
highway will give an all-weather
route for vacationists and tourists
wanting to visit the famous light
house and a paved road for fisher
men going to the point for the
,surfcasting. Previously it was al
most impossible for ordinary au-
tcmobiles to negotiate theS sandy
trail which the new road will re-
place.
The point of Cape Hatterss,
rarely seen by outsiders except
fishermen who made the trip there
over a haphazard trail, is one of
the nations maritime wonders. At
the Point the surf rolls in from
two directions and sometimes dur
ing storms from three directions.
From the point the dreaded (by
mariners) Diamond Shoals extends
southeasterly for some 10 miles or
more. These shoals, the inner and
outer Diamonds, are made up of
quicksand so treacherous that
foundered ships have been known
to sink completely out of sight
within two or three days after
wrecking on same. The shoals are
50 shallow at times that it is pos
sible for persons to stand on bot
tom, several miles offshore and on
See ROAD, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-27
TALENT SHOW MARCH 7
BY PERFORMERS OVER 40

The popular adage Life Begins
At Forty" is to be proven by per-
formers over 40 years of age on
Saturday night, March 7, when a
talent show featuring people who
have reached that fair age will be
put on in the Manteo school audi
forum, sponsored by the Manteo
Parent-Teacher Association. The
show will begin at eight o'clock
and a small admission will be
charged.
Not only are all the performers
over 40-two of them are rs years
of age. They will do the numbers
they did 10, 20 and 80 years ago
when they entertained. Mrs. Ray
mond Wescott, P-TA president,
asks that anyone wishing to APP
pear on the show, who has not al
ready been contacted, get in touch
with her. All available talent will
be welcomed.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-27
GROUNDWORK FOR BIG
VIEW ENCAMPMENT IN
DARE COUNTY IN JUNE
By AYCOCK BROWN

Mays Head.-What the promot-
ers say will be one of the largest
encampments ever held by the
North Carolina Department, Vet
Grams Foreign Wars, will be three
days at Mays Head, June At, it
was stated here by Earl D. Knauff
of Jacksonville who came to make
arrangements for opening an ex-
ecutive directors office on May l.,
several weeks in advance of the
gathering which is expected to at
tract up to 5000 persons to the
area.
First day of the gathering in
June will be devoted to activities
of the VFW's Military Order of
the Cootie," which to this veterans
organization is similar to the
American Legion's $40 and Eight"
order.
The states grand adjuatant
quartermaster of the Order of the
Cootie is R. L. Rhodes, Jr., of
Fayetteville. Already Rhodes is
making arrangements for local ac-
commodations as are other Posts
in North Carolina from the coast
to the mountains.
Executive Director Knauff stated
that rooming headquarters and his
office would be located in the Mays
Header Hotel.
Varied entertainment is being
planned for the WINS during the
four day encampment including
dances, fishing contests, boating
trips and visits to places of his
toric and recreational interest in
the area. Business meeting during
the convention will be held in aud
itoriums of Club Casino, the Dare
Shrine Club and in the various
hotels here on the Dare Beaches
and in Manteo.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-27
BARNEY" FISCHER, FORMER
DARE RESIDENT, is DEAD

Funeral services for Bernar
Joseph Fischer, 60, who died We'd
nesday, Feb. 18th at the Naval
Hospital in Portsmouth, Va, were
conducted Thursday, Feb. 18th at
4 o'clock at the Twiford Funeral
Home Chapel, Elizabeth City, by
the Rev. Anthony Thibodeaux, pas
tor of the Church of Christ. Bur
ial was in New Hollywood Gene
terry. Mr.. Fischer was a native of
Philadelphia, but had lived in
Elizabeth City for a number of
years. He was a veteran of World
War l, having served in the U. S.
Navy. Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Sarah Cartwright Fischer of Eliz-
abeth City; and one sister, Mrs.
Lou McGaraul of Camden, N. J.
Mr.. Fischer lived for a number
of years at Salvo, Dare County.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-27
INTERIOR DEPT
LENDING AID TO
GETTING FERRY,
National Park Service Joins
State in Effort to Obtain
Landing Craft for
Oregon Inlet

If the State Highway Commits
sion is successful in getting boat
suitable to handle Oregon Inlet
ferry traffic this year, it will be
due largely to the National aPrk
Service which was responsible
this week in getting the Secretary
of the Interior to request of the
Navy Department, one of its idle
land craft now in storage, so that
it may be converted into a ferry
boat.
The only possibility of getting
such craft appeared to be upon
request of a Federal Department.
The state had exhausted its efforts
to find a boat to relieve the acute
situation at Oregon Inlet. This
week A. C. Stratton of the Nation
al Park Service requested that the
Director, Conrad Wirth, appeal to
Secretary Mckay of the Interior
Department to make the request.
Mr.. Mckay came to the rescue,
and aided the Highway Depart
ment. Senator Willis Smith inter-
vened also in behalf of the prof.
ect.
If the suitable boat is located
among Navy surplus craft, it will
require several months for CONVEX
sion. With its three motors, it can
cross Oregon Inlet in ten minutes,
carrying % cars.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-27
ANOTHER DARE COUNTY
BROADCAST PROPOSED

Med Maxwell whose radio pro-
gram Lets Go Visiting" is
broadcast in 80 states for Allied
Mills flew to Manteo today for a
15-minute interview with Dare
County Tourist Bureau Manager
Aycock Brown. MaxwelPs inter-
view will be broadcast sometime
between now and June l, and it is
scheduled to give this Dare coastal
area some excellent advertising as
a vacation, sportsfshing and his
torical country.
With Maxwell came Jay Gould
of Radio Station WOWO, Fit.
Wayne, Indiana, who also inter
viewed Brown abouS Dare County
for an early travel broadcast on
a 3-station middle west chain.
The interviews included descrip-
tons of each area in Dare County
from Roanoke Island and Fort Ra
leigh to Kitty Hawk and Mays
Head to Cape Hatteras and the
Gulf Stream.
In the party with Maxwell and
Gould were several technicians
and Glenn Peacock, area manager
of Allied Mills, makers of stock
and poultry feeds.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-27
AYCOCK BROWN
PISCATORIAELY
is PREDICTING
Prophesies Big Early Mid
Spring Fishing News on
the Dare County Coast
BY AYCOCK BROWN

Manteo-Since channel bass have
already been reported in the surf
and sound of lower Dare County
this year, with several already
caught in nets of commercial fish
ermen, prognosticators are MAX
ing the piscatorial prediction that
channel bass will show up at Ore
gon Inlet earlier this year than
usual. Old timers who fish by the
tides and swear by the full moon
are saying that the first of this
species to be taken with rod and
reel will be sometime during the
last half of March.
Thus, the mid-Atlantic coasts
biggest fishing news each year
would break earlier than usual.
The first channel bass taken by a
sportsfsherman trolling at Oregon
Inlet in 1852 was landed on April
5. Two weeks earlier on March %,
two channel bass were brought to
the beach by surf casters at the
Point of Cape Hatteras and by
early April the fish were plentiful
southwark to Hatteras Inlet. At
ter April 5, the fishing was fair in
in the surf from Bodie Island
to Oregon Inlet, but not as good as
it had been during some previous
spring seasons when anglers TROLL
ed through literally acres of the
big copper beauties ranging from
80 to 55 pounds.
Old time guides point out one
fact that may bring the first
catches earlier this season and that
is the March moon which becomes
full on the Both. There is some
thing about the tides of a full
moon which does something to fish,
especially channel bass. They are
usually found in larger fish and
larger numbers at such periods,
and they usually take lures or cut
bait more readily during the full
moon period. That is what the old
timers say.
Arrival of channel bass at Ore
gon Inlet each spring in recent
years has become national news.
Outdoor editors throughout the
east from Chicago to New York
and other metropolitan areas
stand by for the news each year
and usually give the story big
play when the first fish is taken
and as long as they are being
caught with rod and reel. Credit
for making the Oregon Inlet and
Cape Hatteras channel bass fish
ing nationwide news goes largely
to the North Carolina State News
Bureau.
Sportsfshermen coming to the
Dare Coast this year will not only
find more boats in the fleet and all
paved highways which make it pos
sible to drive to points near the
best sloughs of the surf, but also
many additional and new places
of accommodations.
Dare County Tourist Bureau in
Manteo serves as a local clearing
house and information source for
sportsfshing inquiries, it was stat
ed today by L. L. Swain, chairman
of the organization.