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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-11-03
Western Ewes Go
To 4-H Project At
Anderson Farm

Fifty-five bred Western ewes
will be distributed to eight All
and F. F. A. members Satur-
day morning, November 7, at the
Albert Anderson Farm near Mt.
Sterling, according to John Moore.
There will be two other All
members buying 5 western ewes
each, direct, making a total of 65
distributed this year and a total
of 165 in the past three years.
The Madison County Sheep and
Lamb Improvement Committee
has sponsored this project since
1851. .
Ralph Grimshaw, Exten S i o n
Sheep Specialist at Ohio State
University, will be present to dis
cuss winter sheep feeding prob
lens with the group of young
folks and parents present.
The members obtaining west
ern ewes this year will be: Larry
Rothwell, Donna Anderson, Joyce
Blake, David Andrews, Dick Min
ner, Carl Smith, Larry Turvey,
Donald Nicol, Ned Turvy and
John Buck.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-11-03
IA Boys Face Judge After
$4,000 Stolen From Woman
New Editor Named
For Wooster Station

L. L. Rummell, dean of the Col
lege of Agriculture of the Ohio
State University, announces the
appointment of Carlton +. Chris
ton, Worthington, as editor of the
Agricultural Extension Service and
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton.
Mr.. Christian, associate exten-
sion editor for the past year sue
ceeds Francis c. Byrnes. Mr.. Byr-
nes resigned the editorship of the
Extension Service and Experiment
Station on October IS to become
associate director of the National
Project in Agricultural Communi-
cations, with headquarters at East
Lansing, Mich.
For 10 years prior to becoming
associate editor, Mr.. Christian was
dairy marketing specialist with
the Extension Service. He former
ly served as Extension agent in
Wyandot county, Ohio, and as in
formation specialist with the U. S,
Department of Agriculture.
Christian was teacher-trainer in
vocational agriculture at Canal
Winchester for 2 years following
graduation from Ohio State Uni
versity in 1922.
His experience in farm newspa-
per work started in 1924. It in
cludes: reporter on a weekly pa
per, editor and part owner of
weekly papers, farm editor of a
daily paper, and editor of Farm
and Dairy-an eastern Ohio farm
paper
He was manager or the Cleve-
land Milk Producer Federation for
Z years before joining the Ohio
State University staff as dairy
marketing specialist.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-11-03
Gov. LauSChe And
Many NOtabIes At
Trinity Ceremony
President Chalmers
Of Kenyon College To
Attend Anniversary

Governor Frank ]. LauSche has
accepted an invitation to attend
the seventy-fifth anniversary of
the conservation of Trinity Epis-
copal Church, Wednesday evening,
November 4, and heads the list of
dignitaries who will honor the
church on its birthday.
The Reverend DR.. Robert Fay of
Trinity Church, Columbus, will
represent Bishop Henry Wise Hob
son, who is unable to be present
for the ceremonies. The sermon
will be given by the Reverend F.
c. F. Randolph, of st. Johns
Church, Lancaster, formerly rec
tor of the London Church. Others
who are to have a part in the serv-
ice will be the Reverend II. r.
Weichert of the Church of the
Epiphany of Urbana, another for
mer rector of the London Church;
President Chalmers of Kenyon
College, Gambler, and the Rever-
end Samuel Keys of Waynesville.
Owing to the small seating ca
pacity of Trinity Church, tickets
have been distributed. Holders of
these. tickets are requested to be
in their seats by 7:45 o'clock. The
doors will be open to the public at
7:50 o'clock. A loud speaker sys-
tenn has been installed in the
Church Undercroft, and in case
the church is filled, seats will be
available there.
Weather permitting, there will
be an impressive professional from
the Court House to the Church,
with distinguished guests, Mayor
Edward P. Speasmaker, City and
County Officials and Local Clergy
participating.
Mrs. Herbert r. Mengert has
opened her home at 10 North Main
Street for a public reception after
the ceremonies at the Church.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-11-03
London Police Crack Down
On Local Gambling House
3 Persons Fined
In Morning Raid

London police cracked down on
an alleged gambling place here in
a raid which was staged Saturday
morning at approximately 10 am,
Chief German Clark reported
Monday.
Chief Clark said that the game
was a rowing" one and that the
same persons involved moved from
place to place each Sunday. Eight
persons were arrested in the raid
and were taken before Mayor Z.
P. Speasmaker, Chief Clark said.
The arrests were made at the Wal
ker residence, Center st.
Viola Walker, charged with
keeping a gambling place was fin
ed S100 and costs. John Jennings,
Howard Wallace, Margaret Wal
lace, Arnold Cooper, Pauling Nc
Neal and Eula McNeal, all of Lon
don, and Woodrow Miller, South
Charleston, were fined SIS and
costs each, on gambling charges.
All paid fines and were released.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-11-03
Three Sent To
Juvenile Research
Bureau Friday

IA juvenile boys, ranging in age
from 10 to IS years, were given a
hearing Friday morning in the
court of Juvenile Judge, Maurice
Beathard, after officers had dis
closed that three of the group had
stolen cash, jewelry and bonds
valued at over $4,000 from an aged
Plain City woman. The disclosure
came as the result Of a fire at the
Pennsylvania Railroad 10 a din g
pens at Plain City which was in
vestigated by William Castle,
Pennsylvania Railroad detective
and Deputy Robert Allison of the
Madison County sheriff's depart
ment.
Testimony revealed that three of
the boys had made repeated visits
to the woman's home and while
two had engaged the woman in
conversation, the other ransacked
the house. Handfuls of cash, jewel
ry and two $1,000 US. bonds We're
stolen. One boy also admitted that
he and another had placed a piece
of iron on a railroad track last
February lust to see what would
happen" when a passenger train
struck the metal Fortunately, no
accident resulted from the act.
Testimony also brought out that
some of the boys had set fire to
the loading pens.
The courtroom was partially
filled with the parents and friends.
The boys readily admitted their
parts in the acts. Eleven of the
boys were placed on probation
after admitting receiving some of
the stolen money but it had been
determined that they had no part
in the actual stealing. Three of
the boys, including the ringIeader.
were ordered sent to the Bureau
of Juvenile Research at Columbus
for further investigation. Judge
Beathard stated that he would de-
lay judgment on the case until
word was received from the
Bureau.
Officer Castle, who turned up
the actual case when he went to
Plain City to investigate the fire,
said that the three boys had ad-
mitted the thefts during the return
trip to the court house here. Dep
uty Allison had also turned up
valuable evidence in the case and
worked hand-in-hand with Castle.
One diamond ring which was talk
en- by the boys was valued at
S2800, Allison said.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-11-03
Native Madison
Countian Dee

Harvey Rutherford, 64, of Har-
mony, died at five o'clock Sunday
in Doctors Hospital Columbus,
after a several months illness.
A native of Madison County
he had spent the greater part
of his life in this community.
Surviving are his wife, Rachel,
a daughter, Ms. Mary Thomas
of Columbus; five sons, Wayne
of Harmony, Charles of South
Vienna, James, Earle and Keith
of Springfield; one brother, HON.
er, of London; two sisters, Mrs.
Elmer Pennell of Springfield and
Mrs. Oral Crabtree of Fairborn.
Funeral services will be at the
Woods Funeral Home in Spring
field, Wednesday at two o'clock.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-11-03
Carolyn VaIIery
Prospect For
Wilmington Queer

WILMINGTON - Four Ohio
girls and a brunette lass from
Kentucky are candidates for the
title of Homecoming queen at Will
mington College.
The Quaker gridders, who will
meet Earlham College Saturday,
Nov. z, in the annual Homecoming
Day highlight, nominated jeanette
Dunn, sophomore from Cincinnati;
Marilyn Head, sophomore from
Hillsboro; Charlotte Daugherty,
soPhomore from Wilmington; Car
olyn Vallery, freshman from Lon
don, and Barbara Sauer, freshman
from Elsmere, KY. Voting will be
held Wednesday and Thursday
(Oct. 28-29), with all students vot-
ing for the girls, whose nomina-
tions come regardless of class
standing or other requirements.
The idea, the team members
agree, is to get "the prettiest girl,
regardless of who she is" And
with five lovelies battling down to
the finish line, the voters are
bound to win regardless of how
they cast their vote.
Both Miss Dunn and Miss Head
were attendants to last years
Homecoming queen, Mary Ann
Neave, a red-headed beauty who
will return from her home in
Hughesville, Md, to crown the
queen during halftime festivities
of the Wilmington-Earlham tradi-
tional gridiron rivalry.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-11-03
Civil Service
Affirms Removal
Order Of S+ickeI

The Madison County Commits
sioners Monday morning received
a letter from the Civil Service
Commission of o h i o, con-
cerning the removal of Flo y d
Stickel for neglect of duty as
boiler operator for Madison Coun-
ty Court House.
In the letter, the Commission
affirmed the Commissioners order
of removal filed against Mr.. Stic-
kel several months ago, Commis-
sioner Roger Baker stated.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-11-03
A. W. Marion.
Guest Speaker At
Soil District Meet

A w. Marion, director of the
Ohio Department of Natural Re-
sources, will be the principal
speaker at the Annual Meeting of
the Madison Soil Conservation
District, and the Madison County
Dairy Service Unit. The affair
will be held this year at the La
fayette School House, beginning
at 7:30 P. M, sharp.
Entertainment and a turkey
dinner will be a feature of the
meeting and advance ticket sales
indicate a sizeable crowd will at
tend.
An election of new directors
for the Madison County Dairy
Continued on Page Two)
IN HOSPITAL
Oscar Lawles, Lilly Chapel, has
been a patient in Mt. Carmel Hos
pital for two weeks. His room
number is 941, but because of his
critical condition, he Is not allow
ed visitors at present.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-11-03
Postmaster Asks
Cooperation On
Christmas Mail

Postmaster G. G. Schlechty to-
day compared October in the Post
Office to what Spring training is
to a baseball team.
We're already flexing our mus
cles, swearing in extra employees
and getting ready for the Christ
mas rush hours. People planning
to send gifts and Christmas cards
should be bringing their address
books up-to-date,' he said,
Especially those of us with
loved ones in the armed forces
overseas. Too many people dilly-
daily until the eleventh hour the
Postmaster warned.
Parcel post for armed service
personnel in Korea, Japan and the
Pacific Islands should be mailed
by November /. Articles address
ed to Europe or American pos
sessions will be delivered by
Christmas if posted before No
vember Is.
Christmas cards are the bright
spot in overseas mailing. They
NAV be sent by air mail as late
as December l. However, all
overseas Christmas cards bear
ing three-cent stamps should be
mailed by November Is.
The Postmaster also pointed
out:
u Air parcels for over7eas
are limited to two pounds. At
regular parcel post rates, the
weight limit is 70 pounds. Pack
ages may not exceed 100 inches
in combined length and girth.
q Foodstuffs such as fruit
cakes, cookies and candy seem to
be the most popular gifts for serv-
icemen. Don't mail perishable
items. Matches and lighter fluid
are forbidden. Expensive gifts
should be sent by registered mail.
81 Select a durable mailing
carton of wood, metal or fiber
board Line it with newspapers to
cushion any shock. Use a heavy
wrapping paper and strong cord
to prevent parcels breaking open.
ITS particularly important"
the Postmaster continued, that
an overseas address be correct
and easy to read. Servicemen are
on the move SO much that any
additional delay may mean deliv-
cry after Christmas"
To avoid any such disappoint-
ments, Postmaster Schlechty re-
commends that you hand-print
the full name, rank, service num-
Der, branch of service, organiza-
ton and the army or navy post
office through which the mail is
to be routed.
Labels frequently fall off when
exposed to moisture, so print di-
rectly on the wrapping paper. In
clude your return address. Repeat
them both inside on the mailing
carton. It's also good idea to
enclose list of contents, do Not
open until Christmas" stickers
may be attached. Place them
where they won't obscure the ad-
dress.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-11-03
Jaycees Host To
London Clubs At
Thursday Dinner

The London Jaycees will host
the Lions and Rotary Clubs at spe-
cial dinner here Thursday evening,
according to Chris Wolfe, party
committeeman. The dinner will
take place at the Presbyterian
Church and will start promptly at
Z pm.
Chet Long, popular Columbus
TV commentator will be guest
speaker and tickets are available
from Jaycee members.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-11-03
e OUR
"a Town

@ lCWN
SERMON
Little girl sat beside her
mother at a sermon which was
particularly moving. AS moth
er wiped tear from her eye,
the little girl said, Don't cry,
mommy. He'll quit pretty
soonw
TAXES
The American taxpayer has
his back to the Wall-what
wall?
WAR
Doing away with all atomic
and other weapons of war has
been suggested as the way to
peace. Be it remembered that
the City of Gettysburg had an
ordinance against the use of
firearms!
ANGLE
Salesman was surprised very
pleasantly when the pretty
waitress gave him a phone
number. But he w
rather unpleasantly surprised
when he telephoned the num-
Der and a voice said, PEBBLES
Pest Control!'
ADVERTISING .....
Sign in a real estate office
Buy a lot and get wife to
share itr'
LIKKER
And then there's the one
about the rum-bum, who re-
fused to join the AA. Said that
it interferred with his drink
ing.
THINK $751;.
We don't stop playing be-
cause we get old-we get old
because we stop playing.
PoLLYTIcKs
And for those of you who
would hold public office-re-
member-it is not enough to
run if you don't start in time.
LIFE
The times we say mo" to
temptation is about once -
weakly!
sUpN THoT
If all the days of the year
were like October, this would
be the garden spot of the
world.
TOUR
Touring through life can be
a happy experience depending
on the travelling companions.
WELL?
P. T. Barnum and pedia-
trician we know both use the
same slogan--"There'S a suck
er born every minutef'
EDUCATION
Asked to parse the word
kiss" high school lass said,
Kiss is a noun, also conJunc-
ton, and while common is not
proper although never declin-
ed, 1t is singular and also
plural and agrees with me i'm
mensely,"
BOOKS,
Modern novels are getting
so hot that publishers are
thinking about giving asbestos
gloves and welders glasses
away with each edition.
FACT
It is much harder to be poor
without complaining than it is
to be rich without blowing
your horn.
HUMMNI'
Clothing store ad carried
line last week which said,
"Women'S slacks in odd sizes"
You said it, brother!
oDDITY
While auto driving is cred
tied with increasing profanity
almost so per cent, it can be
safely stated that it has cut
down horse stealing almost en-
tirely.
DIVORCE
We suspect that there are
lot of married people who are
dissatisfied with each other
but won't seek divorce be-
cause neither wants to make
the other happy.
DEFINITION
A leader is man who is
going somewhere and is able
to persuade lot of other
people to go with him.
LIFE
1t surely is a tough life
you gotta keep your feet on
the ground, your ear to the
ground, your back to the wall,
your nose to the grindstone,
your head level, and your
shoulder to the wheel.
BONE HEAD
If you want to appear an ut
ter dope. just ask anybody
who in the world is Julius
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-11-03
ONE WINNER THIS WEEK!

Ray Ridenour, 229 Toland ST.,
London, came out of last
weeks big football contest
with one lone loser to top the
field. He missed on the Army
Tulane 90 tie which spoiled
perfect score. Good work, Ray!
A check is being mailed out to
the lucky winner and entries
for this week will be found on
the sport page.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-11-03
March OF Dimes
Plans Attack
Against Polio

Sweeping plans for a climatic
attack against polio will be made
in Dayton, Ohio, on Wednesday
and Thursday November 4 and 81
at a regional March of Dimes
meeting, to be attended by 200
volunteer March of Dimes leaders.
The two-day conference will be
a momentous meeting in the long
fight against the disease. Re-
viewing present day problems
and heartened by the dramatice
progress in recent months to
combat the crippler, the dele
gates will map final details
for the greatest March of Dimes
drive in history. The campaign
will be held throughout the month
of January.
Sessions will be held in the Day.
ton-Biltnore Hotel, and heading
the group of National Foundation
officials who will speak is Joseph
F. Nee of New York, March of
Dimes director. In message to
local polio leaders Nee said:
This conference in Dayton is
most important at this critical
time because the people of this
large region have built a splendid
organization of volunteers to raise
funds and to provide the best of
available medical care for those
stricken.
1--WE need the full cooperation
of every person in this area to
make a further advance against
polio through broader research
and at the same time help every
patient.
"At long last we are on the
threshold of victory. Let's go
through the door in Sd"
States represented at the con-
ference are Indiana, Kentucky,
Michigan and Ohio.
With Director Nee will be Burr
Gibson, assistant director; James
t. Ellington, assistant to the di-
rector; Mrs. Beatrice Wright, as
sistant director of women's activi-
ties; Tom Wrigley, public relations
field conSultant, and H. A. Press,
regional medical cnnsultant.
Participating in the sessions IN
addition to county campaign direc-
tors will be state chairmen for the
March of Dimes, state advisors on
women's activities, state represen-
tative and regional directors of the
National Foundation.
Nee explained that the first day
of the conference will be given
over to round table discussions by
state chairmen, women's advisors
and state representatives The sec
ond day will consist of morning
and afternoon meetings and a
luncheon at which all delegates
will be present.
In charge of the program will be
George n. Barrie, regional direc-
tor of the National Foundation for
this area. Local arrangements are
under the direction of Humbert f.
Pasini, Columbus, Western Ohio
state representative for the Ma
tional Foundation.
ACCEPTS POSITION
Audrey p Martin has resigned
as official stenographer of tn e
Court or Appeals in Champaign,
Clark, Fayette, Green and Madi-
son counties effective Nov. /. She
has taken a position in the office
of State Auditor James A. Rhoad-
es as a secretary and examiner.
Doris d. Smith has been ap-
pointed to succeed Mrs. Martin,
Judge Roscoe G. Hornbeck, an
nounced.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-10
2 Assault Charges
Made Against Man

Two charges Of assault and bat
terry with deadly weapon were
lodged against James Alexander,
no home, by city police last night
after . knock down-draaout battle
on Petronfa Street wlkeh resulted
in two people being hospitalized.
Miss Lucy Sloan and Isaiah Leo
nard of Petronia Street were rush.
ed to the Monroe General Hospi-
tai when they incurred severe cuts
and bruises in a tussle in which
they were assaulted with fists, a
knife and a broken beer bottle.
According to the police report,
the battle started in a Petronia
Street bar when Alexander slapped
Miss Sloan and then followed her
outside and cut her severely about
the body with a knife. When Leon
ard interceded he was sIashed with
Continued On Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-10
Army Court Convicts Woman
On Husband-Slaying Charge
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
HOPEFUL VERDICT
WILL BE REVERSED
BY WILLIAM c. BARNARD

TOKYO R-An Army court to.
day convicted Dorothy Kruger
Smith, a famous generals daugh-
ter, of stabbing her colonel huS-
band to death with a foot-long
hunting knife. The court sentenced
her to life in, prison at hard labor.
Mrs. Smith, 40, attractive, moth
er of two teenagers, was convicted
Of premeditated urder in
| stabbing Col. Aubrey D. Smith, As,
of Boonville, Mo-, as he slept in
their Tokyo quarters midnight Oct.
Is.
A nine-member court-martial
board reached its verdict in "a
minutes of elaboration. It took
slightly more than 80 minutes to
fix the sentence.
The head of the court, white
haired Maj. Gen. Joseph P. Sui
Ivan of San Francisco, wept as
he read the sentence in a choked,
barely audible voice.
Mrs. Smith, daughter of retired
Gen. Walter Kruger who COM
manded the Sixth Army in the
Pacific war, showed only one
sign of emotions slight CULVER of
her lower lip. sass-
On previous days of the trial.
the attractive Mrs. Smith re-
peatedIy broke down and sobbed.
The case will be reviewed by
military authorities here and in
Washington.
A defense attorney, 1t. Col.
Howard S. Levie Of New York
City, said he was Every hopeful"
the verdict would be reversed.
A prosecuting officer said Mrs.
Smith would be sent to the United
States in about two weeks and
confined in a federal prison. Until
then, she will be held in a prison
ward of an Army hospital here.
Continued On Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-10

tor, but win be available for dis
cuSsions il invited. Dodge has dis.
closed plans TO confer with new
Cabinet heads on their budget
needs.
Reports already have reached
Capitol Hill that John Foster
Dulles. secretary Of state-desig-
nate. has put out word that the
original State Department budget
prepared by the Truman admins.
tration could be cut sharply.
The House Appropriations Com
mittee viii operate through u sub.
committees. each headed by q
Republican and each handling the
budget Of separate federal agen.
cies.
These departmental budgets
combine 10 account for the total
Of 81, 300 900 900 in new sppropria-
tons requested by President Tru-
man for the coming fiscal year.
The committee operates on the
appropriations bills only and not
on the governments spending bud
get which comes from money al.
ready provided.
T4ber and other top Republicans
are determined 10 prevent any
heavy deficit and al the same time
provide some tax relief. even
though slight. for individuals,
TO accomplish that their current
goal Is = cut Of 10 billion dollars
n new appropriations 80 spending
IN the fiscal year waald balance
~lth estimated tar revenue.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-10
Violent Storms
Sweep Most OF
Florida Friday

MIAMI, Fla. R-Clearing skies
and colder weather came to Flor
ida today in the wake Of violent
transforms and tornado winds
that left dozen persons injured,
four homes destroyed and 20
others damaged.
The Weather Bureau said the
outlook is for freezing weather
over North Florida and colder
weather in South Florida Sunday.
Miami likely will see a low Of 40
degrees.
Hardest hit by winds that
reached hurricane or near hurri-
cane force was the rural section
near Plant City in East Hills
borough County on the Gulf Coast.
There one man. suffered broken
ribs and II other persons were cut
and bruised.
, Another twister slammed the
coastal resort city of Sarasota,
causing damage estimated at $780,.
600 in sunken boats, overturned
trailers and shattered plate glass
Continued On Page TWo)