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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-19
WEST JEFFERSON NEWS
Coral Rebekah Lodge Presents
Program For Friendship Night

Coral Rebekah Lodge Monday
night combined Friendship Night"
with a money raising project and
had delightful evening with log
in attendance, for the Hard
Times" party,
Under the direction of Mrs.
James Hockenberry, chairman, a
most entertaining program had
been arranged with a pantomine
skit, musical number and a mock
ballet, by members of the hostess
lodge, which brought down the
house, guests remarked.
Refreshments for the BOX So
ciar were in charge of Mrs. Eu-
gene Ball, chairman.
Guests attending numbered 73,
with those of the Hilliard Lodge
as special guests. Others of the
seth District were from Columbus,
Groveport, Westerville, Lilly Chap
ell and London. Three of the guests
were newly elected members of
Coral Rebekah Lodge who will be
initiated later.
Mrs. Alex Pelphrey is noble
grand of Coral Rebekah Lodge
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-19
Seniors Sponsor
Spaghetti Supper
Here Monday Mite

The Senior Class of Jefferson
High School, is sponsoring an Ital-
ian spaghetti supper Monday night,
March p, in the High School cafe
terra from 5 to 8 o'clock.
This is one of the projects the
class has sponsored during the
year to help raise funds for a trip
to Washington, d. c., at the close
of the school year.
Negotiations have already been
made for chartering a bus and the
funds derived from the money
making schemes during the year
have been raised with a hope of
reducing each individual members
expenses.
Members of the class of nineteen
boys and eight girls are, Bob Bo-
gard, Roger Peterman, John Laf-
erty, Bill Buscemi, Fred Morris,
Don Long, Jack Rings, Dale
Thompson, Bob Wagner, Ray Nc
CURE, Charles Miller, Don Alter,
Ralph Parsons, Jr. Bill Hardy, Roy
Green, Les Henson, Kenny Schell-
haas, Gary Compton, Jack McClas-
kie, Arlene Geyer, Pat McDaiiiels,
Jean Christman, Jo-Ann Ryan.
Ruth Stanley, Allene Phillips, Peg
Mckinley and Jane Graves.
The supper Monday night will
be followed by a meeting of the
Parent-Teacher Organization.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-19
Sunday School Class
Of Mrs. Stratton Has
Party And Election

Mrs. Russell Stratton entertain
ed the girls of her class of the
Methodist Sunday School after
school last Friday, election of Of
ficers preceding a program of
games, contests and refreshments.
Officers elected were, Sherry
King, president; Freida Slower,
vice president; Brenda Rings,
treasurer; Carolyn Elliott, assist
ant treasurer; Kay Howard and
Ilo Sue Blauser, secretaries; Judy
Morris and Linda King, substi-
tuteS.
Others attending were, Beverly
Baber, Connie Compton, Karen
Cornwell, Diana Florea, Donna
Fisher, Judy johnson, Linda AL
ford, Sharon HALEY, Sandra Hor-
ton, Susan Laferty, Linda LanlI-
ford, Bonnie O'Harra, Joan Pfeil,
Alice Jean Sollars, Mana Young
and Linda Morris.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-19
P-TA Members "a
See Local Movies

The Parent-Teacher Organiza-
ton is sponsoring a repeat show
ing of movies of West jefferson in
color at eight o'clock Friday night
in the high school gymnasium.
The movies were taken by sev-
eral of West Jefferson's lobbyists
whose avocation is photography.
In order that all who are interest
ed may have an opportunity to see
the pictures, the repeat showing is
arranged for Friday night.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-19
Carolyn johnson Is
Honor Guest Sunday
At Birthday Party

Carolyn Johnson's fourteenth
birthday will long be a pleasant
memory for her. Mrs. Byron John
son, her mother, entertained Caro-
Iyn and six other guests at dinner
and then went to the movies.
Guests were, Sidney Merrick,
Bonnie Strauss, Joan Craig, Susie
KeSsler, Barbara Byerly and Judy
Johnson, sister of the honor guest.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-19

dustrial Relations applicable to
State Highway Department I'M
provements in accordance with Sec
tions 4115.03 17-3), 41t5.04 (17-4),
41f5.05 (17-4a), 4115.06 17-5), and
4115.07 17-5a) of the Revised Code
of Ohio"
The bidder must submit with his
bid a certified check in the amount
of s6.500.00.
Plans and specifications are on
file in the department Of highways
and the office of the division deputy
director.
The director reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
s o. LINZETI4.
State Highway Director
March II Il IS 19
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-19
McKinneys Retain
Unbeaten Record

McKinney'S AC's won 60 to Al
over their opponents in the last
game of the Sunshine Park Lea
que Monday night, taking a tenth
win and with it the League champ
ionship.
The Bazookas defeated Macs
ACs 81 to 50 and West Side Mer-
chants, failing to show up for the
last game in the league tourna-
ment, forfeited to International
HarNnStn1, . to q
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-19
T4E.sEALwEENY MADISON COUNTY DEMOCRAT. LONDON OHIO

duled to be moved to Puerto Rico
the last of March.
Mrs o. S. Rea has returned to
her home here, after convalescing
at the home of her sen and daugh-
ter-in-law Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Rea
in Columbus following a recent
illness.
Edwin Coil made a business trip
to New York City last week.
Mrs. Thomas Junk was hos
tess to members of the Vesper
Garden Club for their March me-
eting. The program Birds VS.
Pests was in charge of Mrs.
Charles Wright. The April meeting
of the club will be held in the home
of Mrs. Lowell Edmiston.
On export and import traffic
the Atlantic and Gulf ports are
equally accessible to Ohio industry
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-19
Independents In
Final Games Here

The Ohio Valley Independent
basketball tournament which is be-
ing played in the gymnasium of
the Jefferson High School, continu-
ed the contests Monday night with
a three game card.
In the first bout, the Gosnell Fu-
neral Home defeated Sans Clean
ers 70 to 48. Scoring the most
points for the winners was Fearing
with q and for Sans, was White
with II.
The Chillicothe Merchants Scor-
ed 90 to defeat its opponents, the
Laurelville K of p team, who
chall<ed up only 46. Walker with
2S and Tippie with II, took honors
for the winners and Waits with 9
for the losers.
In the third and last game of the
evening, Newark Fibre Glass de-
feated Hume and Mabe ClOthicrS,
63 to 60. Donovan with 20 and
Reid with 10, led the scoring for
Newark and Bogenrife with %,
led London's team.
The semi-finals will be played
at 7:30 Thursday night, the Cos
nell Funeral Home meeting the
Matthews Delivery Service in the
first game and Chillicothe and
Newark Fibre Glass competing in
the second game at $50 o'clock.
The winners will play Saturday
night for the tournament champ
ionship.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-19
Legal Notices
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
STATE OF OHIO

DEP ART1IENP or HIGHWAYS
Columbus, Ohio, March 5, 1854
Contract sales Legal Copy No. 54-71
UNIT PRICE CONTRACT
Sealed proposals will be received
at the office Of the State Highway
Director of Ohio, at Columbus, ONO,
until 1000 AN, Ohio Standard
Time. Tuesday. March so, 1854, for
improvements in:
Proposals Nos / and ? are Of
fered as one project and VIII
he awarded as one contract.
Proposal No.
Madison County, Ohio, on Sections
600. G8G Midway, 2.S7, 9.52, $40
and 1902, State Route No. 3S. IN Un-
ion, Paint and Range Townships, by
applying an asphaltic concrete sur
face course. Item T-3b
Pavement: Width is feet, Length
1891 feet. .
Width 90 feet, Length 51,2t6 feet
Width 22 feet, Length 1890 feet
Width IS feet, Length 2,692.S feet
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-19
THE GARY HAYS
HAVE DAUGHTER

Mr.. and Mrs. Gary Hay an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Nancy, who weighed seven and
one-half pounds when she was
born Sunday at Mt. Carmel Hos
pital.
For the present the Hays are
staying with Mrs. Hays parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Long. Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Hay, East Main
Street, are the paternaI grandpar-
ents.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-19

Mrs. Albert Pfeil and Mrs. Ed
ward Kennedy Of Columbus have
returned from a motor trip thro-
ugh the southern states. Their des-
tination was the Gulf of Mexico,
with many places of interest visit
ed on their journey.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-19
DWoRKlNs DEPT. STORE
FroterncI Order OF Eagles
AeIie No. $50

ST. PATRICk'S CHURCH
GI south Union Street
London, Ohio
Rev. Paul j. Bernier, Pastor
Phone 459
Time of Masses
Sundays and 10.
Holy Days-5:30, T. 8.
Week Days (Holy Communion
distributed $500.
essions--Saturdays $3.50 to &
and 7:3O to 8.
Eve of Holy Days-3:3O to 8 and
Visiting Confessor twice monthly.
Baptisms-Sundays at 1870 or on
request.
Sick calls any time Day or Night
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
=. Walnut AT Second st.
Frank l.. Baldwin, Minister
Sunday, March 2I
Sunday School 9:45 am. James V.
Shaw, Supt.
Morning worship II am.
Sermon: Faith in the Holy Spirit.
Organ selections: Prelude "Andante
Grasiose," Dether; Offertory Pray
err" Strakosch; Postlude Glory,
Land and Honor" Traditional.
Sunday School Teachers Confer
ence, 3 pm. Northminster Church,
Columbus.
Westminster Fellowship executive
committee, 4 pm.
Junior Hi Fellowship, 6 pm. Mrs
| Fl. D. Steel, sponsor
Monday, March %
Anniversary Committee, 7:30 pm.
| church.
Tuesday, March 81
Jr. and Jr. Hi Communicant Glass
800
Deacons meeting, 1880 pm.
| Wednesday, March 24
Communicant Class $3.50.
| Lenten Service, 1880 pm. Film "Of
| These My Brethren"
ST. JOHNS EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH
East second at Walnut
Lawrence n. Rugh, Pastor
The Bird sunday i'm Lent, March 2i
9:15 am. Church School, Paul
| Raines, Supt
1870 am. Morning worship. Ser
mon, Living Proof"
$50 pm. Luther League.
1880 pm. Informal discussion.
Monday
1880, Workers Conference and
Parish Education Committee.
Tuesday
7:3O pm Adult instruction Glass.
/ Wednesday
500 pm, Lenten Vespers Sermon,
Going About Doing Good"
Thursday
500 Brotherhood. Discussion, our
foreign mission fields. Host, Ker-
| nit Sesler.
Saturday
Z pm. Choir rehearsal.
THE METHODIST CHURCH
SedaIia- Newport Charge
Jesse 4. Thornton, Minister
Newport
Church School 10 am.
/ Worship am.
Holy Communion will be observ-
ed.
Newport M.Y.F. 8 pm.
/ sedaIIa
| Church School 10 am.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-19
Church Announcements
THE METHODIST CHURCH
Arthur VI GhauafaUt nE;rs..o

Church School at $50, Forrest r.
Hanson, Supt. Kindergarten-N -Nurs-
cry, during Morning Service: De-
partments and Glasses for ali Age
Groups.
Morning worship at 1890 am. the
Sermon, This Partnership: the
Anthem, u Sought the Lord" by
Durant; Organ selections by Mrs.
Harold BidwelL Melody by Cheru-
bini; "Offertory" by Heller; post
lude" by Rinck.
Youth Fellowship at $50: Mr. and
Mrs. r. w. Dillingham;, Sponsors;
Refreshments by Circle 5.
Pastors Glass for Juniors each
Saturday morning at 1920.
Family Night each Wednesday
evening during Lent; Covered Dish
Supper $50; Sing, DevOtions, Spe-
cial Program.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-19
TRADERsvmLE HOUSE OF

TRADERSVLLE HOUSE OF
PRAYER
Reverend Curtis StuItZ, Pastor
1000 am. Sunday School.
HOO am. Morning worship.
ZOO pm Young Peoples meeting
Revival services each evening at
7:45 pm EVangelists Rev. Delbert
and Russell Harper of Washington
G. II. Song fest Sunday afternoon al
2:3O pm.
Everybody welcome.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Ducey were
recent guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. W.
r. Keller of Plain City.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-19
CHURCH OF CHRIST IN
CHRISTIAN UNION
yNaat IeffnFSnn

CHURCH OF CHRIST IN
CHRISTIAN UNION
West Jefferson
Rev II. ID. Wright, Pastor
$50 am. Sunday School, Mrs. Ed
,th Roggs, Supt
1890 am. and 1880 pm. Preaching
services.
1880 pm. Prayer service ever:
Wednesday night
Friday, March 20
7:45 pm. District Young People.
Rally. Rev. Hunlly will be tn
speaker.
CHURCH OF CHRIST IN
CHRISTIAN UNION
w. Center st.
II. y. Bennett, Pastor
sunday
$50 am. Sunday School.
1890 am. Morning worship.
1880 pm. Evangelistic service.
Wednesday
1880 pm. Prayer meeting.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-19
NAZARENE CHURCH
Reverend ELI Lipps, Pastor
202 south walnut street PhOne I4Ol

.U.I NWWNW W stIEINIt NNNNNN 7 EHWIEN u To
$50 am. Sunday School.
7O:3O am. Morning worship.
1900 pm. N.Y.P.S. service.
1880 pm. Evangelistic service.
Wednesday
1880 pm. Prayer meeting.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Slyh were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Slyh of Canaan, Sunday.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-19
Total Length 65.419.8 feet or 1889
PrnnosnI No.

/ TT u v q y y
Total Length 65,419.S feet or 1880
miles.
Proposal No. ?
Fayette County, Ohio, on Section
9.7S, State Route No. 38. in Paint
Township, by applying an asphaltie
concrete surface course, Item T-35.
22.b51 feet or 4.29 miles.
Proposals Nos. l and Of this pro-
jeet to be completed not later than
August 81, 1851.
The minimum wage TO be paid to
all labor employed on this contract
shall be in accordance with the
Schedule of Prevailing Hourly
Wage Rates Ascertained and Deter
mined by The Department of In
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-19
SNYDER To Show,
New Truck Here

The new International One Hun
dred is being shown and demon
strated at Snyder Sales & Service,
90 West Main St. dealer for the
West Jefferson area. The truck
is a new low-cost half ton pickup
truck with advanced riding and
performance features, it was said.
MRS. FAUST RETURNS
FROM HOSPITAL
Mrs. Don Faust is recovering at
her home here after an operation
at Mt. Carmel Hospital, recently.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-19
Attend The Church
Of Your Choice
Every Sunday

OF E0dE @HSt@%
Every Sunday
WEST JEFFERSON
METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Robert II. Meredith, Pastor
Sunday School 9:45 am.
Church 11:00 am.
BAPTIST CHURCH NEWS
West Jefferson
Rev. ID. ID. Case. Minister
Sunday School 1000 am.
Worship service 20 an, a,,o,trg
Ty Fyyeninr services first and third
Sundays of each month
CHURCH OF CHRIST IN
CHRISTIAN UNION
Newport, Ohio
Joe johnson, Pastor
Sunday 49,,
9:3O am Sunday School.
I0,3O am. Morning worship.
TAO pm Evangelisttc service.
Tuesday ,.,- u,,,,,oa
7:45 pm. Prayer service.
HETHEL PENTECOsTAL CHURCH
3SG Hawthorne Avenue
Mrs. Madge Jones, Pastor
10 am Sunday School.
IL Noon, Morning worship. ,,os
Tuesday nights, Young peoples
mgTosd Tburssday nights, Bible Study.
CHURCH OF CHRIST IN
CHRISTIAN UNION
south SOIOn
Rev. MAYNARD Mcpherson, Minister
Gao am. Sunday School, Everett
Greer. supt.
1O:45 am. Morning worship
700 pm. Children's meeting.
TAO pm. EvangehstiC services
7.30 pm Wednesday, Mid week
services.
LILLY CHAPEL CHARGE
METHODIST CHURCH
Joseph Hughes Price, Pastor
GEORGESVILLE
Church School 1918.
BIG PLAIN
Church School $50
LILLY CHAPEL
Church School $3.50.
LONDON APOSTOLIC GOSPEL
CHURCH
Shady Avenue
Elder Carl Cummins, Pastor
1915 am. Sunday School, Floyd
Ballard, superintendent
500 pm. Eyangelistic service:
500 pm. Wednesday evenings
500 pm. Friday evenings, Prayer
The public is welcome to all serv
ices.
APOSTOLIC GOSPEL CHURCH
West Jefferson, Ohio
Rev. c. +. Pennington
500 pm. Prayer meeting.
1000 am. Sunday School; supt
Lewis Worley.
500 pm. Bible Study.
500 pm. Young Peoples meeting
All ages welcome.
CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIAN
CHURCH
south SOIOn. Ohio
Ralph Il. Miller, Jr., Pastor
Church School $3.50 am. Roge
Bennett, Supt.
worship Service 1890 am.
Evening worship 1880 pm.
Message by the pastor.
Recreation and Fellowship period
S:3g pm. a.....
Wednesday night 1880 midweeI
service
Wednesday $50 pm. choir practic'
pTumwOod
CHURCH or CHRIST IN
CHRISTIAN UNION
Mrs. Cleo Call, Pastor
Thursday 8 pm. Prayer service
Mrs. Ruby Plant, Leader.
Sunday 10 am. Sunday School
Maynard Perry. Supt
Sunday 8 pm. Evening service.
Everyone welcome.
LAFAYETTE
METHODIST CHARGE
Ralph Harmon, Pastor
Sunday,
Lafayette 9:45 am.
Summerford 100 am.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-19
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. David n. Ramsey, Pastor
$50 am. Sunday School, Rev. Rob
ert Wilson, superintendent.
Il am. Sermon by Pastor. Music
bv Mems Gospel Choir.
1880 pm Tuesday Mems Gospei
Chorus practice.
TAO p.m. Wednesday Prayer Serv-
ice and Senior Choir practice.
7:3O pm. Thursday, Junior Choir
rehearsal
Go to church Sunday.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-19
ST. PAUL A.M.E. CHURCH
West Center Street


West Center street
=. NJ. Butler, Minister
r. w. Alexander, Assisting Minister
Mildred Cunningham, Evangelist
Ernest LOwery, Pianist
Thursday, March Is
willing Workers club Will have q
chicken pie supper, bake sale and
needle work sale at the church
starting at pm.
Friday, March 10
Ladies Aid Choir practice home OF
Mrs. Jane Smith.
sunday, March Fl
$50 am. Sunday School, Ernest
Lowery, Supt.
II am. Morning worship. Muisc
Ladies Aid Choir. Mrs. Freda Rea-
mey pianist. Mrs. Jane Smith di-
rectress. Sermon by the pastor.
Wednesday 7:3O pm.
Prayer meeting and senior choir
practice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
Need Of Hospital Space
For Chemically III Urged

The need for nursing homes
and hospital space for chron-
ically ill patients was emphasized
today by Harry w. Penn, super
intendent of Prince Georges
General Hospital.
He announced the hospital
directors have reaffirmed the
standing rule on restricting adj
missions to acute cases.
Yesterday a Seat Pleasant
citizens delegation conferred
with hospital officials on the case
of woman refused admission on
the ground her case was chronic,
not acute.
She finally was admitted after
a Seat Pleasant resident inter-
coded and had his physician get
the woman in the hospital as a
private patient. She died there
eight days later from a cerebral
hemorrhage.
Mr.. Penn said the doctor who
refused to admit her noted her
illness was chronic and although
she had just suffered a stroke,
her temperature. blood pressure
and other tests did not indicate
her case was an emergency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
Alexandra Numbers Man
Given Maximum Sentence

A man convicted of writing
numbers was given the maxi
mum sentence of a year in Jail
and $500 fine in Alexandria
Police Court yesterday.
The sentence was imposed by
Judge James R. Duncan on JeS-
sic Williams. 35, colored, of the
500 block of South Patrick
street, a taxi driver.
Assistant commemorative At
torney Donald r. Selby said he
recommended the maximum SEN
tence in line with a new policy
of cracking down on gambling
law violators with previous ar
rest records. He said Williams
had been convicted once pre-
ciously of a gaming violation.
Williams was arrested Febru-
airy II by Detectives Robert
Jones and William GoSney. Will
liams appealed the conviction
and is free under $4,000 bond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
GIs Find Water Shedding Suits
Keep Them Warm in the River

Ten Fort Belvoir soldiers got
themselves as wet as possible
yesterday to show that cold water
isn't cold at all-provided you're
dressed for the occasion.
In an efficiency demonstration
the soldiers worked. waded. dived
and floated in the Potomac wear
ing the Army's newest in pro-
tective clothing.
Still in the experimental stage,
the Coldbar suit is made of a
light. foam-like substance and
worn beneath standard clothing
Not waterproof. it instead does
not absorb moisture.
The suit dried almost immedi-
ately after the soldiers stepped
from the water during the dem
onstration in Belvoir's Tompkins
Basin. One of the principal aims
in the development of the suit
was to cut down on the hazards
of river crossings during cold
weather.
The demonstration team-all
of Company B, 91St Combat En-
gineer Battalion-laid an anchor
cable. propelled an assault boat
and put together an aluminium
footbridge across the 50-foot
basin.
AS they worked under simu-
lated combat conditions. the
buoyancy of the suit also was
demonstrated when a soldier
Owed into the water wearing a
50-pound pack and foated.
The footbridge was con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
Retiring Judge Marbury
Honored in Prince GEORGES

More than 200 members of
the Prince Georges County Bar
Association last night paid
tribute to retired Chief Judge
Ogle Marbury of the Maryland
Court of Appeals.
Among the guests at the asso-
cations banquet meeting in the
Prince Georges Golf and Coun-
try Club were Judges Hall Ham
mond and Edward S. Delaplaine
of the Court of Appeals and
Frederick Bruno of Baltimore.
The principal speaker was
Appeals Court Judge William l..
Henderson. w. Carroll Beatty,
president of the association,
acted as POSTMASTER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
2 in Country Quiet Get Wish
NO Black Topon NurrowRood

happy to oblige. He said route
655 wasn't about to be black
topped, anyway.
The other requests presented
by more than 100 who attended
the hearing may not be so easy
to fulfill. Mr.. Aichel said the
State Highway Department has
not yet determined how much
money will be available for sec
ondary road work in Fairfax
County during the next fiscal
year.
The hearing was held by the
Board of County Supervisors and
Mr.. Aichel, as required by the
Byrd law. It gives the citizens an
opportunity to sound off about
road conditions. Later, the High
way Department decides which
roads it can repair and surface
with the funds that are made
available.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
Gas Tax Increase
Defeat IsConceded
BY Gov. Stanley
BY the Asseeiated Press

RICHMOND, Feb. 25.-Gov.
Stanley today conceded defeat in
his advocacy of a straight l.
cent-a-gallon State gasoline tax
increase.
The Governor told his press
CONFERENCE.-The he has held in
more than a week-that he would
not press the General Assembly
for action on his recommended
ton.
II think I pretty we'll sense
the will of the General Assem-
bly," said the Governor. refer
ring to the storm of opposition
that has developed to his pro-
posal that the gas tax be in
creased from 6 to 7 cents a
gallon.
Gov. Stanley said. however, he
hoped the Legislature would see
it's way to enact legislation pro-
viding for an increase # and
when the Federal Government
reduces the Federal gasoline tax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
New Takoma Park
Citizens Group Seen
Heating Up Election

A hot election campaign is in
prospect in Takoma Park. Md,
today as a result of the forma-
ton of new citizens group
which will have its own plat
form and slate of candidates.
The new group is reorgan-
lied Takoma Park Home Rule
Committee. the organization
which originally backed Mayor
Ross H. Beyille when he first
ran for Office.
It was set up again last night
as the aftermath of Tuesday
nights walkout by four mem
bers of the Takoma Park Citi-
zens' Candidate Advisory Com
mittee, which also has been
indorsing a number of candi-
dates.
Chairman of the Home Rule
Committee is Maurice Taylor,
one of the four who left Tues
days meeting because the Citi-
zens' Candidate Advisory Com
mittee failed to indorse two
candidates.
At last nights session a plat
form was adopted aimed gen.
orally at backing policies of the
present municipal administra-
ton.
The group announced it is
considering backing Gordon H.
Cole, chairman of the board of
the Takoma Park Library As
ISOLATION, as a candidate for
Mayor.
The Citizens Candidate group
already has Endorsed Council
man George Miller for Mayor.
Mayor Beville has declined to
run again, he said, because of
the pressures of personal bust
ness.
Another member of the new
group, Lawrence A. Oosterhaus.
yesterday attacked the Citizens
Candidate group as working for
a single slate of candidates"
This was dendied by George B.
Kennedy Of the latter group,
who termed the four-man walk
out Tuesday night as a "previ-
ouSly planned" operation.