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Evening star., 1954-10-09
Building Permits
Recently Issued
In Prince Georges

Recent building permits issued
by Prince Georges County in
cluded:
Harry Poretsky & Sons, Inc,
500 Riggs road, Chillum, own
ers: two dwellings on Thurman
avenue, Hyattsville; cost, $8,750
each.
William J. Stickler, 65O5 East
ern avenue, Takoma Park, own
er; three dwellings on Westmore-
land avenue; cost, $4,000 each.
T. Coleman Farrell, 5089
Spring drive, Temple Hills, own
er: dwelling on Dogwood lane,
Temple Hills; cost, $4,000.
Charles McCleaf, Cheverly,
owner; dwelling on Van Buren,
street, Seabrook. Acres; cost,
$10,500.
Peabody Construction Co., 1415
Fifty-ninth { avenue, Hillside,
owners; 54 dwellings on M street,
L street, Booker drive and George
Palmer highway; cost, 1000
each; architect. G. Rust.
Otto Scheungrab, Waldorf,
owner; dwelling on Sharon road,
Camp Springs; cost. $4,000.
Paul B. Grifase, 2345 Kenton
place, Hillcrest Heights, owner;
dwelling on Iverson street, Hill
crest Heights; cost, $4,000; ar
chitect, Francis Deremer.
William Janoshe, Contee road,
Laurel. owner: two dwellings on
Contee road, Laurel; cost, $4,000
each.
Thomas j. Higdon, 1900 For
est road, Kent Village, owner;
dwelling on Sixty-ninth place,
Radiant Valley; cost, $4,000.
Arthur Lowe jr., CLOS Mer-
chant road, Camp Springs, own
er; three dwellings on Townsley
avenue. Silver Hill; cost, $4,000
eacn
Bert M. Tracey, 1907 M street
NV, Washington, owner; II
dwellings on Brightseat road,
Landover; cost, $4,000 each; ar
chitect, c. C. Wright.
o. D. Hutton g. Son, Inc, 4515
Branch avenue, Silver Hill, own
ers; two dwellings on Davis Bou-
levard, Camp Spring; cost, $10,-
900 each; architect. P. o. Hutton.
zipkin & Sons, Inc, 5032
Thirty-eighth avenue, Hyatts-
vile, owner; 20 dwellings on
Evening star., 1954-10-09

Stanton road, Stockton lane,
Newport road, Woodlawn
Heights cost. $4,000 each; ar
chitect, Norman N. Zipkin.
District Corp, Washington.
owner; four dwellings on Whit
field and Chapel roads, Lanham;
cost, $1,000 each; architect, Wal
ton & Madden.
Mack B. and Josephine Cain,
1924 Seventeenth street NV,
Washington, owners; dwelling on
Sixth street. Glenarden: cost,
$11, 400.
Nash & Nash, 58O8 Quintana
street, Riverdale, owner; two
dwellings on Sheridan street,
Riverdale; cost, $500 each.
Phillips c. Rogers. Landover,
owner; dwelling on Kilmer street,
Cheverly Manor; cost, $4,000.
Evening star., 1954-10-09

and G. Arnold Coombe, past
president of the Royal Institu-
ton of Chartered Surveyors,
London, who is coming to the
United States specifically to
speak at the convention.
Among specific topics to be
taken up by the convention is
real estate trades, which NAREB
considers rapidly expanding
phase of real estate work, and
the effectiveness of the groups S
Build America Better program
aimed at Kidding the Nations
cities of blight and slums.
Also due for attention at the
sessions are the New Housing
Act of 1854, the outlook for real
estate prices and availability of
funds for mortgage loans.
Presiding at the convention
will be Ronald j. Chinook of
Chicago, NAREB president.
Earle E. White of Cleveland
is chairman of the Convention
Committee.
Evening star., 1954-10-09
Baltimore Seen Needing
10000 Housing Units

Demand for privately financed
new housing in the Baltimore
metropolitan area during the two
years ending next July is esti-
mated to be 10000 units, accord
ing to a housing market report
recently released by the Federal
Housing Administration.
The report says as many as
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-28
County Agent To
Receive Degree

County Agent John +. Moore
has completed graduate studies in
farm management at Ohio State
University and will again assume
his duties in the local extension
office January /.
He has been attending the uni
versity's Department of Rural Ec-
onomics for nine of the past u
months, pursuing his studies dur
ing the winter, spring and autumn
quarters. Currently, the extension
agent is completing work on a
thesis pertaining to aspects of land
tenure. He will receive his mast
erS degree early next year.
In his thesis, Mr.. Moore will
write about the contribution made
by various types of tenure groups
to land Improvement and selected
community activities.
For six months of his studies,
the county agent was awarded a
fellowship by the Opekasit Foun-
dation.
Mr.. Moore. who also completed
his undergraduate work at O.S.U.,
has done some of his post-gradu-
ate studies at the University OF
Wisconsin.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-28
Baynes Takes New
Office Friday

Gerald 4. Baynes will be sworn
in as Common Pleas Court Judge
at HOO am. Friday in the Mad
ison County Common Pleas Court
it was announced today.
The oath will be administered
by Judge Roscoe G. HornbeCk of
the Second District Court of Ap-
peals.
Speakers f0r thc event iTcIude
Dean Frank z. Long Of tne Ohio
State University College of Law,
and former Common Pleas Court
Judge James +. Bell, whom Mr.,
BayneS is succeeding.
Invocation will be by thC Rev.
Father Lawrence J. OConnor of
St. Patrick's Church, London, and
the benediction will be by the Rev.
Sanford Lindsey, of Trinity Epis-
copal Church, London.
A committee consisting Of Gill
bert Kirby, president of the Mad
ison County Bar Association, Will
liam Gallagher, of the Democratic
Committee, and Mrs. Mark S. Tay-
Ior, mother-in-Iaw of Mr.. Baynes,
are arranging the ceremonies.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-28
Retired Officer
Was Press Editor

Colonel Raymond M. Cheseldine,
age 81. of Fullerton, California,
former resident of London, and q
retired Army officer, died Friday
at Veterans Hospital, Corona, Cal
ifornia, following a long illness.
Born in London, April 4, 1892,
he was the son OF Mrs. Charles
Cheseldine, also former London
resident, now of GOA Trenton Way,
Burlingam, California, and the late
Mr.. Cheseldine.
After graduation from London
High School and later from Ohio
Wesleyan University, Delaware,
he, with Ed S. Neese, now of Co
IumbuS, and Lester c. Payton, or
Urbana, purchased the London
Times" from the late r. r.. Shaw.
The name of the paper was chang
cd to The Madison Press" and on
July II, 1917. the first edition of
London's new newspaper was pub
liShed.
No sooner had this venture got
ten we'll started than Col. Ihcsel.
dine, then first lieutenant with old
&C Company" Madison County's
O.N.G. Unit, was sent to the Mexi-
can border Returned from there
shortly thereafter, he, with the
company was sent overseas as a
part of the 166th Infantry Rcgi-
mcnt of the 42nd Infantry (Rain-
bow Division, that played such a
colorful part in World War l. He
was mustered out of service with
the company at Camp Sheridan,
Chillicothe, after hos,jlit IS were
over.
His career was divided between
love for writing, the business
world and soldering. In 1924 he
returned to active duty after sew
eral years in the newspaper buSi-
ness, with the rank of lieutenant
colonel with the Militia Bureau in
Washington. D. c. He went back
into civilian life in 1929 holding
positions with the banking and in
dustrial committee of the Federal
Reserve Board and the Federal
Trade Commission. He also serN cd
as executive secretary of the Com
mittee for Economic Recovery.
Shortly after the outbreak OF
World War II, he went to Wash.
ington, d. {. to be an assistant in
the Industrial Division Of the OF.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-28
Senate To Open
Hearings Soon On
Junk Mail Plan

Rising opposition to the bulk
mail regulation of the Post Office
Department has finally brought
announcement that the Senate
Committee on Post Office and
Civil Servive will hold hearings on
this controversial question after
the 84th Congress convcnes in
January.
Main criticism of the CrGcr to
allow third class bulk mailings
without specific addresses has
come from houscholders, letter
carriers and printed publications
including newspapers, As the vol
ume of this Kind of mail has
grown, so has the opposition to it.
Recent National Editoriai As
sociation survey showed, with a
"a per cent return from ~Over T.
900 queStionnaires sent out, that
the weekly and small daily news
papers have suffered an estimated
S15 million loss in revenue since
the bulk mail ruling became eff
fective. Replies also indicated that
new "Throw-awayS" or Mail
aways" have been started in 91O
communities since the order went
into effect August, 1858.
The NEA is now conducting a
further survey to learn the atti-
tude of publishers on mail rates
and especially second class rates
In the first survey go Ohio pub
fishers participated.
National Association of Letter
Carriers, strongly opposed to bulk
mailings have stated that "unad-
dressed circulars have become a
national irritant. . Letter carriers
and housewives agree that now is
a good time to discontinue the ex-
pertinent and to require each piece
of mail to have a name and an adj
dress"
Post Office Departments latest
form letters to critics of Junk
mail states: when advertisers
send identical pieces of mail to
everyone on a mail route, an add
ress such as Patron, Local is all
that is needed. If a more specific
address is used, it costs more and
takes longer to deliver the mail
because each piece must be mat
ched with the specific address
Letter carriers do not carry moro
than 35 pounds of mail at one
time. Our objectives are to pro-
vide the best possible services to
postal patrons at the least pos
Sihlc costs"
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-28
Holiday Traffic
Shows Restraint

State Patrolmen and London po-
lice officials report relatively
quiet holiday weekend with three
crashes, two drunken driving ar
rests and one fine for a misde-
meanor committed some time ago.
At $50 am. on Friday, Lundy
Ray Cordial, SO, of 242 West Main
ST, West Jefferson, driving one
and one-half miles west of New
Rome, ran off the side of Us. Rt.
40, swung across the road and
crashed into a fence. He was ar
rested for reckless operation. He
was uninjured in the crash, report
ed the state patrol.
At 6:15 am. Friday, Jackson Lee
Miller, 19, of Route 3, London.
drove his vehicle into the rear of a
car operated by Albert Sedlor, %,
of Yonkers, New York. Both ve-
hicles were moving east. Miller re-
ceived numerous cuts and lacera-
tions about the face and body and
was treated by DR.. Tom Bacon.
Miller was arrested for reckless
operation. Both cars were total
loss, according to Patrolman r. d.
Hoylman.
At 400 pm. Friday. Mrs. Jessie
Frey 173 Western Ave, London,
drove into the path of a vehicle
operated by Philip S. Cade, Jr., of
Miamisburg, Ohio. at Maple and
High Streets here. Mr.. Cade's car
struck Mrs. Frey's car in the left
side, and both vehicles stopped in
the yard of the home of Mrs. Helen
Holman. Mrs. Cade, a passenger in
her husbands car, received a bump
on the head Mrs. Frey was taken
to Mt. Carmel Hospital in the
Schlechty-Fichner ambulance suf-
fering from severe bruises and
shock.
Russell BOggS, London Route 2,
was arrested for drunken driving
Friday night, fined S100 and costs
and sentenced to three days in Jail.
He will be released TO the county
authorities who have additional
charges ready for him, according
to local police.
Richard King, of London, was
arrested here Friday afternoon
after his car rammed another on
S. Main st.
King was charged with driving
while intoxicated and released on
5000 bond. He will appear before
Mayor Speasmaker Monday eve
ming.
Joseph S. Martin was fined SO
and costs in Mayor Speasmaker's 8
court for operating a motor vehicle
without a valid drivers license.
The discrepancy came to light
when police checked his license
after an accident some time ago,
when Martin struck a COW.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-28
Oscar Q. Willis
Dies Thursday

Oscar o. Willis, rs, 7S Cherry
Street died Thursday, following a
four years Illness.
He was a member of the Baptist
Church at Johnstown.
Surviving are his wife, Mary:
five sons, Otto Willis, Huntington.
w. Va, Merrill, Ironton, Carl.
South Webster, Clelland, Kits
Hill, Lawrence County, and Waldo
of South Point; a daughter, Mrs.
Alice White, Ironton; a brother
Elliott Willis of Coal Grove; two
sisters, Mrs. Clara Martin, Iron
ton, Mrs. Raney Longshore of
West Union.
Funeral services at two O'Clock
Sunday at the Phillips Funeral
Home, Ironton, interment in Long
don Cemetery, near there.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-28
RAYMOND M. CheseIdine
Dies In California

flee of Chief of Ordnance. He was
promoted to Colonel in 1945 and
went to Germany as adviser to
General Lucius Clay. He was also
sent to Japan on special mission
for the Army, which he filled with
distinction.
In 1947 he was made an execu-
tive assistant to the Undersecre-
tary OF the US. Army. He retired
in 1851.
While ne was still residing in
Ohio, the state requested "Ches'
as he was known to his many
friends, to write a history of the
166th, Ohios regiment in the 42nd
Rainbow Division. He complet-
ed fine chronicle of his outfit, it's
men and activities, with special
tribute to those who made the
Supreme Sacrifice"
In the foreWord of his book.
which was never sold but was pre-
Sented to all the men in the regi-
ment, he explained the origin Of
how the Division received the
name thuS-"AS the Division sailed
from New York in 1918, a rain
bow appeared over the fleet of
ships; the rainbow appeared again
as they landed in France. and sew
eral times later appeared in the
sky when they went into action:
we always came out on top, so the
Division accepted the Rainbow as
a good omen, and adopted the
name for designation. R.M.C." 4
During World War l. Raymond
Chescldine was captain of the Sup
ply Company with the regiment
and in speaking Of his ability to do
a task, the late Benson w Itougn
The Old Man" as he was endear-
ingly known to his mem then a
Colonel with the outfit, stated to a
mutual friend of the CheseIdine
family, Il never gave 'Ches am or
der for supplies, land they were
very hard to get that my request
was not carried out. I don't know
how or where he got them, but
they were always there"
Surviving are his mother, Mrs.
Charles Chescldine and brother.
Kcnnth G. Cheseldine. both of Bur-
lingame, Calf. his wife, Estella.
OF Fullerton; son, Raymond, Jr..
of Los Angeles; another son.
Charles CTom) Cheseldine of Ok
lahoma, and two daughters. Mrs.
Ray Gaver and Mrs. John Hunting
ton and several grandchildren. all
of California.
Burial will be in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-28
Mrs. Osie Thomas
Dies At II Year

Mrs. Osic A. Thomas, age u,
died at her home on Shepherd
Road, Sunday evening.
Surviving are her husband,
Frank, a daugher, Esther, one son,
Lee, both London and one brother,
Oliver Shepherd London r. D.
Funeral services at the Newport
Methodist Church Wednesday at
two o'clock, the Reverend l. c.
Wright, pastor of the church, Of
ficiating minister. Interment in
Sedalia Cemetery by Snyder Fun
cral Home, Mt. Sterling.
Friends mall call at the funeral
home.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-28
Watch Night Rite
At Local Church
On Friday Night

A Watch Night Service is to be
held at the Church of the Naza-
rene here Friday night, starting at
$50 pm. An inSpirational program
is planned. Rev w. w. Loveless, a
resident of London and pastor and
evangelist for many years with the
Church of the Nazarenc is to be
the speaker.
Other speakers and 't2 Eastor,
Rec. c. II. Roberts, will speak dur
ing the evening.
A pantomime of "Lifc's Railway
to Heaven" will be presented, as
we'll as singing, music, testimony
and praise.
Connmunion is planned Us the
old yea ends and the new year be-
gins.
The services are open to all who
wish to attend.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-28
Police Wound Man
AT CircIeville

Circleville police shot one of five
men who escaped from the Greene
County Jail at Xenia Sunday MORN
ing.
Policemen wounded the man as
he fled from a restaurant he and
two others were attempting to
burgle.
The other four men,, one of
whom is a brother of the wound
ed man, are still at large, with all
of Montgomery County's police
on the lookout for them, as we'll
as the State Highway Patrol. Of
ficialS said the men should be con-
sidered dangerous and may be
armed.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-28
Home Children
Having Good Time

1T has really been fabulous
Christmas; you just can't imagine
what a head of steam these kids
work up before Christmas actually
gets here. They've always had a
wonderful time, thanks to the in
terest and kindness of our many
friends, but this year seem to top
them ALL" said Mrs. Ray Andrews,
matron of the Madison County
Children's Home, in speaking of
what has been done for the chill
dren at Christmas time, 1854.
The celebrations started back on
December u when the employees
of the McCord Corp. took the chill
dren to the home of London Aerie
FOE and there had supper, met
Santa Claus, for gifts and treats,
which left them goggle-eyed and
overjoyed.
Then on Thursday, the men at
the London Prison Farm put on a
show, had Santa Claus, tree and
presents, which added to their
pleasure.
London Post Amvets had deco
rated their lodge at Madison Lake
extraVagantly and beautifully in
PREPARATION for the Merry Christ
mas" for their young guests Sat-
urday afternoon Not only was
there Santa Claus, refreshments,
gifts, ct cetera, there were movies
to entertain them during their
stay.
No sooner had they arrived home
that evening when Mrs. Marx, with
a group of young artists from her
Studio of Dance, arrived to put on
a floor show for their pleasure,
leaving the children, tired, happy
cXcitedly awaiting the next act in
their Christmas drama.
This was TO come up on Sunday,
when the 35 children were to
board the school bus for their an
nual afternoon with members of
the 40 ct 8 at the American Legion
Home in West jefferson.
They say there is nothing new
under the sun, but any of the chill
dren at the home will take issue
with any person on that point.
Santa Claus has come in many and
diverse conveyances, but 1854 set
the record as far as the Madison
tContinued on Page Two
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-28
Dana Fell Receivers
At Summerford Home

MIR. Dana Fell, of Summerford,
was returned to his home Thurs
day from st. Vinccnt's Hospital in
Erie. Pa, where he was recover
ing from a hunting accident.
Mr.. Fells leg was amputated
above the knee which was smash
ed by a rifle bullet when the gun
discharged as they were packing
it. ready to come home.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-28
Christmas Gift
Exchange Plans
Set This Week

Christmas gifts bought from the
leading London Merchants may be
exchanged any time between
Christmas and New Years the Of
ficers of the RP"ail Merchants
stated today.
IT unusual cases customers may
exchange Christmas gifts for other
types of merchandise but cash will
not be refunded to the receive~ Of
a gift-such a policy obviously
would be unfair to the customer
who purchased the merchandise as
a gift, the Association believes.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-28

Chief Justice Carl V. Weygandt
administered the oath of office in
a ceremony in the Supreme Court
room in Columbus.
Judge Bell defeated his Republi-
can opponent, Henry A. Middleton,
last Nov. 2, in a close race in
which the voters in Madison Coun-
ty played a deciding factor.
Attending the ceremonies Weie
Mrs. Bell and their two children. a
brothcr-in-laW and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Fairy OF Mansfield,
Miss Virginia Bell, of London, Mr.,
and Mrs. William S. Bell OF Lon
3dOn, and Mrs. Bells mother, Mrs.
p T. Engard of MarysNille. The
Judges mother, Mrs. James r.
Bell, was unable to attend because
of illness. In addition, many Of the
Madison County friends of Judge
Bell were present.
Judge Bell will assume his raw
duties Friday.
He is a graduate. Of De PAW
and Ohio state Universities, and
was special FBJy agc'r during
WV ii. He has served as Madison
County Common Pleas Judge here
since he was appointed by Gov.
Frank J. Lausche to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of his
father the late Judge James T.
Bell, Sr., in January, 1917.
Judge Bell expressed his graft
tudc TO his wife and many friends
for their assistance
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-28
N.E.A. Convention
AT St. Petersburg

Annual Mid-Winter convention
of the National Editorial ASsocia-
fion will be held at the Soreno Ho-
tel, st. Petersburg, Florida, Febru-
airy 3-6, 1855, with a full and in
teresting program planned One of
the speakers will be Mack Sauer,
The Leesburg Citizen, well-known
Ohio humorist. Other speakers will
be Val Peterson, administrator,
Federal Civil Defense Administra-
ton; Edmond c. Arnold, editor,
Linotype News, and Howard A.
Prentice, Corn Industries Research
Foundation and president, AmerI-
can Trade Association Executives.
NEA President Ed NJ. Anderson,
The Brevard North Carolina) }
Pennsylvania Times, will preside.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-28
Former County
Man Dies Sunday

John +. Gaib, of Columbus, a
former resident of Madison Coun-
ty, died Sunday in Mt. Carmel
Hospital, following a long illness,
with d heart condition.
Surviving are his wife, Eva; a
daughter Mrs Doris Van Fosscn
and a son, Jack, all of Columbus.
Funeral services Tuesday at one
o'clock at the Jerry Spears Fun
eral Home, Columbus. Interment
in Paint Township Cemetery
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-28
Donors Make Blood Bank
Visit Here Successful
86 Pints Collected
December oath

Apprehension for the outcome
OF the visit of the Mobile Unit of
the Blood Bank from Area Cen
ter, Columbus, Thursday, Decem-
ber %, began TO clear away about
mid-morning and when work had
settled into the routine of the Wis
it, it was evident that there was
no reason for the apprehension.
There were 95 who signed in IS
donors. From that number Sc
pints of blood were taken back TO
the bank. OF that number 26 we're
requirements for blood that was
sent to the hospital in Erie, Pa,
for Dana Fell, Somerford Town
ship farmer, who is just home
from there, recovering from a ser
ious injury received in a hunting
accident several weeks ago.
To these special donors the
Fell family and also the Madison
County Red Cross extended their
deepest appreciation and gratitude.
Because of the busy time so
near to Christmas, the response
was considered most remarkable
according to Judge Maurice T..
Beathard, chairman of Madison
County Blood Donor program for
the Red Cross, Miss Ruth E. Arm
strong, recruitment chairman. who
said thank you" to every single
individual or organization who in
any way helped to make the visit
such a great success.
Especially are we grateful, to
watkins and those who did not
forget their commitment to do
nate, Judge Beathard stated
This was the last visit of the
Unit to Madison County and 1--WE
repeat, we are deeply grateful for
its success" concluded Jud & G
Beathard.
OF the six visits in 1855. the
three already set up are, Mt.
Sterling, February /; Plain City,
February % and London, in
March, definite date not yet set.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-28
Judge Bell Takes Oath
In Columbus Monday
New Justice On
Bench Friday

James F. Bell, 80, forner Mad
ison County Common Pleas Judge,
was sworn in as the one hundred
and twcnty-first person t. take his
place on the Supreme Court of
Ohio, at 200 pm. Monday after
noon.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-28
MRS. CoSTIN HOME
FROM HOSPITAL

Mrs. Dan Costin has been re-
moved TO her home, North Madi-
son Road, in the Lukens ambu-
lance, from Mt. Carmel Hospital
where she has been a patient for
some time.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-28
MRS. WILSON ENTERS
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Mrs. Donna Wilson of Newport
was taken to University Hospital
Thursday in the Lukens ambu,
lance.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-28
MRS. IRA ROBERTS
ILL IN HOSPITAL

Mrs. Ira Roberts, OF Springfield,
r. r. 6, formerly of near London,
is seriously i'll of heart ailment in
room 4O1 Mercy Hospital, Spring
field.