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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-07-09
Local Traffic
Accidents Held
70 Minimum

Another long holiday week end
has passed leaving in its wake
only one minor accident in this
area, according to report from
the headquarters of the Madison
County Highway Patrol.
PatroImen at headquarters sta
ted that they are setting great
store by the publicity that news
papers are giving their work, and
believe that it is really paying off
in helping make motorists more
careful while driving on the high
ways.
The only accident in which a
person was injured, accord
ing to the patrol occurre d
Sunday evening, when Mrs. June
Bunch of Springfield, received
decorations Of her forehead when
tne car driven east on u. S. Route
40 by her husband, Robert Bunch,
failed to stop for a red light at
the intersection of u. S. Route 40
and State Route Sc, hitting a car
driven by Carl French of West
Liberty.
During the week end there was
constant surveillance of the high
ways in Madison County and into
the fringe of touching counties.
Six patrolmen on the Post were
alerted for duty and one sergeant
from the headquarters in Colum
bus, cruised the roads around the
clock.
There was "a hour service, the
patroImen working in shifts, MAX
ing approximately so arrests for
the usual run of infractiOns. Trifl-
ing perhaps, patrolmen said, but
arrests for minor violations, may
make the motoring public arrest
conscious and a little wary of ''the
law" when they see patrolnen ap-
preaching, and could be respon-
sible for avoiding accidents of
greater magnitude.
I'VE really worked" said patrol
man Al Monas, but if our con-
slant presence on the roads, means
keeping down the volume of ac-
cidents and saving of lives, practi-
cally every one is willing to give
up some of his time" he said.
The National Safety Councils
warning cannot be repeated too
often, remember "the life you
save may by your own"
JENKINS SON
ARRIVES JULY 3
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Jenkins
announce the birth of a son,
Stephen Allen Saturday, July 8,
at Mt Carmel Hospital
Mrs Jenkins, the former Doro-
thy Laird, is staying with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie
Laird, north of London for the
present.
Mr.. Jenkins, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Jenkins, South Oak St,
is studying mechanical engineer
ig at General Motors Institute in
Flint, Michigan.
ANNOUNCE BIRTH
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne RuclIer of
London, announce the birth of
daughter at Mt. Carmel Hospital,
Monday, July 5.
SON ARRIVES
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Kidwell,
Mt Sterling, announce the birth
of a son at Mt. Carmel Hospital
Monday, July 5.
DAUGHTER ARRIVES
A/2c and Mrs. DeIbert Hagen
of London, announce the birth of
a daughter at Lockbourne Air
Base Monday, July 5.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-07-09
BOBBY EADES
BREAKS ARM

Bobby Fades, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Fades, West High
Street, suffered a possible COM
pound fracture of his arm Tues
day, while playing on swings in
the back yard at his home. He
was taken to Mt. Carmel Hospital.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-07-09
MRS. CALL IMPROVING

Mrs. Cleo Call pastor of the
Plumwood Church of Christ in
Christian Union. is slowly recov-
ering after three weeks illness of
polyneuritis at her home 166 To-
land Street.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-07-09
CORRECTION!

In the previous issue of this
newspaper, Bernice Miller Hum
phries was reported to be the wife
of Carl Humphries. It has now
been established that she is the
former wife of Carl Humphries,
the couple having been divorced
about two years ago.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-07-09
4 OUR
"a fT6SWNN
CHANGE

U%STT
CHANGE
Little old lady, entered
church carrying an ear
trumpet. Young usher who
had never seen such a gadget
walked up to her and said,
Madam, one toot on that horn
and out you go!"
CHASED
Oldie but a good one is this
about several fellows playing
golf. AS they were teeing off
a pretty girl without benefit
of clothing was seen running
down the fairway hotly pur-
sued by three men. The last
of the three was tagging
somewhat and it was noted
that he was carrying two
buckets of sand.
One of the golfers asked
the caddie, Whats going on
here?"
Caddie said, "Oh, she's an
inmate of the sanitarium over
the hill. She gets loose every
once in a while and those three
guards are trying to catch
her"
Yes, but why is that third
fellow carrying the two buck
cts of sand?"
"Oh that's his handicap"
replied the caddie, He caught
her yesterday
GASEOUS
Exasperated woman sent
her husband down to the base
ment to change his pants al
ter he had finished painting
the house. Bye and bye, she
called down: Are you still
running around down there
with your pants OFF,"
Came the reply: mo ma'am'
I'm just reading the water
meter!"@
MANNERS
Couple of briar-hoppers en-
tered a fancy restaurant ana
ordered a fine dinner. After
thew had consumed said din
ner the waiter brought finger
bowls. One of the yokels call
ed the waiter over and asked,
"Just what are these things?
Waiter said, They're ing
er bowls"
Other yokel said, Luke -
like I said - you ask a silly
question, you get a silly an
swer!"
KIDS ,.
Woman with eleven child
rem praised one of her daugh-
ters penelope, you're
beautiful tonight. But OF
course I'm prejudiced!
Penelope wailed d, "Oh'
Mother - not again!"
HUMNN!
To make a living in a bake.
rv YOU have to have a lot OF
crust. It is this fact that gave
us the saying Man may not
live by bread alone"
FACT
A small town is a place
where, when you leave some
thing out of the paper, you
might as we'll have put it in.
STATISTIC
And for those of you VINO
play poker - remember that
the odds against getting a
roval flush are 649,700 to l.
OPPOSED
They say that you can't get
more out of something than
YOU put into it but they
weren't thinking of rice or
rolled oats when they said IT.
OUCH!
An acrobat, recounting his
days as a head-liner, said,
why, fused to do five humid
red cartwheels at a time with
a sword in my mouth"
Friend asked, my, my /.
and you never cut yourself?"
Never cut myself" re-
torted the acrobat. Il suppose
you think this is a smile I'm
wearing"
PoLLYTIcks
Looks like our foreign pol
icy is changing from an en-
dowment to a twenty pay life.
WELL?
Carrying water on both
shoulders has one good point
there isn't room for any
chips.
PROGRESS
And now some guy has in
vented garlic that doesn't
smell. And the Duke of Win
sor has written a book for
children.
WARMING
Drive carefully! And the
life you save will probably be
that of some bird who doesn't
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-07-09

Little old lady, entered
church carrying an ear
trumpet. Young usher who
had never seen such a gadget
walked up to her and said,
Madam, one toot on that horn
and out you go!"
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-07-09

THIS
NEWSPAPER
Believes established
locoI merchants have
70 protect their Repu-
fofionS Th0f's your
b G S n guarantee OF
value.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-07-09
GASEOUS

Exasperated woman sent
her husband down to the base
ment to change his pants al
ter he had finished painting
the house. Bye and bye, she
called down: Are you still
running around down there
with your pants OFF,
Came the reply: mo ma'am'
I'm just reading the water
neterp'a
Smyrna times., 1954-06-10

somewhat improved and is visiting
her sister near Dover.
Dallas Hart, Jr., of our town
was taken to the hospital a few
days ago and may have to undergo
an operation.
Mrs. Elizabeth Moore of Brook
side visited her mother and other
relatives here on Thursday.
On Sunday morning the Rev
Frank G. Buckley delivered an
able, inspiring sermon to a large
congregation. He choose for this
text, Luke 1920, Thou Fool". He
said in part: ANY man who
thinks more of possessions than
he does of his eternal soul falls
under the condemnation which
Christ pronounced upon the man
in this parable. The same is true
of him who loves himself more
than his fellowman."
Mr.. Erving Brown has returned
home from the Delaware hospital,
where he underwent an operation
on May %. He is steadily improv-
ing and his many friends are glad
to hear of his steady Improvement.
Smyrna times., 1954-06-10
Townsend

The Townsend Club of the Bay
League gave Pennington of the
same league a crushing defeat al
Pennington on Sunday. The
Townsend Warriors started q
batting rally in the first inning
and never stopped the slugfest un-
til the game ended. Then the score
was Townsend 2s, Pennington s.
Wayne Young, for the locals,
pitched a red hot game and was
given solid support. In fact, the
battery work of Young and Weigh
man was first class and this COM
bination kept the Pennington boys
pretty much hitless throughout
the slugfest of nine innings.
Strawberries during the present
season are rated as being worth
their weight in gold. They are not
scarce but are in such a demand
that a sufficient supply cannot be
had. One cause for the scarcity of
the berry is the freezer locker
where every available quart is be-
ing stored for future consumption.
The berries are in good shape and
never fail to look delicious. Many
orders placed with the growers
could not be filled on Saturday,
owing to the sharp demand for the
fruit from many homes.
Pitching horseshoes back in the
old days gave a frequent evening
of pastime to the local citizens,
who would then crave some excit-
ing contests. Those participating
in the game were Winfield Lat
tomus, Lemuel B. Shockley, Maur-
ice B. Donovan, Lee Lattomus,
John Lattomus, Walter Gill,
Joseph Pritchard, James A. Hart,
Walter Hart, Daniel B. Maloney
and others. The pitching contest
WAS held on various lots in the
town.
Middletown was far out front
when its baseball team in 1882
played 81 games and won every
contest. The club was composed of
seven married men and two single
men. Edward v. Wilson was the
pitcher and George Dunlap was
the catcher. During the season the
club never knew how it felt to be
defeated and seemed perfectly at
ease to meet any club and having
that confident feeling that vic
tory would surely be perched on
Smyrna times., 1954-06-10

save for a rainy day until it be-
gins to thunder.
The reason candidates promise
voters impossible things is simply
that the voters won't settle for
less.
1t is said that wisdom comes
with age. Even if it does most
people grow older much faster
than they grow wiser.
Even if it were possible to
achieve a perfect world, if and
when this was done, man would be
stranger in paradise.
So far the chief reaction to the
Joe Must Go" drive in Wisconsin
is that Joe rushes out there every
weekend and makes another
speech.
Abraham Bratton, a well-known
farmer who had farmed in the
area for a number of years, died
on Friday at his home near Smyr-
ma. He had been ill for several
weeks. He was an excellent farm.
er, and good progressive either
of the rural section of the county
Deceased was a kindly, very
friendly man, and while living il
this area had gained many friends
AS a farmer, he knew the worl
well and was therefore very sue
cessful at the business. In hi!
neighborhood he could and did pro
duce big crops and many farmer!
sought his advice on various mat
Smyrna times., 1954-06-10

ters. He will be greatly missed by
relatives and wide circle of
friends, here and elsewhere. He
was 7S years of age.
A new necktie is made of glass.
It's probably to meet growing
demand for something to harmon
ize with pain in the neck.
In these days of heavy traffic
another answer to that old poser
as to why a chicken crosses the
road might be that it wants to live
dangerously.
Mr.. and Mrs. John O'Neal of
Lattomus Avenue entertained at
their home last Thursday evening,
at lawn party for the Ladies
Auxiliary of the Townsend Fire
Company. There were 26 members
and guests present. A nice time
was enjoyed by all.
MIR. and Mrs. George Boehmler
and family of Malvern, Pa, re-
turned from a weekend trip to
Rehoboth Beach, and while en-.
route home paid brief visit tc
the home of their uncle and aunt
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Penn Wilson.
Mr.. William James of Atlantic
City spent the weekend with his
wife, Estella and little daughter
Caroline Rocky.
Miss Helen Heverin, who met
with a severe accident about two
weeks ago when she scalded hel
J foot by a fitting coffee pot, is nov
Smyrna times., 1954-06-10

the Freezer" presented by the lead
ers, Mrs. L. Everett, Mrs. HILL
yard, and Mrs. e. Alexander.
Mrs. Agnes Crossley is a patient
in the Kent General Hospital.
Mrs. Lourena Dill spent Decora'
ton weekend visiting relatives in
Greensboro.
Mrs. Emory Cannon has return
ed home after a visit with hel
daughter, Mrs. Elburn and family
of COLCHESTER.
Mrs. Addie Arthurs, Mrs. Agnes
Crossley, and Miss Carolyn Cross
ley were dinner guests of Mrs
Cora Kimbles and family OF
Church Hill on Decoration Day.
MIR. and Mrs. John Numbers
were visitors on last Wednesday
with Mr.. Frank Porter and daugh.
ter, Rev. and Mrs. Harry Connor
Mrs. Robert Connor, and Mrs
Howard Clifton of Greenwood, and
Smyrna times., 1954-06-10
KentOn

At a recent meeting of Kenton
Grange held in the school with
Master Paul Palmer presiding,
plans were made to attend The
Pomona Banquet to be held in
Capital Hall on Wednesday even
ing, June 8. A discussion on dis
continuing the meetings in July
and August was held. A sugges-
ton to hold one open meeting in
July and one in August was made,
when the family could participate.
The Grange unanimously voted to
hold the meetings the third Tues
day of each month, time s o'clock.
Mrs. Marie Shockley will have
charge of recreation. The home
economies chairman, Mrs. B.
Palmer reported the rug well un-
derway. A covered dish supper will
be held in the church basement on
Tuesday evening, June IS. Cost of
supper will be SOC with a dish
$1.00 without a dish. Each men,
ber is requested to invite a friend.
Come out and help make it a
success. The patch apron will be
opened also.
The May meeting of the home
makers club met at the home Of
Mrs. Eugene Hazel. Mrs. Clara
Ford presided. Ten members were
present. Reports were given by The
safety chairman, Mrs. H. Hilyard
and the health chairman, Mrs. Kiz
zie Crossley. Suggestions for topics
for 1855 were presented to The
chairman, Mrs. Helen Pedrick. The
club voted to send delegate Il
the Short Course. 1t was also vot
ed to donate $500 to the church
to help purchase candles. The topic
for the meeting was meals from
Smyrna times., 1954-06-10

their banner, no matter what
might interfere. The nine men rep
resenting the club known as the
'Mutuals" never Stacked and play
ing first-class ball won the ap-
plause of all who went out to Wit
ness the game. They sold no
tickets, but two or three men or
boys would pass around the hat
and collect a neat sum for every
game. Since then no club has been
able to equal their fine record for
season.
Two men were talking about the
dog catcher and his thankless job.
One said that whenever he gets
wind of the dog catcher being in
town, he turns the dogs at his
home loose and forces them to go
out into the country. Well, that
works of course, but my dogs are
smarter than that. They seem to
get word that the catcher is
around, throw off their chains and
get out into the country in a jiffy.
They are, he said, the smartest
dogs in the country. I'm rated as
having no dogs and I really do
not have any while the dog catcher
is in the neighborhood.
Sunday was cool enough to make
people think that a degree or two
of winter was still hanging around.
Some residents tried to walk and
go through the country but the
most of them stayed indoors. In
bygone years about everybody hit
the paths and while some grabbed
flowers by the wayside, Others ad-
mired the whole summer beauty
of the world.
The early gardners are all set
for real rival race to learn who
will have the first tomato, also the
first potato, and likewise the first
ear of corn. Last year the contest
was narrowed down to four grow
ers and they all had specimens of
each vegetable at about the same
time. A conversation with Mr.Mor-
ris Collins of Fieldsboro a few
days ago brought out the fact that
he does not expect to be in the
race this year, on account of all
his crops being somewhat late and
show not the least prospect of
winning or even making a tie re-
suit. In town the gardens are look
ing good and several growers as
usual expect to be first in every
contest or else close to the winner.
Strawberries are again sailing
high in price. One grower said he
had a market price of 54 cents per
quart and these berries will go
into the freezer locker. The season
has been poor for a good berry
crop and that fact has lot to do
with berry prices.
There are so many things to
worry about these days that it has
been 81 weeks since anybody
worried about the national debt.
Many person doesn't begin to
Smyrna times., 1954-06-10

on Sunday they visited Mr.. and
Mrs. William Ross and Miss Bes-
sic Ross of Goldsboro, Md.
Mrs. Raymond Ford and Mrs.
Roland Faulkner spent last Thurs
day in Rehoboth.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. G. Walker and
family spent Decoration week.
end in Rehoboth.
Mrs. John Anderson of Fairlee,
Md. is spending several days with
Mrs. Addie Arthurs and Miss
Carolyn Crossley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-10
Mexico Raped for Hiding
GuaiemaIan Red REFUGEES
By The A..oeia,ed Pres.

MEXICO CITY, July TO-
Latin Americas International
Committee Against Communist
Infiltration has raped the
Mexican Ambassador to Guate-
mala for harboring Red refugees
and demanded his recall.
The permanent congressional
committee, holding its first in
ternational meeting in Mexico,
protested last night to the Next
can government. It accused
Mexican Ambassador Primo Villa
Michel of leftist leanings and
said 1t would be offensive to the
new anti-Red government in
Guatemala to keep him at his
post.
The criticism was made as
of1cials Of the new Guatemalan
junta studied q request by the
Mexican Embassy to grant for
mer President Jacobo Arbenz
Guzman safe conduct so he could
go into exile abroad.
The ousted leftist leader and
his family have taken refuge In
the Mexican Embassy in Guate-
mala along with about 800 other
political opponents Of the regime
headed by Col. Carlos Castillo
Armas. About 900 other refugees
are holed up in the diplomatic
quarters Of other Latin Ameri-
can countries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-10
Capital CAP Cadets Win
Regional Drill Contest

A fast-stepping team Of Civil
Air Patrol cadets representing
the National Capital Wing yes
terday won the CAPS regional
drill competition.
1t. John Greve, team captain.
LED the youngsters from the
Washington area to victory at
the Boiling Air Force Base drill
grounds against teams from
South Carolina and Maryland.
The team will compete with
CAP cadets from the seven
other regions in the United
States on July 81 in Minneapolis
Tor the national championship.
A composite team, which win
include cadets from the Wash.
ington team and the seven other
regional champions, will com.
pete with the Royal Canadian
Air Cadet champions for the
Maj. Gen. Lucas ". Beau Trophy
at the Minnesota State Fair on
August %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-10
Expert Thief Team
Cracks Safe, Gets
$500 inMf. Rainier

Police today were searching
for q team Of experts who looted
q oae-tofi safe in a Mount
Rainier (Md.) restaurant Of ST.
500. apparently after hiding in
side at closing time.
Thieves smashed open the
seven-foot high safe In q base
ment office at BASES Restaurant.
1908 Rhode Island avenue, by
knocking the dial on and punch
ing the levers.
Others Attempted.
The theft followed three at
tempted safe jobs in the COM
munity-a hardware store, used
car lot and grocery store-in the
last week. a
Mount Rainier Police Chief
Fred P. Schatz, after calling In
detectives from the Metropolitan
Police Safe Squad, said the safe
cracking early yesterday was
the work of at least two expert
safe artists.
Chief Schatz said evidence
points to the fact that the safe
men hid somewhere in the res
taurant at 2 am. closing time.
Bars Sawed.
Two half-inch iron bars in
front of a basement level window
had been sawed through, ap-
parently to lead police to believ-
ing entrance was gained from
outside. he reported. This, how
ever, was discounted by detec-
tives. the chief said. because of
the position of the bars.
Two cigarette machines were
also broken open and an UNI
known amount of cash stolen.
The restaurant is operated by
two brothers, Sol and Bonnie
Bass. 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-10
U. 5. Soldiers Speed
Rescue Of Hundreds
In Austrian Flood
By ihs As.oeio,.d Pres, {

VIENNA. Austria. July TO-
Disaster teams. aided by hun
dreds Of American soldiers. in
tensified efforts today to rescue
hundreds of families marooned
BY foods across Austria and
Southern Germany.
AT least Is persons were
known to have persisted, and
scores Of others were missing. In
the past two days more than
10000 persons have been evacu-
ated from farms and villages
Two big cities--Passau and
Linz-were partly under water
as a result Of the worst flood to
sweep the rich Danube and Inn
River valleys In so years.
At PaSSau, the flood waters
have reached the city center
Many Shiver ON Roofs.
Many families spent the night
shivering on the roofs of their
homes. In both Austria and
Germany all available boats
were modified by police, fire.
men. Red Cross workers and
American troops. The United
States Army expected to send
in more helicopters during the
day.
The floods were brought on by.
more than 20 hours rain and
heavy snow falls in the Alps.
Authorities at Passau said the
Danube already was "a feet above
its normal level.
In Vienna police and fire
brigades we're alerted as the
Danube came within inches of
flooding 2 miles Of commercial
docks. -
Hospital Forced to Close.
The waters reached Linz,s
Provincial Women's Hospital
early today and flooded the
ground floor. The clinic hous-
ing its patients. was forced to
close.
The ground floor Of the Hotel
Weinzinger occupied by Ameri-
can troops was under water. In
hood isolated Neuhaus efforts to
reach six persons encamped on
their roofs failed and police
called for lifeboats.
A group Of Is volunteers build
ing a sand-bag dam near a rail-
way bridge over the roaring
Danube were cut off by the ris-
ing waters and had to be rescued
by police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-10
Huge Crop Estimate
May Force Addition
10 Surplus Stocks

The Agriculture Department
says farm production this year
may be the fourth largest on
record. forcing the Government
to add still more to its So bile
lion stocks Of surplus commod-
tiles.
The departments annual crop
estimate disclosed that farmers
generally have ignored Govern
ment recommendations to let
some Of their land lie fallow and
instead have put it into cash
crops receiving Government
price-support aid. Officials said
approximately 34l.5 million acres
OF crops will be harvested, about
million more than last year.
The Government had urged that
some 80 million acres, taken out
OF cotton and wheat production
under crop restrictions, be al.
lowed to lie fallow for a year.
The department estimated thu
corn crop at 3.3 billion bushels.
which would be the second lars.
est on record and more than 800
million above the Government
recommendation. Wheat was
estimated at 988 million bushels.
$50 million bushels below last
year but still larger than indi-
Gated market needs. Other major
crops included rice, go million
bags OF 100 pounds each, com.
pared with SIS million last year:
tobacco. 200 billion pounds.
compared with 2.05 million last
year; and rye, 23.l million
bushels. compared with ITO
million last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-10
Whole Shark Csuoht

MIAMI, Fla, July 10 Up
Catch Of a lotion whale shark
tn at practically surrendered
without q struggle was reported
today from Bimini. q tiny island
fishing resort so miles east Of
here. Allen Corson. fishing edi-
tor for the Miami Herald, re-
ported the catch.