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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-05-07
Home Demonstration
Members Al Annuol
Meet IN shington

Past ar present Home Dem
onstration Council members at
tended the Annual District 10
Home Demonstration Council
meeting held in Washington c.
H, Monday, May 3, as a kick
off" to National Home Demon
stration Week.
One highlight of the meeting
to those attending from Madi-
son County was the installa-
ton of officers. Mrs. Robert
Hafterman, retiring Home Coun-
Gil President, was named as Dis
trict 10 Vice President. District
10 is composed of council men,
bers from Franklin, Clinton,
Madison, Fayette and Pickaway
Counties.
Mrs Harry Pugsley presented
devotions for the meeting. Miss
Nellie Watts, State Home DEM
onstration Leader, challenged the
group with her presentation of
criteria for a good Home Dem
onstration program.
The afternoon session was high
lighted by a talk by Mrs. Henry
Emig of Franklin Co., a oting del
egate to the Associated Country
Women of the World meeting.
Mrs. Emig also showed pictures
of some of the highlights of the
Toronto meeting.
Miss Marie Walters, Assistant
State Home Demonstration Lead
er adjourned the meeting with
her summary of the events of
the day. Those attending from
Madison County were: Mrs. Floyd
Butts, Mrs. Lowell Snyder, Mrs.
Delbert Grouse, Mrs. z. M.
Ridenour, Mrs. John StegalI, Mrs.
William Evans, Mrs. Branford
Gist, Mrs. Robert Halterman,
Mrs. Harry Pugsley and Mrs.
Helen Buck.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-05-07
SoftbaII Games
Start Tuesday

The London Soft Ball League
will open this year on Tuesday
night May 18th. with double
header being played with the Am
brust Soft Ball Team from Wash
ington c. Fl. The first game being
called at 7:30.
Lou Smith who now lives in this
community will be one of Londons
pitchers. Lou previously pitched
for Joe Louis Punchers in the
National Soft Ball League and
while with them pitched in every
State in the Union as well as in
Canada.
Games are being booked during
the season with some of the best
Soft Ball Teams in Ohio, and
many exciting games are to be
expected.
All home games will be played
at the local athletic field and
as has been the custom in the
past, no charges will be made to
see these games.
The schedule for the first week
of play is as follows: Tuesday
May 18th. - Armbrust from
Washington c. H. Wednesday
May 18th. - Ten Mile Inn -
near Columbus, Thursday May
18th. - Currs Trailers CLARK
Co. Champions), Friday May 14th
- Grove City Furniture - Grove
City, o.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-05-07
Home Demonstration Week
Celebrated Nationally

securing project leaders and in
stimulating other people and
groups in Home Demonstration
Work.
The Council members are:
Canaan - Mrs. Donald BoggS
and Mrs. Richard Bowser; Pike
- Mrs. Robert Burns and Mrs.
Lewis Guy; Pleasant - Mrs.
Delbert Grouse and Mrs. Ray
Butz; Antioch - Mrs. Roscoe
Friddle and Mrs. William Stump;
Union - Mrs. Cletus Higgins and
Mrs. o. w. Bridgman; Stokes -
Mrs. Harold Jackson, Mrs. Rus
sell Rothe and Mrs. Katie David
son; Fairfield Mrs. Albert
Karn and Mrs. Rufus Snyder;
Range = Mrs. Gordon Knisley
and Mrs. Robert Mccormack
Monroe - Mrs. John Sanford
and Mrs. Clifford Kronk; Madi-
son Rural -. Mrs. Edgar Smith,
Mrs. Herbert Fades and Mrs.
Paul Ridenour; Somerford -
Mrs. John Stegall and Mrs. Will
liam Evans; Darby - Mrs. Le-
land Williams.
Please contact your Home
Demonstration Council member
for further details.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-05-07
BASEBALL LEAGUES
ANNOUNCE NEW RULE

Little League and Babe Ruth
League baseball headquarters
have announced a clarifiction of
rules this week when word was
received here that eligibility
dates have been consolidated.
According to the new ruling,
boys who become 13 years of
age prior to Aug. l will be
eligible to participate in Babe
Ruth League and boys whose
birthdays fall on or after Aug.
/ are eligible to play in Little
League. Previously both Lea
CUES had used different eligi-
bility dates. 1t was also point
ed out that any boy eligible for
either league will be eligible
for the entire season once his
birth date has been established
and approved.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-05-07
Londoner Badly
Injured In Wreck
Wednesday Night

Bob Stapleton, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Perry Stapleton, London, suf-
fered a compound fracture of the
right leg between the hip and the
knee, in an automobile accident
said to have happened on State
Route % between six and eight
miles from Urbana between 1920
and II o'clock Wednesday night.
He was taken to Mercy Hospital,
Urbana, and Thursday morning
was removed to Mercy Hospital,
Springfield, in the Schlechty-Fich-
ner ambulance.
According to wnat could be
learned of the accident, Thursday,
Stapleton and George Armatrout,
of London, were riding in car
with a boy by the name of Conley
and his sister from Mechanicsburg.
They are said to have been re-
turning from Urbana when the
right tire of the car, said to have
been driven by Conley, blew out,
threw the car off the road into a
group of trees and completely de-
molished the automobile.
Stapleton, who is reported to
have been riding in the front seat
with Conley and his sister, re-
ceived the most severe injuries.
The Conley girl is said to have a
broken leg; Armatrout, said to
have been riding alone in the back
seat, suffered injuries of the arm,
leg and neck. Both were admitted
to Mercy Hospital, Urbana.
The Conley boy is reported to
have suffered minor injuries and
Armatrout, it was stated, was ex-
pected to be released from the
hospital Thursday night.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-05-07
Two Teen-Agers Sentenced
To From | To Is Years Here
Casio Innocent
Say Guilty Pair

Virginia Deitsch, Is, and Lonnie
Campbell, 10, both of West JEFF
ferson were sentenced to from l
to Is years in reformatory in the
court of Judge James f. Bell, here
Thursday afternoon. A third teen
ager, Esther Casio, 10, formerly of
Columbus, was dismissed by the
court inasmuch as she was exon
Grated of violating probation in the
case which grew out of breaking
and entering of a beer carry-out
store here last March.
Previously, both girls together
with Campbell had admitted their
completely in the store thefts. Ali
three had been placed on proba-
ton. Both girls were arrested
Monday after police found stolen
property in the Deitsch girls room
at her home in West Jefferson.
Campbell was picked up Wednes-
day and admitted his part in the
recent thefts and implicated the
Deitsch girl. Testimony bore out
the Casio girls innocence of the
recent thefts and she was allowed
to resume her two-year probation
ary period.
Campbell will be removed to the
Mansfield Reformatory later this
week. Deitsch will be taken to the
Marysville Reformatory.
Judge Bell stated that inasmuch
as both Campbell and Deitsch had
admitted violations of their proba-
tion, which was imposed after they
admitted to the breaking and en-
tering charges here earlier this
year, that he had no alternative
but to revoke probation and sent
ence them on the original charge
of breaking and entering. Judge
Bell severely reprimanded both
Campbell and Deitsch for their
breech of trust and scored Camp
bell for attempting to lie in court.
Judge Bell also stated that he felt
that the court had given both
every chance to redeem themselves
but that they had not seen fit to
go straight and, therefore, must
accept the consequences.
SON ARRIVES
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael McBroom
of London, announce the birth of
a son at University Hospital, Mon
day.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-05-07
John Dillon On
Carrier WASP"

SAN DIEGO, Calf. (FHTWC)
- The attack aircraft carrier u
SIS Wasp is scheduled to arrive
here from the Far East May 1St.
Aboard the ship is John V. Dill
lion, airrnan, USN, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Dillon of Route 3,
London, Ohio.
The Wasp served with fast car
rier Task Force II in Korean
waters and more recently in train
ing operations in the South China
Sea near French Indo-China and
the Republic of the Philippines.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-05-07
Only 1857 Votes
Cast In County

With a total county vote of
1867, the lightest vote in many
years, Madison County Common
Pleas Judge, James F. Bell, scor-
ed a singular victory over his
Democratic opponent for Ohio Su-
preme Court, Fred A. Dewey
of Cincinnati, by an estimate 4O,-
600 votes majority in the state.
The county vote gave Bell a re-
sounding total of 446 to Dewey's
SO votes. Union county followed
suit and gave Bell $50 to 131.
Bell will oppose incumbent Henry
A. Middleton, the G. o. P. choice,
next fall.
Mechanicsburg's Bill Saxbe lost
in the county by a 687 to 518 over
his opponent, Republican party
sanctioned, George Bender. Bender
took the state Republican nomina-
ton by heavy majority. Incum-
bent Thomas A. Burke, scored 1888
votes on the Democratic ballot.
James A. Rhodes running un-
opposed on the G. o. P. ballot
scored 1O45 votes while incum-
bent Governor Frank ]. Lausche
polled AGO on the Democratic side.
In the race for State Treasurer,
Joe Ferguson won the Democra-
tic nomination both in the county
and in the state. Running with
out the sanction of the Lausche
group, Ferguson polled 243 votes
as against John w Donahey's and
John J. Gallagher's 176 and 43
votes respectively. On the Repub-
lican side, unopposed Roger w.
Tracy scored 1861 votes.
The results of the voting in
Madison county were as follows:
For Governor: Frank j. Lausche
fD) ago; James A. Rhodes (Rl
1045.
For 1t. Governor: Republican
John Brown, 1860; Democrats
George d. Nye, 287, John Taylor,
AZ, Herbert S. Duffy, 121.
For Secretary of State: Dem
ocrat Robert w. Reider, 345;
Republican Roger w. Tracy
1851.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-05-07
Achievement Day
Program Delights
Capacity Crowd

A capacity crowd attended the
1854 Home Demonstration A
chievement day on Thursday,
April %, at the London Metho-
dist Church.
Mrs. Robert Halterman, Chair
man of the Council, greeted the
honemakers to open the pro-
gram. followed by Thoughts
for the Day" presented by Mrs.
Coen Wilson.
One of the highlights of the
day, a talk by Mrs. Litta K.
Robertson, Women's Director of
the Ohio Farm Bureau Fedora
ton, emphasized homemakers
taking a more critical view of
the things we are doing now that
will lead to Where We Are
Going" in goals. Her talk pre-
sented a challenge to all attend
ing, and was followed by a read
ing of the essay, II Speak for
Democracy" by Verlie Grouse.
Special music was presented by
a sextet from the South Solon
High School, and three solos
by Mrs. Charles Holland. The
words to Bless This House were
rewritten by Mrs. Holland to
carry out the theme of the day
Know Madison County"
Mrs. Jay Lawrence, State
Home Demonstration Council
President told some of her ex-
periences attending the Associat-
ed Country Women of the World
meeting in Toronto, Canada this
past summer, while tying in the
whole picture of Home Demon
stration activities.
Thirty-five women who COM
pleted suits or coats in the
tailoring classes presented a
style revue of finished garments.
Several other garments were on
display as a part of the tailor
ing exhibit. All the projects COM
pleted by the Home Demonstra-
ton Council this year were very
cleverly portrayed in the ex-
hibits made by the various COM
munitieS.
The Alumni Home Demonstra-
ton Council presented a panto-
mine on the Historical High
lights of Madison County. Plan
ming this part of the program
were Mrs. Lowell Snyder, Mrs.
Darrell Jones, Mrs. Charles Truitt,
Mrs. Edward Cox.
A light touch was given by
a skit "She Couldn't Stay a
Minute" presented by Mrs. Del
bert Dorm and Mrs. Gordon Knis-
ley.
The afternoons program was
included with the installation of
officers and recognition of Home
Demonstration Council members
by Mrs. John Shelley, District
10 Home Demonstration Council
President.
Other special guests on the
program included Mrs. Mary
linn, Extension Radio Editor,
who told the group of some in
teresting trends for the future
in the radio and TV and the
effect on homemakers. The lun-
cheon for the day was prepared
by the ladies of the Methodist
Church.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-05-07
Baseball Leagues To
Sponsor $3.50 Dance

The London Little League and
baoe Ruth League will sponsor a
oO-oO o, dance Saturday night, Nav
oth, at the London High School
Auditorium. The proceeds will be.
used to purchase new uniforms and
equipment for the coming season
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-05-07
MARVIN SNYDERS
HAVE SON

Mr.. and Mrs. Maryin Snyder of
339 BinnS Boulevard Columbus
formerly of London, announce the
birth Of son, Monday, at Mt.
Carmel Hospital. The baby who
weighed five pounds and fourteen
ounces, has been named John
David.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-05-07
= OUR
"a Town y

GM2 lCWN
MCCARTHY
The Mccarthy hearings are
having their effect on hill
billy music. Friend of ours
says that he heard a jug and
gee-tar outfit playing a tune
called Point -Of-Order Blues"
the other morning!
FACT
Read somewhere this bit -
IF you want to prove that a
stick is crooked, don't argue
or try to convince somebody
of the facial you have to
do is place straight stick be-
side the crooked one and the
fact is evident"
KID STUFF
We like the one about the
cute little fourth-grader who
explained to her MONT like
to spell BANANA but l never
know where to stop!"
CAKE
Our idea of having your
cake and eating it too is
story about a woman who
went on a diet and lost 40
pounds. She then sued her
husband for divorce and said
that his cruelty caused her to
lose all that weight-THEN-
she used her girlish figure to
nab another spouse!
BELIEF
And like the man who asked
the airplane sky-writer-"Do
YOU ever have the feeling that
someone is looking over your
shoulder when you're up
there?"
IDEA
Some peoples idea of Utopia
is to give a man an honest
DAVIS labor and receive a
weeks pay for it. And intla-
ton is merely way to de-
crease the size of buck with
out damaging the paper.
MODERN AGE
In these times it is difficult
n determine whether it's more
dangerous to let junior drive
the car or be a pedestrian.
HUMNN!
Heard about a guy VINO
drinks to excess. He says that
he does it because it makes
other people so interesting.
suDN THoT
Wonder why two prospective
mothers-in-law look so much
like horse traders?
HOLY MATRIMoNY
Henry" said wiley, You're
going to have to get the cue
koo clock fixed! In the middle
of the night it cuckooed three
times, hiccupped five times,
- = III
burped twice and then II sald
damn!"
WANT AD
Ad in an Indiana paper SAID
this. "Wanted-man to work
eight hour day five days per
week to replace one VINO
didn't"
ADVICE
There is an old saying
among women in the service
and it goes like this-"lf you
want to get along simply say
Yes sir all day and No sir
all night"
LITERATURE
We chanced to see an OBJ
viously expecting young
mother reading an article en-
titled Are Children Neces-
sary" the other day and we've
been unable to coordinate our
thoughts ever since.
WELL?
Nowadays, almost nothing
annoys a child like a dis
obedient parent.
TEE-vEE
Best thing we can say about
the new 29-inch television sets
is that they distribute the corn
in more liberal portions.
JoKE-soN
Young wife decided to be
nicer to her husband and went
to much trouble to accomplish
the feat. When he came home
from work via the corner tav-
ern she said "Sit down, darling
and I'll get your slippers and
pipe!"
Old husband slumped in the
nearest chair and said, ok.
/ might as well I'll prob
ably catch hell when / get
home anyway"
ADVERTISING
We are against these ads
which claim that you can do
a washing electrically. After
all, you still have to use water
don't you?
2?77
The easiest way to find q
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-05-07
Bell Gets Democratic Nod
Saxbe Defeated By Bender

For Treasurer of State Dem
ocrats Joseph Ferguson, 243;
John ]. Gallagher, 43; John w.
Donahey, 176. Republican Roger
w. Tracy, 1861.
For Attorney General: Repub-
lican c William O'Neill, 1908.
Democrats-Paul F. Ward, 223;
Walter u. Bolton, 163.
For u. S. Senator: Democrat
Thomas A. Burke, 383. Repub-
licanS - William Saxbe, 687;
George Bender, 518.
For Judge of Supreme Court
Jan. l term Republican Henry
A. Middleton, 937 unopposed.
Democrats - James F. Bell,
AS; Fred A. Dewey, SO.
For Judge of Supreme Court
(Dec. 81 term) Democrat John
II. Lamneck, 355. Republicans -
John NJ. Matthias, 596; Francis
B. Douglas, 214; Willard D.
Campbell, 122; Leland r. Ru-
therford, 90.
For Congressman: Republican
Clarence ]. Brown, 1861 Demo-
Gratis Charles F. West, 248;
James w. Lentz, 135.
For State Senator: Democrat
Jack Hamilton, 800. Republican
Ted M. Gray, 936.
For Probate Judge: Republi-
can Joseph S. King, 954. Demo-
crat Maurice Beathard, 800.
All other candidates on the
ballots were unopposed. Includ-
ed were: Democrat William c.
Wiseman, Judge Court of APP
peals, 322; Republican Elton
Kile, State Representative, 1899;
Republican Roger Baker, County
Commissioner, 1881. Forest Han
son, County Auditor, 1884.
SWANS ANNOUNCE
BIRTH OF SON
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Swain, of
Winston-Salem, North Carolina,
announce the birth of a son, Will
liam Stewart on Saturday, May /.
The SWANS are former residents
of London. Mr.. Swain is brother
of Mrs. E. A. Wall, North Main
Street.
MRS. EOUT IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. Beech Fout, London Route
2, entered Mt. Carmel Hospital,
Friday for q major operation.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-05-07
Mt. Sterling Puts
Over Both LeVies

The only two special issues in
the county passed easily in the
Tuesday primary election when
Mt. Sterling residents voted on
two 3-mill levies. Both passed
with satisfactory majorities.
The 2-year levy for operating
expenses passed 238 to 113. A so
per cent vote was required for
passage.
The special 3-nill levy for viii
lage operating expenses, also for
two years, required a 55 per cent
majority and passed 1913 to Sc.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-05-07
WILLIAM MOODY
IN HOSPITAL

William Moody, Old Xenia Rd.,
entered Mt. Carmel Hospital for
observation and possible major
operation. His room number is
526.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-05-07
MCCARTHY

The Mccarthy hearings are
having their effect on hill
billy music. Friend of ours
says that he heard a jug and
gee-tar outfit playing a tune
called "Point-Of-Order Blues"
the other morning!
Evening star., 1954-08-01

go cruising down the c. and 0.
Canal.
The Canal Clipper" which
cruises along the 185-mile pic
turesque canal has been operated
by the National Parks Service
since 1910. The Canals past in
cludes being used as a means Of
bringing wheat and tobacco to
the old port of Georgetown. Up
until 1924, coal was transported
by the Canal to Washington.
There's no electricity on the
barge. Japanese lanters with
candles in them provide the light
after dark.
The singing, singing crack OF
the mule SINNERS whip Is a
sound that's alien to the city
bred guests who have the good
fortune to be asked to a party
on the mule-drawn barge.
What isn't alien is the feeling
Of relaxation that this inspire!
on a mid-summer's eve, wher
you want to @get away from Il
ALL"
II you need further proof o.
Evening star., 1954-08-01
Service News

Continued From Page D-2)
Mrs. Roy N. walker. who will
entertain at luncheon at Fort
McNair. Yesterday Miss Dub
belde was entertained at a shower
which Miss Nancy Ord gave for
her.
European Stotion
Army Col. and Mrs.. John VIII
liam Ferris accompanied by their
son Mr.. John William Ferris.
ir.. sailed last week for Europe.
Col. Ferris has been assigned to
duty in Paris and their son will
be with them until the fall when
he will return to enter Bowdoln
College in Maine.
Col. Ferris mother. Mrs. John
Wellington Ferris came from her
home in Abingdon. H., for a
short visit with the Ferrises be-
| fore they sailed. The older Mrs.
Ferris probably will join the
officer and his wife in Paris be-
fore his tour Of duty there Is
over.
The younger Mrs. Ferris Is the
daughter Of DR.. and Mrs. John
w. Kerr of Washington and
there were numbers Of small and
informal farewell fetes for the
departing officer and his wife.
Evening star., 1954-08-01
House
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ceilings are soundproofed. Both |
the indoor fireplace and outdoor
barbecue we're made OF bricks
from the ol6 house that burned
down.
Big Ty Set
A big television set with re-
mote control has been built into
the wall at one end of the long.
narrow living room, and there's
another remote-control set IN
the bar. Every single room is
wired for television and all the
necessary circuits have already
been installed both in the house
and the guest cottage for tele-
yising q show right from the
premises. There's such q big
aerial on the roof that recep-
ton down there is better. say
the occupants, than 1t Is right In
washington.
The famous controversial Du
Bois fence that the Presbreys
put up around their Washington
house for their last big party
only to find out later 1t was
actually erected on the edge OF
the sidewalk which is the Dis
trict of Columbia's property
is now around the swimming
pool.
The dance floor on the other
side of the house is in what was
formerly the corral, which
seems like a pretty good place
for it when you come to think
of it.
The hagstone terrace across
the front of the house has q
cut-out garden in the shape Of
a horses head. Man O. War was
the model. All the grass around
the house and pool and dance
pavilion was sodded from their
own fields of blue grass.
On June IA there was none
of the above-just an empty
white stucco stable. On July "a
the Presbreys moved into the
completed house. On July 26
there were flowers growing in
Man O. Wars head.
Evening star., 1954-08-01
A Summer Evening on the Canal

how pleasant such an evening
can be, you might ask the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry T. Par
rett and Mr.. and Mrs. John Nc
Kee. They can tell you about
the wonderful cruise" they took
recently-and how some who live
in Georgetown managed to do
SO by practically staying right in
their own backyard.
ELEM SAKES
Evening star., 1954-08-01
1t May Remind You
Of the Rhine, or
The River Seine

It reminds me Of England. No.
looks like Belgium. Don't be silly.
it's something like going down
the Rhine, if you ask me. Well.
If you must know, it's really like
going down the Seine on the
"Bateau Mouche."
What is it that produces this
kind of reminiscing?
First you gather together 30
enjoyable people. You make sure
that several possess nice singing
voices. You also see that there Is
at least one wonderful guitarist
in the crowd.
You pack delightful picnic
fare in a hamper that originally
hailed from Mexico, perhaps
You dress in comfortable togs
and then board the barge and
Evening star., 1954-08-01

Il
1t is q bad. thing to use the
same paste all of the time. And
! always use a brush with nat
ural bristles."
Fixes Own Hair
When ] asked Miss Auber
where she had her hair cut she
seemed very pleased.
81 do it myself" she explained.
"I never go to a salon. And I
like to use q special shampoo
that is a French favorite. I use
the yolk of an egg. I part my
hair and rub the egg into my
scalp and then when ! add a
Evening star., 1954-08-01

little warm water there is a
nice how do you call it? =.
lather."
When left Brigitte / told her
that she would win lots Of friensS
in America. When you see her
hair on the screen I'm sure you'll
agree that she has the kind OF
personality that will make her a
real Aim favorite.
Evening star., 1954-08-01

(COnLlnueQ from rage D-1I.l
her finger. "I eat meat, fruit.
salad with lemon, cheese and
vegetables but no liquids. This
diet is good for your health"
admired her teeth and told
her so. Brigitte seemed en-
barrassed, as if I thought she
had been showing them of.
"No, I only want to know how
you keep them so white and
pretty" I explained.
II brush them with very hot
water and I keep changing my
dentriflce," she said. II think