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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-03
Sterling Hires
Second Coach As
First Resigns

Charles Curt Koons of Column
bus, has been hired as basketball
coach for Mt. Sterling High
School, according to announce
ment from the school last week.
The new basketball coach, a
resident of Columbus, before ac-
cepting the Mt. Sterling coaching
post, was contract drug salesman
for Sharpe and Dohme. He was
head coach at Springfield Town
ship school near Youngstown from
1949 through 1851. From 1851 to
1853 he was backfield coach, jun
ior varsity basketball coach and
head track coach at Washington
c. H. High School.
A graduate of Columbus West
High and Ohio State University,
he served three years in the Unit
ed States Coast Guard during
World War II. He is married and
has four children.
According to the story of the
present set-up at the school,
Rooms becomes the head basket
ball coach and assistant football
coach. The announcement also
stated that Alison Thomas CAD
Scrivner, who was recently hired
as head football and assistant
basketball coach at Mt. Sterling,
had decided not to take the job
there since he could not find ade-
quate housing.
Carl S. Burger, superintendent
of Mt. Sterling School, also an
nounced last week that Irving Nc
Phail had sent in his resignation
to the board of education as
teacher of music and band in
StruCtOr.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-03
Matilda @. Byers
Dies Suddenly

Mrs. Matilda Gulcher Byers, age
II, ID East First Street, died
Monday morning in Grant Hospi-
tai. She was taken to the hospital
Sunday evening after she became
suddenly ill.
Born in London November 18,
1876, the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Gulcher, she had
spent her entire life in London
Mrs. Byers and her husband, ].
w. (Jack) Byers, retired manager
of the London Branch of the Ohio
Bell Telephone Company, celebrat-
ed their golden wedding anniver-
sary on New Years Day, 1853.
Surviving besides the husband
is one daughter, Miss Nancy
Byers of Columbus; two sons, j.
Richard and James Elwyn, both of
London, one grandson. John E.
Byers and one great-grandson,
Hickey.
Funeral services at the resi-
dence at two o'clock Thursday
afternoon, the Reverend A. M.
Shenefelt, officiating minister. In
terment in Kirkwood Cemetery by
Schelechty-Fichner Funeral Serv-
ice.
Friends may call at the resi-
dence on East First Street, after
noon Tuesday.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-03
Nina 6. Baldwin
Dies Saturday

Mrs. Nina Clark Baldwin, age
n died Saturday at the Presby-
terian Manse, Maple Street, home
of her son, the Reverend Frank
L. Baldwin, after a lingering ill
ness.
Mrs. Baldwin, the daughter of
Reginald H. and Eleanor J. Clark,
was born in Newcastle, Pa, March
25, 1880. She had spent the great
er part of her life there, except
for four years in New York and
three years in New Jersey with
her sons, Reverend Baldwin and
his brother, DR.. Heber r. Bald
win of Chicago, who survive her.
Other survivors are two grand
children, Frank Charles and Carol
Louise, children of Reverend and
Mrs. Frank Baldwin; two sisters,
Mrs. Teresa Travers of Sharon,
Pa, and Mrs. Alice Morgan of
Agawam, Mass. Her husband,
Charles H. Baldwin, whom she
married in 1918, died in 1926.
Mrs. Baldwin was a member of
the Highland u. p. Church, at
Newcastle.
Funeral services in Newcastle
Tuesday. Interment tn ere in
charge of the SchleChty-FiChner
E'i1tnnr.nl SnrNtinn
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-03
Mary A. Murphy
Dies At Age 81

Miss Mary Agnes Murphy, age
81, of 231 South Main Street, died
Saturday morning at the Marvin
Rest Home, u. S. Route 40 east of
West Jefferson, after a long i'll
ness.
Born in Madison County Novem-
Der 13, 1872, she was the daugh-
ter of James and Mary Norris
Murphy, and had spent her entire
life in Madison County.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs.
Anna Sullivan and Miss Sara
Murphy, both of London; two
brothers, Edward B. of Mechanics
burg and James A. of Columbus.
Funeral services at st. Patrick S
Church at $50 o'clock Tuesday
morning. Internent in st. Patrick's
Cemetery by Schlechty-Fi
Funeral Home.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-03
Moonshiners In
Custody After
DarbyviIIe Raid

Three alleged "moonshiners"
were in custody Monday after a
raid by Franklin county sheriff's
deputies revealed a still on the
Harrisburg-Georgesville Road on
Big Darby Creek near Darbydale.
One man was wounded when he
tried to escape, deputies said. He
was identified as John Holcomb,
SO, of Columbus. He is in Mt.
Carmel hospital with wounds in
the legs and back. The other two
men were identified as Holcomb's
son-in-law, Delbert Graves, 21, Co
lumbus, and Carl Pierce, 21, of
Darbydale.
The captured still was said to be
able to produce so gallons of
mOOnShine.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-03
Leslie Wilson
Dies Saturday

Leslie (Starch) Wilson, age so,
lifelong resident and farmer of
Madison County, died suddenly at
his home near Kiousville, Satur-
day night.
Surviving are his widow, Mar
jorie, three daughters, Jewel Lift
and Shirley Thacker of Mt. Ster-
ling and Virginia Conley of Co
lumbus; one son, Billy, at home;
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. Z.
Wilson of near Mt. Sterling; three
brothers, Bryan, H o m er and
Woodrow, all of near Kiousville;
two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Eitel OF
Circleville and Mrs. Ruth Longer
bone of Mt. Sterling.
Funeral services Tuesday morn
ing at 1920 o'clock at the Snyder
Funeral Home in Mt. Sterling.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-03
Prince Victor In
Top Form For
HambIetonian

AS time for the celebrated
Hambletonian classic draws near,
an Ohio horse figures as a top
contender when the horses enter
the draw gate at Goshen, N. Y.
The contender is Prince Victor,
a 3-year-old owned by Sam Hut
tenbauer of Cincinnati and train
ed by LondOn's Jim Hackett. Jim
bought Prince Victor at the year
ling sale at Lexington two years
ago for $500 and he earned a
total of over $25,O in 1853 for
his owner. Hackett now has
Prince Victor in top form and the
fine speedster has a chance to
nose out the expected favorites,
Stenographer and winter book
favorite, Newport Dream. Prince
Victor beat Newport Dream in the
trials but has yet to race Steno-
grapher.
The son of Victory Song and
Princess Meg, Prince Victor post
ed 2:O2.1 and 2:O2 in consecutive
dashes to take the Hambletonian
Test at Vernon Downs and beat
Newport Dream to boot.
The last time an Ohio horse
won the HambIetonian was when
the late Doc" ParShall drove
Peter Astra to win the winner
share of S21.341.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-03
Children's S Picnic
At CowIing Park

A picnic will feature the closing
day activities for the younger boys
and girls who have attended the
school playground this summer
and for the older girls from the
Cowling Park playground.
The picnic will be at the school
playground Friday, August 6 from
10 a. m. to l p. m. The boys and
girls are invited to come and
bring a sack lunch with his or her
name clearly written on the out
side.
A beverage and dessert will be
furnished, according to announce
ment by the committee.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-03
Infant Markham
Dies In Hospital

Jeri Ellen, infant daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Mark
ham Big Plain Pike, died at Mt.
Carmel Hospital August End. Sur
vived by parents and a brother
Charles w. Jr.; maternal grand
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Smith
of Youngstown. Mr.. Smith is for
mer Madison County Superinten-
dent of Schools, also paternal
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus
F. Markham, Harrisburg.
Graveside services Wednesday
morning at 1920 a. m. at Pleasant
Hill cemetery West jefferson in
charge of RAIDER funeral home.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-03
GETS GAS AND GOES!

A motorist, who stopped at
the Wilson Filling Station at
Wilson's Corners, u. S. Route
AZ, north of London, filled up
and forgot to pay, is still
"AWOL" as far as Madison
County Sherifrs deputies are
concerned, according to the re-
port of Deputy Robert Allison.
Allison stated that at Hos
Sunday night, a man stopped
at the station, asked for gas"
and before you could say Jack
Robinson, took off. That's the
last that has been heard of him,
and it is suspected the car
could have been a stolen one,
the deputy stated. The office is
still checking, he stated.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-03
VIM. Johnston
Buried Aug. z

Funeral services for William J.
(BilD Johnston, age 50, 835 Oak
Street, Columbus, who died Sat-
urday, were at the Snyder Funeral
Home Mt. Sterling, Tuesday after
noon. Interment was in Mt. Sterl-
ing Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife Margar-
ct; step-daughter, Mrs. Jane West;
five sisters, Mrs. Jerry Kohl, Mrs.
William Beathards, Mrs Beatrice
Larue. Mrs. Mabel Warner, and
Mrs. Opal lies.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-03
Ohio Bar Names
Three Londoners
To Committees

Three members of the bench and
bar from London have been select
ed to serve on committees of the
Ohio State Bar Association.
The appointments were made by
President John G. Durfey of
Springfield upon recommendation
of Executive Committeeman Aaron
]. Halloran also of Springfield
They are: Hon. James F. Bell.
Chairman, Publications; D. Har-
land Jackman, Judicial Admin
stration and Legal Reform and
Frank J. Murray, Banking and
Commercial Law
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-03
License Plate
Laws Conflict

The Ohio Bureau of Motor We
hicles is facing a license-plate di-
Iemma when it was found that
Ohio motorists need only display
one plate instead of two.
The last Legislature passed a
law which is conflicting in its in
terpretation so that either one or
two license plates may be dis
played on vehicles. Three courts
have dismissed citations against
motorists displaying =ut one plate.
The old Ohio law requiring one
plate has never been repealed and
the new law conflicts in that 1t
requires two plates.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-03
Judge Gu. Randall
Dies At Columbus

Judge c. j. Randall, 68, for
nearly 25 years a judge on the
Franklin County Common Pleas
Court bench died early Monday
morning. He had been in i'll health
for over a year and his imminent
death had been expected for some
time.
He started his career i'm 1916 as
the first public defender in Colum-
bus and was in private practice 18
years before running for Judge: He
was also at one time a member of
the Columbus Board of Education
and served on many civic and
charitable organizations.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-03
Woman Admits
Shooting At
So. Charleston

A 65-year-old South Charleston
woman, Mrs. Ida Mae Reed calm
ly walked into the local police
station Friday morning and an
nounced that she had shot her
husband, police said. Investigation
revealed her husband, Dexter
Reed, dead of a bullet wound. He
was said to have been shot while
sitting in a chair in the couples
living room.
She is being held in the Clark
county Jail awaiting form a
charges to be filed.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-03

Monroe L. Mute of Kennett Square,
Pennsylvania was elected Interna-
tional President of Lions Interna-
tional at the Associations 37th
Annual Convention in New York
City. Lions International with more
than half a million members in
1900 clubs in So countries and
geographical locations is the world .
largest service club organization.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-03
Brother Of Former
Londoner Is Dead

Mrs. f. f. Therkildson was call
ed to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Fri
day, by the death of her brother,
o. P. Henderson.
Mrs. Therkildson who resides
with her son-in-law and daughter,
MIR. and Mrs. A b. Rankin, Rich
mond Avenue, had just returned
from Tuscaloosa, where she had
been visiting relatives for a month.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-03
Shriners Picnic
At Morsecrof+

Shriners, who annually come to
London for the London, Shrine
Club picnic and outing at Morse
croft, will be watching for the
usual arrow at strategic points on
Wednesday, August A, when they
arrive for the event.
Robert r. Wood is president of
the London Club.
ToNsILs REMOVED
Mr.. Kermit Stuckey of South
Charleston underwent a tonsilect-
omy at Mt. Carmel Hospital re-
Gently.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-03
EARL DEWITT HOME
FROM HOSPITAL

Earl Dewitt, who broke both
bones in his right ankle when he
fell recently at the London Zero
Locker, was returned to his home
on South Main Street from Mt.
Carmel Hospital in the Lukens
ambulance Monday.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-03
Passmore Resigns
Postmaster At
Washington G. n.

w. E. Passmore, postmaster at
Washington c. H., we'll known in
London, has resigned his post eff
fective August /. The announce
ment gave i'll health as the reason
for the resignation.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-03
ToNsILs REMOVED
HIGH AND Low

The maximum temperature
for July was 100 degrees on
July ii and the minimum was
48 degrees on July 7, according
to records of Leonard McNeal,
local Weatherman.
Rainfall for July was 4.30
inches or OBJ of an inch above
normal. Records for the first
seven months of 1854 was 1.56
inches below normal.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-03
married.
INTERVIEW

INTERVIEW
Boss: What's your name?
Girl: Gladys Zell.
Boss: So am l but what's
your name?
FASHION
Progress is a wonderful
thing but what would grand
ma say if she saw a young
matron wearing a pair of ma
ternity shorts?
HISTORY
Taxation without repre-
sentation" was the cause of
the Revolution. owadays
many people are ready to re-
volt over taxation WITH re-
presentation!
HUMNN!
Some of today's pin-up girls
look like their clothes were
pinned on.
??2?
Not that it really matters
but did you know that there
was an earthquake in Charles
ton, S. G. back in 1886? and
that robin can eat ID feet
of worms? And that women
have been voting for "a years
if it doesn't rain?
HAPPINESS
Happiest man we know is
one who's wife went on re-
ducing diet and stuck to it.
Incidentally, she disappeared
completely last week!
STOP!
It is doubtful that anyone
will ever want the wages of
sin on a guaranteed annual
basis. although that is about
the way the pay-off comes to
us all.
DEAF
See in the papers that a
couple of married deaf mutes
applied for a divorce. Seems
that the husband hit his wife
over the head with jug of
juniper juice when she refus-
ed to look at him when he
wanted to swear at her!
BOOZE
Local president of Alchol-
les Unanimous tells us that he
has had a bad case of stomach
ache these last few days. Says
he ran into a bad batch of ice
cubesi
THE LIE THAT FAILED
We always print true stor-
les but some are little truer
than others. A certain grocer
of our acquaintance found
himself with one chicken left
late one Saturday night. AS he
prepared to close the store a
woman came in and asked for
a chicken.
Our friend took the lone
some bird and popped him on
to the scales with sigh. Wo-
man asked how much he
weighed. Grocer said the bird
weighed about pound and a
half.
do you have a larger
one? the lady inquired.
Our friend with look of
delight took the lone bird
from off the scales and car
ried him unseen to the meat
cooler and after a minute or
two, came back with the same
old bird and asked, How
about this one ?"
Lady looked long second
and replied, That's fine-Il
take BOTH Of them!"
When last seen. the grocer
was running down an alley
pursued by the ghost of the
first bird!
OUCH!
And we suppose you've
heard about the two love-
sick octopuses who went
strolling down Lovers Lane
arm i'm arm in arm in arm in
arm in arm etc?
WASHINGTON
Down in Washington d. G.
it appears, the home of any
congressman is upheld by the
Constitution, whitewashed by
party affiliation, supported by
the taxpayer and wired by the
F.BI.
OVERHEARD
Listening through crack
in the floor, we heard lady
say this at a bridge party the
other day "Oh / wouldn't
say she was catty but has only
six lives to go. It isn't that I
hate her, I just dislike her
intensely!"
LAST WORD
According to the scientists,
one of these days you won't
be able to take a horse to
water - there won't be any
horses and darned little
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-03
Madison 4-H viii
Participate At
Plain City Fair

Many 4-H members in Madison
County will be taking part in the
Plain City Fair starting Wednes-
daY, August a, according to a re-
port from the Madison County
Extension Office.
Activities scheduled for the
first day, Wednesday, August 4.
are: 10 a. m. - Livestock and
Dairy judging contests; / D. m.
- Clothing and Nutrition judging
contests; 1:30 p. m. - Tractor
Rodeo contest.
For the Tractor Rodeo Contest
anyone between the ages of 14-21
years, in Madison County and
Union County is eligible.
Anyone between the ages of ID
p years, in Madison County and
Union County is eligible.
The Junior Fair Livestock Show
will be held Thursday, August 5.
Open class show is held on Fri
day, August 6. There are manv
fine awards for Junior Fair win
ners.
ADVANCE TICKET SALE
Tickets for the Sports Car Clas-
sic at Lockbourne Air Base Sun
day, August 8, can be purchased
in London at Mossbarger's store,
according to advance agents for
the event. Advance tickets cost 81
as compared for gate admission
price of $3.50, it was said.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-03
THIS
NEWSPAPER

Believes established
IocoI merchants have
70 protect fheir RePu-
fufions Thut's your
b c ST guarantee OF
VoIue.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-03
FASHION
HISTORY

Taxation without repre-
sentation" was the cause of
the Revolution. Now a d a y s
many people are ready to re-
volt over taxation WITH re-
presentation!
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-03
e OUR
fEzIl TOWN
PHILOSOPHY

PHILOSOPHY
The man who admits he is
wrong when he is wrong is
wise The man who admits he
is wrong when he is right is
married.
INTERVIEW
Boss: What's your name?
Girl: Gladys Zell.
Boss: So am l but what's
your name?
FASHION
Progress is a wonderful
thing but what would grand
ma say if she saw a young
matron wearing a pair of ma
ternity shorts?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-07
Kyes Quits

Thirteen months ago, old Penta-
gon hands got their first look at
the hulking frame of Roger NJ.
KyeS, perennial aide to Charles
E. Wilson, who had come to town
to help his old boss in the Defense
Department.
Mr.. Kyes, no Adonis, seemed to
glory in the title of ''ugliest man
in Washington" There is suspi-
cion also that he enjoyed being
known as we'll as one of the most
ruthless. Il didn't come down
here to listen to a snow job Mr..
KyeS was quoted as saying to an
Air Force general, Il came down
here to pluck stars"
Like Mr.. Wilson, Deputy Secre-
tary-designate Kyes was a rich
Detroiter with a pile of General
Motors stock. He was forced to
get rid of these holdings before
taking office. GIN is now selling
about S. share lower than the
price Mr.. Kyes got rid of his stock.
Yesterday, Mr.. Kyes announced
he would quit Government service
effective May !. Though he had
been close to Army Secretary
Stevens elbow in the Mccarthy
Squabble (see above) it was not
believed that the outcome of that
fight had anything to do with his
decision. The No. 2 Pentagonian
said he had agreed at the outset
to stay a year, and already had
stayed longer than that.
Secretary Wilson expressed re-
greet at Mr.. Kyes' decision. HE will
be missed by all the members of
the Defense team" the Secretary
said.
Some Pentagon-wise observers
who watched Mr.. Kyes' relations
with lower-level team members
agreed that Mr.. Kyes would be
missed. But they predicted there
would be dancing in the corridors
on May 2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-07
Congress

A T HALF-PAST TWO last Mon
IA day afternoon, a desultory de-
bate was going on in the House of
Representatives on an administra-
ton bill regarding so-called wet
backs" the migratory farm labor
ers who present a perennial prob
lem in the Southwestern United
States.
In the gallery on the east side
of the House chamber, four
swarthy, Latin looking people who
might have been Mexicans with
vested interest In the matter at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-07
Other Developments

Admittedly, to rely on the con-
science of Congress-as the Pres
ident did in his statement-was to
lean on rather weak reed. The
Republican leadership got together
last week on the subject of a code
Of ethical procedure for commit
tees. The decision boiled down to
this: If committee chairmen like
any ideas, they can carry those
ideas back to their committees. If
not, they can forget about them.
Capitol Hills leaders, it was clear,
were not going to attempt to ram
anything down the throat of
Senator Mccarthy.
From the other side of Capitol
Hill, however, came a proposal in
the form of resolution. Repre-
sentative Javits, liberal Republic
can from New York City, sought
creation of a joint Senate House
Internal Security Committee to
take the place of the Mccarthy,
Jenner and Velde (Un-American
Activities) groups.
Hollis Criticism
The day before President Eisen-
hower'S press conference, Repub-
lican National Chairman Leonard
Hall retreated from his earlier
position that Senator Mccarthy
was an asset to the party. Mr..
Hall told reporters that he backs
the Senator in his fight against
Communists, but cannot go along
when the legislator attacks those
who are fighting communism just
as conscientiously as he u.s."
At the Pentagon the day after
Gen. Eisenhower's statement, Sec
rotary of Defense Wilson labeled
the charge of Communist cod
ding" as "just damned tommyrot."
On Friday, John F. Kane, spe-
cial assistant to Secretary of the
Army Stevens, resigned from his
public relations advisory post
because, as he said, his boss had
not received the support Mr.. Kane
thought was due him.
Meanwhile, Senator Mccarthy
continued to hammer away at the
issue Of Communists In the Army,
questioning an admitted former
Communist who was discharged
and man the Senator called a
Fifth Amendment Communist"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-07
Numbers Game

Washington's celebrated num-
bers game-the turmoil about 1,456
or 1900 security risks"-had two
more payoffs last week. And, as
might have been expected, the
payoffs benefited nobody, not even
the bookie.
Civil Service Commission Chair
man Philip Young released a tab
ulation of designations and dis
charges which, he said, had taken
place in the last seven months of
1858 through operation of the Re-
publican-Sponsored security pro-
gram.
The table showed total of 2,427
separations from Government
service, 1,074 of them firings and
1858 designations. All these peo-
pie. Mr.. Young emphasized, had
left the Government; the total
did not include any who had trans
ferred to other civil service posts.
The Civil Service chairman also
gave a partial-and far from de-
flnitive-breakdown of the causes
for separation: "Subversive" cases,
sex perversion, felonies and mis-
demeanorS, and "all Others" This
breakdown did not include reasons
for separation of 1879 persons in
the Air Force, 235 in the Navy and
two in the Office of the Secretary
OF Defense-a total of 426 persons.
For the remaining 2,OOl sepa-
rated persons, however, the table
showed 2,227 reasons. The explana-
ton of this discrepancy was that
some persons had been separated
for more than one cause; for in
stance, a sexual deviate might also
be found to be an alcoholic Zone
OF the "all other" categories), or a
felon might also be found to have
subversive information in his file.
KeV1Se0 (0unt
On Thursday Mr.. Young revised
the totals upward without really
clarifying the situation.
His new total showed 2,429. per-
sons separated and a catal of 1855
reasons cited. "Subversive cases."
according to Mr.. Young's tabula-
ton. numbered 422; sex perversion,
1913; felonies and misdemeanors,
Gil; "all Others" 1924.
One thing the release of the
tabulation did was knock in the
head such statements as that of
Senator Mccarthy that 90 per cent
Of all separations were for subver-
sive or homosexual reasons (the
report showed 23.4 per cent Of the