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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-13
Ralph {. Cooper
Dies At Age 80

Ralph Edward Cooper, age SO,
died at his home near London ear
ly Wednesday morning after sew
eral months illness.
He is a member of the Baptist
Church.
Surviving are his father and
step-mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Cooper of London, four half
brothers and five half-sisters.
Funeral services at two o'clock
Friday at the Carr's Run Baptist
Church, Pike County, with inter-
ment in the cemetery there. Rev.
erend Robert Wilson, officiating
minister
Friends may call at the Lukens
Funeral Home.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-13
INDUCTION AUGUST %
Woman Hurt WI hen
Car Brakes Fail

Mrs. Idella Susan Cannon, 76
years of age, of 1858 Lenore Ave-
nue. Linden, was taken to Mt. Car
mel Hospital Tuesday afternoon in
the Blauser and Baker ambulance,
for alleged serious injuries in an
automobile accident, reported by
State Highway patrolmen. Three
others involved in the same acci-
dent were also removed to the
hospital, the report stated.
The report from the patrol told
the following story of the accident
which happened on u. S. Route 40
about one-half mile east of West
Jefferson:
Mrs. Idella Susan Cannon of
1858 Lenore Avenue, was thrown
against the windshield of her
granddaughter car when its
brakes failed and Mrs. Norma
Jean Swaro, 26 of 2339 Lenore
Avenue, elected to drive the car
through a ditch and hit a pole on
the Plain City-Georgesville Rd.
rather than roll into the Route 4C
traffic.
Mrs. Cannon suffered facial
fractures and a fracture of heI
Jaw, plus possible internal injuries
Her condition is listed as just
fair"
ENTERS HOSPITAL
Matthew Payne, ITS South Oak
Street, has entered Mt. Carmel
Hospital for treatment. His room
number is 932.
DAUGHTER ARRIVES
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Cutlip, Lon,
don, announce the birth of a daugh.
ter, at Mt. Carmel Hospital, Fri
day.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-13
Al Club Camp At
Yellow Springs
All This Week

A capacity crowd will be in at
tendance at the Madison County
All Club Camp at Camp Clifton
near Yellow Springs, Ohio, this
week, according to a report from
the Extension Office.
Among the highlights of the
program will be a discussion by
DR.. Harold Capner, Extension
Rural Sociologist at 0. S. u. on
Making and Keeping Friends and
Simple Manners That We Should
Know" There will be a discussion
of the above topics by tent groups
following his discussion.
There will also be crafts, re-
creation, vespers services, camp
fire and many other activities for
the All members this week.
The Junior Councillors for the
week are; Mary Kay Dillingham;,
Anna Marie Ridenour, Pat Dials,
Charlene Hennis, Shirley Over
turf, Patty Houck, Helen Boerger,
Joyce Paullin, Judy Packer, Jo-
Ann McDaniels, Grace Baldridge,
Roger Kronk, Richard Dunkle,
Richard Meeker, Willis Bush, Carl
Smith, Norman Dorm Ronnie Vim
cent.
Mrs. Edgar Smith will be pre-
sent as the camp nurse. The Ex-
tension Agents will be Helen
Buck, Don Genres and John
Moore
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-13
81 Leaving For
Physical Exams :
5 More Inducted

Leaving Thursday, August 19,
for Columbus for pre-induction
physical examination are 81 men,
the largest contingent to go in
months, according to Madison
County Selective service.
The group includes: David Le-
roy Davidson, Robert D. Tim
mons, Harold Karn, Don K. Pick
ems, Deane Edward Corn, all of
London, r. r. 4; Edward E,
Knisley Mt. Sterling; Harley De-
Ment, and Tommy Alfred Phillips,
Mt. Sterling, R. r. 2; Raymond E.
Kennedy Cleveland; James Halli-
day Winchester, Merle Isaacs and
Don Speasmaker, London; Albert
L. Thomas, John r. Gossard,
South Solon, r. r. l; James P.
McNary, Mechanicsburg r. r. 2.
Herbert r. Morehart, Mt. Ster-
ling r. r. 3; Jack F. Fellows,
John H. Mantle, Henry F. En-
rich, Robert William Potts, Lon
don r. r. l; Lester E. Beachy,
Robert H. Dellinger, Plain City
r. r. l; Donald L. Colwell, Ma
than Eugene jenkins, London 2.
r. 2; William H. Fell, Urbana r.
r. 2; Albert Jacob Scheiderer, Ed
win Leroy Meeker, Plain City r.
r. 2: James Elmore Hastings, Or
lent r. r. 2; Franklin Dale Moore
Williamsport r. r. 2; Arthur Ed
win Arnold, Irwin r. r. 1 and
Mark Eugene Anthony, Mt Ster-
ling r. r. l.
INDUCTION AUGUST %
Going for induction on Monday
August %, are: Kenneth E. Rob-
ertson, London r. r. /; Maurice
J. Moore, London r. r. 2; Forrest
A. Little, London r. r. 8; Claude
F Kronk, West Jefferson r. r. l,
and Pete Eugene Follrod, Mt.
Sterling r. R. 2.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-13
Al EXHIBIT RULES

All Livestock club membe"S
will want to check on the fol.
lowing in order to be ready fol
the fair, according to e report
from the Extension Office:
l. Health regulation certif.
icates on all hog projects, dairy
projects, and breed beef pro-
jects should be available by
fair time.
2. Projects books should be
in to your leader no later than
Saturday, August IA, unless
other arrangements have been
made in your club.
3. Each club member should
furnish enough straw for bed
ding the first day of fair then
straw will be furnished from
there on by the Fair Board.
4. If you plan to stay over
night at the Fair, you should
bring your own cot and bed
ding. There will be a tent avail
able for the boys staying over
night.
5. All beef and dairy projects
should be double tied. In other
words, bring two ties or ropes.
This prevents animals from
butting their neighbors. If
there are any questions on the
above, please check with your
All leader, Don Genres or
John Moore, County Agents.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-13
Only One Show To
Be Presented AS
Economy Measure

Fair Time" is only a little
more than a week away and the
1854 fair will be the first
"streamlined" fair presented here
in its 65-year history. The fair will
open Sunday, August % with an
afternoon performance of the Mid
western Hayride which will also
show to evening crowds on the
same day. The fair will close fol-
lowing the race program on Thurs
day, August 26.
With the completion of the new
Youth Buildings" the Junior Fair
will account for most of the after
noon programs. However, a trac-
tor pulling contest and open class
livestock judging will be featured
on Wednesday, August 25. All
other afternoons will be devoted
to Junior Fair activities and no
afternoon events other than the
midway shows are scheduled.
There will be square dancing each
night, however. All sale is Thurs
day.
The newly lighted track will
feature four nights of racing. q
year-old home talent trot and pace
stake races will be featured on
opening night, Monday. Bo t h
stake races are for $1,000. Two
other races, a 2:3O trot and 2:16
pace, will follow with a $500
purse each.
Tuesdays racing program fea-
lures two more home talent stake
races for $1,000. Other races Tues
day are an overnight 2:30 pace for
$500 and an overnight 2:16 trot
for $500.
Wednesday racing features an
overnight free-for-all pace for
$1,000 to be followed by a 2:25
trot, a 2:22 pace and 2:19 trot
the first two for $500 each and
the last race for $500.
On Thursday a free-for-all trot
overnight, will go for $1,000
Three other races will follow. The
first is a 2:25 overnight pace. The
second is a 2:22 overnight trot
The final race will be a 2:19 over
night pace. The first two will be
run for $500 while the last race
is for $500. Stewart Anderson is
superintendent of speed.
A total of S11,300 in purses is
being offered and the management
is depending upon a large take a
the mutual windows. It has beer
pointed out that past perform
ance" records are of great value
in Turing the bettors to the NUT
ual windows since a great many
racing fans who usually do no
attend running races will be OF
hand during the four nights.
It was explained that the cos
of presenting rodeos and other so
called entertainment had proven
too expensive in the past and fo
that reason nothing of this mature
would be presented this year.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-13
Swine Committee
To Meet Aug. II

The Madison County Swine
Committee will meet Tuesday
evening, August II, at Chooman's
Restaurant, at 7 o'clock, accord
ing to Jack Donahue, Chairman of
the Committee. Final arrange
ments for the County Swine Tour,
September IS, will be made, a re-
port on the new swine feeding
station will be given by Swine
Specialists from O.S.U., and ten
tative plans for the Ohio Barrow
Show to be held here in Febru-
ary will be made.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-13
Two Escape Injury In
Collision At PIumwood

No one was injured in an acci-
dent when two cars collided in
Plumwood Monday, according to
the report of T. c. Woolley, in
Vestigating Highway Patrolman.
The patrolman stated that a car
driven by Mrs. MurrieI Streator,
turning around to go north, and
another car driven south by Rob-
ert Sullivan, collided in the mid
die Of the road at the curve of
State Route 38 at the edge of
Plumwood.
Both are residents of the Plum
wood community the report stat
ed.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-13
Mrs. J. S. Morgan
Dies Wednesday

Mrs. John S. Morgan, age 70,
former resident of the South Vien-
ma Community, died Wednesday
morning in Wellston. She had re-
sided at Ralston for the past seven
years, moving there from her home
near South Vienna. ;
Surviving are two children, John
S. Morgan of Springfield and Mrs
Fred L. Kisor of Wellston.
Funeral services at 2:30 Satur-
day afternoon at Lukens Funeral
Home.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-13
G.W.Putnanl, Farm
Manager, Retiring

G. w. Putnam, will retire as
manager of Orleton Farms, north
of London, effective September l.
John Sawyer, nephew of Miss
Mary Johnston of Glendale, who
owns the vast acreage in the
farms, will assume the manager
ship at that time.
Mr.. Putnam, who has been
manager of the farms since 1888,
will remain as consuItant and he
and Mrs. Putnam will continue to
reside in the present home near
the farm office on State Route %.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-13
Capt. Ben Be atty
Returns Home

Capt. Ben Beatty, after two
years with the Fifth General Hos
pital in Stuttgart, Germany, has
returned to this country for fur
ther assignment.
He with Mrs. Beatty and their
two children, Lisa and Benny Lee
the 3rd, are visiting his mother,
Mrs. B. M. Beatty, North Oak
Street and Mrs. Beattys parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clay Tooker, near
London.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-13
FIRE AT WILL

Two London women were
brought to police headquarters
here Tuesday and questioned
concerning neighborhood fuss
which resulted in the firing of
a gun. According to local po-
lice, an argument over water
caused one woman to go into
her house and come out with a
rifle which she fired into the
ground.
After questioning. the police
released both women. No char
ges were filed in the case, po-
lice said. The rifle was confis-
Gated.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-13
FORMER RESIDENTS
HAVE DAUGHTER

Mr.. and Mrs, John r. Reese of
Fairborn, former residents of
London, announce the birth of a
daughter, Janet Kay, at Greene
Memorial Hospital, Xenia, July
27. The mother is the former
Mary F. Gilbert, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Jacob Gilbert of Mt.
Sterling.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-13
OUCH!

Story concerns young
housewife who, sleeping late
one morning, heard the door
slam and, thinking her young
son had just come home, said,
I'm in here darling! I've been
waiting for your
Gruff voice answered, "Sor-
ry, lady, but I amt the regu-
lar milkman"
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-13
Fair Secretary's
Office To Open

The Madison County Agricul-
tural Society announced today the
opening of its office at the fair
grounds on Friday, August 13,
preparatory to the opening of the
sixty-fifth annual Madison County
Exposition.
Mrs. Glenn Sponsler will be
secretary in the office.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-13

Is R5{R f5{@h
ODoR-ONo
Up in the court house one
of our more illustrious office
holders has a sign on his wall
which says, simply and to the
point - "Old politicians never
die, they just smell that way"
WISE GUY
Old Haywood Snugg, the
Doctor KinSey of Gobbler's
Knob, isn't in favor of the new
French look for women
you know, emphasizing wide
hips by pulling in the mid
riff and adding padding. Says
Haywood, This idea of en-
phasizing women's hips is like
putting falsies on a COW!
Whatever they do with wom-
ems hips is obvious!"
Heywood's old girl friend,
Big Nancy, was heard to say
just before she donned her
Bikini bathing suit That
Haywood is the kind of a guy
who would chop down the
only fig tree in the Garden of
Eden"
LIVING
Nowadays, home is a place
where you can stay when you
haven't anything else to do
and have no one else to argue
with but the little woman.
ORGANIZATION
Every time we meet a man
who joins every organization
he comes in contact with we
always think that someday
he'll be clubbed to death.
OUCH!
Story concerns young
housewife who, sleeping late
one morning, heard the door
slam and, thinking her young
son had just come home, said,
I'm in here darling! I've been
waiting for you!"
Gruff voice answered, "Sor-
ry, lady, but I amt the regu-
lar milkman"
SIGN-o-TIMES
Little cardboard sign in a
roadside joint says - I'VE
only give credit when credit
is duew
HOLY MATRIMoNY
The name, Best Man, at
weddings came about when
bridegrooms realized tn a t
they, themselves, were only
next best.
soURPUsS
A sourpuss is usually some
one who is mad at the world
because he doesn't get more
than he actually expects.
KIDS
Considering the shape the
old worlds in, a newborn
baby would probably want to
wait until some other time. In
this case we see the absolute
acme of helplessness.
HEALTH
1t appears to us that the
reason that there is such a
shortage of nurses is because
so many men patients marry
them.
FRIENDSHIP
A true friend is one who,
when we're down and out,
comes to see us without an in
vitation. and who, when
we're up and in, wouldn't
come to see us without one.
ECONOMY
Saving money for a rainy
day is almost impossible. We
can't seem to lay up enough
dough to weather a heavy
dew.
PROPOSITION
The trueSt test as to whet-
her teachers should get more
money would be to put the
proposition up to.a vote of the
students.
POME
Man named Gum to drink
was goaded,
And pretty soon old Gum was
loaded.
NEWS
See by the papers where q
soldier asked time off to at.
tend his wife's graduation
from high school. We pre-.
sumo that his grandmother
will also attend if she ISM
busy playing shortstop for the
Sisters of Across the River
and Will Arise Society the
same afternoon.
GEOGRAPHY
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-13
HOLY MATRI MoNY

The name, Best Man, at
weddings came about when
bridegrooms realized tn a t
they, themselves, were only
next best.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-13
SIGN-O-TIM ES

SIJN-O- 7 INES
Little cardboard sign in
roadside joint says - I'VE
only give credit when credit
is duew
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-13
KENNETH HOLCOMR
our OF HOSPITAL

Kenneth Holcomb has written
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harley
Holcomb, that he has been releas-
ed from the hospital in Bainbridge,
Maryland. His present address is:
Kenneth L. Holcomb, 5724714, Co.
218 Bait. ID, 1st Reg, U.S.N.TC,
Bainhridge, Maryland.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-13
ORGANIZATION

Every time we meet a man
who joins every organization
he comes in contact with we
always think that someday
he'll be clubbed to death.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-13
LIVING
ODOR-ONo

Nowadays, home is a place
where you can stay when you
haven't anything else to do
and have no one else to argue
with but the little woman.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-13

THIS
NEWSPAPER
Believes established
local merchants have
70 protect their RePu-
fufions Thuf's your
b G ST guarantee OF
voIue.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-13
SoURPUSS

A sourpuss is usually some
one who is mad at the world
because he doesn't get more
than he actually expects.
KIDS
Considering the shape the
old worlds in, a newborn
baby would probably want to
wait until some other time. In
this case we see the absolute
acme of helpleSSneSS.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15
Forced Feeding
of Chickens Seen
Near Moscow

TOKYO, R-What a Japanese
politician saw on a Soviet collec.
tive chicken farm near Moscow last
summer has convinced him he saws
that Communists "will stop at
nothing to gain their ends"
Isamu Imaizumi, right.wing So.
cialist, writes in a newspaper ar
ticle he saw food pipe thrust into
a chickens stomach.
IAN operator steps on a pedal
and one portion Of food is sent into
the stomach of the bird. Suddenly
the stomach swells up and the hen
screams. This is indeed an outrage
Of chickens rights, as it were, I"
says Imaizumi.
Il asked the woman in charge.
Why do you do such a mean
thing?' She explained to me. Our
primary objective is not to raise
chickens, but to get eggs (. /. We
do not care about the viii of hens "
I'VE can never approve of such
a way of thinking" in Japan. con-
cludes Imaizumi.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15
Stranger Clips
Fellow Carpenters

CANOGA PARK, Calf. R -
When a new employe, Paul Wood.
told his fellow carpenters on a
home building project that his wife
had died in hospital, they passed
the hat and gave him SIS cash.
He asked some of the men to
serve as pallbearers, saying he
was a stranger here.
Now he really is a stranger.
The other carpenters called the
funeral parlor he mentioned to get
his wife's first name for a floral
wreath. They were told no funer-
al was scheduled for anyone by
that name. A check at the hospital
disclosed that no Mrs. Wood had
died there.
Wood is wanted by the carpen.
ters.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15
By JOHN CHADWICK

WASHINGTON lR - Sen. Wat
kins R-Utah), chairman Of the
committee which recommended
censure for Sen. Mccarthy (R-
Wis), was billed for double per-
formance today as the Senate
moved into its second week on the
censure issue.
Watkins arranged to step into
the witness chair before McCar-
thy's Senate Investigations SUBJ
committee for quizzing about the
case of former Maj. Irving Peress,
and maybe other matters on
which Mccarthy says he wSs
wrongly treated.
Then, at the full Senate session
convening two hours later, Wat
kins said he would reply on the
floor to McCarthy's charge that
Watkins six man bipartisan COM
mittee served as the "unwitting
handmaiden" Of the Communist
party.
Mccarthy also said the commit
tee had done "the work of the
Communist party" and had 'im-
itated Communist methods" in
writing its report.
Such attacks apparently were
causing rougher going for senators
trying to work out a compromise.
Senate leaders said prospects Of
arriving at a toned down substi-
tute resolution which Mccarthy
and 4 Senate majority would agree
to were not good.
Also dimming chances for COM
promise was McCarthy's weekend
statement that he has no intention
of apologizing for the language he
used about a 1852 Senate elec-
tions subcommittee and its mem
bers.
He made the comment at Mil
waukee, where he attended a testi-
monial dinner in his honor and, in
a brief talk, told some 1,500 per.
sons, eve are in the midst Of a
movement of massive appease
rnent =. movement Of people
who are not loyal to our country.
The Watkins committee found
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15
Experiment In
Interracial
Living Begins

TREVOSE, Pa. IA white re-
search engineer and a Negro ma
chine operator today settled down
as next-door neighbors in an ex-
pertinent in interracial living in a
corner of booming Bucks County,
once known mainly for its gather
ing celebrated artists and gentle
men farmers.
Planned specifically by group
Of Quakers as "a true picture Of
democracy in action, /" their two
newly occupied ranch-type homes
are the forerunner Of a 14O-home
community. first Of its kind in the
suburban Philadelphia area.
Federal and state officials joined
with civic and religious leaders yes
terday in an informal open house
for the first two families. George
and Eunice Grier shook hands
with their new neighbors. Charles
and Victoria Henry, the first Negro
couple of purchase one of the 2O,-
900 new homes in the county.
Over IS people, most of them
Quakers, put UP $50, 900 to get the
5O-acre project started.
Quaker George Otto, 51-year-old
head of a construction company,
explained:
81 had a wonderful time giving
Friends and friends the opportunity
of putting their money where their
beliefs are"
Otto said occupants of the first
section of 20 homes, now under
construction, will be about half
from majority groups and half
from minority groups. All together
10 persons have placed deposits on
the Concord Park homes.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15
Defense Requires
Work, Not Magic,
Truman Insists

LEXINGTON, Mo. Up = Former
President Truman says free
countries can by adequate defense
measures make it clear that ag-
gression will be doomed to failure.
"If we are to succeed in main
tanning q free world, we must have
steady nerves and stout hearts,"
he said last night at the 18th an
niversary ceremonies of Went
worth Military Academy.
He said military strength is
needed TO back up the nations
moral and educational strength.
Some people in this country in
the Ie00s claimed strong national
defense was too costly and that
some magic formula should te
found without having to pay for Il
defense, he said. 81 j. Z Z
That point Of view Il IL / being
echoed today, but there Is ilD, m
magic way" he said. ss
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15
Ellis Island
Ends Operations

NEW YORK, R-Ellis Island is
closed after serving as the gate
way to America for millions of inn
migrants during the past 62 years.
The tiny island in New York har-
Dor in recent years served chiefly
as a place to keep deportees. I'm
migrant clearance abroad reduced
the number detained on the island
to almost nothing.
Last Friday the last of so persons
still detained on the island were
moved to the mainland and Ed
ward J. Shaughnessy, district i'm
migration director, said: Business
is closed"
The immigration service viii
keep a skeleton crew on Ellis. If
New York City or some federal
agency does not take over within
a year, the island will revert to
the governments General Services
Administration.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15

that Mccarthy obstructed the leg.
islative process by falling 70 testi-
fly before the elections subcomm1t.
tee in its probe of his finances,
and by his alleged abuse of its
members. 1t proposed that this
conduct be Condemned"
The committee also unanimous
ly recommended that Mccarthy be
censured on the ground that he
had abused Brig. Gen. Ralph W.
Zwicker in questioning him at a
hearing last February. The COM
mittee said McCarthy's conduct to-
ward Zwicker was "inexcusable''
and "reprehensible."
Mccarthy has called Zwicker an
"evasive" and arrogant witness
from whom he tried to learn in
vain who was responsible for the
promotion and honorable discharge
of Peress. Mccarthy calls Peress,
now a New York City dentist, "a
Fifth Amendment Communist"
Before the special Senate ses-
sion started week ago, Mccarthy
noted the Watkins committee alb
solved Zwicker of responsibility for
Peress' promotion. He sent off a
letter to Watkins saying this indi-
Gated the special committee knew
who was responsible and inviting
Watkins to testify about it, before
his Investigations subcommittee.
Watkins agreed to testify today.
But as to who promoted Peress,
he said, I'D like to know myself.
know Zwicker didn't"
| In taking the Senate floor again.
Watkins said he had taken note Of
all the questions asked by McCar.
thy about the special committee
and its work and would reply to
them. But he said he intended to
do SO without interruption and
without getting into "a wrangle. .
Sen. Erwin (D-NC), a member
Of the special committee, said Nc
Carthy is "giying the (Watkins)
committee hell because he cannot
defend against the report on its
merits" He said in an NBC radio
TV interview:
II think 1t is apparent to every
body that Sen. Mccarthy intends