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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-31
Jean Wakenan
News Reporter
BUSY BEE JR. WEST

The 18th meeting of the Busy
Bee Jr West All Club was held
at the home of Marzanna Turvy,
July 80, 2:3O P. M. The All
Pledge was given. Roll call an
SWers were whether you plan to
attend camp. There were u men,
bers planning to attend. Demon
stratiOns were assigned for the
county fair. Jean Shields was
chosen as our health contestant.
The meeting adjourned, and was
turned over to the program COM
mittee, which had planned a
Mother and Daughter Tea.
A Mother and Daughter Tea was
held after a brief business meet
ing on July 80. Most all mothers
attended. Mrs. Buck was also our
guest.
The program planned by the
members included, modelling their
projects, and games in which the
mothers took part.
During the social hour piano So
los were played by Nancy Gam
mel, Judy Deck, Ruth Ann Ropp
and Marzanna Turvy. A clarinet
duet was played by Nancy Gam
mel and Ruth Ann Rapp.
Our Tea table carried out the
All colors, green & white. Cen
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-31
cATAWBA

Mrs. Elva Crothers and daugh-
ters, Misses Barbara and Shirley
Spriggs, of Springfield were the
luncheon guests Thursday of
Mrs. Charles E. Hall and daugh-
ter, Koneta.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Runyan
and son, Jack, and Mrs. L. c.
Momberg have returned home
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-31

were Busy as Bees in the after
noon, making their Health ond
Safety Scrap Book and preparing
props for the fair Booth.
This concludes our meetings
this season. We wish to thank the
Madison Press for being so nice
to us.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-31

To m AXE fireplace cooking
chores lighter, soap the bottom of
cooking utensils before using them
so SCOT will wash off easily.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-08-31

all the OhiO-made items, and in
general partaking of the good Ohio
hospitality.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-19
JUS. Navy Has Made 1t Possible For West
Germany To Have Its Own Navy Ready To Go

where Capt. J. G. McLaughry
commands the us. Naval advance
base.
The American officer in direct
charge of Labor Service Unit B
is 1t. Alvin Short (1793 w. goth
Ave) Long Beach, Calf.
Most of the German officers have
a fair knowledge of English. Others
are picking the language up fast,
along with their men.
Occasionally, 1t. (jg) Wilfred
Devine of GA Hillside Ave. South
Portland, Maine, who is assistant
American officer in charge of the
unit, goes out on a sweep. Other
wise, the R-boat squadrons get
their sea orders and carry them
out alone. Their uniforms are
american type.
The West German government
pays for the project as occupation
costs.
\.McLaughry has made it plain
that neither he nor the US. Navy
can assure the men of automatic
commissions in any new German
sea force. But the oldtimers in the
labor service unit confidently ex-
pect to get commissions.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-19
BY RICHARD K. o'MALLEY


BREMERHAvEN, Germany Up
A West German navy viii be able
to take to the seas "a hours after
final ratification of the London re.
armament agreement-thanks to
the U. S. Navy.
It won't be much of a fleet at
first, only some mine sweepers,
tenders, oilers and small patrol
craft. Nevertheless it will be a
navy.
Under the London agreement, re-
armed Germany would be limited
to 2C,0e9 naval personnel. Warships
must 6e 5000 tons or less.
There is no 3,0OO-ton vessel for
the new navy available. But fleet
of rebuilt German mine sweepers
now waits for ratification's X-day.
These ships have been operating
with German crews but under the
American flag for two years.
Readiness of West Germany to
step into its own sea role has been
made possible by a quiet program
instituted in 1852 by the us. Navy
and handful of its officers.
Two 10-boat squadrons of r.
boats, each with a tender, regular
ly sweep the Baltic Sea to clear
World War II mines from sea
lanes. The R-boats are 167 tons,
have top speed of IS knots, carry
no armament at present, but are
equipped with radar.
Their task is to widen present
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-19
Utah COP Leaders Replace
SeH-Confessed Phony Hero

4, ing with Dixon, his wife Lucille,
and then Dixon again, to change
his mind.
Ironically, the call was taken in
the campaign headquarters of the
Democratic party-the only tele-
phone Immediately available in the
hotel where the meeting took
place.
Taking turns at the telephone
were Sen. Arthur v. Watkins (R-
Utah), chairman of the recent COM
charges against Sen. Mccarthy Or
-Wis); Utah Gov. J. Bracken Lee;
and Jack v. McLea, of Roosevelt,
a member of the USAC. Board Of
Trustees.
At length, Dixon accepted. His
nomination was announced and the
committee voted to make it unan-
imous.
Stringfellow, a first-term repre-
sentative in the S3rd Congress,
precipitated the prediction crisis
Saturday night when he dramati.
cally announced via radio and tele-
vision that he had been living a lie
as war hero for years.
The disabled veteran, %, mar
ried and the father of two, con-
fessed that his story of a behind
the lines mission into World War II
GERMANY story that had helped
win him national prominence -
was a hoax.
In Dixon, Republican leaders felt
they had the strongest possible re.
placement for Stringfellow to op-
pose the Democratic candidate.
former Congressman Walter K.
Granger of Cedar City.
A mild-mannered, amiable man,
| Dixon took over as head of USAC
in Logan last year, after almost
20 years in Ogden as president of
Weber College.
Party leaders quoted Dixon as
citing his desire to remain at Utah
State and family objections as be.
hind his reluctance to make the
race.
The only other name placed in
nomination against Dixon was that
of George Staples, q Richfield edu-
Gator, insurance man and radio
newscaster. A third nomination
that Of State Sen. B. H. String.
ham, of Vernal--was withdrawn in
support Of Dixon.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-19

feet. about Is feet above flood
stage.
At Wheeling, city officials chal.
lenged large damage estimate
One official said reports Of the
damage were exaggerated"
The Wheeling New-Register said
the flood caused mo very serious
property damage" The uaper
made its reply to ar estimate nv
the Army Corps of Engineers
which set flood damage at $500
900 for the Wheeling area.
Wheeling City Manager Robert
L. Plummer said, 81 can't con.
ceive of any such figure as that -
There was no immediate COM
ment from the engineers office
at Pittsburgh.
Col. Edgar B. Sykes, West Vir-
ginia civilian defense director said
not more than Is to so families
actually evacuated their homes.
Others, he said, may have left
voluntarily or rode out the flood
with friends on higher ground.
The Wheeling Intelligencer said
VIRTUALLY all the mayors of other
towns and municipalities in the
Wheeling area agreed that outside
reports of evacuations and dam
ages had been exaggerated"
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-19
Ohio Flood Is Just So Much High Water Now

P0MEROY. Ohio 1-This vii
lage of 1000, as accustomed to
high water as the next one, waited
without any apparent excitement
today as the Ohio Rivers latest
eruption moved downstream.
It was hardly a flood-just high
water. The Ohio's Sunday punch
was pent, and nearly all the sorce
that brought death and destruction
upstream appeared to be gone.
The cold, muddy waters which
had taken four lives Sunday in
Pittsburgh were expected to in
wade only a few bottom lands in
these parts.
Autumn rains tore the river from
its banks Sunday in Pittsburgh and
400 families evacuated at Wheel
ing, w. Va. The crest at Wheel
ing was AT feet, nearly 9 feet
above flood stage.
Its flood force apparently spent,
the river leaked into some low
lands downstream, where altered
farmers had hastily picked their
late corn. Occupants of lowland
areas had cleared some Easements
but feared no first-floor damage.
At Belpre in Washington Coun-
ty, Ohio, Police Chief Earl w.
Walker reported the crest at 37.5
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-19

lanes and cut new ones for the
safety of merchant shipping.
It is common knowledge that not
many mines have been located for
long time. But every day the
squadrons 60 to sea, young Ger.
mans get additional naval training
Officially designated as mine
sweeping readiness unit, there are
now 91s Germans, including IS of.
ficers, in the American-supervised
program. They have a total of AZ
craft. Both officers and men be.
long to the us. Navy's German
Labor Service Unit B at Bremen.
haven.
I Ninety per cent of the officers
and so per cent Of the men are
veterans of the old German Navy.
But the percentage of young re.
cruits is rising. Ranks are the
same as in the American navy, al,
though the highest ranking officer
at present is a commander.
Chiefs of the two Squadrons ply.
ing out of Travenmuende on the
West Baltic are lieutenant com.
manders.
Shore schools for the Germans
are conducted at Bremerhaven,
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-19
Basic Infantry
Training Course
Shown In Film

Five miles north of Ell Paso,
Texas, a platoon of khaki-clad fig.
ures recently. underwent one of the
most unusual and streamlined
courses in Infantry Basic Tanning
ever witnessed at the century-old
Army post, Fort Bliss.
The rockies, eating dust and bat
ting sand storms, had one consola.
ton. The training center's normal
sixteen-week course was compress.
sed into four weeks for the M-G-M
movie, tTake the High Ground!"
opening Thursday at the Monroe
Theatre.s
The Transformation Of John Doe
into G. !. Joe, a miracle of modern
training methods founded on the
experiences of two World Wars,
was the background for Dore
Schary's new project, with emph.
asil on the irrepresible humor
known wherever the American foot
soldier has logged.
/ Almost 100 per cent Of the cast
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-19

and crew Of "Take the High
Ground!" served during World War
II in the Army. Navy, Marines,
Air Force or Seabees. The COM
pany listed among other decora-
tions four Bronze Stars, eight Pur-
pie Hearts and 49 Battle Stars,
leading to the idle supposition that
M.G.M might temporarily change
its famous initials M-Gi-I.
Heading the cast are Richard
Widmark and Karl Maiden, port
raging veteran sergeants assigned
to train inductees. Widmark SYM
boiizes the military martinez with
answering adherence to spit-and-
polish regulations. Maiden, in a
more sympathetic role, tempers the
wind to the shorn civilians. The
two clash on the drill field and in
their romantic ENHANCEMENT with
a young war widow, role which
Spotlights a comparative newcom-
er, Elaine Stewart.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-19
Astronomy Club
STAR- N ES
BY JOEL M. MARTIN. President

Charles Lott, Paul Apt. No. g.
2-9122 refractory.
Joel Martin, 1905 United, 2-395s
(Club s" scope).
Michael Orbovitch, 640-D No
Beach, 2-3523 (6 reflector).
Edgar Stark, 1929 Won Phister,
2-2791.
Mary w. Turner, s5 Sigsbee
Road, 2-7S03 (P.O. Box 915).
Geo. Mills White, sos Simonton
St., 2-3589 Books on Stars).
Stuart S. Whiting, IS Maine Road,
2-7S01.
Mrs. W. NJ. Whitley, 1907 Tru.
man Ave-, 2-7808.
Fred Williams, 1912 Josephine,
2-5SS9 refractory.
E, P. Winter, 1921 Whalton 2-5491.
Earl Yates, 1205 Won Phister,
2-5312 Go" reflector).
For brevity the wives have been
omitted, but are not to be left at
home for that reason. Visitors are
always welcome at our meetings.
Bring a friend. Keep in touch with
other members between meetings.
Three copies Of "Sky and Tele-
scope" are circulating among our
members. Get on routing slip if
you are not already included.
The first meeting of the year
found three telescopes available be-
forehand for observation: Fred
Williams refractor which had a
new tripod, Val Gonzalez new 5
in. reflector which performed ad-
mirably, and the Whitley s" club
reflector with Barlow lens. Next
meeting is at the home of Mrs.
Turner on Sigsbee Road.
Are we ready to start a mirror
grinding class this year? Why not?
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-19
BY JOHN v. HURST

SALT LAKE CITY R-Utah Re
publican leaders last night named
a prominent Utah educator to re,
place self-confessed phony war
hero on the 1st District congress
sional ballot.
Then they withheld announce
ment of their choice for Is minutes
while top party officials pleaded
with him to accept the nomina-
tion.
Their action followed unanimous
acceptance of the withdrawal of
Rep. Douglas r. Stringfellow (R-
Utah) from the race.
Selected to run was 62-year old
DR.. Henry Aldous Dixon, president
Of Utah State Agricultural College
in Logan, and considered to be
the only strong COP possibility in
the populous, northern Utah areas
OF the district. The first includes all
OF Utah except Salt Lake City and
its surrounding metropolitan area.
Stringfel.ow appeared at the com.
mlttee meeting last night moments
after the group voted to accept
the withdrawal he had proffered
only few hours before. He re-
ceived a standing ovation. Then, in
a voice sometimes shaken by sup
pressed sobs, he said:
"You could have made no other
decision =. God bless you for your
courage and fortnight action.
In your presence I'd like to apollo
gize."
He said he had not confessed the
bogus nature of his story of war
time heroism because 81 just die
not have the courage. never founC
the way"
But the evenings climax came
when harried party officials, after
counting ballot that had giver
the nomination to Dixon BY al
unofficial 73 to 19, learned tha
Dixon had left Salt Lake City som,
time before with a parting an
nouncement that he would not &C
cept.
Frantic telephoning finally 10
Gated the educator in the home Q
son in Ogden. Then, while som,
50 members of the 12S-man Col
State Central Committee mile,
about in a room on the floor below
top state officials took turns plead
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-19
.Nehru Arrives
In Peiping FOR
.lO-Day Visit

NEW DELHI, India gAPrime
Minister Nehru arrived in Peiping
by plane today to begin a 10 day
state visit to Communist China.
according TO reports received from
the Red capital. He was given an
ovation at the airport BY a vast
crowd of spectators.
The Indian leader flew to China
from Hanoi, the North Indochina
capital which the Communicated
Vletminh won under the Geneva
agreement ending the Indochina
war.
While in Hanoi, Nehru won a
promise from Vietminh chief Ho
Chi Mini to respect the sovereign
ty of the small indochinese states
OF Laos and CambOdia.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-19
Qllads Trive

BATHURST, N. B. R-Quadrup-
lets-three girls and a boy-were
born in Hotel Dieu Hospital here
last night to Mrs. Lawrence Dou-
Get, "a, of Bathurst. Mother and
children were reported well.
Hospital authorities said the ba-
bies were about two months pre-
mature. They were placed in incu.
bators without any weights being
taken.
The father, IS. is truck driver.
His only other child is a IA month
old girl,
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-19

xHC ACy WCot hoLAb44o4uy NluD is
working to popularlze astronomy in
Key West, and to interpret and diff
fuse knowledge Of the stars to the
public as fast as we get it. This
we do by monthly meetings, fire.
quent viewing nights, a news letter
to our members, and timely news
paper releases.
Since our club was organized in
1916 many changes have. come a.
bout in Astronomy = it, like all
sciences, must change to progress.
Two craters on Earth have been
studied for possible meteoric orr
gin, Ungava crater in Canada and
Talemzane crater in Africa; two
craters on the Moon (Eratosthenes
and Grimaldi) showed possible
changes during an eclipse; the
Greenwich observatory is schedul-
ed to move to Herstmonceaux; the
2O0'' scope was put into use at Pal
omar, 5000 asteroids were recover
ed after starting during the war;
Jupiter got a new moon, making
II; the possibility of a sub-Mercnr-
ian planet (Vulcan) has been out
lawed, but a trans-P -Plutonian planet
may be indicated by a family of
comets being studied; an erratic
asteroid was seen in the Big Dipper
and lost, but another asteroid with
an orbit that circles inside of Mer-
cury's was named Icarus; the dia-
meter Of Neptune shrank from a
previous. estimate of 1000 miles
down to q 900; Pluto continues to
perturb Neptune 8 time as much
as its mass allows. ....
Our club takes no credit for these
changes - we merely take note
thereof.
Going further astray we find that
next to Proxima Centauri Is Bar
nard's Star, recently measured as
having the largest proper motion
(stars have improper motionsO;
radio stars have been plotted all
around from their static; fuzzy
object with halo was photograph
ed in Serpens; r Coronae Borealis
started failing; 90 Cygni went into
eclipse; q moon-sized white dwarf
hotter than Sun was found in Mon
ocerus; Eggert's Star took prece-
dence as speediest variable 80
minutes) over CY ,Aquarii, former
speed king (S8 minutes; in Cen
taurus the slowest eclipsing pair
was a third through its II year
eclipse with 1888 years left Of a
complete revolution; the galactic
nucleus was found with infra-red
photography. Now we find we have
been keeping the Andromeda gal
axy in the wrong place and should
really move it twice as far away;
Antares is more ellipsoidal than
spheric a and the Wagellanic
Clouds must be moved away with
all other objects located by means
Of type-I Cepheid variable. The
globular clusters can stay put and
our galaxy, itself, stays the same
size-but truly. Astronomy is a
science Of change.
This month in the Solar System:
Mercury, Neptune and Saturn too
close to Sun. Venus Just past maxi
mum brightness, crescent shaped
telescopically. Mars slightly glib
bous in quadrature. Uranus and
Jupiter in conjunction. Sun. spotty.
Moon perigee on 18th, apogee on
9th. Orionid meteors swift, 20 per
hour faster M radiating from Betel-
guese.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-19

The University of Michigan has
had only three hockey coaches
since 1s22-Dick BarSs, Eddie Low
rey and Vic Heyliger.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-19

The Key West Astronomy Club is
affiliated nationally with the AS
Economical League, whose 1855 con-
: vention viii be held in Miami. We
will be co-hosts with two larger
Miami clubs who will be hosts to
the League.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-19

Constellation : of the month:
GRUS. Can you find it?
Question of the month: What
would you be looking at if you saw
Alcyone, Asterope, Atlas, Celaeno,
Maia, Merope, Pleinone and Tay-
geta?
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-19

We thought you might be inter-
ested in who the astronomy fans
are in Key West, and when and
where our meetings will be held.
There are several open dates. If
YOU have any suggestions for these,
don't hold back.
October 21-Turner; November Is
Whitley; December 16-Martin;
January-Whiting; February IT.
Baillod; March Ito p n; April
2l-o en-; May 1870 p n;
June 16-Martin.
Viewing nights will be announced
rs conditions permit.
List of Key West "Astroma-
tours:
]. p. Baillod, s15 Johnson ST.,
2-775s (S'' reflector).
w. E. Baughman, 325 Whitehead,
2-5l17.
Ed Bland, 16 Rest Beach, 2-6025
(6" reflector).
Sara Butz, 14l1 Patricia, 2-626S.
Hilda Cunniff, 404 South Street,
2-5949.
Eula B. Fritz, 719 Eaton Street,
1883.
Vincent Gehr, 1872 18th Terrace,
a-5393.
Val Gonzalez, 25O2 Harris Ave-
nue., 2-215O (5'' reflector & others).
Frances Hames, 1890 Won Phis-
Der, 2-5346.
Wallace Kirke, 10l1 Won Phister,
4-2997.
IL. Lester, 62s Truman. 2-2OT1
Mnlssctor@
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-03
Rites Held Aug. 26
For Miss Ruth Walton
OF Gainesville, SO

Funeral services for Miss Ruth
Walton. age 50. who died nj
Johnston Willis Hospital Tuesday.
August "a. were conducted by her
pastor, Rev Mr. Mason at II o.
clock August 26. at Thomas Cha
pei with interment in the church
cemetery.
Miss Ruth" was born at
PenWith Cumberland County,
where she spent a large portion
OF her life For "a years she was
superintendent Of Thomas Chapel
church school, during which time
the church school became a lead
ing one-room school in the Vim
2inia conference
For the past twelve years. She
was on the staff of the Industrial
Home at GOOchland
She is survived by two brothers,
Luther l. Walton, Of Richmond,
and f c. Walton, of Carriers
VILE, one sister, Mrs. Alma Davis.
Of Lynchburg. seven nieces and
eleven nepheWs
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-03
Frank Wilkinson, III
Dies In Jet Crash
At Missouri Base


Lieut.. Frank Lee Wilkinson, III,
%, OF Kansas City Mo. was Kill
led Tuesday Aug. II, when his
Jet Cougar engine went out Of
commission and crashed near
Naval Air Station. Olothe, Mo
He was the son Of Senator and
Mrs. Frank Lee Wilkinson of Kan
sas City. Mo. He graduated from
Westport High School, attended
Park College, in Parkville. Mo,
and received his bachelor Of
science degree from University of
California, at Los Angeles Ell vol
unteered for service at the age of
II, was commissioned lieuten-
ant and was in the Reserves at
The time of his death.
He was a member of st. Paul
Episcopal Church and secretary
and treasurer Of Shyrock Realty
Company,
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Sallie Stopper wilkinson a daugh-
ter, Cynthia, age 2 years; his
parents, and two sisters Mrs ia
net w Sharpe and Miss Nancy
T. Wilkinson, OF Kansas City. Mo.
He is grandson Of the late
Frank Lee Wilkinson. Of Buck
ingham county and is closely re-
lated to Mrs Annie p johnson,
of Glendale
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-03
FOrme~- Prince
Edward Native
Dies August rs

Funeral services for Herbert c
Stanley, SO. who died suddenly on
Thursday, August %, were held
Saturday afternoon at 2::30 p.
n. at st Peters Methodist Church.
Beaver Dam. Va. with interment
'olloWlng in the church cemetery.
Mr.. Stanley. resident of Prince
Edward County for nearly a half
century before he moved to Bea-
yer Dam. is survived by his wife,
Lettie Stone Stanley: three sons,
Robert w. and George II. Stanley
of Richmond. and Joseph II.
Stanley, of Lynchburg: three
daughters. Mrs Ruth B. Will
liams, of Lynchburg. Mrs. Grace
i. Morris and Mrs. Lucille G
Dowdy, Of Farmville, one bro
her. Ashby B. Stanley, of Fair
lax. Va, and six grandchildren
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-03
Mrs. 0, r. Pearson, 55
Dies In Charlotte

Funeral services for Mrs. Kath-
leen Pearson, SIS. of Charlotte
county, who died Sunday Aug. 30,
in Blackstone nursing home,
were held at II a. m, Tuesday al
Mt. Pleasant Church, Prince Ed
ward county. Intelment was in
the church cemetery.
Surviving are her husband. O.
r. Pearson; four sons, Ross, Jr.,
and Dan G. Pearson, both in Naval
service. William j. Pearson, of
KeySville. and Ray c. Pearson of
Danvllle; a brother, Paul Thomp-
son, of Chase City; a sister. Mrs.
M P Burnett of Roanoke, and
grandchild
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-03
Amelia Rites Given
Eugene Loucks, "a

A graveside service for Eugene
Loucks, 81 who died at his home
in Amelia, Wednesday, Aug. 25
was held Friday at 3 p. m, at the
Amelia Presbyterian Church GEM
etery.
He is survived by his wife. Mrs.
Emma Loucks; two sons. Craig
P, and Emery H. Loucks. both of
Amelia; and a sister Mrs Julia
Tracey. of Iona. Mich.