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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-12
County School
Board Members
Hear Dr.. Eyman

On the evening Of Monday
March s, a group composed of
School Board Members and other
citizens of Madison County, who
are interested in public education,
met at the Monroe School Build
ing.
This meeting was held for the
purpose of getting a better under
standing concerning the Tedistrict-
ing of school territory.
Mr.. John Lammi, of the Monroe
Local School District acted as
chairman.
Mr.. Owen Alderman read a re-
sumo of amended House Bill Num-
Der 1913, which has to do with
school legislation passed recently
by the Tooth Ohio General AS
Sembly.
Assistant Superintendent of Pub
lie Education, Dr. r. M. Eyman,
then spoke lie gave an excellent
address concerning recent Ohio
School Legislation. He explained
how the recent laws have amended
and improved our school laws. He
spoke of the problems that this
new legislation has created.
Mr. Harold COnovcr ana Mir.
Kenneth Parish from Clark County
were present They now serve as
School Board Members in a school
district which has recently been
consolidated. They explained how
some years ago they met problems
which arc like those which now
confront some districts in Madi-
son County. They told how they
and their fcllOw-Citizens finally
secured up to date school facilities
Many questions from the audience
were answered.
Mr.. Lammi then called upon
County Superintendent r. d. Web
ster, who gave statistics concerning
the school districts of Madison
County
1t was agreed that plans should
be made so that citizens from eV-
cry school district in Madison Co
unity can visit the new consolidated
school districts in Clark County.
A similar meeting is to be
held soon, at which time it is hoped
that citizens from every school
district in Madison County will
attend.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-12
LEE BURRIS
IN HOSPITAL

Lee Burris, loo South Madison
Road, underwent surgery at Doc
tors Hospital Sunday night. His
room number is 22S.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-12
INJURED DIN WRECK

Mrs. Walter Gard, is a patient
i'm Room 121 Mercy Hospital,
Hamilton, Ohio, for treatment for
injuries received Saturday night
when she and her husband were i'm
an automobile crash while return
ing to their home in Hamilton
from Middletown.
Mr.. Gard was treated for slight
injuries and released.
Mrs Gard is the former Mrs.
Carrie Neff of West Center Street,
London.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-12
LIVING
POLLYTICKS

Best insight to what politics
REALLY is can be had by con-
sidering the conversation be-
tween two Senators recently
said one, Alright Jim, I'll
vote for your economy meas
ure if you vote for my appro-
priationS bill"
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-12
PROPER

Our idea Of a proper old
maid is the one who wouldn't
use the ladies room on a trans
continental airplane because
there wasn't curtain at the
window!
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-12
TOBACCO

Heard about guy who read
all the articles on cigarettes
and lung-canCer and, after he
had covered the field, prompt
ly gave up reading!
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-12
MUSIC

He who dances must pay
the fiddler" is an old saying
which bears some explanation.
You must also pay the waiter,
the head waiter, the doorman,
the cab driver, the hatcheck
girl and the druggist for the
aspirin.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-12
j1Iss OUR
EIL TOWN
Na<Tsl~

What with the hard time
four teen-age girls can give
the law enforcement officers
who was it that said women
are the weaker sex?
LIVING
We are getting to the place
in life where we don't par
ticularly care where we go
just so long as we can get
home to bed as soon as pos
sible.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-12
PROGRESS

Thing we like about science
is that it can go beyond the
problem when necssary-take
railway coaches for instance
they couldn't open the win
dows so they air-conditioned
the whole train!
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-12
KID STUFF

Heard a story about little
girl we'll call Su1e. One eve
ming her mother had some
guests in and a card party en-
sued. All at once, the party
was interrupted by three-year-
old Suzie'S entrance in her
birthday suit, dragging her
wet pajamas. She marched
over to where the men were
sitting and with all the indig-
nance she could muster said,
"One of you left the seat up
and | fell in!'
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-12
HOLLYWooDEN

HOLLYWOODEN
And then there's the one
about the Hollywood much
married glamor puss who had
her bathroom towels marked
Hers and ITO Whom 1t May
Concern"
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-12
SPORT

SPOHi
We suppose you've heard
about the filthy-rich Texas oil
man who bought his wife some
golf clubs well, as it turned
out she was rather disappoint-
cd since four of them didn't
have swimming pools!
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-12
WIN MIN

Women live an average Of
eight years longer than men.
They control 70 per cent of
the wealth, own 40 per cent of
the homes and spend so per
cent of the money. They have
80 per cent of human beauty
and the only time they make
trouble is when some simple
man doesn't do what he's told.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-12
BOOZE

BOOZE
Consider the problem of the
city dweller on rainy eve
ming. He doesn't know whether
to stay outside of the saloon
and get wet or 90 inside and
get soaked.
HUMN!
Some things never go out
of women for instance.
ADVICE
Girls take our advice-never
lead a man into marriage
blind-folded but just make
sure he's bill-folded.
LAST WORD
No one is entirely useless
even the worst of us can serve
as a horrible examples!
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-12
SCHOOL DAZE

Teacher asked her fifth
grade class if anyone could
use the word skirt" in a sem
tence to denote action. One
bright youngster raised his
hand and got the nod. Said he,
"The girl wore a hula-hula
skirt"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-03-05

England in ITO when the Tories
applied II wholesale against the
Wing ministry which had been
successfully prosecuting the war
against Louis XIV of France. Its
use was intrumental in the over
throw of the Wing ministry. 1t
was applied specifically against
the Duke of Marlborough who had
led the armies of the Grand Al
lance through the years Of VIC
tory. Marlborough was even driven
into exile. But within five years
those who had employed the
charge OF treason were themselves
convicted of treason and driven
from office. Lord Bolingbroke, the
principal manipulation of the trea-
son tactic became an actual and
outright traitor. taking service in
Paris under the pretender to the
British throne.
Then came the infamous Drey-
fus case in France which ended in
the vindication of the falsely ac-
cused Dreyfus and the discredit-
ing of the political forces that had
used forgery against him for poll
teal purposes.
In 1884. in the United States,
an overenthusiastic Republic ap-
piled the label Rum, Romanism
and Rebellion" to the Democratic
Party. The Democrats won the
election; their first after the Civil
War.
In 1918, Horatio Bottomley in
England fabricated a treason plot
at the expense Of Lord Asquith.
Bottomley ended in Jail. His OPP
erations injured his party. and. on
balance. aided the Liberals at
whom the attack was directed.
Adolf Hitler sohdified his reign
in Germany by means Of the fabri-
Gated Reiehstag fire. Hitler came
to an unpleasant end
These were all cases where the
charge Of treason was used either
explicitly or implicitly as a dornes-
tic political weapon. The inmedi-
ate effect in every case was divis-
i've and damaging 10 national
unity. The French have yet to re-
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ing small portion OF the market
available to them. the league bull
ietin said.
The housing committee report
says that many subterfuges are
used to prevent minority people
from purchasing homes outside
Of areas that are not usually open
TO them.
II Is not always easy 10 prove
or detect discrimination. the COM
mittee said and cited as an ex-
ample OF how a prejudiced mort
gage company might act.
Assuming that the property a
minority member might want to
buy has mortgage value Of ST.
900. the mortgage campany win
say II can lend $4,000, knowing
full well that the client needs the
full amount OF the loan, saying
that other factors such as the bor-
rover credit enters the picture.
Real estate men OF good win
are often embarrassed to tell
minority groups the real facts.
They evado and make excuses In
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talents, The Game Mutiny Court
Martial" comes as close as you'll
ever see to being perfect theatre.
II you read The Game Mutiny"
you are familiar with the story of
the U.S.S. Game and its neurotic
commanding officer, Lieutenant
Commander Philip Francis Queeg
and Of how Lieutenant Stephen
Maryck took over command of the
Game from Queeg during the al
most disastrous Pacific typhoon
in World War II. The court mar
tial episode in which Lieutenant
Barney Greenwald gains an ac-
quittal for Maryk after finally ex-
posing Queeg as a neurotic was
not a major part of the book.
The stage adaptation of the
book must have been gigantic
job for Wouk, producer Paul Greg
DRY and director Laughton. 1t was
necessary to squeeze into two acts
the entire background leading up
to why Maryk took over the COM
mand of the Caine, the personali-
ties involved, the various neurotic
actions of Queeg.
In less talented hands The
Game Mutiny Court Martial"
might have been a boring talk
fest. AS 1t is. the audience follows
every word Of the court martial
and the testimony with the quiet
attention that comes only when
what is being played on the stage
is realistic and true. Henry Fonda
a superb actor, takes the role of
Lieutenant Barney Greenwald,
John Kodiak is Lieutenant Maryk
and Lloyd Nolan is Queeg. Lieu
tenant Willie Kieth, the main
character in the book, plays only
a comparatively minor role as
witness in the stage adaptation.
Eddie Ffrestone, certainly not
one of the Names in the cast,
comes within an inch OF stealing
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souls were being turned down at
the boxoffice or being told they
could obtain a seat along-about
the 30th Of July. which happens
to be my natal day.
The Game Mutiny Court Mar
tiar' is the dramatization Of the
court martial episode from Her
man Wouk's best-selling novel,
THE Game Mutiny." 1t conforms
to none of the usual rules for
legitimate drama There is an all
male cast headed by three unbe-
nevably capable acting gentle
men, Messrs. Henry Fonda. John
Kodiak and Lloyd Nolan. There is
not even a suggestion of romance
or singing violins to ham up the
proceedings. Instead Of three acts,
there are two acts. There is no
dramatic dashing about the stage
or theatrical hysteria. Under the
direction of Charles Laughton, the
chubby acting fellow of varied
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Arrudondo Heods Lodge
OF Perfection OF The
Scottish Rite Nelson's

Aaron Arrandondo of Mime
apolis was elected master of Ad-
oniram Lodge Of Perfection Scot
fish Rite on Feb. %.
Other officers selected to serve
are Fl. T. Otis, deputy master:
Thomas Johnson, senior warden;
Jessie Miller, junior warden;
Charles Martin, orator; Edward
l.. Boyd, hospitaler; Lee A.
Gwynne, treasurer; Marion Brown
Secretary and keeper of the seal:
Leonard Madden. master OF cere-
monies; McClinton Webb, cap
tain of the guard and Claude w.
Mason, typer.
The officers were installed by
Hobert r. Mitchell and John NJ,
Patton, both 33rd degree Masons.
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Younssfer Cuts Arms Trying
To Prevent Foil

Macarthur Salone. son of Mr..
and Mrs. william Huggar OF $40
Irving Av, N, while playing at the
Harrison school at 4:30 p, m,
Tuesday, March 2, slipped and fell.
He put his arms out to break his
fall and they crashed through the
glass pane of door.
Both arms and the hgaments in
his right knee were cut. Mac
Arthur tainted from the loss of
blood. He was found by some girls
who were holding Girl Scout
meeting at the school, who called
the ambulance.
He was taken to General hos
pitaI, where several stitches were
taken in both arms. He was re-
turned TO his home.
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About forty miles north of vir-
GINA, MINI, lives a colored man,
Legionnaire of World War !
vintage. Active in his district. he
attended most meetings, in uni
form: as did his wife, a conscien-
tious member OF the Cook Auxili-
airy unit for many years.
During the depression years, he
grew enough TO feed his family
and did not ask for nor receive one
penny of relief. He worked at odd
jobs and saved enough to bring his
sister up from the south TO Cook
where he got her a job as school
janitor.
Like many others, this man
raised a family and started them
off TO school. But bad luck hit
him last year, his crop entirely
washed out. leaving him without
the funds needed 10 pay for his
daughters last year in nurses
training. And. briefly no one
would loan him the money he
wanted for her.
Alice was the outstanding stu
dent in her class of trainees at
the Rochester Hospital where she
spent her psychiatric training. and
is a top student now at North
western Hospital in Minneapolis
Several months ago, this came
TO the attention Of 81. Louis coun-
~ veterans service officer. Don
Johnston, who In turn brought the
information TO voiture e1e at
Duluth.
This white male organization
considered only two things. the
purposeful. serious attitude Of the
excellent student and her fathers
excellent record a. a fine citizen
and a very good Legionnaire.- the
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quotation was made by a past
Grande Chef de Care.
Within a short time the organ
ization which would not permit
the man concerned TO be a member
came up with the needed 5000.
Hibbing Voiture 80 kicked in with
$76, all they had In their treasury
and the rest from pockets OF its
voyageurs, yoiture 91e added $34.
the Grande voiture $50, plus SO
each from four voyageurs.
The other day at Northwestern
Hospital. Alice Gaskins received
the money she needed to complete
her training; and up at Gheen,
MINI, her father, John Gaskins. Is
mighty proud of his daughter and
Of the country he served in time
Of war.-Reprinted from Mime
sofa Legionnaire.
Editors Note: At the last three
national conventions Of the
American Legion and the 40 & 8.
efforts have been made by north
ern Legionaires, including Mime
sofa 40 e. 8 members. to have the
organization drop its present color
bar.
Minnesota 40 & 8 officials pre-
dict that the outnoded color bar
Of the 80 & win be voted out at
the next national convention Of
the 40 A. 8.
Thousands Of Minnesota Aneri-
can Legionaires did not realize II
existed until recent years when
Negro Legionsires. led by Ben p.
Peery, former Twin citian asked
the support Of the Minnesota de-
partment to nd the 20 a 8 Of the
un-democratic race bar In It's
membership bylaws.
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Rev. Frederic Fisher DieS
Wos Often A Speaker
A. 81. james A.M.E.

Word has been received an
nouncing the death Of Rev. Fred
eric Fisher OF Evanston, H.. and
Boston, Mass. DR. Fisher died
suddenly on Sunday, February Is
in Boston He was head OF the In
ternational Gospel Party with
headquarters in Boston.
He win be remembered by many
twin city residents as he was
guest speaker on different occa-
sions at St James AME church.
st. Paul. during Rev. Il. ~
Moore's Pastorage.
Funeral services will be held on
Monday, March at Greater
Waters church, Chicago,
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MARTIN ". WEJDlNGION
in chief Other officers named
were first Lt.-commander Rev.
Chas. NJ. Sexton; second lieut.
commander, Samuel ID. Mitchell;
minister OF state and orator, VIM.
b. Lewis; grand chancellor. ]. w.
Clemens. grand secretary. Marion
Brown and grand treasurer. Lee
A. Gwynne
Officers appointed included
grand engineer and architect, VIM.
b. Commodore; hospitaler, Ed
ward l.. Boyd; master Of cere
monies. Leonard u. Madden;
standard bearer, w. s. Mayes;
captain OF the guard, John Phifer
Jr., sentinel. Henry L. Josey
prior, Geo. Banks ST.: custodian.
Rev j. w Junell; auditors, I. M.
Dorsey. 70. +, Henderson and VIM.
Hall.
The officers were installed by
Raymond w. Cannon, So, Illus
trious Peer Of the Scottish Rite:
John X. Lawrence. 33' worshipful
grand master Minnesota Masons,
and Charles Doty, 33'. past grand
master.
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embraced IN years. Scalpers are
asking sl25 per ticket and the ad-
vance sale is already up through
July.
You may well ask how did
manage to get a ticket when Per-
sons Of Importance who know how
to win friends and influence people
can't even get in a peek at the
show through a crack in the wall.
Thanks to Miss Connee Chivers,
the determined daughter Of Curtis
Chivers, the advertising manager
of this newspaper, our tickets
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-03-05

building program in Twin
City history this week.
In a letter to this paper,
Givens wrote;
For years there has been a
need for new housing new
homes. Steps in that direction
have now been taken.
Plots of land. enough on
which To build 80 new houses
have been purchased, The land
Is located in desirable locations
on Fourth Av s. and Fifth Av.
s.. from ith to 46th St, in Min
neapolis.
The TilsenBilt Homes, Inc,
OF st. Paul are the contractors.
Construction OF tho first OF
the new homes win begin some
time this month. have been
given the exclusive sale OF these
homes.
Prices viii be $4,000. Down
payments win be reasonable.
with very low down payments
for GIs.
All the new houses win be
three bedroom homes.
Mr.. Givcns added that he will be
glad to make an appointment with
persons interested in purchasing
A newly built home,
His phone number Is Lincoln
1905.
His office will be In the first
model home TO be built in the new
development program.
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Ex.PORGY AND BEss STAR
DIES IN AUTO ACCIDENT

Petersburg. Va. lamp Ed
ward Matthews. associate profess
sor Of music at Virginia State col
Iege and ex-Broadway star Of
"Porgy and Bess'' was killed last
week when his automobile sleidded
on wet pavement. The accident oc .
CURED on u. 8. Highway No. / t.
south OF Woodbridge, Va.
According TO state police, Met
thews, who was returning ~
Petersburg from Washington, ID.
c., was thrown from his car and
crushed under the vehicle.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-03-05
Soufherner Tokes
Sfond For FEPc At
Congress Hearing

Washington The representa-
tive of Southern interracial or
ganization told the Senate Labor
Committee this week that a fed
eral FEPC law would afford In
valuable guidance and reassur-
ance," to the present-day South.
John Bolt culbertson. Green
vile, S. c., attorney who is vice.
president of the Southern Con-
ference Educational Fund, gave
unqualified endorsement to the
Federal Equality of Opportunity
Act, which is now up for public
hearings.
The Fund, an anti-segregation
organization, is headed by Aubrey
Williams, Montgomery, Ala, pub
Usher and it's director are resi-
dents Of the Southern states, Its
headquarters are in New Orleans.
culbertson pointed TO the in
crease in Negro voting and the
end OF segregation in graduate
schools and transportation as
proof OF "a growing regional
awareness of simple, but pro-
found truism; The South's great
est natural resource is its people,
ALL of its people. To decree that
the black one-third OF the populs-
ton must be the mental servants
of the white majority; to divide
the black and white into separate
walled-off communities of
these arrangements are sheer fol-
ly. Both Of these arrangements
have been tried in the South and
have demonstrated their folly in
bitter, tragic terms"
The growth of industry in the
South has been great In recent
years. especially in the produc-
ton of finished goods, he said.
THE best natural market for
these consumer goods Is in the
region itself. But as long as the
median income OF Negro families
stands at about half that OF
whites, this market win be severly
limited"
'In the economy of the modern
South cheap labor Is no longer
an advantage, but a positive detri-
ment. Exclusion and exploitation
of Negro workers have been the
chief means of making labor
Cheap" The earnings and poster
sly OF all Southerners now depend
on a reversal of this policy"
Culbertson emphasized that only
a federal law with enforcement
provisions would do any good.
THE Old Order buttressed itself in
the South by means OF ali-lnclu-
sive segregation statutes. Forum
ately. these statutes are whiting
before the scrutiny of the courts.
But unfortunately. no clear as
sertion OF public policy has re-
placed them, and there is some UNI
and lack Of direction. A
Federal Equality OF Opportunity
in Employment law would formu-
late explicitly the course our
Is taking and would
bolster those millions Of people
who want to make democracy n
way of life"
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likens the use of the charge to
"the famous and oft-told tale of
DIR. Faustus and his pact with a
very slick and plausible gent" He
advises the President to invite
his political advisers. who have
adopted the charge Of treason as
a political device, TO read and to
ponder the tale of DIR. Faustus.
The Presidents own doubts a
bout the propriety and wisdom of
the use of this device have been
expressed in public. He has disas-
ISOLATED himself from them. How
ever, up to this time the leading
political figures Of the moderate
wing of the Republican Party,
Gov. Thomas z. Dewey Of New
York, Herbert Brownell Jr.. At
torney General. and J. Leonard
Hall, chairman of the Republican
National Committee, have not re-
nounced the tactic. They have en-
ployed IL.
The above set the writer to a
hasty study Of the actual results
of the use Of the treason charge in
political history. 1t has been used
many times in many different
countries. Did its use benefit its
user7 The answer Is conclusive In
those cases which were turned up.
The politicians who used the
charge Of treason have suffered
from its use. II gained them mo-
mentary advantage. In the end il
proved damaging and even in
cases dangerous to those who had
employed the weapon
The first classic case in what
might be called modern history
was that of the so-called "Popish
Plot" fabricated by one Titus
Oates in England in the year 1878.
Oates charges Of treason included
the Queen. They Were proved in a
court to be false. The purpose was
TO further the consolidation Of the
Protestant Reformation. The ac-
tual effect WINS to deter H. Oates
himself was pilioried, logged and
Jailed. In the process the realm
was badly shaken and weakened.
The next important case Of the
use Of the treason charge As a
political weapon also occurred IN