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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-19

ANH Mr.. and Mrs. William
NeS%3 Spainhoward (Melitta
w. Steinbichler) of $50
Center-st, Oak Harbor, are parents
of son, four lbs, 1872 ozs., born
at Magruder hospital Wednesday,
August II.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-19

LIBERAL Trade-in on your old
Watches, and Diamonds, and con-
venient terms. Philips jewelers..
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-19

LUGGAGE - Samsonite - all
coIors, all Sizes $3.50 up. $l.00
down, $1.00 per week. Philips
Jewellers.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-12-20
County Commissioners
Hold Regular Meeting
Appoint Apiarist,
Renew Contract

At their regular meeting Mon
day, the Madison County Com
missioners re-appointed John w.
Byerly as apiarist for Madison
County for the year 1856. Byerly
works out of the office of S. E.
Bailey, State Apiary Bureau, Co
lumbus, and has held the position
here for several years. Counties
where honey is produced for hui
man consumption are required to
have an apiarist
The commissioners also renewed
the agreement with Childrens Hos
pital in Columbus which provides
for hospital care for INDECENT per-
sons in the county at S21.00 per
day.
County Engineer Helge G.. Exc
dahl filed his annual inventory of
county engineer equipment as re-
quired by law.
The commissioners received a
proposal from the Jack Johnson
Chevrolet Agency in regard to the
purchase of 1855 Chevrolet half
ton truck, but did not act on the
purchase at this meeting.
In other business, the commits
sioners approved the payment of
the regular bills, set aside some
minor appropriations and approved
the transfer of funds in the Com
mon Pleas Court from one account
to the other.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-12-20
West jefferson Resident
Appointed Court Reporter
LPF Employee To
Madison Go. Post

Common Pleas Court Judge Ger
aid A. Baynes has announced the
appointment of James Stanton
Shotwell of 234 Merriman Drive,
West Jefferson as Court Reporter
of Madison County. Mr.. Shotwell,
who is 80, his wife, and tbeir four
children, James, Diane, Laurel and
Allen, have resided in Madison
County for the past year.
During this year, Mr.. Shotwell
has been the assistant cashier at
the London Prison Farm. He is a
veteran of WV ii, having served
in the Navy. He was recalled to
active duty during the Korean
War and has a total of seven years
service credit In his last tour of
duty he attended the Naval School
of Justice at Newport, Rhode Is
land and subsequently served as a
Court Reporter in Court Martial
Trials, under the new Uniform
Code of Military Justice.
Between the two periods of Ma
val Service Mr.. Shotwell attended
the Detroit Institute of Technology
for two years, where his father
was a professor. He also attended
the Stereotype Commercial College.
Both of these schools are located
in Detroit, Michigan.
The Court Reporter in Madison
County also serves as Secretary
to the Jury Commissioners and
will serve as Assignment Commits
sioner in the furtherance of the
Courts policy of disposition of
cases in the quickest possible time.
The County Commissioners have
budgeted $4,000 to provide for the
reportorial requirements for 1856.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-12-20
LONDON Lost, West
Jeff Won Friday

London dropped their fourth
basketball game in a row Friday
night, losing to Grove City by a
score of 80 to 81.
Both teams started slowly, with
Grove City ahead 16 to IL at the
end of the first quarter. London
scored only three points in the
second period as their opponents
scored IA Half-time score was Is
to 80. Grove City kept up con-
slant gain of points in the third
and fourth quarters, scoring 16 in
the third to London's 10, but only
eight in the fourth to London's IA
The rally came too late to upset
the substantial lead.
Reynolds with is points was
high man for London, Thomas
with 18 points was high for Grove
City,
West Jefferson pulled one out of
the fire Friday in their game with
Madison Rural, scoring Is points
in the final quarter to take the
contest, 70 to So. Madison Rural
led for three quarters, 18 to II
in the first, 40 to 81 at the half
54 to SO in the third. Hay was
high point man for West jefferson
with 81, Wells led for Madison
Rural with "a
London plays Greenfield here on
Tuesday, December 20, and Mon
roe will visit West jefferson on
that date.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-12-20
Mail Early Plea
Brings Results

Postmaster Schlechty expressed
his appreciation today for the fine
response from individuals, and bus
mess firms to his Mail Early for
Christmas" pleas. He went on to
say that the period between now
and December 25th is bound to be
the heaviest of the year for all
postal employees.
The terrific stream of out-go-
ing Christmas cards and gifts is
now near full flood with a like
torrent of incoming mail becoming
greater every day In the next few
days the Postmaster expects the
Christmas mail load to hit its
peak and break last years Decem-
ber record.
He said, II know the time has
passed to talk about mailing ear
ly." For the inevitable last-minute
mailers, he suggests that they use
air mail for every Christmas card
or gift going out-of-town and by
all means to get them in the mail
today! Even one days delay at this
critical time may mean disappoint-
ment for a loved-one on Christ
mas"
There is still time for local de-
liveries but all Christmas cards
should be sent first-class mail to
insure prompt delivery, said Mr.
SchIechty
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-12-20
Monday Rites For
Daisy Por+man, 50

Mrs. Daisy M. Portman, age 68.
died at University Hospital on Sat-
urday morning at lao am. She
had been i'll for several years, and
had been a patient IN the hospital
for the past three weeks.
She was born in Madison County
on March s, 1887, and was life
long resident.
Survivors include two sons,
Charles Portman and Harold Price
both of London; two sisters, Mrs.
Mary Thacker and Mrs. Jennie
Marshall, both of Columbus, and
several riieces and nephews.
The funeral was held on Monday
afternoon at 2 pm. at the Lukens
Funeral Home, the Reverend Rob-
ert Wilson officiating. Interment
in the Lafayette Cemetery.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-12-20
Bovine TB Shows
Remarkable Drop

A tubercular test on all cattle
in Madison County has just been
completed according to a report
from the Agricultural Extension
Office.
Madison County was first accre-
dited December 2, 1929. In this
first test of 1924 herds, 1864
cattle. there We're 108 reactors in
Al herds, representing a infection
rate of .149o. The next county test
in 1888, there were SO reactors in
35 herds with 1870 of infection.
In 1887 there were Is reactors in
Is herds with .158o of infection. In
1855, at the completion of the
county test there were 1.069 herds
tested representing 26,076 cattle.
There were 13 reactors, thus .050qo
of infection record. This is the
first complete test since 1887.
There will be a partial test in
three years which will include
about 20To of the cattle at ran
dom, according to DR.. Roth.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-12-20
Old Dance HALL
Burns AT Orleton

The London Volunteer Commun-
ity Fire Department was called to
the Orleton Farms north of here
Thursday night at about $50 when
the old "Houstonia Dance Pavil-
ion caught fire and burned to the
ground. The building had been
used recently for storage and as
a workshop. Loss of contents was
estimated at $500, while the
building itself was valued tenta-
4'--olv a. SO Sn0. Firen1en respon-
ded to the call and left the scene
auvut 1850.
On Friday morning, the London
Fire Department was called to
East High St, when the wiring on
the auto of, Jack Littler caught
fire. The flames destroyed the wir-
ing systern, but no other damage
vas reported.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-12-20
Mrs. Peters Dies
Saturday Morning

Mrs. Clara Taylor Peters, 65,
widow of the late Frank Peters of
West Jefferson, died at White
Cross Hospital in Columbus on
Saturday morning, December II.
She is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. George Brooke and two
grandchildren of West Jefferson
and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Mary
Taylor of Urbana. She was an ac-
tive member of the Methodist
Church, the Woman's Society of
Christian Service and the Domes-
tic Science Club.
Mrs. Peters was a graduate of
Ohio Wesleyan University and was
former teacher in the West JEFF
ferson High School She had lived
all of her life in the same house in
which she was born on Jones ST.,
in West jefferson.
Friends may call after 10 am.
Monday at the home where the fu-
neral will be held Tuesday morn
ing at 1870, the Reverend Robert
Meredith officiating. Interment
will be in the family lot in the
Pleasant Hill Cemetery by the Ra-
der Funeral Home.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-12-20
Matthew German
Dies At His Home

Matthew Patrick German, 66
years of age, died at his home, 1873
South Oak Street, late Saturday
evening. Death came suddenly as
Mr.. German was uptown Saturday
afternoon.
He was a retired farmer and
life-l ong resident of Madison
County. He was a member of the
Fraternal Order of Eagles and
the Disabled American Veterans.
Survivors include his widow,
Mae; three daughters, Mrs. Eliza
Penwell and Mrs. Orion Baird,
both of London and Mrs. Freida
Newman of dillsboro, Ohio; two
grandsons and two granddaugh-
ters; two brothers, Frank and Da-
vid, both of London; three sisters,
Mrs. Rose Jones and Mrs. Mary
Charters, both of London and Mrs.
Helen Duffy of Mesa, Arizona.
Eagle services will be held at the
Rader-Porter Funeral. Home on
Monday evening at 7:30. The Ros-
ary will be said at the funeral
home on Tuesday evening at pm.
with the High Requiem Mass by
the Rev Father Edward Reidy at
st. Patrick's on Wednesday at 9
am. Burial in st. Patrick's Gene
tery. here.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-12-20
Safe Broken At
Tanner-Robison

The London Police Department
and the Bureau of Criminal Iden-
tification were investigating
break-in at the Tanner-Robison
Lumber Company offices which
occurred sometime Monday night
or Tuesday morning.
The break-in was discovered
when the office opened for busi-
ness Tuesday. The thief or thieves
had broken the glass from an Of
flee window on the east side, rails
ed the window and crawled in
Police Chief German Clark said
the owners reported nothing of
value taken, but the handle had
been twisted from a safe that was
open.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-12-20
Polio Shots Will
Be Available Here

DR.. Robert A. vogeI, Madison
County Health Commissioners, an
nounces that polio inocuIations will
be made available to all eligible
Madison County children at the
Health Department office on Sat-
urday mornings during January, or
at any of the WeiI-chiId Confer
ences conducted throughout the
county. There is no charge for the
service due to funds provided by
current Federal legislation.
Eligible children are defined as
those between the ages of one to
ten inclusive, who do not receive
the polio incubation from their
family physicians. School children
in the 1st, 4th and 5th grades will
receive letters to parents outlining
the procedures, and school children
in the End and 3rd grades who did
not receive the vaccine last May or
the completing shot in November,
are also eligible. The shots will be
given at the school here by the
Health Department during the
week of January 16 or very soon
thereafter.
Children one to six years old
may receive the inoculations by
visiting the Health Department Of
flee in the Court House any Satur-
day morning during January be-
tween the hours of to IL am, or
at the Well-Child Conferences.
DR.. Vogel points out that proper
immunization to prevent paralysis
due to poliomyelitis requires three
shots. The second shot is to be CIV
en- four to six weeks after the first
shot and the third or booster shot
to be given not sooner than seven
months after the second shot.
"This polio vaccine has been
thoroughly checked and today is
claimed to be one of the safest
medical products on the market. 1t
is the sincere hope of your Health
Department that we can rid our
community of paralysis due to
polio by encouraging and recon-
mending that all children be inn
munized against polio either by
your family physician or by your
Health Department" says Or. vo-
gel.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-12-20
James Corder, n
Dies On Sunday

James Corder, age II, retired
farmer, died at his home at Lilly
Chapel on Sunday evening. He was
a member of the Oak Run Grange
and lifelong resident of Madison
County.
Mr.. Corder is survived by three
sisters, Mrs. Cecil Harsh of near
Big Plain, Mrs. William Summers
of Summerford and Mrs. Mildred
Duvall of Parkersburg, West Vir-
ginia; a brother, Roy of Columbus
and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call after 10 am.
Tuesday at the RAIDER Funeral
Home where the funeral will be
held on Wednesday at 2 pm, the
Reverend B. Hammons officiating.
Interment will be in the Oak Hill
Cemetery, London.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-12-20
PENNY FOR HIS THOUGHTS

Bad pennies always turn up
but not in punches and not
always SO close to the owner.
Sergeant John Sherman of
the London Police Department
found local grocery had been
burglarized at about 4:30 am.
Saturday morning. The owner
was called to the store, where
a quick inventory by the owner,
the police department and the
Bureau of Criminal Identified
ton disclosed the loot to be
pennies from gum machines and
change boxes kept in the cash
register overnight, as well as
the keys to the cash registers.
After securing the store, the
owner dropped into restaur-
ant in the next block for break
fast. As he ate, young man
came in, sat down by the store
owner, placed a sack of pennies
on the counter and asked to
have them changed to other
currency. The owner asked the
restaurant proprietor to count
the pennies slowly, left the res
taurant and returned with Sgt.
Sherman.
A search of the suspect turn
ed up the stolen cash register
keys. also. The young man is
being held in JAIL. charged with
breaking and entering and lar
ceny. Police say he was releas-
ed from the Mansfield Reform
atory just two months ago
where he served a term for
purse-snatching in Dayton.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-12-20
Joe Hook To Head
Angus Breeders

AT a recent meeting of the Gen.
trail Ohio Angus Breeders Associa-
ton, Joe w. Hook, Plain City, was
elected president for 1856; Robert
Strausbaugh, Irwin, vice president;
and H. D. Troyer, Plain City, sec
retary-treasurer.
Directors elected were Paul E.
Herd of East Liberty, Dwight
Thompson of London and Willard
Mcfarland of Plain City.
Dustin L. Mirick of London was
elected to the state board of di-
rectors and, William j. Ryan of
Milford Center was elected sale
manager. Mr.. Ryan stated that the
next sale would be held at London
on Saturday, March 81, 1856.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-12-20
Ella Edwards Dies
On Friday Night

Mrs. Ella Lerch Edwards, IS
years old, died at her home on the
Lilly Chapel-West Jefferson Road
on Friday night, December 10. She
had lived there all of her married
life.
She was born in Pickaway Coun-
ty and was the widow of the late
Oscar Edwards. one of the pioneer
families of Madison County.
Mrs. Edwards is survived by
several nieces and nephews, half
brother, Wilbur Lerch, and two
half-sisters. Mrs. May Weber and
Mrs. Susie Smith, all of Columbus.
The funeral was held Monday at
2 pm. at the RAIDER Funeral Home,
with the Reverend B. Hammons
officiating. Interment in Concord
Cemetery at Pleasant Corners.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-12-20
Internal Revenue
Office VIII Move

Nathanile LOCKER, district dir
ector of the local Internal Reve-
nue. Service District Office, an
nounces that plans are complete
to move the office from its pres
ent location in the New Federal
and Veterans Administration build
ings to the building located at 10
West Long Street, Columbus. The
office will move in December and
resume service to the p bile at
the new location on January 3,
1856.
The new telephone number is
Capital 8-6461. The new number
is in effect at the present time
a'7 will also be in effect after the
transfer.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-12-20
Fined $500 On
Charges Of DWi

Charges of driving while intoxi-'
Gated were filed against Gerald
Braskett, South Madison Road,
London, following his arrest by
units of the State Patrol and the
London Police Department at
about BIS p. m. Saturday after
noon.
The charges were filed in May
or's Court, South Vienna, where
Braskett was fined $500 and costs
and sentenced to five days in Jail
at his hearing on Sunday after
noon.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-12-20
Plain City Hotel In
Change Of Ownership

The Hotel Friesner, Plain City
landmark, was sold recently to
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Young, of
Plain City. The hotel has been op-
Grated for the past II years by
Mr.. and Mrs. Wiley Friesner. The
new owners will take over the
business on February 1, 1856.
The little hotel has gained a
good reputation in this part of the
state for comfort and service.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-12-20
Kronk Promoted At
Army Far East Post

Claude F. Kronk, %, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Clifford N Kronk Sr.,
Route 3, London, Ohio, recently
was promoted to Specialist Third
Class in Japan, where he is a clerk
typist in Army Forces, Far East
tnd Eighth Army headquarters.
Specialist Kronk. former stud
ent at Ohio Wesleyan University,
entered the Army in August 1854
and completed basic training at
Fort Knox, Ky. GUS. Army Photo)
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-12-20
Man Held In County
Jail On DWI Charges

Carmel Van Hoose, whose add
ress is listed as the Madison Hotel,
London, is being held in the Madi-
son County Jail on charges of driv-
ing while intoxicated. Van Hoose
was arrested by Deputy Sheriff
Bob Guthrie on Sunday evening.
JOHN ARTHUR YOUNG
ARRIVES FRIDAY
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A. Young,
Richmond Avenue, announce the
birth of son, John Arthur, at Mt.
Carmel, Friday, December 16. The
baby weighed eight pounds. five
ounces.
ANNOUNCE BIRTH or SON
IN COLUMBUS DECEMBER 9
Mr.. and. Mrs. Richard Beatty,
Old Springfield Road, announce
the birth of son, Randall Lee, in
Mt. Carmel Hospital. December 9.
Both mother and son have return
ed home.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-12-20
ViroiI R. Brown Member
OF 82nd Airborne

Private First Glass Virgil r.
Brown, son of Mrs. Lucy w.
Brown, II w. Lincoln Ave-, is now
presently assigned to the 82nd
Airborne Quartermaster P "a
chute Maintenance Co., 82nd Air
borne Division, Fort Bragg, North
Carolina. Brown is a parachute
packer and has been awarded the
Parachutist Badge and the Nation
al Defense Ribbon. He was employ
ed as a welder before entering the
Army on 81 January, 1855. He
is now a paratrooper with the
famed 82nd Airborne Division.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-12-20
Santa 10 Return
Here Next Friday

Mr.. Ray Ballenger, president of
the Retail Merchants Association,
the organization which sponsored
the visit last Friday and Saturday
of Santa Claus here, announces
that the jolly old gentleman will
return on Friday afternoon, De-
cember %, at / pm.
Headquarters for the visit will
again be in the trailer at the
Courthouse Square. All the child
ren of London and vicinity who
missed their Christmas treat last
week are welcome to visit the re-
turn performance this Friday. {
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-12-20

Producers appeared
ceer issue Of the All Club News magazine national the
community safety project the corner Of State Route 142 and
ed that motorists approaching the intersection might better the
coming traffic
Pictured left right leader
David Johnson Stephen
Members the club Billy
Jerry Larry Roberts Stephen Newman
ard Harbage. picture courtesy of Don Gehres)
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-12-20
Wednesday Rites For
Mother Of Londoner

Funeral rites for Mrs. Eva j.
Hysell, the mother of Mrs. Joseph
G. Sexton of London, will be held
on Wednesday at 2 pm. in the
Christian Union Church at Book
walter. Mrs. Hysell died in Me-
mortal Hospital in Washington c.
H. on Sunday evening.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-12-20
u OUR
fEIl TOWN
suDN THoT

Some educators tell us that
Johnny can't read but he can
usually recite "Come ALI Ye
Faithful in Latin.
/? ? /? (?
Have you heard about the
drinking uncle whose wife
went to church and burned a
candle for him. at both
ends?
ADVICE
Women who keep their hus-
bands in hot water all the
time are likely to end up with
hard-boiled egg.
AW NUTS!
An inebriate stopped at a
penny peanut machine and
dropped in what coins he was
carrying and then went in the
bank and got five dollars more
in pennies and was putting
them in the machine as fast
as he could. His pockets bulg-
ed with peanuts and he even
had his hat full when friend
came up to him and said,
Great balls of fire, man, stop
putting those pennies in there
you've got enough peanuts
to last half your life"
"Humnf" mum b led the
rum-dumb, "Duyah want me
ia quit when I'm on a winning
streak ?"
FUTURE
We doubt that the m e k
will inherit the earth they
wouldn't dare!
FASHION
The Schweppes man, the
Hathaway man and now the
Van Heusen man. looks like
a fellow has to have an eye
brow on his upper lip or an
obituated orb to be fashion
able these days. Suffice to say
that i'm the years to come
these fellows may go down in
history along with the Cro-
Magnon man, the Neanderthal
man and the Abominable
Snowman.
HOLY MATRIMoNY
1st Nitwit: How come your
wife divorced you ?"
End Same: For pursuing
my hobby!"
1st: What hobby 2"
2nd: "Blondesw
RELIGION
In some parts of deepest
Africa, it is the missionary
who furnishes the cannibal
with his first taste of religion.
UNDER WRAPS
Christmas wrappings come
so high that many a man will
get present worth less than
its container.
VIEWPOINT
A real hometown newspap-
er tries at all times to improve
business in its town and coun-
ty. A hometown newspaper
realizes that it is the business
men, merchants and home
owners who pay the local tax
es for schools and other pub
lie works and, thus, the real
hometown newspaper tries dill
igently to further the ends of
its own citizens. A real home
town newspaper puts its peo-
pie AHEAD of profits which
may be realized from promot-
ing out-of-town enterprises by
drawing people AWAY from
its business area.
OUCH!
A man who lives next door
to nut-house may be on the
border of lunacy! The head
psychiatrist is the guy who
occupies the Nut Cracker
Suite.
BABY SITTER
Parents, let the Madison
Press Company be your baby
sitter for two hours next Sat-
urday morning! Let Junior or
little Mary come to town that
morning and see the free NOV
lie we're putting on for the kids
of the county. 7 Walt Disneys
and a full length color feature
will make you and the kids
mighty happy! See the papers
for details.
MARRIAGE