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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-09-27
Village Politics Usually No Bed
OF Roses, Auditor Finds In Survey

What is it like to be mayor, or
clerk, or councilman in the typical
small Ohio village, those with l.
600 population or less.
In approximately 500 such viii
lagos in Ohio, leading citizens are
candidates for these and other To-
cal offices this fall What will
election mean to them?
Some clue to an answer to these
questions is contained in the sta
tistics on % such villages in nine
widely-scattered counties of Ohio.
State Auditor James A. Rhodes re-
leased reports this week on aud
its of these villages by state exa-
miners. This cross section reveals
some interesting things about Off
cial life on Main Street"
If these % villages are typical,
and represent a fair Gallup samp-
ling. the average candidate for ma
yor can expect TO draw A salary
of $199 a year That's right. .
$199 year not month. The av-
erage clerk will get even less, a.
bout $183 a year. For this pay he
is required to keep the same set
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-09-27

Millersport, Bremen, Senecaville,
Pleasant City, Fairview, Sales
vile, Lore City, Murray City,
Quincy, Whitehouse, Marblehead.
Total findings in four other viii
lages, all minor, amount to only
$3.50.
Lowest paid mayor in the %
villages was the mayor of Jack
sonburg in Butler county where
the salary is 81 a year. Highest
paid mayor was Murray City's. He
gets $3.50 year.
Population of these % villages
ranged from la in Jacksonburg
to 1877 in Bremen. Average size
was 519
One of the better paying vii
lage jobs is that of marshal in
Marblehead on Lake Erie. 1t pays
$500 year, but the marshal al
so serves as street commissioner,
janitor and general maintenance
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-09-27

of books as a clerk in big WILL
age on the Threshold Of becoming
a city. The average councilman
will receive from $24 to S48 year
for attending one meeting month
of the village board of directors:
listening to numerous complaints
and requests, and taking care Of
nunicipal housekeeping the other
20 or 80 days in the month
In the audit reports on these %
villages released by State Auditor
Rhodes ALI of the mayors receive
only $4, 1856; all % clerks receive
only $4,024
Crime doesn't pay in these small
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-09-27

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
Madison County meeting London
Methodist Church, TAO
Phi Beta Psi Sorority meeting Rooms, Exchange Bldg
Women of Moose London Chapter 366 business meeting
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER %
Newport Methodist Church chicken dinner
sored by WSCS.
London Garden Club Club
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 80
Rummage Sale by Trinity Episcopal Saturday,
G Hall
MONDAY, OCTOBER =
London Methodist WSCS in church basement, pm
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-09-27

towns; at least it doesn't pay the
villages.
In Il of these % typical villa
ges, the total of fines. costs and
licenses collected by the mayors
over periods ranging from two to
four years was only $4,454.65.
That's barely enough to pay the
salaries of all these mayors for
one year.
One village was an outstanding
exception, = Monroe, a hamlet of
80 persons on busy u. S. IS, the
Dayton Cincinnati highway in But
Ter county. Between August 1852
and April 1855, the mayors court
in Monroe collected nearly eight
times as much as all the other 81
villages. Highway patrol cases ac-
counted for almost all of the $34,.
713 that the mayor collected. But
the mayors salary is only $500
year. That wasn't too bad so long
as mayor could keep his fees, but
in 1854 the legislature took these
away.
Seven of these % villages repor-
ted no cases in the mayors cuort
during periods of two to four
years. These seven were Jackson
burg in Butler county; Ostrander
in Delaware county; Old Washing
ton, Fairview and Salesville In
Guernsey county; Whitehouse in
Lucas county, and Marblehead i'm
Ottawa county.
From A to z, Aberdeen to Zoar,
about 500 of Ohio's IT'S villages
are in the under-1000 class. If this
average for mayors court cases
fits all, it means that there are
about 160 towns In Ohio where no
one gets arrested from one years
end to another.
Some of these towns don't even
have an arresting officer. A great
many more don't have a Jail. They
rely on the county Jail.
In Is Of the % villages recent
ly audited by state examiners,
every penny was properly account
ed for. State examiners found
nothing on which to base find
ing for recovery" To the average
small town mayor or clerk, find
ing for recovery" are fateful
words. Either would almost rath-
er lose an ear than have a find
ing" returned.
Old Washington, historic stage
coach town of 210 persons on the
National Highway in eastern Guer-
nsey county, was one of the Is
villages with perfect score. But
luck was with 1t.
When the state examiner began
his audit. he asked the clerk a.
bout So, 81 in checks that had
been received from the statehouse
and the courthouse between last
October and May The report
reads:
Your examiner found the
checks and cash in drawers, boxes,
the trunk of station wagon,
school building, ETC.
In talking with the village
clerk he stated that he had been
so busy that he failed to give the
checks and the cash to the treas
urer for deposit in the village
treasury" The village depository
is a bank in a town Ia miles dis
tant.
The clerks salary In Old Wash
ington is $40 a month, just double
the mayors pay.
The other towns In which no
findings were returned were:
Buchtel, Jacksonburg. Seven Mile,
Ostrander, Shawnee Hills, Powell.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-09-27

Reaction in Washington to the
Soviet announcement on reducing
armed forces was cautiously op-
fimistic, with officials calling the
development potentially encour-
aging"
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-09-27

Nationalist China has been grant
ed a $40, 100000 loan by the Inter
national Cooperation Administra-
ton. The money is part of $1O3,-
$4,000 to be spent for defense
support"
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-09-27

United States authorities in
West Germany have reported that
S571, 100000 in aid had been ex-
tended from American-owned
counterpart funds to help West
Berlin's economy in the last six
years.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-09-27
Calendar For The Week

NOTE - This feature will regularly and will be
published each Monday and tuesday The service Free.
Please send in copy by Friday for events taking place
the following week. Copy must bs submitted before FRI
day noon. deadIins Thank You'll
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-09-27

man for the town. He has some
thing unique a full-time small
town job. He must keep things in
this town of S67 well under con-
troll for the report on Marblehead
show no cases in mayors court
between Oct. /, 1851 and April %,
1855.
Evening star., 1955-06-30
ONLY GIANT SERVES you
;,

For first-rate feasting on the holiday
weekend, depend on GIANT for all
your picnic needs. Listed below are
Just few of the favorites you'll find
among the low shelf-prices at your
GIANT.
Evening star., 1955-02-02
Butler Says 6. 0. P.
Is Seeking 10 Muffle
Legitimate Criticism

Democratic National Chairman
Paul M. Butler has charged that
Republican National Chairman
Leonard w. Hall and other Re-
publican leaders were seeking
to muffle legitimate Democratic
criticism of the man who today
heads the Republican admins
tration"-President Eisenhower.
"The effort to put the Pres
ident on a pedestal" Mr.. Butler
told the National Press Club
yesterday, ruling out realistic
debate whenever 1t touches the
Chief Executive. is detrimental
to effective government today
and every day. None Of our past
Presidents has been sacrosanct.
Republicans who seek to silence
Democratic critics of MIR. Eisen-
hover were following q quite
different rule when Mr.. Truman
and Mr.. Roosevelt were in Of
f1ce."
Recalls Partisanship.
Mr.. Butler said the RepubN-
cans were attempting to lay
down a rule which would limit
the Democrats to blind opposi-
ton or blind appreciation.
Through 20 years." he con-
tinued, "the Republican leader
ship followed the rule Of blind
opposition. Viewing the effects
of that partisan extremism to-
day, the Democrats are not
tempted to follow their example.
But blind appreciation can have
more devastating results. A ma
ton without an articulate oppo-
sition is no longer democracy"
Mr.. Butler contended that If
the Democrats were to retreat
to the position advocated by
Chairman Hall and others who
want to hear no word of Mr..
Eisenhower's mistakes, we might
as well close up shop at Demo-
cratic headquarters and discard
the two-party system"
win Continue Criticism.
The Democratic chairman
made 1t clear the Democrats in
tend to criticize Mr.. Eisenhower
and his administration when
ever they believe that Mr.. Eli
senhower is wrong. He mentioned
the Dixon-Yates power contract,
the proposed cut in the Army,
the Eisenhower flexible farm
price supports, the administra-
tion's Federal employe security
program and the G. o. P.'s "se-
curity risk" numbers game as
targets of attack.
Mr.. Butler complimented the
American press for its objective.
reporting. which. he said. helped
to throw the light on these and
other important issues.
Evening star., 1955-02-02
Universities in U. 5. SET
Fall Enrolment Record
BY tho Asseeicssd Press

Secretary Of Welfare Hobby
has announced that colleges
and universities Of the Nation
had a record fall enrolment Of
2,499,750.
The total was II per cent
higher than the 1858 fall total
Of 2,251 900 and 2 per cent higher
than the previous record set
In 1949.
Nevada, Wyoming and Virginia
each reported enrolment gains
Of Is per cent or more-Nevada
"a per cent. Wyoming 26 and
Virginia 25.
The University Of California
Gall campuses) reported the
largest total for any institution
ct 35,273 and New York Uni
versity was next with 33,447.
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-12-23
Interpreting News
by William L. Ryan AP Foreign News Analyst

Once more at Christmas time the worlds political attention is centered on the Holy Land. The picture of western policy emerging is not a pleasant one for the United States. That pol icy seems to have played into the hands of Moscow.
 Western diplomacy appears to have blundered into the mid- st of bad Near East situation and made it just a little worse. There was little excuse, for ex- ample, for what happened in Jordan. Diplomats experienced in khe area particularly the British in this case III surely should have been aware of the probabilities.
 Egypt, which has been lead ing the world opposition to the
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-12-23
Sitka's Home-Owned Newspaper

Baghdad Pact. has scored a vic tory as a result of what happen ed in Jordan, and the Egyptian hand surely will be strengthen ed in the Arab quarrel with Is- rael. The Soviet Union, which has made the Baghdad Pact its No. targa. in the propaganda war over the Middle East, also seems to have fared quite we'll.
 The Western Allies could hardly have picked a worse time to try to push Jordan so openly into the Baghdad Pact. There was little, if anything, to gain by such feverish haste, and those responsible now find to their disn1ay that there was likely much. to lose.
 Soviet communist boss Kh- rushchev and his lieutenant Premier Bulganin, had just fin ished a tour of the East, scat tering their brand of good will, offering economic aid and ac- cusing the west of renewed inn perialisrn and colonialism. They
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-12-23

played skillfully on national
 feelings of a vast area which did
 not exclude the Arab east.
 To counter this propaganda, the western diplomats chose a
 course for which curious seems
 the most charitable description.
 In Jordan, specifically, and in
 the Middle East generally, they seem to have handed the Sov-
 jet Union a valuable propagan-
 da victory.
 The developments raised the question whether the Baghdad Pact may be a political liaIbil- ity in the Middle East. While some Arab leaders, including Jordanites, might flavor it, the pact has been turned against the west through adroit eNploi- tation of the Israeli-Arab issue, the Arab refugee situation and the Arab worlds rising nation alisrn.
 If western policy had hoped 70 capitalize on the long stand ! ing feud between the Hasemite rulers of Iraq-Jordan and the Egyptians, it reckoned without the mass appeal of the broader l issues. Six days of rioting in 1 Jordan caused the fall of the government and the dissolution of parliament. It also brought a statement from the caretak- CT governments which could hardly be considered compd- to the Baghdad Pact.
 That delighted Moscow and it was little short of humiliation for western policy. It seemed unnecessary, 100. brltdln dl ready had ground and airbases in Jordan and already was con- tributing to the upkeep of Jor- dan's Arab Legion. In such cir culmstances, why was it neces- sary to shove Jordan into a for nal alliance linking her with NATO and thus reviving Arab suspicious about the vests con nections with the state of Israel?
 Little wonder the Russians applauded and seized the oppor- tunity of claiming that Khrush- chev and Bulganin were fully justified in the anti-western charges they made during their tour.
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-12-23
MT. EDGECUMBE
 HOSPITAL ROSTER

Eleanor Lawrence of Mt. Ed gecumbe and Sophie Gamble of the girls dorm were admitted Wednesday to Mt. Edgecumbe hospital. Discharged were Mi chael VanT1atten to the boys dorm, Leo Kunnuk to Nome and Edward O'Connor to Mt. Edgecunbe.
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-12-23
NO REBROADCAST OF POPE XII's MESSAGE

VATICAN CITY (P) Pope Plus XII will broadcast his 17th annual Christmas message to he world at n a. m. (2 a. m. PST) Saturday.
 There are no present plans for rebroadcasting the Popess speech in the United States.
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-12-23
In and Around Sitku 7

clock outside Ss. Michaels Cathedral. Michael Ossorgin and the Mt. Edgecumbe Chorus will be on hand to lead the sing ing of familiar and traditional Christmas airs.
 The community sing is spon- sored by Beta Sigma Phi soror- iky.
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-12-23
SON BORN WEDNESDAY
 TO MORRIS E. LAWRBNCE'S

A son and third child, Arn- old Joseph, arrived at MI. Edgecunnbe hospital al 12:O4 p. m. Dec. 21 to join the family of MT. and Mrs. Morris Edgar Lawrence of Mt. EdgecumIbe.
 The lad, who joins "a sister and brother, weighed in at sev en pounds, two and one-hah ounces.
 MT. Lawrence is a mechan- ic.
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-12-23
CONTINUITY SING SET FOR FRIDAY EVENING

Sitka's annual Christmas community sing will he held Friday evening, Dec. B, ra her than on Christmas eve this year
 Everyone in the community is invited to attend at six o'-
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-12-23
Member of The Associated Press

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for publication of all dispatches credited
 credited Ill this and also the local published herein
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-12-23
.euA roAsTAL PLANE PASSENGER LIST

PASSENGER LIST
 Arriving Thursday:
 Mr. and Mrs. Dick Henry MT. and Mrs. William Benson John Jager and Ralph Gun ninghan.
 Leaving Thursday: U
 John, Harriet., Diane, Mar garet and Elaine Goeckler, A eda Warner, Charles Barker, Mr. and Mrs. Norene, Lloyd Tilson, Harold HUckalby, B. z. Canoles and Bill Jorgenson for Juneau.
Evening star., 1955-10-12

The wormth Of three bloaksts---if you
wish--with the weight u one. Bsuutkul
cover Of 7sso cotton and 7s% wool with
wide satin binding --washebls. Don't
miss this eImost unbelievable value.
Sears Bladensburc, Wisconsfn
and ARLINGTON
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-05-05

Harry Patterson will remodel the
barn at the rear of his lot on South
Main street facing College avenue in
to a modern dwelling.
An addition is being completed to
the L. 7. Greding residence on Col
lege avenue.
Tesla E. Stearns, captain of the
varsity basketball team for the past
two years, was honored by the stu
dents at Bluffton college in recogni-
tion of his record as an all around
athlete. Stearns was presented with
a solid gold watch fob in the form
of a miniature basketball.
Plenty of eggs on the market for
Easter. Best quality retail for 25c
per dozen.
In honor of the 54th birthday and
anniversary of their aunt, Mrs.
Isaac Kern, Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Stratton entertained at their home
with a six o'clock dinner, Tuesday.
Seven Bluffton womenls clubs, rep
resenting an aggregate of 156 mem
bers formed city federation of
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-05-05
Great GrdndnaOthers
HOnOred At Dinner

Five great-grandmothers were hon
ored with special recognition at the
annual Mother-Daughter banquet at
the st. Johns Evangelical and Re-
formed church Friday evening.
Following a song, "Grandmothers"
the five great-grhndmothers in at
tendance were recognized. They are
Mrs. Sam Stepleton, Mrs. Will Trip
lett, Mrs. Henry Triplehorn, Mrs.
Alma Griffith and Mrs. Cora Clymer.
Theme of the program was God
and the City" Mrs. F. T. Lauriat
was toastmaster, and Mrs. V. c..
Oppermann, president of the Women's
Guild, sponsorers of the event, offer
ed the invocation Group singing was
led by Mrs. Gene Basinger, accom-
panied by Margaret Groman.
Miss Loretta Nonnamaker, presi-
dent of the Girls Missionary Circle,
gave a tribute to the mothers and
their daughters, Mrs. Robert Nonna-
maker gave a toast to the daughters.
The president, Mrs. Oppermann, and
past president, Mrs. Wilford Geiger
were honored by special recognition.
Speaker of the evening was Miss
Elizabeth Baker, Beaverdam, who
gave flannelgraph presentation of
God and the City.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-05-05
RAWSON
ROUNDUP

The Community Sewing club met
at the park Thursday of last week
doing sewing for the Navy Mothers
club. Some of the work will be sent
to the Soldiers and Sailors home at
Sandusky, Ohio. Sixty-nine seepage
pads and 20 lap robes were finished.
The fourth Thursday in May the sew
ing will be done for the Cancer So
ciety. Mrs. Frank Kimberly baked
two birthday cakes in honor of Mrs.
Harley Smith Rnd Mrs. Carl Smith.
Those enjoying the noon dinner We're
Mrs. Burhl Bowers, Mrs. Merle Hig-
bic, Mrs. Iris Cole, Mrs Maude
Sweet, Mrs. Chas. Walter, Mrs. Per-
cy Westall, Mrs. Harley Smith, Mrs
Mae Dennis, Mrs. Sam Culp, Mrs.
Helen Bunk, Mrs. Robert Wood, Miss
Ruth Yuckenberg, Mrs. Carl Smith,
Mrs. Frank Kimberly, Mrs. Howard
Bibler and Mrs. Roy Wooley.
Mrs. Sam Cup, correspondent of
the Lions Auxiliary to the boys in
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-05-05
Neus OR Fathers Read
-RRON THE ISSUE OF MARCH 29J19


clubs at a meeting held in the home
of Mrs. N. w. Cunningham. Three
delegates from each club were pres
ent at the meeting. Clubs in the fed
Grafton are: Travel Class, Century
Circle, Alice Freeman Club, Poinset-
tia Club, w. c. T. T., Orange Twp.
Farm Women's Club, and Rockport
Farm Women's Club. Mrs. Cunning
ham was elected president of the
group. Vice presidents elected were:
Mrs. ]. S. Steiner Mrs. John War
ren, Mrs. S. NJ Musselman; record
ing secretary, Mrs. H. Siefeld; cor
responding secretary, Mrs. Edwin
Amstutz; treasurer, Mrs. Francis
Marshall.
Mrs. Lysle Baumgartner is sub
stituting as teacher of the third
grade in place of Miss Louella JEFF
fry, who is i'll.
William Hahn has accepted a
clerical position with the Toledo
scale company.
Shalley's 5 and 10c Store will
throw 5000 marbles into the street
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-05-05

Saturday afternoon for the young
sters. In addition special awards will
be given to the lucky youngsters.
Henery's Grocery at corner of n.
Main and Washington is holding a
bargain days event.
Storer Bros. Co. Fill open a new
cream station at the corner of n.
Main and Jefferson streets.
Other firms listed in this issue in
elude the Buckeye Skirt and Dress
Co., corner north Main and Vine
streets and Paul Studler has an ad-
vertisement on wallpaper for sale.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-05-05
Local OptOmetrist
At Cincinnati Meet

DIR. Gordon Bixel of Bluffton was
among those attending the Ohio
Valley Optometric Educational Con-
gress held at the Hotel Aims in Gin
cinnati Ohio this week.
He heard DIR. Nathan A. Robbins,
DIR. Victor Glover and DR.. A. M.
Skeffington, leaders in the optometric
field discuss children's reading pro-
blems and visual training.
The Congress attracted 100 optom-
etrists from five states.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-05-05

and Mrs. Robert Smith and family of
Findlay. Mrs. Fly is a sister of
Harley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert K Powell have
named their new baby boy Douglas
Dean. Mother and baby are at home
and doing fine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Bibler called
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-05-05
Lima Rescue Home
Helps Many In April

A total of 1897 free meals were
served and 437 free lodgings were
provided during the month of April
by the Lima Rescue Home, it was re-
ported by James c. Welty, superin-
tendent. Persons seeking help of the
Home were assigned to 116 odd jobs
and given 81 articles of clothing. The
Home conducted 80 evangelistic serv-
ices and held eight Jail services.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-05-05

the armed forces, senl Mothers Day
greetings to Is serv icemen and en-
closed booklets of tn e Upper Room
which were given by Mrs. Ed Powell.
Donnie DeLong of Marietta, Chic
came home Sunday and will be home
4 to 6, weeks helping his father in the
TeXaco station. Mrs, w. A. DeLong
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-05-05

is ill in her home but is improving.
Pfc. Robert Led Rainey of Ft.
Knox, Ky. is spending a 14-day fur
lough with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Rainey.
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harley Smith and Pat were Mr.. and
Mrs. M. E. Fry, Buckland, and Mr.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-05-05

on Mrs. Bibler's mdther, Mrs. Bertha
Naus, at her home i'm Arlington Sun
day evening.
Carl Bauman, N birth Baltimore and
Jake Beagle, Bloohdale, were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Lance Powell Sunday
afternoon. Mr.. Bauman is son Of
Mrs. Powell.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-01-28
Reclamation Makes Bic Returns

President Esenhowers budget million
dollars reclamation construction funds
will fire
inadequate and also from fighting all
ments from federal funds
1t be hoped Congress considering reclamation
appropriations will keep mind the difference
Senancing
which entail
clamaton, both summary
portion of the
Affairs
observations from the record of reclamation projects
total of "a billion dollars
clamaon during the last 81 Crops produced
by federal works alone have exceeded billion dollars
clamaon works have
workers businessmen
local national
provided with produced
dollars worth
that time times the total all projects
construction included
water recreation fish and widl irrigation facilities
The irrigated of the produce that
not compete with those land
country They hardly be
No tobacco these lands
minimum and cotton only the
fruits and vegetables other
regions production At the
pandng population of the West
agricultural products but those Long
after reclamation project have
water and the wealth
ment will be reflected the
projects themselves from the the
That record is the
of continuing OUTLAWS of Falls
Tribune.