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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-11-23
Christmas Parade
Planned AT Meet
OF Local Groups

London'S Retail Merchants and
the Jaycees have agreed to COM
bine their efforts for this years
Christmas parade and pre- Christ
mas Santa Claus for the areas s
children.
According to Robert Mabe, pres
ident of the Retail Merchants As
sociation, the agreement for COM
bined efforts was reached this
week in a meeting at the Jaycee
office And Mabe quoted Parade
Chairman w. H. Steinmetz as say
ing this years parade will be one
of the biggest and best in London.
The date for the Parade, which
officially opens the Christmas sea-
son in London, has been set for
Monday, December 10. Headquar-
terS for Santa Claus will be estab-
lished opposite the city building on
the vacant lot.
Special visits of Santa Claus will
be scheduled to stores, and the reg
ular hours at headquarters will be
announced later.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-11-23
Schlechty Seeks
Early Mailing As
Christmas Mears

Postmaster G. G.. Schlechty to-
day urged the citizens of London
to shop early and mail early this
Christmas season to facilitate the
processing of the largest Christ
mas mailing in the history of the
London post office.
To put off mailing Christmas
cards and parcels until the last
moment results in an extra burd-
en- being placed on the postal en-
ployeeS and on the postal facilities
ol the London post office, Schlech-
ty pointed out.
Every facility of the London post
office will be pressed into maxi
mum service SO that again this
year. a. in the past, the London
post office will be cleared. if pos
sible, of all Christmas mail by
Christmas.
There are still some people who
retain the mistaken idea that a
Gift or card arriving on Christmas
Eve has a special significance, "
Postmaster Schlechty said. 1T is
the thought behind the gift or card,
not the time of arrival which is
the important consideration"
In an appeal to all citizens of
London, Postmaster Schlechty pra-
ised the fine cooperation of past
years when record mail loads were
processed and delivered and asked
that this same cooperation be
again in evidence this year
by following the simple sugg-
estions of mailing early, wrapping
carefully and addressing plainly,
the citizens of London will be as
sured of the safe and timely arri-
val of their Christmas mail" Post
master Schlechty added.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-11-23
Efforts Underway
To Start League
Of Sunday Cagers

Efforts are underway to form a
Sunday afternoon basketball lea
que in the area, and interested
teams have been asked to contact
Pete Dennewitz at Chillicothe for
details.
According to Dennewitz, two
more teams are needed to COM
plete the ten team league, and a
final meeting will be held Sunday
He added that the group is par
ticularly interested in a team from
this particular area.
Dennewitz may be contacted by
phone at Chillicothe PR 2-5263 or
by mail at 428 Lille Street, Chilli
cothe,
All teams must have home floors
in order to qualify.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-11-23
County Teachers
Hear Praise For
Their Positions

More than two hundred teachers
employed in the Madison County
and the London Public School sys-
TENS met Friday, November 16, at
the new Madison South High
School building, located eight mil
es south of London on State Route
49, Hosts for the occasion were
Lloyd Iler, superintendent, Frank
lin Pickens, principal, and the
teaching staff Of the new school
The meeting was the annual get
together and idea exchange of this
locality's members of the Madison
County Teachers Association The
site was chosen TO give them an
opportunity to inspect the modern
school plant erected to provide for
the increasing numbers of high
school students in that area of the
county.
Those present heard the guest
speaker, DR.. Floyd Faust. pastor
of the Broad Street Christian
Church in Columbus, praise the
teaching profession as one of the
highest calling. DR.. Faust's re-
marks included a solemn reminder
of the responsibility of the teacher
in the development of moral and
ethical standards in keeping with
the trust placed in each one.
The group also heard w. Dwight
Darling, Ohio's Assistant Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, who
spoke on recent, current and fut-
ure school legislation in Ohio.
Following Darling's talk, Miss
Ruth Ann Tull, Madison County's
School Nurse, addressed the group
on the topic of child health and
welfare, stressing the teachers
role in health problems.
The afternoon session included
the business meeting at which the
new officers of the association
were elected. These included Jacob
Won Kanel, principal of the London
Public Schools. president; Frank
lin Pickens, principal of Madison
South High School, vice president;
Martha Engle, teacher in the West
Jefferson School, secretary; and
Mary Ellen Davey, secretary to
the county superintendent, treas
urer. Named to the Executive
Committee were Frank Rothwell,
Deercreek; Mary Goodrich, Plain
City; Elizabeth Murry, Monroe;
and Paul Cochran, West Jefferson.
Following the business meeting,
the group divided into discussion
groups for round-table talks on
their chosen fields.
Music was provided by the Lon
don High School Band under the
direction of Ray Creighton and the
Girls Sextette of the Mount Sterl-
ing High School under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Kathryn Arbogast.
Luncheon was served in the
school cafeteria by the members
of the senior class of Madison
South High School.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-11-23
County Counts Ninth Death
On Highways; Two Cars In
Crash On Route AZ North
Rural Carriers
Ask Cooperation
During Christmas

Rural Mail Carriers in Madison
County have issued a few tips to
the patrons designed to faclntate
mail service during the expected
heavy rush of Christmas mailing
The carriers have asked that
stamps for cards & letters be pur-
chased in advance and that patrons
refrain from asking that carriers
place stamps on mail. The carriers
will have supply of stamps for
sale, but their duties do not in
clude stamping the letters and
cards.
They also suggested that cards
be separated for Local and "Out
of Town" delivery, either with
special postal department identi-
fication or with plain pencil and
paper wrapping identification.
Packages also came into atten-
tion as the carriers asked that all
packages be properly and securely
wrapped and tied. They also asked
the patrons to make special ar
rangements for packages too large
for the mailboxes.
They called special attention to
the fact that mailing should be
done as early as possible, to facili-
tate delivery in the normally
crowded traffic which develops
around Christmas time. And they
suggested that approaches to mail
boxes be kept clear of snow and
debris so that access is easier and
at least possible.
Other questions patrons may
have concerning Christmas mai
will be answered by the postal em.
p1oyeeS or at the post office.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-11-23
Rural Problems
To Be Discussed
At Tuesday Meet

A conference of people interest
ed in rural Zoning and sanitation
will meet here Tuesday, November
81, at the Fairgrounds. The con-
ference is sponsored by the Ohio
Health Council, and is being ar
ranged locally by Mrs. Lowell
Snyder
Those attending will hear discus
sions of The Need for Orderly
Development" Rural Zoning" and
Rural Sanitation" in the morning
talks. In the afternoon a group of
representative organizations will
discuss the general problems of the
rural sanitation and zoning prob
lens.
The district which is meeting
here represents Madison, Fayette,
Clark, Clinton, Champaign, Frank
lin, Pickaway, Greene, Miami,
Montgomery, Preble and Darke
Counties.
A luncheon will be served to the
group in the Youth Building where
the meeting is being conducted.
The program starts at $50 am.
and ends at $50 pm.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-11-23
Local Red Cross
Gets .S2500 Gift
In Holmes Estate

The Madison County Chapter of
the American Red Cross accepted
a gift of S250O at their Monday
night meeting, and the gift was
specifically for use of the local
chapter and came from the estate
of the late DR.. Eli S. Holmes.
In other action of the meeting
Mrs. Robert Burns was named to
the Board from Pike Township and
Lloyd Roby was named from Ca
naan Township. Harold Bidwell
was appointed Disaster Chairman
for the county and Mrs. Eugene
Harbage announced that the first
meeting of the County School bus
drivers taking first aid instruction
started November 20.
The group, under the direction
of Chairman Murray Lohr, met
with Miss Carolyn Moran, Field
Representative. and Mrs. Scoville,
a volunteer Field Representative.
During the meeting the group
saw several film strips depicting
various phases of Red Cross in ac-
ton Among the films were Il
Wrote A Letter" the story of the
Red Cross and Prescription For
Life" a promotion film for the
blood program
Fund Drive Chairman Walter
Allison announced that he is al
ready starting work toward the
campaign which will get underway
in March.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-11-23

lIldl young IiACii AioNS DSSA
thinking about since the hu-
man race came down out of
the trees.
SUGGESTION
One way to cut down on
traffic deaths would be to give
the careful driver a lower in
surance rate. If this were done
the cost for insurance for the
careless and accident-prone
drivers would be prohibitive
thus eliminating them from
the scene. AS the matter
stands, the good driver pays
for the poor driver both in
rates and lives.
OVERHEARD
Overheard in a manhole was
this "She's the type that's
always me-deep in conversa-
tionw
HuMNN!
A person who never makes
a mistake can usually be
found taking orders from a
person who has.
MODERN AGE
Keeping up with the jones'
es is an accepted thing today.
It's trying to pass them that
gets us into trouble.
PoLLYTIcks
This is the year that will
60 down in political history as
the year in which Adlai beat
Stevenson.
MEDICINE
Surgery is more wonderful
than you think not only
is it a great leveler but you
can rest assured that every
body on the operating table is
open and above board!
????
And it's a good thing that
some people are two-faced. :.
they're always shooting one of
'em off.
GRANDMA
Grandmothers are wonder
full people. sure, but who else
ever tells you that you should
be more strict with your kids
and then, when you are. tells
you that you're too strict?
OUCH!
A woman doesn't spend all
that time at the dressing table
trying to be beautiful she
just does it to save face.
200
And like one hippopotanus
said 70 the other you and
your big mouth
FUTURE
The meek will inherit the
earth. 1T will be bequeathed
to them by the strong after
they get through kllling eacn
other.
pOME
Women with dogs by the
name of Fiji. are always
Just trifle beefy. but a girl
with a pooch by name of King
turns out to be just a little
thing"
SPEED
Used to be that the airlines
had a hugh turnover in host
esses due to the fact that so
many girls got married. Now
things have changed some
what since the planes are so
fast that the girls haven't
time to get acquainted with
the passengers.
HOPE
Hope for a better world is
not dead when one realizes
that over so million people
went to Church each Sunday
in the United States last year.
TEEvEE
A year ago teevee was Ell
ther Old English or Early
american. Now it's either
brought to you live from New
York or dead from Holly
wood.
CURE
Doctor to patient: "And did
you follow my instructions
and drink hot water an hour
before breakfast ?"
Patient to doctor: yeah,
doc, but after the first fifteen
minutes it started running out
my ears!'
QUESTION
What throws us is that sal
oon keepers don't belong to
the bar association. And while
we're about it, how come so
many lawyers have degrees
who can never pass g. bar?
LAST WORD
What this country needs is
more wreckless drivers.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-11-23
DELPHIAN SOCIETY AT
HOLTONS, NOVEMBER 26

London Delphian Society will be
entertained at the home of Mrs. c.
A. Holton, East First Street, Mon
day night, November 26, at 8 pm.
Mrs. James Cluxton will present
the program.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-11-23
Two From London
Ending Initial
Term At Wesleyan

Two students from London are
completing their first semester as
freshmen at Ohio Wesleyan Uni
verSity. They are:
John Drury, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Drury of 122 Logan Ave. A
graduate of London High, he is
majoring in preengineering.
David Hume, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilbur Hume of 189 N. Main
ST. He was on the football and
basketball teams and in band
while at London High. He is maj
oring in pre-laW.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-11-23
Captain Markus
Is Assigned To
Fl. Myers Staff

Captain Martin Markus, whose
wife. Ruth, lives at 63 Logan Ave,
London, Ohio, recently completed
the Army Medical Service Schools
military orientation course at Fort
Sam Houston. Tex.
The course gave Captain Mark
us a knowledge Of the duties and
responsibilities of military medi-
cal officer.
He has received orders assigning
him to the T. s. army Dispensary
staff at Fort Myer, Va.
Markus is graduate of the Uni
versity Of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-11-23
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"a Town
HOUND DOG

HOUND DOG
Thank the Lord you're not
a hound dog no wonder they
look SO sad after walking on
their ears all day.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-11-23
Frank jenkins Is
Master Of Mason S
Chandler Lodqe

Frank Jenkins was named Wor-
shipful Master of Chandler Lodge
Number 1873, F. and Am. at the
regular meeting last week, accord
ing to release this week from the
lodge.
Other officers named by the
lodge were David Laird, senior
warden; Neil Roddy, junior ward
en-; c. N. McAllister, Treasurer; j.
M. Cannon, Secretary; Kermit
Parks, senior deacon; Walter Tur-
Wy, junior deacon; Walter Adams
Jr., Tyler; William II. Riddle
Trustee; Edward Griffith, senior
steward; William c. Hodge. junior
steward and James Mcbride
CHAPLAIN.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-11-23
No Accidents In
Area THURSDAY
As Snow Starts

Madison County's highway death
toll mounted to 9 Wednesday as a
GA year old Missouri woman was
killed in a two car collision on
u. S. AZ just north of Gillivan.
State patrolman r. F. Brandon
said the south bound vehicle, driv-
en- by Max Moch. Akron, apparent
ly started to pass on the straight
stretch, and then failed to continue
passing Throwing on the brakes
and skidding crosswise on the road
and into the path of another car
driven by Jane Carver, Moberly,
Missouri.
The driver of the Carver vehicle
was hospitalized with severe frac-
lures and decorations. A passenger
in the car, Mrs Minnie Pearl Car
YER, also of Moberly, Missouri, and
the mother Of the driver, was ap-
parently killed instantly. Patrol
man Brandon reported that she re-
ceived two broken legs, a broken
neck, chest injuries and possible
skull fractures.
Moch was taken to Mt. Carmel
Hospital where he was reported to
be suffering from fractured ribs,
possible fractured left knee and
other minor injuries.
Madison County Sheriff Herbert
c. Markley assisted Patrolman
Brandon in handling the accident.
Ambulances from Schlechty-Fich-
ner Funeral Home and Lukens Fu-
neral Home answered the emer-
gency alarm
Mrs. Carver's body was taken to
Schlechty- Fichner's for prepara-
ton
Over the holiday no other seri-
Gus accidents We're reported in the
county by county, state or local Of
ficials.
In discussing the accident, it was
brought out that road conditions
were comparatively good where it
took place, and that it was on an
unusually straight stretch of US
AZ.
Officers warned that with WIN
ter coming it will be necessary for
the drivers to be extra cautious on
the roads. The snowy conditions
are expected to continue, and
roads will remain hazardous.
DELPHIAN SOCIETY AT
HoLTONS, NOVEMBER rs
London Delphian Society will be
entertained at the home of Mrs. c.
A. Holton, East First Street, Mon
day night, November 26, at s pm.
Mrs. James Cluxton will present
the program.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-11-23

llCu col . OH auJ'
ADS
A big city newspaper carr
led thought provoker in its
pages not long ago entitled,
What Do 65C,000 Young Men
of 20 Think About p. Our
own guess is that they are
thinking about the same thing
that young men have been
thinking about since the hu-
man race came down out of
the trees.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-11-23
Mother Of Local
Woman Is Claimed

Mrs. William Uhl, mother of
Mrs. r. c. Rea. North Main Street,
died Wednesday morning at her
home in Dover following linger-
ing illness.
Besides Mrs. Rea, Mrs. Uhl is
survived by her husband, by two
sons and another daughter.
Funeral services will be in Dow
er at ten o'clock Saturday morn
ing followed by interment in the
cemetery there.
ANNOUNCE BIRTH
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. B. Rider, 106
West Center Street, announce the
birth of daughter. Cathy Sue at
Grant Hospital, Monday, October
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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-11-23
West jefferson Town Hall
To Be Closed; Orders OF
Fire Marshall Sets Date
Says Building A
Hazard; All Must
Be Out By Jan. |

@S ~0a NY SUHs
West Jefferson's municipal build
ing must be closed and vacated by
January l, according to a letter
received by Mayor Harold B. Ra-
der this week And no plans have
been made for any of the village
offices to move elsewhere.
In Monday nights council meet
ing, it was brought out that ex-
tensive repairs would have to be
made to make the building salts
factory, and one councilman ven-
tured the guess that sincere talk
to state agencies would give them
a longer lease on the life of the
building. The letter from the State
Fire Marshall stopped any pursu-
ance of the theory.
In a letter dated in August of
1855, it had been recommended
that many major repairs be made
as well as extensive cleaning of
debris and trash from the building.
It was brought out in Council that
the only action taken since the re-
quest had been the removal of
dead pigeons from the attic.
In discussing possible action, it
was noted that the roof is in bad
repair, many of the bricks and
cap-stones need pointing and fast
ening, supporting timbers must be
replaced and floors, ceilings, plas-
ter and wiring must be replaced
Chimneys must also be made to
meet the state specifications. Other
minor repairs are also necessary
and will have to be made if the
building is to be occupied. But the
majority of the repairs will be
made after the building is vacated
in just little over a month.
Some council disagreement has
been noticed on the repairs. One
councilman estimated that for S3,-
600 or $4,000 the building can be
put into satisfactory condition,
while others estimate a satisfac-
tory job would cost as much as 25-
80 thousand dollars.
The letter from the State Fire
Marshall in full follows:
II am advised that the proposed
Bond Issue for a new village hall
was defeated. AS you know, we
have deferred action on the pres
ent order to give the community
time to determine what they wish
to do
Since they have indicated by
their refusal to pass the Bond Is
sue that they wish to do nothing,
we are now placed in the position
where we must enforce an order
for the safety of the community
and the occupants of the building.
The Building shall be vacated by
JAN 1, 1857, and all functions and
operations of the City Government
and all City Employees, shall be
removed from the building by that
time.
The building shall then be clos
ed to the public and shall remain
closed and vacated until it is re-
paired and put in safe condition
for occupancy.
Sincerely,
Charles r. Scott
State Fire Marshall
In other action Council passed
ordinances permitting them to post
instead of publish ordinances, and
to put teeth into a sanitation and
cleanliness ordinance. They also
delayed further, any action on the
ordinance to give Ohio Fuel Gas
Company new contract in the
village.
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ball star of the Brooklyn Dodgers
was sold Thursday to the New
York Giants for $4,000 an d
pitcher Dick Littlefield.
The S7-year-old Robinson was
as surprised as anyone else at the
deal, but took it in stride. He CIV
pressed disappointment but said
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Churches Meet
Seen as Boon
To Red Strategy

VIENNA - Hungarian Catho-
lies as well as Protestants well
coined the meeting of the World
Council of Churches near Buda-
pest in the hope that Protestants
from the West would get an in
sight into the so-called religious
freedom under a communist re
gime.
But they now feel that the ses-
sion of the councils Central Com
mittee served more as a propa-
ganda outlet for Protestant and
Orthodox churchmen under the
spell of the Reds. They also saw
indications that international
communism's current "coexist-
ence" line got a boost at the
Galyatetoe meeting.
The World Council of Churches
is an association of some 16O
Protestant and Orthodox denomi-
nations, founded in l948, which
is seeking church unity. Between
its assemblies every five years,
it is governed by the Central
Committee, which meets annual
ly.
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NORTHERN BOUNDARY: The
south side of Route 161 from the
Scioto River on the west, to the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
on the east.
EASTERN BOUNDARY: The
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
from Route 161 on the north,
south to point which is direct
ly west of Glenmont Avenue on
an airline; then east on an air
line to a point on the Olentangy
River, which is directly west of
Glenmont Avenue on an airline;
then the Olentangy River south
TO a point which is directly east
of Ridgecliff Drive on an airline.
SOUTHERN BOUNDARY: From
a point on the Olentangy River
which is directly east of Ridge.
cliff Drive, west on an airline to
Ridgecliff Drive, then west on
Ridgecliff Drive Qnclusive) to a
juncture with Swansea Road, then
west on Swansea Road Gnclusive)
to the Scioto River.
WESTERN BOUNDARY: The
Scioto River from Swansea Road
north TO Route 161.