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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-08-17
Junior Stock To
Be Sold Thursday

The Junior Livestock Market
Sale is scheduled for Thursday aft
ernoon, August %, starting at 1:30,
according to John Moore, County
Agricultural Extension A en- t..
There will be over so top quality
steers, so market lambs and 90
market hogs for sale. This will be
a good opportunity for folks with
home freezers and local groceries
to stock up on top quality meat.
The London Stock Yards will be
handling the sale again this year.
They have managed the sale for
the past several years, taking care
of clerking the sale and all the sec
retarial responsibilities.
All steers for sale will be exam
ined by a veterinarian the morning
of the sale and if carrying a tenn
perature or for some other reas-
on they feel the animal should not
be sold they will be dropped from
the sale list.
Any further questions concern
ing the sale should be directed to
the Madison County Extension Of
flee or the London Stock Yards.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-08-17

another for a boy to do at thresh-
ing time.)
Raymond Lucy hasn't always
lived on Route 665. but he has al
ways lived in Madison county, and
has never been farther away than
Dayton. Until about a year ago he
lived on a larger farm at Summer
ford. He also does more than farm
ing . he is saw mill operator.
carpenter and blacksmith. The saw
mill isn't operating now but it is
waiting for necessity on the l3
acre farm.
Right now Lucy has plans for
building shed TO house all his
hobby machinery. and he thinks
he will probably build crib for
his corn crop. All this work he
plans doing alone, just like he has
been doing for years.
The Lucy family didn't produce
any sons, so lot of farm help has
never been his fortune. His two
daughters are married now. and
only he and Mrs Lucy are at home.
CUnless there is baby sitting job
with a grandchildD
During threshing last week the
hobby farmer" didn't seem to
have the rush that is generally con-
nected with harvest. He said he
had learned to work as he felt like
it and rest by the same recipe.
His strong arms and trained hands
fed the Sheaves rhvthmicallv into
the NAV of the ever hungry thresh-
er and periodically he would be re-
warded with a golden flow OF Grain
AS the DUMP unloaded half-hnsh-
el Of wheat into a WAITING truck.
Pavrnond Lucy didn't mind the
boiling sun. nor the anproaching
rainv-looiSino clouds. His wheat
was in the shock. and il would stay
there until threshed when he
felt ike completing the Job He
didn't take TO combining which
he explained combined all the
weed seeds. roo.
Refiredp ? Not RAYMOND Lucy. At
his s. wears he Is only learning
how TO live. And TO hear him talk
one would know that he. has alao
learned to enjoy himself in any sit
uation.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-08-17
Hobby-Farmer Collects Old Machines;
Uses Them ON Small Plot Near City

1926 or 1927 and harrows to match.
Right now, and in more recent
years, Lucy has been doing only
the farming and threshing as he
wanted to do it. He remembers,
however. when he and his father
operated what he called really
big" separator one powered,
and pulled, by a steam engine.
Although Lucy enjoys many
modern "contraptionS" he still
mournfully remembers the days
when more work was done by the
hands of men," He can talk for
hours about the long trips he took
with his father when they did Gus
tom threshing and he remem-
bers clearly the meals the women
always prepared for threshers.
Actually Lucy feels that he has
been threshing all his life. because
when he was only four weeks old
(his father told him. he took his
first ride on a threshing machine.
And there was always one job or
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-08-17
Counties Already
Have Ballot Form
For Fall Voting

Secretary of State Ted w.
Brown today prescribed the bal
lots for the General Election, No
Vember 6.
The prescribed forms went to the
Lightweight County Boards of FL
ections much earlier than required
by law, in order that ballots may
be made available as soon as poss-
ible for members of the armed for
ces who are stationed in distant
lands.
Included in the list of ballots
We're: IL Office type ballot Estate,
district, county Offices y Non
partisan ballot Judicial Offices 81
Questions and Issues. Constitution
al Amendments, Bond issues; tax
levies and three types of local op-
tion ballots.
The Presidential ballot will not
be prescribed by Brown until Aug
ust %, following the Democratic
and Republican National Conven-
tions Since the Legislature chang
ed the Ohio law eliminating the
names Of the Presidential electors,
Presidential ballots need no long
er TO be held up until after the two
party state conventions, scheduled
in September, when the Presiden-
tial electors are to be named.
To further assist the Boards of
Elections in receiving bids for all
the ballots to be used in Novem-
Der and to speed up their printing,
Secretary Brown included the bal
lot size and other specifications for
the Presidential ballots with to-
days mailing.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-08-17
Garden Club Will
Try For Banner

Madison County Federation of
Garden Clubs will attempt to keep
the State Banner it has won for
the past two years for having the
best Flower Show at a County Fair
(Class b.
The Federation will stage its
Flower Show this year on Tuesday,
August 81, in the Grange Hall. Spe-
cimens for the show must be in
place by nine am. to be ready TO
be judged at 10 am. Arrangements
for showing must be in place by II
am to be judged at l pm.
The theme this year according TO
Mrs. Richard Mckenzie of South
Solon, Federation president, is
The American Way"
Members and non-garden club
members are eligible and urged to
enter the open classes, Mrs. Nc
Kenzie stated. This display will be
in the oval in the center of the
Grange building. Any Junior is also
eligible to enter the Junior divis-
ion, she stated.
The educational class of the
show this year will be foliage of all
varieties. These will be labeled to
better acquaint those interested in
plant life.
Mrs. Mckenzie has appointed
numerous committees from the
various clubs of the county, who
are planning for the success of the
show, with the idea of again cap
turing the State Banner.
POOL CLOSES SUNDAY
London's swimming pool will not
be open after Sunday, August 10.
The announcement came this
week from Ray Caldwell, director,
who said the pool normally closes
the week before the fair
The local swimming pool has
been open since Memorial Day
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-08-17
Harry Hull. SO, Is
Claimed At Home

Death came Wednesday midnight
at Springfield to Harry E. Hull, SO,
a retired farmer and businessman.
He was a farmer in Madison Coun-
ty, later moving to Springfield
where he entered business. He
went into retirement in 1943 as a
result of failing health. He had
been seriously i'll for the past four
months.
, He was a member of the Lafay-
cite Methodist Church in Madison
County.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed Saturday afternoon at Lukens
Funeral Home Burial will be in
the Plain City Cemetery under the
direction of Lukens Funeral Home.
Survivors include the wife, Min
ME; son, Robert K. Hull, South
Vienna; two daughters, Mrs. Nellie
Evans and Mrs Georgia Keller,
Columbus; a brother Earl, of Sum-
merford, and sister, Mrs. Will
liam Cornwell of Plumwood. Also
surviving are three grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral
home Friday and until the funeral
hOur Saturday
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-08-17
Exchanoe Pastor
Speaks To Group

DR.. Alfred c. Lamb of London,
England, exchange pastor at Indi-
anola Methodist Church, Colum-
bus, will speak at the local Meth
odist Church Wednesday. August
%, at 8 pm. under the sponsorship
of the Woman's Society Of Chris
tian Service of the church.
DR. Lamb, pastor of the Ealing
Broadway Methodist Church, near
London, England, will be accom-
panied by his wife and 16-year-old
daughter, Elizabeth.
The Lambs arrived in Columbus
July IS at which time DR.. Lamb
began his duties as pastor at In
dianola He, his wife and daugh-
ter, plan to sail for home from
Montreal September Z.
Members and friends of all
churches are invited to hear Dr.
Lamb and meet him and his fam
lily during an informal social hour
following his talk
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-08-17
Two Scholarships
Given Area Girls

Two recent graduates of Union
Local High School, Milford Center,
have been awarded Ohio State Uni
verSity scholarships, university Of
ficials announced today.
Recipients are Rosemary Dell
Michel, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis A. Michel, E. Center ST., Mil
ford Center and Shirley Jean Over
turf, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul c. Overturf, r. D. /, Irwin.
Miss Michel was awarded the
Edgar NJ Erb four-year scholar
ship, covering tuition, fees and
books. The Madison County girl,
Miss Overturf, won Minnie Price
scholarship in home economics in
competition with high school stu
dents from II Ohio counties. This
latter award covers tuition, fees
and book expenses for one year.
The valedictorian of her grad
uating class, Miss Michel is the
first recipient Of the Erb scholar
ship. established by Miss Wenonah
c. Erb of Redwood City. Calf, in
honor of her brother.
Miss Overturf's selection for the
Price award was based upon her
high school academic record, Al
Club activities, home economics in
terest and a written essay present
ed to the Ohio State Home Demon
stration Board.
The FUNDS which make possible
these and other similar scholar
ships were contributed by alumni
and friends of the university,
through the Ohio State University
Development Fund.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-08-17

For most Madison county farm
erS, farm work is a living, and Of
ten a tough taskmaster; but for
Raymond Lucy. who operates 13
acres on Route 665, the farm is his
hobby and his sideline is collect
ing and using old farm machinery.
He has just finished his thresh-
ing for the season with an old
New Huber" separator which he
picked up for pittance recently,
and he was using a 1929 model
Lawson tractor for power. Lucy
guessed the old thresher to be
nearly thirty years old, but ex-
planned that he had much older
equipment than that.
He owns an early hay baler
which has quite a history, and his
reaper-b binder is also one of the
earlier models but cost only
$500 when Lucy salvaged it at a
quick sale" Other aged equip
ment owned by the hobby farm
er" includes an old tractor made in
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-08-17
Annual Camp Is
Over; Men Get
Full Army Pay

Men of London's Ohio National
Guard unit return home Sunday
from two weeks of successful sum-
mer camp training al Camp Breck-
inridge in Kentucky.
The London unit is Heavy Nor
tor Company of the 166th Regi-
mental Combat Team and numbers
about 95 men.
The Guardsmen are part of over
2400 men in non-divisional units
winding up training there, most of
them part of the 166th Regimental
Combat Team, unique fighting
unit.
The 166th is like a midget di-
vision. 1t is fully developed, COM
pletely equipped, highly mobile
combat team that differs from a
division only in size. In time of
conflict, the 166th could be sent
anywhere to hold the enemy for
time.
The 166th has nine companies of
infantry, three heavy weapons
companies, q mortar company a
tank company, field artillery bat
talon, an engineers company and
several medical units.
Supporting it is Cincinnati's 38th
Ordnance Battalion, which also has
the job of keeping equipment op-
Grating for another unit, Cleve-
lands 372nd Infantry Battalion, a
separate unit.
In keeping with its individualism,
the 166th has its own regimental
shoulder patch and unit crest. The
patch is three-pronged flaming
red sword on blue background
signifying the three branches sup
ported under one head infantry,
engineers, artillery.
The 166th spent its first week
qualifying with all the weapons it
uses and highlighted the second
week with q four-day bivuoac in
which small squads of 8 to 10 men
solved tactical problems.
Many of these were at night and
many were menaced by mock ag-
gressor units which appeared from
nowhere to surprise the Guards
men and keep them alert.
Meanwhile. the 372nd boasting
the largest battalion in Ohio. main
tanned schedule similar TO that Of
the 166th'S Infantry units. The
372nd also bivuoacked and had an
appressor unit Of its own.
The 29th Ordnance. including the
1850 and 3641st Companies. had
the unglamorous lob of keeping
EVERYONE elSe'S eduipnent in good
condition. but nevertheless found
time to get in its own bivuoac.
The polish applied during so
weeks of Armory drill tone night
per week. was evident as the
Guardsmen scored well in almost
all phases. drawing high praise
from Regular Army inspection
teams.
A highlight of the stay was re-
view of troops by Governor Lau-
sche, who afterwards took off into
the barracks areas to meet as
manv of the 2400 as possible.
Also reviewing the men were
Many Guardsnen brought along
their families and took sightseeing
tours or played golf, attended rae
ing meets or enjoyed swimming.
Softball games were regular
nightly feature on four diamonds.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-08-17
Church Group To
Hold Service AT
Arena Sunday

Madison County's sixty-sixth An
nual Fair officially opens Sunday
morning at $50 am. with religious
services under the direction of the
Rev. Lawrence Rugh. The five day
program will conclude Thursday
night with a final race program.
According to the program for the
Sunday morning service, the Rev.
Sanford Lindsay, pastor of the
Trinity Episcopal Church will de-
liver the message on Miracles"
Music will be provided by the boys
choir of the church under the di-
rection of Miss Anne Dickerson.
The group will sing the anthem
"Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones"
This program will be presented in
the arena of the Youth Building on
the fairgrounds.
In the fair events which start af-
ternoon Sunday there is less of the
gentlenesS. At 2:15 Sunday after
noon Jack Kochman's He'll Drivers
will present the first of two pro-
grams of their stunts. A second
He'll Driver show will be presented
Sunday evening at 8:15. No other
entertainment is planned for the
dGy.
Other entertainment for the week.
includes full four evening sched-
ule of harness racing with top con-
tenders. The speed contests are un-
der the supervision of Stewart An
derSon with committee composed
OF Richard Thomas, Herbert Fad
es, Kenneth Dorm and Lloyd Roby.
Post time each evening starting
Monday is 8:15 pm.
On Tuesday afternoon, in front
of the grandstand amateur talent
will compete in what has been bill
ed as Gala Amateur Show with
Madison County Talent. 1t will be
only one program at 2:15. Racing
will be featured Tuesday night.
As a windup of outside enter
tainment, the Indiana Hoedown.
featuring Charley Gore and the
Rangers, will present a single show
in front of the Grandstand on We'd
neSday afternoon.
Departments are set up this year
with exhibits of everything from
pillows to petticoats in the Domes-
Continued on Page Five)
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-08-17
An Clubs To Have
Busy Week; I aIent
Show Is SATURDAY.

The All Talent show will be the
first of many events in the All
program at the Madison County
Fair. Talent will be displayed on
Saturday, August 18, 8 PM. at the
Junior Fair Building Arena. Many
acts have been scheduled.
The remaining All schedule is
as follows:
Monday, August 20: 900 A. M.
to 400 P. M, Home Economics
Demonstrations; 900 A. M. Swine
Glasses, Jr. Swine Showmanship;
loo p M. Beef Glasses, Junior
Beef Showmanship; 800 p. M.
Let's Sew, Articles to Use and
Wear. and Easy to make Cotton
Dress; Style Review. Senior Swine
Showmanship Senior Beef Show
manship.
Tuesday August 81: 900 A. M.
Continue Home Economics Demon
strations, Health and Safety Dem
onstrations, and Safety Talks 900
A. M. Sheep Glasses, Junior Sheep
Showmanship, Senior Sheep Show
manship; 900 A. M. Poultry, Rab-
bits, Vegetables, Woodworking,
Electricity and Crops; 100 P. M.
Judging Contests, Dairy Judging
Contests, and General Livestock
Judging Contest; 500 P. NJ. Style
Review of School Dress, Sports
Clothes, Tailored Dress, Dress Up
Dress, Complete Costume, Nutri-
ton, Health and Safety Awards.
Review of talent winners and Out
standing boys and girls awards.
Wednesday, August %: 900 A.
NJ Agricultural Demonstrations
1000 A. NJ. Food and Clothing
Judging Contests; 100 P. M.
Dairy Glasses, 700 P. NJ. Continue
Dairy Classes; Junior Dairy Show
manship, and Senior Dairy Show
manship.
Thursday, August %: 900 A. M.
Weigh hogs and sheep for sale;
200 P. M. Livestock sale, Hogs,
Sheep, and Beef.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-08-17
Fair To Open Sunday For Five Big Days;
Entertainment, Racing And Fun ToBe
HighIights OF 66th Annual Event
TWO LONDON OPERATORS
SENT SEDALIA AID

Two of London's night tele-
phone operators were response
bic for sending emergency COM
munications equipment TO Sc
dalia early Tuesday after power
and telephone facilities had
been disrupted.
The operators, Monnie Lacey
and Gertrude Binion, detected
the trouble signal on all the
circuits and notified the wire
chief of the trouble. Emergency
communications were in service
in less than an hour.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-08-17
u Al Youths In
He aI+h Contest

Twenty-Five 4-f4 Members parti-
cipated in the County All Health
Contest, according to the Agricul-
tural Extension Office.
Contestants were Marjorie Lew
is, Roberta Mccormack, Nancy
Jenkinson, Ann Marie Adkins, joy
ce Rockwell, Janet Patton, Mary
Ann Hollabaugh, Harriet Rosnag-
le, Apryl Jayne Terry, Ruth Pur-
dun, Rebecca Ropp, Maryesther
Lombard, Helen Jean Boerger,
Linda Nell Thomas, Carolyn JOY
Cooper, Paul Maddux, Jay Straley,
Miles A. Patton, Marvin G. Blake,
Bill Conway, Benny Furness, and
Robert Thomas.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-08-17
London Guardsmen Return
After Two Weeks Training
At Camp Breckenridge, Ky.
FIREFiGHTERS TO HOLD
MEET SATURDAY

The London Firefighters, Lo-
cal 1900 and the Firefighters
Auxiliary, will hold an ice
cream social Saturday after
noon and evening to raise funds
for the department.
Current plans call for the SOC
ial to be held across the street
from the Department head
quarters unless rains interfere.
In case of rain the affair will
be staged in the Fire Station.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-08-17
Friends Honorinq
The Cases Sunday

Friends of the Rev and Mrs.
Delmar Case are giving a picnic to
honor the Cases on Sunday, August
19, at the John Miller Lake on
Olmstead Road.
Mr. and Mrs Case are residing
now in Kansas City, Kansas. They
were formerly with the First Bap-
fist Church in West jefferson.
All friends have been invited to
bring their filled basket and join in
the gathering
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-08-17
Recruiting Office To
BE Open On Fair Week

The U, S. Army Recruiting office
of the Springfield area will have a
display at the Madison County Fair
next week, according to Sgt. Paul
Klontz, of the office personnel.
The display will be set up in the
first tent on the left after entering
the fairgrounds and during the
week Sgt. Klontz will be present
to give information regarding the
various branches of the service,
schooling for high school graduates
and enliStments.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-08-17


they were deprived of bottled
courage.
REASON
Looks as though the future
of the Navy tif the Air Force
is to believed) will be rescuing
the fly boys from the waters
of the world
PoLLYTIcks
Old Give En- He'll" Harry
seems to be running the DEM
ocratic Convention from his
guest box seat at the Interna-
tional Amphitheatre in Chi
cago. If Smugness can win then
Harry will be the nominee.
OVERHEARD
"Heredity is a wonderful
thing !. lot of young men
have their mothers eyes and
their fathers convertible"
HUMNN!
We like people who come
right out and say what they
think :. especially when they
say what we think!
MEDICINE
"Brotherly Love" is a fine
thing but nowadays if person
practices it, some people want
to send him to a psychiatirst.
HISTORY
If you don't think that his
tory repeats itself, Just listen
to the politicians blatting about
what they're going to do for
the common man.
IDEA
Attention engaged couples!
Invite only married people to
the wedding and the gifts will
be clear profit!
OUCH!
Judge: do you challenge
any one on the iury?"
Culprit Yeah! I think l
can lick that little bird down
there on the endr"
LIFE
Life is composed of checks
and balances - canoe lie d
checks and bank balances,
that is.
AMERICA
This is the only country in
the world where you pay an
admission price to eat box of
popcorn.
EATING
After imbibing cocktails for
an hour and a half before din
ner. the expression soup to
nuts takes on its real mean
ing.
ADVERTISING
Advertising in this newspap-
er is proof that "the Lord
helps those who help themsel-
veSw
CHILL
We heard a story about a
Texas rancher who went on
pack trip into the mountains.
In the middle of the night he
was awakened by a rattle
snake which he quickly killed.
Later on during the night he
got up and cut the rattles off
the snake which he planned to
keep as momento of his ex-
perience. In the morning he
found that the snake he had
killed still had its rattles!
OZARK
Old Ozark Tebbins went in
to the doctors office and ask
ed for something to make him
sleep. Il keep waking up every
few days, said Ozark.
BUSINESS
A couple of months from
now a good profit may be real
lied if we were to lay in a
supply of blank report cards.
GOLF
Duffer Mcbride, the scorge
of the links, stepped up to the
tee on a par three hole and
failed away at the ball and
dug up about five pounds of
turf Another attempt yielded
an additional two pounds of
greenery. Heaving a huge sigh,
Duffer took aim once more
and announced. And now
for one hell of a putt"
LOVE
Swain: Darling, want you
for my wife,
Swoon: Don't be silly, FL
mer, what would your wife do
with me?"
HOUSING
Most popular among the
new houses is one that is large
enough to keep wiley from go
ing home to mother and too
small for mother to come for a
visit.
LAST WORD
You can always tell when Q
man Is having good tirne by
watching his wife.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-08-17
PoLLYTlcks

Old Give EN- He'll" Harry
seems to be running the DEM
ocratic Convention from his
guest box seat at the Interna-
tional Amphitheatre in Chi
cago. If smugness can win then
Harry will be the nominee.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-08-17
@ OUR
"a TOWN
CURE

1t occurs to us that the reas-
on that the Russians are SO
hard to get along with is that
they are full of vodka most of
the time. Our idea for world
peace would start with move
ment to take away the vodka
fromthe bully-boys since they
wouldn't be half so tough if
they were deprived of bottled
courage.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-08-17
REASON

REASON
Looks as though the future
of the Navy tif the Air Force
is to believed) will be rescuing
the fly boys from the waters
of the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-20

commanded by Comdr. George L.
Rockwell. of Vienna, Va, and an
anti submarine squadron, in
command of Comdr. Howard c.
Taber. of Hillsboro, Va, are at
Crosse lie completing their two
weeks of active duty this week.
In the right seat of one of
Comdr. Peck's Douglas Attack
Bombers as the squadron left
AnacoStia today was WAVE
Phyllis Faria. %, of 2l17 E street
NV, a State Department en-
|ploye taking two weeks Of Ha;li-
|tary leave.
The mession of Comdr. Peck's
unit win be to gain combat pro-
f1ciency in glide bombing, dive
bombing. close air support of
ground troops. and air-to-air
|gunnery.
The units in training at Crosse
lie are among Il air reserve
|squadrons based at Anacostia.
including VMF 32l, a Marine
unit. Their training cruises have
taken them to Jacksonville, Key
West. New Orleans and Miami,
with Brunswick, Me-, on the
schedule for mid-September.