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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-12-18
Quarters Ready
For rLibray;No
Jail Available

West Jefferson's Village Coun-
Gil held their final meeting of the
year Monday night, and the final
meeting in the present building.
An order from the State Fire Mar
shall says the structure is to be
padlocked after January /.
The order means that the libr-
ary, the police department, the
Mayors office, the Jail and other
city operations will have to find
space elsewhere, and the library
is the only department which has
the security of new quarters. It
will move into the Evans Building
on Main Street into offices former
ly occupied by the Village Solici-
tor.
In the Monday night meeting,
council discussed several questions
concerning the move, and the old
building. Plans were discussed for
repairs, for leveling the building,
and from the optimistic plans
were mentioned for a new build
ing.
One fact remains permanent /.
the building must be closed after
the first of January and the village
government must have a place to
operate. In an emergency the of
fices can be moved to the Town.
ship Hall, but the arrangement has
not been called satisfactory to all
concerned.
In the discussion, one group es-
timated that the cost of razing the
old building would be approxi-
mately $4,000, and they added
that they thought it could be re-
paired for less than that amount.
They talked of the chance of get
ting volunteer labor from the resi-
dents in order to clean the inter-
ior of the present building. One
council member. a woman, said she
would be willing to volunteer to
shovel the fallen plaster if others
would join her. The general ex-
pressed opinion seemed to be that
professionals should do all the
work, if and when it is done.
Mavor Harold B. RAIDER said he
plans for a meeting with the VIII
lage businessmen in order to get
their opinions of what should be
done and what they are willing to
do toward helping.
In other action they decided to
ask for bids on a new police cruis-
er, after it had been decided that
the present car, with only 1900
miles, is not suitable for repairs
which are needed They also dis
cussed a new ordinance for police
salaries, and agreed to follow
through a past custom of giving
the annual December salary in
crease" to police and other village
employees. They gave second read
ing to the new rates Ordinance and
accepted the 1856 tax rates, the
highest in the county.
In a discussion of streets and
traffic, one member of the group
proposed more one way streets
while another suggested more
streets with no parking permitted.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-12-18
Harvey A. Lilly
Dies In Hospital
Lifelong Resident

Death came Friday to Harvey
A. Lilly, 76, retired Lilly Chapel
farmer and member of the fam
lily for whom the village was nam
ed He died in st. Anthonys Hos
pital in Columbus.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Sunday afternoon from RAIDER
Funeral Home in West Jefferson
with the Rev Buster Hammons
officiating. Burial was Monday
afternoon in Pleasant Hill Gene
terry.
Survivors include the widow,
Mrs. Anna NJ Lilly; three sons :
Maurice of Spanish Morocco; Way
ne, Lilly Chapel and Ned, Colum-
bus and a daughter, Mrs. Ken
meth Miller, Columbus. Also sur
viving are six grandchildren.
Burial was delayed pending the
arrival of the son from Morocco.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-12-18
Junior Choir TO
Present YuIetide
Program Friday

The Junior Choir of the First
Presbyterian Church, directed by
Mrs. Richard Meade, assisted by
Mrs. Donald Farquhar, organist,
will present a Christmas program
in the church at 7:30 o'clock Fri
day evening, December 81.
The public is invited to the pre-
sentation which will be followed
by the annual Christmas party for
the children of the church and
their families.
The program will start with a
Professional by the Choir.
The numbers for the Choir will
be angels Ger the Fields, I"
Watching Ger His Manger Bed, +"
Carol of the Reindeer"
Special numbers with Choir are
Sing We Noel, with Descant by
June Rea; Little Jesus" with De-
scant by Linda Ridenour, Connie
Eckstein and Melinda Creath.
Traditional Christmas Songs
will be SOFTLY the Night Is Sleep
ing" by Mary, Susan and Linda
Farquhar; God Rest Ye Merry
Gentlemen" Michael Richardson,
Ronnie Taylor and Philip Eckert.
Virgins Slumber Song" will
be sung by Becky Beekman and
Janet Mcbride and Away in a
Manger,' by David Alexander
The Scripture lesson will be
read by Leslee Tracey while
Christmas Hymns will be sung by
the Choir and Congregation as an
opening and also as a closing of
the program preceding the recess
ional of the Choir.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-12-18
Resignation OF
st. Johns Pastor
Effective Jan. 81

The Rev. Lawrence T. Rugh,
pastor of st. Johns Lutheran
Church, today announced that he
has submitted his resignation, to
take effect January 81, 1857 in
order that he may accept the call
to become pastor of First Luther
an Church, Springfield, Ohio.
At a specially called meeting of
the church council, action was TAX
en- to place his resignation before
the congregation at special meet
ing Sunday, December 30, follow
ing the regular Morning Worship
service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rugh moved to
London October /, 1949, to serve
as student supply during his final
year in the seminary. He was Off
cially installed as pastor of the
local congregation on June 4, 1850.
His ministry of seven years and
four months is the longest in the
79 year history of st. Johns.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-12-18
Prison Farm Inmate Falls Thirty
Feet In Suicide Plunge Sunday

depressed before the death leap.
Officers are investigating the in
cident.
In the reports Yarabek jumped
into the stairwell from the second
floor of the main building and
landed in the basement. He made
the fatal leap as the prisoners were
walking to breakfast. The death
was pronounced a suicide by DR..
F. f. Rosnagle, Prison Farm Phy-
sician and deputy coroner. Death
was the result of a fractured skull.
Funeral services and burial was
Monday afternoon at the Prison
Farm Cemetery under the direc-
ton of Schlechty-Fichner Funeral
Home.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-12-18
LONDON SHRINE
ELECTS OFFICERS

An inmate of the London Prison
Farm plunged approximately thir-
ty feet to his death shortly before
breakfast Sunday morning, and
the prison farm officials were at a
loss to explain the cause for the in
cident.
According to reports, the man,
John Yarabeck, was serving a $50
year term on four moral charges.
He was sentenced from Summit
County in 1915 and had been at
London Prison Farm since Octo-
Der "a, 1949.
Officials indicated that ne had
been good prisoner and had
worked in the brush factory. They
said fellow-prisoners had noticed
that Yarabek had appeared a little
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-12-18
Sunday Accident Claims
Life OF Springfield Man;
Tenth Fatality In County
SCHOOL HOLIDAY STARTS
FRIDAY AFTERNOON

London and Madison County
Schools will begin their annual
Christmas vacation with the
closing of schools Friday and
will remain closed until Janu-
ary 2.
The dates are the same for
all county and city schools this
year, according to the respect
i've heads and superintendents.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-12-18
Death Takes Former
Madison Co. Preacher

The Reverend Luther Martin
Dillon, II, of 429h East Main
Street, an evangelist died Friday
in the emergency room of City
Hospital, Springfield, after being
removed there following sudden
illness in his home
His survivors include four sons,
Robert and William of London,
Lester Dillon of Pataskala and
Ross Dillon of Columbus. A sister,
Miss Rosa Dillon also survives.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-12-18
jefferson Council Looking
For A Home; No Plans For
Move OF Village Offices
CENTENNIAL COMING
FOR TREES HERE

Henry Maxwell, Route 2,
Plain City, has just called at
tention to the fact that the Ma
pies on the Courthouse Square
will be one hundred years old in
March of 1857.
He also came up with the in
formation that the trees were
supposed to have been planted
by A. H. Hume in March of
1857.
Maxwell says his favorite pas
time is delving into the early
history of the region.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-12-18
FREE TICKETS READY
FOR CHRISTMAS MOVIE

The coupon below good for free tickets TO the o hour
movie scheduled for Saturday morning at the
Theate The feature sponsored by the MADISON PRESS
COMPANY is the Technicoor production, BACK TO GODS
COUNTRY with Rock Hudson and Steve Cochran II is based
James Oliver Curwood novel; In addition the feature
there will be five round the Christmas presenia
zion of TIE MADISON PRESS COMPANY.
There is nothing pay the tickets free Just
clip out the coupon below and bring to the office OF The
MADISON PRESS COMPANY.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-12-18
Jurors Drawn For
January Term OF
Court In County

Jurors for the January through
March term of Court have been
drawn, according to information
mailed this week over the sigma
lures of Henry P. Beathard and
Ralph F. Gillivan, Jury Commits
sioners.
According to the letters mailed
to the jurors drawn, the prospec-
tive jurors are to report to the
commissioners on Friday, Decem-
Der q.
Those selected for Grand Jury
duty are:
Mrs. Floyd Hornbeck, Rt. 2, Mt.
Sterling; Ralph Miller, Rt. l, West
Jefferson; B. A. Schadel, Rt. /, Mt.
Sterling; Joseph Lewis, w. Jeffer-
son; H. H. Stoner, Rt. 2, London;
Donald Becker, Rt. 3, London;
Vaughn Hughes, Rt. 2, Plain City;
Leslie Laird, Rt. 4, London; Mrs.
Raymond Weimer, Rt. 2, London;
Clarence Bugg, Plain City; Mrs.
Robert (Beulah) LeBeau, London;
Oral Robinson, So. Solon; Mrs.
Wade Bruce, London; Mrs. Ken
meth Snyder, London; Evelyn Haze
nszel, Lilly Chapel; Fred Simpson.
Rt. 3, London; Mrs. Herbert bet
Continued on page two)
OUT OF HOSPITAL
Mrs. Charles Lower, So. Solon,
who has been a patient at City
Hospital in Springfield, has been
removed to the home of Mr.. and
Mrs Harold c. Dilley, 1892 Arnett
Road, Springfield Mrs. Dilley is
daughter of Mrs. Lower.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-12-18
Madison Commissioner Named To New
Office In Statewide Organization

George w. Taylor, the first Mad
ison County Commissioner ever to
be elected to an office in the State
Commissioners Association, has
been elected to the only Salaried
position in the association. He is
the immediate past president of
the association and has been called
one of the hardest workers in the
group. He was elected executive
secretary at the state meeting Just
concluded in Columbus.
In the four day meet, the states
county commissioner offered sug-
gestions for highway safety. I'M
proved ditch legislation, revision of
fees in county offices for personal
service, highway marking, high
way improvement progra m s,
bridge improvement and several
other actions.
They also passed resolution
asking that part of the capital
gains tax be returned to local gov
ernments for funds needed to Serv-
ice new industries.
In the part of the program hon
oring the retiring officers, Taylor
was given a gold watch by the
members of the group as token
of their appreciation for the work
he has done during his year as
head of the association.
With Taylor's election as execu-
tive secretary, the offices of the
association will be moved to Lon
don.
Taylor, who has served eight
years as a Madison County Com
missioner. has been widely praised
for his sincere interest in legisla-
ton and enforcement Of local gov
ernment Improvements.
LONDON SHRINE
ELECTS OFFICERS
London Shrine Club elected Of
ficers Monday evening following a
steak dinner at Masonic Temple.
choosing Keith K. Rowand. of
South Solon president. j. M Can
non was elected vice president and
M b. Cannon, secretary-treasurer.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-12-18
THIS
NEWSPAPER

Believes established
locol merchants have
70 protect fheir Repu-
fofions Thof's your
b G s Z guarantee OF
voIue.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-12-18
OUT OF HOSPITAL

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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-02-10

A hearing was held in the State Su-
preme Court Wednesday morning on
a petition for a writ of Habeas Corpus
filed by Lloyd Skedd acting as at
torney for the mother of a Helena
Juvenile who was committed to the
State Industrial School for years
in January, without due process of
law, and apparently on a reckless
driving charge"
Late Wednesday evening the Su-
preme Court issued two writs in the
case. One directed District Judge Vic
tor H. Fall and Juvenile Officer
Robert Kirkland to appear before
the court on the 18th of Feb. at 2
p. m. with full and complete record
and proceedings dealing with the
order of commitment made by Fall.
The other issued a writ of Habeas
Corpus which means that the 161A-
year-old boy will be brought here to
appear in open court before the Su-
preme Court justices.
The petition that brought about
GlIC OWO WINS OGdCSu ClIdG C1lS 1IS1Cud
boy was committed to the industrial
school for five years, apparently on
a traffic violation" after Helena
police officer, acting under the di-
rection of Judge Fall, came to the
home of the boy and requested the
child go with him to talk to the dis
trict Judge. The police officer al
legedly told the boys mother they
would be back in a few minutes.
The boys mother states in the pc
tition that subsequently he was taken
to a doctor for a physical examina-
ton and then taken to the county
jail and on or about the 29th was
removed from the county jail to the
state industrial school.
She says no notice was given the
parents as to what was being done
with the child. When he was not re-
turned home she called authorities
who Informed her he was being COM
mitted to the industrial school.
Preceding the commitment on the
10Th, the parents of the boy were
on January 23rd with a
petition to appear before the district
judge, with the boy, on violation
of the law governing motor vehicles
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-02-10
Foley Strikebreaker Gets
Swear Suspended Term
On Burglary Count

HELENA-Raymond K. Kirby,
strikebreaker employed by Foley's
Mill & Cabinet Works here has
pleaded guilty to charge of burg
larry and received five-year sus-
pended prison term. The sentence
was passed by District Judge Victor
II. Fall.
The charges arose out of the
burglary of a mercantile store at
East Helena January 13, in which
a large quantity of merchandise
was taken. The merchandise was
recovered according to Sheriff
Dave Middlemas.
Several other strike breakers
employed by Foley's are also under
suspended sentences for offenses
ranging from petty theft to U. ).
mail robbery, according to officials
of LSW Local 24O9 which is on
strike at the Foley plant.-LSW
REGISTER.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-02-10
Habe s5 orpus Writ Granted By High Court
D. .1iriet Judge and Probafion Officer
Ordered To Appear In Juvenile Case

in which he was charged with driv-
ing in a careless and dangerous man
ner."
The mothers petition continues by
saying when they appeared before
the judge the matter of reckless driv-
ing was not mentioned but rather a
matter of allegedly stealing parts
from abandoned bicycles was dis
cussed.
The parents, according to the pc
tition, had no further notice of any
legal proceedings against the boy I'M
til they were told he was committed
to the industrial school, for five years.
Attorney Skedd told the court "the
record has no relationship to what
occurred, but traffic violation alone
does not justify committing a juve-
nile to an institution"
Skedd further states the court has
not made available to him any rec
ords that indicate there was any
charge against the boy other than
the reckless driving charge and the
commitment made no mention of
those charges.
The boy comes from a family of
little Or no means.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-02-10
IS More Slots Grabbed
In Weeks Second Raid

Sixty-five more zone armed ban
dts" and pinball machines were con-
fiscated Wednesday afternoon in
Butte by three assistants of Attorney
General Arnold Olsen, in authorities
second raid in the Copper City this
week.
The attorney generals force, led
by Assistant Emmett Walsh, was as
sisted in this raid, too, by the Butte
police department.
The 65 gambling devices were
taken from the LuRay Amusement
Company.
Shortly before confiscation of the
LuRay Amusement machine Dis
trict Judge John B. McClernan issued
an order for destruction of more
than 100 machines seized Monday
night.
Also subject to another order ex-
pected Thursday, was the go-ahead
to destroy about 200 other machines
and more than 1000 punchboards.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-02-10

NEW YORK, N. Y.-(NRECA)-
A 117@o increase in farm electrical
ton in the next ten years has been
predicted by the More Power to
America Committee of General Elec-
trio Company's apparatus sales di-
vision.
The ever increasing need for more
power has been presented to congress
sional appropriations committees
many times by Clyde T. Ellis, gener-
al manager of NRECA, and other
rural electric leaders, who believe
that farm electrification power needs
will double in the next five years.
Rural electric leaders have always
maintained that when the farmer was
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-02-10
INSTITUTE STAFF

Mary M. Condor, Helena, State
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton; DR.. James VanWinkle, Bozeman,
Associate Professor Of Economics,
MISC; James S. TIMBER, Helena, pres
ident Montana State Federation of
Labor; Don w. Chapman, Great Falls,
president, Montana Farmers Union
Arnold H. Olsen, Helena, Attorney
General; DIR. Robert Dunbar, Boze-
man, Professor of History, MISC.
Planning. for this first Midland
Empire Farm-Labor Institute is being
done in cooperation with the Mon
tana Farm Labor Institute execu-
tive committee.
Institute committee members are:
Charles Banderob, Huntley, board
member, Montana Farmers Union,
Joe Parks, Oil, Chemical
& Atomic Workers; James Wimsby,
Painters Local Union, institute sec
rotary; Elmer Quanbeck, Yellowstone
County Farmers Union; Richard ].
Fox, Oil Workers Union; John New
man, Brotherhood of Railway Car
men; Ralph McKelvie, REA and
Farmers Union; Rolf B. Gilmore, Oil
Workers Union, institute treasurer;
Boyd (Curley) Murray, Laurel Oil
Workers Union; Mr.. Spaulding, Bill
ings Oil Workers Union.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-02-10
Take Heed, Montana COP
i'Red" Smear Costly TO
Washington Republicans

SEATTLE, Wash.-An unscrup-
ulous fred smear" has turned out
to be expensive to the smearers.
In an "out of court settlement"
here, former Senator and Congress
man Hugh B. Mitchell, liberal Dem
ocrat from this state, is collecting
$500 from men he sued after his
defeat in the 1854 campaign for
the House. They are: Congressman
Thomas M. Policy, the Republican
who beat Mitchell; the King County
Republican Central Committee and
its chairman, Joseph c. Lawrence;
Pelley's advertising agency and the
printers of Pelley's campaign lit
erature.
Like many other liberal Demo-
cratic candidates in the 1854 cam
paign, Mitchell was made the tar
get of unprecedentedly vicious
propaganda, picturing him as a
"Communist" -particularly on the
eve of the election, when it was too
late to expose the fakes. The money
for these smears largely came from
Texas oil magnates and other
wealthy interests.-LABOR.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-02-10
AFL- GIO MERGER TO BE
DISCUSSED In HELENA
MONDAY EVENING

How the recent merger of the AFL
and CLIO will affect the future of all
members of labor will be the center
of discussion at a public meeting
sponsored by Helena Trades & Labor
Assembly, Monday evening, Feb. 10.
The meeting will be held in the
main hall of Helena Labor Temple,
and will get underway at 8 p. m.
Speakers for the occasion will be
Charles Smith, Boise, AFL-CIO di-
rector for Montana and Idaho re-
gion; James Leary, Butte, subregion-
al director for Montana, and James
S. TIMBER, Helena, president, Mon
tana State Federation of Labor.
The Helena meeting will be the
final one of a series of seven which
saw Smith, Leary and TIMBER appear
before labor audiences in Great Falls,
Billings, Livingston, Butte, Anaconda
and Missoula.
All members of organized labor in
the Helena area are urged to attend
Monday nights meeting.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-02-10
Nearing TO Be Held On
Crows SIS Million Offer
On YeII0WtaiI Dam Site

Hearings on a joint resolution
which would direct the Secretary of
Interior to pay the Crow tribal coun-
Gil five million dollars for Big Horn
Dam land and right of way will be
held Tuesday, Feb. FL, before the
Senate Interior Committee, Chairman
James E. Murray announced Wednes-
day. Senators Mike Mansfield and
Murray introduced the resolution
backing up the Crows request last
Friday.
Repr Lee Metcalf introduced a
companion measure in the House.
The House Interior Committee. has
been asked to give the matter prompt
consideration, said Senator Murray.
The three Montana Democrats pre-
ceded introduction of the resolutions
CONTINUED on page two)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-02-10
Il7% INCREASE In FARM ELECTRICITY WITHIN
next TEN YEARS is PREDICTED

given access to the use of low cost
electricity he would bring about an
unprecedented increase in the use
of power on the farm.
The committee, known simply as
MPA, is we'll known for its accurate
predictions of the electric power in
dustry's needs, since it was set up
in 1915.
A summary of past figures shows
that in 1916 MPA said the increase,
over a five-year period, of kilowatt
hours per man hour would be from
4.74 to 5.75 in 1850. The actual in
crease was one point higher than they
said, CTS and in 1850 they set a new
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-02-10

POllce department. ana Cne Attorney
Generals staff seized several van
loads of gambling paraphernalia in
a co-ordinated operation that took
almost twelve hours to complete.
Staff members of the Attorney
General participating in the raids
were Moody Brickett, Hubert j..
Massman, Emmett Walsh, Louis O..
Forsell and Jack Hall, all of Helena.
Montana's history. Total value of the
haul is placed at almost 100000.
Attorney General Olsen estimated
that this may be the largest single
seizure of gambling equipment in
Montana's history. A determination
of the total value of the haul will
have to await a complete inventory,
he said.
The amount of gambling equipment
seized was so large that officers were
still busy counting it at noon Tuesday.
No one has as yet come forward
to claim ownership of the confiscated
property.
County Attorney Nick Rotering
and staff spent Tuesday morning
drawing up complaints to be filed in
the District Court of Silver Bow
county asking destruction of the
gambling equipment.
Most of the slot machines seized
were of the one-arm bandit type, with
a sprinkling of newer flat-top and
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-02-10

Purpose of the institute, according
to it's executive committee, is for
farmers and workers "to acquire a
better understanding of the serious
problems facing them as citizens. !"
Theme of the joint endeavor is "for
better understanding and broader
knowledge"
Panels scheduled for the jam
packed one-day program include:
School Problems at 9 to 10 a. M.
Saturday; The Urge to Merge, 10:45
to 1900; Labor's Stake In Farm
Legislation, 1:15 to 2:45; Economics
and Taxes, 300 to 5:15; Conserva-
ton of Natural Resources, 1880 to
8:45; Summary and Evaluation, 8 AS
to $50.
At noon a cafeteria dutch lunch
will be served. And, at 600 p. m.
there will be a banquet, served by
the Billings Cooks & Walters local
union. Both meals will be in the
Labor Temple. Banquet tickets will
be $3.50 for man and wife, and $3.50
for singles.