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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-04-09
Plans Underway
For Annual Hunt
For Easter Eggs

Final plans are being made this
week for the Retail Merchants
Association annual Easter Egg
Hunt in Cowling Park, according
to President Robert Mabe.
The annual affair will give
hur lreds of kiddies chance at
many prizes which will be donated
for the event, scheduled for Satur-
day, April 20 at 900 am. Howard
Richardson and Ray Ballenger
have been named co-chairmen of
the egg hunt by the merchants
group.
The detailed list OF prizes has
not been completed, but earlier
years have offered many prizes
to the boys and girls taking part
in the activities. Prizes will be in
several different groups so that
all age groups will be competing
among themselves.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-04-09
4-H Rally Night
Called Success
As $50 Hear Talk

All members, leaders, parents,
and friends heard Mrs. Carl Ruff,
former Home Economics Agent in
Columbiana County, Ohio, at the
4-H Rally on Friday evening,
April 5, Mrs. Ruff said, Success
is up to you. If you try hard
enough, you will likely achieve
your goal" Thirty All Clubs were
recognized as honor clubs for the
year, 1856.
They were: Bet You Didn't
Know Mrs. r. N. Packer, Miss
Judy Packer; Rosedale Cook and
Stitch Mrs. c. E. Lippencott,
Mrs. Paul Overturf, Miss Helen
Boerger, Miss Patty Houck, Miss
Shirley Overturf; London Lassies
= Mrs. Pearl Fannon, Mrs. Mary
Holton, Mrs. Elizabeth Holloway,
Mrs. Ruth Dietchel; Stitchin' =
Mrs. Earle Wilson, Mrs. Russell
Gilliland, Mrs. Willard Ruoff,
Mrs. Leslie Laird; Jolly Juniors =
Mrs. Charles Porter, Mrs. Larry
Taylor, Mrs. Dan Davidson; Busy
Bee West Mrs. George Ropp,
Mrs. Hartford Turvy; Canaan
Premium Strivers Mrs. E. B.
Converse, Mrs. Lloyd Roby; This
Is My Best Mrs. Donald More
hart, Mrs. Clayton Woods: Handy
Mandy Mrs. Louis r. Thomas,
Mrs. Cletice Howsman; The Merry
Makers Mrs. Virginia Rettig;
Be-Square Mrs. Gladys Acker-
man, Mrs. Anna Brake, Mrs. Mae
Watson; Whistle While You Work
Mrs. John Barnes, Mrs. Kenneth
Hamilton, Mrs. Marshall Green:
London Hi Teens Mrs. F. NJ.
Ridenour, Mrs. o. E. Liller and
Continued on Page Two)
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-04-09
Funeral Services
To Be Held Here
For Rachel Wynne

Private Funeral services will be
conducted Wednesday at 200 PM.
from Lukens Funeral Home for
Miss Rachel Wynne, 81, who died
late Sunday at rest Home in
Washington Courthouse. She had
been i'll for about two years.
Services will be conducted by
the Rev. A. M Shenefelt with buri-
al in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Her only survivors are sister,
Mrs. Anna Foster, with whom she
made her home; four nephews and
two nieces.
She was a lifelong resident of
London, the daughter of the late
William and Hannah Kirk Wynne.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-04-09
Two Sections Of
Route 40 Will Be
Paved, Widened

Two sections of US Route 40 in
Madison County are scheduled for
widening and resurfacing according
to information received this week
from the Department of Highways.
Bids will be asked this week on a
total of 9.446 miles of the highway
in Jefferson, Deercreek and Som
erford Townships.
The bid requests will specify wild
ening and paving with asphaltic
concrete on one 3.625 mile stretch
in Somerford and Deercreek Town
ships and a 1921 stretch in JEFF
ferson and Deercreek Townships.
The bids must be in by April 80,
according to the announcement,
which will be made officially in
this paper within a week.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-04-09
Junk Mail Gets
Thumbs Down In
Economy Effort

Patrons of the London post of
flee, and others in Madison county
will feel the effects of the service
curtailments this weekend unless
funds are appropriated to meet the
requests Of the postal department.
Details of the curtailments were
included in bulletin to Postmas-
ter G. G. Schlechty this week
According to the bulletin, all
post offices will be closed to the
public on Saturdays and Sundays,
and no rural delivery will be made
on Saturdays except special de-
livery messenger service. Further,
beginning Monday, the hours for
window service at post offices will
be cut to 81a hours Monday thr-
ough Friday.
1t was also brought out in
the bulletin that no third class
Ounk) mail will be accepted
after April 20, with the excep-
tion of medicines, drugs, SER
ums and medical supplies.
This would curtail great guam
titles of "occupant-street ad-
dressed" mail which goes at a
rate of 1Lac per piece, such as
sale circulars, advertising piec-
es and other throw-away mat
ter.
The bulletin to post offices also
instructed postmasters to cut all
business district deliveries to a
maximum of two per day, and to
use the surplus time of the car
riers to aid in cutting down over
time and extra help time
Saturday collection service, from
collection boxes, will be limited to
one pickup per day, SO as to con-
meet with the principal means of
carrying the outgoing mail.
The bulletin further stated that
all post offices of the first and
second class will halt sale of
money orders effective April % if
liIC llCGdCd luilllS dlC IlOL lilduS d
vailable (This means that money
order service would be stopped
here on that date since London is a
first class post office).
The information in the bulletin
was very general, and detailed
means of carrying out the instruc-
tions are to be forwarded to the
post masters.
The bulletin also listed suspens-
ion of payments for uniform ex-
penses, sharp cuts in equipment
and supply purchases and strict
utilization of employees in the
measure to meet the situation.
In the first paragraph of the or
der it states Because of factors
beyond the control of the Depart
ment, sufficient funds are not a.
vailable to provide normal services
during the final quarter of the fis-
cal year ending June 30, 1857" The
measures are aimed at cutting to-
tai expenses by not less than So
million for the quarter.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-04-09
Madison Cow Sets
Production Record
In Official Test

A registered Guernsey COW, Dar-
by Vale Katie, owned by Donald
F. Elliott, Galloway, Ohio, Route,
madison County, has completed
an official production record in the
Herd Improvement Registry divi-
sion of the American Guernsey
Cattle Club.
This record was for IA ,559
pounds of milk and 682 pounds OF
fat.
Katie" was a nine year-old,
and was MIXED two times daily
for 365 days while on test.
This official production record
was supervised by Ohio State Uni
versity.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-04-09
JOINS AIR FORCE

Elmer r. Sonny" Ramey, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ramey,
Liberty Street, London, has enlist
ed in the Air Force and is station
ed at Lakeland Air Force Base at
San Antonio, Texas His address is
Alb Elmer Russell Ramey Jr.. Fit
491, Post Office Box 1926, Lack
land AFB, San Antonio, Texas.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-04-09
MT. sTERLING's SENIOR
PLAY FRIDAY NIGHT

The Senior Class of Mount Ster-
ing High School will present their
play entitled, Quit Your Kidding"
ON April II, 1857, at 800 PM in
the school auditorium. Admission
is so cents for high school stu
dents and Is cents for adults.
The presentation is a three act
farce.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-04-09
RECOVERING IN HOSPITAL

Donald Claar, Lafayette, an en-
ployee of the Deerereek School
District, is reported recovering sat
isfactorily from an appendectomy.
He is in room 815 and is not ex-
pected home until late this week.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-04-09
i OUR
"a foHWN
Am & ERICANA

AMERICANA
This is the only country in
the world where a man train
ed in the field can make $780,
600 a year working for char
ity.
INJUNS
Old prospector was very
friendly with an Indian tribe
out in the old West. His best
friend among the tribe was a
fine little Indian named
"Shortcake" After a long trip
into the hills looking for gold,
the prospector returned to the
village and tapped on the te-
pee of his friend. When the In
dams squaw appeared, the
prospector asked in the same
breath "How'S your hus-
band-have you anything to
eat"
Squaw answered, "Squaw
bury Shortcake-huckleberry
pie!"
SOLUTION
We like the one about the
wife of a heavy drinker who,
too embarrassed to put her
husbands whiskey bottles in
the garbage can where they
would be seen, put them in the
waste can of a preacher who
lived next door. She explained
the maneuver thusly, Il put
them in the Reverend Mr..
Jones' garbage can because
everybody knows he doesn't
drink
MISTAKE
At the funeral of an old rep
rebate who had never done
anything worthwhile in his
whole life, the minister launch
ed into flowery praise of the
departed degenerate. After
about 20 minutes of this, his
widow yelled, Great Scott =
I'm at the wrong funeral"
LIFE
Latest addition to our
sweetness and light" depart
ment is fellow with black
eye reading How To Win
Friends and Influence People"
HUMNN!
Insurance ads are stressing
more and more how we can
live happily after retirement.
What this country needs is
some info on how to live hap
PLY while we are still work
ing.
BEIs BoL
Ted Williams is still making
the front pages with his vitrio-
lie outbursts. Looks like the
Marine Corps had a bad in
fluence on Ted-all spit and
no polish!
DAFFYNiTIoN
A twin brother is a guy who
without the other would have
been born with two heads.
SUCCESS
Prosperity is something we
deduct from our earnings and
send to Washington.
AGE
You're getting on, brother,
when your love life falls off a
third all you've got left is
thinking and talking.
pIScRIM NATION
Discrimination is word
heard throughout the land
these days. We think that it
should be abolished especial
ly where it concerns taxes.
And breathes there politi-
clan with intentions SO remote
that he'd set up the tax dead
line to the day before we
vote?
PARALLEL
Life never changes-now it
comes out that even the labor
bosses don't work.
SPRING
This is the time of year
when your neighbor brings
back the snowshovel and bor-
rows the lawnmower.
RUSkYs
A Russian is guy who, if
you are ditch-digger and own
your own spade, calls you a
capitalist"
kINFoLk
According to what we read
in the papers, brotherhood"
means two delinquents who
belong to the same gang.
MODERN AGE
Stanley is said to have said
Doctor Livingstone, pre-
sumo" Matter of fact he did
say it. We asked one teen-ager
what ne would have said un-
der the same circumstances
and he told us Il. Whats up,
Doc?"
BABIES
Somehow we just can't pic
ture Grace Kelly changing
diaper or Prince Rainier feed
ing the little one at two
o'clock in the morning.
LAST WORD
Nowadays when man shak-
es your hand with vigor, he's
probably winding his watch.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-04-09

Services

Services 81
10000 PEOPLE read the pages of
the Press and Democrat twice
each week. Reach the quality mar
ket with your ad.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-04-09

committeeman of the Ohio State
meeting
nq at the Granq o
Snyder with
Aspach Aspach Canal Winchester
the opportunities ahead for rural youth he also
ing of he grange Is each Friday night.
emoc
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-04-09

AMERICANA
This is the only country in
the world where a man train
ed in the field can make $780,
600 a year working for char
ity.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-04-09
THIS
NEWSPAPER

believes fhof your sofisfoc-
fion is fhe biggest reoson for
our success =. fhof IS your
guarantee Of quolify service.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-04-09
SOLUTION


We like the one about the
wife of a heavy drinker who,
too embarrassed to put her
husbands whiskey bottles in
the garbage can where they
would be seen, put them in the
waste can of a preacher who
lived next door. She explained
the maneuver thusly, Il put
them in the Reverend Mr..
Jones' garbage can because
everybody knows he doesn't
drinkr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-23
Rome PIayboy
|SdysHeNever
MET Slain Girl

VENICE. Italy, Jan. % R.-
Ugo Montagna. wealthy Rome
Iplayboy, testified today he never
met Wilma Montesi," whose body
Twas found on Ostia Beach under
mysterious circumstances nearly
-four years ago.
Montagna is accused, along
with former Rome Police Chief
Saverio Polite. Of aiding and
Iabetting jazz pianist Gianpiero
Piccioni, son Of a former Italian
Foreign Minister, who is charged
with manslaughter in Miss Mon
tests death.
Elegantly dressed in a single
breasted gray suit with light blue
tie and seemingly bored, Nom
Itagna was the third of the three
|principal defendants called to
the stand.
.All the charges against me
are absurd" he said. II never
met Wilma Montesi in my life
and / have never helped any,
body escape justice"
| Piccioni, 36. also has denied
knowing Wilma. Accused of
contributing to her death "by
abandoning her, believing her
ALREADY dead, at the edge Of the
sea-" he testified yesterday to
an alibi.
He said he and actress Aida
Valli were with other people at
the resort town of Amalfi, in
Southern Italy, at the time of
Wilma'S death near Rome.
Stories that Wilma was fatally
stricken at a sex and narcotics
party at Montagna's hunting
lodge almost caused the collapse
of the Italian government dur
ing an 18-month-long prelim-
mary investigation in Rome.
Polite, now a broken man of
rs. took the stand in his own
defense.
He said the death involved no
crime.
1T was merely a political spec
ulation." he said. Our investi-
gators have shown no response
bility by either Montagna or
Piccioni."
Judge Tiberi called Michele
Simola. one of nine minor de-
PENDANTS accused of giving false
testimony in previous hearings.
A swarthy, 3l-year-old Sicilian,
Simola testified Wilma knew a
number of the members of a
drug-peddling ring for which he
sold narcotics, but consistently
refused to Join its activities her
self.
I'VE often saw Wilma Mon
tesi," he said. I'VE tried to get
her to leave her family and
join us, but she refused and
called us murdererS."
Besides the perjury count,
Simola is held on fraud charges
and for questioning concerning
Roman drug peddling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-23
\ Goth Anniversary

Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Gensberg,
54l5 Connecticut avenue NV,
will celebrate their Goth wedding
anniversary at party at 8 pm.
February 8 in the Mayflower
Hotel.
Mr.. GenSberg. "a. and Mrs.
Gensberg. 83. were born in Rus
STA but have lived here since
their marriage.
The Star mistakenly last week
reported their 50th wedding an
niverSary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-23
$3.50 Simmons Hide-a-beds

289. so Simmons Hide.a-bedS
8
. "Beuutyest" Scot Cushions
Deep Sleep Mattress SODoDh
. Lawson High Leg Style ~&O00
Full Sze-SIeeps Two
Fine styling Of sofo plus the superb quoly assured the
Of Simmons Modern fobrie upholstery in colo of green,
red brown and turquoise You're comfortably seoted
"Beoues cushions comfortably rested Deepsleep mot
tress surely supported oll-netol springs.
1850 Simmons Apt-sixs $4,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-23
1880 Modern SOfabel1

SOtabed for sleeping fourat
ms soobed
offers comfortable sitting and relaxed
both better
COOL brown and red handsome
ROU,W $AuCOnL LueArH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13

Ad Reinhardt's black painting
Number Is" with almost in
visible rectangles; and Cor.
RADIO Marca-Relli's "Archi-
lecture" a collage in which
the pattern is composed Of
Joined edges of canvas strips,
and black paint.
And still other works are
revolving in colors and forms,
circumstances which increase
our bewilderment to learn that
D. c. artists offered the second
largest number of entries-170
submitted in the competitive
section. from A States. The
work of only 4 passed the jury.
Yet most of us feel confident
we could name a number of
local artists whose work is far
superior to some of that in the
Biennial. eleven Washington
artists were invited, including
Corcoran School faculty
MEMBERS
The historical section of the
25th Biennial constitutes a
brief survey of American
taste" as Mr.. Williams points
out; and a parade of impor-
tant painters of past decades,
and deserves separate con-
sideration during the eight
weeks this exhibition will be
on view.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13
"A HeortIifting Message
OF Freedom and Kindness
THE WALLS CAME TUM-

THE WALLS CAME TUM-
BLING DOWN. BY Hen
rietta Roosenburg. Viking;
$500
Heartlifing Is the word for
Miss Roosenburg'S true story OF
the liberation and homeward
journey Of four Dutch political
prisoners of the Nazis. She is
singing of freedom here. and
also of the generosity that the
human spirit can achieve.
Her book begins on a high
note. a description of the night
that brought freedom to the
wretched inmates Of Valid
helm, who had been sustained
by hope and embroidery. i.
THE lesson I learned" she
writes, was that people can
hang onto life through the
most atrocious circumstances.
if they can find something
outside themselves to concen-
trate on" After endless watt
ing and rumors, their cells
were unlocked, and they surged
through the dark corridors.
Panic and madness were in
the air. Suddenly the French
burst into the Marseillaise."
One by one. the other nation
ais sang their anthems. and
order came.
Miss Roosenburg and two
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13
New World Conquest
THE ADMINISTRATORS. hi

The CONQUISTADOR by
Jean Descola. translated from
the French by Malcolm Barnes
Viking; So is the complete
story, su m m arized in 400
pages. of the Spanish conquest
of the New World. Cortez, the
author brings out. might have
lost his first battle. in Cuba,
and been driven back to the
sea if the invaders had not had
not only cannon, but, more
terrifying to the natives.
horses-fabulouS animals they
had never seen. THE Con-
quistadors," NJ. Descola writes.
never ceased to oscillate be-
tween the opposing poles Of
idealism and realism. Were
they dreamers or men of &C
ton? Where does dreaming
end and action begin? There
is no end to argument on these
themes. but the fact remains
that from the day the Con-
quistadors set foot on Ameri-
can soil. they made clear their
intention not to be simple voy-
ayers. but to establish them
selves there and remain there.
They did not wait until they
had finished the war before
beginning the peace-by build
ing =" A fair and authori-
tative book. an excellent brief
history.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13

Dutch girls and one Dutch
merchant seaman. wanting to
go back to Holland direct
rather than by way of Rus
STA, decided to row their way
home down the Eliza. They had
wonderful and terrible adven-
lures. They met kind Germans,
and selfish ones, brutal Rus
sian soldiers and solicitous
ones. The best people they
met were the Dutch river-boat
men who had had their barges
Communicated by the Nazis
and yet managed to keep their
cabins little corners of Hol-
lard.
Finally through luck. per-
siStence and a measure OF
guile, all four reached home,
making a reader want to cheer
and weep. Miss RooSenburg
writes with great distinction,
never missing a relevant. pre-
else detail. She also introduces
a note of lyricism about those
first days of freedom that
lifts her book clear above all
other such accounts.
Portions of this admirable
story appeared in The New
Yorker. M. MEG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13

still another book about the
ancient ways in her Massa-
chusetts avenue home, where
she is mending from a fall suf-
fered during a walk she took
a few weeks ago.
Most people would regard
either Miss Hamilton's years
or her present condition. or
both, as sufficient reason for
laying down the pen and fold
ing the hands. Certainly the
experts who regard people as
shaky employment risks at 40
and as ready for the rocking
chair at IS. would regard them
so. But Miss Hamilton was
brought up in the old school
where. excuses were regarded
as interesting exercises in rhe-
toric rather than reasons for
not doing anything.
OF the Old School
Thus Miss Hamilton was
taught to read Latin by her
father, a classics professor, at
the age of z, without any of
the visual aids favored by cur
rent pedagogues. After per-
sisting through six Weeks
Preparation for Caesar" she
was ready. and she has been
reading Latin. for pleasure,
ever since.
After a distinguished career
as a scholar and teacher-she
was for many years headmis-
tress of the Bryn Mawr School
in Baltimore-Miss Hamilton
retired from the academic
world, and at the. age of go,
wrote her first book.
1.-THE Greek Way" was re-
ceived with enormous enthu-
siasm by critics. who praised
its distilled evocation Of an
other era. 1t has had a slow
but steady sale through the
years and is now enjoying new
life as a paperbound favorite.
Astonishing Parallels
This was followed by 1.-THE
Roman Way" THE Prophets
of Israel" The Latin Way"
Mythology" "a classic in the
field and Witness to the
TRUTH" the story of the Cos
pels.
Not one lost in the mists
of antiquity, Miss Hamilton
has called attention in THE
Echo of Greece" to the aston
ishing parallels between this
country and Athens on the
eve Of its decline.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13
EwuId, Jr.

Do you sometimes think
modern commercials are ex-
cessive? We did until a per-
usal of ROGUES, ROYALTY
AND REPORTERS, by Will
liam Bragg Ewald, Jr. con-
WINGED us we had been harsh.
Consider this advertisement
in the London Courant of
January 8. TIA for Famous
Drops for Hypocondriack
Melancholy"
(which effectually cure on
the Spot. by rectifying the
Stomach and Blood, cleans
ing them from all Impurities,
and giving new Turn in their
Ferment, alternating all Wis
couS tenacious mours
(Which make the Head heavy,
clog the Spirits. confuse the
Mind, and cause the deepest
Mechanically, with direful
Views and black Reflections,
comforting the Brain and
Nerves. composing the hur-
ried Thoughts. and introduce
ing bright lively Ideas and
pleasant BriSkness, instead of
dismal Apprehensions and
dark Incumbrance of the Soul.
setting the Intellectuals at
Liberty to act with Courage,
Serenity and steady Chearful-
ness, and causing a visible
diffusive Joy to reign in the
Room of uneasy Doubts. Fears,
etc. for which they may be
truly esteem'd infallible."
Full of Riches
Mr.. Ewald's book. a COM
pendulum of extracts from
newspapers of Queen Anne's
day, is full Of such riches. in
Guiding contemporary descrip-
lions of wars. deaths of kings
and notices about Grant wives.
Mr.. Ewald, who just began
duties as special assistant to
Interior Secretary Fred Seaton,
is at 81 veteran of Admin
istration service, having worked
at the White House and the
U. S. I. A.
"Rogues. Royalty and Re-
porters" is his second book and
came about as a by-product of
researches for his first. The
Masks of Jonathan Swift" A
doctor OF philosophy from
Harvard. and a concert pianist
in his off hours, young Mr..
Ewald plans to go on with
literary chores as well. in fact,
cant imagine not writing a
book"