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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18
.Herter in Tokyo

TOKYO, Sept. 10 (R.-Un-
dersecretary of State Christian
A. Herter said today United
States-Japanese relations rest
on a "solid foundation of SOW
ereign equality. mutual interest
and cooperation" Mr.. Herter
issued his statement on his ar
rival from Seoul on the last
stop Of a month-long tour Of
the Far East.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18
New Military Cutbocks
Predicted by Wilson
By John a. GILES

Defense Secretary wilson indicated yesterday that fur
ther reductions military expenditures inevitable because
overall Government spending hasn't come down.
The Secretary told that despite about economy
efforts initiated in June. military spending is still around
$40 billion year He attempting to reduce this to $50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18
u. S. to Admit
Red Chinese
ForOIympics


The United States ruled yes
terday that Red Chinese or any
other Communists who are
bona fide athletes may enter
this country to take part in
the 1860 Winter Olympic
Games.
The State Department, in an.
nouncing this. said such ath-
letes would not have to be
flngerprinted.
They will be subject to health
and security checks. just as all
other visitors to America are.
This is designed to let any
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-12-31
Lack Of Use Prompted Closing Down
Post Office At Lilly Chapel; Final
MAILING Will Be Postmarked Dec. 81
Gladys Ferryman,
Mother Of Local
Woman Dies Here

Mrs. Gladys K Ferryman, 81,
mother of Mrs. Paul Burton, Som
erford, died Friday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Burton. She had
lived at the Burton home for the
past nine weeks.
A former Madison County resi-
dent, she had lived at Andover for
the past ten years, and had just
recently come back to the county.
Funeral services Tuesday after
noon from Bumgardner Funeral
Home in Andover with interment
in Andover Cemetery. Rader-Por-
ter Funeral Home handled the ar
rangements here.
Surviving other than Mrs. Bur-
ton are two sons: Azel and Gerald,
and a daughter Barbara Ann Fer
ryman, all of Andover; two sis
ters: Mrs. Nellie Gammell London
and Mrs. Ollie Dernek, Andover
and two brothers, Frank and Harry
Hughes, both of London Route 3.
Four grandchildren also survive.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-12-31
Farm Bureau Gets
Award For Service
To Area Farmers

The Madison Farm Bureau Co
operative, Inc, has been awarded
New Holland Machine Companys
Grassland Award in recognition of
outstanding service to farmers in
this community.
Through distribution of grass
land information, the Madison Bu-
reau Cooperative, Inc, is materi-
ally contributing to the develop
ment and promotion of good grass
land farming practices in this area.
With activities like grassland
forums and field demonstrations,
the Madison Farm Bureau Coop
erative, Inc, makes grassland pub
locations, movies, up-to-the-minute
equipment news, farm mechanical
tion developments and farming aids
available to local farmers.
In presenting the award, New
Holland Regional Manager, Adam
Gehr, said:
''The Madison Farm Bureau Co
operative, Inc, is supplying worth
while help to farmers In the long
run, their efforts in this direction
can do lot to help farmers in this
area produce milk and meat more
profitably."
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-12-31
Five Share In Reward For Capture OF Burglars Who
Entered Store At Big Plain; Local Officers Praised

Five Madison Countians this
week shared in a $3.50 reward and
were presented the Soho Shield
for their part in apprehending
three people involved in a burglary
at Webb's Store and Soho Service
Station at Big Plain. Persons re-
ceiving the awards were Sheriff
Herbert c. Markley. Mr. and Mrs
Herman Webb and London Patrol
men Robert Cox and Cleve May.
The award was the first of its
kind in Madison County and one of
the few in Central Ohio since the
origination of the plan by The
Standard Oil Company (Ohio).
Investigation of a noise in the
store by Mr.. and Mrs. Webb, led to
the discovery of the burglary.
While the burglars were still in
the store Mrs. Webb contacted
Sheriff Markley of the Madison
County Sheriff's Office by phone
and with the aid of officers Rob-
ert Cox and Cleve May of the Lon
don, Ohio Police Department, Sher-
iff Markley had the fleeing burg
lars in custody within the hour.
The Madison County Sheriff's
Office and the London Police De-
partment were highly compliment
ed by Standard Oil officials on the
effective cooperation as exempli-
fled in the case.
The Soho Shield is both a rec
ognition of the excellent work of
the various law enforcement agen-
cies in the state and an effort to
better assist these agencies in the
future. It is part of Sohio's objective
to fulfill to the maximum its re-
sponsibilities as a good citizen. 1t
is also part of Sohio's continuing
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-12-31
Township; School
Board Members TO
Take Posts Jan. |

New members of all school
boards in the county and all town.
ship trustees will be taking their
offices January l as result OF
their majority of votes in the No
vember elections. Also taking Of
flee will be Constable Willard Jes-
ter of Jefferson Township and any
other write in constable candidates
who paid the proper fees and filed
the proper papers.
John E. Lammi, Arthur P. Meek
er and William F. Murray will take
their seats on the Madison County
Board of Education. In the London
City School Board of Education
Mrs. Jean Day, Robert M. Creath
and Murray C. Lohr will resume
their seats.
Marion Meats and Raymond Nc
CURE will take seats on the Madi-
son South School District Board of
Education; Robert N. Converse and
Glenn Dillon take seats on the
Jonathan Alder Board of Educa-
ton; Owen Ackerman, Clay Took
er and William Bauerle, Somer-
ford Local School District; Phillip
Ferguson, Ivan r. Miller and Wal
do Rector, Deercreek School Dis
trict; James Cook and Donald M.
Bradley, jefferson Local School
District.
In the Fairfield-Mt. Sterling
School District Ray F. Butz, DON
aid f. Laird and Charles B. Stoer
were elected. to four year terms
and Robert c. Jackson and Max B..
Stoner were elected to two year
| terms.
Those elected TO serve as town.
ship trustees beginning January l
are: Canaan Edward H. Hen
mis- and Ben Straley; Darby =
X. L. Boerger and Sam Torbert;
Deercreek - George Jones and
Raymond Peters; Fairfield-Mose
L. Adams and Elcid Phillips; JEFF
ferson - c. f. Crager and Levi
Kent; Monroe = Albert Baltimore
and John Sanford; Oak Run Will
bur L. Foreman and Robert Hines
and Paint Township = Herbert
Fades.
Pike - Harold Houck and Mari
on Lippencott; Pleasant = Rift T.
Alkire and Elmer Fl. Junk; Range
- Glenn L. Davey and John V.
Hines; Somerford-Howard Beath-
ard and Herbert Markley; Stokes
Donald T. Mace and Joseph Tay-
lor and Union = Nelson Ingersoll
and Robert t. Phillips.
Many of the above officials are
already in office, and will have
only to take the new oath of Of
flee as a formality. Others are as
Stunning the office for the first
time, and will require some time.
No particular time has been set for
the ceremony of taking the oath of
office.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-12-31
Three Minor Accidents In
Week end Traffic; Fines
Given To Three Operators
Funeral Services
Held For Native
Of Big Plain Area

Funeral service for DR.. George
Noland 90, native of Big Plain
community, who died at his home
in Springfield, Missouri last Tues
day, were in Springfield, Saturday.
DR.. holland, and his wife the late
Lou Tway holland, were both doc
tors of osteopathy, DR.. holland,
practicing until shortly before he
suffered heart ailment within the
past few days.
His brother, Dr. Frank +. Mol
and, who with Mrs. holland, was in
HinSdale, Illinois, visiting their
son, L. M. holland and family, and
his son flew to Missouri for the
funeral
Mrs. Ben P. Wood, a niece and
Mr.. Wood, North Main Street, left
Thursday morning to attend the
funeral
Miss BeSs Cartmille, a niece and
Mrs. Minnie T. holland, a sister
in-law, both East First Street, also
survive.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-12-31
Two Steer Tours
Set By county's
4-K Club Groups

Two All Steer Tours will be held
in Madison County according to a
report from the Agriculture Exten-
sion Office.
The North Tour will be held on
Saturday, January 4, starting at
$50 a. m. The first stop will be at
the home of Phil Miller, large
white house on the East end of the
Prison Farm, Springfield Road.
Visits will be made to the homes
of the following members: Don
Henry, Ed Hart, Paul Hart, Andy
Hart, John Wilson, Joan Wilson,
Nancy Houck, Patty Houck, Dale
Oiler, Saundra Overturf, Shirley
Overturf, Billy Hammond, Edward
Burns, Leland Troyer, Marianne
Fry, Connie Ryan, Donna Fisher,
Don Denton, David Rothe, Richard
Harbage.
The South Tour will be held on
Saturday, January II, $50 a. m.
The first stop will be at the project
of Stanley Gibson, at the Madison
County Fairgrounds. Project visits
will be made as follows: Kathy
Fades, Diane Fades, Herb Fades,
Bob Davidson, Karen Klever, Bob
Stoughton, Jean Dorm, Marjorie
Dorm, Wendell Free, Vicky Emery,
Beth Emery, Don Thompson, Deb
bic Thompson, Edna Burwell, John
Chenoweth, Jim Meats, Ronnie
Woods, Paul Morehart, Larry
CumminS, Jim Karn, John Ruoff,
Bob Thomas, Dean Petit.
All All members, parents, and
friends are invited to attend the
tours. Persons wishing ride
should be at the Court House by
9:15 a. m. Lunch will be served at
a nominal fee.
Robert Havener, meat specialist,
will attend both tours and discuss
the live grade of each steer. Fit
ting and Showing and Lice and
Marble Control" demonstrations
will be given Project books will be
handed out.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-12-31
Old School Burns
Sunday Morning
In Madison Area

One of Madison County's best
known landmarks fell victim to
fire early Sunday morning when
the Hamm School, in the present
Madison South Local School Dis
trict was consumed by blazes
Built of Red Brick, typical of
schools before the turn of the CEN
tury, the structure had been aban-
doned as a school building in 1941
when schools of the area were con-
solidated.
In the earlier days, Hamm
School, located on a county road
five miles south of here, was usu-
ally the scene of graduation cere-
monies for those who passed the
Boxwell examination. Several of
the schools were joined in the all
day school picnic held in the pic
mic grove which adjoins the school
yards.
In recent years, the structure
was owned by c. o. Ridenour of
Detroit and was used as a dwell
ing by the James DeLong family
who, according to firemen, were
not at home when the blaze was
discovered by a passing motorist
at 3:15 a. m. Sunday.
j. Elwyn Byers, cheif of the
Central Township Fire Department
n d Fireman B. c. Hileman
brought fire apparatus to the scene.
The blaze had gained such mo-
mentum before it was discovered
that firemen were unable to save
the building or its contents. They
managed to prevent the blaze from
spreading to a nearby dwelling.
Cause of the fire was not de-
termined nor was an estimate Civ
en- on the loss. The DeLong family,
it was reported, is currently out of
the state and estimate of loss to
contents must await their return.
Only walls were still standing
Sunday after the fire had gutted
the old school that was constructed
prior to the turn of the century.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-12-31
Damages, Injury
Reported Minor
In All Wrecks

Only three comparatively minor
accidents were investigated in
Madison County over the weekend,
according to reports from the law
enforcement agencies. All three
accidents were investigated by
Patrolmen from the London Post
Of the Ohio State Highway Patrol
In an accident late Friday, car
driven west on Old Xenia Road
failed to make curve, and left
the road crashing into a fence. The
driver of the car, identified as Earl
B. Minick As, South Solon, was
charged with unsafe operation and
fined $500 and costs in London
Mayors Court He received minor
injuries. Damage to the fence and
car were also minor
In another accident late Satur-
day car driven by Freedman D.
Creek, 40, Columbus, crashed into
the rear of a car driven by Mary
H. Pickrell, 81, London. The Pick
rell car was southbound on Route
AZ at Kirkwood Cemetery, and was
making legal right turn into the
cemetery when it was struck. Both
cars were considerably damaged
and the gate at the cemetery was
also damaged. No injury was in
volved.
Creek was charged with failing
to keep an assured clear distance,
and was fined $1,000 and costs in
London Mayors Court.
In an accident early Monday
near the intersection of Routes 40
and AZ two cars were involved in
an accident. State Patrolmen said
car driven by Carl Miller, So.
Springfield crashed into the back
end of a car operated by James
Eldridge, 38, Syracuse, New York.
Patrolmen said Eldridge had
stopped his car in the highway and
was planning to back up to a park
ing place along the highway when
the accident occurred. Eldridge
was charged with unsafe operation,
and was fined $500 and costs in
London Mayors Court.
Only minor injury and minor
damage was involved,s according to
the reports filed by the officers.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-12-31
The Old Order Chaneeth. etc. :.
London And Village Officers To
Assume Elected Offices This Week

Newly elected officers will this
week assume their duties in offices
to which they were elected in the
November voting. Officers of all
villages, the city of London, and
the county assume their offices on
January 1.
In London Mayor Bryan Jenkin-
son will take office with c. O.
Snow as president of Council; Jack
Phillips, treasurer; Maurice E.
Beathard, solicitor and councilmen
Roger L. Dillon, George c. Shoe
nl12er, Thurman r. Snyder, Gil
bert Mossbarger, James Cummins,
George Morcher and Douglas w.
Davis.
Members of the charter commits
sion are Phillip E. Bacon, Paul
Bangham, Alvin w. Barr, B.
Gwynne Burr, Robert L. CLANCY,
H. H. Crabbe, Grace E. Creath,
Ernest He'll, Richard P. Hood, Vir-
ginia +. Hume, William II. Riddle,
]. Robert Rigg. Mary S. Rosnagle,
James V. Shaw and George E.
Wickline.
In West Jefferson Mayor Homer
Braithwaite will assume his duties
with Robert Z. Campbell as clerk +;
Keith K. Pfefferle, treasurer;
Council members George c. Camp
bell, Raymond L. Carter, David F.
Ogilvie, Marvin NJ Shepherd, Don
and F. Sickles and Joe Sites; and
Board of Public Affairs members
Charles H. Byerly, Robert E. Gibbs
and Wilbur G.. Strauss.
Plain City's Mayor Kline C.
Loomis will resume his duties with
Clerk H. B. Walker, treasurer A. j.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-12-31
Plain City Man
Gets Membership
In Bre Group

Orville Noteman, Plain City,
Ohio has been accepted for MEM
bership in The Holstein-Friesian
Association of America by recent
action of this organizations Board
of Directors.
All told, more than 700 new
members were admitted. They
bring total membership in the
worlds largest dairy cattle regis
try organization to an all-time high
of $4,000.
At its national headquarters in
Brattleboro, Vermont. the Asso-
citation maintains the Holstein-
Friesian Herd Book official
pedigree record of all u. S. regis
tered Holsteins.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-12-31

Walker, Councilmen Wenner A.
Botkin, L. D. Claibourne, r. W.
Cron, c. Clifford Scott, Harold w.
Stevens and Roy A. Wood; and
John M. Allgyer, Leroy C. Hilbert
and Leslie r. Trees, members of
the Board of Public Affairs.
Max A. Chenoweth will take Of
flee as Mt Sterling Mayor with
Clerk Ruth Loofbourrow, Treas
urer A. Ross AIkire, Jr., and Coun-
cilmen Robert c. Hill, Edgar L.
Swartz, Kenneth Mckinley, Earl
Merritt, William Purdin and Thorn
as Mt. Sterling Board of Affairs
are r. H. Packer, John Huffman
and Ollie Hickman.
Howard S. Price assumes duties
of Mayor in Midway (Sedalia) with
Roy B. Gossard as clerk; Linda Lee
Peck, treasurer; Paul f. Barker,
Earl D. Brown, Howard E. Davis,
Roy 0. Long, Earl Reeder and Rus
sell Trehearne as council members.
There were no candidate for the
Board of Public Affairs.
At South Solon Mayor Stanley
Marsh will resume his duties with
Elsie Murray, clerk; Kathleen
E1isey, treasurer; Howard Murray,
Dale Simmermon, Hugh Anderson,
Roger, Bennett, Max Duff and Arm
old Grear as councilmen and How
ard Hisey and Millard Kline on the
Board of Public Affairs.
The only County office filled in
the off-year election was the newly
created post of Judge of the Coun-
ty Court. Attorney William H.
GrubbS will assume his office the
first of the year.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-12-31
Well Clinic Is
Thursday At School

The Well-Child Conference for
Sedalia, South Solon and Madison
Rural will be held Thursday at
Madison South High School, ac-
cording to an announcement made
this week. The conference starts at
100 p. m. and lasts until 800 pm.
Children from one through six
years are eligible for the clinic. 1t
was also stressed that transporta-
ton will be provided if advance
notice of the need is telephoned to
UL 2-0715.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-12-31
SCHOOL VACATION
ENDS IN COUNTY

Pupils from all schools in
Madison County will return to
classes Thursday of this week
following a long holiday vaca-
ton, according to superintend-
ents and executive heads of the
various systems.
Following the opening of
school, most of the basketball
clubs will start their activities
for the new year, and will try to
beat their own records for the
first part of the season.
The exception to the opening
Thursday will be st. Patrick's
school which will open Monday
if plans at the new building go
according to the proposed sched-
ule.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-12-31
Funeral Services
Held Here Monday
For Hugh Stewart

Funeral services were conducted
Monday afternoon from Schlechty-
Fichner Funeral Home for Hugh
Stewart, 70, steward at the Coov-
er Memorial Clubhouse in London
for the past four years. He died
early Thursday after an illness Of
only few hours. The Rev. E. A.
Wall officiated. Burial was in Mt.
Sterling Cemetery.
Survivors include the wife, Alta,
who has assisted him in his work
here and throughout Central Ohio;
three sisters: Mrs. Emma Curry
and Mrs. Cora Boyd Cleveland
and Mrs. Daisy Wilson, Columbus
and several nieces and nephews.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-12-31
Postmaster Will
Retire To Carry
On In His Store

When people TAIL TO use rlgnt
or privilege they soon find that
that particular right or privilege is
not there when they want it :.
and that is just exactly the way
Postmaster Edward c. Miller sums
up the reason for the discontinu-
ance of the Lilly Chapel Post Of
flee.
After December 81 the people Of
the Lilly Chapel community will
find that they have no post office.
1t closes at the end of business on
that day, and Edward c. Miller,
who ends fifteen years service the
same day, will retire to carry on
the little store which he has operat-
ed in connection with the post Of
flee.
Postmaster Miller explained that
more and more people in the COM
munity, which is ON West Jefferson
Rural Route / and London Route
4, started putting up boxes on the
rural routes, using the local office
only for special purposes. Now
they will be getting all their serv-
ices from London and West Jeffer-
son, and will have to order stamps,
money orders and other services
through their rural carriers.
Actually, there has been fairly
good business, but dwindling parcel
post and decreasing stamp sales
finally convinced officials that the
people of the community do not
want a post office. And when II
closes, it marks the end of the post
offices in The non-incorporated
communities of Madison County.
All other post offices are in in
corporated villages and the city OF
London. Increasing use of Rural
Route Service may soon claim the
lives of one of the village offices
as it did Lilly Chapel.
Miller, who has operated the
store since he took over the post
office does not remember just
when the office started, but he re-
members when it received heavy
loads of parcel post from trains,
and when people used the mails
for many more purposes. Lately
train schedules have delayed mail
in Lilly Chapel, and people have
decided it is speedier to use rural
carriers from London and West
Jefferson. Now they have no
choice :. they can't use the local
office &. because it will be there
no more after December 81.
During the past fifteen years
Mrs. Miller has been a clerk in the
office and her job will also
terminate with the ending of the
year and she will join her hus-
band in providing services through
the store.
Actually, there will probably be
someone else taking over the store
on a few occasions, because Miller
likes to fish, and he'll try to catch
up on some of the fly fishing he
has missed +. but first he'll make
sure the post office is out of his
hair sure that all the records
and books are in order and in
the hands of the proper authorities
AS to his last few days in office
he has little more than usual to dc
but he has found one task which
comes only once in the life of any
post office :. he has been delug-
ed with letters from people who
want to get last day cancellation
for their collection and he was
really surprised that people would
want such thing it won't be
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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-12-31

program of service to the more
than 1000 independent dealers, dis
tributors and operators in the state
who are associated with the COM
pany in the sale and distribution
of Soho products as well as pro-
tective plan for Soho employees.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-12-31

Sohio's Shield program offers
the following rewards for informa-
ton, arrest and conviction of per-
sons who are brought to trial and
found guilty of these crimes: $3.50
for burglary of a Sohio station;
$500 where criminal has robbed or
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-12-31
IN DOCTORS HOSPITAL

Mrs. James F.. Dillon, of Sum-
merford, is recovering after an
operation Friday at Doctors Hos
pital. Her room number is 214
South.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-12-31
ENTERS HOSPITAL
FOR MORE TREATMENT

Mark Allen, five-months-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Maynard Shas-
teen, Mound Street, is in Children's
Hospital for treatment.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-12-31
ENTERS HOSPITAL

Troxell Laybourne, Garfield Ave-
nue., entered Mt Carmel Hospital
Friday for observation and treat
ment His room number is 227.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-12-31
Special Notices
9d
MRS. JAMES l.

MRS. JAMES L., West Jefferson.
writes, Il have been a reader for
over thirty years and | enjoy the
want-ads in your newspaper" Try
'em yourself-Phone VI 2-16l6
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-12-31

held up a Soho dealer by use of
arms, violence or threats of vio-
lence; $1,000 for robbery in which
the dealer has suffered physical in
jury as a result of the holdup; and
$500 in instances where death re-
suited TO the victim.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-12-31

ROBERT c. WHEELER
HEAD, EEssPAPER DIVISION
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