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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-05-07

State Brown has enlisted the aid of
various Ohio organizations in an
Ohio non-partisan register-vote
drive. Some 1900 leaders of several
hundred Ohio state and district or
ganizations cooperating in the
Register, Inform Yourself and
Vote Campaign" in 1856 were kept
advised through series of issues
of The Register-Vote Digest" a
bulletin published periodically dur
ing 1856.
The time and place for the pre-
sentation of the award to Ohios
chief election official has not yet
been determined. In the opinion of
the foundations awards committee,
Mr.. Murdean said, Mr.. Browns
proclamation to the citizens of Ohio
was most useful tool and offers
model to other election officials
and mayors interested in getting
out-the-vote in the 1857 election. 1t
reads as follows:
WHEREAS, participation at
the polls in every election is vitality
important, and
WHEREAS, supreme efforts
are being made by organizations
throughout Ohio and the nation to
increase the interest in voting at
the General Election on November
6, 1856, and,
WHEREAS, the American Heri-
tage Foundation, with the collabor-
alton of the Advertising Council,
has offered this nation an extensive
and well coordinated program. de-
signed to disseminate information
and to inspire the public, and
WHEREAS. The Secretary of
States office and the County
Boards of Elections have been pri-
vileged to lend active assistance
and leadership to approximately
5000 officers and leaders of sever
al hundred Ohio organizations and
groups of various interests, num-
bering many thousands in member
ship, all dedicated to achieveing a
greater voting percentage in Ohio,
NOW THEREFORE, let it be
our prime purpose that these gains
in public service and patriotic en-
deavor and our dedication in the
furtherance of the guarantees of
our freedoms, including the pre-
cious right to a free ballot. be
highly commended, as we subscribe
to the slogan, See you At The
Polls and that the week preced-
ing and including Election Day
be and is hereby proclaimed as
LIBERTY WEEK in the State of
Ohio"
The American Heritage Founda-
ton, non-profit, non-partisan edu-
cational organization, acts as
clearing house of information and
how-to-do-it materials for en-
couraging a greater participation
in all elections. The foundation re-
ports that it is servicing get-out-
the-vote groups in 687 cities sched-
uled to hold elections this year. In
cooperation with the Advertising
Council, it sponsored the 81. 900
mile Freedom Train tour (1947-49)
and the 1850, 1852 and 1856 regis
ter and informed vote campaigns.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-05-07
Foundation Gives
Award To Brown
For Election Job

Columbus+A major American
Heritage Foundation Award will go
to Secretary of State Ted w.
Brown of the State of Ohio for the
Most intensive and effective job
done by an election official in the
1856 non-partisan Register, Inform
Yourself and Vote campaign" it
was announced today by John c.
Cornelius, president of the founda-
ton.
The award is a reproduction of
the Illustration, George Washing
ton the Soldier" by the eminent ar
tist Arthur Szyk and will bear a
citation of appreciation According
to Forrest d. Murden, Jr. of the
Ford Motor Company and chair
man of the foundations awards
committee, seven thousand awards
entries were examined by the COM
mittee.
mo elections official in the ma
ton worked more indefatigably or
more effectively in the non-parti-
san Register, Inform Yourself and
Vote campaign" Mr.. Murden de-
clared. Ohio's Secretary of State
supplied the SO County Boards of
Election with guides and material
for urging people to register and
stressing the power of a single vote
in deciding important elections. A
steady flow of newspaper releases
from Mr.. Brown kept people in
formed on the meaning of the bal
lot. Spot messages from his office
were broadcast over radio and TV.
This is the second time Secretary
of State Brown has won a top ma
tional award from the American
Heritage Foundation. He was first
cited in 1853 as a result of his
spearheading the register vote eff
fort in Ohio in connection with the
1852 Presidential election. In the alb
sence of nationally sponsored
campaign in years other than Presi-
Dental election years, Secretary of
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-05-07
State Revenue Is
Over Billion For
Third Year

COLUMBUS - For the third
straight year, the revenue of the
state of Ohio has topped the bill
lion-dollar-a-year mark. This year
it happened on April II; last year
on May II, and in 1855 on June 81,
according to State Auditor James
A. Rhodes.
Proceeds of the March 27 sale
of S32 million in major thorough
fare highway construction bonds,
which reached the state treasury
last Wednesday afternoon, sent
this years receipts over the billion
dollar mark.
Total revenue for the fiscal year
which ended June 80, 1856 was ST.
163, ,749,175 With more than
two months of the current fiscal
year still left, indications are that
new record will be established
when the state closes its books for
the year on June 80 next.
April II, the day that revenue
for 1956-1957 reached one billion
dollars was the 291st day of the
states fiscal year One billion dol
lars in revenue during that time
means that the state collected
money at the rate of 3,436, ,426
each day, including Sundays and
holidays; $143,184 each hour, and
S2, 1856 every minute. That is al
most $40 for each tick of a watch.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-05-07
THE sENWEEKLY MADISON coUNTY DEMocRAT. LoNpoN OHIO

"As long as we enable the driver
to keep his car on its wheels, and
keep control of it." Charles NJ. No
BILE explains, he has an excellent
chance of getting back out of the
median strip unhurt and with his
car undamaged, and if we give him
a median strip so or more feet
wide the Yale study shows that
there is almost no chance of his
hurting across the median into
oncoming traffic lanes.
But many of the medians now
being designed for Ohio's new
freeways are eevn more than 80
feet wide where such width is
feasible. Why? Because Of careful
and considered thought for the fu-
ture.
Ordinarily, it is quite an expen-
sive process to widen highway;
to add more lanes to the road after
it has once been built. For one
thing it is then necessary to go
back along the route and purchase
more land for right-of-way-a
the value of land usually rises
sharply after the highway has
been built adjacent to it, often as
the result of industrial develop
ment abutting the highway. In
addition, the widening involves
the tearing out and rebuilding of
overhead bridges which carry 9TH
er roads, railroad tracks, etc,
across a limited access freeWay.
Similarly, it then becomes neces-
sary to widen all the bridges which
carry the freeway itself across the
river, etc. On the other hand, it
would be foolish extravaganza to
pave at this time all the lanes
which will be necessary in the fu-
ture.
Since the traffic growth can be
forecast, however, Ohio is going to
be sure that its beautiful new
freeways are not obsolete, jammed
up by traffic in just few years.
Sufficient right-of-way is being
purchased now, especially out in
open country, to allow for eventual
expansion of freeways to take care
of all the traffic which can be
foreseen through the year 1875.
Much of this extra land is being
used in extra-wide median strips
up to "a feet in width. With this
extra median space, expansion of
the freeway becomes just simple
matter of laying pavement into the
median strip, and Presto! A four
lane highway has become six
laner, or six lanes have become
eight, and so on The median, how
ever, still remains wide enough to
provide an ample safety factor.
This thinking ahead" in design
will save Ohio taxpayers untold
millions of dollars over the next
twenty years-and assure Ohio
motorists of adequate highways
which will expand to meet their
needs.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-05-07
LEGAL NOTICE BY PUBLICATION

Pro. Case. No. I277--A
Ruth Filler, Robert Filler and
Clarence Lloyd. whose addresses are
unknown. and the unknown heirs,
devisees. legatees, executors and ad-
ministrators of Lafayette Banion.
deceased. will take notice that
Margaret ID. Mcleod, Administrators
Of the estate of Thomas l.. Banion,
deceased, on the lst day of April,
1857, filed her petition in the pro-
bate court within and for the Coun-
ty of Madison, and State Of Ohio,
alleging that the personal estate of
said decedent is insufficient to pay
his debts and the charges of admin
istering his estate; that he died
seized in fee simple of the follow
ing described real estate situated in
said county to-wit:
Being part of Inlot No. I in
the said village of South Solon.
Beginning at stake in the
S.W. corner Of Inlot No. 2;
thence north It's feet to a stake
in the NV. corner of Inlot No.
one-half to the S.W. corner of
the Adams lot; thence South It's
feet to the n. edge of Main St;
thence r. with said street 27is
feet to the place of beginning.
Also part of Inlot No. 2 describ-
ed as follows Beginning 19 feet
East from the Sc. corner of
Inlot No. ] thence N. It's feet
to a stake in the line of William
Cooper land; thence west 90
feet to the NE. corner of Inlot
No. / thence South with the
line of said lot No. / It's feet
to the Sc. corner of said lot
No. l thence T.. 19 feet to the
place of beginning containing
778712 feet of land, be the same
more or less.
The prayer of said petition is fol
sale of said premises, for the pay
ment of the debts and charges
aforesaid.
The persons first above mention.
ed will further take notice that they
have been made parties defendant
to said petition and that they are
required to answer the same on OF
before the 1st day of June, 1857.
Margaret ID. Mcleod, Admins.
tratrix of the Estate of Thomas
r. Banion, as aforesaid.
Jackman, Nichols q Grubbs
Attorneys for Administrative
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-05-07
New Design Suggested For
Highway Program In State

COLUMBUS - A new term -
"Dual-Dual" has entered the high
way picture with Governor o.
NellPs new highway program for
Ohio. Best described by the ac-
companying illustration, the dual
duaP' highway is an outgrowth of
the already familiar dual" or "di-
vided" highway. Dividers often
called median strips, which run
down the center of a multi-lane
highway were devised by highway
designers to separate lanes of
traffic moving at high speeds in
opposite directions. But as high
way speeds have increased along
with increasing traffic volume and
number of lanes, it has become
necessary to separate not only
traffic bound in opposite directions
but traffic bound in the same dir
ection. Enter "dual-dual" the new
est thing in high speed highway
safety design.
Safety studies have shown that
1t is unwiSe to have more than
three traffic lanes abreast without
some type of divider, for several
reasons. One is that on a many
lane, high-speed highway, one
careless or reckless driver cutting
back and forth across four, five or
six lanes can leave a trail of traf-
fic chaos behind him. Another is
the need for separating lanes of
accelerating, decelerating, or slow
er traffic from lanes of high-speed
through traffic (for both safety
and the drivers nerves.. Still an
other result of such dividing is a
major reduction in traffic jams re-
sulting from an accident. A two
car collision can quickly tie up
cars on even a twelve-lane free
way to point where it may take
hours to unsnarl the traffic. On a
dual-dual highway, however, po-
lice can move in quickly and di-
rect traffic around the blocked
lanes through "slots' in the outer
median strips.
These outer medianS "a dual
dual highway has at least three
median strips) cannot be built as
completely impossible barriers, of
course. Provision must be made
for traffic entering the freeway to
gradually move from the lower
speed outer lanes to the higher
speed inner lanes, and vice versa
for traffic nearing its destination
to move to the outer lanes and an
exit ramp.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-05-07
Four H Girls In
State See Much
In Home Projects

A doubly assured future is a.
waiting 4-H Club girls who enroll
in home economics programs. They
will learn about homemaking in
their own homes, and also job pos
sibilities if they are considering a
future professional career.
Three of the projects conducted
by the State Extension Service are
girls home economics, canning and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-23
BUILDERS REPORT

The National Association OF
Home Builders has changed the
name of its magazine.
Formerly the publication was
known as the "Correlator. /"
Beginning with the February
issue, the magazine carries the
title, The Journal of Home
Building"
\ y \
The president of the Mort
gage Bankers Association. of
America predicts that there will
be around a million new hous-
ing starts this year.
John F. Austin, jr., of Hous-
ton. speaking at the MBA'sMid-
western Mortgage Conference in
Chicago this week, said unit
production will be lower than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-23
FORUM
By NORMA and DON

FISHERMAN'S DELIGHT-An
easy way to put atmosphere and
charm into apartment living is
to bring your hobby indoors and
make it feature of your deco
rative scheme.
The use of fish net and marine
pictures, for example, is a nat
ural for the man or woman who
likes to spend week ends trolling
for rockf1sh or casting for trout.
Fish net--dyed green. red or
blue-is very effective in a room
divider. Use a bookcase or buffet
as the base and stretch the fish
net in a frame which reaches to
the ceiling. This gives you the
division you want without SEEM
ing to make the living and din
ing areas appear overly small.
Marine pictures plus one or
two mounted fish for wall dec
grafton adds up to an attractive
BACKGROUND for fishermen.
STORAGE AID-In a New
York apartment last week end
we came across an idea which
might be useful for people who
live in some apartments here.
This was an older apartment
which had 10-foot ceilings. In
order to increase storage space,
storage lockers had been built
along one wall of a room all the
way up to the ceiling.
The top storage areas were so
high you had to use ladder,
which raised an additional prob
lem of where to store the ladder.
The ingenious solution was to
paint the ladder the same color
as the walls. Above the spot
where the ladder rested was hung
an old-fashioned miniature street
lamp.
All it needed was to have some
one sing the "Old Lamplighter"
song to complete the scene. Many
times a decorative virtue can be
made out Of practical necessity
in this way.
FANCY JARS-Back in the
good old days" it was the
custom to transfer pickles, olives.
butter and so on from storage
containers to fancy dishes for
every meal-especially If you had
company coming.
In today's more condensed
and more eff1cient-way of life,
the maintenance of what
amounts to two storage con-
tainers for each small table item
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-23

are several additional steps to
aid in specific cases.
For example, you can add a
few drops of perfume to water
used to humidity the apartment.
The water in a bowl or open con-
tainer should be placed near a
radiator or hot air outlet.
Instead of merely putting your
scented bath soaps unopened in
the linen closet, try leaving one
cake Of soap open on a shelf to
sweeten the closet.
If you have a problem of
odorS in your refrigerator, try
placing a small piece of charcoal
in an open box in a back corner.
Also keep the more fragrant
foods, such as fish and cheese,
well covered or wrapped.
For those special occasions
when you want a romantic at
mosphere, dab a bit of your
favorite perfume on the electric
light blubs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-23

works a hardship on4many apart
ment jewellers.
A solution we've found is to
transfer items such as butter
relish, jams or jellies to fancy
jars as soon as they come from
the store. The fancy jars can
be kept in the refrigerator or on
the shelf, and also can be used
on the table-even when COM
pany comes.
The effect is to keep your
serving dishes and containers in
use "a hours day rather than
just occasionally. In many cases
1T also results in all around bet
ter looking table settings.
SMELL OF SPRING-Apart-
ments-and homes. too-which
are closed up-as they are. most
of the time during the winter
have a tendency to collect tired
odors."
The basic technique to pre-
vent these tired odors" is tc
air every room thoroughly both
winter and summer. But there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-23

1856, but dollar volume in 1857
should be fairly well up to the
level of 1856"
His studies of the market, he
told the conference, indicate
the possibility Of total of
l million Tor UNDER new units
in 1857. and that is about where
I expect We shall come out"
The building firm Of Gruver
& Cooley has announced re-
moval of its Offices to new quar-
tiers in the Columbia Federal
Building. 530l Wisconsin ave-
nue. NV.
For the past 26 years the firm
had rao Offices in the Invest
ment Building. D. c. Gruver. one
Of the partners in the firm has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-23

been in the building business
here for some 38 years.
Presently the firm is building
In Rock Creek Highlands;
Springfield and Maryknoll. in
Montgomery County. and Ches-
Textbook Woods in nearby Vir-
ginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-06
Free 6-Doy Trips to Bermuda

Every house hunter who visits model home in The Stars
Fall Festival has excellent chance of winning For this
is no huge nationwide drawing; it's confined strictly to
Washington home seekers There's nothing to buy;
nothing to write but your and address, You will
find ENTRY blanks in The Stars special Real Estate Sec
tons for the next four weeks Entry blanks will also be
available at every model home featured in the Fall Festi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-06

val You simply deposit your entry blanks in the ucly
boxes when you visit the model homes That's all there
is to it. You deposit coupon at every model home
If you wish Each weekend the name Ola winner will be
drawn That person will be awarded luxury trip to
Bermuda for two including round trip air transportation
accommodations and meals at renowned hotel Winners
will be published in The Star every week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-06
The Stars Annual
Fall Festival OF Homes

Of the
ing exciting new homes in
During the next four week
lures and stories will style home section
the Metropolitan
will
Fall Festival sections provide with
househun market
inspection
coude free TO Bermuda.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-15
"A. 5. & I. Net
Up 11.5Pct.
During 1856

Net operating income of
American Security g. Trust Co.
reached a rev all-time high of
81 .672,05l in 1856, IA gain Of Ills
per cent from $1,505 POS IN TIE
previous year reported Daniel w.
Bell, president and board chair
man. in inc annual report pre-
sented at the stockholders meet
ing today.
Computed after provision for
Federal and District taxes, the
net was equal to. So "a a share
on 100000 shares of capital
stock, compared with $4.02 a
share on 374,000 shares outstand-
ing IN 1855, Mr.. Bell said.
Net operating income before
taxes, amounted to $3,461,4l4 or
$692 a share, compared with
$3.09l .626 or 1921 in 1855. In
come taxes required $1,789.363
O. $3.50 a share VS.. $l,588. 42l
or $4.25.
However, the company paid
out 100000 or $1.80 a share of
dividends in the year, also a
record. compared with $673, 200
or $l.60 in the previous year.
Retained in the business was
s526,788 or $1.05 a share VS..
1888 161 or $2.37 in 1888.
Stockholders equity on De-
IcemDer 81 amounted to $21 1885,
1873 and the book value of tie
stock was $43.27 share. A year
earlier the figures were $15.617.-
500 and a book value of Salts a
share.
Mr.. Bell reported that loans
increased around 8 per cent,
compared with national aver
age gain Of 10 per cent, but that
the banks deposits declined
around 2 PEI cent, compared
with a national average gain of
2 per cent.
Loans amounted to around 48
per cert Of deposits at the year
end, just about average for the
Nation. To get funds for more
loans. securities holdings were
reduced around $l1.9 million il
the year and new capital of
nearly SIS million was raised.
Record assets OF S255.5 million
on December 81 compared with
S254.7 million a year earlier and
I$l61 million at the end of 1947
Deposits of $230.9 million COM
pared with 1926 million a yeal
earlier and $148.4 million at the
close of 1947.
American Security was admin.
istering trust department assets
listed at 1870 million on Decem.
Der 81. compared with S340 mil
lion at the end OF 1855. The
totals included securities listed al
market value and real estate al
assessed value.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-15
Jenkins Is Named
As Chairman for
Garden Show Here

The chairman OF tn National
Capital Flower and Garden
Show, March 7-l3, again will be
Clifford H. jenkins.
This was announced TO-DAY by
Paul Bauer, president of the
Allied Flori IS of Greater Wash
ington, who sponsor the annual
event at the National Guard
Armory, in co-ope alton with
the National Capital Garden
Club League.
Mr.. jenkins is a charter
member of the group and he is
president of the flower-growing
firm OF C. L. Jenkins & Sons OF
ISuitland. I'D. He was president
'of the Allied Florists in 1852.
Officials said the highlight Of
the 1857 show will be the Dane
ing Waters" exhibit.
They recall that Mr.. jenkins
grandfather first started grow
ing flowers after the Civil War
on a three-acre farm at Suit
land. The firm is operated to-
day by numerous members OF
the family. 1t grows flowers on
go acres with 10000 square feet
iof greenhouses. The flowers are
mainly sold to florists in the
Washington area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-15
III. S. to Sell
500 Million
|AniIine Stock

Attorney General Brownel1
has taken the first steps looking
to making public Offering Of
the Governments 500 million
stock holdings in General Anime
Ind Film Corp. a major maker
OF camera film and film supplies
The Office of Alien Properly
which functions in the Justice
Department, yesterday filed l.,
registration statement relating tC
the stock with the Securities AND
Exchange Commission, a neces-
Isary step before the department
can fix a date for inviting public
bids on the stock.
The Government ho.ds 81 pei
cent of General Aniline, as a re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-15

Phi Sigml Chi fraternity and is
a member Of Sigma Alpha Ep-
silon, Disabled American. Vet
Ierans. Southeast Businessmen s
Association, and Wasi..ngt n
Board Of Trace, Washington
Real Estate Board. He is a
member Oh the district commit
teo of the Boy Scouts and is a
director of the Eastern Branch
IKiWaniS Club.
Other directors were reelected
as follows: Wiley /. Blackwell
Wilfred H. B'anz, T. Earle
Bourne. Luther S. Briggs. Thomas
A. Cantwell James A. Donohoe
I'r. S. Dolan Donohoe, Gratz E
IDunkum, jr.; H. Lewis Flemer
Edgar T. Gadd4S. Francis j
Kare. john L. Louritsen, Adel-
bert w. Lee, Frank j. Mann
William N. Payne, jr.; Rudolph
wv. Santelmann. Frank Small
Ijr.; William Thompson, j. Ebert
Tune and Arthur B. Walker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-15
IVEPCO Expands Sales
ITO 7si,0O0 Customers

The Virginia Electric & Power
Co. today announced its custom
ers passed the three-quarter-
million mark at the END of 1865
President Edwin H. Will said
it was serving a grand total OF
774,000 customers. Electric serv.
ice goes to 6S5,000 and gas to
NEARLY $4,000.
Residents in the company's
service area have more than
doubled the amount of electric
Iity used in individual homes, the
president said. Whereas in 1916
the average was LAP kilowatt
hours for the average house.
holder, during the IL months
ended in October - the lates;
available - he consumed 3,2l5
kilowatt hours, during the year.