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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-01-08
Final Plans Made
For Banquet For
Dairymen In Area

Final plans have been made for
the Annual Dairy Banquet to be
held On Thursday, January II, 7
PM. at the Fairgrounds Youth
Building according to Don Elliott,
Banquet Committee Chairman.
Other Committeeman are Merle
Howard, Ronnie Anderson, and
Byron Smith.
Rev. r. Wobus, pastor from
Sidney, Ohio, will be the featured
speaker. A report from the Cen
trail Ohio Breeding Association and
a short business meeting will also
be presented. Door prizes will be
given.
Tickets are available from any
of the following dairy committee
men: John H. Buehl, Kenneth
Sigh, Jake Scheiderer, Kenneth
Junk. Paul Sullivan. Byron Smith,
Bob SonmerS, Earl Morehart,
Don Elliott, Robert Boerger, Del
bert Grouse, Ed Converse, Ronnie
Anderson, Merrill Howard, Jack
Lombard; Technician, and John
Scheiderer, Testing Supervisor.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-01-08
Accelerated Court System Means
Added Savings In Operating Fund

James r. Littler, Madison Coun-
ty Clerk of Courts, reports a to-
tai of 232 original civil cases filed
in his office during 1856, compar-
ed to 249 in 1885. The decrease
was entirely due to % fewer di-
vorce cases filed in 1856 The total
of original and rehearing cases,
both civil and criminal, was 357 in
1856 compared to 354 in 1855, an
increase of 3 cases.
There was a total of 142 pend
ing cases on January /, 1856
awaiting Grand Jury action, court
or jury trial or cases not ready for
trial. There were only 103 such
pending cases January l, 1857, a
reduction of 80 cases.
Of the 103 pending cases % are
criminal. OF these % are to be
submitted to the January Term
Grand Jury which meets on Janu-
ary 9Th. The one pending criminal
case has not been disposed of be-
cause the defendant failed to ap-
pear at the arraignment. The
Sheriffs office has been unable to
locate the defendant who is charg-
ed with a misdemeanor.
OF the pending cases 18 are di-
vorce actions. Fifty-five are other
civil cases, attorneys for the par
ties in these have indicated that
10 will be settled or dismissed
without trial in the month Of jan
uary.
In addition to court and jury
trials, Common Pleas Judge Ger
aid A. Baynes held 30 pre-trial
hearings of civil cases during the
year. other than divorce cases.
Littler said that the pre-trial sys-
TEN has resulted in disposing of
most cases without trial. Also the
average civil case is disposed of
within months from the date the
case is filed.
The interest to taxpayers is that
the system has helped to reduce
court operating expenses. The ap-
preparation for the court in 1856
was SIS, 800. Actual expenses will
total about $14,500, it was esti-
mated. The courts expenses were
S14,876. in 1855, which is exclu-
sive of the Clerk of Courts budget.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-01-08
Telephone Company Hit The 5000 Unit Mark Saturday
At Summerford; Marks Seventy.five Years Service

Ohio Bells operation in Madi-
son County jumped past the 5000
telephone mark Saturday with the
installation of service for Robert
M. L. Henry at Summerford. And
the reaching of the 5000 unit
brought to attention the fact that
it was IS years ago this year that
the first telephones were installed
in the county.
Since the first telephones were
installed in the county in 1882,
service has continued to increase,
but at first it was considerably
slower than the past few years.
At the end of the first 13 years OF
service (1895) there were only %
telephones in operation in the
county. A rapid growth after that
jumped the service to 14OO by 1900
when the growth slowed to more
stable steady increase.
Overall, the economic conditions
have largely determined the rate
of growth, but the greatest in
crease has come in recent years
with an average during the past
year of two added telephones
every three days.
Much of the service in the area
is now private lines, but in the
case of the latest installation, it
was a party line for rural area.
But, just as in town, the rural
telephones are now dial operated
and easily connected with humid
reds of other cities in the area.
The new user, Robert NJ. L.
Henry lives alone at Summerford
and likes it. He is retired from the
Washington ID. c. Police Force and
enjoys his life in Madison County.
He is native of this area, and
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-01-08
Fire Insurance Rates May
Take Jump; Inspector Says
Trucks Are Not Up To Par
Mary 6. Allen, SO,
Dies; Funeral Is
At London Monday

Mary c. Allen, SO, a lifelong
resident of Madison County, died
Saturday morning at the home of
a niece, Mrs. Floyd Baker, in
South Charleston. She was
member of the Sedalia Presbyter-
ian Church
Funeral services Monday after
noon from Lukens Funeral Home
with the Rev. Robert Waller Off
ciating. Burial in the Sedalia
Cemetery.
Survivors include two sisters:
Mrs. Inis Warner, Jeffersonville
and Mrs. Halle Pierce, South
Charleston, along with nieces and
nephewS.
She was the widow of the late
Sheridan Allen. A son also preced-
ed her in death.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-01-08
Veteran Glasses
In Farm Training
To Open In March

r. D. Webster Superintendent
of Madison County Schools has
announced that the next period for
enrolment of farm veterans in In
stitutional On-Farm Training
classes will be during the month of
March.
He said that every reasonable
effort will be made to help eligible
veterans get properly enrolled.
Every veteran, interested in this
program of training, should re-
member that enrolment must be
made before three years from his
date of discharge.
Veterans + e ntly y discharged
from the Armed Forces may pro-
fitably delay enrolment until they
are certain of a farm on which to
train and are sure of a good
training situation.
New classes may be organized
when ten or more veterans, with
in a reasonable driving area, for
mally apply and cannot be accom-
modated in existing classes. Vet
Grams from adjoining counties may
unite to form a class in a conVen-
lent school where Vocational Agri-
culture facilities are or can be
made available.
Additional information or en-
rollment forms may be secured by
writing Mr.. L. B. Fidler, Institu-
tional On-Farm Training, 220 S.
Parsons Avenue, Columbus IS,
Ohio.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-01-08
Second Move For
City Offices Is
Township Hall

West Jefferson's Village Council,
in a Monday night session which
ended shortly before midnight de-
cided on another move of village
headquarters, discussed a place to
locate their proposed sewage dis
posal plant, agreed to have an en-
gineer give an estimate on the cost
Of repairing the old village build
ing, passed a gas rate ordinance
contrary to the one proposed by
Ohio Fuel Gas Company and pass
ed their 1857 appropriation ordi-
nance.
Hindered by space in the pres
ent cramped Mayor-Police office,
the group met in the recreation
room of the fire department
building and were further hamp-
cred by having to make additional
trips for material and information
needed in the meeting.
At the opening of the meeting,
Mayor Harold B. RAIDER asked that
the proceedings of this and all fol-
lowing meetings be conducted in a
most busineSs-like manner. He en-
phasized that the group had been
sharply criticized concerning their
method of action during the past
year. He also asked for close CO.
operation and careful handling of
the village finances for the year.
A misunderstanding was blamed
for the move of the village offices
to the present location, and now
the next move is to go into town.
ship hall where space and other
facilities are more readily avail
able. No time for the move was
set. Council agreed to the move
despite the added costs which will
be involved.
After hearing a letter from the
Village Engineer. council voted on
going ahead with the proposed
sewage disposal plant, and the sol
icitor is to contact a landowner for
a site. It will involve about five
acres plus roadway and other
rights-of-way.
In a discussion involving the fl
naldisposal of the old village hall,
some talk concerned the possibil-
ity of selling the building and the
site to an oil firm for an amount
which could possibly cover all ex-
penSes for a new building. Specif-
ically, they agreed that engineers
should be contacted to get a def
mite estimate on remodeling and
or repairing the old building with
detailed information.
Following through on old buSi-
ness, council passed a gas rate or
dinance contrary to the one pro-
posed as fair by the Ohio Fuel
Gas Company. Local Manager F
f. Kidwell said the ordinance
would probably be appealed to the
Public Utilities Commission, be-
cause the rate as passed does not
produce a fair return.
At several times during the
night. the meeting was punctuat.
ed with Mayor RAIDER calling for
order and close adherence to rules
of parliamentary procedure. Only
one recess was called during the
entire evening
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-01-08
Bulletins Of Interest
Available To Farmers

The Madison County Extension
Office announces some new farm
bulletins or reprints available
from the office that would be of
interest to farmers this time of the
year namely 1857 crop and Corn
Hybrids for Ohio. Swine Manage
ment, Plans ror a general Purpose
Farm wagon. Sheep raising in
Ohio, 1856 Farmers Tax guide,
and leaflet giving instructions on
taking and results of taking a soil
sample. Taking Stock of Our
Soil
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-01-08
Five Arrested In
Two B & Z Cases
BY Sheriff Dept.

Madison County Sheriffs depu-
ties Investigated two cases of
breaking and entering over the
weekend and counted five persons
held in custody, four of whom
were juveniles.
Deputy Bob Henry said three
Juveniles broke into a furnished,
but unoccupied house on the Old
Xenia Road late Friday, but that
the entry was not noticed until
early Sunday. John Dunkle, who
operates the O. T. Dunkle farm
said the house had been entered,
and the investigation followed.
Tracking, through dropped articles
taken from the house, Henry ap-
pretended the first of the boys at
his home and later picked up the
second at work and the third at a
movie. All three were Juveniles,
two 16 and one Is years old.
No value was placed on the as
sortment of odds and ends taken
from the house.
In a separate case of breaking
and entering, two other youths
were apprehended. One was iden-
titled as Noah Stutzman, Is, Plain
City and the other as a 16 year old
juvenile, also of Plain City. They
had broken a window to enter a
barber shop in Plain City where
they said they took a large jug
containing around seven or eight
thousand pennies and an additional
$500 in other cash.
The Plain City group were ap-
pretended after a railroad track
walker had discovered several pen
nieS under a bridge.
No charges had been placed
against either of the groups at
Press time.
The Sheriff's office also investi-
gated two accidents over the week
end. They reported that a car driv-
en- by William Chesser, So Main
Street, London. skidded while
driving on icy Armstrong Number
l and struck another car, which
was parked. No one was injured
but both vehicles were damaged
slightly.
The other accident was on Route
40 when a Columbus driver lost
control on the slick surface, skid
ded and left the road hitting a
fence. Damage was slight and
there were no injuries in this acci-
dent.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-01-08
Patrol Has Only
Five Accidents
Through Weekend

The London Post of the State
Highway Patrol Investigated five
accidents over the week end, with
only two of them involving injury.
The other three involved only
property damage, and most were
caused as a result of the snow on
the roads.
Cpl. Paul Peterson, commander
of the London Patrol Post. said
the first injury came Sunday
morning when a vehicle driven by
Margaret McEldowney, %, Wash
ington, d. c., went out of control
on slick US 40 west of Summer
ford and left the road and struck
bridge. The driver suffered
abrasions and a passenger, Clara
Blair, Pittsburgh, received a lacer-
ated lip and a broken tooth. The
pair was enroute to Colorado and
the car was damaged enough to
require a days time for repairs.
In the second personal injury
accident, Sunday afternoon. Frank
Anderson, Fletcher, Ohio, west
bound 3 miles west of Plain City,
lost control and struck an east
bound vehicle driven by Bobby
Dye, %, Sidney.
Anna Wilson 81 and Ethel Will
son So, both of Sidney suffered
minor injuries and were treated at
Union County Hospital.
Other accidents over the week
end, involving only property dam
age included one at the intersec-
ton of the West Jefferson Kious-
vile Road and Route 665. A Co
lumbus driver was charged with
failing to yield the right -of-way to
Dayton man driving on Route
665. Both vehicles were consider
ably damaged. The accident occur
red Friday afternoon.
On Saturday morning a car
southbound on Route az, driven
by a Cincinnati man struck a sign
at the junction of 40 and AZ. He
made no report to local officials
but was later apprehended at
Springfield on a drunken driving
charge. Damage to his car match
ed that done by the sign in this
county.
At 500 am. Monday John P.
Frey, q, Route 3, London, east
bound on Route 40, lost control on
the slick road and struck a guard
rail damaging the vehicle and the
guardrail. He was not injured.
Patrolmen continue their warn
ing that the roads will probably
be slick and dangerous for the
next several weeks, and asked
that the motorists adjust their
driving accordingly. They advised
that safe driving can pay big divi-
dends, especially during the rough
winter months.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-01-08
Retail Merchants Set
Banquet Date Jan. Is

The annual Retail Merchants
Association Banquet has be en-
scheduled for Tuesday, January
IS, according to an announcement
this week. 1t will be held in the
basement of the Methodist church.
Chairman Charles Wyscarver
said the speaker for the evening
will be Cap Arnold of billiards.
Other events for the annual fest
are also scheduled to complete the
evening.
Members are also being contact
ed so that they may get their tic
kets in time for plans to include all
wishing to attend.
Details are available from Chair
man Wyscaver or President Rob-
ert II. Mabe.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-01-08
Says Letter To
Mayor Should Be
Key To Changes

London's fire insurance rates
may take ten to twelve per cent
jump this year. depending upon
an inspection completed last week
and the reaction locally to the fin
al report which should be due in
less than two weeks, according to
the inspector.
An inspector from the Ohio In
spection Bureau who made the two
weeks check on London's fire
fighting facilities said this week
that his report should be complet-
ed and returned to the mayor in
less than two weeks if there is
chance that the insurance rating
will be lowered (meaning higher
rates). He said the final comput-
ing would take from eight to ten
weeks, unless it is obvious that
the rate hike is needed.
London is currently covered by
insurance in a sixth class rating,
and a reduction to seventh class
would mean added costs in fire
insurance coverage to all CONNER
cial and industrial places covered.
The Ohio Inspection Bureau es-
tablished the rating basis for in
surance companies.)
At the time the Bureau sends
the letter to the mayor, they will
tell him what needs to be done to
avoid the reduced rate and higher
cost for insurance coverage and
the time limit on the fulfillment
The inspector said it was evident
that the rating (the index to in
surance costs) will fall or stay the
same. He emphasized that there is
no chance for cost reductions in
insurance rates.
Generalizing on the findings, the
inspector said it was obvious that
the Fire Department was under
manned and equipped with very
poor vehicles. in fact he term
ed the trucks mot adequate" The
only thing which did meet the ap-
proval was the alarm system,
which is acceptable in a city of
this size, the inspector said.
The Inspector said the water
s. stem needed added elevated
storage and a larger water supply,
pointing out that two wells are not
uSable.
During the inspection, the water
plant was asked to put the fire
pumps into use, jumping the line
pressure to 101s pounds where the
normal pressure is 50 pounds. AS
result of the increased pressure
which is supposed to be used dur
ing fires, several residential water
tanks were damaged and a large
tank at London High School
burst. Water Plant Manager
George Woodard said the tanks
were supposed to be equipped with
relief valves for such emergencies.
He added that the same trouble
had developed at times during
fires.
Supt. ]. ]. Hartley said the dam
age at the school would have total
ed at least S40o had the tank been
replaced. Since it was an emergen-
cy hot water storage tank. it was
not replaced, but the school DUR
chased and installed a larger wat
er heater to replace the smaller
one which necessitated the storage
tank.
Ia discussing the rerating. the
inspector said it would definitely
give London a re-rating, but no
definite statement could be made
about the type of rating other
than insurance rates would not de-
crease.
Definite needs, if they are
pointed out, will not be available
until the mayor is notified Of the
planned change in rating, it was
said.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-01-08
MONROE BOOSTERS
SCHEDULE MEETING

The Boosters Club of Monroe
School have scheduled their reg
ular monthly meeting for January
9 at 1:3O in the afternoon. The
meeting is scheduled to be held in
the new Jonathan Alder High
School Building on Route AZ south
of Plain City. The members are
asked to bring guests.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-01-08

after 25 years on the busy streets
of Washington, likes the quietness
of the little village where he lives.
Robert p Redman, Ohio Bell
Commercial Manager here, COM
menting on the growth during the
past year. said service was extend
ed 10 295 new telephones during
1856 to bring the total at the end
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-01-08

of the year to 1896. The addition
al installations since January l
have already passed the 5000
mark and are expected to grow
steadily during the year.
1t was late in 1856 when the
Operator system in London bowed
out and the new dial system was
cut-in for service, giving London
users a link with direct distance
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-01-08
West Jefferson Council In
Busy Session Monday AS
Difficult Year Commences
ADVISED TO GET
DOG LICENSES NOW

Madison County Auditor For
rest Hanson said this week that
all dog owners should get their
licenses now to avoid a last
minute rush or an added pen
atty.
According to Hanson, all Ii
censes sell for $500, and S1.00
penalty will be added after jan
uary 20. A handy order form is
in this issue.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-01-08
RED CROSS SEEKS
HUNGARIAN RELATIVES

The Madison County Chapter
of the American Red Cross is
seeking an aunt and an uncle of
an Hungarian refugee who has
come to the United States.
They have requested that any
one knowing the whereabouts
of either Mrs. George Lang or
John Mueller please notify the
Red Cross Chapter in the Mad
ison County Courthouse.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-01-08

dialing throughout the nation
where other cities are on similar
systems.
In installing the 5,000th. tele-
phone, Redman accompanied in
staller Ned Turvy, and congratu-
lated Henry on getting the unit
which marks a milestone in Madi-
son County's telephone history.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-01-08
Ralph Napier, IT,
Dies Here; Rites
Set For Tuesdey

Ralph Napier, II, native and
lifelong Madison County resident,
died Sunday morning at the home
of a nephew, Fern Napier, after
an illness of several years. He was
retired Pennsylvania Railroad
employee.
Funeral services Tuesday after
noon from Lukens Funeral Home
with the Rev Robert Wilson Off
ciating. Burial in Kirkwood
Cemetery.
Survivors include a daughter,
Margaret Evans; three brothers :
Bunch, London; Clifford and Irwin,
Columbus and several nieces and
nepheWs.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-01-08
RECOVERING FROM
OPERATION IN DAYTON

William S. (BilD Curl of xenia,
a former resident of London, is re-
covering after a major operation
Thursday in Miami Valley Hospi-
tai, Dayton.
His room number is SAT, Fifth
Floor, Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton, and he'd appreciate hear
ing from his many friends in Lon
don.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-01-08
ENTERS HOSPITAL

Mrs. Floyd Butts, South Char
lesion Road, has entered Mt. Car
mel Hospital at Columbus where
she will undergo surgery. She was
admitted Sunday and is in room
839.
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