100 Years ago in West Jefferson

May 31, 1912

Madison County Democrat — The members of the Harmony Club were entertained at the home of Mrs. E. I. Evans on Friday afternoon. After the regular program a lunch was served.

— Miss Anna Davenport spent Saturday with Miss Helen Bennett at Columbus.

— Miss Mary Stickley entertained the following at her home last Wednesday: Miss Julia and Henry Harsch, of Columbus; Maude and Edna Weaver, of Resaca; Mrs Jessie Clark and daughter, Bessie, of London; and J. E. Ritchie, of Dayton.

— The Methodist Sunday school will hold their children’s day exercises at the church next Sunday evening.

— Edward Quinn died at his home on the Middle Pike on Tuesday evening at the age of 83 years. The funeral was held at the Catholic Church on Friday.

Part II

The Madison Press, Dec. 29, 1952 — 1952 was a zany, wonderful year — A new mail carrier went around and collected all the mail another carrier had delivered.

— A candidate for a local office immediately withdrew when he found out his opponent was his boss.

— A drunk climbed into a police car thinking it was a taxi…and got a free ride to jail.

— A pickpocket carried a third (and artificial) arm as a decoy.

— A woman in Norfolk, Va., was attacked by a strange man, who cut her arm, bit one finger, paused for a long look and apologized, “I beg your pardon, I thought you were my wife.

— An ad appeared in a Mexico, N.Y., paper: “George, please come home, the children need you. The lawn will need mowing soon and the garden needs a worm like you. Your loving wife.”

— We wonder how many of our readers saw and heard George Stephenson when he appeared on TV Sunday. Mr. Stephenson is a horseshoer and also makes his own horseshoes. With the exception of one sister in Detroit, his family is in England where he was born. He was the official shoer at O.S.U. For 25 years and prior to that he worked in the same capacity at Purdue University. For five consecutive years he was awarded first prize for his work at the Ohio State Fair. (He kept his accent. When I cut meat at the I.G.A. he would come in and order a half a pound of hamburger.)

— Dr. and Mrs. Froncek arrived from Kansas City, Mo. for a joyous Christmas Eve reunion with her family, the H. B. Rader’s.