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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1957
Page
4
Middletown Ohio newspaper lists subscription costs for six day, seven day, and Sunday editions. Rates vary by delivery area with in city and outside options and international pricing.
A retrospective outlines Woodrow Wilson's 1917 war request and congressional approval, the U.S. shift from neutrality to global power, entry into the United Nations, postwar leadership, and the early Cold War era including Korea, noting that the pivotal turn occurred forty years ago this week.
After labor disputes and competition felled rivals the Ringling Brothers Circus plans a 1957 season without a Big Top. A 300 performer Guild contract, solid Teamsters relations, and indoor venues mark a return with reduced equipment and year round touring including stadiums and state fairs.
Harlem Boyle reports a stream of curious figures from FBI arrest rates to shopping habits and old proverbs. Facts cover crime costs to church giving, education hearing loss, Rin Tin Tin’s dog house, vanity shirts, fabric noise tests, ear infection in divers, weight at the equator, seasickness remedies, drugstore diversity, Andrew Jackson’s bathtub, the Bobby nickname, law counts, underwear ownership, automobile ownership, golf ball speed, and Mark Twain on life.
A city boy in Mobile befriends a semitropical toad named Arthur. After a summer by a sunlit pool and a ventilated box, the boy faces a reluctant separation as his parents won't take the toad north. He kneels by a ravine and leads Arthur to wait for a future visit.
The Harveys visit Mobile as guests of the Azalea Festival staying in Gene Autry's suite. They tour Bellingrata Gardens with Walt Disney, joining prominent figures for a public event and leisure activities.
Comic Bert Lahr tours Washington while touring Broadway. He jokes about the Capitol chandelier and recalls Roosevelt and Nixon, meeting senators and ambassadors, and a World War II fund drive dinner misstep.
Dorothy Kilgallen recalls rising from obscure gossip to page one of Variety after writing about Tennessee Williams. She laments edits and industry gatekeeping while defending independent reporting and her ability to publish immediately without external approval.
A narrator recalls leaving Arthur and the ache of growing up. He admits words fail to ease the transition from boyhood to manhood and reflects on the solitary journey across a harsh threshold.
Crooked fare mix up leads to a taxi driver confusing Nelson and Nancy Nelson as a group tries to return to their hotel after the Salterssons game. The children are escorted to Columbus with police involvement as Middletown fans await relief and reflect on appreciation for the Middies.
A quirky column discusses difficulties with eating corn on the cob and spaghetti, citing Brady and Enrico Caruso as graceful eaters. It also weaves in social quirks about mothers-in-law, a legal profession note, and a boast about Henry Clay’s long legal career and success.
The piece traces the lively ditty Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly 7 to an Isle of Man hero. It credits C W Murphy and Will Letters as authors, with later US revisions by William McKenna of Jersey City.
A diary style forecast urges steady effort and persistence, noting stocktill effort leads to success. It promises favorable December financials and hints at August social tensions, with hints of good business news in September and October. It includes a trivia section about Donkey Serenading and a family name question, with historical theater references and a note on a father’s baseball career.
In a surprising move, the change of the Sadler's Wells ballet to Be Royal ballet was approved. Officials noted the decision reflects royal patronage and public reception during the national arts review.
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