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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1961
Page
19
Registered U S Patent Office puzzle guides readers to compute a key number from their name by letter count rules then read a hidden message from a rectangular grid. The feature is distributed by King Features Syndicate and credited to William J. Miler.
A chaotic 110 AM market note lists numerous tickers and firms including American Airlines, General Motors, Chrysler Motors, Goodyear, Westinghouse, and Ford among others. It references percentages and prices in a rapid montage with notes on several sectors and companies, reflecting a busy ticker-style update.
A fragment lists Middletown Securities Aeronca Pid and Cristal Tissue Co along with First National Bank Sorg Paper Co and Sore Paper Co Pid Lau Biower. Names AW Greene and Ladd appear with a phone number GA 2.4571 and reference to the New York Stock Exchange and Manchester Hotel.
Market report lists cattle calves lambs and hogs with price ranges and quality grades. Entries include good to choice and standard categories for steers heifers and cows with values such as 24.50 to 26.90 for choice steers and 8.00 to 21.00 for heavy bulls, noting market activity and condition.
Dale Reed, seven year principal of Oneida School, was honored at the monthly PTO meeting. Mrs. Ruth Lopley presented a desk set and explained Reed’s seven of eight years at Oneida and prior service as executive head of Woodlawn Local School District. Reed is married with daughter Janet at Lemon Monroe High School. Mrs. Reed teaches kindergarten at Amands School. The event followed a pupil participation program.
James Mack, Middletown school district speech therapist, will address Monroe Elementary School PTO at 7 30 tomorrow night. His presentation includes slides and a demonstration of methods to correct children’s speech problems.
A dinner meeting and Ladies Night will be hosted by the Toastmasters Club tomorrow at the Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co. building on Mary Etta Street at 6 45 p.m. Special guests include Clarence Jones of Dayton Area 11 governor and Henry Anderson of Columbus District 40 governor.
Astronomers estimate a star’s intrinsic brightness by imagining all stars at the same distance from Earth. They rank stars on a scale where the brightest have magnitude under 1 and the faintest around 20.
USDA Castle 350 report notes calves and slaughter classes slow with steady steer and heifer demand. Utility cows and bulls priced 15.50 to 18.50, calves to 29 and hogs steady with various weights in the 17.00 to 18.00 range. sheep trading weak with few slaughter lambs available.
Local Dayton market listing shows prices for rabbits and ducks with entries for young rabbits and Pekin ducks. Notes reference hens and leghorn categories along with tom turkeys. The fragmentary OCR suggests a general regional produce price page.
Ex-gs prices paid at farms after can dling and grading list jumbo eggs at 2.33, large 27-33, medium 4-29, small 16-24, B large 22-28, under grades 12-22. Potatoes fetch 2.75-3.75 per unit.
The Ohio Information Committee reports 6 percent favor solvency, 9 percent support merit reduction for steady employers, 93 percent back raised rates on underpaying firms, 81 percent as is tax base at 3 000 dollars, 71 percent approve proportional rate increases, 74 percent would cut benefits, and 9 percent seek to curb benefit abuses. Results to be presented to the House Industry and Labor Committee Wednesday night.
Two Middletown youths, aged 17, were arrested for stealing a purse containing 108.32 from Elizabeth Eustath on Grand Avenue near Stanley Street. Police recovered the purse from a car and took the suspects to Butler County Juvenile Detention Home. they had prior shoplifting incidents this year.
Officers were elected last night at the Holy Trinity PTO under chairman Mrs. Carl Jackson. Elected: Robert McCon sughey president, Joseph Schramm vice president, Mrs. James Gaieese recording secretary, John Halbie treasurer, Mrs. Robert Fay corresponding secretary. A card party is planned at the K of C Hall for April 12 at 7:30 pm. The next meeting is May 2 under Mrs. Thomas Walburg.
Police say the Millcreek Expressway crash death of a Fort Thomas Ky woman and injuries to a Middletown woman remain under investigation. The driver, James Johnson of Trenton, is charged with improper lane changing. A separate legal notice advertises Middletown Ohio bid proposals with April 25 deadline and bond requirements.
A crowded page lists lost items such as a fox terrier named Skippy in Mayfield and a Labrador, plus a black cat and a dachshund in Middletown area with ads seeking owners. Separate entries include multiple obituaries for Arthur W. Leppich, Vernon H. Moore, Maynard Livo, Neilie Peck, and others, with funeral home details and interment plans across Ohio and Illinois towns.
Community notices list a church dinner and bake sale events. Dinner Saturday April 28 at noon to 1 30 pm in the Garfield Street basement with Southern cooking. Bake sale in the central store lobby Friday April 7. Includes groups like Garfield Sr Homemakers and Garden Clubs.
Middle aged lady offers in home care and typing services with over ten years of experience. Includes contact GA 33-1449 after 5 pm and a note about typist availability and local ad context.
In sorrow the Carroll family expresses gratitude to relatives friends and neighbors for kindness after the loss of husband father and brother Vernon Carroll They thank Rev Frank E Sowards Rev Steve Faulkner floral donors pallbearers singers organist the Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home and Dera Carroll and family for support and funeral arrangements.
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