Dry Run Planned for Polio Vaccine Big Show
Operation Dry Run targets over 2000 first to be vaccinated in Middletown next Wednesday at 2 30 pm Dr Benjamin Sawyer says final prep step for the program All teams except doctors will practice with vaccines and supplies donated by local firms and organizations including Coca Cola Borden s Dairy and Riverside Concrete Balloons suckers and extra transport pledged to ease the effort with local medical health and education groups coordinating the operation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Sawyer
Sawyer
Robert McConaughy
Coca- Cola Bottling Co
Borden
Fraternal Order of Police Associates
Middletown Hospital
The
Civic Association
Red Cross Grey Ladies
Butler County Medical Society
Middletown Board of Education
Butler County Polio Chapter
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Middletown Health Department
Sewer Work Nears Finish On Bulls Run Outlet
City officials report Foley Construction is close to finishing the Bulls Run sewer outlet under Sorg Paper Co plant pending good weather. High water and bed rock hinder progress on the new interceptor sewer and across Verity Golf Course where 242 feet of 48 inch pipe have been laid, with 800 feet total and plans for about 44 feet daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley Construction Co
Bulls Run
Sorg Paper Co
Howard H. Kramer
Foley
Verity Golf Course
Kramer
Minor Damage Reported In Car Accidents
Franklin police report two accidents caused $440 in damage. Leon ard J Smith struck the parked William D La Pole car at River and 1st Streets, with $100 damage to Smith and $200 to La Pole. Luther Campbell struck Stu art W Meecham and Roy Hall’s parked car near 2nd and Main, causing $50 damage to Meecham and Hall cars and $40 to Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
William D. LaPole
S. River St
Leonard J. Smith
N. River St
Smith
River and
1St Streets
LaPole
Smith Auto
Luther Campbell
Barnitz St
Middletown
Stuart W. Meecham
Western Avé
Mansfield
Roy Hall
Shartz Road
Meecham
2Nd
Main Streets
Campbell Auto
Hall
Meecham Auto
Meecham and Hall
Woman Burns While Lighting Stove In Morrow
A Morrow woman, Mrs Virgil Todd 54, sustained first and second degree burns to her left hand arm under her arms and back when a kerosene soaked cloth ignited a coal stove. Her husband Virgil 43 rushed to help tearing off the burning gown. Both were taken to Middletown Hospital at 7 20 am by Oswald ambulance.
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Morrow
Middletown Hospital
Virgil Todd
Morrow Rt. 2
Virgil
Todd
Oswald
Hamilton Dentist Dies Of Injuries
Dr. Edwin E. Meisterhans 70 of 485 Symmes Rd died at Mercy Hospital Hamilton at 1 25 am from chest rib injuries and a punctured lung after an auto crash on Gilmore Road near Tylersville Road Sunday night The county tally reaches seven for 1955 His wife Esther was treated for bruises and later dismissed Private services will be held with burial in Rose Hill Memorial Park He is survived by his widow a son a daughter a brother a sister and five grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin E. Meisterhans
Symmes Rd
Hamilton
Mercy Hospital
Gilmore Road
Tylersville Road
Garret J. Boone
Meisterhans
Esther
Charles M. Martin
Middletown
Dr. Meisterhans
Rose Hill Memorial Park
Mehl Fights Firing After Butler County Home Dismissal
Paul J. Mehl, discharged superintendent of the Butler County Home, argues he is a scapegoat and blames county commissioners for conditions. The 2-1 vote by commissioners followed an investigation into home conditions. Mehl says budget limits hampered improvements and he will file his answer and the charges with the state civil service commission in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Paul J. Mehl
Butler County
Mehl
Gordon Augspurger
Ben S. van Gorden
Arthur Reiff
Legionnaires Start Circus Ticket Sales For May Event
Post 218 Legionnaires begin advance ticket sales for the King Brothers Circus on May 7 at the Smith Farm grounds opposite the Hydaulic site. A full dress parade will precede shows, with Legion Commander Cecil Runyan calling the circus the big fund raising project of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legionnaires
King Brothers Circus
Smith Farm
Hydaulic
Robert Minor
Legion Circus Committee
Legion
Minor
Thomas Haney
F. H. Gillespie
J. B. Strickland
Hal Stevens
Louis Rossi
Dutch Martin
Gerald Huntsbarger
James Welch
E. M. Raines
Dan Humphreys
Jake Seibold
Joe Cox
Cotton Lee
Joe Baker Jr
William Schneider
Eugene Cottom
Arthur Albaugh
Roger Dillman
Joseph Cantor
Thomas Class
Robert Knorr
Post 218
Cecil Runyan
Ambulance Rushes Bethany Man After Highway Crash
Sidney Austin 47 of Bethany was rushed to Middletown Hospital after his truck crashed through a guard rail on U S 25 south of Bethany. He was listed in fair condition with a crushed chest as state patrolmen described the 6 30 p m mishap caused when a southbound auto passed an oncoming truck forcing it off the highway. Robert Eaton, ambulance driver, said he and others freed Austin from the cab. The damaged truck toppled after overturning. The piece notes Lent mourning by Queen Elizabeth I and her court in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Bethany
Sidney Austin
Box
Middletown Hospital
Eaton Funeral Home
Austin
Armco Chief Receives Kentucky Colonel Honor in Ashland
W W Sebald Armco Steel Corp president attended a luncheon in Ashland Kentucky and received a Kentucky Colonel commission from Gov Lawrence Weatherby. He met eight student winners of the Self-Reliance Contest who shared in 1500 dollars in prizes and was accompanied by Armco and Jaycee leaders including Hugh W Wright and Rowan Crawford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebald
Ashland
Kentucky
Lawrence Weatherby
Paul Grumbles
Middletown
Armco
Emry Clay Hotel
Robert McDade
Knight Goodman
Hugh W. Wright
Rowan Crawford
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By Bill Mansfield
Riverside Concrete Co
Ortman-Stewart Bus Co
Sorg
DIAL
Elizabeth I
England
Sebald Ils
Freeman
Creag
Ette Accounter
Kes
Freeman's
Central Ave
Children’s Dept
Ross
Children's Wear
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