Rural route survey to map soil and water resources
The Agriculture Department will inventory soil and water resources in every county, starting in Ohio this month and extending to all states by December 31, 1959. The effort, overseen by a state committee led by H. B. Alger, aims to aid legislation and program administration. Farmers face a cost-price squeeze. economists Barnes and Milner advise increasing income, cutting fixed costs, using government programs, and tightening management and labor practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Butler County
Ohio
Preble
Warren
Montgomery
Okmulgee County
Oklahoma
United States
Ezra Taft Benson
T. C. Kennard
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Kennard
H. B. Alger
SCS
Ohio To University Agricultural Extension
L. H. Barnes
Ross Milner
Barnes and Milner
Uncle Sam
Lebanon Amicitia Circle Meets At Home Of Mrs Ralph Lewis
The Amicitia Circle gathered at Mrs Ralph Lewis home on South Sycamore Street Friday with Mrs Albert Steltenpohl as guest. News notes include birth of a daughter July 21 at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton and Mrs H H Oruhot hosting a bridge evening for members.
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Amicitia Circle
Ralph Lewis
Lebanon
Albert Steltenpohl
Amicitia
Ove Murrill
Sycamore Street
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Two Weeks Corn Crop Outlook in Warren County
Warren Corwin cannery in Lebanon and Owen Harding cannery in Rox, both in Warren County, anticipate a good sweet corn crop with packing starting mid month if rain supports development. Survinvor H. N. Bunnell notes rapid growth after abundant rainfall, with Aug. 10 as a rough late planting target and output in the four to six week window depending on weather and quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Warren Corwin Cannery
Opera Weatherman
Owen Harding
Rox
Anna
Harding Cannery
Two Warren County Canneries Open This Season
Bunnell reports a healthy tomato crop while a sweet corn pack will start soon. Tom Corwin handles both corn and tomatoes. The Bunnell and Harding canneries are the only two operating in Warren County this season.
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Bunnell and Harding
Warren County
Ohio Shorthorn breeders meet at Ashville picture event
Charles South of Franklin route 1 west of Red Lion holds the 1955 international grand champion Polled Short horn bull owned by C. B. Teegardin & Sons of Ashville. Vernon Benroth of Washington Court House and Marianne Huffman, 17, Harrisburg, near Ohio State Fair Queen of Shorthorns, stand nearby. The gathering marked a joint meeting of the Ohio Shorthorn Breeders Association and the Ohio Polled Short horn Association. Benroth presides the former, South heads the latter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles South
Franklin
Red Lion
South
C. B. Teegardin & Sons
Ashville
Vernon Benroth
Washington Court House
Marianne Huffman
Harrisburg
Benroth
Ohio Shorthorn Breeders Association
Ohio Polled Shorthorn Association
Benreth
Branch Offices Vetoed in Montgomery County Election Board
Montgomery County four member election board voted 2 to 2 on opening branch voting registration offices. Attorney General C William O Neill approved the plan, but the split vote killed the resolution. Republicans Young and Van Allen opposed. Democrats Wood and Hortsman supported it after Wood proposed the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Montgomery County
C. William O'Neill
O'Neill
Election Board
Howard Young
Fred van Allen
Pierce Wood
Albert A. Hortsman
Wood
Springboro Youth To Entertain New Hope Group
The Senior Youth Fellowship of the EUB Church hosts the New Hope EUB Youth Fellowship on Sunday evening. Also Sunday, Dr. William Messmer of Dayton will preside at the Council of Administration meeting at the parsonage. Families and members attend regional visits and social events across Dayton area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springboro
EUB
New Hope
William Messmer
Dayton
Council of Administration
Ladies Aid Society
Death ends vacation after Ontario shooting film
A coroner's jury in Huntsville, Ontario, viewed a Toledo oilman’s souvenir film showing Earl Boyden, known as Injun Joe, posing in Indian costume with a loaded Winchester rifle. The jurors ruled the tourist’s death accidental, while Boyden was cleared of blame. Vincent’s wife and others appear in the footage, which ends with a rifle misfire as the camera rolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsille
Injun Joe
Earl Boyiden
Dwight
Huntsville
Boyden
Vincent
Hastings Return From Honolulu Stationing Change
Mr and Mrs Robert Hastings have returned home from Honolulu where he has been stationed since January 1955 Mrs Myron Mesler and son Paul of Clearwater Florida are spending a month with her parents Mr and Mrs Lee Daugherty Mr Mesler will join them in two weeks Miss Ruth Kelly of Burlington Kentucky was the weekend guest of her sister Mrs Dean Stanley Miss Mary Pugh was the Sunday guest of her brother W S Pugh and family in West Middletown
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hastings
Honolulu
Myron Mesler
Paul
Clearwater
Fla
Lee Daugherty
Mesler
Ruth Kelly
Burlington, Ky
Dean Stanley
Mary Pugh
W. S. Pugh
West Middletown
Cincinnatian Killed After Car Collision
Cincinnati man Howell Brewer, 65, died Tuesday from injuries suffered Monday when he stepped from behind a parked car into the path of a moving vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Howell Brewer
Brewer
Youth Draws 120 Days For Thefts From Cars
Raymond Martin an 18 year old Middleton resident was sentenced to 120 days in the Cincinnati Workhouse on two petit larceny charges by Municipal Judge J T Lamb.Martin pled guilty to stealing a tire tube and wheel plus a bearing valued at 14 dollars from one car and denied another charge involving a tire tube wheel and two fishing rods and reels valued at 40 dollars. Three juveniles are in custody in the same theft series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletonian
Cincinnati
J. T. Lamb
Raymond Martin
Garfield Sr
Martin
Donald Nunamaker
Park St
Proctor
Anderveer Sr
Butler Camp Reservations Due Aug. 10
SOMERVILLE The annual Butler County women camp at Camp Louella Mae runs Aug. 20 to Aug. 24 with a $7.50 fee and a $1 deposit required. Reservations must be sent to the Hamilton extension office by Aug. 10. Campers should bring bedding, weather clothing, chairs, mouse straps, pills, and items for a masquerade plus food for the first night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Butler County
Camp
Louella Mae
Leona Markel
Hamilton
More Kids This Year In Butler
A total of 13,259 school children are counted across Butler County’s 12 districts, 572 more than last year. Districts list Fairfield 2969 Liberty 700 Madison 1151 Morgan 472 New Miami 922 Reily 319 Ross 1294 Seven Mile 320 Talawanda 2742 Trenton 930 Union 11004 Wayne 366.
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Hamilton
Butler County
C.a. Williams
Fairfield
Liberty
Madison
Morgan
New Miami
Reily
Ross
Seven Mile
Talawanda
Trenton
Union
Wayne
Barbara Evans Crowned Harvest Queen at Picnic
Barbara Evans of Fairfield Township Farm Bureau was named Harvest Queen at Butler County Farm Bureau Grange picnic in LeSourdsville. She won a $25 prize from Nationwide Insurance. Ruth Yoho placed second with a $6 merchandise order. Margaret Bush of Elk Creek took third with a $2.50 merchandise order. Ten girls competed. other contestants included Geraldine Huber, Carol Koffer, Rita Hesselbrock, Linda Fetter, Gail Shaw, Carol Conrad, and Wanda Coates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lesourdsville
Barbara Evans
Fairfield Township
Farm Bureau
Butler’ County Farm Bureau-Grange
Nationwide Insurance Co
Ruth Yoho
Peasttown Grange
Margaret Bush
Elk Creek
Grange
Altogther
Geraldine Huber
Wayne Township Farm Bureau
Carol Koffer
St. Clair Farm Bureau
Rita Hesselbrock
The
Linda Fetter
Union Township Grange
Gail Shaw
Collinsville Grange
Carol Conrad
Reily
Wanda Coates
Fairfield Grange
Butler County 4-H members press toward September fair
Butler County 4-H clubs meet weekly through July and August as Donald Burk notes. Seven Mile Cockettes discuss fair booth plans with talks on safety and canning, while Lemon Livestock reports 26 members with officers and regular outings including Fort Ancient picnic and Chautauqua roller skating plans. Various clubs hold demonstrations on sewing and cooking, with dues, balances, and upcoming picnics noted, plus a pattern of weekly meetings and projects across Liberty Creek, Tren ton, and other groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ssociate
Donald C. Burk
Seven Mile Cockettes
Elsie Streit
Jeanette Allspach
Mary Earnhart
Judy Moore
Ellen Earhart
Carol Tatum
Lemon 4-H Livestock Club
Bob Leeds
Donald McKinley
Betty Bake
Tom Leeds
Larry Bennett
Curtis Meyer
Fort Ancients
Chautauqua
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Max Summers
H. H. Oruhot
Bob Peach
Christ
Hospital
Golden Lamb
Burnett
Karl Dakin
Earl Gustin
Harold
Charles Collins
Yergin
Dale Rosencrans
Robert Olson
Leroy
Coats
Mitchen
Middletown
S. Clinton ST
H. N. Bunnell
Tom
Bunnell
Tom Corwin
Staffsda
Robert Moxam
Baltimore
Charles Fry
Beverly
Richard Lubbersman
Kathy
Charlotte Lubbersman
Caroline Fry
Stanley Fry
Ralph Wade
Paul Ruppert
Ernest Wilson
Fred Wilson
Fred Mayne
Nellie Amrein
Hazel Bennett
Don Mayne
Eugene Beasley
Portsmouth
Barbara Dwyer
Richard Fuller
Rogers
Patty Jones
Cleveland
Roxie Jones
Robert Jones
Roxie
George Sidenstick
Vernie Sidenstick
Zimmerman
Roscoe Wilson
Centerville
William Blackford
Rocky Fork Lake
Hillsboro
Walter Ruble
Curtis Reedy
Germantown
Wilbur Beltz
Fred Loy
Circleville
Herbert Jackson
Glenn
Darrel
Bryan Ware
Howard Logan
St. Marys
Jackson
Indiana
Robert Eaton and Sons
Clarence Eaton and Sons
W. ©. Frost
Harveysburg
Ernie Burkhart
Charles Hutchinson
Grandview Hospital
Robert Zeck
David Temple
Columbus
Joe Logan
Charles Logan
J. P. Hopping
Frances Waite
Fosters
James Eyler
John Moore
Kay Brown
Calvin Hubler
Ange
Denny Heisingler
Dillsboro
Ind
Jane Angel
Dead Man
Injunce
Haran
Soft Water Service
Manhattan St
John Mull
Illinois Ave
Gem Smokery
Central Ave
Mull
Lawrence Smith
Newport
Butler County Grand Jury
Geneva Smith
Virgil Wireman
Texas Ave
Flourney Patton
Vermont Int
Randall Helton
Browning St
Butler
lRay C. Wilson
Butler County Board of Education
Ohio Department of Highway Safety
Butler County Board
Wilson
Mary Jo Branch
J. F. Clawson
Charles Gluhm
Ernest Myers
4-H
Ann Kehr
Flickinger
Margo
Martyn Graham Ty
LeMay
St. Clair
On Club
Wayne Livestock Club
Thejing
Ray Mulls
John
Jim Rothfus
Dairy Club
Ray My Craig
Clothing Club
Paul ‘Berry
Joyce McKinley
Treasury
Phyllis Stewart
Jackie Streithau
Lemon Township
Rip and Tear Clothing Club
Paul Berry
Doreen New
Kathy Brock
Becky Hannah
Bob Ken
Elk
Cookie Club
LeSour Boniy Port
Eleva Creek Grange
Lake
Foo
Marilyn Brown
Roberta Gephart
Margaret Crty
Janet King
Jo Russell
Cynthia School
Gephart
Chendiiel Ie
Kennel
Mildred Isaacs
Sally Flenner
Marilyn Graham
Loretta Keith
Eemwood
Trenton Livestock Club
Jimmie Flickinger
Forest Terrill and Roll
Robert Ter
Stroud
Middletown Lumber Co
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