Middletown Boy Sees Europe on a Six Cent Budget
A 15 year old Middletown boy, Jim South, returned from a seven week trip abroad with six cents in his pocket. He funded about 350 dollars of his 700 dollar trip through savings as a newspaper carrier and odd jobs, with parents and grandparents covering the rest. He toured Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium and Luxembourg with his uncle Sgt J C Lawrence Lackey in Aschaffenburg and Berlin, experiencing East and West Berlin and traveling by bus to Amsterdam The Hague Ghent Bruges Luxembourg Trier and more. He hopes to spend time in West Berlin after finishing school.
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Middletown
Jim South
James South
Bexley Drive
Jim
J.C. Lawrence Lackey
Aschaffenburg
Frankfurt
Germany
Emma ‘Stultz
Middletown High School
Sgt. Lackey
Garmisch
Bavaria
Austria
Zurich
Switzerland
Alsace
France
Strasbourg
Berlin
East Berlin
West Berlin
Hilton Hotel
Amsterdam
Hague
Ghent
Bruge
Brussels
Belgium
Luxembourg
Trier
Scouts Head to Philmont on 16 Day Trek from Lebanon
Twenty six Boy Scouts and Explorers plus three adult leaders from Mound Builders' Area Council depart Lebanon by chartered bus for a 16 day Philmont Scout Ranch trek near Timarron New Mexico The group splits into three crews led by Warren Reed Earl Reed and Charles Dils They will spend 12 days at Philmont with activities such as horseback riding mountain hiking burro packing and archAeological digs En route they visit Lawrence Abilene Dodge City and Colorado Springs returning to Lebanon August 21 at 1030 PM
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Mound Builders’ Area Council
Lebanon
Philmont
Boy Scouts of America
America
Lawrence
Kan
Abilene
Eisenhower
Dodge City
Colorado Springs
Air Force Academy
Tom Bell
John Ortman
James Perry
Frans Hoffman
Dick Slade
Larry Parker
Middletown
James Gross Jr
Robert Hanson
Carlisle
Danny Fiscus
Red Lion
Thomas Reed
Chris Lilley
Morrow
Bob Reed
Ed Hammack
Robert Miller
Mason
Chris Bugg
Eddie Burroughs
Charles Miller
James Hartsock
Bill Lindauer
Danny Malcolm
Charles Henderson
Gary Stanley
Tom Peters
Douglas Edwards
Kelly Workman
Martin Dils
Waynesville - Lytle Area
World's Largest White Room Built in Cambridge for ICBM Parts
In Cambridge Ohio the RCA plant houses a 72000 square foot white room with strict controls on temperature humidity and dust to prevent contamination of missile components. Workers wear smocks caps and shoe covers and must avoid smoking gum chewing eating or cosmetics while inside. They pass through a high pressure air shower on entry.
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Cambridge
Ohio
Radio Corp. of America
Family Week At Y Camp Aug 10 16
The YMCAs of Middletown and Hamilton announce Family Week at Camp Campbell Gard from August 10 to 16. Registrations are taken for the full week, two or three days, or overnight at the 100 acre camp on Augspurger Road near New Miami. Rates run 4.50 for adults 3.75 for teens and 2.75 for children with under two admitted free. cabins meals activities included aside from horseback riding and craft materials.
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Middletown
Hamilton
Camp Campbell Gard
Augspurger Road
U.S. 127
New Miami
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Ents
ACM
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Coats
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