Civic Art Center Drive Planned by Middletown Women
A group of civic minded women plans Middletown s first Art Center this fall seeking a building at about 44000 for the first year. Volunteers and Mrs John King will supply instructors as the center opens early winter with crafts drawing painting and commercial art. The project aims to develop creative skills for youth and adults linking art to industry and government through a broad program. An option on the Woodward home on Main Street has been taken and public and corporate support will be sought to complete purchase and launch the center.
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Middletown
John King
Dayton
Dayton Art Inediate
Ife
Memberway
Six Poles Seek Asylum After Liner Stop in Sweden
Six Polish passengers who left a Baltic liner and sought asylum in Sweden cited continuing terror and insecurity in Poland as the reason. They reported quitting the vessel and presenting themselves to Swedish authorities seeking protection.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Pedestrian Is County's 31st Fatality
Hamilton special report: Charles Durham aged 57 of 1750 Grand Blvd died after stepping in front of a moving car driven by John Drieks, 31, of 1630 Alsace Ave. The collision on Maple Avenue occurred around 10:30 p.m. He died at Mercy Hospital at 1 a.m. from multiple injuries. Durham’s death marks Butler County’s 31st fatality and Hamilton’s fourth this year. funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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Hamilton
Charles Durham
Grand Bivd
Durham
John Drieks
Alsace Ave
Grand Hotel
Maple Avenue
Ake
Mercy Hospital
Butler County
Brown-Dawson
Nominations for Civic Board as Elections Near
The list names Harold Bailey Robert Gair Ben Bender Dillon McDonough Reuben Gardner Aaron Fields and others for three seats expiring Sept 30 1959. Alternates include Art Osborne William Bennett Ernie Grass and Willie Cobb. Elections run Sept 17 to 24.
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Harold D. Bailey
Robert Gair Corp
Ben Bender
Central Store
Dillon Fenzel-McDonough
Reuben Doty Gardner Board and Carton Co
Aaron Fields
Sorg Paper Co
Dave Finkleman
Jane Hall
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
Charles R. Hook
Armco Steel Corp
Dudley Inwood
Ofifice Outfitters
Mrs. Heber Jones
Harry W. Martin
Shattle Bros
Black Clawson Co
Forrest M. Morrow
Robert Myers
Dorothy Sabo
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Freeman Sauter
Middletown Fire Department
Richard Siegel
Gardner Board and Carton Co
Richard A. Wilmer
Jack W. Wilson
Interstate Folding Box Co
Art Osborne
William Sennett
Inland Container Corp
Ernie Grass
Worthmore Clothes Shop
Willie Cobb
Man Cuts Right Hand In Lawn Tool Accident
Walter Guthman aged 67 of 2506 Fleming Rd underwent minor surgery at Middletown Hospital yesterday to repair a severed tendon in his right hand after his wrench slipped while using lawn shears.
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Walter Guthman
Fleming Rd
Middletown Hospital
Guthman
Blood Drive Plea Aids Boy Jimmy Eschliman
A blood plea for O Negative for 20 year old Jimmy Eschliman at Brown Hospital Dayton drew near traffic to the YMCA switchboard with nearly 100 calls from Middletown area. Donors were transported to the hospital and some travelled from Oxford Centerville and Cincinnati as doctors fight to build his strength for surgery. The farmer patient had been at VA Hospital over three weeks after blackouts from a fall.
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WPFB
Jimmy Eschliman
Brown Hospital
Dayton
YMCA
Middletown
Jimmy
Ruby Eschliman
Aow
Oxford
Centerville
Cincinnati
Eschliman
Journal
Veterans Administration Hospital
Auto Club To Build New Quarters Here
The Butler County Auto Club will move into new quarters at 126 N Verity Parkway early in October. The Middletown office, opened in 1946 and relocated to Manchester Avenue, will become part of the larger facility. Over 250 members attended the announcement led by Martin Thomas, with J T Isaacs praising the club as a broad Ohio recruiting force. The organization, now 36 years old, counts about 10 700 members and is described as one of the largest sales forces in existence.
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Middletown Ce
Butler County Auto
N. Verity Parkway
Cub
Martin Thomas
Middletown
A A
Lespardsville Lake
J. T. Isaacs
Ohio State Aw Assn
Ohio
Butler County Club
Earl Ralston
Hynes Club
Butler County Auto Club
Central Ave
Manchester Ave
Man Dies After Fight Outside North Side Tavern
In Columbus a man identified as Kenneth C. Miller died after a fist fight outside a North Side tavern Thursday night. Kenneth Miller and 32 year old William J. Lechner, and Detective Lt. Wade Knight were involved after a bartender ordered them out. Witnesses say the younger man fell on the sidewalk and died. the coroner’s office opened an investigation with preliminary exams suggesting a massive brain injury.
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Columbus
Ohio
Kenneth C. Miller
William J. Lechner
Wade Knight
North Side
Respirman
Carl E. Tetrick
Wiley Tells Kiwanis Club of Y Growth
Jack Wiley, boys' work secretary of the Middletown YMCA, spoke to Kiwanis members about future YMCA expansion into suburban and outlying communities. Roy Scout Council executive director Russell introduced him. The club announced annual rose sale team captains Edward Cohn, George Guynn, Lee Hagen, Edward Hopple, Kerr, Calvin, Loula, Fred Stork, and Frank Shinn. The sale, underway now, will end September 22.
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Jack Wiley
Middletown
Dow suffers injuries in auto mishap at Dorset Drive
John Dow of 106 Dorset Dr. sustained a slight brain concussion a fractured clavicle and facial lacerations in the auto mishap officials reported.
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John Dow
Dorset Dr
Labor Day Memories Highlight 50 Years in Middletown
Labor Day events mark five decades of Middletown Trades & Labor Council with Monday's celebration at LeSourdsville Lake. Gus Miles, council president, recalls the 1906 start, early parades and prizes, and the shift to autos and Willow Grove in 1921. The long-running observance, except 1925, now peaks at LeSourdsville Lake with noon to after 9 pm festivities and a fireworks finale. Between 20,000 and 30,000 are expected.
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Middletown
Iron, Steel & Tit Workers Union
Indusee
Central
Broad
Yankee
Woodside
Oxford State Road
Broad and
le. Lourdsville Lake
Miles
Dayton Man Injured In Rear-End Bicycle Crash
A Dayton man, John E. Fouts, age 44, of 648 Union Rd., was slightly injured when his motorcycle collided with a car on Route 4 just south of Route 63. The driver, Roger B. Catron, 23, of 205 N Campus St, Oxford, reported bruises and abrasions.
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Dayton
John E. Fouts
Union Rd
Roger B. Catron
Campus St
Oxford
At The Movies Showings This Weekend
Paramount hosts Seven Men From Now and Satellite in the Sky with showtimes Friday and Saturday. Strand screens Day of Fury and The Runaway? on Friday and Saturday. Colonial presents Girl on the Run and Naughty New Orleans with multiple late showings. Dixie raises Dallas and Distant Drums on Friday night.
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Paramount
Satellite
New Orleans
DIXIE
RAISE
Dallas
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