Western Plans To Match Ford Foundation Funds
Western College for Women will launch a campaign to raise matching funds for a Ford Foundation grant of 143 600 dollars to bolster faculty salaries. President Herrick and Young announced the gift after word circulated that the foundation amount was 143 600 dollars. Henry Ford II said private philanthropy strengthens American education by improving college teaching quality across private liberal arts and sciences.
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Foundation
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Missing Purses Reported By Two Middletown Women
Two Middletown women reported purse thefts totaling 254 dollars. Alma Morris said her 202 dollar change purse vanished at G C Murphy after a man near her left. Lorie Hawkins reported her 52 dollar purse with papers and keys missing from her bed at home after hearing the front door close.
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Middletown
Alma Morris
Meadow Ave
G. C. Murphy Co
Ralph Bauer
Lse
Lorie Hawkins
Beynolds Ave
City Hall
Delmas Birch
Joss
Golden Age Club Hosts Anniversary and Birthday Observances
The Golden Age Club will celebrate the 56th wedding anniversary and several birthdays at its monthly birthday and anniversary meeting. Plans for the Club Christmas party next week will be finalized, with members asked to bring a decoration for the tree or room.
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Golden Age Club
Former Middletown Resident Hurt In Arizona Wreck
Former Middletown resident Mrs Kay Bernert was injured in an auto accident near Tucson Arizona while on location for Columbia Pictures Corp The car overturned on a mountain road leaving her with a crushed knee cap fractured rib and body bruises She was hospitalized for 12 days and appeared as an extra in It Happened One Night Her Middletown address was 1300 Wrenn C She lived there with her husband and daughter Phyllis Moore.
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Kay Bernert
Five New Directors Elected to Middletown Chamber Board
Five members were elected to the Middletown Chamber of Commerce board, joining the 15-man panel. E E Grant of Crystal Tissue Co John Bauer a Middletown physician Ben Bender of Central Store John A Lawler of Aeronca Mfg Corp and William Howe of Howe Motor Co will join at the January 13 reorganizational meeting to elect officers.
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Middletown Chamber of Commerce
E. E. Grant
Crystal Tissue Co
John Bauer
Middletown
Ben Bender
Central
John A. Lawler
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
William Howe
Howe Motor Co
Chamber
Policewomen Interviews Scheduled For City Police
Interviews for prospective women policemen will start at the city building on Thursday. Charlies W. Thompson acting city manager said 15 women have applied to join a new group to guard school crossings. The unit will supervise traffic and is expected to activate around Jan 1 with ordered blue caps coats white belts and gloves. Thompson also noted work on a new 16 car parking lot west of the city building has begun and a contract for paving the excavated areas will follow.
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Charlies W. Thompson
Thompson
Trio Of Accidents Leave One Hurt In City
A pedestrian suffered a sprained left foot after a taxi collision at Central Avenue and Curtis Street. Pedestrian Deante Donisi 33 of Baltimore Street treated at Middletown Hospital. A motorist William Bennett 21 charged with failure to report after his car struck a hangar at Hook Field. Bennett said to have fallen asleep while driving on Germantown Road. Estimated hangar damage $200 and vehicle $150. Another crash on Central Avenue involved William Rogers 57 andThomas Piersall 66 with minor damage.
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Baltimore St
Central Avenue
Curtis Street
Donisi
Talmage B. Justice
Tutu
Middletown Hospital
William F. Bennett
Woodlawn Ave
Hook Field
Bennett
Germantown
William Rogers
Middletown Rt. 1
Thomas Piersall
Sherman Ave
City Licenses Need Renewal by December 31
City officials warn that all licenses issued by the city must be renewed before December 31. Licenses cover solicitors peddlers taxi drivers pool room operators and dealers in ammunition and firearms. Renewal locations vary with plumbers and electricians at Room 11 in the city building and drivers licenses at the traffic bureau. fees are ten dollars for masters and two dollars for journeymen.
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Police Department
City Commission Sets Early Tomorrow Meeting Time
Acting City Manager Charles W. Thompson announced a routine agenda for tomorrow afternoon’s City Commission session at 2 p.m. in the city building, moving from the usual 7:45 p.m. start.
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Charles W. Thompson
Franklin judge fines DWI defendant and others
Eddie McCalley 38 of Cincinnati was fined 300 dollars and court costs after arraignment before Judge J T Riley for driving while intoxicated He received 10 days in Warren County jail and a two year license suspension State patrol arrested him on US 25 Other Franklin cases included Lee Abner 20 and Bradley Abner 22 for fictitious plates each 25 dollars plus costs Raymond Patterson Jr 20 Franklin Route 2 for reckless operation 20 dollars plus costs and two drivers forfeited 15 dollar bonds for no operator's license Homer Anderson 21 and William Randall 37 were listed with no operator's license charges
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Eddie McCalley
Cincinnati
J. T. Riley
McCalley
Warren County
U.S
Franklin Municipal Court
Lee Abner
S. Main St
At The Movies Listings Across Theaters
Paramount shows Fort Yuma and Desperate Hours with multiple daily showings. Strand screens Tanganyika and Me Coner Story while Berlin Express and Las Vegas Shakedown run through midweek. Colonial shows Kiss of Fire and Land of Fury Tuesday and Wednesday. Dixie Cruise In presents Great Sioux Uprising and Playgirl tonight.
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Tanganyika
Las Vegas
Oneida School Burglary Nets Thieves
Thieves broke into the Oneida School Sunday night and damaged glass doors and the safe, causing an estimated 150 to 200 dollars in damage while stealing 18 dollars in cash. Deputy Frank South said intruders entered through a door on the north side, ransacked the principal’s office, pried a safe, and lacked success at entering the inner office. A janitor discovered the break-in yesterday morning.
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Oneida
Butler County Sheriff's Deputies
Frank South
South
Y Group To Review Hi Y Program At YMCA Meeting
The Y Group meets tonight at 8 15 at the YMCA to discuss a revised boys work policy and a committee report on the Hi Y program led by Fred Banker the Rev Russell Galloway and William Brooks.
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YMCA
Fred Banker
Russell Galloway
William Brooks
Party Lasts Longer Than Anticipated
Bus driver Harold Quire diverted a Christmas run to treat 43 Valley High School students to sandwiches and soft drinks, offering to pay. Delays grew as he picked up younger students, prompting frantic parents to call police. All students delivered with no discipline. Quire paid $17.34 in costs.
Date of Y Meeting to Be Set Tomorrow
Planning committee members meet tomorrow at 7 30 pm at the Y to set the date for the YMCA annual meeting and discuss appointment of subcommittees to handle various phases of the program.
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YMCA
Truck Driver Fined for Safety Violations in Hamilton
The driver Robert Boomershine, 31, Hamilton, of a truck owned by Roy Williams of Trenton and leased to State Trucking Co, was fined 50 dollars plus costs in Common Pleas Court for failing to obey safety regulations. Judge Fred B. Cramer censured him for abusive conduct toward inspectors after a stop in New Miami on October 4. Inspectors testified the truck lacked stop lights and turn signals, carried an empty fire extinguisher, had insufficient tie-downs, and failed to display proper insurance form.
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Trenton
Common Pleas
Hamilton
Robert Boomershine
Fred B. Cramer
Roy Williams
State Trucking Co
Public Utilities Commission
New Miami
Hudiler Case Dismissed For Insufficient Alcohol Evidence
Judge Cramer dismissed a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol against 23 year old Robert Louis Hudiler of West Middletown due to insufficient evidence.
Heroic Pet Falls as Family Escapes Home Fire
A pet dog saved the Casey family of six in Oxbow Maine by barking to wake Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Casey and their children, allowing all to flee a burning house Monday. The dog perished in the blaze.
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Oxbow
Maine
Isaac Casey
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