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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1957

Page

3

Y Opens 1 to 5 P.M. Gym for Youth After Holiday Break

YMCA activities close tomorrow and resume Thursday with an open gym period from 1 to 5 p.m. for high school and college men. The first girls program is a Thursday train trip to Cincinnati to Union Terminal. Fifteen girls have registered, arranged by Mrs Pat Fridolph. Train rates increased. new round trips are 1.34 for under 12 and 2.65 for over 12.

YMCA Cincinnati Union Terminal Pat Fridolph

Gra-Y bean feed and Friday events at the Y

A Gra Y bean feed runs Friday from 11 30 a m to 2 30 p m including a meal, movies and a swim. A high school boys volleyball tournament starts at 1 p m in the Y gym. Regular boys gym program resumes Saturday with high school basketball league play.

Family groups return from Columbus four day holiday visit

Mrs Frances Lewis and Mrs Myrtle Hunter of 9th Avenue Mrs Dorothy Roberts of Young Street and Mr and Mrs Clyde Aldridge of Grove Street returned from Columbus where the family group enjoyed a four day holiday visit with friends and relatives.

Frances Lewis Myrtle Hunter 9Th Avenue Dorothy Roberts Young Street Clyde Aldridge Grove Street Columbus

O Neill Names Three To Legal Council

Gov. C William ONeill appoints R Brooke Alloway of Columbus Henry Houston of Urbana and James W Byrne of Ironton to the Ohio Judicial Council. Terms run to Nov 13 1960. The 13 member body reviews court rules and judges operations and makes recommendations.

Columbus Oho C. William O'Neill Ohio Judicial Council R. Brooke Alloway Henry Houston Urbana James W. Byrne Ironton Judicial Council

Obituary of Lydia Booth 70 Middletown

Mrs Lydia Booth 70 of 613 Wilson St Middletown died at Middletown Hospital at 940 am after five years of failing health Survived by husband Martin S Booth son Shirley Middletown four daughters Mae Dean Ann Clark Mazie Hansel all Middletown and Louise Creech Fort Lauderdale Fla one brother Willie Drake six grandchildren and several half sisters Arrangements incomplete at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Lydia Booth Wilson St Middletown Hospital Martin S. Booth Shirley Middletown Mae Dean Ann Clark Mazie Hansel Louise Creech Fort Lauderdale Fla Willie Drake McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

William H Crauder Rites Planned In Kettering

William H Crauder 67 of 1500 Consance Ave Kettering died yesterday at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton after long illness. He worked at Delco Dayton plant before retirement and was WWI veteran and member of American Legion Post 149 Masonic Lodge 734 Scottish Rite Antioch Temple and Delco Level Club. Survived by wife Florence four brothers and two sisters. Services Thursday 2 PM at Longngelsby Funeral Home burial Woodhill Cemetery. Visitation Wednesday 2-5 and 7-9 PM.

Franklin William H. Crauder Consance Ave Kettering Miami Valley Hospital Dayton Crauder Delco Russell-McElfresh American Legion Post George T Long Ngelsby Carl Siegwarth Woodhill Cemetery

Edmond K. Dye Dies at 60 in Eaton

Edmond K. Dye 60 of 215 E Wadsworth St Eaton died at Good Samaritan Hospital Dayton after a week long illness. He was cashier at Preble County National Bank for 38 years. Survived by wife Edythe ten daughters two daughters in law one brother John V Dye of Eaton and four grandchildren. Private services at family home this afternoon with burial in Mound Hill Cemetery.

EATON Edmond K. Dye E. Wadsworth St Good Samaritan Hospital Dayton Dye Preble County National Bank Edythe Sarah D. Whitehead Columbia Mary Ann Picciano Chillicothe John V. Dye Mound Hill Cemetery

Infant Charlene Hedges Funeral Service Planned

Infant Charlene Hedges daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Hedges of 237 Cleveland Ave will be honored at a service Tuesday at Brown Daw son Funeral Home.

Charlene Hedges Charles Hedges Cleveland Ave Brown-Dawson Funeral Home

Detroit Edison Former President James W. Parker Dies

James W. Parker er 71 longtime Detroit Edison Co former president died yesterday. He joined the firm in 1910 rose to president in 194 and retired in 1951.

Detroit James W. Parker Detroit Edison Co

Police Offer Free Taxi Service In Hardwick

Hardwick Massachusetts police will provide a free taxi ride home for drivers who have been drinking on New Year’s Eve for the third year in a row. Police Chief Victor N Allard urged residents to call the office and a driver would pick them up and return them home safely without leaving a record.

Hardwick Mass Victor N. Allard

Wife Sues Killer Husband in Cleveland Divorce Case

Nancy M. Albert of Lakewood files for divorce in Common Pleas Court charging gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. She seeks custody of two children Judith 13 and Wayne 11. Albert, claimed killer by police, says he is Donald Mack and was returned from Columbus by his stepfather.

Cleveland Raynbert J. Albert Nancy M. Albert Lakewood Common Pleas Court Judith Wayne Albert Columbus Raymond Hensley Donald Mack

hopes for world peace and end of fear in 1958

A panel of prominent Americans led by a Nobel chemist and President Truman looks to 1958 for world peace, disarmament, and freedom from fear. They urge international détente, universal disarmament, and renewed trust in America’s strength while noting education and political gains as possible milestones.

Associated Press Harold C. Urey University of Chicago Enrico Fermi Institute For Nuclear Studies George S. Meany Afl-Cio Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Institute For Muscle Research Woods Hole Mass Fermi America Donald W. Douglas Sr Douglas Aircraft Co Edwin T. Dahlberg National Council of Churches Harry S. Truman Hoover Francis Cardinal Spellman New York A. Whitney Griswold Yale University Truman

Sabin Polio Research Funded by National Foundation Grant

Dr Albert B Sabin will continue live virus polio vaccine work and related research funded by 166538 from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The grant to the University of Cincinnati and the Children's Hospital Research Foundation was announced by university president Dr Walter C Langsam hospital board chair William W Rowe and foundation president Basil O Connor. The funds will be available Wednesday.

Cincinnati Albert B. Sabin National Foundation For University of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Research Foundation Walter C. Langsam William W. Rowe Children’s Hospital Board of Trustees Basil O'Connor National Foundation Sabin University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Bid Opening Date Is Set for Multiple Ohio Projects

Bids will be opened Jan. 21 on six federal state projects and one state project, per the Ohio Department of Highways. The program includes a 6.6 mile Cincinnati to Conneaut Freeway stretch in Morrow County. A 44 mile section of the Freeway in Franklin and Delaware counties was delayed to Feb. 4.

Columbus Ohio Ohio Department of Highways Cincinnati-to-Conneaut Morrow County Franklin Delaware

Convict Suspect in Bad Check Ring Across 3 States

Cincinnati police say a former convict, Claude Bryant, 46, directed a fraud ring that moved 20 000 to 25 000 by producing counterfeit checks. They seized his apartment Monday finding a printing press eight checks and hundreds of driver licenses used for identification.

Cincinnati Ohio Indiana Kentucky Claude Bryant

Best Movie Is Selected Best Movie Is Selected

The Bridge on the River Kwai named best motion picture of 1957 by New York Film Critics. Alec Guinness and David Lean win top honors. Deborah Kerr voted best actress for Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison.

New York Kwai Bangkok Rangoon Alec Guinness David Lean New York City Deborah Kerr Sister Angela Mr. Allison

Sputnik I Expected to Die Early in January

London radio reported by WW Moscow that Sputnik I will likely perish in the first days of January as its orbit decays. The Soviet broadcast said the satellite now dips to about 198 miles and was once as high as 590 miles after its Oct 4 launch.

London Moscow Radio

Hugh Butler Retires From Board of Education

Hugh Butler, clerk of the Board of Education for seven years, retires at the pole meeting of the rd. The board presents him with a two piece set of matched luggage. Mrs. Susan Fouts is appointed to fill the vacancy as assistant to the clerk.

Hugh Butler Board of Education Pole Susan Fouts

CIO Warns Against Right to Work Amendment in Ohio

James L. McDevitt of the AFL-CIO COPE warned at a Columbus Rotary Club luncheon that Ohio’s proposed right to work amendment could reduce state sales tax revenues. He cited U S Commerce Department figures showing Ohio production workers averaging $94 weekly versus $68.21 in right to work states and noted the 3 percent sales tax funds a large share of revenue. He said approval would ban union shop contracts requiring union membership within about 30 days of employment.

Columbus Ohio James L. McDevitt Afl-Cio Committee On Political Education COPE McDevittt Columbus Rotary Club U. S. Commerce Department

Sherman School auditorium addition approved by board

The Sherman School board approved final preliminary drawings for an auditorium gymnasium addition with rigid steel framing and Steelex roof. Harold Goetz Jr. said working drawings will be ready in about 40 days and scaled bids will follow. Superintendent Cromwell hopes occupancy by next September with space convertible to a classroom. Net savings on Maple Park Oneida and Taft projects are about 80000 dollars. Sherman project estimated at 115000 dollars, under budget. Legal adviser Ellison brokered a price adjustment on the bus purchase. The board accepted the resignation of Miss Virginia Powell who is moving to another city after marrying December 25.

Board of Education Sherman School Harold Goetz Jr Howard Cromwell Cromwell Maple Park Oneida Taft Sherman Tilmon Ellison Ellison Virginia Powell Lemon - Monroe

Lindon's Bus Bid Accepted. Price Increase Cited

At a July meeting Lindon's Sales & Service won the school bus bid but could not deliver. The firm later secured a bus, with a $121 price increase revealed. Kelly Walters offered to reduce the difference to show the manufacturer’s rise, not profit.

Lindon Kelly Walters Lindon's

Health Department praises lunch room role at school

A Health Department letter praising the lunch room as vital to school function, and citing Mrs Hazel Hannah as cafeteria supervisor, was read into minutes and filed. Minutes also note the Mulligan property deed received and filed. Letters from A M Kinney Associates and H C Nutting Co of Cincinnati on soil tests for Amanda Junior High site were read into minutes and filed.

Health Department Hazel Hannah Mulligan Margaret L. Mulligan Baltimore Street A. M. Kinney Associates H. C. Nutting Co Cincinnati Amanda Junior High School

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