GOP Hopefuls File In County Primary Race
Candidates rushed to meet the 4 p.m. deadline in Butler County but only Walter Cisie of Millville had filed for sheriff. A slate recommended by the Republican Executive Committee included Ben S. Van Gorden for county treasurer and others for county commissioner, judge, and various county posts. Democratic incumbent Edward H. Dell filed for re election. incumbents Sexton and Cosgrove sought re election as state representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOP
Nick Deadline
Walter Cisie
Millville
Hamilton
Butler County Republican Executive Committee
Ben S. van Gorden
An Gorden
Foster lBrate
William Beckett
Beckett Paper Co
Butler Warren
Vermont
Brown
Edward H. Dell
Middletown
James R. Sexton
Ralph Cosgrove Jr
Sexton
Cosgrove
David Black
Court of Domestic Relations
Eisle
Paul A. Pell
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Barn Burns 13 Days After Nearby House Destroyed
Franklin reports a barn near the wrecked Gorsuch Road house burned early morning, not aired by sleeping residents. Cause undetermined. 650 bales hay 1000 in tools a tractor a corn planter and a 1942 auto were destroyed. Bruce Weiss owner.
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Franklin
Gorsuch Road
Here
Howard Harville
Deardoff Road
Charles Hineline
Bruce Weiss
Chautauqua Road
Automobile Plunge Into Creek Injures Driver in Ohio
An empty Commercial Carriers truck left U S 127 and plunged into Seven Mile Creek near Somerville. Driver Lewis W. Briggs, 37, Coldwater Mich, escaped serious injuries in the 5 am accident and was treated at Mercy Hospital Hamilton for cuts and shock. The truck, returning to Detroit, was badly damaged. Separate incidents include Ellis Short’s crash near Hetzier Road and Paul Howard’s bicycle accident near his Monroe home.
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U.S. 127
Seven Mile Creek
Somerville
Lewis W. Briggs
Coldwater
Mich
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Briggs
Commercial Carriers, Inc
Detroit
Hospitalty Nein Funeral Home
Full House Sees All Male Wedding Skit at Parents Night
A capacity crowd attended a male cast wedding skit at the annual Parents Night. Twenty men performed male and female roles while Mrs. Don Butts chaired the program with Mrs. Ralph McKenzie. Mrs. Ernest Burcham and Mrs. Harrison Burton designed costumes and the school orchestra under Henry Schwab provided music. A brief business meeting preceded the show.
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Mayfield Pto
Don Butts
Ralph McKenzie
Ernest Burcham
Harrison Burton
Henry Schwab
Serviceman T. Sgt Vaughn Re-enlists for Six Years
T. Sgt. Charles H. Vaughn son of Mr and Mrs Albert Burton of 1918 Linden Ave re enlists in the Air Force for six years. Vaughn already served 11 years and 10 months and is stationed in Taiwan Formosa.
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Charles H. Vaughn
Albert Burton
Linden Ave
Air Force
Vaughn
Taiwan
Formosa
Peterson's Ointment Promises Fast Pile Relief
A health ad claims over a million dollars yearly is spent on remedies for piles while Peterson's Ointment offers cooling soothing relief in minutes. Available as a 50c box or 75c tube with a money back guarantee.
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Peterson
Methodists Plan Youth Pilot Mission
The Dayton District Methodist Youth Fellowship will sponsor a Christian Witness Pilot Mission at the First Methodist Church Saturday and Sunday. About 30 area youths and 35 from the local church will attend sessions from 9 30 a m Saturday to 1 15 p m Sunday. The program aims to train teens to visit others invite them to church and youth meetings and teach Christ centered decision making. Charlotte Bailey chairs the local mission with a planning committee including Marcia Brooks Linda Evans Richard Roof Sue Ann Fisher Marilyn Bunn Bill Walter Marcia Walter Phyllis Mechlenig Lois Ebel.
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Dayton
Charlotte Bailey
Marcia Brooks
Linda Evans
Richard Roof
Sue Ann Fisher
Marilyn Bunn
Bill Walter
Marcia Walter
Phyllis Mechlenig
Lois Ebel
Pupils Plan Patriotic Play for Mothers Club
Monroe Elementary seventh graders under Mrs. Mabelle Crist will stage a patriotic program titled Americans All for the Mothers Club tomorrow night with music direction by Mrs. Joyce Brown. The event will be aired on WPFB Saturday at 1 p.m. A meeting at 8 p.m. will select second semester room mothers and outline duties.
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Monroe
Mabelle Crist
School Mothers Club
Joyce Brown
WPFB
J. M. Anderson
Theft and arrest report from city streets
Raymond Linville of 1733 Central Ave reports the theft of safety glasses and personal papers from his car parked near Central Avenue last weekend. Leroy Smith, 23, of 1605 Hudson Ave, was arrested yesterday at Grove Street and Michigan Avenue on an assault and battery warrant.
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Raymond Linville
Central Ave
Central Avenue
Leroy Smith
Hudson Ave
Grove Street
Michigan Avenue
Cub Pack 9 Plans Scout Week Session at Amanda Club
Cub Dens 1 2 3 and 4 of Cub Pack 9 meet at 6 30 p m tomorrow for a Boy Scout Week session. The gathering takes place at the Amanda Athletic Club.
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Amanda Athletic Club
Routine City Commission Meeting Sets Easement and Bond Actions
City commissioners plan a routine session to grant an easement to the Miami Conservancy District for the new Miami River levee and to levy assessments for Arlington Knolls subdivision. They will release part of Heinkel Subdivision from a bond and consider an emergency measure to prevent misuse of the city disposal grounds. An administrative session will tabulate bids for altering the City Building auditorium.
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Miami Conservancy District
Miami River
Arlington Knolls
Heinkel
Four more candidates file for May primary central committee
At Middletown Board of Elections four candidates filed for the May primary. Democrats Charles Henry Lukey Robert E. Thompson and Joseph Bayer seek central committee seats while Republican L Agee runs from the Fourth Ward. Absentee ballot dates set servicemen eligible now ballots ready by March 9 civilians abroad after March 9 and out of county after April 8. Ballot requests close May 3 ballots due noon May 4.
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Middletown
Board of Elections
United States
Blizzard Prevents Bailey County Bond Election
A county bond and tax election in Bailey County was halted with no votes cast due to a blizzard that dumped 16 to 24 inches of snow, blocking all roads. County commissioners ordered the election re-set.
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Muleshoe
Texip
Bailey County
Wray Watchmen Bet On Burglary Mix Up
In Cleveland two watchmen in the same building collided in a mistaken burglary claim. James Gates, 40, worked as a fourth floor drug firm guard while a 75 year old, hired four days earlier by a cigar maker to patrol the first three floors, claimed the other was the thief. The older guard refused to identify himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
James Gates
Woodall plastics manager rejects need for union
Franklin special report says Henry Polk Jr., Woodall plastics plant general manager, believes employees do not need a union for fair wages and conditions but will recognize any organization employees choose as bargaining agent. NLRB in Cincinnati schedules a hearing next Wednesday in Middletown to consider UAW AFL-CIO representation for about 70 plant workers. The plant began operations in December and aims for 125 workers with full production, making refrigerator door liners and other plastics, including the Glide-All door.
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Franklin
Henry Polk Jr
Woodall Plastics
Polk
National Labor Relations Board
Cincinnati
United Automobile Workers Afl-Cio
Ager
Woodall Industries
NLRB
Middletown
George Dick
Cincinnnati
UAW
Dayton Man Is Arrested For Hit-Skip
William Jackson 21 of Dayton was arrested at the City Building on a warrant charging failure to report an accident on Girard Avenue February 1 within 24 hours. He posted $100 bond and was to appear in traffic court. An investigator credited a cooperative witness with aiding the probe, while two of nine cases have been cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jackson
Dayton
Girard Avenue
John Combs
Jackson
Combs
Safety Rally Highlights Local Firms 1955 Records
More than twenty Middletown firms are spotlighted at the Middletown Safety Council annual Industrial Safety Award Rally at 6 15 p m tomorrow night in the Manchester Hotel. Dr Frank E Slutz speaker is a long time educational counselor and author. Local safety awards will be presented by W S Geckler council president and Industrial Commission awards by James H Fluker division superintendent.
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Middletown
Middletown Safey Council
Manchester Hotel
Frank E. Slutz
Dayton Methodist
W. S. Geckeler
Middletown Safety Council
Leo Gorcey Wins Divorce After Trial Affairs
Los Angeles actor Leo Gorcey testifies his third wife Amelita Ward Gorcey had affairs with several men, including a doctor and a film cowboy. The judge grants custody of Leo Jr and Jan, 4, and awards the actress 50,000 dollars plus a Northern California ranch and 750 dollars monthly alimony.
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Los Angeles
Leo Gorcey
Dead End
Gorcey
Amelita Ward Gorcey
Samuel Blake
Leo Jr
California
Sixth child born to MacDonald Careys in California
Santa Monica California report the MacDonald Careys welcomed their sixth child, a boy named Paul Gordon, born yesterday at St. John's Hospital to the actor and his wife who are both doing well. The Carey children are Lynn nine, Lisa six, Steve four, Theresa three, and MacDonald Jr. twenty two months.
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Santa Monica
Calif
MacDonald Careys
Paul Gordon
St. John’s Hospital
Carey
Lynn
Lisa
Steve
Theresa
MacDonald Jr
Scout Council to Meet in Board Room at Bank
Mound Builders Area Council of the Boy Scouts will hold an executive meeting at 7 30 p m tomorrow in the board room of the First National Bank. Council President Charles E Stutenroth will preside.
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Mound Builders Area Council of the
Boy Scouts
First National Bank
Charles E. Stutenroth
At The Movies Listings
Paramount shows Music Land Lone Ranger screenings through midweek. Strand features Kiss the Blood Off My Hands and Johnn Stool Pigeon with multiple nightly showings. Colonial presents Running Wild and Tarantula across two evenings. Dixie Cruise In runs The Outlaw and Trouble in the Glen timed for Wednesday night.
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Music Land
Lone Ranger
Woman Burns Hand When Grease Spills
Mrs Fay Finch 22 of West Middletown was treated at Middletown Hospital at 5 55 for first and second degree burns on her right hand from spilled hot grease. Three others were treated yesterday for injuries from home or industrial mishaps. Five year old Clydee Robinson Jr was accidentally knifed in the back by his little brother. James Nickell injured at Raymond Bay Co left index finger lacerated on a receiving machine. John Madafori treated for a dogbite wound on left lower leg. All were released after treatment.
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Fay Finch
West Middletown
Middletown Hospital
Clydee Robinson Jr
Park St
Raymond Bay Co
James Nickell
Sawyer Rd
Nickell
John Madaffori
Woodlawn Ave
Area Burglars Aren't Choosy
Sheriff's deputies report two break ins in Eagle's Corner Tuesday night. At Conrad & Eckert Grocery Excello thieves entered through a window and stole pennies, cigarettes, candy, and other supplies. At Murray's Gas Station Engle's Corner they took a new battery oil candy nickels four cigarette cartons and a broken pinball machine from a front door entry.
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Eagle's Corner
Conrad & Eckert
Excello
Murray's
Engle’s Corner
Holy Trinity PTA Hosts Dish Dinner
A covered dish dinner highlighted Holy Trinity PTA's monthly meeting at the school. Chairman Mrs Dick Yauch led a committee including Mrs Don Christman and others. The March 6 meeting at Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co. on Mary Etta St will feature a talk titled Our Party Line.
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The
Holy Trinity Pta
Dick Yauch
Don Christman
Joe Mulligan
Walter Cassidy
John Daudt
Frank Guyler
Cliff Sweeney
Kenneth Daisey
Des Dineen
Sam Sannett
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co
Mary Etta St
Elks Initiate Six New Members at Middletown Lodge
Middletown Elks Lodge 257 will initiate six candidates at the regular meeting tomorrow night. Lodge officers will conduct the ceremony starting at 8 o clock with a lunch served afterward.
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Middletown Elks Lodge 257
Train Collision Claims Life in Apple Creek
A freight train-car collision in Apple Creek Ohio fatally injures Donald C Franklin 22 of Apple Creek on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wooster
Ohio
Apple Creek
Donald C. Franklin
Groundbreaking Set Today For $1 Million Shop Center
Groundbreaking ceremonies mark the start of construction for the Grand Central Center Shopping center on Grand Avenue. John Brell reports 21 stores planned with 65 percent leased and 15 percent under option, plus a 1,200 car parking area and a northwest corner service station. Construction target is July 1 with city and county officials invited.
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Grand Central Center
Grand Avenue
John Brell
Brell
Butler County
Breiel Boulevard
Albers Super Markets Inc
W. T. Grant & Co
AIU Officers Election Thursday at Aeronca Plants
Aeronca Independent Union members will vote on officers Thursday. Nominations include Rex Potter, William Woollums for president and Ed Williams, Arnold Buchanan for vice president Plant 2, Ray Patterson for Plant 3, and Elmer Cain, Robert English for treasurer and Sue Carmody for secretary. Election committee members are listed per plant. Polls open in cafeterias of Plant 1, 2, and 3 in Middletown and Miamisburg with results expected by 9 p.m. tomorrow.
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Aeronca Independent Union
Enis Marshall
Independent Union
Rex Potter
William Woollums
Lou Nemekc
Ray Wideman
Dick Hatton
Ed Williams
Arnold Buchanan
Norval van Cleve
Wise Combs
Ray Patterson
Ed New
Gruenther Receives Omar N. Bradley Gold Medal
Gen Alfred M Gruenther, supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe, was honored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars with the Omar N Bradley gold medal for outstanding contribution to national security. VFW commander in chief Timothy J Murphy presented the award at a dinner honoring congress members who served in the armed forces.
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Washington
Alfred M. Gruenther
Timothy J. Murphy
VFW
Omar N. Bradley
Congress
Gruenther
Allied Forces
Europe
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Robert Marrs
Charles 4. Jones
Martin A. Lingler
Victor J. Simpson
Robert W. Smith
Charles M. Sibert Hamilton
Garrett Boone
Creek
Ellis Short
Paul Howard
Jimmie Howard
Adv
Methodists Plan
Cub Dens
Riggs Funeral Home
Qial
North Broad
Middletown, Ohio
Blizzard
Wray Watchmen
Woodall
Dayton Man
Scout Council
At the Movies
Paramount
B. L. Dawson & CO
Jesse Pochard
Pochard
Brell Builders
AIU
Long Insurance
Bill Long
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Sutphia Armee
Monroe, Ohio
Brenton, Ohio
WarnerColor
Sia
Clayton Moore
Jay Silverheels
Lyle Bettcer
Bontta Granville
Perry Love
Walt Disney
Technicolor
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