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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1956
Page
18
New York Stocks mention aside, Cincinnati livestock sale shows hogs steady to lower with most 18 50 to 25 75 and bidders active late. cattle small run with bulls steady to weak and vealers and feeders at 10.50 to 17.75. slaughter lambs lightly tested with good and choice woolled lambs around 18.00 to 20.00 per hundredweight.
A terse ledger style notice notes several firms including Middletown Securities Aeronca Co Crystal Tissue First in Bank Sorg Paper Wrenn Paper and related preferred stock bids. The fragment indicates priority and pricing details with references to preferreds and bids as of a specified GR.
A historical listing shows farm and consumer prices for poultry and eggs in Cincinnati. Included are live dressed poultry, hens, roosters, ducks, turkeys, rabbits, and egg prices by grade and weight, with wholesale and delivered rates across cases and farm entries. Butter and potatoes are noted with wholesale figures, reflecting regional market values.
Probation officer A. Rossi and juvenile officer Jacob F. Seibold will speak at Post 218 legion naire tonight during the monthly meeting at the Legion Home. John Bevis and Harold Anness are program chairmen. Session begins at 8 p.m.
The armswing affects footwork and can trigger multiple errors at the foul line. Slow armswing misaligns steps, while fast swings push steps ahead or behind. Sidearming causes angled deliveries into the 1-2 pocket and poor follow through. Incorrect swing also leads to a poor finishing position at the line.
Wilber White introduces Swan a 6 pound toy poodle who claimed best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club at Madison Square Garden. The victory ends a near half century tradition, as toy dogs seldom reach the top prize.
Eduardo Lausse the South American left hook specialist is a 2 1 favorite to beat Bobby Boyd in a national 10 rounder at Chicago Stadium. Lausse, 28, rides a 32 fight undefeated streak aiming at a middleweight title shot while Boyd is described as a former Chicago butcher apprentice. Bud Smith is noted as lightweight champion and past AAU flyweight winner.
Wade E. Miller former Middletown schools superintendent spoke at the Civitan Club luncheon at the Manchester Hotel about Abraham Lincoln. He described Lincoln as a religious man despite no church membership and outlined four steps of his problem solving: seek an idea, repeat it, simplify for any boy, and insist on clear definition. E. S. Sherron introduced him.
Brooklyn College selects Dr. John Hope Franklin to lead its history department making him the first African American to head an academic department in New York municipal colleges. Franklin, 41, is a history professor at Howard University and has taught at Harvard Cornell Wisconsin and other institutions.
The Post Office will accept sealed bids for carrying United States mails on mail messenger routes between Mid dletown and West Middletown offices and the B and O Railroad station. Bids must be submitted at the post office, Morton Taylor postmaster.
State Rep McKinley Morrill accepted a Valentine gift from his eight year old grandson. The present hidden under the ribbon contained a dead skunk found in the woods. Morrill said he finally convinced Mac to take the animal back.
The Lemon-Monroe dramatics class presented The Perfect Gentleman for Ananda PTO members. A six member cast directed by Mrs. Della Ewart performed the skit. A business meeting discussed a fund raising project to buy classroom shelves and inviting Mayfield PTO to perform The Womanless Wedding. A gripe session is planned for March 13. Refreshments followed.
Middletown High School seniors and parents meet at the YMCA for the first organizational session to set committees for the Prom Jubilee. Delbert Mann and Bill Walker will preside as plans include showing films from previous Jubil ees and negotiating for a named band. Meeting starts at 7 30 p.m.
Poasttown PTO will discuss a scouting program at tomorrow night's meeting at the school. Interested persons are asked to attend as potential scout leaders. The meeting begins at 8 p.m. and refreshments will follow.
Police report a new traffic signal at Grand Avenue and Highland Street is now active after a city survey and traffic count. Chief Joseph Blackmore notes complaints from Highland Street residents unable to enter Grand Avenue at peak times due to fast traffic and poor sight pattern.
An elderly man, Jerry Cleveland aged 77 of Oxford, suffered a head laceration in a two car collision at Ohio 177 and 73 near Oxford yesterday. He was a passenger in a northbound car driven by Wallin L. Wilson, 63, of Hamilton, which hit an eastbound car driven by Milford Middleton, 21, of 3009 Morgan St. Patrolmen arrested Middleton for failure to yield right of way. Damage described as extensive to Middleton’s vehicle.
A polio donation box containing $20 was reported stolen from Swanger's Service Station at Central Avenue and Garfield Street after a break-in last night. Police said the building was entered via a window.
Brack Collins reports a 1947 model car stolen from behind 1500 block of Manchester Avenue license 266MW. Ed Ralston lists flashlight and five cans of beer stolen from his garage. General King says a fender skirt was taken from his auto.
Columbus Zoo Superintendent Earl Davis says their 6,800 pound hippo Pete will become a father soon. Pete, the largest hippo in the country, will welcome a calf underwater, the natural hippo birth. Snooky, Pete’s mate, has lost three previous babies. When birth approaches, Snooky chases Pete from the pool.
Middletown resident Henry Goad, 55, 3907 Vannest Street, an employee of Charles A. Marsh Co. in Franklin, partially amputated the first three fingers of his left hand in a machine mishap. He was undergoing emergency surgery at 8 a.m.
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