Monroe Grange installs officers at January meeting
Monroe Grange held its first meeting of the year with Robert Thompson named master of the subordinate grange and David Malott as master of the juvenile grange. Installation was led by Raymond McKinney and John Mehl Sr. with several members and social committee announced. The group voted to contribute to the Butler County polio fund and set a home economics committee meeting for January 22 at Mrs. Forest Valentine’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Monroe Grange
Robert Thompson
John Mehl
David Malott
Raymond McKinney
Ruth Ann Malott
Carl Hollon
Richard Maier
Raymond Baird
Carl Henricksen
Roy Kettman
George Baxter
Glen Zecher
Bill Kestermann
Grange
Butler County
Home Economics
Forest Valentine
Warren County Court News and Real Estate Transfers
Multiple money only suits and divorces in COMMON PLEAS COURT list cases including Merrick versus Dircksen and Conley separations. Real estate transfers show 12 property parcels across Union Two Deerfield Two and other townships plus numerous estates and probate actions with executors named.
Seven Mile Clubmeeting and church group notices
The Watama Club holds its January meeting Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Presbyterian Church. The Womens Society of Christian Service meets Thursday at noon in the Methodist Church for a luncheon. The School of Missions, sponsored by the Womens Guild, gathers at 6 p.m. in the Presbyterian Church for a supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watama Club
Presbyterian Church
Womens Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
School of Missions
The
Womens Guild
Two Die In Mishaps On Roads Near Findlay
Mrs. Glenn Wise 66 of Findlay and John Ferguson 44 of Bradner in Wood County were killed in separate Tuesday accidents near Findlay. Wise was struck by a truck while Ferguson died when his oil truck was struck by a New York Central passenger train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Findlay
Glenn Wise
John Ferguson
Bradner
Wood County
Wise
Ferguson
New York Central
Mayer Wins French Premier Post in Broad Assembly Support
Rene Mayer secured confirmation as France’s 18th postwar premier with 389 votes to 205 as De Gaulle’s followers backed the measure. The center and De Gaullists formed a large majority, ending a 16 day cabinet crisis while coalition viability and a West European Army pact loomed over the new government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Rene Mayer
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaullists
National Assembly
Mayer
Radical Socialist
Assembly
Center
Antoine Pinay
de Gaulle
Rally of the French People
RPF
Fourth Republc
OSU Benefits From New Grants By DuPont Firm
The Du Pont Company announced a program of grants to 32 colleges totaling $600,000 to advance chemistry teaching. Ohio State University received postgraduate teaching fellowships worth $2,400 for unmarried fellows and $3,000 for married fellows plus $500 to the university and tuition coverage. Other grants include $15,000 to Ohio State for fundamental chemistry research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
DuPont Company
Ohio State University
Antioch College
Wooster College
Oberlin Colege
Ohio CIO Chiefs Call McCarthy Oust and Tax Shift
Ohio CIO leaders urge Senator McCarthy's ouster and push replacing the 3 percent sales tax with a state income tax. Resolutions target Taft and Bricker to condemn McCarthy and seek an income tax modeled on the federal system at the four day Ohio CIO Council meeting at Public Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Wisconsin
Joseph McCarthy
U. S. Senate
Ohio
CIO
Ohio Cio Council
Public Auditorium
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
McCarthy
Senate
Power Firm Orders 46 Million For Two Plant Projects
Ohio Valley Electric Corp announced orders worth almost 6.2 million dollars for turbine room equipment to be installed in two large plants. The supply will provide electricity to the new billion dollar atomic plant in Pike County Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pike County
Ohio Valley Electric Corp
Bar Association Meeting Postponed by Weather
The January meeting of the Butler County Bar Association at Colony Restaurant was postponed due to bad weather. Secretary John Thomas said no new date has been set. Scheduled speakers Maxwell Finkleman and Marc Fiehrer were listed for last night’s event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County Bar Association
Colony
John Thomas
Association
Maxwell Finkleman
Middletown
Marc Fiehrer
Hamilton
Ash Barrel Hid Dead Girl Found In Alley
The body of 15 year old Dorothy Schlappig was found stuffed in an ash barrel in Reading Pennsylvania’s an alley near her foster home. Police suspect strangulation and sexual assault with signs of a violent struggle. Her foster parents reported her missing about 11 PM Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Victi
Dorothy Schlappig
Dorothy
Louis Sauber
Saubers
Pay Snyder, Jr
Army Starts Vaccinations Against Flu
The Army orders immediate vaccination of all United Nations troops in Korea against influenza as a precaution amid sporadic outbreaks. Supplies are being rushed by air from the United States, with the disease described as relatively mild and no deaths reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Nations
Korea
Army
Japan
United States
Fort Leonard Wood
Camp Roberts
Fort Ord
California
Camp Pickett
Fort Lee
Virginia
Judge Says Eaton Mayor In Error On Library Fund
Preble County Law Library trustees dispute Eaton Mayor Lee Campbell Jr statement that the village funds the library. Judge John M. Kiracofe shows the village has paid nothing directly since 1949 and that all money reaches the library via the county. The village had proposed sending up to 3000 dollars from fines and penalties to the library in 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaton
Preble County Law Library
Lee Campbell, Jr
Law Library
Common Pleas
John M. Kiracofe
Kiracofe
Campbell
Cecil Welsh
Rain Ends Long Drought in Australia Plains
Steady rains across Darwin territory break a two year drought the worst in the region saving hundreds of thousands of cattle. About 200000 head remain lost from the period of severe dry weather following last year’s failed wet season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Darwin
Northern Territory
Judges Walsh and Sherron Attend Columbus Juvenile Conference
Judge Harry F. Walsh and Emmett Sherron attend the state meeting of juvenile judges and court officers in Columbus at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel. They will join the dedication of a new Bureau of Juvenile Research building during sessions ending Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
Harry F. Walsh
Emmett Sherron
Columbus
Deshler - Wallick
Bureau of Juvenile Research
Ohio Inaugural Float Features Eisenhowers in Wedding Attire
Washington notes Ohio's inaugural parade float on January 20 will include Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower figures dressed in wedding clothes under a swords arch held by figures styled as West Point cadets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ohio
Dwight
Mamie Eisenhower
West Point
Chautauqua Residents Host Weekend Visits and Gatherings
Mr and Mrs Adam Sohn and family spent the weekend in Indiana with relatives. Mr and Mrs Ray Thompson of Dayton visited Mr and Mrs Herman Blair Sunday evening. Mrs Clyde Helsinger entertained a bridge luncheon at her home Tuesday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Grover Cox hosted friends from Hamilton Franklin Dayton and Chautauqua Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Sohn
Indiana
Ray Thompson
Dayton
Herman Blair
Clyde Helsinger
Grover Cox
Hamilton
Franklin
Chautauqua
Landon Claims Attacks on Press by Stevenson
Alf M Landon denounces Adlai Stevenson for alleged misrepresentation of newspapers. He says a steady campaign aims to destroy American public trust in objective reporting and warns a crisis would threaten the republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Alf M. Landon
Adlair Stevenson
Landon
Kansas
Stevenson
Wall
Second Trial Date Set For GI With 10 Year Sentence
FT MEADE Md Second Army headquarters set Jan 15 as trial day for Pfc Warren McConnell 21 from Alloway NJ charged again with sleeping at his post in Korea. He was sentenced to 10 years hard labor with dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of pay after a Korea court martial. the sentence was set aside by the Court of Military Appeals ordering a new trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Meade
Second Army
Pfc
Warren McConnell
Korea
Alloway
N. J
Court of Military Appeals
Washington
McConnell
Venezuelan Life Outlined In Talk Before Civitan
Gordon Hughes branch manager of Armco International at Puerto La Cruz Venezuela spoke at a Civitan Club luncheon at the Manchester Hotel. He described longer credit terms higher commodity prices and different employee relations in Venezuela and noted the country is a major oil producer and buyer of American goods. Hughes showed slides of Puerto La Cruz and Caracas and announced that he and Mrs Hughes and their two sons will depart January 23 for Puerto La Cruz. The next Civitan meeting will be a joint event with other service clubs on January 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Hughes
Armco International
Puerto la Cruz
Venezuela
South America
Civitan Club
Manchester Hotel
Hughes
Caracas
Mary Heck
Widow's estate valued at 81060 in Probate Court
The widow of a former Butler County prosecutor left assets totaling 81060. Real estate valued 68500 plus 4975.50 in securities 4168.50 in personal property and 3416.71 in accounts. A Morgan Reily farm and two acres in Reily Township were left to Oscar Schantz Hazel Fields. Hazel Fields also received property and personal items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Butler County
Myrtle Bickley
Indiana
Morgan
Reily
Oscar Schantz
Morgan Township
Hazel Fields
Liberty Ind
Reily Township
Helen Louise Reed
Liberty
Ben Bickley
Elizabeth Taylor Gives Birth To First Child
Elizabeth Taylor and her 39 year old husband Michael Wilding welcomed a baby boy born by Caesarean section in Santa Monica. The 7 pound 3 ounce infant and his mother are reported doing fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Calif
Elizabeth Taylor
Michael Wilding
Crosley Outlines 1953 TV and Radio Sales Boost
Cincinnati report says the Crosley Division of AVCO Manufacturing plans a 60 percent gain in television production and a 96 percent boost in radio sales as part of its 1953 goals presented to 500 dealers at a national sales meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Crosley
Avco Manufacturing Corp
Grand Jury Probes Death Scene and Teen Drinking
Butler County grand jury visits the death site of a Hamilton High School senior to hear 26 witnesses about a possible first degree manslaughter charge against Clyde Browning. The panel also weighs teenage drinking amid a vast docket of cases as judges caution against a witch hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Jury
Butler County
Mary Ann Fildes
Hamilton
Hamilton High School
Beissinger Rd
Jackson Bosch
Clyde Browning
Oxford Route 2
Jed Cramer
Middletown
Ard T. Klinker
State Board
Cinnati Brewery
J T. Kiep
Arthur Graf, Jr
Seven Mile
Ohio Penitentiary riot deemed spontaneous by patrol
State Highway Patrol says the Columbus Ohio Penitentiary riot was spontaneous while about a dozen ringleaders fueled the flames. Of 4700 inmates, 2601 joined the riot. one killed, five wounded, damages near a half million dollars. Sixty-seven others were labeled secondary rioters and many were confined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Highway Patrol
Ohio Penitentiary
George Mingle
John H. Lamneck
Mingle
Imates
Vital Statistics Births Reported For Local Families
Mr and Mrs Louis Oliver of 1314 Garfield St welcomed a girl yesterday. Mr and Mrs Robert Jackson of 909 Garden St welcomed a boy yesterday. Mr and Mrs Reuben Vaughn of Franklin welcomed a girl today. Mr and Mrs William Parker of Lebanon Route 1 welcomed a girl today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Oliver
Garfield St
Robert Jackson
Garden St
Reuben Vaughn
Franklin
William Parker
Lebanon
Route 1
Two-Scored Entries From City Directory Snapshots
Harrison Wilson, 30, NY Central Railroad employee, 1707 York St. Maxine Tolson, 31, 415 Oxford State Rd. William Kelley Roberts, 68, laborer, 417 Yankee Rd. Susie Mae Wells, 35, waitress, City Hotel. Frank Goode, 18, truck driver, 2101 Fernwood St. Marilyn Carroll, 16, 4301 Lewis St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Wilson
New York Central Railroad
York St
Maxine Tolson
Oxford State Rd
William Kelley Roberts
Yankee Rd
Susie Mae Wells
City
Frank Goode
Fernwood St
Marilyn Carroll
Lewis St
Hospital Notices and Discharges Listed by Residence
A fragmented hospital notices list multiple patients with residence details and statuses such as medical or surgical. Names include Everett McDowell Oxford Ave. Selmer Domenick Eighteenth. Earl Heaton Germantown. Robert White Linden. Judy Smith Franklin Route 2. JoAnn Krebs Seventh Ave. Laura Gomia North Broad St. Margie Fugate Curtis St. Denton Osborne Florence St. Chris Horn Navaho St. Delia Nolan West Middletown. George Miller Monroe id Hospital Hamilton. Douglas Garrison Yankee Rd Dayton Veterans Center. DISMISSED entries note various discharged patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett McDowell
Oxford Ave
Selmer Domenick
Eighteenth Ave
Joseph Clem
Fleming Rd
Earl Heaton
Germantown
Robert White
William White
Linden Ave
Richard Kilburn
Walter Kilburn
Harrison St
Judy Smith
Carl Smith
Franklin Route 2
Phyllis Bailey
Woodlawn Ave
William Myers
Columbia Ave
James Hall
State St
Frederick Cooper
Lockland
E. C. Barnes
Baltimore St
Paul Biliett
John Krasnowski
Yankee Rd
JoAnn Krebs
Seventh Ave
Laura Gomia
Charles Gomia
North Broad St
Margie Fugate
Myron Fugate
Curtis St Medical
Janie Cramer
Joseph Cramer
Franklin
Denton Osborne
Florence St. Surgical
Amos Wells
Burton Rd
Chris Horn
Nelson Horn
Navaho St
Surgical
Delia Nolan
Alfred Nolan
West Middletown
Biochemical Chief Named at Mound Laboratory
Richard C. Carleton of Miamisburg is promoted to head the biology service group at Mound Laboratory. The position is announced by Dr. David S. Anthony, director of the Biology Division. Carleton, a 1942 University of Minnesota biochemistry graduate, has been a research chemist in the Biology Division since October 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard C. Carleton
Miamisburg
Mound Laboratory
David 5. Anthony
Monsanto Chemical Company
Atomic Energy Commission
Carleton
University of Minnesota
No Motive Suspected in Slaying of Elderly Couple
Police in Wooster reported no motive found in the murder and subsequent death by self-inflicted wound of 62 year old Mena Bevington and his wife Dorothy 54. Bevington fatally shot Dorothy then killed himself with a shotgun Tuesday.
Man On Bail in Slot Machine Case Front Page
IRONTON Ohio Dusting BE. (Ducky) Corn posted 1000 bond after being charged with concealing 155 dismantled slot machines in a building he owns He surrendered to Sheriff Carl Rose and said he was shocked by the machines Judge John E Gallagher set January 16 for a preliminary hearing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironton, O
Ducky
Carl E. Rose
John E. Gallagher
Local Families Noted in Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Reference
The notice lists multiple families connected to Cincinnati Children's Hospital including Mr. and Mrs. Manning of Trenton Don Wells of Malvern Harold Smith of Franklin Darwin Sipple of Highview Billie Rowe son of Walter Rowe Manchester Wayne Gifford son of Richard Gifford Clark e Ritchie Davis of Manhattan Richard Blackburn son of Joe Blackburn Forest Green Combs of Trenton and Donald Stein son of Earl Stein of McKinley Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Manning
Trenton
Don Wells
Malvern
Harold Smith
Franklin
Darwin Sipple
Highview Rd
Billie Rowe
Walter Rowe
Centralve
William Good
Manchester
Wayne Gifford
Richard Gifford
Clarke
Ritchie Davis
Manhattan
Richard Blackburn
Joe Blackburn
Forest Ave
Green Combs
Donald Stein
Mrs. Earl Stein
McKinley St
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warren County Court News
Glenn Merrick
Richard Dircksen
Mary Ann Merrick
Paul Merrick
Glenna Merrick
Richard Dirksen
William Amburgy
Fidelity and Casualty Co
Helen McComrick
Sally D Conley
Thurman Conley
Colum Moore
Helen Moore
A. Pastor & Sons Company, Inc
Walter J. Moninger
Luella Sutherland
Alfred Sutherland
Common Pleas Court
William G. Brown
Virginia Parker Brown
Thelma Marie Young
Arthur J. Young, Jr
Betty Lee Ludington
Allen M. Ludington
Oakey Johnson
Martha Johnson
John P. Coy
James Robert York
Clarence
Mollie Bowman
Oliver and
Lilly
Blevens
Union Two
Clifford W
Agnes M. Fry
Robert G
Zella L. Ikerd
Wayne Two
Esther Vonbargen
Chris Russell Vonbargen, Jr
Deerfield Two
Kash D
Mary Lou Amburgy
Roland O
Velvia Griffith
Margaret Canellaides
Louis Cannell
Deerfield
Glenn Irwin
Harold H
Doris M. Stroud
Turtlecreek
Josephine C
Emmett N. Seitz
Dorothy A. Marsh
Harlan
Clair L. Smith
Lela Smith
E. R. Houston
Estill J
Lucreacy M. Hamblin
Salem
Harvey Clary
Fred K. Fairchild
Massie
Roy Spencer
Virgil
Effie Cole
Union
Eugene and
Dora Combs
Howard Junior
Mary Lou Sanders
Henry Duff
Selden
Ethel McIntosh
Joseph L
Fannie B. Davis
Keldon Homes, Inc
Joseph Little, Jr
Thelma Davis
Lester and Maude Johnson
Clifton W
Eunice M. Owens
William
Edgeman
Campbell and
Mable Jeannette Lew
Clearcreek
Probate
John Jack
Carrie L. Jack
Frank Wardlow
Maria L. Clark
Harry Nixon
Herbert Hatfield
Anna N. Hatfield
Edward E. Edwards
Reba E Bartlett
Elizabeth A. Edwards
Reba E. Bartlett
Naoma Bercaw Bowyer
Clement S Bowyer
Carl E
Bercaw
Walter E. Chesney
John Barr
Leslie Gilbert
Elizabeth Brenner
Henry Brenner
Rachel Brenner
Hugh Murray
J. D. Wood
Flora B. Runyan
Clifford Runyan
Everett B. Runyan
Thomas F. McGuinn
H. E. McGuinn
Walter A. Kellner
Celeste C. Kellner
Chris Wasson
Thomas Brannock
Robert Judson Sepessy
Cleveland Heights
Joan Blair LeRoy
Joseph Alanecker
Loveland
U.S. Navy
Patsy Ruth Lucas
Bobby L. Baughey
Adrian
Mich
Esther M Monjar
Cozaddale
Charles Robert Dewitt
Morrow
Air Force
Janet Joanne Doughman
Bennie L. Norris
Margaret Louise Fry
Eugene Nelson McKeever
Waynesville
Beverly Ann Huff
Seven Mile News
Norris Music House
TC Ta Spiegel
Office Aearer
Williamson Duo
Williamson
Williamson Ziegler Furnace CO
N. Broad St
OSU
DuPont
Power Firm
Judge Walsh
Sherron
Lhe
Jose Madrigal
Smart Middletonians
N. Main ST
Civitan
Bickley State
Liz Taylor
Browning
High St
Mercy Hospital
Ralph W. Alvis
State Welfare Department
Alvis
George Miller
Id Hospital
Douglas Garrison
Brown's Hospital
Dayton Veteran Center
Medical
Harlan Spencer
Sixthve
Charles Hamilton
Cora McConnell
Darrell Allen
William Allen
Sheridan Ave
Harley Wolf
Brenda Manning
Varian Brewing Co
Covington, Ky
Mound
Fabulous B
Office Outfitters
City Fuel, Inc
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