Wearly Named School Business Manager in Middletown
Robert Wearly, longtime educator and Trenton schools superintendent, was named permanent Middletown Middle District business manager at $8,500 yearly, with duties effective when he can assume the role and Butler stepping down. The board approved a 1958 budget and outlined staffing, facilities plans, and future meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Robert Wearly
Middletown
Board of Education
Wane Annlisante Quint
Wearly
Wilmington
University of Cincinnati
Butler
Music grosses exceed baseball in box office figures
Mrs. Helen M. Thompson of Charleston West Virginia told the executive board of the American Symphony Orchestra League that Americans spend 200 million dollars on recorded music and that good music grosses at the box office about 45 million dollars annually versus baseball's 40 million.
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Dallas
American Symphony Orchestra League
Helen M. Thompson
Charleston
W.va
Teen dies after New Year crash in Perry Township
Dale Knotts 16 of Perry Township died Monday at Lake County Memorial Hospital after a New Year’s Day car crash that injured five other teens.
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Painesville
Ohio
Dale Knotts
Perry Two
Lake County Memorial Hospital
Plane Hits Field Marker At Hook Field
A 1948 Cessna piloted by Robert Swick of Sciotoville crashed into a metal field intersection marker at Hook Field during taxiing in a 9 05 a m incident. The marker and aircraft parts were damaged with no injuries reported.
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Hook Field
Robert Swick
Winchester-Portsmouth
Sciotoville
Swick
Combs Warns Drivers On Railroad Crossing Violations
Lt. James Combs of the Traffic Bureau warns motorists not to cross Manchester Avenue railroad tracks when signals flash and bells ring. He notes fatalities risk from westbound trains and says officers may issue citations if violations continue.
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James Combs
Manchester Avenue
Combs
Reason Heads Council Again
Germantown village council re elected Charles Reason as president at the first meeting of the year. James Fox was sworn in as the only new council member. Two names were floated for a police vacancy after the death of Assistant Chief Orion Hale on Dec 20, but the council tabled action.
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Germantown
Charles Reason
James Fox
Orion Hale
Ross Firestone
National Cash Register Co
Dayton
Richard Petit
Montgomery County
Butler County Commissioners Elect Leaders at Organization Meeting
Ben S. Van Gorden was re elected president of the Butler County Board of Commissioners with Ross H. Snyder named vice president. The Republican trio includes Gordon Augspurger, a Democrat. Snyder, also First National Bank vice president, becomes budget committee chairman for the County Commissioners Assn of Ohio.
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Ben S. van Gorden
Butler County Board of Commissioners
Ross H. Snyder
Middletown
van Gorden
Snyder
Gordon Augspurger
First
County Commissioners Assn
Ohio
Columbus
First Baptist Church seeks court sale under pastor parsonage allowance plan
Trustees of the First Baptist Church at 119 S Main St filed in Common Pleas Court seeking authority to sell church real estate under a new policy providing the pastor a parsonage allowance in lieu of a parsonage house. Petition names trustees John Harkrader Howard Stalker A E Duvall George B Letts Robert Burns Dan M Kitchen M C Patton Mrs M L Horton and Henry Crouch.
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Common Pleas Court
First Baptist Church
S. Main St
John Harkrader
Howard Stalker
A. E. Duvall
George B. Letts
Robert Burns
Dan M Kitchen
M. C. Patton
M.L. Horton
Henry Crouch
Kramer named city manager of St. Clair Shores Mich
Howard H. Kramer former Middletown city manager has been appointed city manager of St. Clair Shores Michigan. Announcement by Mayor Thomas Welsh states the appointment was approved Dec 30 by the city council and he will assume duties on or before Jan 15. The Detroit area city has about 70 000 residents. Kramer previously led Middletown 1953 1955 and has worked as a mechanical engineer with Ohio state public works. He has homes and moves to Michigan, with salary not disclosed.
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VW Hy
Wpo
Howard Cromwell
Wearly
Hugh Butler
Butler
Middletown
16Th Ave
Howard H. Kramer
St. Clair Shores
Mich
Thomas Welsh
Michigan City
Kramer
Detroit
Lake, St. Clair
State
Ohio Department of Public Works
Stanley St
Michigan
Traverse City
Petoskey
Milton
Ore
Sturgis
Note Written By Missing Man Revealed
A 73 year old man from Lebanon walked away last week due to a skin disease he believed contagious. A note left for his daughter Mrs Stanley Burnside explained he would seek a new doctor and asked that no one use his belongings. He left $145 and was last seen on a country road south of Lebanon. No trace of Lawrence Beltz has been found after a week of searching.
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Lebanon
Lawrence Beltz
Stanley Burnside
Firemen Respond to Two Help Calls Near Dawn
City firemen answered two emergencies within a minute of each other at 7:45 a.m. First at 910 6th Ave where Percy Williams, 71, suffered breathing trouble and was taken to Middletown Hospital by Jordan Hall ambulance. Second at 1713 Columbia Ave where Nancy Louise Pence, 16, fell. she was not hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Dineen
Vic Anvil
6Th Ave
Percy Williams
Middletown Hospital
Jordan Hall
James Johnson
Columbia Ave
Nancy Louise Pence
Film On Cosmic Rays At Roosevelt Junior High
The Roosevelt Junior High science department presents The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays in an assembly on Wednesday. The film explains how cosmic rays were discovered what they are their origins and significance using actors animation and cartoon characters to tell a science fact story.
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Science
Roosevelt Junior High School
Epiphany light show sparks large crowd at Golden Park
Reverend William Calvert led a dramatic Epiphany concluding with a flare as an aerial bomb set about 3 000 Christmas trees ablaze. The event drew 3 000 to 4 000 spectators in Golden Park with park officials noting assistance from Middletown ministers and city crews.
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William Calvert
Goldman Park
Tom Carlson
Parks and Recreation
Calvert
Middletown Ministerial Assn
Park and Recreation Department
Franklin City Council Approves New Appointments
The new five man Franklin City Council met to approve city appointments and hear a financial report. City manager John H. Heintz will arrive Jan 20 and will take two roles on arrival including planning board membership. Financials showed surplus 55855.23 and general fund 7702.
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Alan Linn Franklin
Franklin
John H. Heintz
Ivy Merritt
Paul Gaynor
Heintz
Joe Gribble
S. P. Mayer
L. E. Ritz
Helen Kennedy
Gaynor
Bell Offer Is Rejected By Union In AT and T Talks
In New York the Communications Workers of America deem AT T's latest wage proposal for 25 000 long lines employees still inadequate. Negotiations resumed today to forge a new contract covering long distance operators and maintenance workers in 42 states and the District of Columbia. The old contract expired last Friday. The union seeks weekly wage increases of 3 for operators and 3 to 5 for maintenance workers with other issues under dispute. Wages vary by region.
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New York
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
At&t
Communications Workers of America
States
District of Columbia
School Board Proxy Named in Hamilton City
Hamilton Special reporter Grover Kirgan of 2649 Pleasant Ave was named president of the Hamilton Board of Education. Carl Hutzelman was elected vice president and Herman Bates re-elected clerk treasurer. Kirgan succeeds James Black who declined reelection. Robert Stevenson and newly elected members Mrs. Dorothy Roudebush and R. W. De Vore were sworn in.
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Hamilton
Grover Kirgan
Pleasant Ave
Hamilton Board of Education
Carl Hutzelman
Herman Bates
Kirgan
James Black
Robert Stevenson
Dorothy Roudebush
R. W. de Vore
First Aid Meeting Of Red Cross Instructors
Red Cross first aid instructors will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Red Cross office. Joe Priest, first aid chairman, will preside.
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Red Cross
First Aid
Joe Priest
NLRB Official Opens Red Trial in Cleveland Conspiracy Case
John A. Hull regional director of the National Labor Relations Board will be the first witness in the conspiracy trial of seven charged with filing false non-communist affidavits under the Taft Hartley Law. Defendants include Marie Reed Haug Fred Haug Hyman Lumer Eric Reinthaler James West Samuel Reed and Andrew Remes. The Haugs and others allegedly urged filing of similarly false affidavits in 1951 and 1952 while serving as union officials. Jury comprised five Clevelanders.
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Cleveland
John A. Hull
National Labor Relations Board
Hull
U.S
Eric Reinthaler
Willowick
James West
Samuel Reed
Chicago
Andrew Remes
Brooklyn
N. Y
Haugs
Father Of 7 Slain At Lorain
Lorain Ohio police hold 33 year old Irvin Lee Robbins in a shotgun killing outside Charles Miller’s apartment. Mrs Robbins and five of the couple’s seven children witnessed the slaying. Miller was arrested but motive unknown.
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Lorain
Ohio
Irvin Lee Robbins
Robbins
Charles Miller
Thefts Reported in Police Briefs Yesterday
The police reported thefts including two fender skirts from Donald Armstrong Jr. of 1912 Sheffield St and license plates 5233NM from William Meeks of Franklin.
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Donald Armstrong J Jr
Sheffield St
William Meeks
Franklin
Arrest of El mer Gibbs on assault warrant
Officers arrested El mer Gibbs age 20 of 1813 Sheffield Street yesterday on an assault and battery warrant.
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Elmer Gibbs
Sheffield St
Battery theft report near J&J Bowling Lanes
Joe Barker of 606 Burton Road reported to sheriff's deputies at 9 p m yesterday that a car battery valued at 19 dollars was stolen from his vehicle parked in front of J&J Bowling Lanes on South Main Street.
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Eugene Rich
Crawford St
Charles Wagner
Hamilton
Herbert Belk
Park St
Elmer Lovelace
Warren Ave
Franklin
N. Main Street
Herbert Kidd
Oxford State Rd
N. Broad Street
Ray Johnson
Park Street
Joe Barker
Burton Rd
Sheriff's Deputies
J&j
S. Main Street
Definition of the Seven Seas as Major World Oceans
The term Seven Seas refers to the North and South Atlantic Oceans the North and South Pacific Oceans the Indian Ocean and the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans in a geographic listing.
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Seven Seas
North
South Atlantic
North and
South Pacific
William A. Day Elected President of Local 310 Union
William A. Day succeeds Clifford Keuthan as president of Local 310, International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers, AFL. Officers include Charles Jennings vice president, Ruth Harrison corresponding secretary, Susan Gailey financial secretary, Lonnie Dickerson recording secretary, Lucy Wills treasurer. Trustees are Russell Knepshield, James Caskey, Mary Pressier. Grievance committee members are Alvin Davis, Homer Day, Lester Sweeney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Day
Clifford Keuthan
International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Papermill Workers
AFL
Charles Jennings
Lonnie Dickerson
Ruth Harrison
Susan Gailey
Lucy Wills
Russel Knepshield
James Caskey
Mary Pressier
Alvin Davis
Homer Day
Lester Sweeney
Gas Stolen and Garage Break In Reported
Mrs. Mary Secrist of Rt 122 and Elk Creek Road said gas was stolen from her car and the tank drained after the garage was entered by pulling boards loose. Lt James Davis noted the break occurred Sunday night. Margarie Bailey of Thomas Road Peasttown reported a break in with an axe and hatchet worth $10 stolen and door glass broken.
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Mary Secrist
Rt. 122
Elk Creek Road
Sheriff's Deputies
James Davis
Margarie Bailey
Thomas Road
Peasttown
Demos To Meet Hamilton Dem Exec Committee
The Butler County Democratic Executive Committee will hold a meeting Thursday at 8:30 p.m. at Democratic headquarters 110% S. 2nd St. Hamilton. Chairman Greg Holbrook announced the session today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Butler County
Democratic Executive Committee
Democratic
S. 2Nd St
Greg Holbrook
Armco Tops In Forbes Management Rating In 1957
Armco Steel Corp leads Forbes magazine 1957 list of ten major US steel firms with a 95 out of 100 management rating. It is the third consecutive year Armco has topped the steel industry, with high marks for use of borrowed funds, expansion, profits, and reinvestment versus shareholder dividends. The Forbes survey covers 198 companies across 21 industries. no other company matched Armco’s score.
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Armco Steel Corp
Forbes Magazine
U. S
Forbes
Armco
Industr
Films At Golden Agers Club Meeting
Miss Joan Wilson of the Parks and Recreation Department will show two films at the Golden Agers Club meeting tomorrow. The titles are The Kind of Music You Want and Bananas Si Sinor. Red Cross women will attend as guests. Meetings were canceled on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day for the first time in five years, says President Harry Gordon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Wilson
Parks and Recreations Department
Golden Agers
Red Cross
Harry Gordon
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Tilmon Ellison
Benjamin Sawyer
Cromwell
Sawyer
Amanda Junior High School
A. M. Kinney ,Inc
Middletown High School
Kinney
McGlaughlin
Amanda
Litsch
Safety Council
Finley
Civic Association
New Post
McCoy-Leffler’s
M‘coy -Leffler
Walter WN. McCoy
Homer D. Leffl
Broad St
Ist Ave
Reason
Commissioners
Baptist Church
Michigan City Post
Zion Lutheran Church
Lar el
Ritz
Council
Land City
John Judge
R. E. LeRoy
The
Armies, Paving Co
John Race
Race
Judge
LeRoy
American Medical Assn
Ivan Thacker
Frank Harbach
Gee Hir Jing
Harbach
Paul Smith
Heinz
City Planning
Bell
NLRB
Union
Central Ave
Truckers
Agers Club
Charles
Central
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