Golden Years Honore Five At Club Open House
More than 100 years of married life represented as two couples, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Roof and Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Hollon, are honored at the Golden Age Club open house. Officials praise plans for retiree notification and a future club building as a community service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Age Club
Albert Roof
Woodlawn Ave
Elijah Hollon
Jewell St
Lida
Grandma” Rothgeb
Lida Rothgeb
Journal
Thomas
Middletown Federal Assets Reach New Peak in 1957
Middletown Federal Savings & Loan Assn. reports assets of 27,091,323.24 in 1957, up 2,755,616.09. Net savings rose to 25,001,426.09 with 8,142 savers, earnings shared at 4 percent, and home loan portfolio growing to 22,835,591.93. Directors reelected. Morris remains executive VP. Wilmer and Reinartz hold top posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Federal Savings & Loan Assn
A. R. Morris
Association
Morris
Middletown Federal
Savings and Loan
R. C. Deardorff
R. E. Dempster
Allison C. Neff
W. A. Wilmer
F. W. Becker
C W. Denny Jr
A. Wilmer
L. F. Reinartz
G. W. A. Wilmer
Reinartz
Mary E. Strodtbeck
James M. Tewart
Carl A. Hurr
Warning To Dog Owners Mailmen To Bit Back
Postmaster General Summerfield announced that mail delivery can be halted if a dog bites a letter carrier. Owners will be asked to leash or restrict dogs, and service may be discontinued until a satisfactory solution is found. Automatic discontinuance applies if a dog actually bites a mailman. Summerfield urged owner cooperation, noting he loves animals and has a dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Summerfield
Real Estate Transfers Across Town and County
A stream of transfers shows numerous property moves from Middletown and surrounding areas. Delineated parties include Sarah Miller to Julius Black mon, J E Lewis Builders to Thomas Blevins, and Louis Selby to Russell Smith, with parcels ranging from 1.20 acres in Wayne to large Madison and Somerville tracts and sums from $2,75 to $19,680.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Miller
Julius Blackmon
J. E. Lewis Builders Inc
Thomas Blevins
Grover Allen
Pearl Skidmore
Louis Selby
Russell Smith
Elsa Kirk
Dale Grollimus
Wayne
Madison Gustin
James
Toggle
Tuoke Dishman
Charles Hedgepath
Daman Park
Modern Deve, Inc
Vernon ‘Morton
Trenton
Ivan Boggs
Norvil Denniston
Peasttown
Charles Gentry
William Back
Madison
Lloyd Miller
Doris Moore
Cascade Lakes
Charles Cobb
Casco Invest. Co. Inc
Monroe
County
Joe Wells
Midd. Fed
Countryside
Robert Nelson
Walter Waites
Midd
Cud Lawson
Citizens Ae & Loan
Dixie Hgts
Mary Russell
Citizens Bldg. & Loan
Red Bud
Fed
Luther Holbrook
Mayfield
Ambrose Martin
Lynchburg
Last Hopes For Tax Cut To Be Dispelled Today
Secretary of the Treasury Anderson planned to outline the administration position before the House Ways and Means Committee as President Eisenhower signaled continued high individual and corporate tax rates for another year to finance defense spending. The plan includes canceling July reductions in excise and corporate taxes while maintaining current individual rates to balance the 1959 budget at about 73.9 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Anderson
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
Willie Lewis’s boastful robbery lie shocks Chicago cops
Chicago glass blower Willie Lewis, 52, confessed he inflated a $500 robbery to $21,000 to impress others and gain newspaper fame. He claimed two men broke into his South Side apartment and stole the money he hid, but later admitted he saved only $500 from selling lunches at his plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Willie Lewis
Pace
Lewis
South Side
Ohio Revenue Hits New Peak in 1957
State auditor James A. Rhodes reported 1957 state revenue rose to 1,337,793,495 dollars with December breaking monthly records at 200,360,672 dollars. Six month receipts totaled 581,457,309 and 756,336,186 in the second half boosted by note and bond sales, including highway bonds at 125 million and capital bonds and notes. If 1958 gains persist, year end receipts could exceed 1.5 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
State of
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Service Members Earn Karate Belts at Fort Leonard Wood
Specialist Donald D. Williams, 27, medical technician with Headquarters Company at Army Recreation Station, earned a purple belt 4th class after a karate judo match at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. He is son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson O. Williams of 2204 Dixie Highway. Williams joined the Army in 1949. Francis A. Conley, boatswain's mate first class, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Conley of South Lebanon, serves with the Operations Department at Saufley Field Naval Auxiliary Air Station Pensacola Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald D. Williams
Ft. Leonard Wood
Williams
Wilson O. Williams
Dixie Highway
Army Recreation Station
Army
Francis A. Conley
M. Conley
South Lebanon
Saufley Field
Naval Auxiliary Air, Station
Penslacola, Fla
Violin Prodigy Lifts to Park Avenue Life at 15
Michael Vitale Jr. the 15 year old Juilliard scholarship student from Keene New Hampshire has moved from a modest home to a Park Avenue mansion after his violin talent impressed Mrs Rosita Noyes and Mrs John Fremont. He studies daily, practices on a borrowed $4000 Cappa violin, and attends professional children's school before returning to the Noyes home. Vitale credits his progress to his hard work and pursues a career as a concert violinist with support from his benefactors and mentors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Michael Vitale Jr
Keene
N. H
Park Avenue
Mike
Juilliard School of Music
Rosita Noyes
Noyes
Fremont
Lexington Avenue
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Harry Gordon
Gordon
Middletown
Louis R. Walter
Charlotte House
E. L. Breitenbecher
Somerville
Cyrus Fitton
John Moyer
Mary Moyer
Seven Mile
Middletown Retsel
Walter Oaks
Arnold Skinner
John Harkrader
Sylmar Const. Co. Inc
First Am. Bnk
the Salvation Army
First Natl. Bnk
Willie
Juilliard
Michael
New England Conservatory of Music
Ivan Galamian
Galamian
Vitale
Penney’s
Penney
Dot
Penney's
Infants Dept
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