Roy Eugene Nickell Fund Surges With Local Support
Public and civic groups rally behind three year old Roy Eugene Nickell facing an eye tumor. The fund grew from $9 to $624.61 as calls and donations poured in, with Middletown American Cancer Society handling funds and expenses for travel and lodging in New York. Organizations including Armco and the Kiwanis Club joined in, while individual donors gave amounts from $1 to $168 as teams planned further efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Eugene Nickell
Roy Eugene Nickel
Journal
Ernest Nickel
Middleton
American Cancer Society
Hamed Weikel
Lions Club
Arthur Harvey
the Cancer Society
New York
Armco
Kiwanis Club
Middletown Cancer Society
Anne Arkill
Sunset Pl
coMacts
Rachard Roberts
Glen Ave
Middletown Firemen's Welfare Fund
South Middletown Fire Department
Flag Raising To Climax All American City Event In Middletown
Middletown prepares an All-America City observance with a 2 PM parade on Main Street. Five high school bands will join the procession to the City Building for the flag raising on a specially erected pole. A 6:30 PM banquet at the Manchester Hotel marks the next event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Cecil Runyan
J. B Strickland
Fenwick High School
McKinley
Roosevelt
Monroe High School
Main Street
Central Avenue
Manchester Hotel
Look Magazine
National Municipal League
School Aid For Palsied Faces Board
Middletown school board meets with representatives from the Cerebral Palsy Association to decide who will educate disabled children. Supt. Howard Cromwell notes a $400-per-child gap between state aid and cost, and says funding sources must be found. The meeting also covers allocating the 1958 budget on a permanent basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cerebral Palsy Association
Middletown
Chiren
Howard Cromwell
State Board of Education
Cromwell
Downtown street lights begin removal and new 18000 lumen system
William K. Robinson of Cincinnati Gas & Electric reports start of downtown lighting program. Crews begin removing old light standards on N Broad Street while the L. E. Myers Co. of Chicago installs the new 18,000 lumen lights using local workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William K. Robinson
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
N. Broad Street
Robinson
L. E. Myers Co
Chicago, Jr
Cg&e
Chicago
Blaze Causes Major Damage at Middletown Home
Fire at 1325 27 Sycamore Street Middletown caused $2,350 total losses. Overheated stove confined fire to one room of a single story frame duplex owned by Emil Schubert. Smoke filled the house with $1,500 in contents damaged. Occupants were Andy Banks and Mrs Abby Banks. Companies 1 3 and the emergency squad responded at 5 19 a.m.
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Sycamore St
Middletown
Emil Schubert
Andy Banks
Abby Banks
Firemen Check Washing Machine Motor Blaze in Hazel Long Home
Firemen yesterday investigated a motor fire in a washing machine at the Hazel Long residence 1804 Henry Ave causing 8 dollars in damage. No injuries reported. Investigators noted the blaze started in the washer and was confined to the appliance area.
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Hazel ‘Long
Henry Ave
Hamilton Man Hurt In Route 42 Crash
Hamilton residents report Carl Sams 37 foreman at Baldwin-Lima Hamilton Corp suffered a fractured right leg when his car struck a tree on Route 42 near Spring Valley. He was treated at Greene Memorial Hospital Xenia and later transferred to Mercy Hospital in Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Carl Sams
Elvin Ave
Rt. 42
Spring Valley
Sams
Baldwin-Lima Hamilton Corp
Greene Memorial Hospital
Xenia
Mercy Hospital
Community mobilizes funds for boy in medical need
Groups and individuals pledge contributions as Lions and Kiwanis clubs join to support a boy named Eugene. He will travel with his mother and aunt to New York City for a 9 a.m. Monday Eye Institute appointment with Dr. Algernon Reese, a noted tumor specialist, while Middletown mobilizes prayers and funds to aid his treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weikel
Lions Club
Kiwanis Club
Monroe Lions Club
Eugene
New York City
Eye Institute
Algernon Reese
Middletown
Dairy Group Chooses Officers in Ohio
Ohio Dairy Products Assn names A. L. Shough of Kroger president succeeding Richard McClellan. Robert Webner becomes vice president, John Burns named president of the Columbus unit, with new division heads for Ohio Milk Distributors, Ice Cream Manufacturers, Butter Manufacturers and Milk Products Manufacturers. Officers to be installed at the Feb. 3-5 convention in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Dairy Products Assn
A. L. Shough
The
Kroger Co
Cincinnati
Richard McClellan
McClellan's Dairies
Logan
Lancaster
Jackson
Shough
Robert Webner
Orville
John Burns
Ohio Milk Distributors
Lester R. Stauffer
Warren
J. E. Weiskircher
New Concord
Henry Specht
S. L. Johnsonbaugh
Defiance
Association
Hoover Report Kiwanis Topic at Civitan Club
Dr Richard Hasemeier discusses the Hoover Report findings at the Civitan Club noon meeting hosted by the Manchester Hotel. He explains the second bipartisan commission on the Executive Branch led by former President Herbert Hoover and its 3.3 million word report to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civitan Club
Richard Hasemeier
Manchester
Hasemeier
Citizens Committee
Herbert Hoover
Kiwanis Club To Hear Evelyn Eisnaugle
The Kiwanis Club noon meeting will feature Miss Evelyn FE Eisnaugle, superintendent of the Orthopedic and Partially Seeing Department in the state division of special education, as the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Evelyn FE. Eisnaugle
Department
State Division of Special Education
Middletown youths admit part in local break-ins and thefts
Three Middletown boys aged 16 and 17 were arrested near Georgetown in a stolen car loaded with loot. One admitted involvement in break-ins at a Rt. 73 service station Coles Road filling station and Perfection Cleaners on Tytus Avenue. Loots included a soft drink machine, a cigarette machine, clothing, and a stolen car later abandoned in Maysville Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Brown County
Georgetown
Rt. 73
Coles Road
Perfection Cleaners
Tytus Avenue
Hydraulic Canal
Dix Creek
Ohio River
Maysville
Tom Hatton
South Ave
Oxford State Road crash injures four
Four people suffered minor injuries in a two car crash on Oxford State Road about a mile east of Rt 4 at 5 20 p m. Treated at Middletown Hospital were John Keith Jr Farris Shackelford and his wife Ethel and Jack Shackelford and Lois Bergman of Indianapolis. Keith rear ended Shackelford after Shackelford slowed for a railroad crossing and Keith then hit a tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford-State Road
Rt. 4
Middletown Hospital
John Keith Jr
Woodside Ave
Farris Shackelford
Ethel
Mohawk
Jack Shackelford
Lois Bergman
Indianapolis
Shackelford
Keith
Shackelford Auto
Pythian Home Chief Speaks at Local Roundtable
Kenneth Hess superintendent of the Ohio Pythian Home and Hospital at Springfield was the speaker at a district Knights of Pythias roundtable Saturday night. He discussed home conditions and family privileges and plans to enlarge the hospital. Grand Chancellor Dale Stump urged personal work and aid for weaker lodges. A Q and A followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Hess
Ohio Pythian Home and Hospital
Springfield
Knights of Pythias
Hess
Dale Stump
AF Base To Get Jet Interceptors
SAN FRANCISCO jet interceptors traveling at twice the speed of sound and armed with guided missiles are being delivered to Hamilton Air Force Base for Pacific Coast defense. Officials say the first F104A Starfighter shipment will be in operation within 30 days.
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San Francisco
Hamilton Air Force Base
Pacific Coast
Here
Car Skids Strike Barn North of Hamilton
Louis E Wilson 23 of Cincinnati escaped injury when his auto skidded on wet pavement on a curve on Ohio 177 and struck a barn on William Eavens property near Hamilton. Damage described as slight. sheriff's deputy Cpl Burton P Gabbard reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Louis E Wilson
Kerper Ave
Cincinnati
Ohio 177
Here
William Eavens
Hamilton-Richmond Rd
Burton P. Gabbard
Sheriff's Department
Trio of youths linked to multiple thefts in Brown and Butler counties
Officers say the three boys on parole from Boy's Industrial School stole between 25 and 50 cars in Butler County since last November, all recovered. A car seized in Brown County was taken from Sam Marcum. They allegedly broke into The Hut cafe on Ohio 48 near Rt 73, and stole whisky, a TV, cigarettes, tires, tools, batteries, drinks, candy, and more. They also took $50 from a Gratis service station and restaurant. They will be tried in Brown County for the service station and restaurant break-in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
Brown County
Sam Marcum
Malvern St
Ohio 48
Rt. 73
Lebanon
Gratis
Training For Scout Leaders Opens Tuesday
A course for Boy Scout and Cub Scout leaders starts Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. at Armco Center. Robert Sutton and Edward Brown lead. Charles Lang is registrar. Cub section instructors include Wallace Frayer and others. supervising instructors are Homer Taylor and Paul Van Ostrand. The course runs for two more Tuesday evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armco Center
Robert Sutton
Edward Brown
Charles Lang
Wallace Frayer
Paul Doughman
Earsle Tolliver
Hebert Daniels
Homer Taylor
Paul van Ostrand
Peter Trepanier
Anniversary Services for Church of God Start Tonight
The Pastor and Church Anniversary at the Church of God on 11th and Lincoln Street begins tonight at 7 30 p m and runs nightly through Friday Elder H K Kilgore speaks tonight with Charles Holiday Tuesday J Pate Wednesday Eugene Walace Thursday and Rev C N Flanigan Friday Rev William Reynolds marks his eighth year as pastor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of God
11Th
Lincoln St
H. K. Kilgore
Charles Holiday
J. Pate
Eugene Walace
C. N. Flanigan
William Reynolds
Area Gain Boy Scouts Here Pace Region 4 Growth
The Mound Builders Area Boy Scout Council announced Region 4 had the largest membership increase in 1957. The council rose from 2,280 to 2,646 boys and 70 to 82 units, a 16.1 percent gain. Cub Scouts and Explorer Scouts also grew in units and members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mound Builders Area
Boy Scout Council
Charles &. Statenroth
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
William Hubbell
Cub Scouts
Boy Scouts
Explorer Scouts
Statenroth
Man Charged In Gambling House Raid
Lloyd Le Force, 54, of 708 Crawford St, was arrested after police raided his home at 4 15 am Saturday and six others were picked up in a basement card game. He surrendered at police headquarters and was charged with keeping a room for gambling. He posted a $1000 property bond to appear in Municipal Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd le Force
Crawford St
Arly
le Force
James Howerton
Miami University Centers Open Registration for Evening Classes
Registration for MU off campus centers at Dayton Piqua Norwood Hamilton and Middletown begins this week for classes starting February 3. Dayton hours 4 to 5 30 and 6 30 to 8 p.m. Monday to Thursday at 206 W 4th St. Piqua Saturday 9 45 a.m. Norwood 4 5 30 and 6 30 to 8 p.m. Monday to Thursday. Hamilton first class meeting week of Feb 3 no pre registration. Middletown first class meeting week of Feb 3 no pre registration. Class schedules available from Miami University Administration Building Oxford.
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Oxford
Miami University
Dayton
Piqua
Norwood
Hamilton
Middletown
Dayton Central School
4Th St
Piqua-Piqua High School
Norwood-Norwood High School
Hamilton High School
Fairfield Hies School
Extension Division
Miami University Administration
Middletown High School
Four Hurt in Franklin Auto Accidents
Two crashes at River Street area injure four people. Harriet Farmer, 61, suffered fractures and was admitted to Middletown Hospital after being hit by a turning car driven by Murphy Hensley. In a second collision at River and Main, Dan Byrd, Linwood Ray, and Mrs. Carl Barnes sustained head and facial injuries. Byrd and Barnes improved to fair, Ray was treated and released. Officer Wilbur Carpenter investigated both crashes.
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Frankin
Harriet Farmer
8Th St
River
2Nd Streets
Middletown
Eaton Ambulance
River Street
2Nd Street
Murphy Hensley
2Nd St
River and
Main Streets
Dan Byrd
Hughes St
Main Street
Linwood Ray
Boys Ave
Carl Barnes
Barnes
Byrd
Ray
Wilbur Carpenter
Franklin Police Department
Five Middletown cafe workers charged with Sunday alcohol sales
Five owners and employees of Middletown cafes were arrested on charges of illegal Sunday sales. They were released on $200 bond to appear in Municipal Court this afternoon. Police said marked money purchases supported three pints of wine and six percent beer. Det. Paul Fouts and other plainclothes officers led the arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Ethel Sargent
Oberon
Yankee Rd
Rose Stephens
Germantown
N. Verity Pkvy
George Marshall
Charles St
Clayton's Grill
Central Ave
Anna Demostenes
Webster St
N. Clinton St
Tom Glosson
Garfield St
Paul Fouts
Melvin Barker
Jack Barnes
Earl Smith
Cincinnati two car collision claims life of Hollie Goldsberry
A two car collision in Cincinnati last Monday resulted in fatal injuries to Hollie Goldsberry, 36, who died Sunday at General Hospital. The report notes the crash occurred near the General Hospital area and involved two vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
General Hospital
Hollie Goldsberry
Pontchartrain Bridge Drives Northward Traffic
The Pontchartrain Bridge spans 24 miles linking New Orleans with points north and carries traffic at high speeds. The ambitious project cost 46 million dollars to build.
Middletown Twirler Shir ley Kay Runner Up in National Contest
Shirley Kay Sandusky of Middletown earned a runner up finish in the national majorette championships in St Paul Minnesota. Judieth Anne Delp of Skippery Rock Pa won, while Susan Smisek of Minneapolis took senior honors. Sandusky, 14, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Sandusky and qualified for NBTA finals after a first place in the NBTA state junior title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Shirley Kay Sandusky
St. Paul Minn
Judieth Anne Delp
Skippery Rock
Susan Smisek
Minneapolis
Sandusky
Edward Sandusky
1716 Dix Rd
Red Cross Election Set For Tuesday in Middletown
Middletown Red Cross chapter to elect nine directors at the annual meeting open to members who paid $1 in the past year. A directors session will follow to choose a chairman treasurer and up to five vice chairs. Twelve candidates include Col. Edward Fickett Robert Cordray Richard D Ismourt Fred A Yoder and others. Ames Gardner presides as chapter chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Red Cross
Legion Home
Col
Edward Fickett
Robert Cordray
Richard D. Ismourt
Fred
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Roy Eugene
Santa
First National Bank
Christmas Savings Club
F.d.1i.c
Dairy Group
Hoover Report
Kiwanis
Alexis Sidro
Carnival
Nice
French Riviera
Oxford-State
Pythian Home
Torr Cay
Sest
Frigidaire
Colored News
Armory
Middletown Optimist Club
Middletown Auto Dealers
Franklin
Shirley Kay
Nicosia
Cyprus
Harold
Sanittone
Charles
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