Mothers March Here Nets $6 028 For Polio Campaign
Mothers in Middletown Monroe and nearby areas collected 6028.55 for the 1956 polio drive between 6 and 8 pm. Co chairs Gene Goecke John Fitzgerald and Mrs Fenton Hall Mrs Lee Pohlable announced receipts at the Middletown Police Department with Wilbur Flory Sam Moore and Charles Reuthe assisting. Officials expect further funds as more reports come in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Monroe
Gene Goecke
John Fitzgerald
Fenton Hall
Lee Pohlable
Wilbur Flory
Sam Moore
Charles Reuthe
Butler County
Parity urged as agriculture in low mood level
Oxford farmer leader Joseph W. Fichter, chair of the Ohio Farmers Union, tells Senator Ellender that agriculture is in a low mood and urges price supports at full parity for all farm commodities. He asks including soil bank and surplus disposal plans with family-farm based production payments and restricted payments to family farms. He notes wool and sugar supports exist and should extend to all commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Joseph W. Fichter
Ohio Farmers Union
Allen J. Ellender
Louisianna
Senate Committee On Agriculture and Forestry
Fichter
Ohio
John W. Bricker
George Bender
Ellender
Senate
Oxford Farm
Congress
Rhodus Held On 2 Charges
Robert Rhodus, 36, at large, was bound to the Butler County Grand Jury under $2,000 bond on possession of burglary tools. He pleaded innocent to the charge, after earlier being bound to the grand jury in Middletown Municipal Court on burglary and larceny with a $5,000 bond. The tool charge stems from Aug 21 on Yankee Road near Cy's Place. the burglary and larceny charge involves theft of $373.50, filed by Edward Chupka of Chups Cafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Rhodus
Butler County
Grand Jury
Squire Lammie Bailey
Rhodus
James Greenfield
Middletown
Yankee Road
Cy’s
College Official Charged In Theft
New York reports Philip Steitz 50 assistant business manager at Hunter College has been arrested for stealing about 48000 from GI bill funds over five years. He was seized at his Yonkers home after 31 years at the college and charged with grand larceny and making false entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hunter College
Philip Steitz
Yonkers
N.Y
Steitz
New Loyalty Oath Drawn In Alabama
In Montgomery Alabama the Democratic executive committee drafted a loyalty oath for the May 1 primary and May 29 runoff. Indications point to barring Eisenhower Democrats from Alabama Democratic primaries. A spokesman said a majority already agreed to exclude those who voted for Eisenhower in 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Democratic Executive Committee
Eisenhower
Sled accident leaves girl with thigh wound in Franklin
A 11 year old Judy Tinch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tinch, 1127 Thirkield Ave, Franklin, required ten stitches for a thigh cut after a fall while sledding at home. Marianne Earl, 25, of 1335 Avalon Dr, suffered a compound fracture of her right third finger when her finger was caught in a filing cabinet at an Aeronca plant and was treated and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Tinch
Ralph Tinch
Thirkield Ave
Franklin
Marianne Earl
Avalon
Aeronca
Knife Fight Brings Man Suspensions
Middletown man James King, 28, received suspended sentences after a Thursday knife fight. He was jailed for 9 days for resisting arrest and 30 days on an intoxication count, suspended on conditions he stay away from alcohol serving establishments and maintain good behavior. The third charge of intent to wound against Oscar Banks was dismissed by the complainant. Both men were treated for minor injuries after a dispute over an auto getting stuck in a ditch near Yankee and Todhunter roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Squire Albert Bolling
Peasttown
James King
Yankee Rd
Squire Bolling
King
Oscar Banks
Compton
Middletown Hospital
Yankee
Todhunter Roads
East Los Angeles Junior College Holds Historic A Student Pair
Grace Bederio, 49, and Jean Steadman were the two straight A graduates in a 156-student class at East Los Angeles Junior College. Both earned perfect averages in the evening division, marking the first time the school had two students with perfect marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Los Angeles
Grace Bederio
Broken Bow
Neb
Bederio
Jean Steadman
Local births reported in Franklin and nearby towns
Vital statistics list several newborns from Franklin area families. A girl was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. William More at 302 South Ave. Also yesterday a girl to Mr. and Mrs. John McGee on Lesbee Street. A boy to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Deger on Central Avenue and a boy to Mr. and Mrs. Freddie Parrott in Franklin Route 3. A girl to Mr. and Mrs. Troy Gilley of Trenton yesterday and a boy to Mr. and Mrs. James Roberts in Ex cello today. A girl to Mr. and Mrs. Ballard Potts at 2395 Waneta Street today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William More Jock
South Ave
Franklin
John McGee
Lesbee St
Paul Deger
Central Ave
Freddie Parrott
Franklin Rt. 3
Troy Gilley
Trenton
James Roberts
Excello
Ballard Potts
Waneta St
Hospital Roll Call List From Verner Lay In Manchester Mars
A county hospital roster lists patients and their addresses including Henry Stidham Iglehart George Hausman Excello Mrs Howard Moore 20th Ave Karen Casey Middle town Rt 1 Helen Hawkes 14th Ave William Kinney Frank Essie Watson 18th Ave Harry Crum Woodside Ave Sidney Roberson Buena ve William Nisewonder Highland St Luther Parrott Tytus Lynne Mack Orchard Phyllis Henry York St Earl Margerum S Sutphin St Dismissed Larkin Coyle Hamilton Paul Druley Fleming Rd John Dyer Hamilton Theodore McIntosh West Middletown Rt 2 Donald Murphy Pearl St Steve Nemcke Lind St Worth Peak 17th Ave Orville Price Fleming Rd John Rose Columbia Ave Fern Snelling Fleming Rd John Watson Grand Ave James White Grover White Franklin Samuel Whitt Woodlawn Ave Out of Town Callie Ballard Mary Etta St Mercy Hospital Hamilton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hausman
Excello
Howard Moore
20Th Ave
Karen Casey
Hubert Casey
Middletown
Helen Hawkes
14Th Ave
William Kinney
Frank
Essie Watson
18Th Ave
Harry Crum
Woodside Ave
Sidney Roberson
Buenave
William Nisewonder
Highland St
Luther Parrott
Tytus Ave
Lynne Mack
Eugene Mack
Orchard
Larkin Coyle
Hamilton
Paul Druley
Fleming Rd
John Dyer
Theodore McIntosh
West Middletown
Donald Murphy
Pearl St
Steve Nemckc
Lind St. Worth
17Th Ave
Orville Price
John Rose
Columbia Ave
Fern Snelling
John Watson
Grand Ave
James White
Grover White
Franklin
Samuel Whitt
Woodlawn Ave
Callie Ballard
Mary Etta St
Mercy Hospital
Old-Timers Frolic Marks Middletown Telefono Anniversary
The 75th anniversary of telephone service in Middletown was celebrated with an old-timers party at the Ohio Bell Acte Building attended by over 150 long-time subscribers and former employees. S. H. Kitchen hosted and judged the costume contest won by Sue Steiger who received a color telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Ohio Bell Acte
Centralve
S. H. Kitchen
Middletown Telephone Co
A C. Jones
F. G. Campbell
Ohio Bell
Columbus
Charles Melat
Dayton
Paul Green
Richard Lyndh
Springfield
Sue Steiger
Kitchen
1St Avenue
Broad
Wrecks Cost 669 An Hour In Cincinnati Report
City officials report drivers caused 19,274 accidents last year with 79 fatalities and 2,198 injuries. Property damage totaled 3,469,320 dollars, with officials noting average costs of 669 dollars per hour of crashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Mary L. Borisch
Miami Receives $100 Gift For Philosophy Books
A $100 gift from the Gluck Philosophical Foundation of Columbus was announced by Dr. W E Alderman dean of the College of Arts and Science at Miami University. The money will fund philosophy books added to the university library. Books already ordered by department chairman Dr Wylie Spencer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Gluck Philosophical Foundation
Columbus
W. E. Alderman
College of Arts
Science
Miami University
Department of Philosophy
W. Wylie Spencer
Gospel Singers and Choirs Prepare Evening Program
The Allen Gospel Singers and the Brother James Sweet Chariot Choir will perform at 8 p.m. tomorrow at McKinley Junior High School. The Early Clouds of Dayton and the Pilgrim Wonders of Middletown give a musical program at 8 p.m. tomorrow at Friendship Baptist Church on Walnut Street.
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Allen Gospel Singers
Brother James Sweet Chariot Choir
McKinley Junior High School
Dayton
Middletown
Friendship Baptist Church
Walnut Street
Police Briefs Report Local Arrests and Theft
Homer Taulbee, 28, of West Middletown Route 1, arrested by state patrol on Route 4 for driving while intoxicated. Mrs. Richard Gough reported two cases of beer stolen from her garage on Bello Monte Street. Jack Adams, 36, of 1824 Woodlawn Ave., arrested at home on a warrant for embezzlement signed by Martin L. Bone Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Taulbee
West Middletown Rt
State Patrol
Rt. 4
Richard Gough
Bellomonte St
Jack Adams
Woodlawn Ave
Martin L. Bone Jr
Twenty three Nominated for Miami Prom Queen
Oxford junior men at Miami University are considering candidates for junior prom queen as 23 nominees emerge from sororities and women’s residence halls. The dance, held annually on the eve of Washington’s Birthday, will close on February 21 with no classes that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Miami University
Washington
Services Planned At Lebanon Farm
Services will be held at the Lebanon Prison Farm at 4 p.m Sunday led by Elder Bert Perkins. Assisting will be Miss Eunice Perkins and several ministers. The collection of used eyeglasses, started by Mrs. Bertha Perkins, continues with glasses turned in at the Perkins home or Ortman Stewart bus station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon Prison Farm
Bert Perkins
Eunice Perkins
Louis Smith
Donald O'Hara
Arnold Powell
Hastings Nord
Powell
Miss Perkins
Bertha Perkins
Perkins
18Th Avenue
Ortman-Stewart
Hospital Expansion Plans Unveiled At Opti mist Club Meeting
Middletown Hospital administrator William Bohman told Opti mist Club members the hospital, founded in 1917 and now at 140 beds, plans a 110 bed expansion. Ground floor of the new wing to open next month with X ray and emergency facilities, four exam rooms, three operating rooms, piped oxygen, nurse communications, a front remodel with gift shop, snack bar and chapel. Completion targeted for March 1957. The meeting also noted March 23 and April 7 for the boys' oratorical contest eliminations led by Rev. Francis Blair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bohman
Middletown
Optimist Club
Bohman
Manchester Hotel
Francis Blair
Castle Falls Back To Earth
In Pacific Palisades California a widow sees her nine room home hang 18 feet over Portero Canyon after landslides and erosion. Municipal Judge Ben Koenig orders Mrs. Edith Taylor not to occupy the house calling it a menace to life and public welfare. The $75,000 house built 18 years ago stood 70 feet from the edge. now the back door faces the drop and the kitchen floor has fallen away.
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Los Angeles
Edith Taylor
Portero Canyon
Ben Koenig
Pacific Palisades
Taylor
Actress Sues For Support Of Child
LOS ANGELES actress Mary Beth Hughes sues her second husband actor Ted North for support of their son Donald born after their 1946 divorce. She asks the court to compel North to pay 100 dollars monthly, naming him under his legal name Edward E. Steinel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Mary Beth Hughes
David Street
Ted North
Miss Hughes
North
Donald
Edward E. Steinel
Schwengel to Deliver Son’s Graduation Speech at Quantico
Lt. Frank Schwengel of Davenport Iowa may hear more than casual attention at Marine Corps School Quantico Virginia graduation exercises on February 4. The speaker will be his father Rep Fred Schwengel Republican Iowa.
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Quantico
Frank Schwengel
Davenport
Iowa
Marine Corps School
Fred Schwengel
R-lowa
Weekend Movie Schedule At The Movies Strand Colonial Dixie
On Saturday The Movies show Toughest Man Alive at 1 15 4 00 6 45 9 35 Gunpoint at 2 25 5 15 8 05 10 45 STRAND presents Francis in the Navy at 3 55 8 00 Three Ring Circus at 1 15 5 25 9 35 COLONIAL offers Bengal Brigade at 1 35 5 00 8 30 and Six Bridges to Cross at 3 00 6 30 10 00 DIXIE CRUISE IN lists I Cover the Underworld at 7 25 Tobar the Great at 8 40 and Dalton s Women at 10 00.
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Strand
Francis
Navy
Colonial
Bengal Brigade
Dixie Cruise
Tobar the Great
Dalton
Ohio Newspaper Assn honors five standout Ohioans at dinner
Charles R. Hook chairman of Armco Steel led a group of five outstanding Ohioans honored at the Ohio Newspaper Association dinner in Columbus. Other honorees included Howard Cassady Ferris Owen Howard Barlow and Ernest J. Bohn. Local papers Middles areas also received general excellence awards with the Oxford Press Eaton Register Herald Franklin Chronicle Lebanon Western Star and West Alexandria Twin Valley News cited for various categories.
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Columbus
Charles R. Hook
Armco Steel Corp
Ohio Newspaper Assn
Middletown
Sented
Hook
Howard
Hopalong
Cassady
Ferris Owen
Licking County
Russia
Howard Barlow
Plain City
Voice of Firestone
Ernest J. Bohn
Cleveland
Oxford Press
Eaton Register Herald
Register Herald
Franklin Chronicle
Lebanon Western Star
West Alexandria
Twin Valley News
Thief Leopold Glazenberg Ran Rich Pocketbook Scam
In Moscow Pravda reports Leopold Aronovich Glazenberg led a gang stealing materials to make women’s pocketbooks. A state enterprise manager aided the operation and pocketbooks sold illegally, yielding over a million rubles in early 1955. Glazenberg and peers now face imprisonment.
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Moscow
Leopold Aronovich Glazenberg
Leopold
Pravda
Communist Party
Auto Windows Racket Targets Houston Car Lots
A ring attempting a protection racket is breaking windshields on Houston used car lots. Over 500 windshields on 30 lots damaged, with estimated total losses around 30000 dollars. Car dealers W. E. Young and M. G. Whitney report anonymous callers demanding protection money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
W. E. Young
M. G. Whitney
Crash Victim Fair Hamilton in Mercy Hospital
Fair Hamilton listed in fair condition at Mercy Hospital with possible skull fracture and left shoulder injuries from Thursday night traffic crash that killed two Hamilton men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Beatrice Lidge
Sycamore St
Middletown
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton Sen
Man Returns To Prison By Own Request
JOLIET Ill A 53 year old ex convict James Penerman returned to Stateville Penitentiary at his own request after sobbing telephone plea from a Chicago rooming house He had previously been released on parole and is to be reviewed by the parole board details show multiple prior returns for parole violations
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ragen
Penerman
Former Judge Clarence N Young Dies in Clare Mont County
Batavia obituary notes the death of former probate judge Clarence N. Young aged 79. He served in Claremont County and died yesterday.
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Batavia
Probete
Clarence N. Young
Claremont County
Automobile accident injures Corey Ford age 4
Hollywood reports author Corey Ford suffered a fractured kneecap and facial fractures in a car crash yesterday. He was treated and kept under observation. Police investigated the collision location and cause. The author is noted for his forthcoming works.
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Hollywood
Corey Ford
Lan
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National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
Hall
Pohlable
Hamilton and Vicinity
Ter
Mary Litsch
Optometrist
Central
Gem City
Verner Lay
Manchester
Mars
Henry Stidham of
Iglehart
Phyllis Henry
York St
Earl Margerum
S. Sutphin St
Eleanor Back
Middletown Bell Telephone Office
New Lexington
Weith
Ciney
Miami
Colored News
Miami Prom Queen
Lebanon Farm
Club
Castle
Sues
Governor’s Award
Siberia
Man
Hutton
Singer
Pei
Star Sewing Center
Federal Savings & Loan Assn
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