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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1957
Page
11
Monroe citizens submit several land offers for a community park. John Musgrove chairs a locating committee that will study options and report again July 24. A finance panel led by William Oliver will devise funding methods, with Dan Kruger overseeing park design.
Somerville reports a new worship time of 9 30 and Sunday School at 10 30 for six months as Rev. Carter takes vacation. Guest minister is Rev. Walthers of Dayton. Community birthday observances and visits recur with local families including Gray, Dunmyer, Stephen, Campbell, Nye, Suman, Beane, Cox, and others.
Springboro High School band will perform at the Warren County Fair in Dayton. Mrs Ruth Brown of Blanchester hosted guests including Mr and Mrs A D Jones and other local families. Numerous social visits and family events are noted across Springboro Middletown and Dayton, including birthdays and anniversaries.
Two witnesses testified in Municipal Court that Charles Long 19 of 112 Park St was in Pat s Bar 900 W Central Ave from about 9 30 p m until 12 45 a m the night of June 14. Long pleaded innocent to robbing Irvin Ousley 49 of 1215 Garfield St of a razor knife keys and about 1 50. Ousley testified the robbery and assault occurred at midnight and he was treated for head cuts. Long claimed he saw Ousley at 2 a m and denied involvement, saying he and a friend tried to take Ousley home when stopped by police. Hearing continues next Wednesday. Others fined included Lievel Clemons 23 for DUI with 200 fine and license suspension. Henry Morgerson 19 for driving while license suspended. Robert Wells 19 for intoxication and disorderly conduct. Billy Eckles 21 for speeding.
The firemen's carnival will be held July 19 and 20 on the Franklin Trenton Road off Route 4. Tommy McGill has returned home to his parents Mr and Mrs Everett McGill after two years in the Armed Forces.
Five jurisdictional areas for county judges were established by an order signed in Dayton. The at large elected judges will handle cases formerly heard by justices of the peace, with one year terms and a $4,000 annual salary. Area populations span from Vandalia and Harrison to Centerville and Englewood, totaling the five districts.
Chautauqua highlights include Girl Scout Troop 13 overnighting at Camp Middlemoor led by Mrs. George Moore and Mrs. Clarence Aspenieciter. The Jolly Sitchers 4 H Club met at Mrs. Arthur Gross’s home with Carol Hanson in charge and Cheryl Gorsuch as recreation leader. A shower for Valerie Carmody drew guests including Sally Ritz Sara Hawson Reslie Berenger and Sardra Gross at Peggy Richardson’s home. Mr. and Mrs. George Irwin hosted Franklin guests at the annual Fourth of July breakfast with Mr. and Mrs. Labon Summers. Janet McConnell of Cleveland visited the Summers family for the holiday weekend. Mrs. Robert Bailey hosted her bridge club last Wednesday. Mrs. John Burdge and Mrs. Arthur Gross attended a card club gathering at Mrs. Ralph Schell’s on Whipp Road in Dayton. The McDaniel family spent a weekend with Lloyd Hillbert and family in St. Albans West Virginia. Ann and Dudley McDaniel extended their stay.
President Eisenhower warned at a news conference that releasing confidential FBI files to defendants could cause incalculable damage. He spoke amid questions over disclosing a confidential statement by Army specialist William S. Girard, who is to be tried in Japan for the killing of a Japanese woman. He said the government may provide secret papers only if a court shows a witness’s statements differ from earlier testimony, but opposed opening entire files. He noted up to 15 people could be named in one file and cautioned against prejudicing Girard’s trial.
Former Seven Mile resident Maude Cox now in Washington D C visited here with friends and neighbors. Rev Wendel Pontius entertained her niece and Dayton family. Mrs Ernest Jones hosted a party for her daughter Janis who turned 11 on July 8 with attendees including Ann Hillbrand Diana Shaw Mary Alicia Lemon Nancy Malcom Carolyn Price Nancy Moore Joyce Listerman Helen Alspach Louise Puritt and the Jones grandparents Mr and Mrs Willard Long.
Mrs. Virginia Doty was elected leader of the TOPS Club of Lebanon, part of a national organization based in Milwaukee. The group, meeting Tuesdays at Harmon Hall, includes officers Jessie Kerans Eunice Bowers Thelma Jones and Joyce Epp, with plans for contests to encourage dieting and weight loss from a seven-class system.
In Buenos Aires Peronist followers urged a blank ballot in a July 28 constitutional assembly vote. A letter from Alejandro Leloir, held in a national penitentiary, calls for no vote in blank as Peronists remain outlawed. Arturo Frondizi seeks Peronist support against Aramburu's push for reform.
Mr and Mrs Paul Culbertson hosted the Baker family reunion at their house Sunday. Mrs Paul Wilch entertained the Chi Tau Club with a come as you are party Thursday evening at her home. Mr and Mrs Arthur Gross and son were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Cosler and family near Xenia.
The report notes that average school year lengths differ across States, ranging between 146 and 188 days. It highlights the variation in instructional calendars and hints at differing education policies influencing total days.
Roy Lee Barley, 23, of Gratis bound over to the next Preble County grand jury on a charge of cutting with intent to wound. Bond set at 2000 by Judge John Kiracofe. Barley allegedly wounded Richard Hutchens, 23, of Gratis during a fight at Hutchens home. Hutchens admitted to Middletown Hospital for a severe side laceration. Hutchens wife Wanda Fay, 18, was to appear in Eaton Municipal Court on a disorderly conduct charge.
Timothy Dane is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hinds of First Avenue Chautauqua born June 27 at Middletown Hospital. The Hinds already have a son David. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Emory Hall of West Middletown and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hinds of Middletown with great grandmother Mrs. Roy Davis of Franklin.
Judy Kellis Jim Henry Robin Seabald and Patty White enjoyed a picnic at Cowan Lake on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Ruggles and family returned after a week in Michigan.
Mrs Gordon Shepard of Xenia spoke yesterday at the Franklin Garden Club picnic hosted by Mrs Walter Deardoff. Shepard is regional director of District 16 Ohio Association of Garden Clubs. Jo-Ba-Lena Garden Club planned today’s 11 am picnic hosted by Mrs Richard Berger in Chautauqua with cohostess Mrs Warren Young.
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