Earl McVey Resigns Scout Post to Return to Teaching
The Mount Builders Council executive board announced Earl McVey will resign as Scout executive effective August 15. McVey has 11 years in Boy Scout work with a Navy break, served two years in Middletown, and previously led postings in Columbus and Finley. He plans to move to Carlisle with his family to resume teaching. George Harvey led a council camp inspection at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl McVey
Mount Builders Council
McVey
U. S. Navy
Middletown
Columbus
Finley
Carlisle
George Harvey
Eddie Philips Begins Lime Popsicle Nourishment Attempt
Six year old Eddie Philips, recovering from a tonsil operation, shows slight improvement after packing removal. Doctors plan a nourishment program starting with lime popsicle, then liquids and semi solids while he receives IV fluids and plasma. His father and grandparents have stayed at the hospital throughout his 20 day ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Philips
Eddie
Ken B. Philips
Highview Rd
Bryan Philips
Driver Held After Tow Is Hit By Cars
A Middletown man, Edward Fields, 24, was cited in Municipal Court after a collision at Manchester Avenue and Shafer Street at 5:22 am involving a Broughton Construction Co. tow truck driven by Fields and two cars. Police recorded damage totals and noted additional minor collisions near the New York Central Railroad Station and at N Verity Parkway and Manchester Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Edward Fields
Ottawa St
Manchester Avenue
Shafer Street
Broughton Construction Co
Fields
Glen Eubank
West Middletown Rt. 2
27 Cab Co
Jack Callahan
Main St
New York Central
Charles Street
Jack Thames
Springboro
William Wilson
Wildwood Rd
N. Verity Parkway
West Elkton Girl Wounded in Accidental Shooting
Fay Hagins, 20, of West Elkton was treated at Middletown Hospital for a right leg wound from a .22 rifle fired accidentally while two 15 year olds unloaded shells at the home of Robert Byrum. The Preble County department ruled the incident accidental and she was released after treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Byrum
Gilliand
Preble County
At The Movies Paramount And Strand Listings
The Paramount shows Challenge of the Wild at 1 45 5 10 and 6 30 p m Johnny Guitar at 6 20 and 9 40 p m The Strand screens Pardon My Sarong at 1 35 4 20 7 25 and 10 15 p m Wild Stallion at 3 6 15 and 9 6 p m Friday and Pardon My Sarong at 3 15 6 50 and 9 55 p m Wild Stallion at 1 55 5 30 and 8 35 p m Other notes mention the Southern Cross seen from Miami Florida or Brownsville Texas.
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Paramount
Johnny Guitar
Wid Stallion
Armco Plans 5 Million Facility to Expand Stainless Mill
Armco Steel Corp will begin a 5 percent million project to install a new bar mill at its Baltimore Works. President W. W. Sebald said the stainless steel bar mill, in a 550 foot building, will be completed in about eighteen months. The Baltimore Works is the largest plant devoted to stainless steel production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armco Steel Corporation
Baltimore
W. W. Sebald
Armco
Sebald
Two teens admit stealing auto parts from dealer
Two 17 year old youths were arrested yesterday and admitted stealing auto parts from John Kidwell a Franklin auto accessories dealer over several months. Most items were returned and no juvenile record exists.
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John Kidwell
Franklin
Warren County Sheriff's
J. F. Seibold Jr
Youth Sought In Burglary Case At Eaton
Eaton Special sheriff seeks Pred L. Franklin 18 former Artyle Industries employee in a burglary attempt at the plant west of Eaton. Watchman seized a knife and hammer, Franklin on probation from a federal court in Dayton for a Dwyer act violation. He had been rehired by Claude Lowther but vanished after the incident.
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EATON
Preble County
Pred
L. Franklin
Artyle Industries
Floyd Spitler
Charles C. Herring
Franklin
Artyle
Here
Claude Lowther
Lowther
Sheriff's Department
Dayton
Girl Is Morrow's 6th Polio Case
Ten year old Wilma Parks of Morrow, daughter of Mr and Mrs June Parks, is identified as Morrow's sixth polio victim and Warren County's eleventh case. She was taken to General Hospital in Cincinnati after a respiratory paralysis diagnosis and placed in an iron lung due to breathing and swallowing difficulties.
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Lebanon
Wilma Parks
June Parks
Morrow
Warren County
General Hospital
Cincinnati
Woman Fractures Leg While River Fishing
Rita Patrick, 31, of 224 Park Street, slipped on the river bank while fishing and fractured her right leg. She was treated at Middletown hospital and dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rita Patrick
Park St
John Patrick
Middletown Hospital
Trenton Girl Crowned Harvest Queen at Butler County event
Phyliss Evans representing the Madison Farm Bureau won the first Harvest Queen title at LeSourdsville Lake during the 31st Farm Bureau Grange picnic. She received a $25 savings bond after singing The St Louis Blues with accompanist Neil Stretcher. Contestants in the queen’s court included Shirley Hamlin Charlotte Dockum and Phyllis Hoelle. Event officials expect the title contest to become an annual feature with attendance figures not released.
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Phyliss ‘Evans
The
Madison Farm Bureau
LeSourdsville Lake
Butler County
Miss Evans
Dave McKeever
Coe Evans
N. 1St St
Trenton
Trenton High School
Queen's “Court
Shirley Hamlin
Peasttown Grange
Charlotte Dockum
St. Clair Farm Bureau
Phyllis Hoelle
Union Farm Bureau
McKeever
Phyliss Evans
Farm Bureau-Grange
Keightley
Smooth Chins Pretty Faces to Be Illegal in Germantown
Germantown officials announce a curbs on shaving and makeup during sesquicentennial week. Violators face a kangaroo court and stockade sentences, with Judge Arthur Braid handling convictions. enforcement begins tomorrow night and continues weekly through the celebration.
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Germantown
Hale Dodds
Arthur Braid
Susan Boxwell Places 9th In Skating Meet
Susan Boxwell aged 13 finished ninth in junior girls figure skating at the American roller skating championships in Denver Colo. She was one of 18 in her class and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Doug las Boxwell of 2830 Oxford Ave. She had third place in Ohio and second in the Pontiac regional meets. No other Middletown entries are reported. Norine Hirsch of Lima won first in the tie egal division for skaters 7 and under.
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Susan Boxwell
Denver
Colo
Douglas Boxwell
Oxford Ave
Ohio
Pontiac
Mich
Middletown
Norine Hirsch
Lima
Ivan Findlay
Chautauqua
Watchers Away Burglars Play
Russell Brockman and wife guarded their father’s home last Saturday. They returned to 8335 Avespurger Ave to find burglars had stolen a television set radio and phonograph worth about 400 dollars according to Deputy Sheriff Al Mahatha.
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Hamilton
Russell Brockman
Brockman
Brockmans
Avespurger Ave
al Mahatha
Mishap Ends Week-Long Rural Safety Run
A week without a rural accident ended when 7 year old Robert Lipscomo was struck by a car driven by Delbert Webb 38 of Wayland Ky on Shawnee Drive south of Hamilton. The boy sustained elbow lacerations and was treated at Mercy Hospital. Deputies noted the last prior accident was reported at 11 p.m. Thursday July 22.
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Hamilton
Sheriff's Office
Robert Lipscomo
Biscayne Dr
Delbert Webb
Wayland
Shawnee Drive
Mercy Hospital
Missing Kenneth Meyers Found Safe in New Miami Car
A five year old boy Kenneth Meyers who vanished after attending a drive-in with friends was found asleep in the back seat of a stranger’s car in New Miami. Deputies and police traced him to the vehicle of Herman Slone who had been at the drive-in and unaware of the boy’s presence. The boy is returned to his family unharmed.
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Reily
Kenneth Meyers
New Miami
Sheriff's Deputies
Robert Meyers
Oxford
Elmer Grabel
Kenneth
Ohio 130
Hamilton
Russell
Wolf
Michael
Jackie Lee
Paul Movers
Jerry
Marlene
Genrty Cain
Herman Slone
Whitaker Ave
Stone
Emergency Polio Drive Sere Will Be Conducted Here
Middletown Review Board of Appeals approved an emergency polio fund drive from August 16 to 31. Lou Kenney announced the drive aimed to support the national campaign led by Butler County Polio chairman Charles Reuthe to fund expanded vaccine testing and care. Richard L. Kroeson of Cleveland was reappointed Ohio chairman of the March of Dimes as funds remain stretched.
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Middletown
Richard L. Kroeson
Cleveland
Ohio
March of Dimes
Organization For
Tools Stolen From New Home On Alameda
A contractor reported tools valued at 225 dollars were taken from a home under construction at 809 The Alameda. The entry occurred through a rear garage door and a router, cable saw, and sander worth 65, 125, and 35 dollars were missing.
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Alameda
Leroy Brumfield
Louis Janka
Janka
Rubbish Blaze False Alarm Sends Fire Units
Firefighters answered two calls overnight and into today for rubbish fires with no damage. Company 2 responded at 8 14 p m to Sunset Park rubbish blaze. A false alarm diverted Units 1 2 and the ladder to 1406 Central Ave at 12 12 a m today.
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Sunset Park
Central Ave
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Farl Mevey
Highview Re
Donald Spring
Kenwood Dr
New York
Ohio State Limited
Piccadilly Hotel
Fa- Latin Quarter
Breadwar
Racie City Music Halil
Iian Rockefeller Center
New York Central Ticket Office
West Elkton
Miami, Fia
Brownsville Tex
Sale Children’s
Stride Rite
Middletown Area
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
Oneida
Fa Tb
Roberts Gordon
Ovanden Flame
Lafayette Ave
Freeman’s
Flue Ice Cream Company
Tryp
Armrel Paving Company
First National
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Port Place
National Bank OF Middletown
Moores, Cais
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