Franklin Knothole Leagues Ready as 120 Boys Attend Meeting
Franklin Recreation Association reports 120 boys aged 9 to 12 and more older players at an organizational meeting. Eight teams will form with two leagues, American for younger players and National for older. Games begin next Monday at 9 at the high school field, with shorter 75 foot bases for the young, 5 inning games, and 7 inning games for the old. A unique point system rewards attendance and sportsmanship, potentially allowing a losing team to win the season on points. The program runs through July with two all star picks, trophies, and trips to see the Reds, plus crafts and games at North Field and Harmon Field. Funds come from the Community Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Franklin Recreation Association
David Daniels
Daniels
Dan
Lions Club
Cincinnati
Redlegs
North Field
Plainview
Harmon Field
Miami River
Little Miami District Education Board To Meet Monday
The Little Miami School District board, formed from Hamilton-Maineville, Harlan-Butlerville, and Morrow districts, will meet at Morrow High School Monday night. Members: Howard Barnett, Robert Lewis, Thomas Sharp, Ray G. Smith, Gordon Wyles. Lewis elected president, Barnett vice-president, Ralph Whitacre clerk-treasurer. A new high school is planned in Morrow, bond issue to voters in November. Elementary schools continue. current enrollment 1533 with 1191 in grades 1-8 and 342 in grades 9-12. 1957 high school enrollment projected at 450.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrow
Maineville
Butlerville
Highlawn
Hamilton-Maineville
Harlan-Butlerville
Harlan- Butlerville
Kings Mills
Blanchester
Loveland
Hatfield
Sales Tax Receipts Dip in Warren County
Warren County reports a sharp drop in sales tax receipts last week versus the previous year, led by automotive lag. Weekly receipts totaled 7582.74 dollars vs 10490.99 last year, while year to date receipts reached 438550.35 dollars, up from 394649.29. Declines also appeared in wearing apparel furniture and chain store classifications.
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Lebanon
Russell Dumford
Roger W. Tracy
Warren County
Eaton Post To Install New Legionnaires
Special report from Eaton notes Post 215 will initiate new Legionnaires at the local armory Friday at 8 p.m. The ceremony will be led by the Day ton Post 5 state championship degree team. All new members should assemble at 7 30 p.m.
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Eaton
Post 215
American Legion of
Dayton
Local society notes from Collinsville and nearby towns
Collinsville Mrs J E Shollenbarger Mrs Valera Fisher Mrs J B Wel born and Jerry attended installation ceremonies of the Greenville Rainbow Girls Tuesday evening. Shollenbarger's granddaughter Mary Ann Shollenbarger was installed as Faith. Emerson Unzicker returned from Pittsburgh. Modern Housewives Club met at Mrs Clarence Gerber's near Jacksonburg with two new members Nelle Cunningham and Robert Blakley. Memorial services led by Chaplain Mrs Albert Witherby at Collinsville Grange featured several others. Nelle Jones of Rushville visited Valera Fisher. Ida Huber of Richmond visited J L Young. Sunday visitors at John Gerber Sr home included Ramsdell, Marsh and Peggy, Carol Gerber, and John Gerber Jr family. Valera Fisher hosted visitors including Robert Fisher, Stanley Morrow, and Mrs Richard Bunger. United States loses 8000 acres of land daily to erosion per soil experts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Shollenbarger
Valera Fisher
J. B. Welborn
Jerry
Greenville Rainbow Girls
Nelle Cunningham
Robert Blakley
Albert Witherby
Collinsville Grange
Chris Brunner
Charles Williamson
Ed Steig
Clifford Monter
Ed Dome
Nelle Jones
Rushville
Ind
Ida Huber
Richmond
J. L. Young
Robert Ramsdell
Chester Marsh
Peggy
Carol Gerber
John Gerber Jr
John Gerbert Sr
Robert Fisher
Stanley Morrow
Richard Bunger
Memorial and Decoration Day visits in Lebanon area
South Lebanon weekend guests included Roy West and son Mark from Detroit, Junior West of Cincinnati, and Carl West of Owensville. Local families hosted parties honoring Willard Barnhart, a 1954 graduate, with a large group from Lebanon Mason Blanchester Foster and nearby towns. Memorial and Decoration Day activities featured picnics, fishing trips, cemetery services, and visits across Kentucky and Ohio communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Namon West
Roy West
Mark
Detroit, Mich
Junior West
Cincinnati
Carl West
Owensville
Raymond Barnhart
Willard
Delores Weidle
Bellie Dondaro
Nila McKinney
Curtis Barnhart
Lebanon
Leonard McKinney
Stanley Crosthwaite
Mason
Harley Barnhart
Blanchester
Henry Barnhart
Foster
Clifford Barnhart
Wallace Combs
John Richardson
South Lebanon
Stella Halcomb
Near Lebanon
Fred Garyson
Alma Puckett
Harold Taylor
Dewey Puckett
Harmon Park
Paul Greer
Philadelphia
Ray Norman
Edward Gose
Robert Greer
Charles Gose
Gary
Wesley Buckmaster
A. Taulbee
Mikie
Keith Moore
Bud Lynch
Frank Gross
Elton Heitman
Anna Marie
Elizabeth Goodwin
Robert Whitaker
Stanley Bolin
Jane Ann Dawson
Marion McQueen
Near Town
Leslie Holloway
Leslie E. Stepp
Lima
Marcus Baker
Marvin
Kentucky
Harmon Y M C A summer program underway in Lebanon
Harmon Y M C A in Lebanon launches a diverse summer program from Monday to August 14 at Harmon Park. Activities include learn to swim at Mason pool with a $2 fee, tennis instruction, craft classes, evening skating, and Wednesday pool trips, with buses provided.
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Lebanon
Harmon Y.M.C.A
Irving Peterson
Harmon Park
Mason Pool
Harmon Tennis Courts
Springboro to appoint deputy marshal and street commissioner
Springboro village to create a double duty post deputy marshal and street commissioner. Clyde Prickett is the candidate being considered though he has not yet accepted. The appointee will help curb speeding during school terms and oversee weed control and street maintenance while Marshal Paul Rogers works at Wright Field in Dayton.
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Springboro
Lloyd Jones
Clyde Prickett
Paul Rogers
Wright Field
Dayton
Rogers
Social notes from Somerville and surrounding towns
Somerville reports Mrs. Cora Chapin of Hamilton visiting Sunday and Monday with Mrs. Lola Hood. Mr. and Mrs. Barton Bell and children of Centerville spent the weekend with relatives. Mrs. Larry Barnthouse and Billy of Hamilton are visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Howe and Miss Bessie Howe for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Chapin
Hamilton
Lola.Hood
Barton Bell
Centerville
Larry Barnthouse
Billy
W. E. Howe
Bessie Howe
Franklin P A T Club to Lend Hand to Schools
Franklin Special report: The P A T Club of the Central and Central Annex schools plans to buy a filing cabinet a record player and a daylight screen for school use. Purchases funded by profits from the club’s yearlong projects. Mrs John Neumeister president will call a meeting after fall opening to elect new officers.
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Franklin
P. A.T. Club
Central
Central Annex
John Neumeister
Mrs W W Harris Installed Cedar City Club President
Lebanon special report notes Mrs W W Harris installed as Cedar City Garden Club president with new officers Mrs Julius Fred vice president Mrs Clifton Crawford secretary and Mrs Robert Walker treasurer A series of social gatherings includes church groups and community club meetings with numerous local residents attending dinners picnics and visits in Dayton Xenia Hamilton and other area towns.
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W. W Harris
Cedar City Club
Lebanon
W. W. Harris
Cedar City Garden Club
Julius Fred
Clifton Crawford
Robert Walker
Germantown Woman Enrolls in Stewardess Course
Shirley Gates daughter of Mr and Mrs Gordon Gates travels to New York City to begin an eight week Grace Down Airline School stewardess training. She is a German town High School graduate formerly employed by Armco Steel in Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germantown
Shirley Gates
Girdon Gates
New York City
Grace Down
Armco Steel Corp
Middletown
Miss Gates
Bible Class Opens at Monroe With Church On Wheels
A daily vacation Bible school will run 9 to 11 30 each weekday at Monroe United Presbyterian Church from next Monday to June 25 directed by Mrs. R A Buck. Sponsored by United Presbyterian and Methodist churches, it welcomes all community children age four and up with transportation provided. Aimed at migrant workers, the interdenominational Church On Wheels project will be funded by child offerings and the closing program. Leaders include Mrs D C Campbell music and Mrs D H Kruger recreation. teaching staff features Mrs Ed Frazier and others across kindergarten to intermediate levels.
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Monroe
Monroe United Presbyterian Church
R. A. Buck
United Presbyterian and Methodist Churches of
Ed Frazier
Kenneth Martin
Joseph Heck
Sam Cobb
Wade Ex
Kruger
Harold McFeeters
Helen Ballinger
William Boggess
Paul Doebler
Marvin Carpenter
Geneva Beathard
Carolyn Idle
Anne Frazier
Rosemary Hee
Married couples visit friends and attend Rushville sale
Greenwood Mr and Mrs Clayton Schu and Mr and Mrs M J Moore visited near Sugar Valley with Cecil Charlies and James Philips and daughter from Columbus, and Clarence Connaroe of Trenton called on Myrie Hartke looms. Myrie Hartko attended horse sale at Rushville Indiana with Charles Polhemus and Glenn Ross. Mort Collins of Middletown called at Myrie Hartke lou Wednesday. Arthur Schul moved to new home near Blue Ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Schu
M. J. Moore
Cecil Charlies
Sugar Valley
James Philips
Columbus
Clarence Connaroe
Trenton
Myrie Harkleo
Edna Thomas
Middletown
Clara Polhemus
Glenn Ross
Schwartzestrauber
Myrie Harkloo
Charles Polhemus
Rushville
Ind
Mort Collins
Myrie Hartkeloo
Arthur Schul
Blue Ball
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Franklin Knothole
By Max Summers
Journal State Editor
the Recreation Association
Iels
Little Miami District
Collinsville
United States
J. L. Purdy
R. Minge
Tytus
Dohn Hardware
South
Delbert Barker
Homestead Gardens Homestead Inn
Crawford ST
Y.M.C.A
Camp Kern
Fort Ancient
Harmony
Dayton Y
Peterson
Arthur Null
Jennie Wills
Herschel Taylor
Phoebe Taylor
James Taylor Jr
Jene Taylor
James Taylor
Willard Taylor
William Dugan
Amos Robinson
Piqua
William Robinson
William Robinson Sr
Fullerton
Calif
William Robinson Jr
Charlies Null
Russell Stewart
Louis Null
Farmersville
Harold Null and Sons
Loui Fry
Howard Rhoades
Sarah Earnhart
Will Leighty
Robert Roser
Utica
Frank Smith
James Jackson
Dean Jackson
Robert Ratliff
Keith Combie
Orville Burchfield
Elizabeth Wade
Alfred Wright
Ohio State University
Maynard Mills
I. B. Doyle
C. W. Young
Lemon Township
Lemon- Monroe High School
R. M. Garrison
Somerville
P.A.T. Club
Rachel McDade
Virginia Huff
Elmer Lynn
Margaret Chatham
Central School
Mrs. McDade
Victoria Drive
Mary Bartlett
Lucille Fealy
Bernice Culp
Nancy Foster
Betty Brewer
Mary Barutt
Esther Frazier
Gertrude Anderson
Marion Miller
Bernice Burney
Margaret Dean
Spencer Coleman
Arthur Worley
Cleveland
Sandusky
Darry Bishop
Henry Bishop
Armco Park
James Dunn Jr
Willard R. Klaber
Robert Robinson
Ivan Thacker
Emory Mortis
Regas Marianos
Little Sisters
Lebanon Methodist Sunday School
W. C. Testerman
W. J. Dupuy
Mabel Linkous
Betty Lou Koogler
West Milton
Genntown Community Club
Stella Losh
Trina Jameson
Lela Duff
Alma Mull
Muriel Atha
Harry Lang
Herber Overholser
Joe Corwin
Glen King
Corwin King and Sons
Richard Bohl
Crab
Dick Beckett
Dorothy Stout
Wayneville
Paul Runyan
C. C. Peckett
Dayton Road
Clinton Corwin
Xenia
Cris Hamilton
Francis M. Hamilton
Louise Hamilton
Robin Hamilton
Arthur Hamilton
Jean
Mery B. Gray
Mechanic St
Harmon Stibbs
John Stibbs
Gilbert Hawkins
Lexington
John Keuter
Sarah Rowe
Utah
Ruth Abaecherli
E. Silver Street
Sam Smith
South East St
Leola James
John James
Carrie Keuter
Alma Keuter
Orville Keever
Jim
Janie
Harry Miller
West Alexandria
Washington, D.C
Margaret Sikes
Clayton B. Sikes
Lake Leeland
Mich
Earl Gustin
Edna Reuter
Golden Lamb
Reva Gustin
Karen
Johnnie
Rex Bolinger
Miami Valley Hospital
Methodist Sunday School
Alfred Watkins
Bert Goddard
North Broadway
Mitchell
Lonna Thompson
Deanna Hahn
Janice Smith
Joyce Sergeant
Nancy Kay Drake
Sandra Girod
Gail Beal
Miamisburg
Everett Schwartz
Jack Jones
William Albrecht
Liberty
Central Ave
The
Brotherhood of the Lutheran Church
Paul Fox
Dearborn
Ford
Womens Missionary Society
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Womens Guild of the Reformed Church
We Church
Robert Shockley
Lorin Kratzer
Dan Anslinger Sr
Charles Kern
Earl Kern
Eastern Star Temple
Audrey Kalbfleish
Grand Chapter of
Ohio
Order of the Eastern Star
John Robert Adams
Marley Evans
Muncie
Paul Mount
Youngstown
Indianapolis
J. K. Smith
Myrtle Fouts
Burke Zimmermar
Shirley Barnhart
Jack Miller
Long Beach
Stanley Hoerner
Glenn Reason
Mrs
Edgely Wells
California
Germantown Lions Club
Smiths
Germantown Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
William Brelsford
Ortley Focht
Assoece
Boy Scouts
Explorers
Greenville
Ralph Williams
Cumberland Mountains
Frank Cotterman
Firman Swihart
Bessie Shey
Ale John F. Emley
Puerto Rico
Clarence Cothn
Clarence House
Armrel Paving Company
Franklin Ohio
Greenwood
Pinecroft
Yellow Springs
Hoees
Middletown’s
Ivory Soap Laundry
Logan Ave
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