Franklin Man Drowns Swimming In Miami
Walter C. Wiggins of Franklin drowned in the Miami River while attempting a third crossing behind Club Safari on Rt 25. The 28 year old father of three disappeared as a boat awaited him, with rescue crews from multiple departments and about 400 spectators watching. His body was recovered after three hours of dragging and will be returned to Albany for burial.
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Franklin
Walter C. Wiggins
Franklin Rt. 2
Miami River
Rt. 25
Wiggins
Box 21
Montgomery County
Miami Township
Miamisburg
U. S. 25
Herman M. Miller
Donald Petticrew
William Stover
Davie Raisch
Albany
Brough Funeral Home
Adventist Youth Convenes in Cleveland With Delegates
Three local Seventh Day Adventists join 7 000 youths from Ohio Pennsylvania New Jersey and the District of Columbia for a three day youth congress in Cleveland. Lillian Hall Maxine Jones and Larry Blackwell attend from the Middletown congregation with Blackwell and Norman Sooy in the singing program. H M S Richards and Eldine W Dunbar are among speakers for the event which features Mexican marimba players a live radio broadcast and a closing Saturday evening conclusion.
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Cleveland
Seventh-Day Adventist Youth Congress
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Middletown
Lillian Hall
Maxine Jones
Larry Blackwell
Blackwell
Norman Sooy
H. M. S. Richards
Los Angeles
Voice of Prophecy
Eldine W. Dunbar
Washington, D. C
Seventh- Day Adventist Church
City Trucker Killed In Indiana Accident
Raymond E. Brewer aged 44 of Middletown died in a traffic accident near Madison Indiana while driving a tractor-trailer for Bob's Trucking Service. The vehicle was demolished and details are scarce. Brewer, a Frenchburg Kentucky native, lived in the area for most of his life and is survived by his wife five daughters three grandchildren and his mother Emma Ingram.
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Raymond E. Brewer
Trentom Rt. 1
Bob
Manhattan St
Madison
Middletown
Brewer
Frenchburg
Marie
James Ferguson
Raymond Rowe
Frank Carter
Karen Brewer
Elliot Evans
Bucyrus
Ohio
Emma Ingram
Fun Clubbers Tour Ice Plant On Season Trip
Thirty eight members of the YMCA Girls Division Summer Fun Club toured the Middletown Ice and Coal Company guided by J L Glass Robert Glass and Ross Crim. They saw ice making weighed large ice cakes and a watermelon feast to end the visit.
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YMCA
J. L. Glass
Robert Glass
Ross Crim
Middletown Ice & Coal Co
Della Mary DeJerus
Virginia Hafer
Faith Hidy
Becky Frisby
Shirley Stamper
Sharon Cowgill
Betsy O'Neill
Mary Hayes
Mason
Ohio
Evening club meetings and events schedule
A list of Thursday and Friday gatherings across local groups. Optimist Club meets 6 15 p m at Colony Restaurant Toastmasters 6 30 p m Bedford s Trenton Lions Blythe Williams American Legion Auxiliary 7 p m P Q executive committee 7 p m AEIF office membership 8 p m AEIF hall Communication Workers of America 7 30 p m 1800 Central Ave National Guard OD 147th Infantry Regiment 7 30 p m Armory Knights of Pythias Lafayette Lodge 37 7 30 p m Castle Hall JOOF 7 30 p m 28 S Main St Alpha Council Jr OUAM 7 30 p m 19 N Broad St BPOE 8 p m Elks Temple Moose Lodge officers 8 p m hall National Assn of Letters Carriers Middletown Branch 188 8 p m AFL Hall Alcoholics Anonymous 8 30 p m FRIDAY Optimist Club noon Manchester Hotel.
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Colony
Toastmasters Club
Bedford
Trenton Lions Club
Blythe - Williams American Legion Auxiliary
AEIF
Communication Workers of America
Central Ave
147Th Infantry Regiment
Eeights
Pythias
Lafayette Lodge
Castle Hall
JOOF
S. Main St
Alpha Council, Jr. Ouam
N. Broad St
Elks Temple
Moose Lodge
Hall
National Assn. of Letters Carriers
Middletown
AFL
Alcoholics Anonyomus
Ministers to Deliver Sermonette at Friendship Baptist Church
Four ministers will deliver ser monets tomorrow night at services beginning at 7 30 p m at the Friendship Baptist Church. Participants include the Rev William Robinson the Rev Davis Jones the Rev William Briggs and the Rev son Arnold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Baptist Church
William Robinson
Davis Jones
William Briggs
Son Arnold
Girl Hit By Car Leaves Minor Injuries
Carol Graham a 10 year old girl of 1005 Hanover Ave ran into a car in front of her home yesterday sustaining back abrasions. Police said she was treated and released from Middletown Hospital. The collision involved driver Carolyn Reece of 812 Yankee Rd as the car struck the child and knocked her to the street.
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Carol Graham
Hanover Ave
Middletown Hospital
Carolyn Reece
Yankee Rd
Firemen Handle Two Minor Calls At Night
Middletown firemen answered two minor calls last night. Company 3 reported a burning torch on a street barricade at Michigan Avenue and Young Street causing about 5 dollars in damage. A false alarm sent Companies 2 and 4 to Shafer Street and Fleming Road at 10 51 p.m.
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Middletown
Michigan Avenue
Young Street
Shafer Street
Fleming Road
Miami chapter of Phi Beta Kappa elects new president
Oxford special announces Dr. Walter McNelly professor of physiology at Miami University as the newly elected president of the Miami chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Other officers include Dr. Joseph Seibert as vice president Miss Ruth Schweikart as treasurer and Dr. W Marion Miller as secretary. It will be Dr Miller's 18th consecutive annual term.
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Oxford
Walter McNelly
Miami University
Miami
Phi Beta Kappa
Joseph Seibert
Ruth Schweikart
W. Marion Miller
Spiro Peterson
Miller
At The Movies Showtimes Paramout Strand
Paramount screens Cult of the Cobra at 1 15 4 10 7 15 and 10 00 p m Revenge of the Creature plays at 2 45 5 45 and 8 45 p m Strand shows Prehistoric Woman at 2 25 5 20 and 8 30 p m Black Widow at 1 15 4 05 7 15 and 10 00 p m
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Cult of the Cobra
Revenge of the Creature
Surgery Planned For Youth Hurt In Fall From Bike
Fifteen year old Robert L Woodward son of Wilbert Woodward of 829 Union Rd Franklin was admitted to Middletown Hospital with a fractured right shoulder from a bike fall. He was scheduled for surgery today. Also injured was Charlie Stevens of 236th St Franklin who crushed two fingers at Miami Valley Coating Mill. He was released from hospital after treatment at 10 15 p.m.
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Robert L Woodward
Wilbert Woodward
Union Rd
Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Charlie Stevens
St. Franklin
Stevens
Miami Valley Coating Mill
Car Overturns injuring youth southwest of Lebanon
A Waynesville youth was slightly injured and cited into court after his car left U S 42 two miles southwest of Lebanon and overturned. Jack E. Lyst, 21, suffered finger lacerations and was arrested for reckless operation. He will be arraigned in Mayor William Fraser’s Lebanon court. The northeast bound vehicle, driven at 10 45 p m, was described as a total loss by state patrol.
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Waynesville
U. S. 42
Lebanon
Jack FE
Lyst
William Fraser
Officers Catch Men Red Handed
Off duty patrolmen caught three men stealing hub caps from a car. All four suspects faced Municipal Judge Frank Wessel. John Bray 23 and Charles Blackford 20 of Franklin and Fluty D. Howard 21 of Carlisle pleaded guilty and received 30 day jail terms plus 100 dollar fines. A 17 year old boy was held for Juvenile Court.
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Hamilton
Frank Wessel
John Bray
Charles Blackford
Franklin
Fluty D. Howard
Carlisle
Short Drought To Grip Franklin
Water service to Franklin residents west of the Great Miami River will be shut off from 5 to 9 30 a.m. Saturday for a main connection. Chautauqua and Dayton Oxford Road areas also affected. Work enables water and sewer service for Woodall Industries plastics plant project worth 550 000 dollars.
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Franklin
Great Miami River
O. BE. Climberlain
Chautauqua
Dayton- Oxford Road
Woodall Industries
Hollywood Addition
Woodall
Middletown Elks Plan Flag Day Observance
The 48th annual Flag Day observance by the Middletown Elks Club is set for Sunday at the Elks Temple on North Main Street starting at 3 p.m. The program includes an address by Knight Goodman, a flag history by Victor Wells, and music by Edwin Scheurer, with a social hour to follow.
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Middletown
Knight Goodman
Journal Public Services
Victor Wells
Elks Lodge
Edwin Scheurer
The
Elks
Elks Temple
N. Main St. Foehi
Miami Appoints Ernest Snapper To Math Chair
Miami University announces Dr. Ernest Snapper as the first Andrew J. Buckingham research professor of mathematics. Snapper arrives from Princeton as a visiting professor after earning degrees from Amsterdam and Princeton. Funds for the chair come from Maud B. Meyer’s bequest in memory of Andrew J. Buckingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Ernest Snapper
Andrew J. Buckingham
John D Millett
Miami University
Snapper
Princeton University
Hollander
University of Amsterdam
Princeton
Maud B. Meyer
Village Detachment Ruling Appealed in Hamilton Case
The First District Court of Appeals was asked to overturn Judge Fred B. Cramer's upholding of Fairfield village detachment. Mayor Robert Wessel and village solicitor Carl Kollstedt petitioned to set aside the decision and affirm the village's suit seeking an injunction to stop the Board of Elections from holding the special detachment election. The second sentence mentions New England textile mills employing 170,000 people.
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Hamilton
First District Court of Appeals
Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Fairfield Village Detachment
Robert Wessel
Carl Kollstedt
Cramer
Board of Elections
Special Detachment
Polio Contacts Increase in Post Vaccination Cases
The Public Health Service reports 103 confirmed polio cases among family and other contacts of Salk vaccine recipients, up 43 from last week. The weekly totals show 1,476 cases in the disease year with 583 paralytic, and 2,540 for the year 1955 overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Public Health Service
States
District of Columbia
Miss Yvonne Wellman Named New Middletown Social Workers Chief
Miss Yvonne Wellman, GS executive director, was elected president of the Middletown Social Workers Assn at the final meeting of the season held at the Homer Weiker farm near West Middletown. Rob ert Truck was named vice president and Miss Pat Gade secretary for one year. about thirty members attended the picnic business session. The next meeting is planned for September. Formosa has about the same area as the Netherlands.
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Yvonne Wellman
Middletown Social Workers Assn
Homer Weiker
West Middletown
Miss Wellman
Robert Truck
Pat Gade
Cool Breezes Dampen Opening Day At Sunset Pool
Cool air and cloudy skies kept crowds away as Sunset Pool opened for summer with 112 swimmers. Ross Kramer, city pools director, said the turnout was an opening day low but expects better days ahead.
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Sunset Pool
Ross Kramer
City Pools
Police Briefs: Child Bitten by Dog on Meadow Ave
Officers responding to a call at 1701 Meadow Ave learned that Betty Jean Spencer aged 7 was bitten by a dog. The incident is under investigation and no further details were provided.
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Meadow Ave
Betty Jean Spencer
Police arrest two men on assault warrants and charges
Police last night arrested Ralph Pyle age 52 of 3228 Yankee Road on an assault and battery warrant and took into custody Levi Hodges age 39 of Earle Hotel on disorderly conduct and assault and battery charges.
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Ralph Pyle
Yankee Rd
Levi Hodges
Earle Hotel
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West Germany
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Antoine Pinay
Indiana
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Optimist Club
Manchester Hotel
Colored News
Vu’s Phi Beta Kappa
Paramount
P.m
Jacksonburg
New England
Ross
Frank H. Kraft
Alameda
Josephine Sigl
McCurry St
Charles Naegiene
Wilbraham Rd
Mazie Townsend
Columbia
Richard Shockley
Carolina
Robert Rossman
W. Fifth St. Franklin
Vina Sorrell
Grimes St
Mrs. K. Martin
Franklin St
Joe Duerr
Proctor
Vanderveer
Social Workers
Formosa
Netherlands
Worthmore
Papa
Arrow Hobby Jeans
Arrow Cabana
Pioneer
Swank Jewelry
Dad
Billfolds
Arrow Play
Wlr
Jacana
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