Ex-Bronc Buster Teaches Local Children Western Riding
Middletown youths attend Browns Run Riding Club lessons led by Thelma Cody a former rodeo star. Cody explains eight second bronc qualification for women and ten seconds for men while teaching horse handling before trail rides. The club, run by A F Pop Warner, offers a beginner ring and safety-first instruction at Thomas Rd north of Peasttown.
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Middletown
Browns Run
Peasttown
Thomas Rd
Thelma Cody
Aberdeen
S. D
South Dakota
Cody
Boston
Middlemoor Woods
A. F. “Pop” Warner
Local Graduate Wins Scholarship to Yale
Tom Strait, president of Middletown High School's 1949 senior class, has been awarded a Yale University scholarship. His parents Mr. and Mrs. GC Strait of Elwood St. announced the award yesterday. Strait will attend Yale in the fall. The item also notes that over 100 bells once used on locomotives by the Southern Railway System are now used by churches along the railroad.
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Tom Strait
Middletown High School
Yale University
New Haven
U. S
Southern Railway System
Ambu Lift collapsible litter aids ambulances and cars
The Aeronca Aircraft Corporation developed a collapsible litter, the ambu-lift, to convert cars and planes into ambulances. The unit folds to the size of a gladstone bag, stores in a canvas case, and sits about three inches off the ground when loaded. It weighs under ten pounds, assembles in under a minute, and uses aircraft steel for strength with a duck covering and white lacing.
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Aeronca Aircraft Corporation
H. C. Pettit
Pettit
District FOE Initiation Meeting At Aerie 528
Fraternal Order of Eagles members from seven communities in District No 2 will meet at Aerie 528 on Central Ave at 2 30 p m for monthly meeting and initiation. Attendees include members from Middletown Hamilton Lebanon Franklin Eaton Miami sburg Germantown with Barney C Joslin presiding. Walter Mansfield deputy grand president and Ivan Clear district director will speak. Dancing and entertainment by the Rythmettes from Dayton planned 7 to 10 p m.
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Order of Eagles
The
Middletown Aerie
Ivan Clear
Eaton
Walter Mansfield
Safety Council Board Will Meet Tuesday
Monthly meeting of Middletown Safety Council board members set for 4 p m Tuesday in the Civic Association library. Reminder cards mailed to all members this week per Paul E Wilson.
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Board of Control of the
Middletown Safety Council
Library of the Civic Association
Paul E. Wilson
Halsey Presses Fixed Marine Corps Size
Admiral William Halsey urged Congress to fix six percent of the armed forces in the Marine Corps to ensure perpetual strength. Speaking at the Fourth Division reunion on the Washington Monument grounds, he argued the Marine Corps would then remain properly sized without further legislation.
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Washington
William
Bull) Halsey
Congress
Halsey
Marine
Washington Monument
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
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New Harmony
Ind
Paul
Temnemi
Parte
F. H. Gillespie General Insurance
American Trust
Ize
Gatorel
Toll Bottle
Eptonty? Olsen
Kolvinetor
Kialsbeaton
Aeronca
Springfield, C
Tri-State Organization Department
Eagles
Rythmettes, All Girl Orchestra
Dayton
Safety Council Board
Ravenna, O
Jack Reynolds
Akron
Here
State Highway Patrol
Jack
J. S. Reynolds
Woodland Acres
Victor L. Wootan
Manchester RD
Nist
Polaroid Lynch Camera
Noland Camera Shop
Troy
Taylor
D-Klopp
General Electric
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