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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1955

Page

3

Eisenhower To Lead Civil Defense Drill In Washington

President Eisenhower will command a simulated wartime evacuation of Washington and 48 other cities in Operation Alert 1955. 15,000 top officials from 31 federal agencies will relocate to secret sites to run the government for three days and plan retaliation and recovery.

Douglass B. Cornell Washington Eisenhower National Wilson Congress Courts Executive Branch of Alaska Hawaii Puerto Rico Panama Canal New York Chicago Los Angeles

Steel Output Near Peak for Year in Steel Magazine

Steel Magazine reports last week near peak yearly output with 2 352 946 net tons produced for ingots and castings, beating the 1935 weekly high. It notes capacity utilization at 97 percent, with Cincinnati Youngstown Wheeling and Cleveland districts near or above full capacity amid auto order cutbacks and rising scrap prices to 3 dollars per ton.

Cleveland Steel Magazine The Metalworking Journal Cincinnati Youngstown Wheeling Automobile Indus Try

First Methodist Music Minister Ordained Sunday

The Rev. Walter W. Davis, the church music minister, was ordained as deacon on trial for two years in the Ohio Methodist Conference services at Lakeside. The conference also named Rev. Charles Lovell of Detroit as associate pastor of the First Methodist Church and Rev. Robert B. Weaver as district superintendent. Reassignments followed for Rev. Louis Walter to First Methodist and Rev. Oliver Hall to Calvary Methodist.

Walter W. Davis First Methodist Church Ohio Methodist Conference Lakeside Yester Charles Lovell Detroit Robert B. Weaver Louis Walter Oliver Hall Calvary Methodist Church

Preparation H Healing Ointment and Suppositories Publicized

An advertisement touts a new healing substance from a famous research institute named Bio-Dyne. It claims piles are no longer an issue and promotes Preparation H ointment and suppositories with a money back guarantee available at druggists.

Four Girls Escape from State Industrial School

Authorities hunted four girls who escaped from the Girls' Industrial School near Delaware Ohio. Four others who fled yesterday were captured nine hours later. Patrolman L C Farnsworth said the runaways were all aged 15 to 17 and fled in two groups. The first escape occurred when a 15 year old left a room unlocked, enabling four to slip out.

Delaware Ohio Here L. C Farnsworth

Queen Of Rose Bowl Reveals Wedding Plans

SAN GABRIEL Calif The Rose Bowl queen Marilyn Smuin 19 announced her engagement to marry Wells F Martell a USC School of Dentistry student next year.

San Gabriel Calif Marilyn Smuin Wells F. Martell University of Southern California School of Dentistry

Girl sacrifices leg for love in Portsmouth tale

Dawn McFarland a 17 year old girl with polio shortened left leg chooses amputation to obtain an artificial limb. She believes the operation will let her walk dance and fully enjoy life. She plans marriage to Gerald Manley who is serving with the British army in Malaya after sending an engagement ring and letter promising marriage.

Portsmouth England Dawn McFarland Gerald Manley Gerald Malaya Dawn

Death Notices for Mrs. Alice May Honaker

Mrs. Alice May Honaker 75 of 1027 Oxford State Rd died Saturday night at Carr Rest Home Lebanon. Services at 2 p.m. Wednesday McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev Louis R Walter. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call 2-5 and 7-10 p.m. tomorrow. Survived by husband John two sons Raymond Basil Excello a daughter Dorothy Honaker Excello a half sister Lena Lentzris Richmond Ind a brother John Remley Gratis a half brother Floyd Remley Springboro and one grandchild. Pallbearers named. Details of officiants and burial reiterated.

Alice May Honaker Oxford State Rd Carr Rest Home Lebanon McCoy- Leffler Louis R. Walter Woodside Cemetery Honaker John Raymond Basil Excello Dorothy Honaker Lena Lentzris Richmond Ind John Remley Gratis Floyd Remley Springboro John Walck Don Woodward Earl Helsinger Milton Atchley Carl Foutz Calvin Wagner

Funeral services for Mrs Anna L Gerber in Somerville

Mrs Anna L Gerber 81 of Somerville Route 1 died Saturday morning at Mercy Hospital Burial will be in Collinsville Cemetery Services at 2 30 p m tomorrow at Inman Funeral Home Somerville with Rev Ralph M Martin pastor of Somerville Presbyterian Church officiating Friends may call tonight at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p m Mrs Gerber lived in Butler County most of her life and at the Somerville address 14 years

Somerville Anna L. Gerber Somerville Rt. 1 Mercy Hospital Inman Funeral Home Ralph M. Martin Somerville Presbyterian Church Collinsville Gerber Butler County

Rosary Requiem Mark Gonzales 54 Funeral in Trenton

Friends gather at Schramm Funeral Home 8 p.m. today for the rosary for Marcos A. Gonzales 54 of West Middletown who died Wednesday at Middletown Hospital. Visitation 3 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. today. Requiem High Mass at Holy Name Church Trenton 9:30 a.m. tomorrow. Burial Holy Name Cemetery.

Schramm Funeral Home Marcos A. Gonzales P. O. Box West Middletown Middletown Hospital Holy Name Church Trenton Holy Name Cemetery

Edward N Webb Dies After Long Illness at 8 p.m.

Edward Noble Webb age unknown of 825 17th Ave died at his home after an eight year illness. He lived here 50 years and worked for Armco Steel Corp for 41 years retiring eight years ago. Survived by wife Bertha Webb two sons John Middletown Robert Hamilton three stepsons Robert Moore Malcolm Moore Leon Moore a daughter Juanita Martin three step-daughters Bessie Covington Modell Taylor Ophelia Branner a sister Lavenia Brooks and 17 grandchildren. Friends may call Jordan Hall Funeral Home after 6 p.m. tomorrow. Body to be moved to New Hope Baptist Church Wednesday at 1 a.m. and re-

Edward Noble Webb 17Th Ave Noble Armco Steel Corp Bertha Webb John Middletown Robert Hamilton Robert Moore Malcolm Moore New Hope Baptist Church

Research Experts Say UN Not Set To Stop Attacks

Brookings Institution study concludes the United Nations cannot be relied on to counter military aggression. It urges members to depend on national armed forces and regional alliances such as NATO, noting UN arms control prospects depend on easing East–West tensions.

Washington Brookings Institution United Nations U.N NATO World Organization Soviet Union

Mrs Anna Hansen Evans dies at 65 in Oxford

Services for Mrs Anna Hansen Evans 65 manager of Bishop Hall Miami University will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Marshall Smith Funeral Home Oxford.

Oxford Anna Hansen Evans Bishop Hall Miami University Marshall- Smith Funeral Home

Hallie M Irwin services set in Reily

Mrs Hallie M Irwin 80 of Reily to be honored at 10 a m Wednesday at Riker Funeral Home Reily Arrangements incomplete for Frank P Clair 64 of 321 Fair Ave father of Frank Clair University of Cincinnati football coach who died at Mercy Hospital

Hallie M. Irwin Reily Riker Funeral Home Frank P. Clair Fair Ave Frank Clair University of Cincinnati Mercy Hospital

Notable Obituaries: Franklin Beddow to Walter Buck

Rounds of notices report the deaths of Franklin Pierce Beddow 72 retirement news executive in Jacksonville Fla Rolla Roy Ramsey 83 Indiana University physics professor and electronics pioneer born in Morning Sun Ohio died Saturday Rear Adm Walter A Buck 59 RCA executive Philadelphia Pa Josiah E Green 44 Duluth Minn novelist and ex newspaperman Robert Wilcox 44 actor husband of Diana Barrymore Rochester N Y George M Carolin industry steel executive born in Chicago died yesterday

Jacksonville Fla Franklin Pierce Beddow Bloomington Ind Rolla Roy Ramsey Indiana University Morning Sun Ohio Philadelphia Walter A. Buck Radio Corp. of America Duluth Minn Josiah E. Green Rochester N. Y Robert Wilcox Diana Barrymore Pittsburgh George M. Carolin Steel Chicago

VEW Officers Elected At Morrow Meet

Edward Brell of Beckman VFW Post was elected district commander at the Fourth District convention in Morrow. Mrs. Charles Wells was elected junior vice president of the auxiliary department. Middletown representatives included Hobart Hopper Ed Gillum Robert Armbruster Cash Kiss Alden Williams Cyprian Kla mo Tom Bohne from Golden Helmet Post. The post bid for the fall convention and donated 100 dollars to the VFW orphan scholarship fund. Also attending were the VFW Ladies Auxiliary led by Mrs Wells Sally Miller and Mrs Gordon Pence. Department president for the new term will be Nancy Smith of Hamilton.

Edward Brell Beckman Vfw Post Morrow Charles Wells Auxiliary Hospital Middletown Hobart Hopper Ed Gillum Robert Armbruster Cash Kiss VFW Post Alden Williams Cyprian Klamo Tom Bohne Golden Helmet Vfw Post Golden Helmet Post Post VFW VFW Ladies Auxiliary Wells Sally Miller Gordon Pence Nancy Smith Hamilton

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