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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1961
Page
13
No. 20 profile highlights an office holder in the AEIF who serves on the Civic Association board and teaches Sunday School at the First Methodist Church. A WWII Air Force gunner in the European Theater, he has spent 25 years with Armco and enjoys sports.
A World War II Air-Sea rescue veteran from Hawaii is profiled. He is a 20 year Armco employee involved in pipe making, a father of two boys, and a Mennonite church member. Gardening and hunting are noted hobbies.
Public call detailing daily task of identifying silhouettes with matching profiles mounted on an 84 by 11 inch sheet. Entry deadline June 27 4 p.m. with postmark by June 26 11 p.m. Judges select winners during Steelmark Week. prizes include stainless ware sets and merchandise certificates up to 100.
Fifteen Freedom Riders including 11 whites and 4 Negroes halted in New Orleans en route from Berkeley to Jackson to test segregation. They expect possible jail time while awaiting court action as Biloxi judge considers the breach of peace law used to jail riders.
Stocks show broad swings with American Airlines and Chrysler among notable movers. Prices at farms report egg ranges and potato prices after candling and grading, reflecting early trading activity and commodity shifts.
Stock listings show Aeronca, Crystal Tissue, Sora Paper, Sorre Paper executives with percentages and prior figures. Bank and notable investors include First National Bank, Lou Blower, and Manchester Hotel as entities on the New York Stock Exchange.
In Cincinnati market, cattle 1 600 head and calves 200. Steers and heifers bulk good 1100 lb down 21.00 22.00, part load average 700 lb heifers 22.00, bulk 700 800 lb 20.00 20.50. Cows and bulls utility and commercial 15.00 16.50, bulls 18.00 19.50. Calves dealers steady 26.00 28.00. Hogs 1700 head barrows gilts 180 2490 lb 17.25 17.75, 240 280 lb 16.75 17.25. Sows 300 400 lb 13.75 14.50. Sheep 300 head slaughter lambs steady, prime near 85 lb 20.00, other prime 18.00 19.00, good 16.00 17.00.
Ticket sales for St Marys Church picnic reached the halfway point with net receipts of 7534 dollars toward a 15000 dollar goal. Proceeds fund the school convent to be ready by the 1962 term, per Rev Sylvester Huser.
Butler County Board of Elections approves seven new polling precincts in Hamilton and surrounding townships. New precincts include Sixth Ward areas and Fairfield City, plus Northwest and Northeast districts in several townships. Boundaries in Middletown Fourth Ward were adjusted.
The Sterling College Ambassadors will present sacred music at 8 p m at Mt. Pleasant United Presbyterian Church in Monroe. The Kansas group is on a 14 state summer tour covering over 7000 miles. Director Leon Akin heads the ensemble and the College Concert Choir.
Teen swimmers aged 13 to 19 may attend sessions at Sunset Pool from 9 30 to 11 pm and at Douglas Pool from 9 to 10 30 pm on Wednesday. Fee is 25 cents. Pools supervisor Ross Kramer noted higher attendance with the warm weather yesterday. Sunday totals: Sunset 1070 Yankee 336 Douglas 121.
Two local pastors Rev. Clifford Hutchinson and Rev. R C Caudill are among 26 clergymen at the 73rd International Convention of the Church of God in Anderson Indiana. Hutchinson will speak Saturday on Why I am Alive Today and Caudill will speak Sunday as the meeting opens tomorrow and closes Sunday.
Obituaries list Robert Lonnie Brown 67 of 2718 Erie Ave died Middletown Hospital Sunday evening. Services at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Masonic service and Woodside Cemetery interment. Other notices include Henry Adam 75 of 877 10th Ave and Arkillus Doc Frazier of 8824 Alyce St Franklin. Additional listings mark Mark Johns 78 Crawford St and Oliver Tracy 81 formerly of 102 W State St with funeral arrangements at McCoy Leffier.
In memory of our beloved father and grandfather Vaughn Patrick who died ten years ago in June 1995. A haunting face and a cheerful voice linger in our hearts as we remember his smile and the times we shared. Sadly missed by his children.
Middletown Post Office official Eugene Layer says the deadline to file rural mail carrier applications is tomorrow at 4 p m with a June 20 postmark required. The written exam time will be set after all applications arrive. Pay is $4255 yearly plus ten cents per mile for car maintenance, and applicants must have a Middletown mailing address.
The Rev and Mrs Bernard Lieving were honored yesterday for their second anniversary at Maple Park EUB Church. Forty two church members gathered for a covered dish dinner and a bedspread was presented to the couple.
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