Legion To Install New Officers Tomorrow Night
Legion Post 218 James Stewart of Bethel appoints new officers including Richard A Leichty as commander replacing Harold Walters John Se bald as vice commander J B Strickland as second vice commander Charles B Palmer as third vice commander Paul Curry finance officer Walter Pawelkowski adjutant Rev John W Sullivan chaplain J Roscoe Bowman Robert McCabe Hobart Hopper executive committeemen The ceremony will be attended by Commander elect Stuart Luginbu Lewis Wiggins Roland Huston 4th District vice commanders A social hour precedes the 8 p m meeting with lunch and dancing to follow in the Legion Home.
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Legion
James Stewart
Bethel
4Th
Dis
Richard, A. Leichty
Harold Walters
John
Jack) Sebald
J. 3B. Strickland
Charles B. Palmer
Paul Curry
Walter Pawelkoski
John W. Sullivan
J. Roscoe Bowman
Robert McCabe
Hobart Hopper
Stuart Luginbu
Lewis Wiggins
Roland Huston
Vacation safety tips and a quirky ice cream theft note
Art Diver advises vacationers to secure homes and notify paper boy and milkman before leaving. A local aside mentions four boys stealing bricks of ice cream in England, then a plug for Middletown Lumber Com offering lumber paints and building materials.
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England
Middletown Lumber Com
Local Inventor Builds 1731 Friction Machine with Card Insulation
Benjamin Frakalin constructed an electrical friction device in 1731 using playing cards as insulation. The crude machine showcases early experimental approaches to electrical work and material use.
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Benjamin Frakalin
Softballer Wiggins Breaks Ankle At Gardner Field
Softball season adds another injury as Walter Wiggins aged 20 of 4108 Warren Rd breaks his right ankle sliding into a base. He is treated at Middletown Hospital and released. A five year old Keith Back and eight year old Thomas Rigsby sustained injuries at home, hospital stitches given for knee wound.
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Gardner Field
Walter Wiggins
Warren Rd
Middletown Hospital
Keith Back
Waller Back
Germantown
Thomas Rigsby
Franklin Rt. 1
French native Nellie Burton dies during France visit
Mrs Nellie Burton 33 of 719 Buena Ave died in a Lille hospital after a heart ailment worsened since arriving in France with her two children. Husband George L. traveled to France for her, married in 1946 there while he served in the Army. Survived by husband and children Stephen and Jacqueline and her mother in France. Funeral in Lille and Wilson Memorial Home service Thursday at 10 am. Burial Woodhill Franklin. Calling hours tomorrow 3-5 and 7-9 pm.
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Nellie Burton
Buena Ave
France
Lille
Burton
Holy Trinity Church
Stephen
Jacqueline
Mrs Fanny BE Gath Dies at 86 in Middletown Hospital
Mrs. Fanny BE Gath, 86, of 309 Aberdeen Dr died at 9 05 p m yesterday at Middletown Hospital where she had been a patient since June 9 Born in Collins ville she had lived in Middletown since 1942 She was a nurse supervisor in hospitals at Lafayette Birmingham and Hazard and in the early 1920s served as a public health nurse at Franklin A member of First Methodist Church and Circle One
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Fanny BE. Gath
Aberdeen Dr
Middletown Hospital
Eight Girl Scouts and Leaders Head to Roundup in Colorado Springs
Eight Girls from Middle town Area Girl Scout Council plus three leaders travel to the Senior Roundup in Colorado Springs Colorado. Brook moor Patrol members Pat Berry Susan Davies Sharron Dietz Matilda Fields Lynda Jones Melva Hood Pamela Linzie Sally Mason attend with Miss Dorothy Miles Miss Esther Mar cum and Miss Eva Louise Polley as assistant troop leaders. An international encampment expected to host 10 000 Scouts from around the world features 6000 tents and a grand color night flag ceremony and campfire with participants from many countries. Post summit discussions in New York Miami and San Francisco will review roundup outcomes.
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Middletown Area
Girl Scout Council
Colorado Springs
Colo
Brookmoor
Pat Berry
Susan Davies
Sharron Dietz
Matilda Fields
Lynda Jones
Melva Hood
Pamela Linzie
Sally Mason
Dorothy Miles
Esther Marcum
Eva Louise Polley
New York
Miami
San Francisco
Stabler Takes Dual Engineering Posts in Kettering
James Thomas Stabler, formerly a Middletown High School alumnus and Dayton College of Engineering student, has become engineering aid in Kettering after the resignation of senior engineer George W. Clow. He faces drainage projects and street repairs while ensuring 60 plus new plats meet standards.
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James Thomas Stabler
Kettering
Stabler
Russell Stabler
Monroe St
George W. Clow
Dayton
College of Engineering
J. Roy Garber
Middletown High School
Edward Martin Franklin paper worker dies at 89
Edward Martin Franklin 89 retired paper worker died at 4 p m yesterday in Lebanon. Survived by four step sons and six step daughters, plus a sister. Services set for 2 p m Thursday at Eatom Funeral Home with Rev Earl Daily officiating. Burial in Mt Pleasant Cemetery at Peasttown. Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m.
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Wilson Memorial Home
C. E. Wintringham
Woodhill Cemetery
Franklin
Friends
Memorial Home
Ami
Edward Martin
Franklin Rt. 2
Lebanon
Logan-Long and
Cheney Pulp & Paper Companies
William
John D. Morris
Sidney Morris
Germantown
Ernest Morris
Cincinnati
Sudieith
Laura Routt
Ella Lakes
Mae Deatherage
Dayton
Mary Colgate
Hamilton
Martha Carpenter
Mt. Vernon
Florence Dyns
Long Beach
Calif
Eatom
Earl
Mt. Pleasant
Peasttown
Camden woman Dies at 74 in Warren County
Lessie Ethel Toler 74 of Camden Rt 2 died at 4 a m yesterday at the home of her sister Esta Jackson with whom she lived. A native of Liberty Indiana she spent most of her life in Warren County. Survived only by her sister. Services 10 a m Thursday R C Nein & Sons Funeral Home with Rev Kent Smith officiating. Burial Rose Hill Cemetery Mason. Visitation tomorrow 7 to 9 p m.
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Camden
Lessie Ethel Toler
Camden Rt. 2
Esta Jackson
Liberty
Ind
Warren County
R. C. Nein & Sons
Kent Smith
Rose Hill
Mason
Obituary notices from Hamilton and Oxford listed
Mrs. Bertha Powell of 761 Laurel Ave Hamilton dies aged 79 with services at 10 30 a m tomorrow at Proeschel Funeral Home Mrs Hilda Koehler 77 of 210 S C St Hamilton dies with services 9 a m Thursday at St Mary Church Mrs Olivia M Higgins 69 of 213 S C St Hamilton dies aged 69 with private services at Colligan Funeral Home Mrs Carrie Johns 71 of 1720 Shir ley Ave Hamilton dies with services 9 30 a m tomorrow at Colligan Funeral Home Thomas C Dunnemeyer 80 of 116 N Elm St Oxford dies with services 2 p m tomorrow at Marshall Smith
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Bertha Powell
Laurel Ave
Hamilton
Proeschel
Hilda Koehler
S. C St
St. Mary Church
Olivia M. Higgins
Colligan Funeral Home
Carrie Johns
Shirley Ave
Dayton Man Dies In Ohio Car Crash Near Pleasant Hill
Lawrence J. Hoke of Dayton, 58, died in a Troy hospital Monday from injuries suffered June 21 when he was thrown from his car on Ohio 48 near Pleasant Hill in Miami County.
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Troy
Ohio
Lawrence J. Hoke
Dayton
Ohio 48
Pleasant Hill
Miami County
Former Carlisle Boy Drowns in Lake Michigan
Charles David Racke an 11 year old son of Mr and Mrs Walter Racke drowned yesterday in Lake Michigan while at a United World Missions conference near Maranatha campground five miles south of Muskegon He was born in Greenville attended Carlisle school then Dayton He would have been a sixth grade pupil at Franklin School Dayton He left Dayton with his mother sister and others from Christian Tabernacle The body was not recovered for hours Surviving are his parents sister Mary Ann and sister Nancy Jean plus grandparents in Kentucky Services will be at 2 pm Thursday at Christian Tabernacle Dayton Burial will be in Dayton Friends may call at Morris Son Funeral Home Dayton
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Charles David Racke
Walter Racke
Torrence Sr
Dayton
Lake Michigan
United World Missions
Greenville
Carlisle
Franklin School
Maranatha Camp Grounds
Mus
Kegon, Mich
Laura
Nancy Jean
Christian Tabernacle
Associated Press
David
Mary Ann
Fred Racke
Southgate
Clyde Morton
Verona
Morris & Son Funeral Home
Landscaper H C Armbruster to address gardeners
Members of the Men's Horticultural Society of Greater Middletown hear H C Armbruster of Cincinnati speak on building lawns and lawn care at the Firemen's Clubhouse on Carmody Boulevard. Armbruster, VP of Natorp's and landscaping superintendent, cites projects at St Leonard School of Theology Centerville, Continental Can Co Evendale, and GE Evendale. Henry Alford moderates the Q A. meeting at 8 p m.
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Men's Horticultural Society of
Greater Middletown
H. C
Army
Armbruster
Cincinnati
Firemen
Carmody Boulevard
Natorp's
St. Leonard School of Theology
Centerville
Continental Can Co
General Electric Co
Evendale
Henry Alford
Sheriff’s deputies arrest Richard Wagner on non-support warrant
Police briefs report sheriff deputies arresting Richard Wagner aged 22 of 15 N Sutphin St on a non support warrant. Thefts include clothing valued at 48 dollars from Willie Willis at 400 Baltimore St two hubcaps from Ray Jett of 4112 Lewis St and a soap box racer worth 10 dollars from Fred Hinkle 10 of 1520 Philadelphia Ave.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Richard Wagner
N. Sutphin St
Willie Willis
Baltimore St
Ray Jett
Lewis St
Fred Hinkle
Philadelphia Ave
Bobwhite Quail Dominates Kansas Bird Distribution
The bobwhite quail stands as the most broadly distributed bird across Kansas, reflecting its widespread presence in the state’s habitats and ecosystems.
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Kansas
Church Notices Due Tomorrow
Church news listed in the Saturday edition will appear in Friday's Journal this week. No Journal edition on Saturday July 4. Ministers and church secretaries must report church news to The Journal news room by Wednesday afternoon.
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Journal
Journal News Room
Segni to Tour U.S. This Summer
The White House announced Prime Minister Antonio Segni of Italy will visit the United States this summer at the invitation of President Eisenhower.
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Segni
U.S
White House
Antonio Segni
Italy
United States
Eisenhower
Man Charged In Robbery At Surplus Sales
John Frazier age 28 of 1836 Shawnee Drive will be arraigned in Municipal Court on breaking and entering charges for stealing 131 dollars from a cash register at Surplus Sales Inc 227 Court Street He was arrested yesterday by Detectives Russell Burger and Roy Schantz with Ptl Don Garrett noting a broken door glass and loot including six 1922 silver dollars
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Hamilton
John Frazier
Shawnee Dr
Surplus Sales, Inc
Court St
Frazier
Russell Burger
Roy Schantz
Ptl
Don Garrett
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Fanny Gath
Widdletonian
Big Kettering
Michael
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American Society of Civil Engineers
Lessie E. Toler
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Grand Ave
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