Fort Dodge Man Named Public Services Director for Middletown
Fort Dodge Iowa engineer C A Boeke will become Middletown public services director starting June 15 at 7095 a year. City commissioners raised public utilities chief W H Shawhan to 8514 a year. Boeke will oversee engineering and street departments. A contract for repairs to three city pools was awarded to Pressure Concrete Company for 42668 75 funded by a park bond, with work to start before June. Six emergency measures authorize thousands in summer construction including sidewalks curbs and gutters with property owners paying most costs. One way traffic proposals gain merchant support on an experimental basis. Parking meters purchased for 4160. Emergency ordinance fixes salary bracket errors for police and firemen. Flower growers use shading and lighting to bloom chrysanthemums year round.
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C. A. Boeke
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Middletown
W. H. Shawhan
Shawhan
H. W. Starick
Boeke
Sunset
Douglas
Yankee Rd
Pressure Concrete Company
North
LaSalle St
Chicago
Starick
Ivo Beedle
Park Board
Central Ave
Crawford St
Broad St
First Ave
Kensington St
Kerman Ave
Eaton Dr
Grand Ave
Highview Rad
Burton Rd
Main St
George Howie
Michael Arts Company
Covington
Old North School
Howe Motor Company
King Wilder Company
Harlan Park
Highview Rd
Boeke to Lead Public Services Department on June 15
A. Boeke, set to become director of public services on June 15, is a Civil Engineering graduate of Iowa State College and a registered Iowa engineer. Former Fort Dodge city engineer since 1944, he also served as Hardin County 1934 to 1944 county engineer, directing sewer and street projects, maintenance, and subdivision development. He leads the North Central Iowa Engineers club, chairs Iowa publicity and membership for the American Public Works Association, and belongs to several professional and civic groups. He is married with one daughter.
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Co. A. Boeke
Iowa State College
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Hardin County
North Central
Iowa Engineers Club
American Public Works Association
Iowa League of Municipalities
American Public Roads Association
Lions Club
Vote Judges Meet Friday For Planning
Presiding judges assigned to Middletown precincts and nearby townships will convene with election officials at 7 30 p m Friday at the Middletown Board of Elections office in the Middletown Federal Savings and Loan Building. The meeting reviews primary election procedures and year to year changes. A list of polling places with minor wording changes will run in Sundays News Journal. Hamilton judges meet at 2 p m Saturday in Judge Fred B Cramer s courtroom.
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Middletown
Board of Elections
News- Journal
Hamilton
Fred B. Cramer
Bus Auto Collision Near Sunbury Kills Driver
A Greyhound bus and an automobile collided on U S Rt 36 near Sunbury Ohio, killing Earl S McCormick 61 of Sunbury Rt 1. Bus driver Byron E Strather 26 from Columbus and two bus passengers Mrs Martin Logan 48 Centerbury and Miss Betty Hanger 24 Mt Liberty were injured and taken to Mercy Hospital Mount Vernon. Eight other passengers were unhurt. The bus was southbound from Mount Vernon to Columbus. The crash occurred at a bridge near the old and new Rt 36 junction.
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Delaware
Greyhound
U. S. Rt
Sunbury
Ohio Highway Patrol
Earl S. McCormick
Sunbury Rt. 1
Mercy Hospital
Mount Vernon
Byron E. Strather
Columbus
Martin Logan
Centerbury
Betty Hanger
Mt. Liberty
Highway Patrol
Garfield School May Day Pageant Slated Tonight
Four hundred fifty Garfield School students from grades one through six present a May Day pageant titled When Polly Was Queen of the May at 7:30 p m in the school auditorium. A four member committee led by Miss Mollie Howland and with Miss Mary Dillon plans the show to raise funds for extras for the school.
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Garfield School
Polly
Garfield
Mollie Howland
Gordon Reed
Don Garrison
Mary Dillon
Mary Lou Hicks
Jimmie Jensen
Jack O' the Green
Patsy Taylor
Johnny Hatton
Jimmy Margerum
Pages
Barbara Wilson
Sandra Downs
Tommy Wade
Bramwell Lanier
Steven Pence
Robert Walker
Gene Hilton
Middletown Court Bailiff Salary Tied To Clerk
A state law opinion says municipal court bailiffs cannot earn more than the court clerk under state statutes. The ruling reiterates that municipal courts are state created and the clerk’s salary fixed by the City Commission governs bailiff pay, regardless of service length. The issue followed a clerk salary cut, with officials seeking a workaround without boosting the clerk’s pay.
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Middletown
J. E. Gotherman
Bureau of Inspections
Robert Leach
Attorney General's Office
Gotherman
Fred J. Schatzmann
Schatzmann
Trio Gains Local Finals In Knights Of Pythias Contest
Taft Kendrick Phil Ramsey and Florence Thress named finalists in the Knights of Pythias speech contest at Middletown High School. Charles Feledy named alternate in preliminary round. Local finals set for May 16 at the K of P Hall with Norman Dole overseeing.
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Taft Kendrick
Phil Ramsey
Florence Thress
Charles Feledy
Knights of Pythias
Middletown High School
Norman Dole
K of P Hall
Ruth Marie Stutenroth
Marilyn Mann
J. F. Winkleman
Mabel Eldridge
Mary Ann Kuhnle
J. C. Schulz
Florence Powell
Dole
Abraham Lincolin
Trash Haul Campaign Expands Citywide Clean-Up Effort
Trash collection extends from Highlands Euclid Heights Valley View and Runnymede with 78 loads reported for first three days. Drivers will service South Highlands Ward 2 Meadowlawn and rest of Ward 2 Friday and continue routes Monday as the Clean Up campaign enters its second week. A rail link last year connected Lake Titicaca Peru with Matarani, a Pacific port.
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Callec
Highlands
Euclid Heights
Valley View
Runnymede
Jaycee Agama Committee
South Highlands
Ward 2
Meadowlawn
Lake Titicaca
Peru
Pacific Ocean
Matarani
Case To Enforce Alimony Order Is First For County
Mrs Elizabeth Harrod of Muncie Indiana seeks to have Butler County enforce a 1945 Indiana alimony award of 22.50 weekly for three minor children against her former husband Cecil Donovan of Hamilton. The filing marks the first case sent from another state under the reciprocal enforcement act, an agreement among 39 states to extend jurisdiction to nonresidents avoiding support payments.
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Butler County
Hamil
Elizabeth Harrod
Muncie
Ind
Cecil Donovan
Hamilton
Indiana
Sorg Worker Hit by Falling Board on Job
A 53-year-old Sorg Paper Company employee, James Snowden of 239 Park St, was admitted to Middletown Hospital with lacerations to the right ear and possible brain concussion after being struck by a falling board at work. Darrell Anglin, 14, of South Excelle, was treated there for a fractured right arm from a fall.
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Sorg Paper Company
James Snowden
Park St
Middletown Hospital
Darrell Anglin
South Excelle
Money Orders Stolen Used In Bank Fraud
A man used four stolen money orders to obtain $1,200 from city banks. Detective John Fitzgerald said the suspect, signing as George Johnson, asked to open an account and deposit $75 while requesting $300 in cash for a claimed small business. The orders were said to be stolen from Indianapolis and payment was halted after the banks were notified.
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John Fitzgerald
George Johnson
Indianapolis
Pre-School Clinic Make-Up Sessions Set
Laura Crist announces two morning make-up clinics for children who missed spring sessions. One at Central School Friday 9 to 11 a.m., the other at Garfield School Monday 9 to 11 a.m. Children entering kindergarten or first grade next fall must attend for physicals vaccines and immunizations and to complete birth registration with a birth certificate.
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Laura Crist
Bureau of Public Health Nursing
Central School
Garfield School
At The Movies Thursday and Friday Lineup
Paramount presents Sam son and Delilah at 1 45 4 15 6 40 and 9 10 p m Strand shows Cobra Woman at 1 15 3 40 6 15 and 9 00 p m White Savage at 2 25 5 00 7 35 and 10 20 p m Bonanza Town at 1 15 3 45 6 30 and 9 15 p m Big Night at 2 10 4 50 7 40 and 10 20 p m
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Paramount
Tea Party Movement In Middletown Attracts TV Coverage
The Middletown Tea Party expands nationally with TV and radio plans. Charles G. Wilson of Tax Outlook gathers background material for broadcasts and an upcoming Tax Foundation article. Georgetown Forum of the Air will feature Middletown's effort on June 22 with films and possible local participants.
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Middletown
Boston
Charles G. Wilson
New York
Tax Outlook
The
Tax Foundation
Wilson
Georgetown University Forum
Cincinnati
Dayton
Reader's Digest
Anderson
Western Union Surges After Four-Week Strike
Western Union faced over 60 percent of normal revenues as CTU AFL strike persisted into its fourth week. Manager J. K. Morgan reported local volumes above 50 percent of nationwide revenue, noting a rise from five percent at the start of the strike on April 3 to 43 percent of nationwide volume since then.
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Western Union
Ctu-Afl
J. K. Morgan
Morgan
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