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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1954
Page
3
The last make up pre school clinic for Middletown children who missed registration runs Friday from 9 to 11 am at Central School. Hugh Butler urges parents to enroll for next fall and bring birth certificates. Vaccination and exams offered. age cutoffs apply for kindergarten and first grade.
Marvin Hellman of the Humane Assn reports poor attendance during Be Kind to Animals Week at Butler County shelter near Trenton due to rain. Despite the downpour, weekend crowds reached about 200 with attractions including a St Bernard, Irish setter, Pekingese and a mother possum with babies. The shelter operates 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily through Saturday.
Gov Theodore R McKeldin told Army officers at a dinner in Meade Maryland a story about Thomas Johnson Maryland’s first governor who nominated George Washington to lead the Continental forces and later Johnson was offered the position of chief justice by Washington. He noted Washington later offered Johnson the US Supreme Court post. McKeldin joked that Eisenhower was nominated and elected but no offer had come to him yet.
A collision on VU S 122 east of Blue Ball involved Dolores D McVey and a tar truck from the state highway garage. The impact spread tar, causing minor damage with no injuries. Harold Sheard, 32, fractured his right ankle playing baseball at Roosevelt Junior High and was taken to Mercy Hospital.
A Fleming Road resident found a 100 pound bag of potatoes in his shed after returning from Cincinnati and suspected a neighbor antagonized him. Officer Marvin Byrd spotted a man with a wagon of potatoes in the alley and the sacks were taken to headquarters. Garfield Mission may assume ownership of the spuds. Mrs. George Brown returned from a trip to the South East visiting Washington and Winchester for the Apple Blossom Festival.
National Guard Company 107th Armored Cavalry meets 7 30 p m at the Armory. Blythe Williams American Legion Post 231 holds 7 30 p m at headquarters. Knights of Columbus 8 p m at K of C auditorium. Order of Ahtepa 8 p m at Nelva Center. Thursday lists include Ministerial Dept Council of Churches 8 a m First Presbyterian Church Kiwanis Noon Manchester Hotel Lions Club 6 30 p m Toastmasters 6 30 p m Geckler s Hearth Trenton Lions Club 6 30 p m Blythe Williams American Legion Auxiliary 7 p m IOOF Lodge 7 30 p m Knights of Pythias Lafayette Lodge 37 7 30 p m Castle Hall Alpha Council 326 Jr OUAM 7 30 p m 19 N Broad St Alcoholics Anonymous 7 45 p m Moose Lodge officers 8 West Middletown PTA 8 p m W Middletown School auditorium BPOE Lodge 257 8 p m Elks Temple 9526 Volunteer Air Reserve Training Squadron 8 p m Legion hall MVC Tried Stone 83 Masonic Lodge p m AFL hall
A 23-year-old Osaka carpenter Hosei Katsuhara was seized by police after attempting to break into Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida's seaside residence. He swallowed sleeping pills when detained and denied plans to kill Yoshida. The incident follows a wave of threats linked to recent shipbuilding and transport scandals.
Rosalie Maffett will become president of the Middletown Junior Tri-Hi-Y for 1954-55 at a combined annual installation ceremony and mothers tea at 4 p.m. Monday in the YMCA. Peggy Brooks retires as president and Virginia Beattie was elected vice president Phyllis Mechling secretary and Joyce Sexton treasurer.
Steph en Hawley four-year-old son of Mr and Mrs William Hawley is back home after treatment at Children's Hospital Cincinnati for a skull fracture and broken vertebra from a nursery school accident on April 13 His grandfather Dr Paul R Hawley is executive secretary of the American College of Surgeons.
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