Methodists Add Services To Meet Attendance Jump
At the annual conference of the First Methodist Church attendance rose and a new service schedule was approved. Membership stood at 1904 with services at 8:30 and 9:45 a.m. starting June 17 and a third service added in the fall. New trustees and stewards were elected for three year terms. The church pledged cooperation with the National Teaching and Preaching Mission. Philip Huber earned the God and Country Award in scouting. The Loyalty Program reported 98.7 percent of next year’s budget pledged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
W. Fred Stein
Commission On
Robert Weaver
Dayton
Arthur Harvey
Eldon McLaughlin
Frank Swift
Ralph Barbour
Tom Carlson
Clyde Davis
George Doering
William Estill
E. J. Goldschmidt
Roy Granger
Paul Habig
George L. Hagen
John Harbaugh
William Hahn
William Harrison
R. H. Snyder
Middletown
Ed Wimmer to Speak at Middletown Optimist Club
Ed Wimmer vice president of the National Federation of Independent Business and president of Forward America Publishing Co will address the Middletown Optimist Club at Friday's noon luncheon at the Manchester Hotel. He advocates a new capitalist who owns private property and has worked 20 years for independent business, with Henry Bohne arranging the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Wimmer
National Federation of Independent Business, Inc
Middletown
Henry Bohne
Manchester
Jesse J. Day Dies At 56 In Middletown
Jesse James Day 56 of 1907 Hill Ave died at 12 30 p m at his home after 32 years in the city. He worked 25 years for P Lorillard Co and later for Wrenn Paper Co He served as custodian at First EUB Church and belonged to First Church of God Survived by wife Myrtle son Russell two daughters Laura Moon and Glenna Jane Day two grandchildren three brothers and six sisters. Services 9 a m Saturday at First Church of God with Dr R C Caudill officiating burial Woodside Cemetery visitation after 10 a m tomorrow and Saturday from 8 30 a m until services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse James Day
Hill Ave
Day
P. Lorillard Co
Wrenn Paper Co
EUB
First Church of God
Myrtle
Russell
Moorehead College
Moorehead
Laura Moon
Middletown
Glenna Jane Day
William
Homer
Joe M. Day
Emma Lambert
Terry Siler
Bertha Hillman
Flossie Bianchi
Ruth Moon
Ella Mae Yenser
R. C. Caudill
E. H. Hammon
EUB Church
Woodside Cemetery
J. R. Baker and Sons Funeral
Western College Student Wins Atlantic Monthly Prize
Cecilia Segawa a Western College student from Japan won second place in the 35th Atlantic Monthly contest for college students. Shelly Arbuckle from Columbus received an honorable mention. Segawa’s story The Porpoise Song will appear in the Atlantic Prize Booklet and Western College magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Western College
Cecilia Segawa
Japan
Atlantic Monthly
Shelly Arbuckle
Columbus
Miss Segawa
Ruth Limmer
Arbuckle
Carl Shapiro
Elizabeth Schneider
Legion Is Given Pat On The Back By State Chief
Congratulations were heaped on Legion membership and team workers last night at a Post 218 dinner in Kesslar Auditorium. Norman Mack won the champion title for signing up 75 members during the 1956 membership campaign. The event marked the windup of the drive pushing Post 218's membership to 2,123-18 above the original quota. Department Commander Philip Lustig presented the top award and commended Ohio's largest post and its workers. Other guests included John Engle George Moehringer Arthur Tepker Marvin Scott Hobart Hopper. Special recognition went to Art Albaugh James Sexton Ray Melampy and Howard Cohen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Post 218
Kesslar Auditorium
Norman Mack
Department
Philip Lustig
Lustig
Ohio
John Engle
George Moehringer
Arthur Tepker
Marvin Scott
Department Americanism Committee
Hobart Hopper
VFW
Art Albaugh
James Sexton
Ray Melampy
Armco
Howard Cohen
Fire cleanly contained after sawdust blaze at plant
A fire lit by burning rags in oil-soaked sawdust behind the Coolidge Corp plant at Enoch Drive and Atco Avenue yesterday drew a still alarm.Timi: 7:48 a.m. Company 4 responded. there was no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge Corp
Enoch Drive
Atco Avenue
Company 4
Mrs Ivins, 88, Franklin Woman Dies at Home
Mrs. Lucretia Ivins of Franklin Rt 2 died at 5:45 p.m. yesterday after years of illness. She was born in Troy and widow of Samuel W. Ivins, who died in 1955. Survived by son Walter, three grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Services at 10 a.m. Saturday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Elder Russell Moore officiating. Burial in Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call 2–5 and 7–10 p.m. tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucretia Ivins
Franklin Rt. 2
Troy
Ivins
Samuel W. Ivins
Walter
McCoy - Leffler
Russell Moore
Woodside Cemetery
Infant Johnson Dies Shortly After Birth
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram B. Johnson of Somerville Rt. 1 died at 1 p.m. yesterday at Middletown Hospital shortly after birth. Surviving are the parents, a sister Gail, maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spivey of Scottsburg Indiana, and paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Ivy Johnson of Parksville Kentucky. Graveside services were held at 10 a.m. today at Woodside Cemetery with Dr. R. C. Caudill officiating. Arrangements were by Schramm Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram B. Johnson
Somerville Rt. 1
Middletown Hospital
Gail
Charles Spivey
Scottsburg
Ind
Ivy Johnson
Parksville
Woodside Cemetery
R. C. Caudill
Schramm Funeral Home
William J Conley dies at 72 in Eaton
William J Conley 72 of Eaton Rt 1 died Tuesday at Good Samaritan Hospital Dayton. Services were to be held at 2 30 p m today at Girton Schmidt Funeral Home with burial in Mound Hill Cemetery. He was a retired farmer who lived east of Eaton on U S 35. Survived by wife Ona a son Carl C Pete Conley an Eaton farm equipment dealer a daughter Mildred Cain of Eaton a brother Sam of Eaton and a granddaughter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EATON
William J. Conley
Eaton Rt. 1
Good Samaritan
Oxford services for Arthur DuBois 86 in Bath area
Arthur DuBois a longtime Bath area farmer died yesterday in Reid Hospital Richmond after a fall that broke his hip three weeks ago His wife Nelle preceded him in death 17 years ago Surviving are daughter Mrs Lucy Robinson Liberty two grandsons and a great grandchild Funeral services are Friday at 2 pm at Miller Baker Funeral Home Liberty with burial in College Corner Cemetery Also noted are services for James Franklin Myers 92 at Webb Funeral Home and La Una M Hurst 44 at Proeschel Funeral Home plus Edgar Whitaker 73 with services in Dalton Georgia.
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Oxford
Arthur DuBois
Bath
Ind
Here
Miller-Baker
Liberty
College Corner
DuBois
Reid Hospital
Richmond
Nelle
Lucy Robinson
James Franklin Myers
Butler County
Webb Funeral Home
la Una M. Hurst
Tiffin Ave
Proeschel
Edgar Whitaker
King Ave
Dalton
Notable Deaths Across Cities Reported by AP
John C. Tobin aged 69 an attorney and civic leader and backer of Charles A Lindbergh in the trans Atlantic flight died yesterday in St Louis Julie Oskins aged 50 a nightclub film and stage comedian who appeared in Irving Berlins This Is the Army during World War II died yesterday in New York
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
John C. Tobin
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Julie Oskins
Irving Berlin
Ohio Faces A Shortage Of Ministers
At the 103rd annual Ohio Conference of Congregational Churches delegates hear a rural to suburban ministry shift as ministers grow scarce. Dr. Everett A. Babcock reports 8,070 new members in Ohio last year bringing total to 89,244 and more than two million dollars spent on church construction in 1955. The convention runs three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Ohio
John M. Byers
Troy
Byers
Ohio Conference of Congregational Churches
Everett A. Babcock
Spring concert set for Friday in Middletown
The Middletown Optimists Civic Boys Choir and Middletown High School Boys Glee Club will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Roosevelt Junior High auditorium. The two groups open separately and join for closing numbers. Younger boys directed by Rev. Walter Davis. high school glee by Joe Franklin. Proceeds fund choir library music. Groundhog alternative name woodchuck mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Optimists Civic Boys Choir
Middletown High School
Roosevelt Junior High
Walter Davis
First Methodist Church
Joe Franklin
EUB Church Names Reiner President Emeritus
Lewis Reiner, long time First Evangelical United Brethren trustee and 15 year president, elected president emeritus at the annual meeting after requesting not to stand for another term. The church reports include a new Christian Education unit, parsonage work, remodeled chapel, pipe organ, and increased worship attendance to 1,054. Trustees and Sunday School officers were elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Reiner
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
Emerittus
Mabel Gardner
Reiner
Childrens
Dulles Pleads For More Foreign Aid
Secretary of State Dulles urged the House Foreign Affairs Committee not to cut Eisenhower’s request for 4.9 billion dollars in new foreign aid. He warned that world events do not justify terminating or curtailing the program and said the expenditure is necessary for U.S. security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dulles
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
United States
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Jerome Jarrett
E. S. Myers
Loran Pratt Jr
Ralph Ringgenberg
R.S. Weatherwax Jr
Amanda School
Elawn Fetee
Amanda Pto
McGee’s
McGee
U.S. Gov
Chuck Roast
U. S. Gov
DOT
Thomas French
Thomas Lemonade
Libby
Maine
M'Gee
Grand Ave
Manchester Rd
Vannest St
Vannest Bt
Wimmer
Jesse J. Day
Pat
Freeman
Bulova
Famous
Dolly Madison
Charles Dagenbach
Howard Price
Edwin Tyson
Vaughn Duvall
Gerald Gansheimer
Howard Brandon
Charles Conatroe
Verity & Broad Sts
Central Ave
Dep’t
Will
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